Natural Awakenings of Central Ohio - October 2014 issue

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16 SUSTAINABLE CITYSCAPES Urban America is Going Green in a Big Way by Christine MacDonald

22 NEW CANCER TEST FOR DOGS Detects Illness in Time for Effective Treatment by Shawn Messonnier

24 CHIROPRACTIC MEETS ACUPUNCTURE Structural Fixes Complement Meridian Flows by Kathleen Barnes

26 BREATH-TAKING WISDOM Six Ways to Inhale Energy and Exhale Stress by Lane Vail

28 AIRWAVES ACTIVIST Public Radio’s Steve Curwood Empowers Listeners to Aid Planet Earth by Randy Kambic

30 DR. ANDREW WEIL on America’s Evolution toward Integrative Medicine by Andrea Schensky Williams

32 ENERGY’S SUNNY FUTURE New Technology Enables Solar Power to Go Global by Linda Sechrist

34 SCREAMING GREEN HALLOWEEN How to Create Natural, Healthy and Cost-Conscious Fun by Avery Mack

35 LIVING FROM TRUTH Four Tools Guide Us on Our Life Journey by Indira Dyal-Dominguez

36 APPLES GET AN A+ It’s a Nutritional Superstar by Tania Melkonian

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letterfrompublishersWelcome to the October’s “Sustainable Communities/Chiropractic & Acupuncture” issue of Natural Awakenings Central Ohio.

Kerry GriffithThere are benefits to the start of each new season. As our weather patterns change globally, I feel October to be a true start to the fall season for Ohio. My senses resonate with all the sights, sounds, smells and feelings the autumn days provide. The sounds of the high school band playing at football games, the

colors of the leaves as they change from green to bright red, yellow and orange, and the smell of the spiced ciders and all the delicious treats from the apple or-chard harvest. There is also nostalgia for me each October, as my husband and I celebrate our marriage anniversary: 12 quick years! I hope the month brings ease and joy to you and your family. Remember to embrace the time outside, soaking in all the great things to do around Central Ohio in October.

Sean PetersonIn 2000, I was browsing through a bookstore in downtown Min-neapolis and came across a book entitled “Eating Well for Op-timum Health.” On the cover was a picture of a curious looking man who seemed to be some combination of gnome, dwarf and wizard. After perusing some pages, I was readily hooked. Since

then, I have hungrily sought further guidance from the author of that book, Dr. Andrew Weil. I consistently appreciate his thoughtful approach to health care through an integrative perspective, and I relish his straightforward and plain-spoken advice on matters of aging, food/cooking and happiness. Little did I know then how indirectly instrumental he would later become to my future self. Fast forward over a decade later, to the fall of 2011. One day, as I was walking out of a grocery store in Memphis, I happened to spot Dr. Weil’s then-familiar face on the cover of a magazine situated among the assorted free publi-cations. I picked it up, and after exploring it further at home later that evening, I became a regular reader of Natural Awakenings. Shortly thereafter I moved to Central Ohio. One of the first things I did was seek out the local version of the magazine. To my dismay, I was unable to find it. After some reflection, I subsequently made it my mission to become a Natural Awakenings publisher. I now proudly bring to this community the sort of information Dr. Weil regularly writes about, through the vehicle of the very magazine I had only recently become aware of and quickly grown to love. Last month, one of our sister Natural Awakenings publishers in Santa Fe, NM, had the opportunity to interview Dr. Weil. We share the fruits of her labor within these pages. Furthermore, as an homage to my introduction to the resources and guidance our magazine provides, this month we feature the cover that three years ago got me started down the path of becoming a Natural Awakenings reader and eventually, publisher.


newsbriefsYoga Studio Relocates and Expands

In September, Harbor Yoga moved to a new address in

Dublin. The current loca-tion is less than a half-mile away from the former site, but affords easier access for client parking. The new space is also larger, at double the square footage of the prior venue, and features two bathrooms and two changing rooms, plus an upsized lobby holding multiple individual cubbies for storage of personal items. Another upgrade over the prior building is the practice room now has a separate heating system for any of the studio’s hot yoga offerings. Owners Heidi Bell and Angie O’Brien founded Harbor in November 2010, in a 1,200 sq. ft. room in Historic Downtown Dublin, after discovering Vinyasa yoga earlier in the decade. Self-described “avid runners and gym rats,” the pair quickly saw both physical and emotional improve-ment, along with a newly-found confidence and energy. “We realized that when you combine fun and funky music with the yoga poses, it challenges a person to move with more purposeful strength and style,” explains Bell. “This ‘yoga hop’ style is a hybrid of traditional Eastern yoga with a Western twist.”

Location: 4325 W. Dublin-Granville Rd. For more informa-tion, call 614-799-2434 or visit HarborYogaStudio.com.

Local Matters Hosts Fourth Annual Fundraising Event

Food education organization Local Matters will hold its annual fund-

raiser, entitled Harvest Ball, on October 24 at the High Line Car House in Co-lumbus. The event will feature locally-sourced food, plus raffle packages such

as a year’s worth of local dining, a “Best of Columbus” sporting events package, a private dinner in the Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams test kitchen, and a 5-night vacation stay at luxury resort, The Greenbrier. The featured entertain-ment will be live bluegrass music from The Wayfarers. Now in its sixth year of operation, Local Matters’ goals are to “decrease the prevalence of diet-related diseases and food insecurity in Columbus.” “We have accomplished this work through strong partnerships with communities, orga-nizations, volunteers, and corporations who gladly share their time, passions and resources to work towards increas-ing education and access to healthful food for thousands of children, families and individuals,” says Kerry Shaw, Direc-tor of Development and Communications.

Cost: $100 per person. Location: 550 S. High St. For more information, visit Local-Matters.org/Harvest-Ball.t

Nature’s Path Market Changes Name, Celebrates Anniversary

On October 18, the Gahanna grocery store Nature’s Path Market will retire

its original moniker and brand itself as It’s All Natural! The name change was brought about because of a trademark issue from a similarly named company that had been in existence for a longer period. The store will celebrate its one-year anniversary with sale pricing, food and product samples, and select give-aways. Fellow Central Ohio organizations will be present at the party. Ohio Herb Education Center will provide instruction on creating herbal crafts, and kids’ activities by Sunrise Animal Sanctuary will add to the family celebra-tion. A portion of net sales from the day will be donated to Sunrise Animal Sanctuary. Store owners Judy Maa and Lee Ng have carefully se-lected each item in the store to be simple, original and natu-ral. “Starting a 100 percent vegetarian store has been an adventure,” says Ng. “We have experienced some growing pains, but have also seen the potential for future growth.”

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New Leaf Market Provides Healthy Food Choices

A Mount Vernon storefront once occupied by the

Adventist Book Center (ABC) has re-opened as a specialty market. Many of the same personnel that ran ABC continue to work in the space, including manager Dee Chrisman. “We are a small, home-town store specializing in dairy-free, organic, gluten-free, vegetarian and eco-friendly products,” says Chrisman. The store also carries a range of ethnic foods for a variety of nationalities, including the local Indian population, along with cookbooks, herbs and supplements, and bulk foods. The facility is also home to Clark Distributing of Ohio, a statewide vegetarian foods supply service. “Coming soon, we will have fresh baked goods from Mount Vernon Academy, such as bread, and cinnamon and pecan rolls,” notes Chrisman. The staff is working to assemble an assortment of locally crafted gift items in time for the holiday season, but with the goal to maintain that section of the store year-round. A cooking education program, entitled “Clean Eating Cooking Class,” meets the second Thursday of each month. The intention is to provide families with a resource to learn how to prepare healthier meals at home.

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Local Naturopath Receives National Award

Dr. Trudy Pieper,

of Phoenix Wellness Center in Johnstown, was recently awarded the American Naturopath-ic Medical Association (ANMA) “Higher Achieve-ment Award” for 2014, in recogni-tion of “distinguished performance in naturopathic medicine.” Naturopathic doctors avoid drugs or surgery, where possible, and seek alternate means of medical treatment such as dietary changes and herbal remedies. The award was presented to Dr. Pieper in September during a mem-ber’s luncheon at the ANMA’s thirty-third annual convention in Las Vegas. The ANMA was founded in 1981 as a nonprofit scientific and educational organization. It is the nation’s oldest and largest association of naturopathic doctors, with nearly 4,000 members. Dr. Pieper is a frequent guest on local radio stations in Licking and Knox counties, and presents her health tips across 20 counties to view-ers of WTLW. She is currently prepar-ing a book about cancer prevention, due out next year, and remains active on the Licking County Humane So-ciety Board and the Johnstown Area Community Foundation Board.

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Lower Breast Cancer Risk by Eating Colorful Veggies

Research published in the British Journal of Nutrition discovered that the risk of breast cancer decreases

with increased consumption of specific dietary carot-enoids, the pigments in some vegetables and fruits. The research was based on five years of tracking 1,122 women in Guangdong, China; half of them had been diag-nosed with breast cancer and the other half were healthy. Dietary intake information was collected through face-to-face interviews. The women that consumed more beta-carotene in their diet showed a 46 percent lower risk of

breast cancer, while those that consumed more alpha-carotene had a 39 percent reduced incidence. The individuals that consumed more foods containing beta-cryptoxanthin had a 62 percent reduced risk; those with diets higher in luteins and zeaxanthins had a 51 percent reduction in breast cancer risk. The scientists found the protective element of increased carotenoid con-sumption more evident among pre-menopausal women and those exposed to secondhand smoke. Dark green leafy vegetables such as kale, spinach and dandelion greens top the list of sources rich in luteins and zeaxanthins, which also includes wa-tercress, basil, parsley, arugula and peas. The highest levels of beta-carotene are found in sweet potatoes, grape leaves, carrots, kale, spinach, collard and other leafy greens. Carrots, red peppers, pumpkin, winter squash, green beans and leafy greens contain alpha-carotene. Red peppers, butternut squash, pumpkin persimmons and tangerines are high in beta-cryptoxanthin.

Energy Efficiency Improves Family Health

Research from Columbia, Maryland’s National Center for Healthy Housing

suggests that adding insulation and more efficient heating systems can signifi-cantly increase the health of household residents. The researchers studied 248 households in New York City, Boston and

Chicago that underwent energy conservation improvements by trained energy efficiency professionals, including installing insulation and heating equipment and improving ventilation. After the improvements, subjects reported reductions in sinusitis (5 percent), hypertension (14 percent) and obesity (11 percent). Although a 20 percent reduction in asthma medication use was reported, two measures of asthma severity worsened; the scientists called for further study of the asthma-related outcomes. A similar study from New Zealand’s University of Otago examined 409 households that installed energy-efficient heating systems. Children in these homes experienced fewer illnesses, better sleep, better allergy and wheezing symptoms and fewer overall sick days. In examining 1,350 older homes where insulation was installed, the research also found improvements in health among family residents.

AMAZON RAINFOREST PROVIDES NATURAL REMEDY TO SKIN RASHAccording to the National Eczema

Association, nearly 32 million people in the United States suffer from eczema, at least 10 percent of which are children. Eczema, or atopic derma-titis, is an itchy rash that often spreads, and can become infected when scratched. The exact cause of the con-dition is not completely understood. A tree called Croton lechleri, from the Amazon rainforest, produces a resin that contains a number of differ-ent plant phytochemicals with power-ful medicinal properties. The resin, also known as flavokine, has been used for centuries among indigenous tribes to treat skin conditions, through salves that help seal and heal wounds and rashes. Flavokine is an antioxi-dant that mediates the localized cause of inflammation. “Flavokine is one of the most potent antioxidants I have ever seen,” says Dr. Knox Van Dyke, a leading antioxidant researcher at West Virginia University. Dr. John Wallace, faculty of medicine at The University of Calgary, conducted research on the proper-ties of the Croton lechleri plant as a potent inhibitor of inflammation and pain. In a 2000 article published in Natural Science, Wallace predicted, “Every medicine cabinet and first-aid kit in North America will one day be stocked with medicines containing the sap of this South American tree.” Ailie BioDerma has developed a line of skin care products, with the compo-nent flavokine, to treat skin rashes.

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Acupuncture Lowers Meth Withdrawal Symptoms

Research from China published earlier this year in the journal Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion suggests that

electro-acupuncture and auricular acupuncture—also called ear acupuncture—can alleviate symptoms of withdrawal from methamphetamine addiction. For four weeks, 90 patients attempting to withdraw from methamphetamine use received either electro-acupuncture, ear acupuncture or no treat-ment. Compared with the no-treatment group, those given electro-acupuncture and ear acupuncture treatments showed

significant reductions in anxiety, depression and withdrawal symptoms. Between the two acupuncture treatments, the electro-acupuncture group did better during withdrawals than the auricular group.

Water Fluoridation Gets Another Thumbs-DownAn extensive review of research from the UK’s University

of Kent has concluded that fluoridation of municipal water supplies may be more harmful than helpful, because the reduction in dental cavities from fluoride is due primar-

ily from its topical application instead of ingestion. Published in the Scientific World Journal earlier this year, the review, which covered 92 studies and sci-entific papers, concludes that early research showing a reduction of children’s tooth decay from municipal water fluoridation may have been flawed and hadn’t adequately measured the potential harm from higher fluoride consumption. The researchers note that total fluoride intake from most municipalities can significantly exceed the daily recommended intake of four milligrams per day, and that overconsumption is associated with cognitive impairment, thyroid issues, higher fracture risk, dental fluorosis (mottling of enamel) and enzyme disruption. The researchers also found clear evidence for increased risk of uter-ine and bladder cancers in areas where municipal water was fluoridated.

YOGA PRACTICE PUMPS UP DETOXIFYING ANTIOXIDANTSIndian researchers re-

cruited 64 physically fit males from the Indian Air Force Academy for a three-month study of yoga’s effect on detoxification. For three months, 34 of the volun-teers practiced hatha yoga with pranayama (breath-ing exercises) and meditation. The other 30 volunteers underwent physical training exer-cises. At the end of the study, blood tests found significantly higher levels of antioxidants, including vitamin C and vitamin E, among subjects in the yoga group. These participants also showed lower levels of oxidized glutathione and increased levels of two important antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase and glutathione reductase, all indicat-ing better detoxification. Meanwhile, the exercise-only group showed no changes in these parameters.

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Fracking FlubMethane Dangers May Be Three Times the EstimateResults of a meta-analysis of 20 years worth of scientific studies published in Science magazine conclude that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has underestimated the natural gas industry’s climate impact by 25 to 75 percent by not including methane leakage from fracking, gas drilling operations and pipelines. Methane, the main component of natural gas, is a potent greenhouse gas. National Oceanic and Atmo-spheric Administration researcher Ga-brielle Petron voices concern with the discrepancies because, “Emission estimates, or ‘inventories’, are the primary tool that policy makers and regulators use to evaluate air quality and climate impacts.” For a paper published in the Jour-nal of Geophysical Research: Atmo-spheres, researchers flew aircraft over a heavily fracked region in north-eastern Colorado and concluded that emissions from drilling operations were nearly three times higher than an hourly emission estimate published by the EPA.

