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appy June! This month we focus on men—their health, happiness, healing and well-being. For those who think men don’t pay attention to their health, I beg to differ. I know many men who want to feel good and who strive to make healthier choices. Can they use some improvement? Sure, but can’t we all? No matter who you are, your wellness Dana Boulanger Marilee Burrell begins with self-awareness and self-care. Small but positive actions can add up to make significant differences in your life. So if you are able take a walk outside and fill your lungs with fresh air, do it. Of course sometimes you need to go a little further, like taking a deep dive into your emotions to see how your journey has impacted your body. That’s the topic of our feature article, “The Healing of Modern Man” (page 28), and our Healing Ways article, “Healing Trauma” (page 32 ). Both describe how our emotions and past trauma impact us physically and psychologically. Luckily, we have wonderful local practitioners and resources that address mind-body wellness. We are grateful to be able to interview five of them for this issue of Natural Awakenings. George Gertner, D.C., owner and director of SoftWave Therapy of New York, offers a new way to relieve pain and help heal your body (page 12). Laurie R. Mallis, M.D., founder of SearchLight Medical, specializes in various approaches to healing and releasing emotional issues, which she has found to be a major cause of her patients’ physical illnesses (page 14). Marcie Manfredonia, owner of CBD Live Natural, tells us her life was changed by the benefits of CBD, driving her passion to spread the word and share those benefits with others (page 16). New to our area is Christine Jordan, Ph.D., a minister holistic practitioner and doctor of naturology who offers customized solutions for healing journeys (page 18). And we’re happy to share some good news: Sandra Marinelli, owner of Brooklyn Organic Kitchen, in Mahopac, has added a grab-and-go location in Mount Kisco, making healthier eating on the go even easier. Find out more on page 24. June will be remarkably busy for me this year, so I’m thankful for longer daylight hours allowing for more outdoor fun! I plan to kick off the month with a week of adventure in the Adirondacks; I cannot wait to unplug and retreat to the woods with my love. We have so much fun enjoying and exploring acres of woods during the day and stargazing by the fire at night—and I cherish a mug of fresh-perked coffee on the front porch each morning, truly bliss. I also plan to celebrate this wonderful man of mine, who appreciates and loves the woods as much as I do. Happy birthday and happy Father’s Day, Mike! I’m looking forward to a much-anticipated family reunion toward the end of the month, when we’ll celebrate my mother and honor all the wonderful dads in our family. Happy birthday, Mom, and happy Father’s Day to the loving and caring men in our family and yours. Thank you for being a Natural Awakenings reader. We celebrate you 12 months a year! Please be sure to visit our website, WakeUpNaturally.com, to sign up for email updates and find even more resources and happenings for living a healthier, more balanced life. Kindly,

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Contents 26 PLANET-FRIENDLY POURS

The Rise of Sustainable Wine and Spirits

28 THE HEALING OF THE MODERN MAN

Men Redefine Their Emotional Power

32 HEALING TRAUMA

Emerging Therapies Offer Fresh Hope

35 FRANK BRUNI on Living with Afflictions

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Eco-Tripping for a Digital Detox

38 HOW TO RAISE EMPATHETIC KIDS

Simple Ways Parents Can Cultivate Compassion

40 MISBEHAVING DOG WALKS

Ways Humans Get it Wrong

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Concentric Acupuncture to Open Mamaroneck Office

Radiance Yoga and Wellness Festival Coming to Katonah

oncentric Acupuncture is opening a new office in Mamaroneck, extending its office hours and expanding its facial acupuncture services. Owner Heather Perlow says the new space, which opens June 6, will enable her to see patients five days a week. Among the Heather Perlow conditions she treats are pain, insomnia, anxiety, OCD, migraines, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) problems, digestive and skin issues, scars, trauma, pre- and post-surgical care, addiction and gynecological issues. The new location gives Perlow three treatment rooms, increasing her patient capacity and providing more opportunities for area residents to receive holistic care, she says. And by offering additional facial acupuncture modalities, the practice has further broadened its capacity to meet patients’ needs. “While I’ve always used facial acupuncture to brighten and lift the face, smooth fine lines and wrinkles, and treat acne, the addition of LED light therapy, microneedling, and microcurrent take the facial treatments to the next level,” she says. Perlow’s personalized treatment plans are designed to promote healing through the use of acupuncture, Chinese herbs, cupping, gua sha, moxibustion and qigong. Rather than simply masking symptoms, she says, these practices allow her to treat the root cause of her patients’ ailments. “I feel strongly that people should feel good in their bodies and that there are healthy and holistic ways of accomplishing this goal,” she says. “Everything is connected, and every aspect of your health matters.”

he first Westchesterbased yoga festival is set for June 18 at John Jay Homestead, in Katonah. Michelle Prosper, founder of Ora Studios, says she launched the Radiance Yoga and Wellness Festival for people looking for new experiences, healthier routines and a sense of community after the collective shutdown of 2020-22. The daylong outdoor event will feature a variety of yoga classes, including advanced vinyasa, alignment, yoga for athletes, beginner, gentle and workshop intensives, as well as wellness-related activities such as Ayurveda, meditation, nutrition, Pilates, sound healing and tai chi. All practice levels, from novice to advanced, are welcome. There will also be body painting, shopping, food from Ladle of Love, and food trucks including Poke Motion, Waffle Box Truck and Kinwich. Athleta is a corporate sponsor, and local businesses O2 Living Sanctuary, BulletProof, Crazy Richard’s and BYoga will be there with free swag. A portion of the proceeds from the festival will be donated to WMN Unite to support women in underserved communities. “The Radiance Yoga and Wellness Festival is an opportunity to highlight the incredible talent within our larger community— yoga teachers, wellness advocates, studio owners—because we have so many amazing people right here and around where we live who have something powerful to share and the ability to profoundly move people,” Prosper says. “This festival is the ideal platform for partakers to explore many different yoga and wellness experiences and different modalities for moving their bodies, healing from trauma and raising the collective vibration. It is a place for all to ‘come as you are.’ Let the experience be unique to you.”

Location: Concentric Acupuncture, 875 Mamaroneck Ave., Ste. 303, Mamaroneck, NY. For appointments and more information, call 914.200.3343, email heather@concentricacupuncture or visit ConcentricAcupuncture.com.

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Location: John Jay Homestead, 400 Jay St., Katonah, NY. For info and tickets, visit RadianceYogaFestival.com. See ad, page 8.

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Clinical Herbalist in Yonkers Offers Sessions in Person and via Zoom

mina Baker, a licensed clinical herbalist with 10 years’ experience, began her journey as a healer years ago, when she took it upon herself to treat her daughter’s ulcerative colitis. Now her daughter leads a normal life without the use of pharmaceuticals. “I went from being an English major to taking a small course in Manhattan to taking a three-year program with David Winston, of David Winston’s Herbal Studies. It changed my whole outlook on life,” Baker says. “I learned how to divide our bodies into organ catAmina Baker egories and discover the best herbs for each organ. I learned that each illness could be tackled by a combination of herbs. I learned how to put them together to get the proper remedy, and how to anticipate any side effects. Now I try to do the same with my clients, by looking into their lives, diets and daily habits.” She offers appointments over Zoom or in person in her Yonkers office, beginning with an hour-long consult to understand the root cause of the client’s condition and to explore the available answers. Baker is also a student of homeopathy, so she recently started incorporating one or two homeopathic remedies to enhance her healing treatments. “During pandemic season, I used many herbs to combat coughs and flu-like symptoms, and I formulated teas that would ease its manifestations,” she says. “Many of my clients wanted an easier way to deliver herbs into their life, and so I formulated my first two products, and my herbal shop was born.” Her goal is to help those whose suffering hasn’t been relieved by mainstream doctors. “While I can’t promise cures of any kind, I can provide hope, choices, knowledge and information based on thousands of years of herbal teaching. I’ve spent years working with these herbs and plants. I’ve perfected them on myself, my family and friends, and those I’ve met in passing. Each took countless trials and errors. But at the end of the day, it was all worth it.” To contact Amina Baker, call 914.960.8997 or email contactus@ totallyherbalshop.com. For more info, visit TotallyHerbalShop.com. See ad, page 10. I am summer, come to lure you away from your computer ... come dance on my fresh grass, dig your toes into my beaches. ~Oriana Green June 2022

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Sacred Cacao Ceremony at Yima Healing

usband and wife team Christopher Ryan Clarke and Mojan Javadi Clarke will host a Sacred Cacao Ceremony and Past-Life Regression event, which will include a fire ceremony and more, from 2 to 6 p.m. on June 5 at Yima Healing, in Putnam Valley. “We are thrilled to invite you to our retreat center for an afternoon of sacred ceremonies,” says Mojan Javadi Clarke, founder of Yima Healing and a shamanic energy medicine practitioner and holistic coach. “First, we will experience the healing power of sacred cacao through sharing an ancient shamanic ceremony, which comes from a long lineage of medicine workers and is focused on bringing a deep emotional connection to the sweetness of life. “Afterward, we will delve deeper into our own perMojan Javadi Clarke sonal awareness and healing through a past-life regression,” adds Mojan Javadi Clarke, who runs workshops, classes and sessions online and in person at Yima Healing. “During this ceremony, we will connect to the experiences from past lives so that the wisdom gained in those lifetimes can be brought to the present and become a part of the new story we are writing today. Like with the cacao ceremony, this work comes from a sacred tradition that focuses on spiritual awareness, healing and above all connecting you to your highest purpose.” Cost: $188. Location: Putnam Valley, NY. To register, call 914.771.1694, email Info@YimaHealing.com or visit tinyurl.com/47fd3xnk. For more information, visit YimaHealing.com.

The Five Elements Workshop Series Launches June 18

orraine Hughes, a qigong instructor and AHG-registered herbalist and the owner of Empowered By Nature, will facilitate the first in a series of The Five Elements workshops at Dutchess Yoga on June 18, from 1 to 3 p.m. “The Five Element Theory or Five Phases, or Wu Xing, is based on Chinese Medicine and Daoism,” Hughes says. “It reflects seasonal change that influences our internal changes and adaptation, impacting how we feel about ourselves, our choices and our engagement in life.” She notes that this first workshop, focused on the fire element, will take place three days prior to the summer solstice. “Summer is the season of the heart and the fire element. All of nature, especially human nature, is now impacted with heightened energies of growth, impulse, consciousness, spirit and mental processing. Summer is a very social time of year. Let’s embrace joy and shine.” The workshop will offer an exploration of the fire phase through breath work, movement (qigong) and an interactive lecture. Take-home materials are included in the workshop fee. Participants should bring a yoga mat and wear comfortable clothing. Cost: $35. Location: Dutchess Yoga, 1820 Rte. 376, Poughkeepsie, NY. For more info, call the studio at 845.827.3500, email lorrainehughes54@gmail.com or visit EmpoweredByNature.net.

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Groups for “Cultivating Your Best Self” Set for June and July

oy Matalon who specializes in mind-body integration and healing, is joining Erica Warren, Ph.D., to lead upcoming group events designed to cultivate one’s best self. Personal Pearls will be offered June 10, from 10 a.m. to noon, and Unearthing Authenticity will be offered on July 8, from 10 a.m. to noon. Groups are Event location with swings and limited to 10 participants. rocking platforms. “In an uplifting environment of cradling swings and rocking platforms, participants will learn to access and cultivate their best selves. Then multisensory methods help integrate new intentions,” Matalon says. “Our groups aspire to inspire, guide and support participants in the process of becoming big, full and complete. They offer facilitated activities, discussions, videos and meditations to support participants in personal growth. Self-explorative journaling, Imago dialogue and conscious communication enables group members to unearth intention, release the ego, feel heard, build empathy and discover community.” With more than 30 years of experience in meditation and bodywork, Matalon is certified in CranioSacral Therapy (CST), SomatoEmotional Release and process acupressure. Warren has a doctorate in adult education and a master’s in educational psychology, and 25 years’ experience teaching and facilitating with the aim of helping people of all ages maximize their potential. They cofounded a Putnam Valley-based joint practice, Drop Into Your Best Self. Matalon also offers CST and massage therapy in Ossining and Garrison. For more info, call 914.519.8138, email jmatalon@optonline.net or visit DropIntoYourBestSelf.com and JoyMatalon.com.

Amenia Regenerative Centers Offers Environmental Classes, Foraging Hike

menia Regenerative Center (ARC), a nonprofit environmental educational organization, will host two classes in June— one on gas digesters and one on invasive plant removal. It will also lead a wild-foraging plant and mushroom identification hike, in addition to hosting weekly community events. Introduction to Gas Digesters will take place June 18, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participants will learn how to build a food waste biogas digester by watching the process in the Amenia Regenerative Center’s greenhouse. The cost is $20 for members and $30 for nonmembers. “Our digester will provide all of the food needed for our aquaponic program as well as the natural gas for our outdoor kitchen,” says ARC’s president, Daniel Sheridan. The invasive plant workshop will take place June 25 and cost $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers. Participants will learn about the environmental impact of New York’s invasive plants and

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how to identify and remove them. The wild-foraging hike is a monthly event that costs $50 for members and $60 for nonmembers. The next hike is set for June 11, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. ARC hosts a free community potluck and fire every Friday (weather permitting) from May through September, and a free volunteer day Saturdays Amenia Regenerative Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from May through November. “Our federally recognized 501(c)3 nonprofit organization provides a valuable resource to the public as we educate the community about environmental sustainability, outdoor survival, biodynamic farming, permaculture, self-sufficiency, land stewardship and forest maintenance,” Sheridan says. Location: Amenia Regenerative Center, 426 Old Route 22, Amenia, NY. Information: Call 845.320.5003; AmeniaRegenerative.org.

Dr. Kaushik’s Ayurvedic and Naturopathic Clinic Hosts Wildlife Lecture

r. Somesh N. Kaushik will host an educational lecture, What to Do If You Find Injured Wildlife, as part of a community outreach by Animal Nation. The lecture will be held outdoors at his Cross River clinic at 1 p.m. and again at 3 p.m. on June 5. Reservations are required. Admission is by donation to Animal Nation. The presentation by Megan Apicelli, a New York State-licensed wildDeer at Animal Nation life rehabilitator, will cover what to do (and not do) if you find an injured animal, how to determine if an animal is in need of rescue, how to avoid being bitten and what to do if you are, urgent overnight care and emergency resources, and supplies to carry with you for encounters. Animal Nation is a nonprofit all-volunteer organization dedicated to eliminating cruelty to animals. For the past 20-plus years, it has served as a rescue and rehabilitation haven for wildlife and farm animals and an adoption center for domestic animals. Its South Salem animal sanctuary has more than 200 residents. The Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Program receives more than 8,000 calls a year. It provides veterinary care and rehabilitates ill, orphaned or injured wildlife in order to release them back into the wild. To reserve a spot, call 914.875.9088. For more information about Animal Nation, visit AnimalNation.org. Location: Dr. Kaushik’s Ayurvedic and Naturopathic Clinic, 792 Rte. 35, Cross River, NY. For more info call 914.875.9088 (clinic M-F) or 646.670.6725 (telemedicine), email drkaushik@drkaushik. com or visit DrKaushik.com. See ad pg 31. June 2022

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oftWave Therapy is a painless, patented, FDA-cleared treatment for inflammation, chronic pain, diabetes and joint issues. The technology is designed to promote healing by stimulating new stem cells, increasing circulation and breaking up scar tissue or painful calcifications. George Gertner, D.C., is owner and director of SoftWave Therapy-NY, which he recently launched in a shared office space with his existing chiropractic practice, UCC-NY. Gertner sat down to talk with us about his patients’ experience with this all-natural treatment.

