Natural Awakenings Fairfield/Housatonic - November 2015 Read the November 2015 edition of Natural Awakenings Fairfield/Housatonic. C.A.R.E. Health & Wellness Celebrates Four Years Stamford’s C.A.R.E. Health & Wellness Center, directed by Erik Heyliger, DC, celebrated its fourth anniversary in October. The center has gr... Read More » Prayer and Health: Is There a Connection? International speaker Michelle Nanouche will present her Finding God, Finding Health talk on November 2 at 7:30pm at Wilton Library. Admissi... Read More » PuREST Float Center Opens in Trumbull Fairfield County now has its second floatation center with the opening in September of PuREST in Trumbull. Floatation therapy—also known ... Read More » Greenwich Hosts Craft and Psychic Fair Long-time area event organizer CTPsychics.com is presenting a two-day Craft and Psychic Fair at the Greenwich Hyatt Hotel on November 14 and... Read More » Kindred Spirits Offers Transformative Healing Kindred Spirits in West Redding is now offering the Rising Star Healing System for transformational healing. Rising Star is a healing system... Read More » Common Bond Market Holds 2nd Annual Night of Beauty Shelton’s Common Bond Market will hold its second annual Night of Beauty on, November 12 from 7 to 9pm. Vendors and service providers will o... Read More » Free Breast Cancer Phone Support Services Program Debuts Gilda’s Club Westchester, in partnership with Pink Aid, has launched a breast cancer support services program in Connecticut. The program co... Read More » Women Leading the Way to Wellness at ACS Breakfast The importance of women making their own health care a priority will be the focus of the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) second annual Women... Read More » 7eFit Spa Open House in Stamford Stamford has a new option for those seeking to look and feel their best during the holiday season and beyond. 7eFit Spa has opened on High R... Read More » Shamanic Healing Retreat in Redding Join shamanic practitioners and teachers Deana Paqua and Jessica Hunter for a day of shamanic healing for gratitude, transformation, abundan... Read More » Extended Hours at Housatonic Valley Waldorf School The Housatonic Valley Waldorf School understands the needs of working parents and a busy family life. To help support more parents’ ability ... Read More » Destination Wellness Expo: Your Passport to Health On November 7, the Ridgefield Chamber of Commerce Health and Wellness Council will host its 2nd Annual Destination Wellness Expo at the Ridg... Read More » New Wellness Suite Opens at Western CT State University The Institute for Holistic Health Studies and the Health Promotion and Exercise Sciences Department at Western Connecticut State University ... Read More » Food for Life Cancer Project Cooking Classes at Ann’s Place The Praxair Cancer Center is sponsoring the Cancer Project’s cooking and nutrition classes. These classes are free for cancer patients, surv... Read More » Cosmic Rhythms A spicy Mars/Venus conjunction in Virgo revs things up at the beginning of November—this “mojo” is great for scoring a lucrative new job or ... Read More » 5RHYTHMS Dance Workshop at Wainwright House On November 21 from 2 to 3:30 pm, Norwalk’s 5RHYTHMS-accredited teacher, Margaret Wagner, will bring the dynamic movement practice to Wainwr... Read More » Fear is a Friend: Transform Fear to Create a Life You Love “Every time your fear is invited up, every time you recognize it and smile at it, your fear will lose some of its strength.” ~Thich Nhat ... Read More » Lifestyle Medicine Comes of Age: Reframing Our Health Care System Something has gone wrong with our health care system that seems to be unfixable. To try to solve the problem, we need to look at how medicin... Read More » Is Your Doctor Asking the Right Questions? It is no surprise that the medical field has become less efficient and effective when treating chronic diseases. Conventional medicine emplo... Read More » The Eyes Have It: Integrative Optometry Reveals Much About Overall Health It has been said that the eyes are the portal to the soul and that may be, but in truth they reveal much more. The field of integrative opto... Read More » Opening Celebration for Bethel’s Naam Yoga Connecticut On November 21 from 1 to 4pm, Naam Yoga Connecticut—the newest franchise in the global Naam Yoga community—will celebrate its opening in dow... Read More » Grand Opening of Norwalk LifePath Studio Life Path (LP) Yoga & Wellness is officially opening its doors in mid-November with its Grand Opening Yoga Happy Hour and Open House Celebra... Read More » Keep Calm and Bend On: From Front to Back, Gentle Yoga Poses Release and De-stress Stressors are a reality of life; they are ubiquitous and no one can escape them, from minor frustrations to major life shakeups. So why do s... Read More » Crafting a Mindful Investment Strategy Although Gordon Gekko would disagree, current statistics show that a growing number of today’s investors do not believe “greed is good.” Ins... Read More » Gluten-Free Food Allergy Fest Comes to Stamford Following a successful launch year in 2014, Living Without is bringing its gluten-free consumer Gluten-Free Food Allergy Fests (GFFAFest) to... Read More » Westport Winter Market Opens The Winter Westport Farmers Market will open for the season on, November 14 at 10 am, returning for its fifth season at Gilbertie’s Herb Gar... Read More » Whistle Stop Bakery Holiday Home Delivery A Branchville/Ridgefield community favorite for 35 years, Whistle Stop Bakery is offering free home delivery during the holiday season for o... Read More » Dr. Neal Barnard: on Diet, Lifestyle and Brain Health Dr. Neal Barnard is the founder of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and author of 17 books on nutrition and health. An adju... Read More » Integrative Dental Care: Conventional and Complementary Care Means Healthier Teeth and Gums Much attention has been paid to the concept of holistic dental care, but this term means different things to different people. Holistic is d... Read More » The 21st-Century Dentist “It really boils down to this: That all life is interrelated. We are caught in an inescapable garment of destiny. Whatever affects one dir... Read More » A New Approach: Holistic Dentistry: More Than Mercury Filling Removal The eyes may be the window to the soul, but the mouth is a gateway to our body and a critical part that needs to be kept healthy. Evidence h... Read More » For the Love of Dog Biscuits Cookbook Now Available Scary“ is the word Priscilla Feral, president of Friends of Animals (FoA), uses to describe some of the commercial “crunchy” dog biscuits ma... Read More » Natural Floor Cleaner for Pets Launched Bridgeport resident and green cleaning maven Nicky Tomboulides created The Natural Floor Cleaner For Pets by Penguin’s Best straight from in... Read More » In-Print