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health buzzACID-ALKALINE BALANCE FOR OPTIMAL HEALTH

The acid-alkaline balance, or pH balance, of the body is critical to optimal health. While we have natural mechanisms to keep our blood and tissues in balance, diet and nutrition can help maintain—or disrupt—this balance. If the body is not able to compensate for a diet that is too acidic or too alkaline, the internal environment becomes compromised and eventually cells fail to thrive, leading to a diseased state.

The pH scale, which represents degree of acidity or alkalinity, goes from 0 to 14, with number 7 representing balance between acidic and alkaline substances. The body’s healthy

range in pH is 7.36 to 7.42 (slightly on the alkaline side). Illness will typically accompany any prolonged state of acidosis (blood or tissues with a pH value lower than 7.36) or alkalosis (pH higher than 7.42).

Many everyday activities, such as muscle use, produce acidic substances. But normally, alkaline biochemical buffers in the bloodstream and tissues compensate, bringing pH back to the healthy range. However, if acidity is excessive, our systems cannot compensate enough, and acidosis results, with acids accumulating in tissues and joints. (Many health specialists believe that acidity leads to arthritis.)

Food is a very important factor in acidosis. Foods are classifi ed as acidic or alkaline according to the residue left after they have been metabolized. America’s typical diet is heavily based on acidifying (acid-producing) foods. They include wheat, oats, white rice, refi ned fl our, refi ned sugar, strawberries, pomegranates, meat, poultry, cold cuts, fi sh, eggs, cheese, butter, whole and refi ned grains, bread, pasta, cereal fl akes, pecans, peanuts, soybeans, white sugar, sweets, cashews, sodas, coffee, tea, cocoa, wine, mayonnaise, ketchup, and mustard. In contrast, alkalizing (alkaline-producing) foods consist mostly of green and colored vegetables, most fruits, millet, buckwheat, sprouted beans, sprouted seeds, fermented tempeh and tofu, olive oil, and soaked almonds.

For a healthy acid-alkaline balance, your diet should contain about 70 percent alkaline foods, focusing on fruits and vegetables, with some whole grains and sprouts, and smaller amounts of animal foods and refi ned foods. Drinking large amounts of water on a daily basis can also be a highly effective way to help the body eliminate accumulating acids.

Acidic/alkaline food charts are available at www.essense-of-life.com/moreinfo/foodcharts.htm.

—Aimee Hughes

POSTURE-PERFECT

Proper posture is essential to looking and feeling good—and it’s also good prevention for health problems. If you have poor posture, your bones are not properly aligned, and your muscles, joints, and ligaments take more strain than nature intended. Faulty posture may cause fatigue, muscular strain, and, in later stages, pain. If the shoulders are slouched, the chest cavity is smaller, hindering inhalation. This reduces the fl ow of oxygen into the body, compromising digestion, circulation, and other vital functions.

To ensure excellent posture, pay attention to how you stand. Follow this simple exercise and feel the difference between standing correctly and the misaligned stance many of us take habitually.1. Place your feet hip-width apart, with both feet pointing forward.2. The legs should be straight but the knees should not be locked.3. Let your arms rest naturally at your sides.4. Feel your weight being supported in the middle of each foot. You may want to see how it feels to rock onto the ball of the foot and then back on the heel of the foot. Then fi nd a balance in the middle.5. Align the shoulders by fi rst elevating them toward your ears, then rolling them back and down into a relaxed position away from the neck. 6. Center the head directly on top of the spine.

Many of us spend over half our waking life sitting in a chair behind a desk at the workplace. Therefore, fi nding a chair to support good posture is essential. Check for the following in your existing chair or while shopping for a new one:1. You should be able to place both feet fl at on the fl oor.2. Your entire thigh should be supported by the seat of the chair.3. The back support of the chair should be as high as your shoulder blades.While seated, keep your upper torso aligned as in the standing posture. Check yourself periodically to be sure your posture is excellent, and also take frequent breaks to get up and stretch.

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When you think about health and wildlife, what comes to mind? Likely, Lyme disease comes fi rst—and rightly so. With more than 4,000 cases statewide last year, New York remains a nationwide hotspot. Ticks carry pathogens for other illnesses, too, such as babesiosis, ehrlichiosis (granulocytic anaplasmosis), and cat-scratch fever. If you’re still naïve about tick-transmitted diseases, ’tis the season to learn!

Next on your list might be rabies. New York State often tops rabid animal counts nationwide, but human cases are rare. Rather than fear our furry friends, keep the facts in mind. Only mammals carry rabies—mostly raccoons, skunks, bats, and foxes (and unvaccinated domestic mammals). People usually get rabies through a rabid animal’s bite or scratch, or, very rarely, if animal saliva gets into an existing, fresh cut or in the person’s eyes, nose, or mouth. Of the country’s roughly two dozen cases of human rabies since 1990 (three in New York State), most were from bats, usually with no known contact (genetic analysis later confi rmed a bat source). Bottom line: Keep doors and windows closed or screened from dusk to dawn when bats are active, and don’t handle bats, ever. Be aware that, worldwide, rabies is common among dogs, and responsible for thousands of human deaths annually, so consult the Centers for Disease Control (www.CDC.gov) if you plan to travel abroad.

If you’re a fi shing buff, health advisories about pollution-contaminated fi sh now apply to 150 of the state’s waters. Women of childbearing years and children under the age of 15 are especially advised to avoid or rarely eat fi sh from these waters. Swimming in contaminated water is also a health risk. For a complete list of tainted waterways, and for updated warnings, visit the New York State Department of Health website (http://www.health.state.ny.us/environmental).

Mosquito-borne West Nile virus is still on the watch list. Last year, 46 people in the state were diagnosed with it (mostly in Nassau County and New York City), and six died. However, health experts believe that only a fi fth of people who contact the virus will develop symptoms, which are usually mild, and only 1.5 percent of infected people are at risk of dangerous encephalitis or death.

What about Hanta virus from rodents? Human cases are very rare and typically follow exposure to large amounts of mouse feces and urine while cleaning out nesting areas. For safety during clean up, don gloves and a mask and don’t sweep; use damp rags to clean and disinfect instead. If you need to trap rodents, use capture-and-release or snap traps; shun torturous glue traps, which kill by starvation over days. Then seal all possible rodent reentry sites—it’s up to you to keep critters out!

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YOGA FOR HEADACHE RELIEF

Headaches are usually a result of muscle tension in the back of the neck due to postural problems. For most people, restorative yoga poses (asanas) and breathing techniques can relieve and help prevent the onset of many types of headaches. Here are some examples.

Mountain Pose is an “active standing” posture. Stand tall with the outer edges of the feet parallel to each other. Engage (contract) the thigh muscles, causing the kneecaps to lift. At the same time, press your shoulder blades together and then release them down the back. Lengthen the neck, keeping your chin parallel to the fl oor, and relax your eyes. This asana can help eliminate bad postural habits and serve as a reminder to keep the head elevated rather than crunching it into the neck.

Downward Facing Dog begins by kneeling with the hands and knees on the fl oor, hands under the shoulders, fi ngers spread wide, knees under the hips, spine straight. Now push the hips upward, moving the body into and inverted V shape. The legs and arms are straight, and the shoulders are wide and relaxed. The heels move toward the fl oor. Tighten the tummy, but keep the head and face relaxed. Take several slow deep breaths in this position, then come back to kneeling. Repeat as many times as you like. Stretching and strengthening the muscles in the upper torso during this pose can also help relieve tension in the neck and head.

Bridge Pose begins on your back, feet planted close to your buttocks, palms on the fl oor. Breathe in, and with an exhale, press your feet into the mat to lift the tailbone off the ground. Clasp your hands together underneath your tailbone and walk the shoulder blades closer together. Allow your weight to rest on the posterior shoulders and the feet. Next, lift your hips upward; hold for several breaths. Then slowly roll the spine down to the ground, one vertebra at a time, beginning from the shoulders. This pose calms the brain while opening the chest and rejuvenating tired legs.

Although it may sound odd, it can be helpful while doing these restorative asanas to wrap the head with an Ace bandage. The sensation it creates can be quite comforting.

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It was John Lennon’s album Plastic Ono Band that helped Jef frey Cohen, the founder and director of the Institute for

Integrated Feeling Therapy in New Paltz, fi nd his life’s course. The record was written as Lennon was undergoing primal therapy and embracing the idea that pain from early life, even during the preverbal or birth stages, can affect us physically and psychologically in our adult lives. The music prompted Cohen, then in his twenties, to delve deeper into the subject and he began reading The Primal Scream by the therapy’s originator, psychologist Arthur Janov.

“That book, emotionally, really affected me,” Cohen says. “I majored in psychology in college and studied various modalities, but this was such a radical departure from traditional therapy and it just appealed to me; it made sense to me on many levels, that we carry around inside of us all these traumas and they affect us really deeply. This therapy seemed to have an effective way of getting to those traumas, and hopefully what I’ve done with integrated feeling therapy has addressed not only getting to them, but healing them in the present.”

A licensed mental health counselor and CUNY psychology graduate, Cohen has been providing primal therapy work since 1981, and his practice has developed into what he now labels integrated feeling therapy. According to

him, just feeling the pain (as traditional primal therapy suggests) is often not enough to create lasting change in the present. His practice today incorporates elements of life coaching and helps clients learn how to assimilate what they’ve learned from their past experiences into their current daily lives.

