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NaturalAwakeningsSA.com August 2016 5 localbriefs Labor Fest 2016 Offers Three-Day Music and Unity Festival, Sept. 2-4 abor Fest San Antonio is all about community, Lunity and music. This three-day multicultural music-and-more festival takes place during Labor Day weekend (Sept. 2-4) and provides families “Bigger and Better” entertainment that unites and entertains the local community. Labor Fest is jam-packed with live performances from national, regional and local artists including contact us Full Force, Chaka Khan, Betty Wright, The SOS Band, The O’Jays and many more. Giveaways, carnival activities and a canned food drive are also included. Publisher/Editor Visitors will enjoy a free Health and Career Expo on Saturday, Sept. 3, that Joel Shuler will feature exhibits from businesses and the military, as well as information Editorial Assistant on obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, HIV/AIDS, mental illness, PTSD and Cassandra Key leukemia. On Sunday, guests are invited to participate in S.W.E.E.P., which hopes to Sales & Marketing unite the community in prayer, peace and empowerment through music. Joel Shuler Live entertainment and carnival events start on Friday, Sept. 2, at Hemisfair Park, Online Editor and the festivities continue through Sunday, Sept. 4. For more information and to Susan DeLancey purchase festival day tickets, visit www.laborfestsa.com. Layout & Production Earth Studio Lone Star Gourd Festival Offers Classes, Graphic Design Wendy Wilson Art, Fun in New Braunfels, Aug. 19-21 ncient peoples used gourds as food and medicinal hone: 210-854-0362 P containers, and while they are still occasionally Fax: 210-428-6292 A used for practical purposes, they can also be [email protected] transformed into beautiful works of art. The Lone www.NaturalAwakeningsSA.com Star Gourd Festival, a three-day interactive event for www.facebook.com/ families, starts Friday, Aug. 19, in New Braunfels and NaturalAwakeningsSanAntonio will feature many aspects of gourd art. The festival invites participants to learn the artistic techniques that FREE ELECTRONIC SUBSCRIPTION Sign up at www.naturalawakeningsSA.com create a work of gourd art. Activities include: or we will mail magazines to you for $30/year I Gourd Raffle: Raises funds used to promote gourd art educational outreach. I © 2016 by Natural Awakenings. All rights reserved. Gourd art competition: Open to artists at all levels and includes Parts of this publication may be reproduced and various categories. reprinted, with prior permission obtained in writing. A free community publication, Natural Awakenings is I Demonstrations: Demo booths will be open daily in the vendor area. available at more than 375 locations throughout the Gourd Society members will show visitors how to grow, harvest, clean, cut, area. You can find us at Whole Foods, Central Market, Sprouts, CVS Pharmacies, color and design gourds. health food and vitamin stores, medical and wellness centers, doctor and practitioner offices, fitness I Kids Corner: Children 18 and under can decorate their own gourd in the studios and gyms, spas, local coffee shops, healthy Kids’ Corner booth. restaurants, libraries, and many more area locations. We do not necessarily endorse the views expressed I Vendor booths: Learn about gourd art, and purchase tools, supplies, raw in the articles and advertisements, nor are gourds and gourd art. we responsible for the products and services advertised. We welcome your ideas, articles and I Gourd classes: Offered Wednesday, Aug. 17, through Sunday, Aug. 21. feedback. Lone Star Gourd Festival takes place at the New Natural Awakenings is printed on recycled Braunfels Convention Center, 375 Castell Ave. in newsprint with an eco- New Braunfels. Admission is $5 for adults and free friendly soy-based ink. for children 17 and under. Parking is free. For more information, visit: www.texasgourdsociety.org.

6 NaturalAwakeningsSanAntonio Steam Saturday at the Focuses on Amazing Skies on Aug. 13 lex Garcia, Chief Meteorologist for the San AAntonio Fox News affiliate, joins the Witte Museum on Saturday, Aug. 13, for a day of exploration and galactic fun. In cooperation with the Urban Science Initiative, the Amazing Skies program offers families the chance to experiment and engage in interactive space science activities. Participants are also invited to get inspired by Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed and discover some of the greatest astronomers of the ancient world. The moon goddess Ixchel acts as a guide through the exhibit. Amazing Skies is included with general museum admission. The current feature exhibit, Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed, can be added for $10.

The Witte Museum is located at 3801 Broadway. The Amazing Skies program takes place from 12-4 p.m. on Aug. 13. For more information, visit www.wittemuseum.org.

San Antonio’s Annual Salute to Jazz— Jazz’SALive—Returns Sept. 17, 18 an Antonio’s official jazz music festival Scelebrates another year of musical talent at the newly renovated on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 17 and 18. Participate in 33 years of tradition, free of charge, and enjoy award-winning national, regional and local talent with diverse styles of jazz, as well as festival food, vendor wares and local crafts. Find a collection of art and music in Art Alley from professional and amateur artists. Peruse through live art displays and let the kids have fun at the Children’s Symposium, which features four areas of music study. A Kid Zone will also be available with a designated play area, games, moon bounce, and arts and crafts. Jazz’SALive is sponsored by San Antonio Parks Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide enhancements to San Antonio parks.

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NaturalAwakeningsSA.com August 2016 7 Could Your Neighborhood Benefit from a Community Garden? Learn How to Start One at a Workshop on Aug. 27 or anyone who has ever wanted to start a Fneighborhood gardening project, make plans to join This summer, give the “How to Start a Community Garden” workshop, your child the tools which takes place Saturday, Aug. 27. The four-hour to workshop will teach you all you need to know to start a new gardening project in your neighborhood. Sponsored SHINE by Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas, topics covered will include: I Organizing your community I Site selection and design I Overview of garden components I Resources for locally appropriate gardening techniques I Fundraising I Garden maintenance

