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Contents 9 PRACTITIONER’S OWN HEALTH STRUGGLES SET COURSE FOR CAREER IN ORIENTAL MEDICINE

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10 SACRED VESSELS The Lifeblood of Heart Health

14 VITAL STEPS

The Path to Vascular Fitness

16 HEALING JOINTS FROM WITHIN

The Promise of Regenerative Medicine

18 PAIN RELIEF FOR PETS

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Prolotherapy Gives Joints New Life

21 LINDA CARROLL

on Skills That Make Love Last

22 A FEAST FOR ALL SEASONS

Embracing the Rainbow Year Round

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DEPARTMENTS 5 news briefs 7 health briefs 8 global briefs 9 community

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letter from publisher

It’s February, and love is in the air. We all want more love

in our lives, but how? Consider the word “heart”. It contains both the word “hear” and the word “art”. If we want to increase the love in our lives, in our communities and in the world, we should pause long enough in our day-to-day actions to realize that love without listening, without really hearing another person, is empty. To spread heart, we need to spread the art of truly hearing others.

Another aspect of heart, of course, involves the physical function of keeping us alive and well, and many of our articles this month explore this topic. In “Sacred Vessels: The Lifeblood of Heart Health,” writer Julie Peterson examines the crucial role of the vascular system and how simple, natural lifestyle choices can prevent or remediate damage that can result in a heart attack, stroke, vision loss and cognitive decline. “Vital Steps” reports on the importance of movement to our vascular health.

While lifestyle changes have the power to restore heart health, the field of regenerative medicine is making great strides in rejuvenating joints, ligaments, tendons and tissues by stimulating the body’s natural healing process using a patient’s own platelets, growth factors, adipose, stem cells and other methods, as explored in “Healing Joints from Within.”

Our local spotlight this month features the story of Rosa Panos, founder of RP Acupuncture Integrative Wellness, and how her love for learning, combined with her own health issues, lead her on a remarkable journey helping others.

Our February issue also includes an eclectic stew, featuring April Thompson’s “A Feast for All Seasons: Embracing the Rainbow Year Round,” to warm our hearts with healthy winter tastiness.

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news briefs

Native American Music and Healing Event in Cassadaga

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alking Stick Circle and John Two-Hawks are presenting Of Earth & Sky, a concert and Talking Stick Circle event, from 3 until 7:30 p.m. on March 7. The public is invited to experience this mystical, musical and spiritually guided event.

John Two-Hawks is a Grammy- and Emmy-nominated, platinum award-winning recordJohn Two-Hawks ing artist and author. With his words and music, he reaches into a hurting world, sharing the healing power of love, compassion and humility.

The Talking Stick Circle is an intertribal Native American gathering event that takes place in Cassadaga at 5 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month. The gathering is followed by a potluck dinner.

Cost: $40, and seating is limited. Tickets: Cassadaga Bookstore, 1112 Stevens St., Cassadaga, 386-228-2880. Event location: Andrew Jackson Davis Blvd. For more information, call Rev. Judi Weaver at 386-503-4930 or email Rev.Judi.Weaver@gmail.com.

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Unity Community Church Announces February Special Events

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nity Community Church, in Edgewater, is offering two sets of special events this month.

Musical duo Armand and Angelina return to Unity February 8 and 9. They will present a posi musical variety show, This is What Forever Means, at 6:30 p.m. on February 8. At 11 a.m. on February 9, they will offer a musical service, Armand and Angelina Turn the Other Cheek, followed by an angel harp meditation at 12:45 p.m.

On February 16, the reverends David and Margaret Hiller will join the congregation for Sunday service and then present a workshop from 1 until 4 p.m. They David and Margaret Hiller will also be available for private counseling and Psych-K sessions on February 17.

Mental and Physical Help Via IV Infusion Therapies

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ife is Ketaful Wellness Centers, with locations in Port Orange and Ormond Beach, strives to improve mental and physical health and wellness through IV nutrient and ketamine infusion therapies and education.

Ketamine infusion therapy has a history of helping difficultto-treat depression, PTSD, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and migraine headaches. Life is Ketaful owner William L. Self, DNP, has been offering ketamine infusion therapy since 2017 and reports many success stories wherein patients felt better and were able to get back to a normal level of function in their lives.

To complement ketamine infusion therapy, Self has aligned with Stephanie Burrows, MD and owner of Zentheo, a holistic mental health practice. Zentheo’s goal is to reduce the amount of daily medications and give clients the tools they need to succeed and thrive. Zentheo offices are within the Ormond Beach Life is Ketaful location.

IV Nutrition Therapy is becoming popular among people wanting a very efficient and effective way to get the essential nutrients their bodies need. “Basically, it enhances health and well-being by adding vitamins, minerals, amino acids and other essential micro-nutrients directly into the bloodstream,” explains Self. Several formulas are available targeting a variety of issues, including performance hydration, hangover fix, immunity boost, mental focus and skin tone. Patients report an immediate impact on mood and energy levels.

Self adds, “Most people think it’s normal to feel exhausted after a day’s work, and they just accept it. Well it’s not normal—if we had our proper levels of nutrients, we wouldn’t be feeling that wrung out.”

Locations: 495 S. Nova Rd., Ste. 101-A, Ormond Beach and 851 Dunlawton Ave., Port Orange. For more information, call 386-487HOPE (4673) or visit Ketaful.com. See ad, page 17.

Cost: Hiller workshop, $20; Hiller private sessions, $65/hr. Location: 1001 S. Ridgewood Ave., Edgewater. For more information, call or text 386-481-0890. See ad, page 17.

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event spotlight

Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Hosts Winter Gala Day

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eart of Spirit� Gala Day will be taking place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Saturday, February 8, at Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Meeting Association (SCSCMA), and everyone is invited.

SCSCMA, a nonprofit, has been in existence since December 18, 1894, and has been designated as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places since 1991.

New this Gala Day: The first 300 adults that visit the information booth at the entrance of camp will receive a swag bag, and the food court has been expanded to include barbecue, Latin, artisan chocolates, shaved ice and more.

Gala Day Schedule: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mini-readings by camp-certified mediums and student mediums at Andrew Jackson Davis Educational Building, 1112 Stevens Street. Other vendor readers are in the Rev. Tom Berkner Building, 1090 Stevens Street. 15-minute readings are $25.

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10 a.m. to 4 p.m. various healing modalities and other vendors, such as such as crystals, jewelry, clothing, natural soaps, recycled items and CBD Oil will be scattered throughout the camp.

10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Speakers at

Slater House, 1188 Chauncey St. A suggested $5 donation is appreciated for each speaker.

-10:30 a.m. Rev. Dr. Philip DeLong: Sacred Geometry and You -11 a.m. Robin Matutino: Nature Spirits in the Fairy Trail -11:30 a.m. Deanna Muniz (Gala Day vendor): Is CBD Oil for You? -Noon Rev. Steve Adkins: Mediumship and the Modern Mind -12:30 p.m. Rev. Sandra Helton: Astrology for 2020 and Beyond -1 p.m. Rev. Diane Schmidt: How to think like Leonardo da Vinci -1:30 p.m. Cindy Gordon: Flower Essences and Gem Elixirs -2 p.m. Dr. Geri Krista: Meditation for Healing

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3 p.m. Keynote Speaker. Atlantis: The True Teaching, as channeled by Master Shah Khan through the Rev. Dr. Don Zanghi.

Also, there will be a demonstration of how the sinking of Atlantis happened. Zanghi is a 28-year member of SCSCMA and a wellknown spiritual and metaphysical teacher, with the titles of Doctor of Metaphysics and Doctor of Ministry.

4:30 p.m. Drawing for 50/50 raffle. Ticket holders do not have to be present to win.

For more information, call the camp office at 386-228-3171 or the bookstore at 386228-2880, or visit Cassadaga.org. See ad, page 12.

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health briefs

Practice Qigong Massage to Improve Autism Symptoms in Children Qigong, a traditional Chinese massage technique and movement practice, may offer hope for the one in 68 American children suffering from autism spectrum disorder. Researchers at Portugal’s Oporto University reviewed 10 high-quality studies, all of which involved massage for children as young as 2, including two which also employed slow qigong movements and breathwork for older children. Previous studies have found that the qigong type of gentle massage practiced for 15 minutes daily by parents on autistic children helps the children tolerate touch, feel reassured by it and bond more deeply with parents that also feel less stress.

The meta-study affirmed, “Qigong seems to be able to decrease severity of individual sensory, behavioral and language components of autism, and improve self-control, sociability, sensory and cognitive awareness, as well as healthy physical behavior.”

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Use Pumpkin Seed Oil to Dodge Hypertension Postmenopausal women are more likely to develop hypertension than men their age, but taking pumpkin seed oil daily may head off that condition, report researchers from Marymount University, in Arlington, Virginia. In a blind study of 23 participants, women taking three grams of pumpkin seed oil for six weeks had significantly reduced systolic blood pressure, as well as better blood flow in their arteries. The oil “might be effective in the prevention and treatment of hypertension in this population,” write the authors.

Use Probiotics to Reduce Bone Loss and Newborn Infections Bone loss leading to increased fracture risk occurs in half of postmenopausal women, but new research from Sweden offers a deterrent: a combination of three Lactobacillus probiotic strains. A total of 249 healthy, early postmenopausal women over the age of 50 that took the probiotics for a year suffered no significant bone loss in the lumbar spine compared to a placebo group, report researchers at Gothenburg University. They had slight reductions in bone loss at the neck and no changes at the hip or upper femur.

In a British Medical Journal-published study on probiotics that spanned 10 years and involved nearly 1,000 at-risk babies, researchers from the UK’s Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital found that newborns with gut infections were twice as likely to recover when given probiotics as part of their treatment in intensive care units, with sepsis rates reduced from 22.6 percent to 11.5 percent. The strains used were L. acidophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidum and B. longum subspecies infantis. The babies were suffering from necrotizing enterocolitis, a rare infection and inflammation of the intestines which can affect low-birthweight babies.

Get Nutritional and Antifungal Benefits from Celery Researchers from Cameroon’s University of Buea studied the properties of nine local vegetables and found that celery, Apium graveolens, had some of the highest levels of antifungal properties, as well as high levels of nutritional lipids, protein, vitamin C, copper, zinc and phosphorous.

Also scoring high in nutritional and antifungal value were the seeds of Irvingia gabonensis, African or bush mango, sometimes used in the U.S. in weight-loss products.

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global briefs

Climate Check

A new Climate Neutral product label is joining others like Fair Trade, 100% Organic and Made in America, and is closing in on a Kickstarter (Tinyurl.com/ CarbonNeutralKickstarter) funding goal to raise $100,000. The idea for the label was hatched by the founders of San Franciscobased backpack and camera equipment maker Peak Design and Brooklynbased Biolite, which sells sustainable energy products.

Participating companies start by establishing baseline emissions, evaluating such factors as raw materials, the energy costs at their facilities, the amount that employees travel, and how and where their products are shipped. They work to reduce and balance them through greener strategies, switching to renewable power and investing in carbon offsets before they can display the label on their products. According to Climate Neutral, it only costs 12 cents to offset the carbon emissions required to produce a $120 running shoe. More than 40 brands have already signed up.

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New Label Verifies Carbon Neutral Products

Thump Thump

Scientists have discovered that some trees raise and lower their branches several times in the course of the night, indicating a cycle of water and sugar transportation, but they didn’t know why. Plants need water to photosynthesize glucose, the basic building block from which their more complex molecules are formed.

For trees, this entails drawing water from the roots to the leaves. Dr. András Zlinszky, at Aarhus University, Denmark, used a laser scanning technique to measure the exact location of branches and leaves of 22 tree and shrub species, and published his observations of substantial unexpected movement cycles. He says, “We detected a previously unknown periodic movement of up to 0.4 inches in cycles of two to six hours. The movement has to be connected to variations in water pressure within the plants, and this effectively means that the tree is pumping. Water transport is not just a steady-state flow, as we previously assumed.” Some might call that pumping action a heartbeat.

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community spotlight

Practitioner’s Own Health Struggles Set Course for Career in Oriental Medicine

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by Erin Lehn Floresca

osa Panos, PT, AP, Dipl. O.M., founder of RP Acupuncture Integrative Wellness and co-founder of Physical Therapy Specialists, in Palm Coast, began her journey as an integrative wellness practitioner through her own health struggles.

A life-long fitness enthusiast, Panos shares that she was always physically active and athletic. One year, while on a ski vacation, she tore her ACL. Her injury healed through surgical intervention and intense physical therapy. “My supervisor encouraged me to go to physical therapy school, and, long story short, I was accepted to the program, quit my job and became a physical therapist.”

Panos’ life and career took another turn when, at 38 years old, she discovered a lump in her breast that was diagnosed as triple negative cancer. “I was treated aggressively with chemotherapy and radiation,” shares Panos. As a result, she developed a strong interest in oncology rehabilitation, earned certification as a lymphedema therapist and started her journey treating cancer patients.

During this time, Panos, who was serving as Director of Rehabilitation at East Cooper Regional Medical Center, in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, decided it was time to fulfill her dream and open her own PT clinic. She discovered Flagler Beach and knew it was a good fit for her active, outdoor lifestyle. Panos and colleague Nicole Marcelli opened Physical Therapy Specialists in 2005.

Her own health would take center stage once again when Panos developed autoimmune disease. It had been several years since her cancer treatments ended.

Panos realized her body was out of balance and once again turned her focus to her own health. She was told it could not be cured or improved and would only progress with time. Panos hadn’t considered alternative medicine but was willing to try anything to regain her health.

She sought help from a Doctor of Oriental Medicine in Gainesville, where she received acupuncture for the first time.

Driving home from the first treatment, Panos recalls feeling renewed hope for her recovery. “This began a five-year journey of herbal medicine, supplements, acupuncture, diet and lifestyle modifications.

Oriental Medicine was so powerful; my autoimmune condition was completely resolved, and I felt incredibly healthy and vibrant. I really don’t think I’d be here had I not gone the alternative route.”

Panos’ dramatic healing experience led her to earn a Doctor of Oriental Medicine (DOM) degree. Three years later, she opened RP Acupuncture, located next to Physical Therapy Specialists. Every day she is able to introduce others to Oriental Medicine and witness the profound impact it has on her patients.

“There are so many wonderful healing stories, including cancer rehabilitation, kidney disease, mental health issues and chronic pain,” shares Panos.

Panos has a complete Chinese herbal pharmacy within her clinic, and also provides acu-point injection therapy.

“These homeopathic injections are natural substances and can include Chinese herbs and regenerative stem cells. They’re a non-steroid anti-inflammatory used for

Rosa Panos many purposes including pain management, anti-aging, facial rejuvenation, cold and flu symptoms, energy deficiencies and general well-being.”

Panos’ driving force is helping others.

“I’m a healer. I know first-hand that medical problems can be scary. Proper diagnosis and a correct treatment plan are essential.

