Lehigh Valley Natural Awakenings November 2013

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30 THE MIRACLE OF MIDLIFE Being Exactly Who We Need to Be by Marianne Williamson

32 FAST TRACK TO PERSONAL GROWTH Transform Your Life with Mentors, Books, Workshops and Online Courses by Bess J.M. Hochstein

36 THE PATH TO INNER PEACE 12 Steps to Spiritual Awakening by Michael A. Singer

38 GRAIN FREE & BRAIN BRIGHT How Wheat, Carbs and Sugar are Affecting Your Brain Health by Linda Sechrist

40 SUPERPOWER KIDS’ IMMUNE SYSTEMS Natural Health Experts Share How by Jenna Blumenfeld

42 UNDERSTANDING GRIEF MYTHS by Gail Elaine Tinker

44 STAYING POWER A Good Trainer Keeps Us On Track by Debra Melani

46 SAVING ANIMALS SAVES PEOPLE Rescue You, Rescue Me by Sandra Murphy

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• Hundreds of Herbal Remedies For Common Ailments to Diabetes and Sleeping Disorders

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• Cupping Therapy Increases Blood Flow Helps the Body to Heal from Soft Tissue, Releases Muscles & Reduces Pain

• Hundreds of Herbal Remedies For Common Ailments to Diabetes and Sleeping Disorders

• Yoga Class: Friday Evenings: 5pm - 6pm

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letterfrompublisherThere is no doubt in my mind that Tecumseh got it right

with his quote on page 11. The biggest part of my own Personal Growth was when I stopped focusing on the things that were not right in my life and shifted my attention to be grateful for what was. I have learned to make that shift more quickly than ever before and I’ve noticed a big difference in the quality of my life as a result.

I’m grateful to be a part of this community of spiri-tual souls seeking to create a healthier Lehigh Valley. The Thanksgiving holiday is the perfect time to remind ourselves that our happiness and joy resides within us. The external forces that challenge us are really no match for the power we all have to create our lives intentionally based on truths that honor our Creator.

The November issue is focused on Personal Growth. It is about moving from the place we are to the place we want to be. It is not a passive process but we hope our content this month helps you on your own journey. Travel the Path to Inner Peace (page 36), Get on the Fast Track to Personal Growth (page 32) and Learn to Breathe (page 48) are especially inspiring. Most of all …

Be thankfulBe thankful that you don’t already have everything you desire.If you did, what would there be to look forward to?Be thankful when you don’t know something for it gives you the opportunity to learn.Be thankful for the difficult times.During those times, you grow.Be thankful for your limitations because they give you opportunities for improve-ment.Be thankful for each new challenge because it will build your strength and char-acter.Be thankful for your mistakes.They will teach you valuable lessons.Be thankful when you’re tired and weary because it means you’ve made a differ-ence.It is easy to be thankful for the good things.A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks.Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.Find a way to be thankful for your troubles and they can become your blessings.~ Author unknown


newsbriefsLow-Level Laser Treatments for Pain Relief and Healing

Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center, in Breinigsville, is now

offering low-level laser treat-ments for pain relief and healing. Thor lasers are being used in 70 countries, including by Harvard Medical School, NASA, the U.S. Navy and others.

Dr. Thomas Wachtmann, DC, Dr. Jessica Kmiecik, DC, and Ro-

chelle Aubert, LAc, will be administering treatments over inju-ries or lesions to improve wound and soft tissue healing, reduce inflammation and give relief for both acute and chronic pain.

Low-level laser therapy is non-invasive, FDA-approved and has no side effects. Benefits include significant reduction of inflammation equal to or better than drugs within two days and pain-killing effects that last for 48 hours. Healing time of chronic tendon conditions is reduced by 70 percent, healing is improved and muscle fatigue, muscle damage and delayed onset muscle soreness are lessened.

For more information visit TwinPondsCenter.com or for an appointment call 610-395-3355. See ad, page 23.

Finding Career Wellness

Career Wellness Partners offers mindful solutions for career

discovery to help clients align who they are with what they do. Stress from work manifests in the body and can compromise overall well-being, and Certified Career Coach, Barbara Berger helps clients explore their current career path, change focus, overcome barriers to success or find clarity in a state of transition.

With her background as a Hiring Manager for a local HR organization, Berger says, “In addition to my skill set, I have a fierce hunger for sharing the power of mindful-ness as it relates to career discovery. This combination forms the backbone of my coaching practice.”

Specializing in mid-career professionals, women in transition and undeclared students (and their parents) her model encourages clients to view career discovery as a lifelong process. To reduce stress and uncover the path to career wellness, Berger helps clients embrace the mag-nificent power of the unknown, cultivate gut instinct and, most importantly, move beyond fear to action.

For more information and to schedule a free 30-min-ute consultation, call 484-862-9523 or visit CareerWellnessPartners.com. See ad, page 57.

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Explore Yoga and Ayurveda with Dr. Scott Blossom

Dr. Scott Blos-som will teach

a course, Integrating Yoga & Ayurveda for Health and Self-Knowledge, from December 6 to 8, at The Yoga Loft in Bethlehem. The course includes yoga practice and discussion of the cen-tral principles for integrating yoga and Ayurveda in our lives.

Classes include Yoga & Ayurveda: The Five Great Elements, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., December 6; Yoga & Ayurveda: Balancing the Three Doshas, Part 1, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m., December 7; Tending the Fire: Ayurveda for Balancing Your Weight, from 2 to 4 p.m., December 7; and Yoga & Ayurveda: Balancing the Three Doshas, Part 2, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., December 8.

Blossom is a traditional medical practitioner, yoga teacher, and ayurvedic consultant. He has been studying yoga for more than 20 years and teaching for 13.

Cost for all Sessions is $175. Some may be taken separately. The Yoga Loft is located at 521 East 4th Street in South Bethlehem. Call 610-867-9642 to regis-ter. For more information, visit TheYogaLoftOfBethlehem.com See ad, page 49.


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Lyme specialist Dr. Ann Corson and environmental-

ist May Dooley will present a discussion, Lyme, Mold and Biotoxin Illnesses, from 7 to 9 p.m., November 6, at the Coun-try Meadows Retirement Facility, in Bethlehem.

Many primary care doctors in Pennsylvania may not be adept at diagnosing Lyme disease and the outdated Elisa and western blot tests used by some local testing facilities have been criticized as missing up to 60 percent of cases. Corson is noted as one of the nation’s leading doctors when it comes to looking at the entire body and the entire set of infections and uses a combination of natural and pharmaceutical treatments.

The Lehigh Valley Area Lyme Disease Support Group is open to the public and meets on the first Wednesday of every month in Bethlehem.

Location: 4011 Greenpond Rd. For more information, call Heidi Healy, Lehigh Valley Lyme Support Group mod-erator, at 610-882-2253 or email [email protected].

Learn About Biblical Herbs and Their Uses

A seminar on the Healing Oils of the Bible will be con-ducted beginning at 6 p.m., November 12, in Nazareth.

Oils for healing, cleansing and holy anointing are mentioned more than 500 times in the Bible. Aloe, cassia, frankincense, galbanum, hyssop, cy-press, spikenard, cedarwood, myrrh, cistus, onycha and cedarwood are the most mentioned.

Moses used herbs to protect the Israelites from disease. Mary and Joseph used them to keep baby Jesus and themselves healthy. Modern science has found some of them to be as effective as antibiotics in promoting overall health, vitality and longevity. This seminar will educate participants about how to restore wellness and maintain health by the use of the natural creations men-tioned in the Bible. Bring a Bible for reference.

Cost is $10. Register and prepayment required. Location: Herbs To Your Success, 64 S. Main St., Nazareth, PA. For more information, call 610-365-8996. See ad, page 57.





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Hypnotherapy that Focuses on the Soul

Life’s Path Regression Hypnotherapy has opened in Saucon Valley, specializing in regression therapy, or guiding clients

to recall some of their long-forgotten or repressed past memo-ries.

Traditional, suggestion-focused hypnotherapy, the most common impres-sion of hypnosis, can be a very effective tool in addressing vari-ous emotional or emotionally based physiological prob-lems. However, in a conscious state during intake interviews, clients are often unable to pinpoint the true cause of their issues.

If they only receive positive suggestions, instilled directly in the subconscious by the hypnotherapist in a relaxed state without searching their subconscious or superconscious minds under regression to identify a source event, the issue might return or manifest itself in a different way. Regression focuses on recovering these memories.

At Life’s Path, assisting clients in reaching their inner selves by linking all facets of the mind is the most significant part of the Regressionists’ work in hypnotherapy. People gain insight into the motives of their behavior by understanding their soul.

For more information, call 610-972-0400 or email [email protected]. See ad, page 13.

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Low Dose medicine you will love.GUNA®-FLU stands out from the competition because it contains ingredients to both help reduce the severity and duration of cold and flu symptoms, and also boost the immune system.

Try it! At the first sign of symptoms, take a vial before going to bed and let us know how good you feel.

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for

the light, for your life, for your strength. Give

thanks for your food and for the joy of living. If

you see no reason to give thanks,

the fault lies in yourself. ~Tecumseh


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GUNA, Inc., the Italian leader in the field of low dose biopharmaceutical medi-

cine featured on the Dr. Oz show, is setting the standard in innovative medicine. GUNA products are unique formulations in that they contain low dose concentrations of active ingredients that are highly recognized by the

body and immediately absorbed by the mucous membranes of the mouth. All GUNA products are safe for children, too.

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The Easton Farmers’ Market Winter Mart has a new Home

You can enjoy fresh, locally produced food all winter

long in the Easton Farmers’ Market’s new location at 325 Northampton Street. The former Weller Center location is just one block West of Centre Square and offers convenient parking in the rear. The market operates Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., November 30th through April 26th and features more than 40 vendors.

Available products include locally grown fruit and vegetables, raw milk and cheese, all natural pasture-raised meats, farm-fresh eggs, artisan breads and baked goods, handmade chocolates, local maple syrup, honey, preserves, cider, fresh roasted coffee beans and wine. Shoppers will also find a wide array of prepared foods including vegan and gluten free dishes. Lo-cal crafters and artists will be highlighted during the holiday season and area musicians will perform each week.

EBT is accepted. For more information call: 610-330-9942 or visit www.EastonFarmersMarket.com. See ad, page 15.

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Free Holistic Lyme Disease Consultation

Lisa Baas Living Arts Acupuncture &

Oriental Medicine is offering free evaluations for new patients suffer-ing from Lyme disease during the month of November. The evalua-

tions encourage acupuncture and Oriental Medicine awareness and owner Lisa Bass will conduct the free evaluations for those interested in having a consultation from a Chinese medicine and holistic health perspective.

Acupuncture and Oriental medicine are powerful and elegant ways to deal with all aspects of illness. Lisa Baas Living Arts operates with the highest standards of quality, the latest research and the greatest service. Their aim is to cleanse, balance and nourish clients back to health by strengthening their own body’s healing ability. The natural methods and medicines used are good for people and the planet, non-toxic and sustainable.

Location: 2358 Sunshine Rd., Allentown. To schedule an appointment, call 610-841-9300. For more information, visit LivingArtsMedicine.com. See ad, page 56.





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Small Business Saturday Returns

Small business is the backbone of our local

and national economy. On November 30, between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Saturday is a day dedicated to supporting small businesses nationwide. Sponsored by American Express, FedEx and Clear Channel Communications, the event mobilizes over 100 million people to Shop Small in their communities.

Customers will find special offers at many small business locations throughout the Lehigh Valley. Whether you’re a small business owner or a customer, encouraging friends and family to spread the word and shop at small busineses helps boost the local economy.

Business owners can visit AmericanExpress.com/us/small-business/shopsmall where they can download free marketing materials, qualify for free online advertising and read small business success stories.

Celebrate Non-GMO Foods at Healthy Alternatives

Healthy Alternatives Food and Nutrition

Center, in Trexlertown, is partnering with the Non-GMO Project to educate and better inform customers of the benefits of Non-GMO

foods and products. Information is available in the store to explain just what Genetically Modified Organisms are and why they are harmful to people and the planet. Healthy Alternatives is clearly marking their shelves with Verified GMO-free labels so shopper can be assured of the product ingredients.

“Everyone deserves to make an informed choice about whether or not to consume genetically modified organisms,” states store owner Lloyd Burg. “Many large food producers are resisting clear consumer labeling of their products. On the other hand, our suppliers understand that we want our customers to be able to trust all of the products that we sell.”

The nonprofit Non-GMO Project is committed to preserving and building the non-GMO food supply, educating consumers and providing verified non-GMO choices.

Location: 7150 Hamilton Blvd. For more information, call 610-366-9866. For more information on the Non-GMO project, visit nongmoproject.org. See ad, page 40.





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Yoga Teacher Information Session at Moondog Studio

Moondog Yoga in Quakertown, in

conjunction with the Himalayan Institute of Honesdale, PA, is hold-ing a free informational session to outline the 200-hour yoga teacher certification program on Sunday, November 24 at 4 p.m. The cer-tification program begins in January 2014 and is designed to expand personal practice, discover true potential as a teacher and deepen students understanding of the yoga tradition.

“We train teachers so that they can return to their com-munities and cultivate humility, simplicity, and selflessness through yoga practice”, states Moondog Yoga Studio owner June Hunt. “Drawing from yoga theory and knowledge of the body and mind, we cover postures, breath training, sense withdrawal, concentration, meditation, lifestyle and self-realization. Classes taught include Yin Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Power Hour Yoga, TRX Circuit and Community Yoga.

Location: 44 Front St, Quakertown, PA. For more informa-tion, call 267-374-4046 or visit MoondogYoga.com. See ad, page 8.

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10 Years of Commitment to Purity and Community

Jumbars Café in Bethlehem is celebrating their tenth year of providing the Lehigh Valley with fresh, hand-crafted cuisine,

good conversation, and a sense of community. Since 2003, everything, from entrees to desserts to breads, is prepared from scratch on the premises from local ingredi-ents whenever possible. Chef Paul Hoffert, a graduate of the New England Culinary Institute, is proud to serve fine crafted food and fair trade coffee in a relaxing and comfortable atmosphere where you can sit back and enjoy conversation.

Jumbars is also accepting orders for signature homemade holiday baked goods including pumpkin pies, apple crumb pie, jumble berry pie, cherry pie, mincemeat pies, rustic apple tarts, cookie trays and an assortment of quiche. Thanksgiving has traditionally been the biggest baking holiday of the year and is limited to a maxi-mum quantity so early ordering is suggested.

Jumbars is open for breakfast and weekday lunch at 1342 Chelsea Avenue in Bethlehem. Call ahead seating is available on Saturday’s and Sunday’s by calling 610-866-1660. See ad, page 13.

Keystone Lactation Opens

A new lactation consultant practice has opened at 901A North New Street, in downtown Bethlehem, at MotherBaby Naturals, a natural baby boutique. There,

lactation consultants are specially trained to help mothers pre-vent and overcome breastfeeding difficulties. Keystone Lacta-tion is the only such private practice in the heart of the Lehigh Valley.

Breastfeeding mothers now have more options when they need help. They can choose to work with either Christy Hume and Christine Roca, the owners of Keystone Lactation, who are both international board certified lactation consultants (IBCLC), and even schedule appointments at their home or at the office.

They teach breastfeeding classes, perform physical assess-ments of the mother and baby, measure breast milk intake, demonstrate techniques and propose specific, evidence-based solutions. Private consultations are available by appointment. Walk-in weight checks are held on the first Saturday of the month, and breastfeeding classes and free workshops occur monthly.

