Monday, September 1st, 2008
Celebrate National Yoga Month!
Natural Awakenings Magazine presents, kirtan singer Wynne Paris will perform at Yoga for Life in Dilworth on September 26. One of the world’s oldest sacred music traditions, kirtan call-and-response chanting is a method of meditation that can effortlessly carry participants of all cultures to a place of stillness.
Paris sings in English and [...]
Friday, August 29th, 2008
This September, the alternative health magazine Natural Awakenings launches a wellness based community center in the Elizabeth area. The 3,100 square foot historic building will provide holistic practitioners rooms for rent on an annual basis as well as two hourly rental rooms to accomodate small and medium sized groups.
“Healing can occur anywhere. It is truly a joy though to provide such a comfortable, accessible and nurturing environment to [...]
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Natural Awakenings Magazine presents a Natural Network Gathering on Thursday, Sept. 4th from 5:30-7:30pm at Zada Jane’s Corner Cafe in Plaza Midwood.
Open to all! Meet others interested in all things holistic at this fun social event. The magazine plans to offer Natural Network events on an ongoing basis to the general public.
“We wanted to create a venue for people to [...]
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Recently, my 15-year-old daughter was diagnosed with an autoimmune illness, and because she was not able to continue her normal high school studies, I decided to homeschool her. Every morning, we meet at a table in our living room and learn physics, biology, English, music and American history.
I used to think I had no time [...]
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Naturally grown fruits and veggies plucked fresh from the field are packed with vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. But whether or not these nutrients stay around long enough to nourish us depends on how they’re treated during their journey to our table.
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“Fresh,” however, is a subjective concept. Since 1993, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has [...]
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
We all love our lawns, which provide much more than landscaping: they are a place for our kids to play, our pets to roam and just somewhere to relax in a hammock. And there is a right and a wrong way to plan and maintain them.
Planting for Performance
With water shortages occurring in many parts of [...]
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
With male menopause affecting increasing numbers of Baby Boomers, “We are going to see an explosion of interest in it,” predicts Dr. John Morley, head of the geriatrics division at Saint Louis University Medical School and a leading researcher on the subject.
Scientists like Morley have long known that a man’s testosterone level begins a slow [...]
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Local News - June 2008
The Joshua Project: Old Traditions for Men Revived
For centuries in cultures around the globe, the transition from boyhood to manhood had been recognized and honored by the local community of men. The loss of that tradition has been a costly one in the modern era. The Joshua Project, founded in 1998 [...]
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Creative Cuisine
The Woodlands Vegetarian Restaurant
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By Lisa Moore
For years I’ve heard about the great vegetarian Southern Indian cuisine The Woodlands cooks up. So I decided to leave the bubble of chain restaurants in my back yard and venture over to east Charlotte with some staff members to see if the buzz was true.
As we came in [...]
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
By Steve Nelson
The Sun, our Star, is the source of all life on Earth, fueling our bodies (and cars) with energy captured by plants in photosynthesis. When wood or food calories burn, the solar energy bound in carbon rings is released as light and heat. We are literally solar powered in so many ways both [...]