Clients seek out sessions with Cohen for a variety of reasons, including depression, anxiety, sleeplessness, and to fi gure out why relationships may not be working. “We do some very deep exploration and we call it ‘following the line of pain,’ down from the person’s present-day life into their past,” Co-hen says. “We often see that the root causes of marital distress, relationship distress, anxiety, and depression really emanate from pain in our early childhood.”

Sessions will vary highly depending on the client, but the goal is to uncover those traumas and allow them to be experienced, releasing them from unconsciously driving actions or fears. These experiences can be extremely intense, and Cohen notes that all the therapists he’s trained over the years must have undergone the therapy themselves to be able to understand what clients are going through.

“You have to know what it’s like to go back and relive this stuff, because it helps people do it themselves,” he says. “So that gives everybody who does this work a special sensitivity to what it’s like to really be open

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and vulnerable in the way we encourage in the work.”

As a client traces back the line of pain, the root causes can surface as hurts that were physical, psychological, or both. When Cohen began attending primal therapy sessions in his twenties, he frequently complained of chronic headaches and stress-related confusion. Dur-ing one session of his “intensive,” a 30-hour block of therapy in a three-week period, he kept placing his hand on his head and telling the therapist it felt like he was struggling to be born. When Cohen spoke with his mother and asked her to describe his birth, she told him that the doctor was late to the delivery and the nurse was physically holding him back from being born. “That set up two major traumas for me,” he says. “On the physical level, when I would get stressed I’d get headaches. As a result of feeling this stuff all these years later, I rarely get a headache now. Confusion was also a huge symptom at that point. I’m not a confused person at this point, I’m pretty direct and clear on decisions that I want to make. It had major impacts, and it does for many people who go back and live that stuff.”

Cohen also works with clients whose root pain is psychological. He used an example of a doctor who became a client after he began suffering from clinical depression when his wife left him. During the doctor’s intensive, he began to relive the experience of his mother’s death when he was three years old. Integrating the experience into his current life, he was able to see how his wife’s abandonment was triggering memories of his mother’s death. “The thing to understand is that when somebody goes back and lives something that’s been buried for that long, it’s so healing for the person to uncover it that they immediately feel better,” Cohen says. “It’s like a wound that is fi nally being cleansed and seen. Then, we always spend time in the session integrating and talking. We help integrate how the early trauma may be affecting their present-day life.”

According to Cohen, repression of pain and painful memories is the basis of many maladies, and exploring where love went wrong in early life can help put the pieces together in current circumstances. “To me, it’s all about love—that’s what it comes down to,” he says. “I don’t think we ultimately heal in life until we’re able to love and be loved as adults.”

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At fi rst consideration, sending a child to the chiropractor may appear unneces-sary. Kids seem to bounce back from

injuries with relative ease. But when you start to consider the many activities that children participate in—athletics, playing instru-ments, roughhousing, gaming—the idea that chiropractic could play a role during critical growth stages begins to make sense.

“Child athletes and musicians are very prone to repetitive injuries that can cause very severe orthopedic injuries down the line if they’re not addressed soon,” said Dr. David Ness, a chiropractor in New Paltz. “I have kids who, with the repetitiveness of horseback riding, track and fi eld, or baseball, come in with the strains and sprains that professional athletes come in with.”

For this reason and more, the f ield of pediatric chiropractic is growing. According to a 2005 study by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners, the number of chiropractic patients under 17 years old had increased from 9.7 percent in 1991 to 18.2 percent. But it’s not just child athletes who are seeking treatment for muscular issues.

According to a study by the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) on juvenile chiropractic care, musculoskeletal concerns ranked only third as a reason for chiropractic treatment, following respiratory and gastrointestinal problems.

The idea that chiropractic can help not just musculoskeletal problems but also the whole body’s healing process is not news for Ness, who at age three was taken by his mother to a chiropractor to battle a recurrent ear infection. Today, in his own practice, he’s worked with children who have mild cerebral palsy, asthma, and many other conditions. With respiratory issues, for example, Ness said adjustments can help free up vertebrae and ribs that are not moving properly. “If one area is fi xed, it’s going to cause another area to be fi xed, and you won’t be able to get deep breaths in or expand your lungs,” he said.

Although the chiropractor’s goal of keeping nerve fl ow free has benefi ts for a number of conditions, the majority of Ness’s work with children involves sports-related injuries and pain resulting from poor posture. “[Kids] spend so much time at a desk with poor posture,

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Chiropractic for KidsBy Kelley Granger

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and watching TV or studying on the computer with poor posture, that all of those things eventually cause back or neck pain,” he said. “If you start that habit in fi rst or second grade, by the time you get into ninth grade eight years have gone by where developing bones have not developed properly, and we’re already seeing signs of early arthritis in teenagers because of [this].” Visiting a chiropractor can help with the current pain and also prevent further injury through education on everything from proper posture and how often to change position to how much weight to carry in a backpack—all information that is pertinent to children who spend hours a day at school desks and lugging around heavy textbooks. Ness also demon-strates stretches and exercises for his patients that will counteract the negative posture or repetitive movement that’s causing injury, which helps to prevent further damage.

According to Ness, chiropractic can even be performed on infants and toddlers, though he said the traditional chiropractic techniques are modifi ed for smaller-size patients. For example, instead of using the palm of the hand during an adjustment, Ness said he might use his fi ngertips, and a lot less force. While some of these patients may be too young to verbalize a complaint about pain or an injury they’ve sustained, it doesn’t mean they couldn’t benefi t from a checkup, he said. Youngsters often have trips and falls, or sleeping positions, that could cause damage.

Although some parents may be concerned about potential risks of chiropractic to young children, the ICPA study on the safety and effectiveness of chiropractic care indicates that less than 1 percent, of the 10,249 offi ce visits it considered, reported minor adverse events resulting from treatment, while 66 percent described improvements in their present complaints. A further 8 percent spoke of improvements not directly related to their original complaint, such as improved sleep, mood, and immune function.

“You have to go to the dentist to check your teeth periodically,” Ness explained. “They need to be cleaned, fl ossed, and taken care of. Your teeth are a very important part of your body, and your spinal column is equally important to your body. It houses and protects your spinal cord, and through it, your brain connects to the rest of your body. If that breaks down, where are you going to be? You need to have someone take care of your spine and the muscles of your spine and body so that they will serve you well down the line.”

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Studies continue to illustrate the correla-tion between dental health and overall wellness, and that the gums play a

signifi cant role in the well-being of the entire body. According to the American Academy of Periodontology, gum disease is related to a growing number of health issues. For example, someone with periodontal disease is twice as likely to have a heart attack, and women with the condition are seven times more likely to give birth to a premature or underweight baby.

Luckily, periodontal treatments are evolv-ing beyond the surgical procedures many dentists have traditionally used to combat the later stages of gum disease. A number of dental practices are adding a laser treatment called PerioLase to their arsenal. Tischler Dental of Woodstock began using the technology a little over a year ago. Since implementing the procedure, they haven’t done a single conventional gum surgery.

One of the major benefi ts of PerioLase is that healing time is a fraction of that of a

surgical treatment. During a standard gum surgery, incisions are made along the tissue and gums are fl apped back so that the dentist can view the roots and bone below, said Dr. Fred Milton, a Tischler dentist. Then the prac-titioner uses instruments to clean out diseased tissue and contour bone or perform grafts to regenerate areas of bone loss, if necessary, before suturing the gums closed. Depending on the patient, healing can take up to two weeks, sometimes with notable discomfort. PerioLase’s recovery time is signifi cantly less. Milton said he’ll see patients out and about the next day as if they had no treatment at all—the only complaint being a postoperative requirement that prohibits brushing the teeth for a number of days.

The reason PerioLase is able to cause minimal discomfort and is highly effective is because the laser can precisely target and destroy gum disease, Milton said. “The laser has very specifi c wavelengths and it can dis-tinguish between healthy tissue and diseased tissue because the color of diseased and healthy

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DISEASE WITH LASERSBY KELLEY GRANGER

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tissue is different,” he said. “The laser seeks out pigmented tissue, so it’s able to zap away only bacteria and infected tissue.”

Beyond the benef it of rapid recovery, dentists are discovering that the laser is a catalyst for regeneration of the root surfaces, which means there may be less chance of the disease returning. It also gives the body’s im-mune system a break from concentrating on oral infl ammation. “When we do PerioLase, we get rid of the tissue, the bacteria, and the chronic infl ammation in the mouth,” Milton said. “It’s almost like we push a reset button on the computer. It gives the body a chance to not pay attention to so much infl ammation in the mouth, and it can start taking care of other things that are going on.”

After having a PerioLase treatment, which is done under anesthesia in two stages, Tischler patients have generally reported feeling better all over their body. “Once you get rid of the chronic infection in your mouth, the rest of your body starts to feel better, because periodontal disease is related to so many different things,” Milton said. “It’s been related to heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, gastric ulcers … there is a defi nite relationship here. We have a lot of people who say, ‘Since I’ve had this laser surgery done, I just feel better. My body feels better, I don’t have as many aches and pains.’ I think a lot of that is attributed to the body’s immune system quieting down.”

