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First, be sure to check out the feature article on “Happiness Habits” which offers advice on simplifying your life, adopting a positive outlook, cultivating healthy routines and nurturing that mind-body-spirit connection to achieve genuine bliss.

Also, with the kids away from school these next couple months, our “Conscious Eating” article has you covered for nourishing snacks to serve when they need an afternoon pick-me-up from all their outdoor adventures. These “whole food quick bites” are convenient and crowd-pleasing ways to sneak essential nutrients into even the pickiest eater’s diet.

Of course, we can’t forget about those beloved “furry children” either, and our article on “Preventing & Treating Heatstroke” explains how to respond––from a holistic perspective––if the Southwest Florida temperatures harm your pet’s well-being. These tips will especially benefit indoor-outdoor animals or large dogs who need frequent exercise.

Finally, whether you’re planning a family vacation, couple’s getaway or road trip with friends this summer, “The World of House Swapping & AirBnB” feature is also worth a read. Exploring affordable, creative and eco-friendly accommodation ideas for travelers, this article will get your engines revved for tourist season––no matter where that wanderlust might lead!

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14 HAPPY ALL DAY Simple Daily Practices for a Happier Life by Judith Fertig

17 GAY HENDRICKS ON NURTURING LOVE IN MIDLIFE Why Growing Up Can Mean Loving Better by S. Alison Chabonais

18 TRESS STRESS Natural Ways to Prevent Hair Loss by Kathleen Barnes

19 EMOTIONAL SMARTS How to Raise Your Quotient by Harvey Deutschendorf

20 HOT DAYS ARE HARD ON PETS How to Prevent, Detect and Treat Heatstroke by Shawn Messonnier

21 DAD MATTERS How to be the Father Kids Need by Armin Brott

22 FAST WHOLE-FOOD MUNCHIES Tasty Homemade Alternatives to Junk Food by Judith Fertig

24 DITCH THE HOTEL Frugal Lodging Options from AirBnB to House Swapping by Avery Mack

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newsbriefsEuropean Helix Hair Designer Offers Innovative Haircuts with No Added ChemicalsWhat other salons typically do with chemicals,

we do with scissors––no products needed! In fact, our salon is the only Helix Hair Designer on the West Coast of Florida. If you’re looking for a carefree, low-maintenance hairstyle, the Helix cut is for you. Some people get curls, and others get waves but, everyone gets both body and volume.

European Helix Hair Designer is a clean, scent-free salon where you can relax and enjoy the natural fresh air environment. We use organic hair colors, and the highlights are achieved with blueberry lightener. In addition, we also offer a new “beach wave style” that’s loose and natural, perfect for summer. So, if your hair is not becoming to you, then you should “be coming” to see us at European Helix Hair Designer!

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Omega3 Innovations Launches Omega Cure Oxidation Certificates

Omega3 Innovations has started

attaching oxidation numbers to every bottle of Omega Cure® cod liver oil and box of Omega Cure Extra Strength. The goal of this implementation is to help customers better assess the freshness level of their omega-3 oil, according to physician co-founders,

Dr. Bo Martinsen and Dr. Anne-Marie Chalmers. “Lots of omega-3 products claim to be fresh and even showcase relatively

low oxidation numbers,” explains Dr. Martinsen. “But consumers need to be aware that oxidation numbers increase with time. That’s why we are, not only sharing the oxidation values of each batch of Omega Cure, but also the date those numbers were measured.”

In addition to printing the peroxide and anisidine values––two common freshness measurements––on the Omega Cure bottles and boxes, Omega3 Innovations has also created a blog series surrounding the topic of freshness. “When it comes to omega-3, freshness equals good taste and potency. That’s why we want to make sure to provide the consumer with as much information as possible,” concludes Dr. Chalmers.

Location: 727 Commerce Dr., Venice. For more information, call 941-485-4400, email [email protected] or visit Omega3Innovations.com/Blog.

How Can Ozone Benefit Food Safety?

When most people hear

“ozone,” they think of that layer over the earth which protects us from the sun’s ultraviolet rays. However, when combined with water, ozone also effectively kills bacteria and viruses.

When grapefruit is picked from trees, its surface is filthy, stained with bacteria, mold and pesticides. For decades, American packers have washed food in chlorine, but this method leaves a chemical residue. So, here’s another idea: Picture how fresh the air smells after a thunderstorm. That’s because lightning turns oxygen molecules into ozone which is 3,000 times faster-acting and 150 times stronger than chlorine. Ozone can be used to clean vegetables, beef and chicken, killing harmful organisms.

The U.S Government approved ozone for water, food and equipment in 2001. As this technology spreads, it can mean a safer food supply for the public. Ozone is no more expensive than chlorine, and the results are safer than chemical usage.

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Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture Now Offered in NokomisBeach Life Wellness of Nokomis is

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The treatment continues with a general acupuncture treatment performed by Britt Dienes, DOM Acupuncture Physician, with needles placed along meridian lines to enhance energy flow. This acupuncture is done with small, fine and disposable needles. The benefits of Facial Rejuvena-tion include:• Stimulated collagen production• Enhanced skin tone and texture• Reduced lines and wrinkles • Tightening of saggy skin• Lifting of droopy eyelids• Cleared or reduced age spots

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healthbriefsLive Comedy Evokes Trust and Empathy

Research from the UK University of Surrey has found that witness-

ing live comedy increases emotional interaction and bonding between the spectators and performer and enhances a general feeling of trust and intimacy among participants through the shared experience.

Published in the journal Comedy Studies, the study was conducted by doctoral candidate Tim Miles, who analyzed surveys and interviews of audience members, as well as comedians, including some well-known performers. Miles found that comics and audiences connect-ed through sharing of admiration and empathy. Bonds also formed as the audience began to identify with the observa-tions and experiences of the comic. “Comedy has often been seen to be a bit frivolous, but it’s actually something really important. My work looking at comedians and comedy audiences has shown how live, stand-up comedy fulfills a need for feelings of truth, trust, empathy and intimacy between people, which is really important in a society where many people often complain about feeling isolated,” says Miles.

Ashwagandha Pumps Up TestosteroneLow testosterone levels can be problematic for men as they

age. Fortunately, Mother Nature produces her own form of testosterone booster: the herb ashwagandha. Research published in the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition tested 57 men between the ages of 18 and 50. They were divided into two

groups—one was given 300 milligrams of the herbal extract twice a day for eight weeks; the other ingested a placebo for the same period. Both groups underwent supervised muscle training programs for the duration of the study. The men that took the ashwagandha had significantly higher levels of circulating testosterone compared to the placebo group. The ashwagandha group also experienced an increase in muscle mass in the chest and arms, yielding an average arm muscle size of 8.6 centimeters, compared to the placebo group’s 5.3 centimeters. Those men in the ashwagandha group also exhibited faster reductions of creatine kinase, a marker for the type of muscle fiber injury that occurs during strenuous exercise, following workouts.

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Omega-3s May Increase Risk of Prostate CancerResearch published in the Journal of the National

Cancer Institute has confirmed that high blood levels of DHA, EPA and DPA—three omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil supplements—are linked to prostate cancer. The study from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center tested 834 men with prostate cancer and 1,393 healthy men; they found that such high concentrations were associated with a 71 percent increased risk of more serious prostate cancer and a 44 percent increase in the risk of less serious prostate cancer. The overall increased risk in all prostate cancers was 43 percent. The findings of this study confirm similar research in 2011 and another large European study. “What’s important is that we have been able to replicate our find-ings from 2011,” says one of the more recent study’s authors, Theodore Brasky, Ph.D.

Awe and Wonder Prime Physical Health

Two related studies from the University of California, Berkeley, suggest that the act

of admiring the beauty of nature with awe and wonder can decrease inflammation in the body. More than 200 adults reported their experiences of emotions on a particular day, including amusement, awe, compassion, joy, contentment and pride. Samples of the

subjects’ gum and cheek tissues were analyzed for cytokines, and the researchers found those that cited emotions of awe, wonder and amazement had the lowest levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6). UC Berkeley professor and co-author of the research Dacher Keltner, Ph.D., says, “That awe, wonder and beauty promote healthier levels of cytokines suggests that the things we do to experience these emotions—a walk in nature, losing oneself in music, beholding art—have a direct influence upon health and life expectancy.”

Medicinal Mushroom Heals HPVResearch from the University of Texas

Medical School and Health Science Cen-ter has found that a medicinal mushroom extract may be able to eradicate human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted disease. Presented last fall at the 11th Interna-tional Conference of the Society for Integra-tive Oncology, in Houston, the clinical study treated 10 women that tested positive for HPV with the mushroom mycelia extract called active hexose correlated compound (AHCC). The patients were given three grams of the AHCC once a day for six months or longer. Eight of them tested negative for HPV after the period, including three that were confirmed HPV-eradicated after stopping the AHCC treatment. The two other patients continued receiving the extract. A phase II clinical trial led by Dr. Judith Smith, a professor at the UT Medical School, will be conducted.

E-Cigarettes Produce Free RadicalsElectronic cigarette use, or vaping,

is on the rise as many consider it a healthier alternative to smok-ing. However, in a study published in the American Chemical Society journal Chemical Research in Tox-icology, researchers from the Penn State University College of Medicine report that e-cigarettes produce considerable levels of reactive free radicals created by the high-tem-perature heating coils that warm up the nicotine solution. Dr. John Richie, a professor at Penn State and senior author of the research, says, “The identification of these radicals in the aerosols means that we can’t just say e-cig-arettes are safe because they don’t contain tobacco. They are poten-tially harmful.” The researchers found that levels of free radicals in e-cigarettes are between 100 to 1,000 times less than the levels produced by tobacco cigarettes, still making them a better choice than traditional cigarettes although they still carry risk. Richie explains, “The levels of radicals that we’re seeing are more than what you might get from a heavily air-polluted area, but less than what you might find in cigarette smoke.” Previous research has found that e-cigarette smoke also contains aldehydes that can potentially cause cellular and tissue damage.


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Nature’s MetricRethinking All Aspects of SocietyThe International Living Future Institute’s Living Future Chal-lenge presents a bold new framework for rethinking how sys-tems, products, buildings and communities are designed. Based on the elegant and profound architecture of its recent Living Building Chal-lenge that cites nature as the ultimate metric for success, the Living Future Challenge is now branching out to influence aspects of society. The Living Community Challenge applies Living Building concepts to entire communities or cities; the Living Product Challenge asks designers and manufacturers to create net positive products; Net Zero Energy Building certification rates successful energy conservation in both new and existing build-ings; Just becomes the social justice label for appropriately certified organizations; Declare confirms the merit of nutrition labels; and Reveal affirms a building’s energy efficiency status.

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The WELL Building Standard, administered by the International WELL Building Institute, is the world’s first development criterion to focus exclusively on human health and wellness. It marries best practices in design and construc-tion with evidence-based medical and scientific research, harnessing the built environment as a vehi-cle to support human health and well-being. Pioneered by the Delos company and the culmination of

seven years of research in partnership with leading scientists, doctors, architects and wellness thought leaders, WELL is grounded in a body of medical research that explores the connection between the buildings where people spend more than 90 percent of their time and the health and wellness impacts on occupants. It sets performance requirements in seven categories: air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, com-fort and state of mind. WELL-certified spaces can help foster improvements in the nutrition, fitness, moods, sleep patterns and performance of occupants. WELL is independently certified by Green Business Certification Inc., which administers the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program and associated professional credentialing program.