Green Spaces Alliance is a non-profit environmental organization that promotes sustaining the natural environment and enhancing urban spaces through land conservation, community engagement and education. HELPING The gardening workshop takes place Saturday, Aug. 27, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the YOUR CHILD AGED 4-17 Green Spaces Alliance office, 4901 Broadway, Suite 211. Cost is $75. To purchase tickets and learn more about the Green Spaces Alliance, visit www.greensatx.org. Jad Abumrad, Creator of Award-Winning Public Radio Program Radiolab, Presents at Bring Light to Your Trinity University on Sept. 18 Child’s Struggle he Mind Science Foundation welcomes Jad How it works: Brain Balance is TAbumrad, MacArthur Fellow and host of the a non-medical comprehensive award-winning Radiolab, to San Antonio on Sunday, program, customized for each Sept. 18. Abumrad will present a multi-level lecture in child, combining physical and Trinity University’s Laurie Auditorium that’s designed sensory exercises with cognitive skill training and healthy nutrition. to stimulate thought and discussion on what it means to be creative, to innovate and to dive into the art, Brain Balance addresses: science and philosophy of uncertainty. Attendees will Jad Abumrad • Lack of Focus hear the personal story of how Abumrad created a • Impulsiveness new aesthetic in the world of journalism, and they will also enjoy a clinic in the art • Tantrums of storytelling. The presentation will include audio clips, still images, video and live • Trouble Making Friends sound manipulation. • Family Relationships/ Jad Abumrad is the host and creator of Radiolab, a public radio program and Social Skills podcast that is currently second in popularity to “This American Life.” Radiolab has • Academic, Social or Behavioral Issues evolved into an open-ended radio laboratory where dialogue, music, interviews and sound effects merge into informational and entertaining documentaries. FREE CONSULTATION Abumrad also works as a composer and re-mixer. (210) 620 - 7378 The Mind Science Foundation is based in San Antonio and offers opportunities for residents to explore the vast potential of the human mind in a scientific manner, Visit us at North San Antonio, for the betterment of humankind. New Braunfels & COMING SOON! The lecture starts at 6:30 p.m. with a Q&A following at 7:30. The North West San Antonio Opening Summer 2016 event is free and open to the public. Laurie Auditorium is located at One Trinity Place on the campus of Trinity University. For LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED more information about Jad Abumrad’s visit to San Antonio and about the Mind Science Foundation, visit www.mindscience.org. 8 NaturalAwakeningsSanAntonio businessspotlight

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NaturalAwakeningsSA.com August 2016 9 healthbriefs Legumes Facilitate Weight Loss review of 21 clinical trials has found that just A one daily serving of legumes can facilitate an average drop of three-quarters of a pound over a six-week period. Published in the journal Obesity, the research analyzed results from studies that tested a total of 940 men and women eating about three-quarters of a cup of beans, lentils, chickpeas and other legumes each day. The subjects reported feeling nearly one-third fuller on average after eating about 5.6 ounces of these foods with their meals, compared with a control group’s diet. These beneficial legumes may also reduce body fat percentages. Breastfed According to senior study author and physician John Sievenpiper, Ph.D., of St. Michael’s Hospital’s Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Center Babies Have and the University of Toronto, “Ninety percent of weight-loss diets fail, resulting in weight re-gain, which may be due in part to hunger and food cravings. Knowing which foods make people feel fuller longer may help them lose Fewer Colds weight and keep it off.” and Ear Infections Aromatherapy Soothes Allergies study from the University of esearch from Korea’s Chung-Ang University ATexas has found that increased Rhas found that inhaling aromatherapy infusions breastfeeding decreases ear comprising a combination of sandalwood, infections among nursing children. frankincense and ravensara for five minutes twice The researchers followed 367 daily significantly reduces symptoms of allergies babies between 1 and 12 months after seven days. The researchers tested 54 men old from 2008 through 2014. and women, half of which were tested using a The scientists analyzed placebo of almond oil. family history traits of smoking, Total nasal symptom score (TNSS) and ear infections, breastfeeding rhinoconjunctivitis quality of life questionnaire (RQLQ) results were both and formula feeding. Nose and significantly lower in the aromatherapy group. TNSS scores decreased by more throat mucosal samples were than half and RQLQ scores decreased by more than 60 percent. Scores for taken throughout the study fatigue and sleep quality also improved in the aromatherapy group. period to identify infections, and “These findings indicate that inhalation of certain aromatherapy oils help parents informed the researchers relieve perennial allergic rhinitis symptoms, improve rhinitis-specific quality whenever the baby experienced of life and reduce fatigue in patients with perennial allergic rhinitis,” Chung- an infection. Ang University’s Seo Yeon Choi and Kyungsook Park explain in their paper. The study was led by Dr. Tasnee Chonmaitree, a pediatrics professor from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. “We clearly showed that frequent upper respiratory infections, carriage of bacteria in the nose and lack of breastfeeding are major risk factors for ear infections,” he states. “Prolonged breastfeeding was associated with significant reductions in both colds and ear infections, a common complication of colds.”

10 NaturalAwakeningsSanAntonio globalbriefs Show Stopper Circuses Cease Exotic Animal Acts he Ringling Brothers Circus made Tgood on a promise to retire their last contingent of performing elephants to the Center for Elephant Conservation, in Polk City, Florida, with the last such show streamed worldwide in May. Toxic Trinkets ...... While Ringling will retain the services Low-Cost Jewelry May of tigers, lions, leopards, horses, camels, Harbor Cadmium dogs and kangaroos, the Mexican Congress has voted to prohibit exotic animals under big tops across their country. That means no more tigers jumping through n recent years, the European hoops, elephants used as props or monkeys dressed in tiny outfits. The bill requires ICommission has banned cadmium circuses to report the wildlife they own, which would then be made available to in all jewelry sold in Europe, but interested zoos. those shopping for low-cost jewelry in North America from popular fashion Source: The New York Times chains may be wearing products made with cadmium, a heavy metal Good Reads that can be particularly toxic for kids. There are no known risks for people Fiction Readers Have More Empathy who wear contaminated jewelry, but he love of books may begin at any age, but for swallowing or chewing on a piece Tmost, it starts in childhood. Now, scientists are containing high concentrations of the studying the effects of reading on the brain with toxic metal could allow it to seep into MRIs, polls, surveys and experiments. The results the body. indicate that readers of fiction are more empathetic James Van Loon, director of toward others. By engaging with a story, they are risk management at Health Canada’s temporarily placing themselves in a character’s consumer product safety branch, shoes, thus fostering empathy in real life, and literary says that children’s bodies more reading amplifies this effect. readily absorb the toxic metal, and According to a Stanford University study, reading a challenging book also because they are more likely to put helps us become smarter, as well as more empathetic. By attempting to tackle things in their mouths, jewelry that is harder books, we create new connections in our minds that we might not have marketed to those under 15 should created otherwise. Neuroscientist Bob Dougherty says, “The right patterns of ink contain virtually no cadmium. on a page can create vivid mental imagery and instill powerful emotions.” Dr. Gérald Zagury, who David Comer Kidd, author of another related study, says, “Like opening performed tests and has published a window to let fresh air into our home, literature opens up our minds to the several studies on heavy metals in myriad ideas that we wouldn’t be able to experience on our own. We can pause jewelry, says one sample contained to analyze the experiences depicted as if they were our own, expanding our the highest amount of cadmium experience of the world.” ever reported in Canada for such a product. “It’s pretty close to pure cadmium,” he says. According to Health Canada, cadmium is cheap and melts at a lower point than more commonly used zinc, lowering energy costs for product makers. According to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, cadmium is a known carcinogen that can also lead to kidney failure, bone loss and other complications in those who are chronically exposed over time. Source: EWG.org

