Natural Awakenings

H E A L T H Y

L I V I N G

H E A L T H Y

feel good • live simply • laugh more

P L A N E T

FREE

Growing Up Empowered Helping Kids Step into Their Best Selves

Spark Wise Rescues Creativity

How to Safely Help Injured Animals

Let Your Kids’ Imagination Run Wild

Salty Solace

The Benefits of Salt Therapy

August 2016 | Broward County, FL | NABroward.com

EVERGLADES UNIVERSITY

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE COURSES INCLUDE

SCAN HERE

LEARN MORE

• • • • • • • •

The Herbal Medicine Chest Introduction to Homeopathy Introduction to Chiropractic Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbology and Botany Ayurvedic Medicine Nutrition and Aging Naturopathy

Additional degree programs and online shifts are available

BOCA RATON CAMPUS

888.772.6077

contents

16

34

38

America’s Leading Source for Healthy Living

8 newsbriefs 12 healthbriefs 12 16 globalbriefs 18 ecotip 20 healingways 22 fitbody 22 24 consciouseating 32 wisewords 34 healthykids 36 greenliving 38 naturalpet 40 inspiration 41 askthetherapist 42 calendars 45 classifieds 46 resourceguide

advertising & submissions how to advertise: request a media kit, CALL 954.630.1610

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

20 salt air in the city

by Avery Mack

20

26

growing up empowered

by Judith Fertig

24

30 the #1 trait that

determines if you 30 are successful

On-line media kit: www.NABroward.com/pdf/naBroward.pdf Due date for advertising: the 10th of the month, editorial, the 5th.

by Isabelle Valley

Display Advertising: www.NABroward.com/display-ad COMMUNITY RESOURCE GUIDE (CRG): http://NABroward.com/crg calendar OVERVIEW http://NABroward.com/calendar Mark Your Calendar (MYC) ads: http://www.NABroward.com/myc Website banner advertising: http://NABroward.com/web-ad Editorial submissions: guidelines: http://www.NABroward.com/guidelines local news: http://www.NABroward.com/submit-brief articles: http://www.NABroward.com/submit-article regional markets Advertise your products or services in multiple markets! Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp. is a growing franchised family of locally owned magazines serving communities since 1994. To place your ad in other markets call 954.630.1610. For franchising opportunities call 239.530.1377, NaturalAwakeningsMag.com.

4

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

35

35

how to empower youth to change the world for the better

by Francine Kanter

40 earth guardians

by April Thompson

40

GET BACK TO YOUR ACTIVE LIFESTYLE WITHOUT SURGERY AND DOWNTIME Using Non-Surgical Techniques to Fight Arthritis and Sports Injuries

The Center for Regenerative Medicine The Knee Diaries: SJ is a 60-year-old male with chief complaint of knee pain who visited The Center For Regenerative Medicine over a year ago. He was diagnosed with bone-on- bone osteoarthritis of left knee, causing much pain and discomfort; at that point he was told only a total knee replacement can help him.

He is otherwise healthy. On exam he had point tenderness to the medial side of left knee (medical lingo: inner side). An X-ray showed severe arthritis of the knee (X-ray on the left). Patient started receiving treatments at the Center For Regenerative Medicine. Today he is feeling better (X-ray on the bottom).

Before

After

This is how it works: The physician introduces natural medicine into damaged, arthritic cells by means of a precise injection. This process is followed by infrared laser as well as several other modalities, including Collateral Artery Flow Exercises (C.A.F.E.), in order to accelerate the process. Depending on tissue damage, severity of the condition and the size of the joint that needs to be injected, people usually need a series of 1 to 6 treatments to improve. There is usually no downtime, and people can go back to their usual activities or work immediately.

The treatments can help most musculoskeletal problems such as low back pain, neck pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, whiplash, sciatica, tendinitis, sprain, strains, torn ligaments and cartilage damage.

The Center For Regenerative Medicine includes a team of professionals that are dedicated to improve your quality of life, paving the way to enhance the science of non-surgical orthopedic medicine. World champions, sports legends, professional and amateur athletes, dancers, and people with just plain pain and arthritis go the The Center For Regenerative Medicine for non- surgical orthopedic care. Using the facility to improve their condition, thousands of successful cases have been treated over the past six years.

“Your gentleness, compassion, utter professionalism and A-Z holistic healing methods go way beyond any medical treatment I have ever heard of or experienced... You and your associates are a ‘dream team’ come true.”

Stop suffering. Call us to book an appointment today.

(305) 866-8384 j Mention this ad for a free phone consultation j

The Center for Regenerative Medicine 1001 NE 125th Street, Miami, FL

www.arthritisusa.net

letterfromthepublisher

A

SusieQ art now available at Frame ‘n Art Gallery 229 E Commercial Blvd, Lauderdale by the Sea FL SusieQArt.com

Call : 954.630.1610

6

Broward County, Florida

ugust’s issue is filled with some really cool articles for your personal development, bringing children into the conversation. Especially pleasing is the article expounding on empowering children. Since coming together with some local nonprofits, I’ve been working with more children and talking to parents is part of that process. I’m seeing great hope for our future. With hope comes responsibility for us to get really clear on what that looks like. What kind of future do we really want for our children? It starts with their education, at home, and at school. And, don’t forget the passive education they’re getting with the print media, TV, movies, radio, billboards, and general conversations. What’s that all about? Integrating clarity, focus and empowerment seems a powerful mixture.

I personally think health tops the list. Of course that’s a very broad topic and can include mental wellness as well as physical and spiritual. There are other aspects to wellness too... financial health, planetary health—the list goes on. Natural Awakenings discusses these elements and I am grateful to be able to share this information over the years, enriching our journey along the way. Setting health as a goal, and getting specific about the type of health we want, shapes the choices we make. We can demand water and air free of pollution caused by man. Now that’s a goal worth going after.

I eat mostly organic foods, adding in more and more veggies and fruits.

It’s not just “Where is my protein?” (Be mindful of the atypical marketing we see promoting protein.) It’s “How is the protein I’m eating being processed?” “Is one type of protein better than another?”

Great questions to ask.

The world is changing so rapidly.

And some people still don’t believe that climate change has anything to do with air, land and water pollution. Are those

NABroward.com

same people not aware of the seamless connection between the pollution of their very breath, life and food source (air/water/land) and rampant illness and disease? The quality of life is strained, becoming corrupted to epidemic proportions.

Empowered youth will have lots to choose from on issues they would want to focus.

Think of all the beneficial jobs that could be created in the building of companies focused on zero-waste or complete sustainability in global food production.

I’d like to see more responsibility placed on the manufacturers to be held to a higher standard when it comes to what is being released into the atmosphere and onto the ground. Yes, it would change the cost of products, and I think that would be a good thing. We’d better understand the TRUE cost of the product. An added benefit would be obviously less pollution, thus helping everyone.

Back to the younger generation and empowerment. As said before, we vote with our dollars. Are you still buying bottled water? I enjoy using my stainless steel water bottle. What happened to all the drinking fountains in public places?

That’s another topic of conversation.

Enjoy the remaining days of summer. May you be richly blessed with beautiful land and waterscapes, wherever you are, and wonderful companions with whom you may share those moments.

Be sure to open your heart as well as your mind, and read on; plan on it.

SusieQ Wood Publishing Editor

contact us Owner/Publisher/Editor SusieQ Wood Consultant to the Editor Cheryl Hynes

Rated #1 Hottest CBD Oil in the SOUTHEAST

by Vitamin Retailer Magazine

Art Director Robin White National Editor S. Alison Chabonais Advertising (includes Multiple-Markets) SusieQ Wood 954.630.1610 Distribution Luis Herrera & Janet Hastings Natural Awakenings Publishing Corporation Franchise information: 239.530.1377 Natural Awakenings Magazine 3900 Galt Ocean Dr # 1403 Ft Lauderdale FL 33308 Phone: 954.630.1610 Fax: 954.630.1670 Email: SQWood@gmail.com Web: NABroward.com MAILED SUBSCRIPTIONS Subscriptions are available by sending $40 (for 12 issues) to the above address. © 2016 by Natural Awakenings. All rights reserved.

Although some parts of this publication may be reproduced and reprinted, we require that prior permission be obtained in writing.

Natural Awakenings is a free publication distributed locally and is supported by our advertisers. It is available in selected stores, health and education centers, healing centers, public libraries and wherever free publications are generally seen. Please call to find a location near you or if you would like copies placed at your business.

We do not necessarily endorse the views expressed in the articles and advertisements, nor are we responsible for the products and services advertised. We welcome your ideas, articles and feedback.

Natural Awakenings is printed on recycled newsprint with soy-based ink.

PREMIUM HEMP CBD OIL

Virasyl®

#1

The Last 5 Years

THE

REAL DEAL

• STRONG • RAW • LEGAL • ORGANIC •

700 mg+/Extra Strength

2000 mg+/- Coming Soon! Immune Therapeutic SPECTRUM Support

Discount Health Foods • 954-434-8975 8222 Griffin Road, Davie 33328

Simply Natural • 954-741-4045 8271 Sunset Strip, Sunrise 33322

ISO Certified Lab Tested • Supercritical CO2 Cold fluid Extraction 10% SUMMER DISCOUNT Available at Select Locations in All 50 States U.S. Government Patent #6,630,507 Sunshine Global 800-334-1236 www.SunshineGlobalHealth.com natural awakenings

August 2016

7

newsbriefs Join the SASSY Revolution at the 5th Annual Leadership & Empowerment Conference September 9-10

J

oin the SASSY Revolution September 9 to 10 at the 5th Annual Empowerment and Leadership Conference hosted by Suits, Stilettos and Lipstick, Inc. (SSL), a national women’s organization with over 4,000 members, in partnership with the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center and Visitors Bureau and the Lipstick Foundation.

Themed “SASSY Revolution: Dream it! Live it! Be It!”, 1000 SASSY women (and smart men) will celebrate together at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center. The two-day event will inspire attendees to spark their potential and own their power!

The conference includes celebrity speakers Lisa Oz, Mark Sanborn and SSL Founder, Dr. Elizabeth King; “Men in the Hot Seat” panel; International Women’s Leadership Awards; life-changing conversational workshops and breakout sessions; live entertainment; and celebrated silent auction supporting the U.S. veteran “SASSY Heroes” in partnership with the Broward County United Way-Mission United.

SSL is one of the fastest growing global women’s leadership organizations empowering participants to live healthy, happy, balanced and purposeful lives.

For more information, exhibitor applications and sponsorship opportunities, call 954- 903-9426 or visit sslWomen.com. See ad page 2.

8

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

“Father of Yoga in Cuba” Hosts Cuba Gateway Connection’s Inaugural Tour

C

uba Gateway Connection (CGC) announces Eduardo Pimentel, the “Father of Yoga in Cuba”, will host their seven-day tour in Cuba. Instrumental in promoting the growth of yoga in Cuba, Yogi Pimentel, in conjunction with CGC, will offer a unique opportunity for yoga enthusiasts to experience physical and spiritual rejuvenation in this exotic country.

CGC was founded by Sharry Veil in 2015 based on her desire to provide an exceptional travel experience transcended by revitalizing yoga classes in an otherworldly environment. CGC is partnered with Interplanner in the U.S., the first and oldest provider of travel related services to Cuba, facilitating trips since 1977.

CGC is honored to have Pimentel

4th Annual Everyday Green Expo in November

S

as the private guide for their tour leaving Miami for Havana on October 22 and returning on October 28.

For more information, contact Veil at CGC, 888-798-0540 or email SharryV@ CubaGatewayConnection.com. CGC Florida Seller of Travel Ref. No. ST40353.

See ad pages 7 and 49.

howcase your green-side at the 4th Annual Everyday Green Expo, 10am to 2pm, November 12, at Quiet Waters Park.

Are you an eco-conscious local business or community/school organization? Grab your space by signing up at the Broward Parks Expo website: http://bit.ly/1XLdTlJ. Spaces fill up fast and feature a variety of exhibitors, including environmental organizations, local chefs, youth groups, home goods, health care organizations, health products, native nurseries, sustainable crafts/jewelry, local non-profit groups and more.

Are you an eco-conscious resident? Become an expo volunteer or sponsor. For a list of exciting volunteer and sponsorship opportunities, email GreenExpo@Broward.org.

Are you a non-profit animal adoption group? Find your furry friends a

fur-ever home at our Free Pet Expo.

Sign up for your space at http://bit. ly/1XLdTlJ. Animals of all types and sizes are welcome.

As always, this green event is water bottle, plastic bag and balloon free.

Walk through our water bottle forest showcasing the harmful effects of oneuse water bottles. Plastic bags line the road into the expo where visitors will receive a reusable bag and learn more about the dangers of plastic bags and balloons.

Location: 401 S. Powerline Rd., Deerfield Beach. Friend us on Facebook.com/EverydayGreenExpo.

natural awakenings

August 2016

9

newsbriefs Learn About Keiser University Programs at Open House

P

otential students can learn about the resources available to help them find a new career path and take their future to a higher level at the Back to School Open House from 5 to 8 p.m., August 3, at the Keiser University (Fort Lauderdale & Pembroke Pines) campus. The event will focus on the career opportunities that become available with the appropriate education and choosing the direction that best fits each student.

Information gained through presentations and hands-on

activities will be provided on many of the 100-plus associate, bachelor’s and master’s programs focused on growing fields that include health care, sport management, business, legal studies, criminal justice, technology and psychology.

Keiser’s “students first” philosophy is embodied in the opportunity of taking one class at a time, with day, evening and online scheduling options to fit their busy lifestyles. The unique approach includes career placement services and financial assistance for those that qualify.

Campus locations: 1500 NW 49th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 and 1640 SW 145 Ave., Pembroke Pines, FL 33027.

For more information, call 1-888-844-8404 or visit KUOpenHouse.com. See ad, page 11.

Eco-Artist SusieQ Engages a Conversation about Litter at Frame ‘n Art

T

eresa and Mike Mangini, owners of Frame ‘n Art by the Sea, now include the artwork of SusieQ. They recently held a well-attended opening night reception as part of the Annual Bug-Fest Celebration, replete with food and drink plus the mixed media artwork of SusieQ. The Manginis shared, “We are excited to be able to showcase the artwork of SusieQ. She does an amazing job of turning litter into a magical piece of art. Everyone who has come in to see her work is in awe of what she does. We love to see our clients’ faces light up when I tell them this is all actually beach trash! We also love that she is educating others about the problems to our eco-system caused by litter left on our beautiful beaches. Thanks, SusieQ, for doing your part in making the world a more beautiful place through your unique art.”

Location: 229 Commercial Blvd., Ste. A, Lauderdale by the Sea. For more information about the shop, call 954-267-9202.

They are open Tuesday through Saturday. To schedule an appointment to view the work with SusieQ, call 954-630-1610.

See ad page 18.

Community Acupuncture Acupuncture Treats Arthritis • Pain • Weight Loss • Migraine • Addiction & much more.