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Doable RenewablesEngineers Detail a Clean Energy FutureStanford University researchers, led by civil engineer Mark Jacobson, have developed detailed plans for each U.S. state

to attain 100 percent wind, water and solar power by 2050 using currently available technology. The plan, presented at the

2014 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) conference in Chicago, also forms the basis for the Solutions Project nonprofit. “The great-est barriers to a conversion are neither technical nor economic. They are social and political,” the AAAS paper concludes. The proposal is to eliminate dirty and inefficient fossil fuel combustion as an energy source. All vehicles would be powered by electric batteries or by hydrogen produced by electrolysis, rather than natural gas. High-temperature industrial processes would also use electricity or hydrogen combustion. Transmission lines carrying energy between states or countries will prove one of the greatest challenges. With natural energy sources, electricity needs to be more mobile, so that when there’s no sun or wind, a city or country can import the energy it needs. The biggest problem is which companies should pay to build and maintain the lines.

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Conservation CovenantA Greener Future for National ParksNational parks have an undeniable environmental impact on the very lands they seek to preserve. Yellowstone’s managers have been working on ambitious management goals to elevate it to be a world leader in environmental stewardship and be-come one of the greenest parks in the world by 2016.

The Yellowstone Environmental Stewardship Initiative goals (against a 2003 baseline) are to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent (50 percent by 2025); reduce both electricity and water consumption by 15 percent; reduce fossil fuel consumption by 18 percent; and divert all municipal solid waste from landfills.

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False AlarmExpiration Labels Lead People to Toss Good FoodSeveral countries are asking the European Commission to exempt some products like long-life pro-duce from the mandatory “best before” date labels because they lead to food waste. According to

a discussion paper issued by the Netherlands and Sweden and backed by Austria, Denmark, Germany and Luxem-bourg, many food products are still edible after the labeled date, but consumers throw them away because of safety concerns. The European Union annually discards about 89 million metric tons of edible food. In the U.S., food waste comprises the greatest volume of discards going into land-fills after paper, reports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In 2012, this country generated 36 million tons of food waste, but only 3 percent of this waste stream was diverted from landfills. A 2013 report co-authored by the Natural Resources Defense Council and Harvard Law School’s Food Law and Policy Clinic proposes that producers and retailers take other steps to prevent the discarding of good food.

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Sierra Bender teaches women to embrace the power and true gifts that come with being female.

Through the Sierra Bender Empower-ment Method (SBEM), she encourages woman to stop feeling as though they must emulate men and instead be themselves. Bender’s workshops draw from the SBEM multi-modal approach to health and empowerment. Her programs address a woman’s strength physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually.

Physically - Strong Inside & Out Access the Goddess Warrior within by taking command of your space and claiming your core female power.

Emotionally - Intelligent & Self-Con-fident Release pent-up emotions and bag-gage, lose weight, sweat your stress away and have fun doing it! Build your core inside and out.

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Spirituality - Connected & Sense of Self An empowered woman is one who is comfortable in her own body physi-cally, emotionally, mentally, spiritu-

ally and sexually. The Central Ohio installment of the Goddess to the Core® workshop will be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., October 25 and 26. During the event, attendees will participate in yoga and fitness practices that take a holistic yet medical approach on how to strengthen one’s core from the inside out. Other activities, like board breaking, will allow women to feel the positive psychology of breaking through a belief system that is no lon-ger of service to them. “They are going to walk away feeling refreshed, relieved, re-ener-gized; feeling really strong on the inside yet soft on the outside,” Bender says. “They are going to feel that for the first time in their life that they have been given permission to be all that; to be bold, beautiful and brainy.” Many women hold back for fear of being “too much.” Instead, Bender wants women to embrace all that they are and find what they truly need. Her methods help women take a deeper look at all of their actions - what are they doing and why are they doing it - and eliminate those that no longer serve them well. Women learn to act in a way that takes them closer to their higher selves. When a woman becomes the leader of taking care of herself, ev-erybody benefits. Bender points out how women often put everyone else first, but in reality when a woman is healthy and in tune with her actions, she can better help others. “It’s totally changed their whole

life and it has this ripple effect,” Bend-er says of her clients’ experiences. The experience is backed by re-search. Since 2010, the SBEM has been studied by the American University De-partment of Psychology in Washington, D.C. Results reveal that one weekend of participation in the SBEM signifi-cantly improves a woman’s self-esteem, power, autonomy, community activism, “righteous anger” and mindfulness. Participants saw a:

• 87 percent increase in self-esteem

• 93 percent increase in power

• 70 percent increase in community activism and leadership

• 50 percent increase in levels of optimism and beliefs that they hold control over their future

• 77 percent increase in “righteous anger”

One of Bender’s favorite principles is the increase in “righteous anger,” meaning to be victorious and coura-geous, not victimized and compro-mised. “[Women] have the right to be angry because of the injustice of what has happened to the feminine in our society,” she says, speaking to the statistics of abuse, domestic violence, breast cancer and heart disease facing women. She encourages women to claim their right to be angry versus holding everything internally, and it is a step on the path to each woman figuring out what serves her best. As Bender says, “When a woman be-comes empowered and understands her worth as a woman, those statistics actually drop.”

Registration must be completed by Wednesday, October 8. The first 20 women to register will receive a god-dess gift bag. Cost to attend: $375. Location: 400 N. High St. For more information, or to register, visit SierraBender.com. See ad, page 13.

Susan Post is a freelance writer and editor based in Columbus. She enjoys writing about her city and the people and places that make it special. Con-tact her at [email protected].

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We would like to extend our gratitude to all who participated in the Natural Awakenings “Natural

Empowerment” photo September enter-to-win contest. Congratulations to Jessica Stopp for her winning photo entry that shares how a Natural Awakenings lifestyle empowers her daily life. “Here is my Natural Awakenings lifestyle photo col-lage. I am empowered by relationships, real food, natural medicine and yoga. As a holistic health coach, I empower my community and friends by teaching the importance of self-care, relationships, nature and staying true to our unique spirituality. I would love the chance to learn from Sierra Bender and go deeper into myself while connecting with amazing women. My ex-perience with Sierra will be something I will take with me personally, and professionally into my practice, for a lifetime. Thank you for your consideration!! Love & Light, Jessica Stopp”


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that help patients of all ages address the root of their health problems. She administers her healing touch through acupunc-ture, medical qigong and NAET. Lee’s family is steeped in the practice of acupuncture. Her father was president of the Oriental Medicine Association in Korea. Both of her brothers practice acupuncture as does her daughter, but it was personal experience that led her to the field. Lee was hit by a car while crossing the street and, “I was in great pain,” she says. “When my father suggested that I take oriental medicine, I told him that no, I wanted to take Western medicine because my perception at the time was Western medicine was superior.” After three months, the pain had not subsided, and was actually getting worse. She had gained weight, was depressed and she started to experience memory loss. Becoming concerned, Lee told her father she would try Chinese medicine. The relief was almost instant. After 11 days of taking the medicine, the pain had disappeared, as had much of the weight. “That was a really eye-opening experience,” Lee says, citing it as the time she began to change her mind about Chinese medicine. It was a friend who then introduced Lee to the breath-ing practices of qigong. Experiencing the practice allowed her to feel chi as a physical entity for the first time. “Chi is really something like a material...you can actu-ally work with it,” Lee says. “A lot of my work here at the center involves medical qigong, where I use the chi to treat people.” Lee’s work focuses on retraining the brain away from locked patterns of physical and emotional trauma. She takes a personalized approach to find the best course of action for each patient. “Whatever your body thinks is the most important,”

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Lee says, adding that each person knows their body best. Lee uses acupuncture to treat any kind of pain, encompassing everything from headaches and gout, to emotional pain and anxiety. “Acupuncture regulates your energy, so it adds to where it’s deficient and takes away where it’s too much,” Lee says, and her methods are leading to faster results. Tim Manion had been running for over 25 years, experiencing varying levels of back pain over time. Things had finally gotten so severe he was considering surgery for his herniated discs. Instead, he decided to try acupuncture. “I have to admit I was skeptical at first, but Lani really made me feel comfortable,” Manion said. “Nothing hurt and I could totally feel improvement after the first session. She asked some interesting, some may even say strange, interview questions. That said, she seemed to know a lot about me just by ‘Communicating with my body’s energy,’ as she would say.” Being a physical process, Lee encourages patients to stay on top of their acupuncture treatments. If the frequency is not frequent enough, patients may lessen their progress. Lee also works with the allergy treatment practice of NAE T. “It tests the energy of brain-body function,” Lee says. “Whenever our brain thinks something is dangerous...and bad for us, it sends a command to our body to return all the vital energy to our brain and vital organ systems.” When patients encounter the energy of something they have a hypersensitive reaction to, strength in their extremities is weakened because all their energy is turned inward. Through medical qigong, Lee is able to decrease her patients’ allergic reactions more quickly and efficiently by retraining the brain to not see the allergen as a threat and be more neutral. Heidi Bright knows first-hand just how powerful the treatments can be. Skin-prick tests revealed Bright was al-lergic to seven categories of foods and would partially lose her voice after eating melons. Instead of eliminating the irritating foods from her diet, Bright decided to find a solu-tion. She sought Lee for her first experience with NAET. “After three treatments between December and March, I went back to the allergist for a repeat of the skin prick tests,” Bright said. “The tests showed I only had aller-gic reactions to three food categories. Now I also can eat melons without any throat tingling or swelling.” From young to old (her patients range in age from two months to 94 years) and knee pain to allergies, Lee is be-coming a primary source of care for many of her patients. As they say themselves, experiencing Lee’s acupuncture or medical qigong leaves them with a sense of wellness.

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Today, buzzwords like “sustain-ability” and “green building” dominate discussions on how

to overcome the unhealthful effects of climate change, extreme local weather events and pervasive pollu-tion. Now, a growing body of research indicates an unexpected upside of living greener; it not only makes us healthier, but happier, too. It’s all helping to spread the “green neighborhood” idea across the U.S., from pioneering metropolises like New York, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, to urban centers like Cincinnati, Detroit and Oakland, California.

Rethinking RedevelopmentA sustainable, or “eco”-city, generally runs on clean and renewable energy, reducing pollution and other ecologi-

cal footprints, rather than on fossil fuels. Along with building entire eco-cities, developers also are striving to replace hard-luck industrial pasts and turn problems such as depopulat-ed urban cores into opportunities for fresh approaches. “We are having a major rethink about urban development,” says Rob Bennett, founding CEO of EcoDistricts (EcoDistricts.org), a Portland-based nonprofit skilled in developing proto-cols for establishing modern and sus-tainable city neighborhoods. The group has recently extended help to seven other cities, including Boston, Denver and Los Angeles, applying innova-tions to everything from streetscapes to stormwater infrastructure. “The failures of the old, decay-ing urban and suburban models are evident,” says Bennett. “We’re now

learning how to do it well and create environmentally sustainable, people-centered districts.”

Healthy HousingThe concept of home is undergoing a radical makeover. From villages of “smallest houses” (usually no bigger than 350 square feet), to low-income urban housing complexes, people interested in smaller, more self-suffi-cient homes represent a fast-growing, increasingly influential segment of today’s housing market, according to experts such as Sarah Susanka, author of The Not So Big House. Google reports that Internet searches for information on “tiny houses” has spiked recently. Economic freedom is one factor motivating many to radi-cally downsize, according to Bloom-berg News (Tinyurl.com/TinyHous-eDemand). Cities nationwide have over-hauled their building codes. Cincin-nati, for example, has moved to the forefront of the eco-redevelopment trend with its emphasis on revamp-ing instead of demolishing existing buildings. Private sector leaders are on board as well; a transition to buildings as sustainable ecosystems keeps gain-ing ground through certification pro-grams such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), and the “living building” movement begun by Seattle’s Cascadia Green Building Council has gone interna-tional.

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Upgraded TransportationWith America’s roads increasingly clogged with pollution-spewing ve-hicles, urban planners in most larger U.S. cities are overseeing the expan-sion of subway and light rail systems, revamped street car systems and even ferry and water taxi services in some places. Meanwhile, electric vehicles (EV) got a boost from four New Eng-land states, plus Maryland, New York, Texas and Oregon, which have joined California in building networks of EV charging stations, funding fleets of no- or low-emission government cars and making green options clearer for consumers. If all goes as planned, the nine states estimate that 3.3 million plug-in automobiles could hit the streets by 2025.

Mass transit, biking and walking are often quicker and cheaper ways to get around in densely populated urban centers. Car sharing, bike taxis and online app-centric taxi services are popular with increasingly car-free urban youth. Boston’s Hubway bike-sharing program addresses affordabil-ity with a $5 annual

membership for low-income residents. One common denominator of the new urbanism is an amplifica-tion of what’s considered to be in the public welfare. Through partnerships among public and private sectors and community groups, organizations like EcoDistricts are developing ways to help communities in the aftermath of natural disasters like hurricanes and tornadoes, seasonal flooding and water shortages. Coastal cities, for example, are grappling with ways to safeguard public transit and other vulnerable infrastructure. Designing for better public health is a central tenet of sustainability, as well. Active Design Guidelines for promoting physical activity, which first gained traction in New York City before becoming a national trend, intend to get us moving. Banishing the core bank of elevators from central locations, architects substitute invit-ingly light and airy stairwells. Evolving cityscapes make it easier for commut-ers to walk and bike. Tyson’s Corner, outside of Wash-ington, D.C., has made sidewalk con-

struction integral to the overhaul of its automobile-centric downtown area. Memphis recently added two lanes for bikes and pedestrians along Riverside Drive overlooking the Mississippi River, while Detroit’s HealthPark initiative has many of the city’s public parks serving as sites for farm stands, mobile health clinics and free exercise classes.

Clean EnergyThe ways we make and use energy are currently being re-envisioned on both large and small scales. Solar cooperatives have neighbors banding together to purchase solar panels at wholesale prices. Startup companies using computer algorithms map the solar production potential of virtually every rooftop in the country. However, while solar panels and wind turbines are rapidly becoming part of the new normal, they are only part of the en-ergy revolution just getting started. In the past several years, mi-crogrids have proliferated at hospitals, military bases and universities from Fort Bragg, in North Carolina, to the University of California at San Diego. These electrical systems can operate in tandem with utility companies or as self-sufficient electrical islands that protect against power outages and increase energy efficiency, sometimes even generating revenue by selling unused electricity to the grid. While still costly and complicated to in-stall, “Those barriers are likely to fall as more companies, communities and institutions adopt microgrids,” says Ryan Franks, technical program manager with the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.


