Natural Awakenings Fairfield/Housatonic - December 2015 Read the December 2015 edition of Natural Awakenings Fairfield/Housatonic. A Gift That Fits All Have you ever received a gift you didn’t initially want or one that made you question what you would do with it? Often once we unwrap those ... Read More » Holiday Sale and Celebration in Greenwich On December 5, the Lotus Wellness Center healing sanctuary will hold its Annual Holiday Sale & Celebration. Many local artists and practitio... Read More » TLC Center Winter Solstice Event with Free Candlelight Meditation Celebrate the holiday season on December 21 at Total Life Care Center’s (TLC) Open House from 4 to 9pm with a free candlelight meditation ta... Read More » Conscious Craft Trunk Show Join Embody the Sacred, Elysian Life Design, Hands And Paws Reiki For All and Elemental Mercury for a holiday trunk show offering spirituall... Read More » Publishing Milestone for Power Abused, Power Healed The ninth anniversary of Brookfield psychotherapist Judith Barr’s Power Abused, Power Healed is approaching. Each day, each year, abuses of ... Read More » Mother Earth Gallery Plants New Roots in New Milford After 28 years in Brookfield, Mother Earth Gallery has moved to New Milford. Due to redevelopment plans at the Four Corners, the relocated g... Read More » Kure Spa Expands Services; Marks First Year Kure Spa in Norwalk opened its doors a year ago and is looking forward to expanding its suite of offerings to its members. As it enters its ... Read More » Salt of the Earth Celebrates One Year Salt of the Earth in Woodbury is pleased to announce its upcoming one-year anniversary with some holiday gift ideas for all ages. Sue and Ma... Read More » Balance Your Chakras Through Dance In shamanic cultures, it is believed that if there is imbalance in our lives (depression, stress, illness, even addictions) it is due to a d... Read More » MindBodySpirit Open House MindBodySpirit will hold an open house at its new Ridgefield location on December 5 from 11am to 5pm. This new psychotherapy and healing art... Read More » Essential Oils Workshop in Norwalk A free introductory essential oil workshop will be held Wednesday, December 9 from 6 to 7:30pm in Norwalk at the office of Licensed Acupunct... Read More » Muktinath Open House Celebrates First Anniversary Monroe’s Muktinath Holistic Center will have an open house on December 6 from 2 to 6pm to celebrate its first year serving the holistic comm... Read More » Ayurvedic Center Opens in Stamford Kairali World of Ayurveda has opened its doors in Stamford to provide the community with Ayurvedic counseling for prevention and natural hea... Read More » Bigelow Tea Recognized for Commitment to Responsible Paper Environmental watchdog ForestEthics has announced that four major U.S. brands—Xerox, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Delta Dental and Fairfield’s... Read More » Local Practitioner’s Story Published Norwalk interior designer Catherine Avery’s personal soul story, “It’s Your Duty”, is now featured in the recently released Unleash Your Inn... Read More » Body Over Mind: Trust the Source, Tame the Intellect There has been a good 30 years of confusion, or rather of misunderstanding the relationship between the mind and body. In the early 1980s, i... Read More » The Mind-Body Connection: Our Mind Can be Healer or Slayer A migraine headache. A feeling of complete exhaustion even when well-rested. Obesity. According to experts and a growing body of scientific ... Read More » Using HeartMath to Improve Health The use of HeartMath tools, which can be accessed on a smartphone app, is another therapy MindBodySpirit’s Kim Hai Doan uses. Gary Gruber, a... Read More » Goodbye Inner Critic, Hello Healthy Body Image: Mindful Awareness is Freeing We have received an invitation. We have received an invitation for a special occasion, for a special occasion, such as a birthday celebratio... Read More » Pranic Meditation: Conscious Breathing Tunes Our Whole Being Human existence can be quite frustrating. Talking about suffering isn’t exactly popular, but the point is to relieve it. The word “meditate”... Read More » Mandalas, Meditation and Manifesting: Coloring for Therapy and Relaxation What can happen when you combine creating and coloring mandalas with meditation? Manifestation. What is a mandala? The word comes from Sa... Read More » Expressing Self with SoulCollage: An Intersection of Creativity and Meditation The New York Times published an article on the cover of their Sunday Review section titled “We’re All Artist’s Now”, accompanied by several ... Read More » Intentional Touch for Anxiety Disorders: Massage Research Proves Mental Health Benefits The idea that intentional touch can uplift or shift our mood and positively affect our emotions is an intuitive, primal impulse. Not until r... Read More » New Robeks Location Launches in Danbury A new Robeks smoothie and juice location has opened up in Danbury. The store offers on-the-go premium smoothies and fresh juices that use na... Read More » Fragrant Basil Juice Café Hosts Wellness Matters Fragrant Basil Juice Café in Norwalk will hold its first Wellness Matters workshop on December 7 from 6:30 to 8pm. Owners Sean and Tanisha W... Read More » Dr. T. Colin Campbell on the Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet Dr. T. Colin Campbell, the Jacob Gould Schurman professor emeritus of Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University, is the co-author of Th... Read More » New Card Deck and Book Set Focuses on Mudras for Wellness Local yoga and meditation teacher Alison DeNicola has authored the MUDRAS for Awakening the Energy Body deck and book set with artist Sabina... Read More » Gifts with Great Intentions : Spiritually Charged Items Invite Belief The holidays are here, and with them the joy and stress of giving gifts. With obligations to offer family gifts, teacher gifts, holiday gift... Read More » Opening Eyes to Winged Wonders On the first Sunday of the month, December 6, Earthplace in Westport will host a bird-on-glove demonstration at 3pm where you can learn all ... Read More » Walk with Birds and Aliens in Greenwich Bruce Museum will host its First Sunday Bird Walk on December 6 at 9am. Enjoy a leisurely outdoor walk to learn about wild birds at Greenwic... Read More » Meet a Mutt-i-gree Dog at Stepping Stones Norwalk’s PAWS visits Stepping Stones Museum the first Saturday of every month at 11am as part of the national Mutt-i-grees program. Both ch... Read More » Healthy Energy Centers Increase Vitality: Healing Chakra Imbalances in Pets Chakras are the main energetic centers in the physical body. Five are located along the spine in conjunction with a major nerve plexus bundl... Read More » Cosmic Rhythms Happy holidays. Open discussion is favored during early December with Mercury making contact to Uranus and Jupiter—keep the lines of communi... Read More » In-Print