According to the American Dental As-sociation, gum disease doesn’t always have symptoms. It starts as gingivitis, a mild form of disease that can be easily treated, but progresses into a more serious, risky issue the longer it’s ignored—often leading to swollen, irritated gums that bleed easily. Risk factors include tobacco use, systemic diseases (like diabetes), and use of oral contraceptives, among other things. With regular dental care and proper hygiene, gum disease is preventable and treatable. For those already suf fer ing with advanced gum disease, PerioLase can help provide a fresh start for a healthy mouth.

“It’s generally believed that less than 5 percent of the people [treated with PerioLase] have to be treated again after fi ve years, but they really have to do their work,” Milton said. “After we do our job, 100 percent is back on the patient to do their work, and that’s properly cleaning their teeth.”

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In our increasingly pressured lives, people are craving more time and energy to get more things done, or even just to get

through their daily routines. In fact, time and energy are now commodities. Buying “time share” holidays or trading options to achieve the most profi table outcome in buying or sell-ing commodities is based on the concept of buying, negotiating, or extending time. But can we buy energy?

The answer is probably. Energy bars and meditation, yoga, or exercise can boost one’s energy. Yet this is clearly not sustaining enough, as most people still crave energy despite their hard-earned efforts at increasing it.

Why is this so? If we understand that time is outside of ourselves and energy is within us all, we begin to understand that energy is our own currency for living. Without energy, we can’t perform and do much in our life, even if we can buy time.

As philosophical as it may sound, this real-ization is very practical and has huge implica-tions in the way we use and value our most vital resource—our energy.

The old paradigm for getting things done

emphasized “time management”; now the human potential movement sweeping across the planet (so much so that it now underpins leadership training programs for Google staff) takes as its basic template for living your life, the need to balance your energy. So the new paradigm is all about energy and how we use it, and, most importantly, renew it.

But the “new paradigm” is not really new; its foundation lies in the wisdom of the ancient texts of Upanishads and the Vedas, and tra-ditional Chinese medicine, a 5,000-year-old system for living in harmony. All of these bodies of ancient wisdom recognize that energy is the fundamental principle of life, and if it is not harnessed or renewed we face major struggles, symptoms, and imbalances.

It might sound a bit nebulous, yet energy transcends time, space, and dimension, as quantum physicists would attest. Simply put, when you manage energy, you are, in fact, managing time.

In the New York Times bestseller The Power of Full Engagement (2003, Free Press) co-authors Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz (corporate coaches to top-ranked professional athletes


and corporations) demonstrate how managing energy, not time, is the key to enduring high performance, as well as health, happiness, and life balance.

As the authors and man-agement leaders summarize: “We live in digital time. Our pace is rushed, rapid-fi re, and relentless. Facing crushing workloads, we try to cram as much as possible into every day. We’re wired up, but we’re melting down. Time management is no longer a viable solution.

“The number of hours in a day is fi xed, but the quan-tity and quality of energy available to us is not. This fundamental insight has the power to revolutionize the way you live your life.”

The key to sustaining high performance in any area of life is to make the experi-ence engaging and enjoyable, so it can be re-created again and again without burning us out. While our custom-ary busyness may have the appeal of suggesting high productivity or being suc-cessful and in demand, it can also mean avoidance and energy drain. To renew our energy, we must fi nd time for rest, relaxation, fun and play, emotional connected-ness, mental relaxation, and spiritual realignment every day and in short bursts.

The Four Key Sourcesof Energy

Physical EnergyWe can achieve this goal through:

* Quality and quantity of sleep

* Appropriate nutrition in order to have balanced blood sugar levels thought the day. It isn’t possible to be produc-tive and perform well with low blood sugar. It is impossible to even think with very low blood sugar levels, as it literally leaves you feeling “brain dead.” Appropriate nutrition means managing your insulin spikes and choosing live, fresh, enzyme-rich foods for the best fuel for your physical body, your engine.

* The right exercise—and this does not mean excessive cardio. In fact, short, intense exercise is far more benefi cial and doable.

* Short bursts of rest in be-tween rushing around or performing endless tasks around the house or work are far more productive. Think of yourself as a “cor-porate athlete”—sprint and recover, instead of working all day long without regular rest and recovery. Little breaks can be anywhere from one to fi ve minutes, as long as you totally disengage from your activity.

Emotional Energy:Creating ConnectionIn order to perform at our best, we need to access the positive and uplifting emo-tions associated with enjoy-ment, adventure, oppor-tunity, challenge, and feel-ing inspired. Appreciating others and, in turn, feeling appreciated, is the key.

When we dwell on nega-tive emotions such as hostil-ity, resentment, and anxiety, the quality of our energy is hugely diminished. Over time, running on negative emotional energy at work or in any other area of life is a huge energy drain, which leads to chronic tiredness, perhaps even chronic fa-tigue syndrome.

This is because emo-tions that arise out of fear or defi cit and threaten our survival in any way produce an extremely toxic effect by stimulating our adrenal glands to release cortisol, the stress hormone. In small amounts, cortisol is ben-efi cial, but when it pumps into the bloodstream for too long, it leaves a trail of destruction and eats away muscle tissue.

Mental Energy: Sharpening FocusAny way of quieting the mind and its constant chitchat, such as meditation or activities that focus on the breath like qi gong, allows us to renew our mental energy. This makes us far more intelligent and productive in the long run.


To perform at our best, we need to sustain con-centration and be fl exible in our thinking, with appropriate focus and realistic optimism.

Regularly engaging in creative visualization enhances the mental fl ow of energy.

Mental capacity is derived from expend-ing and renewing energy—in practical terms, if we spend too much time in overthinking, overanalyzing, and focusing heavily on practi-cal outcomes, we are not allowing for creative possibilities and new ways of experiencing. If we adopt this approach habitually it can lead to boredom, a very destructive outcome.

Spiritual Energy:

Finding Your PathKnowing your soul or life purpose is not enough—taking little steps to actualize it and align your life with it is the key to maintaining overall balance. Why? It is not widely under-stood that while the most fundamental source of energy is physical, the most signifi cant is spiritual.

If we are aligned with our spiritual energy, it directly fl ows and replenishes the other three interconnected sources of our energy bowl: the physical, the mental, and the emotional.

Spiritual energy aligns our actions, motiva-tions, and ambitions, with the end result that we feel more alive, engaged, connected, and able to judge more clearly our next step. At this level, we are able to access and use our innate gifts and talents, so that we have a source of “energy on tap.”

Spiritual energy is the most powerful source of our motivation, perseverance, and direction; it makes sense to use it daily.

Fully EngagedLife is not so much just about acquiring things and living from one experience to the next, but, rather, being fully engaged and enjoying what we are doing at any given time. And the key to being more engaged in all aspects of life is to balance our four key sources of energy—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual—with intermittent energy renewal.

Just as nature has its own natural pulses and rhythms—the ebb and fl ow of tides, the lunar cycle, the seasons, the daily rising and setting of the sun—we also experience wavelike move-ments between activity and rest.

Our breathing, brain waves, body tem-perature, heart rate, hormonal levels, and blood pressure all have healthy and unhealthy rhythmic patterns. Daily rest and renewal is the key to balancing our four sources of energy. If we have more energy, we have the capacity to do more and enjoy life even more. If we can achieve a balance of being physically energized, emotionally connected, mentally focused, and spiritually aligned, we are well on the way to health and happiness.

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Of all the different childbirth meth-ods that exist, there seems to be a common belief that threads them

together: Women know how to give birth, and they can do it without medication and with-out fear. Still, research continues to confi rm alarming trends involving medical interven-tions in the birthing process. The National Center for Health Statistics released a report in January revealing the birth trends for 2006, which found that 22.5 percent of births in this country used induction (medication to enhance labor)—double what it was in 1990—and a cesarean delivery rate that rose to an all-time high of 31.1 percent of all births. Once a woman has had a C-section, research indicates that her next birth will be done by caesarian 92 percent of the time, often without attempting normal delivery.

For Jennifer Houston, a certifi ed nurse-midwife from Catskill, these interventions are all part of a modern misconception that birth is a medical event. “Doctors are practicing a medical model—they’re selling services,” she said. “They’re keeping an eye out for danger and they’re looking through a fi lter of pathology. Medicine makes birth pathology, and it’s not pathology. It becomes pathology when it’s not supported.” While hospitals and medication certainly have roles to play in risky pregnancies and abnormal labor and delivery scenarios, they are simply not necessary for the average, normal birth.

These days, a common hospital delivery may play out something like this: First, an epidural may be administered to numb pain from the waist down via a spinal injection. But that can hinder natural contractions, so the doctor may give the mother pitocin, a drug that stimulates labor but also causes more pain. That may necessitate another epidural, which may necessitate more pitocin. All of these drugs and injections can cause the baby to go into stress, so a cesarean section may be performed. “A regular, normal hospital routine inhibits the natural physiology of birth happening normally

on its own,” Houston said. “Unfortunately, I see a lot of women these days asking for and wanting epidurals and not being well informed. In some ways, they may be more humane-looking births, but in other ways we’re still overusing technology, overmedicating people, and defi nitely doing too many C-sections. One hospital intervention leads to the next, and there’s this whole cascading effect.”