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Municipal PioneersMore U.S. Cities Leaving the GridNassau, New York, a town of 5,000 outside Albany, plans to ramp up a combination of rooftop- and ground-mounted solar, wind turbine and landfill methane-capture technologies to generate 100 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2020. “If all goes as planned, within the next four years, all six of the town build-ings will be disconnected from the grid,” says Nassau Supervisor Dave Fleming. The New York Depart-ment of Public Services wants this trend to grow through its Reforming Energy Vision (REV) initiative. Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration is actively working to help municipalities, especially core towns and schools, move toward getting a significant portion of their power from renewable resources. Smaller, cleaner, power systems are less costly and cleaner alternatives to the traditional larger electri-cal stations. San Diego, California, recently committed to securing 100 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2035. It’s the largest American city to do so. Already, at least 13 U.S. cities, including San Francisco; Burlington, Vermont; and Aspen, Colorado, have committed to 100 percent clean energy. Las Vegas is among other major cities aiming to follow suit. Hawaii has pledged the same by 2045, the most ambitious standard set by a U.S. state to date.

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Buzz BenefactorsMore Retailers Ban Bee-Toxic ProductsAmidst the growing pollinator crisis and due to public pressure, Aldi Süd, the German supermarket chain with stores in the U.S., has become the first major European retailer to ban pesticides toxic to bees, includ-ing the neonicotinoids imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam, from fruits and vegetables produced for their stores. Starting in January, Aldi produce suppliers have had to ensure their cultivation practices exclude eight pesticides identified as toxic to bees. Other retailers in the U.S. and Europe are also beginning to shun bee-toxic pesticides. Home Depot will no longer use the class of pesticides known as neonics on 80 percent of its flowering plants; completing the phase-out in 2018. Lowe’s is ending the sale of products containing neonicotinoid pesticides within 48 months. Smaller retailers are also working on removing neonics and other toxic pesticides from their shelves. The science has become increasingly clear that pesti-cides, working individually or synergistically, play a critical role in the ongoing decline of honeybees and other pollina-tors. Bees in the U.S. and Europe have seen unprecedented losses over the last decade, and bee-toxic pesticides like neonicotinoids have consistently been implicated as a major contributing factor.

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Swedes’ SolutionSix-Hour Workday Reaps BenefitsMany Americans work 50 hours a week or more because they think they’ll get more done and reap the benefits later. However, according to a metastudy published in The Lancet, people that clock a 55-hour week have a 33 percent greater risk of stroke and 13 percent higher risk of de-veloping coronary heart disease than those that maintain a 35- to 40-hour work week. Data from 25 studies that monitored the health of 600,000

people from the U.S., Europe and Australia for up to 8.5 years were analyzed. Paul Kelley, of Oxford University’s Sleep and Circadian Neuroscience Institute, notes that even a traditional nine-to-five workday is at odds with peoples’ internal body clocks, contributing to sleep deprivation. Now Sweden is moving toward a standard six-hour workday, with some busi-nesses having already implemented the change. Linus Feldt, CEO of Stockholm app developer Filimundus, reports that the shift has maintained productivity while decreasing staff conflicts, because people are happier and better rested. Several Toyota service centers in Gothenburg that switched to a six-hour day 13 years ago also report happier staff, a lower turnover rate and increased ease in enticing new hires. A Swedish retirement home has embarked on a yearlong experiment to compare the costs and benefits of a shorter working day.

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Banish Bugs Safely Keep Winged Visitors Away from Outdoor EventsWarding off summertime mosquitoes and flies to maintain outdoor fun is especially important given the new disease potential of the mos-quito-borne Zika and West Nile viruses. Here are some naturally protective measures. Remove stale, standing water outside the home—including swimming pool covers, clogged rain gutters and buckets—and turn over clay pots and plastic containers, as they all can be prime mosquito-breeding spots, suggests the Maryland Department of Agriculture. Alternatively, a toxin-free back-yard pond or water garden can be stocked with mosquito fish like gam-busia that feed on and consume large quantities of insect larvae. Avoid applying potent perfumes, soaps and lotions prior to an outdoor event, because such scents attract insects. It always helps to wear light, long-sleeve shirts and pants to protect more skin. Grow plants with odors mosqui-toes don’t like. EarthEasy.com suggests citronella, horsemint (aka bee balm), marigolds, ageratum (floss flowers) and catnip. WellnessMama.com also likes lavender, thyme, lemongrass, anything in the mint family and even basil; rub fresh or dried leaves on the skin or apply lavender flowers or oil, especially on hot spots (neck, underarms or behind ears). Use a non-toxic, plastic-free insect-repelling band for kids. Avoid conventional insect repellents, as many contain dieth-yltoluamide (DEET), one of the top five contaminants of U.S. waterways. Chemicals rinse off into shower and bath drains during later wash-ups.

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Unsafe PlayfieldsArtificial Surfaces Pose RisksAs of January, there have been 200 na-tionwide cases of cancers in young ath-letes that played on synthetic turf—many of them lymphoma, which is uncommon in the age group. In 2013, the U.S. Envi-ronmental Protection Agency withdrew earlier safety assurances and called for new, more comprehensive studies. A majority of professional and college athletes strongly prefer natural turf because those playing on synthetic turf suffer about 50 percent more knee and ankle injuries. Other playfields use “crumb rubber” infill made of ground-up used tires for-merly considered hazardous waste. Thus, sports players may be exposed to dozens of chemical compounds, most of which have never been tested for health impact; some of those tested are believed to cause cancer, birth defects, developmental and reproductive disorders and infertility.

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Throughout the past decade, success researchers and positive psychologists have sketched out

in broad strokes the big picture of our elemental yearning for happiness. According to Martin Seligman, Ph.D., and his colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, inner happiness derives from four basic ele-ments: positive emotion, relationships, meaning in life and accomplishment. What we want to know now is how to instill happiness into daily practices. In her latest book, Better Than Before: Mastering The Habits Of Our Ev-eryday Lives, happiness expert Gretchen Rubin fleshes out the needed details. She maintains that the shift into a happier way of being can be as simple as chang-ing our habits, which she terms the invisible architecture of daily life. Rubin found, “We repeat about 40 percent of our behavior almost daily, so our habits shape our existence and our future. If we change our habits, we change our lives.” We can start small in sometimes surprising ways that encourage person-al, family, workplace and community well-being. Simplify—Exercise—MeditateIsraeli-born Tal Ben-Shahar, Ph.D., a for-mer Harvard lecturer and author of the bestselling Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment, had

854 students enroll in one of his pio-neering classes on happiness in 2006, the highest enrollment for any class at the time. “Students explored ways to apply these ideas to their life experienc-es and communities,” he says. Today, he lectures and consults worldwide on the science of happiness, or “optimal being and functioning”. Ben-Shahar suggests we cultivate three personal habits. The first one is to simplify, saying, “We need to turn off our phones, email and other dis-tractions at home, so we can fully be with the people we care about and that care about us. Time affluence—time to enjoy and appreciate—is a predictor of happiness.” The second is to exercise. “We were not meant to be sedentary,” he says. The third is to meditate. “Med-itating helps us to develop extreme resilience to negative emotion.” Ken A.Verni, Psy.D., a clinical psy-chologist in Highland Park, New Jersey, endorses the importance of a mindful-ness habit. In his new book, Happiness the Mindful Way: A Practical Guide, Verni outlines easy, step-by-step actions to form a new happiness habit that con-currently reduces stress and increases enlightenment. He starts with what he calls “compassionate attention”; being fully awake or present in our lives with-out judging what we’re thinking. When we view our thoughts as events in the

mind, he says, conscious self-observa-tion introduces a space between our perceptions and responses, allowing us to view our thoughts as separate from the person we really are. Complementary methods may include breathing techniques or body awareness that help shift us away from anxious, “What if?” speculations into the ever-present now. With just a few minutes of mindfulness a day—the first thing in the morning or at night be-fore retiring—according to Verni, “We can shift our relationship to ourselves and our life experiences in a way that allows for greater spaciousness, accep-tance and compassion, and in doing so, can dramatically improve the quality of our lives.”

Daily Joy at HomeAnother way to improve the quality of our life is to reverse one habit. Shonda Rhimes, creator of TV dramas that include Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, admits that she’s a driven, Type-A person in her new book, Year of Yes. A busy career in Los Angeles, three children and little leisure left her feeling unhappy, so instead of reciting her habitual, “No” to anything extraneous—like parties, eating chocolate chip cookies or spending a lazy afternoon chatting with an old friend—she decided to change that habit to, “Yes.” One of Rhimes’ most profound revelations occurred after she respond-ed positively when her children asked her to play. She observes that kids don’t want that much from us and playtime rarely involves more than 15 minutes; when we give them access and atten-tion, it makes everyone feel good. Rubin agrees that it’s the little things that can contribute to family hap-piness. As a New York City mother of two, she decided that she’d be happier if she knew she was creating family memories. She started regularly prepar-ing “special occasion” family breakfasts, a relatively easy meal to customize. She says, “Studies show that family tradi-tions support children’s social devel-opment and strengthen family cohe-siveness. They provide the connection and predictability that people crave. I know that I enjoy a holiday more when I know exactly what we’re going to do and when we’re going to do it.”

HAPPY ALL DAYSimple Daily Practices

for a Happier Lifeby Judith Fertig


Home for Matthieu Ricard, a bio-chemist turned Buddhist monk, could be a Nepalese monastery or a seat at scientific conferences around the world. As the author of Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Import-ant Skill, he defines happiness as a deep sense of flourishing that arises from an exceptionally healthy mind. “It’s not a mere pleasurable feeling, a fleeting emotion or a mood, but an optimal state of being,” he says. In order to nurture it, Ricard rec-ommends taking some time each day for quiet reflection, noting, “The con-templative approach consists of rising above the whirlpool of our thoughts for a moment and looking calmly within, as if at an interior landscape, to find the embodiment of our deepest aspi-rations.” By cultivating attention and mindfulness, the cares of everyday life

become less burdensome. Such a spiri-tual practice of just sitting quietly for 10 minutes a day, observing the thoughts that randomly cross our minds, and then gently shooing them away, can be enormously beneficial, he says, as it helps us put things in perspective and aim for continuous calm.

Flipping the SwitchChanging thought habits to focus on the good things in life is an approach that works for clients of Mary Lynn Ziemer, a life coach in Estero, Florida. Ziemer suggests we “flip the switch” from negative thinking and make a habit of starting our day being positive and grateful for 10 minutes. She recom-mends we start by doing deep breath-ing—four seconds breathing in, hold for seven seconds, eight seconds breathing out—repeated four times. Next, we ask

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ground; they make it happen, with action. Cultivating happiness habits can make a marked difference in your life.

4 Be deliberately optimistic. Optimism is imperative to emotional wellness.

4 Prioritize mindfully. Consistently align choices, intentions and actions with the top priorities of love, happi-ness and health.

4 Keep uplifting resources on hand. A few surefire mood-lifters may include a green smoothie, mani-pedi and solo dance party to at least one get-your-feet-moving song by a favorite artist.

4 Put yourself first. It’s the best way to bring your A game to everyone else.

4 Be a prolific seeker. Seek beauty, joy, adventure, pleasure, growth and pow-

erful meaning in all areas of life. Let life move you to possibility, opportunity and gratitude.

