America`s Food Revolution

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HEALTHY LIVING
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America’s Food
Revolution
BACKYARD SUSTAINABLE DETOX
CHICKENS
FOODS Your LIFE
THE SCOOP
ON COOPS
with Nell Newman
MARCH 2011
BODY, MIND, SPIRIT
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letter from the editor
O
rganic carrots…check! Organic
spinach…check! Organic
cucumber…not on the market shelf.
Now what? Should I burn more gas and drive
to another store to find it or buy non-organic?
Which is the best choice: local or organic?
Trying to buy healthy food with minimal
environmental impact today can be complex.
If I didn’t have a black thumb I would consider
turning my backyard into an organic garden and declare the problem
solved. It certainly could be a full-time job finding and preparing the
best food with the smallest environmental footprint for my family. Since
I already have a couple full-time jobs as a mom and publisher, I have to
make small changes as I find them. I have found that keeping lists in my
wallet of the dirty dozen (top 12 foods to buy organic) and of seafood
with the least mercury is helpful when I need a memory jogger. However,
in my perfect dream world, I would prefer my own organic chef to do the
shopping and prepare the meals. Oprah has one, so why not?
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While putting together this issue I’ve learned two new things to add to my
repertoire for a healthy kitchen. First, it may be time to replace my nonstick cookware. According to our health brief on page 10, “Compounds in
non-stick cookware may be associated with elevated levels of cholesterol
in children and teens.” While more research is needed, why not play it
safe? The second epiphany falls in my favorite “because it is good for you”
category (which is where I justify my dark chocolate habit). Apparently
there are eight compounds in Canadian maple syrup that can be linked
to human health. “It turns out that the syrup contains not only many
naturally occurring vitamins and minerals such as zinc, thiamine and
calcium, but also substances reported to have anti-bacterial, anti-cancer
and anti-diabetic properties,” states our Sweet Medicine brief on page 12.
The good stuff is definitely on my “must buy” list from now on.
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Kelly Nosler -Vero Beach
This month’s Natural Food issue is jam packed with recipes, detox tips,
and advice on defining your own food revolution. Try the Gorilla Juice on
page 16 to stay hydrated and the Spinach Soup on page 23 for a spring
detox. Choose some easy container herbs for your kitchen in our green
living column (page 30) and find out how to start your own backyard
chicken coop on page 32. Then find inspiration from Nell Newman in our
wise words column on page 34. As we move into spring I hope this issue
inspires healthy changes for your natural kitchen.
© 2011 by Natural Awakenings. All rights reserved.
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permission be obtained in writing.
Here’s to a healthy
food revolution!
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FELINE DIABETES
Keys to Prevention
and Treatment
by Dr. Lisa Pierson
22 DIET DETOX
A Good Spring Cleaning
Flushes Out Fats and Toxins
by Ann Louise Gittleman
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30 greenliving
32 consciouseating
34 wisewords
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24 ECO-CAMPS FOR KIDS
by Gail Condrick
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26 AMERICA’S GROWING
FOOD REVOLUTION
An Insider’s Guide
to Sustainable Choices
by Lisa Marshall
30 THE HERBAL KITCHEN
Eight Easy Picks for
Container Gardening
38
by Barbara Pleasant
32 BACKYARD CHICKENS
The People’s Choice
for Fresh Healthy Eggs
by Lisa Marshall
34 SUSTAINABLE FOODS &
SOCIAL PHILANTHROPY
A Conversation
with Nell Newman
by Ellen Mahoney
38 EXERCISE DETOX
30
Six Ways to Burn Calories
and Clean Out Your System
by Annie B. Bond
March 2011
5
newsbriefs
Commodity Futures
Investing Event
in Melbourne
S
hared Enlightenment, Inc. and
MeditativeInvestors.org will be
presenting on the topics of Commodity Futures Options Trading/
Investment, Risk Management,
Meditative Investing and Trader/
Investor Psychology at the Commodity Futures Investing™ conference, seminars and exhibition,
March 28-30, 2011 at the Crowne
Plaza Melbourne Oceanfront
Resort & Spa. Steven Slatem, CEO
of Shared Enlightenment, Inc., an
NFA-registered Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA), and founder
of MeditativeInvestors.org will
conduct training seminars “Commodity Futures Options Writing Introductory Course”, “Commodity
Futures Options Writing - Advanced
Trade & Risk Management” as well
as to share insights from over 3
decades as a diligent practitioner of
meditation in the training seminar
“Meditative Investing: Meditation
in Practice for Active Trader/Investor Success.” This event, first in a
global series, is the first of its kind
and investors of various experience
levels are welcome.
View the conference and seminar
program and register online at
www.commodityfuturesinvesting.
com. Visit www.sharedenlightenment.com and www.meditativeinvestors.org, and call 850-FUTURES
(850-388-8737) for further details.
(Disclaimer: This announcement
does not constitute investment
advice. Futures and options trading
and investing has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk,
and is not appropriate for everyone.
Study carefully further disclosures
on the afore-mentioned web sites
before making a decision to attend
the presentations and seminars or
invest in equity, commodity or other
interests.) See ad on page 17.
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Brennan Healing Science Spring Clinic
T
he public is invited to the 3rd annual Spring Clinic featuring
specially priced Brennan Healing Science sessions, offered
by Beth Lambdin, Brennan Integration Practitioner and Licensed
Massage Therapist. Lambdin is in private practice at the Cocoa Beach
Wellness Center where she offers body-mind-energy treatments
tailored to her clients’ needs.
“This is a great opportunity to try Brennan Healing Science, a comprehensive
system of energy healing, and experience the power of energetic balance and
integration,” says Lambdin. “The clinic will feature 30-minute sessions for mini
chakra readings and hands-on energy work to clear, charge, and balance the
energetic system.”
Lambdin has completed six years of training at the Barbara Brennan School of
Healing in Miami. She also graduated from the Space Coast Health Institute and
trained in Reiki at The Center for Integrative Medicine.
The clinic is Monday, March 28, from 9am-6pm at the Cocoa Beach Wellness
Center, 236 N. Atlantic Ave, Cocoa Beach. Cost is $30 in advance, $35 the day of the
clinic (space permitting). Call 321-298-2743 or email [email protected] to
reserve your space; this event fills quickly. (MA#52890, MM#9550). See ad on page 25.
Connective Tissue Mobilization Workshop
H
enry Tobelmann will be leading a full-day program on Connective Tissue Mobilization on March 12. Attendees will exchange an awareness-oriented brand
of Connective Tissue Therapy in the morning segment, and following lunch, experiment with Myofascial Spreading, the primary stroke of Structural Bodywork.
“By day’s end, everyone will feel revitalized and positively charged from the
soothing, energizing therapy,” says Tobelmann. “I believe that learning should
be serious fun. I will gently challenge participants to hone their listening skills
and refine their quality of touch, while providing an opportunity to play and
experience connectivity.”
The program will be held on Saturday, March 12, 9am-4pm. 6 CEU credit hours.
Cost is $135 (lunch included). Connectivity Education Center is located at 1751
Sarno Rd #3 in Melbourne. For more information email [email protected] or call 321-253-8088. See ad on page 47.
Community Acupuncture Clinic in Cocoa
T
he Dong Ye Acupuncture practice is pleased to announce the Grand Opening
of the Dong Ye Community Acupuncture Clinic on March 19-20. Community
acupuncture is performed in a group setting by licensed acupuncture physicians.
According to Susan Hathaway, “Acupuncture can improve circulation, relax
muscles, reduce swelling, and stimulate qi circulation to help you achieve
balance. Each treatment is tailored to the individual. Community acupuncture is a
no-frills treatment to help people with physical and emotional needs.”
The Dong Ye Community Acupuncture Clinic also offers classes in Yoga, Tai Chi,
Qi Gong, and Meditation.
Dong Ye Community Acupuncture Clinic is located at 2130 W. SR 520, Cocoa.
During the weekend of March 19-20, there will be talks, demonstrations, and
other events. During regular clinic hours, treatments are offered on a sliding scale
ranging from $15 to $35. Walk-ins and appointments are welcome. For more
information call 321-549-2206. Visit SusanHathawayTCM.net. See ad on page 47.
Pilates and Fitness - Private Studio Re-opens
P
ilates and Fitness - Private Studio is excited to announce its re-opening after a
one-year sabbatical and is now offering reduced prices.
Sarah Nephew, owner of Pilates and Fitness, is a Certified Pilates Instructor
and a Certified Personal Trainer. Nephew majored in dance in college and has
now been in the fitness industry for more than 25 years. She says, “I have always
loved inspiring people to learn how the challenge of movement and physicality
of our bodies can be both freeing and empowering.”
“Pilates and Fitness - Private Studio is the only one of its kind in Brevard. It was
designed six years ago to accommodate one client at a time without the usual
noise and distractions from a larger facility,” says Nephew.
The client can choose Pilates’ Instruction on Reformer, Fitness Training, or a
fusion of both. Each client is given a thorough health and fitness evaluation and
then a personalized fitness program to meet their goals.
Pilates and Fitness - Private Studio is located in Melbourne. For more details and
new rates, call Sarah at 321-338-0610 or email [email protected].
Blue Morpho Organic Facials
K
ate Gurecki, holistic esthetician at Blue Morpho,
offers facials using certified organic, botanical
skincare products. The process for a holistic facial is to
first take into consideration the client’s diet, exercise,
skincare routines, and stress management practices. The
facial itself includes massage and stretching of neck and
shoulders, aromatherapy, foot soaks, certified organic
products, and naturoceuticals. Blue Morpho specializes
in anti-aging and acne care.
“The holistic facial experience embraces an
individual’s emotional and spiritual well-being, while
providing an exceptional, deeply personal facial to
awaken your inner glow and through the use of living botanicals to reveal
a youthful, luminous, and natural complexion,” says Gurecki. “A Blue
Morpho holistic facial truly heals and nurtures, always with loving hands
and intention.”
Blue Morpho is located at 320 Fourth Ave, Indialantic. Facials are by appointment only, Tuesday-Friday 9am-8pm, Saturday 9am-4pm. The website offers ongoing holistic lifestyle blogs, facial menu, philosophy, holistic pledge, and an introduction to their holistic esthetician. For more information call 321-698-2368 or visit
www.bluemorphoskinspa.blogspot.com and www.facebook.com/bluemorphoskinspa.
Kashi School of Yoga Meditation Workshop
Y
ou are invited for a one-time meditation workshop at the Kashi School of
Yoga on March 12. This workshop is for those who already meditate and for
those who would like to learn more about meditation.
Sw. Bhagavati Das Hauseman will lead the workshop. He has practiced and
shared meditation for more than 35 years and is the creator of the Heart of
Compassion Program for caregivers. He says, “Meditation will keep you calm
and free from exhaustion. Calming the mind and resting in the quiet space has
many healing benefits.”
The workshop will be held Saturday, March 12, from 1-3:30pm. The cost is
$30. Please register at 772-589-1403, x112. The Kashi School of Yoga is located
at 11155 Roseland Rd. in Sebastian. Visit www.kashi.org for information.
POP
OUT OF
YOUR BOX!
Explore your natural
abilities in an
affirming, fun, creative,
community-based space
for a successful you.
All shapes, sizes &
abilities are welcome!
Discover the
Creativity Within
Call Kasey Knight,
certified leader, for
workshop details.
321-254-2541
I NNOVATIVE
G YNECOLOGY
Deborah Kaufman, D.O., FACOG
Dr. Kaufman has
extensive training
and expertise in all
areas of women’s
health, including
peri-menopause
and menopause,
PMS, bioidentical
hormones and annual gynecological
examinations. A Board Certified
Gynecologist is the most appropriate
practitioner to address women’s
health care concerns.
Call 772-388-3332
today for your
appointment to better
health and wellness.
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Brevard/Indian River County Line
March 2011
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newsbriefs
New MELT Class in Vero Beach
C
hristine Purdy, an Advanced MELT Method Instructor,
announces her Friday morning class at Christi’s Family
Fitness in Vero Beach. MELT is offered for people of all ages.
Participants in the class will learn how to use MELT balls for
the hands and feet and a soft roller for the whole body.
“The MELT Method is an easy self-treatment that helps
to reconnect, rebalance, release, and rehydrate your
body. It can improve your range of motion, balance, and
joints,” says Purdy. “Science has revealed that most pain
in the body is caused by connective tissue dehydration
and nervous system imbalance, not by muscle overuse
or joint compression. MELT rehydrates connective tissue,
increases core responsiveness, and it is the first program
designed to boost performance by focusing on the neurofascial system.”
Purdy is also available for private and semi-private instruction at Christi’s Family Fitness, and holds a variety of classes,
intensives, and private sessions in Melbourne at Custom Fit
of Brevard Downtown, at Connectivity Movement Center,
and at the Sea Oaks Fitness Center, Vero Beach.
Christi’s Family Fitness is located on Old Dixie Hwy in
Vero Beach. For more information, contact Christine at 914497-4375 or email [email protected].
Group Travel Adventures with
Susan Drew
S
usan Drew of Sangha Tours
invites you to join her for a
deluxe African adventure this
spring. Susan is leading her 8th
safari back to Kenya on March
17th, this time also focusing on
Tanzania’s spring migration of
1,000,000 wildebeest on the
Serengeti Plains. “The group is great, the hotels are excellent,
the scenery amazing and the animals sublime,” says Susan.
“With a proposed road running through the Serengeti, this
may be a “get there before it’s too late” experience.” Susan
offers other tours including Peru-Easter Island this fall and
Bali-Singapore-Cambodia-Vietnam next spring. She also
plans to return to India and Bhutan afterwards, as well as
Egypt-Jordan-Israel, followed by Ecuador-Galapagos. Susan
shares, “If a fully escorted, cross-cultural group tour is for
you, contact me and I’ll take you on a wonderful adventure!”
Tour space is limited, call today to reserve your space.
Deluxe Migration Safari- $2570, Maasai Mara add-on $880. For more information or to sign up for the mailing list
email [email protected] or call 772-567-6202. See
ad on page 17.
Quantum Touch Classes
T
he Herb Corner announces upcoming Quantum Touch (QT) classes, taught by Maria Leach, on March 13 and 20. Classes
include the video program featuring the Quantum Touch originator, Richard Gordon, hands-on class practice sessions,
and upon completion, Richard Gordon’s official certificate from Quantum Touch, Inc.
In Maria’s Quantum Touch classes, there are no attunements or symbols to memorize. She recommends the classes for
everyone, whether a reiki practitioner, massage therapist, chiropractor, physical therapist, acupuncturist, nurse, osteopath, or
cranial-sacral therapist, she says that QT will add another tool to the practice, and amplify the effect of other healing modalities.
“Quantum Touch works with the life-force energy of the body, also known as ‘chi’ or ‘prana,’ to promote wellness. It assists
us in healing by activating the healing intelligence of the body,” said Maria. “It can be used on yourself or others and is
effective for the relief of pain, stress, inflammation, digestive disorders, muscle aches, and injuries by re-aligning the body’s
structure, aiding in correcting glandular and hormonal imbalances.”
The class will be divided into two sessions given on two consecutive Sundays from 10am-5pm. Class fee is $90, which
includes a $50 non-refundable deposit, payable in advance. There is a maximum of 10 students per class. For more
information, call The Herb Corner at 321-757-7522. See ad on page 20.
I always say centered food
equals centered
behavior.
~Marilu Henner
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Center for Cooperative Medicine
Launches Online Resource Library
healthbriefs
T
What and Whys
of a Living Will
he Center for Cooperative Medicine is excited to announce
their new website housing an extensive educational library.
This easy-to-navigate resource houses thousands of studies
organized by condition and topic. The libraries for laser therapy
and bio-electromagnetic therapy offer research, case studies,
and answers to frequently asked questions. Laser Therapy is
the therapeutic application of laser light at low intensity. Bioelectromagnetic therapy is the application of electromagnetic
fields to treat disease and promote wellbeing. Visitors to the site
will discover how these cutting-edge therapies can address a
multitude of issues including pain, injuries, skin, ear, and lung
disorders, and digestive issues.
David Rindge, DOM, LAc, RN has more than 35 years experience as a registered nurse, perfusionist (heart-lung machine
operator), respiratory therapist, clinical lab technologist, doctor
of oriental medicine and acupuncture physician. He has written
a regular column for Acupuncture Today and taught classes for
certification in laser and bio-electromagnetic therapies to licensed
health care professionals through Healing Light Seminars since 2002.
Center for Cooperative Medicine is located at 279 North Babcock
in Melbourne. New patients mentioning Natural Awakenings receive a
$25 discount. For more information visit www.CooperativeMedicine.com
or call 321-751-7001. See ad on page 41.
Aerial Yoga Workshop in Sarasota
R
eFLEX Arts Dance & Yoga Studio invites you
to attend an Aerial Yoga workshop designed
to explore a wealth of alternative yoga exercises,
assisted postures, and safe inversion techniques
using the om gym system of yoga hammocks and
handle supports.
