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ovember’s Natural Awakenings is a focus on true wealth. I must say straight out that I am grateful for so many things. I have my health, some close friends and family—both biological and social—who appreciate me as I am, plus I have a sense of being on purpose.

Studies on longevity reveal the common thread for those that live a long life is a sense of belonging and being of value within one’s community. Can you imagine spending time with others in the food garden in your golden years? I now live in a condo (sans gardening space) and am connected to community in a different way. I’ve redefined my “garden” as the beach and its eco-system, and I tend to it by weeding (picking up all that does not belong). I cultivate that sense of belonging during those walks in the early, cool part of the day. Though it does not produce food for me, it does nourish my soul.

Walking in the sand barefoot and wading into the ocean link me to nature.

This community is served in one way through Natural Awakenings, bringing value to you through the sharing of helpful information and a valuable array of resources. I trust you’ll find just what you need for your next step.

I do believe in the healing power of food, and that given the right foods and supplements for our particular body, it will thrive and serve us well. Included in this month’s edition is an article on an approach to balancing hormones by Dr. Gary Snyder, and an article on diet

by Harry Hong, PhD, for those with a sensitive nervous system.

We absorb nutrients through our skin too! There’s an article on the Baobab “Tree of Life,” used in the production of many skincare products. Learn more about what you can be “feeding” your skin in this article by Loli Heimberg.

I’m off to exercise now with my friend. We’ll be lifting weights, walking in place and talking while using a myriad of machines. I schedule time for physical activities.

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Friends and family—when I cannot meet them in person, we make phone calls. I’m not so much a texting person, though that may change as I now have a young intern, part-time, for a few months through an organization called H.O.M.E.S. Inc. My intern’s name is Jamie and I may be asking her to answer the phone for me. Her dream is to own her own magazine one day. I’ve been doing way more texting with her about hours to work, bus schedules, etc.

The people we know, and those we affect in our daily surroundings play off our energies. Being mindful of my thoughts and feelings helps keep me on a course with positive flow and force—not the kind of force that is hurtful, but rather like focused intensity and calm. This happens when I am in alignment with my direction, looking to both the left and right as I move down the path. Maybe it’s a self confidence that I’m talking about because I feel happy in my space.

Wealth, aside from meaning affluence or an abundance of assets, can represent a “wealth of ideas.” Ideas come from one’s imagination. With a good imagination and a wealth of resources, one may create conversations around those ideas to promote better health and well-being, both on the personal front and on a global scale. Our strength is within those talks, moving us along, step by step, toward finding viable solutions for challenges we face or problems we wish to address.

It comes back to what we are focused on; what is important to us, how we share our vision for (fill in the blank) in a way that will solicit more than enough support to transform that vision into reality.

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u n i e ’s i s committed to helping you save money and live healthy in every season. Get all your favorite natural groceries, vitamins and supplements for less, every day. You will also be treated to an organic juice and salad bar, find only organic produce, plus nutritious grab-and-go meals, salads and soups.

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eaprendentia is a nonprofit educational institution, managed 100 percent by volunteers, with headquarters based in Brazil.

Reaprendentia has over 17 years of experience in teaching and training individuals in consciousness evolution, paranormal phenomena, self-research, bioenergies, out-of-body experiences and many other topics related to the studies of self, consciousness, ego and individuality.

Conscientiology is the study of the consciousness “as a whole” through selfexperimentation. At Reaprendentia, it is understood that humans have many bodies, many lives, and interact in many dimensions under the influence of bioenergies. Through this approach they aim to elaborate the human condition and help those interested in rationally investigating their personal reality, seeking logical answers about who we are, where we came from, where we are going and what is the purpose of physical life.

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tlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine (ATOM) invites all those interested in a career in Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine to their Open House, from 4 to 8pm, Wednesday, November 18, at 100 E. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale.

Currently enrolling for January 2016 class.

Discover how Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine can help improve health and quality of life. Tour ATOM College and Clinic. Meet and speak with students and physician/teachers. Receive a free Tongue and Pulse Diagnosis. Observe an acupuncture treatment; learn how it’s done and why it’s so effective.

Become an Acupuncture Physician. Next class starts January 4, 2016.

Complete your Bachelor of Health Sciences & Master’s of Oriental Medicine in 36 months (four academic years). Federal Student Aid available. Approved for Veteran Training.

Accredited by Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (ACAOM). Approved by the California Board of Acupuncture.

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Grand Opening Rasa Sadhana

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ark your calendar for November 29. From 10:30am to 4:30pm, Rasa Sadhana, a Place for Spiritual Growth, located at 1531 NE 15th Ave., Fort Lauderdale, will hold their Grand Opening and Holiday Bazaar.

Sponsors of the event include MuktiOrganic, I Love Yoga, doTERRA, Shanti Energy Protein Bars, and Swami Juice. There will be home baked goods, jewelry, and shamanic healing tools for sale. All guests receive one free raffle ticket.

Event times: 10:30am Free yoga; 11am Free doTERRA Hand Massage (NaturalPharmacyEssentialOils.com); 11am Shamanic Reading; 1pm Oracle Angel Card Readings; 1:30pm Jin Shin Jyutsu (energetic treatments); 1:30pm Free Homeopathy Introductory Class (VidaHomeopathy.com); 3pm Free Tai Chi Class; 4pm Free Global

Peace Meditation; 4:30pm Amaru-Li Shaman Closing Ceremony (TheShamanPath. com), Love Donation.

Co-owners Rina Lichtinger and Carmelina Pena-Heminger, with more than 35 years combined experience, will be offering transformational workshops throughout the years to come. For more information, contact Carmelina Pena-Heminger 954.952.4831, RasaSadhana@yahoo.com, Rasa Sadhana on Facebook, or Yogini Rina 954.802.4988, RinaPeace99@gmail.com or RinaIshwari.com. See ad page 55.

Joy in Learning at Conservatory Prep School

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onservatory Prep School’s holistic approach to education brings curiosity and joy back to learning where “typical” schools often fall short. Using the educational philosophy of Edluministic Learning, influenced by Waldorf, Montessori, Dewey and Steiner,

students follow their passions and use them to guide their studies.

Edluministic Learning is problembased. Students are presented with an issue and use critical thinking, research and analysis to come up with solutions which they present through writing and artistic expression, including short plays, paintings, cooking, producing songs or shooting films.

Students practice public speaking skills and collaboration. Instead of rote memorization and tests, they are assessed by their participation in class and the projects they create to demonstrate mastery of concepts.

Small classes allow for individualized lessons. Teachers get to know how each student learns best and to identify and master the skills they need to make the most of their education. SAT and ACT prep classes ensure students are prepared for college admissions and beyond. Conservatory Prep’s small size helps foster bonds between the students, creating a close-knit community, teaching life skills such as cooperation, compromise and the value of community.

For more information, contact Dr. Wendy H. Weiner, principal, 954-6805808 or visit ConservatoryPrep.org. See ad page 55.

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newsbriefs Ditch the Bread and Load Up on Organic Veggies

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wo important nutritional recommendations: reducing/eliminating white flour (found in bread, pasta, pastries) and increasing consumption of organic vegetables. For anyone interested in weight-loss (and who isn’t these days), this one-two punch is a terrific formula to not just lose weight, but also reduce your chance of getting diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

Couple this dietary advice with daily High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) with orthotics, and you will be in continuous fatburning mode. You only need 12 to 15 minutes to finish your HIIT workout, making it easier to do regularly. Don’t forget to get fitted with a custom or customized pair of orthotics (“eyeglasses” for your feet) before you start in order to balance your feet and reduce chances of injury.

Dr. Richard J. Rimler, DPM, “Doc Rick” merges a holistic and traditional practice model with a patient-specific biomechanical foundation. He is available to treat health-conscious patients in his centrally located office at The Wellness Center at Post Haste, 4401 Sheridan St., Hollywood.

For more information, call 954-989-6524, email DocRickdpm@gmail.com or visit WellnessStartsWithYourFeet.com. See ad page 53.

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There is No Such Thing as Incurable

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ind out about healing on the spiritual path.

Join the thousands of friends throughout the world who have experienced miraculous healings. You may be next, so join us!

Free lecture by Cornelia Wehr, a medical doctor from Austria, who will speak on the topic: “Healing on the Spiritual Path through the Teaching of Bruno Groening– Medically Verifiable.” This lecture is part of an international series of lectures in over 60 countries.

Learn about actual cases of healing, medically verified and explained in simple terms; the “Heilstrom” (healing stream) and how it can be felt and experienced in one’s own body; demonstrations and absorption of the spiritual healing force; methods for healing ongoing, at home and with friends.

Saturday, November 21, 11am, African-American Research Library and Cultural Center, 2650 Sistrunk Blvd., Fort Lauderdale.

Sunday, November 15, 4pm, Tunie’s Natural Grocery & Vitamin Market, 7170 Fairway Dr., Palm Beach Gardens.

More lectures in Florida: Miami, Cape Coral, Sarasota, Tampa and Melbourne.

Admission is free. Donations are appreciated.

For more information and reservations, call 561-342-1783, email Lecture.Florida@gmx.net or visit Bruno-Groening.org/english, Facebook.com/BrunoGroeningCircleOfFriends.

newsbriefs Spiritual Life Coach Offers First Session Free

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or the past decade, Lorena Rosario has been coaching many people from different walks of life, assisting them to reach their true potential. Rosario is a Spiritual Life Coach with a background in Reiki, Akashic Records, Angel Card Reading, Meditation and Spiritual Mediumship. With these skills, she helps her clients clarify their goals and set up action plans while holding them accountable throughout the process.

Rosario can assist you in exploring your inner self, no matter your religious background. She will guide you to discovering and understanding your life’s purpose and what you really want in life. With her guidance you will learn to develop a relationship with your inner self in accordance with your own beliefs and core values, assess your strengths and weaknesses, and devise ways to fulfill your needs and aspirations.

Rosario’s teachings will help you to build self-confidence, acquire time management skills, and improve your personal and professional relationships. Are you interested in a spiritual approach? Call for your first session free.

Location: 1421 SE 4th Ave. Ste. B, Fort Lauderdale. Cost: First session free. Call 786-326-5201. See ad page 55.

Wet Acupuncture Effective & Drug-Free

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cupuncture Point Injection Therapy (API) or “wet acupuncture” is the injection of saline, homeopathy, vitamins (especially B12) or Chinese herbs into acupuncture or trigger points.

This technique, also known as Biopuncture, has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for decades, but gained notoriety when featured on the Dr. Oz Show (2014) as “…effective, natural treatment for pain.”

The application includes fine, sterile hypodermic needles gently inserted into acupuncture/trigger points just under the skin or into the muscle. This modality is highly effective for acute injury and chronic pain where the interstitial fluid may become congested with inflammation from injured tissue, preventing the efficient nutrient and waste product transfer between the cells and the bloodstream. API therapy stimulates the acupuncture point for a much longer period of time and on a deeper level, thus enhancing the therapeutic benefit—think of it as amplified acupuncture.

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nis elbow, carpal tunnel, sports injuries, fibromyalgia, tendonitis and migraine headaches.

Offered at Synergie Holistic Medicine, 111 Grand Palms Dr., Pembroke Pines, 786462-4325. See ad page 6.

The Brain and Wellness Center Expands Services

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he Brain and Wellness Center in Boca Raton has been super busy lately expanding and adding more services to promote overall good health. They have been renovating in order to allow Dr. Serena Bordes, a naturopath, acupuncturist, Reiki Master and nutritional healer, to bring her practice Acucare Healing to the center. Amongst many services, Bordes offers clients of The Brain and Wellness Center to take advantage of an in-depth hair analysis and receive a customized nutrition plan.

The center has also added iBrain Train, owned and operated by Lori Ann Archer.

Archer brings a PACE program, ILS program and tutoring to the center to provide essential services to children and young adults with attention/focus, auditory/visual/central processing, and working memory issues.

Neurofeedback continues at the center to treat depression, anxiety, ADHD, sleep problems and more. There is no

doubt that the convenience and ease of adding these services has facilitated the most positive results for clients and made a world of difference in their lives. Come see for yourself.

Location: 7301 W. Palmetto Park Rd., Ste. 102A, Boca Raton. For more information and appointments, call 561206-2706 or visit BocaBrainCenter.com.