Local FoodWhat started with a few farmers’ markets feeding urban foodies has given way to a growing local food movement that’s beginning to also reach into low-income neighborhoods through mobile markets, a kind of farmers’ market on wheels, and an explosion of urban gardens and city farms. Ohio City Farm (OhioCity.org) grows food for in-need residents on six acres overlooking the Cleveland skyline. In Greenville, South Caro-lina, the Judson Community Garden is one of more than 100 gardens in the downtown area, notes Andrew Ratchford, who helped establish it in a neighborhood four miles from the nearest supermarket. Giving residents an alternative to unhealthy convenience store fare is just one of the garden’s benefits, Ratchford says. “We’re seeing neigh-bors reestablish that relationship just by gardening together.”

Waste ReductionWhile cities nationwide have long been working to augment their recycling and find more markets for residents’ castoffs, many are becom-ing more sophisticated in repurposing what was formerly considered trash. Reclaimed wood flooring in new homes and urban compost-sharing services are just two examples charac-terizing the evolution in how we dis-pose of and even think about waste. We may still be far from a world in which waste equals food, as de-scribed by environmental innovators William McDonough and Michael Braungart in their groundbreaking book, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. Nevertheless, projects certified as cradle-to-cradle are cutting manufacturing costs and reducing pollution.

For example, carpet maker Shaw Industries Group, in Dalton, Georgia, reports savings of $2.5 million in water and energy costs since 2012, when it improved energy efficiency and began using more renewable material in its carpet tiles. Shaw is spending $17 million this year to expand its recy-cling program. Stormwater runoff is a pervasive issue facing older cities. Many are now taking a green approach to supple-menting—if not totally supplanting —old-fashioned underground sewage systems. Along with creating new parks and public spaces, current public spac-es are often reconfigured and required to do more. Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Portland, among others, are instituting carefully planned and built green spaces to soak up rainwater and cut down on runoff into sewer drains—taking motor oil and other pollutants with it. Using revamped sidewalk, parking lot and roof designs, plus rain gardens designed to filter rainwater back into the ground, municipalities are even successfully reducing the need for costly underground sewer system overhauls. The proliferation of rooftop gardens in places including Chicago, Brooklyn and Washington, D.C., and new green roof incentives in many cit-ies nationwide further exemplify how what’s considered livable space is expanding. Altogether, eco-cities’ new green infrastructure is saving cities billions of dollars and improving the quality of life for residents by add-ing and enhancing public parklands and open spaces, a happy benefit for everyone.

Christine MacDonald is a freelance journalist in Washington, D.C., whose specialties include health and science. Visit ChristineMacDonald.info.

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Since the tiny Himalayan country of Bhutan first came up with the idea of ditching standard measures of prosper-ity for a more inclusive Gross National Happiness (GNH) about a decade ago (GrossNationalHappiness.com), it has spread around the world. After gaining a U.S. foothold in Seattle, dozens of American cities and institutions have adopted the central tenets—the idea that the time has come to rethink our concept of well-being. Today, the nonprofit Happiness Alliance (HappyCounts.org) supports grassroots activists that are challenging the idea that economic activity always leads to happiness and is pioneering new ways to think about and measure life satisfaction, resilience and sustainability. GNH proponents from around the coun-try came together in Vermont last May for their fifth North American conference. Alliance Executive Director Laura Musikanski says that more than 50,000 people and 100 municipalities, college campuses and businesses have been using the GNH Index, developed to more ac-curately gauge a community’s happiness, and the group expects to see even more growth as its expanding website tools al-low more people to connect online. “Economic success in terms of money only correlates with happiness up to a certain point,” she remarks. “After you meet your basic needs, the biggest things determining your hap-piness are community and feeling that you can trust the people around you and the democratic process.” While faith may be in short sup-ply when it comes to community and politics today, Musikanski thinks there’s cause for optimism, because happiness is a core value in this country. “We believe in the Declaration of Independence and ‘life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.’ These are truly American values.”


Homeport’s mission is to create and preserve healthy, stable and affordable communities

throughout Central Ohio. Homeport not only builds the sustainable hous-ing to make this mission a reality, but provides the educational resources to build thriving communities as well. “We are an education provider - we are truly committed to holistic health and wellness for people,” says Leah Evans, Director of Homeport Home Ownership. Homeport has single-family rental homes with lease-to-purchase options, as well as traditional multi-unit apartment homes. The affordable single-family homes that Homeport develops for sale, however, are a key component in its mission to create healthy communities that follow sus-tainable, green principles. Homeport sells primarily to first-time homebuyers at a mix of income levels. Their housing development is concentrated in the King-Lincoln Dis-trict just east of downtown Columbus, with additional single-family devel-opment throughout Central Ohio. Homeport Sales Manager Angela Printup says it is an area that is draw-ing attention from a variety of buyers, including young professional busi-nesspeople, families, married couples and singles. When a buyer purchases a prop-erty with the help of the organiza-tion, they know they are investing in an energy-efficient, environmentally conscious home. “We build with AWARE standards in mind,” said Printup. The standards were developed through a partnership between Franklin County and the City of Columbus as the performance stan-dard for the construction and renova-tion of federally-funded residential projects. AWARE means:

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Homeport has incorporated numerous features into their homes that create a community of sustainable housing. From the ground up, poured concrete basements provide better insulation. The whole structure of the house is created to be air-tight, with good circulation. Inside air stays in and outside air stays out. “In all of our homes we have ceil-ing fans throughout...to help with the air quality,” Printup said. Homeport uses energy efficient systems, including 96 percent effi-cient furnaces to heat the homes, and energy-rated appliances like ranges, microwaves, dishwashers and refriger-ators. To finish the houses, Homeport chooses low-VOC (volatile organic compound) emitting paints and carpets to help improve the home’s indoor air quality. “We use water systems that conserve water flow,” said Homeport Project Manager Emily Moser. Hot water on demand systems provide a

plentiful, continuous flow of hot water while also conserving water overall. “These are all the features that we put into any house that we build,” Moser says. In 2013, Homeport received a grant from the City of Columbus to build homes with additional green features, including; solar panels, rain barrels, dual-flush toilets and tank-less water heaters. The organization is completing the sale on the last of these 10 custom homes that they estimate will cost residents less than $1,000 per year in utilities. Homeport is committed to being a green organization. “We really feel like it’s the re-sponsible thing to do as the developer, and it really contributes to the long-term success of our homebuyers,” Moser said. Homeport is also contributing to the success of their homebuyers by providing free educational resources about the entire process. The learning and engagement department provides direct one-on-one counseling, home-buyer education, home maintenance classes and foreclosure prevention information. Buyers can make smart, informed decisions on everything from purchasing to maintaining their home with the help of the organization. Homeport is building something unparalleled in the King-Lincoln Dis-trict. “I think this type of energy-effi-cient housing development is unique, particularly in urban revitalization,” Evans said. “As an industry, the build-ing community is recognizing the value of this type of development,” Printup said, but finds their environ-mentally friendly standards typically are reserved for suburban develop-ments. But Homeport employees are staying vocal about their mission and how their projects are a model of suc-cessful green homebuilding.

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Chiropractic manipulation of the spine has long been a remedy for structural malfunctions such

as aching backs and recurring head-aches. Today, chiropractors are also treating neck pain from stress, plus tight shoulders and numb fingers from long hours of computer use. An increasing number of them are now incorporating acupuncture into their arsenal against disorders once treated by chiropractic alone, with great success. “What if you had a nail in your foot? You can do anything to try to heal it, but until you pull the nail out of your foot, you’ll still have a recur-ring problem,” explains Dr. James Campbell, owner of Campbell Chi-ropractic Center, in East Brunswick, New Jersey, a certified diplomate and incoming president of the American Board of Chiropractic Acupuncture (ABCA). “Like removing the nail, chiropractic removes the mechani-cal problem and opens the way for acupuncture to stimulate healing,” Similarly, a chiropractic adjust-ment removes obstructions and opens acupuncture meridians to facilitate quick healing, “sometimes even im-mediately,” says Campbell. “Instead of having the needles in for 20 to 30 minutes, I can actually use a microcur-rent device to access the meridians in

the ears or on the hands and get the same results in five to 10 seconds.” He notes that relief can be both fast and permanent because the healing energy currents are able to circulate freely throughout the body.

Growing MovementCombining the two modalities has been practiced for more than 40 years, although awareness of the en-hanced effectiveness of doing so has been primarily realized in the eastern half of the U.S. The dual therapy is the brainchild of the late Dr. Richard Yennie, who initially became a Kansas City chiropractor after acupuncture healed a back injury shortly after World War II. An acupuncturist smug-gled prohibited needles into Yennie’s Japanese hospital room in the sleeve of his kimono for treatments that ended with Yennie’s hospital discharge marked, “GOK,” meaning in the doc-tor’s opinion, “God only knows” how the intense back pain was healed. While Yennie went on to teach judo and establish five judo-karate schools, his greatest achievement was bringing the two sciences together in the U.S. He founded both the Acu-puncture Society of America and the ABCA, affiliated with the American Chiropractic Association. Certification

as a diplomate requires 2,300 hours of training in the combined modalities.

Proven PracticeDoctor of Chiropractic Michael Kleker, of Aspen Wellness Center, in Fort Col-lins, Colorado, is also a state-licensed acupuncturist. “I can tailor treatments to whatever the individual needs,” he says. For patients experiencing pain after spinal fusion surgery, with no possibility of any movement in their spine, Kleker finds that acupuncture helps manage the pain. “We can com-monly get the person out of the chronic pain loop,” he says. He also finds the combination helpful in treating chronic migraines, tennis elbow and other chronic pain conditions. “When I start-ed my practice in 1981, few chiroprac-tors knew anything about acupuncture, let alone used it. Now there are more and more of us,” observes Kleker. Both Kleker and Campbell are see-ing increasing numbers of patients with problems related to high use of tech-nology, facilitating greater challenges for chiropractors and new ways that adding acupuncture can be valuable. Notebook computers and iPads have both upsides and downsides, Campbell remarks. Users can find re-lief from repetitive motion injuries like carpal tunnel syndrome by utilizing portable devices. However, he is treat-ing more patients for vertigo due to looking down at screens or neck pain from lying in bed looking up while using the devices. “Blackberry thumb”, which refers to pain caused by texting, responds especially well to a combination of chiropractic manipulation of the thumb to free up the joint and mi-crocurrent or acupuncture needles to enhance energy flow in the area,” advises Campbell. Prevention is the best cure for these problems, says Kleker. He rou-tinely informs patients about proper ergonomic positions for using tradition-al computers and mobile devices. He also suggests exercises to minimize or eliminate the structural challenges that accompany actively leveraging today’s technological world. In addition to chiropractors that are increasingly adding acupuncture to their own credentials, an increasing


number of chiropractors have added acupuncturists to their practices. Therapy combining chiropractic and acupuncture has yet to be widely researched, but one study published in the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine in 2012 reports the results of two acu-puncture treatments followed by three chiropractic/acupuncture treatments for a women suffering from long-term migraine headaches. The migraines dis-appeared and had not returned a year later. Other studies show the combina-tion therapy offers significant improve-ments in neck pain and tennis elbow. Campbell relates a story of the power of chiropractic combined with acupuncture, when his young son that was able to walk only with great diffi-culty received a two-minute treatment from Yennie. Afterward, “My son got up and ran down the hall,” he recalls.

Locate a certified practitioner at Ameri-canBoardOfChiropracticAcupuncture.org/about-us/find-a-diplomate.

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Integrative healthcare services and education, such as chiropractic care, are not often found in tradi-

tional medical centers. Chiropractic treatment can be a safe and effective treatment for reducing spine and mus-culoskeletal pain. It can reduce the use of medication and, with rehabili-tative exercises, prevent patients from becoming deconditioned and help return them to an active lifestyle. A 2002 paper, published in the American Journal of Public Health, concluded: “Chiropractic patients were found to be more satisfied with their care providers after four weeks of treatment than were medical patients. Results from observational studies sug-gested that back pain patients are more satisfied with chiropractic care than with medical care. Additionally, studies conclude that patients are more satisfied with chiropractic care than they were with physical therapy after six weeks.” During an initial visit with a chi-ropractic physician, a thorough history and exam is performed. The patient is then classified into one of three categories: serious disease, back pain associated with nerve compression, and “nonspecific low back pain”. If a serious disease is suspected, the patient is referred for appropriate diagnostic testing with an appropriate special-ist. In the instance of the other two categories, the chiropractor should first reassure the patient as to the absence of severe disease. The chiropractor can then encourage the patient to resume normal activities after modification, if needed to reduce strain. Treatment usually consists of ma-nipulation with one or more modali-ties such as rehabilitative exercises, myofascial techniques, ultrasound or muscle stimulation. A typical initial therapeutic trial of chiropractic care may consist of up to six visits over

a two-to-four week period, with the goal of decreasing pain and restoring function. The patient’s progress can be monitored using outcome tools such as a visual analog pain scale and/or outcomes questionnaires. If the patient does not improve, he or she is re-evaluated to determine if there is a need for medication, imaging, identi-fying psychosocial factors or referral to a subspecialist. A report released in 2001 by researchers at the Duke University Evi-dence-Based Practice Center in Dur-ham, NC, reported, “Cervical spine manipulation was associated with significant improvement in headache outcomes in trials involving patients with neck pain and/or neck dysfunc-tion and headache.” Patients also had significantly fewer side effects and longer-lasting relief of tension-type headaches than when using a com-monly prescribed medication. Chiropractors often work as part of a team with other health care professionals. At The Ohio State University Integrative Medicine Clinic, for example, chiropractors work alongside medical doctors, acupunc-turists, massage therapists, dietitians and behavioral therapists to provide evidence-based, patient-centered care for the whole person—mind, body and spirit—to treat and prevent dis-ease and encourage patients to create a condition of optimal health.

John Grandominico, DC, DACRB (Diplomat American Chiropractic Rehabilitation Board) is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the OSU Integra-tive Medicine Clinic. For more infor-mation about integrative health at The Ohio State University, visit Medical Center.OSU.edu/go/Integrative.

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We draw an astounding 22,000 breaths daily, but because breathing is invol-

untary, we often take it for granted. Transforming breathing into a con-scious activity can provide amazing energy, awareness and control, and dramatically improve our mental, physical and creative performances, according to Al Lee, co-author of Perfect Breathing: Transform Your Life One Breath at a Time. That’s 22,000 opportunities to choose health and wisdom every single day.