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We’ve seen unbelievable success with SoftWave Therapy since our grand opening a month ago. The majority of patients we see have already exhausted every possible healthcare option, including surgery, before seeing us, without success. The vast

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Patients are typically gowned and sit on an exam table. A normal first visit, including exam and treatment, is $445. However, our grand opening special includes all that for only $49. Location: SoftWave Therapy of New York, 311 North St., Ste. 410, White Plains, NY. For more information or to book an appointment, call 914.707.0110. See ad, page 55.

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The most interesting thing that I’ve realized over the past 12 years at SearchLight Medical is that 98 percent of physical illnesses are rooted to an emotional issue. No matter what it is—stress, anxiety, anger, frustration, depression—all emotions affect your physical functioning all the way down to your cells and your DNA. When your body cannot function normally, it causes imbalances that eventually lead to illness. That’s why it is important to deal with an emotional disturbance before it manifests into a physical ailment.

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What types of things do you help people with? All kinds of acute and chronic health issues, physical and emotional. I haven’t had any health issue that I couldn’t help. Since all illness is based on energetic imbalance, my goal is to put a patient’s body into energetic balance to achieve healing on all levels. A balanced body can heal on its own, without medications or supplements. The main obstacle is to have patients understand that their body must heal at its own pace. A problem that just developed over the past few weeks will be much easier

Most people still don’t recognize that if they maintained their body like they do their car, they would be much healthier emotionally and physically. to resolve than one that’s been happening for years. So there’s no magic number of treatments that will automatically heal any health or emotional issue. Patients must be prepared to commit to a consistent plan of care and then to a maintenance schedule of treatment to maintain long-term health and well-being.

What do you recommend for staying healthy? My biggest challenge is educating people not to utilize energy treatments as a “last resort.” People will say, “I’ve tried everything and nothing worked, so I decided to come to you!” After receiving a number of treatments and seeing how much better they feel, they’ll ask, “Why did I wait so long to do this?” Most people still don’t recognize that if they maintained their body like they do their car, they would be much healthier emotionally and physically.

Are your services covered by insurance? I don’t accept insurance, but since I’m a medical physician, most insurance companies will reimburse my charges between 40 and 80 percent. When a person contacts me requesting information, I send out an introductory e-mail listing all of my services and fees and the CPT codes I use. Then they can contact their insurance provider and find out how much they’ll be reimbursed, even before they decide to come to me for treatment.

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here’s a simple reason why Marcie Manfredonia is such a staunch advocate for CBD products, which offer the healing qualities of cannabis without the “high”: they helped her achieve pain relief naturally. So she started her own business, CBD Live Natural, in Bedford Hills, to help other people overcome their pain safely too. “I devote much of my time talking to people who have suffered for years and tried multiple different products and pills,”

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she says. “We have monthly talks at our store, where we educate our consumers about CBD. We offer webinars and host meetups, and I’ve even put short videos on YouTube explaining how our products work and what’s best to use. There’s so much misunderstanding about CBD and hemp products; the only way to really fully understand the subject is to read about it and see testimonies from people who use CBD products that have made an impact on their lives.”

We offer webinars and host meetups, and I’ve even put short videos on YouTube explaining how our products work and what’s best to use. Pain relief isn’t the only health benefit of CBD, she adds. It also eases anxiety, depression, body aches, inflammation and sleeping disorders, among other wellness issues. The products sold at CBD Live Natural come in a variety of forms, including gummies, tinctures, capsules, bath products, lotions, salts and even chocolate, so people can choose a delivery system that fits with their needs and their lifestyle. “One reason our store is different from other CBD companies is that we are very affordable and we carry a wide variety of forms of CBD,” Manfredonia says. All products sold at CBD Live Natural carry less than 0.3 percent THC, which is below the required amount. “None of our CBD products will get you high,” Manfredonia says. “One advantage of having the THC in our products is that it gives you faster relief and allows the CBD to stay in your receptors longer.” She notes that because their products are made in their own facility, they haven’t experienced supply-chain problems and they can ensure that their products are safe and all-natural. “We have a good supply chain,” she says. “Our products are made in our own facility located in California, and we test for pesticides and toxins in our products. Every product is tested, and we have analysis to show on each product.” Location: CBD Live Natural, 720 N. Bedford Rd., Bedford Hills, NY. For more info, call 914.218.8357 or visit CBDLiveNatural.com. See ad, back cover. June 2022

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Dr. Christine Jordan

A Tradition of Healing Christine Jordan, NA.D., Ph.D., uses ancestral work and bio-quantum physics to improve well-being

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s a minister holistic practitioner and doctor of naturology, Christine Jordan continues the work of her ancestors: teaching, providing healing touch, and uncovering customized solutions for healing journeys. “My ancestors were healers,” Jordan says. “Our family names mean ‘healing herb and essential oils.’ I’ve been schooled in the ways of nature through developing a bio-dynamic farm, and through academia. I have seen miracles in myself and in others—I was once a quadriplegic. Nature and Source provide much to be whole 18

and complete; understanding its force and aligning with its truths can be challenging and yet rewarding.” The newly opened Alternative Healing Clinic in Putnam County uses bio-quantum physics to uncover causes of subhealth conditions. Jordan explained her approach to healing in the following Q&A provided exclusively for Natural Awakenings readers.

Many of your clients say they’ve tried just about everything before finding their way to you. What are they saying?

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These loving souls are frustrated and desperate for validation of what they suspect is going on with them. Once they get to the core of their issues, they embrace their healing and relax into gratitude and conviction. Those with mental health issues understand on some level that they are loved and cared for during their recovery. Those who are physically impaired experience what they call “miracles.” Healing is a miracle, is it not? Tell me about the technology you use with your work—the testing and the remedies. Applied to the body, quantum physics is a powerful science that provides accurate information vital in addressing recovery. The noninvasive testing device is safe and accurate, revealing cause, effect and solutions to subhealth conditions. It works by putting a person in circuit and then touching the acupuncture meridian points determining organ vitality. Once stress is located, pathogens are uncovered, including emotional issues, then customized remedies are matched with the body. This includes foods, thinking patterns, your surroundings, your entertainment—just about everything you’re exposed to. We provide the answers to why you’re experiencing a lack of well-being; you get to say how you wish to live your life.

How do you help people heal?

Helping people is my life’s purpose. So, I listen, reassuring them that through commitment, they can change their situation. I provide emotional, spiritual and physical support, which is key to well-being, through understanding, touch, noninvasive testing and customized remedies. Once people understand the body’s order of priority, they can focus on what’s necessary in the moment and not worry about unimportant issues. Removing worry invokes relaxation, which is key to success. Once the body is reprogrammed to do what it does best, wellness becomes a way of life. Our bodies support our dreams; we just have to provide elements for proper functioning.

Education is a huge part of my work, so I educate the community through free presentations at libraries, schools and just about anywhere there is a desire to understand well-being. (For event details, check the Natural Awakenings calendar beginning on page 46 of this magazine, or visit WakeUpNaturally.com/calendar.)

What type of person does your work help the most?

People who believe in the power of their convictions and their ability to heal, and those who understand that healing takes time, money and faith. Therefore, those who have tested various healing modalities and programs and have not been completely satisfied, or those who wish to go beyond where they are, find that through bio-quantum physics, dedication to their conviction, gratitude, faith/belief and right action, they can finally get answers and results.

Is there anything else our readers should know?

Science tells us that healing can happen in an instant, as in the ways of the great healers—it’s all about frequencies. All great sages resonate at the highest frequencies possible for incarnate beings. We know that introducing a higher frequency to a lower one will, over time, elevate the lower frequency. Subhealth conditions resonate at low frequencies; we apply high-frequency solutions for healing. Typically, it takes 12 to 18 months to get the body and mind functioning in balance. After that, tune-ups every six months or so, along with continued education and community, will support one’s healing journey. Location: Alternative Healing Clinic, 78 Secor Rd., Ste. 4, Mahopac, NY. For appointments or a free consult, call 914.330.5594 or email info@alternativehealingclinic.com, or visit AlternativeHealingClinic.com for a free gift. See ad, page 11.

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Eco-Volunteering HANDS-ON WAYS TO HELP OUR PLANET THIS SUMMER Helping nature while enjoying the great outdoors is a classic win-win opportunity. Here are a few ideas to join the fun while contributing sweat equity. Corral the Cleanup Crew Becoming a weekend cleanup community leader can be as simple as gathering family, friends and neighbors to beautify the surroundings and save animals from suffering. To improve water quality, pay special attention to beaches and rivers. Get permission from local authorities, arrange a special trash pickup and equip the crew with gloves and garbage bags. Afterwards, stand together proudly before the enormous hill of discarded plastics, fishing lines, beer bottles, aluminum cans, fast-food containers and other refuse. Con-

gratulate the team and take pictures to post on social media. For more tips, visit Tinyurl.com/trashteam. Get on the Community Gardening Bandwagon Community gardens are springing up on school grounds, at hospitals and correctional facilities, on rooftops and balconies, and in unused public spaces and underserved communities. Researchers have proven what we suspect: Gardening is a great workout and leads to improved heart health and weight loss, while breathing fresh air and helping things grow in kinship with likeminded people is a surefire mood enhancer. Reaping the benefits of locally grown, fresh produce; beautifying a neighborhood with flowering

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plants or shade trees; and providing food and refuge for pollinators and other wildlife is not too shabby, either. Now is the time to join an existing group or start a new community garden. For inspiring examples and how-to ideas, visit FoodIsFreeProject. org and OneTreePlanted.org. Lend a Helping Hand at a Park Local, state and national parks rely on volunteers to conduct tours and maintain green areas and facilities. Even artists and scientists are welcome to lend their expertise. Consider combining a park visit with purposeful assistance. The National Park Service runs a Volunteers-in-Parks program (nps.gov/getinvolved/volunteer.htm) that offers one-time service projects and longer-term positions at parks throughout the country and in U.S. territories in the Pacific and Caribbean. Visit Volunteer.gov for tasks like a campground host at the Rocky Mountain National Park or climber steward at Joshua Tree National Park. Many state park systems and municipal parks and recreation departments use websites to manage their volunteer opportunities, such as Volunteers.Flo ridaStateParks.org or tpwd.texas.gov/ state-parks/help-parks. All it takes is an internet search of the name of the state or county plus “park” and “volunteer” to find local openings.

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It is widely known that heavy drinking harms the brain, but even drinking as little as a few beers or glasses of wine per week will reduce brain volume, according to a new study of 36,000 adults. Researchers led by a University of Pennsylvania team reported in Nature Communications that alcohol consumption even at modest levels may carry risks to the brain, shrinking it in ways similar to the aging process. The study was conducted using the UK Biobank, a dataset from 500,000 British middle-aged and older adults that includes genetic and medical information, including white and gray matter volume in different regions of the brain. The researchers found that the more alcohol people consumed on average, the greater the brain damage. Going from zero to a daily average of one alcohol unit (half a beer or half a glass of wine) is linked with the equivalent of a half a year of aging in 50-year-olds. Drinking an average of two units a day (a pint of beer or glass of wine) produces changes in the brain equivalent to aging two years. The difference between zero and four units (two beers or glasses of wine) was equal to more than 10 years of aging. “It’s not linear,” says study co-author Remi Daviet. “It gets worse the more you drink. There is some evidence that the effect of drinking on the brain is exponential. That means that cutting back on that final drink of the night might have a big effect in terms of brain aging.”

For the one in three Americans that are sleep-deprived, working out with resistance exercises to strengthen muscles may produce longer and deeper shuteye than aerobics, new research from the American Heart Association shows. In a 12-month study, researchers randomly assigned 386 inactive, overweight adults with high blood pressure to one of several groups that worked out for an hour three times a week. A resistance exercise group did three sets of eight to 16 repetitions on 12 machines; the aerobics group used treadmills, bicycles or elliptical machines; a combo group used both; and a control group did no supervised exercise. Among the 42 percent of participants that were not getting at least seven hours of sleep at the study’s start, sleep duration increased by an average of 40 minutes for the resistance exercise group compared to an increase of about 23 minutes in the aerobic exercise group and about 17 minutes in the combined exercise group. “If your sleep has gotten noticeably worse over the past two stressful years, consider incorporating two or more resistance exercise training sessions into your regular exercise routine to improve your general muscle and bone health, as well as your sleep,” says study author Angelique Brellenthin, assistant professor of kinesiology at Iowa State University, in Ames.

Try Neem and Walking to Ward Off COVID-19 Symptoms Two new studies suggest that neem (Azadirachta indica), a plant used for centuries in India to treat malaria, intestinal ulcers and skin diseases, may offer protection against COVID-19 and future variants. At the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical campus, researchers found that neem bark extract tested on COVID-infected human lung cells proved as effective as a preventive drug. It targeted a wide range of viral proteins and also decreased virus replication and spread after infection. In an Indian double-blind study of 190 healthcare workers or relatives of COVID-19 patients, researchers at the All India Institute of Ayurveda, in Delhi, found that those given a neem extract of 50 milligrams twice daily for 28 days had a reduced risk of 55 percent for infection compared to the control group. For people dealing with the lingering symptoms of long COVID such as fatigue, brain fog and muscle pain, a solution may be daily exercise of at least 30 minutes, because it lowers inflammation and blood glucose levels, suggest Louisiana State University researchers in the journal Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. “If you can only walk 15 minutes once a day, do that. The important thing is to try. It doesn’t matter where you begin,” says article author Candida Rebello, Ph.D. 22

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Weeds Attract Pollinators to Increase Harvests

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In a new study, “Climate Change Affects Bird Nesting Phenology: Comparing Contemporary Field and Historical Museum Nesting Records,” published in the Journal of Animal Ecology, scientists were able to determine that about a third of the bird species nesting in Chicago are laying their eggs a month earlier than they did 100 years ago by comparing eggs preserved in museum collections to modern observations. Researchers think the culprit in this shift is climate change. John Bates, curator of birds at the Field Museum and the study’s lead author, says, “The majority of the birds we looked at eat insects, and insects’ seasonal behavior is also affected by climate. The birds have to move their egglaying dates to adapt. Egg collections are such a fascinating tool for us to learn about bird ecology over time. I love the fact that this paper combines these older and modern datasets to look at these trends over about 120 years and help answer really critical questions about how climate change is affecting birds.” Bates advises, “These early egg people were incredible natural historians in order to do what they did. You really have to know the birds in order to go out and find the nests and do the collecting.”