For more information or to register for a class, call 484-602-5055 or 484-602-5420 or visit KeystoneLactation.com.

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Train to Become a Yoga Teacher

In 2011, Easton Yoga launched its own yoga school with a 200-hour teacher training program. A Q&A

session for the 2014 term will take place at 9:45 a.m., November 23, with Easton Yoga owner/teacher Alice Rambo-Wozniak.

The program is designed for students that are ready to take their personal practice to the next level, while at

the same time learning how to become competent yoga teachers. Yoga is a whole body experience, so Easton Yoga places a strong emphasis on healthy nutrition through its holistic nutrition component.

Unique to the Easton Yoga School is the mentorship aspect of the teacher training, the only yoga school in the Lehigh Valley to offer this invaluable oppor-tunity. Each post-graduate is given an opportunity to teach one community class per month to utilize the skills they have learned in yoga school. These classes are observed by qualified instructors and valuable feedback and growth opportunities are provided, all at no additional cost to the new teacher.

For more information, email Rambo-Wozniak at [email protected] or visit EastonYoga.com. See ad, this page.

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Huge Indiemade Craft Market in Allentown

The sixth annual Indiemade Craft Market, Lehigh Valley’s largest indie craft show, with more than 50 vendors, will

take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., December 7, at the Starlite Ballroom, in Allentown. The market serves up a fresh holiday shopping experience every year to meet the growing interest in buying local by providing a way for socially-minded shoppers to purchase unique gifts that are handcrafted within their own community and to connect with the people that made them. A portion of the proceeds is donated to the Baum School of Art scholarship fund.

For visitors with a crafty impulse, do-it-yourself (DIY) craft tables with instruc-tors from the Baum School of Art, Cedar Crest College and Paintsome Pottery will be on hand with materials to teach attendees how to make paper crafts that include paper flowers, bowls and bisque bead necklaces; and listen to live, up-and-coming indie bands while they do-it-themselves.

Admission is $3/12 and under free. First 50 adults will receive swag bags from Mercantile Home of Easton. Location: 1221 S. Front St. For more information, visit IndieMadeCraftMarket.com. See ad, page 16.

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Mindful Meditation Relieves InflammationA new University of Wisconsin-Madison study shows that

meditation, a proven reducer of psychological stress, can also lessen stress-caused inflammation and thereby re-lieve the symptoms and pain of certain diseases. Long-term stress has long been linked to inflammation, an underlying cause of many diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, bowel disease, asthma, heart disease and Type 2 diabetes.

Meditation study volunteers were divided into two groups—an eight-week mindfulness meditation course or a stress reduction program of supportive nutrition, exercise and music therapy that did not include meditation. The meditation group focused attention on the breath, bodily sensations and mental content while seated, walking or practicing yoga. Immune and endocrine data was collected before and after training in the two methods and meditation proved to be more effective. Melissa Rosenkranz, a neuro-scientist with the university’s Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and lead author of the report, concludes that, “The mindfulness-based approach to stress reduction may offer a lower-cost alternative or complement to standard treatment, and it can be practiced easily by patients in their own homes whenever needed.”

Tanning Beds Invite MelanomaAs summer tans fade, some

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The Killer Called SugarA new animal study from the University of Utah, in

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Giving GroupMillennials Devote Time, Talent, TreasureMuch is rightly written about how and why “millennials”, or “Generation Y”—the young people heading into the 21st century—spend their time and money. This generation is redefining the way we think about business, and con-scious consumerism is now its own form of philanthropy. This age group is leading the charge by extending the premise of a moral com-pass to for-profit enterprises and looking for ever-more meaningful opportunities to have an impact. The trend carries fresh im-plications for the nonprofit sector, too, because millennials lead the way in forwarding worthy causes. When The Case Foundation partnered with Achieve, a thought leader in nonprofit millennial engagement, to produce the Millennial Impact Report, researchers surveyed more than 2,500 millennials ages 20 to 35. They found that last year, 83 percent gave a financial gift to an organiza-tion supporting a cause that resonates with their interests. Seventy-three percent volunteered for a cause that they were passionate about or felt created impact, and 70 percent are raising money for their causes both online and offline.

Frack AttackControversial Drilling Threatens Pacific OceanFederal regulators have approved at least two hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking”, operations on oil rigs in the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of California since 2009 without an updated envi-ronmental review that critics say may be required by federal law. Environmental advocates are con-cerned that regulators and the industry have not properly reviewed the potential impacts of fracking in the Pacific outer continental shelf. Fracking, a subject of heated debate, is a method of drilling that forces water, chemicals and sand deep beneath the Earth’s surface at high pressure to break up underground rock and release oil and gas. Offshore fracking is currently used to stimulate oil production in old wells and provide well-bore stability. In California, the oil company Venoco has been using fracking technology to stimulate oil production in an old well off the coast of Santa Barbara—where the public memory of the nation’s third-largest oil spill in 1969 lingers—since early 2010. Another firm recently received permission for fracking in the Santa Barbara Channel, home to the Channel Islands Marine Reserve. So far, offshore fracking is rare, but officials expect that other firms may seek to utilize the environmentally damaging technology on offshore rigs in the future.

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Capital IdeaSocial Networking Funds Local BusinessCommunity Sourced Capital (CSC) is a newly formed lender headquartered in Seattle, Washington, that aims to apply the crowdsourcing model to encourage the growth of locally owned businesses. “The hardest part is often not attracting shoppers once the project is off the ground,” explains co-founder Casey Dilloway, “but securing capital to get it started.” CSC’s objective is to harness the power of the connections that tie lo-cal people together—both via social media and in the physical world—to find people willing to loan money to small local businesses. They may initially connect through Community SourcedCapital.com. Lenders make funds available in $50 blocks up to a maximum of $250 per project, and are acknowledged by the receipt of a pale-blue square card bearing the CSC logo, which identifies them as “Squareholders”. The funds are then made available to borrowers at zero interest, and loans are paid back at a designated rate based on the company’s revenue. CSC makes loans of up to $50,000.

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Pass GoCooperation Rules in New Board GameMonopoly is a traditional, popular board game that provides fun for the whole family as players ruthlessly strive to outwit each other, form a monopoly and take ownership of all the real estate, houses, hotels and money. If that doesn’t seem like a pastime that teaches values of fairness and social justice, there’s a new game in town—Co-opoly. In the 21st-century game, invented by the Toolbox for Education and Social Action (ToolboxForEd.org), players develop cooperative businesses using a team effort. Sharing knowledge and creating cooperative strategies determine whether everyone wins or loses. Instead of encouraging players to grab up all the wealth and bankrupt others, it showcases the economic success that can result when people work together.


globalbriefsSecond VerseKids Turn Trash into Musical InstrumentsYoung musicians from the village of Cateura, Paraguay, a town of 2,500 families that make a living by mining the 1,500 tons of solid waste daily dumped in a local landfill, have started making musical instruments from the debris.

Favio Chávez, an ecological technician and trained musi-cian, was inspired to teach the local children to play music in an orchestra. He says, “The world sends us garbage, we send back music.” A documentary, Landfill Harmonic, is in produc-tion and a 30-member Recycled Orchestra has performed in Argentina, Brazil and Germany. The message is that like other natural resources, children living in poverty have redeeming value and should not be deemed worthless.

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BamboozledBamboo Fabric a Product of GreenwashingAt least one dealer in sustainable products has taken a stand against bamboo fabric, which most people associate with bamboo lumber, a rapidly renew-able resource that requires fewer pesticides to grow than other crops. Laura Mathews, of Eco Promo-tional Products, Inc., in Washington state, cites the Federal Trade Commis-sion’s report: “The truth is, most bamboo textile products, if not all, really are rayon, which typically is made using environmentally toxic chemicals. While different plants, including bamboo, can be used as a source material to create rayon, there’s no trace of the original plant in the finished rayon product.” Mathews says that her company has discontinued selling bamboo clothing and all other items made from bamboo fabric. She notes, “It’s the responsibility of ev-eryone to vet these and other similar terms to ensure that the eco-friendly product you’re putting your purchasing power behind is actually eco-friendly.”

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“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘Thank you,’ that would suffice,” a maxim first

voiced by mystic Meister Eckhart, has held true through the centuries. Why should this simple act mean so much? Expressing gratitude works wonders.

Gratitude reminds us to recognize good people in our life. They range from loved ones to those that render a kindness to a stranger. Treasuring good-ness in every form brings more of it into our experience.

Gratitude turns bad things into good things. Having problems at work? Be grateful to be employed and serving others. Challenges keep life interest-

ing, enhance judgment and strengthen character.

Gratitude reminds us of what’s impor-tant. Being grateful to have a healthy family and friends, a home and food on the table puts smaller worries in perspective.

Gratitude reminds you to say, “Thank you.” Call, email or stop by to say thanks… it takes just a few minutes to express our reason for doing so. People like being appreciated. It creates a sat-isfying beam of mutual happiness that shines on.

Habit-Forming TipsHere are some ways to overcome any

LIVING GRATITUDEA Taproot of Happinessby Leo Babauta

initial discomfort felt in stepping for-ward to thank others.

Create a morning gratitude session. Take a few minutes each morning to close your eyes, silence the to-dos and give thanks to whomever and what-ever is cause for gratitude.

Show thanks. Sometimes we think about something helpful or kind that someone did for us recently or long ago. Make a note, call them up or even better, tell them in person with sin-cere conviction why you continue to be grateful and appreciative. Another option is a thank-you card or email—keep it short and sweet.

See the silver lining even in “nega-tive” situations. There are always two ways to look at something. We can perceive something as stressful, harmful, sad, unfortunate and difficult, or look for the good embedded in just about everything. Problems held in a positive light from a different perspec-tive can be opportunities to grow and to be creative in devising a solution.

Learn a gratitude prayer. Many songs and prayers, religious or not, serve to remind us to be grateful. Find or write a special one and post it in a highly visible spot.

Leo Babauta is the founder of the simplicity blog, ZenHabits.net, and author of bestselling e-books Focus, The Little Guide to Un-Procrastina-tion and Zen to Done.


We know it as the most wonderful time of the year, yet too often the holiday season pushes wellness to the back burner and heightened consumption trumps

efforts to go green. For this year’s gift-giving season, Natural Awakenings has gathered meaningful and practical gift ideas from local businesses to ease the stress of holiday shopping. To make gifting even simpler, pair our findings with creative themes that initiate new traditions. Try the four-gift rule with kids: one thing they want, one thing they need, one thing to wear and one thing to read. Suggest exchanging locally crafted items with out-of-town family members so everyone re-ceives a unique gift they’ve never encountered before. Consid-er shopping throughout the year when inspiration strikes, and then store items in a gift closet; it cuts down on holiday to-dos. Or turn from packaged products altogether to gift certificates, prepaid memberships and charitable donations. With friends and family in mind, have fun practicing con-scious consumerism with these ideas for gifts of wellness and sustainability.

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Accessories with a ConscienceIf jewelry is on a loved one’s wish list, look for pieces that are made of sustainable or recycled materials or that raise funds for a worthy cause.

Presents that PamperWith busy calendars and long to-do lists, everyone can use a little pampering this time of year.

For Furry Family MembersBefore purchasing another squeaky toy or rawhide bone for the four-legged members of the family, consider conscious gift al-ternatives for Fifi and Fido, too.

Help at HomeFor homemakers and others swamped by houseguests, having help around the house can ease the stress of the holidays or any other time of the year.

Charitable Gifts that Keep On GivingGood things can come in little packages—or no packages at all. Consider charitable dona-tions in honor of those on your gift list.

Flexible FitnessYoga-related gifts are healthy and meaningful to either intro-duce to or increase the knowl-edge of recipients regarding any of the many styles and modalities offered in our area.

KidsAvoid the commercialism of big-box store toy aisles by in-stead visiting a smaller, locally owned retailer in search of eco-friendly and educational gifts for the little ones. Better yet, consider gifting a hearten-ing experience such as a mem-bership to the zoo or weekly music classes.

New to YouMake Christmas shopping eas-ier on the environment and the family budget by visiting local consignment and resale shops for gifts or gift certificates.





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From the time he was six years old growing up in Moscow, Russia, Mikhail Artamonov knew he was going to be a

doctor. After all, his father and his grandfather were both physicians so Dr. Artamonov never even thought of doing anything else.

His father began teaching him acupuncture at a young age. It was this early introduction to Oriental medicine that sparked his interest in integrative care. “Integrative medicine was something I was always interested in, but in Russia, you had to attend medical school to practice acupuncture,” he explains. He earned a medical degree at the prestigious First Moscow Medical Sechenov School, but it was only the beginning of his journey.

He went on to receive a master’s degree in Oriental philosophy and linguistics at Tianjin University, in China; a

combined residency in rehabilitation, pain and complemen-tary medicine at Hannover Medical University, in Germany; and then returned to Moscow for a Ph.D. in clinical research. In 1999, he moved to the United States for an internship in internal medicine and primary care at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital, in New York. He realized internal medicine was not stimulating enough for him, so he switched to a residency training program in physical medicine and rehabilitation at Temple University, in Philadelphia. Lastly, he received a Combined Pain Fellowship at Harvard Medical School for acute, chronic and cancer pain in adults and children.

After his immense training, he was a bit disillusioned with the medical-pharma complex. He wanted to focus on a more integrative approach and felt the only way to do that was to go into private practice. “It’s important to me to have knowledge of both systems of medicine—traditional and alternative—for a more open-minded approach,” he says.

He launched MJA HealthCare—now with three loca-tions—to focus on the management of pain and general health and wellness. He specializes in anti-aging and func-tional medicine, as well as regenerative medicine. He utilizes the most advanced and non-invasive technologies, allowing him to achieve optimal results. The ultimate goal, he says, is to help patients enhance their quality of life and overall well-ness.

“Patients often come to us who are not satisfied with their current model of care, so they’re interested in finding a doctor who offers a different perspective,” notes Artamonov.

MJA HealthCare offers a vast array of cutting-edge technology services including Plasma Rich Prolotherapy (PRP), stem cell rejuvenation, high-tech ultrasounds, infrared therapy, minimally invasive carpal tunnel release and more.

According to Artamonov, PRP therapies have been used by maxillofacial and plastic surgeons for more than two decades. The procedure has now been perfected and re-engineered as Pure PRP, an extraction of the patient’s blood that contains a matrix of highly concentrated growth factors containing no red blood cells. These growth factors have been clinically proven to balance skin tone, reduce scarring, increase wound healing and thicken and regrow thinning hair. It has most recently been used for ortho-biologic therapy treating tendon repair, acute muscle injuries, chronic tendon problems and even regrow cartilage and menisci.

Oxygen-ozone therapy is an option to treat lumbar disc herniation that has failed to respond to conservative man-agement, It is offered as a recourse before surgery or when surgery is not possible. Treatment consists of an injection of oxygen and ozone to treat a herniated disc. There are two types: an injection outside of the disc and an injection di-rectly into the disc. The ozone injection directly into the disc reacts with the inner disc material to reduce inflammation, shrink the disc and the hernia.

He is particularly passionate about ozonotherapy, the use of medical grade ozone, a highly reactive form of pure

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It is no secret that the body has the potential to renew and regenerate itself. According to the AAO, when it becomes sick, it is because this potential has been blocked. The reactive properties of ozone stimulate the body to remove many of these impediments, thus allowing the body to do what it does best—heal itself.

When it comes to anti-aging and func-tional medicine, Artamonov takes a whole body approach. For example, a saliva test can be done to identify the potential root cause of a problem. People are often surprised at the results. “One patient was in her early 40s, so she thought her issues may be the result of pre-menopause. After testing, we discovered much of her issues came from stress. The ideal solution is to walk, meditate, do yoga, etc. to de-stress but that’s not always possible, so we offer alternatives such as oxygen therapy.”