7310 W. McNab Road Suite 107 Tamarac, FL 33321 954.657.8342 www.5ewc.com

17150 Royal Palm Blvd.

Suite 1 Weston, FL 33331 954.204.3124 www.5ewc.com

Mon 9am-6pm • Tue & u 11am-2pm & 3-9pm • Wed 9am-6pm Fri 9am-4pm • Sat 9am-4pm • First Sun of month only 12-4pm 10

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

Mon 9am-4pm • Tue & u 11am-2pm & 3-8pm Wed 9am-2pm • Fri 9am-2pm • Sat 9am-2pm

healthbriefs

Delayed Kindergarten Reduces Attention Deficit Delaying kindergarten enrollment for one year shows significant mental health benefits for children, according to a Stanford University study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Reviewing results from a mental health survey completed by more than 35,000 Danish parents, the researchers saw that youngsters held back from kindergarten for as little as one year showed a 73 percent reduction in inattentiveness and hyperactivity for an average child at age 11, compared to children enrolled the year earlier.

Measuring inattentiveness and hyperactivity reflect a child’s ability to selfregulate. The generally accepted theory is that young people that are able to stay focused, sit still and pay attention longer tend to do much better in school.

“This is some of the most convincing evidence we’ve seen to support what U.S. parents and policymakers have already been doing—choosing to delay entry into kindergarten,” says Stanford Graduate School of Education Professor Thomas S. Dee. In addition to improved mental health, children with later kindergarten enrollment dates also exhibited superior emotional and social skills.

The number of U.S. children entering kindergarten at age 6 instead of 5 has progressively increased to about 20 percent, according to the study. Many parents are opting to delay kindergarten enrollment for a year to give their children a leg up in physical and emotional maturity and social skills.

12

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

Breastfed Babies Have Fewer Colds and Ear Infections

A

study from the University of Texas has found that increased breastfeeding decreases ear infections among nursing children. The researchers followed 367 babies between 1 and 12 months old from 2008 through 2014.

The scientists analyzed family history traits of smoking, ear infections, breastfeeding and formula feeding. Nose and throat mucosal samples were taken throughout the study period to identify infections, and parents informed the researchers whenever the baby experienced an infection.

The study was led by Dr. Tasnee Chonmaitree, a pediatrics professor from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. “We clearly showed that frequent upper respiratory infections, carriage of bacteria in the nose and lack of breastfeeding are major risk factors for ear infections,” he states. “Prolonged breastfeeding was associated with significant reductions in both colds and ear infections, a common complication of colds.”

Prenatal Sun Exposure Lowers Asthma Risk

R

Aromatherapy Soothes Allergies

esearch has shown that children with mothers that live in sunnier locations during their second trimester are significantly less likely to have asthma than other children.

A consortium of researchers from the University of Kansas, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology analyzed data from both hospitals and national surveys to determine sunlight exposure for the mothers. Increased exposure to sunlight increases levels of natural vitamin D. “We’re not looking at sunny places versus nonsunny places,” clarifies David Slusky, a University of Kansas assistant professor of economics. “We looked at the relative differences of the level of sunlight at a particular place at a particular time of year.”

R

esearch from Korea’s ChungAng University has found that inhaling aromatherapy infusions comprising a combination of sandalwood, frankincense and ravensara for five minutes twice daily significantly reduces symptoms of allergies after seven days.

The researchers tested 54 men and women, half of which were tested using a placebo of almond oil.

Total nasal symptom score (TNSS) and rhinoconjunctivitis quality of life questionnaire (RQLQ) results were both significantly lower in the aromatherapy group. TNSS scores decreased by more than half and RQLQ scores decreased by more than 60 percent. Scores for fatigue and sleep quality also improved in the aromatherapy group.

“These findings indicate that inhalation of certain aromatherapy oils help relieve perennial allergic rhinitis symptoms, improve rhinitis-specific quality of life and reduce fatigue in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis,” Chung-Ang University’s Seo Yeon Choi and Kyungsook Park explain in their paper.

natural awakenings

August 2016

13

healthbriefs

Young Adult Insomnia Linked to Chronic Pain

R

esearch from the University of Groningen, in The Netherlands, has found that young adults between 19 and 22 years old that don’t sleep well may have more chronic pain later in life.

The researchers followed 1,750 people for three years.

About 50 percent of the participants that had sleep problems at the beginning of the study still had them at the end of the study. Roughly 38 percent of those reported chronic pain after three years. This compares to 14 percent of those that didn’t have sleep problems at the start of the research, but reported chronic pain at its conclusion.

Overall, the study found that sleep problems were associated with more musculoskeletal pains, headaches and abdominal pain. The relationship occurred in both men and women, but was stronger among women.

Legumes Facilitate Weight Loss

A

review of 21 clinical trials has found that just one daily serving of legumes can facilitate an average drop of three-quarters of a pound over a sixweek period. Published in the journal Obesity, the research analyzed results from studies that tested a total of 940 men and women eating about three-quarters of a cup of beans, lentils, chickpeas and other legumes each day. The subjects reported feeling nearly one-third fuller on average after eating about 5.6 ounces of these foods with their meals, compared with a control group’s diet. These beneficial legumes may also reduce body fat percentages.

According to senior study author and physician John Sievenpiper, Ph.D., of St. Michael’s Hospital’s Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Center and the University of Toronto, “Ninety percent of weight-loss diets fail, resulting in weight regain, which may be due in part to hunger and food cravings. Knowing which foods make people feel fuller longer may help them lose weight and keep it off.”

MANUFACTURER’S COUPON

Made with Culturally Authentic Natural and Certified Organic Ingredients

EXPIRES 12/31/2016

any (1) Nubian Heritage Body Wash, Lotion or Hair Product (excludes Bar Soap and travel size items) Visit www.NubianHeritage.com and Follow Us On:

Also available in Coconut & Papaya, Raw Shea Butter, Indian Hemp & Haitian Vetiver and Patchouli & Buriti 14

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

Retailer: Sundial Brands LLC will reimburse you the face value of the coupon plus 8 cents handling if submitted in compliance with our coupon redemption policy. Redemption policy available upon request. Send coupon to: Sundial Brands LLC P.O. Box 880043, El Paso, TX 88588-0043. Limit 1 coupon per purchase.

Void if altered or copied. Cash value: 1/100 cent.

DO NOT DOUBLE.

Be All You Can Be, Naturally!

Improve Your Life By Removing Subconscious Blocks: • Lose Weight / Stop Smoking • Overcome Fears & Phobias • Overcome Teen Issues • Manage Feeling of Depression & Anxiety • Improve Self-Esteem / Self-Condence • Success Programming • Stop Destructive Behaviors • Creating & Manifesting • Past Life Regression • Quantum Healing Hypnosis

Psychic Medium Services:

Do You Have Questions About...

• Loved Ones Who Have Passed Away ~ Connect With Them!

• Past / Present / Future

Keli has been giving accurate, professional psychic readings for over 15 years.

-Dolores Cannon Method

And So Much More...

Medical and mental health conditions are only treated by a referral from the appropriate licensed practitioner of the healing arts.

natural awakenings

August 2016

15

globalbriefs

LOL TTYL

Good Reads

Despite being less confident than their elders, a new study by PsychTests.com, in Montreal, reveals that Millennials (those born between 1980 and 2000) are an ambitious and tenacious generation that continues to prove potential critics wrong. Labeled by some as self-entitled, arrogant and immature from being coddled by hovering parents, the company’s research says that Millennials are not afraid to push themselves to achieve lofty goals, work hard or take on difficult challenges.

Collecting data from 1,035 people that took their Ambition Test, the researchers looked at the differences between Millennials, Generation X (born between 1960 and 1980) and Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1960) in terms of their levels of aspiration, persistence and sense of self-efficacy. The study reveals that while Millennials lagged a little behind the other two generations on some factors related to ambition, the potential of these young adults should not be underestimated.

“One can argue that Millennials’ hopeful and determined nature is a case of idealism,” explains Ilona Jerabek, Ph.D., president of PsychTests. “Some have just started out in the workforce, so they’re eager to prove themselves, which could also mean that at some point they’ll be blindsided by the reality of what it’s like to be out there in the real world.”

Fiction Readers Have More Empathy The love of books may begin at any age, but for most, it starts in childhood. Now, scientists are studying the effects of reading on the brain with MRIs, polls, surveys and experiments. The results indicate that readers of fiction are more empathetic toward others. By engaging with a story, they are temporarily placing themselves in a character’s shoes, thus fostering empathy in real life, and literary reading amplifies this effect.

According to a Stanford University study, reading a challenging book also helps us become smarter, as well as more empathetic. By attempting to tackle harder books, we create new connections in our minds that we might not have done otherwise. Neuroscientist Bob Dougherty remarks, “The right patterns of ink on a page can create vivid mental imagery and instill powerful emotions.”

David Comer Kidd, author of another related study, observes, “Like opening a window to let fresh air into our home, literature opens up our minds to the myriad ideas that we wouldn’t be able to experience on our own. We can pause to analyze the experiences depicted as if they were our own, expanding our experience of the world.”

16

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

Hope for a New Generation

Show Stopper

Circuses Cease Exotic Animal Acts The Ringling Brothers Circus made good on a promise to retire their last contingent of performing elephants to the Center for Elephant Conservation, in Polk City, Florida, with the last such show streamed worldwide in May. While Ringling will retain the services of tigers, lions, leopards, horses, camels, dogs and kangaroos, the Mexican Congress has voted to prohibit exotic animals under big tops across their country. That means no more tigers jumping through hoops, elephants used as props or monkeys dressed in tiny outfits. The bill requires circuses to report the wildlife they own, which would then be made available to interested zoos.

Source: The New York Times

RELAX. DETOX. AWAKEN.

Retreat for the day or Become a Monthly Member:

The art of relaxtion; a quiet mind & the re-establishment of the body’s ability to be youthful and healthy ... find this at Thermae Retreat. thermae retreat | 604 s fed highway, ft. laud 954-604-7930 | thermaeretreat.com

Green Serenity Sikkim Now a Wholly Organic State

Sikkim, the northeastern Indian state located between Bhutan and Nepal, has rid its agricultural land of pesticides, fertilizers, genetically modified crops and other artificial inputs on around 75,000 hectares, or about 300 square miles, of agricultural land, making it its country’s first organic state. Instead, farmers use natural alternatives such as green manure and compost.

Twelve years ago, the Pawan Chamling-led government decided to make Sikkim an organic farming state through a declaration in the legislative assembly. After the entry of chemical inputs for farmland was restricted and their sale banned, farmers had no option but to go organic.

Source: TheHindu.com

Creativity is allowing yourself

to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~Scott Adams

natural awakenings

August 2016

17

Massage & Skin Care

Specials!

Full-Body Massage European Facial Back Facial Microdermabrasion, Microcurrent, or Peel

20 $ 20 $ 20 $ 40 $

regularly

25

$

30

$

regularly

30

$

regularly

50

$

Offer good thru August 28, 2016!*

Call today to make an appointment! ������������������������������������������������ * All treatments are 50 minutes. Cannot be combined with any other offer or coupon. No cash value. Limit 2 services per coupon.

IT’S A PAINT PARTY! BRING 10 FRIENDS AND YOUR LESSON IS FREE!

SIGN UP FOR A 2 HOUR PAINT SESSION! BYOB! 229A COMMERICAL BLVD LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA

$35.00 PER CLASS

With a wealth of luxury faux alternatives available in today’s market, shoe lovers can obtain the quality footwear they desire without incurring the usual environmental and human health costs.

Vegan leather is an animalfriendly alternative to real leather, derived from synthetic materials. No cow, sheep, goat or any other animal is killed in order to make vegan leather shoes, and for most people, that’s a good enough reason to choose it over the “real” thing. Provided that we pick the right maker, it also boasts the added advantage of being far more eco-friendly and sustainable than conventional leather.

Elizabeth Olsen, founder of the luxury vegan shoe brand Olsenhaus, says, “The only difference is the materials—one uses a dead animal’s skin preserved in toxic chemicals; the other is made from a mixture of natural and manmade materials that are better for animals and the environment.”

Twenty times more energy is used to create a leather hide than what is required for synthesized material. Conventional leather tanning involves treating animal skins with large quantities of toxic chemicals, including mineral salts, lead, cyanide and formaldehyde. This process wreaks havoc on our environment and the people that work in or live near tanneries, where chemical exposure can cause sickness or even be lethal.

Olsen cautions that just because a shoe is vegan doesn’t mean it’s been made in an eco-friendly way. She uses natural and manmade materials such as linen, cotton, cork, wood, imitation leathers and recycled faux suede in her vegan shoe line. To assess the quality of vegan leather shoes, she advises, “Shoppers can feel the material and look at the grain to see if it’s faux; with faux, the grain will show a repeating pattern.

Also, look for labels noting materials either inside or on the bottom of shoes.”

Olsen notes that an online search for vegan fashion will yield everything from adult couture to baby clothes. Several websites and blogs report on the latest vegan products. She especially likes GirlieGirlArmy.com for vegan lifestyle and fashion.

WE PROVIDE THE PAINTS YOU PROVIDE THE SIPS! CALL TO RESERVE A SEAT:

954.267.9202

East of the Intracoastal: North side

www.framenartpaintnsip.com teresa@framenartbythesea.com

A BIT OF PAINT + A BIT OF WINE = A WHOLE LOT OF FUN

18

MM #11742

������������

Vegan Leather

Walk the Talk with Cruelty-Free Shoes

regularly

Clinic Hours and Location: Massages & Microdermabrasion, Facials Microcurrent, & Peels ������������������ am�������� pm ������������������ am�������� pm ��������������������������������������������������������������

ecotip

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. ~Albert Einstein

actionalert Vote Yes on Amendment 4 on August 30 Florida residents can obtain lower energy costs, lower taxes and get more access to solar by casting a yes vote on Amendment 4 on August 30. If passed, the amendment will exempt solar systems from the burdensome tangible personal property tax for a period of 20 years.

A yes vote by at least 60 percent of registered voters will allow the amendment to become law and remove property and real estate taxes on solar energy systems, lowering the cost to lease or buy solar panels for homes and businesses. This makes solar more affordable and accessible for everyone. Better solar economics means more solar development to lay the groundwork for cleaner air and a more sustainable future for the state.

Amendment 4 should not be confused with a utilitybacked proposal on the November ballot. Here is the full text of Amendment 4 as it will appear on the August 30 primary ballot.

Solar Devices or Renewable Energy Source Devices; Exemption from Certain Taxation and Assessment “Proposing an amendment to the state constitution to authorize the legislature, by general law, to exempt from ad valorem taxation the assessed value of solar or renewable energy source devices subject to tangible personal property tax, and to authorize the legislature, by general law, to prohibit consideration of such devices in assessing the value of real property for ad valorem taxation purposes.

This amendment takes effect January 1, 2018, and expires on December 31, 2037.”

For more information and to vote by mail, visit YesOn4.org.

VOTE YES ON 4!

ng giant The sleleapr ipower. of so

F

lorida has huge solar energy potential, yet we lag behind many states on installations. Floridians for Solar Choice is dedicated to turning the Sunshine State into a Solar Powerhouse.

TAKE ACTION ANd vOTE ✔ YES ON AmENdmENT 4 IN AuguST!

Four ways to support Amendment 4 now: 1

Vote By Mail: Sign up now. It’s easy!

2

Tell Your Friends: Let Floridians know about this issue.