For the yoga enthusiast looking to expand his
or her practice or the yoga teacher seeking new
material and ongoing training experiences, this
workshop includes discussion, practice, floating exploration, and a review of safety and health issues.
After experiencing a full class to establish a foundation of understanding from the student’s viewpoint,
we will cover hundreds of exercises and aerial
poses, discuss pacing for an aerial class, inversion
theory, and more. A certificate of aerial yoga training will be given to participants to validate their education in this
venue, and for continuing education credits for yoga alliance.
According to the experts at ReFLEX, “Aerial Yoga eliminates
compression in the joints while enhancing flexibility, balance, and
control. It develops core muscles, hamstring, back and shoulder
flexibility and explores safe inversions assisted by gravity to
traction the spine and open energy pathways with no impact or
stress on the body.”
The workshop will be held at ReFLEX Arts Dance & Yoga
Studio, 6260 N. Lockwood Ridge Rd in Sarasota on Sunday, April
3, from 9am-5pm. Cost is $220. Register at 941-359-9642 or
www.reflexarts.com.
A
Living Will is your end-oflife health care mandate. No
other legal document exists that
will explicitly state your wishes
when it comes to the decision
of providing life prolonging
treatment if you cannot provide
such wishes on your own.
Without such a document in
place, deep emotional and legal
problems can occur: You may
be kept alive longer than you want — or let die before
you want.
Without a Living Will in place, only your health
care surrogate can make these end-of-life decisions for
you. Because a doctor is not allowed to take any steps
that would cause a person to die, the decision must be
left to another. The worst case scenario is that there is
no decision maker in place, in which case a guardian
must be appointed for you. This process takes time and
costs thousands of dollars. The determination of who
will then make such life and death decisions for you
will be left to a judge, who may be forced to appoint a
complete stranger to be the final decision maker.
A Living Will may be verbally revoked by the
patient, so long as such a revocation is made in the
presence of two witnesses. In Florida, as in most
states, Living Wills cannot be used to approve mercy
killing or euthanasia, or to permit any affirmative
or deliberate act or omission to end life other than
to permit the natural process of dying. However,
the withholding or withdrawal of life-prolonging
procedures from a patient does not, for any purpose,
constitute a suicide.
A Living Will is not just for the aged. All of the
cases involving a Living Will that have gone before the
United States Supreme Court have been for women
under the age of 40.
David Slonim is an Elder Law attorney practicing
in Melbourne. He has specialized his practice to
the Florida Probate of Formal Administration and
Summary Administration of an estate; Guardianship
of an incapacitated person or minor; Trust and Estate
Planning utilizing Wills and Trusts; and Advance
Directives such as Powers of Attorney, Health Care
Surrogates, Living Wills, and Pre-need Guardianship
Declarations; and Asset Protection Planning focusing
on Medicaid and VA Aid & Attendance Benefits. For
more information call 321-757-5701, or visit
www.slonimlaw.com.
March 2011
9
healthbriefs
Start Your Day with a
Healthy Breakfast
by Deepti Sadhwani, MD
B
reakfast really is the most important
meal of the day. Not only does it
give you energy to start a new day,
but breakfast is linked to many health
benefits, including weight control and
improved performance. Breakfast helps
you lower your levels of Ghrelin that is
your hunger hormone in the morning.
Heart disease and stroke are major
killers of both men and women in the
United States. There are many risk factors for heart disease. Two important risk
factors are excess weight and diabetes.
In a study, researchers found those
who ate breakfast were significantly
less likely to be obese and develop
type 2 diabetes compared to those who
did not eat breakfast. Here’s how the
factors relate: having diabetes increases
the risk of heart disease; being overweight increases the risk of both type
2 diabetes and heart disease; certain
lifestyle habits, such as regular exercise
and healthful eating, can reduce the
risk of all three—being overweight,
type 2 diabetes, and heart disease.
When these findings are put together,
they point to breakfast as an essential
component to a heart-healthy lifestyle.
How Breakfast Benefits
the Heart
One theory is that starting the day with a
meal prevents a build-up of hunger and
subsequent overeating later in the day,
overeating that can lead to weight gain.
Another important theory relates
to metabolic syndrome and insulin
resistance. This syndrome is a combination of risk factors—large waist
circumference, high blood pressure,
high fasting levels of blood sugar, high
levels of triglycerides, and low levels
of the good cholesterol (HDL). Excess
body fat prevents insulin from working
properly, therefore making the body
insulin resistant. Metabolic syndrome
can trigger the onset of type 2 diabetes
and heart disease.
10
THE STICKY SIDE
OF NON-STICK
COOKWARE
The good news is that insulin resistance syndrome and some cases of type
2 diabetes can be reversed or prevented
through weight loss. Losing weight helps
your body’s cells to be more responsive
to insulin, and makes it easier to keep
blood sugar levels under control.
Healthful Breakfast Options
So what should you eat for breakfast?
Try to include some of each nutrient
(carbohydrate, protein, and fat). Adding
a little lean protein to your breakfast
may be just the boost you need to help
keep you feeling full until lunchtime.
Consider these options:
• 3 eggs (2 egg whites & 1 egg with
yoke made into an omelet, boiled
eggs, or scramble with veggies).
• Homemade smoothie (1½ scoop
whey protein powder + frozen
blueberries + water or greek yogurt).
• Egg white omelet made with spinach,
mushrooms & other veggies.
• Slow cooking oatmeal (Arrowhead or
McCain’s ) +1½ scoop protein powder.
• Low fat cheese stick (mozzarella) if
you are not a breakfast person.
• 3 boiled eggs with hummus & coffee.
Deepti Sadhwani, M.D. is
located at Quality Health
Care in Sebastian. She
specializes in fighting
obesity, aging and helping
people reduce and eliminate the need
for medication. For more information
call Dr. Sadhwani at 772-581-2373. See
ad on page 19.
Compounds in non-stick
cookware may be associated
with elevated levels of cholesterol in children and teens,
according to West Virginia
University School of Medicine
research published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
An earlier national survey
had found a near universal
presence of perfluoroalkyl
acids (PFOA) in Americans’
blood serum; these chemicals
are used in the manufacture
of fluoropolymers, which
facilitate non-stick heat
resistance for cookware and
breathable, waterproof properties for clothing fabrics,
carpet and upholstery.
In the university study,
which examined 12,476 Ohio
River Valley youth exposed
to PFOA-contaminated drinking water, one in five not
only had significantly higher
PFOA levels than the national
average, but relatively higher
total cholesterol levels,
including LDL (low-density
lipoprotein), or “bad” cholesterol, as well. More research
is needed.
Source: JAMA and Archives Journals
Surprising
Facts about
Osteoporosis
by Rebecca Hunton, M.D.
M
any of us who are under the
age of 60 may think that we
don’t need to be concerned about
osteoporosis – a common condition
that results in weak and brittle bones
– but the truth is, starting as early as
our teens, our lifestyle choices will
greatly affect our chances of getting this
dangerous condition as we age.
By the age of 60, half of the women
in the U.S. will have osteoporosis and
one in every five will break a hip in their
lifetime as a result. This condition affects
more than just women – one third of
today’s U.S. osteoporosis cases are men.
Furthermore, with today’s American
lifestyle and diet, the Surgeon General
reports that up to 80% of today’s teenagers are likely to develop it later in life.
While there are some risk factors that
are unavoidable (genetics and menopause/andropause, for instance), there
are many that can be controlled through
lifestyle changes. Changes include increasing vitamin D and calcium intake,
increasing weight-bearing exercises to
build up the muscles that attach to our
bones, and reducing stress.
A risk factor that can be surprising
is that carbonated drinks can cause
significant calcium and bone
degradation. Additionally, your daily
coffee fix may be contributing to
bone loss as a result of the myriad
of chemicals found in non-organic
coffees. Another significant contributor
to osteoporosis is over-the-counter
reflux medications. The warnings on
these products recommend they be
taken for no longer than three months.
This is because they contribute to
bone loss.
It is difficult to increase calcium
intake through eating more dairy
due to the lack of quality calcium
in pasteurized milk and cheese. The
pasteurization process alone destroys
up to a third of the calcium content.
There are calcium supplements
(clinically-purified calcium citrate
being the best option); however, your
body can only absorb so much at a
time, so you shouldn’t take more than
500 mg per dose.
It takes more than calcium to build a
bone. Magnesium, vitamin D, vitamin
K (best sources for these vitamins are
food), and moderate amounts of zinc
are also helpful.
To avoid inadvertently sabotaging
your efforts to increase calcium be sure
and avoid the factors that decrease
calcium absorption. Fiber binds
calcium and hinders proper absorption,
so eating high-fiber cereal with a glass
of calcium-fortified orange juice is
counterproductive.
Consult a physician about medications that claim to fend off osteoporosis.
Some popular medications actually
cause bone wasting in the jaw. You don’t
want to lose your teeth while trying to
save your bones.
Recent findings suggest that collagen,
the element that makes our skin and hair
thicker, also binds to calcium and builds
bone. While it is causing some interest
among doctors, more studies are sure to
follow. In addition, there are a handful of pharmaceutical grade nutritional
supplements that have clinical trials
supporting their use in osteoporosis.
Medical tests can determine your current amount of bone loss. Dexa scans
are the most widely used, but typically
are limited to one every two years. There
are additional urinary and serum tests
for calcium excretion that can be done
much more frequently to determine
changes in bone density from your baseline measurement.
Rebecca Hunton, MD is
offering a free presentation:
Build Bone Naturally – How
to Prevent Osteoporosis on
March 3rd at 6pm, located at
Wellspring Medical Center, 21 Suntree
Place, Suite 101 in Melbourne. For more
information or appointments call 321254-6803. See ad on page 39.
OLIVE OIL PROTECTS THE LIVER
Extra virgin olive oil can help protect the liver from oxidative stress and
resultant organ damage, according to research from the University of
Monastir, Tunisia, and King Saud University, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. When
lab rats were exposed to a toxic herbicide known to deplete antioxidants
in the body and cause oxidative stress, those that were fed a diet rich in
olive oil were partially protected from liver damage. The organ plays a
crucial role in ridding the body of toxic substances.
Source: BioMed Central
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Maple syrup is made from the sap located just inside the
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lack rice—long a staple food for onethird of the world’s population—is
gaining popularity in the United States
because of its exotic look and nutty flavor.
Now, research chemists with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural
Research Service report that the black
variety of this grain may help soothe the inflammation involved
in allergies, asthma and other diseases. These health benefits
are attributed to its outer bran layer which, unlike with white
rice, is not polished off during processing.
Collaborating researchers tested the effects of black rice bran
extract on skin inflammation in laboratory mice and found that
it reduced the inflammation by 32 percent compared to control
animals; the rice bran also decreased production of certain
substances known to promote inflammation in the body. Brown
rice bran extract did not have these effects. When the scientists
fed the mice a diet containing 10 percent black rice bran,
swelling associated with allergic contact dermatitis, a common
type of skin irritation, decreased.
These results show a potential value of black rice bran as
an anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic food ingredient. It may
also hold promise as a therapeutic agent for the treatment and
prevention of diseases associated with chronic inflammation.
Brain-Boosting
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researchers have shown that drinking
beet juice can increase blood flow to
the brain in older adults—a finding that
could hold potential for combating the
progression of dementia.
“There have been several very highprofile studies showing that drinking beet
juice can lower blood pressure, but we
wanted to show that drinking beet juice
also increases perfusion, or blood flow,
to the brain,” says Daniel Kim-Shapiro,
director of Wake Forest University’s
Translational Science Center’s initiatives
for fostering independence in aging.
“There are areas in the brain that become
poorly perfused as you age,” he notes,
“and that’s believed to be associated
with dementia and poor cognition.”
Beet juice, the researchers explain,
contains high concentrations of nitrates.
When we eat nitrate-rich foods such
as beets, celery, cabbage and spinach,
good bacteria in the mouth turn nitrates
to nitrites, which help open up blood
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For the first time, scientists have
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research into the use of nutritional
supplements in the treatment of anxiety
disorders. Findings by a metastudy team
at the nonprofit Global Neuroscience
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evidence that the use of extracts of
passionflower or kava or a combination
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Meatless Mondays
World’s Largest Grassroots
Diet Education Blitz Hits
March 20
WE MEATLESS MONDAYS
The annual global Meatout
observance has grown explosively
since its inception in 1985, with
people in 30 countries and all 50
U.S. states participating last March.
The latest U.S. twist in the 2011 Meatout edition will be events aiming to serve
vegan food to 10,000 veg-curious passersby and newcomers to veganism as a way
to introduce them to the idea of Meatless Mondays.
In the United States, national sponsor Farm Animal Reform Movement (FARM)
reports that 30 million Americans have at least explored a meat-free diet, and one
in five teens thinks that vegetarianism is “cool.” Major manufacturers and retailers
have come to support the concept by adding meat- and dairy-free meals. Several
national fast food chains now offer veggie burgers and some major baseball
venues even have veggie ballpark dogs. Meanwhile, national beef and veal
consumption are declining, according to the Meatout 2009 International Report.
“Going meatless once a week can reduce your risk of chronic, preventable
conditions like cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity,” reports the
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for a Livable Future.
“It can also help limit your carbon footprint and save resources like fresh water
and fossil fuel.” The average American currently eats eight ounces of meat a day,
45 percent more than the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recommended amount.
For more information, visit Meatout.org.
Dietary Shift
Home Preparation of Fresh Veggies on the Decline
A new U.S. Department of Agriculture study
reports that households headed by older
generations spend more money per person
on fresh vegetables prepared at home than
their younger counterparts. After accounting
for income and other demand factors, its
Economic Research Service found that
households headed by a person born in 1960
spent 66 cents per week less than those with
a household head born in 1930. Younger
generations continue to spend different
amounts in each subsequent age point, with the youngest spending the least.
Because of younger people’s continued reliance on convenience foods, the
researchers project that, as they age, they will spend more on fresh grocery veggies
than they do now, but when they reach their parent’s current age, they will still
spend less on such foods than their parents do now. Several mainstream health
advocacy organizations now promote consumption of plant-based foods, aiming
to turn this trend around; they include the American Cancer Society, National
Cancer Institute, Johns Hopkins University and American Heart Association.
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Double-Duty Label
Fair Trade Goes Domestic
Many people today are familiar with
International Fair Trade, as it applies
to the importing of items such as
coffee, tea and cocoa. However,
as the movement has grown, it has
become apparent that many of
the challenges facing producers in
developing countries are also shared
by North America’s family farmers.
Big agribusiness continues to thrive,
while small farmers have gone out of
business. Consumers pay more, while
farmers receive less. Meanwhile,
farm workers are often denied fair
wages and basic rights.
So, a group of Canadian farmers,
convinced that organics had been
co-opted by large corporate-style
interests and that cheap organic
grain imports were undercutting their
homegrown organic production, have
given birth to Domestic Fair Trade
certification. To aid organic food
shoppers, they have developed the
fairDeal food label. It will most likely
show up in the organic bins of local
food co-ops. Initial products include
flax, wheat, barley, oats, beans, peas,
lentils, hemp seeds and mustard.
Domestic Fair Trade Association
(DFTA) members include farm workers and their organizations; farmers
and farmer groups; retailers; non-governmental organizations; marketers;
and processors and manufacturers.
Qualifying standards commit members to the principles of Domestic Fair
Trade and continual improvement of
their day-to-day practices.
For more information, visit thedfta.org.
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Canned Chemicals
New Packaging Moves Away from BPA
The chemical Bisphenol A (BPA), used for years in
clear plastic bottles and food can liners, has been
restricted in Canada and some U.S. states and
municipalities because this synthetic estrogen is a
suspected endocrine disruptor—a chemical that can
interfere with the body’s gland and hormone functions.
The Food and Drug Administration will soon decide
what it considers is a safe level of exposure, based on
a mounting body of independent research.
Now, Consumer Reports has released results of its
tests of 19 common canned foods; almost all of them
contained BPA—even those labeled BPA-free and
organic. The highest levels were found in canned soups and green beans.
According to the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 93 percent of
Americans have detectable levels of BPA in their bodies. Among Japan’s
population, after BPA was voluntarily removed from the linings of food and
beverage cans in 1997, a 2003 study showed
that levels of BPA were down 50 percent.
In the U.S., major food suppliers are
starting to respond with non-BPA
packaging for select products ranging
from juice to tuna and pasta sauce.
Earth Hour
Show Solidarity by Switching
Off Power for an Hour
Worldwide, participating residences,
commercial facilities, government
buildings and iconic landmarks will
all go dark for one hour at 8:30 p.m.
(local time) on March 26 to take a stand
for conscious stewardship of Earth’s
resources. Last year, the lights went
out in 4,500 cities in 128 countries.
This year, EarthHour.org is also making
it possible for participants to share
stories online describing what they are
doing and planning to do to benefit
the environment in the year ahead.
Together, our actions add up.