By combining Eastern and Western theories, we can treat the root cause and alleviate pain and illness while restoring health.”

When Panos looks back, she realizes the twists in her own life created this opportunity for her to heal others. “I think everything happens for a reason, and cancer was part of that journey. It opened my eyes to other medicines that I never would have thought twice about,” she affirms. “When I reached out and drove to the other side of the state seeking treatment for myself, I was stepping out of a box. It was unbelievable. At the time I had a lot of stress from opening my new business, starting a new life in Florida and medical issues. The Oriental Medicine settled everything. It makes you whole—the acupuncture and the herbs, it balances you and gives you a beautiful foundation to live from.”

Physical Therapy Specialists and RP Acupuncture Integrative Wellness are located at 397 Palm Coast Pkwy. SW, Stes. 4 and 5, in Palm Coast. For more information, call 386-283-4655. See ad, page 8.

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SACRED VESSELS

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by Julie Peterson

hen people think about heart health, what generally comes to mind is the fist-sized muscle that pumps and oxygenates the body’s lifeblood. However, the heart of the matter is not the pump itself, but the vascular system— the network of veins, arteries and capillaries that distributes blood to every cell in the body, delivering nutrients and eliminating waste.

Each human adult harbors an astonishing 60,000 miles of blood vessels— enough to wrap around the planet twice.

Keeping these hard-working vessels supple and open is the key not only to avoiding disease, but also to ensuring a long and healthy life.

The alternative—arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries—can slowly and silently bring on cardiovascular disease (CVD), which can result in a heart attack, stroke, vision loss and cognitive decline. CVD is the leading cause of death in the U.S., killing one in four Americans,

When a disease is lifestyleinduced, the only thing that can reverse it is a dramatic change in diet and lifestyle.

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according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). By 2035, nearly half the population—45 percent—is predicted to have some form of the disease.

“A hundred years ago, we were farming the back 40 with a team of horses, eating what we grew. Kids don’t get out and ride bikes; they’re playing video games and eating crap. There’s very little doubt how we got to this problem,” says John Osborne, M.D., director of cardiology at State of the Heart Cardiology, near Dallas.

Yet, the nation’s number one killer, which can fester for decades without symptoms, is largely preventable and reversible.

Only 15 percent of CVD is related to genetics; the rest is attributed to lifestyle, and the right choices can make all the difference. The key is to adopt heart-healthy habits before the body delivers a potentially fatal warning.

“The initial presentation of heart disease can be an acute catastrophic event that results in death in half the men and two-thirds of the women. That’s not treatable,” warns Osborne.

Know the Risk Factors

The first step toward cardiovascular health is awareness. Important indicators of CVD risk include: 4 High blood pressure (over 140/90) 4 High cholesterol (over 240 mg/dL) 4 High triglycerides (over 200 mg/dL) 4 High blood glucose (over 140 mg/dL) 4 Obesity (BMI over 30) 4 Inflammation (hsCRP test above 2 ml/dL) 4 Physical inactivity (less than 30 minutes a day) 4 Smoking or vaping (any at all) 4 Chronic stress 4 Loneliness

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The Lifeblood of Heart Health

Any of these factors can increase the risk of CVD, but possessing a cluster of the first five comprises a condition called metabolic syndrome, which significantly increases the potential for heart disease and Type 2 diabetes—itself a significant risk factor that can damage blood vessels, as well as the organs they support.

“While diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States, this figure belies the fact that most people with diabetes die of heart disease, kidney failure and other complications,” says Brenda Davis, RD, of Alberta, Canada, author of Kick Diabetes Essentials: The Diet and Lifestyle Guide.

Metabolic syndrome, like CVD, has few obvious symptoms and is on the rise: Nearly one-third of adults in the U.S. have it, according to the CDC. The one distinct marker for the condition is an accumulation of fat around the waistline, characterized by a measurement of over 35 inches for women and 40 for men.

Take Action to Cut Risks

“When a disease is lifestyle-induced, the only thing that can reverse it is a dramatic change in diet and lifestyle,” says Davis. “We’ve seen over and over again that it works.”

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n Know the Numbers

CVD flies under the radar even though it’s increasingly common at younger ages. The Journal of the American Medical Association released a study in December 2019 stating that about one in four young adults in the U.S. have pre-diabetes, putting them at increased risk for Type 2 diabetes and CVD.

Lisa McDowell, director of clinical nutrition and wellness at St. Joseph’s Mercy Health System, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and team dietitian for the Detroit Red Wings, works with elite athletes of all ages and notes that they more likely know their favorite player’s jersey number than their own health numbers. “Learn what your blood pressure is, know your body mass index, get your cholesterol levels and triglycerides and your [hemoglobin] A1C.

There’s not an excess of blueberries in the American diet; there’s an excess of relatively inexpensive, highly processed junk foods in large containers. ~Lisa McDowell Know these numbers early on and, if there’s a problem, fix it,” she advises.

While simple blood tests help monitor indicators for CVD, more sophisticated tests can be even more revealing. In 2018, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (AHA) jointly issued new guidelines for patients over age 50 to get a computerized tomography (CT) scan to determine their calcium score. The procedure checks for hardening of the arteries and predicts the risk of a 10year future cardiovascular event.

“This identifies people who have preclinical atherosclerosis, regardless of risk factors,” says Osborne. “It also helps people modify behaviors, because they are faced with a diagnosis.”

Yale R. Smith, a Melbourne, Florida, M.D., who specializes in metabolic and functional medicine, utilizes the U.S. Food & Drug Administration-approved protein unstable lesion signature (PULS) blood test. Recommended for patients in their 40s, it measures inflammatory biomarkers for the body’s immune system response to arterial injury and provides a chronological heart age and risk of a CVD event.

“If you can show someone the future, it’s a wake-up call to make lifestyle changes to increase longevity,” Smith says.

n Eat for Heart Health

Perhaps the single most important change that people can make is diet.

“But a lot of people don’t want lifestyle medicine—they’d rather take a statin with their Big Mac,” says McDowell.

Preventing or reversing CVD requires diligence, but it’s largely about eating real, whole food—and mostly plants.

This means avoiding processed foods and consuming less salt, trans fats, saturated fat and cholesterol; and more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and seeds.

“There’s not an excess of blueberries in the American diet; there’s an excess of relatively inexpensive, highly processed junk foods in large containers,” says McDowell. Overcoming the urge to grab fast and easy foods requires education.

“Everyone needs to learn how to read a food label and avoid foods linked to vascular disease,” she adds.

Vegans have healthier cholesterol levels in their blood compared to vegetarians, which in turn have better levels than meateaters. Study-verified diets that lower CVD indicators also include the Mediterranean diet, as well as two developed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet and the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes (TLC) diet, which also addresses exercise and weight control.

“I don’t believe that one diet fits everybody, but there’s a preponderance of evidence that the more plant compounds you get, the better off you are,” says McDowell.

Some cardiovascular boosters:

Leafy greens flush out excess sodium and magnesium, and reduce inflammation.

Berries improve circulation by boosting nitric oxide, which expands blood vessels.

Pomegranate juice lowers blood pressure and reduces plaque formation.

Walnuts, peanuts and almonds lower LDL, the “bad cholesterol”.

Oily fish, chia and flax seeds with omega-3 fatty acids lower triglycerides.

Soy with anti-inflammatory isoflavones helps dilate blood vessels. “We could eat tofu, tempeh, miso, edamame, soy beans or even organic soy ‘veggie meats’ in place of red meat,” says Davis.

Yogurt, kefir and other fermented probiotic dairy products help improve glycemic control, blood lipids, cholesterol and blood pressure.

Supplements can be very helpful: Red yeast rice extract, much like a statin, significantly lowers total cholesterol and LDL. February 2020

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n Move It

Sitting all day and then briefly exercising doesn’t provide the same benefit as moving periodically throughout the day.

Take more frequent breaks from sitting, get up to move around for a couple of minutes every 30 minutes.

Exercise strengthens the endothelium, the innermost of an artery’s three layers, and produces nitric oxide, which helps

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keep arteries open and healthy. Getting the blood moving lowers cholesterol and blood pressure, and increases oxygen and nutrients to the body.

Exercising outdoors provides additional benefits. Research from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health found that exposure to green spaces helped prevent metabolic syndrome.

n Stress Less, Socialize More

Spending even 20 minutes outdoors in nature can do wonders for high blood pressure and cortisol levels, studies show.

Walking or talking with a friend deepens social engagement, a key factor in lowering CVD risk: “Having the right tribe is crucial,” says McDowell. “If you’re with people who support you and make you laugh, you feel less stress.”

Walking a dog outdoors gets three cardiovascular pluses—exercise, nature and

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sociability, as dogs tend to be tail-wagging ice-breakers. Further, merely stroking a pet lowers blood pressure.

Apps like Headspace and Insight Timer make it easy to do meditation, which studies suggest may reduce overall CVD risk.

n Don’t Smoke

Not starting to smoke or vape at all is ideal for cardiovascular health, but quitting allows the body to begin to heal, reducing the risk of coronary heart disease after one year by 50 percent, reports the AHA; 14 years later, the risk is the same as a non-smoker’s.

“It’s not intuitively easy to make healthy decisions,” says McDowell. “We have to learn how to make good choices.”

Julie Peterson writes from rural Wisconsin.

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Coenzyme Q10, a powerful antioxidant, lowers blood pressure and combats the side effects of statins.

Omega-3s in fish oil supplements reduce heart risk in healthy people and those already diagnosed with CVD risk.

Nicotinamide riboside improves blood pressure and arterial health in those with mild hypertension.

Garlic, fresh or in capsules, can lower cholesterol and blood pressure.

Standard American Diet (SAD)

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Previous studies have linked processed foods to hypertension and high cholesterol, and a 2019 British Medical Journal study of 105,000 adults reported that a 10 percent increase in the consumption of processed foods corresponded to a 12 percent overall increase in cardiovascular disease.

Inflammation

Assess Personal Risk High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure occurs when the force of blood pushing against the vessel walls is too high, making the heart and vessels work harder. The friction damages the endothelium— the inner lining of veins and arteries—plaque builds up, the vessels narrow and blood pressure increases even more. Contributing factors include being sedentary, overweight and consuming excessive alcohol or salt.

High Cholesterol

A waxy, fat-like substance found in all cells of the body, cholesterol can pile up (mostly as a consequence of poor diet) and stick to arterial walls, creating plaque that stymies blood flow to the heart.

High Triglycerides

The end product of digesting fats in food, triglycerides become fat in the blood that gives the body energy. Numbers climb with consumption of refined carbohydrates, simple sugars and fatty foods, contributing to arteriosclerosis.

Metabolic Syndrome

A cluster of conditions that affect up to a third of Americans, metabolic syndrome

is defined by high blood pressure; high levels of blood sugar, cholesterol and triglycerides; and excess fat around the waist. It’s closely linked to Type 2 diabetes, another CVD risk factor.

Obesity

Obesity—which afflicts almost 40 percent of American adults—causes chronic inflammation, harms the endothelium and causes poor cholesterol numbers. A 12year study of 17,640 Europeans, published in the European Heart Journal, found that obese people with metabolic risk factors were two-and-a-half times as likely to have heart disease as those of normal weight.

Stress

When stressed by such factors as work overload, family strife or traumatic memories, the body releases adrenaline, which causes acceleration of breathing and heart rate, contraction of vessels and a rise in blood sugar. Chronic stress can cause constricted arteries that lead to arteriosclerosis and inflammation of the endothelium.

Further, stressed people often turn to vascular-destructive activities such as smoking, drinking and binge eating.

Chronic inflammation, caused by such factors as fried and processed foods, smoking, obesity, alcohol and stress, can trigger the immune system to attack healthy tissues, including the endothelium, raising CVD risk. C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammation marker, is measured by the hsCRP blood test. Men with higher CRP levels had three times the risk of heart attack and twice the risk of stroke, Harvard scientists have found.

Physical Inactivity

A lack of regular, ongoing physical activity has been shown to dramatically increase obesity, blood pressure, cholesterol and inflammation. A 2019 British study found that artery functions declined and CVD risk factors worsened in just two weeks when active exercisers reduced their daily steps from 10,000 to 1,000.

Smoking and Vaping

Nicotine, carbon monoxide and chemicals in cigarettes increase blood pressure and heart rate, damage the endothelium and cause blood platelets to clot more, which is why smokers are two to four times more likely to get cardiovascular disease. E-cigarettes and cigars may be worse due to higher doses of nicotine, the AHA warns.

Loneliness

People need people: Harvard researchers examined 23 studies that involved 181,000 adults and found that loneliness, social isolation or both were associated with increased risks of heart attacks (29 percent) and strokes (32 percent).

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VITAL STEPS The Path to Vascular Fitness

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t is well-known that exercise combats cardiovascular disease by balancing blood pressure and managing blood sugar, but aerobic exercise, not resistance training, takes the prize for keeping the body’s thousands of miles of blood vessels more supple. A 2017 study published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise shows that all-extremity exercise like brisk walking improves arterial flexibility in older individuals; even those with a sedentary history.

For blood vessel flexibility, any sort of sustained aerobic exercise helps.

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~Alex Hutchinson

Moving the body regularly also lowers stress hormones like cortisol that can ignite damaging vascular inflammation.

A West Virginia University study presented at the 2016 Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego showed that aerobic exercise fosters healthy blood vessels in rats exposed to chronic stress.

Combining aerobic exercise with good diet and paying attention to triglyceride levels all help to keep us young from the inside-out.

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Missouri School of Medicine published in Experimental Physiology, walking just 10 minutes after prolonged sitting can restore blood flow in the legs and improve impaired vascular function.

Results like these are another reason to get up and move. Walking, running, swimming, cycling, jumping rope and playing tennis are all excellent options.

“For blood vessel flexibility, any sort of sustained aerobic exercise helps. Find something you enjoy so that you’ll keep doing it in the long term,” says Alex Hutchinson, New York Times bestselling author of Which Comes First, Cardio or Weights? Fitness Myths, Training Truths, and Other Surprising Discoveries from the Science of Exercise.

The Toronto-based, Outside magazine science columnist underscores that treadmills and walking outside foster equal benefits by increasing the heart rate.

The American Heart Association recommends 150 minutes per week of moderate aerobic exercise.

Dr. Regina Druz, a boardcertified cardiologist and medical director of the Integrative Cardiology Center of Long Island, explains, “This translates into 30 minutes a day, five times a week.

A specific exercise program may be helpful for those with a medical condition,

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but for overall vascular health, any physical activity like walking or taking the stairs will do.” Druz also highlights the role of nitric oxide: “One of the most studied mediators of vascular health is [nitric oxide], which makes arteries flexible.”

Research findings published in 2018 in the journal Hypertension spotlight the correlation between the number of daily steps and arterial plasticity through a technique called pulse wave velocity, which measures how fast blood travels from the heart to the feet. The evidence suggests that 1,000 extra steps a day foster significant vascular improvement.