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He also utilizes bio-identical hor-mone replacement therapy to counteract the negative effects of aging. This therapy involves replenishing the body’s deficient hormones with bio-identical hormones, which are identical to those made by the body.

Artamonov says he is still inspired by the possibilities of medicine and loves to keep an open mind. “Medicine gives you the opportunity to express yourself and make a difference,” he says. “It is always inspiring when a patient has seen 25 doc-tors before you, but then you do some-thing that helps. It gives you new energy.”

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How would we live, were we not afraid of

death? How would we live if we gave ourselves permission to give to life every-thing we’ve got? In The Longevity Factor, Lydia Brontë, Ph.D., observes that we’ve added 15 years to our lives… but in the middle, not at the end. No longer identifying ourselves as “over the hill” at whatever age, we are simply removing the hill. We are forging a different con-versation and a new vision to take us beyond the limited thought forms that have defined the parameters of age for generations. For the first time in history, we can realistically view the first half of life as a kind of gestation period, preparing us for an even more productive second half. Midlife is like a second puberty, a point at which one persona falls away

The Miracle of MidlifeBeing Exactly Who We Need to Be

by Marianne Williamson

and another comes to take its place. What happens then is up to us. Some begin a long, slow cruise toward death at that point, allow-ing memories to become more meaningful than the present. Others, remembering that the spirit within us never ages, see the moment of midlife as a rebirth—the time to put our engines into high

gear. Whomever it is we were born to be, whatever our soul was coded to ac-complish, whatever lessons we are here to learn; now is the time to seriously get going. We may regret that we’re no longer young, but we’re ecstatic that we’re no longer clueless. We must be disciplined, though. We want to become precision instru-ments now, focused on exactly what we want to do and being exactly who

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refused to go away and is ready to be born at last. Individuals that have spent decades achieving one thing or moving in one direction often take up something else entirely that gives them far more psychic satisfaction. They see achievements that were the height of their material success as preparation for an even greater one; the means by which they learned the skills ultimate-ly needed to make their biggest contribution to the world. Divine law guarantees that the power of “now” presents an endless fount of miraculous opportunities. In God, there are no limits to how high we can go, ever. In God, there is no time… only the call of the soul. It is not too late; we are right on time and we are better than we know. Now, having visited so many other places in our journey of life, we seek our place within the collective heartbeat of holiness. When enough of us stand in the light of our higher purpose, seeking to be ever-greater servants of love, each consciously dedicated to creating a more loving world, then a new field of collective possibility will emerge among us. All that is not love will begin to fall away of its own dead weight. A profound moment of planetary renewal will occur then, after our having allowed it first to occur within us.

Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed inspira-tional author and lecturer. Six of her 10 books have been New York Times bestsellers, including The Age of Miracles: Em-bracing the New Midlife, the basis for this article.


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translates into outward action to im-prove the world. Perched on the cliffs of Big Sur, in California, the Esalen Institute, estab-lished in 1962, helped birth the modern human potential movement. It exists to help individuals grow through educa-tion, experience and research, with the conviction that positive personal and social transformation go hand-in-hand. Today, Esalen offers about 600 workshops a year, serving around 12,000 participants. Popular programs range from dance and yoga to couples workshops and psychology courses. Cheryl Fraenzl, director of pro-grams, explains the appeal: “For most of us, life can be challenging and messy. Gaining the insight, skills and tools to move through the challenging times with more ease and grace while creating more love for yourself and those around you seems like a good investment of time and energy. Be-ing consciously kind and relationally wise ripples out and changes the world. The effort has to start with the individu-al, like paying it forward; imagine if we all were doing it?” The largest holistic retreat center in North America, Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, in Stockbridge, Mas-sachusetts, attracts 35,000 participants to 800 programs annually. According to Denise Barack, the nonprofit’s director of program development, current work-shops in high demand include qigong, Buddhist meditation, mindfulness and yoga nidra. She also notes a growing interest in diverse dimensions of yoga, dance and “authentic movement” for healing, addiction recovery, releasing trauma and energy medicine. Psychotherapist and yoga teacher Stephen Cope, founder and director of the Kripalu Institute for Extraordi-

Popular books that have helped people on this journey span centuries, from Wallace Wattles’

The Science of Getting Rich (1910), Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich (1937), Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People (1937), Abraham Maslow’s Motivation and Personality (1954) and Dr. Thomas An-thony Harris’ I’m OK, You’re OK (1967) to Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret (2006). The personal growth genre is a cornerstone of the publishing industry. Companies like Hay House, founded by motivational author Louise Hay, have flourished. Hay teaches, “No matter where we live or how difficult our situation seems to be, we have the ability to overcome and transcend our

circumstances.” The success of her 1984 book, You Can Heal Your Life, a New York Times bestseller well into the 21st century, led to her publishing empire, which includes authors such as Dr. Wayne Dyer, Caroline Myss and Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. One of its recent top sellers is Pam Grout’s E-Squared: Nine Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments that Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality. Hay House has expanded its messages of hope and healing through online courses, films, conferences, special events and other opportunities to meet leading thinkers and peers. Such expansion is essential as more of those pursuing the examined life seek personal interaction in community and find that inward exploration frequently

Our capacity for self-examination distinguishes us from other animals.

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“and this burgeoning consciousness of sameness compels us to share what we’ve learned.” In Rhinebeck, New York, the Ome-ga Institute for Holistic Studies offers similar self-empowering and reflective opportunities. Dr. Stephan Rechtschaffen and Elizabeth Lesser founded Omega in 1977 as a “university of life.” Through working with prominent Zen masters, rabbis, Christian monks, psychologists, scientists and others, Lesser has found, “By combining a variety of religious, psychological and healing traditions, each of us has the unique ability to sat-isfy our spiritual hunger.” Based since 1981 in a former camp on a lake with more than 100 buildings on 200-plus acres, Omega hosts more than 23,000 guests in up to 500 programs between mid-April and October, plus special programs in Costa Rica and New York City. Director of Rhinebeck Programs Carol Donahoe notes the rising interest in workshops on dietary cleansing, detox and juicing, such as “Reboot with Joe Cross: A Jump Start to Health and Weight Loss,” led by the filmmaker of Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead. Personal transformation and mindfulness programs led by teachers like Jon Kabat-Zinn, Saki Santorelli, Florence Meleo-Meyer, Byron Katie and Pema Chödrön are perennial favorites. “As humans, we continue to be fascinated by the big questions in life,” observes Donahoe, “like, ‘Where do

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we go when we die? Who are we if we are not our thoughts?’ People seem particularly drawn to hearing about it from those that have always lived their lives in a left-brain, logical way, and then come to believe the unexplainable through an extraordinary life experi-ence, and now view the world through a completely different lens.” As examples, she cites neurosur-geon Dr. Eben Alexander, who re-counts his near-death experience in his bestselling book, Proof of Heaven, and neuroanatomist Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, author of the bestselling memoir My Stroke of Insight. Taylor’s 2008 TED talk was ranked the nonprofit’s second most-watched for the past two years. Both of these cutting-edge think-ers have given presentations at Ome-ga, which, like at Esalen and Kripalu, helps bring ideas and practices that once seemed on the fringe—from yoga and meditation to complemen-


tary medicine and sustainability—into mainstream consciousness. Par-ticularly innovative initiatives include helping military veterans heal from post-traumatic stress disorder; the women’s leadership center; the center for sustainable living; and pioneering programs on mindfulness in the work-place, education system and at-risk urban youth communities. “We recognize that because we live in an interconnected world; the behav-ior of one can contribute to creating changes that benefit the whole,” says Donahoe. “Doing both the inner and outer work can awaken the best in the human spirit, and so provide hope and healing to individuals and society.” For those unable to travel great distances for a holistic immersion expe-rience in community with like-minded seekers, Wanderlust Festivals may offer an answer. Four-day regional summits, primarily held at ski resorts during the off-season, feature teachers like Shiva Rea, Elena Brower and Gurmukh; stimulating discussions; yoga; music and adventure, amidst stunning vistas. Wanderlust co-founders Sean Hoess and Jeff Krasno strive to create an expansive space for personal growth and mindful living. One common ele-ment at every gathering—now includ-ing urban and exotic locales—is Seane Corn and Suzanne Sterling’s Off the Mat program, mobilizing yoga students toward activating social change. The Shift Network is dedicated to creating an online community that shares the tools of self-actualization, empowering a global movement of people creating an evolutionary shift of consciousness that leads to a more enlightened society, built on principles of sustainability, peace, health and pros-perity. This new model for the human potential movement has roots in the grandfather of retreat centers; The Shift Network’s founder, Stephen Dinan, both worked at Esalen and contributed to Esalen’s Center for Theory & Research. Dinan explains that at a meditation retreat, he received a detailed vision of “a large global transformation network that would be helping to usher in a shift to the new era.” The Shift Network now offers free teleseminars and online

summits on subjects ranging from meditation and parenting with presence to enlightened business practices and cultivating peace. “We started with The Sacred Awakening Series—40 days with 40 spiritual leaders—and 30,000 people signed up in 21 days,” says Dinan. The Inspiring Women Summit at-tracted 25,000 participants. Since 2010, more than 400,000 people from 160 countries have participated in free teleseminars; 18,000 have paid for online courses such as Barbara Marx Hubbard’s Agents of Conscious Evolu-tion, Andrew Harvey’s Christ Path and Thomas Hüebl’s Authentic Awakening. The Shift Network has already reached profitability and donated more than $50,000 to nonprofits. Dinan’s vision includes providing education program certifications; building a multimedia platform of e-zines, mobile phone apps and web TV broadcasts; and eventually building facilities and intentional communities to model the possibilities of a more healthy, peace-ful, sustainable way of life. From reading a book on medita-tion to attending a yoga intensive or tapping into a multifaceted community striving to change the world, we have myriad opportunities to lead an exam-ined life. While the seeker may have a personal goal in mind, each mode of self-inquiry can expand outward toward making the world a better place. Hay encourages us all. “You’ve been criticizing yourself for years and it hasn’t worked. Try approving of your-self and see what happens.”

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Self-AwarenessGrowing self-awareness enables an individual to live a life by design, instead of one marred by feelings of mediocrity, discontent or being a vic-tim of circumstance. When elevated awareness becomes one’s modus operandi, it brings infinite spiritual riches to life.

HappinessSuccessful growth requires taking personal responsibility for each choice we make in shaping and re-sponding to circumstances and other people. Most of us are happier when we feel that we have some control over creating our own reality. Feeling empowered supports self-worth and increases our confidence to make even more of the changes we desire to comfort and nurture us and keep us safe.

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Spirituality is meant to bring about harmony and peace. But the diver-sity of our philosophies, beliefs,

concepts and views about spiritual matters often leads to confusion or even conflict. The fact is that the very act of seeking spiritual freedom causes notions of success and failure, and these notions serve only to bind us to our own self-judgments: Am I grow-ing? Have I done anything wrong? Am I meditating enough? Truth is only complicated because we pass it through our habitual thought patterns. When we step back from our-selves, truth becomes simple. There are not many paths to freedom; there is only one. In the end, no matter what particu-lar patterns of thought we have managed to build in our minds, freedom always means transcending these personal thought patterns. So how does one go about tran-scending the personal self and awaken-ing to spiritual freedom? What is needed for this journey are succinct steps that are so universal that they can echo through the halls of any religion as well as support intellectual understanding. The following is a universal road map to Self-Realization.

1Realize that you are in there. You must first come to realize that you

are in there. From deep inside, you are experiencing this world. You are experiencing your physical body, your thoughts and your emotions. You are

conscious and you are experiencing what it is like to be human.

2 Understand that you are not okay in there. Look to see what’s going on

inside. If you want to understand why you’ve done everything you have ever done, if you want to see what’s really going on, just observe your mind and emotions—just experience your inner state. If you objectively look, you will see that you are never completely at peace. You will see that you are not okay in there.

3 Notice that you’re always trying to be okay. At any point when you

look at the state of your inner being, you will see that something is bother-ing you. You will then notice that this causes urges, drives and impulses to do something about it. You will find yourself constantly trying to either get something or avoid something. All of this is done in an attempt to be okay.

4 Watch as your mind strives to fig-ure out how everything needs to be

for you to be okay. If you watch, you will see that your mind is always tell-ing you what you should and should not do, what others should and should not do and how things should and should not be. All of this is the mind’s attempt to first create a conceptual model of what would make you okay, and then try to get the outside world to match it.

5 Realize that the process of defining how the outside needs to be is not

going to make you okay. You must seri-ously look at this process of trying to be okay. You’ve been at it your entire life—you’ve just tried different things at different times. While it’s true that sometimes you manage to make it bet-ter for short periods of time, you know that you’ve never even come close to reaching a state of permanent peace. Watch very closely how you react to the things your mind has prefer-ences about. You will see that if your mind gets what it wants, you feel joy; if it doesn’t get what it wants, you feel disturbance. Likewise, when your mind experiences what it doesn’t want, you feel disturbance, and when it avoids what it doesn’t want, you feel relief. You will never be okay playing this game because the world will never match the conceptual model your mind has made up. Eventually, you will come to see that struggling to be okay does not work. At some point, you will try to find a different way to be okay in there.

6 Learn to not participate in the mind’s struggle to be okay. This step

is about learning to sit in as the witness, the part of you that notices the inner urges to be okay. You must become comfortable with sitting in there and not participating in the inner energies. You learn to relax in the midst of them. You come to see that there is a habitual process in which the moment you feel inner disturbance, you are drawn into doing something about it. You must learn to sit inside and not participate in this process. If you truly understand that going outside to try to be okay inside doesn’t work, then you’ll be willing to sit inside and simply allow the distur-bance to pass through. It is not difficult. If you can do this, all disturbance will cease by itself.

7Go about your life just like every-one else, except that nothing you do

is for the purpose of trying to be okay. If you aren’t so preoccupied with trying to be okay, you will be free to sit inside and quietly love, serve and honor what-ever naturally unfolds in front of you. When you reach this point, you are no longer living for yourself. You are inter-acting with life, but not for the purpose of being okay.

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8 As you sincerely let go of the inner energies you are watching, you

begin to feel a deeper energy come in from behind. Up to this point, every-thing you were watching inside was in front of you. But now that you are no longer being drawn into those personal energies, you’ll realize that your inner universe is actually very expansive. You will begin to feel Spirit flow in from behind. It lifts you and brings you great love and joy.

9Your inner experience becomes so beautiful that you fall in love with

the energy flow, and you develop a very deep and personal relationship with it. It will become completely clear to you that there is a direct trade-off between your personal energies and the amount of Spirit that you feel. The more you get drawn into your personal energies, the less Spirit you feel; the less you participate in your personal energies, the more Spirit you feel. You now have a direct relationship with the spiritual energy, and you will find your-self constantly longing to experience it.

10You begin to feel the energy pulling you up into it, and your

entire path becomes letting go of your-self in order to merge. Will is no longer needed. Now your path is strictly about releasing yourself into the pull of the higher energy. You must surrender deeply enough to be able to overcome the fear of losing your connection to the personal self. You must to be will-ing to die to be reborn.

11Once you get far enough back into the energy, you realize that

your personal life can go on without you, leaving you free to become im-mersed in Spirit. This is the greatest miracle: You’ve surrendered and your entire life is about Spirit, yet people, places and things continue to interact with you. The difference is that these interactions require none of your energy. They happen naturally, by themselves, leaving you at peace and absorbed in Spirit.