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• 8 oz Tofutti cream cheese
• 1/3 cup organic cane sugar
• 1T organic cinnamon
• All fruit jam
Mix flour and salt. Cream margarine and cream cheese, then mix together.
(Mixture will be soft). Refrigerate at least 20 minutes or overnight. Roll out the
dough into a rectangle. Spread with jam and sprinkle with cinnamon/sugar
mixture. Roll the dough from a “longer” side. Sprinkle with more cinnamon/
sugar mixture if desired. Cut into 1 inch slices. Bake on greased baking sheet
for 20-25 minutes at 375°F.
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• 8 cups of water
• 2 zucchini diced small
• 2 sticks of celery diced very small
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Dash of oregano
• 1 medium red onion minced
• 4 large carrots diced very small
• 2 cups mushrooms thinly sliced
• 2 to 3 bay leaves
• ½ cup of white wine
• 2T canola oil
Sauté carrots, zucchini, celery, onions in oil to a caramelized color (most
important). Add white wine until it dissipates (great time to taste). Approximately
10-15 minutes. Add water, salt, pepper, oregano, bay leaves. Cook until the stock
is half the original volume (approximately 1 hour). Now the sky’s the limit. Serve
as is or get creative: add brown rice, cooked lentils, or serve it over a bed of fresh
spinach. It is named Earth Soup for the color and veggies. Vegetarian and Vegan.
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A-Peeling Reuse
Practical Recycling Tips for
Fruit and Veggie Scraps
“A rind is a terrible thing to waste,”
says Jeff Yeager, who refers to
himself as the ultimate cheapskate.
Yeager has discovered multiple
uses for produce rinds and ways to
extract extended benefits before they
land in the compost pile. Here are a few
of his favorites, shared with us during a
recent interview:
Jam – Incorporate the skins from a wide variety of fruits—
oranges, lemons, grapefruit, limes, tangerines and even
kumquats—in easy-to-make marmalades.
Cornhusks – Wrap fish and other seafood in fresh,
dampened, sweet corn husks to grill and serve in the husks.
Olive oil infusions – Add citrus peels to olive oil for
flavor and to reinvigorate oil that’s getting old.
Savory chicken – Stuff all kinds of fruit and veggie peels
inside a free-range chicken before roasting to give it extra
flavor. Trimmings from onions, celery, citrus, apples, garlic,
etc., can be stuffed in the chicken cavity or sprinkled around
the roasting pan. Once baked, the trimmings break down
faster in the compost pile.
Easter egg dye – Boil organic Easter eggs with onionskins
to naturally create wild yellow and orange eggshells.
Foot rub – Rub papaya skins and pulp on the bottoms of
the feet to help soften and soothe skin, particularly on the
heels. They’re rich in vitamin A and papain, which breaks
down inactive proteins and removes dead skin cells.
Hair dye – Boil potato peels in water for about a halfhour, strain and let cool. Rinsing hair with this water after
shampooing will gradually darken grey hair without any
synthetic chemicals.
Potpourri – Dry all types of citrus rinds,
apple peels, pomegranate skins and other
fruit trimmings on a rack or in a food
dehydrator to make homemade
potpourri. Sprinkle on a little essential
oil for more aroma, if desired.
Air freshener – Boil lemon rinds
in water on the stovetop, microwave
them for a minute, or just throw
them in the garbage disposal, in
order to freshen the air in the kitchen.
Also place a couple in the humidifier
to make the whole house smell lemonyfresh.
Shoeshine – Put a “split-shine” on leather shoes by
polishing them with the slippery side of a banana peel.
Metal polish – Lemon, lime and other citrus rinds and
pulp/juice are high in citric acid, which makes them great
for polishing brass, copper and other non-ferrous metals.
Sprinkle on a little baking soda to hasten polishing (ketchup
works, too).
Seedling pots – Scooped-out avocado shells make perfect
biodegradable pots to start garden seedlings.
Pest control – Sprinkle ground-up nutshells around
tender garden plants to keep slugs and other pests away;
they can’t stand crawling across the rough texture (crushed
eggshells also work).
Houseplant help – Use banana peels to shine the leaves
on houseplants to make them sparkle; this also serves as a
natural pesticide and fertilizer.
Note: Always thoroughly wash the rinds of produce that
will be eaten or come into contact with food, even if it is
organically grown.
Jeff Yeager is the author of The Cheapskate Next Door
and The Ultimate Cheapskate’s Road Map to True Riches.
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Consciousness Cleanse
Three Weeks to a Better Future
by Debbie Ford
T
his month is a powerful time
to assess where we’ve been,
acknowledge where we are right
now and dream our most beautiful life
into being. Starting now, we can move
from the outdated modes of our limited
thinking mind to tune into our eternal
divine mind. Acting on these three
recommended cleansing phases—one
a week for the next three weeks—will
work to lift us out of resignation and
mediocrity into hope and excitement,
and connect us with a future filled with
surprises, possibility and deep purpose.
measured risks and do something
differently today.
In this enhanced sense of the present,
you can listen more deeply to the
calling of your soul.
Week Three: The Future. In this
final phase, you have the opportunity
to look into the future and see who you
want to be from this day forward.
Choose a sacred value that can serve
as the foundation for your future, such
as abundance, compassion, grace or
integrity, and surround yourself with
images, prayers, songs and scents that
invoke it for you. Identify and act on
choices that allow you to express that
value.
Week One: The Past. The first
seven days of what I call The 21-Day
Consciousness Cleanse are dedicated to creating a powerful magnet of
desire and cleaning out the turbulent
emotions, outdated beliefs, unresolved
incidents and restricting thoughts that
have taken root in our minds and hearts.
Write a list of the grudges and
resentments you have been carrying
around that you are ready to let go.
Release them by tearing up the paper
into tiny little pieces.
Understanding that your outer world
is a reflection of your inner world,
release 100 pieces of clutter from your
past that now occupy your home, office
and surroundings.
Liberated from the confusion, fear,
guilt and self-doubt of the past, you
will naturally open up to new realms
of awareness, emotional freedom and
spiritual liberation.
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Week Two: The Present. Having
released everything that has depleted
your vitality and held you back, stand
firmly in the present moment. Take an
honest look at where and who you
are today, observing what is and is not
working in your life.
Begin an ongoing present-moment
awareness practice today. Set an hourly
alarm; then, each time it reminds you,
become present for five minutes to
nature, to your body and breath or to
the present moment itself.
Surprise yourself by challenging
preconceptions of yourself; take
Spend time each morning, afternoon
and evening checking in with your
natural divine GPS. See if you made
wrong turns and find out where that
still, small voice wants you to go next.
Reconnecting with your highest self, you
will experience more love, contentment
and compassion as you step into the
brilliance of your soul’s purpose. Why
not seize this extraordinary opportunity
to till the soil of your consciousness and
plant the seeds of a whole new future?
Debbie Ford is a New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including The
Shadow Effect, co-authored with Deepak
Chopra and Marianne Williamson, and
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Keys to Prevention and Treatment
by Dr. Lisa Pierson
V
eterinarians do not know everything about the causes of feline
diabetes, a common and complex endocrine disease, but we do know
that diet plays a significant role in the
development of this condition in cats.
A cat’s natural diet (birds, mice,
rabbits, lizards and insects) is high in
protein, moderate in fat and low in
carbohydrates (less than 5 percent).
Unfortunately, animal proteins are
expensive to use as ingredients
in manufactured cat food, while
carbohydrates (in the form of grains
such as rice, corn, wheat and soy)
are not. This often leads pet food
manufacturers to increase their
profit margins by promoting high
carbohydrate diets, with dry foods
being the worst offenders.
Because cats are obligate (strict)
carnivores and are not designed by
nature to consume a high carbohydrate
diet, they do not possess the metabolic
ability to efficiently process the high-carb
diets that make up most of the manmade
cat foods that are forced upon them. The
resulting carbohydrate overload wreaks
havoc on the blood sugar balance of
many cats, which can contribute to the
development of feline diabetes.
This effect is dramatically illustrated
by the fact that many diabetic cats cease
to need insulin—or have this need
significantly reduced—once their dietary
carbohydrate level is decreased to a
more species-appropriate level than what
is found in many commercial foods.
All Foods are Not Alike
While all dry foods are too high in
carbohydrates, many canned foods
also contain too many carbs, making
them poor choices for cats as well.
Content breakdowns for brand-name
canned cat foods are helpful; dozens
are detailed in the new table linked at
Tinyurl.com/24kpzoc. (Merrick Cowboy
Cookout, for example, exemplifies a
beneficial, more natural protein/fat/
carbohydrate profile). Always look
for cat foods that contain less than 10
percent carbohydrates, keeping in mind
that costly prescription diabetic diets
aren’t necessary.
Grain-free dry foods are not a good
choice either, because of the damage
inflicted on the feline urinary tract (such
as blocked urethra and cystitis) when humans insist on feeding a water-depleted
diet to a species with a low thirst drive.
Water is one of life’s most vital nutrients,
and cats are designed to get water within
their food. In a research article in the
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, veterinary doctor Debra
Zoran explains that cats relying on a diet
of dry food consume half the amount of
water that a cat eating canned food consumes when all sources (food and water
bowl) are considered.
It’s critical to note that if a cat is
already on insulin and a guardian
lowers the carbohydrate intake without
lowering the insulin dosage, he or she
puts the animal in danger of suffering a
life-threatening hypoglycemic episode.
Related Factors
We also need to address the issue of
portion control, or managing a pet’s
caloric intake, because obesity plays
an important role in the cause, and
therefore the treatment, of diabetes. Fat
cells secrete a substance that plays a role
in making other cells resistant to insulin.
Proteins, fats and carbohydrates
all contribute to the reported calorie
content of a manufactured pet food.
Because animal protein costs more,
instead of raising the protein content
in products advertised as grain-free,
Feeding a diabetic cat
WFGF
BREAD
a high carbohydrate diet
is like pouring gasoline on
a fire and wondering why
you can’t put the fire out.
or low-carb, most companies instead
boost the fat content.
Lack of exercise through activity
is also gaining increased attention in
relationship to both the cause and
management of feline diabetes.
Even though we need to be careful
not to assume that what is right for
a human is also right for a cat, few
people suffering from diabetes would
dream of trying to manage this disease
without the use of a glucometer to test
their blood glucose level immediately
prior to injecting insulin.
Injecting insulin blindly, without a
metered test—whether into a person or
a cat—is not without risk for developing
life-threatening hypoglycemia. This
includes feline patients that have their
doses determined using glucose curves
at a veterinary hospital.
A cat’s insulin needs can change for
various reasons, such as infection, stress
or anorexia; the curve generated at the
vet clinic is often influenced by stress
hyperglycemia, or a ‘false’ increase in
blood glucose, due to the cat’s internal
reaction to situational stress. This can
result in a higher dosage of insulin
being prescribed than what would be
needed by the patient when at home.
Home testing can be intimidating
at first, because most people can’t
imagine injecting their cat with insulin,
let alone getting a blood sample from
his or her ear. However, most cats
quickly resign themselves to the hometesting procedure, and it becomes a
matter of routine for both the human
and the furry patient.
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regarding the management of feline
diabetes and proper feline nutrition, see
the articles at CatInfo.org.
Lisa Pierson is a doctor of veterinary
medicine based in Lomita, CA.
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Diet Detox
A Good Spring Cleaning Flushes Out Fats and Toxins
by Ann Louise Gittleman
S
pring—when the natural
world reawakens and bursts
with renewed energy—is an
ideal season to clean up our act. A
cleansing diet to eliminate toxins from
our body is as much a rite of spring
as sweeping debris from our home.
In my nutrition practice, I have often
seen how after a sedentary winter of
consuming heavier foods, our bodies
may be carrying around as much as
five to 10 pounds of toxic wastes.
While a properly functioning
human body has its own built-in
detoxification system, it can be easily
overwhelmed by today’s proliferation
of environmental toxins. The newest
environmental assault on the body’s
detox system is electro-pollution,
according to research highlighted
in the 2007 BioIniative Report, a
metastudy of 2,000 peer-reviewed
studies compiled by an international
group of researchers, scientists and
health policy officials.
Compounding the problem,
Paula Baillie-Hamilton, a British
medical doctor specializing in human
Detox Equals Weight Loss
Clinical research from the University
of Quebec as far back as 2002
suggests that toxins slow metabolism.
It is widely held that because
many toxins are fat-soluble and
stored in body fat, as the fat melts
away, the toxins are released into
the bloodstream; this inhibits the
production of thyroid hormone, with a
resulting metabolic meltdown.
According to Traditional
Chinese Medicine, spring is the
season to support the prime organs
of detoxification—the liver and
gallbladder. The liver alone impacts
some 400 bodily functions, so it
deserves support. The following
symptoms recommend giving these
organs some special care:
metabolism, reported in The Journal
of Alternative and Complementary
Medicine that environmental toxins
also play havoc with our body’s builtin weight regulation system. In short,
the more toxic our body becomes, the
harder it is to lose weight.
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Start off each morning for two
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of two months), with hot lemon
water, perhaps spiced with
cinnamon and ginger, for
an added metabolic
boost. The antioxidant
D-limonine in lemon
thins bile and
is helpful in breaking down fattrapping toxins. Use the juice of
one small lemon to eight ounces of
warm water.
Then, sip a total of 64 ounces
of cran-water between meals
throughout the day. Mix one
ounce of unsweetened cranberry
juice per seven ounces of pure
water. Cranberry helps to balance
pH, suppress hunger and combat
cellulite and water retention, while
drawing out fatty wastes by targeting
lymph (a secondary circulatory
system beneath the skin that works
to rid the body of toxic wastes,
bacteria, heavy metals, dead cells,
trapped proteins and fat). Sipped
daily, this antioxidant- and phenolrich elixir works to help reduce
bloating and melt fat from hips,
waist and thighs.
Nutrient-rich spring greens
like arugula, collard or dandelion
greens, lettuce, parsley, spinach,
Swiss chard and watercress are
classic foods used in a spring detox.
Other good choices are antioxidant
foods that supply the body with
glutathione, the liver’s premier
antioxidant, also known as, “the
toxic waste neutralizer,” which
is vital to organ detoxification.
Broccoli sprouts are one of the
best sources of glutathione; so is
asparagus. Eating lightly steamed
kale, Brussels sprouts, and cabbage
can also support the liver’s ability to
detoxify the body.
Finally, eating adequate protein
is essential to ensure that the liver
can produce the enzymes
it needs to break
down toxins into
water-soluble substances for
excretion. Protein plays a crucial
role in tissue growth and healing,
strengthening the immune system
and burning fat. Eat at least 4 to 6
ounces of wild salmon, free-range
organic poultry or hemp protein
each day during detox. Choosing
a daily dose of high-quality
glutathione-boosting whey protein
powder or a brown rice/yellow pea
protein powder is another way to
pump up the detox process.
Such spring cleaning can help
purge our body of toxins and give
our whole system the cleansing
boost it needs, simultaneously
preparing it for even more healthy
weight loss in coming months.
Ann Louise Gittleman, Ph.D. and
certified nutrition specialist, is an
award-winning New York Times
bestselling author and media expert.
Fat Flush for Life is the latest in her
book series on body detoxification
and weight loss.
Detox Recipes
Spinach Soup
Makes 4 servings
4 scallions, chopped
2 garlic cloves,
minced
4 cups spinach,
well packed
2 ¼ cups vegetable broth
1 bay leaf
1 tsp onion powder
1 Tbsp fresh parsley
1 12-oz package of tempeh
Juice of ½ lemon
Juice of ½ lime
In a large saucepan, cook scallions and
garlic in ¼ cup of broth over medium
heat until soft (about 8 minutes). Stir
in spinach, cover and cook for another
5 minutes. Add remaining 2 cups of
broth, bay leaf and onion powder.
Simmer in covered saucepan for 5
more minutes. Remove the bay leaf.
Purée the soup in a blender, adding
remaining ingredients. Reheat if
needed and serve immediately.
Piquant Veggies
Makes 4 to 6 servings
½ head of broccoli, broken into
bite-size florets
½ head of cauliflower, broken into
bite-size florets
6-oz jar of marinated artichoke
hearts (do not drain)
(or make it fresh using a favorite
recipe; many are available online)
1 lemon
Natural salt (optional)
Steam broccoli and
cauliflower until tender,
but still crisp. Toss with
marinated artichoke
hearts. Squeeze lemon
over veggies and heat in skillet until hot.
Source: Ann Louise Gittleman
March 2011
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ECO-CAMPS FOR KIDS
by Gail Condrick
Just the mention of summer camp evokes Smith, CEO of the American Camp Association, observes:
“Camps have been introducing children to the wonder and
parents’ memories of communal living, beauty of the natural world for 150 years.” Fortunately, the
trend continues, in spades.
new challenges and outdoor fun in close
encounters with nature’s wonders. Today’s What’s in Store
Eco-friendly camps can prove to be both an educational
new generation of eco-friendly camps and experiential immersion in the living of green values for
a child, establishing a pattern for life. Many camps mirror
for our kids offer all of these experiences the sustainable practices families follow at home, like using
energy-saving devices, composting and encouraging healthy
and more.
eating and organic gardening.