When you trace these births backward from the moment of delivery, you’ll often see a procession of interventions that fell against one another like dominos—and it often starts with the painkillers.

Explaining EpiduralsAccording to the American Pregnancy As-sociation (APA), more than 50 percent of women request an epidural during labor in a hospital, making it the most popular anes-thesia for pain relief during labor. Epidurals are injected just adjacent to the spinal cord of the lower back, where a catheter is placed that typically administers a combination of lo-cal anesthetic and narcotics or opioids. More medications may be dispensed to steady the mother’s blood pressure or to extend the effects of the epidural. The APA notes on its website the benefi ts of the painkiller (like relieving discomfort and allowing rest in prolonged labor), but the catalog of possible drawbacks is longer and more striking, including rapid drops in blood pressure, severe headaches caused by leakage of spinal fl uid, slowed or stopped labor, permanent nerve damage at the insertion site, shivering, nausea, and more. The list also warns that pushing may become more diffi cult, so that further interventions—pitocin, forceps, vacuum extraction, and cesarean—may become essential to delivery. The use of an epidural can also hold health implications for the baby, with studies suggesting infants may experience respiratory depression, fetal malpositioning, and an increase in fetal heart rate variability during the delivery process, and may also have diffi culty breastfeeding after

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Delivering a Baby without Medication


birth. Though some of these side effects may be rare or need further documentation, an overwhelming complaint against the epidural is that women feel powerless and cheated out of the real childbirth experience.

Houston herself said she was medicated during the birth of her fi rst child, and felt “scared and out of control” during the process. “A lot of women feel less control when they have narcotics,” she said. “Certainly epidur-als could be useful if people are having very, very long, diffi cult labors and just have to have some relief, but midwives generally work on that need for relief through the skills required for an unmedicated birth.”

A Natural Birth“I always looked at birth like most other women, with fear,” said Kate Murphy of Kingston. “I think we are conditioned as a culture to immedi-ately picture a red-faced woman in excruciating pain screaming and cursing her way through the experience. When I found out I was pregnant, however, my feelings changed. I felt that I could birth my child gently and with confi dence.”

Like so many other women, Murphy’s original vision of labor involved one of the foremost deterrents of opting for a natural childbirth: fear.

“Women who have unmedicated births—natural births, empowered births—come away from those births feeling very, very different, much more powerful,” Houston said. “Clearly, it’s transformative, and I think that we’re wired for this. This is our physiology. The culture has given us a sort of propaganda—the danger, the fear, the pain, the complications. The truth of the matter is that most births are completely normal. And it absolutely needs to be sup-ported by well-trained, attentive, skilled birth attendants, preferably midwives.”

Murphy gave birth to her child in De-cember, using HypnoBirthing, the Mongan Method. The primary tenet of the approach is that mothers can birth without severe pain by reducing fear and tension through education and practice of visualization and relaxation techniques. She studied the method during private classes with Jency Elliott, a HypnoBirth-ing practitioner in Woodstock, and at home, through literature and relaxation CDs.

“I always looked toward the upcoming birth very positively,” she said. “I remember people would always ask, ‘Are you scared?’ I could honestly answer no. They always wanted to convince me that I should be scared. People would ask me if I had chosen a method. When I would tell them about HypnoBirthing, more than one person responded, ‘No matter how you do it, it’s going to hurt!’ I had to laugh inside. It always amazed me how hard it was for most people to accept a woman birthing fearlessly. Most people would rather try to convince me to be afraid.”

Elliott probably wouldn’t be surprised to hear this. “Birth acts as a magnet,” she said. “Everyone will tell you their stories and a lot of them are scary because of the fact that the parents were afraid.” But Murphy said that through the HypnoBirthing classes and mak-ing informed decisions, her labor couldn’t have gone better. She spent the early stages of labor at home before transferring to a hos-pital. Once there, “I focused on visualizations to help relax my muscles and allow them to work together,” she said. “I didn’t experience what I would describe as pain. It was more like pressure, very bearable.” Her daughter, almost 10 pounds, was delivered without any dose of pain medication—not even a Motrin afterward, Murphy said.

“What you will not learn is how to ‘deal’ with the pain, as that concept means you are already anticipating and expecting to be miserable,” said Elliott of the HypnoBirthing method. “However, you will learn comfort measures and ways to ease your mind, thereby easing your birthing body.”

Aid from AcupunctureStudies on the effects of acupuncture during la-bor are also raising hopes that the practice may be an effective alternative to pain medication. A report prepared by the obstetrics and gyne-cology department at Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital in Paris cited a number of studies that showed the use of acupuncture during labor signifi cantly reduced the use of epidurals and seemed to lessen pain, with most participants reporting better overall relaxation, too.

Jipala Reicher-Kagan of Transpersonal Acupuncture in Kingston performed acupunc-ture on herself when she was in labor with her children with positive results. “In my fi rst pregnancy I did a series of prelabor treatments that start in the 36th week to prime the body for labor,” she said. “I also received treatment the morning that my labor started to get the qi moving and open up the pelvic area.” She used acupuncture during her second pregnancy to induce her overdue baby, and delivered within 48 hours.

Therese Sibon of Body Mind Spirit Acu-puncture in New Paltz provides acupuncture services for pregnant women, especially for inductions and delivery of breeched babies, which could help avoid the medical interven-tions designed to deal with these situations. “Acupuncture isn’t going to force the body to do something its not able to do,” said Sibon. “It cat-alyzes the energy that’s in the body to do what’s benefi cial for it.” Through needling, moxa, and demonstrating massage of specifi c points, Sibon has helped a number of local parents naturally bring their babies into the world.

Plans for natural childbirth may nonethe-less go out the window when the labor actually starts. Having an experienced birth attendant


can make all the difference, as they can offer a number of methods to help control pain natu-rally. Houston is not only a midwife but also a certifi ed Kripalu bodyworker and a certifi ed hypnotist with training ranging from the La-maze and Bradley birth methods to yoga and neurolinguistic programming. Mothers can also benefi t from hiring a doula for physical and emotional support throughout the labor. Doulas, as do midwives, often bring a range of ideas for pain management, extending from the use of warm water to soothe and soften tense muscles and make delivery easier, to helping women fi nd positions that help expedite the labor in a safe and comfortable fashion. Cari Naftali, a certifi ed doula based in Canaan, said that she’ll use a combination of techniques for mothers in labor, including birthing balls, warm compresses, and other options.

Be Prepared and Realistic about PainAs your pregnancy progresses, educate yourself on the options available—the different birthing methods, where you want to have your baby, and who you want to facilitate care. If you decide to choose a nonmedicated birth, get support from your friends, family, and profes-sionals who may be present during labor. Re-member that every birth is unique in its process, and have reasonable expectations concerning your pain management choices.

“Most women who haven’t given birth don’t realize it’s not a kind of pain like a broke-your-leg pain or a migraine,” said Naftali. “It’s a productive kind of pain, a unique feeling, and it’s not pain for pain’s sake. It actually can feel good. It’s something that in my personal view is really worth feeling and experiencing.”

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Cari Naftali, DONA-certifi ed Doula(518) 781-2202

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SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR

BY LORRIE KLOSTERMAN

Finding Meaning in Middle Age and Beyond

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While the proverbial midlife crisis is typically seen as a fearsome enemy, cresting the hill of middle age can launch a quest for true meaning in one’s life. Authors Richard Leider and David Shapiro have crafted a number of books guiding inner growth and

empowerment, including Whistle While You Work, Claiming Your Place at the Fire, and the international bestseller Repacking Your Bags. In their latest book, Something to Live For: Finding Your Way in the Second Half of Life, Leider and Shapiro offer specifi c steps to a meaningful elderhood, interspersed with illustrative stories from their real-life explorations—both geographical and psychological—among indigenous tribes in Africa.

On the weekend of August 14–16, Leider will be giving a workshop, “Something to Live For: Repacking Your Bags for the Second Half of Life,” at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck. Leider is a senior fellow in the University of Minnesota’s Center for Spirituality and Healing; has penned additional books (The Power of Purpose and Life Skills); is a founding partner of the Inventure Group, a coaching and consulting fi rm; and was praised by Forbes magazine as being among the nation’s top fi ve coaches. Leider recently spoke with us by telephone to share some of his insights and give us a peak into the workshop’s intention.


In your book Something to Live For, you talk about the three concepts of money, medicine, and meaning. Can you summarize what you mean by this?Today, people are living longer than ever before. In 1900 the life expectancy was only age 47, and now we’re living into our eighties. What do we do with those extra years? We need to look at money, medicine, and meaning. Do we have enough money to do what we want? And by medicine we mean, Do we have the energy and health? And if we have enough money and health, what’s the third leg of the stool? It’s meaning.

Meaning is a fundamental human need. And it’s a mega-trend of the 21st century. We’ve had the positive psychology movement—it’s a very big trend, with thousands of books in the self-help section—but what I’m talking about is the positive aging movement. MetLife, the largest insurer in the country, has a research group, the Mature Market Institute, which did a study based on my work in which they interviewed thousands of people from ages 47 to 74 about this very question of money, medicine, and meaning. They found that meaning trumps money: It’s more important to people.