NaturalAwakeningsSA.com August 2016 11 mental trauma and addiction due to eventspotlight their military service. The biggest challenge in my work teaching veterans about Qigong has been gaining their trust. In the view of many servicemen and servicewomen, an individual who never wore their uniform cannot understand what they endured. Veterans immediately want to know if you’re one of them. In the beginning this was difficult for me. Veteran hospitals and service centers are tough facilities. I’ll never forget my first time teaching and being let in the locked door and hearing the sound of it quickly and forcefully shutting behind me. One veteran in a wheelchair was trying to escape. Other THE POWER Of QI chairs were weighted down with sand so they couldn’t be thrown. During this Qigong Provides Healing first class, doctors and social workers were coming in and interrupting. Support for Veterans Many veterans were medicated and by Todd Nichols dealing with obvious challenges. Some appeared physically fine, but Todd Nichols is a Qigong teacher who has actively shared Qigong and Power it was clear that their mind waged an Breathing at veteran facilities during the past five years, achieving outstanding emotional war inside. I noticed one results. Anger and alcoholism are the norm for far too many veterans, and Nichols large man sitting in a state of shock, is breaking through by helping them achieve a new form of natural “high” through staring staring straight ahead making a Qigong. Additionally, Nichols has shared Qigong at several drug rehabilitation low-pitched sound. centers. His insights as a Qigong teacher working with veterans and others battling My direct exposure to the mental substance abuse are profound. health struggles of veterans has o mistake in life has troubled me have served, in our armed forces. After enlightened me. Most Americans likely more than not serving in one missing that opportunity myself, I have do not realize that 22 U.S. veterans of the branches of our nation’s discovered a new way to support our commit suicide each day. That is a N staggering statistic, one that I alone can’t military. I have a great admiration for the men and women who have served—by men and women who serve, and who sharing Qigong with veterans who suffer change. I can do my best to help those who attend my classes, and I also hope to train instructors who can reach and provide the healing power of Qigong to more of our veterans. Over time, I have become less self-conscious about my lack of military service, and my students have become more trusting. During Qigong breathing exercises, old mind patterns can be temporarily bypassed. The feeling of Qi in the environment is so strong that it gives everyone in the room a natural high. Many vets report that this Qi energy has been invaluable in helping them to replace harmful addictions. Recovering heroine addicts need a powerful approach to break the addiction, and I quickly realized that I needed to “wow” them immediately with Qigong—to make a quick, memorable and powerful statement. I accomplish this and gain their trust 12 NaturalAwakeningsSanAntonio Todd Nichols (right) with two veterans who are learning Qigong. to veterans, my work was not very respected. Today, I teach three classes each week in a mental health and substance abuse center for veterans in Florida. The doctors, nurses and social workers now respect our activities and do not disturb our classes. In fact, these classes are now part of the center’s curriculum, which is amazing progress. Through the successes I have seen, there is a great need for more instructors of Qigong who can share the healing powers of Qigong with our veterans. They have sacrificed so much for us and for our country, and Qigong provides a powerful way to help them “One of the best things to happen to me was to be sentenced overcome their traumas and addictions.

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NaturalAwakeningsSA.com August 2016 13 leaders praise its programs for helping participants relate, communicate and perform well. Josselyne Herman- Saccio, a Landmark program leader in New York City, says, “Every one of us has a dream, yet too many of us choose our path with fear disguised as practicality. Our kids might get the message that, ‘You don’t do your dream as your career.’” That thought can leave anyone feeling like something is missing. After putting off her own career as a singer and ultimately deciding to go for it, Herman-Saccio recorded That’s What Love Can Do with her group Boy Krazy. The song rose to the top of the pop charts in 1993. That empowering experience helped her decide to help others— including her own three children—fulfill their dreams. Today, Herman-Saccio GROWING UP leads the Landmark Forum for adults, and the company also offers a version of the course for 13-to-17-year-olds, EMPOWERED an interactive, three-day program in cities across the U.S. It helps teens first understand their existing patterns of Helping Kids Step into thoughts and behaviors and then move forward to create new possibilities and Their Best Selves face new challenges and discover a new level of power, freedom, self-expression by Judith Fertig and peace of mind. For a teen to register, a parent or legal guardian must register he plugged-in, stressed-out world This positive parenting approach— for the teen, or the adult must have that challenges adults can be even accentuating youthful desires and completed the organization’s adult forum more difficult for teens in the strengths, instead of deficiencies and and provide permission. T Teens planning for life after high throes of hormones, peer pressure and weaknesses—helps young people a selfie culture. Parents can help their develop a secure footing in life. “Kids school get help identifying their career children thrive and become empowered are driven by their hearts,” says Borba. passion at schools such as Upland individuals by nurturing desirable “A positive parent doesn’t do the Hills School, in Oxford, Michigan. character traits such as resourcefulness, cookie-cutter approach, as in, ‘That’s Its emphasis on experiential learning resilience, perseverance, self-reliance, what worked for other kids in the culminates in a senior project the independence, empathy and social neighborhood,’ nor even reference teen produces, whether it’s writing competence. what the parent did as a teen.” Teens a novel, building a storage shed or Child psychologist Michele Borba, also impose upon themselves, thinking volunteering at the local senior citizen Ed.D., of Palm Springs, California, is a that being trendy, beautiful, rich and center. Each must contribute in some former classroom teacher and the mother famous are valuable life goals. “The way to the community. Beginning with of three grown children who dispenses positive parent looks at each child as an the student’s dream, he or she must advice at MicheleBorba.com/blog. individual, listens to what really makes work through obstacles, setbacks and Her main parenting focus is character them light up, and then supports that.” all the steps required to bring a dream education, as reflected in her latest book, to reality. Unselfie: Why Empathetic Kids Succeed Dreaming Big in Our All-About-Me World. “Tune in to Landmark Worldwide, active in 125 Emotional Literacy/Healthy what your kids love,” says Borba. “Then cities globally, is committed to the Risk-Taking find learning experiences that help them idea that people everywhere have Sometimes parents need to address develop traits they need to be happy, the possibility of achieving success, a teen’s longing for friends and social productive adults.” fulfillment and greatness. Corporate connections. For young people who

