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Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.

18 THE HEALING POWER OF STORY How Telling Our Truths Can Set Us Free by Judith Fertig

21 UNLEASHING UNLIMITED POTENTIAL with Panache Desai by April Thompson

22 MUSICIAN WITH A CAUSE Jack Johnson Plans Shows with the Planet in Mind by Meredith Montgomery

24 THE BIONIC COACH High-Tech Boosts Healthy Routines by Linda Sechrist

26 PADDLE-HAPPY Stand Up Paddleboards Spell Family Fun by Lauressa Nelson

28 LIVING OFF THE LAND Low- and No-Cost Ways to Feed a Family by Avery Mack

30 MOVEABLE FEET How to Make Walking Part of Everyday Life by Lane Vail

32 TELLING YOUR PET’S STORY Scrapbooks Strut their Stuff by Sandra Murphy

35 JOURNEY TO MATURITY Setbacks Make Boys Into Men by Nick Clements

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letterfrompublisher“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.” ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

Do you ever wonder about the purpose of struggles in your life, what brings them on and which ones can be profitably avoided? Taking an honest look

at past challenges, we might see how they’ve caused us to grow. We can use lessons learned to patiently over-

come present hurdles one step at a time while keeping in mind they can become stepping-stones to greater strength. The year 2004 presented hard times for me despite the joys. We had just welcomed our first baby when my husband, in the National Guard, was activated and ordered to Iraq. My whole world turned upside down. Wondering how I could possibly raise our son by myself for a whole year, I comforted myself with the thought that I would only have to go through one of every holiday and special occasion without help in parenting him. I’m grateful to be able to say that as each milestone passed, coping with the next one became easier. My husband and I stayed in touch through frequent emails, though because he had limited Internet service and off-duty time, I ended up doing more of the writing. I found that typing away at the keyboard gave me time to sit, rest a bit and share feelings that needed to get out. It helped me realize how fortunate I was to have loving parents, a supportive sister and faithful friends whose true colors showed brightly in my time of need. I could call any time of the day, asking any of them to be a sounding board. I believe that the graciously granted freedom to freely communicate what I was feeling with family and friends was what sustained me through the longest 13 months of my life. Credit, too, goes to my baby boy, Kyle, who kept me busy while putting daily smiles on my face. I often talked with him and told him stories and his nonverbal expressions of love were just as therapeutic. Judith Fertig’s feature article, “The Healing Power of Story”, illustrates the strength that comes through telling our stories and how they can be used to release stress and reframe daily life. “Telling your story may be the most powerful medi-cine on Earth,” says Dr. Lissa Rankin. Rather than revealing weakness, sharing our stories instead of bottling them up inside empowers us. I heartily encourage you to try it!

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Reiki Helps Make Healing Happen

“Reiki is gentle and pleasant to receive while it en-hances the body’s natural ability to heal,” comments

Donna Tomaszewski, Reiki Master and owner/practitioner of Reiki Place. “Reiki is considered an energy enrichment ther-apy, Universal Life Force Energy, believed to be energy that comes from a highly intelligent creative source that flows throughout the universe and is able to be drawn upon and utilized for healing through the Reiki practitioner’s hands.” “Anyone can benefit from Reiki, especially if you are experiencing anxiety and stress,” adds Tomaszewski. “The client lies on a Reiki table fully clothed in a private setting, the Reiki practitioner places their hands in specific areas

just above the body to balance the energy centers, or chakras. Reiki replenishes and rebalances the energy at a subtle, vibrational level that promotes healing. Those receiving Reiki often experience waves of warmth emanating from the practitioner’s hands. A Reiki session evokes profound feelings of relaxation, peace, security and well-being,” she concludes. Tomaszewski has been a Reiki practitioner since 2009 and serves the Hamil-ton/West Windsor area. Along with her own practice, she is a volunteer at Roberty Wood Johnson Hospital, in Hamilton, and a member of the International Associa-tion of Reiki Professionals.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, call Tomaszewski at 609-586-5409, email [email protected] or visit ReikiPlace.org. Appointment hours: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Mon.-Fri. See listing on page 40.

Art All Night in Trenton

Art All Night will return to the capital city on June 21 and 22, at the Roebling Wire Works facility in Trenton.

Now in its ninth year, the free festival will present art, food, music, workshops, competitive arts events and kid-friendly activities throughout a 24-hour period, beginning at 3 p.m. on Saturday and continuing until 3 p.m. on Sunday. This year, over 30,000 visitors are anticipated with over 1,000 artists displaying works across a variety of mediums, over 50 musical acts, over 20 artisan craftmakers selling their creations, and dozens of workshops, family-friendly events and well-known food vendors from around the state. “We’re thrilled to return this year with new and adventurous art at the core of Art All Night,” says Joseph Kuzemka, Art All Night Trenton’s event and creative di-rector. “Every year, this event gets bigger and better and more ambitious and we’re excited to share a bold and sprawling set of beautiful, daring and cool works of art with everyone.” Highlights will include a mobile glass-blowing installation, designed by JMG Studios of Piscataway to be of-the-moment, dazzling and epic in its scope and beauty; and a “dueling muralists” creation of a giant, multi-artist mural. In 2013, four muralists of vastly different styles came together and created a giant and multifaceted “jam piece” of art themed around the scariest works of Edgar Allan Poe. This year, multiple artists will be thrown into collaborative creation of a multi-genre mural of “wicked, scary fairy tales,” created over the festival’s 24 hours.

Free admission. Location: Roebling Wire Works facility, 675 S. Broad St., Trenton. For more information. visit ArtAllNightTrenton.org.

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Firefly Festival at Terhune Orchards

Fireflies are an “electrifying” part of summer. To celebrate the

return of this natural phenomenon, Princeton-based Terhune Orchards is holding a Firefly Festival from 4 to 9 p.m. on June 22. Enjoy an evening of nature, music, wagon rides and

other outdoor activities including traversing the entire farm for spotting fireflies. Children can also enjoy the fun of fireflies by making their own wings, bug boxes and antennae. Schafer’s Gymnas-tics’ Art of Flying will help children through a mini-obstacle course. Live music will be performed by Miss Amy and her Big Kids Band. Food will be available at Pam’s Firefly Tent including grilled chicken, hot dogs, corn on the cob, pies, apple cider, donuts, cookies, apples and more.

Cost: Admission free, $5/child craft. Location: Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Rd., Princeton. For more informa-tion, call 609-924-2310 or visit TerhuneOrchards.com.

PEAC Health & Fitness Recognizes Men’s Health Awareness in June

PEAC Health & Fitness will recognize Men’s Health

Awareness Month throughout June with various activities to promote men’s wellness. All men are entitled to participate in any of PEAC’s scheduled 30-minute TRXpress sessions that provide a full-body workout at no charge. TRX is a suspension training program that utilizes specially designed straps and the user’s own body weight to perform hundreds of exercises that focus on strength, flexibility and core stability. Pre-registration is required through PEAC’s Service Desk. According to MensHealthMonth.org, “The purpose of Men’s Health Month is to heighten the awareness of prevent-able health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys.” The campaign is organized by the Men’s Health Network based in Washing-ton, D.C.

Cost: All Men’s Health Month activities are complimentary; non-members will incur standard $10 club guest fee. Loca-tion: 1440 Lower Ferry Rd., Ewing. For more information, call Christine Tentilucci at 609-883-2000 or visit PEACHealthFitness.com.

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Princeton Tour de Cure 2014

The American Diabetes Association will host a cycling event dedicated to finding a cure for diabetes on June

8 in Princeton. Whether you’re a novice or expert cyclist, there is a route that matches your ability. The Tour de Cure offers a memorable day of cycling and fun through the historic and prestigious Princeton area. It also gives the rider the personal satisfaction of completing a challenging ride and doing his/her part in the fight against diabetes. Cycling route options to choose from are 10-mile family fun ride, 30-mile, 65-mile Metric Century Ride, and a 100-mile Century Ride. Start times vary from 6 to 11 a.m. based on route selected.

Location: Educational Testing Services Campus, 660 Rosedale Rd., Princeton. Cost: $15/$25, early/event day registration. For more information on registering or to volunteer, call 732-469-7979 x3524, email Shana Vono at [email protected] or visit Diabetes.org/Princetontour.

Ride The Farm Roll

Blue Moon Acres presents The Farm Roll, a scenic bike tour of areas farms, vineyards

and open spaces, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 22 in Pennington. Proceeds benefit the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed. Event Sponsors are Jay’s Cycles of Princeton, Flying Fish Brewery of Somerdale, Hart’s Cyclery of Pennington and

Jake Herway’s NJ Bike Tours. Low-intermediate to advanced riders will have two rides to choose from: 30 miles (8 tours) or 15 miles (5 tours). Stops and tours include Blue Moon Acres, John Hart’s Farm, Watershed Nature Preserve, Unionville Vineyard, Fulper Farms, North Slope Farms, Stonybrook Meadow Farm and Hopewell Valley Vineyards. The ride will end with local beer, wine and food at Blue Moon Acres farm.

Cost: $45 includes T-shirt. Location: Blue Moon Acres, 11 Willow Creek Dr., Pennington. Registration required. For more information or to register, call 609-737-8333 or visit BlueMoonAcres.net.

Sign of Summer Walk in Pennington

Celebrate the great outdoors and participate in this year’s free Hopewell Valley Come Out-

side and Play! event. Join Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association Teacher-Naturalists at the Association’s Pond House on Wargo Road in Pennington to greet the arrival of summer with a hike from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on June 12. Venture onto the Reserve’s newest trails, out to the Mt. Rose property and back again to Wargo Pond. Wear comfortable shoes or sneakers, no sandals and dress for the weather. Bring a water bottle and simple trail snack. Total distance that’ll be hiked is approximately two miles. All children must be at least 8 years of age and accompanied by an adult.

Free, registration is required. Location: Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Associa-tion, 31 Titus Mill Rd., Pennington. For more information and to register, call 609-737-7592 or visit TheWatershed.org.