12Now you are truly okay and nothing inside or outside of you

can cause disturbance—you have come to be at peace with it all. Be-cause you are now completely okay,

you don’t need anything. Things just are what they are. At this point, you know yourself as Self. The world, mind and heart cannot disturb you. You’ve transcended them all. What is more, instead of feeling drawn into Spirit, you now actually experience yourself as Spirit. You have no boundaries in time or space. You have always existed and you will always exist. You have no form, shape, gender or body.

You simply are, have always been and will always be—Infinite Spirit.

Michael A. Singer is the author of The New York Times bestselling book, The Untethered Soul – The Journey Beyond Yourself. UntetheredSoul.com, which is the basis for this article. He is the founder of the Temple of the Universe, a yoga and meditation center estab-lished in 1975 in Alachua, FL.

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of the new bestselling book, Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar—Your Brain’s Silent Killers. Food is a powerful epigenetic modulator—it can enable or hamper our DNA, thus regulating the expression of many genes. Experts have only begun to understand the damaging consequences of wheat consumption. “Grain Brain is a timely wake-up call about how we are increasingly challenging human physiology by consuming what we are not genetically prepared to process, like the 133 pounds of wheat the average American eats annually,” says Perlmutter. He believes that one of the main culprits for the decline in brain health in modern times has been the intro-duction of wheat into the human diet. Today’s modernized and hybridized wheat crops share little genetic, structural or chemical similarity to the wild einkorn variety of grain our ancestors consumed in small amounts. In the West, 20 percent of calories come from wheat-based food. Perlmutter is among those that regard this as a dan-gerous statistic, especially since Dr. Alessio Fasano, a pediatric gastroenterologist and research scientist who leads the Center for Celiac Research & Treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, found that the gluten in wheat leads to the production of zonulin in the gut. Zonulin increases the permeability of the intestinal wall, allowing proteins to leak from the gut into the bloodstream, explains Perlmutter. These proteins, which would normally remain within the digestive system, then challenge parts of the immune system, the macro fascia and certain other types of white blood cells that increase production of inflamma-tion-related chemicals. “Zonulin is the cornerstone of diseas-es characterized by inflammation in the brain—Alzheimer’s, autism, Parkinson’s and attention deficit disorders—as well as autoimmune diseases,” advises Perlmutter. Fasano’s research shows that such a reaction to zonulin is present in 100 percent of humans—not just in the 1.8 per-cent of the population that have celiac disease or 30 percent that are gluten sensitive. “A hallmark of what I term grain brain is that brain dysfunction is predicated on the inflamma-tion from consumption of gluten, as well as the long chains of sugar molecules known as carbohydrates,” says Perlmut-ter. “This includes fruit, which also was consumed in limited quantities by our ancestors.” He cites a published analysis by Loren Cordain, Ph.D., author of The Paleo Diet.

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Incorporate immunity-boosting foods. Ginger and garlic con-tain antioxidants such as vitamin C and selenium, and have antimicrobial qualities. Add minced ginger to teas or mari-nades; roast garlic with carrots and squash. Aim to eat one to two cloves of garlic and 250 milligrams of ginger daily.

Try elderberry extract. Elderberry has strong antiviral proper-ties. Consuming the plant’s extract may prevent virus-based

illnesses and alleviate both the symptoms and duration of a cold. Adults can take one to two teaspoons twice daily for prevention; increase dosage to four times a day if feel-ing sick. Use less for youths, based on size.

Make exercise and rest priorities. Daily physical activity rids the body of toxins, increases blood circulation and

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Practice deep-breathing exercises. Prac-ticing yoga or t’ai chi several times each week can deepen the breath, allowing organs to function more efficiently and boost immunity. Concentrate on pranaya-ma, a focused and controlled type of yogic breathing: Slowly inhale and exhale through the nostrils, expanding the belly, rather than the chest.

Add herbs. Incorporate the root herb astra-galus in a daily whole foods supplement routine, especially important for older adults. Used for centuries in Traditional Chinese Medicine, astragalus supports the immune system by stimulating immune cell activity with its high polysaccharide (complex carbohydrate) content. Simmer the short, flat herb in soups or add to long-cooking grains like brown rice.

Eat seasonally. Our body naturally drives us to eat heartier foods like sweet pota-toes, beets and winter squashes in colder months—foods that support immunity by providing both fiber and vitamins A and C. Eat warming foods like stews, beans and miso; avoid raw foods, which cool the body and stress the immune system.

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Balance bodily pH. The typical American diet of fast food, sugary treats and refined snacks produces acid in the body, creating an environment in which bacteria thrive. Eat at least 10 servings of alkalizing foods each day to optimize the body’s immune response and overall functioning. Spinach, broccoli and cauliflower are excellent choices, along with almonds, olive oil and grapes. Drink plenty of water and green tea to keep acid in check.

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by Gail-Elaine Tinker M.S.

When someone in our life dies, we are faced with the critical, life-

changing task of grieving. Mourning the death of someone impacts every area of one’s life. Society has some ‘interesting’ customs, myths and wisdoms that can be comforting or frustrating to people with grief. Let’s address a few of these ideas to assist both the grieving and those who care about them.

MYTH: Grief begins after a death. We know this is not so because when one misses family or friends after moving long distance, it is a grief of not hav-ing them in our day-to-day lives. Many experience grief feelings at the loss of a job or during an injury. So, why is it wrong to begin the grief experience upon the grave illness of a loved one or pet? Some people feel that such pre-processing of what is to come is somehow jinxing their loved one’s chance for miraculous recovery. Some folks have felt guilt about dealing with hospice, funeral arrangements and financial planning for similar reasons. Most unfortunate is when families hide circumstances and deny people opportunity for farewell and ritual. If we speak with grievers who endured circumstances that denied them even a moment of a farewell or a parting touch

Understanding Grief Myths

with a loved one, they are aghast at such a waste. The gift of time becomes so much more precious when death is a reality. Those who are dying feel grief too, along with pain and loneli-ness in a life situation which culture does little to prepare us.

MYTH: Grief should only last about three weeks. This is one of the most heinous falsehoods put upon those suf-fering grief, “This soon shall pass.” For many, grief is a lifelong companion, an emptiness that accompanies day and night. This is as normal for animals as humans. It is far more helpful to see grief as a life process rather than a phase or stage to be hurried through. Such an acceptance among the griev-ing and those who care for them would allow individuals to process at their own pace. There is no set time for removing a loved one’s belonging from view. There is no pre-determined schedule for moving-on, despite what we may have seen in films. Consider-ing that one of the most common im-pediments to reconciling grief is a lack of social support, it behooves us to gain awareness at a societal level that relief from degrees of grief takes more time than anyone would like. Grief is not a concept of healing or cure, in fact, anyone who is “over it” in three

weeks is waving more of a danger flag than a person who requires three years.

MYTH: Dwelling on details is bad, keep very busy and don’t think about the grief. When it comes to personal loss, this can be damaging advice. It is designed more for the comfort of the supporter than the actual griever. Some people cry, tell repeated stories, want hugs and many others do not. It may be disturbing to see a once functional executive teary eyed and vulnerable, but no one can really control how any particular loss will impact them. Often it is the cultural rituals which comfort us in the time of death, however, keep in mind these rituals have wide vari-ance and times are changing. Most important is acceptance of the griever’s need or disdain for ritual.

MYTH: Children should always be shielded from death. How are we to learn to accept death and find com-forting ritual if we are protected from it? Avoiding discussion of death with children only makes it mysterious and leaves them to fill in the blanks with their own developing imaginations. It is very important to use correct termi-nology with young people about death and dying. Euphemisms for death, such as “put-to-sleep,” “gone with his mak-er,” “on vacation” and such phrases have the potential to be harmful. Imag-ine the youngster who has “lost” some-one dear and finds herself now “lost” in a department store; what fears will she imagine? When one takes a test at school or with a doctor and “passed;” is this like when Grandpa “passed?” Of course, children’s exposure to the real-ity of death can be filtered by measure by age. Even little ones grieve and if given words and time to express their experience, they can be resilient and enhance the process for the adults in their world.

MYTH: If you are having trouble with grief, you need to see a psychiatrist for an antidepressant. This is not necessar-ily true. If one feels suicidal, they need to seek assistance via local hospital or crisis counseling/ 911 immediately. If one feels their struggle with grief feel-


ings are getting in the way with their life functions and basic life happiness, start with a family doctor and a basic check-up. It is true that many physical conditions add to depressive feelings and it is very impor-tant to make sure all bodily systems are in working order. Next, look at nutrition, exercise and alcohol/drug consumption. These are also natural repairs to a body, which has been coping with emotional stress. Next, try talk therapy, either self-help, group or individual. Please remem-ber, this does not mean an individual has a mental problem. There are many life stressors that can cause folks to seek out-side support. Health, addiction, unemploy-ment, debt, aging, domestic violence and spiritual issues are examples. Unless one is in a very rural area, investigations into most phone books reveal listings of support groups for these most serious challenges in life. However, psychological studies rank death of a loved one as the number one life stressor among all those insidious stres-sors mentioned. Few communities have a self-help grief support group, let alone one sponsored by a community institution or facilitated by a qualified professional. Why is this?

There is only one sure thing to say to the dying and the grieving, that phrase is, “I am sorry.” Only offer to help if you re-ally, 100 percent, mean to follow through. Leave your grief, “I know exactly how you feel” and your sometimes-discomforting platitudes: “He had a good life,” “At least she’s out of pain and in a better place,” and “He’ll be in heaven to meet you,” outside of the conversation. Don’t bring food the first weeks unless it is needed. Remember the bereaved person months into the process with short notes, calls, visits or diversions if they are welcomed. The act of listening with an open mind and heart is one of the greatest gifts one can give another.

Grief is not a disease. It is a natural, healthy process of coping with the death of someone we care about. Often it is helpful to talk with a friend, clergy or a counselor about the intense experience of grief.

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This delicate balance is preserved daily. If we, as conscious humans, would only choose to pay more at-tention to our breath, its patterns and habits, we could increase our oxygen intake and carbon dioxide release, benefiting and improving ourselves and the world around us.

Our respiratory system is labeled as an “involuntary organ system” by Western medicine, mean-ing: we don’t need to consciously control our breathing for it to continue. What we are not taught is that our breath is directly connected to our nervous system. By consciously controlling our breathing, we can control our nervous system, thereby directly affecting all other systems in our body.

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Our breath is affected by our emotions, thoughts and life experiences. Because we have not been taught how to control our breath, this has lead to deeply rooted habits of unhealthy breathing patterns. There are four main “unhealthy habits” we may find in our breathing including noisy, forced breathing; shallow breathing; jerky/hesitating breaths; and pausing between inhale and exhale. These habits can cause

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Free Intro to Bellydance – Experience the fitness and creative benefits of bellydance. 7:30-8:30pm. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethle-hem. Please call to reserve. 610.867.9642

Waldorf Open House – River Valley Waldorf School invites you to enjoy a cup of tea while your little one explores the beautiful natural world of a Waldorf classroom. Meet other parents, get to know our teachers and experience our early childhood program! Birth to age 4 years. 10am. Please call to register 610-982-5606. River Valley Waldorf School, 1395 Bridgeton Hill Road, Upper Black Eddy.

Yoga Class – Improve overall well being, allevi-ate back pain, relieve stress, increase flexibility, & build strength through yoga focusing on proper alignment. All levels including beginners wel-come. Classes start at 5:30pm and 7:15pm, $12. Near Bethlehem Wegman’s. Yoga with Stephanie Snyder, a Registered Yoga Teacher, call 610-867-0116.

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Pain Relief Clinic - Alleviate Back, Neck, Joint, Muscle Pain. Feldenkrais Method is gentle, easy movement that improves flexibility, decreases pain. 5:30-6:30 pm. Lehigh Valley Hospital, 17th & Chew Streets, Allentown, 2nd fl aud. $10/class. Sliding scale available. RSVP 610-683-3406.

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Yoga Class – Improve overall well being, allevi-ate back pain, relieve stress, increase flexibility, & build strength through yoga focusing on proper alignment. All levels including beginners wel-come. Classes start at 9:15am and 5:30pm, $12. Near Bethlehem Wegman’s. Yoga with Stephanie Snyder, a Registered Yoga Teacher, call 610-867-0116.


Effortless Meditation™ Introduction Class, Re-search & Benefits – Greg Schweitzer. De-stress and revitalize to eliminate some of the most debilitating and chronic health conditions! This scientifically validated and physician recommended practice pro-motes healing by taking you to a level of rest deeper than sleep. 7:30-9 pm, $20, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610-395-3355

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Fall Teachers Intensive – Join Jessie Thompson & Carrie Morgan for an in-depth weekend of practice and study. Emphasizes deepening your practice, refining your teaching skills, and discovering how the yogic concept of the Koshas can enhance your practice and teaching. 11/8-11/10. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. Please call to reserve. 610.867.9642

Tues. Nov 12th and 26th & Dec 10th and 24th, 2013. 6-7:30pm. $175 includes Manual, CDs, & DVDs. For more information or to register contact: Bev Bley, L.P.N;C.M.Ht. at C.H.A.N.G.E. 610.797.8250. Email [email protected]. Coopersburg Location.

The Dynamic Duo – Learn how the conscious and subconscious minds can work in unison and harmony to enhance your health, happiness and productivity. 6-7:30pm. Cost $25 –For more information or to regis-ter contact: Bev Bley, L.P.N;C.M.Ht. at C.H.A.N.G.E. 610.797.8250 or email [email protected]. Coo-persburg location.

Pain Relief Clinic - Alleviate Back, Neck, Joint, Muscle Pain. Feldenkrais Method is gentle, easy movement that improves flexibility, decreases pain. 5:30-6:30 pm. Lehigh Valley Hospital, 17th & Chew Streets, Allentown, 2nd fl aud. $10/class. Sliding scale available. RSVP 610-683-3406

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30 CEs 4 day Workshop: Intro to the Kestenberg Movement Profile, Meaning of Movement – Su-zanne Hastie. Approved for therapists (NCC) & childcare providers (PQAS). The KMP is a tool that offers a refined language & psychological interpreta-tion for what is seen in the body. $750, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610.395.3355.

Jin Shin Jyutsu Class – Learn Japanese healing art using finger pressure along pathways on the body restoring energy flow. Similar to acupunc-ture without needles for pain, stress, other health concerns. 5:30-7:30. Lehigh Valley Hospital, 2nd Floor Auditorium, 17th Street, Allentown, $5 Vera R. 610-398-1555

A NATuRAl MEDICINE FORuMHealing Benefits of the Cold Laser

Tuesday, November 19, 6pm Join us for a free, informal Question and An-swer Forum with Dr. Michael Jude Loquasto ND, PHD, DC. Bring your health related ques-tions and benefit from Dr. Mike’s 50 years of experience in Natural Health. Understand how chiropractic internal medicine, custom herbal formulations and non-invasive oral chelation can benefit you. All are welcome with RSVP. Held at A Natural Medicine Clinic, 2571 Baglyos Circle, Suite B-27, Bethlehem. Call 484-821-1460 for more information.

HERBAl OuTREACH ClINIC1st Monday of the month

By AppointmentThis sliding scale teaching clinic is held once per month to offer expert herbal and nutritional advice to economically challenged people seeking relief from chronic disease. The fee for clients is from $0 to $$$ based on what they can afford. The $0 client can even get herbs for free. Do not let lack of money keep you from your best possible health. Appointment required. 908-689 6140. Changewater Wellness Center, Changewater NJ. ChangewaterWellnessCenter.com

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sAturdAY, NovemBer 9Class Sampler – Introduction to School of Sacred Ministries. Morning session on Restorative Practices. Afternoon session on Finding Your Purpose. Past graduates of the School will be present to answer questions about the 2014-2016 program. Please RSVP and plan to arrive by 9:30am. Pebble Hill Interfaith Church, Doylestown. [email protected] or 215-348-3428.