14 NaturalAwakeningsSanAntonio need to nurture their social skills, such to show at the state fair, that’s still one The initiative has grown to more than 50 as high-functioning kids with autism or facet of today’s 4-H, but far from the gardens around the U.S. Asperger’s syndrome, film school might entire scope. Founded in 1902, 4-H is a Both Mobile Urban Growers, in be an answer. At the Joey Travolta Film global nonprofit dedicated to learning Mobile, Alabama, and Closer to Earth, School and summer camp, in Lafayette, by doing; specialties now range from in Oklahoma City, empower youth California, kids work together to make a computer science and graphic design through exercising organic gardening movie; they start with a script, create sets, to leadership, healthy living and the skills, environmental and food justice operate the camera, act and direct. performing arts. advocacy, and personal mentorship. At the Hunter School, in Romney, Positive mentoring by adults and Empowering experiences for teens New Hampshire, kids dealing with developing community spirit ground don’t have to cost a lot or involve travel. attention challenges can nurture mind- 4-H clubs, camps and programs. “Dream big, but start small. Look around body awareness, energetic mindfulness Research by Tufts University’s Institute your own backyard, in your community,” and sensory integration. It all helps them for Applied Research in Youth says Borba. “Teens can learn to pay it get to know themselves and relate better Development and America’s land- forward in all kinds of ways. They can to others. grant colleges and universities shows get together with their peers and take Outdoor skills can help teens develop that people with a 4-H background on a doable project to help others. They healthy risk-taking behaviors, as well as are more likely to give back to their may even need to start by learning to teach resilience, perseverance and self- communities than others (see Tinyurl. self-regulate and manage stress by getting reliance. SheJumps (SheJumps.org), in com/YouthDevelopmentStudy). away from their phones and instead Salt Lake City, offers young women 6 to For Grammy-winner Jennifer Nettles, being outside getting exercise.” 18 years old an opportunity to master of Nashville, 4-H meant learning to Casual family activities can provide outdoor living skills, boost confidence and perform at an early age, even flying to opportunities for conversations about encourage leadership via collaborating Chicago to do it. “I don’t know that I what teens want in life or what they’re with strong female role models. Fun would be where I am today without 4-H,” worried about, and that opens the door activities include mountain biking, skiing she says. “Mentors there help you. They for adults to step up to help mentor and trailblazing. helped me with the skills of performing and empower their children. “Boys are and learning about being on stage; they more likely to talk while they’re doing Leadership also taught me the importance of giving something, like shooting baskets with Over time, experiential learning can back.” you in the driveway,” says Borba. “Girls help youths develop leadership skills. are more likely to talk if it’s one-on- Lander, Wyoming’s National Outdoor Sustainable Sustenance one.” Leadership School, a gap-year program Growing food for themselves and others Positive parents actively listen for high school graduates taking a year off can be a great adventure for teens, while and then clarify what they heard before college, offers courses lasting two fostering resourcefulness, perseverance from their teens, says Herman-Saccio. weeks, several months or even a full year. and ecological awareness. Seventeen- This information helps point the way Activities include sea kayaking, Alaskan year-old Katie Stagliano launched Katie’s forward, to more interactive dialogue, mountain and glacier climbing, and Crops, in Summerville, South Carolina, brainstorming, problem-solving, helpful wilderness medicine. several years ago based on her desire to experiences and eventually, youth Teens already on track and wanting fight hunger by growing food for people empowerment. to develop additional leadership skills can who need it. Today, the enterprise offers tap into motivational speaker and self-help grants for youth in any area to start and Judith Fertig blogs at AlfrescoFood author Tony Robbins’ annual Unleash the maintain a local garden, provided they AndLifestyle.blogspot.com from Power Within youth leadership program give away the produce to the hungry. Overland Park, Kansas. event. Groups of youths 14 to 17 years old collectively participate to create individual breakthroughs, move beyond fears and limiting beliefs, accomplish goals and realize true desires. Application requirements include a good academic record, at least 20 hours of community service and a guidance counselor’s recommendation. Robbins maintains, “Grow and give is what life is all about.” Service to Others A way for youngsters 5 to 19 years old to become empowered is by joining a 4-H group in urban, suburban or rural areas. If we envision a farm kid raising a calf NaturalAwakeningsSA.com August 2016 15 others, using capacities beyond logic and wisewords reason. Why do we need an internal Barnet Bain: How Creativity sense of safety? Safety found within shows up in our Can Save the World experiences of the world. As we become increasingly reliant on and confident in Fresh Thinking Challenges our creative skills to survive and thrive, we give ourselves the gift of resilience in Rigid Mindsets chaos. by Linda Sechrist Humanity’s creativity must be awakened in order to meet the challenges of a changing world and ilmmaker Barnet anything we like; from a effectively address problems that Bain’s credits include work of art to a fulfilling appear to have too few solutions. The Fwriter/director of relationship. same inner awareness and skill set that Milton’s Secret, due out Why is creativity so give birth to the creative process can this fall, starring Donald be applied to all aspects of life. Only Sutherland and Michelle vital now? through creative acts can we rise above Rodriguez and based More than ever before, unworkable paradigms, group thinking on Eckhart Tolle’s book, the nature of human and earlier conditioning to create new producer of the Oscar- consciousness today is and more fluid stories that grow from winning What Dreams making it apparent that revised thoughts, beliefs, choices and May Come, executive we live inside stories and attitudes that mature from the inside out. producer of the Emmy- are pushing up against Deep, compassionate award nominee Homeless to Harvard their edges. Strategies we’ve used understanding of how we arrived at and writer/producer of The Celestine to try to attain control, success or this point allows us to shed restrictions. Prophecy movie. Now, as author of The empowerment—structured ideas about It begins with facing the whys and Book of Doing and Being: Rediscovering how the world works, false assurances wherefores of our most intimate Creativity in Life, Love, and Work, he and guarantees about life—may not be consciousness. offers tools that everyone can use to working. As a result, we are mired in develop a creativity practice designed to anxiety, stress and crises. It all offers us How do male and female move us beyond our unconscious hand- the opportunity to wake up to a larger energies play into this? me-down worldview, escape mental truth that supersedes everything else: Everyone possesses both masculine and and emotional straightjackets and We must discover where our true safety feminine energies; neither is better or unlock great reservoirs of imagination. resides, in building newly intelligent less valuable than the other. Doing and In so doing, we discover we can create relationships within, as well as with acting characterize masculine energy,