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A recent study published in Insects compared mango trees at a local farm in Homestead, Florida, where one plot of trees had weeds growing around them and another plot was maintained to be weed-free. It turns out that the presence of weeds benefits trees and pollinators. “Weeds actually do a lot of good. It might be helpful to think of them of wildflowers,” says Blaire Kleiman, the Florida International University Institute of Environment graduate teaching assistant and alumna who, under the guidance of professors Suzanne Koptur and Krishnaswamy Jayachandran, undertook this research funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Hispanic-Serving Institutions Education Grants program. Fruit trees can’t live without pollinators. Bees and other insects have been shown to increase the size and quality of yields from 70 percent of the leading, economically important crops in the world, but it’s getting harder to bring bees to the trees. Over the last 30 years, pollinator numbers have declined significantly. Farmers already rely on insectary plants to attract pollinators, and Kleiman notes that her findings apply to 80 percent of all flowering plants of Earth, including vegetables like tomatoes, beans, eggplants and squash. She wants her study to help farmers also reduce the use of chemical pesticides that harm pollinators.

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South Pole Registers Historic Temperature Normally, temperatures fall with the end of the southern summer, but the Dumont d’Urville station, on Antarctica, registered record temperatures for March of 40.82° F at a time of the year when readings are usually already sub-zero. Gaetan Heymes, of France Meteo, describes the unseasonably mild weather as a historic event. The U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center says that Antarctica’s sea ice fell below 772,204 square miles in late February for the first time since 1979. Around the same time, the Conger Ice Shelf, as big as Los Angeles, collapsed into the sea and there was sufficient atmospheric moisture to produce a significant snowfall. While researchers can’t definitively say that climate change is to blame, Jonathan Wille, a postdoctoral researcher at the Université Grenoble Alpes, in France, notes, “It was something we didn’t think was possible in Antarctica—the magnitude of heat, especially in what should be the cold season in Antarctica. We’ve never seen the atmosphere behave like this over Antarctica.” The heat wave and dramatic inland snowfall highlight the importance of a better understanding of the complicated dynamics of atmospheric rivers that maintain the ice sheet now, but could be cause for concern in the future. Understanding these patterns better could be the key to learning the polar region’s fate. June 2022

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Brooklyn Organic Kitchen Adds a Grab-and-Go Location in Mount Kisco by Allison Gorman Organic smoothies and protein shakes are made on site and can be customized to order, she adds. “We are juicing in Mahopac and bottling our B Green juice daily. I’ve had many requests for a cleansing program and am working on that as we speak.” Customers who would like anything from the Mahopac menu for pickup in Mount Kisco can preorder it and it will be available within a few hours. “We make two to three trips daily to Mount Kisco with fresh food,” Marinelli explains. “I’m working on a preorder dinner menu as well.” Meanwhile, BOK’s Mahopac location has changed to its summer hours: Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Fridays 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (with dinner specials every week); Saturdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sundays 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Outdoor dining is now open too. Michael Kudrenetsky behind the counter at Saw Mill Club East

he Brooklyn Organic Kitchen has opened a second location, at Saw Mill Club East in Mount Kisco. Owner and head chef Sandra Marinelli, who founded the original restaurant in Mahopac, says the new grab-and-go store is the perfect way to broaden BOK’s outreach in Westchester. “I had feelers out, looking for small spaces,” she says. “Saw Mill Club East is a health and wellness facility that offers many upscale amenities to its members, and they were looking to bring in a café that would offer an equally high quality of food options for its members.” BOK’s menu features organic plantbased items designed to be nourishing and energizing. BOK uses only USDA-certified organic, non-GMO and fairly traded ingre24

dients—including locally sourced ingredients from farmers whose practices align with BOK’s mission. Brooklyn Organic Kitchen at Saw Mill Club East is located right in the lobby inside the entrance of the club. It’s not necessary to be a club member to buy food there. It’s open seven days a week, Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The location’s current offerings include BOK’s best-selling salads, wraps, soup and snacks, Marinelli says. “I will be bringing in some of our warm dishes to see what the response is,” she says. “Most of our offerings are already vegan and gluten free, but we will have glutenfree wraps available as well. Everything is made fresh daily in Mahopac and brought down pre-packaged and ready to go.”

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Yogurt parfait, traditional or vegan. Location: Brooklyn Organic Kitchen at Saw Mill Club East, 333 N. Bedford Rd., Ste. 230, Mount Kisco, NY. For more info, visit SawMillClub.com/saw-mill-club-east. Brooklyn Organic Kitchen, 890 South Lake Blvd., Mahopac, NY. For more information, contact Sandra Marinelli at 914.384.4104 or brooklynorganickitchen@gmail.com, or visit BOKMahopac.com.

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O2 LIVING SANCTUARY 792 Rt. 35, Cross River, NY 914.763.6320 O2livingsanctuary.com

GOOD CHOICE KITCHEN 147 Main St., Ossining, NY 914.266.3003 goodchoicekitchen.com

THE FREIGHT HOUSE CAFÉ

609 Route 6, Mahopac NY 845.628.1872 thefreighthousecafe.com

COFFEE COFFEE LABS ROASTERS

Order beans online/ship home 7 Main St., Tarrytown, NY 914.332.1479; coffeelabs.com

FARMERS’ MARKETS GOSSETT’S FARM MARKET

& Gossett Brothers Nursery 1202 Rt.35, South Salem, NY 914.763.3001; Gossettnursery.com

HUDSON VALLEY FARMERS MARKET

Greig Farm, 223 Pitcher Lane, Red Hook, NY 914.474.2404 Facebook.com/ HudsonValleyFarmersMarket.

Natural FOOD HUDSON VALLEY REGIONAL FARMERS MARKET Sundays, 10am-2pm 15 Mount Ebo Road South Brewster, NY

FARM STORE BONI-BEL FARM & COUNTRY STORE

Natural market & vocational program 301 Doansburg Rd, Brewster, NY 845.278.2060 greenchimneys.org/countrystore

Z FARMS ORGANIC Open Every Day 355 Poplar Hill Rd. Dover Plains, NY 917.319.6414 ZFarmsOrganic.com

FARMS FABLE: FROM FARM TO TABLE

1311 Kitchawan Rd, Ossining, NY Sat & Sun 9am-4pm FableFoods.com

HARVEST MOON FARM & ORCHARD

130 Hardscrabble Rd North Salem, NY 914.485.1210 HarvestMoonFarmAndOrchard.com

HILLTOP HANOVER FARM & ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER 1271 Hanover St, Yorktown Heights, NY 914.962.2368 HilltopHanoverFarm.org

THREE FEATHERS FARM

Grass-fed beef & eggs 371 Smith Ridge Rd, S. Salem 914.533.6529; threefeathers.farm

Mindfull Meals, with weekly deliveries throughout Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Counties.

MARKETS BIG ROCK MARKET

Open 6 days a week 6031 RT 82,Stanfordville NY 845.868.3320 BigRockMarketNY.com

GREENS NATURAL FOODS Briarcliff Manor 97 North State Road Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510 914.800.9146 Eastchester 780 White Plains Rd. Scarsdale, NY 10583 914.874.5481 Mt. Kisco 666 Lexington Ave. Mt. Kisco, NY 10549 914.864.1274 Somers 57 Rte. 6. (in Baldwin Place) Somers, NY 10505 914.485.8093 GreensNaturalFoods.com

GREEN ORGANIC MARKET 275 S. Central Park Ave. Hartsdale, NY 914.437.5802 FB: GreenOrganicMarket

MEAL DELIVERY MINDFULL MEALS

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Planet-Friendly Pours THE RISE OF SUSTAINABLE WINE AND SPIRITS

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conic food and beverage magazines such as Bon Appetit and Food & Wine affirm that sustainable and socially responsible wines and spirits are becoming a major force in the market, yet consumers wanting to pour an Earth-conscious tipple need a sobering amount of research to sort through what’s truly eco-friendly. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not require wine makers to list ingredients on labels or regulate the use of terms such as “natural” and “sustainably grown”. “There are more than 70 additives that are allowed in wine that don’t have to be disclosed on the label,” explains Brad Kruse, who with his wife, Allie, owns Nonfiction Natural Wines, a Milwaukeebased specialty wine retailer. “The only real requirement relating to additives is the declaration of sulfites, which makes it trickier, because even wines with no added sulfites have to have the warn26

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ing on the label because some naturally occur in the wine.” Some wine labels tout that they’re made with organic grapes or grapes that are farmed sustainably. “But those may still have a host of other additives or lots of added sulfites,” says Kruse. Certifications can act as a shortcut to locate eco-friendly wines. Demeter USA, for example, certifies vineyards that follow strict biodynamic rules for how the wine is farmed and processed, including limiting sulfites. But many small producers that operate naturally don’t bother obtaining certification. Independent wine shops with knowledgeable employees can help consumers choose wisely. Kruse recommends looking for the name of the importer on the back label, saying, “If you learn a handful of importers that focus on naturally made wines, such as Louis/Dressner, Zev Rovine or Jenny & Francois, it can be a quick way to find a good option.”

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Rudy Marchesi, the former chairman of Demeter USA, practices biodynamic farming at his vineyard, Montinore Estate, in Forest Grove, Oregon. “We view our farm as one whole organism, below and above the ground,” he says. Biodynamic farming, founded by philosopher Rudolf Steiner a century ago, requires using nutritionally rich compost teeming with microbiology of fungi and bacteria, as well as synchronizing specific farming practices with the seasons. These practices help the vineyards buffer droughts and weather swings, resulting in a consistent product that reflects the region. “Wine connoisseurs and collectors look for wines that have a sense of place and tell the story of where they’re from,” Marchesi says.

¼ oz cherry liqueur 2½ oz sustainably produced rye 1 oz sweet vermouth 2 dashes angostura bitters 1 dash cherry bitters 1 maraschino cherry

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Distillers Move Toward Sustainable Practices Alcohol is an agricultural product, so producing a sustainable spirit starts with the grain itself, says Herman C. Mihalich, founder and distiller of Mountain Laurel Spirits, in New Hope, Pennsylvania. “Rye is a much less resource-intensive grain to grow compared to crops like corn,” he says. The recipe for the company’s signature Dad’s Hat Rye Whiskey calls for malted barley and rye, but no corn. “Rye doesn’t need much fertilizer and few, if any, pesticides. It’s easy to grow and it preserves soil because it’s a fall planting crop that helps prevent erosion,” he says. Their grains are sourced from a nearby farmer, and they save water by capturing cooling water from the still’s condenser and storing it in a tank, then using it to clean tanks and make spent mash that can be used for livestock feed. The bottles are made locally by Stoelzle Glass, in Monaca, Pennsylvania. When seeking sustainably produced spirits, customers have to do their due diligence, Mihalich says. “It requires a little digging and asking the right questions: What grains are you using and from where? How are you using water?” When Extreme Chef host Marsh Mokhtari and his wife, Jan, founded Gray Whale Gin, they rotated proprietorship with two existing distilleries instead of using land and resources to build a new one. A vacation in Big Sur inspired the couple to “capture California in a glass” and make a product with ingredients found along the gray whale migratory route between the Baja Peninsula and Oregon. They hired a professional forager to collect juniper berries along the coast. “Juniper for most gin is sourced from Italy or Macedonia,” says Mokhtari. “We predominantly use juniper berries from California, which are light purple and larger, with a cedar component.” They also source mint and limes from sustainable farms in California. Gray Whale Gin gives back through a partnership with the environmental nonprofits Oceana and 1% for the Planet. They recently joined with Oceana and former California governor Jerry Brown to support responsible swordfishing practices off the California coast.

Coat a chilled cocktail glass with cherry liqueur. Add the remaining ingredients over ice in a a shaker. Stir and strain into the cocktail glass. Garnish with the cherry. Recipe and photo courtesy of Dad’s Hat Rye Whiskey.

WHALE HELLO THERE 2 oz sustainably produced gin ½ oz fresh lime juice ½ oz fresh lemon juice ½ oz agave syrup Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and pour in the gin, lime juice, lemon juice and agave. Shake vigorously and strain into a chilled martini glass, or over a glass filled with ice. Garnish with a lemon twist and serve immediately. Recipe and photo courtesy of Gray Whale Gin.

Sheila Julson is a Milwaukee-based freelance writer and contributor to Natural Awakenings magazine. June 2022

The Healing of the Modern Man Men Redefine Their Emotional Power by Marlaina Donato

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or generations immemorial, men have been builders of culture, solid providers and inspired adventurers, but gender roles and sometimes-conflicting cultural expectations have taken a heavy toll on both the individual and community. The pervasive “tough guy” paradigm has denied half the human race its full emotional expression, resulting in amplified stress levels, compromised physical health, toxic aggression, broken families and a higher risk for addiction. According to research published in the American Journal of Men’s Health in 2020, death by suicide among men is almost four times higher than that of women and is partly attributed to the stigma of seeking treatment for depression. African American men carry the additional burden of racial and economic inequality, and their depressive symptoms are often more persistent and incapacitating. Contrary to common myth, men are deeply emotional and responsive beings by nature. Centuries overdue, restrictive cultural definitions are slowly shifting to a broader psychosocial view of authentic manhood. Thanks to guy-friendly mental health resources, virtual and in-person support communities and diverse options in the alternative health field, more men are taking responsibility for their well-being and learning how to embody emotional freedom. They are stepping up to the plate as strong, sensitive leaders, something our world needs now more than ever.

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The masculine expectation and requirement have been for most boys to “buck up and tough it out” during childhood and adolescence, and this overt or sometimes very subtle conditioning can promote disproportionate power plays, homophobia and resistance to emotional intimacy well into adulthood. “Every society has ‘feeling rules’ that govern how emotions can be expressed publicly,” says psychologist Michael Reichert, executive director of

the Center for the Study of Boys’ and Girls’ Lives at the University of Pennsylvania and author of How to Raise a Boy: The Power of Connection to Build Good Men. “Research tells us that boys are born as emotionally expressive as girls, but in a short time receive constant messages from their loved ones, schoolmates and TV shows that only certain emotions are okay for boys.” Such emotional restrictiveness has a profoundly negative impact on male development, he says. For Todd Adams in Elmhurst, Illinois, cofounder of MenLiving. org and a Tony Robbins-certified life coach, recognizing societal trappings is key. “The first step is to have the awareness that we have been lied to for as long as we can remember about what it means to be a man. We have been conditioned to stay in the ‘man box’, which means if we show any type of vulnerability, our value from the outside, as well as from the inside, plummets.” Reichert concurs. “My belief is that tragic outcomes—addictions, violence, suicide and premature mortality—are a reflection of how men’s human natures are thwarted by cultural norms. Being confined to a man box is hazardous. We humans, including men, are built to express our hearts in close connections to others we love and who love us.” The notion of going the distance solo is discouraged by Adams, whose organization helps men from all walks of life find support and connection through online meetings and adventure outings. “Once the awareness is there, I would invite family, partners, et cetera, to invite us to show up in a more authentic and human way,” he says.