3

Become Informed: visit www.yeson4.org.

4

Share: On Facebook and Twitter, #Yes4Solar.

natural awakenings

August 2016

19

healingways

Salt Air in the City Salt Rooms Soothe Allergies and Skin Conditions

by Avery Mack

A

ccording to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, as many as 50 million Americans are affected by seasonal or year-round nasal allergies. Additionally, 56 million suffer from eczema, psoriasis or rosacea.

Prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs may help, but aren’t a cure. Salt therapy can be a gentler, all-natural solution for easing associated symptoms.

While eating too much salt is bad for the body, breathing it is a healthy activity. The Greek word for salt is halos, and halotherapy provides a welcome alternative to conventional pills, sprays and injections.

In the mid-1800s, after salt mine workers in Poland were found to have a low rate of respiratory illness, the Wieliczka Salt Mine Health Spa was established on the site of a mine to treat clinic patients for asthma and allergies. That pioneering facility is still in operation.

“In the beginning, I think salt therapy was seen as a time-consuming novelty. Now, holistically minded

20

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

people are more supportive,” says Clay Juracsik, owner of the St. Louis Salt Room, in Maplewood, Missouri.

The room’s walls are covered in salt, with blocks of backlit Himalayan pink salt at floor level. Clients wear disposable booties to walk through inches-deep, loose, mineral-rich Dead Sea salt to reclining chairs. The lights dim, soft music plays and salt, rich in negative ions, infuses the air for a 45-minute session.

“We have a second, smaller room where the walls and floor are not salted, so a child and parent can move around or play without disturbing others.

Our youngest client was 2 weeks old,” says Juracsik.

With the help of specially designed machines and software, microscopic salt particles one to five microns in size are circulated through the air to be deeply inhaled. As a natural antiinflammatory agent, salt helps reduce swelling of throat tissues and nasal passages, making breathing easier for

TRY US

FOR 1/2 OFF!

individuals suffering from such respiSalt’s anti-inflammatory, antifunratory ailments as allergies, asthma, gal and antibacterial properties may bronchitis and sinusitis. also reduce skin swelling and itchi“True halotherapy is based on ness, and even acne, without drying using 99 percent pure sodium chlothe skin. Increased lung capacity aids ride in the halogenerator,” says Leo blood circulation, which also helps Tonkin, co-founder of the Salt Therapy improve skin health. Salt room operaAssociation, in Boca Raton, Florida. tors note that frequent treatments are “Dead Sea, Himalayan or other salts needed during early stages of therapy can be used as décor.” or during acute outbreaks of condi“My husband, Gary, had three tions, but can be reduced to a maintesinus surgeries before he nance level over time.

For a list of U.S. discovered a Juracsik remarks, “The salt room during a trip best success I’ve seen is salt rooms, see to London and had a with respiratory ailments Tinyurl.com/ eureka moment,” relates like bronchitis and pneuEllen SaltSpaLocations. monia. We don’t need a Patrick, owner of four new, fancy pill for every Breathe Easy salt rooms in New York illness. Salt is historically proven to be City and nearby Westchester County. a natural and effective way to improve “A client’s 4-year-old son tells respiratory health.”

Mom when he needs a treatment to Options go beyond basic treat‘make his nose work better,’” reports ments. “Meditating in the salt room Lisa Cobb, owner of Luxury on Lovers, allows double relaxation,” comin Dallas, Texas. “He uses a salt bed ments Patrick. “Salty yoga is one of similar in style to a tanning bed and my favorite therapies because clients large enough for his mother to be with can exercise and breathe easier at the him for a 20-minute treatment. Pilots same time. Another option comprises and flight attendants like salt rooms a sound bath, during which crystal to counteract the recirculated air on bowl music creates a vibration similar planes. Athletes use them to increase to piano notes to quiet and focus the lung capacity. A treatment works like a mind during a salt session.” visit to the ocean.”

Salt treatments can be experiA recent pilot study conducted enced regularly, seasonally or as needat The Salt Room, in Orlando, ed. For those free of respiratory issues, Florida, and published in the Intera salt room visit provides a refreshing national Journal of Respiratory and way to relax, sit, chill and breathe.

Pulmonary Medicine, concluded, Patrick views it as a form of stress man“Halotherapy is associated with agement to increase well-being. improvement in symptoms of sinus Connect with the freelance writer disease in cystic fibrosis and should be explored as an adjunct treatment.” via AveryMack@mindspring.com.

Breathe Easy With

Salt Therapy

1425B SE 17th st.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316

(954) 520-SALT (7258)

natural awakenings

August 2016

21

fitbody

Mental Health Treatment is Evolving.

Holistic Psychology is Now Available.

JUST WALK

Psychology is the base.

Meditation calms and focuses the mind.

Eating habit adjustment optimizes emotional tolerance, brain function and the immune system.

Yoga strengthens the mind & body.

22 Minutes a Day Boosts Well-Being

MindHolistic When you heal the self you heal the world.

by Randy Kambic

Complimentary 15 minute holistic meditation with this ad

Irene Belaga, PhD Licensed Psychologist Certified Yoga Instructor Hippocrates Institute Health Educator 2699 Stirling Road, C403A Fort Lauderdale FL 33312 800-232-5037 mindholistic.com

22

Broward County, Florida

E

ven mainstream media have picked up on the many physical and mental benefits of walking, including weight loss, reduced stress, increased energy and better sleep, and that’s only the beginning. These additional compelling effects may well catalyze us to consistently step out for a daily walk, understanding that cumulative steps count, too. For more inspiration, check out this month’s race walking at the Summer Olympics.

Walking helps heart health and diabetes. According to the U.S. Surgeon General’s Call to Action on Walking program launched last fall, the risk of heart disease and diabetes can be significantly reduced via an average of 22 minutes a day of brisk walking.

“Physical activity has been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, certain cancers, osteoporosis, cognitive decline and even depression,” says Dr. JoAnn Manson, chief of the division of preventive medicine at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “Can you imagine if there was a pill that could simultaneously have all those benefits? Everyone would be clamoring for it.”

Walking reduces anxiety and

NABroward.com

clears thinking. The results of a national survey of nearly 3,000 women between the ages of 42 and 52 published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that those that walked as part of a regular physical activity showed fewer signs of depression compared with inactive women. The more physical activity a woman logged, the less likely she was to exhibit such symptoms, suggesting that moderateto-intense levels of exercise may help protect against mental illness. The survey further revealed that 85 percent believe walking helps reduce any present anxiety and feelings of depression, while two-thirds reported that walking stimulates their thinking.

Walking facilitates doctorpatient communication. Columbus, Ohio-based Walk with a Doc (WalkWithADoc.org) helps organize free walking events each month via 230 chapters nationwide. They’re led by physicians and other healthcare authorities. “It’s a casual forum in which to communicate and also learn about the health benefits of walking,” says Executive Director Rachael Habash, who’s aiming for 350 chapters by year’s end. When doctors emphasize

The moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow. ~Henry David Thoreau the benefits of exercise, patients tend to listen.

Walking boosts life performance.

“Until the late 1960s, 90 percent of America’s children that lived up to a mile away walked to school. Today, that figure is 30 percent,” says Sheila Franklin, of the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity, in The Walking Revolution documentary (scroll to the video at EveryBodyWalk. org). Experts warn that less walking by youngsters can create sedentary habits and lead to shortened life spans.

Daily walks to school boost cognitive performance in students, according to Mary Pat King, the National Parent Teacher Association director of programs and projects. Dr. Richard

Jackson, a pediatrician, professor and chair of Environmental Health Sciences at the School of Public Health at University of California, Los Angeles,. and former environmental health director at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, reports that walking improves children’s learning ability, concentration, moods and creativity.

Even lifelong walkers are moved to walk more by using a pedometer to track their steps and distance traveled, says Dr. Lauren Elson, a physical medicine and rehabilitation instructor at Harvard Medical School, who is also the medical editor of the recent Harvard Special Health Report Walking for Health (Health.Harvard.edu/walk). A meta-review of 26 studies found that using the device raised physical activity levels by nearly 27 percent, adding about 2,500 steps per day. Most stores that sell exercise equipment offer inexpensive pedometers, while smartphone users can download an app such as Moves, Breeze or Pedometer++. Apple’s iOS includes the free app Health.

Walking leads to meaningful exchanges. Social connections and honest conversations between two people can be aided by walking outside instead of sitting inside. Clay Cockrell, a licensed clinical social worker in New York City, began walking with clients 12 years ago. He notes that casual venues like parks have been especially helpful for men. “They sometimes have a more difficult time making eye contact in sessions. Outside, they are looking where they are going, looking at nature, other people—the pressure is less. My own health has improved, as well,” he says.

He shares ideas with the public and other therapists at WalkAndTalk.com to maximize the benefits. He sees moving the body forward along a path as a metaphor for moving forward in life.

Adds Habash, “We believe that engaging in health should be simple and fun, like putting one foot in front of the other at every opportunity.”

Randy Kambic is an Estero, FL, freelance writer and editor who regularly contributes to Natural Awakenings.

natural awakenings

August 2016

23

consciouseating

A GOOD FOOD FIGHT Keeping Food Out of the Trash Bin

by April Thompson

Networking Masterminding Workshops Conferences Connections Community And so much more!

Find An Event Near You Join Us Online for FREE Resources

WomensProsperityNetwork.com

800.928.6928

A

Hypnosis Works with Pi`ilani

24

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

s much as 40 percent of food produced in the U.S. is wasted, even as one in six Americans goes hungry.

Instead of feeding people better, we are feeding the city dump. Of all types of trash, food consumes the most space in our municipal landfills, followed by plastic and paper. Rotting food then releases harmful methane, a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.

While food waste is a big problem, social entrepreneurs see a big opportunity. Around the country, they are working to reduce, recover and rethink discarded food valued at more than $160 billion a year. In the process, they are not only cutting food costs, but also creating jobs and fighting climate change.

University of Maryland College Park alumna Cam Pascual co-founded the nonprofit Food Recovery Network (FRN) after watching hundreds of pounds of food hit the trash in her campus dining hall every night. Pascual and her colleagues mobilized a volunteer network to shuttle leftovers from the university to soup kitchens, donating 200 meals a night to feed the hungry.

In the last five years, FRN has recovered more than 1 million pounds of food from 184 campuses in 42 states, proving that ingenuity and philanthropy can together fight the food waste travesty. “There are two major barriers to recovering leftover food; one is awareness, like helping businesses to understand the laws that protect them from liability,” says Pascual, the organization’s current director of innovation and operations. “The other is the labor involved. Universities are the perfect ecosystem for food recovery because college students have flexible schedules and are community service-minded,

Food waste reduction can be engineered in ways less noticeable to consumers, such as doing away with dining hall trays or using smaller plates. ~Cam Pascual offering a ready supply of volunteers.”

The latest FRN initiative is a certification program to verify that farms and restaurants are engaging in food recovery that includes creating a toolkit to help restaurants safely recover leftover meals.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Agriculture recently set a goal of slashing food waste in half by 2030, with several supporting bills approaching the floor in Congress. The EPA food recovery hierarchy calls for reducing food waste first and foremost, with recovering food to feed people or animals as a fallback and utilizing landfills only as a last resort.

“It’s one thing to set goals, but to realize those reductions in food waste, we have to change our behavior,” says Jonathan Bloom, author of American Wasteland: How America Throws Away Nearly Half of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It). Farms and households are the two largest generators of food waste, according to Bloom, whose blog at WastedFood.com offers dozens of beneficial tips for keeping food out of the trash bin.

Fighting food waste starts before we go to the grocery.

Bloom recommends consumers organize cupboards to know what’s already in stock, plan meals and stick to the shopping list.

Post-purchase, easy tips include serving smaller portions, freezing leftovers and sharing surplus with friends and neighbors.

Bloom’s website fans contribute more ideas like mixing veggie scraps into pet food or making them into soup stock. Using a smaller refrigerator keeps shoppers from bulking up while saving energy costs. The battle against wasted food needs to start at home, where small steps add up to big change.

Connect with freelance writer April Thompson, of Washington, D.C., at AprilWrites.com.

A FOOD FIGHT WORTH WINNING

Diverting Unsold Food from Full Landfills to Hungry Tummies

J

onathan Bloom speaks to college students around the U.S. explaining how fighting food waste requires changing beliefs and behaviors about food. “Recognize that taste should trump appearance, and don’t be so concerned with superficialities,” is a leading message. He cites replicable countermeasures like Hungry Harvest and Imperfect Produce, both predicated upon giving “ugly produce” a second chance. Based in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco’s Bay Area, respectively, these businesses offer low-cost home delivery of surplus produce, much of which is rejected for not meeting grocery stores’ high cosmetic standards.

Here are more examples of the community pioneers working to divert food from overstuffed landfills to people.

Daily Table (DailyTable.org) purchases excess food from growers, manufacturers and supermarkets to provide healthy food at fast-food prices for populations in need. The Dorchester, Massachusetts, retail grocery store offers fresh produce and grocery items, plus ready-to-cook and grab-n-go prepared meals.

Fruitcycle (TheFruitcycle.com) makes healthy dried snacks from produce that would otherwise be tossed. The Washington, D.C.-area business also provides jobs for formerly incarcerated, homeless or otherwise disadvantaged women.

Food Cowboy (FoodCowboy.com) reroutes food rejected by distributors. Truck drivers use a mobile app to communicate availability of such produce and find a charity or compost site to accept it.

Re-Nuble (Re-Nuble.com) transforms food waste into affordable, organic fertilizer for hydroponic growing, thus contributing a solution to hunger.

BluApple (TheBluApple.com) makes a plastic, fruitshaped device that can triple the shelf life of refrigerated food. It absorbs ethylene, a naturally occurring gas that accelerates spoilage.

natural awakenings

August 2016

25

T

GROWING UP EMPOWERED Helping Kids Step into Their Best Selves

by Judith Fertig

26

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

he plugged-in, stressed-out world that challenges adults can be even more difficult for teens in the throes of hormones, peer pressure and a selfie culture. Parents can help their children thrive and become empowered individuals by nurturing desirable character traits such as resourcefulness, resilience, perseverance, self-reliance, independence, empathy and social competence.

Child psychologist Michele Borba, Ed.D., of Palm Springs, California, is a former classroom teacher and the mother of three grown children who dispenses advice at MicheleBorba.com/blog.

Her main parenting focus is character education, as reflected in her latest book, Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed in Our All-About-Me World.

“Tune in to what your kids love,” advises Borba. “Then find learning experiences that help them develop traits they need to be happy, productive adults.”

This positive parenting approach—accentuating youthful desires and strengths, instead of deficiencies and weaknesses—helps young people develop a secure footing in life. “Kids are driven by their hearts,” observes Borba. “A positive parent doesn’t do the cookie-cutter approach, as in, ‘That’s what worked for other kids in the neighborhood,’ nor even reference what the parent did as a teen.” Teens also impose upon themselves, thinking that being trendy, beautiful, rich and

famous are valuable life goals. “The positive parent looks at each child as an individual, listens to what really makes them light up, and then supports that.”

Dreaming Big Landmark Worldwide, active in 125 cities globally, is committed to the idea that people everywhere have the possibility of achieving success, fulfillment and greatness. Corporate leaders praise its programs for helping participants relate, communicate and perform well.