16 NaturalAwakeningsSanAntonio which makes things. It builds, structures, orders and files. Being characterizes the feminine, womb-like energy, pregnant with possibilities and subsequent manifested outcomes. The capacities to imagine, feel and receive also are feminine. In the dance with the masculine, the harmony of these feminine qualities is the primal desire for and the impulse of creativity itself. When the masculine and feminine energies are balanced and intimately joined, they express the ability to act, create, manifest, build and bring order. When we learn how to balance them, we become more creative and effective, individually and collectively. We are better at meeting challenges and responding to opportunities. How does chauvinism block creativity? Chauvinism, an elevation of masculine over feminine energy, would separate us from our feelings. It does violence to femininity and castrates legitimate masculinity. The mildest trace of such subordination diminishes and reduces primal creative energies to second place, so that nothing new can arrive. Civilization suffers from this systemic disorder to the degree that we believe our needs won’t be met unless we are controlling or relying disproportionately on action principles. A culture that elevates doing over being is ignorant of how to pop the clutch and shift into neutral, and so keeps driving down the same road without hope of changing direction. When spirituality was more alive inside religious traditions, we honored the sanctity of the Sabbath and the importance of putting aside doing in order to be intimate with the mystery of life. It’s what breathes new life into our thoughts and feelings, arousing body, mind and spirit to new heights. Every creator understands that all creativity is a gift of the feminine energy and a gift of the gods. Integrative masculine energies are always constellated around such a gift. Allowing ourselves to become intimate with a greater state of being rather than doing, we open ourselves to receiving a new relationship with life.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Connect at ItsAllAboutWe.com.

NaturalAwakeningsSA.com August 2016 17 cognitive decline and even depression,” activeliving says Dr. JoAnn Manson, chief of the division of preventive medicine at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. “Can you imagine if there was a pill that could simultaneously have all those benefits? Everyone would be clamoring for it.” Walking reduces anxiety and clears thinking. The results of a national survey of nearly 3,000 women between JUST the ages of 42 and 52 published in the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise found that those who walked as part of a regular physical activity WALK showed fewer signs of depression compared with inactive women. The 22 Minutes a Day more physical activity a woman logged, the less likely she was to exhibit such Boosts Well-Being symptoms, suggesting that moderate- to-intense levels of exercise may by Randy Kambic help protect against mental illness. The survey further revealed that 85 percent believe walking helps reduce any present anxiety and feelings of depression, while two-thirds reported ven mainstream media have walking event at the Summer Olympics. that walking stimulates their thinking. picked up on the many physical Walking helps heart health and Walking facilitates doctor-patient Eand mental benefits of walking, diabetes. According to the U.S. Surgeon communication. Columbus, Ohio-based including weight loss, reduced stress, General’s Call to Action on Walking Walk with a Doc (WalkWithADoc.org) increased energy and better sleep, program launched last fall, the risk helps organize free walking events each and that’s only the beginning. These of heart disease and diabetes can be month via 230 chapters nationwide. additional compelling effects may well significantly reduced via an average They’re led by physicians and other catalyze us to consistently step out of 22 minutes a day of brisk walking. healthcare authorities. “It’s a casual forum for a daily walk, understanding that “Physical activity has been shown to in which to communicate and also learn cumulative steps count, too. For more reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, about the health benefits of walking,” inspiration, check out this month’s race diabetes, certain cancers, osteoporosis, says Executive Director Rachael Habash,

18 NaturalAwakeningsSanAntonio who’s aiming for 350 chapters by year’s The moment my legs honest conversations between two end. When doctors emphasize the benefits people can be aided by walking outside of exercise, patients tend to listen. begin to move, my instead of sitting inside. Clay Cockrell, a Walking boosts life performance. thoughts begin to flow. licensed clinical social worker in New “Until the late 1960s, 90 percent of York City, began walking with clients 12 America’s children who lived up to a ~Henry David Thoreau years ago. He notes that casual venues mile away walked to school. Today, like parks have been especially helpful that figure is 30 percent,” says Sheila for men. “They sometimes have a more Even lifelong walkers are moved Franklin, of the National Coalition difficult time making eye contact in to walk more by using a pedometer for Promoting Physical Activity, in sessions. Outside, they are looking to track their steps and distance The Walking Revolution documentary where they are going, looking at nature, traveled, says Dr. Lauren Elson, a (scroll to the video at EveryBodyWalk. other people—the pressure is less. My physical medicine and rehabilitation org). Experts warn that less walking by own health has improved, as well,” he instructor at Harvard Medical School, youngsters can create sedentary habits says. He shares ideas with the public who is also the medical editor of and lead to shortened life spans. and other therapists at WalkAndTalk. the recent Harvard Special Health Daily walks to school boost cognitive com to maximize the benefits. He sees Report Walking for Health (Health. performance in students, according moving the body forward along a path Harvard.edu/walk). A meta-review to Mary Pat King, the National Parent as a metaphor for moving forward of 26 studies found that using the Teacher Association director of programs in life. device raised physical activity levels by and projects. Dr. Richard Jackson, a Adds Habash, “We believe that nearly 27 percent, adding about 2,500 pediatrician, professor and chair of engaging in health should be simple steps per day. Most stores that sell Environmental Health Sciences at the and fun, like putting one foot in front of exercise equipment offer inexpensive School of Public Health at University the other at every opportunity.” pedometers, while smartphone users of California, Los Angeles,. and former can download an app such as Moves, environmental health director at the U.S. Randy Kambic is an Estero, Florida, Breeze or Pedometer++. Apple’s iOS Centers for Disease Control, reports that freelance writer and editor who includes the free app Health. walking improves children’s learning regularly contributes to Natural Walking leads to meaningful ability, concentration, moods and Awakenings. exchanges. Social connections and creativity.