Stress and the Physiology of Feelings For many men, emotions—other than “socially acceptable” anger and irritation—rarely see the light of day and instead morph into physical maladies such as digestive trouble, headaches, chest pain and high blood pressure. Unmanaged stress can also zap any zing in the bedroom. “I’m certainly not a doctor, but I’m sure there is a correlation for some about their emotional/mental/financial wellbeing being related to erectile dysfunction. The men that I work with often have a habit of not taking good care of themselves, and that lack of self-care ripples into other parts of their life, including their sexual life,” observes Adams. In spite of the fact that many others are struggling with the same condition, out of shame, it is often kept in the shadows. “My advice is that men find safe spaces to discuss these challenges with others. My hope is that men can discuss sexuality and intimacy as openly as women do.” Josh Beharry, project coordinator of HeadsUpGuys.org, in Vancouver, Canada, an online resource hub for men battling depression, has spearheaded online stress assessment tests for more than 26,000 men over the age of 18 and found surprising consistency. “The results suggest that the two most common stressors faced by the men are a lack of meaning and feelings of loneliness, followed by financial strain, relationship difficulties and problems at work,” he says. According to data gathered by Tulane University, human connection boosts immunity and wards off cardiovascular disease, anxiety, depression and cognitive impairment. For men especially, June 2022

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social bonds are critical in coping with life stresses. Forging new alliances and maintaining old ones can be challenging with or without a pandemic, but online communities offer additional support, camaraderie and nonjudgmental sharing, which can be especially helpful for those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), addiction and depression.

Beyond Talk Therapy Male depression can be hidden in plain sight, disguised as hitting the bottle to “relax”, or by working compulsively, engaging in highrisk behaviors or easily flying off the handle at loved ones. Beharry knows firsthand how insidious the disease can be and why seeking help sooner than later is vital. After miraculously surviving a horrific suicide attempt, he unexpectedly found hope and the will to live through walking, breathwork and human connection. Being honest with others, as well as himself, was a turning point in his recovery. “For a lot of men, talking about dealing with depression feels like an admission of weakness or something to feel guilty about,” he says. “Try to think of emotional pain like physical pain. If you get cut, you bleed; that’s part of being human. Then you do something to treat the wound. Or if it’s deeper, you go to a 30

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doctor or a hospital. Denying painful emotions is like trying not to bleed when you get cut or trying to pretend you’re not bleeding.” For family members or friends concerned about a man’s mental health, he advises, “Vague assertions like, ‘You seem depressed,’ can make a guy feel attacked or put on the spot. Instead, it’s helpful to start by pointing out specific observations you’ve had about changes to his mood or behavior, such as, ‘You seem stressed out,’ or, ‘You haven’t been eating much,’ or, ‘You’ve been isolating yourself from friends or turning down plans more than usual.’” It is estimated that 4 percent of men suffer from the physical and psychological consequences of trauma, and PTSD is certainly not reserved for combat veterans. While traditional therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure therapy are excellent for treating depression, other modalities offer light at the end of the tunnel for men plagued by traumatic overwhelm. Somatic Experiencing, developed by PTSD psychologist Peter Levine during the last 50 years, targets trauma stored in the nervous system and gently helps a person to increase their tolerance for difficult physical sensations and buried emotions. It is also highly useful in addiction recovery. Therapeutic massage, yoga and regular exercise are all allies for men to combat stress, anchor into their bodies and access unconscious feelings. In the end, little things add up to a whole lot of change for a man. “You are not alone. Take your responsibility in how you experience life. Empower yourself with resources—podcasts, books, therapy, coaching—whatever support might look like for you,” advises Adams. There is no better time than now for the masculine to rise to a new level of greatness. “There is ample evidence that we are in a paradigm-shifting moment in the history of manhood,” says Reichert. “When I speak with parents, I say that there has never been a better time in all of human history to raise a son.” Marlaina Donato is an author and multimedia artist. Connect at WildflowerLady.com.

HELPFUL RESOURCES MenLiving, MenLiving.org A national program of virtual and in-person opportunities for men to forge healthy and nourishing connections. EVRYMAN, Evryman.com An online men’s community group. Good Men Project, GoodMenProject.com Includes articles on many topics including relationships, dads and families, advice and confessions, and ethics. HeadsUpGuys, HeadsUpGuys.org A program at The University of British Columbia that provides support for men to prevent and manage depression. June 2022

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Healing Trauma EMERGING THERAPIES OFFER FRESH HOPE by Ronica O’Hara

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efugee children with tear-stained faces, the frail elderly being wheeled away from floods or fires, the sobbing families of gunshot victims—the faces of trauma are seen in every heartbreaking newscast. And the faces are even closer to us than that, walking down the street: a woman that recoils from touch, a child that has withdrawn into himself, a man with incoherent bursts of anger. The trauma of death, cruelty and destruction has always been part of the human experience. In the U.S., surveys show that as many as 60 to 70 percent of people report being traumatized by sexual assault, accidents, violence, war combat or other causes, and as many as one in 11 may be diagnosed in their lifetime with the more severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The encouraging news is that in the last few decades, a revolution has occurred in the recognition of how widespread trauma is and how deeply embedded it can be, not only in our behaviors but in our bodies. That, in turn, has led to effective and ever-evolving approaches to heal what’s been broken. “Although trauma and PTSD are visible in the culture everywhere now, from films to popular literature and from legal to mental health fields, until 1980 the topic was virtually nonexistent,” says San Francisco psychologist, PTSD researcher and author Harvey Schwartz, Ph.D., who has treated trauma clients in clinical practice for 35 years. “After it became a legitimate diagnosis in 1980, long-overdue research and development of clinical protocols occurred, and today, almost every tradition and subculture within the mental health field has its own model of how to treat trauma.” Shaping the ongoing dialogue has been the research of Boston psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk, whose 2014 book, The Body Keeps the Score, has occupied the top rung of The New York Times bestseller list for three years. In magnetic imaging studies, he found that when a person is thrust into a terrorizing incident, the cognitive functions in the brain’s temporal lobe shut down and activity shifts to the self-defense mode of the amygdala. When the person responds by fighting, fleeing or freezing, physiological reactions kick in, which armor the body and trap emotions and thinking in that fraught moment, distorting future perceptions and experiences. He argues that any true healing of trauma must include “�� bottom-up�� ” modalities focusing on the body rather than only mental “top-down” insights. He also insists that no single treatment alone is likely

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TRAUMA TREATMENT OPTIONS Dozens of approaches are available for treating trauma, and experienced therapists often mix and match cognitive and experiential modalities to meet a patient’s needs. “Choose the therapist over the method, as research repeatedly shows that the therapeutic relationship is the most important factor in any successful therapy,” advises internationally recognized PTSD specialist Babette Rothschild, author of The Body Remembers, Revolutionizing Trauma Treatment and 8 Keys to Safe Trauma Recovery. Some primary approaches, with links to practitioners, are: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy works to process the traumatic event and change negative thought patterns connected to it. Usually involving 12 to 20 sessions, it is the most thoroughly studied approach and has been shown to be effective for about half of patients with good, long-term retention of outcomes. Some variations are Cognitive Processing Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. Find a practitioner at Tinyurl.com/CBTpractitioner. Prolonged Exposure Therapy helps a patient overcome the fear and anxiety of a trauma by re-experiencing elements of it in a safe environment, using imagination and sometimes virtual reality. It is often used by cognitive therapists. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) uses sound, motion, touch, even a pencil to direct a client’s eyes back and forth, thus integrating parts of the brain; memories emerge, but without a heavy emotional charge. A key part of Veterans Administration therapy, it is recommended by the World Health Organization. Some studies show that 84 to 90 percent of single-trauma victims no longer have PTSD after three, 90-minute sessions. Find a practitioner at Emdria.org/directory.

Psychedelics are emerging therapies for PTSD, with psilocybin (magic mushrooms), ketamine and LSD potentially offering deep healing when administered under the supervision of a trained therapist. MDMA is the closest to obtaining U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval: carefully designed Phase 2 and initial Phase 3 clinical trials show twothirds of PTSD patients shedding debilitating symptoms. For more information, visit Maps.org/mdma. Trauma-informed Yoga focuses on grounding practices to restore disrupted physical sensations rather than emphasizing poses themselves and has proven helpful for sexual assault victims and veterans. Dozens of teacher certification programs exist, and it can be done virtually at home.

Brainspotting is an emerging outgrowth of EMDR that involves helping a client fixate on a location in the eye that pinpoints specific traumatic memories. Research is scant, but suggests it may be as or more effective than EMDR. Find a practitioner at Brainspotting.com/directory. Somatic Experiencing has a client pendulate between subtle sensations of trauma in the body and safe, peaceful feelings, which allows the trauma to be gently released. Although extensive research remains to be done, more than 120,000 professionals in 30 countries have been formally trained in it. Find a practitioner at Directory.TraumaHealing.org.

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Internal Family Systems explores different “parts” of a personality held together by a benevolent core consciousness, which allows those parts damaged and hurt by trauma to express themselves and feel self-compassion. It is recommended by leading trauma theorist Bessel van der Kolk. Find a practitioner at Ifs-institute.com/practitioners. Emotional Freedom Technique shows a client how to tap certain rhythms related to acupuncture meridians on the face and the rest of the body while actively reframing traumatic memories. In a small study of veterans with PTSD, 86 percent no longer met diagnostic criteria after six, one-hour sessions. Find a practitioner at Members.iceeft.com/member-search.php.

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enough and no combination of treatments will be the same for every person. Christine Songco, a Los Angeles dental hygienist and wellness coach, used cognitive therapy, journaling and meditation to relieve the trauma of a grueling bout with cancer, but hearing loud and angry voices still made her panic. What ultimately proved healing was an hour-long session of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), in which she followed a therapist’s prompt to move her eyes back and forth while memories surfaced. “It got to the root of my fear and anxiety and the source of my trauma without hours of therapy talking sessions, but I do think the other work I did set the stage for EMDR to be effective for me,” she says. Schwartz says that two major approaches to treating PTSD have emerged: cognitive and experiential. Cognitive, or “talk therapies”, supported by academic research and insurance companies, emphasize mentally processing painful memories to manage such symptoms as nightmares, flashbacks and explosive anger, often using anti-anxiety and antidepressant medications. They can include such strategies as narrative recall, slowly increasing exposure to the traumatic material, mindfulness training and deep breathing exercises. “Cognitive approaches help survivors learn how to become an expert of themselves so that they can respond to their trauma in a healthier way,” says psychologist Sabina Mauro, of Yardley, Pennsylvania, author of The Mindfulness Workbook for PTSD. This type of therapy can take months to years and effectively treats about half of PTSD sufferers. Experiential approaches, which have been researched less, but have engendered substantial therapist enthusiasm, do a “deep dive” to work through traumatic patterning embedded 34

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in a person’s mind, body and psyche. “They help people restore not only their nervous systems, but their capacity for self-trust and self-forgiveness and their capacity for connection to their bodies and others,” says Schwartz. These modalities mostly focus, at least at first, on physical sensations rather than intellectual comprehension. For example, Somatic Experiencing defuses deeply held, fear-based contractions in the body by integrating those sensations with peaceful alternatives. EMDR, once an outlier but now practiced globally and endorsed by the World Health Organization, uses eye movements to lower the emotional charge of a traumatic memory. Internal Family Systems repairs a wounded psyche by relating a person’s deeply felt, damaged “child parts” to their essential goodness. To re-inhabit parts of the body frozen in the past by trauma, patients may be encouraged to use somatic meditations, traumainformed yoga, acupuncture, massage and martial arts, as well as art, music, dance and other forms of expression. Psychedelics, which if used carefully can open a trauma sufferer to a larger sense of purpose, may become a legal option in a few years. In a recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved Phase 3 clinical trial on MDMA (previously called ecstasy), 67 percent of participants no longer met the criteria for PTSD after three therapist-guided sessions. Says Schwartz, “It can feel like a supermarket of options out there, so people need to read, become informed consumers and combine treatments at times. We have to think of the mind, the body and the spiritual as all needing attention and integration.” Health writer Ronica O’Hara can be contacted at OHaraRonica@ gmail.com.

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Living with Afflictions by Randy Kambic

Can you explain how a “sandwich-board theory of life” can be helpful?

How is your eyesight now? Did writing The Beauty of Dusk help you better cope with your condition?

I’m always thinking about David Tatel, a distinguished longtime judge, including with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, who retired last year, who never let his blindness impede him. And he once said to me of the human capacity for adjusting and adapting, “Starfish can grow new limbs, but that’s nothing compared to what people can do.” I hold tight to his words and to his example.

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ne day in late 2017, Frank Bruni, a writer for more than 25 years for The New York Times—including as a White House correspondent, op-ed columnist, Rome bureau chief and restaurant critic—woke up with partial loss of sight in his right eye. He found out that his condition was non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy caused by loss of blood flow to the optic nerve. While he began treatment, he started writing a memoir to document how he was dealing with his setback and to present the stories of family, close friends, previous interviewees and others that have also encountered and dealt with medical challenges. His new book, The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found, is a wise, inspiring and moving account that displays human perseverance and optimism in navigating trauma and afflictions. Some of the people he describes are his mother, who battled uterine cancer; a college friend that has Parkinson’s disease; Cyrus Habib, a blind Rhodes scholar who became the lieutenant governor of the state of Washington; Nebraska senator and wounded Vietnam War veteran Bob Kerrey; and Juan Jose, a Mexican diplomat dealing with retinitis pigmentosa, which causes progressive vision loss. Bruni, author of three previous bestsellers, is now a full-time professor at Duke University, teaching media-oriented classes in the Sanford School of Public Policy. He continues to write a weekly newsletter and occasional essays for The New York Times.

My eyesight is stable, but compromised. I have to read and type more slowly in larger fonts. Writing the book helped me cope in many ways including by showing me that with the proper adjustments, I could very much continue with my writing career.

How can we implement “taking deliberate, concrete steps to move beyond sadness” with our afflictions in practical terms? The first step I think is recognizing how many people confront or live with affliction. That helps dilute the self-pity part of sadness. But another crucial step is realizing that what’s gone is gone, what’s lost is lost and you only compound your sadness by dwelling emotionally on what’s unchangeable versus embracing what you still have.

If each of us walked around wearing a list of the pain we carry or the struggles we have survived, struggles that are usually invisible, then few of us would ask, “Why me?” We’d ask, “Why not me?” And that’s the truer, healthier question.

Can terming a health struggle as an experience, not an ordeal, be applied to our lives? Oh, absolutely. Not with the most extreme hardships, but with some of them, many of them, I think, you can become a student of your hardship. You can at least try to view that what you are going through is a test and you can allow yourself a full measure of pride in passing that test.

Is there one person out of so many depicted in your book that stands out the most to you?

Randy Kambic is a freelance writer and editor in Estero, Florida. June 2022

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UNPLUGGED ADVENTURES ECO-TRIPPING FOR A DIGITAL DETOX

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martphones come in handy for emergencies or checking directions while traveling, but a brief glance at a website or social media can quickly turn into a lengthy scroll session, distracting us from why we go on vacation in the first place. For those that want to truly unplug, unique off-grid, eco-options beckon.