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Mindfulness, Meditation & Movement Training for Multiple Sclerosis at Weston Yoga

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editation, mindfulness and an improved mindbody connection have been shown to be valuable interventions for the reduction of symptoms and stress associated with multiple sclerosis (MS).

MS can put individuals at a higher risk of stress, anxiety, fatigue, pain and depression. Increased stress worsens the course of the disease and has been associated with relapses. With overwhelming evidence demonstrating the benefits of mindfulness meditation, the MS Society is supporting its members by offering financial assistance in funding their participation in the six-week Mindfulness, Meditation and Movement (MMM) Program at Weston Yoga.

The MMM Training Special MS Society Program will be held 2 to 3:30pm, every Tuesday, from November 10 through December 15. Instructor, Linda Janasz, is a researcher, transformational coach, keynote speaker, journalist, yoga teacher (RYT 200), holds a Ph.D., and is the developer of the MMM program that has helped thousands of individuals balance in an unbalanced world.

Attend the trial class and info session 2 to 3:30pm, November 3. Financial assistance available through National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Location: 2600 Glades Cir., Ste. 400, Weston. For more information, call 954349-6868 or visit WestonYoga.com. See ad page 55. natural awakenings

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Having Gratitude Yields More Happiness than Having Things

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wo studies from Baylor University have confirmed that materialism can lead to feeling less satisfied with life, while a sense of gratitude reverses some of the negative effects of the pursuit of things.

The research, led by Professor James Roberts, Ph.D., included questionnaires sent to 246 marketing students from another university, focusing on happiness and satisfaction with a 15-minute survey that included a 15-point materialism scale. The study found that individuals that focused on achieving material goals were less satisfied with their lives, less happy and had lower self-esteem. Meanwhile, the study found that grateful students found more meaning in their lives and felt a greater sense of satisfaction.

“Individuals high in gratitude showed less of a relationship between materialism and its negative affect. Additionally, individuals high in materialism showed decreased life satisfaction when either gratitude or positive affect was low,” note the researchers.

Formaldehyde Found in GMO Soybeans

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esearchers from the International Center for Integrative Systems, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have determined that genetically modified (GM/GMO) soybean plants accumulate the carcinogen formaldehyde.

The researchers utilized a scientific method called CytoSolve to analyze 6,497 diverse laboratory studies conducted by 184 scientific institutions in 23 countries worldwide. The study data showed that GMO soybeans significantly accumulate formaldehyde, a class-one carcinogen.

The research also found that genetic modification forces a depletion of glutathione among the plants, which weakens their immune system. This contrasts with the proposals put forth by the GM industry that GMO soybean plants are stronger, allowing them to endure environmental hardships better than non-GMO soybean plants.

The research was led by V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai, Ph.D., a biologist trained at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and published in the peer-reviewed journal Agricultural Sciences. “The results demand immediate testing, along with rigorous scientific standards to assure such testing is objective and replicable. It’s unbelievable such standards for testing don’t already exist. The safety of our food supply demands that science delivers such modern scientific standards for approval of GMOs,” states Ayyadurai.

Former Environmental Protection Agency Senior Scientist Ray Seidler, Ph.D., comments about the study, “The discovery reported by Ayyadurai reveals a new molecular paradigm associated with genetic engineering that will require research to discover why the extent of formaldehyde and glutathione concentrations are altered, and what other chemicals relevant to human and animal health are affected. We need the kinds of standards Ayyadurai demands to conduct such research.”

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My Root Canal Nightmare

by Ellen Porr

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irst and foremost I want to say the reason I’m writing this is because I believe that human beings should care for one another. In the hopes of preventing other people from going through what I have gone through, I am sharing my experience.

In 2014 I had a lot of medical issues to deal with. I had to have surgery to remove a cyst from my throat, and I also needed a total hip replacement. In preparation for these surgeries, I went to my dentist and my periodontist to ensure excellent oral health. We are learning more each day how important oral health is. Research has now proven its effect on our cardiovascular system, immune system, and overall health.

I had a crown on a lower left molar that had been bothering me since the first day I went to see my dentist. I had to see him six times in seven months to have him adjust this crown. Eventually, he told me to go to the periodontist to have a crown lengthening procedure as his adjustments were not helping. When I went to the Periodontist I was told that I needed a root canal, not a crown lengthening. Unfortunately, this was very bad news as my dentist had told me that another tooth on my upper right had cracked due to decay, and needed a root canal also. So now I needed two root canals and I was only 52 days away from my hip surgery.

Two days later I had both root canals done. Now I needed to have two crowns placed but I had such a bad

experience with the prior crown from my Dentist, I decided to go for a alternative opinion to Dr. Yolanda Cintron in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Dr. Cintron suggested I go home and do some research regarding my dental health. I recommend that you all do the same. It was quite an education.

When I researched online, I found an article by an Oncologist who treated all types of cancer. He had done a study on all of his cancer patients and found that 97% of them had root canals. His research revealed a direct correlation between the site of the root canal and the type of cancer the patient manifested. Before he would agree to take on their case, he insisted that they remove their root canals in an effort to arrest and cure their cancer.

After reading all the material, I decided that I needed to remove those teeth immediately. Basically in layman’s terms, a root canal is a form of embalming a dead tooth and leaving it in your mouth. There is a lot of research on the dangers of root canals. I truly believe that if I had left those in my mouth, I would have had a terrible outcome with my hip replacement, and possibly have lost my hip.

One week later, I had Dr. Cintron remove both teeth with the root canals. Under those teeth she showed me photos of deep infection in both upper and lower jaw bones. She performed laser surgery to address the infection, bone grafting and plasma rich growth factors (PRGF) on

We are learning more each day how important oral health is. Research has now proven its effect on our cardiovascular system, immune system, and overall health.

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both extraction sites to speed up healing time.

10 days before I got the root canals, I experienced a terrible sinus infection.

After 10 days of heavy-duty antibiotics I was still very infected. After Dr. Cintron removed my teeth with the root canals, I woke up with great relief from my sinus infection. I now understand that without the removal of those teeth, the infection would have persisted.

We must educate ourselves whenever we are having any medical procedure done. I would advise all of you to research root canals, and never have one done. Although they are recognized as standard of care, I would suggest seeking alternative options. Also if you have root canals I would highly recommend that you have them removed before they cause future problems.

Dr. Yolanda Cintron did an amazing job of removing the teeth and cleaning out the infection. She gave me emotional support and encouragement. My new hip is great, I feel stronger than ever and I am smiling again. See ad page 31.

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Antidepressants in Pregnancy Raises Risk of Hypertension in Kids In a large study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers from participating universities found mothers that take antidepressant drugs during pregnancy face the risk of heart issues for their children.

The researchers tested 3,789,330 pregnant women between 2000 and 2010. Of these, 128,950 took at least one prescription for antidepressants during their pregnancy.

High blood pressure among children of mothers that didn’t take antidepressants was about 21 percent. Children that were exposed to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant drugs during pregnancy experienced high blood pressure in 31.5 percent of the cases. Those that were exposed to non-SSRI antidepressants experienced high blood pressure 29 percent of the time.

This represents a 50 percent increased risk of hypertension for babies of mothers that take SSRIs during pregnancy and a 40 percent increased risk for children exposed to non-SSRIs. In their conclusion, the researchers note, “Evidence from publicly insured pregnant women studied may be consistent with a potential increased risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn associated with maternal use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in late pregnancy.”

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Cloves Inhibit Cancer Growth

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esearch from China has determined that cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) inhibit the growth of several cancers. Researchers tested an extract of whole cloves against several types of human cancer cells, including those of ovarian, cervical, liver, colon, breast and pancreatic cancers.

Published in the journal Oncology Research, the test used an incubation system that simulated the ability of these cancer cells to grow within the body. The researchers found that the clove extract stopped such development. The active constituents they identified within the clove extracts include oleanolic acid and eugenol. “Clove extract may represent a novel therapeutic herb for cancer treatment, and oleanolic acid is one of the components responsible for part of its antitumor activity,” the researchers commented.

Cloves, one of the oldest medicinal spices, have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for many centuries.

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Monsanto Pushback More Countries Ban Toxic Roundup

Countries are gradually banning the use of Monsanto Roundup herbicide around the world as a danger to the environment and human health, and Bermuda is one of the latest to join the ranks. These moves come soon after a recently published metastudy conducted by the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer published in The Lancet Oncology determined that glyphosate, the main ingredient in Roundup, is probably carcinogenic to humans.

Colombia stopped using Roundup to kill illegal coca plants. France banned the sale to homeowners, and Germany is poised to do the same. A group of 30,000 Argentine physicians are calling for a ban there, where it’s blamed for boosting birth defects and cancer. Others, including the Brazilian federal prosecutor, are demanding that Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, be pulled off the shelves.

In the U.S., the Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT) is assisting efforts in cities, counties and school systems to enact immediate bans of glyphosate-based sprays. IRT is also calling for schools to measure the amount of glyphosate residues in school meals and to take steps to eliminate them if found.

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Agricultural Drones May Boost Sustainability Beginning November 15, farmers will be able to implement flying drones to perform important tasks in their fields.

That’s when changes in Federal Aviation Administration regulations will loosen many of the current restrictions on this new technology.

Advocates believe the devices can improve precision agriculture management that uses GPS and data collection to boost crop yields and profits while aiding water conservation. For the first time, the drones will be operated legally during an entire growing season, allowing companies to test their business models and technologies together. This boost in crop intelligence should make farms more efficient and help smaller operations compete with well-funded big agribusiness conglomerates whose fields are typically rife with genetically modified (GMO) crops.

“This is the first year we’ll actually be able to see, by the time the growing season is over, the impact on the farmer and the impact of the quality of the grapes,” says David Baeza, whose precision agriculture startup Vine Rangers uses drones and ground robots to gather data on vineyard crops. “The biggest thing to watch is what’s going to happen to giants like Monsanto. How you define this market is changing, and the incumbents are in for a battle.”

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Global Rise Bolsters Sustainability On November 15, thousands of events in communities nationwide will celebrate America Recycles Day (America RecyclesDay.org). A program run by national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful since 2006, the event is dedicated to promoting recycling in the U.S. via special material collection drives and educational activities.

Materials available to groups include advice on setting up collectibles stations and customizable templates for promoting activities to increase recycling awareness, commitment and local action. There’s plenty of room to grow: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the amount of waste that the average citizen composts or recycles has increased from 17 percent in 1990 to 33 percent today.

Some other countries have been conducting their own national programs longer.

For the 19th year, Australia will celebrate a weeklong National Recycling Week (RecyclingWeek.PlanetArk.org) in November. More than 90 percent of Aussies feel it’s the right thing to do.

Recycle Now (RecycleNow.com), England’s national program, supported and funded by the government and implemented by 90 percent of municipalities, conducts its annual weeklong program in June. Organizers contend that six out of 10 citizens now describe themselves as committed recyclers, compared to fewer than half when the campaign launched in 2004. Germany also celebrates recycling for two days in June; many other countries do so in July.

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France Tackles Food Waste with New Law French supermarkets will be banned from throwing away or destroying unsold food and must instead donate it to charities or for animal feed under a law set to crack down on food waste. Supermarkets will also be barred from deliberately spoiling unsold food so it cannot be eaten. Larger stores will have to sign contracts with charities by July 2016 or face penalties. The law will also introduce an education program about food waste in schools and businesses, and follows a measure enacted last February to remove bestbefore dates on fresh foods.

The Gars’pilleurs, an action group founded in Lyon, warns that simply obliging supermarket giants to pass unsold food to charities could give a “false and dangerous idea of a magic solution” to food waste, failing to address the core issues of overproduction in the food industry and wastage in food distribution chains.

Source: The Guardian

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Pay Tied to Sustainability While sustainability is often categorized as a long-term strategy to mitigate both corporate reputational and financial risk, a small but growing number of companies are beginning to tie environmental goals to executive compensation. That means leaders of participating firms now must weigh operational variables such as greenhouse gas emissions against short-term financial outcomes.

In a report published by Sustainalytics and the sustainability nonprofit Ceres, 24 percent of the 613 largest publicly traded companies have now tied sustainability to executive compensation, up from 15 percent in 2012.

“At the end of the day, people are motivated by their pocketbooks,” says Veena Ramani, Ceres senior director of corporate programs. “I think investors have come to recognize that if you want companies to take this stuff seriously, you’re going to have to link it to people’s compensation.”