4 Don’t make things personal. Abso-lutely nothing others say or do is about you, ever.

4 Examine the worst that can happen. Many of the limitations you’re placing on yourself aren’t real—they’re illusions.

4 Practice loving-kindness. Making this a habit changes the vibration of your life and the lives of those around you. Plus it feels great.

4 Be aware of your energy. Tune in to surrounding energy, as well as the energy you’re emitting and notice what needs to be adjusted or abandoned.

4 Be wary of media consumption. Limit messages in everything from email and news to books and music that take you away from the calm, open space within that revels in joy and wonder. Conversations count, too.

Kristi Ling is the author of Operation Happiness: The 3-Step Plan to Creating a Life of Lasting Joy, Abundant Energy, and Radical Bliss. The life and business coach shares more at KristiLing.com/operationhappinessresources.

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ourselves how we feel in the moment and identify the emotion, and then ask what thoughts we can think to feel better. The last step of the exercise is to frame a positive outlook in an affir-mation, such as, “I am so grateful that I know I am doing the best I can and everything will work out. Everything is fine.” Ziemer adds, “Remember that happiness comes from love and takes you to a place of peace and calm. It is such emotions that beget success in relationships, health, supply, and clear purpose. Plus, it benefits everyone around you.”

Happiness Habits at WorkDallas happiness researcher Shawn Achor, founder of Goodthink, Inc., and author of The Happiness Advantage, applies the science of happiness to the workplace. His research echoes the personal positivity of Ziemer, Verni and Ben-Shahar’s approaches to nurturing happiness. “Happiness is such an incred-ible advantage in our lives,” says Achor. “When the human brain is positive, our intelligence rises and we stop diverting resources to think about anxiety.” The


Harvard Business Review published his research results: “Creativity triples and productive energy rises by 31 percent. Sales rise by 37 percent and the likeli-hood of promotion rises by 40 percent.” Achor’s method is helping peo-ple rewrite the way they think by first looking for positives at work. Workers write down three highly specific, positive things about their workday for 21 con-secutive days. Rather than just, “I love my job,” acknowledge, “I love my job because I get to help people every day.” Or, “I love my morning tea because it gets me going.” Achor reports that at the end of the period, “Their brain starts to retain a pattern of scanning the world not for the negative, but for the positive first.” Taking a work break for two minutes of mindfulness is also effec-tive. “We did this at Google,” he says. “We had employees take their hands off their keyboards for two minutes a

HAPPIER IN JUST MINUTES

n Journaling for two minutes about one positive experience we’ve had over the past 24 hours allows our brain to relive it.

n Exercising, including 15 minutes of cardiovascular action a day, teaches our brain that our behavior matters and improves our mood.

n Meditating for even a few minutes at a time relieves an overloaded brain and allows it to focus on one thing at a time.

n Writing one quick email in the morning praising or thanking some-one we work with or just to make them happy will make us feel a sense of social support, a great predictor of happiness.

Source: The Happiness Advantage, by Shawn Achor

day to go from multitasking to simply focusing on their breathing. This drops their stress levels and raises accuracy rates. It improves levels of happiness and it takes just minutes.”

Happiness in the CommunityWe can foster happiness habits at home, at work and in the community. Rubin suggests starting such a group, akin to a self-help book club or bridge group, but with extra benefits. She even offers a free starter kit for those that want to try it, available via Gretchen Rubin.com/habits/start-a-habits-group. In addition to the happy exchange of ideas and success stories, happiness habits group members also have the ben-efit of being accountable to each other. Others can help us continue to color in the details supporting and forwarding the broad brushstrokes of positive emotions, relationships, meaning in life and accom-plishments in a down-to-earth, fun way.

Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFoodAnd Lifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.

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Gay Hendricks on Nurturing Love in Midlife

Why Growing Up Can Mean Loving Betterby S. Alison Chabonais

Gay Hendricks and his wife, Kathlyn, have

discovered through working on their own relationship and coun-seling hundreds of other couples that the time from midlife onward of-fers the greatest oppor-tunity of any other pe-riod to grow love. At a mutual low point, they made the life-changing decision to rebirth their marriage, tapping into a new source of energy and rejuvenation that’s producing extensive and surprising benefits. The Ojai, California-based couple, both with Ph.D. degrees, co-authored their first trailblazing bestseller, Conscious Loving, more than 20 years ago and have published 30 other books, including their latest, Conscious Loving Ever After. The Hendricks Institute that they founded annually offers workshops and seminars in North America, Europe and Asia. Their nonprofit Foundation for Conscious Liv-ing funds research, films and scholarships related to relationship well-being.

Why do you say the best rela-tionships are possible in the second half of life, including the greatest sex?Childrearing responsibilities often decrease in our 40s and 50s, affording more time and resources to invest in the quality of the relationship. Psychological and spiritual maturity also comes into play—the more deeply we know our-selves, the more able we are to commu-nicate meaningfully with our partner.

Probably the biggest factor is that people in the second half of life tend to be open to learning and trying new things, such as adopting our practice of sched-uling two, 10-minute conversations a week to take care of relationship business: one covers “stuff talk”, the other is “heart talk”. Often, it only takes a few minutes of trying out a brand-new activity to spark a major rebirth of intimacy.

How pivotal is self-love, a tough concept for many, in securing a healthy relationship?You can only love another person to the extent that you love yourself. After we take people through a process de-signed to give them a clear experience of loving themselves unconditionally, they often tell us that the experience changed everything in their relation-ship. It’s powerful because so many of us enter a relationship in an attempt to get the other person to love some part of ourselves that we don’t know how to love, which never works. Learning to love ourselves is an inside job.

What would you say is the biggest challenge for mid-life couples in a long- term relationship?It’s vital to get out of the rut of recycling conflicts and predictable routines in or-der to liberate a new creativity. Creativity doesn’t have to be complicated or ex-pensive. It might be a matter of giving a

new way to communicate a whirl or tak-ing a walk together instead of watching TV. Ultimately, relationships only thrive when both people make an ongoing commitment to investing time and ener-gy to explore their own creative nature. One may elect to learn to play a musical instrument, while the other might take up gardening. The only requirement is that we take on new activities that have the capacity to surprise us.

What tips do you have for those that are single during the second half of their life?Enjoy your singularity! Singlehood affords great opportunities. You can choose whether or not you wish to invest time and energy manifesting a mate. No law requires that everyone has to have an intimate relationship, but if you’d like to, go about the process con-sciously. First, work on learning to love yourself, because it’s wise not to depend on anyone else to do it for us. Second, figure out what we call your Three Absolute Yesses and Nos, the three most important qualities you want in a mate, and equally important, the three most important things you don’t want in a mate. It’s a good way to avoid mistakes.

Why do you call blame “the crack cocaine of relationships”?When you blame another person for something, you fire up adrenaline both in yourself and the other person. Adrenaline is manufactured by our bod-ies and is highly addictive. Blame also typically produces a defensive reaction, causing a harmful cycle of two-way criticism and defensiveness that can go on for years. One couple we coun-seled had been having essentially the same argument since their honeymoon 29 years earlier—so addicted to the adrenalized “cocaine” of blame that it had become a permanent feature of their relationship. The answer is for each person to take healthy respon-sibility for issues in the relationship and together seek ways to both break unhealthy habits and replace them with mutually satisfying ways of relating.

S. Alison Chabonais orchestrates nation-al editorial content for Natural Awaken-ings magazines.

Gay Hendricks and his wife, Kathlyn


Ancient Egyptians sought to stem hair loss and stimulate hair growth with a cocktail of iron

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Prevent Hair Lossby Jody McCutcheon

healingwaysnetics, including pattern baldness. Even air and water pollutants and sunlight’s phototoxic aging effects may facilitate alopecia (sudden hair loss). While it’s impossible to completely stop natural hair loss catalyzed by aging and genes, the rate can be controlled and abnormal loss may be reversed while stimulating growth. Dietary Changes. The typical North American fat-, protein- and salt-rich diet fosters an acidic environ-ment in the body which can lead to premature hair loss. Iron-rich foods like lean red meats and dark green veggies contribute to ferritin levels sufficient to increase the hair’s growth cycle. Iron also delivers oxygen to hair follicles, further inciting growth. In a review of related research, the journal Clinical and Experimental Dermatology reports that double-blind data confirmed the findings of a study in women with increased hair shedding in which a significant proportion responded to l-lysine and iron therapy. Because hair is made mostly of protein, and protein deficiency is thought to cause hair loss, it would seem that consuming more protein would stimulate growth, although moderation is the key. Too much protein may result in baldness, according to Dr. Michael Eades, who owns ProteinPower.com. The American Heart Association recommends against high-protein diets because most Americans already eat more protein than they need. Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish, shellfish, nuts and seeds and their oils can facilitate the production and action of hormones and oily lubricants that effect a healthy scalp and follicles and bouncy, shiny hair. A-complex and B-complex vitamins also are said to promote vibrant, shiny hair; B12 to neutralize premature hair loss; vitamin C and zinc to help strengthen hair; biotin to avoid hair loss and pre-mature graying; vitamin D to facilitate healthy follicular growth; and vitamin E to maintain a healthy, moisturized scalp. Eating whole foods like organic eggs, lentils, spinach, red meat, pumpkin seeds and salmon is ideal, including plenty of fruits and vegetables for vitamins and

minerals. Most vegetable skins are also rich in silica, which helps strengthen hair. Drink More Tea. Green tea, saw palmetto (or its extract) and stinging nettle tea contain ingredients that inhib-it the conversion of testosterone into di-hydrotestosterone (DHT), a compound that’s been linked to thinning hair and pattern baldness, according to Medical News Today. These products are used in battling some forms of alopecia and concentrated ingredients of these teas are available in pill form. Detox. Eliminating alcohol, tobacco and coffee can help. Excessive booze and caffeine lead to dehydration, which makes hair dry and brittle, and also dramatically depletes the body’s iron and zinc levels. Cigarette smoke con-tains toxins that accelerate hair loss, as well as premature graying. Chill Out. Stress is a widely known factor in hair loss, specifically of a condi-tion called telogen effluvium (Principles of Dermatology, by James Marks and Jeffrey Miller). Meditation and exercise can relieve stress and create a better hormonal balance, thereby helping to prevent alopecia. Massage of body and scalp also may be beneficial. Adding oils such as almond or coconut infuses the scalp with essential vitamins and minerals. A study by the Journal of Dermatology shows that applying onion juice can lead to hair growth. Treat hair gently, air-drying rather than rubbing it with a towel. Don’t Fake It. Using extensions and weaves or wearing tight wigs or hairpieces daily may damage hair follicles by stressing their anchor to the scalp, accelerating hair loss. Also, hair straighteners, tight pony tails, blow dryers and heated rollers may damage or break off follicles. Consider natural hair dyes. Eschew Shampoo. Most commercial shampoos contain sodium laurel sulphate (SLS) or sodium laureth sulphate because it’s inexpensive, lathers well and typically thickens hair via salt. SLS also corrodes follicles and impairs their ability to grow hair. Consider switching to organic sham-poos and conditioners.

Jody McCutcheon is a freelance editor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.


The role of emotional intelligence (EI) in helping to facilitate success and happiness in individual lives has become well accepted. People with high EI tend to

share seven habits.