Our Daily BreathsSix Ways to Inhale Energy and Exhale Stress

by Lane Vail

Everyday EaseLee paints a picture of perfect breath-ing: “Watch a baby breathe; it looks like there’s a balloon in the stomach that inflates and falls back down. This is belly breathing—pleasant, enjoyable and natural.” During inhalation, the diaphragm pulls down under the lungs, allowing them to expand with air and displace space in the abdomen. However, “Breathing can fall vic-tim to the same movement dysfunction as any other skill, like running or walk-ing,” says Nick Winkelman, director of

movement and education at EXOS, an elite athletic training facility in Phoenix, Arizona. He points to “shoulder breath-ing”, characterized by a lifting of the shoulders with each shallow sip of air, as a common dysfunction perpetuated by too much sitting. “Hunching over the laptop or sit-ting in the car binds up the abdomi-nal region and reduces the possibility of expansion there, so the breath moves higher into the chest cavity,” Lee explains. Replacing shoulder breath-ing with belly breathing “creates a cascade of positive effects,” says Lee, including lowering blood pressure and boosting the immune system. Deep breathing also clarifies the mind and is used in nearly every spiritual tradition to achieve deeper states of prayer, med-itation and contemplation, he notes. Try these six healing techniques.

Six-Second BreathLee’s six-second breath is a simple prescription for stress that can be used anytime, anywhere. Relax the abdominal muscles and inhale for three seconds, breathing through the nose to “disinfect, filter, condi-tion and moisturize the air before it reaches the lungs,” says Lee. Visual-ize the breath filling the body like a bell, with the flared bottom expand-ing completely around the waist-line. Pause momentarily and exhale through the nose or mouth for three seconds, gently contracting the abdo-men to help expel the air. Practice this whenever needed to ease stress or for five minutes daily to establish a slower, deeper breathing pattern.

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genation slower, but also increases vulnerability to injury. For rhythmic sports like running, cycling and swimming, Winkelman recommends relaxing into the syn-chronization of breath and movement. “Tension restricts muscles’ ability to shorten or lengthen, but relaxation allows them to naturally release stored energy. Correct breathing is one of the most important mechanisms by which athletes can unlock tension and relax.” For sports that require striking a ball or exerting a kick or punch, like tennis, soccer, martial arts and golf, the athlete inhales during the wind-up and momentarily holds the breath as the wind-up peaks. “The exhalation happens during the transition and upon impact, the breath is held again, muscles are tensed up and force is delivered,” says Winkelman. “Breathe in, hold, release, hold.”

An Athlete’s Advantageby Lane Vail

Ocean BreathThe yoga breath ujjayi, or ocean-sounding breath, is achieved by slightly constricting the throat mus-cles and gently lifting the glottis, so that a soothing hiss is produced when the breath is drawn in through the nose. Dr. Richard Brown, an integra-tive psychiatrist, associate professor at New York’s Columbia University and co-author of The Healing Power of the Breath, explains the benefits. “Ujjayi creates resistance to air flow, triggering receptors deep within the lungs’ alveoli, which allows more oxygen to be delivered to the cells. It also stimulates the vagus nerve input to the brain, which promotes calm-ness and clear thinking.”

Target BreathingA recent study from the journal Pain Medicine found that deep, slow breathing, combined with relaxation, effectively diminishes pain. “The nervous system represents a physical or emotional trauma in an unregulated pattern of signals,” says Brown. “But the mind and breath can wash away and rewire that pattern.” Practice target breathing, a technique derived from qi-gong, by inhaling deeply into the belly and visualizing the breath as a ball of energy which upon exhaling can flow to the place in the body needing heal-ing, advises Lee.

Bellows BreathBrown has co-authored a review in the Journal of Alternative and Com-plementary Medicine describing the neurophysiological basis and clinical benefits of yogic breathing on depres-sion and post-traumatic stress. Bhastri-ka, or bellows breath, is a mood-lifting technique wherein one inhales vigor-ously through the nose while rais-ing the arms above the head, fingers extended, and then forcibly exhales through the nose while pulling the elbows down alongside the ribs with fingers closing gently. Avoid overdoing it, instructs Brown; three rounds of 15 to 20 breaths are sufficient for healthy individuals.

4-2-10 Breathing Anxiety attacks often generate feel-ings of breathlessness, and fixat-

ing on each inadequate inhalation reinforces panic. Winkelman recom-mends 4-2-10 breathing, a technique that emphasizes elongating exhala-tions. Inhale through the nose for four seconds, hold for two, and then slowly release the breath for up to 10 seconds. Lee explains that after several breaths, the brain will start to shift from reactive emotional thinking

to rational problem solving. “Concentrating on the breath makes it hard to think about the future or rummage around in the past,” says Lee. “It keeps you in the moment, in-timately in touch with the mind, body and emotions.”

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host of Living on Earth, the weekly environmental news program broadcast since 1990, first dis-tributed by National Public Radio and more recently by Public Radio Interna-tional, Steve Curwood keeps millions of people informed on leading environmental topics. Broadcast on more than 250 public radio stations nationwide, the program has garnered a host of accolades, including three from the

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Society of Environ-mental Journalists and two Radio and Televi-sion News Directors Association Edward R. Murrow awards. In-depth interviews and onsite tapings bring subjects to life for listeners. Movers and shak-ers, innovators and grassroots organiz-ers explain complex issues in understand-able terms. Up-dates of previously aired segments some-time point to what has changed since

a piece first aired. Here, Curwood reflects on his own key learnings.

What do you believe is the most important environmen-tal challenge we currently face?Hands down, global warming and the associated disruption of Earth’s operating systems is the biggest risk that we run right now. If we continue to get this wrong—and right now we’re not getting it right—it’s going to destroy the ability of our civilization to proceed as it has been. Everything else operates within the envelope of the environment. There’s no food, economy, family or anything else good if we don’t have a habitable planet.

As Living on Earth approach-es its silver anniversary, what stands out to you as having changed the most over the years? One thing that is new and important is an understanding of the power of coal to disrupt the climate. Mas-sachusetts Institute of Technology research shows that using natural gas energy has about three-quarters of the impact of coal over its lifetime, and work at other universities and govern-ment agencies supports that finding. Another way to put this is that coal shoots at the environment with four bullets while natural gas does it with three. It also raises serious questions about whether we should be making


massive infrastructure changes to use natural gas when we already have that infrastructure for coal, and why we shouldn’t instead be moving to clean and renewable energy sources that don’t destroy the climate system.

Can you cite the single highest-impact segment enabling NPR to tangibly help forward changes benefiting the environment?I believe that in 1992 we were the first national news organization to do environmental profiles of presidential candidates, prompting follow-up by ABC News, The Wall Street Journal and others. That signaled the greatest impact—that other news organiza-tions felt it was important. A number of media picked up on the idea and started doing those kinds of pro-files... not always, not everywhere, but frequently. Presidential candi-dates can now expect to be asked questions about their positions on the environment.

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back and interaction influence your selection of topics? When we launched the program, sur-veys showed that only 14 percent of the public cared about the question of global warming, which means 86 per-cent didn’t care, but we thought the story was important and stuck with it. People do care about their health, so we pay a lot of attention to environ-mental health stories, particularly eco-systems that support healthy living, from clean water to the vital roles of forests to the toxic risks we run from certain manmade chemicals. That’s re-ally important to people, and listeners are quite vocal on such subjects. There’s a phrase, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” If we just relied on listeners to tell us what we should tell them, we wouldn’t be educating them. On the other hand, it’s equally important to cover what listeners are curious about, because they can also educate us. It’s a two-way street.

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questions to Dr. Andrew Weil, world-renowned author, founder and direc-tor of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and clinical professor of internal medicine at the University of Arizona, on the eve of the sixth bienni-al Symposium of Integrative Medicine Professionals, to be held October 13 to 15 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He will be the keynote speaker.

Dr. Andrew Weil on America’s Evolution

toward Integrative Medicineby Andrea Schensky Williams

You frequently speak to the topic of integrative health and happiness. How does your book, Spontaneous Happiness, reflect that?For a long time, I’ve wanted to see an integrative movement start in psychol-ogy and psychiatry. It’s another field that has become dependent on drugs and is not functioning all that well to help people. There are so many more things that people need to know about maintaining emotional wellness, I think the wisdom of taking an integra-tive approach here is obvious.

Your presentation will take place soon after the recent passing of actor and comedi-an Robin Williams, which may bring about a more informed awareness of mental health. Why do you think there is such an increase in the incidence of depression? There are many reasons for it, includ-ing changes in diet and a breakdown in communities that has greatly increased social isolation and disconnection from nature. Another factor is the rise in information technology, all the new media. Plus, pharmaceutical companies have been highly successful in con-vincing people that ordinary states of sadness are matters of unbalanced brain chemistry that need to be treated with medication.

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With diet being such a major component in affecting our emotional state of mind, what role does an anti-inflammato-ry diet play?There is a new body of research link-ing inflammation with depression that I find fascinating. The fact that the mainstream diet promotes inflam-mation is why I believe there may be a dietary correlation with the rise of depression in our population.

If someone suffers from depression, would you say the steps recommended in Spontaneous Happiness are a proactive approach or an addition to management through medication?I share information about how to wean off of medication. I’d say the book is primary; for people with mild-to-moderate depression, I would follow the information there first. For people with severe depression, it may be necessary to give antidepressant drugs, but I think that they should be used for a limited period, a maximum of one year. You should then be working to find other ways to manage the depres-sion. There is specific information about what to do if you are on medica-tion and how to wean off of it carefully and start these other methods.

Do you feel that the increase in diabetes in the U.S., particularly its onset in early childhood, is another major problem? Yes, it’s a big concern. I think this is mostly due to the way we’ve changed the food we eat; diet is a hugely in-fluencing factor, especially the greatly increased consumption of sugar, sweet-ened beverages and products made with flour and refined carbohydrates.

How can integrative medicine lower Americans’ healthcare costs?Integrative medicine can help reduce costs in two ways. First, by shifting the focus of health care onto health promotion and prevention, rather than disease management. Most of the

diseases we are trying to manage to-day are lifestyle related. This is where integrative medicine shines. Second, by bringing into the mainstream treatments that are not dependent on expensive technology, and I include pharmaceutical drugs in this category. I think we’re going to be forced to change our dysfunctional approach by economic necessity, because the current healthcare system is not sustainable. Integrative medicine is in a perfect posi-tion to do that because of its empha-sis on lifestyle medicine. Integrative medicine is also teaching healthcare practitioners to use inexpensive, low-tech methods of managing common diseases. Both economic drivers will help reshape mainstream medicine.

What influence can the public have in supporting such a shift?Our dysfunctional healthcare system is generating rivers of money flowing into very few pockets. Those are the pockets of big pharmaceutical compa-nies, medical devices manufacturers and big insurers; interests that control legislators. So, I don’t think any real change is going to come from the government. The only real change will come from a grassroots movement to change the politics of all of this. Demand that insurers cover the treatments you want. Seek out integra-tive practitioners. Tell health practitio-ners you work with that integrative ed-ucation is available and urge them to get up to speed in those areas. Raise your own awareness of the extent that the powerful lobbies now influence the system and why we need to see a sweeping political change.

You offer several programs through the University of Arizona such as a four-year degree, a two-year fellow-ship for medical doctors and programs for nurse practi-tioners and physician assis-tants. What are the benefits of adding integrative medi-cine to one’s practice?I think it’s what patients want and it makes the practice of medicine much

more enjoyable. Many practitioners realize that they don’t have the knowl-edge their patients want; for instance, informed counsel about diet or uses of alternative medicine. This is a way they can gain knowledge they didn’t get in their conventional medical training. We’ve graduated more than 1,000 physicians over 10 years, sup-porting a robust and growing commu-nity of like-minded practitioners that stay in touch and support each other. We’re eventually hoping that we can get integrative training into all residencies. Whether you go to a dermatologist, pediatrician, gastroen-terologist or psychiatrist, that doctor will have had basic training in nutri-tion, mind/body interactions, herbal medicine and all the rest that is now left out. We’ve also begun a program in lifestyle medicine that’s open to all kinds of practitioners, from registered dietitians to psychologists.

What reforms would you like to see in the current U.S. healthcare system? We need to change priorities for reimbursement that favor integrative medicine. At the moment, we happily pay for drugs and tests. We don’t pay for a doctor to sit with and counsel a person about diet or teach them breathing exercises. I would like to see a new kind of institution come into being that I call a healing center, where people could go for lifestyle education and management of com-mon illnesses—somewhere between a spa and a clinic. Stays in these would be reimbursed by insurance, similar to how it’s done in Europe. Beyond that, I think it’s unconscionable that the richest nation on Earth can’t provide basic coverage to all of its citizens.

Dr. Andrew Weil will be spearhead-ing the 12th annual Nutrition & Health Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, on May 4 through 6, 2015. Learn more about integrative medi-cine at IntegrativeMedicine.Arizona.edu and DrWeil.com.

Andrea Schensky Williams is the publisher of Natural Awakenings of Northern New Mexico.


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Energy EngineHumankind has sought for centu-ries to harness the sun because the cumulative energy of 15 minutes of its rays shining on Earth could power the world for a year. Following the invention of the solar collector in 1767, a slow, yet steady evolution of other breakthroughs in the quest have

Energy’s Sunny Future

New Technology Enables Solar Power to Go Global

by Linda Sechrist

“I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power!

I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”

~ Thomas Alva Edison in 1931

included the photovoltaic (PV) effect, observed in 1839, invention of the first solar cell in 1954 and a solar-powered communications satellite in 1958. Solar summits in 1973 and 1977 led to the inception of the Solar Energy Research Institute (now the National Renewable Energy Labora-tory), part of the U.S. Department of

Energy (DOE) Organization Act signed by then-President Jimmy Carter. Making the most of the “alchemy of sunlight” that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Daniel Yergin writes about in The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World, has required a global village of inventors, visionaries, scientists and engineers. Pioneering companies have produced technological advancements and reduced manufacturing costs that expand the sun’s services to the world. Today, thanks to solar power, many of the remotest villages in developing countries have electricity. “Without solar photovoltaics on satellites and those powering the uplink transmitters, downlink receiv-ers and associated equipment on the ground, the isolated residents of de-veloping countries can’t join the mod-ern world,” explains Neville Williams, author of the recently released book, Sun Power: How the Energy from the Sun is Changing Lives Around the World, Empowering America, and Saving the Planet. As founder of the guerilla non-profit Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF.org), Williams led the charge for electrifying households in 12 devel-oping countries for 17 years, begin-ning in 1990, using solar panels and systems funded by grants. “While we were cost-effective and decisive, the results were due to the honest, hardworking and dedicated people


Economics, rather than techno-logical concerns, are now driving the adoption of clean, safe, solar

electricity to preserve the environ-ment. During this transition to a new energy paradigm, we can choose to embrace the solar imperative now, rather than later, and prepare for a post-carbon lifestyle without sacrific-ing our present quality of life. Many hurdles have been over-come in the shift away from fossil fuels during the past two decades. Challenges still exist, but the hope is that we are on our way toward a brighter future with solar electricity made universally available.

n The cost of solar photovoltaics has dropped 75 percent in the past four years, thanks to China.