NaturalAwakeningsSA.com August 2016 19 healingways pink salt at floor level. Clients wear disposable booties to walk through inches-deep, loose, mineral-rich Dead Sea salt to reclining chairs. The lights dim, soft music plays and salt, rich in negative ions, infuses the air for a 45-minute session. “We have a second, smaller room where the walls and floor are not salted, so a child and parent can move around or play without disturbing others. Our youngest client was 2 weeks old,” says Juracsik. With the help of specially designed machines and software, microscopic salt particles one to five microns in size are circulated through the air to be deeply inhaled. As a natural anti-inflammatory agent, salt helps Salt Air in the City reduce swelling of throat tissues and nasal passages, making breathing Salt Rooms Soothe Allergies easier for individuals suffering from such respiratory ailments as allergies, and Skin Conditions asthma, bronchitis and sinusitis. “True halotherapy is based on by Avery Mack using 99 percent pure sodium chloride in the halogenerator,” says Leo ccording to the Asthma and In the mid-1800s, after salt mine Tonkin, co-founder of the Salt Therapy Allergy Foundation of America, workers in Poland were found to have Association, in Boca Raton, Florida. Aas many as 50 million Americans a low rate of respiratory illness, the “Dead Sea, Himalayan or other salts are affected by seasonal or year-round Wieliczka Salt Mine Health Spa was can be used as décor.” nasal allergies. Additionally, 56 million established on the site of a mine to “My husband, Gary, had three sinus suffer from eczema, psoriasis or rosacea. treat clinic patients for asthma and surgeries before he discovered a Prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs allergies. That pioneering facility is still salt room during a trip to London and may help, but aren’t a cure. Salt therapy in operation. had a eureka moment,” says Ellen can be a gentler, all-natural solution for “In the beginning, I think salt Patrick, owner of four Breathe Easy easing associated symptoms. therapy was seen as a time-consuming salt rooms in New York City and nearby While eating too much salt is bad novelty. Now, holistically minded Westchester County. for the body, breathing it is a healthy people are more supportive,” says “A client’s 4-year-old son tells his activity. The Greek word for salt is halos, Clay Juracsik, owner of the St. Louis mom when he needs a treatment to and halotherapy provides a welcome Salt Room, in Maplewood, Missouri. ‘make his nose work better,’” says Lisa alternative to conventional pills, sprays The room’s walls are covered in salt, Cobb, owner of Luxury on Lovers, in and injections. with blocks of backlit Himalayan Dallas. “He uses a salt bed similar in

20 NaturalAwakeningsSanAntonio style to a tanning bed and large enough for his mother to be with him for a 20-minute treatment. Pilots and flight attendants like salt rooms to counteract the recirculated air on planes. Athletes use them to increase lung capacity. A treatment works like a visit to the ocean.” A recent pilot study conducted at The Salt Room, in Orlando, Florida, and published in the International Journal of Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine, concluded, “Halotherpy is associated with improvement in symptoms of sinus disease in cystic fibrosis and should be explored as an adjunct treatment.” Salt’s anti-inflammatory, antifungal and antibacterial properties may also Imagine being reduce skin swelling and itchiness, and even acne, without drying the skin. empowered by Increased lung capacity aids blood circulation, which also helps improve your health. skin health. Salt room operators note Lynda Sherland, APRN, FNP has joined that frequent treatments are needed Integrative Family Medicine. She is your fierce during early stages of therapy or during health advocate and compassionate confidant. acute outbreaks of conditions, but can In a 90 minute consultation, you will have the be reduced to a maintenance level benefit of a wellness expert providing excellent over time. medicine who will help you access your own inner healer. Juracsik remarks, “The best success Integrative Family Medicine is the place I’ve seen is with respiratory ailments where you are known. Call to book your initial like bronchitis and pneumonia. We appointment today. don’t need a new, fancy pill for every illness. Salt is historically proven to be 210-888-1817 www.ifmofsa.com a natural and effective way to improve 18720 Stone Oak Parkway, St. 201 respiratory health.” Options go beyond basic NaturalAwakenings.indd 1 7/13/16 10:12 AM treatments. “Meditating in the salt room allows double relaxation,” says Patrick. “Salty yoga is one of my favorite therapies because clients can exercise and breathe easier at the same time. Another option comprises a sound bath, during which crystal bowl music creates a vibration similar to piano notes to quiet and focus the mind during a salt session.” Salt treatments can be experienced regularly, seasonally or as needed. For those free of respiratory issues, a salt room visit provides a refreshing way to relax, sit, chill and breathe. Patrick views it as a form of stress management to increase well-being.

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aware and intentional in life.” With 150 acres of natural woodlands and landscaped areas, ranging from a moss The Garden Cure garden to a bird marsh, participants can take as much time as they need. Natural Sanctuaries Refresh Heal Body and Spirit Bees are an integral part of any flowering garden, and Spikenard Farm by Sandra Murphy Honeybee Sanctuary, in Floyd, Virginia, sustainably hosts 30 hives on six acres adjacent to a field planted with buckwheat, mustard, sunflowers and clover for its biodynamic beekeeping. An orchard on the property dovetails with an organic farm next door. Tours, talks, plant sales, food and music enhance the hospitality. Hope Hill Lavender Farm, in

Photo courtesy of The Boiron Medicinal Garden at the Rodale Institute The Photo courtesy of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, adds lavender to soap, sugar scrubs, lotion and I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out essential oil. “It takes 11 pounds of hand-picked fresh blossoms to till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. make one ounce of essential oil,” says Troy Jochems, co-owner with ~John Muir his wife, Wendy. A member of the mint family, lavender adds distinctive Renew state’s Bloedel Reserve, on Bainbridge flavor and fragrance to both sweet Since ancient times, gardens have been Island, conducts Strolls for Well- and savory dishes (find recipes at employed as a place of healing for Being. Participants sign up for a free, HopeHillLavenderFarm.com). body and spirit. Japanese healthcare 10-week session of 12 self-guided In Glen Allen, Virginia, visitors providers prescribe shinrin-yoku, walks and three group meetings. A enjoy a cool serving of lavender meaning, “walking in forests to companion workbook is provided to lemonade or honey ice cream at promote health” or “forest bathing.” Its encourage journaling on themes such Lavender Fields Herb Farm after a intent is to use sight, sound and smell as forgiveness, gratitude and joy. stroll through the garden. Greenhouse to connect with nature through stress- “Public gardens are a safe place tours and fall classes on growing herbs, reducing, meditative walks. where people can focus and do the vegetables and lavender include how to Based on a program created by work,” says Erin Jennings, with Bloedel make an herbal wreath. the Morikami Japanese Gardens, in Reserve. “We see people who wish to Delray Beach, Florida, Washington reflect and refuel or simply be more Restore Tea Wellness classes and tastings of fair trade heirloom varieties are a big draw at Light of Day Organics, in Traverse City, Michigan. They’re taught by founder and horticulturist Angela Macke, a registered nurse. It’s the only dual-certified organic and Demeter Biodynamic commercial grower of tea plants in North America. The Boiron Medicinal Garden at the Rodale Institute, in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, emphasizes the importance of plants in homeopathy. Maggie Saska, plant production specialist with the research farm, explains, “Walking tours with