Focus on the positive. While not ignoring bad news, EI people have made a conscious decision to not spend much time and energy focusing on problems. Rather, they look at what’s positive in a situation and seek solu-tions. They focus on what can be done and what’s within their control.

Associate only with positive people. High EI people re-gard complainers and negative people as energy drains. They tend to avoid them to maintain their own vitality. Instead, they spend time with those that look on the bright side of life. They tend to smile and laugh and attract other positive peo-ple. Their warmth, openness and caring attitude leads others to regard them as more trustworthy.

Set boundaries and assert a position. Although their friendly, open nature may make them appear as pushovers to some, people with high EI are able to set boundaries and assert themselves when necessary; they demonstrate politeness and consideration, yet stay firm. High EI people guard their time and commitments and know when they need to say no. They don’t make needless enemies. Their response to potentially volatile situations is measured, not inflated, and managed appropriately. They think before speaking, allow-ing themselves time to calm down if their emotions start to feel overwhelming.

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by Harvey Deutschendorf

inspiration Practice forward thinking and willingness to let go of the past. People with high EI are too busy thinking of future possibilities to dwell upon things that didn’t work out in the past. They apply lessons learned from past missteps in taking future actions. They never see failure as permanent or a personal reflection of themselves.

Look for ways to make life more fun, happy and interesting. At work, at home and with friends, high EI people know what makes them happy and look for opportunities to expand the enjoyment. They receive pleasure and satisfaction from seeing others happy and fulfilled, and do whatever they can to brighten someone else’s day.

Expend energy wisely. High EI folks don’t hold onto anger over how others have treated them, but use the incident to create awareness of how to not let it happen again. While they move on and forgive, they don’t forget, and are unlikely to be taken advantage of again in the same set of circumstances.

Always learn and grow. High EI people are lifelong learners, constantly growing and evolving. Being critical thinkers, they are open to changing their minds if someone presents a better idea. They trust themselves and their own judgment to make the best decision for themselves.

Harvey Deutschendorf is an emotional intelligence expert, speaker and author of The Other Kind of Smart. Take the EI Quiz at TheOtherKindOfSmart.com/ei-quiz.

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As outdoor temperatures heat up, pets may suffer from the effects of increased ambient

temperatures. While problems such as squamous cell carcinoma and moist dermatitis (skin hot spots) increase along with temperatures and amount of sun exposure, the most serious heat-re-lated health issue is heatstroke. Holistic vets recommend some simple, com-monsense steps that will help and also possibly save a pet’s life. Heat stroke in both people and pets develops when core body tem-perature rises and stays above a certain level. In dogs and cats, the tipping point tends to be a body temperature higher than 106 degrees Fahrenheit. This can happen more quickly in overheated dogs and cats because they don’t have the ability to sweat in order to cool off like people do; this is due to a lack of eccrine sweat glands over most of their body surface. Panting can reduce body temperature, but is inefficient and easily

overwhelmed if their temperature rises quickly and a pet can’t remove itself from the surrounding warm environ-ment. Dogs such as pugs and bulldogs that have a short, broad skull are espe-cially at risk due to genetically impaired breathing structures; they can easily overheat even in mildly warm weather. Ferrets and rabbits are especial-ly prone to heatstroke because they typically dwell in cooler temperatures. As a result, these small mammals do best when housed indoors rather than outside; outdoor time should be limited and supervised. Heatstroke in pets is usually easy to detect for a pet with a history of being in a hot environment from which it cannot escape to cool itself in shade or water or take a refreshing drink. Excess panting, dark red gums and a “hot feel” to the ears and hairless skin of the abdomen are clues. First-aid involves quickly cooling the animal and notifying the veterinar-ian that a pet suffering from heatstroke

Hot Days Are Hard on Pets

How to Prevent, Detect and Treat Heatstroke

by Shawn Messonnier

naturalpet is on the way. Wetting it will begin the process. Applying either ice packs or ice cubes in a plastic bag wrapped in a towel to avoid freezing the skin also helps. Recommended spots for the packs are on the back of the neck, arm-pits and groin, as these areas have large arteries and veins close to the surface. If possible, don’t spend much time on these actions, because getting the pet to the doctor quickly is the overriding goal. Administering homeopathic drops of arnica and hypericum via the mouth from a natural home first-aid kit while en route to the vet may assist healing. Treatment at the veterinary hospital involves continued cooling, including in-travenous fluids and cool water enemas. Cooling the pet must be done quickly in order to restore enzyme systems to normal functioning. Hospitalization will likely be required to evaluate the patient for potential serious complications, in-cluding cardiac arrest, shock, septicemia, bloody diarrhea, and disseminated intra-vascular coagulation to ensure against a usually fatal disorder involving the pet’s blood-clotting mechanisms. With prompt assistance, most pets with heatstroke will recover, but treatment can be extensive and expensive. The most important aspect is initiating it early to prevent permanent organ and brain damage. Prevention is ideal and preferred over the need for treatment. Guard against leaving furred pets outdoors for extended periods of time during hot weather. Pets that must be outside need protection from the heat and sun in shaded areas with access to plenty of fresh cool water; provide several water bowls. Opinion is divided about whether longer-haired pets seem more comfort-able and have fewer weather-related problems if their hair is cut short, but don’t cut it down to the skin, as that removes their protective coat and pre-disposes them to sunburn. A good rule of thumb is that if it’s too hot for the pet’s person, it’s too hot for the pet.

Shawn Messonnier, a doctor of veteri-nary medicine practicing in Plano, TX, is the award-winning author of The Natural Health Bible for Dogs & Cats and Unexpected Miracles: Hope and Holistic Healing for Pets. For more information, visit PetCareNaturally.com.


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by Armin Brott

American fatherhood has evolved considerably in the last 50 years. While dads used to be kept out

of the delivery room, today, more than 90 percent of new fathers are present for their children’s birth, reflected in MenCare Advocacy’s State of the Worlds’ Fathers. However, being there early on does not necessarily define the scope of future involvement. Overcom-ing obstacles that might keep men from being the “high-five” dads they and their family need them to be is key. Involved fathers benefit children. Most research on child development has focused on how mothers influence their children, but in recent decades, society has “discovered” fathers. In many stud-ies, pioneering Psychologist Ross Parke, Ph.D., professor emeritus of University of California, Riverside, and others have conclusively shown that children of more-involved dads are better at solving puzzles, score higher on cognitive skills tests, do better in school, are more likely to go to college, are more empathetic, manage their emotions better, have fewer behavior problems, are less likely to suffer from depression or mental illness and are less likely to break laws or become teen parents. Fathering tip: Never miss an op-portunity to change a diaper, play with the kids, read stories together or simply ask them about their day.

Equal workplace policies matter. The U.S. is the only economically advanced country that has no nationally mandated paid maternity leave policy and is absent a national paternity leave policy, paid or unpaid. When men don’t get time off to learn basic parenting skills, it’s harder for them to stay engaged later. In 1977, 41 percent of women and 35 percent of men in dual-earner couples reported work-family life conflicts. Today, the figures are 47 percent and 60 percent, respectively, according to the Families and Work Institute’s ongoing National Study of the Changing Workforce. Parenting tip: Advocate for nation-al, paid parenting leave policies for men and women starting with local employ-ers. It benefits both families and com-panies. Studies by Stanford University, the Families and Work Institute, Gallup, Inc. and others have found that compa-nies with family-friendly benefits enjoy more loyal employees, better morale, lower turnover, fewer arbitrary sick days, higher levels of customer service and higher shareholder returns—all of which contribute to their bottom line. Both genders can be natural-ly nurturing. Certainly, women are biologically adapted for giving birth and breastfeeding, but Parke found that caring new dads typically cuddle, coo, giggle, rock and feed their babies just as much as new mothers. One hurdle men

face is that they usually have to return to work sooner, and their natural nur-turing skills can get rusty, while moms’ get sharper. Opportunity and practice are the biggest predictors of meaningful connections with children. Fathering tip: Don’t assume that a partner knows more. Whatever a mother knows, she learned by making mistakes, and that’s the best way for fathers to learn, too. Be open to complementary exper-tise. A dad with a mate that praises and supports him will be far more confident and engaged with his child than one with a partner that criticizes him. Parenting tip: No one likes to feel incompetent, so when offering dad ad-vice, do it in a nonthreatening way that supports and compliments his improving skills over time. It may mean adjusting personal standards a bit. Dad should take pride in practicing his unique rapport with offspring. Instead of letting mom pluck a crying or smelly baby from his arms, he can try, “Honey, I’ve got this.” End-running the legal system after divorce. For some 30 years, the default decision in divorce cases has been to award the mother primary physical cus-tody, with limited visitation for the father. More states are now moving toward a presumption of 50-50 physical custody, but it’s not the norm. Therefore, many divorced dads may feel disconnected from their children and suppressed in their parenting role moving forward. Fathering tip: Never give up. Children need their dad in their life and vice-versa. It’s critical to stay in touch. In person is best; phone, email and Skype are decent fallbacks. Make time togeth-er feel meaningful as well as normal, instead of falling into a “Disneyland dad” syndrome of trying to make every moment a party. Practice harmoni-ous communications with the ex. The biggest known predictor of children’s future mental and emotional health is how well their parents get along. Sep-arated parents don’t have to be friends, but they do need to acknowledge both parents’ importance to the children and treat each other respectfully.

Armin Brott is the author of eight best-selling books on fatherhood, including The Expectant Father and The New Father. Learn more at MrDad.com.


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Planning ahead is an effective key to healthy eating and weight man-agement. Having healthy snacks

available, both savory and naturally sweet, helps us to conquer cravings and avoid a sugar rush—or slump. Between-meal nutritious and delicious snacks can be easy to make. Plus, unlike commercial foods, we know their ingredients. Here, Nat-ural Awakenings has tapped two plant-based whole foods experts and cookbook authors for their best snack recipes and tips. “Healthy happens when we’re prepared,” says Elise Museles, of Washington, D.C., the mother of two sons who writes at KaleAndChocolate.com/blog and recently released Whole Food Energy: 200 All Natural Recipes to Help You Prepare, Refuel, and Recover. “Nutritious is delicious; healthy doesn’t have to be bland and boring.” she says. Nor does it take hours to make.