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expensive energy source in many markets, overcoming for the first time the economic argument that it’s too expensive.

n Innovative partnerships like that formed by green energy provider Viridian with large, full-service solar provider SolarCity lease solar panels to homeowners and businesses that significantly reduce upfront costs. In-stallation costs, which once averaged more than $20,000, can now amount to just hundreds of dollars.

n Solar is disrupting the century-old central power generation model, and the challenge is to get the utility in-dustry to change and adopt distributed solar. Utility companies that previ-ously ignored solar energy now fear it might threaten their bottom line if they don’t get with the program.

n While the next big obstacle is en-ergy storage, which allows the use of sun power at night, well-financed new “smart grid” technologies are rapidly emerging.

n The impending showdown will be between corporate power and people power, comprised of homeowners and businesses producing their own elec-tricity. The politics of energy is central to our national future. The question is, Can we change?

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we found there,” he advises. Williams initiated his pioneer-ing advocacy of solar energy as a media specialist with the DOE during the Carter administration and served as the national media director for Greenpeace, in Washington, D.C. In 1997, he co-founded the solar instal-lation company SELCO-India, which has supplied solar home systems to more than 150,000 families in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam and South Africa. In 2005, he founded the solar solutions supplier Standard Solar Inc., of Rockville, Maryland.

Economic EngineThe U.S. currently has an operating capacity of 13,000-plus megawatts of cumulative solar electricity—enough to power more than 2.2 million aver-age American homes. As the industry grows, so does its impact. The Solar Foundation’s Solar Job Census 2013 reported nearly 143,000 solar workers in the U.S.—a 20 percent increase over 2012—at 6,100 businesses in 7,800

locations encompassing every state. According to Yergin and Wil-liams, the increasing value of nation-wide solar installations has “electri-fied” the U.S. economy. In 2013, do-mestic solar electric installations were valued at $13.7 billion, compared to $11.5 billion in 2012 and $8.6 billion in 2011. The top 10 states for annual additions of photovoltaic capacity in residential and commercial applica-tions are California, Arizona, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nevada, Mas-sachusetts, Hawaii, Colorado, New York and New Mexico. Currently, there are more than 550 major solar projects underway nation-ally. Under the Obama administration, 16 of these have been permitted on federal lands and will provide 6,058 megawatts of generating capacity. The two experts expect solar energy to be a major catalyst of global political and economic change. Wil-liams contends that now is the time to fully access this cheapest form of unlimited energy.

“If millions of poor families in developing countries can get their electricity from the sun, why can’t Americans do the same?” he queries. In a 2002 National Public Radio Planet Money podcast, Yergin, presi-dent of Cambridge Energy Research Associates, in Massachusetts, ad-dressed the concerns of everyone that sees the common sense of relying on solar energy. “Technology will be central to solutions for our energy challenges,” he says. “What needs to be done is very, very large, as are the risks and challenges. What we have going for us is the greatest resource of all—human creativity—and for the first time in history, we are going to see it employed on a global scale.”

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Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Visit ItsAl-lAboutWe.com for Neville Williams’ recorded interview.


Neat Costumes Hooray! Princesses and superheroes are more popular than witches and devils these days. With encouragement from parents, kids can enjoy a greener Hal-loween with tiaras, wands and capes made from recycled cardboard and hobby shop items. Thrift stores offer up hats and jewelry for added bling. The Internet overflows with inspiration. Also, many public libraries host costume swaps this month; find other swap loca-tions at Tinyurl.com/CostumeSwaps.

Colorful Disguises Consider inexpensive temporary hair coloring instead of wigs. Mix three packets of sugar-free drink mix or one box of sugar-free gelatin dessert mix (because sugar makes hair sticky), a few drops of both water and a condi-tioner into a paste. Apply cocoa butter at the hairline to prevent color from running down the face. Use a paint-brush to apply it to the hair, topped by a shower cap for a steeping period of as long as youthful patience allows

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before shampooing. Homemade face paint is a fun and healthy alternative to sweaty masks. (Commercial face paint can contain lead and other undesirables.) A moisturizer with sunscreen, un-scented lotion or cocoa butter acts as the base. “UVA/UVB rays are present year-round,” says Dermatologist Mi-chael Taylor, in Portland, Maine. “Use zinc- or titanium-based products, free from fragrance, para-aminobenzoic acid, parabens, bisphenol A, phthal-ates and other harmful ingredients.” Natural food coloring, spices or other pantry items provide colorants. Turmeric makes a bright yellow; rasp-berry, blackberry or beet juice yields pink or red; mashed avocado and spi-rulina show up green; blueberry juice is naturally purple; and cocoa powder makes a great brown, according to Greenne.com.

Age-Perfect PartiesFor the youngest treaters, hold an afternoon party with games and an

Slipping masks, sagging costumes and sugar hits can all contribute to

cranky kids at Halloween. Healthier, greener and safer options will

up the ongoing fun factor.

outdoor wildlife/leaf hunt. “Plan a scavenger hunt or arrange stuffed toys to be knocked over with balls,” suggests Pamela Layton McMurtry, author of A Harvest and Halloween Handbook, and mother of seven in Kaysville, Utah. “Older kids will love a block party. Solar twinkle lights can mark the perimeters. Plan for a pot-luck and emphasize healthy choices. Games with prizes like wooden toys, juices, raisins or gluten-free crispy rice cakes take the focus off of candy. Tweens like progressive parties: appe-tizers at one house, dessert at another and music or scary movies at a third.” “Disguise healthy snacks as scary, gross foods,” suggests Rosie Pope, a parenting style leader and former real-ity TV personality in Ridgewood, New Jersey. “Homemade grape or orange juice popsicles with a small gummy worm inside are popular.” Pope likes to decorate cucumber and apple slices with raisins, dried cranberries, blueberries and pretzels adhered with organic peanut but-ter to mimic crawly creatures. Black spaghetti colored with squid ink can simulate boiled witch’s hair. Spinach linguini masquerades as swamp grass. Look for gluten-free varieties. Prepare peeled grapes for green eyeballs. “Cover party tables with a patch-work of fabric remnants,” advises Mc-Murtry. She also suggests a DIY taco area or cat-and-scarecrow-shaped piz-zas. Use sliced olive or cherry tomato eyes, shredded cheese hair and a red pepper smile. Prepare a cheesy fondue with whole-grain bread. Individually wrapped popcorn balls studded with bits of fruit can be great take-home desserts for guests.

Harvest Décor In addition to the usual farmers’ mar-ket gourds, Indian corn and pump-kins, “Oranges, tangerines and apples covered with cloth and tied with orange or black yarn or ribbon hung as miniature ghosts in the kitchen and doorways add a spooky touch,” adds Pope. “After the holiday, the fruit returns to the table as a snack.” Pope’s children also like to draw Halloween murals on windows using water-based markers.


More Eco-Treat Tips

4 Keep kids’ hair dry after applying temporary coloring to keep ingredi-ents from running.

4 Mix cornstarch and beet juice to make “blood”.

4 Post a door notice that this family is giving out healthy snacks. Search out organic, fair trade, GMO-, glu-ten-, nut- and sugar-free treats in re-cyclable packaging (or no packaging at all). Avoid artificial preservatives and high-fructose corn syrup.

4 After gutting the pumpkin, roast the seeds for a snack and purée the pump-kin to add fiber and flavor to recipes.

4 Post-Halloween, compost the jack-o’-lanterns and gourds and add any corn stalks to foliage recycling.

Find more tips at Tinyurl.com/ Eco-Halloween.

Contributing sources: Green Halloween.org, SafeCosmetics.org

Traditional tricks and treats are easily improved upon with mindful shopping and imagination. The calorie counts are lower, environmental im-pacts are lighter and the feel-good fun factor soars.

Avery Mack is a freelance writer in St. Louis, MO. Connect via [email protected].

Starting today, we can experience life as a naturally unfolding expres-sion of our vision and realize the

contribution we are here to make. Living a truly good and purposeful life becomes as natural as breathing as we shift into a new paradigm based on the four tools of connect, listen, trust and act. In most people’s current para-digm, the limited and limiting human mind will shape and drive our day-to-day actions whenever we allow it to. When we buy into it, it becomes our automatic truth, organizing our energy around fears for survival. Everything changes when we stop focusing primarily on what we need to do in order to function and survive. Instead, by realizing that our essence is energy, we gain powerful access to our ability to separate the human mind’s chatter from our higher consciousness, shifting us into a new relationship with who we are. That’s where we can now go for the answers that are unique to us and aligned with our true journey and purpose. Connect. The initiating step of see-ing our real self as an eternal energetic force of higher consciousness acti-vates our alignment with the universal vibrational force of all creation. This energy frequency becomes real and available to us. Listen. By learning to distinguish between the mind’s busyness and intu-ited messages of our true self, we come to more consistently align our actions with our highest being. As a result, we naturally walk a path of honoring both our highest self and others. Trust. The inner guidance we discern often defies logic, but we begin to trust that it knows best. The beauty is that because everything is in relation-ship with everything else, when one piece of our life changes or moves

forward it shifts the entire energy and relationship with everything else, allowing for a new relationship and a new result. Such trust goes deep, activating our inner knowing of who we are; not from the basis of a thought or concept, but as our new reality. We are listening to and heeding our most authentic self. Act. Be aware that when we honor our higher self, transcending the human mind’s control, the ego will fight for its survival. It may argue for doing something else, not doing it fully or create circumstances that make it tough to act from an authentic place. Now we can release such mind suggestions and choose what supports our true journey. We are here to experience our own magnificence as we walk our journey on Earth. In acting, we are saying, “I am not my mind; I am a wellspring of divine truth.” We are claiming our eternal identity.

Indira Dyal-Dominguez’s new book, YOU: A Spiritual Being on a Spiritual Journey, is based on 15 years of per-sonal experience using the four tools and living from the spirit within while developing and sharing programs that guide others to connect with their true self. Access free tools at IndiraToday.com.

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Nutrient density—an ac-knowledged characteristic of apples—is considered the

most significant qualification for a superfood. “It’s one of the healthiest foods,” advises Case Adams, from Morro Bay, California, a naturopathic doctor with a Ph.D. in natural health sciences. Apples’ antioxidant power alone could elevate it to status as a superior superfood. Eating apples could help ward off America’s most pressing yet preventable, chronic ill-nesses, which the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services cites as heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

Strategic EatingMorwenna Given, a medical herbalist and Canadian member of the Ameri-can Herbalists Guild, from Toronto, explains why and shares an analogy, “The normal metabolic processes of oxidation produce reactive oxygen species (free radicals) with unpaired electrons that hunt and steal part-ner electrons from the body’s cells. Imagine an electrical plug wherein the grounding wire has been eliminated or compromised. There is nothing to prevent a surge or fire.” This is comparable to what happens to a body impacted by a poor diet, lack of exercise, stress and illness; its healthy grounding is compromised. When the overall damage to cell structure overwhelms the body’s innate antioxidation defenses, condi-tions are ripe for disease and acceler-ated aging. Foods high in antioxidants,

Apples Get An A+It’s a Nutritional Superstarby Tania Melkonian

like the apple, help to neutralize the damage and heal bodily tissues. Flavonoids—like the quercetin just beneath the peel—are another of the apple’s powerful nutrient partners, notes Adams in his book, The An-cestors Diet. So, even when making applesauce, including the peel is vital. With the exception of vitamin C, all other nutrient compounds remain intact when the fruit is cooked. Subtle differences in polyphenol levels exist among apple varieties, ac-cording to Linus Pauling Institute testing. Polyphenol compounds ultimately activate the fruit’s antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Northern spy, Fuji and especially red delicious varieties are the richest in antioxidants; empire and golden delicious harbor relatively low levels. “Some older varieties that had lost popularity with large-scale commercial farmers are now being grafted again, thanks to a return to organic practices,” remarks Meredith Hayes, schools and student nutrition senior manager at FoodShare, a leading North American food security organization. Note that conventionally grown apples top the Environmental Working Group’s list of 48 fruits and vegetables

tested for pesticide residue (ewg.org/foodnews/list.php). That’s yet another sound reason, along with better taste and nutrition, to go organic.

Good Genes“The purpose of any seed is to rep-licate the species,” explains Given. “The pulp around the seed protects and feeds the seed until it’s burrowed into the soil and germinates. Older species evolved to be protective of their seeds to survive against pests and other insults. Commercially grown produce, however, has generally bred out the secondary metabolites that house so many of a plant’s nutrients.” It helps to know that imperfect-looking food has potentially synthesized more sugars and nutrients in response to stress in order to survive, making blem-ishes or irregular shapes more appealing as consumers discover the core value of non-homogenized fruit. In 2012, Hayes worked with Tom O’Neill, general manager of Canada’s Norfolk Fruit Growers Association, to repackage smaller “unacceptable” apples into an ideal bag weight and size for a second-grader to carry and share in school meal and snack pro-grams. Previously, these “too-small” apples were being tilled back into soil or sold in Europe because there was no market for them here,” says Hayes. “So, we looked for ways to honor imperfect fruit.” Other beneficial movements against food waste that are also mak-ing produce more affordable include France’s Intermarché supermarket’s popular inglorious fruits and vegeta-bles campaign, with the tagline, “As good, but 30 percent cheaper,” and Portugal’s ugly fruit program. Such ini-tiatives are raising happy awareness of so-called imperfect, and often organi-cally grown, food. By recognizing and appreciating the apple during this season’s harvest, we honor its versatility, affordability, broad availability and culinary flex-ibility.

Tania Melkonian is a certified nutri-tionist and healthy culinary arts edu-cator in Southwest Florida. Connect at EATomology.com.


Doug Keller Master Asana Class – 10am-12:30pm. Come experience “A Master Asana Class on Firing Order” with Doug Keller. This full practice will set up the principles of the ‘fir-ing order’ of muscles for all classes of poses and vinyasa with some innovative takes on traditional poses that will help students get ‘unstuck’ and develop the strength and alignment. The Yoga on High Teacher Training Institute, 1020 Dennison Ave, Ste 201, Columbus. YogaOnHigh.com.E-Waste Recycling – 10am-2pm. Mozart’s Café hosts a regular event to collect electronic waste (“e-waste”), outdated technology, and small ap-pliances that need to be recycled. A $10 disposal fee is required for CRT computer monitors and TVs. Mozart’s Café, 4784 N High St, Columbus. 614-361-8400. [email protected] Adventures: Jams & Jellies – 1-2pm. Herbs add a certain special flavor and color to jams and jellies. Learn how to make jams and jellies from that extra harvest of herbs, and taste how adding herbs to fruit jams can create a new level of flavor to the family’s jelly recipe. Instructor: Erin Chittum. $20/members, $25/nonmembers. The Ohio Herb Education Center, 110 Mill St, Gahanna. 614-342-4380.Kirtan with Luna – 7-9pm. Join Kristin Luna Ray for an evening of Bhakti call and response chant. Bhakti Yoga is the pure path of spiritual devotion to the divine. The voice is an outlet to express the self, truths, and ideas, which guide the way through the mystical journey of life and can lead one to liberation. Yoga on High, 1081 N High St, Columbus. 614-291-4444. YogaOnHigh.com.