The shift is part of a broader push to tie corporate social responsibility areas such as environmental, social and governance metrics, as well as labor and local community impacts, to core business models.

Source: GreenBiz.com

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Making the most of the original spirit and intention of the season’s holiday of gratitude feeds mind, body and spirit. Consider these happy and healthy choices.

Turkey: Free-range and organic gobblers are less likely to carry diseases and contain synthetic additives. Heritage turkeys are raised outdoors, freely roam pastures, are genetically diverse and eat the varied diet that nature intended (SustainableTable.org).

Spare a bird: Turkey alternatives include fun, seasonal staples such as vegetable lasagna, butternut ravioli and acorn squash filled with onions, beans and dried fruits.

Beverages: Serving locally made apple cider, beer or wine supports local farmers and businesses, plus avoids the carbon footprint that distant choices incur in transport.

Festive preparations: Refrain from using Styrofoam, as it isn’t recyclable and can emit chemicals when meeting up with hot turkey; use washable cloth napkins instead of paper brands that go to the incinerator or landfill; and ask guests to bring a container to take leftovers home to avoid food waste.

Get kids involved: Tinyurl.com/GreenThanksgivingTips suggests giving children construction paper that can be made into decorations and recycled later. Baker’s clay, a mixture of flour, salt and water, can also be molded into creative pieces.

Revive the traditional atmosphere: The first Thanksgiving was a communal affair, so invite neighbors to join family members. Besides enhancing friendships, their proximity reduces auto emissions by keeping them off the road or encouraging shorter trips.

Honor peace and brotherhood across all races and ethnicities by sharing with guests the essence of the first successful summer harvest by pilgrims in 1621. According to Listening to America, by Stuart Berg Flexner, members of the Native American Wampanoags were also invited to the celebration because the tribe had taught them to plant native Indian corn, a key to recovery after their first difficult winter. Perhaps read a passage from the Iroquois Thanksgiving Prayer, encouraging us to “return to our mother, the Earth, which sustains us.” Visit Tinyurl.com/IroquoisThanksgiving.

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Support the Pivotal Paris Climate Change Conference As part of its Off + On initiative and ongoing efforts to get governments and businesses worldwide to address climate change and switch to renewable energy sources, 350.org and affiliated organizations will spearhead a number of events in the host city and internationally surrounding the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Paris, from November 30 to December 11.

Bill McKibben and May Boeve, co-founders of 350.org, encourage everyone to particularly follow November 28 and 29 events working to influence summit participants and spread news of their stance through social media. Volunteers are encouraged to travel to Paris to help ask all attending government officials, politicians and business leaders to pledge to work toward divesting state and local government and university pension and endowment funds of all fossil fuel stock holdings.

In addition, individual investors are urged to direct their financial advisors to eliminate fossil fuel stock holdings and switch to alternative energy companies. Graduates and college students can promote a movement to pressure their alma maters to similarly shift investments. More than 300 institutions worldwide have already made such commitments, including the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Norwegian Soverign Wealth Fund, University of Glascow, World Council of Churches, the California Public University System and Syracuse University.

For more information on how to take action, donate and join in, visit 350.org.

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by Gerry Strauss

Which core beliefs catalyze your passion for consciously stewarding the environment?

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rom Veronica Mars to Forgetting Sarah Marshall, her face is unmistakable.

Thanks to the worldwide popularity of Frozen, her voice is now unforgettable, as well. Kristen Bell, though, believes the greatest contribution she can make is embodying an eco-friendly lifestyle together with her husband, actor Dax Shepard, and their two daughters, finding ways to help the planet survive and thrive for generations to come.

I wholeheartedly believe: Every problem has a solution. We are all global citizens. Kindness is always in fashion. We have to laugh at ourselves. There is strength in forgiveness. Honesty without tact is cruelty. No one can make me feel inferior without my consent. Ultimately, we are responsible for one another and for the creatures and places around us.

I felt good about caring for the world around me before I had kids, but now I also derive a ton of self-esteem from being a good example for them.

How has celebrity supported your role in speaking out on behalf of your favorite causes?

I have the rare gift of a public platform, which is amazing to me, since I felt so small and unheard as a child. Social media can be a megaphone, so I use it to be a conduit to support causes I believe in. People don’t have to listen… but when they do, helpful things happen.

My approach is to spotlight an issue while also shedding light on a solution. I particularly like talking about childhood malnutrition and telling people about ThisBarSavesLives (ThisBarSavesLives.com), which donates a life-saving nutritional packet to a child in need every time we buy this organic, gluten-free snack bar. I love their motto, “We eat together.”

What Earth-friendly actions do you and your family embrace in day-to-day living?

Our fun time revolves around being active outdoors. We love hiking as a family, walking a mile to dinner or biking along the river. We often go exploring and make up outdoor games such as: How far can you jump? How far can I throw this? and Let’s race! The kids like to get dirty and my husband and I like to breathe fresh air at the end of a workday. We have a garden where the girls and I are learning about growing and caring for edible plants and how to cook what we grow. Our thumbs aren’t very green just yet but we are trying.

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I have been a vegetarian since I was 11.

I have never wanted to eat meat, even before I knew the positive environmental effects of a vegetarian diet. People need to be conscious of what they are eating.

Most edible supermarket items aren’t real food. I like knowing where my meal comes from and who handles it. It makes both my mind and body feel better.

How did the animated film Frozen enable you to reach a larger young audience than ever before?

My goal with the character Anna was to play an imperfect princess, giving voice to the heroine I had been searching for when I was young: Someone who was awkward, clumsy, optimistic, too talkative, caring and didn’t have perfect posture. I wanted girls that feel like they don’t always fit in to have a fearless heroine to identify with. I want to be a real-life Anna, someone who doesn’t apologize for her flaws and stands up for herself and others because she’s strong.

Thanks to Frozen, I have been invited to do more projects that reach young people. I hope to extend my voice as a trustworthy source supporting projects that can benefit them.

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Replacing our lawn with AstroTurf cut our household water bill dramatically.

We never run water from the tap when we are brushing our teeth, and always ‘let it mellow if it’s yellow’, that is, flush selectively. We even reuse the water used to sterilize baby bottles to water houseplants.

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Dangers in the Cosmetic Bag

Choose Safe and Healthy Natural Beauty Aids

by Kathleen Barnes

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e all want to look and feel beautiful, often enhancing our best features with assistance from cosmetics. Yet many of us may not be aware of the toxic ingredients contained in products we’re using.

“When the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act was passed 77 years ago, it contained 112 pages of standards for food and drugs, and only one page for cosmetics,” says Connie Engel, Ph.D., science and education manager at the Breast Cancer Fund and its Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, in San Francisco.

While most cosmetic ingredients must be listed on product labels, sometimes their names are hard to recognize,

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many are toxic and some of the most dangerous ones may not even be listed.

Labeled toxins commonly found in cosmetics include endocrine disruptors that can affect our developmental, reproductive, neurological and immune systems.

Here are just a few: Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), also known as Teflon, is found in foundation, pressed powder, loose powder, bronzer, blush, eye shadow and mascara.

It can even enhance the toxicity of other chemicals, according to Danish research published in the International Journal of Andrology, and due to its fluorine base, can disrupt iodine absorption, contributing to breast disease including cancer.

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Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and its cousin, hydroxytoluene (BHT), are common preservatives found in lip products, liquid makeup and moisturizers that the European Commission on Endocrine Disruption cites as interfering with hormone function. They’ve also been shown to cause kidney damage, according to research from Spain’s Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Formaldehyde in many forms, including quaternium-15, coal tar, benzene and mineral oils that are prohibited in the European Union and Japan, are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

These examples represent the tip of the iceberg of toxic chemicals of concern commonly used in cosmetics. They further range from allergens and substances that cause non-cancerous and cancerous tumors and organ toxicity to developmental and reproductive impairment, miscarriage and bioaccumulation leading to toxic overload when not excreted.

Fragrances don’t have to be included in label ingredient lists, constituting another major concern, explains Engel.

“Most cosmetics, even eye shadow, contain fragrance, and those fragrances can contain several dozen unlabeled ingredients, including hormone-disrupting phthalates.”

The European Union is the authoritative source on all of these issues. Based on its CosIng (cosmetic ingredients) database accessed via ec.europa.eu/consumers/

DIY Island Lip Gloss 1 tsp grated beeswax 1 tsp grated cocoa butter 1 tsp coconut oil 1 tsp macadamia or other nut oil 1 tsp light sesame oil 1 /8 tsp vitamin E oil Choose organic ingredients when possible. Melt ingredients together in a double boiler or microwave. Add a pinch of beetroot powder for color.

Stir well until all are mixed. Store in a small, clean container.

Recipe courtesy of Janice Cox, EcoBeauty

alternatives come into play, says Hollywood makeup artist Lina Hanson, author of Eco-Beautiful. “I had been working in the industry for several years before I discovered the toxic ingredients in makeup; I was shocked,” she says. Equally unsettling, “I also learned that many of the ingredients allowed in the U.S. are banned in the European Union because of their toxicity.”

That knowledge launched Hanson’s quest to create safe, organic, beautyenhancing products for women, celebrities and everyday people alike. “So many people these days pay close attention to what they put in their bodies, but not everyone is as careful about what they put on their bodies,” she says. “I want people to understand that you don’t have to sacrifice beauty in going green.”

Hanson warns against so-called “natural” cosmetics that abuse the term and may include harmful preservatives and synthetic ingredients. She assures, “Any product labeled ‘USDA certified organic’ contains 100 percent organic ingredients.”

Her book mentions numerous brands she recommends.

Beauty Bonus Tip cosmetics/cosing, it has banned scores of toxic chemicals from makeup sold in EU countries.

Safe and Healthy Alternatives Fortunately, safe alternatives are available to enhance our natural beauty. “Become an educated consumer and read the list of ingredients,” advises Janice Cox, the Medford, Oregon, author of Natural Beauty at Home. “Fewer ingredients and organic components mean safer products.”

Better yet, we can make our own more natural beauty aids. “One advantage of making your own is that you’re in control. You know yourself and your skin and sensitivities,” says Cox. DIY products are easy if intense color isn’t a requirement.

“The color many people want is hard to produce with kitchen ingredients,” Cox explains. “You can make clear mascara and eyebrow tamer with castor oil. It’s easy to make lip balms and maybe get a little color by adding berry juice or beet root powder.”

For those that want the look of highquality makeup without toxins, other good

Healthy, moisturized skin is essential to natural beauty, many experts agree, noting that younger women need to unclog pores to prevent acne. They don’t need much moisturizing, but skin generally becomes drier with age, making good moisturizers important. Cox recommends jojoba oil to effect glowing skin. Hanson likes coconut oil, although she recommends rubbing it in, removing makeup and then taking it off with a hot, wet towel.

The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

(SafeCosmetics.org) has created a helpful app for iPhone and Android users at ThinkDirtyApp.com. Simply download it and scan a store item’s barcode to immediately access information on the product’s toxic ingredients, along with recommendations for healthier alternatives.

Kathleen Barnes is the author of many natural health books, including Food Is Medicine. Connect at Kathleen Barnes.com.

Toxic Ingredients to Avoid n Benzophenone n Butylated compounds, including BHA, BHT n Carbon black n Ethanolamine compounds including DEA, MEA, TEA n Formaldehyde-releasing preservatives (quaternium-15, imidazolidinyl urea) n Heavy metals, including lead (may not be labeled) n Phthalates n PTFE (Teflon) n Silica n Talc n Titanium dioxide n Triclosan Source: Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

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Natural Facial Essentials Few Skincare Product Labels Tell the Whole Story

by Linda Sechrist

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The skin, your t age 25, Paula notes that many prodBegoun, author labeled organic and protective organ, ucts of The Original natural include synthetic is meant to be Beauty Bible and other chemicals, meaning that bestselling books on term organic doesn’t “worn” for life. It is the skincare, makeup and apply to the entire formula. not a luxury, but a Fragrances are common hair care, read her first label on a skincare prodingredients, as is necessity to take synthetic uct she was using. Althe triethanolamine that’s the best possible often used to adjust the pH though she’d tried many different products to conor as an emulsifying agent care of it. trol her acne and eczema to convert acid to a salt, or since age 11, she hadn’t ~Charlene Handel stearate, as the base for a thought about the concleanser. tents, which was partially To help consumers why she was distraught to discover that avoid overpaying for skincare products acetone (nail polish remover) was the which may not be as natural or organic fourth ingredient listed. as touted, Begoun encourages skepticism That moment became the inspiraregarding marketing messages. She sugtion for Begoun’s lifetime devotion to gests that an important key is to choose skincare research and education and the best formulation for an individual’s customer advocacy. Today, as founder skin type and specific skin concerns. of the Seattle-based Paula’s Choice “There are no U.S. Food and Drug Skincare, she continues to help women Agency-approved standards for the orunderstand when product claims are ganic labeling of skincare products sold misleading or factual. in salons and spas or over-the-counter.