How do you defi ne a meaningful life?There are four parts. The fi rst is community. Throughout his-tory, we’ve not lived in isolation, in retirement homes where we’re disconnected from the world, like so many older people do today. People want to be connected. It might be through faith-based organizations, or volunteer organizations—there are a thousand things. Second, people want to be connected with friends and family—a more intimate community. The third part of meaning is creative work. People really want to use their abilities to accomplish things. It’s not just about money. They actually want to feel connected to their work.

And the fourth is helping to make things better—to somehow be part of “saving” something. That can come in a lot of forms, like volunteering. And when we fi nd ourselves disconnected from that, it’s a problem. A core question behind all this is pretty clear: What gets you up in the morning? You can talk about purpose and meaning in lofty terms, but when you don’t have a purpose to get up in the morning, you don’t live as happily or fulfi lled—or as long. Research supports this.


You have talked with lots of older people around the world, and you have some insight into “what the elders say,” to use your phrase.I’ve been interviewing people for 30-some years, and I’ve found three themes that come up over and over when I ask, “If you could live over again, what would you do differently?” First, they say I would be more refl ective, meaning they would stop and look at the big picture, instead of being busy, busy, busy, and all of a sudden we’re older, wondering, Where did that life go? Secondly, they say they would be more courageous in two areas: work and love. In work, where you spend 60 percent of your life, they say, “I wish I would have made a better choice.” Courage is the courage to say no to some things and yes to others—to look for that which is a better fi t. A lot of folks got into their work just by accident, and took an easier route. The same is true with relationships.

Thirdly, the elders say they would under-stand their own personal bottom line, and do what matters most to them.

You describe “savoring” and “saving” as both being important to a meaningful life, with the “saving” part becoming a more powerful need in the second half of life.There’s a quote from E. B. White that really grabs everybody: “If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning, torn between a desire to save the world and a desire to savor the world. That makes it hard to plan the day.”

Somehow, in our DNA as human beings, we want our lives to matter. And people know intuitively that helping others in some way is good medicine. We have found there is sci-ence behind this. People do better medically, and live longer, than if they have nothing else but themselves to live for. Even people with dementia may have a pet to care for, or a plant to water—something beyond themselves.

What if you have to work in your later years, for money? What if you feel stuck, and can’t really pursue your meaning?A myth that we’ve uncovered in our work is that a good life means the absence of misfor-tune. But we’ll all have misfortune, including jobs we dislike, illness, death of loved ones, economic meltdown, and so on. But in spite of that, people can make something good of it. Part of that is your attitude, your choices. Just today, 21,000 people lost their jobs at GM. They are going to have to reinvent themselves even if they didn’t want to. They have to step back and take a deep dive—they don’t have a choice in the matter.

As a career counselor, I often work with people who are in jobs they dislike. Finding the will to change is not easy. But the starting point is this formula: gifts plus passion plus value equals calling. Calling is the inner urge to give your gifts away. One of the things I do is make sure a person understands their gifts or talents. Then I would look at their passions—what are they really interested in? Does their current job fi t their passions? It comes to really saying, What do you bring to the party here? And then, What are your values? What is the

Richard Leider will lead a workshop on fi nding meaning in midlife at the Omega Institute in August.


best environment for those? Those are the core pieces of a good work

decision. It’s actually the core of the program I do at Omega. Gifts plus passions plus values. One of my mentors, Richard Bolles, who is the author of What Color Is Your Parachute?, is similarly aligned with this formula.

What if your spouse or partner doesn’t agree on how to spend the later years?I hear it all the time in my coaching practice. Nothing short of a courageous conversation will get the job done. Couples oftentimes haven’t had to have this conversation because they have been planted where they are. And now they have choices. For example, in my work I do a “place” inventory with people. It’s shocking, how many couples get to the second half of life and they don’t agree on where they want to live. We have to sit down and look at the criteria, and maybe do a trial—try to live somewhere for a month. Or when I lead walk-ing safaris in Africa, both parties may not want to go. Does it mean one can’t go because the other doesn’t want to? So they have a process to go through to see what they each want. It’s not easy, but there are all kinds of tools. Repack-ing Your Bags and our website have them, like a values inventory, and a good-life inventory.

As you point out, many people reaching midlife may never have had the chance or awareness to ask what would make their life most meaningful. How do you start doing that, or even know what to ask?People are really looking for guidance. You can actually get a free self-help guidebook and DVD that I wrote about how to go about this process of reinventing yourself. It’s on the website that explains the MetLife study. It’s a guidance system—everything we’ve talked about, and practical tools. The good-life in-ventory asks essential questions to guide you in discovering and planning the good life for yourself. The four components of a good life are living in the place you belong, with the people you love, while doing the right work, on purpose. Part of the workshop at Omega is about how to have that conversation with yourself—to ask, What do I want? What’s next for me? And how do I have that conversation with somebody else?

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1-800-277-7099

[email protected]

We are a compounding only pharmacy specializing in skin care products and Bio-identical Hormone Replacement Therapy for women. The art of compounding offers the patient and physician fl ex-ibility in the choice of drug, dosage, form, strength, and excipient. We also customize formulations for animals.


DENTISTRY

Dr. Anthony J. Angiolillo, DDS60 Park Lane Suite 3

(845) 454-3310

www.hotsmilesoftheHV.com

See display ad on page C2.

Holistic Orthodontics & DentistryDr. Rhoney Stanley, DDS, MPH, LicAcup, RD

107 Fish Creek Road

(845) 246-2729

Experience Orthodontics in a magical setting using expansion and gentle forces, not extraction and heavy pressure. Member of The Cranial Academy, Dr. Rhoney Stanley considers the bones, teeth, face and smile components of the whole. Offers fi xed braces, functional appliances, Invisalign. Early Treatment for young children when essential. Insur-ance accepted. Payment plans available.


EDUCATION

Columbia-Greene Comm. College4400 State Route 23

518-828-4181

www.mycommunitycollege.com

[email protected]


DIRECTORY


ENERGY HEALING

Cassia Berman(845) 679-9457

Qi Healing, without touching, balances and cleans your energy. It easily relieves stress and pain, and brings relief to many chronic conditions--from back problems, menstrual & menopausal symptoms, to the common cold & hepatitis C. I can also teach you simple Medical Qigong techniques for your specifi c needs. At the very least, you are guaranteed to feel happy, peaceful, more relaxed. Certifi ed by Chinese Healing Arts Center. See also Tai Chi Chu’an / Qi Gong.

HOLISTIC HEALTH & MEDICINE

deepnourishmentCarol Hornig, MS, CNS.356 Stone Road(845) [email protected] display ad on page 8.

Finding the CourageShirley Stone, MBA, Certifi ed Empowerment Life Coach50 Violet Place845-876-2194www.fi ndingthecourage.comshirley@fi ndingthecourage.com

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Mid-Hudson AcupunctureSee ACUPUNCTURE and display ad on page 19.

HOSPITALS

Benedictine HospitalMember of Health Alliance105 Mary’s Avenue(845) 338-2500www.benedictine.org

Benedictine Hospital is a progressive, fully-accredited 222-bed acute care facility serving the growing needs of Ulster County. With numerous building expansions over its 100 plus year history, Benedictine has kept pace with medical advances and healthcare challenges and remains faithful to its mission and tradition of Benedictine hospitality and care.See display ad on page 1.

Kingston HospitalMember of Health Alliance396 Broadway(845) 331-3131www.kingstonhospital.org

The Kingston Hospital is a 160-bed acute care hospital. Many services are provided such as: Cardiology, Surgical, Maternity, Women’s Health, Dialysis, Wound Care and much more. The medi-cal technology has advanced, and the facility has grown and the hospital still operates to provide our community with the region’s best healthcare.See display ad on page 1.

Northern Dutchess Hospital6511 Springbrook Avenue(845) 876-3001www.health-quest.orgSee display ad on page C3.

Vassar Brothers Medical Center45 Reade Place(845) 454-8500www.health-quest.org/home_vb.cfm?id=11See display ad on page 2.

HYPNOTHERAPY

Susan WillsonTranspersonal Hypnotherapist(845) 687-4807

This gentle hypnotherapy session connects you to your eternal soul and provides answers about soul continuity after death, life patterns/themes, purpose of the current life and guidance in this life. Sessions can help to heal grief, physical and emotional symptoms and to gain clarity about relationships.See also THERMOGRAPHY and display ad on page 42.

LIFE COACHING

Dear NancyPersonal Consultant437 New Paltz Road(845) [email protected]

Own who you are more confi dently! Your personal journey towards fi nding, defi ning and owning more confi dently a gratifying contentment and connec-tion with your inner well being and relationships. Dear Nancy offers a nonjudgmental atmosphere which is a sounding board to troubleshoot any concerns you may have; help create, clarify and obtain personal goals & help YOU fi nd which direc-tion to journey with a particular issue… or just in life. Isn’t time to empower yourself?

MASSAGE


Hudson Valley Structural IntegrationSee STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION and display ad on page 42.

Joan ApterApter Aromatherapy(845) [email protected] display ad on page 13.

DIRECTORY


MEDICAL IMAGING

River Radiology45 Pine Grove Avenue; 11 Mary’s Ave

(845) 340-4500

www.riverradiology.com

See display ad on page C4.