Native American Flute Concert – 7-8:30pm. Internationally known recording artist Douglas Blue Feather will perform a concert on the Na-tive American flute. $20 general admission or love offering accepted. Contact: Rev. Jim Hetzer. Christian Spiritualist Temple, 77 S 6th St, Colum-bus. 614-204-2139.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5Fall Mindfulness Retreat – 9am-4pm. Mindful-ness refers to paying attention in special but natural ways to increase the ability to feel more at home and centered in the present. This daylong retreat provides the luxury of extra time to practice basic techniques and a comfortable, supportive environ-ment for experimenting and asking questions. Bring sitting gear if you prefer it. Boxed lunch provided. Registration Required. $70. Amelita Mirolo Barn, 4395 Carriage Hill Ln, Upper Ar-lington. 614-583-5333.Parks.UAOH.Net.Access Consciousness Bars™ – 10am-6pm. This is an incredibly nurturing and relaxing process, undoing limitation in all aspects of life that par-ticipants are willing to change. Change the energy in life and allow change to show up without effort and with great ease. All participants will receive practitioner certification. $200/first time, $100/repeat, kids 17 & 18 are half price, kids 16 & under are free. Nurture Yoga, Courtyard Dublin, 5175 Post Rd, Dublin. 614-738-0434. Footprint-sToWellness.com.Yoga Brunch – 10am-12pm. Join Renew Wellness for the inaugural yoga brunch. Enjoy a rejuvenating and relaxing Sunday morning yoga class followed by a home-prepared and fresh brunch. Renew Wellness, 287 W Johnstown Rd, Columbus. 614-578-5269. [email protected]. Renew-Wellness-Center.com. kRi & hettie Guest Musicians – 10:30am and 1pm. Blending music, storytelling, and interaction to inspire and motivate audiences to pay attention. They inspire audiences to identify their gifts, focus on their goals, believe in themselves, and to love themselves. They talk about self-worth, potential, and purpose. $20 for 1pm show. Columbus Center for Spiritual Living, (NW Masonic Temple) 2436

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1Dinner at the Forum – 6-7:30pm. Enjoy a com-plimentary meal and participate in an interactive discussion led by Dr. Pam Popper about diet, life-style, and healthcare. Bring a friend. Reservations by Sept. 27th. Free. The Wellness Forum, 510 E Wilson Bridge Rd, Worthington. 630-200-0622. [email protected]. WellnessForum.com.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3Legs & Hips with Doug Keller – All Weekend. “Timing is Everything: the Sequencing Within the Pose” is the theme of Doug Keller’s series of workshops. Friday - Safe Joint Opening: Resetting the Internal GPS, 1:30p-4:30p. Saturday - Yoga Tune-Up, 2:00p-6:00p. Sunday - The Yoga Con-nection: The Center Unfurls, 9:00a-12:00p and a class on Pranayama, the Firing Order of the Breath, and the Vayus, 1:30p-4:00p. The Yoga on High Teacher Training Institute, 1020 Dennison Ave. Ste 201, Columbus. YogaOnHigh.com.Deep Meditation & 12 Strand DNA Activation – 7-8:15pm. Guided visualization with Certified Meditation Instructor and Cymatic Healer Sheri Mollica-Rathburn utilizing color, sound, and sa-cred Solfeggio frequencies to open cell receptors and allow deep relaxation, healing, and DNA acti-vation. Unleash dormant abilities. $20. Om2Ohm Meditation & Wellness Center, 324 West Case St, Powell. 614-787-0584. Om2Ohm.com.Doug Keller Dharma Talk – 7:30-9:30pm. Join us for a talk by Doug Keller about dharma. Dharma arises in the Hindu religion and culture and way of life as a code of conduct. Not a system of law or statutes, dharma allows for the world as it is. Come learn more about dharma and its relation to the practice of yoga. The Yoga on High Teacher Training Institute, 1020 Dennison Ave, Ste 201, Columbus. YogaOnHigh.com.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4Planting the Future: Stewardship of Sanctu-ary Conference – 9:30am-5:30pm. Enjoy a day of classes, lectures, music and food. Goldenseal Botanical Sanctuary, 35703 Loop Rd, Rutland. 740-742-3455. UnitedPlantSavers.GiveZooks.com/events/planting-the-future-stewardship-of-sanctuary.Yoga and Live Music with Luna – 9:30-11:15am. Kirtan is a practice of Bhakti Yoga (yoga of devo-tion) that involves call and response singing and chanting blended with soulful music. Through a choreographed yoga practice weaving asana sequencing, heart opening movement, intentional mantra and breathwork, the experience creates a transformative practice like no other. Instructors: Kristin Luna Ray and Jasmine Grace. Yoga on High, 1081 N High St, Columbus. 614-291-4444. YogaOnHigh.com

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W Dublin-Granville Rd, Columbus. 614-216-0340. ColumbusCenterForSpiritualLiving.org.Activate Your DNA Super Powers – 1-4pm. Activate DNA Superpowers by holding the vibra-tion of appreciation and the intention to awaken what lies dormant within. This Day Retreat is about activation through self-appreciation, self-discovery, self-love, and self-healing. Lead by Certified Business Coach Dawn Nocera and Certified Meditation Instructor/Intuitive/Cymatic Healer Sheri Mollica-Rathburn. $125. Om2Ohm Meditation & Wellness Center, 324 West Case St, Powell. 614-787-0584. Om2Ohm.com.An Introduction to Ayurveda with Hari Sharma – 2-3pm. Come and learn from Hari Sharma as she covers an overview of Ayurveda (Science of Life) and its strategies. Ayurveda’s strategies include meditation, individualized diet, herbal prepara-tions, panchakarma (detoxification procedures), rasayana (rejuvenation) therapy, yogic exercises, energizing breathing exercises, marma-energy point therapy, and proper daily routine. Yoga on High, 1081 N High St, Columbus. 614-291-4444. YogaOnHigh.com.Herbal Medicine Making Seminar – 2-5pm. Come and learn how to make herbal supplements. The preparations that we will be covered include salve, tincture, herbal oil, decoction, infusion, herbal oil, syrup. Instructor: Dawn Combs, Mockingbird Meadows Eclectic Herbal Institute. Preregistration required. Space is limited. $75. MockingbirdMeadows.com/shop/making-plant-medicine/.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7Overcome Depression & The Blues with Es-sential Oils – 6-8pm. A lack of energy, feeling moody and irritable for no reason, having trouble concentrating and socializing less can be confus-ing. Several factors contribute to Depression, the Blues and Winter Blues. Learn how to alleviate these feelings and brighten outlooks on life us-ing essential oils and supplements. Instructors: Bobbi Decker & Kerry Brooks. Free. The Reiki Center, 1540 W 5th Ave, Columbus. 614-486-8323. TheReikiCenter.net.Full Moon (Hunter’s Moon) Drumming – 8-10pm. Each full moon at sundown, the Center honors this cycle of life with a celebratory drum-ming to welcome in the full moon. This is family-friendly event open to the public. The Center does have ‘instruments’ to share, but please bring a drum(s) if possible. Donations are welcomed. All Life Center, 123 Hyatts Rd, Delaware. 740-201-8242. AllLifeCenter.org.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9Walking the Path to Natural Health Series – 9-10am. JoAnne Snow, Certified Digital Audi-tory Aerobics (DAA) Practitioner, will discuss sound-based therapy that helps rebalance the auditory system. Kathy Stowell, a Holistic Health Practitioner who spent 12 years as a Clinical Hypnotherapist and is a chemical dependency therapist, will be doing integrative hypnotherapy. Hosted by Dr. Trudy Pieper, Naturopath, Beth Seemann, Gentle Waters Colon Hydrotherapy and Sips Coffee House & Deli. Free. Sips Coffee House & Deli, 101 S Main St, Mt Vernon. 740-392-2233. SipsCoffeeHouse.com.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10Amy Weintraub Weekend: Body-Mind over Mood – All Weekend. Amy Weintraub, author of Yoga for Depression and Yoga Skills for Thera-pists, will cover evidence-based aspects of yoga effective for managing anxiety and depression. Friday - Setting the Safe & Sacred Container. Sat-urday - Meeting the Tomasic State with LifeForce Yoga. Sunday - Meeting the Ragasic State with LifeForce Yoga. All levels welcome. The Yoga on High Teacher Training Institute, 1020 Dennison Ave, Ste 201, Columbus. YogaOnHigh.com.Rumpke Recycling Plant Tour – 11am-12pm. During this tour, attendees will learn what can be recycled and what happens to things once they are recycled. If interested, please contact Cindy Dunigan to reserve a spot in tour. 1191 Fields Ave, Columbus. Cindy Dunigan: 614-361-8400. [email protected].

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11Cancer Killers Workshop: Maximizing Im-munity – 10am. 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women are projected to develop cancer at some point in their life. In this health workshop, Maximized Living along with Revive Chiropractic will show what cancer is, what causes it and what can be done to kill it. $45. Marcus Crosswoods, 200 Hutchinson Ave, Columbus. 614-781-8808. EventBrite.com/E/Revive-Chiropractics-Cancer-Killers-Makeover-Tickets-13007524857.Ease Tension with Alignment & Yoga: Neck, Shoulders and Upper Body – 12:30-2:30pm. Use yoga therapy balls and foam rollers to release tension. We’ll cultivate strength in key areas, and address issues that create stress. Take home two therapy balls, handouts and the skills for self-maintenance. Instructor: Loretta Zedella $30/members, $35/nonmembers. Franklin Park Con-servatory, 1777 E Broad St, Columbus. 614-715-8000. FPConservatory.org or LorettaYoga.com.Plant Parts: Botany for Beginners – 1-3pm. Ex-plore botany from a beginner’s perspective. Learn about plant anatomy, identification, classification, nutrition and how plants interact with other plants and the environment. Instructor: Mark A. Miller $27/members, $35/nonmembers. The Ohio Herb Education Center, 110 Mill St, Gahanna. 614-342-4380. OhioHerbCenter.org.Intro to Mysore Workshop with Taylor Hunt – 2-3:30pm. Join Taylor Hunt for a unique introduc-tion to the Mysore style of learning. Students will learn the philosophy of the Ashtanga yoga method, have the opportunity to discuss their individual needs, get a better understanding of what to expect in a Mysore-style class, and be guided through the initial sequence of poses. All levels welcome. Yoga on High, 1081 N High St, Columbus. 614-291-4444. YogaOnHigh.com.

Monthly Reiki Share – 2-4pm. Calling all Reiki practitioners! Since we believe that it is just as important for Reiki practitioners to receive Reiki as to give it, our Reiki Master Teachers will lead energy shares open to all practitioners of all levels. Yoga on High, 1081 N High St, Columbus. 614-291-4444. YogaOnHigh.com.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12Restorative Workshop with Gail Sky – 1:30-4:30pm. Join Reiki Master Gail Sky for three hours

of restorative yoga. Restorative yoga postures melt away physical and mental tension and deeply relax the mind and body, and they also assist the body’s ability to heal injuries and recover from illness by releasing tension that would otherwise impede re-covery. Yoga on High, 1081 N High St, Columbus. 614-291-4444. YogaOnHigh.com.First Aid Naturally Seminar – 2-4:30pm. Learn to identify and plant a selection of herbs that are handy in the case of emergency. Learn the terminology for basic natural first aid and leave with a list of tools and herbs with which to stock a Herbal First Aid kit. Instructor: Dawn Combs, Mockingbird Meadows Eclectic Herbal Insti-tute. Preregistration required. Space is limited. $50. MockingbirdMeadows.com/shop/first-aid-naturally/

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14Plant-Based Cooking for Health and Happi-ness: Cooking Demonstration – 6-8pm. Discus-sion and debunk common myths and mysteries of planning and preparing healthy plant-based meals that are simple and delicious. Focus on the basics to help improve comfort levels, repertoire, and health. Demonstration and tasting led by certified natural foods Chef Mark Zedella. $30/members, $35/nonmembers. Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 1777 E Broad St, Columbus. 614-715-8022. FPConservatory.org.Sound Healing Mini Sessions – 6:30-8:30pm. Kelly will be offering mini sessions using Tuning Forks for Sound Healing. Everything is energy and vibration, including light, colors and sound. Come experience how different frequencies can enhance healing & wellbeing. Please call to reserve a time slot: 6:30pm, 6:50pm, 7:10pm, 7:30pm, 7:50pm, 8:10pm. Kelly Bisson, Reiki Master. $20/twenty minutes. The Reiki Center, 1540 W 5th Ave, Columbus. 614-486-8323. TheReikiCenter.net.Yoga and Life Writing: Pursuing Wellness through Motion and Reflection – 6:45-8:15pm. Join Stacee Hill, Registered Yoga Teacher, and Jenny Patton, MFA and Ohio State University writing instructor, for this 90-minute class. Bring a yoga mat and journal for gentle yoga and thought-provoking writing prompts designed to help with meditation and self-reflection. Renew Wellness, 287 W Johnstown Rd, Columbus. 614-578-5269. [email protected]. Renew-Wellness-Center.com.Wine and Dine Event: Gourmet Pizza Party – 7-8:30pm. Chef Del takes pizza to new and exciting gastronomic heights with unusual sauces and flavorful ingredients. Attendees are asked to bring wine, and the food and fun will be provided. $15/members, $20/nonmembers. The Wellness Forum, 510 E Wilson Bridge Rd, Worthington. 630-200-0622. [email protected]. WellnessForum.com.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15Cleanse, Restore and Renew with Essential Oils – 6:30pm. Get energy back, ditch the toxins and fit into those skinny jeans. Instructor: Kelli Parrish. RSVP. Free. 320 Village Ridge Dr, Powell. 419-305-2077. [email protected]. Farmers’ Market Gardening – 6:30-8:30pm. Discuss things to consider about raising vegetables (or other farm products) to sell. Topics will include planning, identifying markets, understanding regu-


Free BodyWork Clinic – 6-8pm. Everyone will be taken “first come first serve”. Volunteer practitioners will offer complimentary 20 minute sessions of unique styles of massage to help re-duce stress and relieve tension. Free. The Reiki Center, 1540 W 5th Ave, Columbus. 614-486-8323. TheReikiCenter.net.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21Usui Reiki I with Linda Haley, RMT – 9am-5pm. Learn to relieve a headache or an aching muscle without medication. Learn specific tech-niques that will prove valuable, such as how to create a positive affirmation to help clarify and realize goals and how to develop intuitive abilities. The ethics and delivery of a successful session will be addressed in detail. $200 w/$50 deposit. The Reiki Center, 1540 W 5th Ave, Columbus. 614-486-8323. TheReikiCenter.net.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22Usui Reiki I with Linda Haley, RMT – 9am-5pm. See Oct 21 listing. $200 w/$50 deposit. The Reiki Center, 1540 W 5th Ave, Columbus. 614-486-8323. TheReikiCenter.net.Make & Take Essential Oil Christmas Gifts – 6:30pm. Give the gift of health this year. DIY recipes, rollerballs and ideas for anyone on the list. Choose two take home rollerball gifts of your choice. Instructor: Kelli Parrish. RSVP. $10. 320 Village Ridge Dr, Powell. 419-305-2077. [email protected].