22 NaturalAwakeningsSanAntonio educational signage in the garden let visitors know which species to look for when planting their own organic healing garden. Plants from a store may not be organically grown or of the correct species,” although a nursery may afford more options. Christophe Merville, D.Pharm., Boiron USA director of education and pharmacy development, attests that many familiar plants can offer benefits beyond beauty, such as reducing stress, promoting healing or easing congestion. He cautions, “People think plants are naturally safe, but they can be dangerous. St. John’s wort extract, for example, can relieve mild depression, but interacts with prescription medicines. It also reacts to light, so users may experience rashes from sun exposure. “Lemon balm can be made into an antioxidant tea. It can be grown in a garden, on a balcony or indoors, and combines well with chamomile or lavender. We like it for helping to relieve anxiety or to improve mental performance.” Merville suggests steeping German chamomile tea for relaxing sleep. He says breathing in the steam helps a stuffy nose. When used as a compress, it can relieve pain and itch from rashes. “Don’t drink too much or make it too concentrated,” he warns, because of its blood-thinning properties. Saska and Merville recommend that enthusiasts take classes, work with an herbalist and find a good reference book. Merville prefers Rodale’s 21st Century Herbal for beginners. Vicki Nowicki, founder of Liberty Gardens, in Downers Grove, Illinois, says, “The world is seeing the first generations that don’t have a relationship with the land or know how to grow their own food.” Its seed-lending library, classes and tours, along with other healing gardens throughout the country, aim to get everyone back to basics including going outside.

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NaturalAwakeningsSA.com August 2016 23 how this applies to your overall health. $45, includes Curanderismo and Folk Healing—10:30am-12pm calendar lunch at 5 Points Local. www.5pointslocal.com. at the Land Heritage Institute, 1349 Neal Rd. Dr. Elizabeth de la Portilla writes and lectures on the FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 MONDAY, AUGUST 8 practices of San Antonio curanderas. Curanderas— Salud! Culinary Nights: Maya Edition—6:30- traditional healers in Mexican culture—bridge the plantoattend 8:30pm at the Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway. gaps between multiple planes of existence: spiritual Gather your friends or plan a date night and join and material, modern and pre-modern. Curanderas Change Your Mind…Create New Results—2- the Witte for a tasty and interactive evening for dispense medicinal herbs, prayers and instruction. 6pm on Aug. 5, and 10am-2pm on Aug. 6 at adults. Meet top local chefs, farmers, ranchers and $3/person or $5/family. www.landheritageinstitute. Studio A, 5310 Broadway. Based on the work by food historians in an intimate setting as they present org. Dr. Joe Dispenza, this two-day workshop is based information, history and stories about the selected Steam Saturday: Amazing Skies—12-4pm at the on the rapidly evolving field of neuroscience. menu. Each program will feature a wine, beer or Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway. Alex Garcia, the Learn to maximize the most powerful tool spirit pairing from the finest Texas winemakers, chief meteorologist for Fox News at Nine, leads available: your brain. Identify changes you want brewers and mixologists. www.wittemuseum.org. a day of exploration and out-of-this-world fun. to make in your life; understand how the brain In cooperation with the Urban Science Initiative, works and why this is important for change; apply WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10 Amazing Skies engages families in interactive space practices, with tools based on neuroscience, to Summer Dance Hall Series—6-9pm Aug. 10, 17, science activities, experiments and more. Included create new outcomes; mentally rewire your brain 24 at the Pearl Stable, 303 Pearl Parkway. Featuring with general admission. www.wittemuseum.org. to be more of who you want to become; and use local and regional music from a variety of genres: Introductory Sogetshu Ikebana Workshop—1:30- the “three brains” to bring about personal change. South Texas Swing, Polka, Dixieland, and more. 3pm at the San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Fun- $325, includes all materials and refreshments. For Free event. Doors open at 5:30pm. www.atpearl. ston Pl. Learn the art of Japanese flower arranging. info, visit www.facebook.com/studioapilates or com. Students are encouraged to explore the Kumamoto www.quantumcreativecommunications.com/dr- En Japanese Garden after class. $20 ($18 for mem- joe-dispenza or call 210-219-4324. FRIDAY, AUGUST 12 bers), plus a $10 materials fee. www.sabot.org. Performance at the McNay: By the Beautiful SUNDAY, AUGUST 14 SATURDAY, AUGUST 6 Sea—6:30-8:30pm at the McNay Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave. Enjoy a revue of classic Nature Photography—9:30am-12pm at the San Dog Days of Summer—Aug. 6, 7 at the San An- entertainment celebrating Coney Island in popular Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston Pl. Review tonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston Pl. Enjoy a music with the Allegro Stage Company. Members photography basics and learn camera settings for dog-friendly weekend in the garden. $5 per dog. $10, non members $20. Fee includes hors d’oeuvres. plants or animals with photographer Damian Ab- www.sabot.org. Cash bar. www.mcnayart.org. bott. Then wander the garden for some hands-on Ford Canoe Challenge—7-11am at the San An- (New Braunfels) Craft Night: Ladies’ Night work with your camera. $30. Bring your own digital tonio River Walk. Enter the race or come out and Out—7-9pm at the New Braunfels Conservation camera. www.sabot.org. watch as participants paddle down the river. www. Society, Forke Store, 1300 Church Hill Dr. in New Painting Birthday Cards with Watercolor— thesanantonioriverwalk.com. Register at www. Braunfels A fun-filled night with make-and-take 2-4:30pm at the San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 riverwalkcanoerace.com. crafts, treats, drinks and raffles benefiting Young Funston Pl. Learn how to create your own beautiful Lives New Braunfels. www.innewbraunfels.com. Mass Meditation for Peace—8-9am at the Jingu cards that are more personal, unique and true keep- House in the Japanese Tea Garden, 3853 N. St. SATURDAY, AUGUST 13 sakes for your recipients. $50 ($45 for members), Mary’s. All light workers, energy workers, shamans, includes $5 materials fee. www.sabot.org. healers and lovers of peace are invited to a mass San Antonio Restaurant Week—Aug. 13-27 at FRIDAY, AUGUST 19 meditation, led by ONE Mind Maven and Serious various locations. San Antonio restaurants are on Media’s Danielle Cunningham. Free. display showcasing the finest Alamo City cuisine. (Austin) Reconnective Healing Training—Aug. Participating restaurants will offer three-course Family Scavenger Hunt—9-11am at Phil Hard- 19-23, Friday 6:30-10pm, Saturday-Tuesday prix-fixe menus for lunch and dinner throughout the berger Park East, 13202 Blanco Rd. Participants will 9:30am-7pm in Austin. On Friday, learn about the city, benefiting Culinaria programs. $10-35. www. look for wildlife and plant checklist awareness clues philosophy, art and science of Reconnective Heal- culinariasa.org. while walking on the trails at their own pace. This ing. On Saturday and Sunday, discover the healing program is suggested for families with children. No Fit Family Challenge—8-10am at Gustafson Sta- frequencies with expanded awareness. Monday and registration required. www.philhardbergerpark.org. dium, 7001 Culebra. Bring the family for a morning Tuesday, learn how to make Reconnective Healing of fun activities, health screenings and wellness tips. a career. $1,428 ($1,214 with discount). www.ther- Grasses of Freidrich Wilderness Park—9am at Free. www.sanantoniosports.org/fitfamilychallenge. econnection.com or call 323-960-0012. Freidrich Wilderness Park, 21395 Milsa Dr. Enjoy a morning walk with Bill Carr to learn the importance No Graffiti SA—9-11am in the Salado Creek Class- (New Braunfels) Lone Star Gourd Festival—Aug. of local grasses, shrubs, trees and other flora. $3/ room at Phil East, 13203 Blanco 19-21 at the New Braunfels Civic Convention Cen- person or $6/family. For info, call 210-207-3782 or Rd. Learn more about graffiti in San Antonio. Stop ter, 375 Castell Ave. Enjoy an interactive three-day email [email protected]. by the graffiti information table and talk to some- event for families. Compete, shop and discover one from the Graffiti Abatement Program. www. new techniques for gourd art. $5 entry fee. www. Body-Mind-Spirit Fair—10am-6pm Aug. 6, philhardbergerpark.org. texasgourdsociety.org. 12-6pm Aug. 7 at Unlimited Thought Life Enrich- ment Center, 5525 Blanco Rd. Monthly event; free (Boerne) Leaf Boat Races at the Creek—10-11am SATURDAY, AUGUST 20 admission, free hourly lectures. www.unlimited- at Herff Farm, 140 City Park Rd. in Boerne. Make Urban Birds of SA—9-11am at the Phil Hardberger thought.com. boats from leaves and twigs and launch them down the river. Kids of all ages welcome. $5 per family. Park Urban Ecology Center, 8400 NW Military Bats 101—10-11am at the San Antonio Botanical For info, contact Stephanie Colvard at 830-331-8596 Hwy. Join Greg and Jana Gibbons, avid birders Garden, 555 Funston Pl. Join master naturalist or email [email protected]. www.cibolo.org. and master naturalists, for this educational program and San Antonio Botanical Garden staff member about area birds. Kid-friendly craft included. www. Tim Roan to uncover the intricacies of bats. This The Color of Nature: Exploring Roots, Wood, philhardbergerpark.org. class will explore the natural history and ecology Bugs and Berries—10am-12pm at Freidrich Wil- (Boerne) Harvesting Rainwater and Solar of these winged wonders. $15 ($13.50 members). derness Park, 21395 Milsa Dr. Explore the natural Energy—9am-12pm at the Cibolo Nature Center, www.sabot.org. history of color while learning contemporary ap- plication techniques. This talk will include practical 140 City Park Rd. in Boerne. John Kight, rainwater Nourish Your Asana—1:30-3:30pm at 5 Points aspects such as binding agents and historic uses. For catchment and solar panel owner, gives the latest Local, 1017 N. Flores. Join Holistic Nutritionist info, call (210) 207-3782, or email nicole.mcleod@ technological info and practical advice on harvest- Courtney Miller for this workshop aimed at under- sanantonio.gov. ing rainwater and solar energy. $25/person (mem- standing the anatomy and physiology of stress and bers), $35/person (non-members). Pre-registration

