Creative Cuisine
The Woodlands Vegetarian Restaurant
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 [...]
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 [...]
Who Reads Natural Awakenings?
Jonathan Winn does!
JOB: Owner of Breathe Bodywork | Massage Therapy StudioWhat do you consider to be healthy about your lifestyle?
HOBBIES: Vintage furniture shopping and reading
I purchased a vintage Mercedes that runs on biodiesel. At my massage studio I only use organic products and designed the interior using low-VOC paints, incorporating vintage [...]
By Lisa Moore
They cover all aspects of healthy living- fitness, art, sustainability, music, healing and spirituality. In tune with their many facets, five local men follow their passions and dreams to move their lives to another level.
Gerald Moose:
Let the Chi Set You Free
Having always been drawn to the contemplative arts, Gerald Moose tried a T’ai [...]
10am-1pm. With David Hulse. Unity of Charlotte, 401 E. Arrowood Rd. 704-523-0062 or www.unityofcharlotte.org .
A conversation with Kathleen Rogers
For the past six years, Earth Day Network has been working to inspire civic engagement in the classroom. It’s among the organization’s most recent collaborative initiatives in 174 countries.
President of Earth Day Network
Americans are being called to clean up their environmental act at home and abroad, but the response is slower [...]
Good Moves for New and Existing Abodes
With current U.S. population surpassing 303 million, consumption of food, energy and other resources is booming. The threats posed by global warming, deforestation, drought, high fuel prices, air pollution and disappearing natural resources all have contributed to an explosion in “green” building.
A survey by McGraw-Hill Construction, called the Green [...]
Why You’ll Rest Easier If Your Baby Is Sleeping On An Organic Mattress
It’s comforting to know that the unconscious act of breathing comes instinctively to a newborn, immediately upon drawing its first breath. However, there’s nothing comforting about the fact that babies and toddlers are vulnerable to what they might be ingesting from their [...]
On April 26, cities throughout the United States will stage events and exhibitions celebrating the 10th annual World T’ai Chi and Qigong Day (pronounced tie-chee and chee-goong). “It’s a Chinese martial art that anyone can do,” says author, life coach and T’ai chi expert David-Dorian Ross, who won a world silver medal and two bronzes [...]
A decade ago a study showed that 77 percent of Americans felt that physicians should address patients’ spiritual needs, but that only 11 percent of doctors participated in such discussions. Today attitudes have changed. Now 101 medical schools incorporate patient spirituality in their curricula, up from 17 in 1995 according to an article in the [...]
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