Judy Heller, a walking coach and founder of Wonders of Walking, a fitness program in Portland, Oregon, concurs: “Moving throughout the day, not just once a day, is most important.”

Heller is a firm believer in consistency. “My aunt lived to 107 and remained in her three-story house. Her words to me were, ‘Judy, don’t ever stop walking.’ Small changes yield greater rewards over time. We’re meant to move.”

Superfoods and Supplements

Nitric oxide, responsible for the dilation and contraction of blood vessels, is produced by exercising and helps to protect the smooth interior lining of the arteries from excessive plaque accumulation. Adding nitric oxide-boosting foods to an already healthy diet

can give us an extra edge over vascular conditions like stroke and peripheral artery disease. “Beets, arugula, spinach and rhubarb are all good sources of dietary nitrate. They’re not miracle supplements, but if you make these foods a regular part of your diet, you’ll have a positive effect on your arteries,” says Hutchinson.

Research by Florida State University published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics reveals that a one-cup daily serving of blueberries helps to protect the arteries from stiffness. Watermelon, rich in the nonessential amino acid L-citrulline, also packs a nitric oxide punch.

Full-spectrum vitamin E is another good option, especially for addressing peripheral artery disease and reducing serum triglyceride levels that are often seen as secondary to “bad” cholesterol levels, but which low levels are vital to cardiovascular health.

Druz cautions against using supplements as substitutes for healthy nutrition and exercise, and underscores the importance of dialing down stress, “I advise my patients to build stress resiliency, which involves recognizing and practicing stress response. This, along with nutrition and consistent exercise, will lower inflammation and help build stress resiliency.”

Marlaina Donato is an author and composer. Connect at Autumn EmbersMusic.com.

If you don’t know your blood pressure, it’s like not knowing the value of your company. ~Mehmet Oz

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studies of dextrose prolotherapy in adults with mild to moderate osteoarthritis of the knee showed patients experienced significantly less pain and improved range of motion in both the short term and long term without adverse effects. Eighty-two percent of patients were satisfied with the treatment.

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omeday, medical science will allow us to infuse damaged or aging organs with new cells, or to manufacture made-to-order organs on a 3-D printer.

These emerging techniques to revitalize worn-out body parts are on the drawing board in the field of regenerative medicine.

However, for the injured college athlete or the grandmother with compromised joint function, healing and pain relief can already be found in the form of prolotherapy and

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other non-invasive approaches that stimulate the body to heal itself.

Injection therapies using dextrose or the patient’s own platelets or stem cells are being used to naturally stimulate the body to produce collagen and rejuvenated tissue, offering hope to those with soft tissue injuries, osteoarthritis, degenerative disc disease and even pain syndromes like fibromyalgia. A recent review in the British Medical Bulletin of 10 high-quality

A type of regenerative medicine innovated by osteopathic physician Earl Gedney in the 1930s, prolotherapy induces low-grade, temporary inflammation with the intention of triggering connective tissue cells called fibroblasts in and around the injection site.

“If you cut your arm or twist your ankle, various immune cells rush to the area to begin the repair process. This is a very basic comparison of what prolotherapy does with injections directed to specific anatomical points,” says Ross A. Hauser, M.D., founder of Caring Medical Regenerative Medicine Clinics, in Fort Myers, Florida, and Chicago.

“Prolotherapy is used to treat osteoarthritis because it helps correct the underlying reason why it has occurred, which is joint instability. The body overgrows bone as a long-term response in an effort to stabilize an unstable joint,” Hauser says.

Naturopathic physician Brent Cameron, of Aurora Natural Medicine, in Gilbert, Arizona, suggests individualized treatment plans for best results. “My recommendations are very patient-specific, which is an important piece in prolotherapy.” Cameron says his patients are likely to start seeing relief in the first week. “In many instances,

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they experience complete relief and mobility after a series of treatments.”

While Cameron attests to the efficacy of dextrose prolotherapy, he is cautious with recommending it for people with systemic inflammatory conditions.

“Someone with a history of joint-related autoimmune response tends to mount stronger inflammatory responses. Other forms of regenerative medicine can be helpful for rheumatoid arthritis [RA], but not in the inflammation-mediated way, like prolotherapy and platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections.”

One option, according to the Institute of Regenerative Medicine, in Boca Raton, Florida, might be very small embryonic-like stem cells (VSELS), an emerging form of regenerative stem cell therapy. These have shown promise in dealing with RA and other autoimmune diseases. Meanwhile, the Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine is ramping up its research into approaches that stimulate the body to repair itself, with numerous ongoing clinical trials utilizing different injection therapies for the treatment of osteoarthritis.

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PRP injections are similar to prolotherapy, using platelets from the patient’s body instead of dextrose. “As blood flows through an injury site, the inflammatory chemicals trigger the platelets to release growth factors, which causes the torn fibers of the damaged structures to heal,” says Fort Worth osteopath Gerald Harris, of Texas Prolotherapy and Neural Therapy. PRP is sometimes used in conjunction with stem cell therapy, which is typically applied in cases in which something needs to be replaced, to help fill in gaps in ligaments or tendons, Harris says.

PRP injections have proven to be effective in easing chronic low back pain from damaged vertebral discs. An overview of research published in the Journal of Spine Surgery in 2018 found it to be safe, effective and feasible, with promising potential for the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.

Harris says that people that wish to avoid surgery or cortisone injections can benefit from PRP, which can also be applied topically to treat non-healing wounds like bedsores and diabetic ulcers.

Harris subscribes to the power of persistence. “Don’t give up.

With proper treatment there is a strong likelihood that you can live a happy, healthy life free from chronic pain.”

Marlaina Donato is the author of several books and a composer.

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rian Engler, of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, was asked to provide hospice care for a senior Akita. Tadao was underweight, weak, arthritic and had been severely neglected. He needed a place to live out his remaining days in comfort. Even though Tadao was unstable with severely limited mobility, Engler believed that the old dog had more than a little life left in him.

Engler’s veterinarian tried prolotherapy injection treatments for Tadao’s joint pain and he soon became more

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comfortable and gradually more active. “By the time we completed the treatments, he was able to get up and down with ease and started cruising around the kitchen looking for snacks on the counter,” says Engler.

Prolotherapy, short for proliferative therapy, isn’t just for dogs. Any animal with a joint can receive the regenerative injection therapy, which relieves pain by strengthening ligaments and tendons supporting the joint. It’s minimally invasive, involving the injection of a sugar solution directly into the

affected area. The body’s inflammation response kicks in, resulting in regrowth of new fibers in ligaments and tendons.

Prolotherapy has been around a long time. It was used to treat lame animals around 1350 B.C. Back then, a hot poker was used to induce the inflammation response. In the 1930s, injection of an irritant solution at the site of the injury became the new method, and has since been shown in scientific studies to facilitate the repair and regrowth of connective tissue, ligaments, tendons, cartilage and other joint-stabilizing structures.

Modern prolotherapy has remained basically the same for the last 80 years, although the injected irritant solution is modified according to the veterinarian, the type of animal and the injury.

Every vet uses a slightly different prolotherapy “cocktail”, which typically includes 50 percent dextrose and possibly several other ingredients the practitioner finds useful, such as saline, vitamin B12, lidocaine and homeopathic combinations. Some vets also offer platelet-rich plasma or stem cells in the injection mixture.

“Prolotherapy offers an effective alternative to surgery in a significant number of partial ligament tears or persistent joint pain issues,” says Judith M. Shoemaker, DVM, owner of Always Helpful Veterinary Services, in Nottingham, Pennsylvania. “It’s quite inexpensive and the success rate is very good. Many animals respond after just a few treatments.”

Shoemaker typically does prolotherapy treatments in threeto five-week intervals until the joint heals. She also looks to correct the underlying issues of the problem. “Joints don’t get torn up with normal movement,” she says.

Animals may have joint issues from falling, but other causes include overweight, long toenails or chiropractic issues. Prolotherapy stabilizes joints after an injury and achieves pain-free motion, but it’s only successful if the cause of the injury is remedied.

“Prolotherapy is a very important tool in integrative veterinary care, but it’s not a panacea, and it’s never a standalone treatment,” says Christin Finn, DVM, owner of the Canine Rehabilitation & Integrative Veterinary Center, in Kingston, Washington. “It’s part of a combination of integrative treatments based on what is best for your pet.”

The right balance of treatments to help an animal feel comfortable could include laser therapy, osteopathic manipulation, acupuncture, physical therapy, custom braces, prolotherapy or rest.

Using prolotherapy in conjunction with other posture-correcting and integrative therapies is a win for pets and their owners.

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Surgery is fraught with complications and expensive. When prolotherapy is used as part of a comprehensive treatment plan, animals can recover from injuries that may have been debilitating or even fatal.

Ivey Sumrell’s Irish sport horse recovered from a severe injury. At 8 years old, Johnny was bitten on the neck by a stallion.

“His neck became unstable and he had severe problems walking,” says Sumrell, of Tryon, North Carolina. “Ultrasoundguided prolotherapy was done three times to all of his neck joints.” Johnny was able to be ridden and lived to be 22.

And Tadao, the dog that was expected to die in hospice care a year ago, is enjoying life. He’s now well-nourished and loved, and painlessly goes for walks and plays at the park. “Tadao is the poster child for what prolotherapy can do,” says Engler.

Julie Peterson writes about health and environmental issues. Reach her at JuliePeterson2222@gmail.com.

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sychotherapist Linda Carroll was drawn into the dynamics of couples’ counseling three decades ago when she saw how in her own marriage, petty disagreements could turn into full-blown arguments with the potential for deep wounds. She and her husband Tim worked on their issues by attending workshops across the country, including Imago therapy and PAIRS (Practical Application of Intimate Relationship Skills), which were so effective that she developed a curriculum called Love Skills by combining those tools, her experience as a married person and counselor, personal training from consciousness pioneers and resources from ancient mythology and spiritual/religious traditions.

She has co-taught the course with her husband for more than 25 years. Her first book, Love Cycles: The Five Essential Stages of Everlasting Love, has been translated into several languages and details stages in romantic relationships. Her new book, Love Skills: The Key to Unlocking Lasting, Wholehearted Love, is a guide to developing a relationship toolkit.

What is the Love Cycles model?

It is based on the fact that feelings of love are seasonal. Like the seasons of the year, they are a natural progression of a relationship. If you understand the seasons, you

can pass through them.

All relationships are teachers. If we allow them to teach us, we become free to love deeper and better.

What is the most difficult Love Cycles stage, and why?

Each stage has its own unique challenges.

For example, the first stage, the Merge, has a magic to it due to the chemical cocktail that floods your body when in the presence of your significant other. But this stage can be treacherous in that you can mistake your feelings for evidence that this is the “right” person for you. In the Power Struggle stage, feelings will have worn off and power struggles will start to show up. The third stage is Disillusionment.

Differences between both of you really start to show up at this time. The fourth stage is the Decision stage. At this point, many couples find themselves wanting out. The key to making it through this stage is to remember that this, too, shall pass and to commit to working it out. It’s important to realize that life is not about getting an A+ at all times. Sometimes, we need to accept that a C- is okay; and if you do need to leave a relationship, it is possible to do it in a wholehearted way at best—at the least, to minimize damage.

The fifth stage I call Wholehearted Love, a stage reached only through mindfulness and unconditional love. Because love has changing seasons, a couple will not stop at

the fifth stage forever, but getting back to this state will become easier and easier as time goes on.

What was your impetus for writing Love Skills?

I have been teaching the program for 25 years and drew from my almost 40 years as a couples therapist, many trainings all over the country and own life experiences in my relationship with my husband to compile the program. Most couples lack the skills to manage the troubles of life. There is a skill to every aspect of a relationship, especially in communication: listening, speaking, knowing when to speak and when to be silent.

Who is most likely to benefit?

The relationship you have with yourself is a core part of the Love Cycles model. If you do not have a good relationship with yourself, you cannot have a solid and meaningful relationship with another person. This is a couples’ book, although it can also be gone through by a single person if the partner is not interested in it. What I tell people is that you can only work on your part. If the other person doesn’t want to buy in or isn’t wholeheartedly on board—or at least partially willing—there is nothing that you can do about it. You need to be able to be okay and confident in yourself. You cannot change another person, but you can always change yourself.

What is one of the most important pieces of advice you have for couples?

I hope that couples come to realize that feelings of love are like clouds, always changing. A good relationship requires a skill set, which we practice whatever the feelings are. We are not born knowing how to love skillfully, but this skill set can be learned by anyone and will make you able to listen better and appreciate each other more.

Kajsa Nickels is a freelance author who resides in northeastern Pennsylvania.

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Food always tastes better in the season it was intended to be eaten in. ~Brigit Binns

Stonger, a homesteader and founder of the blog NourishingDays.com.

There are plenty of other reasons to stick to a seasonal diet in winter, adds Binns.

“Food always tastes better in the season it was intended to be eaten in. Seasonal foods are naturally ripened, rather than harvested early and trucked in. In addition to enhanced flavor, eating seasonally helps minimize use of fossil fuels to bring our food to us, and is likely to be less expensive.”

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o matter where we live, eating seasonally in winter doesn’t have to be boring or limiting; a culinary adventure awaits the home chef that’s willing to leave avocados and asparagus to their rightful seasons and embrace the winter rainbow of bitter greens, sweet potatoes, sunny citrus and fuchsia beets, among other timely delicacies.

“Sometimes people think of winter foods as brown and soft and boring, and it’s absolutely not the case. Winter brings bright things like pomegranates, beets and citrus, which offer color

and acidity,” says Brigit Binns, the Paso Robles, California author of 30 cookbooks, including Cooking in Season: 100 Recipes for Eating Fresh.

Eating seasonally is especially important in winter, says Shannon Stonger of Texas, author of Simple Food for Winter: 30 Grain-Free Recipes to Get You Through the Dark Days. “Winter foods like fermented vegetables, root vegetables, squashes and hardy greens are especially helpful in the colder, darker months, when our bodies are in need of comfort foods as well as pre- and probiotic foods,” says

Much of the fall harvest, particularly root vegetables, stores well through the winter (hence the idea of a root cellar), extending produce across seasons, according to Steven Satterfield, chef and author of Root to Leaf: A Southern Chef Cooks Through the Seasons. There are lots of root vegetables beyond just carrots and potatoes to be enjoyed in winter, including sunchokes, parsnips and turnips, which can be used creatively rather than “boiled to death,” says Satterfield. For example, the Atlanta restaurateur incorporates parsnips into an upside-down cake with winter spices like nutmeg, black pepper and ginger.

Binns likes to add texture to winter dishes with nuts, color with herbs, and crunch with a winter vegetable like fennel.

Warming soups are always comforting during the coldest season, but she also likes warm salads, like a beet and escarole salad drizzled with a warm sherry vinaigrette.

