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Alexandra Paul on the Joys of

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ACTIVISM

YOGA as Medicine

GREEN Stadiums

Research Proves Health Benefits

Major League Sports Lead the Way

The Fun of FREE PLAY

Kids Thrive in Unstructured Settings

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Feb. 27 - Mar. 5, 2016 Join our 13th annual Holistic Holiday at Sea cruise for 7 nights on the luxurious MSC Divina, one of the most ecologically-friendly and elegant cruise liners on the seas. Bask in gracious Italian hospitality and service all while enjoying inspiring lectures and vegan natural foods prepared by our own chefs.

Departing from Miami, FL and sailing to beautiful St. Thomas, Virgin Islands; historic San Juan, Puerto Rico; & the paradise of Nassau, Bahamas. Learn more about the classes, cuisine and itinerary at holisticholidayatsea.com.

Food options for everyone - vegan, gluten-free, oil-free & ship’s menu

Join 1800+ Like-Minded Vegans

Lectures & Workshops

Featuring World-Renowned Chefs, Teachers & Healers Co-author of The China Study and author of Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition; featured in the film Forks Over Knives

Physician, author, & internationally-recognized speaker on nutrition; founded NutritionFacts.org; spoke at Congress, on Dr. Oz, & the Colbert Report

T. COLIN CAMPBELL, PH.D.

MICHAEL GREGER, M.D.

Founder of the Physicians Commitee for Responsible Medicine; author of Food for Life & Power Foods for the Brain; active health advocate

Swim, snorkel & kayak in the crystal waters of the Caribbean

Long-time radio host, acclaimed physician and health educator; practices nutritionally-based medicine at True North Health Center

NEAL BARNARD, M.D. Author of cookbook At Home in the Whole Food Kitchen; her cuisine appears in Martha Stewart Living, Vogue, the Guardian, Oprah & Vegetarian Times

Continuing Education Credits (CMEs & CEUs) will be available Award-winning environmentally-friendly ship

MICHAEL KLAPER, M.D. Two time natural bodybuilding champion, author of Vegan Bodybuilding & Fitness & Shred It; runs VeganBodyBuilding.com; touring motivational speaker

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choose happiness four tips to flip the joy switch

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ageless being staying vibrant in mind, body & spirit

by Kathleen Barnes

chakra wisdom: energy centers of transformation

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by Yogini Rina Ishwari

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alexandra paul on vegan activism

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eye health for dogs

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eptember’s magazine is focused on agelessness and the benefits of yoga.

Agelessness incorporates a conversation around how we eat to improve our health. The article on yoga discusses how it has entered the mainstream of medical practice. That is exciting.

Remember the two sponsored turtle nests I spoke of last month?

They are empty, and the little hatchlings’ tracks were a joy to observe—all heading towards the water’s edge. It appears that our condo building did a good job in reducing the lights so as not to disrupt that process of their first walk into the ocean.

I attended the grand opening of a new local business—Salt This Way, entered two separate raffles, winning an hour of yoga instruction. I explored several of their healing salt rooms and tried a new-to-me service which included a multi-sensory experience and chakra crystal therapy. It reminded me of another therapy I recently tried at Photon Light Spa. Both were very interesting. Through this exploration of therapies, a conversation ensued about neuropathways to retrain my brain, replacing erroneous false beliefs formulated during my youth with new “truths” that better serve me.

Once again, bright yellow school buses packed with children spot the local roadways, heralding the first full month of another public school year, and the more sporadic and informal educational process for the rest of us. Whether it’s homeschooling, continuing education, CEU classes, self-improvement or gaining more “street smarts,” I recognize we humans seem to be striving to know and to understand more about the world around us. So, why are so many of us still at war? I see it as the human process of slowly and deeply connecting into the reality/fact that we are only one of thousands of species on the planet. We are finding our way to work better with nature, and feeling our inner peace, defining our individual and collective purpose. I am an

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explorer and curious about the world around me and in awe of the wonders of nature. We are not separate, though at times it may seem that way.

My first attempt at the Age-Defying Exercise on page 30 left me feeling like I had zero coordination. About 30 minutes later, I tried it again, netting a better result—not perfect, but then

I wasn’t looking for that anyway.

Improvement was the name of the game. We know that practice is key, don’t we?

I have been appointed Kids Ecology Corps Director of Eco Art Programs, and will be part of a community beach clean-up on Saturday, September 12. It will take place at the south end of the Fort Lauderdale Beach Park, 1100 Seabreeze Blvd. From 8 to 8:30am and 9:30 to 10am, there will be a special program about the importance to marine life and coral reefs in keeping plastic out of the waterways. We’ll be creating Eco Art from plastic debris found on the beach.

Discover the joy in doing your part.

Participants will be invited to select a piece of plastic they’ve picked up and add it to a mixed media art project on site. For more information and to register, contact Joan Starr, Kids Ecology Corp, 954-524-0366.

Continuing education takes on many forms.

Approach your learning process with joy and curiosity; plan on it.

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newsbriefs Holistic Holiday at Sea Sets Sail in February

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he next opportunity is approaching to learn from many of the world’s leading experts in getting and staying healthy during a oneweek Caribbean cruise vacation. A Holistic Holiday at Sea, cited by National Geographic Traveler as “one of the 100 best worldwide vacations to enrich your life,” will depart on its 13th “Voyage to Well-Being” on February 27 next year with 35 teachers, 130 classes, a vegan menu and myriad social events.

Guests may choose from a wide spectrum of classes and workshops ranging from several types of yoga, fitness and meditation to presentations on integrative medicine, plantbased nutrition, 10 cooking classes and lectures from a host of luminaries that include Dr. T. Colin Campbell, Dr. Michael Greger, Dr. Neal Barnard and Dr. Michael Klaper. The cruise begins and ends in Miami, with ports of call at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Nassau, Bahamas.

The unique concept is the brainchild of Sandy Pukel, who previously conducted health educational programs in Miami for four decades. His first cruise attracted 400 people; more than a decade later, it counts among one of the largest national holistic events, hosting 1,850 like-minded cruisers on each voyage. “This relaxing vacation and educational experience has profoundly changed thousands of lives,” he says.

For more information or to register, call 800-496-0989 or 877-844-7977 or visit HolisticHolidayAtSea.com. See ad, page 2.

Reverse Sun Damage Using PRGF

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igh temperatures and increased UV rays are the norm in South Florida, and with year-round sun, even with the increased use of sunscreens, many people, as they age, are seeing the effects of sun damage, e.g. wrinkles, brown spots, and overall dryness. No longer sunning? The damaging effects can emerge 20 to 30 years after it first occurs.

PRGF (Platelet Rich Growth Factors) Non-Surgical Facial Rejuvenation is an exciting natural skin care treatment that uses your own plasma to enhance the body’s innate ability to repair and regenerate tissue. The treatment involves the collection of the client’s blood, which is spun in a special centrifuge to separate the plasma and the platelets. The platelet rich plasma is then injected back into the skin to stimulate new collagen production, reducing fine lines and wrinkles, increasing hydration, and reducing the sun damage effects.

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Areas of treatment include the cheeks, mid-face, wrinkles around eyes, smile lines, and nasolabial folds.

Improvements in skin tone and texture can be noticeable in three weeks and continue over the next six to eight months with new collagen growth.

Aurel Chebanu, DMD, PhD is offering free consultations. For more information, visit IntegratedDentalCenter.com, and for a consultation, call 954-7926266. See ad page 24.

Salt This Way

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s this a treatment sent from heaven?

Halotherapy is actually derived from the Greek word halo, meaning salt. Did you know salt itself is known to be both antibacterial and anti-inflammatory?

For millennia, halotherapy has been used in one form or another throughout the world. In the past 200 years, it has become prevalent in Eastern Europe with great success and is now catching on in North America.

The most common and popular form of halotherapy is dry salt therapy.

Very fine particles of salt are administered and disbursed through a dry salt halo (aerosol) generator. This dry version is what you would experience while sitting in a salt room or chamber.

Breathing salt vapor takes its healing properties deep into the respiratory system.

Some that may benefit from halotherapy are those being treated for COPD, emphysema, asthma and chronic bronchitis. Salt therapy also acts as an immune booster and is extremely beneficial to the skin for conditions such as acne, psoriasis and eczema.

Producing beneficial negative ions, salt can inhibit or reduce stress, headaches and depression.

Location: 2286 Wilton Dr., Wilton Manors. For more information and a free first session, call 877-786-1327 or visit SaltThisWay.com. See ad this page.

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newsbriefs New Energy Work Learning Center to Celebrate with Open House

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nchora Academy and Holistic Learning Center, in Boca Raton, recently announced its inaugural “core class” to be held on October 2. All seminars will be held on weekends.

Vesna Stankovic, owner, director and Boca Raton resident, will be one of three instructors teaching a variety of seminars.

The core curriculum and certification will require 100 hours for successful completion. Like seminars, the “Master Integrative Energy Work” core curriculum will be held on weekends over a six-month period.

Practitioners interested in speaking or seminar instruction consideration may submit their request and add their bio and topics at OnlineHolisticHealing.com or email AnchoraAcademy@gmail.com.

An open house and networking event will be held 4 to 8 p.m., September 12, at the Guest Suites in Boca Raton. The event is free and includes drawings, healthy veggies, fruits and beverages. Anchora Academy will have information available to attendees on upcoming seminars and the 100-hour

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certification program.

Co-sponsor, OnlineHolisticHealing. com, is handling guest reservations and guest relations for the open house. For more information and RSVP, call 804-503-7939.

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(NAPC) recently welcomed new publishers that completed a training program in early August at the corporate headquarters, in Naples, Florida. NAPC staff spent several days with the entrepreneurs launching a new Natural Awakenings edition in Philadelphia and renewing publication of the existing Southeast Louisiana magazine.

Founded by CEO Sharon Bruckman with a single edition in Naples in 1994, Natural Awakenings has grown to become one of the largest free, local, healthy living lifestyle publications in the world, serving approximately 4 million readers in 95 cities across the US and Puerto Rico.

“Living a conscious lifestyle that supports our well-being and the sustainability of planet Earth has become more important than ever,” says Bruckman. “Our dedicated family of publishers, supported by loyal advertisers, connects readers with the resources they need to create a healthier, happy world that works for all living things.”

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Essentials of Being Alkaline

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he mainstream Western diet imposes high acidic foods which often lead to low level metabolic acidosis—a condition that occurs when the body produces large amounts of acid. If too low, it can even reach kidney failure or other serious conditions.

The rate of obesity in the U.S. is at record levels, with predictions 44% will be obese in 2030. Do you believe what we eat is the true cause? If yes, then what are you prepared to do about it for you and your family?