Remote and Quirky Camping The National Park Service has many affordable campgrounds at parks, forests and lakeshores with little to no cell connectivity, allowing visitors to immerse themselves in nature. Listings of wilderness/backcountry camping sites, as well as front-country sites easily accessible by vehicles, can be found at nps.gov/subjects/camping/campground.htm. State parks offer closer-to-home refuge from the digital world. California’s Hendy Woods State Park, in Philo, is brimming with old-growth redwoods. “A lot of people head way up north to Sequoia National Forest to see old-growth redwoods, but there are also redwood forests closer to Sonoma and Mendocino counties, and similarly along the coast,” says Milwaukee-based travel writer Kristine Hansen, contributor to Fodors.com, NationalGeographic.com and other travel outlets. “Standing beneath these towering trees, you can’t help but feel like a small part of this large and wild world.” Hendy Woods’ proximity to wine country allows explorers to drop by a winery or creamery and put together a quick picnic, she notes. 36

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Locally owned campgrounds can offer an escape to a pre-cellphone era. Camp Wandawega, in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, has a storied past of hosting both sinners and saints, opening in 1928 as a speakeasy and later becoming a Catholic youth camp. The historic charm remains intact. “Spending a night here is like dialing it back to the 1950s. Think The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s upstate New York summer camp,” Hansen says. “You can climb into a treehouse or a glamping tent to completely unplug.”

Immersive Getaways River rafting tours provide an escape from the virtual world, says John O’Brien, a scientist and environmental advocate who, with his wife, Kellie, owns Fairbanks Trails and Rivers Tour Company, in Fairbanks,

Alaska. “The moment that we shove off from the shore, we’re immediately on what we call ‘river time.’ It’s best at that point to put your phone and camera in airplane mode. We’re often in areas where there is no cell coverage,” he says. “�� There’s something to be said about just unplugging and being in the moment.” Eco-activities such as river rafting might conjure up images of young, physically fit adventurers in rafts slapped by wild waves, but O’Brien notes river rafting is suitable for all ages and abilities. In tours with frame-style rafts, the guide does all the rowing. “If you are able to stand, walk and climb into and out of a raft, even with some assistance, you can go river rafting,” he says. Trekking is another proven eco-trip strategy. Sometimes confused with hiking, it involves a long journey across a large swath of land that often requires participants to pare down to the absolute basics, which means ditching the cell phone and charger. There’s often little to no service in these remote stretches. North American treks include Canada’s the Long Range Traverse, a 22-mile, unmarked, backcountry trail in Newfoundland with moose, bears and caribou. The Appalachian National Scenic Trail is a 2,100-mile stretch that takes explor-

ers through 14 states. Stretching from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to the northern terminus at Katahdin, Maine, the trail passes through the diverse terrain of the Appalachian Mountain Range. Hikers of all levels can take advantage of day hikes or longer treks.

Getting Our Hands Dirty For an immersive nature experience that also does good, the American Hiking Society offers the Volunteer Vacations program, in which people join in public land stewardship projects. Working in small crews of six to 15 people, volunteers handle a variety of land conservation and trail maintenance needs. Project access ranges from backpacking to day-hiking,

and accommodations vary from primitive campsites to bunkhouses or cabins. “Some of our Volunteer Vacations are remote backcountry trips that are only accessible via foot, and some are offered at local, state and national parks as well,” says program manager Ellie Place. “There is a Volunteer Vacation for everyone, whether you want to sleep in a cozy cabin with amenities or sleep under the stars miles away from it all.” The American Hiking Society has more than 35 Volunteer Vacations planned this year; more information can be found at AmericanHiking.org. Sheila Julson is a Milwaukee-based freelance writer and contributor to Natural Awakenings magazines throughout the country.

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mpathy is the foundation of a caring society. While we are all born with a certain amount, cultivating it is a skill that can be strengthened with practice, and it is critical that the learning process start early, say childhood educators. An empathetic child can better manage their own emotional responses and understand how someone else might be feeling. Studies show that children that practice empathy are less likely to bully and better suited to collaborative environments, setting them up for academic and professional success. According to educator Traci Baxley, of Boca Raton, Florida, empathy in children is developed over time and with repetition. “The earlier we begin to model empathy with our children, the more they will mimic the characteristics associated with the awareness and care of others. Teaching and modeling empathy early supports children’s emotion regulation development and contributes to creating safe spaces in our homes for children to feel nurtured, valued and cared for,” she says. As a speaker, coach and author of Social Justice Parenting: How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-Racist, Justice-Minded Kids in an Unjust World, Baxley uses empathy as a tool for fostering civic-minded awareness. “Empathy is foundational to achieving social justice and creating a world where everyone has a fair chance to live a full, productive life. Social justice requires us to see each other’s perspectives, circumstances and lived experiences through the lens of empathy and compassion. It’s the only

Empathy often starts with listening. way to live in the space of active hope that we can create a world free from inequities and injustices,” she says. One innovative program, Toronto-based Roots of Empathy, began in 1996 after a mother brought her baby into a kindergarten classroom for children to relate to. With the aid of an instructor, they were encouraged to understand the baby’s needs and feelings, and to take the baby’s perspective. So successfully did the interaction reduce bullying behavior that the program has since spread globally, reaching 1 million children in K-8 classes. “In school, students are taught to read, but if we don’t teach them to relate, then we can expect failed societies,” says founder Mary Gordon. “By interpreting the feelings of the tiny baby and sharing when they had the same feelings, the students develop emotional literacy and awareness. This enables them to build connections and healthy relationships, which leads to inclusion and integration.” By parents modeling empathy and vulnerability around their children, the foundation is laid for open conversations, she says. “At the dinner table, say, ‘Today I felt embarrassed when I was called on at work and felt unprepared.’ Identifying and normalizing feelings is the best way to show them it’s something you value and encourage their natural instincts. Kids learn best through observation rather than instruction.” At The Children’s Museum, in Oak Lawn, an Illinois nonprofit, play is an essential part of childhood development. Executive Director Adam Woodworth says the institution focuses on kindness and gratitude to build a foundation of empathy. “Helping children find their empathy for others develops strong friendships built on trust and understanding. Parents can incorporate empathy into explanations for everyday interactions such as sharing toys. Instead of focusing on the negative of giving up their toy for someone else, talk about how happy the other child would feel,” he suggests. Empathy often starts with listening. “Teaching children how to listen for context is a skill that is developed over time. Parents can help by asking open-ended questions while reading, such as, ‘Why do you think Frog didn’t want to invite Snake to the party?’ This helps cultivate both understanding and empathy, acknowledges their feelings as real and validates them in a way that they know we care,” he says. Baxley stresses that it is imperative for parents to model the behaviors they want to cultivate in front of their children. “The way we show up for our children is how they will show up for others,” she says. “We have to pour these habits of empathy and compassion into our children in the privacy of our homes if we expect them to know how to show up for others in that way out in the world.” Carrie Jackson is a Chicago-based freelance writer and frequent contributor to Natural Awakenings magazine. Connect at CarrieJacksonWrites.com.

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Misbehaving Dog Walks WAYS HUMANS GET IT WRONG

ne of the primary activities we do with canine family members is to take walks because they love them and benefit from them. But just as some dogs, for a variety of reasons, are difficult to walk, some people are less-thanideal dog walkers. When we’re teaching our canine BFFs how to behave at the end of a leash, most of us aren’t nearly as concerned with our own behavior during these outings. We assume we’re doing everything right, and it’s 40

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our furry sidekicks that need correcting. But believe it or not, we’re just as capable of bad behavior during walks as the other way around. Here are a few reasons why. NOT ALLOWING SNIFF TIME. A dog’s most acute sense is that of smell. She explores and experiences the world through her nose. Smell is a dog’s “first sense”, much as sight is ours. Just as we depend on our eyes to inform us of the world around us, dogs depend on their noses. If we can imagine how it would feel to take walks with our eyes half-closed, then we can empathize with how it feels to our dog to be prevented from stopping to sniff things. It’s unnatural, slightly intimidating and, ultimately, boring. Dogs need lots of outdoor sniffing opportunities to help them learn about the world around them and stimulate their minds.

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For a change of pace, instead of a normal walk, try taking the dog on a “sniffari”, letting him take the lead. Allow him to sniff whatever he pleases and make all the navigational and investigational decisions. IGNORING THE DOG. Unfortunately, there are pet parents that do everything but pay attention to their dogs during walks. The daily activity becomes so routine that they do it without giving much thought to the furry fellow at the other end of the leash. This is a bad habit primarily for the danger it can pose to the dog that is often busy looking for dead or possibly deadly things to pick up in his mouth or interesting places to lift his leg (like a car door). There is also the potential on walks for unexpected things to happen, like an unfriendly dog appearing seemingly out of nowhere or a car swerving dangerously close. Staying focused on our dog and our immediate environment affords the opportunity to react quickly when necessary, keeping both owner and pet out of harm’s way. If boredom prevents being fully present on a walk, change the scenery. Instead of

heading outside in the same old direction, buckle the dog in and drive a few blocks away or to a neighborhood park or nearby hiking trail. Everyone will find new things to see, smell and experience. CHOOSING THE WRONG TYPE OF COLLAR, HARNESS OR LEASH. Many pet parents don’t realize the importance of choosing the right type of collar, harness and leash for their dog. Certain dogs should wear a harness and should never be leashed or even handled by the collar. These include dogs that pull or lunge while on a leash, those prone to tracheal collapse or a seizure disorder, and dogs with chiropractic issues involving the neck or back. Choke collars and other outdated training devices can cause pain and injury to a dog’s neck and in extreme cases, strangulation. They should be replaced with safer alternatives.

end of the line. The dog will inevitably be the loser in this deal. And if texting, searching the internet or even listening to a podcast or audiobook while walking, our attention is not on the dog. One of the most important gifts that can be given to our dog whenever we interact with him, including on walks, is our undivided attention. Put down the phone and other distractions and let him know through our focus how much he means to us. Veterinarian Karen Shaw Becker has spent her career empowering animal guardians to make knowledgeable decisions to extend the life and well-being of their animals. Visit DrKarenBecker.com.

For walks, training sessions and whenever the dog will be on leash, use either a head collar or no-pull harness. Be wary of retractable leashes, which have the potential to injure both dogs and their owners. Flat leashes should be no longer than six feet. MULTITASKING. This almost always involves a cell phone. If we have a phone to our ear while walking, we have only one hand available for our dog. And even if earbuds are being used and the phone is in a pocket, it’s impossible to be present for both the pet and the person on the other

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or many of us, Dad was the first person to throw us a ball, take us fishing or treat us to ice cream after a game. If we were fortunate, he was the one who made a bad day better, was a strong protector who kept the metaphorical wolves from the door and, by example, secured our place in the world. Fathers give us many “firsts”, and for some of us, that also means a broken heart. Parents, like all human beings, are fallible, learning as they go, never quite getting it right, but doing the best that they can. Sometimes their “best” is tangled in a net of unresolved personal trauma, addiction or mental illness, and we learn to bear the bitter with the sweet. “Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift,” wrote poet Mary Oliver, and her words can be a beacon as we journey through healing the father wound. Once we come out the other side of childhood, it might be difficult to love someone that destroyed our trust and even more difficult to love ourselves. This “gift” might take decades for us to unwrap. Children of difficult dads sometimes blossom like lotuses into more compassionate beings from the mud of absence, cruelty or indifference. Perhaps with a shift in perspective, we may realize how their weaknesses might have given us survival tools and resilience. Flipping the coin to examine what they have done right and giving credit where it is deserved can also help us to open that dead-bolted door to forgiveness. Taking inventory, both positive and negative, can encourage us to become a different kind of parent. In a black-and-white world, the heart’s gray areas can teach us how to lean into our own healing. We inherit a lot from our wounded fathers, including an energetic opportunity to change the familial emotional code, and it can be beautiful. Marlaina Donato is an author, composer and painter. Connect at WildflowerLady.com.

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REIKI Balancing 4 Life Anne Bentzen, Jikiden Reiki Certified Teacher/Practitioner 25 Broadway, Pleasantville, NY 914.588.4079 Balancing4Life.com Edit Babboni, CHC, RYT 200 Reiki Healing. Health Coaching. Yoga. 61 Lakeview Drive, Yorktown Heights, NY 917.721.2529 yoga.zengarden@gmail.com Laura DeToia In person and Long-Distance Reiki 914.645.7704 MerkabaPeace.com The Loving Lotus In person or remote sessions 914.557.8213; lovinglotus.org the.loving.lotusx3@gmail.com

TAROT CARD READINGS Purple Lotus Zen Michelle B Whitney Tarot & Oracle Readings, Medium, Energ Healing. By phone appt. 914.513.8398; Purplelotuszen.com

The Temperance Center Merrill Black, LCSW Reiki Master/Instructor Light Body Quantum Healings 914.793.2600 TheTemperanceCenter.com

HEALING SANCTUARY Moss and Moonlight Workshops, Yoga, Reiki, Women Circles, In-Person & Virtual Hopewell Junction, NY MossAndMoonlight.com

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The Exercise Power of E-Bikes GET A WORKOUT ON AN EASIER RIDE

he familiar adage, “No pain, no gain,” doesn’t really apply to e-bikes. Although a pedal-assist electric bicycle is zippier and easier to ride than a conventional model, researchers are finding that as long as we’re pedaling, we’re still getting our heart pumping, building stamina and experiencing some of that cardio magic. That’s good news for those of us that like to work smarter, not harder. What’s more, that battery-enabled oomph supplies riders with the enjoyment, motivation and self-confidence to venture out more frequently and for longer periods of time, give hills and inclines a try and even pedal to work for an active, eco-friendly commute. It’s a win-win-win. In 2018, researchers at Brigham Young University (BYU), in Provo, Utah, sought to quantify just how good a workout was possible on an e-bike, and they discovered that the average heart rate was only 6.21 beats per minute lower than on a conventional cycle. “The e-bike and conventional bike averages both fell within that 50 to 70 percent maximum-heart rate threshold which is indicative of moderate-intensity cardiovascular activity, so there seems to be a similar amount of benefit for heart health when riding an e-bike, despite the fact that the perceived exertion was significantly lower than on a conventional bike,” says Taylor Hoj, lead author of the study published in the journal JMIR Public Health and Surveillance. The college-aged men and women that participated in the study rode the same 10-mile trail on each type of bike, so it was easy to compare how much faster the e-bikes were. 44

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Cyclists averaged 12 miles per hour (mph) on the conventional bike and 16 mph on the e-bike, reaching top speeds of 22 mph and 27 mph, respectively. On average, the same route took 54 minutes to complete on the conventional bike and only 39 minutes on the e-bike—a 30 to 40 percent time savings. For people considering using an e-bike to commute to work, that reduction might make it easier to give it a shot. Using questionnaires given before and after each ride, the BYU researchers found,

“In general, participants agreed that they could ride an e-bike on most days, in the cold, when they were tired or dressed in formal attire, while carrying groceries or books, or on hilly terrain,” says Hoj, a health equity epidemiologist at the Utah Department of Health and adjunct faculty member at the BYU College of Life Sciences. Notably absent from the study were e-bikes with throttles, which with a twist of the handle or the push of a button, provide a boost even when the rider isn’t pedaling. These bikes would probably not provide the same level of exercise benefits. In 2019, the same BYU researchers conducted a similar study with experienced mountain bikers, published in the JMIR Formative Research Journal. “Our results in that study supported the idea that using a pedal-assist electric mountain bike (EMTB) retained the cardiovascular benefit and that the participants overwhelmingly perceived the potential of EMTB use to be positive,” Hoj says. “Some of them said an EMTB could help get them out on the trails more or perhaps get them to ride longer and go further, and also would allow older, injured, disabled or less-fit riders to enjoy mountain biking on dirt trails, whereas maybe their age, injuries or fitness levels limited their capability on a conventional mountain bike.” According to Hoj, e-bikes offer a great set of benefits for fitness buffs. “Even if you’re a very serious athlete and in training programs, there are days where maybe you’re recovering from a more intense ride and your muscles are really sore, but you still want to continue to train your heart and that aerobic side of things, and an e-bike could be a great use for a more laid back aerobic day while the legs are recovering,” he says. “And if someone is wanting to get into mountain biking but doesn’t feel like they have the fitness to get there or doesn’t know how to start, that pedal assist could remove that initial barrier.” Ultimately, the decision to buy an e-bike—good ones start at $1,000—may come down to emotional considerations. “They’re a lot of fun to ride,” Hoj says.