Kirtan - One Voice, One Prayer – Raise your vibra-tions to a higher level through the ancient practice of chanting mantras. Sacred sound heals on all levels! Join us as we are guided on a musical journey of the soul! No experience necessary, $10 donation, potluck, kids free. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356.

Carotid Artery ultrasound Screening – Baseline Medical. Avoid heart attacks, strokes, disability or even death with this noninvasive, no risk screening that assesses blood flow & wall structure of the arter-ies in your neck. AND learn how these conditions may be corrected naturally! Results in 10 minutes. 8 am-4 pm, $60. Twin Ponds Center, West LV, call for appointment 610.395.3355

Effortless Meditation™ Introduction Class, Re-search & Benefits – Greg Schweitzer. De-stress and revitalize to eliminate some of the most debilitating and chronic health conditions! This scientifically validated and physician recommended “effortless practice” takes you to a level of rest deeper than sleep. 7:30-9 pm, $20, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610-395-3355

Introduction to Kundalini Yoga – With Iris Kish. A style of yoga that directly stimulates the energy within the body through postures, meditation, and mantra. We explore the history, theories, and experi-ence of Kundalini yoga. 2:30-4:30pm. Easton Yoga, 524 Northampton St, Easton. 610-923-7522

Change Your Body in 10 Minutes – Learn how to treat your chronic pain, heal injury, the signs of aging and negative effects of an active lifestyle. Ro-zanne Velebir will introduce the concepts of MELT so you can get started immediately. 1pm. Lionville Natural Pharmacy, 309 Gordon Dr, Lionville. 610-363-7474.

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FREE: Pilates Intro – Char Brummundt. Yes, Pi-lates is fun! Great for back and shoulder problems. Improve, stabilize, and energize as you stretch and tone with balls, rollers, and towels. Give Pilates a try! 11 am- 12 noon. Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610.395.3355.

Meditation for Everyone – Curious about medita-tion and its benefits? This class is for you. Offer practical instruction in meditation, a practice session, and some time for discussion. Learn how to develop a personal practice outside the class. 4pm. $15. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. Please call to reserve. 610.867.9642

Journey Through the Koshas – Join Terry Coe as he offers his insight and understanding of yoga philosophy on the subject of the Koshas, gained from his many years of study in the Vedanta Yoga tradition. 1-4pm. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. Please call to reserve. 610.867.9642

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Weight Control Group Program – 4 sessions:

Training Herbalists, Physicians, Nurses, Veterinarians, Nutritionists, & other healthcare professionals in the art and science of Clinical

Herbal Medicine for over 30 years.

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Clinical Herbalist Training Program

This two year course includes:• Introduction to Field Botany• Ayurvedic, Chinese, Native American,

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Open Yoga Practice – A self-guided practice, super-vised by experienced yoga teacher Sandra Kessel. Develop your own sequences with helpful tips to prepare the body for poses you want to achieve, or ways to develop an effective modified practice. $20. 4-6pm. Yoga Loft, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. Please call to reserve. 610.867.9642

Breaking Bread, Building Bridges – An op-portunity to feed your body as well as your soul. A spread of all organic food will be offered, and a host of interesting people will be on hand for hearty conversation.. Open to the public! Begins after Celebration 12:30pm. Pebble Hill Interfaith Church in Doylestown. Sponsored by the School of Sacred Ministries. [email protected] or 215-348-3428.


Healthy Aging Seminar – A lively discussion of the problems of aging including heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and lack of energy. The causes are not what you have been led to believe. Chela-tion therapy will be fully explained. Noon. RSVP 610-682-2104. Maulfair Medical, 2970 Corporate Court Orefield.

Reiki Level Three Certification – Reiki Level 3 furthers one’s confidence in channeling Reiki, teach-es a new symbol with techniques. Includes Reiki III Manual, Attunement, learn with experienced practitioners! 2-8pm both days, $175/200 day of, 484-515-8356, Quiet Heart Yoga, Fitness & Holistic Health, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville.

Practical Magic – Energy and the Subtle Body with Justin Ritchie. We learn what yogis and yoga teachers mean when they refer to energy, or “prana” and the western science that backs it up. Then we will take this knowledge onto our mats to deepen our practice with energy and explore new abilities. 10am-12:30pm. Easton Yoga, 524 Northampton Street, Easton. 610-923-7522

Reiki Level 1 Certification – With Amanda Mel-hem. We will provide teaching on how Reiki is chan-neled, its history, origin, and proper usage. Provides intuitive ways to use Reiki, along with scanning techniques, meditation, and other resources, and will guide you toward your unique path along your Reiki journey. 1:30-5pm. Easton Yoga., 524 Northampton St, Easton. 610-923-7522

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Belly Dance Series – With Hannah Nour at Easton Yoga. Both Level 1 and 2 are offered as a eight week session. Level 1 class is deeply discounted. Easton Yoga, 524 Northampton St, Easton. 610-923-7522

Minimizing the Risk of Cancer for You & Your Family Itsy Sweeney. Is there anything you can do to prevent cancer? Yes! Join us for a presentation, open discussion, and Q&A about what you can do to take control of your personal health to minimize your risk of cancer. 6:30-8:30 pm, $25, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610-395-3355.

FREE: Macrobiotic Way of Eating – Steve Hoog. Learn how to be healthier by eating in harmony with the seasons and from the energetic perspective of Ying and Yang, the dynamic interaction of opposing energies (expansive and contraction). 6:30-8:00 pm. Also offered Nov. 25, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610-395-3355.

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Pain Relief Clinic - Alleviate Back, Neck, Joint, Muscle Pain. Feldenkrais Method is gentle, easy movement that improves flexibility, decreases pain. 5:30-6:30 pm. Lehigh Valley Hospital, 17th & Chew Streets, Allentown, 2nd fl aud. $10/class. Sliding scale available. RSVP 610-683-3406

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Public Meeting Rosicrucian Order – A worldwide fraternal organization devoted to investigation of natural laws. Meet members and learn about the Rosicrucian tradition. Topic: Meditation for World Peace. Free. 7:30 PM, 1524 W Linden St. Allentown. Contact [email protected]

Breast Awareness Health Group – Elsie Kerns discusses Breast Self-Care with Energy Medicine. Learn effective ways to provide energetic support for the breasts on a daily basis. Learn how to safe-guard the breast and surrounding areas by clearing the lymphatic points and other organs directly con-nected to the breasts. 6:30pm. Call to register as seating is limited. 856-596-5834 or email [email protected]. William G. Rohrer Center for Healthfitness, 2309 Evesham Road, Voorhees, NJ.





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School Tour – This is the best way to experience Waldorf education. We will view student work, experience a main lesson and speak with the faculty and staff. 9am. River Valley Waldorf School, 1395 Bridgeton Hill Rd, Upper Black Eddy. Please call to register 610-982-5606.

Effortless Meditation™ Introduction Class, Re-search & Benefits – Greg Schweitzer. De-stress and revitalize to eliminate some of the most debilitating and chronic health conditions! This scientifically validated and physician recommended “effortless practice” takes you to a level of rest deeper than sleep. 7:30-9 pm, $20, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610-395-3355.

Free: Women & Money – Rima Hirsch. Women today continue to make financial progress. But, with this new-found status comes more responsi-bility. Learn how you can manage your situation and feel more secure about your financial future. 6:30-7:30 pm, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610.395.3355

FREE: Fall Into Health Day – Take charge of your health & wellness. Visit our beautiful Center, enjoy warm cider, snacks, & classes/talks: Women’s Health Talk & Tea, 11 am; Beginner Yoga, 6 pm; Women & Money, 6:30 pm; Coordination Pattern™ Training, 7 pm; Effortless Meditation™ Intro., 7:30 pm. Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610.395.3355.


Healthy Digestion Seminar – Dr. Maulfair will discuss digestion’s role in your health. Clinical ex-

perience highlight the right way to relieve digestive problems including very serious chronic conditions. Noon. Free. RSVP 610-682-2104. 2970 Corporate Ct, Orefield. 610-682-2104.

Effortless Meditation™ Introduction Class, Re-search & Benefits – Greg Schweitzer. De-stress and revitalize to eliminate some of the most debilitating and chronic health conditions! This scientifically validated and physician recommended “effortless practice” takes you to a level of rest deeper than sleep. 7:30-9 pm, $20, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610-395-3355

Sacred Rhythms – Joe Hough. Explore the power of sound, rhythm and music to heal: mind, body and spirit. Drums will be provided and you are welcome to bring your own noise maker! No experience necessary, all ages! Potluck after, $10 donation! 6-8pm, Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356.

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R & R Workshop – Restorative Yoga and Reiki with Alicia Wozniak. This workshop will give you time and space to access deep levels of active relax-ation through mindful asana, restorative yoga, reiki and breathing. The combination of these practices lead to a state of receptivity in which all levels of the body can open to healing. 5-8pm. Easton Yoga, 524 Northampton St, Easton. 610-923-7522

Going Deeper Yoga – Monthly Asana Intensive with Florence Corcoran. Move your practice for-ward. Work deeply in fundamental postures as a gateway to more advanced postures and sequences. 3-5pm. $20. Yoga Loft, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. Please call to reserve. 610.867.9642

PARTNER YOGAWith Deanna Nagle & Brian Toseland

Sunday, December 1An afternoon of divine play with your partner. We will begin by connecting to each other through breathing and meditation, recognizing the divine in our partner and ourselves. We’ll progress to heart opening partner yoga to flow, stretch, breathe, release stress, and laugh! Let go of inhibitions and enjoy the divine dance of partner yoga. We’ll finish with partner relaxation poses - you’ll help each other relax deeply with assisted stretches and breathing techniques, leaving you both feeling re-freshed, connected and supported. 2-4:30pm. $35. The Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 E. 4th St. Bethlehem. RSVP to 610-867-9642.

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NuTRITION for YOGA 101Fuel Your Practice with Alicia Wozniak

Saturdays, January 25 – February 1, 2014

This 4 hour course series will introduce you to simple, easy changes you can make in your every day food choices that will com-pliment and enhance your practice. Learn mindful eating, food meditation, personal tools for healthy nutritional choices and set a foundation for you to find a positive lifelong experience to meet your physical and nutri-tional needs. 10am–12noon. Easton Yoga, 524 Northampton St, Easton Please call or visit website for more details, www.eastonyoga.com. 610-923-7522

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Relax Deeply – Restorative Yoga using yoga props such as blankets, bolsters, sandbags, and more to elevate and support the body. Use various breathing techniques to quiet the mind and calm the body. 4-6pm.Yoga Loft, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. Please call to reserve. 610.867.9642

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FREE: Macrobiotic Way of Eating – Steve Hoog. Learn how to be healthier by eating in harmony with the seasons and from the energetic perspective of Ying and Yang, the dynamic interaction of the opposing energies (expansive and contraction). 6:30-8:00 pm. Also offered Nov. 18, Twin Ponds Center, West LV, Register 610-395-3355

Smoking Cessation Group Program – 3 sessions: Tuesday Nov 26th & Dec 10th and 24th,, 2013. 7:30-8:30pm. Cost: $150 includes Manual, CDs, & DVD. For more information or to register contact: Bev Bley L.P.N;C.M.Ht. at C.H.A.N.G.E. 610.797.8250 or email [email protected]. Coopersburg Location.

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Free Intro to Yoga– Increase flexibility and reduce stress with this beginner’s yoga class. 6:30pm. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. Please call to reserve. 610.867.9642

Y12SR 12-step Program – For anyone working with addictive patterns or affected by those patterns in oth-ers. No previous yoga experience is required, please wear comfortable clothing. 7pm. Donation. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. Please call to reserve. 610.867.9642





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dailyCare Alternatives Volunteers – Care Alternatives is actively recruiting Reiki Practitioners, Certified Mas-sage Therapists and Comfort Volunteers to impact the lives of Hospice patients. 866-821-1212.

sundayRaja (Classical) Yoga - Offers philosophy, postures, breathing techniques, cleansing practices, relax-ations and specific meditations. Handouts included. No experience necessary. 10am, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356.

Sunday Services – Metaphysical and non-denominational. Rev. Lloyd Moll, Pastor - Unique Sunday services 10:30am. All welcome! St. John’s Church of Faith, 607 Washington St Allentown. 610-776-7211

Prenatal Yoga – A safe and supportive environment to practice through all stages of pregnancy. Develop strength, flexibility, and proper breathing, and explore meditation techniques creating inner peace for birth and motherhood. 11:45am. $15. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642

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Raja (Classical) Yoga - Offers philosophy, pos-tures, breathing techniques, cleansing practices, relaxations and specific meditations. Handouts included. No exp nec. 5:45pm, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356

Vinyasa Flow Yoga - An energetic & flowing class focusing on aligning body, mind and heart. Incor-porating precise instruction, class creates clarity in your practice and encourages openness. 7:30pm, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville, 484-515-8356.

Feldenkrais® Method – Carol Siddiqi. This method of gentle movements helps you improve capabilities and overcome injuries by teaching your brain to re-organize and rebuild physical movements. 5:45pm, $75/6 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355

Pilates: Towel & Foam Roller – Char Brummundt. Have fun and strengthen your back, shoulders, and improve core strength while stretching and toning with towels and foam roller. Ask about private and duet “reformer” sessions. 6pm, $75/6 cl.. Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355

Yoga, Restorative – Carol Siddiqi. Perform daily activities pain free and with greater ease by devel-oping deeper self-awareness using the basics of Kripalu Yoga combined with the gentle movements of Feldenkrais®, 7-8 pm, $88/8 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355

Beginner/Restorative Yoga – Class with Carol Milot, 11:30am. Kula Heart Yoga & Wellness Cen-ter, 3400 Bath Pike (512/Center St), Bethlehem. 610-746-5852

Open/Restorative Yoga – Class with Kriste Mat-thew; 7:15 pm and Kula Heart Yoga & Wellness Center, 3400 Bath Pike (512/Center St) Suite 201, Bethlehem. 610-746-5852

Yoga for Health – A physical (hatha) style yoga class for the mind, body and spirit--without the im-pact and stress to joints. Improve strength, posture, flexibility, balance and lung capacity. Balance the nervous system. 6-7pm. Allentown YMCA & YWCA, 425 S. 15th St. Call 610-434-9333.

Community Exchange Time Bank - When neigh-bors exchange services everyone benefits. Group Orientations held on the Third Monday of each month at The Center for Healthy Aging at LV Hospital, 17th and Chew Streets, Allentown. 610-969-2486 for more information.

tuesdayWiggle & Giggle with Your Child – Suzanne Hastie. Move with your child for a deeper connection. Have fun with movement, dance, and colorful props in a creative way. Children ages 4-7, 9:30-10:15 am, $15 per parent/child, additional child $5, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355

Coordination Pattern™ Breakthru Training – Betsy Wetzig. Learn to improve the way you func-tion, both physically & mentally, for success in life and the release of pain and stress with simple, easy exercises. 7-8 pm, $75/6 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355

Mat Pilates – With certified Pilates instructor Paola Montes. 5:30-6:25pm. $15. Please call to reserve your space. 610.867.9642. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem.