A
s the Sierra Club notes: “Camping today includes the
traditional fun of being outdoors in a group and [at the
same time] can also be an experience in eco-friendly
living and practices.” Families looking for the perfect green
summer camp will find programs for every child, from the
nature neophyte to a budding biologist or environmental
activist. Campers can choose to dig into organic farming,
naturalist explorations, conscious living classes, green building
programs or even sustainable living projects in exotic places.
Camp has always proved a perfect time to unplug from
daily routines and connect with the extraordinary. As Peg
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For example, campers entering kindergarten through
sixth grade like experiencing farm life at the Gwynn Valley
Camp, in North Carolina (GwynnValley.com). Youngsters
pick vegetables from the organic garden, milk the cows and
gather eggs. This camp grows 70 percent of its food and has
implemented many energy-saving practices.
In Maryland, at Camp Calleva’s sustainable farm
(Calleva.org), attendees learn about environmentally
friendly design through hands-on alternative energy projects
that change each year. Their Build Green and Grow Green
weeks, for instance, have engaged campers in building a
rainwater collection system for crops and farm animals,
“Today’s camps are adaptive
and responsive to the needs
of today’s families, mentoring
tomorrow’s leaders—our children—
in navigating the future.”
~ Peg Smith, CEO, American Camp Association
a biofuel project and this summer, a windmill alternative
energy design.
Likewise, the Green River Preserve, in North Carolina
(GreenRiverPreserve.org), offers environmental programs
for the academically gifted, creative and curious. Kids take
daily hikes with naturalist mentors, learning the science
behind their experiences, and help harvest, eat and compost
vegetables grown onsite. Of course, traditional camp
activities add to the fun. The camp partners with the Leave
No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, which encourages caring
stewardship of Planet Earth.
Teens from 13 to 17 years old enjoy programs offered at
the Omega Teen Camp, in Holmes, New York (search Teen
Camp at eomega.org). On top of outdoor adventures, the
camp offers 50 class selections, from dance, yoga and Tai chi
to meditation and “Face Your Fears” consciousness classes.
When it’s time for dinner, they enjoy vegetarian and organic
food selections, with most meals made from scratch.
Know a mature teen, ready for travel and community
service? BoldEarth Adventures’ (BoldEarth.com) summer
camps include between six and 40 hours of service.
Participants might plant and harvest organic vegetables in rural
Ecuador, rehabilitate wild animals at an Amazon conservation
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America’s Growing
Food Revolution
An Insider’s Guide
to Sustainable Choices
by Lisa Marshall
W
e’ve heard the buzz. America
is in the midst of a food
revolution. Sales of natural
and organic foods are up by double
digits. The once-obscure Locavore
(eat local) movement has become a
national phenomenon. Community
supported agriculture (CSA) initiatives
and farmers’ markets are proliferating.
Even the federal government and some
of the country’s largest grocery retailers
have jumped on board, with First Lady
Michelle Obama helping to plant the
first garden on White House grounds
since World War II, and Walmart
vowing in January to double the
percentage of locally grown produce it
sells to 9 percent.
The statistics are motivating indeed:
According to University of Wisconsin
researchers, produce travels an average
of 1,500 miles from farmland to plate
today, up 22 percent from 1981. Half
of our land and 80 percent of our water
is used for agriculture, reports The
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition,
and pesticide use has increased 33-fold
since the 1940s. Meanwhile, health
problems associated with agricultural
chemicals are on the rise.
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“We have been through 100 years
of industrialization of our food supply,
and consumers have begun to wake
up and realize they have no idea how
their food is made,” says historian and
food policy writer James McWilliams,
an associate professor at Texas State
University. “Historians will look back
on this time as momentous.”
Is it better to buy
“organic,” “natural”
or “local”?
But with every revolution come
tough questions—and fiery debate—on
how best to participate. Is it better to
buy “organic,” “natural” or “local”?
Is shopping at a farmers’ market
inherently more green? Are there other
ways, such as planting a garden or
eschewing meat, that can make an
even bigger impact?
In reality, there are no easy answers,
but, “Consumers need to be prepared
to take on a bit more complexity in
how we think about food, and not
fall so easily for simple mantras (like
Eat Local and Buy Organic),” advises
McWilliams.
The Case for Organic
Ask Rodale Inc. CEO Maria Rodale
what consumers can do to improve
their health and environment, and
her answer is unequivocal. “If you do
just one thing—make one conscious
choice—that can change the world, go
organic,” she writes in her new book,
Organic Manifesto: How Organic
Farming Can Heal Our Planet, Feed the
World, and Keep Us Safe.
Rodale’s grandfather founded
Organic Farming and Gardening
magazine (today’s Organic Gardening)
in the 1940s, jump-starting an organic
movement that by the 1960s was nearly
synonymous with environmentalism.
But today, Rodale concedes, the
organic industry faces a public relations
challenge, as consumers trade from
USDA Organic-certified foods to “locally
grown” or cheaper “natural” options.
One 2009 survey by The Shelton
Group found that out of 1,000
shoppers, 31 percent looked for the
“natural” label, while 11 percent
looked for “organic.” “There is a giant
misperception among consumers that
somehow natural is the word that is
regulated and organic is not. In fact, it
is actually the other way around,” says
CEO Suzanne Shelton.
Law mandates that U.S. Department
of Agriculture (USDA) products labeled
organic be free of pesticides, hormones
and genetically modified organisms
(GMOs), and that animals
be given access to the outdoors.
By contrast, the Food and Drug
Administration vaguely describes natural
as, “Nothing artificial or synthetic has
been included in, or has been added
to a food that would not normally
be expected to be in the food.” With
the exception of meat, it is up to the
manufacturer to define what natural
means. (In 2009, the USDA defined
“naturally raised” meat as, “… raised
entirely without growth promoters,
antibiotics, and never been fed animal
byproducts.” It says nothing about
GMOs or humane animal treatment.)
Organic advocates point out that
a genetically modified animal could
be fed genetically modified feed and
confined to a narrow pen and still
be billed as natural. A loaf of natural
bread could be made with grains
repeatedly sprayed with pesticides
and man-made fertilizer. “Natural
refers to the end product,” explains the
Organic Trade Association. “It does not
provide any information about how the
product was produced.”
What about buying local? Rodale
argues that, while focusing on local is
great for reducing farm-to-plate miles,
if it isn’t organic, it isn’t necessarily
addressing the larger issue of pesticide
and antibiotic use.
Noting that more than 4 billion
pounds of pesticides are used annually
in the United States, she points to
studies from the National Institutes of
Health and the Mount Sinai Medical
Center Children’s Environmental Health
Center that suggest links between
agricultural antibiotic use and the rise
in drug-resistant staph infections in
humans, and between oganophosphate
pesticides and cancer and diabetes.
“It is fine to buy local, but if there
are chemicals in it, then the farmer is
contaminating your own community,”
Rodale says. “That’s even worse.”
The Locavore Way
In early 2005, Jennifer Maiser and a
handful of friends in San Francisco
decided to limit what they ate for a
month to what was produced within
100 miles of home base. By August,
1,000 people had signed on at Maiser’s
EatLocalChallenge.com. By 2007,
“locavore” was the Word of the Year of
the New Oxford American Dictionary.
“It just snowballed,” recalls Maiser.
“I think it had a lot to do with changes
in the organic movement. In the 1990s,
if you were eating organic, you pretty
much were eating food from a local
farmer. But when the big companies
came in and you could get organic
produce grown in Mexico, it wasn’t the
same anymore. We still wanted to know
where our food was coming from.”
Professional dancer-turnedethnobotanist Leda Meredith started
a 250-mile challenge in 2007, in part
to see if a time-crunched professional
in wintery Brooklyn could achieve
what Locavores in warmer climes had.
At first, adjusting to the realities was
rough. Local cooking oil was hard to
find (she saved the rendered fat from
her locally raised duck and used it to
pop locally grown popcorn) and her
one-bedroom apartment was not ideal
for stockpiling canned produce (she
keeps canned local tomatoes and dried
wild mushrooms under her bed).
“But, by year’s end, it had become
my new normal,” says Meredith,
author of The Locavore’s Handbook:
The Busy Person’s Guide to Eating
Local on a Budget.
She chooses organic and local whenever possible, and if the food is on the
Environmental Working Group’s dirtydozen list of most pesticide-drenched
food, she might even buy organic from
afar. Yet, she is a Locavore at heart.
“It has an impact, on local economies
and small farmers, and from a cook’s
point of view the food is just fresher,”
she says.
McWilliams, a vegan and author of
Just Food: Where Locavores Get it Wrong
and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly,
agrees. But he takes issue with the
notion that, because it necessitates fewer
transportation miles, eating local is a
better choice for the environment.
He notes that the shipping of
10
Tips to Eat
Sustainably,
Healthy and Smart
Buy certified organic and
local when possible.
Always choose certified
organic when shopping for
the publicized dirty dozen:
peaches, apples, sweet bell
peppers, celery, nectarines,
strawberries, cherries, pears,
grapes, spinach, lettuce and
potatoes.
When buying local, but not
organic, ask the farmer: “Why
not organic?” He or she may
be doing something close.
When joining a CSA, ask the
farmer if he or she ever adds
non-local food to the basket.
If so, ask where it comes from
and how it is produced.
At a farmers’ market, ask the
management how they choose
their vendors. Must they be
local, or certified organic?
How are they screened?
If buying “natural,” learn
how the producer defines it
(the government definition is
vague).
Eat less meat. It uses fewer
resources to produce.
Plant something. Try a
container garden on a balcony
or in a window box.
Learn about good sources
of healthy foods in various
seasons.
Take a cooking class.
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food constitutes just 9 to 11 percent
of its “life-cycle assessment” (the
toll it takes on the environment),
while things like water use, fertilizer
application and harvesting techniques
suck up far more. Is it really greener
to buy local hothouse tomatoes if,
according to McWilliams, they can
require up to 10 times the energy? Is
it really more sustainable to buy local
rice from an arid state if aquifers were
drained to grow it?
Another issue concerns economies
of scale. For instance, a shipper
sending a truck with 2,000 apples
across 2,000 miles would consume
the same amount of fuel per apple
as a local farmer who takes a pickup
50 miles to sell 50 apples. “Local is
not necessarily greener,” accounts
McWilliams.
So, what is? Eating less meat, he
contends. And mounting studies back
up his point.
Most recently, a 2009 study in The
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
found that a carnivorous diet requires
2.9 times more water, 2.5 times more
energy, 3 times more fertilizer and
1.4 times more pesticides than a
vegetarian diet.
“If I eat less meat or eat a vegan diet,
I am automatically shrinking the carbon
footprint of my diet, no matter where it
comes from,” says McWilliams.
Growing Our Own
Greg Peterson says that there is another
perspective often left out of the puzzle
when people postulate how they can
change the world by what they eat:
“Food grows for free. You just have to
buy a little seed and put a little water
on it. People should grow their own
food, share it and give it away.”
From his 80-by-60-foot yard in the
heart of Phoenix, Peterson grows 50 to
100 individual crops, from citrus trees
to snow peas and greens. His neighbors
pop in for a bowl of peaches or a few
fresh eggs. He further spreads the
word by hosting gardening classes for
everyone from wealthy retirees with big
yards to thrifty condo dwellers wanting
to grow herbs on their porches.
“For me, it’s about building
local food systems and making
neighborhoods more resilient,” he says.
“There is also something inherently
spiritual about being able to go out in
my front yard and pick carrots, beets
and greens to make dinner.”
Erin Barnett is the director of
Minnesota-based LocalHarvest, which
connects consumers with family farms,
co-ops (collectively owned nonprofit
grocery stores or buying clubs that give
members discounted prices on healthconscious products in exchange for a
fee and work crew hours) and CSAs
(in which members buy a share and
Key Food Websites
EatLocalChallenge.com encourages
us to eat what is produced within
100 to 250 miles from home.
FoodCoopInitiative.coop helps
communities start their own
nonprofit co-op.
LocalHarvest.org connects
consumers to CSAs, co-ops and
farmers’ markets in their area.
ota.com offers info about what
organic is and is not.
TrueFoodNow.org operates a
grassroots action network by The
Center for Food Safety.
UrbanFarm.org gives advice on
how to start an urban farm.
receive a box of local farm produce
each week). She says that these can be
excellent ways to benefit our health,
environment and local economies. But
there can be downsides. For example,
a co-op can take years to form and is
typically volunteer run, which involves
a significant learning curve; it also often
requires members to put up several
hundred dollars long before the doors
open. Belonging to a CSA includes
collective risk, so if it’s a bad crop
year, member shares are affected. At a
farmers’ market, occasionally a vendor
will pass off conventional produce
shipped in from afar as local or organic.
As someone who buys eggs from a
farmers’ market, grass-fed meat from
a local farm, dry goods from a co-op,
nuts from a natural food buying club,
and has a garden that dwarfs her own
house, Barnett puts it this way: Ask
questions first. Then make a plan.
“Everyone is going to concoct their
own way of meeting their needs by
balancing their relationships with local
people and their beliefs about organic,”
she says. “It is very complex. But at
least people are talking about it.”
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Mix it Up
When shopping for plants,
experiment with the way herbs from
these two groups look when they are
arranged together:
Upright growth habit: basil,
chives, dill, rosemary, sage
Mounding growth habit:
marjoram, parsley, thyme
basil is pinched back, the bushier it
becomes.
The
Herbal
Kitchen
Eight Easy Picks for Container Gardening
Keep culinary herbs handy by growing them
in a large pot just outside the kitchen door.
by Barbara Pleasant
H
umans have had good reasons
to grow basil, rosemary and
other culinary herbs for
thousands of years. Edible herbal
accents and aromas enhance the beauty
and flavor of every dish they touch, be
they sprigs of fresh parsley tossed into
hot couscous or marjoram and thyme
sparking a savory risotto.
A big garden isn’t needed to grow
most kitchen herbs; in fact, it’s often
better to grow these culinary gems in
pots. In any household, the sweet spot
for cultivating herbs is a puddle of
sunshine near the kitchen door. Time
and again, the cook will dash out to
gather a handful of this or that while
two or three dishes simmer on the
stove. Dinner is less likely to boil over
when herbs can be snagged in a matter
of seconds.
Individual Pots vs.
Container Bouquets
Because small pots heat up and dry
out faster than larger ones, herbs
usually grow best in larger containers.
Fourteen-inch-wide plastic or fiberglass
pots are lightweight, easy to handle and
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provide ample room for four or more
plants. Half-barrel wooden planters are
great and fixed oblong planters also
work well.
Cooks and gardeners will have the
most fun combining upright herbs
that reach for the sky with others that
tend toward low, mounding growth.
When shopping for seedlings, look
for interesting ways to combine leaf
textures and foliage colors, too. For
example, anchor an herbal container
bouquet with red-leafed basil and
surround it with marjoram and thyme.
Then, create a second container by
combining silvery sage with green
chives and curly parsley. This two-pot
herb garden will produce a season’s
worth of fresh flavors.
Eight Easy Herbs for Pots
Basil’s spicy-sweet flavor with strong
floral notes puts it on everyone’s
planting list. This fast-growing annual
loves warm weather. Basil planted in
the early part of the growing season
will produce numerous flowering
spikes within a couple of months,
which should be snipped off. The more
Chives taste like very mild scallions,
and plants will produce new leaves
throughout the growing season, if
trimmed regularly. These cold-hardy
plants become dormant off-season and
return the following year, featuring an
early show of edible pink flowers. The
slender, upright leaves combine well
with other herbs.
Dill is a fast-growing annual that prefers
cool growing conditions. Its leaves,
flowers and seeds carry a savory tang
that enhances the flavor of pickles,
marinated vegetables and breads.
Placed in the center of a large pot, a
single dill plant will grow more than
two feet tall and may require staking.
Marjoram deserves wider use, because
the little plants combine a light oregano
flavor with subtle notes of mint and
lemon, and marjoram tastes good
raw or cooked. Its lanky stems look
lovely spilling over the sides of mixed
containers.
Parsley needs a bit more moisture
than other herbs, so place it closer
to the center than the edge in mixed
containers. Both mild-flavored curly
and more assertive flat-leafed Italian
parsley do well in roomy containers.
Rosemary tolerates strong sun and heat,
so it’s a wise choice in hot months.
Northerners grow rosemary as an
annual, but in milder climates, these
woody perennials can continue as a
perennial for years. Rosemary’s piney
flavor and aroma takes center stage
in rice dishes and casseroles, and the
woody stems make delightful skewers.
Sage charms everyone with its luminous
leaves, which may be gray-green
or variegated with pink and cream,
depending on variety. Smoky sage is the
definitive herb to pair with poultry, and
it’s great with potatoes, too.
Thyme is the flavorful herb that brings
depth to many French and Cajun dishes.