In order to understand why alkalinity or acidity of the water-based liquids is important to our health, we first must understand how the body controls the ionization levels of its fluids. Not all acidic foods increase acidity inside our bodies. Orange juice, for example, has an extremely acidic pH of 3.5 because of its citric acid content, but the citric acid is

burned away during digestion. OJ also contains potassium and magnesium which interact with water to create alkaline ions.

For a complimentary copy of an alkaline-acidic food chart, contact Wendy Cottiers, owner of Positive Nutrition of So. Florida, at 954-306-3887 or visit PositiveNutritionInc.net. See ad page 49.

Thermae Retreat Open House

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hermae Retreat announces its upcoming Open House, to be held over the weekend, from 4 - 9pm on Saturday, September 12, and 10am to 3pm on Sunday, September 13.

Meet the practitioners, attend Q&A sessions, classes and workshops, including Valentina Kneppers, quantum healer and master herbalist specializing in prevention and natural pain relief using ancient wisdom; Dr. Ron Drucker, chiropractic physician, 35 years in research, formulation and natural healing therapies; Debra Kelly, shamanic practitioner and spiritual life coach specializing in sacred body work; Judith Thompson, naturopathic doctor facilitating Q&A on women’s health, anti-aging, digestive, immune and hormonal health; Gyanpriya, E-RYT500, with classes on yoga tantra and meditation, how to detox the mind; Regina Bellora, healing through movement and more.

Thermae presents this as an opportunity for anyone interested in learning how to prevent disease and sickness naturally. Ask the questions and get the answers for yourself, family and friends. Learn how to teach the body to self-regulate and give it the tools it needs to begin to self-heal. Organic food and refreshing drinks will be served in the courtyard. Relax, heal and transform.

Location: 604 S. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale. For more information, call 954-604-7930 or visit ThermaeRetreat.com. See ad this page.

Dr. Rimler, Holistic DPM Now Offers His Semi-Custom Orthotics

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r. Richard J. Rimler, DPM, one of the only holistic podiatrists in the country, has developed his own line of “semi-custom” orthotics. Looking to come up with a more reasonably-priced orthotic while also wanting to incorporate a prescription for customization, he worked with a local orthotic lab to create a happy medium between a “custom” and an “over-the-counter” orthotic.

Orthotics are considered “eyeglasses for the feet” and are more than merely an “arch-support”. They are used to balance both the back and front of the foot to enable more efficient foot function, which translates up through the ankle, knee, hip and back. This can also prevent many chronic and acute injuries.

“Doc Rick” recommends orthotics to anyone over the age of 40, even if no current problem, as preventive medicine. He also advises them in younger patients who are having foot and leg issues or who have severe foot pathology.

Location: The Wellness Center at Post Haste Pharmacy, 4401 Sheridan St., Hollywood. For appointments, call 954-9896524. Unable to come in? Visit WellnessStartsWithYourFeet.com for orthotics (non-prescription) but infinitely better than any overthe-counter product on the market. This would then be shipped right to your door. See ad page 49. natural awakenings

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newsbriefs greenmonkey® Expands with Customizable Yoga Teacher Certification

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he greenmonkey Fort Lauderdale Treehouse is the newest addition to the family, located at 1445 SE 17th Street. They will be hosting the first-ever customizable, modular yoga teacher training certification over six consecutive weekends, starting September 11 and finishing November 22.

With five locations, over 150 teachers and staff, and almost 5,000 visits per month to their studios, greenmonkey is the largest yoga organization in South Florida, and continually expanding.

Always searching for powerful, dynamic leaders, they are offering 50 percent off the Fort Lauderdale training to any 200-HR certified yoga teacher. Register at RegOnline.com/Register/Checkin. aspx?EventID=1713949, and use coupon code ‘NA50OFF’. Proof of previous certification required. Yoga 200-HR teachers are being offered this discounted opportunity to work with world-class faculty, earn continuing education, learn the greenmonkey sequencing, and become part of a global movement that is changing the way yoga is practiced. Owners of greenmonkey are Kiersten Mooney and Michael Block.

For more information, email Kiersten@greenmonkey.com and/ or visit greenmonkey.com. See ad page 5.

Broward College TerraCycle Program

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id you know you can recycle your toothbrush? What if you could also recycle zip-top bags, chip bags, pens, juice pouches, plastic cups and more than 30 other items that cannot be recycled curbside (items the recycle program does not accept)?

Broward College has been participating in TerraCycle, a program that recycles items that would normally end up in a landfill.

Through partnerships with major manufactures, a donation is made to the Broward College foundation to fund the Michelle Lawless Environmental Scholarship.

Broward College is the highest collecting college in the world and is approaching $30,000 raised. Broward College students can earn a scholarship by participating and high school students can earn volunteer hours by participating as well.

The program is 100 percent volunteer-driven, runs on a zero budget, with all collection containers repurposed. Pictured is a bin created by Chris, one of the volunteers.

Items can be brought to any Broward College location or their community partner, Trash to Treasure, at ArtServe.

For more information on how to get involved, recyclable items and drop off locations, visit Broward.edu/teamgreen/pages/ recycling.aspx, and like them on Facebook, Broward College TerraCycle Program.

Cristovão Brilho Brings Us Ascended Master Turyan

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aranormal Cristovão Brilho will once again offer the unique opportunity to receive the blessings of Ascended Master Turyan, a being of light with unparalleled energetic strength and power, who can help transform your life.

“Turyan is a being from another dimension responsible for the Optia System which is located in the 18th dimension, at 195 billion (thousand million) lightyears from Earth,” Brilho explains. “This system consists of five planets and one star, and Turyan’s function is to direct its entirety. Gifted with a magnificent intelligence and wisdom, it is up to him to guide and define how the beings of Optia energetically work to benefit other civilizations, be that in the area of healing, development of intelligence, wisdom, humility or to exercise forgiveness. Turyan works utilizing all types of energy with wisdom, directing these energies and nurturing all who need them.”

This life-changing event will take place with hourly sessions from 10am to 2pm and 4 to 7pm, October 11, at Instituto Cristovão Brilho. Each attendee will have the opportunity to personally connect with this amazing energy transmitted individually through one’s hands. Location: 2811 Coral Way, Miami. Cost: $15/Session.

For more information, call 786-295-8665, 305-446-5090 or visit InstitutoCristovaoBrilho.wazala.com. See ad page 20.

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Yoga Boosts Brain Gray Matter

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esearch from the Brain Imaging and Analysis Center at Duke University Medical Center has found that a regular hatha yoga practice increases gray matter within the brain, reversing the loss found among those with chronic pain. The researchers tested seven hatha yoga meditation practitioners and seven non-practitioners. Each of the subjects underwent tests for depression, anxiety, moods and cognition levels, along with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans.

The scientists found that the brains of the yoga meditation practitioners contained significantly greater gray matter by volume in key brain regions, including the frontal, temporal and occipital cortices, plus the cerebellum and the hippocampus, compared to the non-yoga subjects.

The yoga meditation practitioners also had more gray area in the prefrontal cortex regions that are involved in decision-making, reward/consequence, control and coordination.

Green Tea, Apples and Cocoa Protect Against Cancer and Arterial Plaque

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esearch published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research has found a new mechanism that may provide the key to why some foods are particularly healthy. The researchers found that epigallocatechin gallates, a class of polyphenols contained in green tea, apples, cocoa and other herbs and foods, blocks vascular endothelial growth factor, or VEGF, which is implicated in the buildup of plaque in the arteries, as well as cancer growth. Blocking VEGF helps prevent angiogenesis—when tumors form new blood vessels that help them grow.

The researchers, from the Institute of Food Research, in Norwich, in the United Kingdom, tested the polyphenols, as well as human cells, in the laboratory.

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Plants Absorb Second-Hand Smoke, Too

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on-smokers aren’t the only ones to suffer from passive smoking. New research from the Technical University of Braunschweig, in Germany, has determined that plants can also absorb nicotine from cigarette smoke, soil and pesticide sprays.

The data showed that many plants yield higher quantities of nicotine residues from periods when pesticides used contained nicotine. Plants that were mulched with tobacco leaves also absorbed nicotine into their leaves.

“Tremendously elevated nicotine levels were detected after fumigation with cigarette smoke,” says Dirk Selmar, lead author of the study.

The Controversial Saturated Fat Debate Continues:

Does Coconut Oil Have More Saturated Fat than Lard? Part 2

by Wendy Cottiers-Pacella

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s a raw foods chef and holistic nutrition consultant to children and teenagers with diabetes, I am often asked the question, “Is coconut oil safe?” I have always been taught to use coconut oil for cooking as it can withstand high temperatures while preventing oxidation. Some believe that you may be damaging your blood vessels due to the high saturated fat content found in coconut oil, especially if you are eating a low fat, plant-based whole foods diet.

Did you know that romaine leaf is packed with more vitamin K than coconut oil, which only contains 0.1 micrograms? One tablespoon (14 grams) of coconut oil contains 130 calories from fat. Saturated fat 13 grams, but they claim it still is great for a heart-healthy diet due to the high amounts of MCFAs (medium chain fatty acids). The downside is that half are not even from MCFAs as some claim.

Polyunsaturated fat 0.5 grams, and monounsaturated fat is 1 gram. Omega-3 fatty acids are absent.

The oil contains no carbohydrates and is lacking any form of protein. The main sources of omega-6 fats are corn, soy, canola, safflower, peanut and sunflower oils. The American Heart Association put out a statement that any food that increases LDL—the bad cholesterol—is not any better than other saturated fats.

Moderation may be key as more research on the medicinal benefits of this magical oil will continue. As always, consult with your physician should you have cardiovascular disease.

Reference: “Foods you should LIMIT include: Foods high in saturated and transfats (butter, whole milk, cheese, coconut and palm oil, hydrogenated oils)”http:// heartinsight.heart.org/August-2014/What-to-Eat-and-what-to-avoid-if-You-HaveDiabetes/ For healthier alternatives, contact Wendy Cottiers-Pacella, author of Healthy is not a Size, It is a Lifestyle, Living GMO-Free in the 21st Century, and owner of Positive Nutrition of So. Florida, at 954-306-3887 or visit PositiveNutritionInc.net.

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Muscle-Building Supplements Linked to Testicular Cancer

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ew research published in the British Journal of Cancer has found that taking musclebuilding supplements can increase the risk of testicular cancer by up to 65 percent.

The study monitored 356 cancer patients and 513 control subjects, all from Connecticut and Massachusetts.

The case-control study was conducted by researchers from the Yale School of Public Health and the Harvard School of Public Health, and tested for testicular germ cell cancer.

About 90 percent of testicular cancers originate from germ cells.

The researchers found the subjects that used multiple muscle building supplements and those that began using the supplements when they were younger had the greatest risk of developing cancer.