Josselyne Herman-Saccio, a Landmark program leader in New York City, remarks, “Every one of us has a dream, yet too many of us choose our path with fear, disguised as practicality. Our kids might get the message that, ‘You don’t do your dream as your career.’”

That thought can leave anyone feeling like something is missing.

After putting off her own career as a singer and ultimately deciding to go for it, Herman-Saccio recorded That’s What Love Can Do with her group Boy Krazy. The song rose to the top of the pop charts in 1993.

That empowering experience helped her decide to help others—including her own three children—fulfill their dreams. Today, Herman-Saccio leads the Landmark Forum for adults, and the company also offers a version of the course for 13-to-17-year-olds, an interactive, three-day program in cities across the U.S. It helps teens first understand their existing patterns of thoughts and behaviors and then move forward to create new possibilities and face new challenges and discover a new level of power, freedom, self-expression and peace of mind. For a teen to register, a parent or legal guardian must register for or have completed the organization’s adult forum and provide permission.

Teens planning for life after high school get help identifying their career passion at schools such as Upland Hills School, in Oxford, Michigan.

Its emphasis on experiential learning culminates in a senior project the teen produces, whether it’s writing a novel, building a storage shed or volunteering at the local senior citizen center.

Each must someway contribute to

the community. Beginning with the student’s dream, they must work their way through obstacles, setbacks and all the steps required to bring a dream to reality.

Emotional Literacy/ Healthy Risk-Taking Sometimes parents need to address a teen’s longing for friends and social connections. For youths that especially need to nurture their social skills, such as high-functioning kids with autism or Asperger’s syndrome, film school might be an answer. At the Joey Travolta Film School and summer camp, in Lafayette, California, kids work together to make a movie; they start with a script, create sets, operate the camera, act and direct.

natural awakenings

August 2016

27

At the Hunter School, in Romney, New Hampshire, kids dealing with attention challenges can nurture mindbody awareness, energetic mindfulness and sensory integration. It all helps them get to know themselves and relate better to others.

Outdoor skills can help teens develop healthy risk-taking behaviors, as well as teach resilience, perseverance and self-reliance. SheJumps (SheJumps.org), in Salt Lake City, offers young women 6 to 18 years old an opportunity to master outdoor living skills, boost confidence and encourage leadership via collaborating with strong female role models. Fun activities include mountain biking, skiing and trailblazing.

Leadership Over time, experiential learning can help youths develop leadership skills.

Lander, Wyoming’s National Outdoor Leadership School, a gap-year program for high school graduates taking a year off before college, offers courses lasting two weeks, several months or even a full year. Activities include sea kayaking, Alaskan mountain and glacier climbing and wilderness medicine.

Teens already on track and wanting to develop additional leadership skills can tap into motivational speaker and self-help author Tony Robbins’ annual Unleash the Power Within youth

28

Broward County, Florida

leadership program event. Groups of youths 14 to 17 years old collectively participate to create individual breakthroughs, move beyond fears and limiting beliefs, accomplish goals and realize true desires. Application requirements include a good academic record, at least 20 hours of community service and a guidance counselor’s recommendation. Robbins maintains, “Grow and give is what life is all about.”

Service to Others A way for youngsters 5 to 19 years old to become empowered is by joining a 4-H group in urban, suburban or rural areas. If we envision a farm kid raising a calf to show at the state fair, that’s still one facet of today’s 4-H, but far from the entire scope. Founded in 1902, 4-H is a global nonprofit dedicated to learning by doing; specialties now range from computer science and graphic design to leadership, healthy living and the performing arts.

Positive mentoring by adults and developing community spirit ground 4-H clubs, camps and programs. Research by Tufts University’s Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development and America’s land-grant colleges and universities shows that people with a 4-H background are more likely to give back to their communities than others (see Tinyurl.

NABroward.com

com/YouthDevelopmentStudy).

For Grammy-winner Jennifer Nettles, of Nashville, 4-H meant learning to perform at an early age, even flying to Chicago to do it. “I don’t know that I would be where I am today without 4-H,” she says. “Mentors there help you. They helped me with the skills of performing and learning about being on stage; they also taught me the importance of giving back.”

Sustainable Sustenance Growing food for themselves and others can be a great adventure for teens, while fostering resourcefulness, perseverance and ecological awareness. Seventeen-year-old Katie Stagliano launched Katie’s Krops, in Summerville, South Carolina, several years ago based on her desire to fight hunger by growing food for people that need it. Today, the enterprise offers grants for youth in any area to start and maintain a local garden, provided they give away the produce to the hungry. The initiative has grown to more than 50 gardens around the U.S. Both Mobile Urban Growers, in Mobile, Alabama, and Closer to Earth, in Oklahoma City, empower youth through exercising organic gardening skills, environmental and food justice advocacy and personal mentorship.

Empowering experiences for teens don’t have to cost a lot or involve travel. “Dream big, but start small. Look around your own backyard, in your community,” says Borba.

“Teens can learn to pay it forward in all kinds of ways. They can get together with their peers and take on a doable project to help others. They may even need to start by learning to selfregulate and manage stress by getting away from their phones and instead being outside getting exercise.”

Casual family activities can provide opportunities for conversations about what teens want in life or what they’re worried about, and that opens the door for adults to step up to help mentor and empower their children.

“Boys are more likely to talk while they’re doing something, like shooting baskets with you in the driveway,” observes Borba. “Girls are more likely to talk if it’s one-on-one.”

Positive parents actively listen and then clarify what they heard from their teens, says Herman-Saccio.

This information helps point the way forward, to more interactive dialogue, brainstorming, problem-solving, helpful experiences and eventually, youth empowerment.

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

EMPOWERMENT STARTS EARLY Positive parenting skills go hand-inhand with children learning how to be their best. Kids can get an early start at programs like these.

The Natural Learning School, in Memphis, Tennessee, guides toddlers through elementary school kids with whole-child education, including arts and green learning (NLSMemphis.com).

SCHOOLS

PROGRAMS

Waldorf Schools, Learning by doing and in-depth, self-paced study are hallmarks of Waldorf schools across the country.

Circle of Seasons Charter School, a Waldorf-methods public school, in Fogelsville, Pennsylvania, offers a head start on empowerment for K–4 students (CircleOfSeasons.org).

Semillas para una Nueva Humanidad, a Waldorf-Methods School near Rincon, Puerto Rico, encourages independent learning for K–12 students.

(SNHPuertoRico.org/en/about-us).

Women Empowerment, in Vail, Colorado, specializes in programs for women and girls. A Chrysalis Circle helps girls explore the woman blossoming within them during a weeklong day camp adventure that includes rock climbing, kayaking and other activities. The Heart 2 Heart Mother/ Daughter Retreat helps moms and their girls rediscover or strengthen their connection. (see Tinyurl.com/WomenEmpowerPrograms).

natural awakenings

August 2016

29

The #1 Trait That Determines If You Are Successful

by Isabelle Valley

A

merican scientist Roy Baumeister is one of the world’s most leading and cited psychologists. Recently, the scientific community anxiously awaited the release of his latest literary work. This book was to encompass the most important insight on over 40 years of social psychology research. What Baumeister delivered was a revelation on what he declares the “greatest of all human strengths”—willpower.

According to Baumeister, willpower is the best predictor of how successful someone is in all facets of life. This especially applies to financial status and physical health as well as the ability to establish

meaningful and sustainable relationships.

His research was further verified by several cohort studies, the most recent conducted by a Duke University science team lead by Terrie Moffitt, PhD, involving 1,000 individuals. The subjects were tracked from birth to age 32. What they found was that individuals who displayed high self-control in childhood grew into adults with greater physical and mental health, fewer substance-abuse problems and criminal convictions, and better savings behavior and financial security. This was the case regardless of the children’s socioeconomic status, home lives and general intelligence.

So how does one acquire willpower?

Is it all just based on luck at birth or is it a trait that can be cultivated? According to Stanford professor, psychologist and author, Kelly McGonigal, in her award winning book, The Willpower Instinct, “You most definitely can materialize willpower as it is limited and therefore must be constantly reestablished through use and habit formation.”

The key to willpower lies in the brain, specifically the prefrontal cortex located towards the front of the head. In contrast, the deeper more primitive parts of your brain, otherwise known as the limbic and reptilian areas, override our willpower. The primitive areas are emotionally reactive whereas the prefrontal cortex is logical. The prefrontal cortex is what restrains you from temptation and prioritizes your goals and values. The limbic and reptilian areas are what cause you to stress eat and say things you later regret. They are commonly described as the “flight or fight” driven areas. As noted by many, the logic and emotionally reactive parts of the brain can at times be in a state of conflict.

The development of the prefrontal cortex will create a willpower performance that is ample and dominant over the impulsive areas. So how do you empower your prefrontal cortex over the primitive areas? According to McGonigal there are five main habits that will not only develop a rich supply of willpower but will actually change the physical constitution of your brain: Meditation Eating a specific diet Sleep Exercise Stress Management

In The Good Old Summertime Find Your One & Only!

the largest database of health-conscious Join and eco-minded, spiritual singles for FREE and manifest an extraordinary relationship!

Try for FREE at NaturalAwakeningsSingles.com 30

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

The development of the prefrontal cortex will create a willpower performance that is ample and dominant over the impulsive areas. So how do you empower your prefrontal cortex over the primitive areas? According to McGonigal there are five main habits that will not only develop a rich supply of willpower but will actually change the physical constitution of your brain.

Meditation Meditation is like going to the gym and training for a willpower challenge.

It essentially strengthens your attention muscle. The act of meditation is the ability to maintain a controlled mindset that dominates impulsive thinking. The act of mental self-control is, in essence, willpower. McGonigal states that after 11 hours of cumulative meditation, there is an observational and measured increase in neural connections in the brain’s area for self-control.

of exercise will significantly reduce your cravings for food and cigarettes. Their studies indicate that an average of exercise three times per week reduced stress, enhanced self-control and increased the ability to ignore distractions. In fact, exercise does the same kind of thing that many medicines do. Harvard psychiatrist and author John Ratey states that “exercise is like taking a little bit of Prozac and a little bit of Ritalin,” noting that exercise increases the amount of neurotransmitters in our brains as seen when Zoloft is taken.

Eating a Specific Diet

Stress Management

According to McGonigal, the key to willpower is “sugar.” The brain constantly monitors available energy using special glucose detecting cells. When glucose drops, the brain will cut back on “energy-expensive” tasks such as selfcontrol. This is why a state of hunger can lead to poor food choices. The number one recommended and most scientifically proven diet for willpower, according to McGonigal, is a whole, plant-based vegan diet, rich with fiber and natural occurring glucose such as that found in fruits and vegetables.

McGonigal warns that “stress is the enemy of willpower.” Stress drains willpower by causing us to succumb to a constant state of “flight or fight” and produces the willpower destroying hormone “cortisol.” Ironically, the optimal ways to manage stress are also the most effective ways to build willpower. Sleeping, eating the right foods, exercising and meditation are not only powerful stress management

Sleep In conjunction with diet, sleep deprivation impairs the body’s and brain’s ability to utilize glucose. McGonigal states that sleep deprivation causes the brain to crave sweets and caffeine. In turn this leads to an overreaction to stress and higher states of uncontrollable “flight or fight.”

The ability to take in just a few extra hours of sleep a day demonstrated exponential self-control in drug and nicotine recovery studies. Sleep is an essential willpower booster.

Exercise According to psychologists Megan Oaten and Ken Cheng, just 15 minutes

techniques but cultivate willpower itself.

Baumeister states that willpower is the most important trait for a happy and successful life. If this is the case, we would be wise in practicing all the key habits to assure we have an ample supply. Though creating these habits may require us to use our willpower, Baumeister points out that once habits are formed, they go on auto pilot, therefore little willpower is needed to sustain them. With that said, habits of sleep, exercise, meditation and proper nutrition come with a compounded effect.

These habits may take a little willpower investment initially, but eventually this willpower will compound, leading to an ample supply of the #1 trait for success.

Isabelle Valley, certified raw detoxification specialist, has more than a decade of experience helping individuals elevate their health through the power of raw foods and motivational coaching. For more information, visit at TheRawOasis. com, See ad page 46.

coming back !

ASCENDED MASTER TURYAN brought to us by

CRISTOVÃO BRILHO It wIll be a specIal tIme of blessIngs FEEL THE HEALING POWER !

SUNDAY OCTOBER 9, 2016 $16 PER SESSION RESERVE NOW! 786.295.8665 / 305.446.5090 www.institutocristovaobrilho.wazala.com

natural awakenings

August 2016

31

Why do we need an internal sense of safety?

wisewords

Barnet Bain on How Creativity Can Save the World Fresh Thinking Challenges Rigid Mindsets

by Linda Sechrist

F

ilmmaker Barnet Bain’s credits include writer/ director of Milton’s Secret, due out this fall, starring Donald Sutherland and Michelle Rodriguez and based on Eckhart Tolle’s book, producer of the Oscarwinning What Dreams May Come, executive producer of the Emmy-award nominee Homeless to Harvard and writer/producer of The Celestine Prophecy movie. Now, as author of The Book of Doing and Being: Rediscovering Creativity in Life, Love, and Work, he offers tools that everyone can use to develop a creativity practice designed to move us beyond our unconscious hand-me-down worldview, escape mental and emotional straightjackets and unlock great reservoirs of imagination. In so doing, we discover we can create anything we like; from a work of art to a fulfilling relationship.

32

Broward County, Florida

Why is creativity so vital now?

More than ever before, the nature of human consciousness today is making it apparent that we live inside stories and are pushing up against their edges.

Strategies we’ve used to try to attain control, success or empowerment—structured ideas about how the world works, false assurances and guarantees about life—may not be working. As a result, we are mired in anxiety, stress and crises. It all offers us the opportunity to wake up to a larger truth that supersedes everything else: We must discover where our true safety resides, in building newly intelligent relationships within, as well as with others, using capacities beyond logic and reason.

NABroward.com

Safety found within shows up in our experiences of the world. As we become increasingly reliant on and confident in our creative skills to survive and thrive, we give ourselves the gift of resilience in chaos.

Humanity’s creativity must be awakened in order to meet the challenges of a changing world and effectively address problems that appear to have too few solutions. The same inner awareness and skill set that give birth to the creative process can be applied to all aspects of life. Only through creative acts can we rise above unworkable paradigms, group thinking and earlier conditioning to create new and more fluid stories that grow from revised thoughts, beliefs, choices and attitudes that mature from the inside out.

Deep, compassionate understanding of how we arrived at this point allows us to shed restrictions. It begins with facing the whys and wherefores of our most intimate consciousness.

How do male and female energies play into this?

Everyone possesses both masculine and feminine energies; neither is better or less valuable than the other. Doing and acting characterize masculine energy, which makes things. It builds, structures, orders and files. Being characterizes the feminine, womb-like energy, pregnant with possibilities and subsequent manifested outcomes. The

capacities to imagine, feel and receive also are feminine. In the dance with the masculine, the harmony of these feminine qualities is the primal desire for and the impulse of creativity itself.