Satterfield suggests that specialty citrus like blood oranges, Meyer lemons

Researchers followed more than 36,000 Japanese men older than 40 for an average of 13.2 years.

They found that those that consumed culinary mushrooms three times a week had a 17 percent lower chance of developing prostate cancer compared to those that ate mushrooms less than once a week. Participants that ate mushrooms once or twice a week had an 8 percent lower risk. The trend was even greater for those men over the age of 50 and was unrelated to other dietary habits.

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Researchers followed more than 36,000 Japanese men older than 40 for an average of 13.2 years.

They found that those that consumed culinary mushrooms three times a week had a 17 percent lower chance of developing prostate cancer compared to those that ate mushrooms less than once a week. Participants that ate mushrooms once or twice a week had an 8 percent lower risk. The trend was even greater for those men over the age of 50 and was unrelated to other dietary habits.

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New research offers potential paths for treatment for the nearly 20 percent of patients with high blood pressure that don’t respond well to medications. University of Florida College of Medicine researchers, testing 105 volunteers, found that the populations of gut bacteria differed between hypertensive individuals with depression and those without depression. A second study by Italian researchers found that patients with heart attacks had different bacteria in their guts than patients with stable angina.

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Sixth-graders that received mindfulness training each day for eight weeks experienced lower stress levels, less depression and improved academic performance compared to their peers in a control group that studied computer coding, report Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers. In addition to that 100-student study, researchers surveyed 2,000 students in grades five through eight and found those that showed more mindfulness tended to have better grades and test scores. They also had fewer absences and suspensions.

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Another unique remedy at Dr. Pautz’s disposal is therapeutic eurythmy, an expressive form of movement therapy. Based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, eurythmy uses movements to express sounds and music. One of the few medical doctors to be certified in eurythmy, Dr. Pautz uses this approach to supplement the treatment of a variety of physical, medical and emotional ailments. Somewhat like its Asian counterparts, tai chi and yoga, eurythmy helps a person connect to and experience the nontangible realities of spirit and energy that are essential for all souls.

Dr. Pautz’s varied background and extensive training provide her with myriad treatment choices to draw from in her practice. Whether addressing cancer, diabetes, asthma, common cold, multiples sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, ALS or any other illness, her treatments are personalized, insightful and far-reaching. By balancing Western and integrative medicine and avoiding chemical drugs whenever possible, Dr. Pautz provides each patient with the opportunity for a road map to longlasting, deep-seated health changes through nutritional and lifestyle advice, naturopathy, homeopathy, counseling, anthroposophic medicine, and art and movement therapy.

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be in balance for ultimate well-being leads to personalized treatments that examine and help each individual to achieve their level of optimum health. This insightful approach often offers relief to patients who have exhausted their traditional western medical options and are seeking help in alternate methods.

Patients may also undergo extensive counseling to facilitate profound lifestyle changes and new ways of looking at things.

They receive individualized nutritional guidelines in the hopes of facilitating improved health and releasing what needs to be transitioned.

The philosophy “you are what you eat” has never been as true as in today’s quick meal society, and few know the effects of dietary choices better than Dr. Pautz. Providing your body with the fuel and tools necessary for its well-being is the first building block toward total health and healing. Combining her knowledge of medicine and nutrition, she targets habits that contribute to particular disorders and advises her patients in their diets to strengthen their immune systems and help their bodies stay strong.

In treating her patients, Dr. Pautz has noticed that their nutritional habits have stemmed from a lack of knowledge about how to prepare healthful dishes. After encountering this need for education, she developed classes in the past that were focused on nutritional cooking, emphasizing the use of whole grains, tons of herbs, fresh fruits and vegetables. With a healthy diet as a base to grow from, therapies then perform better as the body becomes more receptive, receiving the aid the therapies provide. Dr. Pautz can easily suggest recipes in-session with wholesome foods that might be a first step in implementation.

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n the east coast of Florida, just a few blocks from the ocean, sits one of the South’s few anthroposophically oriented medical practices.

The Persephone Healing Arts Center, in Jacksonville Beach, has a wonderful, natural atmosphere enhanced by the spirit and focus of A. Schaeffer-Pautz, MD. Brought up in a Waldorf school environment, Dr. Pautz is double board certified in both integrative and internal medicine and combines the best of both worlds in her treatment of patients.

Her goal is to help her patients achieve their highest level of well-being and balance, using natural approaches whenever possible.

This philosophy is evident from the first view of the center: a cozy waiting room looks out onto a lovely garden area where patients can relax in the sun or rest in a spot of shade beneath the trees. Care here is particularly unique—first visits can be two or more hours of one-on-one time with the physician. Dr. Pautz takes time to learn all she can about a patient’s physical, mental and emotional well-being and then fuses her knowledge of traditional, integrative and anthroposophic medicine (a philosophy that embraces physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of the human being) to provide individual recommendations designed to work on the root of the problem. Her treatments are focused on lifestyle changes, counseling and nutrition, and this focus helps her patients not only deal with their health issues, but also maintain their higher level of wellness once the immediate problem is dealt with.

Dr. Pautz’s technique has particularly helped those with chronic disorders and diseases such as depression, autism, cancer and any other internal medical disease. Her conviction that all facets of the person must

A recent study published in The Journal of Nutrition used adherence to dietary guidelines and total diet scores to assess the effects of diet on cataract risk.

The researchers followed 2,173 older Australians for five and 10 years in two phases. They found that maintaining a healthy body mass index (BMI) of less than 25, combined with a healthy diet, reduced the risk of developing cataracts.

Sixth-graders that received mindfulness training each day for eight weeks experienced lower stress levels, less depression and improved academic performance compared to their peers in a control group that studied computer coding, report Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers. In addition to that 100-student study, researchers surveyed 2,000 students in grades five through eight and found those that showed more mindfulness tended to have better grades and test scores. They also had fewer absences and suspensions.

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Researchers at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center tested stool samples of 858 men and 877 women in Los Angeles and Hawaii with a mean age of 69—regarded as an ethnically diverse study population with varied food intakes. The study found that those with higher quality diets also had significantly better gut bacteria diversity, a factor linked to reduced risk for a variety of diseases. Diet quality and a reduced risk of developing chronic disease is strongly associated with fecal microbial diversity.

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New research offers potential paths for treatment for the nearly 20 percent of patients with high blood pressure that don’t respond well to medications. University of Florida College of Medicine researchers, testing 105 volunteers, found that the populations of gut bacteria differed between hypertensive individuals with depression and those without depression. A second study by Italian researchers found that patients with heart attacks had different bacteria in their guts than patients with stable angina.

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Researchers at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center tested stool samples of 858 men and 877 women in Los Angeles and Hawaii with a mean age of 69—regarded as an ethnically diverse study population with varied food intakes. The study found that those with higher quality diets also had significantly better gut bacteria diversity, a factor linked to reduced risk for a variety of diseases. Diet quality and a reduced risk of developing chronic disease is strongly associated with fecal microbial diversity.

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A. Schaeffer-Pautz, MD

be in balance for ultimate well-being leads to personalized treatments that examine and help each individual to achieve their level of optimum health. This insightful approach often offers relief to patients who have exhausted their traditional western medical options and are seeking help in alternate methods.

Patients may also undergo extensive counseling to facilitate profound lifestyle changes and new ways of looking at things.

They receive individualized nutritional guidelines in the hopes of facilitating improved health and releasing what needs to be transitioned.

The philosophy “you are what you eat” has never been as true as in today’s quick meal society, and few know the effects of dietary choices better than Dr. Pautz. Providing your body with the fuel and tools necessary for its well-being is the first building block toward total health and healing. Combining her knowledge of medicine and nutrition, she targets habits that contribute to particular disorders and advises her patients in their diets to strengthen their immune systems and help their bodies stay strong.

In treating her patients, Dr. Pautz has noticed that their nutritional habits have stemmed from a lack of knowledge about how to prepare healthful dishes. After encountering this need for education, she developed classes in the past that were focused on nutritional cooking, emphasizing the use of whole grains, tons of herbs, fresh fruits and vegetables. With a healthy diet as a base to grow from, therapies then perform better as the body becomes more receptive, receiving the aid the therapies provide. Dr. Pautz can easily suggest recipes in-session with wholesome foods that might be a first step in implementation.

Combining Traditional, Integrative and Anthroposophic Medicine for Well-Being and Balance

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n the east coast of Florida, just a few blocks from the ocean, sits one of the South’s few anthroposophically oriented medical practices.

The Persephone Healing Arts Center, in Jacksonville Beach, has a wonderful, natural atmosphere enhanced by the spirit and focus of A. Schaeffer-Pautz, MD. Brought up in a Waldorf school environment, Dr. Pautz is double board certified in both integrative and internal medicine and combines the best of both worlds in her treatment of patients.

Her goal is to help her patients achieve their highest level of well-being and balance, using natural approaches whenever possible.

This philosophy is evident from the first view of the center: a cozy waiting room looks out onto a lovely garden area where patients can relax in the sun or rest in a spot of shade beneath the trees. Care here is particularly unique—first visits can be two or more hours of one-on-one time with the physician. Dr. Pautz takes time to learn all she can about a patient’s physical, mental and emotional well-being and then fuses her knowledge of traditional, integrative and anthroposophic medicine (a philosophy that embraces physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of the human being) to provide individual recommendations designed to work on the root of the problem. Her treatments are focused on lifestyle changes, counseling and nutrition, and this focus helps her patients not only deal with their health issues, but also maintain their higher level of wellness once the immediate problem is dealt with.

Dr. Pautz’s technique has particularly helped those with chronic disorders and diseases such as depression, autism, cancer and any other internal medical disease. Her conviction that all facets of the person must A. Schaeffer-Pautz, MD

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Another unique remedy at Dr. Pautz’s disposal is therapeutic eurythmy, an expressive form of movement therapy. Based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, eurythmy uses movements to express sounds and music. One of the few medical doctors to be certified in eurythmy, Dr. Pautz uses this approach to supplement the treatment of a variety of physical, medical and emotional ailments. Somewhat like its Asian counterparts, tai chi and yoga, eurythmy helps a person connect to and experience the nontangible realities of spirit and energy that are essential for all souls.

Dr. Pautz’s varied background and extensive training provide her with myriad treatment choices to draw from in her practice. Whether addressing cancer, diabetes, asthma, common cold, multiples sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, ALS or any other illness, her treatments are personalized, insightful and far-reaching. By balancing Western and integrative medicine and avoiding chemical drugs whenever possible, Dr. Pautz provides each patient with the opportunity for a road map to longlasting, deep-seated health changes through nutritional and lifestyle advice, naturopathy, homeopathy, counseling, anthroposophic medicine, and art and movement therapy.

Persephone Healing Arts Center is located at 485 6th Ave. N., in Jacksonville Beach.

To learn more, call 904-246-3583, visit DrPautz.com or join them for one of their monthly open houses. Join them on Facebook.

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and cross-hybridized varieties such as tangelos and pomelos are fun to intersperse with winter vegetables to maximize brightness and freshness. A lot of winter produce can be great in raw form as well, he adds, including Brussels sprouts, rutabaga or daikon radish, shaved thinly or julienned into a salad.

Winter squash is a favorite staple of the Stonger family in the cooler months.

“It is easy to grow, easy to store and so deliciously sweet and rich. We roast it as a side dish, mash it as a sort of breakfast porridge or make soups and curries from it,” says Stonger.

Satterfield suggests using all the parts of winter vegetables to maximize the harvest and minimize food waste.

For example, the seeds of winter squashes can be roasted with herbs and spices and eaten as is, churned into other dishes such as a squash seed granola or blended and strained into a homemade broth to add some texture, fat and flavor. After roasting carrots with Moroccan spices, Satterfield suggests taking the leafy carrot tops and chopping them with cilantro and garlic to make a green sauce to crown the carrots.

Swiss chard stems can also be chopped and cooked into Portuguese bread soup, with leftover stale bread made into olive oil croutons and egg whites stirred in at the end.

Winter Health Boosters

Beyond selecting seasonal produce, chefs recommend a few key dietary tweaks in winter, such as stepping up vitamin D consumption. “Since you’re not seeing a lot of sun this time of year, it’s more important to get it through colorful vegetables like carrots, cabbage or radicchio.

Watermelon radishes are another winter vegetable full of vitamins,” says Binns.

“You can grow your own sprouts throughout the winter as a great microgreen option. Sprouts are incredibly high in enzymes, something often lacking in other winter dishes,” suggests Stonger. “Fermented vegetables and other fermented foods can make up the difference in winter.”

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

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about?

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Cut the celery in half lengthwise. Using a serrated vegetable peeler or a mandoline, shave the celery into thin strips lengthwise down the ribs. Cut the strips in half crosswise and place in a bowl of water. Set aside.

Mixed Citrus Salad With Mâche, Fennel and Celery Winter is the height of citrus season, with an appealing display of oranges, mandarins, tangerines, tangelos, pomelos and more in the best-stocked markets. Use a varied mixture of sweet-tart types for the prettiest, tastiest salad.

Yields: 4 servings 2 ribs celery 2 bunches mâche 2 lb mixed citrus fruits, such as navel oranges, blood oranges, tangerines, mandarins and pomelos ½ fennel bulb, trimmed 8 kumquats ¼ cup sliced almonds, toasted Natural Awakenings recommends using organic, non-GMO (genetically modified) and non-bromated ingredients whenever possible.

Separate the mâche leaves and transfer to a shallow serving bowl. Working on a plate to capture all the juices, use a serrated knife to cut a thick slice off the top and bottom of each citrus fruit. Working with one fruit at a time, stand it upright and, following the contour of the fruit, carefully slice downward to remove the peel, pith and membrane. Set the fruit on its side and cut crosswise into slices about ⅜-inch thick, discarding any seeds. Transfer the slices to the bowl with the mâche, reserving the juices for the vinaigrette.

~Shannon Stonger enough additional orange juice to measure ½ cup then add the vinegar. Whisking constantly, slowly add the olive oil and whisk until well combined. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Drizzle the vinaigrette over the salad, toss gently to coat, and serve.

From Cooking in Season: 100 Recipes for Eating Fresh, by Brigit Binns

Cut the fennel lengthwise in half. Using a mandoline or a sharp knife, cut the fennel crosswise into very thin slices and tuck among the citrus slices. Drain the celery and distribute evenly over the salad. Using the serrated knife, cut each kumquat crosswise into very thin slices, discarding any seeds. Scatter the kumquat slices evenly over the salad, then sprinkle the almonds over the top.

Chard and Squash Salad

To make the vinaigrette, pour the reserved citrus juices into a measuring cup. Add

Cut the winter squash into wedges and remove the seeds, if desired. Transfer the wedges to a baking dish. Halve the beets and add to the dish. Drizzle with the oil and toss to coat. Bake in a preheated 450° F oven, stirring once, until tender and lightly browned, 20 to 40 minutes. Let cool. Peel and slice the beets. Place the chard in a bowl, drizzle with some of the vinaigrette. Toss to coat. Add the squash and beets, drizzle with the remaining vinaigrette, and season to taste with salt and pepper.