Raja (Classical) Yoga - Offers philosophy, postures, breathing techniques, cleansing practices, relaxations and specific meditations. Handouts included.. No exp nec. 12pm & 5pm, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356

Traditional Middle Eastern Bellydancing – Ex-plore Egyptian and Near East movements, music, and culture .Improve strength, coordination, balance, and grace. 6:45pm. $77/ 7 weeks, starting 11/5/13. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356.

Encore – Cancer Support and Exercise Group. All female cancers may become a part if this group. This YWCA program has been in existence for over 30 years. 6:30-8pm. Allentown YWCA, 425 S. 15th St., Allentown. 610-434-9333.

New Warrior Training Adventure – Sponsored by The ManKind Project. The training adventure pro-vides men an opportunity for focused self examina-tion and personal growth. A local MKP men’s group meets in the Lehigh Valley every other Tuesday. For more info call 866-820-1691 or visit MKP.org.

MAREA Meeting – Monthly meetings of the Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Association held the last Tuesday of the month. Open to the public and free of charge. Held at TEK Park in Breinigsville at 7p.m. Get involved with promoting green energy. Visit www.themarea.org for more information.

Community Reiki Clinic – Collaborating prac-titioners serve all who want to experience the healing benefits of Reiki. 1st Tuesday of every month. Sessions are 20 minutes each. 6-8:30pm. RSVP required to 610-739-4201. Church of the Manger, 1401 Greenview Drive, Bethlehem. Near Westgate Mall

wednesdayRaja (Classical) Yoga - Offers philosophy, pos-tures, breathing techniques, cleansing practices, relaxations and specific meditations. Handouts included. No exp nec. 10am, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, Fitness & Holistic Health, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356.

Tai Chi - A gentle martial art defined as meditation in motion, teaches postural alignment, balance, physical control and whole-body coordination, stimulates the brain and maintains over-all health. 5:30pm, $77/ 7 wks starting 11/6/13, Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356.

Vinyasa Flow Yoga - An energetic & flowing class, which focuses on aligning your body, mind and heart for an optimal flow. Class creates clarity and encourages openness in daily life. 6:45pm, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Ham-ilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356.

Self-Discovery thru Movement – Suzanne Hastie. A fun class to feel physical release, stress reduction, and greatly connected to “self.” Become familiar with basic rhythms and movement patterns we all use in our daily life. 10am, $115/6 wks or $20/cl. Twin Ponds, W LValley, Register 610-395-3355

Pilates Combo Class – Char Brummundt. Mat work with different apparatus - helps with chronic spine, joint, muscular, and neurological problems. 6pm, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355

Pilates/Yoga Fusion Class – Char Brummundt. Pilates mat along with yoga postures help with pelvic and spinal stability. 7pm, $75/6 both classes, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355

Tai Chi – Improve strength and promote calm and harmony by improving energy flow. 11am. Please call to reserve your space. 610.867.9642. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem

Yoga for Health – A physical (hatha) style yoga class for the mind, body and spirit--without the im-pact and stress to joints. Improve strength, posture, flexibility, balance and lung capacity. Balance the nervous system. 6-7pm. Allentown YMCA & YWCA, 425 S. 15th St. Call 610-434-9333.


YogaStretch® – A style of yoga for active older adults. Includes a variety of safe and fun yoga postures. Using a chair for support. Build flexibility and endurance. Breathwork is coordinated with postures. 1:30pm. YMCA/YWCA, 425 S. 15th St. Allentown. 610-434-9333.

Sierra Club Meeting – Monthly meeting on the 4th Wednesday of each month except July. All welcome. Bring ideas and environmental concerns. 7pm. Room 640S, Fowler Center, NCCC, Third and Buchanan Streets, South Bethlehem. Email [email protected] for more info.

Easton/Bethlehem Area lyme Support Group – Meets the 1st Wednesday of month to discuss and answer questions. 7pm. Country Meadows, 4035 Green Pond Rd., Bethlehem. Open to public. Contact Heidi at 610-882-2253.

Spiritual Healing and Meditation – 7 PM - 9 PM - 1st Wednesday of each month. Weather per-mitting. Everyone is welcome. St. John’s Church of Faith, 607 Washington Street Allentown PA. 610-791-2641

Vinyasa Flow Yoga – With Carmen, Mixed level, modifications provided for all poses. Kim’s Healing Center in Easton, 6:00-7:15pm, by donation. Kim’s Healing Center, 1223 Butler St., Easton. 610-559-7280

thursdayPilates, Morning Stretch - Char Brummundt. A great intro to Pilates. Have fun, strengthen your back, shoulders and improve core strength while stretching and toning with balls, rollers, and towels. Ask about private and duet “reformer” sessions. 9:30am, $75/6 cl. Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355

Coordination Pattern™ Breakthru Training – Betsy Wetzig. Learn to improve the way you func-tion, both physically & mentally, for success in life and the release of pain and stress with simple, easy exercises. 7-8 pm, $75/6 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355

Iyengar Yoga, Levels 1–2 – Diana Erney. Builds upon preliminary poses with an emphasis on body alignment to develop strength, balance, and flexibil-ity. Props used to assist students as they go deeper into each pose. 7pm, $88/8 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355

Raja (Classical) Yoga – Offers philosophy, postures, breathing techniques, cleansing practices, relaxations and specific meditations. Handouts included. No exp nec. 6pm, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville. 484-515-8356

Intermediate/Advanced Yoga – Classes with Es-peranza Brizuela-Garcia. 5:30 pm. Kula Heart Yoga & Wellness Center, 3400 Bath Pike (512/Center St) Suite 201, Bethlehem. 610-746-5852

Student Massage Sessions – 50-55 minute super-vised massages done by students. $30. 2-9pm by appointment. Health Options Institute, 1926 2nd Street, Bethlehem. 610-419-3535.

Bellydancing – With Hannah Nour. Traditional dance for fitness and creative expression. 7:30pm. Kula Heart Yoga & Wellness Center, 3400 Bath Pike (512/Center St) Suite 201, Bethlehem. 610-746-5852

Monthly Peace Vigil – 2nd Thursday of every month, 4pm at the south approach to the Hill-to-Hill Bridge, 3rd & Wyandotte Streets, Bethlehem. Contact Vince 610-216-8103, or Tom 610-882-1136 for info.

Reiki & Aromatherapy Circle -Learn more about the healing arts of Japanese Reiki and Aromather-apy. Lecture, meditation, mini Reiki session with an essential oil sample. Meets the last Thursday of each month. 6:30pm guest & practitioners. $5. Must RSVP. Emmaus. Handicap accessible. 610-393-2036.

Tai Chi – Improve strength and promote calm and harmony by improving energy flow. 6:30-7:45pm. Please call to reserve your space. 610.867.9642. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Beth-lehem

Weekly Stress Relief Coaching Group – Join oth-ers in a group setting to manage stress with multiple holistic approaches. 9:15am or 5:15pm. $25 session. Creative Holistic Therapy, 3037 S. Pike Avenue (Rte 145) #105, Allentown. 610-282-0709 to register.

Free Herbal Consultations – Learn a natural way to address health and wellness issues. Herbalist available for Free Mini Consult, Every Thursday 11am -5pm. David Harder RH (AHG) at Nature’s Way, Easton. 610-253-0940.

Community Exchange Time Bank - When neigh-bors exchange services everyone benefits. Group Orientations held on the 1st Wednesday of each month 6pm. Lehigh Valley Hospital, Muhlenburg Campus, RT22 and Shoenersville Rd, Bethlehem. 610-969-2486 for more info.

Mat Pilates – With certified Pilates instructor Paola Montes. 5:30-6:25pm. $15. Please call to reserve your space. 610.867.9642. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem.

Yoga/level 1 – With Megan Ridge. Learn correct alignment and breathing in fundamental yoga postures. 9:45-11:00am. $15. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642

fridayBeginner’s Yoga – Bonita Cassel. Attention to alignment and self love make this class a perfect one for those beginning or challenged with limita-tions. 10-11 am, $88/8 classes, Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355

Kripalu Yoga Restorative – Carol Siddiqi. Greater self-awareness by learning the basics of yoga and the gentle movements of Feldenkrais will help you perform daily activities with greater ease, pleasure and without pain.11:30am. $88/8 classes. Twin Ponds Center, W Lehigh Valley, Register 610-395-3355

Matter of Balance – Emphasizes practical strate-gies to manage falls. Learn to view falls as control-lable, set goals for increasing activity, make changes to reduce fall risk at home and exercise to increase strength and balance. $25 8 wks, Allentown YMCA & YWCA, 425 S. 15th St. 610-434-9333.

Encore – Cancer Support and Exercise Group. All female cancers may become a part if this group. This YWCA program has been in existence for over 30 years. 9am. Allentown YWCA, 425 S. 15th St., Allentown. 610-434-9333.

Yoga/Core Flow – With Laurel Attanasio. Learn how to use your core in every yoga pose, taking your practice to a higher level. 9:30am. Yoga Loft of Bethlehem, 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642

Yoga for All – With Scott. Come together to cel-ebrate life and to feel good. All levels and ages wel-come. Donation. 5-6pm at Kim’s Healing Center, 1223 Butler St., Easton. 610-559-7280

Beginner/restorative Yoga – Class with Carol Milot, 11:30am. Kula Heart Yoga & Wellness Center, 3400 Bath Pike (512/Center St), Bethlehem. 610-746-5852

saturdayRaja (Classical) Yoga - Offers philosophy, pos-tures, breathing techniques, cleansing practices, relaxations and specific meditations. Handouts in-cluded. No exp nec. 9am, $11 in adv or $13 walk-in. Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescos-ville. 484-515-8356.

Free to Be Me: Yoga for Adults with Cognitive Disabilities – Fun and simple yoga classes for adults with special needs. Improves coordination, flexibility and strength. Offers stress-relief and emo-tional management. 10:45pm, Free to one adult and 1 friend, Quiet Heart Yoga, 5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville, 484-515-8356

Yoga/level 1 & 2 with Restoratives – With Mela-nie Smith. This class picks up the pace from Level 1 and works on preparations for intermediate poses including inversions. Learn postures that relax the nervous system deeply. 10:30am. $15 Yoga Loft of Bethlehem 521 East 4th St, Bethlehem. 610.867.9642

Adult Autism Support Group – By & for those on the spectrum to discuss their concerns and strategies for success. Free. 1st Saturday monthly. Noon-2pm. 3005 Brodhead Rd #260, Bethlehem. Call Gaile-laine 610-216-4319 for info and register.

Gamblers Anonymous Meeting – If you have a gambling problem please join us every Saturday morning from 11am-1pm at St. Luke’s Hospital, Bethlehem in the Education Center. Rm 111. For more information call 215-872-5635.


If you are all alone, it is usually a sign that you need to commit

yourself to your beliefs or at least a good activity. You need to give

yourself away. ~Doris Haddock

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AcuPuNcture

BALANCED ACUPUNCTUREHeather Shoup, L.Ac.2299 Brodhead Rd., Suite ABethlehem, PA 18020610-393-7589www.balancedacupuncture.net

A patient centered wellness com-munity, where treatment is indi-vidually tailored. Heather pro-motes health and wellness by creating balance in the body. Acupuncture specializing in anxiety, depression, digestive, and cancer support.

CLASSICAL 5 ELEMENT ACUPUNCTUREJ.L.Collins M.Ac.,Lic.Ac.,NCCAOM Diplomat2020 Downyflake Ln.,Allentown, PA 18103610-317-6064

THE PULSE REVEALS THE TREATMENT. Relieve the pain and suffering whether mental, emotional, or physical by deter-mining and treating the caus-ative factor. Maintain the im-provement with seasonal treat-ments. Worsley trained practi-tioner with 30 years clinical/diagnostic experience. Offering

cancer treatment support. Helping you along the journey. Licensed in PA, Nationally certified..

FLASHPOINT ACUPUNCTURE127 S. 5th Street, Suite 100Quakertown, PA 18951215.536.7200www.FlashpointAcupuncture.com

Acupuncture is a safe, d rug f r ee and natural approach to health. We

can help with many conditions including ED, High blood pressure, muscular pain, weight loss and more. Don’t wait until you have exhausted all your options to experience all of its benefits. We offer massage therapy, for those pesky muscular issues and we use, myofascial release, trigger point or neuromuscular therapy to treat them.

LEHIGH VALLEY ORIENTAL MEDICINE CENTREMing ming and David Molony101 Bridge StreetCatasauqua, PA 18032610-264-2755

Acupuncture and herbal medicine with capable, experienced practitioners. Practicing acupuncture in the Lehigh Valley since 1988. Acupuncture, herbs, dietary consultation, and

other aspects of Oriental Medicine provide a com-plete healing system for health and regeneration, enhancing the outcome of Conventional care

LISA BAAS ACUPUNCTURE & ORIENTAL MEDICINE2358 Sunshine RdAllentown, PA 18103610-841-9300 Lic. # OM 000054livingartsmedicine.com

Board certified and licensed Acupuncturist, Dietary and Lifestyle counseling, Chinese and Ayurvedic Herbs, Laser Acupuncture, Magnetic therapy (A.R.T. ) Autonomic Re-sponseTesting for Detox and more. 20 years of holistic heal-ing.

LIVEWELL INTEGRATED HEALTH LLC Dr. Robert W. Livingston III, DC, L.Ac. Dr. Jennifer K. Bollinger, DC, L.Ac. 8026 Hamilton Blvd. Trexlertown, PA 18087 610-395-5509 LiveWellIntegratedHealth.com

LiveWell Integrated Health offers traditional Chinese acupuncture, chiropractic, body work, and nutritional and lifestyle coaching. Being healthy is a lifestyle choice....choose to LiveWell. See ad, page 17.

AcuPuNcture – commuNitY stYle

EASTMAN ACUPUNCTURELaura Eastman, MS, MAc, LAc1617 Hamilton St.Allentown, PA484-619-3882eastman-acupuncture.com

Traditional acupuncture practiced in an open setting. Effective for treating acute sprains/strains, pain (chronic, arthritis, low back), head-aches (including migraines), aller-gies, depression, digestive issues, support for lifestyle changes, infer-tility, PMS, anxiety, stress and

much more. Personalized treatments for your physical, mental and emotional health delivered at a flat rate of $20. M 12-5, Tu 8:30-12, W 8:30-12, Th 2:30-6:30, F 12-4 and Sa 8:30-12

AromAtHerAPY

BASIC EARTH ESSENTIALSMichael J Lausterer, CCA795 Bentzel Rd, Lewisberry, PA717-932-6899www.basicearthessentials.com

Brighten your mood and cleanse your spirit. Providing exceptional Aromatherapy and Essential Oil products using only natural Earth inspired ingredients. Roll-ons, creams, Dead Sea body soaks, synergy blends and room essences.We can create customized blends

that are personal and focused on your needs. Regu-lar attendees of the Spring and Fall Allentown Spiritual Expo.

YOUNG LIVING ESSENTIAL OILSMarilyn York, Independent Distributor1-877-436-2299, ext. 2MarilynYork.VibrantScents.com

Young Living has specialized in growing, distilling, and selling therapeut ic-grade ,organic Essential Oils for 20 years. Over 130 therapeutic-grade essential oils, and essential-oil enhanced nutritional supplements & products. Visit my website for details. Income opportunities

option is also available.

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ELEMENTS FOR HEALINGHeather TerribleWest Bethlehem PA 484-626-2920facebook.com/pages/Elements-for-Healing/224271684264736

Allow your body to heal itself and restore your vital life force with Shiatsu. Relieve stress, anxiety, back pain, digestive issues and headaches. Shiatsu also helps with fertility and reproductive prob-lems. Move stagnant energy, re-move blockages and create bal-

ance in the body’s major energy systems. Trained at International School of Shiatsu. Available by ap-pointment. See ad, page 35.