The cosmetics industry hasn’t agreed on one set of standards either. U.S. DeBuyer Be Aware One of Begoun’s core conclusions is partment of Agriculture certification is that the terms organic and all natural are cost-prohibitive for most small cosmetic largely responsible for fueling the miscompanies that use clean, certified conception that all synthetic ingredients organic ingredients, so some uncertified in cosmetics are automatically bad and organic products exist and it’s wise to that all organic or natural ingredients read labels,” explains Elina Fedotova, are automatically good. She further founder of the nonprofit Association 26

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of Holistic Skin Care Practitioners. She counsels that we Google any unfamiliar ingredient to learn if it’s toxic or safe.

Fedotova, a cosmetic chemist and aesthetician who makes her professional skincare line, Elina Organics, by hand in a laboratory, compares the difference between salon and commercial products to fine dining versus fast food.

“Salon products are made in far smaller quantities than mass-produced brands and offer higher concentrations of ingredients. They are generally shipped directly to the salon and have a higher turnover rate. Because they don’t have to be stored for indeterminate periods or endure warehouse temperatures, they are fresher and more potent,” she says.

Although a facial can easily be performed at home with salon or commercial products, Fedotova, who owns spas in Chicago and Kalamazoo, Michigan, recommends having a professional facial every four to five weeks. Charlene Handel, a certified holistic esthetician, holistic skin care educator and owner of Skin Fitness Etc., in Carlsbad, California, agrees.

Sequenced Steps Handel chooses treatments that penetrate and nourish the layer of skin below the epidermis, the outermost layer, consisting of mostly dead cells, with 100 percent holistic (edible) products and freshly brewed organic tea compresses. “Without a gentle exfoliation, the first step in any effective facial, not even skincare formulas with penetration enhancers, can nourish the lower layer of live cells. One key nourishment among others is vitamin C, an antioxidant which brightens, protects against sun damage and promotes collagen production,” advises Handel.

She explains that skin cells produced in the deepest layer gradually push their way to the epidermis every 30 days and die. Dead cells can pile up unevenly and give the skin’s surface a dry, rough, dull appearance. As we age, cell turnover time increases to 45 or 60 days, which is why gentle sloughing is necessary. This can be done at home three times a week with a honey mask.

Another form of exfoliation performed in a salon uses a

diamond- tipped, crystal-free microdermabrasion machine to gently buff away the surface layer of skin.

An additional option is a light glycolic acid and beta hydroxy acid treatment.

This can be purchased over the counter or prepared at home using organic papaya (glycolic) and pineapple (beta hydroxyl) for more even skin tone. These treatments, sometimes referred to as acid peels, can be applied to the face for no more than 10 to 15 minutes, typically every two to four weeks or every few months.

Treatment serums, moisturizing lotions and eye and neck creams are all elements of a complete facial. The simplest sequence of application is layering from the lightest to heaviest— eye cream, serum and moisturizer. Give them a minute or two to absorb. No facial is complete without a sunscreen with zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, applied last.

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DIY Facial Treats Elina DIY Facial

Follow with organic toner per skin type.

Dry complexion: Cleanse the skin with a mix of baking soda and coconut oil.

Gently scrub on and rinse off.

Oily complexion: Cleanse the skin using a mixture of yogurt and baking soda. Gently scrub on and rinse off.

Refresh the skin after cleansing with distilled rose water or herbal tea, adding in a few drops each of lemon juice and a favorite essential oil. For dry skin, choose chamomile tea; for oily skin, go with burdock root tea and juniper berry essential oil.

Exfoliate the skin with a gentle, healthy alternative to chemical peels by massaging with organic papaya; its enzymes help dissolve dead cells.

It also infuses skin with beta carotene and other beauty nutrients.

After rinsing skin, apply a mashed banana mask, which benefits all complexions by nourishing and moisturizing the skin. It’s also high in antiinflammatory vitamin B6.

Remove the banana with a wet wash cloth, and then apply a favorite moisturizer. Dry skin does well with coconut oil. For very dry skin, use shea butter or sesame oil.

Use a zinc oxide-based natural sunblock, especially after a facial, because the skin is more sensitive to ultraviolet rays after exfoliation. Eating foods rich in antioxidants helps prevent sun damage.

Source: Courtesy of Charlene Handel

Source: Courtesy of Elina Fedotova

Fruit Smoothie Mask Prep time: 15 minutes Increase sun protection with this antioxidant- and resveratrol-rich soothing smoothie mask. Use fresh, organic ingredients.

6 medium strawberries 12 red grapes ½ banana 1 Tbsp honey Combine first three ingredients in a standard or bullet blender until mixture becomes creamy. Remove and put in a bowl. Gently fold honey into mixture.

Cleanse face.

Apply mask to skin, preferably with a fan brush, and lightly massage with fingertips for two minutes. Allow to sit on skin for 20 minutes.

Remove mask with warm water.

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Choose Lasting Wealth “Imagine an economy in which life is valued more than money and power resides with ordinary people that care about one another, their community and their natural environment,” says David Korten, Ph.D., the co-founder of Positive Futures Network and author of Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth.

“When we choose real wealth,” says Korten, of Bainbridge Island, Washington, “we can have exciting hobbies and adventures; work that challenges and stimulates us; and spiritual connection with a universe that’s infinitely larger than a stock portfolio. Instead of more stuff in our alreadystuffed lives, we can have fewer things, but better things of higher quality—fewer visits to the doctor and more visits to museums and friends’ houses.”

Step One: Taking Inventory of Our Stuff Suze Orman, owner of the Suze Orman Financial Group, in Emeryville, California, and the bestselling author of The Courage to Be Rich: Creating a Life of Material and Spiritual Abundance, ponders whether having stuff is worth it and suggests we take an inventory of what we own. “Think about the value of each object—what it cost you when you bought it, what it’s worth in dollars today, and what it’s worth in an Earthly, material representation of who you are now,” she says.

Orman suggests that we go through every closet and cupboard and recycle or throw away items that no longer serve us well, and then reconnect with items we cannot part with, such as family mementos.

“Think of these items so precious to you and how little, in fact, they cost you,” she says. In this way we define for ourselves the true meaning of worth, and it’s never about the stuff. Once we have a handle on what we own, it’s time to turn to what we want and how we can get there.

TRUE WEALTH Living a Life We Love is Real Affluence

by Judith Fertig

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raditional economics has us thinking in opposites—in terms of assets and liabilities. We consider the value of the material things we’ve accumulated: We add up our assets, which may include stocks, bonds, real estate, bank accounts and retirement savings. Then we subtract what we owe: Our liabilities may include a home mortgage, credit card debt, insurance premiums and student and vehicle loans. The balance is deemed our net worth. Figured this way, our net worth changes every minute and can sometimes shift dramatically.

There is a better way to assess our wealth, because we are overlooking, dismissing or squandering valuable resources and benefits such as time, personal health, spiritual well-being, social connections or community in order to buy temporal things that will only depreciate over time.

Golden, Colorado, author David Wann explores this theme in his book Simple Prosperity: Finding Real Wealth in a Sustainable Lifestyle. He remarks, “The U.S. may be on top when it comes to spending, but we also lead the world in debt per capita, children in poverty, percent of people in prison, obesity and infant mortality.” In fact, the U.S. has recently been ranked 42nd among countries in longevity—right below Guam and just above Albania.

“So where is all the spending really getting us?” he asks.

“We need to be getting more value out of each dollar, each hour, each spoonful of food, each square foot of house and each gallon of gas. The secret of success at the local, national and global scale is not really a secret; it’s in plain sight, and it’s called moderation.”

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Step Two: Re-Evaluating Life Goals Just as we would do a personal financial assessment before we make plans to achieve financial goals, a life audit helps us determine our priorities for living happily and productively. Ximena Vengoechea, a design researcher for Twitter, Inc., in San Francisco, recently did this using 100 sticky notes during one dedicated afternoon. She wrote a single wish, one thing she’d like to do, on each note.

During this “spring How we spend cleaning for the soul,” as our days is, of she calls it, Vengoechea reaffirmed her thirst for course, how we learning and adventure. spend our lives.

Taking it a step further, she analyzed how she ~Annie Dillard spent her time and how often she saw the people most important to her,

mapping the data as pie charts. She discovered that most of her time was spent in work-related activities and not enough in adventure or seeing the people she loved. Drawing it up in the visual medium of charts helped her identify her life goals and see the changes she needed to make. Doubtless, we can all find better ways to utilize our assets.

local communities with a research-based model for prosperity. In socially abundant communities and nations, individuals don’t have to earn as much money to be comfortable, because their quality of life is partly provided by the strength of social bonds.

Heeding the Call to Change

Finding and doing what “lights us up” will bring us abundance, claims David Howitt in Heed Your Call. The Arianna Huffington, of New York City, founder of The Portland, Oregon, Meriwether Group entrepreneur who Huffington Post, knows firsthand about having so many consults for consumer companies, maintains that finding demands on our time that days feel rushed, which can our heroic purpose (that heart-centered thing we feel we increase our stress and negatively impact our producwere meant to do) is the first step toward true wealth. tivity. She says, “On the flip side, the feeling of Howitt says the secret is in one small word— having enough time, or even surplus time, is Finding and doing and. Instead of choosing either/or, our world called ‘time affluence’. Although it may be hard expands with “and”. He urges us to integrate what “lights us the intuitive and analytic parts of ourselves: to believe, it’s actually possible to achieve.”

Huffington recommends simple steps like get“poet and professional, prophet and profit, soul up” will bring ting enough sleep and putting time limits on and success.” us abundance. work and online activities.

It’s not just about philanthropy, but truly Belinda Munoz, a social change activist in making your community and your world a ~David Howitt San Francisco who blogs at TheHalfwayPoint.net, better place through your work, he observes. observes, “Time is neutral. We either use it wisely or waste “You’re doing good in the world, and when you live that way, it, so the onus is on us to make it an asset.” Munoz can both money follows you.” let go of stress and be more productive when she blocks out day parts. “When I focus, I shut out interruptions, stop feeling Judith Fertig blogs about living well at AlfrescoFoodAnd rushed and get my work done with ease,” she says.

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Our Time

Our Health One high-impact way to support personal health is to value food more, maintains Wann. “We need to spend more of our household budget for food, not less,” he says. “By rearranging both our household and national expenditures, we should give a higher priority to fresh, healthy food and a lower priority to electronic gadgets, shopping, cars, lawns and even vacations.

Our overall expenses don’t have to go up, they just need to be realigned with our changing values. By choosing higher quality food and supporting better ways of growing it, we also begin to reshape the American culture,” he says.

Our Community The community, rather than the stock market, is the better source of real wealth—both personal and global—maintains Korten. “Your community economy is part of the glue that binds people together. It’s the key to physical and mental health and happiness.” Giving less control over our financial well-being to Wall Street and more to Main Street will help us think in terms of livelihoods, instead of mere jobs. For Korten, this equates to not only how we make money to live, but also how we live—valuing our homes, communities and natural environment.

Priceless social capital comes from investing our time and money in local communities. Korten observes how, when freely and wisely spent, these efforts can lower crime rates, make schools more productive and help economies function better. Korten cites Oakland, California’s Well-Being in Business Lab, which works with the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley, to provide

Conducting a Life Audit

by Ximena Vengoechea

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ere’s one approach to doing a life audit in order to both discern more keenly what’s important and figure out how to allocate resources better to make those things happen.

Step 1: Take a few hours and 100 sticky notes. Write a wish—something you’d like to do or have happen in your life—on each one. Arrange them on a flat surface.

Step 2: See what patterns evolve. Rearrange the notes by themes or categories, such as family, physical health, adventure, profession, giving back and skills. Those that contain the most notes indicate the realm of your most powerful wishes.

Step 3: Evaluate your time. Take stock of a typical day, week and month to analyze how you are spending it.