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West Windsor Farmers’ Market Open for 11th Season

The West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market is open for this

year’s season. 2014 marks the 11th year of operation for the organization. The mar-ket is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays in Princeton Junction. Several new vendors are participating at the market this year including Shibumi Mushroom Farm, Frank’s Pickled Peppers, and Good Enough for Kids. Additional farm vendors include Cherry Grove Farm, Beechtree Farm, Griggstown Quail Farm, Terhune Orchards, plus many more. Non-farm vendors include Tico’s Eatery & Juice Bar, Stony Brook Or-chids. Jammin’Crepes, and FunniBones Barbeque Sauces & Rubs & Marinades.

Location: Vaughn Drive parking lot on southbound side of Princeton Junction Train Station, one mile from Alexander Rd. and Rte. 1 intersection. Directions are on the website and parking is free. For more information, call 609-933-4452, email [email protected], or visit WestWindsorFarmers Market.org. See ad on page 11.

It’s Carnival Time Again!

Children’s school will end for the academic

year in June, and that means it’s carnival time in Hamilton. St. Gregory the Great Parish will host its 35th annual Carnival from 6 to 11 p.m., June 16 through 21. This year’s fun

includes over 25 rides for all ages, over 16 carnival-style games, six food and snack tents, fireworks (weather permit-ting) at 9 p.m. on June 17 and 21, and special events for guests each night. Both ride and food tickets can be purchased at a dis-counted rate prior to June 16 from the parish rectory. Ad-ditionally, discounted ride tickets can be purchased from the following local vendors: 33 Barber Shop, Central Perk & Bagel, Chiarello’s Hamilton Market, Party Fair, Mane Street Salon, Mannino’s 3, Pump it Up, Salon Bellissima, and Trendz in Hair & Nails in Hamilton, and at Maggie Moo’s and Massimo’s Trattoria, in Robbinsville.

Admission is free. Location: St. Gregory the Great Church, 4620 Nottingham Way, Hamilton. For more information, call 609-587-4877 x400 or visit SGGCarnival.com.


“It’s summertime! A favorite time for kids to enjoy nature,” introduces Saima Yousuf, owner of the Heart of Art Studio, in Hamilton. Beginning

June 23, the facility will offer new summer programs that include a lesson planned around enjoying and studying the outdoors. “We keep our class sizes small and limited to ensure ample one-on-one art instruction. During every session, we meditate and then draw, paint or sculpt a project exploring trees, rivers, flowers, animals or ourselves. We may also plant seeds. We do all this to raise our conscious awareness of Mother Nature,” Yousuf explains. “Our curriculum includes technique development, art history and creative exploration combined with envi-ronmental awareness. We reduce, reuse and recycle but also rethink and re-create with more than just the tradi-tional art materials. We also try to inspire children to fol-low their hearts, instead of trying to conform to society’s expectations of them. Meditation at the beginning of each class helps develop attunement to heart-centered art. Our goal is to foster meaningful, quality artwork while maintaining comfort and safety of the students at all times,” Yousuf adds.

Location: 2374 Nottingham Way, Hamilton. For more information, call the Heart of Art Studio at 609-865-1012, email [email protected] or visit HeartOfArtStudio.com. See ad on page 13.

eventspotlightTwo-Day Promotion for Aesthetic Procedures

The Comprehensive Pain & Regenera-tive Center is offering promotional

specials for aesthetic procedures on June 3 and 17 to increase awareness of available options and inform clients at their Princeton office location. For these two days, Dr. Dorota M. Gribbin, Medical Director, comments, “We will be offering a 50 percent discount on micro-needle skin rejuvenation and chemical peels.” Gribbin continues, “Also, a 15 percent discount off of skin care products, and free consults on weight loss and anti-aging options will be offered.” Aesthetic treatment options available include treat-ment for reduction of cellulite, skin tightening of face, neck, abdomen, buttocks, hips and thighs including both non-surgical and body sculpting procedures.

Locations: Comprehensive Pain & Regenerative Center, 181 N. Harrison St., Princeton, and 2333 Whitehorse- Mercerville Rd., Mercerville. Call ahead at 609-588-0540 for more information and to make appointments during promo-tion. See ad on page 43.

Innovative Festival All June in Princeton

The Princeton Festival is an innovative summer

festival for the performing arts, presenting inventive, fully staged productions of opera and musical theater and vi-brant performances of cham-ber music, jazz, choral music, dance and a variety of other musical events during June at

venues conveniently located in and around Princeton. New Jersey’s most gifted youngsters in the festival’s piano competition for young musicians will be showcased for families and young audiences. Other offerings include recit-als and master classes. Library lecture series and pre-theater enrichment and Meet-The-Artists programs foster a deeper appreciation and understanding of the season’s productions, while furthering the festival’s commitment to audience devel-opment and outreach.

Productions run in repertory throughout June and are affordably priced. To order tickets or for more information, call 609-258-2787 or visit PrincetonFestival.org.

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designed to serve tennis enthusiasts as a specialized teaching facility. Tennis program options at the new center are specifically geared towards progression and competitive play. Of-fering separate youth, adult and senior tennis training programs can lead to the distinctive opportunity of taking a Family Tennis Lesson. The variety of playing levels, pricing, times and pro-grams are set in place to maximize the value in the choice of packages with Tennis Playgrounds. Games, sets and matches are in the plans for Tennis Playgrounds, the new-est program for the sport in the Central New Jersey area. The setting is a beautiful outdoor portion of the recently renovated Crowne Plaza Princeton, in Plainsboro. As summer begins, Camp Tennis Play-grounds will heat up as well with an all-day and evening camp season for healthy recreation for the entire community.

Noting that many other aca-demic camps and classes will also be taking place in the region, the camp will be available

10 hours each weekday for maximum convenience and flexibility for family schedules and facilitating a truly well-rounded summertime. Head Profession-al Coach Keith Balan will be leading a team of instructors primed to handle the many varied needs of recreational players of all ages and abilities. “The concept is PLAY, the spirit of competition shall be honored at Tennis Playgrounds. We love tennis and know how much this community loves ten-nis,” says Balan. “The enthusiasm will be great at Tennis Playgrounds with camps, leagues and events taking place on a regular basis. Creativity will be explored and families will grow closer at Tennis Playgrounds.” One family growing closer will be his own; rounding out the facility’s staff will be his first cousin Heather

Newton and her husband Andy New-ton. Heather, head of sales and Andy, general manager, both have all the right skills and experience to ensure a highly successful and growing operation. The Newtons have four children; on his four young cousins, Balan comments, “I love the potential they all have as much as I love the potential this tennis club has to be a blessing in their lives.” Recreational players will experi-ence the new center’s mission to both Grow and Serve—growing the number of players especially among youngsters and the participant’s number of friends plus serving the community while, yes, improving one’s serve!

Location: Crowne Plaza Princeton, 900 Scudders-Mill Rd., Plainsboro. For more information, call 1-844-TPPLAYS or visit TennisPlaygrounds.com. See ad on page 7.

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Saw Palmetto Combos Combat Enlarged ProstateThree studies published in 2013 support

the effectiveness of saw palmetto (Serenoa repens) extract for the treatment of prostate inflammation and other symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), commonly called enlarged prostate. In addition, both lycopene, a dietary carotenoid with strong antioxidant value, and selenium, an essential trace element that promotes an optimal antioxidant/oxidant balance, have been shown to exert beneficial effects in BPH. Researchers from Italy’s University of Catania studied 168 patients with pros-tate enlargement among nine urological medical clinics. Those taking a combi-nation of saw palmetto, selenium and lycopene experienced greater reductions of inflammation markers and reduced risk of prostate cancer after three and six months of treatment. In an Australian study from the University of Queensland’s School of Medi-cine of patients with BPH, 32 men took an encapsulated formula containing saw palmetto, lycopene and other plant extracts, while 25 men were given a placebo. After three months of treatment, men receiving the herbal formulation experienced a 36 percent reduction in related symptoms, while the placebo group showed an 8 percent reduction. The herbal supplement group also showed a 15 percent reduc-tion in daytime urination frequency and an almost 40 percent reduction in night-time urination frequency. The long-term effectiveness of saw palmetto supplementation was reinforced in a Russian study of 38 patients with early prostate enlargement. After 10 years of receiving 320 milligrams of saw palmetto extract per day, researchers found no progression of the condition among the patients.

Yummy Berries Cut Heart Attack Risk by a Third

Eating three or more servings of blueberries and strawberries a week may help women reduce their

risk of a heart attack, according to research from the University of East Anglia, in collaboration with the

Harvard School of Public Health. The berries contain high levels of powerful flavonoids called anthocyanins,

which may help dilate arteries, counter buildup of plaque and provide other cardiovascular benefits.

Published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, the study involved 93,600 women ages 25 to 42 that completed questionnaires about their diet every four years for over 16 years. Those that ate the most berries had a 32 percent reduction in heart attack risk compared with those that ate them once a month or less, even if they ate a diet rich in other fruits and vegetables. “This is the first study to look at the impact of diet in younger and middle-aged women,” remarks the study’s lead author, Aedín Cassidy, Ph.D., head of the university’s nutrition department. “Even at an early age, eating more of these fruits may reduce risk of a heart attack later in life.”

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(EFT) may be an effective treat-ment for veterans that have been diagnosed with clinical post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a study published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. EFT involves tapping on acupressure points while focusing on traumatic memories or painful emotions in order to release them. As part of the Veterans’ Stress Project, an anonymous clinical study comprising more than 2,000 partici-pants, 59 veterans with PTSD were randomly assigned to either receive strictly standard care or also experi-ence six, hour-long, EFT sessions. The psychological distress and PTSD symptoms showed significant reduc-tions among veterans receiving the EFT sessions, with 90 percent matriculating out of the criteria for clinical PTSD. At a six-month follow-up, 80 percent of those participants still had symptoms below the clinical level for PTSD. According to Deb Tribbey, na-tional coordinator for the Veterans’ Stress Project, PTSD symptoms that can be resolved with the combined therapy include insomnia, anger, grief, hyper-vigilance and pain.