1 small winter squash, such as sweet dumpling, acorn or golden 2 small beets, trimmed 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 bunch Swiss chard, tough ribs removed and leaves torn Red wine vinaigrette or vinaigrette of choice Sea salt and freshly ground pepper

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For the vinaigrette: Fresh orange juice or as needed 1 Tbsp champagne vinegar ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil Sea salt and freshly ground pepper

You can grow your own sprouts throughout the winter as a great microgreen option.

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Disrupting Disposables The Drive to Banish Single-Use Plastics

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niversities, sports There is momentum, and studies on how best to arenas, restaurants but it is challenging. reduce them through public and other businesses policy abound. A recent are taking up the call to ~Eric DesRoberts Canadian research paper in “disrupt disposables” as part the Marine Pollution Bulletin of a global effort to dramatically cut down on explores strategies such as bans, tax levies single-use plastics. The environmental proband education. Experts agree that it is not lems caused by those ubiquitous throwaways just a litter problem, but a sobering matter have become a mainstay of news reporting, of human and planetary health.

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As these plastics wind up in the oceans and landfills worldwide, they can languish virtually intact for up to 1,000 years, entangling and choking marine mammals and terrestrial wildlife. Or, they break into toxic microplastics that enter drinking water supplies, eventually ingested by humans.

Because plastics are made from petroleum, their production also adds to greenhouse gases that contribute to the climate crisis.

Two-pronged efforts by businesses and individuals to divert plastics from the waste system and replacing them with Earth-friendly alternatives will eventually pay off, experts say, but it will be a long and slow process. However, momentum is building, spurred by consumer demand and a growing number of enterprising businesses, organizations and academic institutions.

At Penn State University, agriculture and biological engineering professor Judd Michael is working with sports facilities to lower both plastics use and littering; the initiative is working so well that their approaches may be taken up by other schools across the nation.

“One of my projects is with NASCAR’s Pocono Raceway [also in Pennsylvania], where the owners of the track wanted to continue to make the venue more green,” he says. “There is zero waste in suites for that track, and they are initiating a comprehensive recycling program. They try to get tailgaters to participate, as well.”

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On campus, Penn State provides personal footprint—your cumulative imA lot of local folks have bags of different colors for tailgaters with pact, like how many single-use bottles you really changed their instructions for fans to separate recyclables have avoided,” she says. perspective. We see a lot in one bag and everything else in the other.

On a smaller scale, Dana Honn and more customers coming That program was exported to Pocono. his wife Christina went completely plasticMichael is also working with PepsiCo, free upon opening Café Carmo, in New in and saying they which owns Frito-Lay, to develop alternaOrleans. “We only had about a dozen seats, appreciate that we are tive packaging. but determined to have as little waste as using compostable cups

The University of Florida’s efforts possible. Every year, we were able to build and compostable straws. began in 2012, when the campus freed upon it,” he says. itself from plastic bags, getting buy-in from “A lot of local folks have really changed ~Dana Honn Chick-Fil-A, Subway and other eateries that their perspective. We see a lot more cusagreed to switch to alternatives. “We’ve been tomers coming in and saying they appreciStyrofoam-free since 2012, as well,” says Allison Vitt, outreach ate that we are using compostable cups and compostable straws.” and communications coordinator for the UF Office of Sustainability.

It’s a slow, but steady effort, says Eric DesRoberts, senior “At the end of 2018, we officially switched over all to compostable manager of the Ocean Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas program. straws.” They feel like plastic, but are certified compostable, “We have worked with a number of restaurants talking about why she says. it is important to be taking action to keep plastics out of the waste

UF has engaged with Cupanion, a company that developed stream and out of the ocean.” an app that has a “fill it forward” program, distributing money to

More people are volunteering to clean up and cut back on clean-water charities worldwide. “Since 2016, we’ve been working plastics, and more businesses are asking the nonprofit, Washingwith them to reduce single-use plastic, rewarding people for reuston, D.C.-based, environmental advocacy organization how they ing their bottles,” says Vitt. can do their part. “There is momentum, but it is challenging,”

Interested students, staff and faculty are given a barcode says DesRoberts. sticker to scan on their phone each time a bottle is refilled at a campus retailer or water fountain. The app provides points that Yvette C. Hammett is an environmental writer based in Valrico, can be redeemed for monthly prizes. “It also shows you your Florida. Connect at YvetteHammett28@hotmail.com.

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had colds going round and round, but not me.”

Some users say it also helps with sinuses. Attorney Donna Blight had a 2-day sinus headache. When her CopperZap arrived, she tried it. “I am shocked!” she said. “My head cleared, no more headache, no more congestion.”

Some users say copper stops nighttime stuffiness if used just before cientists recently discovered bed. One man said, “Best sleep I’ve had time. He hasn’t had a single cold for 7 a way to kill viruses and in years.” years since. bacteria.

Copper can also stop flu if used early He asked relatives and friends to try Now thousands of people are using it it. They said it worked for them, too, so and for several days. Lab technicians to stop colds and flu. placed 25 million live flu viruses on a he patented CopperZap™ and put it on Colds start CopperZap. No viruses were found alive the market. when cold viruses soon after.

Soon hundreds get in your nose.

Dr. Bill Keevil led one of the teams of people had Viruses multiply confirming the discovery. He placed tried it and given fast. If you don’t millions of disease germs on copper. feedback. Nearly stop them early, “They started to die literally as soon as 100% said the they spread and they touched the surface,” he said. copper stops colds cause misery.

People have even used copper on if used within 3 In hundreds cold sores and say it can completely hours after the first of studies, EPA prevent outbreaks. sign. Even up to New research: Copper stops colds if used early. and university The handle is 2 days, if they researchers have confirmed that viruses curved and finely still get the cold it is milder than usual and bacteria die almost instantly when textured to improve and they feel better. touched by copper. contact. It kills germs Users wrote things like, “It stopped That’s why ancient Greeks and picked up on fingers my cold right away,” and “Is it Egyptians used copper to purify water and hands to protect supposed to work that fast?” and heal wounds. They didn’t know you and your family.

“What a wonderful thing,” wrote about microbes, but now we do.

Copper even kills Physician’s Assistant Julie. “No more Dr. Bill Keevil: Copper quickly kills deadly germs that Scientists say the high conductance colds for me!” cold viruses. of copper disrupts the electrical balance have become resistant Pat McAllister, 70, received one in a microbe cell and destroys the cell in for Christmas and called it “one of the to antibiotics. If you are near sick seconds. best presents ever. This little jewel really people, a moment of handling it may Tests by the EPA (Environmental keep serious infection away. It may even works.”

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Now thousands of users have simply fast on copper. So some hospitals tried The EPA says copper still works stopped getting colds. copper for touch surfaces like faucets even when tarnished. It kills hundreds of People often use CopperZap and doorknobs. This cut the spread of preventively. Frequent flier Karen Gauci different disease germs so it can prevent MRSA and other illnesses by over half, serious or even fatal illness. used to get colds after crowded flights. and saved lives.

CopperZap is made in America of Though skeptical, she tried it several The strong scientific evidence gave pure copper. It has a 90-day full money times a day on travel days for 2 months. inventor Doug Cornell an idea. When back guarantee. It is $69.95.

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calendar of events

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Private Pooja – 10am-Noon. With Brahmin priest Prabal Mishra. Pooja with your choice of deity. $51.

By appointment: 1990 Spruce Creek Circle N, Port Orange. Call/email: 845-649-1394. GirijaQ@aol.com.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Classic Car Cruise-In – 9am-1pm. The market welcomes more than 300 classic and collector cars every first Saturday. Enjoy the music of DJ Frank in the west parking lot during the Cruise-In. It’s free to show your car and free to browse rows of classic automobiles. Daytona Flea & Farmers Market, 1425 Tomoka Farms Rd. 386-253-3330.

DaytonaFleaMarket.com.

Heart of Spirit Gala Day – 10am-4pm. Jewelry, crystals, food, crafts, mini-readings, mini-seminars, 50/50 raffle, so much more. New Kid’s Zone with bouncy house, face painting, crafts and more fun. Keynote speaker: Rev Dr Don Zanghi. Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp, 1112 Stevens St, Cassadaga. 386-228-3171 or 386-228-2880 (bookstore). Cassadaga.org.

Healthy Living Group – 11am-noon. Do you need to lose a few pounds, are you tired, want to reverse diabetes or learn how to make better food choices for optimal health? This class is for you. Group led

by Sharon Herr, RD. Free. Port Orange Library (auditorium), 1005 City Center Cir, Port Orange.

Sharon766@gmail.com. Sign up for newsletter at MyIntegrativeRD.com/newsletter-sign-up.

Talking Stick Circle and Pot Luck – 5-7pm. Native American gathering to share ancient teachings and drumming circle. Bring a chair; family, friends and children are welcome. Bring a dish to share.

Next month (3/7), John Two Hawks a Lakota Native will join the circle for a Flute Concert and teaching.

Andrew Jackson Davis Bld, 1112 Stevens St, Cassadaga. 386-503-4930. Rev.Judi.Weaver@gmail. com. Info: SpiritualServices.online.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2 Healer Within Qigong Workshop – 1pm. Learn about the Four Treasures of qigong. The workshop covers simple qigong exercises, healing breaths, gentle body movements, meditation, visualizations and self massage. No experience necessary. $10. Mind Body Soul, 821 Canal St, New Smyrna Bch. Preregister: 386-410-2175 or MindBodySoulnsb.com/Classes.

Kundalini Yoga – 10-11:30am. Kundalini Yoga is known as ‘the yoga of awareness’. The practice of Kundalini Yoga is a gateway to feeling and being your best. It often opens a sense of greater joy, peace and vitality. Open to all fitness levels and abilities. $12/pre-pay, $20/walk-in (cash). The Karma Castle, 1437 N US Hwy 1, Ste C8, Ormond Bch. Tickets: DivinitySpeaks.com.

Love Your Gut Part II – 6pm. Part of the Save Your Gut Series. Free health seminars. Love Whole Foods Cafe & Market, 1633 Taylor Rd, Port Orange. RSVP in store or call 386-767-6543.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Guided Imagery Meditation – 7pm. Guided imagery meditation is a gentle but powerful technique that focuses and directs the imagination to create shifts in the emotional body. Imagery may help reduce blood pressure, lower cholesterol and glucose levels in the blood, and heighten short-term immune cell activity. Learn to make the subconscious mind work for you and not to you is essential to healthy living. $10. Mind Body Soul, 821 Canal St, New Smyrna Bch. Preregister: 386-410-2175 or Mind BodySoulnsb.com/Classes.

Love Week 2020 – Feb 3-9. Celebrating a New Year of Wellness with free workshops, daily giveaways and customer appreciation offers and sales! Love Whole Foods Cafe & Market, Ormond Beach & Port Orange locations. OB: 386-677-5236; PO: 386-767-6543.

An Evening of Kirtan and Meditation with Devayani – 7-8:30pm. Experience the natural state of inner peace and joy through the practice of devotional chanting and meditation. Devayani is the executive administrator of Shanti Mandir who oversees all activities of the ashram in Walden, NY. 1990 Spruce Creek Circle N, Port Orange. GirijaQ@ aol.com. 845-649-1394.

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7

Rainbow Tuesday – 9am-7pm. Save 20% on all regularly priced items. Debbie’s Health Foods Port Orange, 3850 S Nova Rd. 386-763-7046; and Debbie’s Health Foods Orange City, 862 Saxon Blvd.

386-775-7002.

Private Pooja – 10am-noon. With Brahmin priest Prabal Mishra. Pooja with your choice of deity. $51. By appointment: 1990 Spruce Creek Circle N, Port Orange. Call/email: 845-649-1394. GirijaQ@ aol.com.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3

Wine Walk – 1-6pm. Downtown Daytona wine and chocolate walk featuring wine and vegan gluten-free chocolate treats. Natural Concepts Revisited, 142 W International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Bch. 386341-5068. NaturalConceptsRevisited.com.

Santoor Concert – 7-8:30pm. By Vinay Desai, with Shankh Lahira on Tabla. Box Office opens 1 hour before show time. $20. Daytona Playhouse, 100 Jessamine Blvd, Daytona Beach, Info: 845-649-1394 or GirijaQ@aol.com.VinayDesaiSantoor.com/.

Posi Musical Variety Show/Service – Feb 8-9.

Musical duo Armand and Angelina present This is What Forever Means, at 6:30pm on February 8; musical service at 11am on February 9, Turn the Other Cheek, followed by an angel harp meditation at 12:45pm. Unity Community Church, 1001 S Ridgewood Ave, Edgewater. Info: 386-481-0890.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Posi Musical Variety Show/Service – Thru Feb 9. See February 8 listing. Unity Community Church, 1001 S Ridgewood Ave, Edgewater. Info: 386-481-0890.

Arts and Crafts Show – 9am-5pm. The market hosts a monthly arts and crafts show on the second Sunday of every month on row D-South. All area craftspeople are invited to book a booth at a special discounted rate. Dozens of booths are set aside for this monthly show, concentrating vendors with hand-made or home-made items in one area. No manufactured items will be permitted. Daytona Flea & Farmers Market, 1425 Tomoka Farms Rd. 386-253-3330. DaytonaFleaMarket.com.

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Meditation Retreat with Devayani – 10am-4pm.

The practice of meditation enables one to discover peace within oneself, allowing one to overcome inner turmoil and unlock enormous hidden potential.

The day will include several meditation sessions, mantra practice, kirtan and connection to a deep inner silence. A vegetarian lunch will be provided. $51. Preregistration is advised.1990 Spruce Creek Cir N, Port Orange. Register: 845-649-1394 or GirijaQ@aol.com.

plastic-free shop for locally grown fruits, vegetables, honey, fresh baked breads and treats all vegan and gluten-free; gardening supplies and composting; Annie’s handmade glass blown jewelry. Visit Natural Products by TMB, a plastic-free shop with handmade soaps, organic body oil, body scrubs, serums, pet care, essential oil blends and home items. Natural Concepts Revisited, 142 W International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Bch. RSVP: 386-341-5068 or 386333-3333. NaturalConceptsRevisited.com.

Finding True Love – 1:30-3:30pm. Are you looking for love? Join to identify and clear blockages within your heart to allow yourself to find love in your life. A true gift to self! $20. 56 N Halifax Dr, Ormond Bch. Rev.Judi.Weaver@gmail.com. Info: SpiritualServices.online. 386-503-4930.

Bhagavad Gita Study – 2-4pm. Reading and discussion of the Gita, which concludes with 15-minutes of meditation. No previous study is required.