The fresh version is incomparable for
lending savory flavor notes to fresh
vegetables. Both English thyme and lowgrowing lemon thyme make appealing
edge plants in mixed containers.
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1. Water seedlings and set them
in a shady spot. Meanwhile, fill a
large container that has at least one
drainage hole to within two inches of
the brim with fresh potting soil.
2. Keeping seedlings in their nursery
pots, array them into a pleasing
arrangement, with the tallest plants
placed near the center. Then,
squeeze each plant from its nursery
pot and nestle it into the soil in the
selected spot.
3. Use scissors to trim off any
broken branches and thoroughly
water the container herb garden.
Keep newly planted containers in a
shady spot for about three days. In
stationary planters, cover the plants
with flowerpots to shade them from
direct sunshine. Remove the shade
covers after three days, water again,
then start snipping bits of fresh herbs
as needed for the kitchen. Herbs
generally develop their best flavors
when they receive sun most of the
day. In hotter climates, move herb
containers to partial shade during the
hotter months to prevent excessive
heat stress.
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consciouseating
BACKYARD
CHICKENS
The People’s Choice
for Fresh Healthy Eggs
by Lisa Marshall
A
s I work in my home office near Boulder, Colorado,
I hear a soft, “Cluck-cluck-cluck,” from outside the
window. Soon, it will crescendo into a piercing,
“Baaaaaaawk,” as the largest of our seven hens—a plump
Rhode Island red named Rojo—drops a warm, beige egg
into her hay-filled nesting box. When my daughters, ages
8 and 10, return from school, they’ll tromp through the
snow to our A-frame coop, fill their basket with a colorful
assortment of bluish-green, brown and lavender eggs (some
still warm) and skip off to a neighbor’s house to trade them for
piggy bank cash. Such is the life of a backyard chicken farmer.
National Phenomenon
Once viewed as the realm of rural poultry farmers and
commercial egg factories, raising chickens has become a
growing trend, with everyone from urban foodies to thrifty
suburban housewives erecting makeshift coops, logging on
to how-to websites and mail-ordering fuzzy, day-old chicks.
Some are lured by the firm, buttery, nutrient-rich yolks and
enhanced nutritional quality (a study by Mother Earth News
found eggs from pasture-raised hens to contain twice the
omega-3 fatty acids, three times the vitamin E, and one-third
the cholesterol of conventional eggs). Some simply want
to know where their food comes from. Others long for a
bucolic touchstone in their frenzied city lives.
“I see chickens
as a critical
piece of my
landscape,” says
Greg Peterson,
co-author of Fowl
Play: Your Guide to
Keeping Chickens in the
City. “They eat all my
food scraps. They eat the
bugs and the weeds. They
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produce nitrogen-rich fertilizer for the garden. Then they give
me eggs.”
Peterson keeps 15 chickens in his 80-by-160-foot yard in
the heart of Phoenix, Arizona. His monthly local how-toraise-chickens courses currently pack in 50 to 60 people,
from tattooed and pierced 20-somethings to retirees.
Meanwhile, Rob Ludlow’s BackyardChickens.com, which
started in 1999 as a coop-design clearinghouse, now boasts
more than 50,000 members, who submit 7,000 posts a day.
“We have doubled our production from five years ago,
and it just keeps getting better and
better,” says spokesman Jeff Smith,
of Lebanon, Missouri-based
Cackle Hatchery. The 70-year-old
chicken hatchery used to cater
mostly to farmers wanting large
orders of baby chicks for meat or
egg operations, and the occasional
4-H club. Now, it ships 140,000
freshly hatched chicks each week to
unlikely farmers in urban centers like
Seattle, Phoenix, Jersey City and Reno.
“There is a little bit of fear out there
about the economy, and people are looking
at being more self-sufficient,” says Smith.
“People are also interested in making sure
the birds are being fed right, and not kept in
a cage all of their lives.”
Bantamweight Contests
Not all are fans of the urban poultry-farming boom.
Disgruntled neighbors have called upon government leaders
to either uphold or implement ordinances that view chickens
as farm animals and ban them in urban areas. Some have
complained of smelly coops and rodents (all avoidable
via regular coop cleaning, proponents say). Others have
squawked about noise. But in dozens of recent cases, the
hens and their owners have won.
In September 2008, for example, the city of Fort
Collins, Colorado, passed an ordinance that allows city
residents to keep up to six hens, as long as they buy a
$30 permit, provide their birds with a ventilated, predatorresistant coop with two square feet of room per chicken,
and keep the birds at least 15 feet from the neighbors. No
roosters are allowed.
Within the first year, 36 people had gained
permits, including Connie Meyer, now the proud
owner of four feathered friends. She likes that they
follow her around as she works in the yard, eat out of
her hands and provide her with eggs to trade for her
neighbor’s fresh produce.
“People assume it is going to be so much work, but
they are incredibly easy to take care of,” she comments.
“More than that, they are fun. It’s easy to get attached to
them.”
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Sustainable Foods
& Social Philanthropy
A Conversation with Nell Newman
by Ellen Mahoney
F
ollowing in her famous parents’
footsteps, Nell Newman, daughter
of actors and environmental
activists Joanne Woodward and Paul
Newman, launched Newman’s Own
Organics in 1993 with business partner
Peter Meehan. She is also the author
of The Newman’s Own Organics
Guide to a Good Life: Simple Measures
that Benefit You and the Place You
Live. Since 1982, the Newman’s Own
Foundation, which originated with
her father’s company, Newman’s
Own, has donated more than $300
million to educational and charitable
organizations worldwide.
Why did you decide to create
Newman’s Own Organics?
In 1989 I worked as the development
director for the Santa Cruz Predatory
Bird Research Group, trying to raise
money for this small nonprofit. I
was very motivated to do this work
because I was dumbfounded by how
the peregrine falcon and the bald eagle
populations were being decimated due
to the use of the synthetic pesticide
DDT. But raising money for this
organization wasn’t easy.
I started to look closely at the business
model Dad was working on at the
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muffins, made with heavy whole wheat.
He had some stubborn ideas about what
he thought organic food really was.
So, one year, I secretly prepared a
totally organic Thanksgiving dinner for
the family. When Dad finished his plate
I asked, “So, how did you like your
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When I was a kid, we had five dogs,
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MEDITATION
MADE EASY
Try these simple tips to achieve better health,
more happiness and peace of mind.
by Sally Kempton
“F
or 20 years, I’ve meditated
before stressful meetings,
when I’m slammed by
deadlines and during all kinds of
domestic crises,” reports one successful
lawyer. “In the middle of a tough day
or any time I feel like I’m about to lose
it, I’ve learned that if I close my eyes for
two minutes and find that inner place of
calm, it will give me the strength to deal
with just about anything.”
A string of clinical studies since
the 1970s supports meditators’ claims
that the activity works to counteract
the negative effects of both acute and
chronic stress. Research from Herbert
Benson’s Mind-Body Institute and other
studies shows that meditation can turn
a natural stress response into a natural
relaxation response. Instead of the
body becoming flooded with chemicals
that prepare us to fight or take flight or
freeze, meditation releases a flood of
calming neurotransmitters and hormones
that soothe the system and stimulate
immune functions. Meditating helps to
bring the body back into balance.
According to multiple studies cited in
Daniel Goleman’s The Meditative Mind:
The Varieties of Meditative Experience,
people who regularly meditate experience lower incidences of high blood
pressure and heart disease than those
who do not. Richard Davidson’s recent
studies at the University of Wisconsin
demonstrate that regular meditation
decreases brain markers for depression,
while increasing brain activity that marks
states of peace and joy.
long as the spine is straight and the
chest open, comfort trumps form.
Secondly, it helps to approach meditation
as an experiment; one we conduct in the
laboratory of our inner self.
The third basic principle is to find a
core practice that feels good to us and
that we can relax into. Choose one that
focuses and draws attention and energy
into the peaceful fullness of a deeply
meditative state.
Three Classic Approaches
Tuning into the Breath – After assuming an upright posture, sense the flow of
breath in and out through the nostrils—
cool on inhaling and warm on exhaling.
The key is to tune into the sensation of
how the breath feels, which also engenders a natural sense of well-being.
Meditation in the Heart – Let the breath
flow into the center of the chest, as if it
were flowing through the chest wall. As
it touches the center of the chest, imagine a soft glow in the heart, like an inner
sun. With each inhalation, feel the sun
glow. With each exhalation, spread it
throughout the inner body. (Note: To find
the heart center, place the right palm
over the center of the chest and focus
attention on the very center of the body,
behind the breastbone).
Constancy is Key
The key to such healthful effects is regularity. Conducted occasionally, meditating can give us a temporary emotional
lift, but the real benefit comes when we
do it every day. Then we learn to tune
into the inner state that is the source of
meditation’s power to heal the body,
calm the emotions and stabilize the
mind. Meditators often describe feeling
states of increased focus and clarity, a
sense of connection and empathy with
others and above all, the sense of core
inner strength that accompanies them
through life, even in crises.
But in order to be willing to make
meditation a daily priority, we need
to find a way to enjoy it. Otherwise,
chances are we won’t stick with it.
Meditation for the Love of It shares
several core strategies for reaping
pleasure from our practice.
The first consideration is physical
comfort when sitting to meditate. As
Mindfulness – Beginning with the
crown of the head, move attention
through the body, focusing next on
the forehead, followed by the cheeks,
ears, mouth, neck, shoulders, front and
back of the chest, stomach, lower back,
hips, pelvic area, thighs, knees, calves
and ankles. Continue on. As straying
thoughts arise, notice them, note them
as “thinking,” and return to the practice.
To realize a daily practice, begin by
sitting for five minutes at the beginning
or end of the day. Each day, increase
the time spent sitting by one minute,
until reaching 20 minutes. Benefits
accrue when we practice daily and
make it a priority.
Sally Kempton is a master teacher of
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For centuries, yoga has been
prescribed as moving medicine for the
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purge toxins and bring fresh, nutrientoxygenated blood to each organ to
help ensure optimum functioning.
Pick Up the Pace
There’s a longstanding myth among participants that exercising at a lower intensity for a longer duration maximizes
the burning of fat and releases toxins.
Not true. To really rev up metabolism,
burn more calories and keep the fatburning switch turned on longer after
an exercise session, try picking up the
pace for one or more shorter periods.
Make Some Muscle
Strength training is known to boost natural muscle-making chemicals such as human growth hormone and preserve the
muscle we have, while also replacing the
muscle tissue we’ve lost. Lifting weights
also helps us shed fat by simply burning
calories. As a bonus, a calorie-burning
metabolism can stay elevated for up to
48 hours after we’ve finished lifting.
Take It Outside
When possible, infuse an exercise routine with fresh air by doing it outdoors.
When exercising outside, it’s important
that we not add to our toxic burden by
walking or jogging along busy roads or
highways, because breathing in chemical-laced exhaust nullifies the benefits.
Annie B. Bond is an internationally
renowned expert on personal detoxification and past executive editor of Care2.
com/greenliving, which sourced all
health claims in The Purification Plan, by
the editors of Rodale Health Books.
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TUESDAY MARCH 1
Oneness Blessing Deeksha – 7-9pm. The Oneness
Blessing creates a shift in consciousness freeing the
mind from suffering, balancing the body’s natural
healing energies, and attuning the brain to unity and
bringing an end to the illusion of apparent situation.
Suggested donation is $20. Aquarian Dreams, 414 N.
Hwy A1A, Indialantic. 321-729-9495.
THURSDAY MARCH 3
Build Bone Naturally ~ How to Prevent Osteoporosis – 6-7pm. Today’s American lifestyle is leading
to significantly increased cases of osteoporosis. Learn
what you can do to prevent it. Free. Wellspring Medical
Center, 21 Suntree Place, Melbourne. RSVP to Debbie
321-254-6816.
Tired of Insomnia – 7-8pm. Having trouble getting to
sleep or staying awake? Wake up feeling tired? Come
learn how your hormones and endocrine system affect
your sleep and energy levels. RSVP. Free, but seating
is limited. Well Within 401 Fourth Ave., Indialantic.
321-724-1212.
Drumming for Transformation Workshop –
7-8:30pm. We will journey through rhythms of life and
spirit as well as world cultural rhythms while sharing
our rhythmic bliss in this lively drum class. A variety
of drums and percussion instruments are provided.
You may bring your own. Taught by Sharan Miller.
$10. Aquarian Dreams, 414 N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic.
321-729-9495.
FRIDAY MARCH 4
New Moon Ceremony – 7:30-9pm. Depending on
the phase, the lunar energies help us to bring in or
release vibrations that create our reality. This frees
and empowers each participant to manifest what he
or she desires. Bring a small stick to set your intentions, a drum or rattle, and a dish to share. Donations
accepted. Center for Healing Arts, 916 Columbus Ave.,
Melbourne. 321-733-7633.
SATURDAY MARCH 5
Women Leading Wellness Conference – 9am-2pm.
6 professionals will present essential information
on women’s health topics. The conference is at the
Emerson Center in Vero Beach. Cost is $15 before
February 28 or $25 at the door. (Includes refreshments) Reserve early and receive a free conference
tote with gifts. For complete schedule and on-line
registration, visit www.womenleadingwellness.com
or call 772-564-8383.
Herbs for Muscles and Bones – 9-11:30am. Bones and
muscles are your support system and they need all the
help they can get. Did you know there are herbs that
can help repair your joints or heal a broken bone? Others can help support muscle growth. Taught by Master
herbalist Cecelia Avitable. $20. The Herb Corner, 277
N. Babcock St., Melbourne. 321-757-7522.
Level 1 Intro to Yoga Posture Training – 9:30am12:30pm. This workshop is for the beginner. Twentyone postures with breath techniques. Complete instruction with modifications. Bring your mat, hand towel,
and bottled water. Manuals included. $45. Henegar
Center Downtown Melbourne, Garden Room 125.
321-987-8798.
Basic Course in Vegetarian and Vegan Nutrition –
2pm. George Eisman, registered dietician and teacher
will cover Lowering Cancer Risk with a Plant Based
Diet-What the Public is Not Being Told. Short question period follows. Free. Cocoa Beach Public Library.
321-632-2898.
Community Kirtan – 7:30-9pm. Join lightworkers
Vicki Martin and Rayananda in an evening of ecstatic,
devotional chanting. Kirtan is part of the path of Bhakti
Yoga. By chanting these sacred Sanskrit mantras we
open our hearts and experience ultimate oneness. Donations accepted. Aquarian Dreams, 414 N. Hwy A1A,
Indialantic. 321-729-9495.
SUNDAY MARCH 6
Seasonal Detox and Cleanse – 1-3pm. Find out about
the 5,000 year old Ayurvedic approach to detoxification.
It’s safe, simple, and profoundly effective. $20. Living
Yoga Studio, 333 17th St., Vero Beach. 772-978-1099.
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MONDAY MARCH 7
What is Reiki? Free Class With Reiki Master Bill
Oswald – 7-8pm. Learn about the ancient healing art of
Reiki. What is it? What does it do? How does it work?
Donations accepted. Aquarian Dreams, 414 N. Hwy
A1A, Indialantic. 321-729-9495.
TUESDAY MARCH 8
Crystal Bowl Meditation –with Susan Rizzo – 4:305:30pm. Learn meditation techniques to quiet the mind
and relax the body. Experience the crystal bowls, toning, and a special sound meditation. Call to pre-register.
Reiki Circle – 7-8:30pm. Join Reiki practitioners Susan, Doreen, and Bill in a Reiki circle for healing. We
practice traditional Usui Reiki. All Reiki practitioners
welcome. All those needing healing are welcome.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 9
Thank you for supporting our special shop in Vero Beach for 7 years.
Patricia will continue teaching Reiki classes
in Vero Beach and also in Stuart/Palm City.
Beginners Native American Flute Class – 7-8:30pm.
Learn to create magical sounds. Soothe and heal
through flute music. Limited flutes available. Must
RSVP. $10 per person. Center for Healing Arts, 916
Columbus Ave., Melbourne. 321-733-7633.
THURSDAY MARCH 10
(772) 569-2877 • 2235 14th Ave. • Downtown Vero Beach
Online Store: www.theinspiredheart.com
Treating Pain and Arthritis Naturally – 6-7pm.
Discover how diet, lifestyle, herbs, supplements and
other natural therapies can significantly reduce pain
and reverse arthritis. Implementing some of these
techniques and therapies can eliminate the need for
surgery and dependence on side- effect laden medications. Wellspring Medical Center, 21 Suntree Place,
Melbourne. RSVP to Debbie 321-254-6816.
WHIPLASH &
AUTO-ACCIDENTS
Are You Achieving Your Goals? Workshop with
Bruce Orion – 7-9pm. Understanding the dynamics
of achieving your goals and the missing piece. Learn
how to remove the blocks and interference which
undermine your success. We’ll address weight loss,
prosperity, health, relationships, personal happiness,
and well-being. Call to pre-register. Suggested donation
is $20. 321-729-9495.