Step 4: Prioritize. Some wishes need to be fulfilled every day or soon, while long-term wishes aim for “someday”.

Step 5: Make a plan. Just as with a smart financial strategy, which typically involves investing money over time, you can now allocate your time to make your wish list happen.

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What’s Your Child’s EQ? Six Ways to Raise Emotional Intelligence

by Teal Swan

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uch of our identity is shaped in childhood by key events and the emotions and perspectives we associate with them.

All Emotions Count Emotional intelligence, sometimes referred to as EQ, is often overlooked as a skill set in today’s world. The recent animated film Inside Out calls attention to effective ways of addressing a child’s journey by embracing and better understanding their emotions; particularly those that don’t feel positive.

A recent study by the London School of Economics Centre for Economic Performance found that a child’s emotional health is far more important in determining future happiness than factors such as academic success or wealth. Parents can help ensure a healthy emotional upbringing by avoiding making three mistakes.

Disapproval of a child’s emotions: This involves being critical of a child’s displays of negative emotion and reprimanding or punishing the child for expressing them.

Dismissing a child’s emotions: This comes across as regarding a child’s emotions as unimportant, either through ignoring their emotions, or worse, trivializing them.

Offering little relevant guidance: While parents may empathize, they don’t set limits on behavior or assist each child in understanding and coping with their emotions.

Recipe for a High EQ Parents can successfully form deeper connections with their kids by recognizing, respecting and acknowledging their emotional range, rather than telling kids they should feel a certain way. Telling someone how they should or shouldn’t feel only teaches them to distrust themselves and that there’s something wrong with them. As a communication aid, Inside Out may speak best to older children, 30

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because younger viewers may get the erroneous impression that emotions can control them, rather than that they can control their own emotional reactions.

The recipe for healthy bonding and emotional development is for all parties to model how they value the importance of each other’s feelings and respectfully listen for the feelings behind the words. In opening ourselves to being understood, we open ourselves to understanding others. Good parenting involves emotion. Good relationships involve emotion. The bottom line is that emotions matter.

We all struggle with negative emotions from time to time, and the way we address and deal with them influences our emotional health. The goal is to develop a trustworthy emotional connection with the other person that is important to us, which enhances intimacy and the effectiveness of the relationship in accomplishing good.

Using this six-part process of helpful concrete steps applies equally to the children and adults in our lives. n Become aware of the other person’s emotions. n Care about the other person by seeing their emotions as valid and important. n Listen empathetically to better understand the way they feel, allowing them to feel safe to be vulnerable without fear of judgment. Seek to understand, rather than to agree or redirect. n Acknowledge and validate their feelings. We don’t need to validate that the thoughts they have about their emo-

tions are correct; instead, simply let them know that it’s valid to feel the way that they do. For example, if a friend says, “I feel useless,” we could validate them by saying, “I can see how you might feel that way.” n Allow the person to experience their emotions fully before moving toward any kind of improvement. We cannot impose our idea of when they should be ready or able to feel differently. This is when we practice unconditional presence and unconditional love. We are there as support, without trying to fix them or anything else. Don’t be offended if they don’t accept support that’s offered at this time. A benevolent power is inherent in offering love that exists regardless of what someone does or does not do with it. n Help the other person to strategize ways to manage the reactions they might be having to their emotions after—and only after—their feelings have been validated, acknowledged and fully felt. This is when we can assert new ways of looking at a situation that may improve the way another person is feeling. This is when advice may be offered.

When done successfully, this process can transform a conflict encountered in a relationship into solid gold.

Teal Swan is the author of Shadows Before Dawn: Finding the Light of Self-Love Through Your Darkest Times, on how healing hidden wounds reveals our authentic selves (TealSwan.com). Inside Out will be released next month on DVD. natural awakenings

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Dr. T. Colin Campbell on the Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet

by Sandy Pukel

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r. T. Colin Campbell, the Jacob Gould Schurman professor emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University, is the co-author of The China Study, author of Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition and was featured in the film Forks Over Knives. In his 70-plus years, he has written more than 300 research papers on diet, nutrition and health based on laboratory research and large-scale human studies in China and the Philippines. He founded the nonprofit T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies, in Ithaca, New York.

The terms “vegan diet” and “plant-based diet” are often used interchangeably, but is there a difference?

In past years, most people that chose a vegan diet did so for ideological reasons, without fully understanding

the scientific basis for this choice. As a result, the average vegan diet is not very healthy, nutritionally speaking—it’s much too high in total fat (about 30 percent of total calories) and refined carbohydrates (sugar and flour), often in the form of processed foods.

What are the main ecological and environmental benefits of a plant-based diet?

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Methane production by livestock is a major contributor to climate change, responsible for as much as 50 percent of current greenhouse gas production, according to some sources. Even the livestock interest group with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has estimated for at least the past 10 years that this contribution, although cited lower at 14.5 to 18 percent, outranks even the transportation sector.

The significance relates to methane production, which has a far higher capacity on a molecular level to trap and hold heat energy in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, although it has a shorter life. Its effect multiplies because a faster rise in temperature leads to permafrost melting and an additional release of methane. Other serious problems associated with livestock production include loss of topsoil, contamination of groundwater, depletion of deepwater aquifers and pollution of oceans and reefs.

Are all animal proteins harmful to health, or is dairy particularly detrimental?

The casein effect of dairy products on cancer can be generalized to all animal proteins, based on comparing its adverse effects on serum cholesterol, development of

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cardiovascular disease, excessive cell replication and inflammation. Just as important, diets with more animal protein are prone to include less plantbased foods that provide many essential health benefits.

Is there any evidence indicating that a diet that includes 5 to 10 percent of high-quality animal protein is less healthy than a 100 percent vegan diet?

To my knowledge, absent published direct evidence, there is a strong commonsense impression that a 100 percent plant diet is better than anything less. This is probably best answered by evidence from population-based studies showing a linear association of disease occurring with increasing consumption of animal-based foods, with zero disease at zero consumption of animal products. However, it’s also true that individual susceptibilities vary considerably.

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What can healthy eaters do to spread awareness of the benefits of such a lifestyle?

Opportunities abound, including organizing a local showing of the film PlantPure Nation and a PlantPure pod program. You might enroll in the online plant-based nutrition certificate program partnered by the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and Cornell University’s online curriculum and/or enroll in the Global Roots Health Experience conference this April in the Dominican Republic.

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Five Ways to Optimize Diet for Highly Sensitive Body

by Harry Hong

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ighly Sensitive Body (HSB) describes a special population of people who have highly sensitive nervous systems and easily develop neurogenic sensitivities to food and environmental factors. Neurogenic sensitivity is a type of sensitivity-related inflammatory reaction, called neurogenic inflammation, triggered by nerve endings release of inflammatory substances. Overly sensitive to

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their surroundings, HSBs easily develop neurogenic inflammation that leads to a variety of clinical conditions: Although neurogenic sensitivities can be desensitized and treated with various natural therapies, dietary changes are necessary to avoid developing food sensitivities in the first place.

Food sensitivities for each person could be different.

However, overexposure to certain food for a long period of time can definitely increase the chance to develop sensitivity to that food. Thus, a properly managed dietary plan is necessary to keep sensitivity low for HSBs. First of all, control sugar intake.

According to the U.S. Department of Commerce reports and the USDA, the U.S. sugar consumption increased steadily from 6.3 pounds per person per year in 1822 to a maximum of 107.7 lbs. per person per year in 1999. The rate is still steadily increasing. Overconsumption of sugar has great impact on health.

It is known to cause insulin resistance and further develop Type II diabetes.

Frequent intake of sugar also weakens the body’s ability to balance blood sugar and causes hypoglycemia. Frequent hypoglycemia may result in mood swings, irritability, anxiety, panic attacks and

sleeping disorders.

Overconsumption of sugar may also result in yeast overgrowth inside the body. Mycotoxin from the yeast, Candida albicans, is the cause of many inflammatory symptoms including various pain symptoms, brain fog, sinus and ear inflammation, indigestion and sleeping issues. High inflammation level greatly increases neurogenic sensitivity of the body. All symptoms due to neurogenic sensitivity get worse during Candida outbreak in the body. Thus, to control sugar intake is the number one strategy to keep a healthy balance of the HSB. Second, try to avoid wheat products. Wheat is the most common food in the American diet. For most Americans, every single meal and snack contains foods made with wheat flour. Overexposure to wheat products causes body’s

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Circulatory system

Headaches and heart palpitation

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Urinary tract symptoms and interstitial cystitis

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immune responses that lead to not only neurogenic sensitivity but also a real allergy to a special wheat protein called gluten.

Celiac disease, an immune reaction to eating wheat protein gluten, is a severe autoimmune disease that causes damage to the small intestine. Mayo Clinic research suggests the disease is four times more common now than 60 years ago, and affects about one in 100 people. It believes that many more cases are undiagnosed and unaccounted for.

According to Dr. William Davis in his book, The Wheat Belly, the wheat of today is not the same grain our forebears ground into their daily bread. It has changed dramatically in the past 50 years under the influence of agricultural scientists. Wheat gluten proteins undergo considerable structural change with hybridization. Genetic differences generated via thousands of human-engineered hybridizations make for substantial variation in composition, appearance and qualities important not just to chefs and food processors, but also potentially to human health.

In addition to causing immune responses, wheat products also affect blood sugar levels. Wheat starch molecule consists of a long line of glucose which is converted to blood sugar easily during digestion. Glycemic Index (GI) is a measure of glucose level increase from carbohydrate food. Foods with carbohydrates that break down quickly during digestion and release glucose rapidly into the bloodstream tend to have a high GI. Wheat products such as bread and cereal have a higher GI than table sugar, soft drinks and candy bars. Frequent intake of wheat products is equal to or even worse than eating sugar frequently. Thus, reducing wheat intake is absolutely necessary to maintain a healthy balance of the HSB. Third, watch for dairy products. Dairy products such as milk, cheese, butter, ice cream and yogurt are another common food category in the typical American diet. Dairy consumption and its effects on the human body have been the subject of debate for quite some time. No matter if “milk helps our bones” is a myth or not, dairy is known to be hyper-allergic food and promote inflammation to the body. It increases mucus production in the upper respiratory system and causes sinus and ear inflammation. It also inflames the gut lining and causes digestive disturbances along the way such as bloating, constipation, diarrhea, or even long-term irritable bowel syndrome. With the way that milk is mass produced and processed in dairy farms, it is likely contaminated with high amounts of antibiotics, hormones, pesticides and genetically-modified substances. Many people with chronic sinus congestion, asthma and digestive problems benefit greatly by staying away from dairy products.

Next, keep a rotation diet. HSBs easily develop food sensitivities. When you discover food sensitivities, you remove those foods from your diet and find foods that are “safe” to eat. Then, through convenience or comfort, you fall into a pattern of eating the safe foods over and over. Sometimes, you’ll eat some of the exact same foods every day. This pattern puts you at high risk for developing new sensitivities. After a while, you will realize that you have nothing to eat. In addition to desensitizing food sensitivities and getting treated with natural therapies, the best thing to do to avoid adding new sensitivities to the list is to rotate food on at least a four-day rotation. This means you spread food out by at least four days. The rotation diet helps to manage food sensitivities and allow the “safe” food to last longer. For example,

if you eat salmon on day one, you wait until day five to eat salmon again. This allows salmon to be completely eliminated from your system before introducing it again and therefore lowers your chance of developing sensitivity to it. Rotation diet is a good long-term strategy for HSB maintaining a healthy immune function even if you don’t have many food sensitivities.

Finally, eat a variety of food with proper combinations.

Keeping a rotation diet requires that you have a variety of food selections. If you only eat five foods, there is no way to manage a rotation diet. Eating a broad spectrum of food is necessary to supply healthy nutrients the body needs to function. Each meal or snack should contain a combination of carbohydrates, protein and healthy fat. Never snack with a banana or a cookie alone because sugar alone always triggers insulin surge that may lead to hypoglycemia later on. A salad with protein such as grilled chicken or nuts will help the body balance blood sugar much longer than salad and fruit combination. If you desire optimal health and keeping away from sensitivity, maintaining a healthy diet is the key.