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Beets Beat Down Blood PressureTwo small studies have linked beets with lower blood

pressure. A study from the University of Reading, in England, served beet-fortified bread or bread without beets to 23 healthy men. Those that ate the fortified bread experienced reduced diastolic blood pressure and less artery stiffness during the six hours afterwards. Australia’s Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute studied 15 women and 15 men, divided randomly into groups that consumed either 500 grams of a placebo juice or beets with apple juice. During the 24 hours after consumption, the researchers noted a statistically significant reduction in systolic blood pressure of four to five points among the men drinking the beet juice.

Unconditional Love Hastens HealingResearchers from the University of Miami found

that compassionate love and faith in a compas-sionate Higher Power increases healing and reduces disease progression among HIV patients.

They studied 177 HIV patients over a 10-year period, tracking biological measures and health behaviors and collecting in-depth data interviews. The scientists coded five criteria of compassionate love derived from the Working Model of Compassionate Love, developed by Lynn Underwood, Ph.D. The progression of HIV disease was reduced among patients that gave and received the most compassionate love. These patients exhibited both a greater level of the immune-boosting white blood cells known as CD4+ T helper cells and a reduced HIV viral load, the measure of HIV in the blood.

A GOOD MIDLIFE DIET PROLONGS HEALTH IN LATER YEARSA Harvard Medi-

cal School study found that how well women age in their 70s is linked to the way they ate earlier in life. Researchers started with 10,670 healthy women in their late 50s and followed them for 15 years. Published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the results saw fewer chronic diseases among women that followed diets heavy in plant-based foods during midlife; these women were also 34 per-cent more likely to live past 70. Those that ate most similarly to the Mediterra-nean diet had even better outcomes—a 46 percent greater likelihood of living past 70 without chronic diseases. Eleven percent of the subjects quali-fied as healthy agers, which researchers defined as having no major chronic diseases, physical impairments, mental health problems or trouble with thinking and memory. According to lead author Cecilia Samieri, Ph.D., midlife exposures are thought to be a particularly relevant period because most health conditions develop slowly over many years.

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Mindfulness meditation training may help people overcome addiction by activating the brain cen-

ters involved in self-control and addictive tendencies, suggests research from the psychology departments of Texas Tech University and the University of Oregon. Scientists led by Yi-Yuan Tang, Ph.D., studied 61 volunteers, including 27 smokers, randomly divided into groups that either received mindfulness medita-tion training or relaxation training. Two weeks later, after five hours of training, smoking among those in the meditative group decreased by 60 percent, while no significant reduction occurred in the relaxation group.

Brain imaging scans determined that the mindfulness meditation training pro-duced increased activity in the anterior cingulate and the prefrontal cortex; regions associated with self-control. Past research led by Tang showed that smokers and those with other addictions exhibited less activity in these areas than those free of addictions. The current study previously determined that myelin and brain cell matter in these two brain regions increases through mindfulness meditation.


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Father FactorInvolved Dads Make for Smarter, Happier Kids

It’s well known that involving fathers from the start in children’s lives has a significant positive impact on their development, in-cluding the greater economic security of hav-ing more than one parent. Yet, there’s more to the “father effect”. Numerous studies have found that children growing up in a household with a father present show superior outcomes in intelligence tests, particularly in nonver-bal, or spatial, reasoning that’s integral in

mathematics, science and engineering. The IQ advantage is attributed to the way that fathers interact with their children, with an emphasis on the manipulation of objects like blocks, roughhousing and outdoor activities, rather than language-based activities. A study of Chinese parents found that it was a father’s warmth toward his child that was the ultimate factor in predicting the child’s future academic success. A recent Canadian study from Concordia University provides new insights into a father’s impact on a daughter’s emotional development, as well. Lead re-searcher Erin Peugnot concluded, “Girls whose fathers lived with them when they were in middle childhood (ages 6 to 10) demonstrated less sadness, worry and shyness as preteens (ages 9 to 13) compared with girls whose fathers did not live with them,” he says.

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Love MattersConnectedness Ranks Above Power and FameIt seems that fame and fortune are less important to us than our connec-tions with fellow human beings, after all. A study conducted by Queendom.com and PsychTests.com in 2012 and 2013 applying their proprietary Values Profile Test with 2,163 people showed they only moderately valued money and power, at best, which took a backseat to social values on a personal level. This revelation comes on the heels of another study on career motivation that similarly showed a drop in partici-pants’ consuming desire for money and power in the workplace. The researchers at Queendom.com assessed 34 separate facets within six categories of values—social, aesthetic, theoretical, traditional, realistic and political. The five top-scoring facets were empathy, family and friends, appre-ciation of beauty, hard work/diligence, altruism and the importance of helping others. Financial security came in 24th place and power was near last at 29th in importance. Ethics/morals placed 10th.

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Which emits more of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide: a cornfield or a residential lawn? According to researchers at Elizabethtown College, in Pennsylvania, it’s the grass. David

Bowne, an assistant professor of biology, published the study results in the Soil Science Society of America Journal. After measuring carbon dioxide released from each setting, the scientists found that urban areas deemed heat islands may have a smaller overall impact than previously thought, com-pared with suburban developments. Previously, the heat island effect has been perceived as a phenomenon that occurs only in cities, where the mass of paved roads, dark roofs and buildings absorb and concen-trate heat, making cities much warmer during hot days than other areas. Both carbon dioxide releases and soil temperature were measurably higher in residential lawns than in croplands and higher temperatures are directly associated with carbon di-oxide efflux. Bowne says, “As you increase temperature, you increase biological activity—be it microbial, plant, fungal or animal.” Increased activity leads to more respiration and increased carbon dioxide emissions.

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Honeybee HitScientists Nab Fungicide as Bee KillerColony collapse disorder, the mysterious mass die-off of hon-eybees that pollinate $30 billion worth of crops in the U.S., has been well documented, with tox-ic insecticides identified as the primary culprits. Now, scientists at the University of Maryland and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have expanded the identification of components of the toxic brew of pesticides and fungicides contaminating pollen and decimating the bee colonies that collect it to feed their hives. A study of eight agricultural chemicals associated with increased risk of infection by parasites found that bees that ate pollen contaminated with fungicides were three times as likely to be infected. Widely used fungicides had previously been accepted as harmless for bees because they are designed to kill fungus, not insects. Dennis vanEngelsdorp, the study’s lead author, states, “There’s growing evidence that fungicides may be affecting the bees on their own, highlighting a need to reassess how we label these agricultural chemicals.” Labels on pesticides warn farmers not to spray when pollinating bees are in the vicinity, but such precautions have not applied to fungicides.

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Fume FreeTips to Clean Air Inside a VehicleWe look out for the quality of the air we breathe indoors and out and we aim to drive in the most fuel-con-scious manner to keep emissions down. What about the air quality inside our vehicles during necessary hours on the road? The Ecology Center, an Ann Arbor, Michigan, nonprofit, attests that extreme air temperatures inside cars on espe-cially hot days can potentially increase the concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and release chemicals and other ingredients from new-car dashboards, steering wheel columns and seats into the interior air. Some manu-facturers are responding by greening their interiors: Toyota is using sugarcane to replace plastic; Ford has turned to soy foam instead of polyurethane foam; and Land Rover is tan-ning its leather with vegetables, not chromium sulfate. Carbon monoxide seeping in from engine combustion can cause headaches, dizziness, nausea and fatigue and even trigger asthma. The potential exists “if there’s a leak in the system between the engine and the rear of the vehicle and there’s even a small hole in the body structure,” ad-vises Tony Molla, a vice president with the National Insti-tute for Automotive Service Excellence. “Have the exhaust system inspected by a certified technician to make sure everything is secure and not rusted or leaking.” Also have the cabin air filter checked. Part of the ventilation system, it helps trap pollen, bacteria, dust and exhaust gases in air conditioning, heating and ventilation systems and prevents leaves, bugs and other debris from entering the interior, according to the Car Care Council. Most vehicle manufacturers recommend changing it every 12,000 to 15,000 miles. (Find a range of educational infor-mation at CarCare.org.) It’s always beneficial to have fresh air entering the vehicle when driving. Open a window slightly or blow the air conditioning on low in the vent position when not in heavy traffic. “Don’t run it on the recycle or max A/C mode for long periods to make sure you’re getting fresh outside air in and flushing out any contaminants in the cabin air,” adds Molla. Using sun reflectors and visors helps keep interior temperatures down. Check local motor vehicle depart-ments for state policies regarding tinted windows, which can reduce heat, glare and UV exposure. It always helps to park in the shade.

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Imperiled ParksLaws Permit Oil and Gas Drilling in Iconic Public LandsNews that the U.S. Department of the Interior will allow drilling for oil and gas in a proposed wilderness area in southern Utah’s Desolation Can-yon puts a spotlight on the practice. A report by the Center for American Progress reveals that 42 national parks are at risk, including 12 where oil and gas drilling is currently underway and 30 where it could be in the near future. Among the threatened wild places are iconic American national parklands, including Grand Teton, in Wyoming, Mesa Verde, Great Sand Dunes and Dinosaur National Mon-ument, in Colorado, Santa Monica Mountains, in California, Glen Canyon, in Arizona, Carlsbad Caverns and Chaco Can-yon, in New Mexico, Everglades and Gulf Islands, in Florida, Arches and Canyonlands, in Utah, and Glacier, in Montana. The reality is that all public lands, including national parks and wildlife refuges, are potentially open to oil and gas leasing unless they are designated as “wilderness”, the high-est form of land protection designated by the government.

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Loan LeewayNonprofit Works to Lower Student DebtA small nonprofit named SponsorChange.org, recipi-ent of the nationally rec-ognized Dewey Winburne

Community Service Award for “do-gooders”, is pioneering a way to help college graduates battle student loan debt by applying their skills on behalf of nonprofit community organizations. Researchers at ProjectOnStudentDebt.org say seven of 10 college students that graduated in 2013 owed money on a student loan, each averaging nearly $30,000 in debt. With SponsorChange, graduates with student loan debt sign up to help participating organizations, earning credits while adding work experience and leadership roles to their résumés. Organization donors sign up to reimburse the work-ers for their time by helping to pay down their student loans through tax-deductible funding. All see specific results for their contributions to worthy causes.