MENTAL HEALTH

Elia Saville—Intuitive Counselor(518) 822-1207

www.eliasaville.com

[email protected]


MIDWIFERY

Jennifer Houston(518) 678-3154

www.midwifejennahouston.com

[email protected]


NATURAL FOODS

Lagusta’s LusciousVegetarian Home Meal Delivery Service

(845) 255-8VEG (8834)

www.lagustasluscious.com

[email protected]

Lagusta’s Luscious brings heartbreakingly deli-cious, sophisticated vegetarian food that “meat-and-potatoes people” love too to the Hudson Valley and NYC. We are as passionate about our politics – locally grown organic produce, environ-mentally sustainable business practices – as we are about our food, and it tastes just as good as any you’ll fi nd at the fi nest restaurants. End week-night meal boredom forever. Serving New York City and the Hudson Valley Region.

Watershed Agricultural Councilwww.buypurecatskills.com

NURSING HOMES

Archcare at Ferncliff Nursing Home21 Ferncliff Drive

(845) 876-2011


NUTRITION

Damsel Fly CenterTeam Northrup

(845) 489-4745

www.teamnorthrup.com


Vicki Koenig, MS, RD, CDN(845) 255-2398

www.nutrition-wise.com


Village Wine & Spirits45 Front Street(845) 677-3311www.villagewinemillbrook.com


ORGANIZATIONAL SERVICES

The “BE CLUTTER FREE” E-BookRosalyn Cherry, M.S., C.H.T.PO Box 187(212) 864-2165www.BeClutterFreeBook.com

[email protected]

Act now and order this e-book for a breakthrough in letting go of too much stuff. Decide what goes and what stays with this color-coded step-by-step guide. Experience support and develop personal strategies during the actual de-cluttering process. Follow th e “Be Clutter Free” tips and case studies to stay motivated and engaged. Yes you can!

PHYSICIANS

Integrated Health Care for WomenKristen Jemiolo, MD(845) 485-7168


PILATES

Core PilatesMichelle Humphrey, MSPT(845) [email protected]


PSYCHOTHERAPY

Judith Blackstone, Ph.D.PO Box 1209845-679-7005www.judithblackstone.com

[email protected]

Offering traditional psychotherapy and EMDR for healing from trauma and changing limiting beliefs, and Realization Process, a body-oriented medita-tion for deepening contact with oneself and others. For individuals and couples. NY State licensed; 28 years experience. Offi ces in Woodstock and NYC.

K. Melissa Waterman, LCSW-R35 Main Street, #333(845) 464-8910therapist.psychologytoday.com/52566


Don Wilde, PhDClinical PsychologistWarwick/Newburgh845-987-9960www.donwildephd.com

Specializing in biofeedback, schema therapy, mindfulness, and counseling. Treating all forms of anxiety disorder, including panic attacks and PTSD. Couples work, general counseling, evalu-ation, and treatment of ADHD and head injury. Not just feeling better—living a more skillful life.

DIRECTORY


RETREAT CENTERS

Breema [email protected] display ad on page 5.

SPAS

Bodhi Holistic Spa, Store & Salon323 Warren Street(518) 828-2233www.bodhistudio.comSee display ad on page 8.

SPIRITUAL COUNSELING & GUIDANCE

IONEHealing Psyche, Spirit and Body(845) 339-5776www.ministryofmaat.org; [email protected]

IONE is an author, inter-faith minister, and spiritual counselor who offers healing services to individuals and oversees international programs for women and men. She is director of the Ministry of Maåt, Inc., dedicated to nurturing world harmony. Ione specializes in creative process, dream phenomena and women’s issues. A Helix Graduate and a certi-fi ed Qi Healer, she is author of Nile Night; Remem-bered Texts from the Deep, Pride of Family: Four Generations of American Women of Color; Listening in Dreams & This is a Dream! A Handbook for Deep Dreamers; Services in Kingston and New York City.

STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION

Hudson Valley Structural Integration26 East Market Street(845) 876-4654www.anatomytrains.com

Ryan Flowers & Krisha Showalter are NY State Licensed Massage Therapists with additional professional training and Certifi cation in Structural Integration and Visceral Osteopathic Manipulation. We offer advanced manual therapy specializing in chronic pain conditions, structural/postural align-ment, movement re-education and rehabilitation. We are committed to providing a high level of skill in manual therapy, utilizing intelligent principles to guide the use of techniques, detailed visual and manual assessments and soft tissue manipulation that is communicative and receptive to the individu-al and their body’s systems. Free Consultations.See display ad on page 42.

SUPERMARKETS

Beacon Natural MarketLighting the Way for a Healthier World348 Main Street(845) 838-1288www.beaconnaturalmarket.comSee display ad on page 6.

Mother Earth’s Storehouse

300 Kings Mall Court; 249 Main Street; 1955 South Road(845) 336-5541; (845) 246-9614; (845) 296-1069www.motherearthstorehouse.com

Also at: 249 Main Street Saugerties 12477; 1955 South Road Poughkeepsie 12602See display ad on page 3.

Sunfl ower Natural Food Market75 Mill Hill Road(845) 679-5361www.sunfl owernatural.comSee display ad on page 5.

THERMOGRAPHY

Susan WillsonCNM, CCT(845) 687-4807www.biothermalimaging.com

Thermography is a painless, non-invasive screen-ing test that shows signs of abnormality in the breast up to 10 years before mammogram. This offers the possibility of preventing tumor formation and the chance to regain health without invasive intervention. Breast and full-body scans available.See also HYPNOTHERAPY and display ad on page 42.

VEGETARIAN / VEGAN LIFESTYLES

Lagusta’s LusciousVegetarian Home Meal Delivery ServiceSee NATURAL FOODS.

WOMEN’S HEALTH

Susun WeedPO Box 64www.susunweed.com

Herbal medicine, spirit healing, wild food, and wild women at the Wise Woman Center: Exciting class-es, work weekends, moonlodges, and special sexy events! Enjoy one-day herbal classes, weed walks, correspondence courses, intensives, and Green Goddess Apprentice Week. We’ll wrap you in Green Blessings. Details at our award-winning website.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Joan ApterSee MASSAGE and display ad on page 13.

YOGA

The Other YogaMelissa Parsons, CSYT, Nicolas Dalton, CSYT(518) 697-0200www.theotheryoga.net

Svaroopa Yoga uses deep relaxation, breathwork and supported poses to release core tension from the spine and throughout the entire body. Improve fl exibility, balance, strength and stamina while experiencing a safe, effective release from pain and stress. Ongoing classes and private sessions in Dutchess, Columbia and Litchfi eld counties.See display ad on page 15.


ACTIVE RELEASE TECHNIQUES 28

ACUPUNCTURE 28

ASTROLOGY 28

BEDS & BEDDING 29

BODY & SKIN CARE 29

CAMPS 29

CHIROPRACTIC 29

COLON HEALTH CARE / COLONICS 29

COMPOUNDING PHARMACIES 29

DENTISTRY 29

EDUCATION 29

ENERGY HEALING 30

HOLISTIC HEALTH & MEDICINE 30

HOSPITALS 30

HYPNOTHERAPY 30

LIFE COACHING 30

MASSAGE 30

MEDICAL IMAGING 31

MENTAL HEALTH 31

MIDWIFERY 31

NATURAL FOODS 31

NURSING HOMES 31

NUTRITION 31

ORGANIZATIONAL SERVICES 31

PHYSICIANS 31

PILATES 31

PSYCHOTHERAPY 31

RETREAT CENTERS 32

SPAS 32

SPIRITUAL COUNSELING & GUIDANCE 32

STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION 32

SUPERMARKETS 32

THERMOGRAPHY 32

VEGETARIAN / VEGAN LIFESTYLES 32

WOMEN’S HEALTH 32

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES 32

YOGA 32

INDEX OF DIRECTORY SERVICES


GlossaryHEALTHY LIVING

ACUPUNCTURE Acupuncture has been practiced for 6,000 years in China and neighboring countries. It consists of the use of very fine needles and other devices to stimulate and balance the flow of energy—known as chi or qi—through channels or meridians in the body. Disease occurs because of imbalances in the meridian system. Acupunc-ture is based on ancient Chinese ideas about the rhythm and harmony of the universe as a whole—the Tao—and the relationship of hu-man beings to that universe. Health is viewed as a dynamic interaction between each individual’s inner environment and the exterior world.

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUEThe Alexander Technique is concerned with the mechanics of coordination and balance and our control over them. These things begin to deteriorate in most of us quite early in child-hood, and the process continues as the stresses of modern life take their toll. Excessive effort and tension become insidiously ingrained in our habits of movement, thought, and feeling. Through an increase in muscular tensions we may notice this deterioration in the neck, back, legs, and wrists. The Alexander Technique aims to help you take a fresh look at the way you think and move, in everyday activities as well as specific skills.

AROMATHERAPY Aromatherapy employs highly concentrated essential oils extracted from herbs and flowers that contain hormones, vitamins, antibiotics, and antiseptics. Applied to the skin—often in massage—or through inhalation, the oil or com-bination of oils can be used for medicinal, medi-tative, restorative, or relaxation purposes.

ASTROLOGYAstrology uses a birth chart to map the posi-

tions of the planets relative to the location

and moment of birth. The interpretation of

the chart incorporates the angular relation-

ships between the planets and the signs of the

zodiac, the area of the chart in which they fall,

and other symbolic indicators to examine the

different experiences and psychology of the

individual. A trained astrologer then analyzes

the pertinent information, exploring how the

various aspects of the client’s personality may

be integrated, and finding ways to draw the

greatest fulfillment from the energies symbol-

ized in the chart.