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Daily Exercise Adds Five Support Groups Keep Artery Patients Mobile Years to Life

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esearch published this year in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has determined that just 30 minutes of exercise, six days a week, can result in a reduced risk of early death by 40 percent, regardless of the intensity of the exercise.

The researchers followed nearly 15,000 men born between 1923 and 1932. The men’s exercise and sedentary levels were measured along with the number of deaths that occurred during two 12-year study periods. In the second 12-year period, the researchers followed almost 6,000 of the surviving men. The researchers compared those men that were sedentary with those that exercised either moderately or intensely and found that moderate to intense exercise increased their average lifespan by five years. This improvement was comparable to the difference between smoking and non-smoking, according to the researchers.

The data comes from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, in Oslo. The scientists’ finding confirms that public health practices for elderly men should include efforts to increase physical activity, along with efforts to reduce smoking.

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esearch published in the Journal of the American Heart Association has determined that when peripheral artery disease patients engage in behavioral support groups that encourage exercise, they realize increased mobility.

The researchers from Northwestern University followed 194 patients for a year, testing subjects at six months and again at 12 months. The patients were divided into two groups; one attended weekly intervention group meetings, while the control group attended weekly lectures.

After six months, the researchers found that only 6.3 percent of those that attended the support group meetings experienced mobility loss, compared to 26.5 percent of those that didn’t attend the meetings.

After one year, the support group attendees again showed positive results. The control group had 18.5 percent loss in mobility, while only 5.2 percent of the support group attendees did.

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A Third of U.S. Power May Be Wind by 2050 According to a new study by the U.S. Energy Department (Tinyurl.com/EnergyDepartmentWindReport), wind power could provide more than a third of the nation’s electricity in a few decades, while posting a net savings in energy costs. Undersecretary for Technology and Energy Lynn Orr, Ph.D., states, “With continued commitment, wind can be the cheapest, cleanest option in all 50 states by 2050.”

Wind power has tripled since 2000, and now supplies nearly 5 percent of the country’s electric power. The report says that it could dramatically reduce air pollution and go a long way toward meeting the country’s goals of slowing climate change.

Meanwhile, Spanish engineers have invented the Vortex Bladeless wind turbine, a hollow straw that sticks up 40 feet from the ground and vibrates when the wind passes through it. Instead of using a propeller, the Vortex takes advantage of an aerodynamic effect called vorticity. The result is a turbine that’s 50 percent less expensive than a bladed model and is nearly silent. It’s not as efficient as conventional turbines, but more of them can be placed in the same amount of space, for a net gain of 40 percent in efficiency. Plus, with no gears or moving parts, maintenance is much easier and they are safer for bats and birds.

Source: Wired

Bottomless Well

De-Salting Water Could Help Drought-Stricken Areas A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Jain Irrigation Systems has devised a method of turning brackish water into drinking water using renewable energy. This solar-powered machine is able to pull salt out of water and disinfect it with ultraviolet rays, making it suitable for both irrigation & drinking.

Electrodialysis works by passing a stream of water between two electrodes with opposite charges. Because the salt dissolved in water consists of positive and negative ions, the electrodes pull the ions out of the water, leaving fresher water at the center of the flow. A series of membranes separate the freshwater stream from increasingly salty ones.

The photovoltaic-powered electrodialysis reversal system recently won the top $140,000 Desal Prize from the U.S. Department of Interior. “This technology has the potential to bring agriculture to vast barren lands using brackish water,” says Richard Restuccia, Jain’s vice president of landscape solutions. The prize was developed to supply catalytic funding to capture and support innovative ideas and new technologies that could have a significant impact on resolving global water demand.

Among 13 desalination projects under consideration along the California coast, the Carlsbad Desalination Project will be the largest in the Western Hemisphere once it is completed in the fall.

Source: EcoWatch.com

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Embracing Invasives

Spring Cleaning

Rethinking the Balance of Nature

Connecticut Initiates Mattress Recycling Connecticut has introduced the nation’s first-ever mattress recycling program to get old beds off the curb and into the renewable waste stream via Park City Green, a cavernous warehouse in Bridgeport where mattresses go to die and get reborn. One of only two mattress recycling facilities in the state, it employs workers that manually break down bedding parts, separating the materials into giant piles of foam, mounds of cotton and tall stacks of metal springs. All this gets shipped off to junk dealers to be recycled and reclaimed for later use in the metal industry or as backing for carpets.

The city had been paying hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to pick up mattresses on trash day and break them apart for disposal, but that figure is expected to drop to zero and create jobs at the same time. Connecticut’s program is voluntary, so municipalities don’t have to participate. But because it’s already being paid for by consumers and the mattress industry, state officials expect the program to grow. Already, more than 60 Connecticut communities are participating.

Environmental journalist Fred Pearce, author of the new book, The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature’s Salvation, traveled across six continents and ecosystems from remote Pacific islands to the United Kingdom and the Great Lakes to reveal some outdated scientific ideas about invasive species and the balance of nature.

Pearce argues that mainstream environmentalists are correct that we need a rewilding of the Earth, but they are wrong if they believe it can be achieved by reengineering ecosystems.

He thinks that humans have changed the planet too much, and nature never goes backward. But a growing group of scientists is taking a fresh look at how species interact in the wild. According to these new ecologists, we should applaud the dynamism of alien species and the new ecosystems they create.

In an era of climate change and widespread ecological damage, it’s crucial that we find ways to help nature regenerate. Embracing this new ecology, Pearce proposes, is our best chance, maintaining, “To be an environmentalist in the 21st century means celebrating nature’s wildness and capacity for change.”

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Online Summer of Peace Program Continues Designed by The Shift Network as “the largest virtual peace event on the planet,” a free, online three-month global movement program, The Summer of Peace, continues through September 21. It promises to inspire participants by teaching ways to heal conflicts within oneself, in relationships and in the world using peace, instead of conflict, as the new baseline.

Featured thought leaders include Deepak Chopra, Ervin Laszlo, Grandmother Agnes Pilgrim, Karen Armstrong, Lisa Garr and Congressman Tim Ryan, plus messages from the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Jane Goodall.

Programs include The Subtle Activism Summit: Inner Dimensions of Peace Building from September 8 to 10, and 11 Ways to Transform Your World from September 11 to 21, concluding on the United Nations International Day of Peace.

“You’ll discover more personal ease, joy and wellbeing with techniques to connect more profoundly to the deep peace within yourself and the latest in the science of compassion,” says Garr, host of The Aware Show and Being Aware and bestselling author of Becoming Aware. She also attests that participants will find the best practices for citizen engagement and conscious activism to help accelerate the shift to a world of peace.

For more information or to register, visit SummerOfPeace.net.

Fossil Free

China Tests Hydrogen-Powered Mass Transit China has started testing the world’s first hydrogenpowered tram. Although hydrogen fuel cells have been around for a while and are currently being used and tested in a variety of vehicles, including buses, the country is the first to master the technology for trams.

Hydrogen is extremely abundant and can be extracted from a variety of sources, both renewable and non-renewable. Hydrogen-fuel cell vehicles produce zero emissions, only water. One tank lasts for about 60 miles and takes three minutes to refuel.

See the vehicle in action at Tinyurl.com/ChineseHydrogenTrain.

actionalert Dark Act

Protect Truth and Transparency in GMO Food Labeling On July 23, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of H.R. 1599, known by supporters as the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act and dubbed the “Deny Americans the Right to Know (DARK) Act” by opponents.

The bill removes the requirement that foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMO) be labeled as such, preventing consumers from the right to know whether or not the foods they purchase contain potentially harmful ingredients. If it becomes law, H.R. 1599 will preempt state labeling requirements, including the pioneering Vermont GMO labeling law scheduled to take effect next year.

First, a companion bill will have to clear the Senate.

No date is set yet for this and the time to let our senators know that we want to protect truth and transparency on food labels and encourage them to oppose the DARK Act starts now.

Make the people’s voice heard by contacting local state senators, call 202-224-3121 and visit Tinyurl.com/ ContactYourSenatorToday. natural awakenings

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Happy Eco-Birthday!

Parties that Celebrate Life and the Planet The most memorable birthday parties make us feel good, and going green makes them feel even better.

Location matters. Consider a park or beach as a setting to promote exercise and time outdoors. Children’s museums and wildlife centers frequently host kids’ birthday parties. Other “experience parties”, as suggested at Tinyurl.com/GreenChildPartyTips, include pottery making, tie-dyeing organic T-shirts or touring a local fire station.

Forgo traditional trappings. Rather than using paper materials, consider decorating an old sheet as a festive tablecloth, utilize recycled computer or other repurposed paper to print custom placemats, and personalize cloth napkins found at estate sales or made from old clothes with guest names written with fabric pens for a unique and reusable

party favor. Find details on these and other tips at Tinyurl.com/PBS-GreenParty-Ideas.

Sustainable gifts. PlanToys makes its toys from rubberwood, a sustainable byproduct of latex harvesting, and nonformaldehyde glues. For preteens, gift a subscription to the National Wildlife Federation’s Ranger Rick magazine or a birdhouse or bird feeder.

Make a maestro. Presenting a gift card for introductory music lessons can launch a young musician. A recent study by the National Association for Music Education notes that early exposure to music develops language, reading, math and memorization skills; improves handeye coordination; builds confidence and a sense of achievement; and promotes social interaction and teamwork when performing with others. Or, give tickets to introduce a child to classical, pops or jazz concert-going.

Adults Healthy drinks and eats. Serve or bring organic, locally made beer and wine and pure fruit juices. Have the party catered by a health food restaurant or store, or order organic takeout.

Do-good gifts. Antique and consignment shops are filled with items rich in culture and history. Museums, art centers and specialty gift shops offer fair trade creations handmade by overseas workers that all purchases assist.

Family ties. Work beforehand with a partner or family member of the birthday celebrant to showcase family photos at the party and spark sharing of nostalgic stories among guests.

If the whole world went

vegan, there would be no war. How you eat determines your mood and your outlook on life

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YOGA for Pregnancy: Poses, Meditations and Inspiration for Expectant and New Mothers

by Leslie Lekos and Megan Westgate Helios Press Š2014 Leslie Lekos and Megan Westgate, 288 pages Review by Dudley Evenson

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hen I was pregnant with my second child over 40 years ago, I was thrilled to find that yoga helped me through every phase including natural birth. I was so inspired by the benefits of yoga that I wanted to teach others.

However, once motherhood and all its responsibilities came along, I never got around to it.

Megan Westgate, on the other hand, did yoga throughout her pregnancy and even started writing Yoga for Pregnancy while she was pregnant, collaborating with her prenatal yoga instructor, Leslie Lekos.

Their book is filled with more than 200 photographs of Megan demonstrating 90 yoga poses to support the special needs of a pregnant woman. Covering a lot more than just yoga, the manual is filled with guidance on meditation, visualization, devotional chanting, herbal remedies and other tools to inspire and nourish mother and baby.