When the masculine and feminine energies are balanced and intimately joined, they express the ability to act, create, manifest, build and bring order. When we learn how to balance them, we become more creative and effective, individually and collectively. We are better at meeting challenges and responding to opportunities.

How does chauvinism block creativity?

Chauvinism, an elevation of masculine over feminine energy, would separate us from our feelings. It does violence to femininity and castrates legitimate masculinity. The mildest trace of such subordination diminishes and reduces primal creative energies to second place, so that nothing new can arrive.

Civilization suffers from this systemic disorder to the degree that we believe our needs won’t be met unless we are controlling or relying disproportionately on action principles. A culture that elevates doing over being is ignorant of how to pop the clutch and shift into neutral, and so keeps driving down the same road without hope of changing direction.

When spirituality was more alive inside religious traditions, we honored the sanctity of the Sabbath and the importance of putting aside doing in order to be intimate with the mystery of life. It’s what breathes new life into our thoughts and feelings, arousing body, mind and spirit to new heights.

Every creator understands that all creativity is a gift of the feminine energy and a gift of the gods. Integrative masculine energies are always constellated around such a gift. Allowing ourselves to become intimate with a greater state of being rather than doing, we open ourselves to receiving a new relationship with life.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Connect at ItsAllAboutWe.com. natural awakenings

August 2016

33

healthykids

YAY FOR

PLAY

Ways to Spark a Child’s Creativity

by April Thompson

W

hether it’s playing dress-up, making forts from sofa cushions or drawing pic-

tures, creative moments can define and distinguish a happy childhood. Yet it’s not all just fun and games, according to experts. Childhood creativity, nurtured both in the classroom and at home, is crucial for developing qualities such as sound decision-making, flexible thinking and mental resiliency.

Analyzing more than 150 studies across the fields of psychology, neuroscience, education and business management, the Center for Childhood Creativity, in Sausalito, California, found many important life skills are affiliated with a creative upbringing. The resulting white paper, Inspiring a Generation to Create, underscores that rather than simply being an innate trait, creativity can be taught.

“Creativity should be an integral part of every child’s education.

The research shows that we can avoid the drop in original thinking that happens as students move into early adolescence,” reports Daniel Pink, author of A Whole New Mind.

Creativity isn’t only child’s play; parents also could do well to infuse their own lives with its discoveries and delights.

“Through creativity, parents can reawaken a sense of wonder and joy, and nurture characteristics like patience,” says Julia Cameron, author of The Artist’s Way for Parents: Raising Creative Children.

Engaging Parents Cameron wrote the book in part to guide her own daughter, actress and film director Domenica Cameron-Scorsese, in her creative journey through motherhood.

While many such works focus on art projects for kids, Cameron’s book emphasizes activities that put creative fuel in the parental tank. For example, she recommends parents take up the ritual of “morning pages”; writing three pages of stream-of-consciousness thoughts the first thing each morning.

Jean Van’t Hul, author of The Artful Parent, started a daily sketchbook practice for herself and to set an example for her kids. “I like that the kids see me creating regularly and they’ve joined in a couple times. I also want to get over 34

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

my self-limited belief that I’m not a good artist,” remarks Van’t Hul, who blogs at ArtfulParent.com.

Engaging Kids A family ritual, like a bedtime story or relationship with a pet, can be re-imagined to inspire household members to co-create together. “Instead of always reading to my kids, we take turns making up stories by ‘giving’ each other three things, like an airplane, a shovel and a pair of pants, which we have to use in a story,” says Nicole Corey Rada, a working mother of two in Richmond, Virginia. “Sometimes, we pretend our pets are having conversations, and use different voices and accents to express what they might be saying, given their circumstance at the time. This is a family favorite; we laugh constantly.”

Mark Runco, Ph.D., a University of Georgia professor of gifted and creative education, founder of the Creativity Research Journal and advisor to the Center for Childhood Creativity, notes the importance of balancing unstructured and structured activities, creating space for both individual expression and creative collaboration.

To foster the former, Van’t Hul encourages “strewing”, which she refers to as “the art of casually yet strategically leaving invitations for learning and creativity out for kids to discover on their own.” Invitations to play could be a basket of non-toxic blocks, a recycledpaper sketchpad opened to a blank page or some nature finds from a walk in the woods.

As an example of the latter, Cameron suggests that parents lead kids on a weekly creative expedition, allowing the kids to choose a new place to aimlessly explore such as a park, bookstore, pet shop or museum. According to the author, that sense of shared adventure, fostered in a safe space, naturally nurtures the creative process, both for now and the future.

“If you make art the center, insisting that kids be creative, they may feel a sense of pressure,” advises Cameron. “If you make inspiration the center, it spills over into art.”

Connect with freelance writer April Thompson, of Washington, D.C., at AprilWrites.com.

How to Empower Youth to Change the World for the Better

by Francine Kanter

O

ur children are the future of our country, the world!

Some would say that as ideal as it sounds—to empower youth—it is not that easy as parents, community leaders and teachers to foster this sense of ownership and leadership in children. Some might even wonder how we can put our future into the hands of teens whose ideas span from the simple lemonade stand to lofty dreams that are ridden with logistical complications.

The answer is simple: we simply let them “do.” We let them dream and think. We give our youth the tools to collaborate and problem solve, brainstorm and reflect. We empower them to believe that their voice matters without judging or criticizing their ideas.

The “how” of how to empower youth is to let them be kids and develop their own ideas—wherever they are in the range of potential social good actions. While one teen might be ready to speak out on a cause to their classmates or create an after school club, another might produce a video to build general awareness, while another might make bracelets to sell for a cause. The action almost doesn’t matter as long as it is meaningful to the student and fosters a sense of purpose.

Kids will be kids, and that is what makes their voices meaningful. The truth is that kids, even the most well-meaning ones, are going to have up and down days when it comes to using their voice. Sometimes their ideas will have expansive reach, while others may fall flat—and that is okay. They need to learn that being a change agent does not mean that everyone will always want to listen just because we would like them to. They need to learn that sometimes even the most fabulous idea may need a bit more ‘oomph’ or logistical planning. They need to know that ideas come to us at times when we least expect them—in the shower or walking home from the bus stop. But most importantly, our children need to know that we believe in their ideas.

As parents and adults, we also have to face another reality of empowering youth. Teens are adolescents. They may be ready

to inspire others one week and want nothing to do with the cause the next. The goal is to help our youth develop habits that, in the end, they can sustain without our ‘suggestions’ or prodding. We have to let their interests ebb and flow while still talking about our own actions for good in the background so that our behaviors and words create the foundation for a long-term lifestyle.

A good lifestyle means good health not only on the physical level but even more importantly on the mental level. It may start as simply as having good concentration, focus, a good memory or improving the ability of learning a simple task.

Being involved in your child’s life as a parent is the most valuable tool an adolescent may have, ensuring they are equipped with the ability to develop themselves into society, ensuring they have healthy relationships with their peers—know their friends. Having a high state of health is part of the power, the power to express ourselves, the power of creation, the power of leadership.

Francine Kanter, CCH, RsHOM(NA) is a board certified homeopath practitioner in private practice. She can be reached at 754-484-7988, frKanter@aol.com or fKanterHomeopath.com. See ad page 48.

A d v e r t i s e

H e r e

and

watch

Contact us for special one-time ad

your

business

rates.

grow

www.nabroward.com | 954.630.1610

natural awakenings

August 2016

35

The Garden Cure Natural Sanctuaries Heal Body and Spirit

by Sandra Murphy

Photo courtesy of The Boiron Medicinal Garden at the Rodale Institute

greenliving

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. ~John Muir Renew Since ancient times, gardens have been employed as a place of healing for body and spirit. Japanese healthcare providers prescribe shinrin-yoku, meaning, “walking in forests to promote health” or “forest bathing”. Its intent is to use sight, sound and smell to connect with nature through stress-reducing, meditative walks.

Based on a program created by the Morikami Japanese Gardens, in Delray Beach, Florida, Washington state’s Bloedel Reserve, on Bainbridge Island,

36

Broward County, Florida

conducts Strolls for Well-Being. Participants sign up for a free, 10-week session of 12 self-guided walks and three group meetings. A companion workbook is provided to encourage journaling on themes such as forgiveness, gratitude and joy.

“Public gardens are a safe place where people can focus and do the work,” says Erin Jennings, with Bloedel.

“We see people that wish to reflect and refuel or simply be more aware and intentional in life.” With 150 acres of natural woodlands and landscaped areas, ranging from a moss garden to

NABroward.com

a bird marsh, participants can take as much time as they need.

Refresh Bees are an integral part of any flowering garden, and Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary, in Floyd, Virginia, sustainably hosts 30 hives on six acres adjacent to a field planted with buckwheat, mustard, sunflowers and clover for its biodynamic beekeeping. An orchard on the property dovetails with an organic farm next door. Tours, talks, plant sales, food and music enhance the hospitality.

Hope Hill Lavender Farm, in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, adds lavender to soap, sugar scrubs, lotion and essential oil. “It takes 11 pounds of hand-picked fresh blossoms to make one ounce of essential oil,” says Troy Jochems, coowner with his wife, Wendy. A member of the mint family, lavender adds distinctive flavor and fragrance to both sweet and savory dishes (find recipes at HopeHillLavenderFarm.com). Visit the farm on summer weekends through mid-August and plan to partake of the annual lavender festival next June.

In Glen Allen, Virginia, visitors enjoy a cool serving of lavender lemonade or honey ice cream at Lavender Fields Herb Farm after a stroll through the garden. Greenhouse tours and fall classes on growing herbs, vegetables and lavender include how to make an herbal wreath.

Restore Tea Wellness classes and tastings of fair trade heirloom varieties are a big draw at Light of Day Organics, in Traverse City, Michigan. They’re taught by founder and horticulturist Angela Macke, a registered nurse. It’s the only dual-certified organic and Demeter Biodynamic commercial grower of tea plants in North America.

The Boiron Medicinal Garden at the Rodale Institute, in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, emphasizes the importance of plants in homeopathy. Maggie Saska, plant production specialist with the research farm, explains, “Walking tours with educational signage in the garden let visitors know which species to look for when planting their own organic healing garden. Plants from a store may

Nature is my medicine. ~Sara Moss-Wolfe not be organically grown or of the correct species,” although a nursery may afford more options.

Christophe Merville, D.Pharm., Boiron USA director of education and pharmacy development, attests that many familiar plants can offer benefits beyond beauty, such as reducing stress, promoting healing or easing congestion. He cautions, “People think plants are naturally safe, but they can be dangerous. St. John’s wort extract, for example, can relieve mild depression, but interacts with prescription medicines. It also reacts to light, so users may experience rashes from sun exposure.

“Lemon balm can be made into an antioxidant tea. It can be grown in a garden, on a balcony or indoors, and combines well with chamomile or lavender.

We like it for helping to relieve anxiety or to improve mental performance.”

Merville suggests steeping German chamomile tea for relaxing sleep.

He says breathing in the steam helps a stuffy nose. When used as a compress, it can relieve pain and itch from rashes. “Don’t drink too much or make it too concentrated,” he warns, because of its blood-thinning properties. Saska and Merville recommend that enthusiasts take classes, work with an herbalist and find a good reference book. Merville prefers Rodale’s 21st Century Herbal for beginners.

Vicki Nowicki, founder of Liberty Gardens, in Downers Grove, Illinois, observes, “The world is seeing the first generations that don’t have a relationship with the land or know how to grow their own food.” Its seed-lending library, classes and tours, along with other healing gardens throughout the country, aim to get everyone back to basics including going outside.

Connect with freelance writer Sandra Murphy at StLouisFreelanceWriter@ mindspring.com.

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from

serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. ~Fred Rogers

Americans’ Inside Story n Only 12 percent of U.S. adults go outside nearly every day, 8 percent several times a week and 6 percent only once or twice a week. Two percent never venture outside. n When U.S. adults take time out of doors, just under a third spend more than an hour there and almost a quarter spend at least 30 minutes while the rest average five to 10 minutes or less. n Thirty-eight percent of Americans 55 years and over invest at least an hour outside each day, compared to 25 percent of those under 35.

Source: National Recreation and Park Association

natural awakenings

August 2016

37

naturalpet

HANDLE WILD THINGS WITH CARE How to Help Injured Animals

by Sandra Murphy

W

hen encountering a bird or animal that appears to be abandoned, take only minimal steps to help. “People mean well but a lot of rescues we see, didn’t need help,” says Lacy Campbell, wildlife care center operations manager for the Audubon Society of Portland, Oregon.

Make sure the animal is away from traffic or predators, and then call a local wildlife rehabilitator before taking further action, especially if the animal is injured.

Vulnerable Little Ones Baby squirrels can fall out of the nest.

“Leave him at the base of the tree,” says Jennifer Keats Curtis, author of the children’s book Squirrel Rescue. “Mom will rebuild the nest before coming to get her baby. If it’s cold, put it in a box with a towel. Once squirrels have been treated as a pet, they can’t be released.”

Tiny, not-yet-feathered nestlings should be returned home; it’s a myth that human scent poses a problem.

If the nest is out of reach or can’t be located, make one with a box and soft cloth. Put it in the tree, so the parents can resume feeding. Leave the area so as not to frighten them.

“After young robins, scrub jays, 38

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

crows and owls leave the nest, they typically spend up to a week on the ground before they can fly,” says Campbell. “At night, the parents will escort the fully feathered fledglings to safety beneath a bush.”

In parks, ducks and geese may nest away from the water. Mama will lead her babies to the pond, even across busy streets. If it’s safe, stop the car to halt traffic, act as their crossing guard, and then resume driving.

A box turtle operates on innate GPS. “It lives in an area the size of a football field,” explains Curtis. “It will go onward, no matter how many times people try to redirect it. If injured by a car or lawn mower, the shell can be mended by a rehab center.”

Bunnies eat at dusk and dawn. Inbetween, the nest may look abandoned.

“Wild baby rabbits are difficult to keep alive if injured,” says Curtis. “At sundown, see if mom returns; if not, they need a wildlife rehab expert.”

A lone, young raccoon is either old enough to climb a tree by itself or the mother will carry it. If we feed a raccoon, it will become a beggar.

Opossums are dramatic actors. When cornered, they hiss and fall over and play dead in a coma-like state for up to

The best outcome for injured animals is rescue, rehabilitation and return to the wild. four hours. Check back later. If a mother possum has been killed by a car, call a rehab official to check her pouch for potential babies.

“If you find a young deer fawn or moose calf, leave it.

The mother comes back several times each day to nurse,” advises Amanda Nicholson, director of outreach for the Wildlife Center of Virginia, in Waynesboro. “Its coloring helps it remain undetected by predators.”

Other Unexpected Encounters “Don’t feed wild animals or leave out food or accessible comestible trash. Bobcats, wolves, bears and coyotes will avoid people unless food is involved,” cautions Jennifer Place, program associate for Born Free USA, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C. “Wild animals protect their space, food and young, so stay on marked trails when hiking and never turn your back on them.”

For unexpected meetings, stay calm. “Make sure there’s an escape route for the animal,” says Place. “With foxes or coyotes, throw sticks or small rocks, but don’t hit the animal.