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Although many people are forced to cut back in playing sports as they get older, some are keeping

themselves in great shape and push-ing the edge of the athletic-capabilities envelope. There are many reports of elderly people doing amazing athletic activities well into their 70’s and be-yond. Aging is inevitable and decline in physical capacity is common, but there are ways to beat the odds. There are many common changes that occur with age such as decreas-ing maximum heart rate, lung capacity and poor circulation that can lead to an overall reduction in strength and endur-ance. Ligaments and tendons lose their elasticity and muscle strength and mus-cle mass declines which also increases susceptibility to athletic injuries. There are certain immutable truths concern-ing the performance of the human body as it ages, particularly as one reaches age 40. The physical peak for most humans, in most sports, is between 25 and 35 years of age. Statistically, older

athletes are much more likely to injure themselves than younger athletes who are doing the same sport. However, on the positive side, it’s been found that even accounting for their increased likelihood of injury, older athletes tend to be physically better off than the average person of the same age. Worse off are those couch potatoes, whose muscles lose strength and mass more rapidly. Long periods of inactivity causes greater decline in mus-cle strength and muscle mass, making any recovery from injury more difficult. Understanding the physical de-mands of a chosen sport or activity and performing a specific training regime designed for it can help keep us in the game longer. However, common injuries can sideline you and prevent from returning to action. Until recently, many muscle, tendon, ligament and joint injuries were regarded as career ending for the older set. Yet, with new, groundbreaking orthopedic regenera-tive medicine procedures, most people are able to recover from their injuries and return to the sports they love. Many of us have heard recent stories about the treatment of professional star ath-letes like Tiger Woods, Payton Manning and Cliff Lee with PRP and stem cell grafts, but these treatments are available to anyone who may be in severe pain or injured at all ability levels. PRP and stem cell treatments have grown increasingly common in the sports medicine world in recent years. During a PRP procedure, the patient’s blood is drawn and put in a centrifuge

to separate out platelet-containing plasma from the red blood cells. The plasma is then injected back into the patient’s injury. PRP treatment is thought to accelerate and/or maximize the signals an injury site sends to the body in order to continue the healing process. Adult stem cells are able to grow and become a cell for a specific tissue or organ, according to the Na-tional Institutes of Health. This relatively new medical breakthrough offers a natural way to repair or renew the injured region and improve functional capacity. Since the doctor uses the patient’s own blood or stem cells harvested from their own fat or bone marrow, the procedure is safe. Soft-tissue injuries that in the past would usually take months to fully heal or even end someone’s ability to engage in athletics can now be treated effectively with the person’s own blood or stem cells. This is natural healing at its best.

Edward S. Magaziner, M.D., is a pioneer in the field of Regenerative Orthopedic Medicine and has been using regenera-tive medicine procedures since 1994. He has lectured extensively and has taught the groundbreaking technique to others. He is well known nationally in the field and is regarded as one of the top pain management physicians on the East Coast. For more information or to make an appointment, call The Center for Spine, Sports, Pain Management and Orthopedic Regenerative Medicine at 732-297-2600, email [email protected] or visit DrEMagaziner.com. See ad on page 2.

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After his deployment in Iraq, U.S. Marine Captain Tyler Boudreau returned home in 2004 with

post-traumatic stress syndrome and an emotional war wound that experts now call a “moral injury”. He could only sleep for an hour or two at night. He refused to take showers or leave the house for long periods of time. He and his wife divorced. “My body was home, but my head was still there [in Iraq],” he recounts. At first, Boudreau tried to make sense of his conflicted feelings by writ-ing fiction. Then he wrote a detailed, nonfiction analysis of his deployment, but that didn’t help, either. In 2009 he wrote a memoir, Packing Inferno: The Unmaking of a Marine, that came closer to conveying his personal truth. “I needed to get back into the story,” he says, so he could pull his life back to-gether in Northampton, Massachusetts. Like Boudreau, we all have sto-ries—ongoing and ever-changing—that we tell ourselves to make sense of our lives. They can help us heal and power-fully guide us through life, or just as powerfully, hold us back.

In 1949, Sarah Lawrence College Professor Joseph Campbell published The Hero with a Thousand Faces, in which he outlined a master monomyth. It involves leaving everyday life and answering a call to adventure, getting help from others along the way, facing adversity and returning with a gift, or boon, for ourselves and others. It’s a basic pattern of human existence, with endless variations.

Power to Heal the BodyHow does telling our truth help heal our body? Professor James Pennebaker, Ph.D., chair of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin, is a pioneer in the mind-body benefits of story, which he explores in Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions. In the late 1980s, while consulting for the Texas prison sys-tem, Pennebaker discovered that when suspects lied while taking polygraph tests, their heart rate rose, but when they confessed the truth, they relaxed. “Our cells know the truth,” writes microbiologist Sondra Barrett, Ph.D., who also blogs at SondraBarrett.com, in Secrets of Your Cells, “Our physiol-

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ogy responds to what we’re thinking, including what we don’t want people to know.” When we are afraid to tell a story and keep it in, “Our cells broad-cast a signal of danger,” she explains. “Molecules of adrenalin, along with stress hormones, connect with recep-tors on heart, muscle and lung cells—and in the case of long-term sustained stress, immune cells.” We experience increased heart rate, tense muscles, shortness of breath and lower immunity when we’re stressed. She notes, “When we release the stories and feelings that torment us, our cells respond with great relief and once again become havens of safety.” We need to tell our stories even in facing life-threatening illness, and maybe because of it. Dr. Shayna Watson, an oncologist at the Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario, in Canada, encourages physicians to listen to patients. “In the name of ef-ficiency,” she reports in an article in Canadian Family Physician, “it’s easy to block out patients’ stories and deal only with the ‘facts’, to see the chat, the time and the stories as luxuries for when there is a cancellation. The study of narrative tells us, however, that in these easily neglected moments we might find more than we expect; there can be understanding, relationship building and healing—the elements of our common humanity.” A current problem is but a dot on the entire timeline of a person’s existence. By keeping their larger story in mind, patients can find a wider perspective, with the strength and resolve to heal, while the physi-cian can see the patient as a person, rather than a diagnosis. Power to Heal Emotions“Telling your story may be the most powerful medicine on Earth,” says Dr. Lissa Rankin, the author of Mind Over Medicine, who practices integrative medicine in Mill Valley, California. She’s tested the concept firsthand. “So many of us are tormented by the insane idea that we’re separate, disconnected be-ings, suffering all by our little lonesome selves,” she observes. “That’s exactly how I felt when I started blogging, as if I was the only one in the whole wide

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world who had lost her mojo and longed to get it back. Then I started telling my story—and voilà! Millions of people responded to tell me how they had once lost theirs and since gotten it back.” They did it by telling their stories, witnessed with loving attention by oth-ers that care. “Each of us is a constantly unfolding narrative, a hero in a novel no one else can write. Yet, so many of us leave our stories untold, our songs unsung,” remarks Rankin. “When this happens, we wind up feeling lonely, listless and out of touch with our life purpose. We are plagued with a chronic sense that something is out of alignment. We may even wind up feeling unworthy, unloved or sick,” says Rankin, who blogs on related topics at LissaRankin.com.

Power to Heal a FamilySometimes, writing a new story can help keep families connected. Kansas City, Missouri, author and columnist Deborah Shouse took an unplanned and unwanted, yet ultimately reward-ing journey with her mother through Alzheimer’s disease. Shouse discov-ered that as her mother was losing her memory and identity through dementia, crafting a new narrative helped her fam-ily hold it together, a process she details in Love in the Land of Dementia. “You have to celebrate the person who is still with you,” Shouse says, not-ing we may discover a different, but still interesting, person that communicates in ways other than talking. She recommends employing a technique she calls The Hero Project, which she developed with her partner, Ron Zoglin. It uses words, photos and craft supplies in what Shouse

terms “word-scrapping” to generate and tell a new story that helps keep the personal connection we have with our loved one and make visits more positive. She shares more supportive insights at DeborahShouseWrites.wordpress.com. Sharing an old story may also provide a rare link to the past for a person with dementia. “Savor and write down the stories you’re told, even if you hear certain ones many times,” Shouse counsels. “By writing down the most often-repeated stories, you create a legacy to share with family, friends and other caregivers.”

Power of the Wrong StoryOur thoughts are a shorthand version of a longer life story, says author Byron Katie, a self-help specialist from Ojai, Califor-nia, who addresses reader stories via blog posts at ByronKatie.com. Sometimes we tell ourselves the wrong story, one that keeps us from realizing our full potential, while making us miserable at the same time. Examples might include “I will al-ways be overweight,” “My partner doesn’t love me” or “I’m stuck here.” Katie’s book, Who Would You Be Without Your Story? explores how we often take what happens in our lives, create a story with negative overtones,

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believe that version of the story and make ourselves unhappy. “The cause of suffering is the thought that we’re believing it,” she says. By questioning our stories, turning them around and crafting new and more truthful ones, we can change our lives. Power to Heal the CommunityHumorist, speaker, and professional storyteller Kim Weitkamp, of Christians-burg, Virginia, knows that the power of story creates wider ripples. She sees it happen every time she performs at festivals and events around the country. “It is naturally in our DNA to commu-nicate in story form,” she advises. “The power of story causes great revelation and change in those that listen.” She cites supporting studies conducted by psychologists Marshall Duke, Ph.D., and Robyn Fivush, Ph.D., at the Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life, in Atlanta, Georgia. “They found that children—at ages 4, 14, 44 or 104, because we’re all children at heart—are more resil-ient and happy and rebound faster from stress when they know their family stories. They know they’re part of something that’s bigger than them-selves that people in their family have kept going,” says Weitkamp. “When people leave a storytelling event, they leave telling stories,” she says with a smile, “and that results in happier and healthier families and communities.”