AYURVEDAThe Sanskrit word meaning “science of

life,” Ayurveda is Yoga’s sister science, dat-

ing back to the ancient Vedic civilization,

the oldest tradition of knowledge in human

history. Ayurveda is not a “modality” but

a comprehensive body of knowledge based

upon the observation of living beings and

their environment, appreciation of the bal-

ance between the individual and the cosmos,

and how to maintain balance and develop the

consciousness that underlies and integrates all

aspects of life, leading to self-realization—the

goal it shares with Yoga. Ayurveda does this

through its insight into the various body/mind

constitutions, called Prakriti, which is the in-

nate balance of three primary principles, or

energies, called Doshas. Health is defined as

the maintenance of balance among the Doshas

according to one’s unique constitution. Its

methodologies include, but are not limited

to: nutrition, herbalism, aromatherapy, Yoga

Asana, meditation, and body work.


BODYTALKSince most illnesses have a number of con-

tributing factors, from hormones to stress,

physical trauma, environmental toxins, and

nutrition, it’s often difficult to know where to

begin the healing process. Fortunately, every

person has an Innate Wisdom within them

that knows exactly what they need to heal

on all levels. BodyTalk is a simple, effective

method of communicating with that Innate

Wisdom to discover the level each person

needs to heal first. Once the priority for heal-

ing has been discovered, a gentle tapping is

used to reharmonize the neglected area. It

is astonishing how quickly the body/mind

can heal once we allow it to communicate

better within itself, and with us. All we have

to do is ask.

CHIROPRACTIC HEALING Chiropractic care employs gentle and forceful

manipulation and movement techniques to

correct spinal-nerve interferences. It removes

blockages to the flow of Life Energy from

the brain down the spinal cord, through the

nervous system, and out to every cell. Chi-

ropractors assist in maintaining the body’s

natural alignment so that it functions at peak

performance. They have been successful

in treating headaches, back problems, and

other traumas.

COACHINGCoaching is a relationship in which the client

and the coach are active collaborators for the

purpose of meeting the client’s needs. The

coach holds the client as naturally creative,

resourceful, and whole. The agenda comes

from the client, and the coaching relationship

addresses the client’s whole life. Through

a process of action and learning, the client

makes desirable changes in one or more

parts of his or her life, to create a life that is

fulfilling and balanced. On a practical level,

the coaching process addresses setting and

achieving goals. On a spiritual level, coach-

ing leads to a purposeful life where actions

flow from innermost values. The ultimate

goal is supporting the client to reach her or

his full potential.

COLON HEALTH CAREColon hydrotherapy is a safe and effective ir-

rigation to remove toxic waste from the large

intestine without the use of drugs. Filtered

water and regulated temperatures soften and

loosen waste resulting in evacuation through

natural peristalsis. Colonics can be helpful for

such problems as constipation, psoriasis, acne,

allergies, and headaches, and can improve

overall health. Therapists may use abdominal

massage during this process and advise the

client regarding nutrition, fluids, and exercise

to enhance the colonic procedure and general

health of the colon. Today’s sophisticated tech-

nology promotes both safety and sanitation of

the popular practice with the use of FDA- certified

equipment, disposable rectal nozzles, and certi-

fied therapists.

CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY The craniosacral system surrounds the

brain and the spinal cord. The practitioner

utilizes the subtle rhythm of spinal fluid mo-

tion as it is transmitted along fascial planes

throughout the body. Craniosacral therapy

is a system of evaluation and light touch

that views the individual as an integrated

totality. Conditions that frequently respond

well to this therapeutic modality include:

acute musculoskeletal injuries, chronic pain

conditions associated with accidents, and

stress-exacerbated dysfunctions of the auto-

nomic nervous system.

DOULAA doula is a woman experienced in childbirth

who provides continuous physical, emotional,

and informational support to the mother

before, during, and just after childbirth.

Trained doulas understand the physiology of

birth and the emotional needs of a woman

in labor. Doulas believe that pregnancy

and birth are normal, natural, and healthy

processes. This includes preparation for

birth, helping the laboring woman with en-

couragement, comfort measures, relaxation

techniques, and an objective viewpoint, as

well as support after childbirth, such as help

with breast-feeding.


FACIAL REJUVENATION Facial Rejuvenation is a combination of mas-

sage and energy work. It assists nerve, muscle,

and energy reconnection through the use of

select contact points, and employs specific

massage strokes and massage patterns to relax

the muscles and increase circulation and energy

flow to the face, neck, shoulders, and head. This

combined result allows a realignment of the

facial muscles into a more stress-free, relaxed,

and youthful pattern. The treatment includes

herbal compressing, cleansing, and natural

masks, and may also utilize aromatherapy, with

individually chosen aromatic essential oils help-

ing to move the body into a state of balance.

FENG SHUIFeng Shui (pronounced “fung shway”) is the

terrestrial equivalent of astrology, and is the

ancient mystical art of Chinese geomancy,

studying the dynamic relationship between

humans and the surrounding environment. It

attempts to show how everybody can match

their personal characteristics to their surround-

ings, whether at home or at work, thus ensuring

greater environmental harmony and leading to

enhanced inner peace.

HOMEOPATHYHomeopathy is derived from the Greek word

homoio, meaning like or similar. This natural

system of medicine was developed over 200

years ago by Samuel Hahneman, a German

physician. It bases its practice on treating like

with like. This homeopathic principle is based

on treating an illness with a substance that pro-

duces, in a healthy person, similar symptoms to

those experienced by the sick person, employing

minute doses of natural remedies that are creat-

ed from herbal, mineral, and animal substances.

Homeopathy views symptoms as the body’s

natural reaction in fighting the illness and, un-

like conventional medicine, seeks to stimulate

them rather than suppress them. Homeopathy

is widely practiced throughout Europe.

INTEGRATED KABBALISTIC HEALING

Based on the work of Jason Shulman, Inte-

grated Kabbalistic Healing is rooted in teach-

ings from Kabbalah, Buddhism, Christian

mysticism, psychology, and science. IKH is for

anyone, regardless of their background, because

it is about the shared human condition—at

once perfect and imperfect, accepting and re-

jecting, fragmented and whole. IKH awakens

us to our true nature, which does not free us

from our problems but gathers them to our

heart, and teaches us how to become a healing

presence where no part of us or of creation is

orphaned.

HYPNOTHERAPYHypnotherapy is a technique using hypnosis that

reaches into the subconscious mind for solutions

to problems with which the conscious mind has

been unable to deal. The altered state occurring

under hypnosis is akin to a state of deep medi-

tation, where the recuperative abilities of the

psyche are allowed to flow more freely. Hypnosis

is a waking state; the hypnotized person remains

in full control of his or her behavior, and usually

is able to recall the whole experience. Hypno-

therapy has been used to treat addictions, relieve

stress, and help individuals develop a more

positive attitude in general. Many people have

learned to hypnotize themselves as a regular

adjunct to their daily life.

IMAGO THERAPYImago relationship therapy recognizes that the

inherent nature of human beings is what Carl

G. Jung described as a “push toward whole-

ness.” Throughout our development as human

beings, that wholeness is fragmented through

experiences in relationship with our caretakers

and results in significant impact on the choice of

a marriage or relationship partner (the imago).

Since unmet needs from childhood are brought

into adult intimate partnerships for resolution,

childhood frustrations are inevitably reactivated

and experienced. These relational conflicts are an

unconscious attempt by partners to finish child-

hood, reestablish contact without losing their

identity, and to recover a sense of wholeness.

IRIDOLOGYIridology is the analysis of the iris of the eye,

the colored portion that reveals the basic con-

stitutional health of an individual. Iridology

can indicate genetic and functional weaknesses,


tissue and organ condition, areas of nutritional

depletion and need, areas of inflammation and

toxicity, and the general body constitution.

This information is gathered by “reading” the

fiber and markings of the iris, which manifests

symptoms specific to all the organs of the body

before they would be discernible through lab

analysis or bloodwork.

JIN SHIN JYUTSUJin Shin Jyutsu (Physio-Philosophy) is an ancient

art of harmonizing the life energy in the body.

Jin Shin Jyutsu employs 26 “safety energy locks”

along energy pathways that feed life into our

bodies. When one or more of the paths become

blocked, the resulting stagnation can disrupt

the local area and eventually disharmonize the

complete path of energy flow. Holding these en-

ergy locks in combination can bring balance to

mind, body, and spirit. Jin Shin Jyutsu is a gentle

art practiced by placing the fingertips (over

clothing) on designated safety energy locks, to

harmonize and restore the energy flow.

NATUROPATHYNaturopathy is a compilation of a wide variety

of natural therapeutics and healing techniques.

This natural method of healing is based on the

premise that the body contains the innate wis-

dom and power to heal itself, providing that we

enhance rather than hinder that process, and in

addition, that treating the whole person is more

desirable than simply alleviating the symptoms of

disease. The naturopathic physician utilizes such

therapies as non invasive allergy testing, herbol-

ogy, acupressure, acupuncture, and iridology.

