Natural Awakenings Fairfield/Housatonic - July 2016 Read the July 2016 edition of Natural Awakenings Fairfield/Housatonic. Cosmic Rhythms - July 2016 A Cancer new moon takes place on July 4, putting food and family on center stage at the beginning of the month. Its contacts to empathetic N... Read More » Community Plates Wins $200,000 Emerging Leaders Fund Grant The Claneil Foundation, a private family foundation based in Philadelphia, recently selected Community Plates’s Executive Director Kevin Mul... Read More » Kitchen Medicine: Modern Health with Ancient Roots There is so much change, color, flavor and medicine growing this time of year. From our local wild foods to farms and gardens, we are rich i... Read More » Purchase Eco-friendly Food Service Products Online Yumi EcoSolutions, an environmentally conscious manufacturer of biodegradable and sustainable products based in Westport, has launched its n... Read More » Feeding the Whole Horse: Eschewing Supplements in Favor of Whole Food Diets In the beginning the horse lived on grass, ambling along, only lifting his head from his food source for unfamiliar sounds or herd discord. ... Read More » Sweets By Other Names: Sugar is Hidden in Many Pet Foods With increasing rates of diabetes and obesity among pets in this country, it is important to be more aware of the amount of added sugar in t... Read More » Naam Yoga Connecticut Open House During the weekend of July 15-17, Naam Yoga Connecticut will hold free classes to celebrate Bethel during the Bethel Summer Sidewalk Festiva... Read More » Natural Summer Beauty: Fixes for Common Hot Weather Woes Summer is here. Birds sing nearly non-stop. Boats motor by accompanied by shrill screaming from children. The sun never seems to set. We are... Read More » How Does Your Garden Grow?: Area Food Production Moves Out of the Box There are three key ingredients to making a garden grow: soil, water and light. Although we are familiar with the typical garden variations ... Read More » Stamford Yoga Jam Helps Young African Yoga Leaders First created in 2007, Africa Yoga Project (AfricaYogaProject.org) focuses on both training unemployed or under-employed youth from marginal... Read More » Food Integrity Begins at Home: Self-Sufficiency and Technology Foster Innovation Where food comes from and how it is produced is under heightened scrutiny as the hidden additives in the food supply are exposed. Individual... Read More » Harbor Harvest Explores Disruptive Sustainability: Innovative Shipbuilding Delivers Local Food "We’re shipbuilders by trade with a family background in food,” explains Bob Kunkel, co-owner of Harbor Harvest, about the retail sustainabl... Read More » Sharp and Flat Hits a High Note Sharp and Flat, a new music school in Litchfield/Bantam with a focus on small town and community creative growth, has just celebrated its si... Read More » Radiant Physical Therapy Celebrates Business Milestone Radiant Physical Therapy is celebrating its six-month business anniversary on July 4. Megan E. Richey, PT, DPT, focuses on holistic physical... Read More » Darien Hosts Essential Oils for Emotional Health Class Do you or someone in your family struggle with anxious feelings or a sense of overwhelm? Would you like to elevate the level of joy in your ... Read More » Joyful Movement Series Commences in Stamford St. John’s Episcopal Church in Stamford is offering a new summer class that integrates simple dance and yoga moves with contemporary Christi... Read More » Sunday Brunch Benefits Slow Medicine Foundation SunRaven: The Home of Slow Medicine will host a Sunday brunch from 10am to noon on July 10 at its Slow Medicine Café in Bedford, New York. T... Read More » End-of-Life Doula Training Offered in Weston On August 5-7, The Alliance for Conscious Transitioning in Weston will present Vigil Doula Training Class led by Henry Fersko-Weiss, LCSW. F... Read More » Free Body-Mind-Spirit Expo in NYC The Awaken Wellness Fair, the area’s oldest body-mind-spirit-green expo, will return to New York City on July 31. This year, admission is fr... Read More » July Program at Housatonic Valley Waldorf School Parents and caregivers of young children age birth to three and a half are invited to attend weekly parent-child classes at the Housatonic V... Read More » Ancient Crystal Skull Synergy and Caretaker Sherry Whitfield Return to Connecticut Sherry Whitfield, caretaker and guardian of Synergy the Ancient Crystal Skull, from Tucson, Arizona, will offer private sessions and worksho... Read More » High Time for Women’s Summer Camp JoJo Keane, a Connecticut-based Inspired Yoga teacher, JourneyDance instructor and shamanic energy healer, will lead an Art & Energy Women’s... Read More » Paint Your Chakras Workshop in Greenwich On July 16, “Painting Your Chakras” will be a full-day workshop exploring creative spirit. No painting experience necessary. Greer Jonas, a ... Read More » Visibility and Confidence Coaching for Entrepreneurs Ridgefield’s The Dancing Curtain is now offering visibility and confidence coaching services for entrepreneurs to help them to boost confide... Read More » In-Print