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Wild-Foraging Hike – 9am-2pm. Monthly event at Amenia Regenerative Center. $50/members, $60/ nonmembers. AMC, 426 Old Route 22, Amenia. Info: 845.320.5003; AmeniaRegenerative.org. Self Love Full Day Retreat – 10am-4pm. Women’s workshop incorporating deep inner work, community, yoga, guided visualizations, meditation, painting, and embodiment practices to encourage and promote self love with three diverse teachers. Lunch included. $155. Moss and Moonlight, Hopewell Junction. Info: MossAndMoonlight.com/calendar. Dōterra Essential Oils – 2-4pm. Debbi of Blooming Health presents a customized essential oil experience for participants to find their path to personal wellness. Free. Universal Healing Arts, Cortlandt Manor. Info: UniversalHealingArts.com, 914.737.4325.

MONDAY, JUNE 13 Conscious Living Part 1 – 1pm. Participants will learn what it takes to create an easy workable plan for their wellness needs. Free. Yorktown John C Hart Memorial Library, 1130 E Main St Shrub Oak. Info: 914.330.5594; AlternativeHealingClinic.com.

Welcoming in the Goddess – 5:30-7pm. With John. Learning to connect with different aspects of the Goddess, this month’s focus is Hecate. $15.�� Persephone’s Pearl, 1014B Main St, Peekskill. Info: Persephonespearl.com. 914.737.3460.

The Magic of Nature: Forest Bath + Sound Bath – 4-6pm. Connect with nature through the Japanese-inspired practice of forest bathing, then enjoy a relaxing sound bath with crystal singing bowls under the trees. $55. Blue Mountain Park, 435 Welcher Ave. Peekskill. Info: Fru Molnar at 336.287.8466; forestbaths.earth/offerings.

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Men’s Brotherhood Circle – 5:30-7pm. With John. Participants sit in a safe space and discuss the mystical side of being a man. Free. Persephone’s Pearl, 1014B Main St, Peekskill. Info: Persephonespearl.com. 914.737.3460.

Conscious Living Part 1 – 11am. Participants will learn what it takes to create an easy workable plan for their wellness needs. Ardsley Library, 9 American Legion Dr., Ardsley Free. Info: 914.330.5594; AlternativeHealingClinic.com.

FRIDAY, JUNE 10

The Skeletal System: Assisting Our Foundation as a Whole – 7-8pm. Free online lecture with Dr. Somesh N. Kaushik, an Ayurvedic and Naturopathic physician, through the Pawling Free Library, Pawling. Registration with library required: 845.855.3444 or PawlingFreeLibrary.org.

Yoga Classes With Lorraine – 10:30-11:45am. Fridays through July 1. Classes will involve simple movements aligned with breathwork in order to alleviate stress and promote flexibility. Open to everyone regardless of physical capabilities. $100/5 class package. Dutchess Yoga, 1820 Route 376 Poughkeepsie. Info: Empoweredbynature.net. Summer Vision Board Workshop – 5:30-6:30pm. Participants get a head start on summer by working on the vision of the things they want to manifest. $20. Persephone’s Pearl, 1014B Main St, Peekskill. Info: Persephonespearl.com. 914.737.3460.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4 The 2022 Science Barge Opening – Festivities will begin at 12pm. Yonkers. Info: GroundworkHV.org.

SUNDAY, JUNE 5 What to Do if You Find Injured Wildlife – 1 pm & 3 pm. Presented by a NYS licensed wildlife rehabilitator from Animal Nation. By donation. Dr. Kaushik’s Ayurvedic & Naturopathic Clinic hosts lecture outdoors, 792 Route 35, in Cross River. Registration required: 914.875.9088. Sacred Cacao Ceremony and Past-Life Regression – 2-6pm. With Mojan Javadi Clarke. Sacred Cacao Ceremony and past-life regression will include a fire ceremony and more. $188. Yima Healing, Putnam Valley. Register: 914.771.1694, YimaHealing.com.

Personal Pearls – 10am-noon. With Joy Matalon and Erica Warren. In an uplifting environment of cradling swings and rocking platforms, participants will learn to access and cultivate their best selves. Info/pricing: 914.519.8138, DropIntoYourBestSelf.com. Outdoor Group Healing with Gene Krakehl – 2-4pm. Gene ‘The Amazing Healer’ is back after a three year hiatus for an unforgettable long awaited event. $25. Universal Healing Arts, Cortlandt Manor. Info: UniversalHealingArts.com, 914.737.4325. Quit with Quinn, Addiction-Free Naturally – 6:30pm, lasts 30-45 minutes. Quit with Quinn addiction cessation treatments bring remarkable, fast and sustainable results for overcoming all sorts of addictions. Q & A regarding smoking, alcohol, sugar, overeating, weight loss. Free. Details: 914.473.2015; quitwithquinn.com. Virtual Women’s Circle – 7-9pm. A virtual circle on self love in an intimate setting, fostering community and connection. This event includes a lesson, sharing via guided discussion, activity, and gentle yoga to promote self love. $25. Moss and Moonlight. Info: MossAndMoonlight.com/calendar.

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Full Moon at Persephone’s Pearl – 5:30-7pm. Preparing for the full moon in Sagittarius. $15. Persephone’s Pearl, 1014B Main St, Peekskill. Info: Persephonespearl.com. 914.737.3460.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15 Divination series: Intro to the Tarot Part II – 5:30-7pm. Participants continue their journey into divination by first exploring how it works. This month continues with The Tarot. $25. Persephone’s Pearl, 1014B Main St, Peekskill. Info: Persephonespearl.com. 914.737.3460.

FRIDAY, JUNE 17 Quit with Quinn, Addiction-Free Naturally – 6:30pm, lasts 30-45 minutes. Quit with Quinn addiction cessation treatments bring remarkable, fast and sustainable results for overcoming all sorts of addictions. Q & A regarding smoking, alcohol, sugar, overeating, weight loss. Free. Details: 914.473.2015; quitwithquinn.com.

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In Balance Concepts Qigong. Tai Chi. Meditation 2505 Rt. 6, St. 108, Brewster 845.803.1992 Inbalancetaichi.com

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Free Outdoor Yoga Classes at Red Mills Historic Park

una Power Yoga, in partnership with Carmel Recreation, is hosting a few free outdoor all-levels yoga classes at Red Mills Historic Park, in Mahopac. These one-hour weather-permitting classes will be held on June 21 at 6:30 p.m. and on July 16 and August 27 at 6 p.m. “Prepare to connect to each present moment through awakening your senses, noticing the sounds around you, feeling the ground and earth beneath your feet, and sensing the setting sun as it dances on your skin,” says Cate Bartilucci, owner of Luna Power Yoga, in Mahopac. Each class is ideal for beginners through advanced yogis that are looking for a well-balanced flow in an outdoor setting, explains Bartilucci. Participants should bring their yoga mat or towel and something with which to hydrate. The classes are open to everybody ages 18 and over (teenagers under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to sign a waiver prior to class). “Our teachers at Luna Power Yoga are dedicated to our community and are thrilled to bring you these free classes so that we can come together to move, breathe and connect in a judgment-free, fun environment,” Bartilucci adds. “We hope to see you there.” Location: 23 Hill St., Mahopac, NY. For more information, contact Luna Power Yoga at 845.276.4619 or Info@lunapoweryoga.com, or visit LunaPowerYoga.com.

Finding Peace Within 420 S. Riverside Ave. Box #223, Croton-on-Hudson 914.281.2225 visit: tinyurl.com/d96atbuw

YogaShine NEW Kripalu, Mat, Chair, Therapy 914.769.8745, yogashine.com Via ZOOM until further notice

CORTLANDT MANOR YOGA by Karen Universal Healing Arts 4 Crestview Ave. 914.737.4325 UniversalHealingArts.com

CROSS RIVER O2 Living Sanctuary 792 Rt. 35 914.763.6320 O2livingsanctuary.com

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YOGA ASSOCIATIONS Yoga Society of New York Ananda Ashram Monroe, NY 845.782.5575 anandaashram.org Yoga Teachers Association Workshops 2nd Sat. 1:30 pm Club Fit, Briarcliff Manor, NY and via Zoom yta_communications@ytayoga.com ytayoga.com

YOGA RETREATS Yoga in the Adirondacks, LLC 2 Coulter Rd, Bakers Mills, NY 518.251.3015;914.556.8258 yogaintheadirondacks.com

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Sacred Spirit Yoga & Healing Arts Center 343 Broadway (on campus of South Presbyterian Church) sacredspirityogacenter.org

MAHOPAC Luna Power Yoga Move, Sweat & Breathe 54 Miller Rd., Ste. 4 845.276.4619; lunapoweryoga.com Putnam Yoga 30 Tomahawk Street Baldwin Place, Mahopac 845.494.8118 PutnamYoga.com

SOMERS Zen Garden Health Coaching & Yoga Edit Babboni; CHC, RYT 200 61 Lakeview Dr., Yorktown Heights, NY 917.721.2529 yoga.zengarden@gmail.com

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Five Phases (Wu Xing) through breath, movement and interactive lecture. Dutchess Yoga, 1820 Route 376 Poughkeepsie. $35, includes class materials. Contact Lorraine through Empoweredbynature.net.

SUNDAY, JUNE 19 Spiritually Sassy: An Immersive Sah Method Dance Retreat – 6/19-6/24. Activate the body’s healing resources with ecstatic dance, meditation, and breathwork, and sweat out what no longer serves with Sah D’Simone, a spiritual teacher who synergizes spirituality with sass. $500/ $450 members. Omega, Rhinebeck. Info: eOmega.org.

TUESDAY, JUNE 21 Conscious Living Part 1 – 11am Participants will learn what it takes to create an easy workable plan for their wellness needs. Ardsley Library 9 American Legion Dr., Ardsley Free. Info: 914.330.5594; AlternativeHealingClinic.com.

markyourcalendar The Market on The River Sundays through October 9 am - 1 pm Cortlandt Waterfront Park

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Produce, Honey, Baked Goods, Farm Fresh Eggs PranaMoon Yoga at 10 am LetItShineOnline.com Info@LetItShineOnline.com

Full Moon Ceremony – 7pm. Join in under the stars, around the fire for guided meditation and ceremony. Release what no longer serves. Outdoors weather permitting. $12. Universal Healing Arts, Cortlandt Manor. Info: UniversalHealingArts.com, 914.737.4325.

SATURDAY, JUNE 18 Radiance Yoga and Wellness Festival – The daylong outdoor event will feature yoga, Ayurveda, meditation, nutrition, Pilates, sound healing, tai chi and food. Novice to advanced are welcome. John Jay Homestead, 400 Jay St., Katonah. Info: RadianceYogaFestival.com.

Free Outdoor Yoga Classes – 6:30pm (also, 6pm on 7/16 & 8/27).With Luna Power Yoga teachers. Well-balanced one hour flow class, weatherpermitting, for all levels. Bring yoga mat or towel. Red Mills Historic Park, 23 Hill St., Mahopac. Info: 845.276.4619, LunaPowerYoga.com.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22 Working with the Angels – 5:30-7pm. With Rose. Explore the energy of the angelic realms and the angel this month that’s associated with Cancer. $20. Persephone’s Pearl, 1014B Main St, Peekskill. Info: Persephonespearl.com. 914.737.3460.

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HELP WANTED FRONT DESK / OFFICE MANAGER POSITION at busy chiropractic office in White Plains. Will train right person, but applicant must be punctual, hardworking, fun, charismatic, energetic, goal oriented. Excellent starting salary and high earning potential. Send resume to drgertner@ucc-ny.com. IS NATURAL WELLNESS YOUR JAM? Turn your passion for wellness into a paycheck! Be at the intersection of the booming natural health and work from home e-commerce industries. Contact Cindy Rosenbaum of Rosenbaum Wellness to find out more. 914.806.6559.

Alchemy of the Sacred Mind – 6/24-6/26. With Caroline Leaf, Lisa Miller, Jillian Pransky. Facilitated by teachers of brain science and ancient wisdom healing traditions. Participants learn how to tap into an awakened mind to transform thoughts for a better life. $445/ $400 members. Omega, Rhinebeck. Info: eOmega.org. List Your CLASSIFIED HERE Regional exposure in Westchester, Putnam & Dutchess

Quit with Quinn, Addiction-Free Naturally – 6:30pm, lasts 30-45 minutes. Quit with Quinn addiction cessation treatments bring remarkable, fast and sustainable results for overcoming all sorts of addictions. Q & A regarding smoking, alcohol, sugar, overeating, weight loss. Free. Details: 914.473.2015; quitwithquinn.com. Shemanic Journey Drumming – 7-9pm. End the week with a journey into the world of participant’s own spirit guides and power animals. $20. Persephone’s Pearl, 1014B Main St, Peekskill. Info: Persephonespearl.com. 914.737.3460.

Introduction to Gas Digesters – 10am-3pm. Participants learn how to build a food waste biogas digester by watching the process in the Amenia Regenerative Center’s greenhouse. $20, members, $30/nonmembers. Amenia Regenerative Center, 426 Old Route 22, Amenia. Info: 845.320.5003; AmeniaRegenerative.org.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25

Fire Element Workshop – 1-3pm. Facilitated by Lorraine Hughes, Registered Herbalist and Qi Gong instructor. Participants explore this Fire phase of the

Monthly Séance – 7-9pm. $15. Persephone’s Pearl, 1014B Main St, Peekskill. Info: Persephonespearl.com. 914.737.3460.

Invasive Plant Workshop – Participants will learn about the environmental impact of New York’s invasive plants and how to identify and remove them. $10/members, $15/nonmembers. Amenia Regenerative Center, 426 Old Route 22, Amenia. Info: 845.320.5003; AmeniaRegenerative.org.

TUESDAY, JUNE 28 The Skeletal System: Assisting Our Foundation as a Whole – 7-8pm. Free online lecture with Dr. Somesh N. Kaushik, an Ayurvedic and Naturopathic physician, through the Desmond-Fish Public Library, Garrison. Registration with library required: 845.424.3020 or DesmondFishLibrary.org.