Are you suffering with NECK PAIN,
BACK PAIN, HEADACHES?
Real Solutions for Better Sleep – 7pm. If you aren’t
sleeping well, your body can’t heal from the day’s
stress. You could drug yourself to sleep or fix the cause
naturally. With Dr. Michele Munnich. Call to register.
Free. CARE Chiropractic & Wellness Center, 1938
Dairy Rd., West Melbourne. 321-728-1387.
We have NEW MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH
THERAPIES FOR FASTER RELIEF:
• Cold Laser Therapy — Advanced therapy for
headaches, Joint Pain and Muscle Spasms
• Rebuilder Therapy — Stimulates nerves to give
you faster pain relief
• Spinal Decompression — Non-Surgical for
neck and low back pain from damaged disc
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SATURDAY, MARCH 19
Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel
Tibetan Buddhist Teacher
321-783-1960
SPACE COAST SPINE & DISC INSTITUTE
Certified Interactive Metronome providers
Dr. Steve Alukonis, DC
Visit informative website at www.spacecoastspine.com
9am- 4pm
Learn techniques to quiet your mind,
engage your heart & strengthen your soul!
To pre-register, call 772-589-4488
Sebastian Counseling Center
299 NORTH ORLANDO AVENUE, COCOA BEACH
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Finding Our Way into
True Spiritual Practice
$35 includes lunch Location: Kashi Ashram,
11155 Roseland Road, Sebastian
Lighten Up – 7-8pm. Learn about different body types.
Dispel weight loss myths. Discover why counting
calories and hard exercise doesn’t work for everyone.
RSVP. Free, but seating is limited. Well Within 401
Fourth Ave., Indialantic.321-724-1212.
FRIDAY MARCH 11 –
SUNDAY MARCH 13
Angels and More – 7am-5:30pm. Call for appointment.
Connect with your guardian angels, ascended masters,
fairies, totem animals, and more. Kimberly Cochrane is
certified by Doreen Virtue, Ph.D. and has fifteen years
experience. $25, $45 for 2, $20 each 3 or more. Aquarian
Dreams, 414 N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic. 321-729-9495.
Couples Beach Getaway & Workshop – 7pm to
Sunday 2pm. Join Richard and Diana Daffner, authors
of Tantric Sex for Busy Couples. Bring greater joy,
intimacy, and passion to your relationship. Celebrate
your love. Connect on a soul level. $595 per couple.
Siesta Key Beach, Sarasota. 1-877-282-4244.
SATURDAY MARCH 12
Connective Tissue Mobilization – 9am-5pm. Instructor
Henry Tobelmann. A day of soothing, energizing manual
techniques designed to restore natural state of fluidity
and creat opportunities for new special relationships.
Awareness-oriented connective tissue therapy to be
exchanged in the morning with myofascial spreading in
the afternoon. Six CEU credit hours. $135. Connectivity
Center, 1751 Sarno Rd. #3, Melbourne. 321-253-8088.
Healing Silence Meditation Workshop – 1-3:30pm.
Experience the healing silence led by Sw. Bhagavati Das
Hauseman for those new to meditation or experienced
alike. $30. Kashi School of Yoga 11155 Roseland Rd.
Sebastian. 772-589-1403 ext 112. www.Kashi.org
Life In Balance - Sound Music Meditation – 7-9pm.
Find healing and meditation in this beautiful musical
concert with quartz crystal bowls, synthesizers and
world flutes. LifeinBalancemusic.com includes Sun
Yoga on their tour. Pre-registration suggested. $25 preregistration; $30 at door. Sun Yoga, 1867 South Patrick
Drive, Indian Harbour Beach. 321-610-8917.
and development of the technique of “laying-onof-hands.” Class includes video featuring Quantum
touch originator Richard Gordon, practice sessions,
and Richard Gordon’s certificate from Quantum
Touch Inc., upon completion. Ten students per class
maximum. $90, includes $50 non-refundable deposit
payable in advance. The Herb Corner, 277 N. Babcock
St., Melbourne. 321-757-7522.
TUESDAY MARCH 15
Oh My Aching Head – 7pm. Headaches are not normal
and you don’t have to live with the pain. Learn the types
and causes of headaches as well as safe, natural, and
effective solutions. With Dr. Michele Munnich. Call to
register. Free. CARE Chiropractic & Wellness Center,
1938 Dairy Rd., West Melbourne. 321-728-1387.
Oneness Blessing Deeksha – 7-9pm. The Oneness
Blessing creates a shift in consciousness freeing the
mind from suffering, balancing the body’s natural
healing energies, and attuning the brain to unity and
bringing an end to the illusion of apparent situation.
Suggested donation is $20. Aquarian Dreams, 414 N.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 16
Introductory Talk on Transcendental Meditation –
7-8pm. This free introductory talk will cover the scientific
research on the benefits and then on explanation of how
it works and why it works. Free. Positive Change Health
Center, 10480 US Hwy 1, Sebastian. 772-539-7557.
THURSDAY MARCH 17
How Our Choices Affect Health & Aging – 6-7pm.
Living a healthy life also means having fun, but educate yourself on what may be sabotaging your efforts.
Free. Wellspring Medical Center, 21 Suntree Place,
Kenya-Tanzania: Great Migration Safari Tour –
Deluxe 8-day tour including: lodges, meals, safaris
($2470), extras: Maasai Mara and air. Contact: Susan
Drew (owner: Sangha Tours), 772-567-6202, [email protected].
SUNDAYS MARCH 13 & MARCH 20
FRIDAY MARCH 18
Quantum Touch – 10am-5pm. Quantum touch is healing that has been compared to the scientific exploration
Creating a Healing Bracelet – 7-9:30pm. Materials
provided which include healing crystals, minerals, and
natural stones. Your healing energy and intention is all
that is needed for this spirit-guided class with meditation. $40 per person. Center for Healing Arts, 916
Wonderment: Habituating Ourselves to Openness
– 7pm. Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel, Tibetan Buddhist
teacher. Free, open to the public. Unity of Vero Beach.
772-589-4488 Sebastian Counseling Center.
SATURDAY MARCH 19
Reiki Level I Class/Workshop – 8:30 -6pm. Reiki
(ray-key) is a Japanese stress reduction and relaxation
technique anyone can learn. Lecture and practice time.
One-day intensive. Book included with fee. Preregistration required. $175. The Inspired Heart, Vero Beach.
772-696-1910.
Open House – 11am-1pm. Visit the new AquaTerra
Retreat Center. One mile north of the Pineda Causeway
on the Indian River. Donations accepted. 7755 South
Tropical Trail, Merritt Island. 321-449-8877.
Reiki Circle – 11am-12:30pm. Join Reiki practitioners
Susan, Doreen, and Bill in a Reiki circle for healing. We
practice traditional Usui Reiki. All Reiki practitioners
& those needing healing are welcome. Donations accepted. Aquarian Dreams, 414 N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic.
321-729-9495.
Health Fair/Open House – 1-5pm. Health Fair/Open
House offering education, free samples, healthy food
and tea tastings, chair massage, acupuncture demo, qi
gong demo, Neuro emotional technique demo and more.
Free. A Place for Health, 755 27th Ave. SW, Vero Beach.
772-567-6700.
The Psychology of Eating Meat – 2pm. Melanie Joy,
PhD, Ed.M, is the author of the acclaimed Why We
Love Dogs, Eat Pigs, and Wear Cows: An Introduction
to Carnism. Dr. Joy, a Harvard educated psychologist
will be presenting. Free. Cocoa Beach Public Library.
321-632-2898.
Full Moon Ceremony – 7:30-9pm. Depending on the
phase, the lunar energies help us to bring in or release vibrations that create our reality. This frees and empowers
each participant to manifest what he or she desires. Bring
a small stick to set your intentions, a drum or rattle, and
a dish to share. Donations accepted. Center for Healing
Arts, 916 Columbus Ave., Melbourne. 321-733-7633.
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SATURDAY MARCH 19 &
SUNDAY MARCH 20
Dong Ye Community Acupuncture Grand Opening –
Event includes talks and demonstrations. Call for more
information. Dong Ye Community Acupuncture, 2130
W. SR 520 Cocoa 321-549-2206.
SUNDAY MARCH 20 TO
SATURDAY MAY 28
Qigong Instructors Certification Course – 3:30-6pm.
The Vero Beach QiGong Society offers an instructors
certification training course. The class is limited to 12
participants and requires pre-registration. Three payments
of $355. Unity Center of Vero Beach. 772-569-4090.
SUNDAY MARCH 20
Reiki Level II Workshop/Class – 8:30-6pm. Deepen
your practice of Reiki with three sacred symbols and
Japanese techniques. Prerequisite: Reiki I. Lecture and
practice time. One day intensive. Certificates awarded.
Preregistration required. $200. The Inspired Heart, Vero
Beach. 772-696-1910.
TUESDAY MARCH 22
Crystal Bowl Meditation-with Susan Rizzo – 4:305:30pm. Learn meditation techniques to quiet the mind
and relax the body. Experience the crystal bowls, toning,
and a special sound meditation. Call to pre-register. Aquarian Dreams, 414 N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic. 321-729-9495.
Healing With the Frame Drum – 7-8:30pm. Explore
basic strokes of the frame drum with their corresponding elemental energies, charkas, and practice rhythmic
patterns of multi-cultural rhythms. Drums provided.
Taught by Sharan Miller. $10. Aquarian Dreams, 414
N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic. 321-729-9495.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 23
Beginners Native American Flute Class – 7-8:30pm.
Learn to create magical sounds. Soothe and heal
through flute music. Limited flutes available. Must
RSVP. $10 per person. Center for Healing Arts, 916
THURSDAY MARCH 24
Myofascial Unwinding – 10:30-11:30am. Come and
explore movement, dance, and mediation to relieve stress
and tension. Increase energy and relax your body. Space
is limited, call to reserve your spot. $8. The Henegar
Center, Downtown Melbourne. 321-223-5468.
Creating Meaningful Transitions After Life-Changing Events – 11:30am-1pm. Authors Jerry Yelling,
a WWII fighter pilot, and Susan Bradley, certified
financial advisor, will talk about their approach to life
changing events and how to create smoother and more
meaningful transitions. Suggested donation of $20 or
more. The Emerson Center, 1590 27th Ave., Vero Beach.
772-539-7557.
Free Energy Healings and Massage Therapy – Noon5pm. Teren Nichols will be offering free healings all day.
Teren is a licensed massage therapist and certified pranic
healer. Call for appointment. Aquarian Dreams, 414 N.
and Skin Treatment Center will be presenting from
6-7pm. Wellspring Medical Center. 21 Suntree Place
Harness Your Hormones – 7-8pm. Learn about
common endocrine disruptors and how your body’s
hormones relate to pain, energy, digestion, sleep, weight,
and aging. You can re-harmonize and feel vibrant again.
RSVP. Free, but seating is limited. Well Within 401
Fourth Ave., Indialantic.321-724-1212.
FRIDAY MARCH 25
Couples Beach Getaway & Workshop – 7pm to Sunday 2pm. Transform your relationship into a love affair.
Deepen intimacy and passion. Discover Tantra. $595 per
couple. Siesta Key Beach, Sarasota. 1-877-282-4244.
Plants of Power, The Use of Sacred Plants in Ceremony – 7-9pm. Learn about plants that are considered
sacred to the North American Indians and how and when
to use them in ceremony. For those who seek to connect
more fully with the Great Spirit through the nonhuman
world of sacred plants. $15. Center for Healing Arts, 916
SATURDAY MARCH 26
Women in Transition – 4-5:30pm. Susan Bradley, author
of Sudden Money, will be giving an interactive seminar
about women in transition and how she can help them
with tools to make the transition easier and more meaningful. Suggestion donation of $20 or more. The Emerson
Center, 1590 27th Ave., Vero Beach. 772-539-7557.
Super Duper Detox Workshop – 10am-noon. We will
have door prizes and surprises. Join us. Free. RSVP
to save your space 321-722-5846. Your Family Chiropractor, 2100 Waverly Place, downtown Melbourne.
Women: How to Create the Best Version of You in
2011 – 5-7pm. During the first hour Clinical Aesthetician, Anne Carter will be available to answer questions
about your skincare issues. Chelsey Croskeys, Acupuncture Physician, will also be doing complimentary
“ear seeds.” Special guest speaker, Roxanne Guy MD,
F.A.C.S. owner and founder of Brevard Plastic Surgery
3rd Annual Brennan Healing Science Spring Clinic –
9am-6pm. Thirty-minute sessions include mini chakra
readings and hands-on energy work to clear, charge, and
balance your energy system. Leave revitalized. $30 in
advance, $35 day of clinic with space permitting. Cocoa
Beach Wellness Center, 236 N. Atlantic Ave., Cocoa
Beach. 321-298-2743.
MONDAY MARCH 28
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Clinical Nutrition • Free community wellness workshops
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MONDAY MARCH 28WEDNESDAY MARCH 30
Commodity Futures Investing Event – Conference,
seminars and exhibitions.7-8pm. 30+ year practitioner
of meditation, founder of Shared Enlightenment,
Inc. and MeditativeInvestors.org, will present on
Commodity Futures Options Trading/Investing, Risk
Management, Meditative Investing and Trader/Investor Psychology. $79 for conference, seminar prices
vary (see www.commodityfuturesinvesting.com.)
Crowne Plaza Melbourne Oceanfront Resort & Spa.
850-FUTURES (850-388-8737).
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TUESDAY MARCH 29
Overcome Stress and Fatigue Naturally – 7pm.
Stressed out? Learn why stress is the root of all
disease, learn how to stress less, and natural ways
to combat the effects of stress. With Dr. Michele
Munnich. Call to register. Free. CARE Chiropractic
& Wellness Center, 1938 Dairy Rd., West Melbourne.
321-728-1387.
WEDNESDAY MARCH 30
Spiritual Entrepreneur – 6-9pm. You have vision,
heart, and passion. Where are they resources to realize your dreams? Potluck beings at 6pm. Interactive
session starts at 7pm with host Elaine Christine. $30.
The Anchorage (call for gate access) 420 Moore Park
Lane #304, Merritt Island. 321-449-8877.
THURSDAY MARCH 31
Prevent and Defeat Diabetes – 7-8pm. Learn early
signs of diabetes such as fatigue, insomnia, pain,
inflammation, concentration, immunity problems
and ways to naturally prevent it. Stabilize your blood
sugar now. Free, but seating is limited. Well Within401
Fourth Ave., Indialantic. 321-724-1212.
3 H’s Exercise Class for Adults and Seniors – 8:459:30am or 9:45-10:30am (MWF) Promotes increased
agility, balance, and gives your heart a cardio workout.
$12 per month continuous registration. DRS Community Center, 1089 S. Patrick Dr., Satellite Beach.
321-773-6458.
Qi-gong on the Beach – 6:30-7:15am every morning.
South Beach Park, Vero Beach. Evenings Tuesday and
Friday at 6pm. 772-569-4090.
Yoga with Christine – 8-9am. A gentle yoga to relax
the body, uplift the mind, and soothe your soul. $10.
The Zen Room, 631 Brevard Ave. C, Cocoa Village.
321-544-8541.
Bone Walkers “Walk and Talk” – 8:45-10am. Exercise
support group for folks who are at risk for or have osteoporosis. Walking exercise, informational and social support group for all ages. DRS Community Center Gym,
1089 S. Patrick Dr., Satellite Beach. 321-779-2947.
Have Fun, Stay Fit Aerobics – 8:45-9:45am. (MWF)
This program is a great workout for an adult that includes
warm-ups, step, mat work, weights, and a cool down.
$22 per month continuous registration. DRS Community Center, 1089 S. Patrick Dr., Satellite Beach.
321-773-6458.
Essence Yoga – 9:30-10:45am. Open your heart and
bring strength into your yoga practice through a meditative flow. Sun Yoga, 1867 South Patrick Drive, Indian
Harbour Beach. $14. 321-610-8917.
Basic Pilates with Judy Brinkley – 10am through May
16th. Pilates is a series of stretching and strengthening
exercises which integrate the whole body and mind.
Bring a mat and water bottle. $5. Cocoa Beach Library,
550 N. Brevard Ave., Cocoa Beach. 321-868-1104.
Qi-gong for the Heart and Mind – 10:30am. Roseland
Community Center 129th Ave and Bay Street Sebastian.
$8 per class. 772-569-4090.
Pilates Class – Noon-1pm. Beginner/intermediate mat
class. All levels welcome for this fun core workout.
$12-$15. Pilates Center of Viera. 321-305-6950.
Afternoon Yoga at The Zen Room – 3:30-4:30pm
and 4:45-5:45pm. Great for beginners. Release tension,
build strength and flexibility. Two class times to choose
from. $10 drop in or $80 pass. The Zen Room in Cocoa
Village. 321-917-4676.
Yoga with Joy – 5:30-6:30pm. Multi-level class blending Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow, Pranayama (breathwork)
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and Mantra. Instructor Joy Golding studied with Bryan
Kest and Shiva Rea. $10 or yoga card (10 classes for
$75). Aquarian Dreams, 414 N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic.