Free. 56 N Halifax Dr, Ormond Bch. 845- 649-1394 or GirijaQ@aol.com.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12 Evaluate Your Nutritional Strengths and Weaknesses – 6pm. Free Elecro Dermascan and health seminar. Meet Dr. Michael S Epitropoulos to discuss your nutritional goals! Love Whole Foods Cafe & Market, 275 Williamson Blvd, Ormond Bch. RSVP in store or call 386-677-5236.

An Evening of Meditation and Mantra – 7-8:30pm. Take some time to do something nice for yourself! Join for a special evening of meditation and mantra guided by Shannon MacDonald, spiritual healer. Mantra uses the sound currents of your own voice to transport the busy and active mind to a meditative neutral mind. A meditative and neutral mind projects your awareness to the inner peace and bliss of your true nature. $15/pre-pay, $25 cash at door. The Karma Castle, 1437 N US Hwy 1, Ste C8, Ormond Bch. Tickets: DivinitySpeaks.com.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Healthy Living Group – 11am-noon. Do you need to lose a few pounds, are you tired, want to reverse diabetes or learn how to make better food choices for optimal health? This class is for you. Group led

by Sharon Herr, RD. Free. Port Orange Library (auditorium), 1005 City Center Cir, Port Orange.

Sharon766@gmail.com. Sign up for newsletter at: MyIntegrativerd.com/newsletter-sign-up.

Saturday Reflexology – 11am-5pm. Appointments with Beverly Wells. Treatments are $30 for half-hour, $60 for full-hour. Natural Concepts Revisited, 142 W International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Bch. Schedule: 386-341-5068. NaturalConceptsRevisited.com.

Kindness in words creates confidence.

Kindness in thinking creates profoundness.

Kindness in giving creates love. ~Lao Tzu

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16 Unity Reverends’ David and Margaret Hiller – Feb 16-17. Private sessions on February 16, the reverends David and Margaret Hiller will join the congregation for Sunday service and present a workshop from 1-4pm. Private counseling and Psych-K sessions available on February 17. $20/workshop; $65/hour/private sessions. 1001 S Ridgewood Ave, Edgewater. Info: 386-481-0890.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 Light and Love Class – 7pm. Bring light and love into your life with a hand rolled beeswax candle, a clay aromatherapy pendant and an essential oil blend for the heart center. Class Fee: $25.00 Prepayment is required to reserve a seat for class.

Spice of Life Herbs, 214 W Beresford Ave, DeLand.

386-734-0035.

Open House at Natural Concepts Revisited – 113pm. Browse the unique organic market and vegan

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 CBD Hemp Oil Healing Potential Health Seminar – 6pm. Love Whole Foods Cafe & Market, 275 Williamson Blvd, Ormond Bch. RSVP in store or call 386-677-5236.

Open House – 6-7:30pm. Meet Dr. Pautz and learn about her practice and philosophy. Ask questions, learn about the services offered and if their unique blend of integrative, conventional medicine and anthroposophic medicine can benefit you with a great emphasis on personalized one-on-one care. Taking patients of all ages. 485 6th Ave N, Jacksonville Bch. 904-246-3583. DrPautz.com.

Japanese Cooking with Etsuko – 6-7:30pm. Oodles of Noodles is an introduction to typical noodles.

Cold and hot noodles in soup beyond ramen commonly eaten at home. Also try Yakisoba. $20. Natural Concepts Revisited, 142 W International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Beach. RSVP: 386-341-5068/386333-3333. NaturalConceptsRevisited.com.

Guided Imagery Meditation Guided Imagery Meditation – 7pm. Guided imagery meditation is a gentle but powerful technique that focuses and directs the imagination to create shifts in the emotional body. Imagery may help reduce blood pressure, lower cholesterol and glucose levels in the blood, and heighten short-term immune cell activity. Learn to make the subconscious mind work for you and not to you is essential to healthy living. $10. Mind Body Soul, 821 Canal St, New Smyrna Bch. Preregister: 386-410-2175 or MindBodySoulnsb.com/Classes.

Knowing the Self, as Yourself – 7-9pm. Promoting spiritual growth through meditation, devotional chanting and study of eastern philosophy, which awakens us to our divine nature as the self. Threepart program includes: nourish the mind with readings from spiritual texts, open the heart with devotional chanting called kirtan, and touch the soul with mantra and meditation. Free will donation. Port Orange. GirijaQ@aol.com.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Reiki Circle – 10am. All are welcome to join for a guided meditation, prayer circle, and reiki share.

RSVP to ensure adequate seating. Parking is available in the fenced in lot next door. Free. Spice of Life Herbs, 214 W Beresford Ave, DeLand. 386-734-0035.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23 Drum Circle with NSB Drum Tribe – 6pm. Join the NSB Drum Tribe for a musical night of drumming with the new moon. Bring your own drum and chair or mat, enjoy the vibe and create amazing sounds! Free. Mind Body Soul, 821 Canal St, New Smyrna Bch. 386-410-2175.

plan ahead SUNDAY, MARCH 1 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 Singing Bowl Healing/Meditation – 6-7pm. Enjoy the beautiful sound and healing of Tibetan gong/ singing bowls. $20 donation. Mystical Expressions of Paradise. 1014 Reed Canal Rd, S Daytona.

RSVPs appreciated: 386-274-0038. Facebook: @ MysticalExpressionsLLC.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28 Radiance After Hours Event – 4pm. Learn about cosmetic injectables: Botox and Juvederm fillers.

Special pricing, demonstrations and giveaways.

Amethyst Wellness, 50 Cypress Point Pkwy, Unit B1, Palm Coast. AmethystWellness.com.

Lecture on Anthroposophy – 7-9pm. Speaker Howard Pautz discusses the existence of an objective, comprehensible spiritual world, accessible to human experience. Persephone Healing Arts Center, Integrative Holistic & Internal Medicine Services, 485 6th Ave N, Jacksonville Bch. Fee per adult.

RSVP/info: 904-246-3583. DrPautz.com.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29 Gluten Free Bread making Class – 2-5pm. All ingredients included. Learn the science behind baking gluten-free. Take home your own handmade dough to bake. $40/person. Natural Concepts Revisited, 142 W International Speedway Blvd, Daytona Bch. RSVP: 386-341-5068 or 386-333-3333.

NaturalConceptsRevisited.com.

PLANS CHANGE

Call Ahead

Kennedy OneSelf Healing Tour – 2pm & 7pm.

Kennedy weaves vibrations so fluidly people often imagine three musicians (or six arms). Deeply witnessing the resonating vibrations of didgeridoos, crystal and Tibetan singing bowls and bells, gongs, flutes (Chinese, Indian, American, Harmony, Drone), Handpan, Asian Harp, Kalimba, the Unity Harp and more, stillness descends upon the mind, and bask in the glorious moment that is now. $20.

Mind Body Soul, 821 Canal St, New Smyrna Bch. Preregister: 386-410-2175 or MindBodysSoulnsb. com/Classes.

TUESDAY, MARCH 3 Rainbow Tuesday – 9am-7pm. Save 20% on all regularly priced items. Debbie’s Health Foods Port Orange, 3850 S Nova Rd. 386-763-7046; and Debbie’s Health Foods Orange City, 862 Saxon Blvd.

386-775-7002.

SATURDAY, MARCH 7 Healthy Living Group – 11am-noon. Do you need to lose a few pounds, are you tired, want to reverse diabetes or learn how to make better food choices for optimal health? This class is for you. Group led

by Sharon Herr, RD. Free. Port Orange Library (auditorium), 1005 City Center Cir, Port Orange.

Sharon766@gmail.com. Sign up for newsletter at MyIntegrativeRD.com/newsletter-sign-up.

If you’re alive, there’s a purpose for your life. ~Rick Warren

Native American Music and Healing Event – 3-7:30pm. John Two-Hawks presents Of Earth & Sky, a concert and Talking Stick Circle event to experience a mystical, musical and spiritually guided event. John Two-Hawks is a Grammy- and Emmynominated, platinum award-winning recording artist and author. Followed by a potluck dinner. $40/ticket.

Tickets: Cassadaga Bookstore, 1112 Stevens St, Cassadaga. 386-228-2880. Event location: Andrew Jackson Davis Blvd. Info: Rev. Judi Weaver: 386503-4930 or Rev.Judi.Weaver@gmail.com.

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daily What Can Functional Nutrition Do For You? – With Sharon Herr, RD, LDN. Get to the root cause of your health problems. Would you like to feel better and have more energy to do the things you want? Learn the best way to reach your optimal health without drugs. Sign up for newsletter at: MyIntegrativerd.com/newsletter-sign-up.

sunday Sunday Service – 9am & 11 am. Inspiring message and music. Love offering. Unity of Daytona Beach, 908 Ridgewood Ave, Holly Hill. 386-253-4201.

Yin Yoga – 9-10:30am. Begin your Sunday with this gentle yin class. Energetic, yet calming. All levels.

BOGO: new students pay for first class; attend your second class free. Padma Yoga, 5 Utility Dr, Ste 15, Palm Coast. 386-225-4733.

Arts and Crafts Show – 9am-5pm. 2nd Sun. Shop rain or shine for hand-made wares from painters, potters, wood-workers, crafters and artists. Daytona Flea Market, 1425 Tomoka Farms Rd, Daytona Beach.

Farmers’ Market and More – 9am-5pm. Shop rain or shine for farm fresh produce, plants, trees flowers, herbs and spices, gourmet coffee and teas, honey, jams, salsas and more. Daytona Flea Market, 1425 Tomoka Farms Rd, Daytona Bch. Cassadaga Spiritualist Lyceum – 9:30-10:15am.

Learn more about the science, philosophy and religion of spiritualism at Lyceum (adult Sunday school). A different teacher each week instructs on the truths of spiritualism and other related subjects.

Free. Andrew Jackson Davis (Bookstore) Building, 1112 Stevens St, Cassadaga. Info: 386-228-2880.

Cassadaga Sunday Church Service – 10:3011:45am. Following the church service join for community brunch and free all-message service from 12:30-1:30pm. Andrew Jackson Davis (Bookstore) Bldg, 1112 Stevens St, Cassadaga. Info: 386-228-2880.

Unity Community Church – 11am. Join for a weekly spiritual celebration. 1001 S Ridgewood Ave (US 1), Edgewater.

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Senior Discount Day – Noon-6pm. Seniors save 10% off all regularly priced items. Two locations: Debbie’s Health Foods, 862 Saxon Blvd, Orange City. 386-775-7002; and 3850 S Nova Rd, Port Orange. 386-763-7046.

monday Monday Madness – 8am-6pm. 1st Mon. Save 25% on supplements and food items. Family Nutrition at Healing Zone, 515 Canal St, New Smyrna Bch. 386-402-7825.

Scrub Strolls – 9-10am. Environmental specialists lead these exploratory hikes through Lyonia Preserve. Lyonia Environmental Center, 2150 Eustace Ave, Deltona. Register: 386-789-7207 ext 21028.

LyoniaPreserve.com.

Hatha Movement – 9:30-11am. Challenge yourself with this upbeat, fun and energizing class. BOGO: new students pay for first class; attend your second class free. Padma Yoga, 5 Utility Dr, Ste 15, Palm Coast. 386-225-4733.

Readings – 10am-4pm. Tarot, psychic mediumship, astrology. Walk-ins welcome Mon & Sat. $65/:30 $125/:60 Ask about $20/$40 specials. Schedule a reading during the week. Mystical Expressions of Paradise LLC, 1014 Reed Canal Rd, S Daytona. 386274-0038. Facebook: @ MysticalExpressionsLLC. Zumba – Noon. With Jacqui Harrington. All fitness levels. $5/member, $10/nonmember drop-in fee.

Punch cards available. Bodez by Tasso, 1140 W Granada Blvd, Ormond Bch. RSVP: 386-672-6464.

Mystical Channeling Circle – Thru Feb 17.

6-7:30pm. Join Rev. Judi Weaver on Monday evenings for this seven-week series. Judi is a psychic channel and will provide divine messages and personal guidance from universal light beings within this sacred circle. Questions are encouraged and all sessions will be recorded. $20/class. Mystical Expressions of Paradise, 1014 Reed Canal Rd, S Daytona. Info: Karen Paradise: 386-274-0038 or Rev.Judi.Weaver@gmail.com.

Cassadaga Mediums’ Night – 7pm. 1st Mon. Mini-readings from certified mediums and advanced student mediums. Selection begins at 6:30pm and mini-readings at 7pm. Purchase tickets early for best selection. Bookstore stays open until 7pm. $25. Andrew Jackson Davis Bldg (Bookstore), 1112 Stevens St. Info: 386-228-2880.

VoFLNatural.com

Shimmy Chic – 7-8pm. Shimmy into shape with this fun dance class. Padma Yoga, 5 Utility Dr, Ste 15, Palm Coast. 386-225-4733. Info: PadmaYoga Online.com.

Mediumship Development and Practice Circle – 7-8:30pm. This practice circle is open to mediums that are able to exhibit prior mediumistic training or instruction. Email to confirm requirements. $20. The Karma Castle, 1437 N US Hwy 1, Ste C8, Ormond Bch. Carl@CarlSeaver.com. Register: TheKarma Castle.com/events.

tuesday Gentle Hatha Yoga – 9am. $12. All levels. Mind Body Soul, 821 Canal St, New Smyrna Bch. 386410-2175.

Yang Tai Chi for Beginners – 10-11:30am. With Lee Walker Shi Fu. Traditional tai chi focused on short form, development of proper structure and breathing; a meditative and relaxing exercise. First class free; $10/drop-in or $40/monthly unlimited.

Silva Dance Studio, 2355 S Ridgewood Ave, S Daytona. 386-405-4489.

Mindful Meditation – 4:30-5:45pm. New class. A time to help put you deeper in touch with your mind, body and spirit. Learn something new or deepen your ongoing practice. $10 suggested donation. Padma Yoga, 5 Utility Dr, Ste 15, Palm Coast. 386-225-4733.

Meditation Class – 7pm. 1st Tue. Taught by Buddhist Nun Kelsang Jindak. $5-$10 sliding scale.

DeLand Community Acupuncture, 245 N Woodland Blvd, DeLand. 386-626-1944.

Nicotine Anonymous – 7-8pm. 12-step support group. St James Episcopal Church, Conference Rm, 38 S Halifax Dr, Ormond Bch. NicotineAnonymous.org.

Mediumship Development Class – Thru June.

7-9pm. With Cassadaga Certified medium/teacher Joan Piper. Beginners encouraged and welcomed. $20. Andrew Jackson Davis (Bookstore) Bldg, 1112 Stevens St, Cassadaga. Info: 386-228-2880.