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The idea is to write about the emotions that surround this thing you’re reluctant to admit or speak about. Pen-nebaker says it’s not necessary to reread what’s written or tell anyone about it. The simple act of writing down emo-tions surrounding a story begins the process of releasing it and relaxing. Story SlamsThe Moth organization features true stories told live by people of all ages on The Moth Radio Hour, the Internet and at group story “slams” around the world. At TheMoth.org, would-be storytellers find tips on how to craft their tales for a listening audience at live story slams around the world, as well as via web-

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Ask and AnswerMoving through the process Byron Katie calls “the work” uncovers the truth about the stories we are telling ourselves in order to create newer, healthier ones. First, think of a negative thought that’s worrying you, such as “I’m stuck.” Next, ask four questions about it.

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What was the key turning point in embracing your life’s calling?Every time I would visit a spiritual teacher as a kid, they would say, “We’ve been wait-ing for you.” But I just wanted to be normal and was also skeptical; not every well-intentioned person is necessarily

leading you home. I reached a turning point when I knew something had to change. I told myself that if this thing called God really exists and if I’m here to be a messenger, I have to experi-ence it personally. In that moment, I began to un-dergo a transformation that culminated in a direct experience of the divine; an infinite ocean of energy vibrating with unconditional love. I felt part of what every spiritual teacher has been tell-ing the world for thousands of years: that the true nature of reality is love, a love that expresses itself through all life forms. That experience allowed me to accept my role of helping others see and achieve their potential.

How does the universal energy you speak of affect us and how can we shift our dance with it?

We are vibrational beings inhabiting a vibrational universe. Yogis and mystics from traditions throughout time have known this. The subtlest form of vibra-tion is the soul, which is overlaid by the emotional, with the physical as the outermost layer of energy. Because the emotional layer can accumulate a den-sity that enshrouds our soul’s light and potential, it’s important to address it. Energy is like water—it wants to flow and can shift states at any moment. Judging or rejecting any aspect of our genuine identity disrupts that flow of energy. For example, if instead of being available to feel your anger when it aris-es you repress or deny it, that accumu-lating emotion acquires density and over time, becomes rage. But if you can learn to slow down and lean into the emotion, the anger can wash through and out of you and energy again flows freely. By allowing ourselves to acknowl-edge, experience and release these emotions without judgment, we are clearing the obstacles to our authentic self, what I term one’s “soul signature”. How is discovering our soul signature related to finding our calling?The soul signature is our purest potential expressed. You can have a calling to be a writer, but unless you are connected to who you are at the deepest level, your writing won’t have the same impact. Accessing our soul signature is a process. We didn’t end up where we are overnight, and it can take time to get back to that place where we can ex-press our truest selves by working with the techniques of energy transformation described in my book.

What are good first steps for someone newly initiating a spiritual practice? The most powerful tool is our breath. Witnessing and honoring our breath in every moment allows us to transform every day into living meditation.

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feet, looking up at them,” advises Lili Colby, owner of MTI Adventurewear, near Boston, Massachusetts, which makes life jackets for paddle sports. She notes that U.S. Coast Guard law requires that children 30 pounds and under wear infant life jackets to provide special head and neck support that turns a baby’s face up with an open airway within three seconds of entering the water. It’s a good idea to first practice paddling short distances in shallow waters near the shore. Toddlers are more likely to lean overboard to play in the water, Colby cautions, so engag-ing in nature-inspired games along the way will help occupy them onboard. “Young children introduced to water sports in the context of positive family interaction typically become eager to paddle on their own,” ob-serves Tina Fetten, owner of Southern Tier Stand Up Paddle Corp., who leads a variety of SUP experiences through-out New York and northern Pennsyl-vania. “If they are strong swimmers, I bring them on a large board with me and teach them the skills for indepen-dent paddling.” Although SUP boards look like

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To switch from running to the market to stepping into a home garden for fresh produce, it’s best

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years ago, she also added pollinator beehives on the property. Their honey reduces the amount of processed sugar the family uses. From Libby, Montana, Chaya Foedus blogs on her store website PantryParatus.com about kitchen self-sufficiency. “Foraging is a good way to give children a full sensory experi-ence,” she remarks. “We turn a hike into a mission to find and learn about specific foods, where they come from and what to do with them.” To start, select one easily identifiable item for the kids to pick. “In Libby, that’s huck-leberries,” says Foedus. “Similar to blueberries, they grow on a bush, so they’re easy to see and pick. Huckle-berries don’t grow in captivity—it’s a completely foraged economy.” Michelle Boatright, a graphic designer and hunter of wild plants in Bristol, Tennessee, learned eco-friendly ways to forage from a game warden friend. Five years later, her bookcase holds 30 books on edible plants—she brings two with her on excursions. “When in doubt, leave a plant alone. It’s too easy to make a mistake,” she ad-vises. “Know how to harvest, too—take

Whether it’s membership in a food co-op, tending a backyard garden or balcony tomato plant or foraging in the woods for edibles, living off the land means cleaner, fresher and more nutritious food on the table.


only about 10 percent of what’s there and leave the roots, so it can grow back. “For example, ramps, a wild leek, take seven years to cultivate,” says Boatright. “Overharvesting can wipe out years’ worth of growth. In Tennes-see, it’s illegal to harvest ramps in state parks. Mushrooms are more apt to regrow, but leave the small ones.” As for meat, “I was raised to never shoot a gun, but to make my own bows and arrows,” recalls Bennett Rea, a writer and survivalist in Los Angeles, California. “Dad used Native American skills, tools and viewpoints when he hunted. Bow hunting kept our family from going hungry for a few lean years and was always done with reverence. It’s wise to take only what you need, use what you take and remember an animal gave its life to sustain yours.” Rea uses several methods for obtaining local foods. “Living here makes it easier due to the year-round growing season. For produce, I vol-unteer for a local CSA [community supported agriculture] collective. One hour of volunteering earns 11 pounds

of free, sustainably farmed, organic produce—everything from kale to tangerines to cilantro. “Bartering is also an increasingly popular trend,” he notes. “I make my own hot sauce and trade it for high-end foods and coffee from friends and neighbors. Several of us have now rented a plot in a community garden to grow more of our own vegetables. I only buy from stores the items I can’t trade for or make myself—usually oats, milk, cheese and olive oil.” Truly good food is thought-fully, sustainably grown or harvested. It travels fewer miles; hasn’t been sprayed with toxins or been chemi-cally fertilized; is fresh; ripens on the plant, not in a truck or the store; and doesn’t come from a factory farm. The old saying applies here: “If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself.”

Avery Mack is a freelance writer in St. Louis, MO. Connect via [email protected].

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4 Get permission before picking on private property.

4 Make sure no chemical fertilizers or pesticides were used.

4 It’s easy to mistake a poisonous lookalike for an edible plant. Learn to identify both before picking.

4 Skip the mushrooms at first—learn from an experienced mushroomer before going solo.

4 Always taste-test at home; the woods are not the place to cope with a surprise allergic reaction.

4 Make a day of it. Enjoy the outdoors, learn more about native plants and invite kindred spirits along on the hunt.

Source: Adapted from PantryParatus.com.

Christopher Nyerges, of Pasade-na, California, author of Guide to Wild Food and Useful Plants

and Foraging California, has spent 40 years teaching others to find free food safely as part of an ongoing curricu-lum (SchoolOfSelf-Reliance.com). He knows, “Wherever you live, common weeds and native plants can supple-ment food on the table.” He particularly likes to use acorns as a food extender, grinding them into a powder and mixing it 50/50 with flour to make bread and pancakes. For greens, he likes lamb’s quarters (Cheno-podium album), a weed that crowds out native plants, but is easily found, nutri-tious and versatile. He uses the leaves like spinach and adds the seeds to soup or bread batter. He likens it to quinoa. Nyerges characterizes himself as a lazy gardener. “Forget having a tra-

ditional lawn. Grow food, not grass,” he says. “I like plants that take care of themselves and then of me.” Purslane (Portulaca oleracea) and New Zealand spinach (Tetragonia tetragonioides) are good edible ground covers. Purslane leaves add a lemon-pepper crunch. “If the neighbors com-plain, plant some nasturtiums—they’re pretty and good to eat, too,” he notes. Varieties of cactus, like the prickly pear, are also edible; remove the thorns and cook the pads with tofu or eggs. “I’m all for using technology, but know how to get by without it, too,” Nyerges advises. “There’s no such thing as total self-sufficiency. What we can be is self-reliant and knowledgeable users. Begin by learning and applying one thing.” He’s found, “There aren’t directions to follow; the path to self-reliance is different for each person.”

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Hippocrates called walking “man’s best medicine,” and Americans agree: According to the U.S.

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Practical TipsBreathe. Belly breathing calms the parasympathetic nervous system, expands lung capacity and improves circulation. Inhale through the nose, fill the belly and expel through the mouth, advises Asheville, North Carolina, resi-dent Katherine Dreyer, co-founder and CEO of ChiWalking.

Try new techniques and terrain. “The body is smart and efficient. It must be constantly challenged in safe ways and tricked into burning more calories,” says Malin Svensson, founder and President of Nordic Walking USA. She suggests taking the stairs or strolling on sand to strengthen the legs and heart.

Dreyer recommends ascending hills sideways (crossing one foot over the other) to engage new muscles and pro-tect the calves and Achilles tendons. She also suggests walking backwards for 30 steps every five minutes during a 30-min-ute walk to reestablish proper posture.

Push with poles. Compelling the body forward with Nordic walking poles can burn 20 to 46 percent more calories than regular walking, reports Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport. Svens-son explains, “Applying pressure to the poles activates abdominal, chest, back and triceps muscles, which necessi-tates more oxygen and thereby raises the heart rate.” The basic technique is: plant, push and walk away.

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Notice nature. Alexandra Horowitz, au-thor of On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes, finds walking outdoors infi-nitely more engaging than exercising in the gym. Seek out woodsy hikes, scenic waterways or historic downtowns, and “open up to experiencing the world,” she says.

Practice moving meditation. To lighten a heavy mood, “Imagine your chest as a window through which energy, fresh air, sunshine, even rain, can pour into and through you as you walk,” says Dreyer. To ground a scattered mind, she suggests focusing on connecting one’s feet with the Earth.