Dr. Harry Hong is a licensed acupuncturist specializing in holistic healing for the highly sensitive. He teaches highly sensitive people to listen to their body and take charge of their own health. With his own systematic IBMT protocol that includes Chinese medicine, modern homeopathy, energetic testing and allergy desensitization, Dr. Hong helps highly sensitive people gain back their immune strength and get their life back. He has offices in both South Florida and Chicago. Email HarrygHong@hotmail.com or visit HighlySensitiveBody.com.

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Baobab “Tree of Life”

By Loli Jane Heimberg, MS, RD

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ith more than 13,000 chemicals, carcinogens and preservatives in our cosmetics, it is important that we seek out beauty products that are botanical and free of harmful ingredients. Ingredients should be organic and rich in anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. One such ingredient known as “baobab” comes from one of the oldest living trees on Earth, which lives over 5000 years.

The “upside-down” baobab tree, made famous by *The Lion King and *Avatar, is rapidly gaining popularity as a “super fruit” and skincare ingredient.

The baobab tree is found in Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, and other areas in South Africa, where they believe that it grows upside-down because God planted it that way.

Known as the “tree of life” because it is ideal for the human body, every part of the tree can be sustainably harvested without destroying the tree, including the seeds, fruit, leaves, sprouts, roots and bark for food, supplementation, skincare and cosmetics.

The leaves, rich in vitamin C, sugars, potassium and calcium, can be cooked and eaten like spinach or dried into a powder for supplements. The sprouts can be eaten like asparagus. The bark can be made into a tea or beer. Even the leaves and flowers can be eaten by wild animals. The entire tree can be used for skincare.

European studies have revealed many skin benefits associated with baobab extract, including boosting the skin’s elasticity, diminishing the look of facial lines, evening out skin tone, and refreshing and hydrating the skin. Leaf and bark extracts tighten and tone skin, and oil from the seeds moisturize and encourage cell regeneration when used with vitamins A, D and E. Baobab is packed with six times more vitamin C than oranges, twice as much calcium as milk, thiamin, vitamin B6, potassium, polyphenols, antioxidants, and fatty acids known as linoleic acid.

For skincare, vitamin C is one of the best ingredients for anti-aging and vital for cell protection, regeneration, the immune system, energy, iron absorption and circulation. Antioxidants are key in antiaging because of their free radical scavenging ability to prevent premature skin aging and reduce the rate at which skin cells age. Baobab contains over twice the antioxidants per 100g of goji berries and more than blueberries and pomegranates.

Baobab’s polyphenol content is higher than other fruits and often used in anti-aging skincare formulations. Polyphenols are antioxidant plant chemicals, including flavonoids, bioflavonoids, flavanols and tannins. A 2010 study in the *Journal of Food Biochemistry listed baobab extract as being an antioxidant displaying “significant radical scavenging properties.” Of 14 species of “wild edible fruits,” those from baobab came in second place for highest phenolic and flavonoid content.

Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin vital to multiple essential immune and metabolic functions and the reduction of tiredness and fatigue, keeping the skin looking fresh, vibrant and healthy.

In anti-aging research there is something called Integral Antioxidant Capacity (IAC) which represents the combined capacity of hydrophilic (water loving) and lipophilic (fat loving) antioxidants.

Baobab is found to have 10 times higher IAC than orange pulp due to the abundant presence of ascorbic, citric, malic and succinic acids, making it a superb ingredient in skincare.

A 2006 Study in *Food Chemistry

found that all parts of the baobab (including the pulp, leaves and seeds) not only have higher IACs than orange pulp, but also higher IACs than strawberry, bilberry and kiwi pulp.

One notable skincare line which uses baobab extract in all of their products is L’Alchimiste—“Elixir of Life, Custom Earth Blends.” Made locally in South Florida by a Parisian chemist, Sherine Bichara created this skincare line which combines organic ingredients with modern scientific advances such as antiaging peptides (amino acids), without any harmful chemicals, preservative or carcinogens. Bichara explains, “The reason I chose the baobab tree is that it holds a special spiritual significance; the ‘tree of life’ is connected to the ancestry of the indigenous people.”

The baobab “tree of life” truly is a significant and sought after ingredient to be used in beauty and skincare with its powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.

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Sharing Our Bounty Food Drives Need Healthy Donations

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hat’s on the table can help lower risks of stroke, heart attack, cancer and diabetes, according to the American Heart Association. Not all families are able to afford the healthiest foods, but fatty, high-sugar options can be avoided. The most-needed donations are nonperishable and high in protein, but low in sodium, sugar and fats.

Give the best, most affordable products, according to these tips and the food drive’s guidelines. Organic and non-GMO (genetically modified) foods are welcome. Note that not all pantries can store fresh produce, glass containers or personal hygiene items.

“Pantries rely on informed community support,” explains Jim Byrnes, director of Pennsylvania’s Nazareth Area Food Bank. “Area churches, schools

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and businesses keep us supplied. We’ll help 300 families this year, compared to 100 in 2006, balancing nutrition with practical needs.”

California’s San Diego Food Bank feeds better choices to 370,000 people each month, including military families, seniors and children. Such community efforts change lives.

Meat: Tinned tuna, chicken and salmon store easily for use in salads or casseroles, on a sandwich and in whole wheat pasta, brown rice or low-fat stir fries. Avoid the bisphenol-A (BPA) associated with cans and plastic containers.

Instead choose BPA-free pouch packaging and cans with BPA-free liners (see Tinyurl.com/BPAFreeCannedFood).

Soup and Stew: Containing meat and veggies, soups and stews provide

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filling, hearty comfort foods.

Vegetables: Yams and whole-berry cranberry sauce turn dinner into a holiday feast. Add color to the plate with mixed veggies. Lentils, pinto, black and kidney beans in stew, chili or salad provide fiber, calcium, zinc and iron. Spices add zing. Tomatoes, sauce and salsa add flavor; choose glass jar products only in order to be BPA-free, due to the acidic effect on cans.

Pasta, Rice and Grain: In Kansas City, Missouri, Katie Thomas, owner of Crazy Daisy Cleaning, regularly organizes food drives. She says, “Pasta and sauce make a variety of dishes and extend the number of meals.” Whole grain pasta, brown or wild rice, quinoa and couscous are better choices than white pasta. Bulgur provides nearly 75 percent of a day’s

fiber requirement when added to soup or salad.

Cereal: Steel-cut or rolled oats, farina (Cream of Wheat) and grits are low-calorie and nutritious options for a warm start to the day. All can be found as organic; farina in whole wheat or white wheat that is certified kosher. Cold cereals should list whole grains as the first ingredient and be high in fiber and low in sugar, like organic Oat O’s.

Snacks: Unsalted nuts, full of fiber, protein and vitamins, are highly prized at food pantries. Packed in juice, fruit cups make a healthy treat. Dried fruit and sunflower seeds are another favorite. Low-salt, low-sugar peanut or sunflower butter packs protein. Honey is a healthy sweetener.

Collecting Party: “A group of us collected and donated 600 pounds of food for babies, pets and adults to Extended Hands Food Bank,” says Dee Power, in Fountain Hills, Arizona. For babies, include food without added sugar or salt and single-grain cereal.

Alternative Giving: Especially popular during the December holidays, the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank offers prepacked bags to grocery store patrons, paid for at checkout. Customers can see what’s included and the food bank picks them up. (Tip: Cash donations allow lower cost bulk purchases with no need to transport or sort items.)

Non-Food: Make sure the food pantry has storage space before donating wet or dry food for cats and dogs and birdseed; baby wipes, shampoo and soap; and adult soap, deodorant, shaving supplies, toothpaste, shampoo and toilet paper. “A $5,000 grant gave us added storage space,” says Byrnes.

The bottom line is what food pantries need is much the same as what’s found in any healthy home pantry—comestibles rich in flavor, vitamins and fiber and free of unhealthy additives. Please be generous year-round, sharing well beyond the holidays.

Connect with the freelance writer via AveryMack@mindspring.com.

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Barre Your Way to Better Fitness

Ballet-Inspired Workouts Create Long and Lean Muscles

by Lynda Bassett

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magine having a ballerina’s physique, grace, strength and flexibility. That’s the potential of barre.

“Barre is a combination of ballet, yoga and Pilates principles. We use small, isometric movements to temporarily fatigue muscles and make them long and lean.

The so-called fatigue is what causes muscles to shake, and therefore, change,” explains Nadia Yokarini-Kotsonis, a certified barre instructor at Physique Fitness Studio, in Grove City, Ohio. Students use a ballet barre to support themselves while doing the exercises.

Yokarini-Kotsonis is among many former dancers that have embraced barre fitness. Trained in ballet, tap, contemporary and traditional dance in Athens, Greece, she discovered barre when she moved to the U.S. “I fell in love with how challenging it was and the effects and changes I saw in my body. I got certified a year later and have been teaching ever since. I’m still in love with practicing it, no matter how tired I might be beforehand,” she says.

Rather than a cardiovascular regimen, “Barre is good for developing core strength. You gain overall flexibility, muscle strength, improved posture and range of motion,” says Lisa Juliet, West Coast regional director of the teacher certification program (BarreCertification.com).

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Those that regularly practice realize many positive effects. “Your body becomes long and lean, similar to a ballet dancer’s. You learn to stand tall and become stronger with each class,” says Yokarini-Kotsonis.

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While barre has had some U.S. presence since the 1950s, “It’s having a resurgence now,” says Charlene Causey, a certified natural health professional and ballet body barre instructor in Pueblo, Colorado.

Newfound interest began on both coasts and is quickly becoming a Midwest mainstay, according to Yokarini-Kotsonis, who says it’s one of the most popular classes she teaches, and other studios are following suit. She remarks, “Everyone wants to offer barre, and everyone wants to come to a class and see what it’s about.”

“Seniors love it because barre helps improve their balance. It’s also perfect for people working to overcome injuries,” says Juliet. She notes that while women are predominant in classes, the tide is turning a bit toward more gender equity. “Men that enter classes as skeptical come out sweating.” One recently earned his barre teaching certificate.

Benefits of Barre “What makes this workout brilliant is that the classes are designed to fit the goals and ability levels of all participants.

Each set of exercises provides options ranging from the beginner to the more advanced barre enthusiast. Effective, yet safe, lowimpact techniques provide ongoing challenges,” says Causey.

Those that regularly practice realize many positive effects.

“Your body becomes long and lean, similar to a ballet dancer’s.

You learn to stand tall and become stronger with each class,” says Yokarini-Kotsonis. However, don’t expect it to be easy.

“Even when you do it every day, you’ll still find it extremely challenging,” she adds.

Most teachers individualize modifications for beginners. “I tell my students to do what they can. There’s no judgment here,” says Causey.

Many yoga teachers offer barre classes as a beneficial complement to other sports and activities such as running. “It supplements your other endeavors,” notes Causey. Today’s barre classes feature bare feet and typical workout wear, specialized equipment and props, contemporary music and of course, the ballet barre. The whole experience is highly positive and upbeat, says Causey.

Most fitness experts would agree that it’s good to add variety to workouts, and trying something new adds spice to the mix. Plus, for those that keep at it, says Yokarini-Kotsonis, “Barre can be the fastest results-oriented program you can undergo. Expect to see a change in your body in a month if you attend three to four classes a week.”

Lynda Bassett is a freelance writer near Boston, MA. Connect at LyndaBassett@gmail.com.

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Acupuncture Acupuncture and Chinese Medical Center

954.749.6677 (*)

Broward Spine Institute

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954.390.0411 (33.3%*)

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bodywork Lifestream Wellness Spa

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chiropractic Back In Harmony Chiropractic and Wellness Center, LLC

954.604.5384 (50%*)

Friends and Family Spinal Care

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Peet Chiropractic Center

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SalvĂŠ Center for Chiropractic & Wellness

954.309.3044 (20%*)

coaching Lisa Friedman, LCSW

954.741.1099 (25%*)

The Phoenix Potential

305.761.3598 (10%*)

WPN Leadership Institute

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counseling Cohen Counseling

954.980.9628 (20%)

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dentistry Integrated Dental Center

954.792.6266 (15%*)

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Ellirose Healing Works

954.348.2652 (20%)

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808.647.4016 (10%*)

Family Therapy Center of Psychological Effectiveness (COPE)

954.583.8831 (20%*)

fine art Susie Q Art

954.295.2315 (20%)

fitness Jazzercise of Fort Lauderdale

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Longevity Fitness

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Interior Environmental Design Exceptional Designs

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Parenting Greenie Tots

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Balancing Hormones – An Alternative Medicine Approach

by Dr. Gary Snyder

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echnology increasingly pervades our lives, vocabulary and awareness, but if we look at our bodies like a high-tech operating system, we might better understand the relationship between our hormones and our nervous system. A “glitch” in our nervous or electrical pathways may require an IT adjustment.