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23The Blended Path Fellowship (Quarterly Healing Circle): Honoring Our Ancestors & The Return of the Light – 6-8pm. Look at upcoming Sabbats (holidays) and Esbats (moons) and discus different ways to celebrate and bring more mean-ing into each season. Explore the inner disciplines of Seers & Sages, the mysticism of the Old Ones, and how to apply this wisdom. Rev. Melody Lynn Jenkins, M.Msc. Love Offering Appreciated. The Reiki Center, 1540 W 5th Ave, Columbus. 614-486-8323. TheReikiCenter.net.Mandala Doodles! – 7-9:30pm. Experience the magical art form called Mandalas. No artistic ex-perience required. Just a willingness to learn and allow the soul to speak creatively. $45. Om2Ohm Meditation &Wellness Center, 324 West Case St, Powell. 614-787-0584. Om2Ohm.com.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25Celebrate Healthy Eating Through Art Ther-apy – 9am-4pm. Be guided by Certified Art Therapist Ann Naumoff and Mandala Artist Kathy Rausch to open up through art therapy and explore food and its effects on people. No art experience required. Thought provoking discussion, journal-ing and mandala drawing to release, heal, and re-generate. $125. Om2Ohm Meditation &Wellness Center, 324 West Case St, Powell. 614-787-0584. Om2Ohm.com.Goddess to the Core – 9am-6pm. Release pent-up emotions, sweat stress away, eliminate unhealthy thought patterns and beliefs, and have fun doing it. Strengthen the core by following intuition, instincts, and senses as pathways to harnessing the body’s intelligence and healing capacity. Utilizing native wisdom to connect more deeply to Mother Earth, the most accessible Goddess of

all. $375. Greater Columbus Convention Center. 614-284-4975. [email protected]. SierraBender.com.Professional’s Potluck –11am-12pm. Interested practitioners, artists, musicians, educators and service providers can tour the All Life Center, network, socialize and meet members. Bring a dish, dessert or drink to share. All Life Center, 123 Hyatts Rd, Delaware. 740-201-8242. All-LifeCenter.org.Herbal Medicine 101: The Digestive System – 1-3pm. Explore the different systems of the body, the herbs that are most associated with each system and the actions the herbs have on the body. Learn about the different organs and how they work, imbalances of the system and key botanicals that help with proper digestion. Instructor: Brooke Sackenheim. $27/members, $35/nonmembers. The Ohio Herb Education Center, 110 Mill St, Gahanna. 614-342-4380. OhioHerbCenter.org.Laugh, Breath, & Be Mindful – 1-3pm. Join Certified Health and Wellness Coach/Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Geri Sandor for magical day emerging from chaos into bliss. $45. Om2Ohm Meditation &Wellness Center, 324 West Case St, Powell. 614-787-0584. Om2Ohm.com.Arm Balances and Inversions with Loretta and Julia – 2-4:15pm. Defy gravity and be fear-less in arm balances and inversions. Understand the step-by-step anatomy of arm balances and cultivate strength to soar. Some experience neces-sary. Taught by two experienced yoga teachers: Loretta Zedella and Julia McSheffrey. Balanced Yoga, 3526 N High St, Columbus. 614-265-9642. BalancedYoga.com. Self-Shiatsu Yoga with Al Thunderbear – 2-5pm. All levels of students are welcome with Al Thunderbear in this Self-Shiatsu Yoga Work-shop. Self-Shiatsu Yoga a practice of releasing the energy channels of the body, or meridians, using modified Yoga poses. Stretch and release all 12 primary energy channels used in Oriental medicine, and leave with a sense of ease, clarity, and tranquility. Yoga on High, 1081 N High St, Columbus. 614-291-4444. YogaOnHigh.com.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26Goddess to the Core – 9am-6pm. See Oct 25 listing. Greater Columbus Convention Center. 614-284-4975. [email protected]. SierraBender.com.Access Consciousness Bars™ – 10am-6pm. See Oct 5 listing. Nurture Yoga, Courtyard Dublin, 5175 Post Rd, Dublin. 614-738-0434. FootPrint-sToWellness.com Pride 2.0 with Rev. Mark Anthony Lord – 10:30am service. 1-3pm workshop. Rev. Mark is the founder of Bodhi Spiritual Center in Chicago, facilitator of the Meta-model Approach for Small Group Life, and the leader of a new project called Pride 2.0. “Proud To Be Me” designed specifically to help LGBTQ people get in touch with their inner goodness and Divine purpose. $20/work-shop. Columbus Center for Spiritual Living, (NW Masonic Temple) 2436 W Dublin-Granville Rd, Columbus. 614-216-0340. ColumbusCenterFor-SpiritualLiving.org.Yoga Mat to Placemat – 12:30-2:30pm & 3-4:30pm. Begin with a Fascia release and alignment class with experienced yoga teacher

lations, and marketing. Consider the pros and cons of various sorts of direct marketing such as farmers markets, CSAs and selling to restaurants. Register suggested. $25. The Going Green Store, 909 River Road, Granville. 740-963-9644. [email protected]. TheGoingGreenStore.com.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18Intro to Ashtanga at Yoga 101 with Taylor Hunt – 9am-1pm. Learn the essentials of the Ashtanga practice in a safe and supportive en-vironment. Ashtanga involves synchronizing the breath with a progressively challenging series of postures which help to stretch and strengthen the body, release impurities, and focus and calm the mind. Students will be guided through the initial sequence of poses. Yoga 101, 101 Front St, Berea. 216-702-9642. Yoga101Studio.com.Getting Started: Wellness 101 Education – 9am-1pm. Learn about diet and lifestyle from the area’s best plant-based experts. This event includes lunch. This event is open to members only, but join prior and the event is free. Wellness Forum, 510 E Wilson Bridge Rd, Worthington. 630-200-0622. [email protected]. WellnessForum.com.HALLOWELLNESS 2014 – 10am-3pm. Join us during what doctors and dentists have labeled as one of the unhealthiest times of the year to ex-plore fun ways to take care of the mind and body: Healthy Snacks, Pilates, Ballroom, HipHop, Bal-let, Modern Dance, Nutrition by Juice Plus+ and a unique and informative Pelvic Floor Workshop. Free. Inspiration to Movement, 1676 E Broad St, 2nd and 3rd floors, Columbus. 614-253-6683. [email protected]. InspirationTo-Movement.com.Om2Ohm Artist Reception & Open House – 12-6pm. Visit the peaceful and luxurious Om2Ohm Meditation & Wellness Center and experience a feast for the spiritual senses. Talented art-ists & photographers, psychic readings, Reiki, Color Room sessions, planetarium room sessions. Om2Ohm Meditation & Wellness Center, 324 West Case St, Powell. 614-787-0584. Om2Ohm.com.Emotional Detox – 1-3pm. Join Sheri Mollica-Rathburn, Certified Meditation Instructor, Cymatic Healer, and Energy Guide for this workshop de-signed to help eliminate negativity and emotional blockages to finally move forward and live more authentically and peacefully. $25. Om2Ohm Meditation & Wellness Center, 324 West Case St, Powell. 614-787-0584. Om2Ohm.com.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19Getting Started: Wellness 101 Education – 9am-1pm. See Oct 18 listing. Wellness Forum, 510 E Wilson Bridge Rd, Worthington. 630-200-0622. Rafole@WellessForum. com. WellnessForum.com.Plant Identification Walk Series – 9-10am. Meet in the park once a month to explore the trails and learn about medicinal and edible plants. Each month will feature a different park in the Central Ohio area. Bring guidebooks, binoculars, walk-ing shoes and appropriate clothing. Visit website for a specific meeting spot. Instructor: Dawn Combs, Mockingbird Meadows Eclectic Herbal Institute. Free. Sharon Woods Metro Park. http://www.mockingbirdmeadows.com/shop/plant-identification-walk-series/


ongoingeventsand work through tension, pain, and stress. Instruc-tor: Melinda Cooksey, PhD. $20. All Life Center, 123 Hyatts Rd, Delaware. AllLifeCenter.org. Intuitive Alchemy Psychic Development – 7-8:30pm. Join Master Intuitives Sheri Rathburn, Misty Skeen, & Tanisha Richardson for unique, fun and comprehensive psychic development classes. Open to everyone. Drop-Ins welcome. $12. Om2Ohm Meditation & Wellness Center, Powell. 614-787-0584. Om2Ohm.com.Beginners Meditation Class – 7:15-8:30pm. All beliefs and levels of practice welcome. Learn about different types of mindfulness and benefits of regular practice. $5 suggested donation. Mind, Body, Spirit Academy, 885 High St, Ste 106, Worthington. 614-547-2187. MindBodySpirit-Academy.org.

tuesdayNo Excuses UA Bootcamp – 5:30am. Start the day with a dynamic warm up, and then combine cardio and strength training. All fitness levels wel-come. $10. Barrington Elementary School, 1780 Barrington Rd, Upper Arlington. 614-886-5673. NoExcusesUA.com.Slow Burn Vinyasa – 6:30– 7:30am. Recharge, restore and reconnect the body, mind and soul. Class combines slow flow vinyasa, restorative yoga, pranayama, and guided meditation in a warm room set to music. Yoga on High, 1081 N High St, Columbus. 614-291-4444. YogaOnHigh.com.Bootcamp – 8:30am. Start the day with a dynamic warm up, and then combine cardio and strength training. All fitness levels welcome. $10. Barrington Elementary School, 1780 Barrington Rd, Upper Arlington. 614-886-5673. NoExcusesUA.com. Energy Exercises, Meditation and Positive In-tentions Class – 6-7pm. Use movement, breath, sound and meditation to achieve well-being of mind, body and spirit. Bring yoga mat or sheet for floor postures. Registration required. $10. 1301 Olentangy River Rd, Ste 200, Columbus. 614-657-0316. [email protected].

Loretta Zedella (The Duchess of Fork). Learn how a healthy, plant-based diet is a wonderful comple-ment to your yoga practice or any exercise routine with Chef Mark Zedella (Duke of Fork) and a plant-based cooking demonstration and tasting. $35/workshop. Seven Studios, 275 S 3rd, Colum-bus. 614-555-5555. [email protected]. DukeofFork.com. JulieWilkes.com/SevenStudios.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27Eating for Energy – 6-6:50pm. Join holistic health coach Lisa Farrar to discuss what foods are best to increase energy before the start of the holiday season. $10/early bird, $15/day of workshop. Nurture Yoga, 6017 Post Rd, Dublin. 614-975-0353. Nurture-Yoga.com.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28Chakra Doodle – 7-9:30pm. Balance and invigo-rate chakras energy centers by drawing a mandala. Learn about the chakras, which ones to balance, and let go creatively with the colors of the chakras. No art experience necessary. $45. Om2Ohm Meditation &Wellness Center, 324 West Case St, Powell. 614-787-0584. Om2Ohm.com.

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Plaza Columbus North. 630-200-0622. WellnessForum.com.

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sundayDeep Release – 11:45am-12:45pm. Designed to allow the body and mind to open into a deep sense of relaxation and wellness while encouraging detoxification and increased flexibility. Yoga on High, 1081 N High St, Columbus. 614-291-4444. YogaOnHigh.com.Intro to Yoga for Teens – 1-2pm. Learn the basics of yoga and experience the benefits in school, sports and social life. $40. Nurture Yoga, 6017 Post Rd, Dublin. 614-975-0353. Nurture-Yoga.com.Grey Budha Community Wellness – 3-4pm. Martial art programs focus on decreasing stress, enhancing health, and promoting personal well-being. $85/month, $65 w/two hours of community service within the city. Grey Budha Community, 400 West Rich St, Columbus. 614-975-7683. GreyBudha.Weebly.com.

mondayNo Excuses UA Bootcamp – 5:30am. Start the day with a dynamic warm up, then combine cardio and strength training. All fitness levels welcome. $10. Barrington Elementary School, 1780 Bar-rington Rd, Upper Arlington. 614-886-5673. NoExcusesUA.com.Nia Dance – 9:45-10:45am. Mindful movement to an eclectic mix of music. Develop the body and the mind-body-spirit connections using movement sources, including martial arts, dance arts, and healing arts. $10. Body Awarehouse (behind Hetter Heating & Cooling), 4780 Kenny Rd, Columbus. JillFitness.Webs.com.Reveal Ease Lunchtime Yoga – 12-1pm. Use yoga therapy balls, blocks and yoga poses to release tension from the body. Feel recharged and less stressed. Drop-ins welcome. $15. Balanced Yoga, 3526 N High St, Columbus. 614-265-9642. LorettaYoga.com. BalancedYogaStudios.com.Fascial Flow – 7-8pm. Classes incorporate foam rollers, trigger point props, stability equipment, de-velopmental patterning, and yoga to uniquely access


welcome. $20. All Life Center, 123 Hyatts Rd, Delaware. 614-314-7253. AllLifeCenter.org.iRest Yoga Nidra – 12:15-12:45pm. This ancient transformative practice of deep relaxation and meditative inquiry releases negative emotions and thought patterns, calms the nervous system, and develops an inner sanctuary of well-being. Yoga on High, 1081 N High St, Columbus. 614-291-4444. YogaOnHigh.com.Deep Release – 6-7:15pm. Designed to allow the body and mind to open into a deep sense of relaxation and wellness while encouraging detoxification and increased flexibility. Yoga on High, 1081 N High St, Columbus. 614-291-4444. YogaOnHigh.com.

saturdayDonation Community Class – 8:30-9:30am. Each class includes stretching, breath awareness, yoga postures and relaxation. No previous yoga experience required. Bring your own mat if pos-sible. Space is limited. Donations accepted. Yoga on High, 1081 N High St, Columbus. 614-291-4444. YogaOnHigh.com.

Guided Meditation – 10-11am. Perfect class for beginners. Relax the mind and be guided and learn to meditate to overcome stress, anxiety, and gain clarity. Drop-ins welcome. $10. Om2Ohm Meditation & Wellness Center, Powell. 614-787-0584. Om2Ohm.com.