Psychic Development Circle – 7-9pm. An ongoing circle with fun and exciting, yet challenging exercises offered each week. No experience necessary; all levels of development are welcome. $20. The Karma Castle, 1437 N US Hwy 1, Ste C8, Ormond Bch. Check schedule to confirm: TheKarmaCastle. com/calendar.

levels. BOGO: new students pay for first class; attend your second class free. Padma Yoga, 5 Utility Dr, Ste 15, Palm Coast. 386-225-4733.

wednesday

Cassadaga Historic Tour – 2-3pm. Learn about the history and gain insight into spiritualism. $15/ adult, $7.50/children 7-12, free/under 6. Andrew Jackson Davis Bldg (Bookstore), 1112 Stevens St. Info: 386-228-2880.

Women’s Wellness Wednesdays – 9am-5pm. Lymphatic drainage relaxation massage, ionic detoxification foot bath, far-infrared sauna for removing heavy metals and toxins, meditation, stretching. $1/min. by appt. Bodez by Tasso, 1140 W Granada Blvd, Ormond Bch. RSVP: 386-672-6464.

Healing Hands – 6pm. Enjoy amazing energy healing. An enlightening experience! Mystical Expressions of Paradise, 1014 Reed Canal Rd, S Daytona.

RSVPs appreciated: 386-274-0038. Facebook: @ mysticalExpressionsLLC.

Book Study Group – 10-11:30am. Led by Rev. Nancy Saputro. Unity Community Church, 1001 S Ridgewood Ave, Edgewater. Info: 386-481-0890.

Prayer Break – Noon-12:30pm. A thirty-minute prayer break led by Susan Hounsom that begins with a time of centering prayer followed by individualized affirmative prayer. All prayer is confidential.

Unity Community Church, 1001 S Ridgewood Ave, Edgewater. Info: 386-481-0890.

Wild Wednesdays – 2-3:30pm. Join an adventure with native reptiles, saltwater invertebrates and other resident animals. Free. Lyonia Environmental Center, 2150 Eustace Ave, Deltona. Preregister: 386-789-7207.

Bhagavad Gita Study – 2-4pm. 3rd Wed. Reading and discussion of text, with meditation. No fee.

Universalist Building, 56 N Halifax Dr, Ormond Bch. Info: 845-649-1394. GirijaQ@aol.com.

Kripalu Yoga – 6-7:30pm. A variety of postures to join the mind, body, and spirit, allowing the more advanced yogi to explore deeper movements. Padma Yoga, 5 Utility Dr, Ste 15, Palm Coast. 386-2254733. PadmaYogaOnline.com.

Meet Up Group – 6-8pm. 3rd Wed. Wanted like minded people for open discussion and questions.

Love donation. Mystical Expressions, 1014 Reed Canal Rd, S Daytona. RSVPs appreciated: 386274-0038. Facebook: @MysticalExpressionsLLC. Meditation and Energy Healing – 6:30-8pm.

Meditation and instruction; pranic healing offered to all; effective for any problem. Donation (free gift for newcomers). New Smyrna Meditation and Healing Center, 516 S Orange St, New Smyrna Bch. Kathy: 386-566-5677. PranicHealingnsb@gmail. com. PranicHealingnsb.com.

An Evening of Bliss – 6:45-8pm. With Debra Pardee, AP. This technique will get you high and happy with no drugs. Though it feels “spiritual” it is based on solid science. Cedar Ridge Pointe, 2235 S Woodland Blvd, Ste 104, DeLand. 386-734-4126.

AcuDebra.com.

Cassadaga Message and Healing Service – 7-9pm.

7-7:30pm (hands-on healing); 7:30-9pm (message service). Mediums give spirit greetings. $5 donation. Andrew Jackson Davis (Bookstore) Bldg, 1112 Stevens St, Cassadaga. 386-228-2880.

thursday Senior Discount Day – 9am-7pm. Seniors save 10% off all regularly priced items. Two locations: Debbie’s Health Foods, 862 Saxon Blvd, Orange City.

386-775-7002; and 3850 S Nova Rd, Port Orange.

386-763-7046.

Meditation and Healing Circle – 11am. All are welcome to join the circle in sending healing energy to those on your healing lists and the planet. 1112 Stevens St, Cassadaga. 386-228-2880.

Cassadaga Historic Tour – 2-3pm. Learn about the history and gain insight into spiritualism. $15/ adult, $7.50/children 7-12, free/under 6. Andrew Jackson Davis Bldg (Bookstore), 1112 Stevens St. Info: 386-228-2880.

Come Feel the Spirit – 7-9pm. 1st Fri. Old-fashioned Spiritualist Message service presented by Rev. Dr. Louis Gates. $5 donation. Andrew Jackson Davis (Bookstore) Building, 1112 Stevens St, Cassadaga.

386-228-2880.

New Smyrna Beach Metaphysical Group Meet Up – 6-8pm. 1st & 3rd Thur. Healing Zone, 515 Canal (rear entrance), 515 Canal St, New Smyrna Bch.

saturday

Community Yoga – 7pm. With Summer Moore.

All levels. Bring yoga mat. $5-$15 sliding scale.

DeLand Community Acupuncture, 245 N Woodland Blvd. 386-626-1944.

Hatha/Nidra Combo – 9-10:30am. Half the class creates strength and flexibility; the other half creates healing with nidra. All levels. BOGO: new students pay for first class; attend your second class free. Padma Yoga, 5 Utility Dr, Ste 15, Palm Coast. 386-225-4733.

An Evening of Jnana Yoga, Bhakti Yoga and Raja Yoga – 7-9pm. Study of yoga philosophy followed by devotional chanting, mantra and meditation.

Free. Port Orange. Info: 845-649-1394 or GirijaQ@ aol.com.

Know Thee as Thy Self: Ancient Wisdom Teachings – 7-9pm. With Rev Dr Don Zanghi. Sacred music and enlightening videos included in this ongoing class; notebook suggested. Donation. Andrew Jackson Davis Bldg (Bookstore), 1112 Stevens St, Cassadaga. Info: 386-228-2880.

friday Facial Fridays – All day by appt. Women can relax and renew in a serum infused anti-aging facial while men can enjoy a deep cleansing facial with hand and foot massage. Starting at $50/60 mins. Bodez by Tasso, 1140 W Granada Blvd, Ormond Bch. Must RSVP: 386-672-6464.

Compost and Honey Special – All day. Compost $5/bag and 10% off local honey. 142 W Int’l Speedway Blvd, Daytona Bch. 386-341-5068.

NaturalConceptsRevisited.com.

Gentle Slow Flow Yoga – 9am. All levels. $12.

Mind Body Soul, 821 Canal St, New Smyrna Bch. 386-410-2175.

Scrub Strolls – 9-10am. Environmental specialists lead these exploratory hikes through Lyonia Preserve. Lyonia Environmental Center, 2150 Eustace Ave, Deltona. Register: 386-789-7207 ext 21028.

LyoniaPreserve.com.

Farmers’ Market and More – 9am-5pm. Shop rain or shine for farm fresh produce, plants, trees flowers, herbs and spices, gourmet coffee and teas, honey, jams, salsas and more. Daytona Flea Market, 1425 Tomoka Farms Rd, Daytona Bch. Yin Yoga-Challenging – 9:30-11am. Challenge yourself to a deeper yin practice. Bring health to your organs and flexibility to your deep tissues. All

Classic Car Cruise-In – 9am-1pm. 1st Sat. The market welcomes more than 300 classic and collector cars. Enjoy the music of DJ Frank in the west parking lot during the Cruise-In. It’s free to show your car and free to browse rows of classic automobiles. Daytona Flea & Farmers Market, 1425 Tomoka Farms Rd. 386-253-3330. DaytonaFleaMarket.com.

Farmers’ Market and More – 9am-5pm. Shop rain or shine for farm fresh produce, plants, trees flowers, herbs and spices gourmet coffee and teas, honey, jams, salsas and more. Daytona Flea Market, 1425 Tomoka Farms Rd, Daytona Bch. Yang Tai Chi Beginners – 10-11:30am. With Lee Walker Shi Fu. Traditional tai chi focused on short form, development of proper structure and breathing; a meditative and relaxing exercise. First class free; $10/drop-in or $40/monthly unlimited. Silva Dance Studio, 2355 S Ridgewood Ave, S Daytona.

386-405-4489.

Readings – 10am-4pm. Tarot, psychic mediumship, astrology. Walk-ins welcome Mon & Sat. $65/:30 $125/:60 Ask about $20/$40 specials. Schedule a reading during the week. Mystical Expressions of Paradise LLC, 1014 Reed Canal Rd, S Daytona. 386274-0038. Facebook: @ MysticalExpressionsLLC. Tea Charm Readings, Butterfly Readings, Meet Your Power Animal Sessions – Noon-4pm. By appointment. Spice of Life Herbs, 214 W Beresford Ave, DeLand. 386-734-0035.

Cassadaga Historic Tours – 11am-noon & 2-3pm.

Learn about the history and gain insight into spiritualism. $15/adult, $7.50/children 7-12, free/under 6. Andrew Jackson Davis Bldg (Bookstore), 1112 Stevens St. Info: 386-228-2880.

Cassadaga Encounter the Spirits Night Tour – 7:30-9:30pm. Bring digital camera for pictures of spirit orbs during tour. $25/adult, $15/children 7-12.

Bring exact change cash after store hours (6pm) or pay ahead with credit card at Cassadaga.org. Andrew Jackson Davis (Bookstore) Bldg, 1112 Stevens St. Info: 386-228-2880.

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CAFÉ – JUICE BAR SUPERFOODS CAFÉ & JUICE BAR

ACUPUNCTURE PHYSICIANS ACUPUNCTURE, NUTRITION & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

Debra Pardee, AP, PhD Cedar Ridge Pointe 2235 S Woodland Blvd, Ste 104, DeLand 386-734-4126 • AcuDebra.com

ANGEL LIFE COACH PATRICIA ALTON

Angel Therapy Practitioner® Spiritual Life Coach 386-873-2517 Angel-Pathways.com Channeled angel messages to heal and transform relationships, life purpose and health. Angelic mediumship, past life regressions, wise women gatherings, ordained minister. House blessings. Gift certificates available.

Specializing in sensitivities, nutritional counseling, homeopathy, herbal medicine, in a family practice clinic.

Acupuncture without needles is available for children. See ad, page 23.

You Chang Hu, DOM, AP Kunning Li, DOM, AP • 2135 S Ridgewood Ave, Daytona Beach 386-760-2112 • 50 Leanni Way, Palm Coast 386-445-0098 AcupuncturePainMgmt.com Dr. Hu and Dr. Li are graduates of Traditional Chinese Medical Universities in China.

They have practiced acupuncture and Chinese medicine for a combined 45+ years.

See ad, page 24.

ACUPUNCTURE & SKIN CARE CLINIC

Lorenzo Phan, DOM, AP 725 W Granada Blvd Ste. 15, Ormond Beach 386-615-1203 • AcuBeautyTherapy.com Dr. Phan has great success in promoting fertility with acupuncture and herbal supplements. Nonsurgical modalities for natural pain relief include acupuncture, trigger point therapy, Chinese herbal remedies, cupping, neuromuscular therapy, and cold laser for neck injuries, chronic lower back pain, sciatica, hip/knee arthritis and migraines and more.

MM20928. See ad, page 6.

RP ACUPUNCTURE

Rosa Panos, AP, DOM, PT 397 Palm Coast Parkway SW #5 386-283-4655 • RPAcupunctureFL.com Acupuncture Physician, Physical Therapist and Diplomate of Oriental Medicine, Dr. Rosa Panos offers integrative pain management combining Eastern Medicine with e x p e r t p h y s i c a l t h e r a p y.

Acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Acupoint Injections and Zyto Elite Scanning. See ad, page 8.

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Daily lunch specials include vegan, paleo and gluten-free soups made daily from all organic ingredients.

Cold-press juices, 3, 5 and 10 day cleanse. Doctor formulated protein smoothies, and create-your-own smoothies with a variety of fruit bases and supplements. Call for daily specials. See ad, page 15.

CBD PRODUCTS YOUR CBD STORE

BOOKS • CREATIVE ARTS • GIFTS & MORE

ACUPUNCTURE & PAIN MANAGEMENT CENTER

515 Canal St, New Smyrna Beach 386-402-7825 TheFamilyNutritionStore.com

CASSADAGA BOOKSTORE 1112 Stevens St, Cassadaga 386-228-2880 Cassadaga.org

Open Monday-Saturday, 10am6pm and Sunday, 11:30am-5pm.

We’re so much more than a bookstore with: books, CDs, DVDs, rocks, crystals, gems, jewelry, figurines, lamps, oils/ aromatherapy, incense, sage and Native American items. Personal readings, historical tours, Saturday night orb tours and gift certificates.

See ad, page 12.

MAMA GAIA’S METAPHYSICAL SHOP 104 W Rich Ave, DeLand 386-366-4385 Facebook: mamagaiasmystiqueboutique

• 2249 S Woodland Blvd, DeLand • 386-627-6715 DeLandFl.CBDrx4u.com • 160 Cypress Point Pkwy, Ste A105 Palm Coast • 386-627-5271 PalmCoast.CBDrx4u.com Offering the highest quality CBD products to market; products are formulated using other cannabinoids and terpenes, creating unique synergies that increase efficacy, Samples target specific ailments and increase Stop in the & try a binding sample of CBD. Stop in and try a free sample for foryourself. yourself.

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CHIROPRACTIC

386-402-8997 • BeWellNSB.Com

Metaphysical and new age shop for the mind, body and spirit.

CBD products, crystals, minerals, gemstone jewelry, essential oils and aromatherapy products, books, incense and smudging supplies, workshops and classes, Holistic and Spiritual coaching and much more. See ad, page 12.

Drs. Wendy and Christian Edwards are dedicated to providing holistic patient-centered care. In addition to chiropractic, they offer Class IV (K-Laser), Frequency Specific Microcurrent and functional medicine. Through specific testing they locate imbalances and recommend natural approaches. See ad, page 15.

MYSTICAL EXPRESSIONS OF PARADISE, LLC

NEW JOURNEY CHIROPRACTIC

1014 Reed Canal Rd, S Daytona 386-274-0038 MysticalExpressionsOfParadise.com Facebook: @MysticalExpressionsLLC Open daily 10am-4pm; closed Thurs & Sun (open by appointment). A unique experience of natural stones and crystals, sage/blends, cones/ stick incense, singing bowls, pendulums, runes, tapestries, organite, ceramics, tarot cards, jewelry, Himalayan salt lamps, chaga and more. Classes, Chakra Healings, Reiki Attunements, Readings: tarot, psychic, mediumship and astrology.

VoFLNatural.com

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Consult your physician before use. For use by adults 18+.

A Maxliving Center Dr Jayme Frear 292 N Nova Rd, Ormond Beach 386-236-8085 NewJourneyChiropractic.com

Our goal is to provide you with a holistic wellness plan to help you lead a healthier, happier life. Offering spinal correction, nutritional plans, health talks and workshops, science-based exercise programs, health resources and more. See ad, page 31.