“I pick one day a week to do meal prep,” she explains. “After a visit to our Sunday farmers’ market, I work in the kitchen for a few hours so I’m ready to go on Monday and for the rest of the week.” Whenever hunger threatens to derail her from a whole-foods, nutri-ent-dense diet, Museles is equipped with options like protein balls and carrot hummus. She’s also learned that having naturally sweet foods at hand helps divert cravings, realizing, “You just want a sweet thing more if you think you can’t have it. Plus, I think better when my blood sugar is stable.” Museles combines naturally sweet dried fruits such as goji berries and tropical coconut to make a handy snack mix. “Like blending smoothies, this ba-sic trail mix can have many variations,” she says. She also suggests maintaining a well-stocked freezer. Museles freezes berries in season to pop in the blender

for smoothies; pitted and peeled avoca-dos to thaw and mash over gluten-free toast; and frozen banana slices to layer over nut butter. Canadian Ella Leché, a mother of two daughters best known for her website PureElla.com/blog, is the new author of Cut the Sugar, You’re Sweet Enough cookbook. She came to a plant-based lifestyle in 2008 after a whole foods diet helped her overcome a chronic illness. Her blog documents her journey to wellness—one healthy change at a time. Leché, a graphic designer and photographer in Mississauga, near Toronto, started an elimination diet four months after the birth of her first child, when she noticed puzzling symptoms. “I started to make small changes and slowly but surely, I began to recover,” she says. Today her diet is 90 percent vegan and gluten-free. “I had a sweet tooth, but I didn’t have the balance thing figured out,” Leché admits. Foregoing sugar was hard emotionally, even though her body had difficulties with sugar, which seemed correlated to frequent headaches and mood slumps. Slowly, she started em-phasizing naturally sweet, pure foods like dates and fruits and found other ways to ease cravings. “Starting the day with a savory, healthy breakfast can cut sugar from your diet because the sweet taste on our tongue essentially sets the brain into craving sugar,” she says. Leché enjoys involving her chil-dren in making snacks like healthy turnip or kale chips. When she gets a hankering for something sweet, she chooses her special cranberry and chocolate protein balls, sweetened with dried fruit and bolstered with almonds and walnuts. They take minutes to make and keep in the refrigerator for a week or in the freezer for up to three months. Having easy-to-prepare, whole food snacks on hand keeps families happily snacking on quick bites and on track with healthy eating. “It’s not a diet, it’s a lifestyle,” says Museles. “If you like recipes that are good for you, it’s a sustainable lifestyle.”

Judith Fertig is the author of the award-winning Back in the Swing Cookbook and blogs at Alfresco-FoodAndLifestyle.blogspot.com from Overland Park, KS.

Natural Awakenings recommends using organic and non-GMO (genetically modified) ingredients whenever possible.


Natural Quick Snack Recipes

Turnip and Beet Chips

Yields: Up to 4 servings

4 turnips, peeled4 beets, peeled¼ cup grapeseed oil or other neutral oil 1 tsp sea salt

Preheat the oven to 325° F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Slice the turnips and beets using a man-dolin and place in a large bowl. Drizzle the oil over the vegetables, sprinkle with the salt and toss to fully coat.

Bake for 15 minutes, turning over chips halfway through the baking time. Then lower the temperature to 200° F and bake for another 5 to 10 minutes, until golden.

Source: Cut the Sugar, You’re Sweet Enough, by Ella Leché

Raw Cheesy Kale Chips

Yields: 2 servings

Bunch of kale, stemmed1 cup raw cashews, soaked in water for at least 2 hours½ red or orange bell pepper

2 cloves garlic, peeled¾ cup waterJuice of ½ lemon2 Tbsp nutritional yeast flakes½ tsp sea salt

Preheat the oven to 300° F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Make sure the kale leaves are thorough-ly dry. Tear them into large pieces and place in a large bowl.

Rinse and drain the cashews.

In a food processor, process the ca-shews, bell pepper, garlic, water, lemon juice, yeast flakes and salt until a smooth paste forms.

Toss the kale leaves in the paste to fully coat, and then place them on the baking sheet in a single layer; don’t overlap any.

Bake for 15 minutes, then flip the leaves and bake another 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes before serving.

Note: Alternatively, dehydrate the kale leaves in a food dehydrator for 8 hours on a high setting (no need to turn them over).


Raw Cranberry- Chocolate Protein Balls

Yields: 20 servings

1½ cups raw walnuts1 cup raw pecans½ cup naturally sweetened dried cranberries5 Medjool dates, pitted¼ cup raw cacao powder1 to 2 Tbsp chocolate or vanilla protein powder1 to 2 tsp water1 tsp vanilla extract4 drops liquid stevia

Process all of the ingredients in a food processor until a dough forms.

Turn off the processor, remove the blade and roll a teaspoon of the dough into a ball using the palms of the hands. Repeat with all the dough. Enjoy be-tween meals or after a workout. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week, or in the freezer for up to three months.


Superfood Trail Mix

Yields: About 3 servings

This trail mix is loaded with antioxi-dants. Pack up a mason jar and store it at the office or other work station or make individual serving packets to take along on hikes.

½ cup sunflower seeds1 cup walnuts1 cup goji berries


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Travel is changing as vacationers increasingly value unique experi-ences over standard tourist fare. In

addition to the option of couch surfing (Tinyurl.com/CouchsurfingAdventure), more people are making the most of house rentals, swapping and sitting, plus various home stays via AirBnB (AirBnB.com). All expand options for affordable journeys tailored to their needs. AirBnB accommodations range from private studios to family-sized homey spaces, encompassing tiny houses, tree-houses, geodesic domes, yurts, container cars, caves, lighthouses, working ranches, castles and luxury carriage houses. With 2 million listings for 34,000 cities in 190 countries, 600 million people have found their ideal getaway through the San Fran-cisco-based company since it launched in 2008. Published feedback, including comment books at the rental sites, pro-vides assurance for visitors. When hosts aren’t on the premises, they are available as needed by guests. Mary Bartnikowski, publisher and photographer at Vagabond Travel Photography Magazine (VagabondTravel Mag.com), has visited 32 countries so far, staying in homes, ashrams, temples,

DITCH THE HOTELFrugal Lodging Options from AirBnB to House Swapping

by Avery Mack

boats and apartments. “My best AirBnB rental was camping for two weeks in a Hawaii home garden next to a big tree; my host forgot to mention the big, friendly dog,” she says, recalling an unexpected wake-up greeting. Hosts find providing rentals a way to monetize unused space, meet new people and showcase their area. Beth Everett, an Oregon author, offers an AirBnB detached backyard studio space. “We moved from New Jersey to Portland two years ago, and the extra income lets me stay home to write,” she says. House swapping is another option for soaking in local color. Preparation is key and includes a notebook’s worth of helpful details shared in advance, as well as onsite. Most exchanges involve a series of Skype sessions for questions and answers. Leasa Sanders McIntosh, an executive recruiter, swapped her Denver home for a month in Kona, Hawaii. “We traded cars and joked that we even traded cats. We swapped three times before they moved to the main-land.” This summer, she’ll swap to be at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Susan May, an established advocate of organ donation from Cartersville,

½ cup coconut flakes¼ cup cacao nibs

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and store in an airtight container.

Source: Whole Food Energy: 200 All Natural Recipes to Help You Prepare, Refuel, and Recover, by Elise Museles

Frozen Banana Sandwiches with Almond Butter and Cacao Nibs

Yields: 2 servings

These take only about 5 minutes to make, and there are no rules when it comes to mixing and matching differ-ent nut butters and nutritional boosts.

1 banana2 Tbsp almond butter 1 tsp cacao nibs

Peel, then cut 1 banana in half length-wise and then slice it in half horizon-tally. Arrange the quarters on a small baking sheet or freezer-safe plate and spread equal amounts of nut butter on the banana slices. Top with the cacao nibs for added crunch (optional), and then place two banana slices together to make two “sandwiches”.

Freeze at least 3 to 4 hours until solid. Then, remove from the tray and store in the freezer in containers (for up to a month), or wrap individually for a grab-and-go option.

Source: Whole Food Energy: 200 All Natural Recipes to Help You Prepare, Refuel, and Recover, by Elise Museles


Georgia, traded homes and cars to take her four teens to Europe. “We visited 13 countries, spending two weeks in Wales and three in Germany. We saw fireworks in Paris on Bastille Day and joined the Highland Games, in Scotland,” she says. “I want our family to be more than just tourists passing through Westernized hotels with no real contact with local folks. Exchang-ing homes is an ideal way for a family to travel inexpensively.” Housesitting fan and senior tech- nical recruiter Rachel Burke, of Santa Monica, California, has stayed for free in London, Cape Cod and Palm Springs, California, using TrustedHouseSitters.com. “This way, homeowners can travel with-out leaving pets in a kennel while unpaid housesitters avoid hotel expenses and gain a chance to be a native in a different location,” she says. “Last year, I watched a five-story home in a London suburb while the owners visited Portugal for three weeks.” She shares shots of her favorite spots at Tinyurl.com/FunLondonPhotos. Burke combines housesitting with AirBnB by renting her apartment when she travels. “A couple of years ago, I paid $1,800 for a two-week trip to Thai-land and charged $125 a night for my apartment, making my trip to Thailand free,” she relates. Burke lives near the Santa Monica Pier, Venice Beach and Hollywood, all prime destinations. With 50,000 listings in 150 countries, Homestay.com tweaks the

AirBnB experience in that hosts are more involved in their guests’ local adventures. Cuba currently tops desired destinations for U.S. travelers, with most rentals in the capital, Havana, the nearby artistic enclave of Trinidad or rural Vinales. Many hosts arrange airport transfers, tours, visits to attractions, bicycle rentals, restaurant reservations and transportation to other Cuban locales. Hosts usually speak several languages, including English, and may even teach guests to play Cuban-style dominoes. Eco-friendly homestays are avail-able, too, ranging from a private Nicara-guan island independently powered by solar panels and a Spanish farmhouse off the grid to an organic farm in Thailand or eco-lodge in South Africa. An Austin, Texas, listing notes, “Everything is reclaimed, recycled or repurposed. We have an infused honey business. We’re laid-back and practice good karma and a healthy, drama-free lifestyle.” Homestay’s average nightly rental is $46. While some guests are students, the majority are 35 and older, vacation-ing on substantial salaries; they simply prefer the local color. Vacations needn’t be expensive, but they should be memorable. The biggest challenge may be deciding where to go first.

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BUDGET TRAVEL TIPS

by Avery Mack

Rick Steves, host of the long-run-ning Public Television series

Rick Steves’ Europe and Edmonds, Washington, bestselling author of 40 European travel books, encourages Americans to travel as “temporary locals”. Here’s some of his helpful advice.

4 Start by searching HomeExchange.com, HomeLink.org and Intervac-Ho-meExchange.com for listings, tips and assistance.

4 Contact the host well before the trip. Be clear about what’s expected and what to do if there’s a hiccup. Triple check the key’s location and how to open the door, including any alarm system. Agree on phone and Internet charges.

4 Share information on where to shop and instructions for appliances and maintenance services. Ask about any quirks a loaned car might have and make sure insurance covers another driver.

4 Information about local sights and good restaurants is appreciated.

Source: Adapted from RickSteves.com

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THURSDAY, JUNE 2

Have You Had A Spiritual Experience? – 6:30-7:30pm. Have you had dreams of a departed loved one, an out-of-body or near-death experience, won-der about past lives? Learn more with like-minded people. Receive a CD with special techniques given as a gift to all attendees. Free, Jacaranda Library, Youth Activities Room, 4143 Woodmere Park Blvd, Venice, 941-358-0325, Meetup.com/EckankarInSarasota.

Mary Magdalene’s Mystical Teachings of En-lightenment – 7-8:30pm. June 2 & 16. Mary Mag-dalene brings forth her powerful, mystical teachings of enlightenment to awaken us to the power of the divine feminine energy that has emerged. Her teachings are powerful, direct and life altering for the serious spiritual seeker who truly desires to help humanity and Mother Earth shift into the Golden Age of enlightenment. Reverend Lea Chapin Ms;Ed (celestialconnections.biz), with 37+ years’ experi-ence as spiritual psychotherapist and channel for the ascended masters, works with her clients to under-stand the root cause of their life challenges with a renewed spiritual perspective. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333. ccosl.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4

Free Introduction to Silva Method – 10:30am-12:30pm. Silva Method is celebrating 50 years of service to humanity. Join us and receive an in-troductory lesson to the power of the Silva Meth-od. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Register, Tamara Patzer, MA, CSMI, 941-421-6563. AngelMinistriesfl.org.