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wednesdayMommy and Baby Yoga – 10-10:45am. Enjoy the community of other new mothers while having fun with your baby. $40/series pass, $12/drop-in. Nurture Yoga, 6017 Post Rd, Dublin. 614-975-0353. Nurture-Yoga.com.Grey Budha Community Wellness – 6:30-8pm. Martial art programs focus on decreasing stress, enhancing health, and promoting personal well-being. $85/month, $65 w/two hours of community service within the city. Grey Budha Community, 400 West Rich St, Columbus. 614-975-7683. GreyBudha.Weebly.com.Nia Dance – 6:30-7:30pm. A low-impact dance class for all levels of activity that helps connect the mind and body. $10. Peak Brain Performance, 97 E Wilson Bridge Rd, Worthington. 614-505-6519. JillFitness.Webs.com.Vinyasa Flow Yoga – 7-8pm. A mixed-level vin-yasa flow class highlighting breathwork, physical postures, savasana and meditation. $15/drop-ins, $72/six-class pass. All Life Center, 123 Hyatts Rd, Delaware. 614-314-7253. AllLifeCenter.org.

thursdayNo Excuses UA Bootcamp – 5:30am. Start the day with a dynamic warm up, and then combine cardio and strength training. All fitness levels wel-come. $10. Barrington Elementary School, 1780 Barrington Rd, Upper Arlington. 614-886-5673. NoExcusesUA.com.Sekoia – 9:30-10:45am. Sekoia’s holistic ap-proach blends smooth vinyasa flows with music, essential oils, meditation, restorative poses and reiki. Designed to activate Prana, restore balance and awaken a deeper connection. Yoga on High, 1081 N High St, Columbus. 614-291-4444. Yo-gaOnHigh.com.Grey Budha Community Wellness – 11:30am-12:30pm. Martial art programs focus on decreas-ing stress, enhancing health, and promoting personal well-being. $85/month, $65 w/two hours of community service within the city. Grey Budha Community, 400 West Rich St, Columbus. 614-975-7683. GreyBudha.Weebly.com.Beginner’s Tai Chi – 6:30-7:30pm. Join Sifu Chris Alexis to learn basic Tai Chi Chuan pos-tures, movements and breath work for health and well-being, flexibility, stress reduction and balance. Drop-ins welcome. $12 w/first class free. Om2Ohm Meditation & Wellness Center, 324 West Case St, Powell. 614-787-0584. Om2Ohm.com.Gentle Yoga – 6:30-7:30pm. Enjoy slow, medita-tive stretches that open and free the body while releasing and clearing the mind. For beginners and experienced. $60/six classes. Shift Classes at Eliz-abeth Blackwell Center, 3724-A Olentangy River Rd, Columbus. 614-566-5353. OhioHealth.com.

fridayCore Play – 12:15-1pm. Explore gravity, stability balls, BOSUs, and foam rollers for better adapt-ability and resiliency of core functioning. Drop-ins

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PEAK BRAIN PERFORMANCEHEALTH & RELAXATION CENTERLisa Witherow, MS, Owner, Brain Performance TechnologistDavid Disheroon, Brain Performance Technologist97 E Wilson Bridge Rd, Worthington614-505-6519Info@Peak-Brain-Performance.comPeak-Brain-Performance.com

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THE GOING GREEN STOREMichael Bauer, Owner909 River Rd, Granville740-963-9644TheGoingGreenStore.com

This old-time general store with a modern twist carries a range of health-conscious and planet-friend goods; non-toxic body care and cleaning products, kitchen and garden tools that support a whole food diet, plus responsibly made gifts and gadgets. Dairy, eggs, and pasture-fed beef are all sourced from within 50 miles of Licking County. The store also stocks a full assortment of green service-ware (compostable plates, napkins, cups, flatware, containers) for restaurant take-out, general food service, and special events. See ad, page 26.

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CARTS HEALTHIER VENDINGChad Tannehill, Owner800-567-9702Chad@CartsHealthierVending.comCartsHealthierVending.com

Carts Healthier Vending p r o v i d e s n u t r i t i o u s v e n d i n g o p t i o n s t o b u s i n e s s e s / s c h o o l s /facilities in central and

north central Ohio. We help you promote a more natural lifestyle by offering healthier snacks and drinks to your customers and employees, with no additional cost to your location. See ad, page 10.

IT’S ALL NATURAL!1360 Cherry Bottom Rd, Gahanna614-476-6159ItsAll-Natural.com

It’s All Natural! is a prominent source of vegetarian and vegan products, offering organic, eco-conscious and down-to-earth items. Our mission is to promote a benevolent, eco-friendly and vegan lifestyle. We strive to be

fertile ground where seeds of love can be planted to grow in health and harmony. See ad, page 41.

RAISIN RACK NATURAL FOOD MARKET2545 W Schrock Rd, Westerville614-882-5886RaisinRack.com

Raisin Rack offers a complete variety of organic groceries, including gluten-free

foods, vegan/vegetarian products, and dairy-free items. Bulk grains, herbs, nuts and seeds accompany organically-grown fruits and vegetables, as well as a complete selection of vitamins, minerals, herbals and other nutrients from leading national brands. See ad, page 7.

NATUROPATHY

PHOENIX WELLNESS CENTERDr. Trudy Pieper, ND10 S Main St, Johnstown740-616-9949PhoenixWellness4U.com

Trudy Pieper, ND, is board certified by the American N a t u r o p a t h i c Medica l Cer t i -

fication and Accreditation Board, the oldest and largest professional naturopathic medical association in America. Dr. Pieper is a traditional naturopath and believes in personalized care based on your health concerns. The main goal of naturopathy is to do no harm, and we achieve this through providing herbal , natural folk, homeopathic and lifestyle recommendations for better health.

PSYCHOLOGICALCOUNSELING

GEORGE O. SCHULZ, PH.D.4230 Tuller Rd, Ste 201, Dublin614-766-0379 EMAPDrSchulz.com

Dr. Schulz is a licensed psychologist who specializes in a gentle, integrative approach that provides: relaxation, release from post-traumatic stress, and relief from depression, anxiety or panic attacks. He provides skills training for both healthy conflict resolution and building healthy interpersonal relationships at home and work. He is grounded by an inclusive, faith-based Christian perspective that involves grace, forgiveness and a loving Creator, instead of fear or judgment.

No matter what people

tell you, words and ideas

can change the world.

~Robin Williams


REAL ESTATE

DUNIGAN REAL ESTATE GROUPCindy Dunigan, Realtor3500 N High St, [email protected]

There are only a handful of Realtors in the Central Ohio area t h a t c a r r y t h e N a t i o n a l Association of Realtors GREEN designation, and Cindy Dunigan is one of them. She has taken the

initiative to encourage the industry to produce more sustainable homes, and helps communities to reduce their consumption by implementing sustainable practices. Cindy is devoted to reducingher own footprint on the environment, and livesby her motto: “We can make a significant impacton the world around us one person at a time.”

REFLEXOLOGY

AHH REFLEXOLOGY CENTERDebbie Hitt, Owner, NBCR, RMT, APP2525 Tiller Ln, Columbus614-565-1047AhhReflexCenter@aol.comAhhReflexologyCenter.com

Reflexology is a non-invasive, profound m o d a l i t y t h a t supports the physical, e m o t i o n a l , a n d

spiritual components of the body to facilitate a state of balance. Debbie Hitt is a board certified reflexologist, Karuna™ and Usui Reiki Master and Teacher, Associate Polarity Practitioner, and educator. She will work closely with you to determine your goals, and then use a combination of techniques to tailor each healing session to help support you on your wellness journey.

REIKI

THE REIKI CENTERLinda Haley, RMT Director 1540 W 5th Ave, Columbus 614-486-8323 TheReikiCenter.net

The Reiki Center is a compre-hensive natural wellness center which understands the relation-ship between your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs. Practitioners work closely

with you to bring each aspect of your life into greater harmony. See ad, page 20.

REIKI RIGHTKim Flood, [email protected]

Kim is a certified Reiki Master Teacher and a certified quantum e n e r g y p r a c t i t i o n e r o f T h e t a H e a l i n g ® , G a r c i a Innerget ics™ and Avesa Quantum Healing™. Private

healing sessions provide a unique and custom approach to well-being using both disciplines. Reiki is used for deep relaxation and to release stress and negative emotions. Quantum healing delves into the past to locate the triggers for the reoccurring issues preventing you from living the life you deserve.

SALON/SPA

BALANCE BEAUTY SPAKelly Walton, Owner679 G. High St, Worthington614-745-9250Kelly@BalanceBeautySpa.comBalanceBeautySpa.com

Balance Beauty Spa is a relaxing loft-style spa where licensed esthetician and manicurist, Kelly, is dedicated to bringing you the healthiest choices when it comes to your beauty, using all-natural and organic products. Please visit her website for

complete product and treatment information.

THE NATURAL NAIL SPA8487 Sancus Blvd, Columbus 614-985-3205 [email protected] TheNaturalNailSpa.com

Incorporating the most n a t u r a l p r o d u c t s a n d processes for manicure, pedicure and waxing, while maintaining the highest

level of cleanliness and sterilization available. See ad, page 30.

If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.

~Andy Rooney

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LOVE YOURSELF AND EARTH SALON AND DAY SPAMichelle Wilson Rivers, Owner1189 River Rd, Granville740-920-4317MW_Rivers@yahoo.comLoveYourselfAndEarthSalon.com

Through continuous research, we find and incorporate products and systems that are safe for all of us personally, as wel l as our g lobal

environment. For hair, we use an organic color system, plus products that are cruelty-free, vegan and contain no ammonia or formaldehyde. For nails, we offer a system that uses LED light instead of UV light for application, and an organic polish remover. For facials and massage, we use skin care products formulated with fruit stem cells. We offer a truly organic and uplifting experience! See ad, page 40.

VIRTUE SALONMelanie Guzzo3333 N High St, Columbus614-725-2329VirtueVeganSalon.com

Committed to helping men and women enjoy the luxuries of the modern beauty industry without ha rming an imals , the environment or our health. We are dedicated to working

in an organized, stress-free environment while enjoying a holistic lifestyle within true community. See ad, page 22.

VETERINARY

HEALTH & HARMONY ANIMAL HOSPITALDr. Kimberly West & Dr. Evelyn Bowden1117 W 1st Ave, Columbus614-360-3941HealthAndHarmonyAnimalHospital@gmail.comHealthAndHarmonyAnimalHospital.com

To honor our patients, Health & Harmony A n i m a l H o s p i t a l ensures that each client is confident in the care

they are receiving for their animal companion, comfortable with all aspects of the hospital and staff, as well as engaged in all areas of their pet’s health and well-being. We focus on the pet as a whole: mind, body and soul. See ad, page 20.

LIFETIME PET WELLNESS CENTERDr. James Carlson454 Lazelle Rd, Columbus614-888-2100LPWC@LifetimePetWellness.comLifetimePetWellness.com

Lifetime Pet Wellness Center is a full service veterinary hospital that practices both conventional and alternative medicine. We are not just a veterinary hospital, we are a facility that CARES. Lifetime

Pet Wellness is a wonderful place to be, and you can feel it when you walk through our doors. See ad, page 22.

WELLNESS CENTER

WORTHINGTON OPTIMAL WELLNESSDr. Julia Keiser 6180 Linworth Rd, Worthington 614-848-5211 [email protected] WorthingtonOptimalWellness.com

Worthington Optimal Wel lness has been helping people reach their optimal health for over 25 years through;

Master Level Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Expert Massage, Natural Weight Loss. Nutritional Cleansing, Allergy Cessation and other holistic treatments. Visit central Ohio’s most experienced and comprehensive wellness center at Worthington OptimalWellness.com. See ad, page 28.

YOGA

YOGA IN THE SPRINGS RETREATSMelissa Herzog, CYT, Retreat Facilitator614-946-8281YogaInTheSprings@gmail.comYogaInTheSprings.com

Yoga & Wellness Retreats in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Choose from 2 locations, The Glen House Inn or Grinnell Mill B&B. Offering organized quarterly retreats as well as private, personalized group retreats. See ad, page 46.

YOGA ON HIGHJasmine Astra-elle Grace CEO , Partner, Registered Yoga Teacher1081 N High St, Columbus614-291-4444YogaOnHigh.com

Our core Ashtanga, Vinyasa and Hatha programs allow new students to safely learn

yoga basics and explore their own body-mind connection, while our advanced asana classes and guest teachers offer the experienced student the opportunity to deepen their practice. We offer a number of specialty classes for moms-to-be, children, teens, and physically challenged or disabled students. See ad, page 2.

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BRINGING MORE THAN HOMEWORK HOMEBy Ryan Hogan

It’s that time of year when we’re sending our kids back to school. Unfortunately, while schools are good places to learn they are great places to catch a disease. In fact, children’s Up-per respiratory illnesses (URI’s) cause more doctor visits and missed school days than any other illness in the US. Luckily, there are a few things you can do at home to help reduce the chances of your child getting sick at school this year.

HOW?

Before we talk prevention, we need to know how infection spreads. Many childhood illnesses are caused by viruses and bacteria that are transferred from person to person. URI’s increase in fall and winter as we spend more time crowded indoors. All it takes is one sick child, going to school for the spread to begin. Small droplets from a child’s cough or sneeze travel through the air and land on surfaces like desks, doorknobs and people. These germs are easily spread when someone touches the contaminated object and then pro-ceeds to touch their eyes, nose or mouth. Children’s immune systems are less mature than those of adults, so they’re more vulnerable to these germs. Washing your hands and your nasal passages and also keeping their hands away from their nose, eyes and mouth are the most preventative habits to form at a young age.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

Our best defense is to stop cold germs where they breed. Good hand-washing is the most effective way to prevent bac-teria and viruses from spreading. Wash your hands after using the bathroom, blowing your nose, handling trash and prior to touching food to help eliminate germs. Soap and water should be used for 20 seconds (about as long as it takes to sing the “Happy Birthday” song twice). Using alcohol-based hand cleaners is also effective. Remind your child to use the

sanitizer before eating snacks, lunch and after using a shared computer mouse, pencil sharpener, water fountain or other community objects.

Now, most people know we need to wash our hands, but one thing most people don’t really relate their health to is nasal hygiene. Using a saline spray with xylitol, such as Xlear Nasal Spray, is safe for all ages. Research has shown this natural sweetener is useful in preventing bacterial otitis media (ear infections), among other upper respiratory problems that are most likely to occur in fall and winter months. Additional xylitol studies have also shown a significant reduction in asth-ma attacks when a xylitol nasal spray is used on a daily basis. Xylitol affects nose and throat bacteria in two ways:

• Decreases the adherence of harmful bacteria on their surface cells.

• Stimulates the body’s own natural defense system

Since the average American child has six to ten colds a year, using a xylitol nasal spray is a safe and effective way to pro-mote better upper respiratory health, year round.

FINAL HEALTHY TIPS

In addition to frequent hand-washing, teach your child some other school health basics:

• Cover your mouth and nose when you cough or sneeze.

• Give your child a package of tissues to keep in his or her desk.

• Encourage your child not to share water bottles, food or other personal items.

• Ask your child’s teacher to include hand-washing time before lunch or snacks.

• Have your whole family practice nasal hygiene and the use of xylitol saline spray like Xlear.

Even with all of these tips, your kids are bound to come down with something over the course of the school year. We all get sick at some point or another, forming healthier habits and maintaining a positive attitude is all we can do as parents.

For more information, please visit www.xlear.com.

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