Our endocrine system is a collection of glands that secrete over 70 hormones that regulate metabolism, organ and body functions and work in conjunction with the nervous system.

Western medicine has worked to balance hormones with medications or hormone replacement therapies (HRT) that often have side effects and may not solve the problem. According to Dr. Gary Snyder of the Alternative Medicine Center in Fort Lauderdale, the “missing piece” concerning hormone imbalance is the lack of recognition or understanding of humans’ tendency toward hormone resistance.

“Diabetes is a classic example,” states Dr. Snyder. “Doctors often prescribe insulin for diabetics, but if their bodies are not receptive to or absorbing insulin, taking more insulin is not solving the problem but only compounding it. We see similarities with estrogen, progesterone or even testosterone, but we can now test for insulin and over 70 other hormones to determine the body’s receptivity to the hormone. Then, by clearing the system’s

electrical blockages, we can balance the body so treatment or therapy may not even be necessary. If it is, prescribed nutritional or homeopathic remedies can aid in the balancing act,” he explains.

Fluctuating hormones or resistance to them can influence nearly everything in the body, from skin, sleep, libido and sexual function to memory and weight, as they play a part in nearly every organs’ function. Women have long been sensitive to hormonal changes during menopause, but now men are more aware as “Low T” or testosterone has become another focus.

While levels of sexual hormones change with age, there are fluctuations in other hormones affected by stress, diet or environmental conditions.

“While numerous factors contribute to dis-regulation in the body, hormones are often overlooked or misdiagnosed due to the resistance factor,” says Dr. Snyder. “Hormones are chemical messengers that all communicate with each other, and if the communication is ‘off’, it causes a cascade of effects. Identifying resistance is a key.”

Dr. Snyder has specialized in a technique called (Dr.) Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET). This system non-invasively stimulates the nervous system and acupuncture meridian points in a methodical way to encourage uninterrupted flow of energy. Kinesiology, using body movement to test sensitivities or resistance to various substances, is also used in his technique. This system has been used to effectively treat food and environmental allergies and now has expanded to hormone testing and treatment.

With age, people can feel sluggish, moody, or not quite “right” but do not believe they have a medical problem. Often, doctors may misdiagnose a hormonal issue because the tests may not properly measure a hormone level in the blood at a given time. The NAET method enables doctors to test and re-test without drawing blood, waiting for results and experimenting with drugs that may or may not help treat the problem. NAET practitioners can test individual hormones to determine if the body is resistant and then, through treatment, remove the resistance. HRT can often be avoided as the body can be receptive to and use its own hormones.

Dr. Snyder reports that many patients say the treatment is like “flipping a switch,” feeling almost instant results.

To see if the alternative medicine approach to hormone testing is right for you, contact Dr. Gary Snyder, The Alternative Medicine Center, 2640 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, 954-486-4000. See ad page 24.

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Dear Karen Kaye, I am about to enter an important relationship. What do I need to know?

Sincerely, Dawn

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Dear Dawn, What I have learned through my relationships and observing others for more than 30 years:

1. The purpose of relationships is to bring up the unfinished business of childhood so that we can heal.

2. People have patterns in relationships no matter who their partner is.

3. Rarely are individuals aware of their patterns.

4. People who are unaware of their patterns are dangerous to themselves and potential mates.

5. The key factors in determining the success or failure of relationships are: character; family background; willingness to negotiate; willingness to keep one’s word.

6. Commitment is based on one’s ability to commit to self and then the other.

7. The decision to working through the bad and ugly of the relationship will determine the quality of life obtained during that relationship.

8. Every person has a different definition of a good

relationship. Therefore, partners can view the same relationship differently.

9. If a relationship is based on need, it will be difficult to be successful in that relationship. It will also be difficult to get out of that relationship. This is an entanglement, not a relationship.

10. A good relationship is safe and allows each person to grow as an individual.

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Friday, November 6

Yoga Class, First Friday — 6:15-7:15pm, Come get on your mat, we’re flowing it back 70’s style with beats by Laura of Miami! greenmonkey, 1445 SE 17th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316.

954.533.6782.

Saturday, November 7

Secrets to Reversing & Preventing Disease — 12pm-1:30pm. Free. Join Brian Clement, Hippocrates Institute and learn the science behind the positive effects of green foods, phyto-chemicals, and organic vegan living food on disease and longevity. Tunie’s Fort Lauderdale, 900 North Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale FL 33304, Inna Dumova, 954.525.0388.

Sleep Better Feel Better! — 12noon-1pm. Free.

Join Dr. Justine Brown and understand dreaming and REM Sleep, how to combat sleep disorders plus tips on better sleep. $5 Tunie’s gift card for attendees. Tunie’s, 5651 Coral Ridge Dr., Coral Springs, FL 33076, Inna Dumova, 954.510.0410.

Being in the Flow: Women’s Workshop – 2-5:30pm - $30. Practical, spiritual, and energetic approach to conflict and personal transformation.

Start your holidays clear. The Train Station, 3058 N Andrews Ave., Wilton Manors. Amrita Saraswati: 786.390.2919.

Saturday, November 14

Sunday, November 15

Fort Lauderdale Beach Sweep, “It’s A Shore Thing” – 7–11am. Volunteer beach clean-up. Fort Lauderdale Beach Park, 1100 Seabreeze Blvd, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 (on the beach, across from Jungle Queen). More info: Bob Lieberman, 954.593.8501.

Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy Seminar — 12noon-1pm. Free. $5 Tunie’s gift card for attendees. Learn about this Therapy and its benefits. Can’t make Coral Springs event?

Workshop will take place again on 11/21 at Tunie’s, 5651 Coral Ridge Dr, Coral Springs Fl 33076, Inna Dumova, 954.510.0410.

Yamuna Body Rolling w/ Amy McDevitt — 1-3pm, Yamuna Body Rolling is a different approach to health and fitness. Create your best body by releasing muscle tension, increasing mobility, prevent and heal injuries. greenmonkey, 1445 SE 17th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316. 954.533.6782.

Wednesday November 18

OPEN HOUSE, Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine — 4–8pm. Earn a Master’s Degree & become a Licensed Acupuncturist. Tour the college & clinic, speak to students, free tongue & pulse diagnosis, observe an acupuncture treatment, learn how it’s done and why it’s so effective. Last tour starts at 7pm. 100 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 100, Ft. Lauderdale, 33301, 954-763-9840 ext. 213. RSVP.

Saturday, November 21

Vishnu Therapy for women – 10 am - noon. $30.

Solar plexus/navel self-massage. Oil and manual provided. Please bring towels and mat. The Train Station, 3058 N Andrews Ave., Wilton Manors, Amrita, 786.390.2919.

markyourcalendar OPEN HOUSE Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine Wed., November 18, 4pm-8pm.

Earn a Master’s Degree & become a Licensed Acupuncturist. Tour the college & clinic, speak to students, free tongue & pulse diagnosis, observe an acupuncture treatment, learn how it’s done and why it’s so effective. Last tour at 7pm.

100 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 100 Ft. Lauderdale, 33301 954.763.9840 ext. 213. RSVP.

Sunday, November 22

If you have any kind of liver disease — 9am3pm. ATOM’s Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (DAOM) program invites you for a “free consultation & acupuncture treatment” (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, Toni Hernandez, 954-763-9840 ext. 201.

Women’s Cycle workshop — 10am–noon $15.

Yoga, Female Deer Exercise, and meditation to ease moontime. Ages 13 to perimenopause. Manual provided. The Train Station west door, 3058 N Andrews Ave., Wilton Manors. Amrita: 786.390.2919

Thursday, November 26

Vinyasa Yoga — Get on your mat and get ready for Thanksgiving with an invigorating power vinyasa class. 9-10am, greenmonkey, 1445 SE 17th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316. 954.533.6782.

Friday, November 27

Tunie’s Black Friday Bonanza Sale — All Day, Savings on 100’s of natural products and supplements! 10% Off throughout store + many Buy One Get One Free deals! Tunie’s: 900 N Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale; 5651 Coral Ridge Dr., Coral Springs and 7170 N Fairway, Palm Beach Gardens. Gail Silverman, 954.525.0388.

Sunday, November 29

Grand Opening & Holiday Bazar at Rasa Sadhana – 10:30am–4:30pm, events throughout the day. Rasa Sadhana. a Place for Spiritual Growth, 1531 NE 15th Ave., Fort Lauderdale. For more information, 954.952.4831,

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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.

Unity of Pompano – 9:30am: Power Hour book discussion Living Originally: Learn 10 Spiritual Practices To Rediscover Your True Self; 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. 1550 NE 26th St, Wilton Manors, 954.566.2868.

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, ­F ree, Inclusive, unprogrammed worship in the manner of Friends. 2nd Presbyterian Church, Multi-Purpose Rm, 1400 N Federal Hwy, Ft Lauderdale. 954.682.1433.

ECK Worship Service — 11am–12pm, Free, JULY: 3rd Sunday, normally First Sunday/month.

Experience the Light and Sound of God. Learn about the HU Song Eckankar, ECK Worship Service, Rodeway Inn and Suites, 2440 W State Rd 84 (Marina Mile Blvd), Ft Lauderdale, FL 33312, Johanna Carter, 954.693.5681.

All Levels Yoga — 11am–12pm. $12. Combine strength, flexibility & breath to reduce stress & create balance. Your Big Picture Cafe, 5935 S University Dr, Davie 33328, Cherie Walters, 818.470.3307.

Halotherapy Breathing Class - 12:30–1:30pm, $20. Open to everyone - current and former smokers and people with respiratory or allergy issues.

Dry saline aerosol inhalation cleanses deep. Salt This Way Wellness Center, 2286 Wilton Dr., Wilton Manors, FL 33305. 877.786.1327.

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Coral Springs Metaphysical Group — 1–3pm (1st & 2nd Sun ea. mo. & 3rd Tues ea. mo) Deep trance channeling. Ask questions. Get answers.

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Community Vinyasa Yoga — 4–5:15pm, $5 minimum. Vinyasa flow class in a warm/heated room.

Fusion Fitness and 02 Yoga, 4670 Coral Ridge Drive, Coral Springs, FL 33076. 954.345.9642.

Hatha Yoga - employs a combination of physical postures, breathing exercises, cleansing processes, uniting mind, body, & spirit. Ha meaning sun and tha meaning moon. 9-10:15am and 10:30-11:45am, (plus Friday) $15. All Levels. Namaste Yoga, 421 S. Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach, Florida 33062 954.785.6333.

Community HU Chant — 7–7:30 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 calland-response chanting & music. Yoga Warehouse, 508 SW Flagler Ave, Downtown Ft Lauderdale, 954.525.7726.

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Gentle Yoga & Meditation — 10–11:15am. $10 first class. Gentle Hatha will include some standing poses that will warm the body up 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.

Non-Impact Creative Movement Body-MindSpirit Fitness Aerobics — 6:30–7:30pm, $12, 2nd class free, fusion of Jazz, Modern, Duncan Dance, Aikido, Tai Kwon Do, Tai Chi, Free Style, Nia/Kai systems, Herb Skolnick Center, 800 SW 36th Ave, Pompano, David Merritt, 954.933.7391.

Vinyasa Yoga — 9–10:15am. Plus Wed. & Fri. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

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7-8pm. Last Monday/Month, $11. Carole Ramsay and past-life artist, Sally Barnard ~ through guided visualizations, high frequency vortex clearings and Sally’s artwork, dimensions of YOU will unlock for healing. Duncan Center 15820 Military, Delray Beach. Carole 954.655.5490.

Tai Chi-Qigong Health – Newcomers & experienced. 7–8pm Mon. & Thurs; Plus - Thurs thru Sun 7:30–8:30am. Locations depend on weather.

Call /Google web for details: Raven Cohan, Hollywood Beach 32 years certified Inst. Phone hours: 10am–10pm 954.927.2836.

Come on Get Happy — 7–8:30pm. No-Charge, Self-help Educational / Discussion Group: Maintain & achieve self love & happiness with emotional balance & stability. Led by Dr. Lewis Jordan Ph.D., @ SunServe, 2312 Wilton Dr, 2nd Fl, Wilton Manors, 954.306.1493.