A comprehensive and complete overview of yoga in general—beneficial whether pregnant or not—I keep this book in my yoga room and refer to it often.

Megan Westgate has practiced yoga for 15 years and is founding director of the Non-GMO Project. Leslie Lekos is a certified yoga teacher, birth and postpartum doula, childbirth educator and owner of Wildroot Botanicals.

Dudley Evenson co-founded Soundings of the Planet in 1979 with her husband Dean Evenson. She blogs at HealthyLivingDreams.com.

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Choose Happiness Four Tips to Flip the Joy Switch

by Linda Joy

show how we all can rise up out of our troubles to the other side, shining.

Let Go of ‘Supposed To’

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recent Harris Interactive poll indicates that only one in three Americans are happy. Success, education and increases in annual household income create only marginally more happiness. So what will it take to go the distance?

Inspiration for a Woman’s Soul:

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Choosing Happiness endeavors to discover just that. Its collection of intimate stories from more than two dozen women reveals telling insights— most profoundly, that happiness is a choice that anyone can make, regardless of their history or circumstances.

Four tips from contributors to the book

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Family, friends and society exert pressure on us to achieve certain goals or impose their definition of success.

When our soul doesn’t fit the mold, exciting things can happen.

Happiness strategist Kristi Ling seemed to have it all: a high-powered job in Hollywood, significant income and the envy of all her friends—but her success felt empty. She writes from her home in Los Angeles, “Each morning I’d get up thinking about who I needed to please, and then prepare myself to exist for another day. I looked and felt exhausted just about all the time. The worst part was that I thought I was doing everything right!”

After a middle-of-the-night epiphany, Ling left her job and set out to discover what her heart wanted. She began following a completely different life path as a coach and healer, in which success means manifesting joy.

Be Grateful Now While we’re striving to change our life or wishing things could have been

different, we often forget to pay attention to what we have right now.

Boni Lonnsburry, a conscious creation expert and founder/CEO of Inner Art, Inc., in Boulder, Colorado, writes about the morning she decided to choose happiness, despite the enormous challenges she was facing, including divorce, foreclosure, bankruptcy and possible homelessness. “I thought to myself, ‘Yes, my life could be better, but it also could be a hell of a lot worse. I’m healthy and smart—why, I even have some wisdom. Why am I focusing on how terrible everything is?’”

Using the power of her choice to be happy right now, Lonnsburry not only found joy amidst the adversity, but created love and success beyond her wildest dreams.

Let Love In We all want to feel loved, but when we’re afraid of getting hurt, we put up barriers to protect ourselves, even against the love we want.

Certified Relationship Coach Stacey Martino, of Yardley, Pennsylvania, writes, “From the first day we met, I’d been waiting for [my boyfriend] Paul to end our relationship. I begged him for another chance—not for our relationship, but to be my authentic self—to figure out who I am and show up in our relationship as the real me.”

Fourteen years later, Martino and her boyfriend, now husband, are still exploring the depths of their love for one another. For them, the choice to be vulnerable was the gateway to happiness.

Look Inward Instead of to Others If we can’t own our pain, how can we create our joy? Choosing happiness means taking full responsibility for our state of mind, with no excuses.

Lisa Marie Rosati, of Kings Park, New York, who today helps other women catalyze their own transformation, writes: “I didn’t want to accept what was going on inside [me], so I looked outside for a way to make things better. I depended on intimate relationships to complete me, and on friends and acquaintances for entertainment. My self-esteem floated on incoming compliments and I absolutely never wanted to spend a minute alone with my own thoughts, lest they erode whatever happiness I possessed at the moment. I was exhausted, frustrated and quite frankly, pissed off.”

It took a flash of insight to set Rosati free of her patterns of blame—and then realizing she could create her own fulfillment was all it took to catapult her into a place of empowerment. Look out, world!

As Los Angeles happiness expert and Positive Psychology Coach Lisa Cypers Kamen says, “Happiness is an inside job.” Joy, love and inspired living are ours for the taking—all we must do is choose.

Linda Joy is the heart of Inspired Living Publishing and Aspire magazine. Inspiration for a Woman’s Soul: Choosing Happiness is her third in a series of bestselling anthologies. Next up is Inspiration for a Woman’s Soul: Cultivating Joy. Learn more at InspiredLivingPublishing.com. natural awakenings

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believe that youth sports—which on the surface, appear to provide a perfect environment for children to learn life lessons and develop critical social and physical skills—might hamper our children’s healthy physical, social, psychic and creative development.

Too Much Too Soon

Whole Child Sports Free Play Earns the Winning Score

by Luis Fernando Llosa

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any parents concerned that their children are getting engulfed by social media often turn to sports to spark physical activity. They scramble to sign their toddlers up for swimming and tennis lessons, T-ball and soccer practice, hoping these activities will teach their kids about motivation and leadership, while getting them off the couch and out the door. They hope that sports will

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be a conduit for their kids to learn what it takes to strive, drive toward a goal and succeed in later life.

As a result, more than 40 million kids across America are engaged in organized play. But youth sports are not a panacea; while parental intentions are good, they sometimes don’t realize the potential for negative consequences.

Those that have studied the phenomenon

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It seems that many young kids playing on teams today are over-coached by controlling, command-oriented adults. As Jenny Levy, head coach of the University of North Carolina’s 2013 NCAA champion women’s lacrosse team at Chapel Hill puts it, “Kids are kind of like overbred dogs, mimicking the drills we run in practice. They aren’t wired to think creatively.

They do what they know. What’s safe.”

This kind of behavior can start at an early age, when kids should be engaging in free play with minimal adult supervision in unstructured settings. Parenting expert Kim John Payne, author of Simplicity Parenting and The Soul of Discipline, says, “Parents are giving in to enormous societal pressure to push kids into high-performance sports settings several times a week. It’s an ‘arms race’ of sorts, with the clear victims being the kids themselves that are robbed of their childhoods.”

There’s a much more holistic way kids can experience play, including sports. An American Academy of Pediatrics study attests that free and unstructured play is healthy and essential for

No matter what happens on the field or in the pool, your first four words to your kids afterward should be, “I loved watching you.”

That is all. That’s all your kids really want to hear. ~Luis Fernando Llosa helping children reach important social, emotional and cognitive developmental milestones, plus managing stress and becoming resilient.

Payne observes, “In free play, children have to actively problem solve and take one another’s feelings into account if the play is to be successful. In sports, the social problem solving is largely extrinsic, facilitated by coaches, referees or parents. During a child’s formative stages, between the ages of 5 and 12, having the freedom to develop, create and innovate is critical.”

Creativity isn’t limited to only younger children. How sports are taught in this country at all levels, right up through college, often inhibits athletic creativity and problem solving—as Levy has noticed year after year in the freshmen players she trains—rather than fostering these attributes.

A Better Alternative It’s crucial to consider the whole child, not just the budding athlete. To revive a child’s imagination and create better conditions for developing creativity, resiliency and flexibility, contemplate the option of taking a child out of organized youth sports for a while to provide the time, space and opportunity to rediscover childhood play and games. Then support them in re-entering organized athletics when they’re a bit older and more physically and emotionally ready.

Also, some kids that get heavily involved in highly structured youth sports too early may be prone to behavioral problems and serious physical injuries.

The best thing a parent can do for a young child that is active and interested in sports is roll up their sleeves and join in unscripted backyard or playground

family play. Kids thrive in the attention offered from mom or dad, regardless of parental athletic skill levels. Also, organize play dates with other neighborhood kids of varying ages, because they love to learn from each other, including how to work out disagreements.

Once kids are socially, emotionally and physically ready, organized sports can be an amazing platform for fun-filled learning. Having already experienced healthy free play, a child will be ready for and thrive in a more focused, competitive, organized and structured play

environment. Fortified by a creative foundation in earlier years, a youngster is better able to identify and express their own mind, body and spirit.

Luis Fernando Llosa is the co-author of Beyond Winning: Smart Parenting in a Toxic Sports Environment and co-founder of WholeChildSports.com.

A writer, speaker and former Sports Illustrated reporter, he lives in New York City, where he coaches his five kids.

For more information, visit LuisFernandoLlosa.com.

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Yoga Enters the Medical Mainstream Research Proves its Health Benefits

by Meredith Montgomery

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fter practicing internal medicine for 10 years in Boston, Dr. Timothy McCall became a full-time writer, exploring the health benefits of yoga. As the medical editor of Yoga Journal and the author of Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing, he says, “In the

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late 90s, the conveyor belt of patient care continued to speed up and I got frustrated. There was less time to form relationships with patients, which is essential to providing quality care without excessive tests and drugs.”

Initially, McCall found that most of the documented research on yoga

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was from India, and notes it was low in quality from a Western perspective (though it is now excellent). In the West, the first notable scientific yoga article was published in 1973 in The Lancet on combining yoga and biofeedback to manage hypertension.

According to the International Journal of Yoga, the surge in yoga’s popularity here finally gained academic interest in 2007, and there are now more than 2,000 yoga titles in the National Institutes of Health PubMed.gov database, with 200 added annually.

Initially, yoga teacher and economist Rajan Narayanan, Ph.D., founded the nonprofit Life in Yoga Foundation and Institute to offer free teacher training. Within a couple of years, the foundation’s focus shifted to integrating yoga into the mainstream healthcare system. “We realized that to make a real difference, we needed to teach doctors about yoga and its scientifically proven effects,” he says.

Medical providers can earn credits to keep their licenses current by attending courses by Life in Yoga, the only yoga institution independently certified by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

Currently, even if physicians don’t practice yoga, it’s likely that many of their patients do. “You now see it everywhere from major medical centers to mainstream advertising,” says McCall, who notes an increase in doctors, nurses and therapists attending the Yoga as Medicine seminars he and his wife Eliana teach internationally and from their Simply Yoga Institute studio, in Summit, New Jersey.

Mounting Evidence

Any physical exercise done with breath awareness becomes yoga; anything done without the breath is just a physical practice.

standards. The International Association of “Yoga may help prevent Yoga Therapists (iayt.org) diseases across the board because the root cause of 70 to and the Council for Yoga 90 percent of all disorders is Accreditation Interstress,” says Narayanan. Yoga national (cyai.org) are increases the body’s ability to both beginning to offer successfully respond to stress certifications for therapy by activating the parasympatraining programs and thetic nervous system, which therapists. Narayanan is slows the heart and lowers hopeful that certification blood pressure. That in turn could lead to yoga being suppresses sympathetic activcovered by insurance. ity, reducing the amount of Medical ~Rajan Narayaran school curricula have stress hormones in the body.