SHAMANIC JOURNEY – 2-5:30pm. Similar to guided meditation enhanced by the heartbeat of the large mother drum. Opens inner gateways to sub-conscious and super-conscious, accessing guides, helpers and totems for healing and insights. $25. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. RSVP, Rev Zan Benham 941-922-7839, [email protected], ccosl.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 5

ECK Worship Service – 10-11am. How to Lis-ten to the Voice of God. Learn about the Voice of God, which is the Audible Sound Current, the Holy Spirit. Free, Charlotte County Cultural Center, Rm A, 2280 Aaron St, Port Charlotte, 941-764-1797, Meetup.com/EckankarInSarasota.

Open Heart Divine Healing Service – 12:15pm. First Sunday each month. Through the gathering of the Faithful, experience and co-create the Anchoring of Powerful Divine Healing energies within the Sacred Circle. Expect Miracles! Reverend Sharon Elizabeth James. Love offering. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333. ccosl.com.

Yin Yoga & Yoga Nidra – 3:30-5:30pm. Join Patty Seidensticker & Betsy Anderson for this wonderful, slow moving practice which connects us to the deeper tissues and inner body while we

quietly hold yin poses for a longer length of time. Increases flexibility, relieves tension, opens the chi energy and quiets the mind. Then enjoy yoga nidra, a guided 30-minute meditation led by Betsy, into a deeply relaxing place that brings you to a new level of peace & calm. Walk out feeling like a whole new person. No experience necessary. $20/at the door. Advance signup is appreciated. Radiant Soul Yoga & Wellness, 3512 N Lockwood Ridge Rd, 941-380-1206. [email protected]. Ra-diantSoulYogaWellness.com.

MONDAY, JUNE 6

Powerful Therapy to Health and Wholeness – June 6 & 8. An RN, Intuitive Biomagnetist Ralph Serrano’s true healing power comes from his ability to communicate with Spirit Guides, in helping his people find their true illness and through the pro-cess of Biomagnetic Pair Therapy, a revolutionary, scientific and therapeutic approach to heal. It is free of side effects, compatible with traditional or alter-native practices. Other times available. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. Call for appointment 941-371-9333. ccosl.com.

TUESDAY, JUNE 7

2nd Tuesday Anchoring Light Channeled Medi-tation in Charlotte County – 6:45pm. With Sha-ron Elizabeth James, serving the Ascension of our planet with the Ascended Realms as Anchors of Light since 7/16/07. Love Offering. Port Charlotte Beach Park, 4500 Harbor Blvd, Port Charlotte. 941-371-9333. ccosl.com.

Meditation & Healing Circle – 7pm. Come relax and benefit from a guided meditation, hands-on healing and mental healing for those named during the gathering by the attendees. Many good reports of the healing results have been received from these once a month 45-minute circles conducted by Rev-erend Yvonne Graham. Love Offering. Center for Metaphysical Fellowship 2044 Bispham Rd, Sara-sota. 941-266-8435. cmfSarasota.org.

After-Death Contact – 7-9pm. Visit with loved one who has transitioned. Facilitated by Dr Mark Pitstick. If possible bring object of person you wish to contact plus Chapstick and water; no caffeine or sugar that day; eat only a light dinner. Love offering. Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd. 941-955-3301.

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Awakening Life’s Journey – 3-4pm. Elysian Fields presents free book-signing and lecture with author Taylor Rose, Awakening-A Journey to Uplift and to Enlighten, inspired by her own spiritual jour-ney. She will also share some of the powerful mes-sages from the book to ignite the spark within and help you to transform your life. Signed books avail-able for purchase. Elysian Fields, 1273 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, at Midtown Plaza. 941-361-3006. ElysianFieldsOnline.com.

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Community HU Chant – 11am-noon. Come ex-perience for yourself, with others, how your days can be enhanced by singing the word “HU” for 20 minutes from your heart to God. You can also do this on your own at any time. It is for everyone of any background or religious beliefs. Light re-freshments follow. Free, Jacaranda Library, Youth Activities Rm, 4143 Woodmere Park Blvd, Venice, 941-358-0325, Meetup.com/EckankarInSarasota.

SUNDAY, JUNE 12Healing Qigong – 11am-12:30pm. Learn the basic movements and breath which will connect you to your vital energy or Qi energy. Simple, slow mov-ing and easy to do as with Danielle Nance guides you through understanding the importance of clearing toxicity from the body and bringing in the new vital life force energy. No experience neces-sary. Wear loose fitting clothes. $15/door. Radiant Soul Yoga & Wellness, 3512 N Lockwood Ridge Rd, 941-380-1206. [email protected]. RadiantSoulYogaWellness.com.

Soul Trauma Healing & Aura Photography – 1-3pm. Soul Trauma Healing clears the chakras of limiting energy. Effective for mind, body & soul healing. Receive specific messages from your Guides about your past lives and how these events affect your current life. Heal the past. Also, see the color and condition of your aura. Receive a 5 page report with before and after healing photos. With Elissa Bentsen and Lisa Gregory. $45 for all. The Spirit University, 373 Braden Ave, Sarasota. 941-544-5874, [email protected], TheS-piritUniversity.com.

Exploring Psychic Intuition – 3:30-5:30pm. Do you have an uncanny sense of knowing things be-fore they happen or do you sense spirits around you? We all have psychic abilities waiting to be tapped into and developed. This class is specifi-cally designed to help you take that first step to delving into your hidden psychic potential. Help you expand upon your own abilities by helping you recognize ways you are already receiving in-tuitive/psychic energy impressions. With Connie Fusella. $20. The Spirit University, 373 Braden Ave, Sarasota. 941-544-5874, [email protected], TheSpiritUniversity.com.

MONDAY, JUNE 13

Metamorphosis – 7-9pm. June 13, 20 & 27. David Winfree, author, spiritual teacher and facilitator of healing energy, presents life-transforming insights

about subtle spiritual/energetic natures with prac-tical applications in daily life. $10/class. Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd. 941-955-3301.

Powerful Therapy to Health and Wholeness – An RN, Intuitive Biomagnetist Ralph Serrano’s true healing power comes from his ability to com-municate with Spirit Guides, in helping his people find their true illness and through the process of Biomagnetic Pair Therapy, a revolutionary, scien-tific and therapeutic approach to heal. It is free of side effects, compatible with traditional or alterna-tive practices. Other times available. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. Call for appointment 941-371-9333. ccosl.com.

TUESDAY, JUNE 14

Have You Had a Spiritual Experience? – 6-7pm. Come share and/or learn about spiritual experienc-es such as coincidences, guidance from departed ones or angels, dreams, past lives, soul travel. These topics come from the Spiritual Experiences Guidebook which will be given as a gift to attend-ees. Free, Gulf Gate Library, Conf. Rm, 7112 Cur-tiss Ave, Sarasota, 941-358-0325, Meetup.com/EckankarInSarasota.

Astrology Discussions with Catherine – 7-9pm. This month we will be delving into the understand-ing of Progressions and the evolution of your natal chart. What is a Progression? What does that mean to you personally? How can you learn more about your divine plan? Come find out! $25. Elysian Fields, 1273 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, at Midtown Plaza. 941-361-3006. ElysianFieldsOnline.com.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15

Reiki III Master Share – 7-9pm. Masters of all lineages come together to share, expand, enhance and brush up on their Reiki. Wear comfortable clothes. $5 Suggested Donation. Enlightenment Center at Unity Church, 3023 Proctor Rd, Saraso-ta. Rev Zan Benham 941-922-7839. [email protected]. Woman-Spirit.com.

THURSDAY, JUNE 16How To: Billet Readings and Sand Readings – 7-8:30pm. Long-time medium and spiritual-ist Victoria Ackerman will take you on a journey into undiscovered country. She will reveal two lesser-known techniques used in divination: Billet Readings – Questions are written on small pieces of paper, then folded up or sealed in an envelope. Different than mediumship or other types of read-ings. Sand Readings – How to go backward and forward in time using sand vibration. $20/includes supplies. The Spirit University, 373 Braden Ave, Sarasota. 941-544-5874, [email protected], TheSpiritUniversity.com.

How to Spiritually Awaken – 7-9pm. Are you ready to spiritually awaken to your life’s journey? In this class, clairvoyant, empath and channeler, Taylor Rose, author of Awakening: A Journey to Uplift and to Enlighten, will unveil the spiritual wisdom and powerful messages she received on her own pro-found spiritual journey. These universal truths have the potential to transform your life by providing greater meaning, purpose and fulfillment. Taylor Rose will also use her ability to clear negative ener-gy and provide a free group energy clearing. Leave feeling inspired and uplifted! $15. Elysian Fields, 1273 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, at Midtown Plaza. 941-361-3006. ElysianFieldsOnline.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 18

Angels 101 – 10:30am-12:30pm. Everyone has an-gels who lovingly guide them. Come learn about who your angels are, how to communicate with them, and why it is important to ask them for help. $20. Pre-reg-istration required. Angel Ministries College, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995. AngelMinistriesfl.org.

Reiki I Certification – 1-4pm. Receive Reiki At-tunement. Experience guided meditation & meet your Reiki Guides. Learn hand positions to treat yourself & others, including your pets. Prepare for the 21-day Reiki Self-Healing. $75 class + $15 Manual./0.5 College Credit. Angel Ministries College, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995. [email protected], AngelMinistriesfl.org.

An Evening of Messages – 7-8:30pm. Medium Jay Higgins will bring messages from loved ones who have crossed over and from spirit guides, in a gallery setting. This night is designed for healing, love and information to help you in life’s journey, with closure and with healing. Donation $20. Cen-ter for Metaphysical Fellowship 2044 Bispham Rd, Sarasota. 941-266-8435. cmfSarasota.org.

SUNDAY, JUNE 19

Community HU Chant – 10-11am. Come expe-rience for yourself, with others, how your days can be enhanced by singing the word ‘HU’ from your heart to God, for 20 minutes. You can also do this on your own at any time. It is for everyone of any background or religious beliefs. Light refresh-ments follow. Free, La Quinta, 5931 Commercial Way (W of I-75), Sarasota, 941-358-0325, Meet-up.com/EckankarInSarasota.

TUESDAY, JUNE 21

What is in the Way is the Way – 7-8:30pm Tues-days. 10-11:30am Wednesdays. Reverend Elizabeth Thompson leads these 4-week classes about own-ing aspects of life experiences and awakening to a trust-filled connection with life. $10/class. Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proctor Rd. 941-955-3301.

THURSDAY, JUNE 23

Chakra Essentials: Learn How to Work with Your Chakras – 7-9pm. With Indira, we’ll ex-plore these whirling disks of light and how they affect your body and areas of your life. Learn a simple chakra clearing and balancing exercise as


ongoingeventswell as other energy exercises to keep your energies humming! $25. Elysian Fields, 1273 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, at Midtown Plaza. 941-361-3006. ElysianFieldsOnline.com.

FRIDAY, JUNE 24

Meditation & Spirit Circle – 7-8:30pm. Learn how to prepare for meditation. Experience a guid-ed meditation. Participate in a Spirit Circle, and so much more! $10. Pre-registration required. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Rev Patri-cia Charnley, 941-492-4995. AngelMinistriesfl.org.