Creative TipsMake fresh air a social affair. A group walk can boost performance levels of participants, says Dennis Michele, president of the American Volkssport Association, which promotes fun, fit-ness and friendship through noncom-petitive, year-round walking events. Horowitz suggests strolling with friends and sharing sensory discoveries. “A fresh perspective can help tune you into the great richness of ordinary envi-ronments often overlooked,” she says.

Ditch the distraction of electronic devices. Horowitz views walking texters as “hazards and obstacles, non-participants in the environment.” Australian researcher Siobhan Schab-run, Ph.D., reveals the science behind the sentiment in her recent University of Queensland study. The brain, she found, prioritizes texting over walking, resulting in “slowing down, deviating from a straight line and walking like robots, with the arms, trunk and head in one rigid line, which makes falling more likely.”

Walking a dog brings mutual benefits. Dr. John Marshall, chief oncologist at Georgetown University Hospital, in Washington, D.C., prescribes dog walking to his cancer patients, asserting it yields better outcomes than chemo-therapy. For maximum enjoyment, strive to hit a stride, advises Carla Ferris, owner of Washington, D.C. dog-walking company Wagamuffin.

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Be a fanny pack fan. Fanny packs, unlike backpacks, which can disturb natural torso rotation, comfortably store identification, phone, keys and water, says Svensson. Ferris agrees: “Walks are so much more enjoyable hands-free.”

Walk while you work. Much of the independent and collaborative work at Minneapolis finance company SALO emerges as employees walk slowly on ergonomic treadmill desks. “Being up, active and forward-moving on the treadmill benefits productivity,” says co-founder Amy Langer. Alternatively, con-sider investing in a cordless headset or standing desk. “Most anything you can do sitting, you can do standing, and sup-porting your own body weight is almost as beneficial as walking,” she says. A study reported in the journal Diabetologia suggests that sedentary time combined with periods of moder-ate-to-vigorous exercise poses a greater health risk than being gently active throughout the day. Dreyer’s mantra? “The body is wise. Listen when it says, ‘Get up and walk a bit.’”

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“I started taking pictures of my Ber-nese mountain dog, Chance, when he first came to me,” says Yvette Schmitter, an entrepreneurial software program-mer in New York City. “We dress in matching costumes like Fiona and Shrek, Princess Leia and Yoda, Mr. and Mrs. Claus. It’s a creative outlet after writing computer code all day and a good excuse to play together.” Schmitter places the photos in pre-made greeting cards and has a current mailing list that exceeds 250, including the doorman, neighbors, the vet and groomer, friends and family. “The deli guy told me he looks forward to each holiday just to see what we’ve come up with. That’s what motivates me; our fun photos can make some-body’s day better.” Heather Post, owner of The Eti-quette Seed, in Daytona Beach, Florida, specializes in coaching and speaking en-gagements. When her in-laws traveled to their summer home, she made a scrap-booklet for them. “It showed Sophie, our rescue terrier, at the door, window or in the car, with rhyming captions that said she missed them.” Post sends similar photo “stories” to her daughter, Meghan,

now in college; a cousin’s daughter even took Sophie’s Halloween photo to preschool for show and tell. Whichever forum we choose, stages and phases of a pet’s life can be celebrat-ed with a lock of hair, paw print, obedi-ence school certificate and lots of photos. After all, a pet is part of the family.

Sandra Murphy is a freelance writer in St. Louis, MO. Connect at StLouis [email protected].

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Yvette Schmitter keeps her dog’s photo sessions short because, “Chance pouts after 20 minutes.” If a large dog looks intimidating, soften its appearance by adding a bright bandana, hat or goofy sunglasses. Liisa Kyle took weekly photos of a pup to show its growth. Jo-anna Campbell Slan, author of the Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-n-Craft mystery book series, offers several additional tips.

n Take photos from the pet’s eye level instead of from above.

n For a dark-haired pet, use a contrast- ing background; a colorful blanket or pale wall makes it stand out.

n Add texture by layering papers and adding trinkets and creative captions.

n Notes from a groomer can make a cute addition.

n Catalog the words a pet knows on a designated page. Go beyond the obvious command words.

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We all know hard-charging young men that have their foot planted firmly on the accel-

erator. They claim that easing off would damage their career and be an admission of failure. They are wrong. Those enjoy-ing early successes can grow up over-stressed by trying to stay on the fast track at any cost. These alpha boys are doing what they think others want them to do. In many cases, they are influenced by subtle and overt pressures from parents, peers and celebrity lifestyles, as well as advertising and video games. As a consequence, these men, obsessed with superficial goals, are emotionally stunted, controlling and un-able to form long-term relationships. The good news is that if they can recognize these symptoms and want to change, they may be ready to mature into an al-pha wolf, a whole different kind of man. An essential catalyst for this change usually comes from experiencing per-sonal wounding: being overlooked for a promotion, feeling redundant, losing a friend or status or perhaps sacrificing a former identity to parenthood. Ultimately, the true test is how he faces such failure and deals with his emotions without labeling himself as weak. The hallmark of mature manhood is how a guy acknowledges his dimin-ishment, not how he manages success. When he stops hiding from himself, signs of his emerging as a mature hero, an alpha wolf, will appear.

He’ll recognize that he makes mistakes, absorb and acknowledge his vulnerability, admit he doesn’t know all the answers and become comfortable with this loss of control. These are the lessons a man must learn to become a more realistic, whole and three-di-mensional individual. How he reacts to setbacks and takes responsibility for his actions molds character and helps him take his rightful place in society, rather than a false position. Instead of being obsessed by com-peting for things and one-upmanship in the material world like an alpha boy, the alpha wolf grows up by adding strong spirituality and compassion to his life skills. He sees the bigger picture, and by viewing people as friends rather than ri-vals, is better able to forge mature, loving relationships and be a better father. Our sons need to be exposed to emotionally intelligent role models and discussions of attendant values and traits. It’s not a simple or easy path, but it’s an essential process for boys and men that benefits them and everyone in their lives.

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SUNDAY, JUNE 1The Law of Attraction and Your Relationships – 10:15am. The Center for Spiritual Living Princeton invites you to its dynamic community of warm, spiritually minded people. Join us for our Sunday Transformation Service, followed by refreshments and conversation. Services are held at the Princeton Masonic Lodge, 354 River Rd, (Rt 605) Kingston. 609-924-8422.

MONDAY, JUNE 2HypnoBirthing Class – 6:30-9pm. Four-week class is designed for expectant couples who desire to learn deeper methods of relaxation for birthing to eliminate fear that causes tension and pain. Parents will learn how to prepare the mind and body for birth through self-hypnosis, comfort measures, breathing techniques and relaxation. Bring exercise mat and two pillows. Cost: $195. Hamilton Area YMCA, 1315 Whitehorse-Mercerville Rd, Hamilton. 888-897-8979.

Pre-Natal Yoga 4-Wk Class – 7:15-8:15pm. Certi-fied prenatal yoga instructor led class that encour-ages flexibility, endurance and strength through physical poses. This specialized class for expectant mothers can help you meet and bond with other preg-nant women and prepare for the journey of being a new parent. No experience needed and bring yoga mat. Cost: $30. RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd, Hamilton. 609-584-5900.

TUESDAY, JUNE 3Read & Pick, Strawberries – 9:30 and 11am. Program combines hands on farm activity with child and listening to story. Parents and young children (ages preschool to 8 years) are welcome to celebrate everything wonderful about strawberries. Pick own pint of strawberries and bring home. Cost $7/child. Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Rd, Princeton. 609-924-2310.

Birds & Nesting Pre-School Program – 10-11:30am. Find out what baby birds need to sur-vive to adulthood. Take a walk on the trails with Teacher-Naturalist to learn about birds and their nests. Registration required. Cost: $10/$15 per child member/non-member. Stony Brook-Millstone Wa-tershed Association, 31 Titus Mill Rd, Pennington. 609-737-7592.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4Birds & Nesting Pre-School Program – 1-2:30pm. See June 3 listing. Pennington.

What Will You Do with Rest of Your Life? – 6:30pm. Put the pieces of your retirement together in this four session, hands-on retirement planning workshop. Led by Carol King and John George. Explore, discover and identify opportunities. Cost: $85/$150 per individual/couple. RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd, Hamilton. 609-584-5900.

Guided Aromatic Meditation – 7-8pm. Develop relaxed awareness and clarity with meditative aro-matic essences. Focus will be guided using breath,

calendarofevents SUNDAY, JUNE 8The Law of Attraction and Your Relationships – 10:15am. See June 1 listing. Kingston.

Learn How to Make Cheese –1-3pm. Double-header cheese making class. Ricotta and mozzarella. Cost $65, payment made at reservation. Cherry Grove Farm, 3200 Lawrenceville Rd, Lawrenceville. To register or for information call 609-219-0053.

MONDAY, JUNE 9HypnoBirthing Class – 6:30-9pm. See June 2 listing. Hamilton.

Pre-Natal Yoga 4-Wk Class – 7:15-8:15pm. See June 2 listing. Hamilton.

TUESDAY, JUNE 10Spider’s Pre-School Program – 10-11:30am. They are the creepy, crawly creatures that lurk in the fields, forests, and even in our homes. Learn about these web-spinning wonders and then go on a spider hunt. Cost: $10/$15 per child member/non-member. Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, 31 Titus Mill Rd, Pennington. 609-737-7592.

Check Up Every Guy Needs – 6:30-8:30pm. Free. Join James Bancroft, MD, to learn what men should be doing to keep in fine running condition. Blood Pressure and Body Fat Analysis offered. Prizes in-clude a Free Oil change and Cholesterol Screening. RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd, Hamilton. 609-584-5900.

Shape for Life Information Session – 6:30pm. Free. Learn to change your lifestyle and permanently lose weight. Jill Nitz, bariatric coordinator, who specializes in the treatment of obesity, discusses RWJ Hamilton’s Comprehensive Weight Loss Pro-gram – including physician supervised weight loss, a tailored exercise program and nutritional counseling. RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd, Hamilton. 609-584-5900.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11Spider’s Pre-School Program – 1-2:30pm. See June 10 listing. Pennington.