Studies collected on started shifting to emPubMed.gov demonstrate that yoga brace complementary approaches to has been found to help manage hywellness, with many textbooks now pertension, osteoporosis, body weight, including information on mind/body physical fitness, anxiety, depression, therapies. The Principles and Practices diabetes, reproductive functions and of Yoga in Healthcare, co-edited by Sat pregnancy, among other issues. StudBir Khalsa, Lorenzo Cohen, McCall ies at California’s Preventive Medicine and Shirley Telles and due out in 2016, Research Institute have tracked ameliois the first professional-level, medical ration of heart disease. A growing body textbook on yoga therapy. of research is validating yoga’s benefits “Yoga has been proven to treat for cancer patients, including at the many conditions, yet yoga teachers University of Texas M.D. Anderson Can- don’t treat conditions, we treat indicer Center. A small study at Norway’s viduals,” says McCall. “Yoga therapy University of Oslo suggests that yoga is not a one-size-fits-all prescription because different bodies and minds, even alters gene expression, indicatwith different abilities and weaknesses, ing it may induce health benefits on a require individualized approaches.” molecular level.

While medical research is working to grant yoga more legitimacy among Cultural Challenges doctors, policymakers and the public, “For yoga to be effective, a regular McCall says, “I believe these studies practice must be implemented, which are systematically underestimating how is challenging in a culture where powerful yoga can be. Science may people can’t sit for long without an tell us that it decreases systolic blood electronic device. It’s more than just popping pills,” says Narayanan. pressure and cortisol secretion McCall says, “Even if people and increases lung capacity and can commit to just a few minutes serotonin levels, but that doesn’t of yoga practice a day, if they begin to capture the totality of keep it up the benefits can be what yoga is.” enormous.”

“There are no sales reps Meredith Montgomery, telling doctors to use yoga a registered yoga teacher, publishes Natural Awaktherapy like there are for pharmaceuticals,” remarks enings of Mobile/BaldNarayanan, and until yoga win, AL (HealthyLivingHealthyPlanet.com). is funded by health insurance, it will be challenging to gain full acceptance in mainstream medicine.

Another barrier is certification

When Yoga Can Help 4 Addictions 4 Anxiety spectrum disorders 4 Back pain 4 Cancer 4 Depression 4 Diabetes 4 Endocrine issues 4 Heart disease 4 Hypertension 4 Mental health conditions 4 Metabolic syndrome 4 Musculoskeletal and neuromuscular complaints 4 Neurological and immune disorders 4 Pregnancy issues 4 Premenstrual syndrome, perimenopausal symptoms 4 Respiratory issues 4 Weight management

A photographer gets

people to pose for him.

A yoga instructor gets people to pose for themselves. ~T. Guillements

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AGELESS BEING Staying Vibrant in Mind, Body and Spirit

by Kathleen Barnes

Agelessness: Engaging in and experiencing life without fear of falling, failing or falling apart.

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n a nutshell, that’s the philosophy of visionary women’s health expert Dr. Christiane Northrup, of Yarmouth, Maine, as explored in her latest book, Goddesses Never Age. “We’re long overdue for a paradigm shift about how we feel about growing older,” says Northrup. “You can change your future by adopting a new, ageless attitude that will help you flourish physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. We don’t have to buy into modern medicine’s promotion of the idea of the pathology of aging.”

One of Northrup’s primary admonitions: “Don’t tell anyone how old you are.

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system that we will become decrepit, frail and mentally feeble at a certain age.

“When my mother turned 50, her mailbox suddenly filled with ads for adult diapers, walkers and long-term care insurance,” Northrup quips. The point is well taken.

Think vibrant, healthy, gorgeous and yes, sexy Sandra Bullock, Johnny Depp, Chris Rock and Brooke Shields—all 50 or older—as the targets of ads for Depend.

We’re living and working longer, and many of us are feeling, looking and staying young longer. So is 60 the new 40?

Yes, say State University of New York at Stony Brook researchers, and further note that we’re generally leading longer and healthier lives.

Centenarians are the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population. In the 2010 census, 53,364 people had

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surpassed their 100th year, an increase of 40 percent over the 1980 census, and more than 80 percent of them are women.

The National Institute on Aging projects that this number could increase tenfold or more by 2050.

What we think of as “old” has changed. Many baby boomers refuse to buy into the mythology of aging, bristle at being called senior citizens and especially dislike being called elderly. Their position is backed by science. Stem cell biologist Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., author of Biology of Belief and currently a visiting professor at the New Zealand College of Chiropractic, in Auckland, is best known for promoting the concept that DNA can be changed by belief, for good or ill.

Lipton explains that we all have billions of stem cells designed to repair or replace damaged—and aging—tissues and organs. “[These cells] are profoundly influenced by our thoughts and perceptions about the environment,” Lipton explains.

“Hence our beliefs about aging can either interfere with or enhance stem cell function, causing our physiological regeneration or decline.”

“Yes, we are destined to grow older, but decrepitude and what we call aging is an optional state,” Northrup adds. “Our genes, nutrition and environment are under our control far more than we may have thought.” More, she says, “Words are powerful. Don’t talk yourself into believing your brain is turning to mush just because you are over 40.”

Take Control of the Body “Manage the four horsemen of the aging apocalypse,” encourages nutrition and longevity expert Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., a Los Angeles board-certified nutritionist and author of The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer. He says the aging process, including disease, loss of physical or mental function and the general breakdown of systems, is caused by one or more of four factors: oxidative damage (literally rusty cells); inflammation; glycation (excess sugar, metabolic syndrome); and stress.

“Collectively, they damage cells and DNA, wear down organs and systems, deeply damage the vascular pathways that deliver blood and oxygen to the entire body, and even shrink brain size,” explains Bowden.

While it may seem like a tall order to

make lifestyle changes that vanquish these four horsemen, Bowden says they can be broken into manageable elements by employing an arsenal of healthful weapons: whole foods, nutrients, stress-reduction techniques, exercise, detoxification and relationship improvement. “All of these actually do double duty, battling more than one of the four processes that can effectively shorten your life,” he reports, based on his 25 years of study.

Oxidative Damage Consider what rust does to metal. That’s what free radical oxygen molecules do to cells. Over time, they damage them and cause aging from within. “Oxidative damage plays a major role in virtually every degenerative disease of aging, from Alzheimer’s to cancer to heart disease and diabetes, even immune dysfunction,” says Bowden.

His recommended key to destroying free radicals is a diet rich in antioxidants, including lots of fresh fruits and vegetables and healthy fats, nuts, grass-fed meats and organic dairy products. Avoid environmental free radicals that show up in toxic chemicals by eating as much organic food as possible and avidly avoiding residues of the poisonous pesticides and herbicides sprayed on crops eaten by people and livestock.

Inflammation Long-term inflammation is a silent killer because it operates beneath the radar, often unnoticed, damaging blood vessel walls. Like oxidative damage, inflammation is a factor in all the degenerative diseases associated with aging, says Bowden.

His suggestion: First, get a Creactive protein (CRP) test to determine the levels of inflammation in our body.

A CRP level over 3 milligrams/liter indicates a high risk of a heart attack. Antiinflammatory foods like onions, garlic, leafy greens, tomatoes, beans, nuts and seeds have all been widely scientifically proven to reduce chronic inflammation.

Glycation

This is the result of excessive sugar that glues itself to protein or fat molecules, leaving a sticky mess that creates ad-

Compute Your Real Age Lifestyle choices can make our bodies older, or younger, than our number of orbits around the sun, according to Michael Roizen, a doctor of internal medicine and author of This is Your Do-Over: The 7 Secrets of Losing Weight, Living Longer, and Getting a Second Chance at the Life You Want. “Seventy percent of aging is in the simple things you do or don’t do,” he maintains.

Here are a few sobering examples: n An unresolved major life stressor, such as a divorce, being sued, the death of a close relative or other traumatic events, can add up to 32 years to chronological age. Managing the stress adds a relatively insignificant two years. n Swap out saturated fats (cheese and meat) for monounsaturated fats (olive oil, nuts and avocados). Subtract 2.5 years from chronological age. n Get up out of the chair every 15 minutes and also take a 10-minute walk every two hours. Subtract 2.1 years from chronological age. n Have close friends. Subtract 2.1 years from chronological age.

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vanced glycation end (AGE) products that damage all body systems and are acknowledged culprits in the dreaded diseases associated with aging.

Bowden’s basic answer is to minimize intake of sugar and simple carbs; anything made with white flour or white rice. Also avoid fried dishes and any foods cooked at high temperatures that actually skip the glycation production in the body and deliver harmful AGEs directly from the food. He advises taking 1,000 mg of carnosine (available in health food stores) daily to prevent glycation.

Stress The long-term effects of physical, mental or emotional stress are tremendously damaging to the human physiology. Sustained exposure to the stress hormone cortisol can shrink parts of the brain, damage blood vessels, increase blood sugar levels, heart rate and blood pressure and contribute to chronic inflammation, according to well-established science recorded in the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Bowden warns, “Stress management is not a luxury.” In its many forms, including prayer, meditation and breathing exercises, it should be part of any agelessness program. Deep, restful sleep is as vital a component as ending toxic relationships, having a nurturing circle of friends and doing familiar, gentle exercise such as yoga or tai chi.

Overall, Bowden adds, “Rather than thinking of such endeavors as anti-aging, I strive to embody the concept of age independence. I admire former Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, who resigned from the court when he reached age 90 because he wanted to play more tennis.”

Bowden recommends embracing the concept of “squaring the curve”, meaning that instead of anticipating and experiencing a long downhill slope of poor health leading to death, “I look at a long plateau of health, with a steep drop-off at the end.”

Wellness guru Dr. Michael Roizen, chair of the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute, contends that although our chronological age can’t be changed, “Your ‘real age’ [calculated from data he collected from 60 million people] is the result of a wide variety of factors that are within your control. Dietary choices alone can

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Roizen adds uncontrolled portion sizes, tobacco use and physical inactivity to the list of life-shortening lifestyle options.

Align with Spirit “If you don’t have some kind of spiritual foundation, literally, God help you,” says Northrup. “God isn’t confined to a book or a church, mosque or synagogue. Divinity is the creative loving, vital flow of life force that we’re all part of and connected to. Our bodies are exquisite expressions meant to embody, not deny our spirits.”

Touch, pleasure and sex can be part of it, too. Individuals that have the most fulfilling sex lives live the longest, according to researchers conducting the University of California, Riverside’s Longevity Project. “Pleasure comes in infinite forms,” says Northrup. “It can mean the exquisite taste of a pear or the sound of an angelic symphony, the kiss of sun on skin, the laughter of a child, spending time with friends or creating a pastel landscape.

When you experience pleasure, God comes through and you become aware of

your divine nature. You’ll find that joy comes in ways that are unique to you.”

Connection with the natural world is an essential element of agelessness, says Northrup. “The human body evolved to walk on the Earth, drinking its water, breathing its air and basking in its sunlight.”