COLON HYDROTHERAPY BEACHSIDE COLONICS

Lidia Nash 18 Bovard Ave Ste A, Ormond Beach 1655 Restarrick Ave, South Daytona 386-760-0035 Lidia@BeachsideColonics.com Gentle rinsing of the colon removes toxic waste that can contribute to pain, inflammation and disease. Relaxing and effective. Lidia also offers ionic foot cleanse, infrared detox wraps and healthy food preparation classes. MA46199.

DENTIST DR STEVEN CHAMBERLAIN, DMD 2727 N Atlantic Ave, Ste 12 Daytona Beach • 386-677-8466

We offer biological dentistry, safe mercury removal protocols, biocompatible materials, detox programs, one-appointment porcelain crowns, veneers with whole-family progressive dentistry. For more information, visit iaomt.org.

HOLISTIC DENTAL HEALTH CARE

George W Edwards, DMD David W Edwards, DMD 541 N Palmetto Ave, Sanford 407-322-6143 • HolisticDentalHealth.com Holistic dentistry focuses on whole-body wellness that starts with the mouth. We are dentists who perform dentistry that is good for the body, as well as the teeth and gums.

See ad, page 22.

DERMATOLOGY – HOLISTIC VALERIE G DAVIS, MD

504 S Orange St, New Smyrna Beach 386-423-2218 • DavisDerm.com Valerie G Davis, MD, integrates holistic dermatology in the forms of homeopathy, herbal medicine and energy medicine. Her latest fields of study are ozone therapy and stem cell medicine. Davis also practices and teaches Twin Hearts meditation and Pranic healing at New Smyrna Meditation and Healing Center, next door to her office.

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DIET & NUTRITION MARGO KING, PHD, DN

Debbie’s Health Foods Port Orange • 386-763-7046 Orange City • 386-775-7002 DebbiesHealthFoods.com Dr. Margo King is board certified by the American Alternative Medical Association and practitioner member of the American Holistic Health Association. Available for personal nutritional counseling.

See ads, page 2 and back cover.

GRAPHIC DESIGN/ ILLUSTRATION MY ART DEPARTMENT Wendy Wilson 386-775-7275 LoveToDrawW@gmail.com

Custom logo design, business cards and graphic layout, and illustration created just for you.

Tu t o r i n g i s a v a i l a b l e f o r beginners in Photoshop. Visit us on Facebook.

HEALTH FOODS

SHARON HERR, RD LLC 386-214-0576 MyIntegrativeRD.com

DEBBIE’S HEALTH FOODS

A functional nutrition practice using genetic and biochemical tools for getting at the root causes of chronic illness; creating diets and life plans for weight loss, diabetes and Parkinson’s.

ENERGY HEALING MARYANN BARRETT

Integrative Nurse Practitioner Earth, Body, Spirit Connections Energy Healing 407-982-0948 EarthBodySpiritConnections.com Maryann is skilled in the integration of multiple treatment modalities to create a holistic healing experience, focusing on stress reduction and the mind/ body experience..

NEW SMYRNA MEDITATION AND HEALING CENTER 516 S Orange St, New Smyrna Beach 386-689-6868 PranicHealingNSB.com

Learn simple techniques to live a happy and healthy life with a sharper mind. Pranic Healing often brings instant relief for acute and chronic conditions.

Free meditation and energy healing session every We d n e s d a y a t 6 : 3 0 p m . D r Valerie Davis teaches Twin Hearts meditation and Pranic healing. See ad, page 26.

• 862 Saxon Blvd, Orange City 386-775-7002 • 3850 S Nova Rd, Port Orange 386-763-7046 DebbiesHealthFoods.com Open Monday-Friday, 9am-7pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm; Sunday, 11-6pm. Receive 20% off entire stock, not including discounts and sales on the first Tuesday of every month. Debbie’s has the area’s most knowledgeable and friendly staff. See ads, page 2 and back cover.

FAMILY NUTRITION/HEALING ZONE 515 Canal St, New Smyrna Beach 386-402-7825 TheFamilyNutritionStore.com

Receive 20% off on only the highest quality vitamins, supplements, herbs, essential oils, homeopathic remedies, natural foods, personal care and pet products offered.

Free delivery Thursdays. See ad, page 15.

VoFLNatural.com

Open Monday-Friday, 9am-7pm; Saturday, 9am-6pm and Sunday, 11 a m - 5 p m w i t h f r i e n d l y, k n o w l e d g e a b l e s t a ff . G e t involved in your community, shop local and support organics.

Save more with our “Get Healthy, Get Rewarded” program.

NATURE’S GARDEN NATURAL HEALTH FOODS 2405 Enterprise Rd, Orange City 386-774-1222

Open MondayFriday, 10am–6pm; Saturday, 10am5pm. Quality vitamins, minerals, herbs, body building and dietary supplements, personal care, children and pet products, essential oils, books and mail-order available. 20% discounts every day.

PERRINE’S PRODUCE

New Smyrna Beach: 1044 N Dixie Fwy Ormond Beach: 120 S Nova Rd Port Orange: 3826 S Clyde Morris Blvd PerrinesProduce.com Large selection of organic produce and grocery items, discount wine, fullservice fresh meat and seafood, frozen food, Amish jams and jellies, made-in-Florida products, bakery, deli, ice cream parlor and more.

HEALTH FOODS FOR LIFE

SPICE OF LIFE HERBS

Open Monday-Saturday, 10am5pm. Bob has been in business more than 39 years with specialties including: nonallergenic foods, energizing weight reduction, organic skin care, herbs and vitamins. Licensed Nutritional Counselor. #0000177.

Open WednesdayFriday, 11am-5pm; Saturday, 11am-7pm.

Herb and vegetable plants, dried herbs, organic teas, Tea Forte, essential oils, skin care products, gemstones, jewelry, incense, oracle and tarot cards, books, CDs, dragons, fairies, reiki sessions and holistic classes.

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Board Certified in Internal and Integrative Medicine Persephone Healing Arts Center 485 6th Ave N, Jacksonville Beach 904-246-3583 • DrPautz.com Medical practice emphasizing highest quality personalized care, integrating spiritual, emotional and physical. Practicing naturopathy, homeopathy, anthroposophic medicine. Monthly open house and lecture.

IV THERAPY LIFE IS KETAFUL

William L Self, DNP 495 S Nova Rd, Ste 101-A, Ormond Beach 851 Dunlawton Ave, Port Orange 386-487-4673 • Ketaful.com Improve mental and physical health with ketamine therapy and IV nutrition. Ketamine helps difficultto-treat depression, PTSD, CRPS and migraines. IV nutrition formulas target specific nutritional needs.

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LIFE/HEALTH COACHING CASSANDRA FAYE Life Coach 631-334-3872 CassieFaye.com

Cassandra Faye is a Life Coach and Law of Attraction expert who helps people manifest their desires and move past any limiting beliefs, so that they can start living life at their highest potential. She works with clients on every aspect of life, including finding true love, attracting money, landing that dream job, lifting up their self-worth and so much more. Call/text or email to schedule a phone consultation.

CHERI FLAUTO

Life & Health Coach | Hypnosis Mind Body Soul, New Smyrna Beach Zoom • Skype • Messenger Video Chat 407-401-0890 • CheriFlauto.com Cheri Flauto is a Certified Whole Life Coach. Her passion is to empower others to achieve and succeed, to change and transform, and to create their hearts desires utilizing developed programs designed to transform from within.

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LODGING BEACHFRONT INN & HOLISTIC SPA RETREAT

1104 S Oceanshore Blvd, Flagler Beach 386-439-4944 • WhiteOrchidInn.com Recipient of Trip A d v i s o r Certificate of Excellence. Amenities include heated mineral pool, swimming pool, full breakfast, afternoon wine & appetizers, beach chairs, bicycles, high-speed WIFI. Holistic healing and spa services on site. See ad, page 35.

MASSAGE ANGELA SHAFFER, LMT

Whispering Pines Plaza 2425 S Volusia Ave, Ste B-2 Orange City • 386-848-5528 AngieShaffer.com Licensed massage therapist, certified RNR™ practitioner, (Reconnecting Neuromuscular Responses). Therapeutic Swedish and sports massages, outcalls, chair and couples’ massage available. Call or text for appointment. MA40442.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA WALK-IN MEDICAL MARIJUANA CLINICS 100 S Spring Garden Ave, DeLand 386-232-5599 631 Beville Rd, Daytona Beach 386-222-1667

Certified marijuana doctors. Get your medical marijuana card. Medical marijuana treats more than 250 medical conditions such as: chronic pain, PTSD, cancer, seizures, epilepsy, Parkinson’s, MS, HIV/AIDS, Crohn’s, IBS, glaucoma, fibromyalgia, lupus and more. No appointment required. See ad, page 27.

MEDIUM CARL SEAVER

Carl@CarlSeaver.com CarlSeaver.com Carl Seaver is an international psychic medium. His calling to become a medium has led him on an inspired journey to be the voice for our departed loved ones, as they lovingly remind us of their continuation of life after death, that they are not alone or suffering and that they are still very much a part of our lives, even after they are gone from our sight. Services include 1:1 private mediumship session, psychic readings, mediumship demonstration events (with audiences), private house parties and psychic/ mediumship development classes. All sessions are by appointment and are as effectively done over the phone as in person.

PEST CONTROL NATURAL NATURALLY GREEN PEST SOLUTIONS PO Box 354591, Palm Coast, FL, 32135 386-237-9663 NaturallyGreenPest.com Info@NaturallyGreenPest.com

Offering pest solutions for your home and lawn with a natural focus. Unwanted pests in your home can negatively affect your family’s health and your peace of mind. Eliminate them with a program you can feel good about.

PET SUPPLIES BARKLE N SHINE

1370 N US Hwy 1, Ste 201, Ormond Beach 386-256-4999 BarkleNShine.com All dog lovers welcome to come and pamper your pet without getting you or your bathroom soaked at our beautiful self-serve d o g w a s h f a c i l i t y.

Lavender diffused, state-of-the art grooming salon features quality shampoo, ramped tubs and fullservice grooming appointments. Also offering doggy daycare and home pet sitting. See ad, page 19.

BULL RUN FARM SUPPLY

1020 N US Hwy 1, Ormond Beach 386-672-2735 BullRunFarmSupply.com Full-service pet store. Large selection of holistic treats and certified organic pet products, toys, beds, flea control products and natural flea control for home and yard. Great selection of livestock feed for horses, cattle, poultry and more, also carrying several varieties of hay. See ad, page 18.

The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. ~Audrey Hepburn February 2020

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PSYCHIC CHANNEL REV JUDI WEAVER

Heart 4 Souls Inc, Ormond Beach Rev.Judi.Weaver@gmail.com 386-503-4930 • Heart4Souls.com

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SPAS BEACHFRONT INN & HOLISTIC SPA RETREAT

1104 S Oceanshore Blvd, Flagler Beach 386-439-4944 Connecting you holistically to nature’s bounty of minerals and exquisitely scented plant extracts. Spa services include reflexology, body treatments, wraps, facials, hands & feet.

Massage services include Swedish, deep tissue, Japanese hot stone, couples, Lomi Lomi, Ayurvedic treatments and more. Packages may include spa cuisine lunch and use of our heated mineral pool.

Follow our Facebook page for current events. See ad, page 35.

UNITY COMMUNITY CHURCH

1001 S Ridgewood Ave, Edgewater 386-481-0890 • UnityCommunityChurch.com Sunday service is at 11am. Offering prayer services, book study groups, classes, spiritual counseling, weddings, christenings, memorial services, home blessings, home/hospital visitations. See ad, page 17.

UNITY OF DAYTONA BEACH

908 Ridgewood Ave, Holly Hill 386 253-4201 • UnityDaytonaBeach.org Please join us for Sunday services at 9am and 11am and stay for coffee, snacks and fellowship afterwards.

Nursery services available for both services with full youth programs at 11am. Our vision: “Centered in God, empowered by Spirit, we celebrate an awakened world”. See ad, page 29.

STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION LAUREE MORETTO

Soft Tissue Specialist 321-271-1678 Jacksonville, Flagler & Ormond Bch LaureeMoretto.com 90% of pain is linked to structural misalignment. Your pain is really just a symptom. My work addresses the cause to give you lasting relief. Get your life back now. MA20965.

SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR-FIT

1523 Ridgewood Ave, Holly Hill Volusia • 386-441-2299 Flagler • 386-445-7606 Solar-Fit.com Relax and let the sun do the work for you. Solar-fitting your home or business is a smart, economical and environmentally sound investment. We offer a wide range of options to make your home more energy efficient.

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VETERINARIAN FLORIDAWILD VETERINARY HOSPITAL

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SPIRITUAL CENTERS THE KARMA CASTLE

A Center for Spiritual Growth and Intuitive Development 1437 N US Highway 1, Ste C8, Ormond Beach TheKarmaCastle.com The Karma Castle is a center for anyone who is on a path of personal or spiritual growth, and for those wishing to move beyond their perceived, limited capabilities into a place of knowing that we are limitless. Classes, workshops and events include Psychic and Mediumship Development, Mediumship Demonstrations, Spiritual Healing, Guided Meditations, Psychic Fairs and more. The Karma Castle welcomes all levels of abilities and honors the fact that everyone is on their own unique and individual spiritual path of growth and development. See ad, page 8.

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See ad, page 18.

FLORIDA VETERINARY REHABILITATION

Dr Lisa Mason DVM, CCRT, CVA 441 S Woodland Blvd, DeLand 386-337-7106 • FLVetRehab.com If your pet has difficulty moving, is recovering from surgery or has suffered an injury, we can help by providing a customized treatment plan, including home exercise program, to restore your pet to full function.

Treatments offered include laser, shockwave, acupuncture, chiropractic, aqua therapy and more.

See ad, page 19.

GENTLE PET PASSINGS

Dr Gayle Burrell Volusia / Flagler 386-279-8525 • GentlePetPassings.com Saying goodbye to your beloved friend is a loving, but difficult decision. Spend those final precious moments with your pet in the comfort of their home surrounded by all that they love.

See ad, page 19.

WELLNESS AMETHYST WELLNESS

Amy Coopersmith, ARNP 50 Cypress Point Pkwy, B-1 Palm Coast 386-283-4180 • AmethystWellness.com Preventative healthcare, IV nutrition, hormone optimization and sexual health treatments for men and women, body contouring, aesthetic treatments, laser hair removal, weight loss and more. See ad, page 16.

YOGA PADMA YOGA

Micki Higgins, E-RYT 500 YACEP 5 Utility Dr, Ste 15, Palm Coast 386-225-4733 • PadmaYogaOnline.com Evening Classes, Sky Styx and Chair Sky Styx offered. Experience improvement in flexibility and strength in your body and a calming of the mind and spirit reducing stress and anxiety in your daily life. Yoga for all body types and all ages. We are the only yoga studio in Palm Coast that is not hot. See website for schedule. See ad, page 12.

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