MARIE RUXTON THERAPEUTIC MASSAGEMarie Ruxton CMT, CN628 Chestnut StreetEmmaus, PA 18049610-965-2500

Marie is a certified massage thera-pist trained since 1997 in Ad-vanced Myofascial Release Ther-apy, Therapeutic Massage, Reiki, Ear Candling, Homeopathy and Holistic Nutrition. Offers compre-hensive custom bodywork for those wanting to overcome chron-ic pain and movement problems. Sessions range from a (2 hour)

Head to Toe meltdown massage to “Just Neck and Head” massage for those needing stress relief. Gift certificates available. See ad, page 35.

QUIET HEART YOGA, FITNESS & HOLISTIC HEALTH5531 Hamilton Blvd., Wescosville, PA 18106, Unit #[email protected], 484-515-8356

Offering a variety of modali-ties, including Deep Tissue Massage, Hot Stone Mas-sage, Ayurvedic Massage, Pre-Natal Massage, Herbal Poultice, Reiki, Shiatsu, Pranic Healing, Shamanic Healing, Past Life Regres-sion, Crystal Healing, and more; we are dedicated to

improving and balancing mental, spiritual and physical health. Join us for classes in Yoga, Belly-dancing, Drumming, Chanting, Reiki, Tai Chi and QiGong to create movement and freedom in your spirit!

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LIVEWELL INTEGRATED HEALTH LLC Dr. Robert W. Livingston III, DC, L.Ac. Dr. Jennifer K. Bollinger, DC, L.Ac. 8026 Hamilton Blvd. Trexlertown, PA 18087 610-395-5509 LiveWellIntegratedHealth.com

LiveWell Integrated Health offers traditional Chinese acupuncture, chiropractic, body work, and nutritional and lifestyle coaching. Being healthy is a lifestyle choice....choose to LiveWell. See ad, page 17,

coAcHiNG - cAreer

CAREER WELLNESS PARTNERSBarbara Berger, CPC, CCC Allentown, PA484-862-9523Barbara@CareerWellnessPartners.comCareerWellnessPartners.com

When work and true self aren’t aligned, it affects our integral wellness. I provide Career Coaching to help align who you are with what you do or how you do it. Specializing in women in transition, mid-career profes-sionals and college students.

coAcHiNG – life and HeAltH

BLAzE SUCCESSElizabeth SanchezCertified Business & Lifestyle Coach44 E. Broad St. Suite 120Bethlehem PA 18018610.417.0665www.blazesuccess.com

Recalibrate for your life’s true potential, Restore balance, Re-connect with meaningful rela-tionships, Rediscover and achieve your dreams, Revitalize with clarity and focus. Elizabeth has been working for over 18 years offering individual and

group sessions to empower clients to live life in magnificence. Call to schedule a free “Magnificent Life Assessment”

coloN HYdrotHerAPY

PATHWAYS HOLISTIC CENTER4833 Chestnut St.Emmaus, PA 18049610.966.7001www.pathwaysholistic.com

Offering colon hydrotherapy (CHT) from compassionate prac-titioners skilled in total system healing. Cleansing and rebuild-ing colon health allows for your body to heal from the inside by providing total system hydration and detoxification. Good diges-

tive health leads to weight loss, improved nutrient absorption and greater overall health.

NEW LEAF WELLNESS CENTER21 Main StreetClinton, NJ 08809908-713-1900NewLeafWellness.com

Offering colon hydrotherapy, detoxification, wellness coaching and other services to cleanse, maintain and restore health. Colonics are a hy-gienic and safe method of removing toxins, can boost your immune system, restore proper ph in the body and restore regular bowel move-ment.

couNseliNG – fAmilY Holistic

RCG COUNSELINGEaston, PA610-258-5000rcgcounseling@rcgcounseling.comwww.rcgcounseling.com

RCG Counseling under-stands that families can be a source of great sup-port and joy, and they can also have challeng-ing dynamics and rela-tionships. We are com-

mitted to providing quality counseling services to restore balance to families and individuals. Call or e-mail today to set-up your free consultation.

couNseliNG – Holistic

MEG DEAK MCAT, LPCVitality in Emmaus &Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center610-504-4830www.eft4stress.com

Are you ready for change? Does tension, stress and anxiety get in your way? How would things be, if you could easily release anger, fear, guilt or sad-ness? Does trauma from your past interfere with enjoying your life, now? Call Meg today

to schedule a free, 20 minute consultation.

REV. LYN S. FELIX, MSW, LCSW, CHT, RM

Smart Solutions and Creative Holistic Therapy3037 S. Pike Ave. #105Allentown, PA 18103610-282-0709 www.creativeholistictherapy.com

A holistic counselor and coach, using hypnotherapy, chakra en-ergy clearing, Reiki, mindfulness & more to help you shift from limited, fear-based thinking, be-lieving, and behaving patterns into living from your magnificent essence. Experience joy as you resonate with higher vibrational frequencies in all aspects of your life.

GAIL-ELAINE TINKER, M.S., R.M.3005 Broadhed Road #20Bethlehem, PA 18020610-216-4319ge@tinkerpsychotherapy.comwww.tinkerpsychotherapy.com

Get results for your depression, anxiety, fear, insomnia, trauma, chronic pain, and family issues (including adult autism). In private practice for 8+ years, from serious diagnosis to ‘getting life on track’ via coaching, your unique needs are attended warmly, profession-ally, confidentially, and respect-

fully. Talk Therapy, Relaxation, Reiki, Art, and natural modes empower YOU. Call for free consul-tation.


fuNerAl services NICOS C. ELIAS FUNERAL HOME, INCNicos C. Elias, SupervisorAllentown, PA. 610-433-2200www.eliasfuneralhome.com

Mr. Elias offers several different green and eco-friendly funeral plans using biodegradable cas-kets, preservation without chem-icals, and earth friendly paper goods. A natural, back to the earth approach. Biodegradable urns for those choosing cremation. Also

offering assistance with home-based funerals

HAir restorAtioN – NAturAl

LEHIGH VALLEY INSTITUTE OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINEMikhail Artamonov, MD1004 Van Buren Rd., Easton, PA 18045610-438-4460LehighValleyIntituteOfRegenerativeMedicine.com

We offer a cutting-edge therapy to grow your own hair without surgery or medication. Platelet Rich Plasma from the patient’s own blood stimulates the growth of blood vessels in the scalp, enhancing and creating new hair follicles. This procedure reverses

hair miniaturization and pattern baldness with a safe, natural and simple procedure. See ad, page 19.

HeAltH coAcH

HEALTH & WELLNESS NURSE NAVIGATORS, LLCKathleen DeVaul, MSN, RN, CHC420 Hamsher Ave., Topton, PA 19562484-661-6786www.hwnursenavigators.com

Offering integrative health coach-ing services that are individualized to meet your needs and goals. Find out how to lose weight safely, increase your energy, and live an abundant life. Specializing in preventing and managing chronic diseases, gluten sensitivity and gluten allergy. Let us help you navigate your path towards well-

ness today. Please call for your free initial health consultation!

Holistic HeAltH

BARBARA FENTON, H.H.P. Reiki Master/Teacher – AromatherapistEmmaus, PA 18049610-393-2036 - www.abiba.com

Offering Reiki, Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Crystals, Well-ness Classes and Retreats. Help-ing women find their inner bal-ance and to empower them to become more active participants in their personal healing through a holistic approach to life. Bar-

bara Fenton is also an independent Distributor of Young Living Essential oils. Visit ww.youngliving.com/abiba to purchase or for income opportunity info.

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C.H.A.N.G.E.Beverley S. BleyCoopersburg, PA610-797-8250, www.4change.com

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Certified Master Hypnotherapist. Control stress and anxiety, depres-sion, pain and anger. Lose weight, eliminate smoking. Hypnotherapy certification and hypnobirthing classes. See ad, page 26.

LIFE’S PATH REGRESSION THERAPYSaucon Valley, PA 18015 610 [email protected]

Regression hypnotherapy helps you remember events from your past that may be the root-cause of your problems today. Whether your subcon-

scious mind revisits earlier times of this life, or past lives, you will be amazed at its vast knowl-edge, and the therapeutic effects of the process. You can connect to loved ones from the other side, and discover who you are as a soul, where you are coming from, and where you are heading. See ad, page 13.

OPTIONS HYPNOSIS 561 Main Street, Suite 290Bethlehem, PA 18018484-893-0096www.optionshypnosis.com

D i s c o v e r t h e POWER of your unconscious mind. With hypnosis, you CAN over-come stress, pain, depression, or fear. You CAN success-

fully manage your weight and quit smoking - what-ever is keeping you from the life you want. We offer a variety of effective techniques. FREE con-sultation. See ad, page 25.

iNteGrAtive mediciNe

MJA HEALTHCARE NETWORKMikhail Artamonov, MD PhD5195 Seven Bridges RoadEast Stroudsburg, PA 18301570-872-9800MJAHealthcare.com

Combining Allopathic (Western) medicine, Oriental medicine and the newest medical technol-ogy to offer patients complete and personalized health care. Certified in Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Pain medi-cine, Independent Medical Ex-

amination and Addiction Medicine, Electrodiag-nostic Medicine, Medical Acupuncture, Func-tional and Anti-Aging Medicine. See ad, page 19.

meditAtioN & wellNess

EFFORTLESS MEDITATION Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center628 Twin Ponds Rd., West Lehigh Valley610.395.3355www.twinpondscenter.com

Destress, revitalize and be healthier with scientifically validated and physician recommended Effortless Meditation. Experience rest deeper than sleep! Greg Schweitzer taught for Deepak Chopra, M.D. and other notables for 30+ years. Introductory classes and a 10-hour course.

MANTRA MEDITATION YOGAPaul Wilson, D.Ay6730 Geissinger Rd.Zionsville, PA484 695 [email protected]

Meditation is nourishment for the soul. Experience the deep calm within you. Learn a simple but profound technique that brings rest to the body, clarity to the mind and effectiveness in action. Paul has been a teacher of Mantra Meditation Yoga for forty years

and also gives Ayurvedic consultations.

movemeNt tHerAPY – feldeNKrAis metHod®

CAROL SIDDIQI FGNA, RYTTwin Ponds Integrative Health Center628 Twin Ponds Rd, West Lehigh Valley 610-395-3355www.twinpondscenter.com

The Feldenkrais Method recon-nects the body to its natural move-ments, focusing on the relationship between motion and thought. It works with the nervous system, rather than muscles or bones, to improve everyday motion, such as walking, running, golfing, biking, yoga, posture, breathing, etc.

NAturAl deNtistrY

COSMETIC AND NATURAL DENTISTRYCarol Sherman DDSWilliam Baron DDS2600 Newburg Rd.Easton, PA 18045610-252-1454www.beatacarlson.com

Dr. Carlson begins with a Natu-ral or Holistic approach to en-hance your physical health and eliminate any compromise to the immune system. Mercury free, non-surgical periodontal treatment, tooth whitening, cosmetic makeovers and herbal support in a gentle, relaxing and caring atmosphere. See ad, page 10.


MICHAEL TARAS, DMD, FAGD, FIND, CNC, IBDM, NMD

2900 Hamilton Blvd.Allentown, PA 18103

Dr. Taras is a mercury free, holistic dentist who performs safe mercury filling removal and is the developer of the mercury protection program. Mercury testing, pH, ozone, homeo-pathics, ionic minerals, & drainage remedies are used to heal patients naturally. See ad, page 64.

NAturAl fAmilY mediciNe

A NATURAL MEDICINE CLINICDR. MICHAEL JUDE LOQUASTO, ND, PHD, DC

Lehigh Valley Professional Center2571 Baglyos Circle, Suite B-27Bethlehem, PA 18020 * 484-821-1460www.drmichaelloquasto.com

Specializing in Natural Medi-cine for over 25 years, Dr. Lo-quasto holds doctorates in Natur-opathy, Nutrition and Chiroprac-tic Internal Medicine. He is also a Master Herbalist as well as a certified Clinical and Dietitian Nutritionist. Dr. Loquasto offers custom formulations for specific conditions and non-invasive

chelation therapy. In addition the following tests are done at the clinic: live cell microscope, circu-lation testing, EKG, pulmonary lung testing, bone density, x-ray, scanning for foot & ankle problems, blood pressure, blood oxygen levels and blood testing for diabetes and other health issues. The goal is to restore and/or maintain a healthy life-style.

PHILLIP GETSON, D.O.Family Physician · Board Certified ThermologistServing Bethlehem, Easton and Fogelsvillewww.healththroughawareness.com www.tdinj.com(856) 596-5834

A board certified family physi-cian for 35 years and co-found-er of Health Through Awareness in Marlton, NJ. An internation-ally recognized expert in the diagnosis and treatment of Re-flex Sympathetic Dystrophy/Complex Regional Pain Syn-drome (RSD). An advocate for health and preventive medicine

championing thermography as an early diagnostic tool for many health conditions including breast health.Certified by four Thermographic Boards. Outreach assessments available in PA. See ad, page 31.

MAULFAIR MEDICAL CENTERConrad Maulfair, D.O.2970 Corporate Court, Suite 1Orefield, PA 18069610-682-2104www.drmaulfair.com www.purelyyoudetox.com

Dr. Maulfair is an Osteopathic Physician bringing four de-cades of knowledge and experi-ence in alternative, comple-mentary medicine to his patient care. Help for all conditions and all ages. Offering Chelation Therapy, Hubbard Method Sauna detoxification – Purely You, and many other treatment

programs. Maulfair Medical Center brings the best of both worlds to their patients. See ad, page 53.

WOODLANDS HEALING RESEARCHFamily, Environmental and Preventative MedicineNicholas DiMartino, D.O.5724 Clymer RdQuakertown, PA215-536-1890

Woodlands Healing Research Center is a family practice sup-porting individualized natural approaches to health. We offer lifestyle and nutritional consulta-tion to achieve optimal health and vitality. We also offer com-plete women’s services including

GYN, menopause, osteoporosis and bio-identical hormone therapy. See ad, page 9.

NAturAl HeAltH DALLAS WELLNESS CENTER, LLCDebra E Dallas, PhD, MIfHI, DCNT4048 Freemansburg Ave., Easton, PA 18045610-253-1977, dallaswellnesscenterllc.com

Dallas Wellness Center is an inte-grated therapy and diagnostic center. We offer Iridology, Ther-mographic Imaging, Nutrigenom-ics and Nutrition, Homeopathy, Herbology, Blood Typing, Hair Analysis, and Ion Cleansing. When people have been every-

where else and are still sick, they come visit us. See ad, page 25.

LEHIGH VALLEY INTEGRATED HEALTH163 S. Green St., Nazareth, PA 18064610-759-0500www.VitalityLV.com

LV Integrated Health is an al-ternative medicine practice lo-cated in the heart of Nazareth, PA. Services offered include: Family Chiropractic, Nutrition Response Testing, Massage Therapy, and Reflexology. The staffs’ health philosophy is that your lifestyle (not just your ge-

netics) determines the length and quality of your existence. They offer regular free educational classes in the practice on such top ics as, How to Turn Stress and Fatigue into Vitali ty! See ad, page 14.


Combining a variety of the finest holistic healing methods, we help shape your new path to reclaim life and become balanced & whole once again. Over 15 years of restoring health from within by cleansing, nourishing. Compre-hensive physical, mental, spiri-tual and emotional healing ser-vices offered plus nutrition pro-

grams, prepared foods, retreats, catering services.