The bottom line is, “Agelessness is all about vitality. Taking all the right supplements and pills, or getting the right procedure isn’t the prescription for antiaging,” says this renowned physician. “It’s ageless living that brings back a sense of vibrancy and youthfulness.”

We could live to be well over 100 years old and, as Northrup likes to paraphrase Abraham Hicks, of The Law of Attraction fame, “Wouldn’t you rather have your life end something like this: ‘Happy-healthy, happy-healthy, happyhealthy, dead.’ Isn’t that a lot better than suffering sickness, decrepitude and frailty for years?”

Kathleen Barnes is the author of numerous books on natural health, her latest being Food Is Medicine: 101 Prescriptions from the Garden. Connect at KathleenBarnes.com.

Age-Defying Exercise

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pecially designed movements performed to music can dramatically improve memory, as well as slow the process of physical aging, according to Denise Medved, of Hendersonville, North Carolina, the founder of Ageless Grace.

Medved’s foundational physical and mental exercise classes involve 21 exercises that promote brain plasticity by activating all five functions of the brain: analytic, strategic, kinesthetic learning, memory/recall and creativity and imagination. Find videos of Ageless Grace exercises by searching YouTube, including this one: n While sitting in a chair (all exercises are taught in this position to develop core strength), make a circle with the right lower arm. n Add a triangular motion with the left foot. n Next, add a horizontal movement with the left hand. n Finally, do the entire series in reverse.

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Chakra Wisdom: Energy Centers of Transformation

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he chakra system was developed in India between 800 and 188 BC, and according to the yogi sages, each chakra represents an aspect of living, maintaining balance and progression that mirrors human evolution. Nowadays, the word chakra is no longer foreign as more and more people become familiar with energy healing modalities and yoga.

The focus today is on one of the most important chakras—the fourth or the Heart—Sanskrit name, Anahata, meaning unstruck, the principle of equilibrium, with a yearning to find unity, Self-acceptance away from duality and social identity, moving inward to a deeper, meditative state, understanding the deeper connection with Self-loving and Spirit, joyful expansion through the element air.

Excessive characteristics of the heart center: co-dependency, poor boundaries, difficulty concentrating.

Energetic deficiency of the heart center is isolation, feeling lonely, sad, bitter and critical of self and others.

The goal is to keep balance, cultivating the aspect of compassion.

The fourth chakra is the integrator of opposites in the psyche: mind and body, male and female, persona and shadow, ego and unity. A healthy heart chakra allows one to love deeply, feel compassion, and have a deep sense of peace and centeredness.

Learn forgiveness through relationships: love, compassion, dissolution of the ego. Acknowledging the state of consciousness you are in right now will allow you to feel/find unity. Work at a daily discipline of meditation practice—your own sacred space—which will upgrade your personal development and your trust in the Universe, the attributes of God as Light, deepening connection with Self I AM, cultivating not only individual but global 32

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Yoga practices: opening the chest, breath pranayama, poses including chest openers, shoulders, back bends.

Be aware if you encounter excessives: co-dependent for love (deficient), closed heart, fear of intimacy, judgment. Applying the Universal spiritual law—as above so below—your world will mirror your inner development, as you gift yourself the rights to receive love and be loved.

Centering Meditative Exercise Three simple steps to activate heart center.

1. Close your eyes, ask for guidance to bring single-pointed light of radiance to your heart center.

Let the breath flow in as a luminescent beam of light.

Now, intake breath starting from the root chakra and on up the spinal column as far as it will ascend (aim for crown chakra), and then down the spine to

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the root chakra. Do 5 to 10 rounds, as needed, to get the energy flowing unimpeded.

2. Inhale love, feeling the heart pulsating with joy. Exhale Light up to third eye, quieting the mind.

3. Inhale spiritual heart, exhale global peace. Now, inhale from your heart, and on the exhale, focus on third eye chakra (point between the eyebrows), pulsating the energy of that command center, Sanskrit name, Ajna chakra. Affirm, “I am open to the wisdom within. Om, Om, Om.” Maintain silence and meditation as long as possible.

All are invited to meditate in the cave of the Guru—The Heart. Listening to the wind, wind chimes or stringed instruments like the cello or violin activates this center. Visualizing the opening of a rose is linked to this center. Emotionally, this involves transformation, where the symbolic hexagram or Jewish star represents the prana in the chest region.

Pranamaya kosha, the second sheath of consciousness, “Sheath of

Vital Air”, supports all mental and psychic energy and individual consciousness. As the prana maintains the life force in the cellular body, the energy merges with the three humors (doshas)—vayu, pitta, kapha. Vayu, the air element, works with the body through the five ranas (energy life forces): Apana–intestinal region; Samana–stomach region; Prana–chest region: Vyana–entire body; and Udana–head and throat region. The yantra (sacred geometry) six pointed star symbolizes the air element merging the union of male and female energies representing Siva male energy and Shakti feminine energy motivated by love and the desire qualities of the heart, giving and receiving, forgiveness and letting go mundane experiences to validate qualities in this lifetime for transformation from the individual self to Universal Self or ananda/bliss.

The color green with twelve lotus petals is the transformation to spiritual fulfillment, which moves as a four directional wheel upward and downward. The symbol is sacred geometry, composed of two overlapping, intersecting triangles representing Siva and Shakti, motivated by love and the desire for sharing.

Activating the Heart Karuna-Compassion and Bhavana-Intention

Air as the vital life force prana aids function of the lungs to the heart, circulating fresh oxygen and vital life force energy. In addition to the heart, the heart center represents the vertebral column or cardiac plexus, with the element air getting in touch with all.

Kundalini practice: The Mangala Charn Mantra surrounds the magnetic field with protective light. Translated into English: I bow to the primal wisdom. I bow to the wisdom through the ages. I bow to the true wisdom. I bow to the great, unseen wisdom.

This mantra brought me to an empowering experience meditating on the heart, projecting the energy from heart, sitting in easy pose with palms together at the heart, thumbs crossed, chanting: Ad Guray Nameh, extending arms 60 degrees Inhale powerfully as the arms return to the Heart Center, and continue extending them again, chanting Jugad Guray Nameh, inhaling and returning arms to the heart.

Sat Guray Nameh, repeating the chant.

Siri Guru Devay Nameh, focusing the mind on Source.

During my experience, the prana energy in my heart felt like a cosmic pulse, awakening the dormant energy sheath of the plane of energy (pranamaya kosha), the lokas lotus planes of perception. I saw the vastness of

the Milky Way. As the bija seed sound (yam) vibrated in my heart, all physical body sensation disappeared, the sense organ of anahata chakra became nadam (unstruck), and I felt prana life force in every cell, saw light and heard Om, energetically accessing the plane of balance or maha loka, as the ruling planet Venus gave me the feminine power of compassion. It felt like a bubble of air burst open my heart, as I repeated the Buddhist mantra, “Om mani padme hum.”

According to one of my favorite yogis, Sri Chinmoy, “A soulful heart has discovered a supreme truth: To meditate on God is a privilege not a duty.”

Yogini Rina is an advanced chakra yoga teacher, having trained with Anodea Judith, Tod Norian and Yogi Raj Alan Finger. She has been teaching yoga for 16 years, including her chakra wisdom workshops offered at The Yoga Joint, Weston Yoga, Kate Yoga, Jaya Dev teacher training and Namaste Yoga Salon. As a Reiki Master and Certified Healing Touch Practitioner for 20 years, she works on chakra balancing, clearing, and uses doTERRA certified pure therapeutic grade essential oils in her work. Attend her chakra yoga classes, 10:30am, Tuesdays, at Namaste Yoga Salon. For more information, visit RinaIshwari.com. See ad page 51.

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raditional sports stadiums and arenas generate a huge carbon footprint. Multiple sources concur that during a single football game, a 78,000-seat stadium can consume 65,000 kilowatt hours of electricity, and discarded cardboard, plastic and paper; in-stadium food and beverage containers; and tailgating debris that includes cans and bottles leave behind a mountain of waste.

A dozen years ago, the pioneering Philadelphia Eagles enlisted the help of the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to begin a persistent push to their goal of going green. Today, the NRDC publishes the Greening Advisor guidebooks on green operating practices for all professional teams in Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and Major

Stadium food has always been part of the fan experience, but it’s possible to eat sensibly and well with options like the roasted turkey sandwich at AT&T Park, in San Francisco, where concessionaires source locally and compost leftovers.

Veggie burgers, vegan cheesesteaks and sushi have also found their way onto game-day menus to add a change of pace for fans, says Julianne Soviero, author of Unleash Your True Athletic Potential.

The growing interest shown by the sports industry in composting offers enormous potential benefits, and not a moment too soon, says Allen Hershkowitz, Ph.D., co-founder of the Green Sports Alliance and director of the NRDC Sports Project. Using recyclable containers counts—New York City’s venerable Yankee Stadium reduced its trash load by 40 percent by switching to biodegradable cups and service ware. PepsiCo supported the upgrade by exchanging its conventional plastic bottle for a bio-based version made from agricultural waste.

Lights At New York’s Oncenter War Memorial Arena, the American Hockey League’s Syracuse Crunch pro team skates under LED lights. “They make the arena

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brighter. It’s easier to see the puck,” says defenseman Joey Mormina. “The fun light show that follows goals adds energy for the crowd and players.”

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The first pro football stadium to earn a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification, the San Francisco 49ers Levi’s Stadium features a 27,000-square-foot rooftop garden to help control water runoff.

Home to the Los Angeles Lakers, Clippers and Kings, the Staples Center has swapped out 178 flush urinals for waterless models, reducing annual water usage by 7 million gallons.

Like the Eagles, the Florida Marlins pro baseball team, in Miami, now uses 50 percent less water via low-flow plumbing fixtures. Also, the stadium’s upgraded landscape design lessens outdoor irrigation needs by 60 percent.

The University of Georgia likes keeping its grass green, but hates wasteful water dispensers. Its football field is now watered via an underground irrigation system that saves a million gallons a year. Soil moisture sensors indicate when watering is needed.

More Creative Practices Lincoln Financial Field, home to the Philadelphia Eagles, now boasts more than 11,000 solar panels and 14 wind turbines that combined, generate more than four times the energy used for all home games in a season. The staff uses green cleaning products and has increased recycling more than 200 percent since 2010. Most creatively, the carbon costs of team travel are offset

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The Seattle Mariners Safeco Field’s new scoreboard uses 90 percent less power than its predecessor and the Arizona Cardinals pro football team provides bags for tailgating fans to use for recycling.

Five NBA arenas have achieved LEED certification—Phillips Arena

(Atlanta Hawks), Toyota Center (Houston Rockets), American Airlines Arena (Miami Heat), Amway Center (Orlando Magic) and Rose Garden (Portland Trail Blazers).