321-729-9495.
BIGRONS Yoga -6pm. The ultimate power stretch. Hot
yoga for all fitness levels. Get stronger, more flexible,
improve balance, develop endurance and relax. Classes
daily. $10 single class. BIGRONS Yoga, 1024 Hwy A1A
#146, next to cinema. 321-773-3539.
Yoga in the Village – 6-7pm. No two classes are the
same. Each Hatha yoga session is designed for the
participant present. Invigorating, restoring, cleansing,
healing, and blissful. $10. The Zen Room, 631 Brevard
Ave. C, Cocoa Village. 321-544-8541.
Moderate Yoga With Biddy – 6:15-7:30pm. Some
experience necessary. Bring your mat, bottled water, and
hand towel. Full instruction with modification shown.
$10. Veterans Memorial Complex, 2285 Minton Rd.,
West Melbourne. 321-837-7779.
Vinyasa Flow – 6:15-7:30pm. Breath synchronized with
movement leads you through a powerful yoga sequence.
Sun Yoga, 1867 South Patrick Drive, Indian Harbour
Beach. $14. 321-610-8917.
Hatha Yoga – 6:30-7:45pm. Also offered Wednesday.
Combines physical well-being and balances body, mind,
and spirit using guided yoga postures, stretching and
deep breathing. Instructor Marilyn Hallock. Ages: adults.
Bring your own mat. $5 per class, paid at door. S.B. Civic
Center, 565 Cassia Blvd., Satellite Beach. 321-773-6458.
Melt Method Class – 6:30pm. A cutting edge self-treatment that aligns joints and connective tissue. Relieves
stuck stress from the body. $15. Custom Fit of Brevard
Downtown. 914-497-4375.
African Drum Class – 7-9:30pm. Master Drummer
from Africa, Aboubacar Camara. Beginners/advanced
instruction. Some drums available. Call for more information. Introduction rate $10 per class, limited time
only. Center for Healing Arts, 916 Columbus Ave.,
Melbourne. 321-733-7633.
Meditation with Sw. Bhagavati Das – 7:15pm. Want to
quiet your mind and calm your system? Join us for this
hour of deep meditation – whether you are a beginner or
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an experienced meditator. Kashi School of Yoga, 11155
Roseland Road, Sebastian. 772-589-1403
welcome. $12-$15. Pilates Center of Viera. 321305-6950.
Yoga in Port St. John – 11am-Noon. Release stress,
build strength and flexibility. Create good health for
your body and mind. $5. The Port St. John Community
Center. 321-917-4676.
tuesday
TUESDAY
Friday at 6pm. 772-569-4090.
Sunrise Yoga – 7-8am.Awaken the body by building strength and flexibility through a morning yoga
practice. Sun Yoga, 1867 South Patrick Drive, Indian
Harbour Beach. $14. 321-610-8917
Baby Boomer Yoga – 8:30am. Modified class that
addresses individual body issues. Focus is on taking
stress off the joints by making the muscles stronger.
Appropriate for everyone. BIGRONS Yoga, 1024 Hwy
A1A #146, next to cinema. 321-773-3539.
Hatha Yoga – 8:30-9:45am. Also offered Thursday.
Combines physical well-being and balances body,
mind, and spirit using guided yoga postures, stretching
and deep breathing. Instructor Marilyn Hallock. Ages:
adults. Bring your own mat. $5 per class, paid at door.
S.B. Civic Center, 565 Cassia Blvd., Satellite Beach.
321-773-6458.
Morning Yoga with Joy – 8:30-9:30am. Multi-level
class blending Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow, Pranayama
(breathwork) and Mantra. Instructor Joy Golding
studied with Bryan Kest and Shiva Rea. $10 or yoga
card (10 classes for $75). Aquarian Dreams, 414 N.
Hatha Flow – 9:30-10:45am. Deep stretching and
strengthening, while maintaining a quality breath,
move you through this flowing yoga class. Sun Yoga,
1867 South Patrick Drive, Indian Harbour Beach. $14.
321-610-8917.
Gentle Yoga - 11am-12pm. Gently opening the body
providing flexibility, range of motion and deep relaxation. Sun Yoga, 1867 South Patrick Drive, Indian
Harbour Beach. $14.321-610-8917.
Yoga for Surfers – 11:15am-12:30pm. Five Tibetan
Rites (Fountain of Youth) and restorative Hatha yoga
practices to strengthen core and stretch all muscle
groups. Certified yoga instructor, Bob Silverman. $10
or yoga card (10 classes for $75). Aquarian Dreams,
414 N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic. 321-729-9495.
Vinyasa Flow – 4:30-5:45pm. Breath synchronized
with movement lead you through this powerful yoga
class. Fun, energetic and empowering. Sun Yoga,
321-610-8917.
Pilates Class – 5:30-6:30pm. Pilates props class. All
levels welcome. This class uses balls, therabands,
circles, and more. $12-$15. Pilates Center of Viera.
321-305-6950.
Yoga with Ellen – 5:45-6:45pm. With Ellen Cameron,
RN, CRRN, and yoga teacher since 1976. Studied with
Yogi Gupti Swami Satchidananda and Amrit Desai.
Multi-level Hatha yoga. Beginners and intermediate. $10 or yoga card (10 classes for $75). Aquarian
BIGRONS Yoga -6pm. The ultimate power stretch.
Hot yoga for all fitness levels. Get stronger, more flexible, improve balance, develop endurance and relax.
Classes daily. $10 single class. BIGRONS Yoga, 1024
Hwy A1A #146, next to cinema. 321-773-3539.
Bone Breathing for Joint Health – 10-11am. Vista
Gardens Clubhouse 20 vista Gardens Trail Vero Beach.
$8 per class. 772-560-4090.
Melt Class – 6pm. A cutting edge self-treatment that
aligns joints and connective tissue. Relieves stuck stress
from the body. With certified Melt instructor Christine
Purdy. $15. Connectivity Center, 1751 Sarno Rd. #3,
Melbourne. Christine 914-497-4375.
Pilates Class – 10-11am. Beginner/intermediate
mat class. A fun, safe, total body workout. All levels
Qi-gong for Better Breathing – 10:30am. $10 per
class. 950 43rd Ave. Unity Center of Vero Beach.
772-569-4090.
Yin Yoga – 6:15-7:30pm. Move toward release in the
connective tissues while lengthening the body and
building flexibility. All levels welcome. Sun Yoga,
1867 South Patrick Drive, Indian Harbour Beach.$14.
321-610-8917.
Easy Stretch – 11am. Perfect for people of all abilities
and for those with physical challenges – you will begin
with easy flowing movements at a very relaxed rhythm
and pace. Kashi School of Yoga, 11155 Roseland Road,
Sebastian. 772-589-1403
Transformational Movement Lessons – 7-8pm.
TMLs are safe, gentle movement inquiries that involve
thinking, sensing, emoting, and imaging. Effective for
beings at all stages of life and levels of fitness. $10.
Connectivity Center, 1751 Sarno Rd. #3, Melbourne.
Jenna Stewart 321-253-8088.
Multi-Hands Massage Exchange – Noon-3pm. Meeting intended for LMTs and manual therapists to gather
weekly for powerful bodywork experiences. Everyone
has a turn on table to receive equivalent of two hours
of therapy. CEUs awarded. Connectivity Center, 1751
Sarno Rd. #3, Melbourne. 321-253-8088.
wednesday
Yoga with Teren – 5:30-6:30pm. Gentle Hatha yoga
class with a focus on healing and meditation. Instructor
Teren Nichols is a licensed intuitive massage therapist. $10 or yoga card (10 classes for $75). Aquarian
WEDNESDAY
Friday at 6pm. 772-569-4090.
Yoga with Christine – 8-9am. A gentle yoga to relax
the body, uplift the mind, and soothe your soul. $10.
The Zen Room, 631 Brevard Ave. C, Cocoa Village.
321-544-8541.
Essence Yoga – 9:30-10:45am. Open your heart and
bring strength into your yoga practice through a meditative flow. Sun Yoga, 1867 South Patrick Drive, Indian
Harbour Beach. $14. 321-610-8917/
Sivananda Yoga With Sita – 10-11:30am. A multilevel Sivananda Hatha Yoga class. With Sita Kline,
certified Sivananda yoga teacher. Sita has studied under
Swami Vishnudevananda since 1983. $10 or yoga card
(10 classes for $75). Aquarian Dreams, 414 N. Hwy
Yoga in Port St. John – 5:30-6:30pm. Release stress,
create flexibility, build strength and better balance
with yoga. $5. Port St. John Library, 6500 Carole Ave.
321-917-4676.
Classes daily. $10 single class. BIGRONS Yoga, 1024
Hwy A1A #146, next to cinema. 321-773-3539.
Tai Chi Class – 7-8pm. A simple, flowing Tai Chi
form. Instructor Ted Doras is a certified teacher for
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Master Mantak Chia. $10 or yoga card (10 classes for
$75). Aquarian Dreams, 414 N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic.
321-729-9495.
thursday
THURSDAY
Friday at 6pm. 772-569-4090.
Sunrise Yoga – 7-8am.Awaken the body by building strength and flexibility through a morning yoga
practice. Sun Yoga, 1867 South Patrick Drive, Indian
Harbour Beach. $14. 321-610-8917
Baby Boomer Yoga – 8:30am. Modified class that
addresses individual body issues. Focus is on taking
stress off the joints by making the muscles stronger.
Appropriate for everyone. BIGRONS Yoga, 1024 Hwy
A1A #146, next to cinema. 321-773-3539.
Morning Yoga with Joy – 8:30-9:30am. Multi-level
class blending Ashtanga, Vinyasa Flow, Pranayama
(breathwork) and Mantra. Instructor Joy Golding
studied with Bryan Kest and Shiva Rea. $10 or yoga
card (10 classes for $75). Aquarian Dreams, 414 N.
Hatha Flow – 9:30-10:45am. Deep stretching and
strengthening, while maintaining a quality breath,
move you through this flowing yoga class. Sun Yoga,
321-610-8917.
Qi-gong for the Heart and Mind – 10am. Roseland
Community Center 129th Ave and Bay Street Sebastian.
$8 per class. 772-569-4090.
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– 10:30-11:30am through March 31st. Warm up the
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body, improve your balance, and maintain strength
and flexibility in a relaxing, non-competitive style. $4
per class. Cocoa Beach Library, 550 N. Brevard Ave.,
Cocoa Beach. 321-868-1104.
Melt Method Class – 10:30am. A cutting edge selftreatment that aligns joints and connective tissue.
Relieves stuck stress from the body. $15. Connectivity
Movement Center. 914-497-4375.
Yoga in Port St. John – 11am-Noon. Release stress,
build strength and flexibility. Create good health for
your body and mind. $5. The Port St. John Community
Center. 321-917-4676.
Gentle Yoga - 11am-12pm. Gently opening the body
providing flexibility, range of motion and deep relaxation. Sun Yoga, 1867 South Patrick Drive, Indian
Harbour Beach. $14.321-610-8917.
Iyengar Yoga With Yvonne – 11:15-12:30am. Multilevel Sivananda and Iyengar Yoga with certified
instructor Yvonne Silverman. $10 or yoga card (10
classes for $75). Aquarian Dreams, 414 N. Hwy A1A,
Indialantic. 321-729-9495
Beginner Yoga in Cocoa – 1-2pm. Create flexibility for your mind and body. Release stress and feel
great. Beginners welcome. $5. Bernice Jackson Park,
Walter Butler Community Center, 4201 US Hwy 1.
321-917-4676.
with movement lead you through this powerful yoga
class. Fun, energetic and empowering. Sun Yoga,
1867 South Patrick Drive, Indian Harbour Beach.
$14. 321-610-8917.
Yoga with Teren – 5:45-6:45pm. Gentle Hatha
yoga class with a focus on healing and meditation.
Instructor Teren Nichols is a licensed intuitive massage therapist. $10 or yoga card (10 classes for $75).
Aquarian Dreams, 414 N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic.
321-729-9495.
Classes daily. $10 single class. BIGRONS Yoga,
1024 Hwy A1A #146, next to cinema. 321-773-3539.
Intuitive Development Class – 6pm. 2nd and 4th
Thursday of the month. Learn about clairvoyance,
clairsentience, claircognizance, clairaudience. Maria also teaches about guides, angels, and Divine
source. $20. The Herb Corner, 277 N. Babcock St.,
Melbourne. 321-757-7522.
with movement leads you through a powerful yoga
sequence. Sun Yoga, 1867 South Patrick Drive, Indian
Harbour Beach. $14. 321-610-8917.
Healing Circle – 6-8pm on third Thursday of the
month. Bring your aches and pains. Call for more
information. The Herb Corner, 277 N. Babcock St.,
Melbourne. 321-757-7522.
participant present. Invigorating, restoring, cleansing, healing, and blissful. $10. The Zen Room, 631
Brevard Ave. C, Cocoa Village. 321-544-8541.
Harbour Beach. $14. 321-610-8917.
Melt Method Class – 6:30pm. A cutting edge selftreatment that aligns joints and connective tissue.
Relieves stuck stress from the body. $15. Custom Fit
of Brevard Downtown. 914-497-4375.
FRIDAY
friday
Friday at 6pm. 772-569-4090.
Kundalini Yoga Class with Satsantokh Khalsa
– 8:30-9:45am. Each class includes postures, breathwork, and mantra. With Satsantokh Khalsa, certified
Kundalini Yoga instructor. $10 or yoga card (10
classes for $75). Aquarian Dreams, 414 N. Hwy A1A,
Indialantic. 321-729-9495.
Yin Yoga – 9:30-10:45am. Move toward release in
the connective tissues while lengthening the body and
building flexibility. All levels welcome. Sun Yoga,
1867 South Patrick Drive, Indian Harbour Beach.
$14.321-610-8917.
Bone Breathing for Joint Health – 10-11am.
Vista Gardens Clubhouse 20 vista Gardens Trail Vero
Beach. $8 per class. 772-560-4090.
Yoga in the Village – 6:30-7:30pm. No two classes
are the same. Each Hatha yoga session is designed
for the participant present. Invigorating, restoring,
cleansing, healing, and blissful. $10. The Zen Room,
631 Brevard Ave. C, Cocoa Village. 321-544-8541.
saturday
SATURDAY
BIGRONS Yoga -10am. The ultimate power stretch.
Gentle Yoga – 8:30-9:45am. Gently opening the
body providing flexibility, range of motion and deep
relaxation. Sun Yoga, 1867 South Patrick Drive,
Indian Harbour Beach. $14. 321-610-8917.
Chi-Gung Class: Transform Stress Into Vitality –
9-9:45am. Use mind, breath, and simple movements to
lead Chi into your body, breaking up patterns of stress.
$10 or yoga card (10 classes for $75). Can also attend
9:45am Tai Chi at no charge. Aquarian Dreams, 414
N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic. 321-729-9495.
Melt Strength Class – 9:30am.Melt strength hydrates
and aligns connective tissue for pain free movement.
Strengthen shoulder and pelvic girdle. $15. Custom Fit
of Brevard Downtown. 914-497-4375.
Yoga Stretch With Biddy – 9:30-10:45am. Yoga
stretch, bring your own mat, hand towel, and water
bottle. Complete instruction with modifications shown.
$10. Greenwood Village Clubhouse, Sheridan Rd.,
West Melbourne. 321-987-8798.
FRIDAY APRIL 8
Couples Beach Getaway & Workshop: 7:00pm – Sun 2pm. Join Richard & Diana Daffner, authors of –
Tantric Sex for Busy Couples. Bring greater joy, intimacy and passion to your relationship. Celebrate your
love. Connect on a soul level. $595/couple, Siesta Key Beach, Sarasota, FL. 1-877-282-4244.
FRIDAY APRIL 15- SUNDAY APRIL 17
Transpersonal Somatic Therapy – Friday 5 –9pm; Sat & Sun 9am – 5pm. Paul Linn’s (MA LMHC, LMT)
evolving synthesis of touch, psychology and meditation sets the stage for a delightful inquiry in healing,
openness and new possibilities of freedom. This training for LMTs and Health Care Providers provides a
safe and effective style of work that supports healing on all levels, drawing upon Paul’s thirty plus years
of teaching awareness-oriented, body centered therapies and pscho-spiritual approaches to growth. The
experientially based format includes both personal and group processes. 18 CEU Credit Hours. $295/
$250 before March 15. Connectivity Center 1751 Sarno Road #3 in Melbourne. 321-253-8088. intouch@
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Community Yoga – 5:30-7pm. Hatha yoga with
Natalie Wilson. Find peace and healing within and
relaxation through meditation and mantras. All levels.
Friday at 6pm. 772-569-4090.
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Melt Method Class – 10am. A cutting edge selftreatment that aligns joints and connective tissue.
Relieves stuck stress from the body. $20. Christi’s
Family Fitness, Vero. 914-497-4375.