Reiki Circle/Meditation — 7:30–8:45pm. $10 Reiki healing circle, guided meditation & discussion. Center for Spiritual Living, 1550 NE 26th Street, Wilton Manors, Rev Elise, R. M., 954.317.3907.

Women’s Support Group: Wonderful Women of Awareness — 7:30–9:30pm. $20/ session, ongoing group–be more aware & committed to your own vision through re-education & support.

Karen Kaye, LMHC 954.384.1217.

tuesday Tibetan/Indian yoga — 7–8am. $10. Women’s class. Excellent health only. Flowing, focus on naval chakra. Amrita Saraswati, The Train Station, west door, 3058 N Andrews Ave., Wilton Manors, 786.390.2919.

Beginners Vinyasa Yoga — 10–11:15am. Also Wed. 6–7pm. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

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.

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Chakra Yoga - 10:30am $15 (All Levels). Chakra means wheels of light. Learn characteristics of the chakras and the properties associated with a particular part of the body recharging your energy.

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

Non-Impact Creative Movement Body-MindSpirit Fitness Aerobics — 11:30am–12:30pm, $12, 2nd class free, fusion: Jazz, Modern, Duncan Dance, Aikido, Tai Kwon Do, Tai Chi, Free Style, Nia/Kai systems, Emma Lou Olson Center, 1801 NE 6th St, Pompano, David Merritt, 954.933.7391.

Coral Springs Metaphysical Group — 7pm, (3rd Tue ea mo, also Sun 1–3pm) Free, topics: Numerology, Handwriting, Auras, Near Death, Past Life, Kabbalah, Sondra & Charles Zecher’s Estate, 12140 NW 10 St, Coral Springs, 954.340.7087.

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

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

Unity of Pompano —7-9pm. Ongoing Metaphysics/Bible studies class taught by Rev. Lawrence Palmer, LUT’s Bev Spivey and Cynthia Roberts: 12 Powers in You, Oct/Nov; Metaphysics of Christmas, Dec. Unity S.E.E. credit available.

261 SE 13th Ave., Pompano Beach 954.946.0857.

Vinyasa Yoga — 7–8pm. Plus Thurs. 6–7pm & 7–8pm. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

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. Yoga for the Higher Power (12-Step) — 7:30– 8:45pm. First class free then $12. Based on 12Step language and recovery. The Yoga Center of Deerfield Beach, 827 SE 9th St, Deerfield Beach.

Kattie Maffeo 954.427.2353.

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wednesday Vinyasa Yoga — 9–10:15am. Plus Mon. & Fri. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

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.

Kids Yoga (Ages 3-5) — 3:30–4pm. $12. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

Kids & Teens Yoga — 4–5pm. $15. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

Beginners Vinyasa Yoga — 6–7pm. $18. Also on Tue. 10–11:15am. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

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

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

thursday Tai Chi-Chi Kung/Tao Yin Classes — 7:30– 8:30am (+Fri­, Sat, Sun. am & Mon. night), Near shady lifeguard stand, Franklin St, N Hollywood Beach, Raven Cohan. 954.927.2836. Call for Web, directions. 32 years teaching. See Mon. night listing.

Gentle Yoga — 10–11:15am. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

A Course in Miracles Study Group — 10am– Noon (& Tues). Love Donation, Artserve, 1350 E Sunrise Blvd, Adam: 954.684.7007.

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.

Vinyasa Yoga — 6–7pm & 7–8pm. Plus Tues.

7-8pm. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

Buddhist Meditation Class — 7:30–9pm. $10 Learn to meditate and gain practical advice for living a peaceful life. Drolma Kadampa Buddhist Center, 140 West Prospect Rd, Ft. Lauderdale, 954.537.9191.

friday Vinyasa Yoga — 9–10:15am. Plus Mon.& Wed. $18. Yello!, 2495 East Commercial Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale Florida 33308, 954.491.1591.

Fat Village Art Walk — 5–11pm, (2nd Fri./ mo) Free. Free parking lot & trolley service.

954.785.7475.

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

Learn Krya Yoga (teachings of Pramahansa Yogananda), relaxation, & guided imagery, based upon self-realization fellowship teachings. Everybody is welcome. 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.

Community Night — every first Friday, 6pm.

Check website for this month’s theme. Greenmonkey,1445 SE 17th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954.533.6782.

Abraham-Hicks Living In The Vortex — 7– 9pm. $5.00. Dynamic discussions of various Abraham Hicks quotes/processes. Center for Spiritual Living, 1550 NE 26th St, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33305, Patti Blankenship, 305.546.2526.

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.

Healing & Meditation Service —7:30pm Center For Human Development, 5809 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood 954.989.6400.

Reiki Circle/Meditation — Hosted by Reiki Masters Mayra & Rose, 7:30pm, $Love, Essentials Complementary Wellness Center, 2104 N Federal Hwy, Ste A, Hollywood. 954.921.7808.

Reiki Circle/Meditation —7:30–8:45pm. $10 Reiki healing circle, guided meditation & discussion Center for Spiritual Living, 1550 NE 26th Street, Wilton Manors, 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 Tai Chi/Qigong Basics — 9–10am $10, Qigong practices & guidance on body alignment & proper energy foundation. White Crane Healing Arts Center, 7071 W Commercial Blvd. 2C, Tamarac.

954.721.7252.

Women’s Tai Chi and Meditation — 1010:55am, $10. The Train Station west door, 3058 N Andrews Ave., Wilton Manors. Amrita, text please 786.390.2919.

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.

7 Steps into Enlightenment — Vedanta - Philosophy - Meditation. 1st and 3rd Saturday, 10am sharp.

Meditation for people who have illness, cancer, pain, lack, headache, depression, insomnia. Required: cushion, notebook, textbook. Hollywood Beach area. Registration and details call 754.703.4815.

Raja Yoga Meditations at 3 Broward Libraries — 10:30–11:30am, weekly, Free, at Dania Beach and Carver Ranches. Hallandale Beach 10:30– 11:30am only 1st and 3rd Sat. of the month. Enjoy the peace within. Call Roz for info 954.962.7447.

Mommy & Me Yoga — 11am–12pm. $20. Start your weekend with amazing class of Mommy & Me Yoga. Yogi Plus Yoga, 6239 W. Commercial Blvd, Tamarac Florida 33319, Shauna, 754.235.3353.

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.

Non-Impact Creative Movement Body-MindSpirit Fitness Aerobics — 12:30–1:30pm, $12, 2nd Class Free. blends Jazz, Modern, Duncan Dance, Aikido, Tai Kwon Do, Tai Chi, Free Style, Nia/Kai systems, Emma Lou Olson Center, 1801 NE 6th St, Pompano, David Merritt, 954.933.7391.

Yin Yoga — 2-3:15pm, $15. Restorative Postures with Deep Breathing. Postures are held passively to expand the motion in the joints, supporting our immune system and emotional well being. Finalizing with meditation. Namaste Yoga, 421 S. Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach 954.785.6333.

Yoga and TRX — 6:30pm–7:45pm. $10-$13. plus: Monday Hatha; Tuesday Yin. Wednesday Gentle & Vinyasa flow. Donation: Friday 6pm, Monday 8pm. Yoga Dynamics, 4996 N. Pine Island Rd, Lauderhill, FL 33025, Anju, 954.376.5782.

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.

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.

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acupuncture Global TCM, LLC

Dongcheng Li 2312 NE 9th St., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 7730 Peters Road, Plantation, FL 33324 954-647-5539; 954-647-5531 www.globaltcm.com D r. L i h a s p r a c t i c e d acupuncture & herbal medicine over 15 years in China/ US. He is specialized in pain management, internal, gynecological and geriatric diseases.

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

Healing Hearts Center

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 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.

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Caroline Faxas, AP, Dipl Ac (NCCAOM) 110 N Federal Hwy #204, Hallandale Beach, FL 33009 954-354-3232 www.954acupuncture.com We offer acupuncture, cupping, herbal therapy, auriculotherapy, homeopathy and other holistic healing modalities to help you regain and maintain wellness.

Needle-free services are available.

CHIROPRACTIC physician Back In Harmony Chiropractic and Wellness Center, LLC

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.

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

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Physical Health Complex

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.

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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.

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communityresourceguide (crg) The International Center For Dental Excellence

dental health

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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Functional Medicine Advanced Medical Testing Centers 7200 W Commercial Blvd, Suite 209 Lauderhill, FL 33319 754-216-2332 AdvancedMedicalTesting.com

Traditional and advanced clinical evidence-based medical tests for early detection of chronic diseases that support a functional medicine approach to health. Testing for specialty labs, including Access, Cleveland HeartLab, HDL, Innovative, Singulex, SpectraCell, LabCorp, Quest and others.

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gardening 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!

HEALING ARTS 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.

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Over 20 yrs. experience in acupuncture, herbs, nutrition.

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Authentic Taoist Lineage classes/ private lessons in Tai Chi, Tao Yoga, Longevity Breathing & more. Healing & transformation through experience and education.

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energy medicine The Ayurvedic Center for Wellbeing Dr. Light Miller, N.D., D.D. & Dr. Bryan Miller, D.C. 2119 Hollywood Blvd., Suite A Hollywood, FL 33020 954-923-4444 earthess@aol.com www.ayurvedichealers.com

Wendy Cottiers, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner 954-306-3887 www.PositiveNutritionInc.net Offering Individual, Family & Group Counseling Services.

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Holistic Podiatrist

HORMONE THERAPY Low TE Florida

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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.

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Without prejudices and great understanding of your personal situation, I will give you straightforward insight in a warm, caring and kind manner.

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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.

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massage therapy Salt This Way Wellness Center

Linda Geer, LMT, RMT 2286 Wilton Dr, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 954-558-0419

Massage therapy infused with energy healing. Salt infused oils, scrubs and chakra balancing techniques for deep relaxation.

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communityresourceguide (crg) MEDITATION & MOVEMENT Amrita SaraswatI

A Healing Space

Natural Eyes of Weston

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2863 Executive Park Dr. #103 Weston, FL 33331 954-217-2992 www.NaturalEyesofWeston.com

Meditation, Chi Gung, Tai Chi, and Yoga classes for women. All ages, life stages, and experience honored. Find your energy, wellbeing, breath, peace, awareness.

Kris Drumm, LCSW, ACHT 954-549-0263 www.AHealingSpaceWiltonManors.com

We are a modern optometry practice with a nutritional focus, offering great customer service, very thorough eye exams and a unique eyewear collection in a spa-like atmosphere. See ad page 20.

NATURAL HOME

Life Organized by Bonnie, LLC

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Integrative Medical Treatment for Nicotine Independence ~ Free Nicotine Patches, Lozenges, Gum, Nicotrol Inhaler, Nasal Spray.

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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 45.

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We offer scalp–hair analysis & detox, henna, organic colors, formaldehyde-free keratin.

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

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Dr. Wendy H. Weiner, Principal 5850 South Pine Island Rd, Plantation FL 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 bright, creative students who are not meeting their potential in a traditional school setting. SACS Accredited

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

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Monthly Classes, Homeopathy, Ta i - C h i , A r o m a t h e r a p y , Shamanism. Spiritual Development, Meditation, Pranayama, Reiki and more. We are here to create Global Consciousness, Peace & Harmony.

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We deliver a powerful practice that elevates the quality life, not only for our students but for the communities beyond our studio walls. See ad page 5.

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Weston Yoga Lorena Rosario - Spiritual/ Life Coach 1421 SE 4th Ave Suite B Fort Lauderdale FL 33316 954-278-9474 www.ISpeakSpirit.net

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

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! wholistic physician Dr. Amadi’s Wholistic Health Center

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, stateof-the-art studios.

Hepsharat Amadi, M.D., L.Ac. 10189 W Sample Rd Coral Springs, FL 33065 954-757-0064 954-757-2612, fax hepsharat.amadi@gmail.com www.dramadi.com

Primary Health Care with a Natural Approach including Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, Quantum Biofeedback, Weight Loss, Detoxification, Natural Allergy Treatment, Herbal and Homeopathic Remedies, Supplements, Nutrition and Lifestyle Counseling. See ad page 33.

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We offer yoga for beginners to advanced. Warm, hatha, vinyasa & yin yoga plus crystal bowl and guided meditation. Aromatherapy with essential oils available/ appointment.

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