The goal of a cleaner, healthier planet is achievable with systemic shifts like these as more pro and collegiate sports teams score green points.

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t may seem odd that one of the most intensely dedicated public activists is also known for starring in one of TV’s most superficial shows of the 1990s, but Alexandra Paul overturns stereotypes. Behind that signature Baywatch one-piece that kept David Hasselhoff on his toes beats the heart of a true soldier for animal rights and population stabilization.

At 52 years young, she is extremely fit and knowledgeable about the vegan lifestyle that got her there.

Be kind. Being kind is different from being nice. I spent my teens and 20s anxious to be nice, and all it gave me was a boatload of acquaintances and an inauthentic self.

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is at the heart of why I’m a vegan, and why I’ve been arrested 16 times for civil disobedience supporting peace, equal rights and the environment.

Being kind to myself inspires me to exercise and live healthfully.

How has activism forged your identity and inspired others?

I’ve been an activist since I was 7, when I wrote to President Nixon asking him to stop pollution. As a dedicated citizen, my mom boycotted companies that acted against her ethics. Growing up with such a role model, trying to make the world better came naturally. Walking my talk is a challenge I face daily as I choose what to buy, what to eat and how to be, and I also think it is the most effective way to encourage change in others.

What drives your commitment to a vegan diet?

I became a vegetarian when I was 14, after reading Frances Moore Lappé’s Diet for a Small Planet, which taught me how eating meat was destructive to the planet. A couple of years later, I did a book report on Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation and learned the ethical reasons against eating animals. I stopped using cosmetics tested on animals when I was a teen and stopped wearing leather, wool and silk in my 20s. I finally gave up eating dairy in my late 40s, and I wish I’d done it earlier.

Although I did it to benefit animals, being vegan has enriched my life and changed the way I look at the world. The only way there will be enough food and water for Earth’s expected 10 billion people in 35 years is if humankind stops raising animals for food, so my veganism is helping the planet, as well as my own health.

Which other aspects of your diet and lifestyle do you credit for looking and feeling vital?

My husband Ian and I go to bed early and generally get up with the sun. I’ve never consumed coffee, soda or alcohol, only water and protein shakes. I believe being a vegetarian, and now a vegan, has given me tons of energy. I also prioritize making time for my workout routine, and that helps me feel good every day.

I didn’t always have this serenity with my lifestyle and health. For a dozen years, until my late 20s, I struggled with bulimia. Becoming vegan improved my relationship with food, aligning my diet with my values, and I have never been more at peace with myself.

Why do you enjoy working out?

For me, being active is fun—not only because I feel good moving my body, but because I am also outside with friends, reading on a stationary bike or listening to favorite podcasts while stretching.

Six days a week, I do an hour of cardio; either swimming or the stationary bike. Every other day I practice yoga for at least 45 minutes to ensure that my back stays painfree. Once a week, I go hiking for two hours with friends, chatting the whole time, which all makes it worth getting up at 4:30 a.m. I walk whenever I’m on a conference call, either outside or at my tread desk, a simple treadmill under a standing desk; I’m walking on it when I’m reading or answering emails, too. It’s the best present I ever gave myself.

Like everyone, sometimes I don’t particularly feel like working out, but all these factors make it easier to start, and once I start, I’m always glad to be exercising.

Gerry Strauss is a freelance writer in Hamilton, NJ. Connect at GerryStrauss@aol.com.

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EYE HEALTH FOR DOGS 10 Foods to Keep Canine Vision Sharp

by Audi Donamor

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ey colorful foods, packed with nutrients, protect against eye problems ranging from progressive retinal atrophy and uveitis to cataracts and glaucoma.

Here are 10 foods that are highly regarded in helping prevent and defend against vision problems. Their eye-worthy nutrients include anthocyanins, beta-carotene, carotenoids, glutathione, lycopene, omega-3 essential fatty acids, phytonutrients—and the special partnership of lutein and zeaxanthin, sometimes referred to as “sunscreen for the eyes”.

An easy way to serve these power-packed foods is as a mash. Simply combine a few cups of fruits and vegetables in a food processor with a half-cup of filtered water and blend as a raw pet meal topper. For a cooked topper, chop the fruits and vegetables and place in a medium sized sauce pan with the filtered water and a couple tablespoons of firstpressed olive oil. Simmer gently, cool and serve. Maybe top it all off with a fish or egg.

Blueberries contain two eye-healthy carotenoids: lutein and zeaxanthin. They also deliver anthocyanins, eye-nourishing phytonutrients known to support night vision, according to a study published in the Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology. University of Oklahoma research suggests that flavonoids like the rutin, resveratrol and quercetin in blueberries may help prevent retinal atrophy. Their selenium and zinc components also support vision, according to a study from the National Eye Institute. Eating blueberries has even been associated with the reduction of eye fatigue, according to The Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry.

Make vision Broccoli’s anti-cancer benefits are well known, but it’s and diet part of also recognized as one of the best vegetables for eye health. A good annual exams by a source of lutein and zeaxanthin, local vet. it’s also packed with beta-carotene.

Don’t leave the leaves behind, because they contain even more beta-carotene than the stems and florets. Researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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have found that broccoli and broccoli sprouts protect the retina from free radical damage, which may be due to a compound called sulphoraphane that boosts the body’s defense against free radicals.

Carrots come in 100 varieties, from deep purple and white to brilliant orange. Each is a storehouse of nutrient power, providing vitamin A, beta-carotene, vitamins C, D, E and K, and riboflavin, niacin, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, sodium, iron, magnesium, manganese, sulphur, copper and iodine. The adage that carrots are good for the eyes is true. They even contain lycopene and lutein, phytonutrients that protect from UVB radiation and free radical damage.

Cold-water fish such as salmon, tuna, cod, haddock and sardines are rich in omega-3s, especially EPA and DHA, which are widely known to be important to cellular health. DHA makes up 30 percent of the fatty acids that comprise the retina.

The particularly high levels of omega-3s in sardines add further protection to retinal health, according to researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Eggs are rich in cysteine and sulphur, two components of glutathione. Cataract Health News reports that sulphurcontaining compounds have been found to protect eyes from cataract formation. Egg yolks contain lutein, and a University of Massachusetts study has found that eating an egg a day raised levels of lutein and zeaxanthin in the blood; at the same time, blood serum lipids and lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations remained stable.

Garlic. Researchers at the University of Oregon suggest that sulphur-rich garlic is important for the production of glutathione, a protein that acts as an antioxidant for the eye’s lens, and can be instrumental in the prevention of some visual problems.

Kale is an excellent source of lutein and zeaxanthin. The American Optometric Association says these special antioxidants act like “internal sunglasses.” Add beta-carotene to the mix and kale serves as a preferred foil to oxidative stress.

Pumpkin’s orange color is a sure sign that it’s packed with carotenoids like beta-carotene, which help neutralize free radicals. Its lutein and zeaxanthin generally promote eye health and further protect against retinal degeneration. Even pumpkin seeds carry several benefits, including omega-3s, zinc and phytosterols to enhance a dog’s immune response.

Sweet potatoes are loaded with both beta-carotene and anthocyanins, the latter high in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

Tomatoes are famous for their lycopene, a carotenoid and phytonutrient found in red produce. This powerful antioxidant helps protect against sun damage and retinal degeneration and has been well documented as effective in cancer prevention.

Processed tomato products contain higher levels of lycopene than the raw fruit.

Audi Donamor regularly contributes to Animal Wellness Magazine (AnimalWellnessMagazine.com), from which this was adapted and used with permission.

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aniel Sperry, a “couchsurfer” affordable, build people’s in his late 50s, decided a faith and trust in one anfew years ago to quit his day other and create meanjob and make a living by performing ingful connections across cello music and reciting poetry in living cultures. rooms across the country. “I didn’t know It’s easy to beit would become a catalyst for bringing come a member by communities of local creating a profile people together,” he as a host and/or says, but his first gig, a a traveler, which includes “little shotgun shack” verified identification. Guests in Elko, Nevada, don’t need to reciprocate by became more than a hosting or leaving gifts, once in a lifetime experialthough lasting friendence. Years later, his Elko host ships are a common remains a close friend and hosts result. Hosts and guests a regular (and lucrative) stop are encouraged to leave As a traveler, offer honest reviews for each on his cross-country tours.

Not only does creating an ethnic meal, good other, which helps ensure connections with strangongoing safety and good story or how to say behavior all around. ers make us happier—as University of Chicago social Meanwhile, nonhello in a different scientists have proven—it members also are wellanguage. As a host, come to explore couchleads to fun travel stories. If we choose to see the world be open to what surfing events in their via the decade-old organizacity. Fun opportunities to tion at Couchsurfing.com, we guests can teach. make new connections might find ourselves sleepKeep a travel log include weekly language ing on a sailboat in the Irish exchanges, skill swaps, and guestbook to outdoor activities and Sea; meeting backpackers by solar-powered light in a record memories. potlucks. cave in Petra, Jordan; sharing “For me, it’s undenia room with a pet bird that falls asleep ably about the community, the kind of listening to sappy love songs on the radio; person it tends to attract,” says Joseph or jamming to old-time banjo and fiddle Abrahamson, a couchsurfer in his midtunes in a North Carolina kitchen.

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Dear Karen Kaye, I am going through a divorce and my fears are overwhelming. It feels as if my safety and security have gone with him. When will I start to feel okay again?

Bethany

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Dear Bethany, The fears you are feeling are a natural response to what might have been an unnatural ending.

It is closing the door to the “known,” while entering the “unknown.” Although uncomfortable, this can be an “awakening” for your life.

Through the discomfort and questioning, clarity will emerge. What is causing your pain now— once learned—will be the foundation toward a new, improved you. I would suggest seeking professional help in this transitional period. You will learn about yourself and your patterns with relationships that can change your course to a more positive outcome.

This time of your life can make or

break you. This is the type of pain that can ultimately motivate you to deeper awareness and to identify destructive patterns. This will result in you feeling more complete and whole as you learn to live in your own skin.

Bethany, when you speak of losing your safety and security, it tells me you may have given up too much of yourself from the beginning of this relationship. It is a misconception to believe that your safety and security come from another person, once you have reached adulthood. You own your safety and security. It is created in the tough times like these, when you learn and grow.

Safety comes from within, when you believe in yourself, even though you are alone and afraid—when the

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“wind is out of your sails.” It is the ability to stand up for yourself, even in the darkest of times, knowing you are worth it. Remember, you are the keeper of your soul and spirit; no one can take them from you.

I would suggest that you give yourself at least six months or more for intense evaluation. You will begin to lay your new foundation, one good decision at a time.

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Wednesday, September 9

South Florida Writing Retreat

Can Breast Cancer Be Prevented? 7pm. Free.