Simple Suppers, Healthy Way to Dine – 6-7pm. Make a healthy, flavorful pizza and get recipes that fit into most meal plans. Registered Dietician answers questions related to nutrition and chronic disease. Cost: $10. RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd, Hamilton. 609-584-5900.

THURSDAY, JUNE 12 Time at Last – 2pm. Navigating Retirement. So much of our life and identity revolves around work. This supportive group discusses the joys, concerns and challenges of having extra time and making de-cisions about how to use it to create fulfillment. Led by Shirley Roberts, Helen Burton and Carol King. RWJ Health & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd, Hamilton. Register 609-584-5900.

Sign of Summer Walk – 4-5:30pm. Free Join SBMWA Teacher-Naturalists at the Association’s Pond House on Wargo Road to greet the arrival of summer with a hike on the Reserve’s newest trails, out to the Mt. Rose property and back again to Wargo Pond. Wear comfortable shoes/sneakers – no sandals – and dress for the weather. Bring a water bottle and simple trail snack. Total distance: approximately 2 miles.Children must be accompanied by an adult.

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aroma, and intention attuning to the deepest level of being. Gemma Bianchi aromatherapist. Cost: $10. RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd, Hamilton. 609-584-5900.

FRIDAY, JUNE 6Men in Retirement – 2pm. Come and meet other men who are making or have made the transition into retirement. Monument Hall, 45 Stockton St, Princeton. 609-924-7108.

“No Kids” Campfire – 7-9pm. Leave the kids at home and enjoy a BYOB campfire event with live music, roasted marshmallows, and friendly com-pany. Call to register. Cost: $10. Fernbrook Farms Environmental Education Center, 142 Georgetown Rd, Chesterfield. 609-298-4028.

SATURDAY, JUNE 7Safe Sitter Class – 9am-3pm. Teaches safe and nurturing techniques, behavior management skills and appropriate responses to medical emergencies. A competency-based, highly structured program for children ages 11 to 13. Bring bag lunch and drink. Cost: $65. RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd, Hamilton. 609-584-5900.Eco-Printing – 9:30am-12:30pm. Nature can pro-duce some of the most beautiful colors, patterns and designs. Eco-printing is the process of using plants, flowers, leaves and other organic materials to create color and print on fabric, using only sustainable, nat-ural materials .Learn how to use various plant materi-als in ways that create wearable art. No experience needed Register through Arts Council of Princeton, 609-924-8777. Cost: $50/$60 member/non-member. Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, 31 Titus Mill Rd, Pennington. 609-737-7592. Pre-Natal Yoga 4-Wk Class – 11:45am-12:45pm. Certified prenatal yoga instructor led class that en-courages flexibility, endurance and strength through physical poses. This specialized class for expectant mothers can help you meet and bond with other preg-nant women and prepare for the journey of being a new parent. No experience needed and bring yoga mat. Cost: $40. RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd, Hamilton. 609-584-5900.Build a Rain Barrel – 2-4pm. Watershed Ambas-sador Eric Tengi leads workshop to teach how to capture and reuse rain water in your home garden, and how to construct your own rain barrel. Bring your barrel home to begin the water savings imme-diately. Residents of Harry’s Brook neighborhood in Princeton can attend this workshop and receive one rain barrel free. Cost: $50/barrel. Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, 31 Titus Mill Rd, Pennington. 609-737-7592.


Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, 31 Titus Mill Rd, Pennington. 609-737-7592.

FRIDAY, JUNE 13Tiny Tot Walk – 10-11am. Children 18-36 months. Join Naturalist Pam Newitt for an outdoor explora-tion of the natural world. All children must be walking and accompanied by an adult. Mud boots recommended. Registration is required. Cost: $7/$10 per child member/non-member. Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, 31 Titus Mill Rd, Pennington. 609-737-7592.

SATURDAY, JUNE 14Free Health Screening at WWFM – 9am-1pm. Free. Princeton HealthCare System is proud to par-ticipate in the West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market. Health professionals from Princeton Health-Care System will be on hand to offer free health screenings and information to area residents. West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, Princeton Junction Train Station, Vaughn Drive Parking Lot (Alexander Rd & Vaughn Dr), Princeton Junction.

Pre-Natal Yoga 4-Wk Class – 11:45am-12:45pm. See June 7 listing. Hamilton.

SUNDAY, JUNE 15The Law of Attraction and Your Relationships – 10:15am. See June 1 listing. Kingston.

Wine Tasting for Dads – 12pm. Treat Dad to an afternoon of food, wine and fun. Includes a five-course gourmet food & wine pairing. Cost: $65/per-son. Reservation required. Crossing Vineyards and Winery, Washington Crossing, PA. 215-493-6500.


Pre-Natal Yoga 4 Wk Class – 7:15-8:15pm. See June 2 listing. Hamilton.

TUESDAY, JUNE 17Read & Pick, Cherries – 9:30 and 11am. Program combines hands on farm activity with child and listening to story. Parents and young children (ages preschool to 8 years) are welcome to celebrate everything wonderful about cherries. Pick own container of cherries and bring home. Cost $7/child. Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Rd, Princeton. 609-924-2310.

Tennis PartyCelebrate end of school year. Bring your

own racquets. Preview our summer camp activities.

June 17 • 7-10pm Cost: $20. Refreshments will be served.

Tennis Playgrounds, Crown Plaza Princeton,

900 Scudders Mill Rd, PlainsboroCall for more information:

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18Keep Unwanted Critters Out Garden – 6:30-7:30pm. Tour the demonstration gardens with a Master Gardener naturalist to see examples of plants with anti-critter characteristics. Learn tactics and tools you can use in your own garden. Cost: $3 suggested donation. Mercer County Educational Gardens, 431A Federal City Rd, Pennington. 609-989-6830.

Health Rhythms Drumming – 7-8pm. Group drum-ming is good fun and good for you. HealthRythms®, an evidence-based program, strengthens the immune system and reduces stress. Drums provided or bring your own. Mauri Tyler, CTRS, CMP. Cost: $15. RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd, Hamilton. 609-584-5900.

THURSDAY, JUNE 19Free Vision Screening – 4-7pm. Princeton Health-Care System and the New Jersey Commission for the Blind: Project Prevention Unit provide free vision screenings to uninsured or underinsured adults and children. All children must be accompanied by a legal guardian. Hamilton Area YMCA, 1315 White-horse-Mercerville Rd, Hamilton. 888-897-8979.

Cool Drink on Hot Summer Days – 6:45-8pm. Classes are led by a registered dietitian. Includes taste sampling and recipes to take home. Are you drinking enough fluids? Learn how to hydrate properly, especially for summer, and sample health-boosting and low calorie drinks into your daily eat-ing habits. Register at least 3 days prior. Cost: $10. RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd, Hamilton. 609-584-5900.

Solstice at the Stream - Bessie Grover Park – 6:30-8:30pm. Join up at Bessie Grover Memorial Park in the Sourland Mountains for an exploration of life in and around Rock Brook. Expect to meet a variety of creatures including salamanders, frogs and aquatic insects.Wear old sneakers for wading and bring a water bottle. Nets are provided. Registration is required. Cost: $5/person. Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, 31 Titus Mill Rd, Penning-ton. 609-737-7592.

SATURDAY, JUNE 21Pre-Natal Yoga 4 Wk Class – 11:45am-12:45pm. See June 7 listing. Hamilton. Art All Night

Art festival will present art, food, music, workshops, competitive arts events,

and kid-friendly activities throughout a straight 24-hour period.

June 21 • 3pm-12am Roebling Wire Works Facility,

675 S Broad St, Trenton

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SUNDAY, JUNE 22Art All Night – 12am-3pm. See June 21 listing. Trenton.

The Law of Attraction and Your Relationships – 10:15am. See June 1 listing. Kingston.

Firefly Festival – 4-9pm. Enjoy an evening of nature, music, wagon rides, craft making, outdoor

fun and the whole farm for firefly hunting plus more. Cost: $5/craft activity. Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Rd, Princeton. 609-924-2310.


Pre-Natal Yoga 4-Wk Class – 7:15-8:15pm. See June 2 listing. Hamilton.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25Reiki Sharing Evening – 7-9pm. Trained practitio-ners are invited to share Reiki with each other. Bring a pillow and a small sheet and blanket. Cost: $5. RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Rd, Hamilton. 609-584-5900.

Eco-Adventure – Secret Lives of Fireflies – 8pm. Enjoy “nature’s fireworks” with Jeff Hoagland on the Watershed Reserve and learn how to commu-nicate with the fireflies. Discover the secret lives of the lightning bug, from glowworm to adult, and meet a variety of species, identifying them by their different flash patterns. Registration required. Cost: $8/$12 member/non-member (children 6 yrs+ only.) Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, 31 Titus Mill Rd, Pennington. 609-737-7592.

SATURDAY, JUNE 28Free Health Screening at WWFM – 9am-1pm. Free. Princeton HealthCare System is proud to par-ticipate in the West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market. Health professionals from Princeton Health-Care System will be on hand to offer free health screenings and information to area residents. West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, Princeton Junction Train Station, Vaughn Drive Parking Lot (Alexander Rd & Vaughn Dr), Princeton Junction.

Water Chestnut Removal - Community Call to Action – 9am-3pm. Free, 15 yo+. Join SBMWA to remove water chestnut (Trapa natans), via canoes, from the old Hiohela Pond in Hopewell Township. Physical removal of this non-native and highly invasive plant is the first step in restoring this body of water to its natural and healthy state. Participants must provide their own canoe, paddle and PFD. Sign up for 9am or 12pm start time. Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, 31 Titus Mill Rd, Pennington. 609-737-7592.

Brighten Up Your LifeLearn spiritual principles and tools that

will change your life for the better forever. Are you ready to discover your emerging direction and purpose and how to make it

happen? Then we invite you to come to this introductory workshop. Our Sunday services

during the month of July will then further expand upon this topic.