Make yourself look large and yell.” With snakes, sidestep away slowly for more than six feet before walking in the other direction. Bears require a different response. “Speak in a low voice so the bear realizes you are not prey. Never climb a tree,” says Place. “Bears know the terrain, can run faster than a horse and can climb trees, too. Sidestep away, remaining carefully upright, calm and unthreatening. If the bear moves toward you, keep talking until he moves away.

Running kicks in its prey drive.”

Yellowstone Park regulations require visitors to stay 25 yards away from most wildlife and 100 yards away from bears and wolves. Selfie photos with animals can result in injury or death for humans and animals through carelessness; safety depends on good judgement, respect and common sense.

Friends of wildlife know beforehand how to contact local rehabilitators if there’s an emergency, observe before taking action, and protect pets. “Always leash dogs when going into the yard at night and keep cats indoors,” says Place.

“Peaceful co-existence allows for the safety of both people and animals, domestic and wild.”

Connect with freelance writer Sandra Murphy at StLouisFreelanceWriter@mindspring.com.

Children will support anything that is empowering to them. ~Robert Rodriguez

Wildlife Transport Tips If a wild animal is injured, wear heavy gloves in its vicinity to avoid being bitten or scratched. Completely cover the animal with a blanket so it stays relatively calm, and place it in a carrier for transport to a rehabilitation facility. A warm hot water bottle can help ward off shock.

Do not give the animal water, milk or food. Time is of the essence to ward off dangers of stress. Wild animals can carry disease without appearing to be ill. Fleas, ticks and mites are likely, so keep injured wildlife away from pets and children. natural awakenings

August 2016

39

inspiration

SEPT

EARTH GUARDIANS

MUSIC LIFTS THE HUMAN SPIRIT

Raise your traffic and sales. Advertise your products and services in our

Kids Say No to Global Warming

by April Thompson

A

September Music & Yoga Issue

To advertise or participate in our next issue, call

954-630-1610 40

Broward County, Florida

t age 6, climate change activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez gave his first speech to a packed crowd in his hometown of Boulder, Colorado. Raised in the Aztec tradition, he was taught that as indigenous people, they are descendants of the land and inherit a duty to protect it.

“I felt such sadness that my generation inherited this crisis to clean up.

That night, I saw that those emotions could be channeled into action and my voice could make a difference,” says Martinez, founder and youth director of the nonprofit Earth Guardians.

Ten years later, his impassioned message has sparked a global movement. More than 2,000 “youth crews” from Bhutan to Brazil are fighting climate change and improving their communities in other ways.

These activists aren’t yet old enough to vote, but are still making their voices heard by global policymakers. On their behalf, Martinez delivered a plea to representatives from 192 countries at the United Nations General Assembly meeting on climate change last year, asking for stronger measures to protect both the planet and its people. He particularly pointed to the ever-increasing “climate refugees” that have lost their homes to rising oceans and other havoc caused

by Earth’s warming trend.

Although Martinez serves on

NABroward.com

President Obama’s youth council, he and 20 other young plaintiffs filed a landmark lawsuit earlier this year against the federal government for failing to protect its citizens from climate change.

The plaintiffs are seeking a court order requiring America’s president to establish a national plan to decrease atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide to “safe” levels by 2100.

At home, Martinez is working with Boulder County community and environmental organizations to locally eliminate pesticides from parks, charge for plastic bags at retail, regulate coal ash emissions and ban fracking.

EarthGuardians.org offers many ways anyone can plug into the movement, whether taking individual actions to lighten our carbon footprint, creating school gardens or signing its Silence into Action pledge, inspired by Martinez’s younger brother Itzcuauhtli’s 45-day silence strike for climate action.

“The most important thing you can do is educate yourself. Whatever makes you come alive, use that passion to make a difference,” says Martinez, whose performances as a pianist and hip-hop artist inform and enliven music festivals worldwide. “Together, we can create a legacy we can be proud to pass on to the next generation.”

Connect with freelance writer April Thompson, of Washington, D.C., at AprilWrites.com.

askthetherapist

Healing Your Inner Child Karen L. Kaye, MS, LMHC

Q:

Dear Karen Kaye, I have heard the term “inner child” Can you explain the concept and how it works?

Sincerely, Nancy

A:

Dear Nancy, The term “inner child” is referring to you. Every adult has a child within who has not grown fully to adulthood. This part of you regresses in stressful situations. As complex human beings, we have many layers of “self” to penetrate before we can fully heal. Many people believe they are fine and fully functioning adults. Put that same adult in a different situation that is stressful, disappointing or anger provoking, and that same person acts like a child. It is as if they are frozen in time and the six-year old child emerges and takes over at the most inopportune times. This inner voice can feel uncontrollable, involuntary and overwhelming because it is the work of the unconscious mind. These are the times you ask yourself, “What made me say or do that? That didn’t even sound like me; I sounded so childish, angry or hurt for no reason.”

The reason this occurs over and

over is that every human being leaves childhood with some form of unfinished business, like “Why didn’t I get any attention?” or “Why was my brother the favorite?” The universe will then continuously provide learning lessons in the present in order to duplicate the unfinished business from childhood, in order to heal. Until we are conscious of this pattern, we keep impulsively reacting to those reminders, such as when your boss favors a co-worker, the memory of your brother’s favoritism is contributing to your response. Once you become conscious that this “kneejerk” reaction is out of perspective in present moment reality and comes from an old wound, you either consciously stay in the adult or do your best to regain your adult perspective. In some instances you might have to remove yourself from the situation and come back later, having thought about it, to accomplish this. This is true healing from a deeper level of consciousness.

This triggering experience, back to your childhood, especially happens with those closest to you in the present, like your mate or children, because these relationships most resemble the emotional relationship you had with your original family.

In conclusion, you become a better person, parent, mate, employee or employer once you deal with your own inner child issues, knowing that you aren’t taking out your childhood issues on others. In addition, your awareness of your feelings about your childhood will make you more patient and sensitive to others’ feelings.

Sincerely, Karen Kaye, LMHC Karen L. Kaye has been in private practice for more than 30 years in Broward County. She receives clients in person and over the phone. You can reach her at 954-384-1217. See ad page 46.

Hepsharat Amadi, M.D., L.Ac. Wholistic Family Practice Physician Specializing in:

• Integrative/Functional Medicine & Western Medicine • Health Optimization & Anti-Aging Dr. Hepsharat Amadi by appointment only

• Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement • Detoxification • Quantum Bio-feedback

10189 West Sample Road, Coral Springs, Florida 33065 www.DrAmadi.com 954.757.0064 natural awakenings

August 2016

41

calendarofevents Local ongoing calendar items for the community may be submitted online at http://www.NABroward.com/calendar-ongoing.

wednesday, august 3

Open House at Keiser University - 5-8pm, Free.

Potential students can learn about the resources available to help them find a new career path and take their future to a higher level. Campus locations: 1500 NW 49th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 and 1640 SW 145 Ave., Pembroke Pines, FL 33027. Info: 888-844-8404.

Saturday, august 6

2016 Animal Adoption Fair Silent Auction & Charity Fundraiser. An evening of live music and dancing, delicious vegan buffet dinner/wines.

Auction includes Carlos Santana’s signed guitar; autographed Dolphins helmet; trip to New Orleans. $35/advance, $50/door and RSVP a must (for food count). Tamarac Community Center Ballroom, 8601 W Commercial Blvd, Tamarac. RSVP req’d, Maria 305-519-0877.

Sunday, august 14

6th Annual Animal Adoption Fair - 10am-5pm.

Adoptable pets, rescues and shelters from three counties, animal demos, fun, food, giant raffle and vendors. Sponsors, vendors and volunteers needed. Rescues and shelters get free spaces.

Air-conditioned indoor fun for all. War Memorial Auditorium, 800 NE 8th St, Fort Lauderdale. Info, Brook 954-971-4432

Sunday, august 21

Free Consultation & Acupuncture Treatment If you suffer from chronic fatigue, ATOM’s Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) program invites you to schedule an appointment (herbs not included). Patients seen by Licensed Acupuncturists & supervised by expert in that field.

Treatments observed by the class. Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine (ATOM), 100 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 100, Ft. Lauderdale. Appointments: 954-763-9840 ext. 201.

Saturday, august 27

South Florida Vegan Fest 2016 - 10am-5pm. A vegan educational event, introducing the public to vegan ethics and products. Free vegan meal, free samples and tastings, exhibitors, speakers, food preparation demos, film debut of Vegan Voices, live Skype with Dr. Michael Klaper.

Tamarac Community Center Ballroom, 8601 W Commercial Blvd, Tamarac.

tuesday, august 30

Vote YES on Amendment 4 - All day, All Broward County Voters can participate. Florida residents can obtain lower energy costs, lower taxes and get more access to solar by casting a yes vote on Amendment 4 on August 30. If passed, the amendment will exempt solar systems from the burdensome tangible personal property tax for a period of 20 years. This amendment takes effect January 1, 2018, and expires on December 31, 2037. For more information and to vote by mail, visit YesOn4.org. See ad page 11

Wednesday, august 31

Today’s the day we can be in gratitude for this past month. Pick your most favorite moment and reflect. Now, describe a goal you want to accomplish this coming month. Write it down.

This will be something that you may reflect on at the end of September. ~ a note from “the Q” with appreciation to B. :-)

ongoingevents sunday Sacred Journey Interfaith Seminary — 9am– 5pm. Classes for Interfaith Ministry Ordination. A Healing Space, 1410 NE 26th Street, Wilton Manors 33305. Rev. Dr. Grace Telesco 917.579.3750.

Yoga on the Beach — 9:30–10:30am, $10 Donation. Classes held daily weather permitting. Experience gentle yoga flow outside. Copperbeech Yoga & Fitness Inc., Ocean Manor Resort, private patio behind tiki bar, 4040 Galt Ocean Drive, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308, 516.840.1455.

42

Broward County, Florida

Unity of Pompano – Join us at 9:30am: Power Hour discussion on spiritual topics/books led

by Cynthia Roberts, L.U.T. 11am: Celebration Service-Inspirational Message-Live Music; 11am Youth Classes K-12; Fellowship Hour following service. 261 SE 13th Ave, Pompano Beach, 954.946.0857.

Buddhist Meditation Class — 10–11:30am. $10 Learn to meditate and gain practical advice for living a peaceful life. Drolma Kadampa Buddhist Center, 140 West Prospect Rd. 954.537.9191.

Ft Lauderdale Center for Spiritual Living Services 10:30am Full Celebration Service with Dr. Arleen Bump on relevant topics. Includes musical presentations. 4849 North Dixie Hwy, Oakland Park FL 33334, 954.566.2868.

NABroward.com

markyourcalendar Animal Adoption Fair

Silent Auction & Charity Fundraiser Sat. Aug. 6th, from 5–8:30pm Tickets: AnimalAdoptionFair@gmail.com www.AnimalAdoptionFair.com

~

Animal Adoption Fair Sun., Aug 14, 10am-5pm

~

www.AnimalAdoptionFair.com

South Florida Vegan Fest Sat., Aug 27, 10am-5pm. www.SouthFloridaVeganFest.com

See calendar of events, this page, for more information, plus, visit nabroward.com (to view posted brief of August 1)

upcomingevents fri -Sat, September 9-10

5th Annual Suits, Stilettos & Lipstick Conference - September 9-10th at The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention Center. Dream it! Live it! Be it! Join 1,000 women ( and smart men) for the Sassy revolution! Register online for tickets at www.SSLwomen.com. A portion of proceeds go to benefit the United Way Mission United.

See ad page 2.

saturday, november 12

Everyday Green Expo - 10am-2pm, $1.50/ per person (ages 6+) weekend gate entry fee.

Sustainable living • holiday gift shop • Pet Expo • meet organizations with a sustainable vision • Kids’ Corner • farm-to-table demos, special events. Quiet Waters Park, 401 S. Powerline Rd., Corporate Shelter #10, Deerfield Beach.

Metaphysical Chapel of South Florida – Healing Service, 10:30am, Worship Service 11am.

Shared space with the Sunshine Cathedral MCC (in the Graham/Fasana Chapel), 1480 SW 9th Ave, Ft. Lauderdale, 754.300.1428.

Catholic Mass — 10:30am, (+ Sat 5pm) The Parish of Sts. Francis & Clare, Staffed by Franciscan friars. 101 NE 3rd St, Ft Lauderdale, 954.731.8173.

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) — 11am–12pm, Free, Inclusive, unprogrammed worship in the manner of Friends. 2nd Presbyterian Church, Multi-Purpose Rm, 1400 N Federal Hwy, Ft Lauderdale. 954.682.1433.

ADV ERTORIAL

Every Day Can Be A Day Without Pain!

Natural Awakenings Topical Pain Relief Plus

A

cute pain from an accident, burn or insect bite may cramp your style at the family picnic, but the kind of pain that recurs every day and every night can make us miss out on the best times of our lives. Lost opportunities like playing with our children and grandchildren, participating in sports and other healthy activities like dancing do not give you a second chance for fun. Natural Awakenings Topical Pain Relief Plus relieves pain, strains and sprains while substantially reducing recovery time.

include certified, refined emu oil, whole leaf aloe vera, MSM glucosamine and chondroitin, in a proprietary blend of essential oils, Oriental herbs, botanical extracts and complex vitamins/ antioxidants.

MSM acts as an analgesic and antiinflammator y agent, inhibits muscle spasm and increases blood flow while aloe vera, the only known vegetable source of vitamin B12, Emu oil allows the other ingredients to immediately begin to reduce pain, inflammation and swelling.

Unique Ingredients are How it Works Natural Awakenings Topical Pain Relief Plus works by penetrating deep into skin and muscle tissue. Key ingredients

{ The Spray That Saved Me!}

I have been using this spray for years now to help my osteoarthritis pain and it really works. I had tried everything else on the market and this is the only product that gives me relief. I have recommended it to many of my friends. ~ Patricia Enjoy safe and effective relief from:

• Arthritis Pain • Stiff Joints • Cramps • Headaches • Knee, Neck & Back Pain • Inflammation & Swelling • Tired, Sore Muscles

Its natural ingredients include:

Back Money ighted! el if not D

• Certified Emu Oil • Aloe Vera • Herbs • Glucosamine & Condroitin • Vitamins/Antioxidants • Botanical Extracts • MSM Topical Pain Relief also helps to stimulate energy, detoxify and promote a healthier quality of life.

4-oz spray $24.99 $19.99 – 8-oz spray $39.99 $34.99 plus $5 shipping • FREE Shipping on orders $75 & over Order online today at

ShopNaturalAwakenings.com or call: 888-822-0246

Like us on Facebook.com/NAWebstore

Emu oil, an allnatural food byproduct that contains high levels of linoleic acid, known to relieve arthritic pain, is obtained from the fat of the flightless emu bird, and a series of processes refine, sterilize and deodorize it. But not all emu oil sold is of the quality used in Natural Awakenings Topical Pain Relief Plus; some is simply rendered, using added ingredients that pollute the natural oil.

As an added benefit, emu oil increases skin layer thickness by up to 56 percent, decreasing wrinkles and age spots.