Thermography and Nutrition Can Answer the Question. Institute of Advanced Medicine, 7200 W Commercial Blvd, Ste 210, Lauderhill FL 33319.

Reservations 954.748.4991.

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Friday, September 11

Atlantic Hotel & Spa, Ft Lauderdale

Always wanted to write a book?

Let Authors Heidi Siefkas & Wendi Blum inspire you to make it reality! Learn how to overcome writer’s block, select publishing services & market your book. $97 Register http://bit.ly/SouthFloridaWritingRetreat

Saturday, September 5

Open House, Ayurvedic Center for Wellbeing - Sat & Sun: 10am–6pm. Learn more about the Ayurveda Program Level 1 course being offered at the center. Ayurvedic Center for Wellbeing, 2119 A Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood FL 33020, 954.923.4444.

Tuesday, September 8

Tarot for Intuition Development - 6-8pm (and Sept 15,22,29), $10. These Tarot classes are designed to give you the tools and strategies to tap in your inner psychic ability, to open your third eye or intuitive ability. Panera Bread, Turtle Crossing, 4328 FL-7 & Wiles, Coral Springs. 561.252.3707.

greenmonkey 200-HR Teacher Training - Friday afternoon - Sunday afternoon. Be inspired. Enhance your practice and become a powerful leader and impactful teacher with world-class faculty, comprehensive curriculum and student-centered learning. $3795 or 50% off for already certified teachers. greenmonkey Fort Lauderdale, 1445 SE 17th Street, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316, Laurie Koris, 954.533.6782.

Saturday, September 12

Fort Lauderdale Beach Sweep (FLBS) - 7-11am, 2nd Saturday each month. 8yrs+ with adults. Bring hat, sunscreen & water and wear closed-toe shoes.

Ft Lauderdale Beach Park, 1100 Seabreeze Blvd, limited free parking. Registration, Bob Lieberman, 954.593.8501.

Neuroscience of Dating - 1-2pm. The Smart Woman’s Workshop on the Neuroscience of Dating. Are you educated and successful in almost every aspect of life except one - love? Then this is the workshop for you. $10Love. Your Big Picture Cafe, 5935 S. University Drive, Davie Fl 33328, Dawn Maslar, 954.817.1966.

Anchora Academy Open House - 4-8 pm. Free.

Includes snacks and beverages. Holistic learning center offering seminars and a 100-hour certification program in Master Integrative Energy Work.

Class size 17 maximum. Guest Suites, 701 NW 53rd St., Boca Raton, FL 33457. Vesna Stankovic, Director, 561.929.9850.

Thermae Retreat Open House - Sat 4–9pm & Sun 10am–3pm. Free Q&A, Classes & Lectures.

Experts in natural, energy & light healing, soul transformation, autoimmune diseases, skincare, yoga, meditation. Enjoy organic food and drinks in the courtyard. Thermae Retreat, 604 S Federal Highway, Ft. Lauderdale, Kelly Doyle, 954.604.7930.

Sunday, September 13

Vishnu Therapy for Women - 10am–12pm. $30.

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

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Thai Yoga Assist with Barbara Davison - 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. $35. Discover techniques to safely and confidently perform rhythmic compressions, blended with asana stretches in a 45-minute sequence. No experience is necessary. greenmonkey Fort Lauderdale, 1445 SE 17th Street, Fort Lauderdale 33316, Laurie Koris, 954.533.6782.

Thursday, September 17

Past Life Regression experiential workshop7-8:30pm $20 Are you curious to find out how a past life may be influencing your present one?

Join Harriet Sharaf, Certified Hypnotist, for this month’s empowering group session. Your Big Picture Cafe, 5935 S University Dr, Davie. RSVP Harriet 954.562.3910.

Saturday, September 19

Creating Miracles in Your Love Life - 12:30 2:30pm. Would you like a better more fulfilling love life? This is a unique experiential workshop that combines neuroscience, spirituality and meditation. $15Love. Five Sisters, 8805 SW 132st Miami, Fl 33176, Dawn Maslar, 954.817.1966.

SUNDAY, September 20

If you suffer with Gastritis, IBS, Hepatitis, etc - ATOM’s Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine program invites you for a “FREE consultation & acupuncture treatment” (herbs extra). Patients seen by Licensed Acupuncturists & supervised by expert in that field. Treatments observed by the class. Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine, 100 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 100, Ft. Lauderdale. Appointments: 954.763.9840 ext. 201.

Saturday, September 26

Prevention: Cancer & Heart Disease – 10–11am.

Free. Learn About Early Prevention of Cancer & Heart Disease. Advanced Medical Testing Centers, 7200 W Commercial Blvd, Ste 209, Lauderhill FL 33319, Reservations 754.216.2332.

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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.

Midlife Movement Meditation – 9–9:50 am, $10.

Women, can be any age. Qigong, Deer Exercise, movement, meditation. The Train Station west door, 3058 N Andrews Ave., Wilton Manors.

Amrita, 786.390.2919 Yoga on the Beach – 9:30–10:30am, $10 Donation. Classes held daily (7 days/week) Weather permitting. Experience gentle yoga flow outside, in a tropical paradise setting. 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

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.

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

12140 NW 10th St, Coral Springs, 954.340.7087

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.

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.

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.

Tarot for Intuition Development - 4–6pm, $10.

Tools and strategies to tap in your inner psychic ability, to open your third eye or intuitive ability.

Panera Bread, 3720 W Hillsboro Blvd and Powerline, Deerfield Beach. 561.252.3707.

Keto Classes Available Always fresh, certified organic and below retail

20/30 LBS. FRUITS & VEGGIES - $49

Half shares avail. ~ Location near you.

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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

monday 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.

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.

Tai Chi-Qigong Health – Newcomers & experienced. 7–8pm Mon. thru Thurs; Tues OFF. Plus - Thurs thru Sun 7:30–8:30am. Locations depend on weather. Call /Google web for details: Raven Cohan, Hollywood Beach 35 years certified Inst.

Phone hours: 10am–10pm 954.927.2836.

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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 Raja Yoga Meditation – 10:15–11:30am (& 6:30–7:30pm) Free. Enjoy the peace & love within.

Hollywood Library, 2600 Hollywood Blvd, Roz, 954.962.7447.

Chakra Yoga - 10:30am $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.

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Tibetan/Indian yoga – 7–7:50 pm. $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.

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 and Bible studies class taught by Rev. Lawrence Palmer, LUT’s Bev Spivey and Cynthia Roberts: Bible Interpretation of Hebrew Scriptures; Creative Process. Unity S.E.E. credit available. 261 SE 13th Ave., Pompano Beach 954.946.0857.

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.

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 and 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.

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

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 Food in Motion Flagler Green Market – 5–11pm, (2nd Fri./mo) Free. Artisan Food Market, Flagler Village Farm produce, Night in the Park, handmade & vintage vendors, music, Peter Feldman Park, 310 NE 6th St, Ft Lauderdale, Free parking lot & trolley service. 954.785.7475.

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

954.785.7475.

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.

Crystal Bowl Meditation - 6-7:15pm. $15. Learn Krya Yoga (teachings of Pramahansa Yogananda), relaxation, & guided imagery, based upon selfrealization fellowship teachings. Everybody is welcome. Namaste Yoga, 421 S. Federal Hwy, Pompano Beach, Florida 33062 954.785.6333.

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.

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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.

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.

Healing Circle, Guided Meditation, & Personal Channeled Message – 7–8pm. $15. 1st & 4th Friday of the month. Tired of being sick and tired? Looking for answers? NEW LOCATION in Deerfield Beach… please call Carole A. Ramsay 954.655.5490.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. ~Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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.

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Lightworkers needed. Looking for Healers, Angel Card Readers, and Administrative Assistant. Must be aligned with God. Call 305.439.3956.

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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.

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

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

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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.

dental health Brent J. Bracco, DDS – Comprehensive Dentistry

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

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

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Fine art

Dr. Gregory Gertsen, D.D.S. 3640-7 N Federal Highway, Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 954-941-7778 www.FLDentalSpa.com

SusieQ Art

Let your smile be a sign of happiness and great health. An attractive, younger smile can be yours today.

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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.

See ad page 12.

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THERMAE RETREAT

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The Garden Gate

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HEALING ARTS Lisa’s Healing Center

Lisa Smith 3170 N. Federal Hwy, Suite 211K Lighthouse Point, FL 33064 954-782-6564 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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Thermae Retreat An organic serene Daily Retreat to prevent or heal. Infrared Saunas, Massage, Skincare, Body Scrubs and Masques, Holistic Healing, Energy Therapy. Yoga, Meditation, Hydrotherapy. See ad page 11.

Dr. Slavin has been in practice for 30 years and uses functional medicine and advanced medical tests to determine treatments and services that will keep you healthy.

See ad page 11.

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

Over 40 yrs. experience in Qigong. Authentic Taoist Lineage classes/private lessons in Tai Chi, Tao Yoga, Longevity Breathing & more. Healing & transformation through experience and education.

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HOLISTIC 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

T h e Ay u r v e d i c C e n t e r f o r Wellbeing is a natural healing center that practices the ancient medicine of India. The Center offers a variety of Ayurvedic treatments with integrative chiropractic care. The Center also offers Degrees in Ayurveda for those who want to pursue this as a career. See ad page 19.

Holistic Podiatrist Wellness Starts With Your Feet

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

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

homeopathy Francine Kanter, RsHOM (NA), CCH 754-484-7988 FRKanter@aol.com www.FKanterHomeopath.com

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

Homeopathy will give you a healthy, balanced life.

Positive Nutrition of So. Florida

Wendy Cottiers-Pacella, Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner 4640 N. Federal Highway, Suite F Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-306-3887 www.positivenutritioninc.net Offering Individual, Family & Group Nutritional Counseling, Food Sensitivity & Hair Analysis Testing.

Register for complimentary newsletter. Offices in Ft. Lauderdale & Palm Beach.

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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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Photon Light Therapy Photon Light Spa

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218 Commercial Blvd, Ste 108 Lauderdale by the Sea, FL 33308 954-303-9585 photonlightspa.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.

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Salt This Way Wellness Center Dr. Scott Irwin, PhD, CTTS 2286 Wilton Dr, Wilton Manors, FL 33305 877-786-1327

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

Individual or group setting. Salt Yoga, Halo-Breathing Classes, and more. See ad page 9.

A Healing Space

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

Free one half-hour consultation offered.

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optometric Physicians Natural Eyes of Weston

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

Hair services & products with a truly holistic approach.

schools Summit—Questa Montessori School

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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Group and private sessions. Reiki Cruise to Bimini.

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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 7.

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The body is your temple.

Keep it pure and clean for the soul to reside in. ~B.K.S. Iyengar

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wholistic physician Dr. Amadi’s Wholistic Health Center

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 35.

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Weston Yoga

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.

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