SATURDAY, JUNE 25

Loving Relationships – 10:30am-noon. Join us in this amazing workshop and learn Interactive exer-cises to awaken new self-esteem, love and exuber-ance with self and others and so much more. $20. Pre-registration required. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995. AngelMinistriesfl.org.

Community HU Song – 11am-12:30pm. Come experience for yourself, with others, how your days can be enhanced by singing the word “HU” for 20 minutes from your heart to God. You can also do this on your own at any time. It is for everyone of any background or religious beliefs. Fellowship and light refreshments follow. Free. Mid-County Regional Library, Meeting Rm B, 2050 Forrest Nelson Blvd, Port Charlotte. 941-764-1797. Meet-up.com/EckankarInSarasota.

Fairy Faire – 11am-4pm. Readings, Healings, workshops, roving performers. Psychic readers will use their intuitive abilities to assist you in making choices and in answers for personal growth. Read-ings and Healings are 15 minutes, so you have time to sample different reader styles. If you’ve never had a reading, now is the time to give it a try! Join in the fun, and see how spirit is helping you! $3 en-try + kids free. Readings, Workshops $20/15 min. The Spirit University, 373 Braden Ave, Sarasota. 941-544-5874, [email protected], TheSpiritUniversity.com.

Intuitive Faire Readings and More – 11am-4pm. A monthly event with Intuitive and Mediumis-tic Readings, Spirit Artist, Palmistry, Astrology and Numerology Reports. Something for everyone. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333. ccosl.com.

Laughter Workshop – 1-2:30pm. Come and en-joy this enlightening experience, where you be-come one with a vibration of bliss through a unique and creative fun-filled class of joy and laughter. Leave rejuvenated, stress free and with tools to engage laughter everywhere you are. Decreases the negative effects of stress, boosts the immune system. Experience for yourself or bring a friend. With Josie Melcher, Certified International Laugh Teacher. $20. The Spirit University, 373 Braden Ave, Sarasota. 941-544-5874, [email protected], TheSpiritUniversity.com.

SUNDAY, JUNE 26

Eckankar Worship Service – 10-11am. Who am I? Why am I here? You are Soul, an eternal, indi-vidual spark of God, and a divine being with a spir-itual purpose. Come learn more about becoming a co-worker with God. La Quinta Inn, 5931 Com-mercial Way (W of I-75), Sarasota, 941-358-0325, Meetup.com/EckankarInSarasota.

sundayBeach Yoga for Everybody – 8:30-9:30am. Relax, breathe, stretch & greet the beautiful morning on beautiful Englewood Beach (N end). 941-473-0135. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. [email protected]. LovingLightYoga.com.Community Book Study: Aging as a Spiritual Practice – 9am. A contemplative guide to growing older. Buddhist meditation teacher, Lewis Rich-mond, helps us understand how aging can bring new possibilities and a depth of gratitude that profoundly affects us. Whether you are enjoying growing old, hating it or in denial, this study is for you. All beliefs and “unbeliefs” welcome. Faith United Church of Christ, 4850 SR 64 E, Braden-ton. 941-746-8890, FaithChurchucc.com.Sunday Services Cosmic Center – 10am Hands on Spiritual Healing. 10:30am Open Arms Meta-physical Spiritualist Service: Inspirational lectures and messages from your loved ones and friends on “The Other Side”. Reverends Thomas & Mary Linn Clarke. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333. ccosl.com.Silent Retreat – 10am-3:45pm. 2nd Sun. Venice Mindfulness Community. Come to all or part. Si-lent brown bag lunch Noon-1:30pm. Venice Holis-tic Community Center, 714 Shamrock Blvd, Ven-ice, RSVP 941-615-7613.Sunday Worship Service – 10:30am. Start your week renewed and encouraged. Join the CMF for a morning of inspiration, spiritual healing, inspi-rational talk, special music and Spirit messages. Fellowship period follows the service. Center for Metaphysical Fellowship, 2044 Bispham Rd, Sara-sota. 941-266-8435. cmfSarasota.org.Sunday AM Service – 10:30am-Noon. Join us for a free chair healing, singing, inspiring spiritual church messages and, after service, messages from Spirit with our Psychic/Mediums. Love Offering Wel-come. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Ven-ice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995, [email protected], angelministriesfl.org.Chess – 11am-3pm. The Cultural Center of Char-lotte County, 2280 Aaron St, Port Charlotte. Info & sign-up 941-625-4175.A Cosmic In-Service Gathering of Light-workers – 12:15pm. A call to Planetary World Servers to Anchor Light and work with our Family of Light to bridge Heaven and Earth. Reverend Sharon-Elizabeth James. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333. ccosl.com.Open Heart Divine Healing Service – First Sunday. 12:15pm. Through the Gathering of the faithful, experience and co-create the Anchoring of Powerful Divine Healing Energies within the Sacred Circle. Expect miracles! Reverend Sha-ron-Elizabeth James. The Cosmic Center of Spiri-tual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sara-sota. 941-371-9333. ccosl.com.Sunday PM Service – 6:30-8pm. Join us for a free chair healing, singing, inspiring spiritual church messages and, after service, messages from Spirit with our Psychic/Mediums. Love Offering Wel-come. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Ven-ice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995, [email protected], angelministriesfl.org.

mondayBeach Yoga for Everybody – 8:30-9:30am. Relax, breathe, stretch & greet the beautiful morning on beautiful Englewood Beach (N end). 941-473-0135. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. [email protected]. LovingLightYoga.com.

Yoga Infused – 8:30-9:45am. A fun class, blend-ing yoga fit & Pilates to build full body strength, improve posture, increase endurance, stamina & flexibility. Loving Light Yoga Studio, 3455 S Ac-cess Rd, Englewood. 941-473-0135. [email protected], LovingLightYoga.com.

Paddleboard Lessons & Tour – 9-10:30am. Learn how to stand up paddleboard while explor-ing the barrier islands that surround the North Jetty. Great opportunity to see dolphins, manatees and other wildlife. $25. N Jetty, Nokomis. 941-234-4311. SUPEnglewood.com.

Gentle Mixed Yoga – 9:30-11am. Gentle mixed level yoga. All levels and bodies welcome. $10. 238 W Tampa Ave, Ste 250, Venice. 941-468-0403.

Sunlight Yoga – 9:30-11am Mon, Tues, Thurs. 5:45-7:05am Wed. With Debbie Downing. Gentle flowing hatha yoga for range of motion, balance, re-laxation. Mixed level. $10. The Power of One, 238 W Tampa Ave, Venice Centre Mall/KMI Bldg, Rm 250. 941-468-0403. [email protected].

Gentle Yoga with Lata – 11am-12:30pm. A heart centered gentle flow of postures and deep stretching, breathing techniques and relaxation helping you to release tension and stress in the body and mind. Englewood Yoga Center, Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, 941-473-0135. [email protected].

Slow Flow Kripalu Yoga with Angelena Craig – 4-5:15pm. A gentle, yet energetic approach to traditional yoga, suitable for beginners or the more advanced. First time student special $15/ first class, second one is free; $55/5 class packages. Circusoul Yoga Studio, 4141 S Tamiami Trl, Sarasota. 941-822-9620, ANewAgingMovement.com.

Evening Yoga Flow – 6-7:15pm. Join Lata in this evening slow flow vinyasa practice. Bring your focus to releasing stress and tension in the body and mind while opening the heart and freeing the spirit, slowing down from your busy day as we link breath and movement with grounding asana sequencing and longer held forward bends to relax and re-new. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. 941-473-0135. [email protected], LovingLightYoga.com.

MAX T3 – 6:30pm. Revolutionary 20-second burst training for all ages and fitness levels. Free. Dower Chiropractic, 2226 Gulf Gate Dr, Sarasota. RSVP 941-924-1227. DowerPower.com.

tuesdayBeach Yoga for Everybody – 8:30-9:30am. Relax, breathe, stretch & greet the beautiful morning on beautiful Englewood Beach (N end). 941-473-0135. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. [email protected]. LovingLightYoga.com.


Yoga with Robert – 8:30-10am. Class includes gentle warms ups, yoga postures & relaxation, all levels are welcome. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. 941-473-0135. [email protected], LovingLightYoga.com.WSLR Peace & Justice Show – 9-10am. Tune in to 96.5 on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesdays of the month for The Peace and Justice Report. Submit any event announcements for the show to [email protected]. Gentle Mixed Yoga – 9:30-11am. Gentle mixed level yoga. All levels & bodies welcome. $10. 238 W Tampa Ave, Ste 250, Venice. 941-468-0403.Deep Water Aerobics – 10-10:45am Tues & Thurs. Come join the fun. Some swimming ability required. $3, South County Regional Park, 670 Cooper St, Punta Gorda, 941-629-0170, 941-505-8686.Gentle Yoga Flow – 11am-12:30pm. A flow of pos-tures designed to increase strength, flexibility and the flow of vital energy. Ending with a guided deep relaxation to restore body, mind and spirit. Begin-ner friendly. Loving Light Yoga Studio, E Engle-wood. 941-473-0135, [email protected] Yoga – 5:30-6:45pm. The literal translation of Nidra is sleep. However, Yoga Ni-dra is a dynamic state, not the unconscious sleep of nighttime. It has the ability to alter your uncon-scious programming. You tap into creative powers beyond the ego-mind and have access to healing on physical, mental and emotional planes. First class complimentary, $10 thereafter. Venice Holistic Community Center, 714 Shamrock Blvd, Venice. Register, Facilitator Rick Rabalais 941-539-9149.Yoga Nidra and Sound Healing – 6-7pm. First Tuesday monthly. A time to relax, restore and renew. A deep guided meditation that will take you into the deepest levels of relaxation. Through the use of guided imagery, breath awareness and the healing sounds of the Crystal Bowls, Yoga Nidra will help to alleviate not only muscular tensions, but also mental & emotional stress, healing the body, mind & spirit, bringing you into balance, harmony and peace. Open to all ages. Bring your favorite blanket and pillow. $18. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. Must Pre-register, 941-473-0135, [email protected], LovingLightYoga.com.Yin/Restorative and Sound Healing – 6-7:15pm. A gentle yin practice with the crystal healing bowls. Relax and surrender into sensations and unlock deep rooted tensions in the body, quite the busy mind as you allow every cell of your bod y to be bathed in sound healing and vibration. A Spiritual Uplift for body, mind and soul! Englewood Yoga Center/Loving Light Yoga. Must pre-register, 941-473-0135, LovingLightYoga.com.Community Book Study: Aging as a Spiritual Practice – 6:30pm. A contemplative guide to grow-ing older. Buddhist meditation teacher, Lewis Rich-mond, helps us understand how aging can bring new possibilities and a depth of gratitude that pro-foundly affects us. Whether you are enjoying grow-ing old, hating it or in denial, this study is for you. All beliefs and “unbeliefs” welcome. Faith United Church of Christ, 4850 SR 64 E, Bradenton. 941-746-8890, FaithChurchucc.com.Prescription for Courage – 7-8:30 pm. May 10-31. Rev E Thompson: proven ways to deal with fear. $10/class. Unity of Sarasota, Fellowship Hall, 3023 Proctor Rd (between Beneva & Swift), Sara-sota. 941-955-3301. UnityOfSarasota.com.Transformation – 7-8:30pm. June 14, 21, 28. Da-vid Winfree, author, spiritual teacher, and facilita-tor of healing energy teaches this six-week course with content drawn from his book, The Evolution

of the Human Energy Field and Humanity’s Ulti-mate Destiny, for those who desire to evolve more swiftly. It will provide life-transforming insights regarding our subtle spiritual/energetic nature and how to apply this in one’s life for greater spiritual growth and empowerment. Each class will contain teaching along with Q&A and may also include opportunities for discussion, brief meditations, prayer and energy work for the group. The Cosmic Center of Spiritual Light, 5041 Ringwood Mdw, Bldg G-2, Sarasota. 941-371-9333. ccosl.com.The Greater Charlotte Harbor Group of the Si-erra Club – 7-9pm. 3rd Tuesday monthly. Open to the public, this is a wonderful opportunity for you to discover what your local Sierra Club is all about. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Building, 1532 Forrest Nelson Blvd, Port Charlotte. Info, 941-423-2713, [email protected].