ROBERT E HARTzELL RPH, CCNShelley Surber RD, LDN300 American StreetCatasauqua, Pa 18032610-264-5471 ext 237

Offering our successful (FLT) First Line Thera-py, and Ultra Lite thera-peutic Life style pro-grams. Our programs will help with weight concerns; blood sugar

concerns, cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood pres-sure. Let us help to implement healthy changes into your life. Change your life, Take back your health. Call for an appointment See ad, page 20,.

TWIN PONDS INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CENTER628 Twin Ponds Rd., West Lehigh Valley610.395.3355www.twinpondscenter.com

Let our world class practitioners help you relieve stress, renew your over-al l heal th and achieve more in your life. Our ser-

vices are appropriate for people of all ages. Call today for more information or to register for a pri-vate session, class or workshop. See ad, page 13 and 23..

NAturoPAtH

MIA DARLING, N.D.Maulfair Medical Center2 9 7 0 C o r p o r a t e C o u r t , S u i t e # 1 Orefield, Pa 18069484-272-2055

As a Naturopath, I am trained in both prescription drugs and natu-ral supplements and herbs. I work with you, not just a lab value. I take the time to listen to you and to educate you on how your body works, including how foods, supplements, and exercise. Whether you are trying to reverse

or prevent a health issue, there are solutions to ad-dress the root cause of disease. See ad, page 11.


NATURAL HEALTH PROMOTION LLCTina Stashko, N.D. PhD MIfHIEmmaus, Pa. 18049610-965-8132naturalhealthpromotion.net

Specializing in preventative healthcare, digestion and nutrient absorption, and thyroid and ad-renal health. Modalities such as iridology, sclerology and bio-chemical balancing enable the development of your unique program for optimum health. These programs are easy to fol-

low and incorporate into your daily life. Reach your full health potential! See ad, page 38.

NUTRITIONAL TECHNOLOGIESNicholas Theodorou ND5 Stonecroft Dri.,Easton, PA 18045610-258-1894Nutritek.net

“Dr. Nick” Traditional Naturopath. Get and stay healthy. Proven Five-Point Program teaches you about eating a wholesome diet, prudent exercise, the proper use of supple-ments, getting quality sleep and reduc-ing stress. Internationally recognized expertise on nutritional supplements

including glutathione enhancement! Free mini-consults! Call or email for information.

NutritioN & educAtioN

WELLNESS SIMPLIFIEDDian FreemanMorristown, NJ973-267-4816www.WellnessSimplified.com

Nutritionist Dian Freeman and staff nutritionists LuAnn Peters - Brenda Woodruff of Dian’s Wellness Simpli-fied in Morristown, NJ, offer private nutritional consultations, Applied Kinesiology and Ondamed biofeed-back sessions. Dian also teaches classes and a nutritional certification course in preparation for the na-

tional Certified Nutritional Counselor (CNC) exam. Also, to address energetic and vibrational healing, a variety of crystal and energy healers are available by appointment and LuAnn mixes personalized formulas combining various Bach flower reme-dies.

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ALICIA RAMBO-WOSNIAK Center for Healthy Living @ Easton Yoga524 Northampton St., Easton, PA 18042610.923.7522www.eastonyoga.com

Are you in a food rut? Want to lose a few pounds? Feeling sluggish and unmotivated? Whole foods detoxing is what your body need. I offer customized detox plans and whole-body care. Over 10 years of wellness experience through yoga and now offering wellness coaching through lifestyle and

nutritional counseling. Free Health Consultations, call now! See ad, page 17.

INTEGRATIVE NUTRITION Gale Maleskey, MS, RD, LDNTwin Ponds Integrative Health Center628 Twin Ponds Rd., West Lehigh Valley610.395.3355www.twinpondscenter.com

Learn how to live a healthier life, recover from serious illness, lose weight, gain energy, and develop life-sustaining habits, using a coaching-based, integrative nutri-tion approach. Gale Maleskey is a registered dietitian, licensed Wellness Coach, and trained at

Dr. Andrew Weil’s Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. Call for a free 20-min-ute, get-acquainted chat.

THE JOYFUL ELEPHANTMichelle M.L. Trent, NET, CPTFood Coach and Certified Personal TrainerBethlehem, PA484.515.6603JoyfulElephant.com

Providing food coaching, menu planning, and hands-on cooking demos. My training is in plant-based diets for weight loss and disease prevention and reversal as seen in the film Forks Over Knives. I support, motivate, and encourage you to reach your wellness goals. I help you to try new recipes and

broaden your skill set so that you can feel confident in preparing healthy, tasty meals.

reGressioN tHerAPY

LIFE’S PATH REGRESSION THERAPYSaucon Valley, PA 18015 610 [email protected]

Regression hypnotherapy helps you remember events from your past that may be the root-cause of your problems today. Whether your subconscious

mind revisits earlier times of this life, or past lives, you will be amazed at its vast knowledge, and the therapeutic effects of the process. You can connect to loved ones from the other side, and discover who you are as a soul, where you are coming from, and where you are heading. See ad, page 13.

seXuAl HeAltH tHerAPY

ALEXANDRA T. MILSPAW, M.ED., M.ED., LPCBethlehem, PA www.alexandramilspaw.com484-894-1246

Sexual health counselor and edu-cator utilizing NLP and Mindful-ness-based approaches. Learn easy, quick techniques to move towards healing your life and re-lationships by reprograming your nervous system’s response to stress and pain. “Breathe. Believe. Be.” Anything is possible!

sPirituAl HeAliNG

IN THE HEART OF REIKIPaula Michal-Johnson, Ph.D. Classical Reiki Pennyslvania484-686-7388IntheHeartofReikiLV@gmail.comwww.classicalreikipa.wordpress.com

Consultations & Reiki sessions to promote health, wellness and recovery from physical, emo-tional and spiritual trauma. Co-founder of The Pennsylvania Reiki Consortium and authorized teacher of the Jikiden Reiki Insti-

tute in Kyoto, Japan. Teaching Reiki nationally and locally. Reiki I, Shoden, Reiki II, Okuden, Reiki III, Shinpiden.

LEHIGH VALLEY REIKITara Gallus, Reiki Practitioner & TeacherBethlehem, PA610.739.4201www.lehighvalleyreiki.com

Supporting you in living a fuller, more healthy, balanced life. Relax, relieve stress, and improve your overall physical, emotional and spiritual wellness. Consultations, private sessions, & Reiki classes. Co-founder of The Pennsylvania Reiki Consortium and ABMP Mem-ber. 15 years of experience. Trained

in Western, Traditional, and Jikiden Reiki Practic-es.

SHUMEI 361 E. Main StreetKutztown, PA 19530484-788-8328 [email protected]

Jyorei was developed by Mok-ichi Okada in Japan in the early part of the twentieth century. It is a simple yet profound healing art in which spiritual Light is focused on others. One Jyorei session usually takes about ten

minutes. No fee is requested for the session, although donations are accepted. Hours: Mon, Thu and Fri 3pm-5pm; Sat 1pm-3pm

stucturAl iNteGrAtioN

ANDREI KAzLOUSKI 188 Shiloh CourtWhitehall484.695.8265www.si-rolfmethod.com

ROLF METHOD OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION - highly effective hands-on approach for improving posture, alleviating chronic pain, increasing energy level , and enhancing flexibility through restoring your body to its natural state of alignment. Enjoy moving

freely again! Board Certified Structural Integrator CM and Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. See ad, page 25


tHermoGrAPHic imAGiNG

LIESHA GETSON, BCTT, HHCServing Bethlehem, Easton and Fogelsvillewww.healththroughawareness.com 856-596-5834

A Board Certified Thermo-graphic Technician has imaged thousands of patients for many types of health concern and administers outreach thermo-gram assessments in several eastern PA centers regularly. A Holistic Health Counselor and is a member of the American

Association of Drugless Practitioners. A founding partner of Health Through Awareness in Marlton, NJ, a cooperative wellness center that provides a variety of alternative services to facilitate healthy living including nutrition and lifestyle counseling, Reiki, thermography, and biopuncture. Liesha. See ad, page 31.

veteriNArY AcuPuNcture

DIANE GABRIEL-FRAYNERT VMD, CVA

3247 B Wimmer Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18020610-865-4348www.AnimalTherapyCenter.com

Dr. Gabriel-Fraynert is a vet-erinarian certified in medical acupuncture for animals since 2005. She has been practicing Integrative Veterinary Medicine using both conventional and holistic modalities, including Chinese and Western herbs, Homo-toxicology/Homeopa-thy, and Nutraceuticals. Dr. Gabriel-Fraynert feels an inte-

grative approach allows for greater breadth of treatment options for many underlying and or/ pre-existing medical conditions. See ad, page 47.

veteriNArY cHiroPrActic

KRISTEN FENSTERMACHER VMD3247 B Wimmer Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18020610-865-4348www.AnimalTherapyCenter.com

Dr. Kristen Fenstermacher is a equine veterinarian certified in veterinary chiropractor by the International Veterinary Chiro-practic Association . She pro-vides chiropractic services for cats and dogs at the Animal Therapy Center. See ad, page 47.

cANiNe mAssAGe

VYOLET ALBANO CMP, RM, CM3247 B Wimmer Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18020610-865-4348www.AnimalTherapyCenter.com

Vyolet Albano is certified canine massage practitioner who com-pleted her certification at the Inte-grated Touch Therapy School in Circleville, Ohio. Having an inter-est in non-invasive modalities for addressing animal pain, she is also a Master of Chi Energy, Reiki and Quantum Healing. Vyolet pro-

vides massage and reiki services for dogs and cats at the Animal Therapy Center. See ad, page 47.

veteriNArY cANiNe reHABilitAtioN

PAMELA MUELLER PHD DVM3247 B Wimmer Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18020610-865-4348www.AnimalTherapyCenter.com

Dr. Mueller is a veterinarian with advanced training in exercise physiology and canine rehabilita-tion. We welcome dogs with neurologic problems, sports inju-r ies and pos t surg ica l pa-tients. Aquatic exercise can reju-venate geriatric pets and condition competition companions. See ad, page 47.

veteriNArY PHYsicAl tHerAPY

BETH KENNY MPT, CCRP3247 B Wimmer Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18020610-865-4348www.AnimalTherapyCenter.com

Beth is a physical therapist with 20 years experience, including special education in canine anatomy and rehabilitaion. She utilizes many of the same rehabilitative techniques and therapies developed for hu-mans to help your companion ani-mals recover from injury, surgery, or to improve life in their golden years. See ad, page 47.

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Learn a new way to loose weight without starvation. Reduce the health risks to the bodies systems. We will teach you new ways of relating to food that allows for nourishing at a cellular level, cleans-ing your blood, reducing or elimi-nating gas and bloating. Learn the food combining way that also pro-vides for anti-aging.

YoGA

KULA HEART YOGA3400 Bath Pike, Bethlehem610-746-5852www.kulaheartyoga.comFacebook: Yoga at Kulaheartyoga

Bringing community of the hearts together as we embrace diversity & celebrate life. Diverse yoga classes, certified/registered yoga teachers, Yoga Teacher Training, Kid’s/Family yoga,

Therapeutic, Restorative, Anusara Inspired, Kundalini, Prenatal, & Pilates. Workshops with internationally renowed teachers. Massage therapy services in our beautiful wellness center. New student special $30 for 30 days unlimited yoga.

THE YOGA LOFT521 E 4th St., 3rd Floor (above Cantelmi’s Hardware)Bethlehem, PA 18015610-867-YOGA (9642)www.theyogaloftofbethlehem.com

The Yoga Loft offers quality yoga instruction for students of all levels in a variety of styles. We also offer workshops and other special events, Certified Yoga Teacher Training, Belly dance, Tai Chi, Prenatal Yoga, and Mat Pilates See ad, page 49.

YoGA tHerAPY

ELEVATIONS YOGA THERAPY Cyndee Gischel Graham CSYT Svaroopa® Yoga Therapist 2230 Corriere Rd. Easton Pa610-653-0904

Elevate your body, your mind and more. This therapeutic style of yoga reaches into and re-leases deep-seated layers of spinal tension by using precise angles, blankets and hands on personalized adjustments so that the body opens gently yet deep-ly from the inside out. Reduce

stress. Relieve back pain. Restore energy and enjoy increased flexibility. This class is for everyone. No experience necessary. Classes Mon & Fri 10am. or Wed 1pm. Private sessions also available. Call for evening classes.

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Healers Wanted – Help us to aid in the healing environment at Pocono Medical Center. Seeking volunteers for the Complementary & Alternative Medicine Program. Interested practitioners in Reiki and massage, artists and musicians please contact Jill Howell at 570-476-3443 or email [email protected] .

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Portable Steam Sauna – And or Ozone. The Hyper-thermic Chamber portable personal steam sauna system by Longevity Resources. Never used. Also, Arch-Eeez back support. Best offers. 570.454.6491

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Healthy Cleaning Services – Available Sun-Fri. Flex-ible hours. Provides cleaning products free of harsh chemicals to keep home environment green, clean, and eco-friendly. Contact: (570) 335-6053; [email protected].

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Twin Ponds Integrative Health Center – A conve-niently located beautiful, relaxing environment, offers hourly/daily rates for room with capacity of 50 people. Great for workshops, seminars, etc. Located just west of Rt. 100 between Fogelsville and Trexlertown, call 610.395.3355

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We all need iodine, yet most of us don’t get enough of it through our diet. A study in

the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that iodine deficiency in the developed world has increased fourfold in the past 40 years and now affects nearly three-quarters of all adults. Numerous U.S. practicing physicians quoted widely in the media estimate that the incidence of hypothyroidism in our adult population may be between 30 and 70 percent.

Thus, we can’t efficiently produce the thyroid hormones that serve as chemical messengers triggering nearly every bodily function. The pres-ence or absence of iodine affects our every cell.

Be Aware of Hypothyroidism SymptomsLow thyroid function, or hypothyroidism, is

the most recognized and obvious indicator of low iodine intake because the thyroid gland contains more concentrated iodine than other organs. Symptoms can range from extreme fatigue and weight gain to depression, carpal tunnel syn-drome, high blood pressure, fibrocystic breasts and a variety of skin and hair problems.

Hypothyroidism can further cause infertility, joint pain, heart disease and stroke. Low iodine levels also have been associated with breast and thyroid cancers. In children, insufficient iodine has been strongly linked with mental retardation,

deafness, attention deficient and hyperactivity disorder and impaired growth, according to studies by Boston University, China’s Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and France’s National Academy of Medicine. The answer is simple: Taking the right kind of iodine in the right dosage can rebalance thyroid function and restore health to the thyroid and the whole body.

Reasons Behind Iodine DeficiencyRadiation: Almost everyone is routinely exposed to iodine-depleting radiation emitted by cell phones, Wi-Fi, microwave ovens and other electronic devices. Iodized table salt: The human body cannot utilize the iodine added to this product. Low-sodium diets: Failure to use healthy salts to fulfill sodium requirements, plus over-

use of zero-nutrient table salt in foods, leads to iodine depletion.Bromine: This toxic chemical overrides iodine’s abilities to nourish the thyroid, adrenal and other hormone-producing glands. A known carcinogen, it is used as an anti-caking ingredient found in almost all baked goods, unless the ingredients specifically cite unbromated flour. Iodine-depleted soils: Due to poor farming techniques, iodine and other minerals in soil have declined, so most foods today are devoid of naturally occurring iodine. Proper iodine supplementation with a high-quality product like Natural Awakenings Detoxified Iodine can prevent harm by protecting the thyroid and other endocrine glands and restoring proper hormone production.

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