Follow the Directions For optimum relief, apply a generous amount of Natural Awakenings Topical Pain Relief Plus directly onto the area of pain or discomfort, allowing it to be absorbed for two to three minutes. Don’t wipe away any that is not absorbed; massage it into the surrounding areas, and use it as often as needed— there are no side effects!

Using Natural Awakenings Topical Pain Relief Plus three times daily is ideal—depending on your level of pain—when you wake up, at mid-day or after work and just before bedtime.

Regular use will continue to alleviate pain and help keep it from returning as often or as intensely.

ECK Worship Service — 11am–12pm, Free.

First Sunday/month. Experience Light and Sound of God. Learn about Eckankar HU Song, Rodeway Inn and Suites, 2400 West State Road 84 (Marina Mile Blvd), Fort Lauderdale, 33312, Johanna Carter, 954.693.5681.

The Kabbalah Centre of Boca Raton invites you to Spiritual Sunday. 11am. Donation Based.

Get inspired every Sunday for an uplifting consciousness-elevating seminar and meditation using ancient Kabbalistic tools. Everyone’s welcome. 8411 West Palmetto Park Rd, Boca Raton, 33433. 561.488.8826.

Tai Chi — 11:30am–1:30pm. Fitness, stress management, low impact, exercise routines. Oneness Tai Chi Intl., 92 E McNab Rd, Pompano Beach FL 954.394.4342.

Coral Springs Metaphysical Group — 1–3pm (1st & 3rd Sun ea. mo.) Free. Deep trance channeling. Ask questions. Get answers. Talk to psychics. At the home of Charles and Sondra Zecher, 12140 NW 10th St, Coral Springs, 954.340.7087.

Community HU Chant — 6–6:30 pm. 4th Sunday of each month, release your inner tensions and gain peace and calm Dunkin Donuts/Meeting Room, 1405 S. Powerline Rd., Pompano Beach, FL 33442. For more information, 954.693.5681.

Free Guided Meditation & Kirtan (Satsang) — 7–8:30pm Meditation followed by uplifting call-and-response chanting & music. Yoga Warehouse, 508 SW Flagler Ave, Downtown Ft Lauderdale, 954.525.7726.

monday Gentle Yoga & Meditation — 10–11:15am. $10 first class. Gentle Hatha will include some standing poses to warm the body and some restorative poses that will collectively balance the mind and body, includes meditation. Weston Yoga, 2600 Glades Circle, Suite 400, Weston. 954.349.6868.

Mastermind Abundance Course – 7–8:30pm All New: 6 Week course or enroll by class ($45/ class) Using brain skills to support wealth growth.

Call for dates & location - Jo Ellen 954.594.0747.

Reiki Circle/Meditation — 7:30–8:45pm. $10 Reiki healing circle, guided meditation & discussion. Center for Spiritual Living, 4849 North Dixie Hwy, Oakland Park FL 33334, Rev Elise, R. M., 954.317.3907.

44

Broward County, Florida

Men and Women’s Support Group: Conscious Awareness – designed for men and women to learn about and from each other regarding relationships, self-worth and the rewrite of negative patterns. 8–10pm. $20 per session. Contact: Karen Kaye, LMHC, 954.384.1217 (Landline)

Meditation & Reiki Healing Circle — 7pm, $5Love, Nature’s Emporium, 8041 W Sample Rd, Coral Springs 954.755.2223.

tuesday

Suicide Survivors Group — for people who have lost children or family members. 1st and 2nd Wednesdays of the month. 7:30pm. Free. Medical Library, Broward Health Imperial Point Hospital, 6401 North Federal Hwy, Fort Lauderdale, FL. For more information call Carol at 201.927.1017.

Raja Yoga Meditation — 10:15–11:30am (& 6:30–7:30pm) Free. Enjoy the peace & love within. Hollywood Library, 2600 Hollywood Blvd, Roz, 954.962.7447.

Chakra Yoga — 10:45am–12noon. $15 (All Levels). Chakra means wheels of light. Learn chakra characteristics & properties associated with a particular part of the body recharging your energy. Namaste Yoga, 421 S. Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach, 954.785.6333.

Therapy Support Group for Women experiencing Marriage/Couple relationship issues.

1-2pm, $25/session. To be held in Lighthouse Point, FL. Contact Camie Vincent, L.M.H.C. for details 954.991.2037.

Have You Had a Spiritual Experience? 3rd Tue. 6–7pm. Free. Sense you’ve lived before?

Out-of-body or near-death experience? Spiritual Discussion for people of any faith. West Regional Library, Room 230, 8601 W. Broward Blvd., Plantation, 33324 Johanna 954.693.5681.

Vinyasa Yoga — 7–8pm. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

Reiki Circle — 7:30–9pm. Donation $Love, Delmar Arts Academy, 1400 N Federal Hwy, Ft Lauderdale, 954.537.9278.

Tai Chi — 7:30–9:30pm Fitness, stress management, low impact, exercise routines. Oneness Tai Chi Intl., 92 E McNab Rd, Pompano Beach FL 954.394.4342.

thursday Meditation/Relaxation Class — 5:45–6:30pm, free. Guided meditation & relaxation led by Ina Lee. All levels. George English Park Rec Center, 1101 Bayview Dr. Ft Lauderdale. Call first, 954.463.4733.

Reiki Circle & Meditation — 7pm, Center For Human Development, 5809 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, 954.989.6400.

Carole’s Circle – Meditate & Manifest! Guided Meditation, Healing, Channeled Message – 7–8pm. $20. 1st & 3rd Thursdays. Tired of being sick and tired? Reservations and directions: Carole Ramsay 954.655.5490.

Unity of Pompano —7–9pm. Join us for our ongoing Metaphysics/Bible studies class taught

by Rev. Lawrence Palmer, LUT’s Bev Spivey and Cynthia Roberts. Unity S.E.E. credit available.

261 SE 13th Ave., Pompano Beach 954.946.0857.

Living Your Dreams Course 7-8:30 pm All New: 6 Week course or enroll by class ($20/class) Shift limiting beliefs and activate your dreams. Based on Infinite Possibilities book by Mike Dooley.

Call for dates & location - Jo Ellen 954.594.0747.

Free Usui Reiki Circle — 7–8:30pm (2nd & 4th Tues). CEU provider classes monthly FL LMT. Center For Optimal Health, 1915 NE 45th St #103, Ft Lauderdale 954.491.6158 RSVP.

Kundalini Yoga — 7:15pm, First Class $8. Using postures, mudras, breathing techniques and meditation, the practice of Kundalini Yoga balances and strengthens the nervous system, and enables us to harness the energy of the mind and the emotions. Yogi Plus Yoga 6329 W. Commercial Blvd, Tamarac Blvd, 754.235.3353

wednesday Yoga Basics — 10–11am Fundamentals of posture & breathing for strength, flexibility & stamina. First Class $10. (also Fri 10–11am), Weston Yoga, 2600 Glades Circle, Suite 400, Weston, 954.349.6868.

NABroward.com

Buddhist Meditation Class — 7:30–9pm. $10 Meditate & gain practical advice for living a peaceful life. Drolma Kadampa Buddhist Ctr, 140 W Prospect Rd, Ft. Lauderdale, 954.537.9191.

friday Fat Village / MASS Art Walk — 5–11pm, (2nd Fri./mo). Valet/paid Parking lot & free trolley service. 954.785.7475.

Crystal Bowl Meditation — 6–7:15pm. $15.

Learn how to meditate with Singing Bowls.

Relax and experience a deep and profound inner peace with these sacred instruments’ vibrations.

Namaste Yoga, 421 S Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach, Florida 33062. 954.785.6333.

Monthly Gallery Night, Meet the Artists, Show & Sale —6–11pm, (second Friday ea. mo) A great gathering of varied talents. Host/Artist: Michael D. Colanero. Uncommon Gallery, 2713 E Commercial Blvd, Ft Lauderdale, 954.336.4305.

Spiritual Evolution Study Group — 7–8:30pm $10. Ongoing series based on spiritually inspired texts. Darshan Center for Spiritual Evolution, 1410 NE 26th Street, Wilton Manors. Call Rev. G 917.579.3750.

Kundalini Yoga — 7:15pm, First Class $8. Using postures, mudras, breathing techniques and meditation, the practice of Kundalini Yoga balances and strengthens the nervous system, and enables us to harness the energy of the mind and the emotions. Yogi Plus Yoga, 6329 W. Commercial Blvd, Tamarac Blvd, 754.235.3353 Healing & Meditation Service —7:30pm Center For Human Development, 5809 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood 954.989.6400.

Reiki Circle/Meditation —7:30–8:45pm. $10 Reiki healing circle, guided meditation & discussion Center for Spiritual Living, 4849 North Dixie Hwy, Oakland Park FL 33334, Rev Elise, R. M., 954.317.3907.

Community HU Chant — 3rd Friday. 7:30– 8pm. Expand your awareness, Experience divine love, Heal a broken heart. Release your inner tensions, gain insight, peace, and comfort. Dunkin Donuts, Cappuccino Room, 9170 W. State Rd 84, Davie, 33324 Johanna 954.693.5681.

saturday Fort Lauderdale Beach Sweep - Volunteers Wanted — 7–11am (2nd Saturday of month), help keep beaches litter-free. 300 S Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd, Limited free parking for volunteers, Las Olas Intracoastal Lot (south of east ramp of Las Olas Bridge).

Vinyasa Yoga — 9:30–10:30am. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

Free Reiki Circle —10–11am. Divine Love Institute & Gift Shop, 2832 Stirling Rd, #H, Hollywood, FL 33020. Conveniently located just west of I-95 on Stirling Rd, 954.920.0050.

The Sistrunk Farmers Market — 10am–2pm.

Locally, organically grown fruits & vegetables, old fashioned family fun, Artisan Market Vendors. Market hours EBT & SNAP accepted at the Market. Corner of Sistrunk Blvd & NW 10th Ave, Ft Lauderdale.

Raja Yoga Meditations at 3 Libraries — 10:30–11:30am, weekly, Free, at Dania Beach [note: no meditation @ Dania Beach during Jun, Jul, Aug] and Carver Ranches. Hallandale Beach 10:30–11:30am only 1st and 3rd Sat. each month.

Enjoy the peace within. Info, Roz 954.962.7447.

Community Acupuncture — 11am–6pm $30-$40 (Mon-Sat). Relaxing & effective! Acupuncture treatments in a small group setting.

Thrive Wellness Center, 1244 S Federal Hwy, Ft Lauderdale 954.713.6118.

Psychic Fair — (last Sat. ea mo) 12pm–4pm, $15/15 min reading. Tarot, Astrology, Mediumship/Psychic Readings. Metaphysical Chapel of South Florida, Shared space with the Sunshine Cathedral MCC (in the Graham/Fasana Chapel), 1480 SW 9th Ave, Ft. Lauderdale, 754.300.1428.

Yin Yoga — 2–3:15pm, $15. (+Wed, 6pm) Restorative Postures with Deep Breathing are held passively to expand motion in joints, supporting our immune system and emotional well being.

Concludes with meditation. Namaste Yoga, 421 S. Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach, 954.785.6333.

Helping Parents Heal Support Group — 12:30-2:30pm, 4th Saturday monthly, (Dec: 3rd Sat.) $Love, only for immediate family members who have lost a child. Metaphysical Chapel, 1309 SW 8th Ave, Fort Lauderdale, 954.865.1329.

Rock Kirtan: Sacred Devotional Singing — bi-weekly 7–8:30pm, $10. Darshan Center for Spiritual Evolution, 1410 NE 26th Street, Wilton Manors. Call Rev. G. 917.579.3750.

classifieds help wanted Part-time workers. Smart phone necessary, computer a plus. Choose from 2 options.

954.406.8980 /24 hrs.

PRODUCTS/services business, professional and personal growth MENTORING ONLINE: free & paid subscriptions, access some of the greatest minds to integrate just what you need for your next steps. It’s all about the team. http://www.susieq.strongbrook.com.

NATURAL AWAKENINGS SINGLES: Ready to meet the love of your life? Dip into our pool of conscious, awake singles and meet someone that you would have never met without us! Free to join. www.NaturalAwakeningsSingles.com.

order your classified ad Place your Classified Ad here. Get real results with Natural Awakenings Magazine, distributing monthly over 30,000 magazines throughout Broward County. Call 954.630.1610 today. Ask for SusieQ. 6

natural awakenings

August 2016

45

communityresourceguide (crg) BUSINESS COACH

Colon therapy

Transforming Your Tomorrows

A Colon Care Center

Jo Ellen Newman 954-594-0747 jenipcoach@gmail.com www.transformingyourtomorrows.com

Michele Miglino, LMT/CCT 837 S.E. 9th Street Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 954-421-0703 www.AColonCareCenter.com

Pragmatic & Profound Universal truths to help companies & individuals improve finances, relationships or life issues.

Evidence-based curriculum is a systematic approach to improve what you desire!

Colon hydrotherapy is one of the best things you can do for your health and wellness, and to keep your body functioning at peak efficiency.

MM18325, MA0007506.

Physical Health Complex CHIROPRACTIC physician

Back In Harmony Chiropractic and Wellness Center, LLC

Sandra Herrington, OMD, RN, LMT, CT 2544 No. Federal Hwy, Ft. Lauderdale 954-566-0444 Cleansing for health/energy.

Constipation, impaction, bowel rehabilitation, digestive disorders, candida detox, nutrition, living foods/ wheatgrass. Individualized plans or Rx followed. Physician/ Instructor administered.

Established 1964. Clean, private, caring environment. mm966, ma6884.

Dr. Wei Sheen Chong 6115 Stirling Rd, Suite 205, Davie, FL 33314 954-604-5384 www.backinharmonychiropractic.com Passionate about helping others improve their health naturally.

Dr. Chong uses gentle spinal adjustments to remove nerve interference so your body can do the healing.

counseling/therapy

Dr. Bernard Burton, d.c.

Healing Hearts Center

2045 N University Dr, Sunrise, FL 33322 954-742-0332 www.betterbacks.com

Dr. Bernard Burton is a Holistic Doctor who uses chiropractic, nutrition, applied kinesiology, acupuncture, and craniopathy to find and fix the cause of your symptoms.

Sarah DiPerna, Psy.D., C.Ht., IKYTA 1937 E. Atlantic Blvd., Suite 106 Pompano Beach, FL, 33060 954-560-7629 www.HealingHeartsCenter.net

DR. MENDEL E. BROOKNER, D.C., P.A. 7442 Wiles Road, Coral Springs, FL 33067 954-755-4066 www.brooknerchiropractic.com

Dr. Brookner strongly believes in natural alternative chiropractic healthcare. He has been practicing in Florida for 20 years. “Nothing is more precious than your health”.

46

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

My approach to healing engages the strengths we each already possess in Mind, Body and Spirit to create lasting happiness, freedom and fulfillment. See ad page 34.

KAREN KAYE, Holistic Psychotherapist, LMHC

2625 Weston Road, Weston, FL 33331 954-384-1217 www.KarenKayeTherapist.com If talking about your problems hasn’t worked for you.... The transformational process that I teach will offer you awareness, alternatives, and action.

Specialties include Transitional Issues, Depression/Anxiety, Pre/ Post Divorce, Self-Worth Issues, Unhealthy Patterns/Addictions, Marital Conflict. 30 Years Experience.