OSTEOPATHYOsteopathy is a scientifically based philosophy

of health care that embraces the concept of

the interrelatedness of structure (anatomy)

and function (physiology). Dysfunction of the

musculoskeletal system contributes to imbal-

ances and insufficiencies of the circulation and

nervous system, rendering the body vulnerable

to disease. Osteopathic manual treatment of

the musculoskeletal system allows normal func-

tion to resume. Doctors of osteopathy are fully

licensed physicians who use the principles of os-

teopathy along with traditional medical models

to promote the health of their patients.

PILATESPronounced “Puh-lah-tees,” this “intelligent” ex-

ercise was developed by German nurse and fitness

guru Joseph Pilates after World War I to assist

bedridden patients in recovering muscle strength.

The system employs specialized machines to

teach the body self-awareness and strengthen

muscles without straining them, in a complete

and balanced way. Pilates has proven beneficial

for the rehabilitation of injuries and is favored by

dancers and athletes for muscle toning.

POLARITY THERAPYOne of the first Western therapy systems to

utilize energy and understand that it is the bot-

tom line of healing, Polarity was developed by

Randolph Stone, osteopath, chiropractor, and

naturopath. It uses physical touch and pressure

to balance energy in the body, conceiving of

energy as flowing outward from a central core in

the body, which is a reservoir of wholeness and

health. Understanding the relationships between

this energetic source within the body and the

various flows of energy underlying physiological

function, Polarity helps the body restore itself to

health based on its own resources. Polarity makes

use of these therapeutic sessions, as well as diet,

self-awareness, and energy-based exercises.

QIGONGQigong means “energy practice.” These ancient

Chinese exercises generally consist of one or a

few simple movements done repetitively, focus-

ing mind and breath through the body in specific

ways. There are innumerable forms of Qigong—

for general health and well-being, for healing

specific organs or illnesses, and for cultivating

special capacities, from memory and extrasensory

perceptions to the highest spiritual development.

REFLEXOLOGYReflexology is a natural healing art based on

the principle that there are reflex points on

the feet, outer ears, and hands that are actu-

ally “reflections” of body parts. Their location

and relationships follow a logical anatomical

pattern that closely resembles that of the body

itself. This ancient healing technique involves

a steady pressure on the reflex points, which

correspond to areas throughout the body.


Reflexology accelerates the body’s natural heal-

ing abilities and directly acts upon particular

organs, glands, and body parts through gentle

stimulation upon the points or reflexes.

ROLFINGSee Structural Integration.

REIKIIn Reiki, a practitioner’s hands are very gently

placed on the fully-clothed body of a person in a

variety of established places on the head, chest,

abdomen, and back. This scientific method of

activating and balancing the life-force energy

(also known as prana, qi, or chi) was brought to

the West in 1937 by Saici Takata. Light hand

placement is used on the body in order to align

the chakras and channel energy to organs and

glands. Reiki can be used as a form of health

maintenance and disease prevention, applied as

a self-help technique, or used on others.

STRUCTURAL INTEGRATIONStructural Integration is a unique, whole sys-

tems approach to connective-tissue manipula-

tion and movement education created by the

late biochemist and physiologist Dr. Ida P.

Rolf. The work is defined by the intelligent

process and guiding principles of rebalancing

the human body in relation to itself and gravity.

It blends science (anatomy) with art (hands-on

manipulation), allowing the practitioner to

skillfully unwind the postural compensations

and distortions that so often lead to chronic

pain and physiological dysfunction.

TAI CHI CHUAN The forms of Tai Chi Chuan are a traditional

Chinese approach to exercise, meditation, and

personal growth. Practiced both for health and

self-defense, its graceful, flowing movements

are beautiful, healthful, and powerful. Its

practice promotes an inner calm and a tranquil

attitude, enhancing self-awareness. Tai Chi

springs from emptiness and is born of nature.

It is the source of motion and tranquility and

the mother of Yin and Yang. The body weight

or center of gravity of the practitioner sinks

into the abdomen and trunk of the body, thus

allowing more relaxed and deep breathing.

With the mind quieted, the heartbeat slows

down, and different muscular, neurological,

glandular, and organ systems function in a

more balanced fashion. The practice of Tai

Chi Chuan is harmony and understanding of

the ways of the world.

THERMOGRAPHYBreast thermography is a painless, noninvasive

clinical test that gives women the opportunity

to increase their chances of detecting breast

disease at an early stage. With this test, there is

no contact with the body and no exposure to ra-

diation. A breast tumor has often been growing

8 to 10 years before it is dense enough to show

up on a mammogram. Thermography picks up

physiological changes that are present in early

stages of tumor growth, thereby giving women

the opportunity to intervene years earlier to

reverse changes and regain breast health.

THE TRAGER® APPROACHUtilizing gentle movements, The Trager® Ap-

proach helps release deep-seated physical and

mental patterns and facilitates deep relaxation,

increased physical mobility, and mental clarity.

These patterns may have developed in response

to accidents, illnesses, or any kind of physical or

emotional trauma, including stress. During the

table work session, the client is moved by the

practitioner in ways they naturally move and

with a quality of touch such that the recipient

experiences the feeling of moving effortlessly

and freely on their own. This feeling is main-

tained and reinforced by Mentastics®, simple,

self-induced movement that the client can do

on their own, during their daily activities.

YOGAYoga is an ancient Indian practice that is a sci-

entific system designed to bring the practitioner

improved health, happiness, and sense of Self.

In Yoga, the body and mind are linked to create

a state of internal peacefulness and integration.

At the practical level, and included in the con-

temporary definitions of Yoga, are the actual

physiological/mental techniques themselves.

These techniques concentrate on posture and

alignment, as well as creating a higher conscious-

ness. Yoga utilizes stretching postures, breathing,

and meditation techniques to calm the emotional

state and the mind, and tone the body.


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Enchanting Euphoric Mystical Dance

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Kiyana - Vital & Perpetual Movements

A system of movements and internal work coming from ancient Persia; it relates to the education and the complete development, the unity and oneness of the body, mind and spirit, cleanliness, purity, equilibrium, power, health of body, tranquility in the mind and subtility of the soul of human beings.

The ability to observe and recognize the level of the self-being and beyond.

Concentration and complete attention, divided attention, and presence.

Signification and apprehension of mysterious symbolic aspects and the dynamic geometry of the enneagram.

Perpetual, disciplinal, vital exercises, infinity respiration, eye exercises, body discipline, symmetric and asymmetric movements by the method of divided attention, inner development, rhythmical contemplative movements, and the enchanting, euphoric Sama’a dance.

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CASSIA BERMAN 30

JUDITH BLACKSTONE, PH.D. 31

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CENTER FOR LIFE FORCE STUDIES 11, 29

ROSALYN CHERRY 31

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COLON HYDROTHERAPY 23, 29

COLUMBIA-GREENE COMM. COLLEGE 6, 29

CORE PILATES 23, 31

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VASSAR BROTHERS MEDICAL CENTER 2, 30

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SUSUN WEED 32

DON WILDE, PHD 31

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YMCA OF KINGSTON 29, 41



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FARE WELL

Even healthy organic vegetable oils, including olive oil, oxidize and create harmful free radicals, especially when

used in baking and frying. Organic virgin coconut oil, however, does not oxidize even at 170oC, which makes it ideal for cooking. In addition, nearly 50 percent of coconut oil’s fatty acids is lauric acid, which is converted to monolaurin in the body. Monolaurin has adverse effects on a variety of microorganisms including bacteria, yeast, fungi, and envel-oped viruses. It weakens or destroys the lipid membrane of such enveloped viruses as HIV, measles, herpes simplex virus, infl uenza, and cytomegalovirus. Coconut oil also contains caprylic acid and capric acid, both are natural anti-fungals known to fi ght yeast overgrowth. (The saturated fat in coconut oil consists main-ly of medium-chain fatty acids which are easily digestible and converted into energy. They are less likely to contribute to obesity because the body does not store medium-chain fatty acids as easily as it does long-chain fatty acids.)

You can purchase coconut oil or coconut milk (which includes oil) at a natural food store or well-stocked grocery, or enjoy fresh coconut milk and “meat” from store-bought whole coconuts. Here are just a few ways you can add coconut to your diet:

1. Whenever you stir fry, use coconut oil for a tropical, unique fl avor.

2. Substitute coconut oil for butter on multi-grain toast (it melts nicely on the warm bread), top with organic fruit jam.

3. Substitute coconut oil for vegetable oil in pancake batter, cookies, muffi ns, and cakes.

4. Melt coconut oil over popcorn instead of butter.

5. Make a creative dipping oil for bread, a topping for pasta or veggies, or as a salad dressing: Combine 31⁄2 tbsp. coconut oil, 2 tbsp. diced onion, 1 tbsp. diced garlic, 1⁄2 tsp. basil, 1⁄2 tsp. oregano, 1⁄4 tsp. paprika, 1⁄4 tsp. salt, and 1/8 tsp. cayenne pepper. Heat the mixture to a simmer, turn off the heat, and let cool.

6. Use coconut milk as a fantastic base for smoothies. Blend one banana, 1 cup coconut milk, and one cup orange juice, or make your own favorite concoction.

7. Add coconut milk to tea and coffee instead of milk or cream.

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Healthy Living - Spring/Summer 2009