MONDAY, JUNE 29 Crystal Work Shop –5:30-6:30pm. With Theresa. Participants will deepen their understanding of using Crystals for healing. $15. Persephone’s Pearl, 1014B Main St, Peekskill. Info: Persephonespearl.com. 914.737.3460.

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sunday Rye 2022 Down to Earth Farmers Market – 8:30am-1pm. 5/8-12/4. In the parking lot off Theodore Fremd Avenue, behind the Purchase Street stores. Info: DownToEarthMarkets.com. The Sunday Market on The River – 9am-1pm. Mother’s Day thru Oct. PranaMoon Yoga offers a drop in, all level yoga class on the lawn at 10am. Cortlandt Waterfront Park, 45 Riverview Ave. Verplanck. Info: LetItShineOnline.com. Irvington Farmers Market – 9:30am-1pm. 2nd & 4th Sundays. Main Street School parking lot, 101 Main St, Irvington. Info: theirvingtonfarmersmarket.org. Yonkers 2022 Down to Earth Farmers Market –10am-2pm. 6/5-11/20. Closed street and footpath in Van Der Donck Park at Woodworth Avenue between traffic barriers. Info: DownToEarthMarkets.com. Beacon Farmers Market – 10am-3pm. May through Nov. DMV parking lot, 223 Main Street, Beacon. Info: beaconfarmersmarket.org. Rhinebeck Farmers’ Market – 10am-2pm. Thru December 18 (no market December 4). Rain or shine. Located outside at the municipal parking lot. Info: Rhinebeckfarmersmarket.com. Hudson Valley Farmers Market- 10am-3pm. Year round. A one stop shop farmers market with fresh Hudson Valley products. 227 Pitcher Lane, Red Hook. Info: GreigFarm.com; 845.758.1234.

monday Virtual YogaShine for Adults – 9-10:30am. Kripalu-based, gentle and strengthening, calming the nervous system, heart-centered, developing consciousness, curiosity, and compassion. Lots of individual attention. First class free. Vitalah Simon. Zoom invitation: 914.769.8745, yogashine.com. The Healing Circle – 10:30-11:30am. Via Zoom. Conducted by Beryl Hay. 2nd Mondays. Safe and sacred way to connect to the breath while deepening meditation and mindfulness practices. This practice helps to provide a more compassionate way to live. Info: mariandale.org (calendar). Healing Circle – 5:30-6:30pm. With Rose. Enjoy universal healing energies in a group. $15. Persephone’s Pearl, 1014B Main St, Peekskill. Info: Persephonespearl.com. 914.737.3460.

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Virtual YogaShine for Adults – 7-8:30pm. Kripalu-based, gentle and strengthening, calming the nervous system, heart-centered, developing consciousness, curiosity, and compassion. Lots of individual attention. First class free. Vitalah Simon. Zoom invitation: 914.769.8745, yogashine.com.

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Qigong Zoom Class – 9am. With Master David Cunniff. Zoom class. First class is free. In Balance Tai Chi Studio, 2505 Carmel Ave, Suite 108, Brewster. Info: 845.803.1992 or InBalanceTaiChi.com.

Cat Spay And Neutering Day – 3RD Thursdays. Low cost services provided by the T.A.R.A. Mobile Clinic. Appointments required. Other services available. Early morning drop off and late afternoon pick up. Trinity Episcopal Church Parish House, 5 Elm St, Fishkill. Pricing/Info: 845.206.9021.

Gentle Slow Flow Yoga – 9:15am. A slower, soothing Vinyasa practice. Gently open energy lines, soothe the nervous system through pranayama, meditation and movement. $20. Universal Healing Arts, Cortlandt Manor. Info: UniversalHealingArts.com, 914.737.4325. Green Street Radio – 10am. With Patti and Doug Wood. Environmental news, analysis and sciencebased information. Info: greenstreetradio.com. 99.5 FM and WBAI.org. Qigong Class – 5:30pm. With Master David Cunniff. In Studio class for those fully vaccinated. First class is free. In Balance Tai Chi Studio, 2505 Carmel Ave, Suite 108, Brewster. Info: 845.803.1992 or InBalanceTaiChi.com. Tai Chi & Qigong – 7pm. Instructor, Sifu Gary Renza, 35 years’ experience, cultivates ‘life-force’ energy, to strengthen body, mind, spirit, improve overall health. $20/drop in. Universal Healing Arts, Cortlandt Manor. Info: UniversalHealingArts.com, 914.737.4325. Beginner Qigong Class – 7pm. With Master David Cunniff. In Studio class for those fully vaccinated. First class is free. In Balance Tai Chi Studio, 2505 Carmel Ave, Suite 108, Brewster. Info: 845.803.1992 or InBalanceTaiChi.com. Breath, Relax & Slow Flow Yoga – 7:30-8:45 pm. Virtual via zoom. With Jo-Anne Salomone, CYT. A great slow flow with breath movement and deep relaxation. Open level. $12. Info: Jo-Anne 917.364.1871, TheTemperanceCenter.com.

wednesday Virtual Chair YogaShine, Super Gentle, for Senior Adults and Adults with Special Needs/ Health and Recovery concerns – 10-11am. Gentle and strengthening, calming the nervous system, heart-centered, Kripalu-based, developing curiosity, flexibility, and compassion. Vitalah Simon. Zoom invitation: 914.769.8745, yogashine.com. Qigong Class – 5:30pm. With Master David Cunniff. In Studio class for those fully vaccinated. First class is free. In Balance Tai Chi Studio, 2505 Carmel Ave, Suite 108, Brewster. Info: 845.803.1992 or InBalanceTaiChi.com. Workshop Wednesdays at Persephone’s Pearl – 5:30-7pm. A different topic every week. See monthly calendar for topics on a specific date. Persephone’s Pearl, 1014B Main St, Peekskill. Info: Persephonespearl.com. 914.737.3460.

The NuSpecian Live – 9:30am. Aston and Jillian talk about health-related topics and NuSpecies products. Viewers can chat during the live show to comment on the topic and ask questions. Info: nuspecies.com/pages/the-nuspecian. Gentle/Moderate Kripalu-based Yoga – 9:30-11am. In-person and virtual. With Chris Glover. Gentle, nurturing, yet strengthening. Develops a calm nervous system and embodied awareness thru compassionate self-observation. Info: sacredspirityogacenter.org. Wisdom Wellness and Empowerment – 5:306:30pm. Join Rose to enhance the connection of energy work by learning about angels, tarot, crystals and more. Rose helps integrate these into one’s personal practice. $25. Persephone’s Pearl, 1014B Main St, Peekskill. Info: Persephonespearl.com. 914.737.3460.

friday New Rochelle 2022 Down to Earth Farmers Market – 9am-2pm, 06/03-10/28. Thomas Paine Cottage Museum. New Rochelle. Info: DownToEarthMarkets.com. The NuSpecian Live – 9:30am. Aston and Jillian talk about health-related topics and NuSpecies products. Viewers can chat during the live show to comment on the topic and ask questions. Info: nuspecies.com/pages/the-nuspecian Gentle/Moderate Kripalu-based Yoga – 9:30-11am. In-person and virtual. With Chris Glover. Gentle, nurturing, yet strengthening. Develops a calm nervous system and embodied awareness thru compassionate self-observation. Info: sacredspirityogacenter.org. Virtual Chair YogaShine, Super Gentle, for Senior Adults and Adults with Special Needs/ Health and Recovery concerns – 10-11am. Gentle and strengthening, calming the nervous system, heart-centered, Kripalu-based, developing curiosity, flexibility, and compassion. Vitalah Simon. Zoom invitation: 914.769.8745, yogashine.com. Qi Gong Class – 10:30-11:45am. With Lorraine Hughes. Fridays. Simple movements aligned with breathwork to alleviate stress and promote flexibility. open to everyone, regardless of physical capabilities. $100/5 class package. Dutchess Yoga, 1820 Route 376, Poughkeepsie. Info: EmpoweredByNature.net.

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Qigong Class – 5:30pm. With Master David Cunniff. In Studio class for those fully vaccinated. First class is free. In Balance Tai Chi Studio, 2505 Carmel Ave, Suite 108, Brewster. Info: 845.803.1992 or InBalanceTaiChi.com.

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saturday Yoga Teachers Association Workshops – 2nd Sat. Open to yoga teachers and students, members and nonmembers. Club Fit, 584 N State Rd, Briarcliff Manor and/or via Zoom. Info: ytayoga.com. Chappaqua farmers market – 8:30am-1pm. Opens May 7. Located at the South Lot, Chappaqua train station. Info: chappaquafarmersmarket.org.

June 2022

Astrology with Pamela Cucinell Surf with Change June opens with Mercury retrograde; practice care with communications and electronic purchases. Tempers are short June 1; best to not overextend. Stay within your comfort zone June 2. Unexpressed concerns come to light with Mercury direct on June 3. A need to declare commitment and shoulder responsibilities increases June 4 and beyond, when Saturn goes retrograde. Creative solutions for problems deserve a rest June 5; enjoy a playful evening.

Hurry Up and Wait Therapeutic work reaps an exponential return and productivity books June 6-7. The energy shifts June 8, when every discussion seems laborious. Stay the course because June 9 ignites potential for long-lasting connections. Establish common ground the morning of June 10, because cooperation ebbs by afternoon. A sudden inspiration or tangent June 11 provides clarity—or perhaps a distraction. Some commitments or responsibilities need reevaluation June 12.

adapt to network connections and unexpected options June 17.

Big Love On June 18, consider the possibility that the big dream can happen. June 19 is Father’s Day and Juneteenth—emotions swell as we listen with compassion. Love and creativity call for attention on June 20. Big messages broadcast this summer solstice; say what is in your heart. If a situation becomes stressful June 22, objectivity and distance shifts perspective. Focus enables a powerful outcome June 23.

Shed the Shell

Go For It

Sudden and unexpected events June 24 benefit those who move with grace. Ride waves to enhance project flow June 25. Too many choices June 26 can derail plans. Therefore, stay with priorities June 27. The new moon in Cancer on June 28 encourages new growth and transformation. Nurture fresh intentions June 29, to gestate and cook within you. On June 30, tease out any demons or naysayers … it’s time to protect your vision and seek the right partners.

The call of the wild beckons June 13; get some outdoor time when concentration is elusive. The Sagittarius full moon June 14 stimulates creativity and longing. Consider and invite in what fills that desire. Make steady steps toward projects and goals June 15. Morning fuzziness evaporates June 16 to allow decisive strides. Stay flexible and

Pamela Cucinell offers a spiritual astrological perspective for the massive changes of our time, as well as guidance through private sessions and podcasts. For more info, call 917.796.6026, email pamela@insightoasis. com, or visit InsightOasis.com and ActiveSpirituality.Life. See ad, page 42.

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Larchmont 2022 Down to Earth Farmers Market – 8:30am-1:00pm. Thru 12/17. ). At the front of the Metro-North upper lot, Chatsworth Ave/Myrtle Blvd. Larchmont. Info/updates: DownToEarthMarkets.com. Ossining 2022 Down to Earth Farmers Market – 8:30am-1pm. Year-Round. Parking lot near the corner of Spring and Main Streets. Info/updates: downtoearthmarkets.com. Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow Farmers Market, The TaSH – 8:30am-1:30am. Opening Day May 28. Patriots Park. Info: tashfarmersmarket.org. Pleasantville Farmers Market – 8:30am-1pm. Through Nov. 19. Metro-North Parking Lot, 10 Memorial Plaza, Pleasantville. Information: pleasantvillefarmersmarket.org. Kingston Farmers Market – 9am-2pm. Thru Nov 19. County Courthouse parking lot, 285 Wall St, Kingston. Info: Kingstonfarmersmarket.org. 2022 John Jay Homestead Farmer Market – 9am-2pm. Members first pick 9 to 9:30am. Thru Oct. 29. In the barnyard; use the Farm Lane entrance. Parking is available in the field in front of the white Brick Cottage. 400 Jay St, Katonah. Info: johnjayhomestead.org. Intermediate Kripalu-based Yoga – 9:1510:30am. In-person and virtual. With Kathleen Hinge, For more experienced practitioners who desire more of a challenge. Be guided through more advanced postures, and invited to hold poses longer and explore personal variations. Info: sacredspirityogacenter.org. Cold Spring Farmers’ Market – 10am-1pm. Outdoors in the Boscobel House and Gardens, 1601 NY-9D, Garrison Info: csfarmmarket.org. Hudson Valley Farmers Market- 10am-3pm. Year round. A one stop shop farmers market with fresh Hudson Valley products. 227 Pitcher Lane, Red Hook. Info: GreigFarm.com; 845.758.1234. Beginner Kripalu-based Yoga – 10:45am-12noon. In-person and virtual. With Kathleen Hinge. Learn gentle pose sequences, and embodied awareness. Suitable for new students and those with physical limitations or recovering from injury. Info: sacredspirityogacenter.org. Aston’s Virtual Office Hours – 4-5pm. Every other Saturday. An open forum for those that are new to NuSpecies or currently on the products to ask any questions they have. Info: nuspecies.com/pages/ webinar-registration

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ACCOUNTING/TAX SERVICES

ADDICTION CESSATION QUIT WITH QUINN

STERNBACH & ROSE, CPAS

Midtown Manhattan and Garrison Steve.healingny@gmail.com 914.473.2015; QuitWithQuinn.com

115 E. Stevens Ave, Suite 100 Valhalla, NY 10595 914.940.4449; sandrcpa.com

Our goal is to help people have less anxiety about managing their finances, to maximize their income and run their businesses better. Giving people a stronger financial foundation can absolutely contribute to a better quality of life.

ACUPUNCTURE

Quit with Quinn helps p e o p l e overcome daily addictions and unwanted habits ranging from sugar, smoking, alcohol, weight loss, to overeating and other compulsive habits. All natural, painless, no medications, needles, or hypnosis. 90% success rate. See ad pg 17.

AYURVEDA DR. KAUSHIK’S AYURVEDIC AND NATUROPATHIC CLINIC

Yellow Monkey Village 792 Rte 35 Cross River, NY, and NYC Office: 914.875.9088; Cell: 646.670.6725 Drkaushik.com; drkaushik@drkaushik.com Combination of Ayurveda and Naturopathy is used to create a unique treatment plan to regain and maintain health. Based on one’s particular body constitution (dosha), a plan may includesupplements, diet/ nutrition suggestions, lifestyle management, detoxification, hydrotherapy, 0zone therapy, Panchakarma. Clinic days: M-F. See ad pg 31.

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE

LAURIE R. MALLIS, MD, LAC

SearchLight Medical 2424 Route 52, Hopewell Junction, NY 845.592.4310; SearchLightMedical.com Frustrated with not feeling or looking your best? Let me guide you on your path to better health and well-being. Utilizing: Medical Acupuncture, ONDAMED Biofeedback Therapy, Reiki, Mei Zen Acupuncture for facial rejuvenation, weight loss and fertility. See ad pg 17.