24 NaturalAwakeningsSanAntonio required. Contact Ben Eldredge at 830-249-4616 or email [email protected]. www.cibolo.org. Zumba at the Plaza – FREE—9:30am at Mis- plan ahead sion Marquee Plaza, 3100 Roosevelt Ave. Enjoy free Zumba at Mercados de O’liva, a farmers and FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 artisans market. Classes led by MIX FIT SA and are “Bigger and Better” Laborfest San Antonio— sponsored by the City of San Antonio. Sept. 2-4 at HemisFair Park and the Henry B Gon- Summer Jazz Concert and Lunch—12:30-3pm zalez Convention Center in . at the McNay Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Participate in a weekend of live music, food, retail Ave. Delight in the sounds of the Ken Slavin as he booths and carnival activities. Enjoy the Soul/Funk performs in his crooner style. Pre-order a gourmet Explosion on Saturday and Sunday featuring Chaka box lunch by Fresh Horizons Catering and the Jingu Khan, The S.O.S. Band, Betty Wright, Rickey Smi- House. 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Parkinson’s Young Onset Support Group—1pm. Free. Northeast Baptist Hospital. 210-297-2627. Second Sunday each month. Free. Sunset Ridge Church Reiki Healing Circle—6:30-8pm the 3rd Wednesday of Christ, 95 Brees Blvd. Call Dianne at 210-567-6688. each month at 3463 Magic Dr. Reiki restores balance Parkinson’s Caregivers Support Group—1pm. Every and harmony physically, mentally, emotionally and 3rd Friday. Free. Call Dianne, 210-567-6688. monday spiritually. Led by Briana Brooks. Free. 210-365-1400. Centering Prayer Spirituality Group—6-7pm saturday Gentlewellness Qigong—5:30-6:30pm in the Garden at First United Methodist Church in Boerne, 205 E. Room at The Village at Incarnate Word, 4707 Broadway. James St. For more info, 830-249-2565 or jlr8546@ Native American Spiritual Drumming Circle—7-9pm Free.www.gentlewellness.com. hotmail.com. 3rd Saturday at Unlimited Thought Life Enrichment Center, 5525 Blanco. www.unlimited-thought.com. 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