June 28 • 10am-12pm Suggested offering: $15

Center for Spiritual Living Princeton, 148 Tamarack Cir, Skillman

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Camp Tennis Playgrounds – M-F 8:30am-12:30pm, 1-4pm and 4-7pm. Specialized 8 & 10 and under training, teen tennis match play, special focus training groups, serving sessions and strength training. Full- day pricing and multi-child discount available. Cost: $270/$225, mornings/afternoon, evening time slots. Tennis Playgrounds, Crown Plaza Princeton, 900 Scudders Mill Rd, Plainsboro. 1-844-TPPLAYS.

sundaySpiritual Awakening Service – 10:15 am. If you are looking for a warm, dynamic community of spiritu-ally minded people, we encourage you to come to one of our Sunday Transformation Services.The Center for Spiritual Living Princeton holds services every Sunday at the Princeton Masonic Lodge, 354 River Rd, (Rt. 605) Kingston. 609-924-8422.

mondayMonday Morning Madness – 7:45-8:45am. Join group for workout led by Cheryl for both members and non-members. Cost $10. Retro Fitness of Bor-dentown, 860 Rte 206, Bordentown. 609-372-4020.

Discover the Serenity of T’ai Chih – 11am. Dis-cover the Serenity of T’ai Chi Chih (Joy thru Move-ment Class). Need better balance, concerned about high blood pressure, quality sleep a challenge? Join class at Monroe Twp Senior Ctr, Monroe. For more information, additional locations, & to learn how to save on class fee, contact Siobhan at 609-752-1048.

Rise to the Task Free Dinner – 4-5:30pm. Free community dinner. First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown, 320 N Main St, Hightstown. For more info contact Rise office at 609-443-4464.

Breast Cancer Support Group – 6-7:30pm. 3rd Tues. No registration required walk-ins welcome. UMCP Breast Health Center, 300B Princeton-Hightstown Rd, East Windsor Medical Commons 2, East Windsor.

Interval Circuit Training – 6-7pm. Join group for workout led by Jesse for both members and non-members. Cost $10. Retro Fitness of Bordentown, 860 Rte 206, Bordentown. 609-372-4020.

Discover the Serenity of T’ai Chih – 6:30pm. Dis-cover the Serenity of T’ai Chi Chih (Joy thru Move-ment Class). Need better balance, concerned about high blood pressure, quality sleep a challenge? Join class at VFW, 77 Christine Ave, Hamilton. For more information, additional locations, & to learn how to save on class fee, contact Siobhan at 609-752-1048.

The Power of Decision – 7-9:30 pm. Life can be lived fully and richly. It all depends upon the decisions you make. Right decisions await your discovery of them. This course will help to reveal them to you. Learn how to direct the Infinite Power for greater good in your life. Center for Spiritual Living-Princeton, 148 Tamarack Cir, Skillman. 609-924-8422.

tuesdayGentle Yoga – 6-6:45am. Join group for gentle yoga led by Shannon for both members and non-members. Cost $10. Retro Fitness of Bordentown, 860 Rte 206, Bordentown. 609-372-4020.

Wayne’s Workout World – 7-8am. Join group for workout led by Wayne for both members and non-

Pre-Natal Yoga 4-Wk Class – 11:45am-12:45pm. See June 7 listing. Hamilton. Learn How to Make Cheese – 12-2pm. Double-header cheese making class. Ricotta and mozzarella. Cost $65, payment made at reservation. Cherry Grove Farm, 3200 Lawrenceville Rd, Lawrenceville. To register or for information call 609-219-0053.

SUNDAY, JUNE 29Brighten Up Your Summer – 10:15am. Center for Spiritual Living Princeton invites you to its dynamic community of warm, spiritually-minded people. Join us for our Sunday Transformation Service, followed by refreshments and conversation. Services are held at the Princeton Masonic Lodge, 354 River Rd, (Rt. 605) Kingston. 609-924-8422.


plan aheadTUESDAY, JULY 1Read & Pick, Monarchs, Swallowtails and Honey-bees – 9:30 and 11am. Program combines hands on farm activity with child and listening to story. Parents and young children (ages preschool to 8 years) are welcome to celebrate everything wonderful about but-terflies, bees, and other pollinators. Make own butterfly craft and bring home. Cost $7/child. Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Rd, Princeton. 609-924-2310.

Blueberry Bash – 10am-5pm. Wander through Pick-Your-Own blueberry bushes or relax on a wag-on ride around the farm. Pony rides, music and lots of tasty blueberry treats including blueberry muffins, blueberry cobbler, and blueberry salsa. Cost: $5/person 3 yrs+ into festival area. Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Rd, Princeton. 609-924-2310.

SUNDAY, JULY 6Blueberry Bash – 10am-5pm. See July 5 listing. Princeton

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members. Cost $10. Retro Fitness of Bordentown, 860 Rte 206, Bordentown. 609-372-4020.

Satsang Circle and Meditation – 5:30-7pm. Free. Come meditate for inner peace and enjoy tea with good company. Reservation required. The Heart of Art, 2374 Nottingham Way, Hamilton. 609-865-1012.

Boot Camp With Devon – 6-7pm. Join group for workout led by Devon for both members and non-members. Cost $10. Retro Fitness of Bordentown, 860 Rte 206, Bordentown. 609-372-4020.

Discover the Serenity of T’ai Chih – 6:30pm. Discover the Serenity of T’ai Chi Chih (Joy thru Movement Class). Need better balance, concerned about high blood pressure, quality sleep a challenge? Join class at American Legion, 2 Meadowbrook Ln, New Egypt. For more information, additional loca-tions, & to learn how to save on class fee, contact Siobhan at 609-752-1048.

wednesdayDiscover the Serenity of T’ai Chih – 8:45am. Discover the Serenity of T’ai Chi Chih (Joy thru Movement Class). Need better balance, concerned about high blood pressure, quality sleep a challenge? Join class at Energy for Healing, 4446 Main St, Kingston. For more information, additional loca-tions, & to learn how to save on class fee, contact Siobhan at 609-752-1048.

Bright Beginnings – 10:30-11:30am. This infor-mative, relaxed group is for parents and caregivers of infants. Each week focuses on a different topic of interest to new parents, and guest speakers are occasionally featured. Infants and children under 4 years of age are welcome to attend with the parent or caregiver. $5 payable at door. Princeton Fitness & Wellness Center, Princeton North Shopping Center, 1225 State Rd, Princeton. 609-683-7888.

Zumba Fitness – 6-7pm. Join the fitness party and burn calories while enjoying dance steps and fitness moves. Cost $8/7 Drop-in/Punch Card. Bring-a-Friend $6/each. Lawrence Community Center, 295 Eggerts Crossing Rd. Contact Stephanie. 609-954-9067.

thursday4 Mom’s Networking Hour – 1-2pm. Weekly parenting topics with RWJ Hamilton experts and

sharing with other moms. RWJ Hamilton Center for Health & Wellness, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton. 609-584-5900.

CPAP Workshop – 6pm. 3rd Thurs. Free workshop provided by the Sleep Care Center for patients with sleep disorders. A respiratory therapist will provide CPAP education, adjust CPAP pressures, refit masks and discuss the importance of CPAP/BiPAP usage. RWJ Hamilton Center for Health & Wellness, 1 Hamilton Health Place, Hamilton. 609-584-6681.

fridayBreastfeeding Support Group – 11am-12pm. Expectant parents will learn about the benefits of breastfeeding, getting started, positioning, nutri-tion, pumping and avoiding common problems. Facilitated by Lactation Consultant. Free. PHC Community Education & Outreach Program, 731 Alexander Rd, Ste 3, Princeton. 888-897-8979.

Men in Retirement – 2pm. 1st Friday. This social group for men meets and have regularly scheduled small group activities. Come and meet other men who are making or have made the transition into retirement. Suzanne Patterson Bldg, Princeton Senior Resource Center, 45 Stockton St, Princeton. 609-924-7108.

saturdayShowcase Saturdays – 8:30-8:30am. 2nd Sat. Free. Guests can try two, complimentary, 25-minute featured workout sessions. Donations to the Rob-binsville Food Pantry are kindly requested in return for the free sessions. Body Project Studio, Foxmoor Center, 1007 Washington Blvd, Robbinsville. 609-336-0108.

Discover the Serenity of T’ai Chih – 9 and 11am. Discover the Serenity of T’ai Chi Chih (Joy thru Movement Class). Need better balance, concerned about high blood pressure, quality sleep a challenge? Join class at 9 in Newton or 11 in Langhorne, PA. For more information, additional locations, & to learn how to save on class fee, contact Siobhan at 609-752-1048.

Total Body Meltdown – 10-11am. Join group for workout led by Judy for both members and non-members. Cost $10. Retro Fitness of Bordentown, 860 Rte 206, Bordentown. 609-372-4020.

Soup Kitchen – 4:30-6pm. 3rd Sat. Volunteers ar-rive at 3pm. Free hot meal served. VFW Post 5700, 140 Dutch Neck Rd, Hightstown. Information: Adrenne 609-336-7260.

SPOT (Safe Place for our Tweens) – 7-10pm. 1st Sat. Allows 9-12-year-old youngsters to “hang out” at the YMCA under the supervision of trained YMCA staff. Basketball, indoor soccer, music, karaoke, swimming, access to the wellness center, video games in our Youth Interactive Center and the snack stand are offered. A Hamilton Area YMCA Membership is not required for participation. Dress comfortably for the activities you wish to participate in. 1315 Whitehorse Mercerville Rd, Hamilton. 609-581-9622 x 21103.

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M. Gribbin, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor at Columbia University – College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chairman of

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation section at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Hamilton and Medical Director of Com-prehensive Pain and Regenerative Center. “In order to manage pain effectively, it is essential to pinpoint its cause.” She is named one of the best doctors in the New York Metro Area by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. for 14 consecu-tive years between 1999 and 2013.

REGENERATE rather than ReplaceRegenerate rather than replace your

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the tendon or ligament, causing mild inflam-mation that triggers the healing cascade. As a result new collagen begins to develop. As this collagen matures it begins to shrink caus-ing the tightening and strengthening of the tendons or ligaments of the damaged area. The initial consultation with the doctor will deter-mine if PRP/PPP therapy is right for you.

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