Pascal A. Peterson, LCSW, Psychotherapist 1881 NE 26th Ave Suite 102 Wilton Manors, FL 33305 561-866-5351, cell FloridaPascal@aol.com

As you follow your path to greater health, allow me to assist you in finding your inner resources and strengths to achieve your goals.

Culinary Schools The Raw Oasis: 21 Day Raw Cleanse Program 5221 W. Broward Blvd.

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33317 1-844-729-5433 www.TheRawOasis.com

A 21 Day Raw Cleanse online program with raw detox dietary g u i d e l i n e s, 8 c la s s s e r ie s , unlimited certified coaching, and more. Experience a complete health and body transformation from heart disease, autoimmune, diabetes, weight issues, thyroid disorders and more. Go beyond your health expectations and achieve your greatest health transformation.

communityresourceguide (crg) Day Retreats THERMAE Stillness RETREAT

604 S. Federal Highway Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301 954-604-7930 www.thermaeretreat.com

Thermae Retreat An organic serene Daily Retreat to prevent or heal. Infrared Saunas, Massage, Skincare, Body Scrubs and Masques, Holistic Healing, Energy Therapy. Yoga, Meditation, Hydrotherapy. See ad page 17

dental health

dental health

gardening

(continued)

Dr Yani Healing and Holistic Dentistry 212 SE 12th St (Davie Blvd), Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-525-6010 contact@yanidmd.com www.yanidmd.com

We follow strict amalgam removal protocols incorporating nutritional supplements for safe mercury detoxification ~ IAOMT member.

To promote better healing, our hygiene care incorporates ozone and essential oils for gum treatments. Only Mercury-free biocompatible crowns and dental materials used.

Free holistic toothpaste recipe.

Brent J. Bracco, DDS – Comprehensive Dentistry

2467 E. Commercial Boulevard Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-771-5300 www.DrBrentBracco.com

Do you wait till it hurts to see the dentist? Enhance your smile at our new tranquil, state-of-the-art office. We have been providing wholistic family dental care since 1985. Most insurance accepted.

Mon – Thurs, 7:30am – 5pm.

Dental Spa

Gregory Gertsen, DDS Michael Gertsen, DMD, MS 3640-7 N Federal Highway Venetian Isles Plaza Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 954-941-7778 www.FLDentalSpa.com Remove the uncertainty from your dental health! At the Dental Spa we are privileged to have the most up to date t e c h n o l o g y, i n c l u d i n g biocompatible same day crowns! We focus on creating optimal oral health and emphasize patient education and prevention.

Let your smile be a sign of your health and happiness!

The International Center For Dental Excellence Yolanda Cintron, DMD 2021 East Commercial Blvd., Suite 208 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-938-4599 FortLauderdaleDentistry.com www.GoNaturalDentistry.com A ll

The Garden Gate

Sears (N. side), Pompano Citi Centre corner/Copans Road and US1 954-783-GATE (4283) DonnasGardenGate.com A unique garden center specializing in Florida native plants, butterfly and bird habitats, herbs, orchids, water gardening, organic gardening products, beneficial insects, garden decor and more!

HALOTHERAPY (SALT) THE SALT BOX

6710 Parkside Drive Parkland, FL 33067 954-906-5985 www.SaltBoxTherapy.com Salt therapy, an all-natural treatment, improves respiratory health, decreases stress and fatigue, improves skin conditions, and strengthens the immune system. First session is Complimentary! See ad page 20.

phases of dentistry for

optimum health, wholistic biocompatible dentistry.

• Sedation Dentistry • Removing of toxic metals • Replacing them with Bio-compatible materials • Bio-compatible Testing • Laser Dentistry for painless surgeries & extractions • Zirconia/Ceramic Implants • Natural bone augmentation with Plasma Rich Growth Factor • Oral DNA Testing • Add gums to receding gums.

See ad on page 9.

Fine art

THE SALT SUITE

1425B SE 17th Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-520-7258 www.TheSaltSuite.com 100% natural alternative to find relief from sinus, allergy, respiratory and skin conditions. Halotherapy promotes mucus clearance, acts as an anti-inflammatory and fights against harmful germs in the lungs. See ad page 21.

SusieQ Art

954-295.2315 Susan@SusieQArt.com www.SusieQArt.com

HEALING ARTS

Art with feeling and purpose.

SusieQ is available for collaborative projects: weddings, corporate events, etc. Colorful, uplifting, thought-provoking designs and images. Oils, acrylics, and mixed media. Call for an appointment or home visit.

Lisa’s Healing Center

Lisa Smith 3170 N. Federal Hwy, Suite 211K Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 954-415-6285 www.LisasHealingCenter.com Wellness Center supporting Mind, Body and Spirit. Massage modalities, Energy Work, Edgar Cayce methods, CranioSacral Therapy, Animal Communication, Classes. MM#27808.

natural awakenings

August 2016

47

communityresourceguide (crg) holistic energy therapies Helen Vella NLHP, MPEFT

HORMONE THERAPY Low TE Florida

407-232-4439, Hallandale vellacoaching@gmail.com www.vellaandassociates.com

20+ years experience empowering people to overcome their life challenges. Weight, Smoking, Stress/Anxiety, fears and phobias.

Teaching relaxation, focus, balance and overall health techniques.

Carolyn Zaumeyer, Nurse Practitioner 4540 N. Federal Highway Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-791-4498 www.LowTEFlorida.com www.CZnpoffice.com Bio-Identical Hormone Therapies, Testosterone Treatment for Men, Menopause Treatment, Botox, Weight Loss, Gynecology.

Holistic Podiatrist

NATURAL HOME EMF SOLUTIONS

Gary James Greenleaf Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 520-591-8282 www.garyjamesqra.com Professional scientific and bioenergetic EMF analysis of your home or office. Featuring GeoSafe-E EMF neutralizing technology that works. Sleep in peace and feel real rejuvenation today!

NUTRITION

Wellness Starts With Your Feet

Dr. Richard J. Rimler, DPM The Wellness Center at Post Haste, 4401 Sheridan St, Hollywood, FL 33021 954-989-6524 www.WellnessStartsWithYourFeet.com

One of the only holistic podiatrists in the country who merges traditional and holistic podiatric medicine, along with a patientspecific biomechanical foundation.

massage therapy Angel Light Holistic Healing Linda Geer, LMT, RMT 954-558-0419 www.AngelLightHolistics.com

MA 79609

Meal DElivery

754-484-7988 FRKanter@aol.com www.FKanterHomeopath.com

Board Certified Homeopath Practitioner. Homeopathy relieves PMS, menopause, ADD, ADHD, depression, anxiety, acne, asthma, seizures disorders, herpes, addictions, eczema, psoriasis, insomnia, stress, digestive problems, recurring cold & flu.

Homeopathy will give you a healthy, balanced life.

Kyani features 3 Products: Sunrise, Nitro/Extreme, & Sunset. Each high nutrient dietary supplement works synergistically to provide an unmatched nutritional Health Triangle.

Massage therapy and reiki healing, aura cleansing, aromatherapy and chakra balancing techniques for deep relaxation.

homeopathy Francine Kanter, RsHOM (NA), CCH

Kyani Distributor 2056304

Lisa K Perdue 561-603-6910 DrLisaKPerdue@gmail.com LisaKPerdue.kyani.net

Farm to Fork Meals

864-497-5992 f2fmeals@gmail.com www.FarmToForkMeals.com Farm to Fork Meals, Organic Home Delivery, cooks up the tastiest and healthiest meal combos in South Florida for breakfast, lunch, Kids’ Meals, with dinners you customize. Certified organic ingredients, locally sourced products. Gluten-free/ dairy-free options, special needs options upon request.

Organizer Life Organized by Bonnie, LLC

954-849-1023 Bonnie@OrganizeByBonnie.com www.OrganizeByBonnie.com

Got Clutter! Get Bonnie! Clear your clutter, simplify your life.

Specializing in residential organizing and downsizing. Home care coordination. Assistance with life transitions. Complete confidentiality. Licensed/ Insured.

Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life. ~Micael Korda

48

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

communityresourceguide (crg) Pain Management Scott Irwin, PhD, CTTS

at Healing & Wellness Spa 1732 NE Wilton Drive, Suite 202 Wilton Manors, FL 33305 305-942-6378 www.Dr-Scott.com K•Laser® Advanced Pain Relief Now Available! Non Surgical, Drug free treatment for: Sciatica, Tendinosis, Carpal Tunnel, Neck, Back, Shoulder & Knee Pain, Sprains, Gout, Arthritis, Shingles, Fibromyalgia, Neuropathy, Auto, Sports & Work Related Injuries.

Psychotherapy A Healing Space

Kris Drumm, LCSW, ACHT 954-549-0263 www.AHealingSpaceWiltonManors.com Uncover and transform limiting and damaging belief systems with individual and group therapies, including heart-centered hypnotherapy and inner child healing.

Free one half-hour consultation offered.

relationship coaching getting what you want

Susan Sheppard 1230 Crescent Dr., Glendale, CA 91205 818-414-6032, 818-548-0849 susan@gettingwhatyouwant.com www.gettingwhatyouwant.com If you want a significant increase in self esteem and a committed loving intimate relationship within the year, call for a free strategy session! See ad page 16.

salon

SPIRITUAL THERAPY Carole A. Ramsay, Ba. Div., RMT

Hair Holistic Eco-Friendly StudIo

954-655-5490 Carole424@att.net www.CaroleRamsay.com

Ibana Villasenor 881 E Palmetto Park Road Boca Raton, FL 33432 561-372-5354 HairHolistic@gmail.com www.HairHolistic.com

Hair services & products with a truly holistic approach. Digital hair - scalp analysis, detox & rejuvenation. Variety of ecofriendly, vegan hair colors like henna. Formaldehyde free keratin & botox.

Only psychic who guarantees her work! Plus pet psychic. Reiki, DNA Activation, communicates with deceased. Group, parties and private sessions. By appointment only.

Lorena Evans - Spiritual/Life Coach 1421 SE 4th Ave Suite B Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-278-9474 www.ISpeakSpirit.org

schools Conservatory Prep Schools

Dr. Wendy H. Weiner, Principal 5850 South Pine Island Rd Davie, Florida 33328 954-680-5808 info@conservatoryprep.org www.conservatoryprep.org

Celebrating our 10th Year ~ A progressive, middle and high school where you can be yourself. We feature Edluministic learning, the integration of the performing and visual arts with problem-based learning. Our school is designed to meet the needs of twiceexceptional, gifted and creative students who are not meeting their potential in a traditional school setting.

Summit—Questa Montessori School

Judy Dempsey 5451 SW 64th Ave, Davie, FL 33314 954-584-3466 info@summitquesta.com summitquesta.com

I can coach you through blockages to spiritual freedom (1st session FREE). I also do Reiki, Akashic Records, Angel Card Readings, Workshops and Circles.

tai chi Oneness Tai CHI International

92 E. McNab Rd., Pompano Beach, FL 33060 954-394-4342 www.meetup.com/taichi-91

Trained/certified in China. Tai Chi technologies. Fitness, stress management, low impact, mental rejuvenation. Forms, meditation, exercise routines. Healing to self defense. All ages. Private or group instruction.

TRAVEL

A non-denominational Montessori school on a lush 10-acre campus with PE fields, organic vegetable garden, live pond, new gymnasium and pools.

Montessori education for prek-3 to 8th grade. Accredited by AISF, AdvancEd/ SACS, MSA, Ai, NCPSA and an AMS full member.

Recipient of the Gold Seal Award of Excellence.

Cuba Gateway Connection

Sharry Veil 888-798-0540 SharryV@CubaGatewayConnection.com CubaGatewayConnection.com We p r o v i d e c o m p l e t e packaged tours from Miami to Havana for the adventurous and healthminded individuals. Renew your spirit amidst Cuba’s breathtaking scenery.

Small guided groups. Cuba Gateway Connection Florida Seller of Travel Ref. No. ST40353.

See ad page 7.

natural awakenings

August 2016

49

communityresourceguide

SEPT YOGA IS THE POETRY OF MOVEMENTS

Yoga Namasté Yoga Salon

421 South Federal Highway Pompano Beach, FL 33062 954-785-6333 www.NamasteYogaSalon.com We offer yoga for beginners to advanced. Warm, hatha, vinyasa & yin yoga plus crystal bowl and guided meditation. Chakra yoga.

Essentials oils for shavasana. See ad page 38.

advertise here Community Resource Guide (CRG) Natural Awakenings Magazine 954-630-1610 www.NABroward.com/crg H E A L T H Y

L I V I N G

FREE

H E A L T H Y

P L A N E T

feel good • live simply • laugh more

Learning that Transforms Us

Eco-Savvy Day Care

Pioneers Avoid Toxins in Unexpected Places

Nearby Getaways

Mini-Vacations Afford Maxi-Benefits

Eat Better Feel Better

Dr. Mark Hyman Sees Cures in the Kitchen

August 2014 | Broward County, FL | NABroward.com

mobile app.

Weston Yoga

Premium Business listing in the Community Resource Guide in print and in our online edition also gets posted online with the Natural Awakenings National Directory and the mobile iPHone / iPad app called Natural Awakenings. Over 40,000 users have downloaded our

Order Your Premium Business CRG ad online today and increase your business reach within our local community and beyond.

2600 Glades Circle, Suite 400 Weston, FL 33327 954-349-6868 www.westonyoga.com Offering the wisdom of classical yoga teachings infused with contemporary insights and knowledge.

Classes for all levels. with private and group sessions available on and off site.

Yello!

Today’s business climate poses new challenges.

Advertise your products and services in our

2495 E Commercial Blvd.

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-491-1591 www.yellofl.com Yello! is a community space in East Fort Lauderdale where all ages can enjoy dance and yoga at all levels in our eco-friendly, state-of-the-art studios.

September Yoga & Music Issue

Yogi Plus Yoga

6329 W. Commercial Blvd.

Tamarac, FL 33319 754-235-3353 www.yogiplus.yoga

To advertise or participate in our next issue, call

We call our studio Yogi Plus Yoga, “The Plus” stands for Plus Size Yoga. You don’t have to be plus size or curvy to practice here, though if you are, you are very welcome! Our mission is to bring yoga as a tool to connect with your body.

954-630-1610 50

Broward County, Florida

NABroward.com

There is a fountain

of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love.

When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. ~Sophia Loren

Publish Your Own Natural Awakenings Magazine

Have a Career with a Lifestyle Franchise!

22+ years of leadership in publishing has made Natural Awakenings the #1 healthy, green living magazine with 98 editions across the U.S., Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic ... ... and we continue to grow!

• Meaningful New Career • Low Initial Investment • Proven Business System • Home-Based Business • Exceptional Franchise Support and Training • No Publishing Experience Necessary

Natural Awakenings recently received the prestigious FBR50 Franchise Satisfaction Award. Our publishers ranked us among the highest in franchise satisfaction for our Training, Support, Core Values and Integrity!

To learn more, visit:

FranchiseBusinessReview.com

We are currently expanding across the U.S. and Canada. To find out more about starting your own Natural Awakenings magazine or acquiring an existing one,

visit NaturalAwakeningsMag.com/mymagazine or call 239-530-1377