wednesdayBeach Yoga for Everybody – 8:30-9:30am. Relax, breathe, stretch & greet the beautiful morning on beautiful Englewood Beach (N end). 941-473-0135. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. [email protected]. LovingLightYoga.com.Yoga for Well-Being – 8:30-10am. Guided medi-tation, breathing exercises, sun salutations and an energizing flow of postures with a guided relax-ation. All levels welcome. $12; $55/5; $100/10. Loving Light Yoga Studio, 3455 S Access Rd, En-glewood. 941-473-0135. LovingLightYoga.com.Mindful Mid-Week at SMI – 10-11am. 8-week Qigong Series. $10/per class. Register [email protected]. 6-7pm, Drop-in Sitting Med-itation group, with instruction & discussion of reading, Donation. Sarasota Mindfulness Institute, 1530 Dolphin St, Studio 6, Burns Ct, Sarasota. De-tails: SarasotaMindfulness.org/calendar.html.Yoga/Pilates Flow, Level One – 11am-12:15pm. With Lata. Great for beginners and all levels. A flow of yoga postures and Pilates to strengthen, tone and stretch the entire body. Packages avail-able. 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. 941-473-0135. LovingLightYoga.com.Free Healing Clinic – 4-6:30pm. Our Masters tap into the Divine Source of energy to balance and heal your being. Relax and enjoy this renewing and enlightening experience. Love Donation Appreciat-ed. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995, [email protected], angelministriesfl.org.Sunset Yoga – 5pm. Relax, breathe, stretch & enjoy the sunset on beautiful Englewood Beach. Beginner friendly. Donation. Sponsored by Loving Light Yoga, Englewood Beach (N end). 941-473-0135. LovingLightYoga.com.Debbie Downing Yoga – 5:45-7:15pm. Gentle mixed level yoga. All levels and bodies welcome. $10. 238 W Tampa Ave, Ste 250, Venice. 941-468-0403.Square Dancing – 7-9pm. The Cultural Center of Charlotte County, 2280 Aaron St, Port Charlotte. 941-625-4175.

thursdayKundalini Yoga/Gong Meditation – 8-9:30am. A blend of postures, mantra & gong meditation offering a technology that aligns with the ever-evolving uni-verse. All levels. $15; $52/4; $88/8. Moving Toward Stillness Wellness Center, Osprey. 941-812-8695.

Beach Yoga for Everybody – 8:30-9:30am. Relax, breathe, stretch & greet the beautiful morning on beautiful Englewood Beach (N end). 941-473-0135. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. [email protected]. LovingLightYoga.com.

Yoga Infused – 8:30-9:45am. A fun class, blend-ing yoga fit & Pilates to build full body strength, improve posture, increase endurance, stamina & flexibility. Loving Light Yoga Studio, 3455 S Ac-cess Rd, Englewood. 941-473-0135. [email protected], LovingLightYoga.com.

Zumba/Yoga Class with Allison – 9-10am. Feel young & energetic on Venice Beach. Dance & relax. Donations. W Venice Ave, on the Beach, Venice. VeniceInformationCenter.com.

Englewood Farmers’ Market – 9am-2pm. Find a wide range of fruits, organic vegetables, fresh baked German breads, gourmet French foods, fresh seafood, bonsai plants, orchids, garden plants, kettle corn and much more! Olde Engle-wood Village, W Dearborn St, Englewood,Engle-woodFarmersMarket.org.

Gentle Mixed Yoga – 9:30-11am. Gentle mixed level yoga. All levels & bodies welcome. $10. 238 W Tampa Ave, Ste 250, Venice. 941-468-0403.

Deep Water Aerobics – 10-10:45am. Some swimming ability required. $3. S County Region-al Park, 670 Cooper St, Punta Gorda. 941-629-0170, 941-505-8686.

Awakening Spirit Kundalini Yoga – 11am-12:15pm. Awaken spiritual energy with breath, movement and meditation, with Jana and Han-nah. $10. Venice Holistic Community Center, 714 Shamrock Blvd, Venice. Register 941-488-1828.

Gentle Yoga Flow – 11am-12:30pm. A flow of postures designed to increase strength, flexibility and the flow of vital energy. Ending with a guided deep relaxation to restore body, mind, and spirit. Beginner friendly. $12; $55/5; $100/10. Loving Light Yoga Studio, E Englewood. 941-473-0135, [email protected].

Mindful Movement – Noon-1pm. Qigong with Daniele. $10. Sarasota Mindfulness Institute, 1530 Dolphin St, Studio 6, Burns Ct, Sarasota. Details SarasotaMindfulness.org/calendar.html.

Open Gym Basketball – 5-8pm. Drop in & enjoy a game of indoor basketball. Shoot some hoops. Play 3 on 3, 5 on 5 or a pickup game with friends. Times subject to change. $2/player. Tringali Rec-reation Ctr, 3460 N Access Rd, Englewood.

Gentle Restorative Yoga – 6pm. Unwind the body with this gentle restorative class. All lev-els. $15/first class free. Moving Toward Stillness Wellness Center, Osprey. 941-266-6962.

Restorative Yoga and Sound Healing – 6-7:15pm. Restorative yoga with the use of props to help you relax and surrender into gravity, with sound healing concert of the crystal bowls that will take you into the deepest levels of relaxation and healing. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. Must pre-register, 941-473-0135. LovingLightYoga.com.

Healing & Messages – 6:30-8pm. Join us for a free chair healing, singing, inspiring spiritual messages with our Psychic/Mediums. Love Offering Wel-come. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Ven-ice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995, [email protected], angelministriesfl.org.


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Act Your Way Into Being – 7-9pm. Eight-week summer course, Thursdays, June 16 to August 4. Improvisation is the tool for self-realization and spiritual expansion in this revival of a class for ordinary folk which ran for 17 years, using exer-cises and theatre games to free and open creative expression. Class size limited. $100/course or $15/per class at the door. Unity of Sarasota, 3023 Proc-tor Rd, Sarasota. Rev Zan Benham, 941-922-7839. [email protected]. Woman-Spirit.com.

fridayMAX T3 – 7:30am. Revolutionary 20-second burst training for all ages and fitness levels. Free. Dower Chiropractic. 2226 Gulf Gate Dr, Sarasota. RSVP 941-924-1227. DowerPower.com.Beach Yoga for Everybody – 8:30-9:30am. Relax, breathe, stretch & greet the beautiful morning on beautiful Englewood Beach (N end). 941-473-0135. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. [email protected]. LovingLightYoga.com.Mindful Basics at SMI – 8:30-9:45am, Yoga Basics with Larisa, $10. Noon-1pm Sitting Med-itation, Donation. Sarasota Mindfulness Institute, 1530 Dolphin St, Studio 6, Burns Ct, Sarasota. De-tails: SarasotaMindfulness.org/calendar.html.Yoga for Well-Being – 8:30-10am. Guided medita-tion, sun salutations and an energizing flow of pos-tures with a guided relaxation. All levels welcome. Loving Light Yoga Studio, 3455 S Access Rd, En-glewood. 941-473-0135, LovingLightYoga.com.Gentle Yoga with Lata – 11am-12:30pm. A heart centered gentle flow of postures and deep

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stretching, breathing techniques and relaxation helping you to release tension and stress in the body and mind. Englewood Yoga Center, Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, 941-473-0135. [email protected] Fridays at the Power of One – 11am-3pm. Know thyself and know what’s coming in your future. New relationship, order a synastry chart. Accurate, affordable prices. Call for an ap-pointment or stop by the store to talk. Ask for As-trology Bob. $35/Natal or Progressed chart. The Power of One Metaphysical Shop, 238 W Tampa Ave, Venice. 941-493-6096.Private Readings Walk-In – 6-7:30pm. End your work week on a pleasant note, and with helpful guidance from your spirit guides and angels! Come and receive a 15-minute message from a loved one or guide from one of our gifted workers. Stop any-time during 6-7:15pm on Fridays, no appointments needed. Two workers available; minimum wait time, if any. $20 donation. Center for Metaphysical Fellowship, 2044 Bispham Rd, Sarasota. 941-266-8435. cmfSarasota.org.Friday Night Concert – 7-9pm. Join us in Down-town Venice for our Free Friday Night Concert series at the Gazebo in Centennial Park. 200 W Venice Ave, Venice. Info MainStreet.com.

saturdayVenice Farmers Market – 8am-1pm. Every Sat-urday morning, local farmers, fisherman, crafts-men, bakers, artists and others gather in the heart of historic downtown for a weekly celebration of the best of Venice where you can get fresh season-al Florida fruits and vegetables direct from local

farms. You can’t find any fresher shrimp or seafood. There’s incredible tasty homemade baked goods, trin-kets, crafts, soaps, flowers, plants, locally roasted cof-fee, and more. Tampa Ave between Nokomis & Nas-sau. 941-929-5304. TheVeniceFarmersMarket.com.

Beach Yoga for Everybody – 8:30-9:30am. Relax, breathe, stretch & greet the beautiful morning on beautiful Englewood Beach (N end). 941-473-0135. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. [email protected]. LovingLightYoga.com.

Punta Gorda Farmers Market – 8am-Noon. Vot-ed the ‘Best Small Market in Florida’ and 15th in the USA, we have a large number of vendors of-fering fruits and vegetables, dried fruits and nuts, Italian bakery, fresh homemade pasta, kitchenware, cupcakes, beef and fresh seafood, fresh citrus, jew-elry, candles and soaps, dip mixes, Florida arts and crafts, cheese, French bakery, baguettes and olives, homemade pies, orchids, organic produce, personal-ized pens, kettlecorn, coffee beans and drinks, native and exotic plants.Taylor St (across from Historic Charlotte County Courthouse), Punta Gorda. 941-391-4856. [email protected].

Yoga with Robert – 8:30-10am. Class includes gentle warms ups, yoga postures & relaxation, all levels are welcome. Loving Light Yoga, 3455 S Access Rd, Englewood. 941-473-0135. Lov-ingLightYoga.com.

Psychic Fair – 10am-3pm. 2nd & 4th Saturdays. Are you searching, questioning and seeking an-swers? Choose from some of the best Intuitive Art-ists in the Area! See what your future holds! Com-plimentary refreshments. Private Readings $1/Min. Angel Ministries, 2269 S Tamiami Trl, Venice. Rev Patricia Charnley, 941-492-4995, [email protected], angelministriesfl.org.


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