KARLA BOOTH DIAMOND, MAMSAT Member: Westchester Holistic Network 153 Main St, Suite J, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549 914.649.9565; Awareness-in-Action.com

Move with ease! The Alexander Technique is an educational method for learning to release patterns of tension that may be causing stress, pain, or poor body usage. Feel lighter and learn to undo compression of the spine and joints.

HEATHER PERLOW, L.AC.

Concentric Acupuncture 875 Mamaroneck Ave, Ste 303, Mamaroneck 914.200.3343; ConcentricAcupuncture.com L e t ’s r e s t o r e y o u r h e a l t h together! Personalized treatment plans promote healing through acupuncture, Chinese herbs, cupping, gua sha, moxibustion, and Qi Gong. I treat pain, insomnia, anxiety, depression, digestive and skin issues, pre/post-surgical care, gynecological issues, facial rejuvenation and more.

ASTROLOGY ASTROLOGY INSIGHT

Pamela Cucinell NCGR PAA 917.796.6026; InsightOasis.com Astrology & Tarot with spiritual perspective and a practical twist. Find your way to flow instead of fight; economy of action leads to a beautiful life. Skype, Zoom and phone. See ad pg 42.

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BEHAVIORAL OPTOMETRY SAMANTHA SLOTNICK, OD, FAAO, FCOVD

495 Central Park Ave, Suite 301, Scarsdale 914.874.1177; DrSlotnick.com A whole-person, holistic approach to vision care, for all ages. Specializing in vision therapy and rehabilitation for vision problems which interfere with reading, learning, attention, performance and efficiency. Please visit website for details.

CBD YOUR CBD OF MT. KISCO

222 E. Main St., Mt. Kisco, NY 10549 914.276.5409; YourCBDstoreMtKisco.com

YOUR CBD OF WAPPINGERS FALLS

1582 U.S. 9 #5, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 845.297.0302; CBDWappingers.com Your CBD Store® is the largest hemp retailer in the US. All of our products are USDA Certified Organic, Non-GMO and ThirdParty Lab Tested. We offer the highest quality hemp products including CBD Tinctures, Topicals and Water Solubles for people and pets. See ad pg 9.

the habit of being yourself, and reinvent a new self. ~Joe Dispenza June 2022

CHIROPRACTIC DR. LEIGH DAMKOHLER, CCSP, LMT 8 Bacon Place, Yonkers, NY 10710 914.523.7947 Chiropractor-WestchesterNY.com

PERSONALIZED treatments designed for YOU by Westchester’s only dually licensed practicing Sports Chiropractor and Massage Therapist. Receive a unique combination of muscle work and adjustments not provided elsewhere. Dr. Leigh can help you move and feel better. Get back to the life you love!

DOWSER JEANIE PASQUALE PROFESSIONAL DOWSER

MEMBER: Westchester Holistic Network 845.709.5245 dowsing@househarmony.org HouseHarmony.org Protect yourself from EMFs and other negative energies! A professional dowser can block the negative effects of cell phones, satellite dishes, high-tension wires and more. Moved into a new home? Want to sell? Have unexplained health issues? Call now!

UPPER CERVICAL CHIROPRACTIC OF NY 311 North St., Suite 410, White Plains, NY 914.686.6200: ucc-ny.com

Dr. Gertner himself suffered with back pain due to an injury. With upper cervical chiropractic treatments, his body began to “heal itself” and the relentless pain that had plagued him quickly left his body. This inspired him to become one of only 5 NUCCA chiropractors in New York, and less than 200 worldwide, currently. He experienced amazing results and he knows you will too. See ad pg 55.

ENERGY HEALING ANNE H. BENTZEN

Certified Jikiden Reiki Teacher/Practitioner Treatments, Classes and Student Events Custom BACH Flower Essence formulas Energy Counseling, Crystalline grids 25 Broadway, Ste.101, Pleasantville, NY balancing4life.com; 914.588.4079 Health requires energetic balance. Reiki clears stress, reduces pain, inflammation and restores energy flow. Strengthen your immunity. Relieve anxiety. Depression and insomnia. Learn the original Reiki teachings with Jikiden. Private sessions and small classes. See ad pg 16.

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY

FLOATATION THERAPY RISE ABOVE FLOATATION 111 East Main Street Mount Kisco, NY 10549 914.241.1900

A Center For Awareness and Relaxation through Floatation Therapy. Create the ultimate Relaxation Response by removing all stimulation from light, sound, and gravity. Choose from three different float environments to find your perfect experience. Appointments available from 10am to 10pm daily. Free Parking.

JOY MATALON LMT, CST

Locations: Ossining, Garrison 914.519.8138; Joymatalon.com Craniosacral Therapy with Somato Emotional Release allows physical, emotional, and spiritual issues to be intimately explored bringing relief from pain and activating a healing process which continues beyond the session. Experience CST alone or integrated in therapeutic massage.

250 E. Hartsdale Ave. St. 22, Hartsdale, NY 914.472.0666; HartsdaleHomeopathy.com Looking for a physician with 25 years of clinical practice using natural remedies? Expertise in treating acute and chronic illness in children and adults. Emphasis on homeopathic and functional medicine to decrease dependency on pharmaceutical drugs. If you want experienced, competent, compassionate, and exceptional care.

HAIR SALON FRESH ORGANIC SALON SOLUTIONS Hair care, Skincare & Make up 190 Rt 117 By Pass, Bedford, NY 914.242.1928; FreshOrganicSalon.com

A healthy approach to beauty and wellness led by Maureen Toohey, Regional Educator for Organic Salon Systems. The fresh team is committed to making your experience fully complete and satisfying, organically. Receive a gift valued at $75 with your 1st color appointment, when you mention Natural Awakenings. See ad pg 19.

LORRAINE HUGHES

THE LOVING LOTUS

The Loving Lotus and founder Erika Camilli will help provide an open, positive space to support you to connect to your authentic true self and create the change needed to live the life you’ve always wanted. Sign up for your free consultation.

SUSANNE SALTZMAN, MD

HERBAL MEDICINE

COACH – LIFE In person or remote sessions 914.557.8213; lovinglotus.org the.loving.lotusx3@gmail.com

FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE

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Registered Herbalist (AHG) 263 New Hackensack Road, 2nd Floor Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 lorrainehughes54@gmail.com EmpoweredbyNature.net; 845.416.4598 Lorraine offers Individual Wellness Consultations based on the Chinese Herbal Medicine Paradigm which provides a preventative and individual approach to balanced health. Each “unique” individual protocol will include Chinese, We s t e r n , Ay u r v e d i c H e r b a l remedies and Nutritional planning.

HOLISTIC DENTIST DAVID L LERNER, DDS, CAC, FIND Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 914.214.9678; holisticdentist.com

We offer a unique approach to the health care of the mouth based on a holistic understanding of the whole body. I invite you to explore our web site to learn how we can serve your needs. See ad pg 2.

HOMEOPATHY SUSANNE SALTZMAN, MD

250 E. Hartsdale Ave. St. 22, Hartsdale, NY 914.472.0666; HartsdaleHomeopathy.com

INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE PELLEGRINO INTEGRATIVE CANCER CENTER

4307 Albany Post Rd Hyde Park NY 12538 pellegrinointegrativecancercenter.com Pellegrino Integrative Cancer Center is a collaboration of healthcare practitioners dedicated to delivering the highest standard of conventional, complementary, and alternative medicine. See ad, pg 16.

MATTRESSES Open Mon-Sat. 10-6 2264 South Rd., Poughkeepsie, NY 845.204.9090; DavisFurnitureOnline.com Do you want a healthier night’s sleep? Visit locally owned Davis Furniture and see their full line of all natural American-made mattresses. For over 90 years they have been giving their customers more, and charging them less. And they’ve once again been voted the best furniture store in the Hudson Valley. See ad pg 9.

HYPNOTHERAPY

MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Certified Hypnotherapist Somers, Ny 914.400.9508; lisableasdale.com Willpower often falls short. Hypnotherapy taps into the power of the subconscious mind to transform your life by creating positive changes. Lisa helps individuals with stress reduction, addiction, weight loss, smoking cessation, procrastination, overcoming fears, phobias, anxiety, grief, and divorce.

DR. KAUSHIK’S AYURVEDIC AND NATUROPATHIC CLINIC

Yellow Monkey Village 792 Rte 35 Cross River, NY, and NYC Office: 914.875.9088; Cell: 646.670.6725 Drkaushik.com; drkaushik@drkaushik.com Combination of Ayurveda and Naturopathy is used to create a unique treatment plan to regain and maintain health. Based on one’s particular body constitution (dosha), a plan may include supplements, diet/nutrition suggestions, lifestyle management, detoxification, hydrotherapy, 0zone therapy, Panchakarma. Clinic days: Monday-Friday. See ad pg 31.

DAVIS FURNITURE

Looking for a physician with 25 years of clinical practice using natural remedies? Expertise in treating acute and chronic illness in children and adults. Emphasis on homeopathic and functional medicine to decrease dependency on pharmaceutical drugs. If you want experienced, competent, compassionate, and exceptional care.

LISA BLEASDALE, C.HT

NATUROPATHIC DOCTOR

NUTRITION NUSPECIES

LYNN PARODNECK M.D.

Nuspecies.com 866.624.4117 Westchester. Long Island. Brooklyn. Jamaica, Caribbean NuSpecies Health Centers provide free health consultations with certified nutritionists/life coaches. We make custom recommendations of our Raw, Organic, Liquid, Natural nutritional formulas and then work with our clients until they achieve their health goals. See ad pg 3.

Certified Medical Marijuana Practitioner 914.525.6536; DrParodneck@gmail.com DrLynnParodneck.com Evaluations and Consultations; D r. P a r o d n e c k w o r k s i n compliance with the New York State Compassionate Care Act. She is one of the leading medical marijuana clinicians in New York, with numerous referring specialists and an extensive professional network in the cannabis industry. See ad pg 17.

OFFICE OF DR. MICHAEL WALD

Dr. Michael Wald, DC, Board Certified Nutritionist 29 King St, 2nd Fl, Chappaqua, NY 10514 914.552.1442 - info@blooddetective.com DrMichaelWald.com; #BloodDetective D r . Wa l d i s a h o l i s t i c DC, Nutritionist, and Dietician who’s Blood Detective software, labs and detailed consult help get to the cause(s) of persistent health issues. Conditions include autoimmune, weight loss, antiaging, cancer, GI issues, depression, and more. See ad pg 7.

We live in a world where everything is connected. We can no longer think in terms of us and them when it comes to the consequences of the way we live. Today it’s all about WE. ~ Gregg Braden June 2022

PODIATRY KATONAH PODIATRY, PC

Pamela Hoffman, DPM Glenn B. Weiss, DPM 200 Katonah Ave., Katonah, NY 914.232.8880; Katonahpodiatry.com

SLEEP DISORDER DAVID L LERNER, DDS, CAC, FIND Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 914.214.9678 holisticdentist.com

We offer a unique approach to the health care of the mouth based on a holistic understanding of the whole body. I invite you to explore our web site to learn how we can serve your needs. See ad pg 2.

Foot care for people of all ages. Board certified holistic podiatrists who use a comprehensive, integrative approach. Customized treatments utilizing the best of today’s technology combined with nutrition and 30 years of experience.

SPA REFLEXOLOGY LORRAINE HUGHES

ARCB Certified Reflexologist 263 New Hackensack Road, 2nd Floor Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 lorrainehughes54@gmail.com EmpoweredbyNature.net; 845.416.4598 Foot and/or Hand Reflexology sessions are offered with the use of Essential Oils applied to acupuncture points based upon each individual’s presenting pattern. Please refer to Services page on web site for the many benefits of this ancient modality.

VETERINARY HOSPITAL EARTH ANGELS VETERINARY HOSPITAL 44 Saint Nicholas Rd., Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 845.227.P-A-W-S (7297) Earthangelsvet.com

Where East meets West with compassionate care for a holistic approach to your pet’s health. Offering a wide range of services/ products including wellness exams, nutritional support, alternative cancer therapies, surgery, dentals, acupuncture, CBD products, pet boarding and more on our beautiful 9-acre facility.

BALANCE DAY SPA

Westchester’s ONLY Certified Green Spa 280 Mamaroneck Ave., Suite 310, White Plains, NY 914.358.9898; balance-dayspa.com As Westchester County’s ONLY certified green spa, Balance Day Spa has been in business since 2010. We specialize in all aspects of esthetics, including: facials, peels, waxing, tinting, bronzing, aromatherapy, energy healing and makeup. All organic, all the time.

WEIGHT LOSS QUIT WITH QUINN

Addiction-Free Naturally Midtown Manhattan and Garrison Steve.healingny@gmail.com 914.473.2015; QuitWithQuinn.com Quit with Quinn helps people lose weight by overcoming addiction to sugar and white flour, and compulsive overeating. After treatment, most people experience indifference towards refined sugar, sweets and treats, leading to easy weight loss. 30 years experience. 90% success rate. See ad pg 17.

SUPPORT GROUP REIKI REIKI CLASSES

Cynthia M Chase, LCSW, Reiki Master 860.395.0284; cynthiachase.com cynthiamchase@gmail.com Manifest yourself as a healer; fulfill your life’s purpose! Cynthia offers personalized classes leading to Reiki levels I, II and Master level. Go to cynthiamchase.com for details.

SUPPORT CONNECTION

Breast and Ovarian Cancer Support Services 914.962.6402; 800.532.4290 Supportconnection.org Support Connection provides free support services to people affected by breast and ovarian cancer. Services include: One-onone counseling (counselors are also cancer survivors); Support groups; Educational and wellness programs; Webinars; Social gatherings; Referrals; A national toll-free information and support hotline.

RETREATS YOGA IN THE ADIRONDACKS

(YitA) at The Divine Acres “Where Yoga Embraces Nature” 2 Coulter Road, Bakers Mills, NY 12811 518.251.3015; YogaInTheAdirondacks.com YitA at the Divine Acres is a yoga shala – a safe place for healing and becoming healthy within our authentic selves. Eliminate distractions and illuminate positivity to focus on our true intentions. YitA is a place of education and joy, with miniature donkeys and sheep that add love to this divine space.

TMJ DISORDER DAVID L LERNER, DDS, CAC, FIND Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 914.214.9678 holisticdentist.com

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We offer a unique approach to the health care of the mouth based on a holistic understanding of the whole body. I invite you to explore our web site to learn how we can serve your needs. See ad pg 2.

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WELLNESS CENTER ALTERNATIVE HEALING CLINIC The Future of Medicine By appt: 914.330.5594 AlternativeHealingClinic.com

At Alternative Healing Clinic, Dr. Jordan, NA.D., Ph.D. Naturologist finds causes of sub-health conditions and locates natural solutions that clear acute and chronic issues through an FDA approved non-invasive test creating your effective wellness plans. Free consultation. See ad pg 11.

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Articles inside

THE EXERCISE POWER OF E-BIKES

THE HEALING OF THE MODERN MAN

FRANK BRUNI

HOW TO RAISE EMPATHETIC KIDS

HEALING TRAUMA

UNPLUGGED ADVENTURES

THE GIFT OF AN IMPERFECT FATHER

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