Tai Chi Class – 9:45-10:30am. A simple, flowing Tai
Chi form. Instructor Ted Doras is a certified teacher
for Master Mantak Chia. $10 or yoga card (10 classes
for $75). Can also attend 9am Chi Gung class at no
charge. Aquarian Dreams, 414 N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic. 321-729-9495.
Kundalini Yoga – 10:30am. Postures, breaths, sound
and meditation tools to bring all the aspects of the
system together and heal the body. Kashi School of
Yoga, 11155 Roseland Road, Sebastian. $l0 per class.
772-589-1403.
Vinyasa Flow - 10-11:30am. Breath synchronized
Harbour Beach. $14. 321-610-8917.
Qi-gong for Immune System – 10am. $10 per class
or $30 per month. Vero Beach Hematology Oncology
Center981 37th Place Vero Beach. 772-569-4090.
Yoga in the Village – 10-11am. No two classes are
the same. Each Hatha yoga session is designed for the
Free Yoga Class – 4pm. Learn to strengthen and
create flexibility. Reduce stress and find balance with
yoga. Kashi School of Yoga, 11155 Roseland Road,
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SUNDAY
Friday at 6pm. 772-569-4090.
MeditativeInvestors.org meeting – 7-9am.Space
Coast weekly meeting of MeditativeInvestors.
org. Practice of meditation and some discussion of
meditation as it relates to investing. Always open and
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Kundalini Yoga Class with Satsantokh Khalsa
– 8:30-9:45am. Each class includes postures, breathwork, and mantra. With Satsantokh Khalsa, certified
Kundalini Yoga instructor. $10 or yoga card (10 classes
for $75). Aquarian Dreams, 414 N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic. 321-729-9495.
Yoga in the Village – 10-11am. No two classes are
the same. Each Hatha yoga session is designed for the
healing, and blissful. $10. The Zen Room, 631 Brevard Ave. C, Cocoa Village. 321-544-8541.
Zen Meditation and Dharma Talk – 10am. Learn
how body centered Zen meditation can help harmonize body, mind, and spirit. Thirty minute meditation
and talk. Donations accepted. OpenMind Zen Center,
878 Sarno Rd., Melbourne. 321-427-3511.
Sunday Celebration – 10:30am-Noon. Looking
for something new? Come celebrate life, love, and
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Lightworker Community Sunday Circle – 11amNoon. Join us for an hour of universal inspiration,
higher consciousness, meditation, healing and devotional chants. Donations accepted. Aquarian Dreams,
414 N. Hwy A1A, Indialantic. 321-729-9495.
The Healing Art of Sat Nam Rasayan – 1pm. A
deeply meditative healing practice as taught by Yogi
Bhajan that teaches you how to use the meditative
space for healing of self and others. Kashi School
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class. 772-589-1403.
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dentistry for patients with multiple chemical sensitivities. See ads on page 13 & 29.
HEALTH FOOD
APPLESEED HEALTH FOODS
1007 Pathfinder Way #110
321-631-1444 Rockledge
www.AppleseedHealth.com
Vitamins, minerals, supplements, health and beauty
items, gifts and books, homeopathic, specialty and
natural foods, and lunch cafe. Home of the 7-Day
Guided Juice Fast.
HYPNOSIS
A BETTER WAY TO YOU HYPNOSIS
Terry Gurley, Certified Master Hypnotist
321-288-2196 – Melbourne,
Merritt Island, Beaches
www.HigherMindHypnosis.com
Weight, Smoking, Pain, Insomnia, Sales Improvement, Stress/Anger Management, and
more! Let Hypnosis be your tool for Success!
Terry specializes in EFT, group sessions and 7th
Path Self-Hypnosis.
NATURE’S MARKET
EXPOS/
CONFERENCES
MICHIGAN HEALTHY LIVING EXPOS
248-628-0125
www.MHLExpo.com
[email protected]
Production, consulting and sponsorship of expos and festivals serving East Michigan that are themed
in the naturally healthy, environmentally friendly/green living category. Several events throughout the year.
701 S. Apollo Blvd
Melbourne, 321-254-8688
www.NaturesMarketMelbourne.com
Large selection of Low Carb/Atkins/Diabetes specialty foods, Gluten & Wheat free specialty foods.
Knowledgeable educated staff. Everyday low prices on all herbs, supplements and vitamins.
PINETREE HEALTH FOODS
1301 S Patrick, Satellite Beach
321-777-4677
[email protected]
PILATES CENTER OF VIERA
5575 Schenck Ave., Ste 8
321-305-6950/321-749-2972
http://PilatesCenterofViera.blogspot.com/
SUNSEED FOOD CO-OP
Everyone can Strengthen and Stretch through mat
classes, duos and private sessions. Certified instructors on brand new apparatus. Mat class schedule online. Private sessions by appointment.
PILATES AND FITNESS PRIVATE STUDIO
Sarah Nephew
Near Pineda Cswy, Melbourne
321-338-0610
Feel and look great by choosing Pilates’ instruction on Reformer or Fitness Training or a rare fusion of both specialties at a very reasonable price.
GLUTEN-FREE
FOOD
JASPER FOODS
321-543-2156
www.jaspersfoods.com
Brevard County
Offering a delicious selection of fresh seasonal
specialty salads, salsas, jams, cookies, muffins,
cakes, and cobblers. Ask for these products in your
local health food store.
Sheila Rindge C.HT
Certified Hypnotherapist
Melbourne, 321-751-7001
Eliminate unwanted patterns, improve study habits
and weight control. See ad on page 41.
Full range of health food, quality name supplements, organics, wheat-free and gluten-free, bath
and beauty, gifts and books. Special orders, educational classes, nutritional counseling, massage.
MM#20801
FITNESS
CENTER FOR COOPERATIVE
MEDICINE
6615 N. Atlantic Ave - A1A
Cape Canaveral, 321-784-0930
Open Mon-Fri 9:30-7, Sat & Sun 10-6
Community owned – Not for Profit Co-op founded
in 1974. Lowest prices guaranteed! Largest selection of vitamins & herbs in Brevard. Organic produce and much more.
SUNSHINE HEALTH FOOD STORE
2916 S. Washington Ave, Titusville
www.SunHF.com
321-269-4848
Providing nutritional health counseling in a truly
holistic fashion by offering massage, acupuncture,
cholesterol, blood typing along with vitamins,
minerals, herbs, homeopathics and natural foods.
BOARD CERTIFIED MASTER
CLINICAL HYPNOTIST
Susan M. Sawyer BS, CMCHt, LLC
476 N. Hwy A1A, Ste 3A, Satellite Bch
[email protected] 321-432-7267
Hypnosis is a SAFE, effective way to change
200+ issues dealing with weight, smoking, memory, confidence, sleep, cravings, stress and more!
PROVIDING PAST LIFE EXPLORATIONS. See
ad on page 22.
INTEGRATIVE
MEDICINE
CHRISTINE PURDY
Advanced MELT Method Instructor
Brevard & Indian River Counties
914-497-4375, [email protected]
Reduce joint pain and muscle tension with selftreatment that rehydrates connective tissue and
aligns joints for pain-free movement. Feel immediate response in your body.
WELLSPRING MEDICAL CENTER
HERBS & SUPPLEMENTS
MAMA JO’S SUNSHINE HERBALS
Bulk Herbs, Handmade Products,
Consultations, Classes, Supplies
Indian Harbour Beach, 321-779-4647
Enjoy a cup of complementary tea in the relaxing
atmosphere of herbs and handmade herbal delights. Teas, tinctures, lotions, soaps, facial products, salves, and more. See ad on page 31.
Rebecca Hunton, MD
www.DrHunton.com
321-254-6803
Integrative Medicine featuring traditional and natural options. First
Line Therapy Program, Acupuncture,
consultations for Bioidentical Hormones, ADHD, Autism, Menopause,
Andropause, Fertility, and much more. See ad on
page 39.
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LEGAL SERVICES
MUSIC THERAPY
THE SLONIM LAW FIRM, P.A.
ADVANCE MUSIC THERAPY
2317 N. Wickham Rd, Melbourne
321-757-5701
www.slonimlaw.com
Nikki Copelin
321-726-6812
www.advancemusictherapy.vpweb.com
We offer a range of Estate Planning services including: Last Will & Testament
Trusts, Durable Powers of Attorney, Living Wills, Health Care Surrogates, Probate, Guardianships, Medicaid Planning.
MASSAGE
JULIE O’NEILL, LMT
MA 33416, MM 22270
321-223-5468, Melbourne/IHB
www.helpinghandsmfr.com
Specializing in Myofascial Release Massage:
an individualized, gentle, integrated approach to
healing. Relieve pain, balance body/mind/spirit,
reduce symptoms of stress, relax! Certified in prenatal massage.
KIMBERLE SMITH, LMT/CT
Island Wellness Center
321-960-0444, Merritt Island
MA#17575 MM#16158
Passionate about health care, Kim has 15 years experience offering colonics, therapeutic and relaxation massage. Techniques include cranial sacral
therapy and hot stones. Insurance accepted.
DAWN TABER, LMT
Palm Bay
321-745-8275
NEW OFFICE NOW OPEN. $35 Full Hour Relaxation.$45 Full Hour Therapeutic. Offering: Swedish, Myofascial Release, Trigger Point, Muscle
Energy Technique, and Deep Tissue Modalities.
MA#59712.
Certified provider of The Listening Program, a
Tomatis-based music therapy program used to
stimulate brain function to improve your memory,
creativity, language or motor skills.
NATURAL PEST
CONTROL
NATURE’S BEST: PEST DETECTION
& ELIMINATION
Serving Brevard & Indian River Counties
State Certified, Licensed and Insured
321-693-4100
Organic Pest Control, Ants, Roaches, Termites,
Mold. Canine Scent Detection. Common Sense
Solutions personalized for your Home. See ad on
page 16.
TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION
PROGRAM
Cocoa Beach to Port St. Lucie
Randy Mackenzie - Certified Teacher
772-226-0191
As taught by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, this scientifically proven, easily learned, enjoyable and effective technique eliminates stress and promotes more
intelligence, creativity and better health.
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INSPIRED HEART
Patricia Williams, Usui Reiki Master
2235 14th Avenue
Vero Beach, 32960
772-569-2877
[email protected]
Licensed Teacher with the International Center for
Reiki Training. CEUs offered for massage therapists and nurses. Classes taught monthly. Preregistration required. Reiki sessions by appointment.
See ad on page 40.
ANTOINETTE PARATO RN LMT
(MA31628)
Melbourne, 321-725-9009
Enjoy treatments in Reiki, Healing Touch, Cranial
Sacral therapy, and Guided Imagery. Call for Reiki
I, II, III class schedules. Pre-registration is required.
LLOYD REISER, REIKI MASTER
3400 Ocean Beach Blvd. #513
Cocoa Beach FL 32931
321-917-3441 [email protected]
ORGANIC
RESTAURANT
GREEN ROOM CAFÉ
321-868-0203
222 First Street N, Cocoa Beach
www.GreenRoomCafeCocoaBeach.com
Organic sandwiches, wraps, salads, real fruit
smoothies, tasty vegetarian and vegan choices,
wheat-free, gluten-free alternatives (including
desserts), homemade soups. Healthy children’s
meals. Will cater your event.
Practicing Reiki since 1979. He offers individual
sessions, classes and will facilitate healing services. Reiki classes are being taught most months.
Call for information.
SPIRITUALITY
“I AM” SAINT GERMAIN FOUNDATION
Melbourne Sanctuary
321-266-0132
www.SaintGermainpress.com
The “I AM” Activity represents the Highest
Source of the Ascended Masters’ Instruction on
the Great Laws of Life by the Ascended Master
Saint Germain.
HAPPY HEALTHY HUMAN
1869 S. Patrick Drive, IHB
321-779-0077
Open Mon-Sat. Wheatgrass, juices, smoothies.
Raw Vegan Cafe serving wide array of delicious
health enhancing food - you’ll wonder why you
ever eat any other way. Catering/Party Services.
Wireless Internet. See ad on page 20.
PHYSICAL THERAPY
MEDITATION
REIKI/HEALING
TOUCH
UNITY CHURCH OF VERO BEACH
950 43rd Ave, Vero Beach
772-562-1133
www.UnityofVero.com
If you like Wayne Dyer, you’ll love Unity. Join us
for Sunday services, workshops and classes for inspiring dialog with like-minded people.
IDLER BONHOMME, LMT, MPT
Physiotherapy Plus, Inc
51 NW Carolina St STE #103
Melbourne, 321-956-7083
www.TherapyPlus1.Health.officelive.com
Providing an Alternative in Physical &
Massage Therapy. Provides Home Physical Therapy for Geriatric Medicare patients and outpatient physical and massage therapy services. MA32752. See ad
on page 45.
SKIN & BODYCARE
HOSIE NATURALS: A GREEN BOUTIQUE
630 Brevard Ave. Ste B
Cocoa Village 321-252-5581
hosienaturals.com
Eco-friendly, Organic, and Natural “green products” for the whole family, specializing in handmade chemical-free skin and body care using raw
plant-based ingredients.
VETERINARIAN
COASTAL ANIMAL HOSPITAL
WELLNESS CENTER
545 Gus Hipp Blvd., Rockledge
321-632-3800
www.CoastalAnimalHospitalRockledge.com
Our full service hospital offers Animal Chiropractic, Laser Therapy, Clinical Nutrition and Raw
Food diets, Acupuncture, and Homeopathy. Our
patients and clients Love Integrative Care.
YOGA
BIGRONS YOGA
1024 Hwy A1A, Atlantic Plaza #146
Satellite Beach, 321-773-3539(flex)
www.BigronsYoga.com
Daily classes of “hot” yoga ~ 100 degrees for 100
minutes. Individual attention for all fitness levels
and ages. Decades of experience. $10 single or $100
monthly unlimited. See ad on page 42.
MARILYN HALLOCK
Pelican Beach Clubhouse
Satellite Beach Civic Center
321-773-6458
Balance your Body, Mind & Spirit with Hatha
Yoga. Gentle, guided yoga postures with Stretching, Deep Breathing and Relaxation. $5 per class
through Satellite Recreation Department.
SUN YOGA
Finally!
Your Healthy Living, Healthy Planet
DISCOUNT Network!
Attention! Providers of Healthy & Green Products and Services:
Natural Awakenings invites you to join our discount network
focusing on natural health, well-being and a green lifestyle.
As a Natural Awakenings Network Provider, You Can:
• Expand your customer base and increase your income
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We are now building our Brevard &
Indian River Provider Network. To become
a NAN Provider, call 321-600-1211
or email [email protected].
321-610-8917
1867 South Patrick Dr.,
Indian Harbour Beach
www.SunYogaStudio.com
One week unlimited introductory pass - $14!
Multiple certified instructors teaching Power Vinyasa Flow levels 1-3, Sunrise, Yin, Chair, Prenatal, Mommy & Me, Foundation Series and more!
Classes daily.
THE ZEN ROOM
631 Brevard Ave, Ste C, Cocoa
321-544-8541
www.TheZenRoom.info
Yoga, Meditation, Tai Chi, Qi gong, Prenatal Yoga
offered in our peaceful, safe, judgment-free studio.
Small class sizes and great instructors. Visit website
or call for special workshops, schedule and information. “By letting go, it all gets done.” -Tao Te Ching.
When you dance, your
purpose is not to get to a certain
place on the floor. It’s to enjoy
each step along the way.
~ Wayne Dyer
March 2011
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natural
health
Visit our retail
store for natural
products &
supplements
WE OFFER:
Organic Skin Care Products • Organic Facials
Jade Machine Facials with healing energies
Large selection of Medical Grade Supplements
And much more!!
choices
Services We Provide...
• Chelation Therapy (many types offered)
• Anti-Aging / Age Reversal Medicine
• N.A.E.T. Allergy Therapy
• Natural Hormone Replacement for
men & women (this includes sex, thyroid,
adrenal & growth hormone therapy)
• EEG Biofeedback
PETER R. HOLYK, MD, CNS
• Nutritional Programs
• Ondamed™ Therapy
• Oxygen Therapies
• Applied PsychoNeurobiology
• Preventive Medicine
• Plus many other innovative therapies
that may help other health conditions
At Contemporary Health Innovations
we are committed to working with
you to help you acheive optimum
health safely and naturally. Dr. Holyk
integrates many natural healing
methods to improve your quality of
health & longevity of life. Rather than
treating merely your symptoms, Dr.
Holyk embarks on a problemsolving
journey to expose the root cause of
your illness.
Symptoms & Conditions Treated...
Heart Disease • Age Reversal
Neurological Disease • Pain
Environmental Illnesses
Stress Reduction • Allergies
Thyroid & Adrenal Disease
Arthritis • Hormone Imbalance
Fibromyalgia • Chronic Fatigue
600 Schumann Drive
PETER HOLYK, MD, CNS
Sebastian, FL 32958
(Corner of US Hwy 1)
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