Natural Awakenings Fairfield/Housatonic - October 2016 Read the October 2016 edition of Natural Awakenings Fairfield/Housatonic. An Evening with Bernie Siegel On October 18 at 7:30pm at the Ives Concert Hall in Danbury, Bernie Siegel, MD, will present a lecture, entitled The Art of Healing, with a ... Read More » Pedego Electric Bikes Opens Its First Store in Connecticut Fun rolled into South Norwalk with the opening of the first Pedego Electric Bikes store in Connecticut, the 86th store worldwide. Owners Mik... Read More » Achieve Greater Awareness with Feng Shui The Feng Shui Studies Certificate Program with Beth Grace, FSSA, is being offered this fall over four weekends. In addition to one on-site d... Read More » Wellness Speaker Series Returns to Westport Green & Tonic’s Westport Wellness Speaker Series continues in October with three new events. All sessions are free of charge and open to all... Read More » Going Back to School for Pilates The Art and Science of Contrology Certification Program is directed by Simona Cipriani, a second generation Pilates instructor to Joseph Pil... Read More » Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony at Osteopathic Wellness Center Dr. David L. Johnston and Osteopathic Wellness Center have a new location and a renewed commitment to helping patients recover from pain and... Read More » Healthier Living Guidance at Bridgeport Resource Fair The WorkPlace’s Health Career Academy is hosting a community health fair on October 29 from 11am-3pm at Cesar Batalla School in Bridgeport. ... Read More » Stern Wellness Center Celebrates 15 Years of Supporting Self-Healing Dr. Lawrence Stern had operated a traditional chiropractic practice for more than a decade when he decided to expand his focus, attending no... Read More » New Age & Craft Expo in November On November 6 from 10am-5pm, interested participants are invited to come experience a day of spiritual and creative enlightenment at the New... Read More » Happy Rainbows Hosts Anniversary Open House This fall, Happy Rainbows is celebrating its 19th year in business in Sherman and will mark the occasion with an anniversary open house on O... Read More » NEWLIFE Expo Returns to NYC NEWLIFE Expo, the largest holistic expo on the East Coast, will be back in NYC on October 21-23 at the Hotel Pennsylvania. This year’s event... Read More » Monthly Mystical Gathering in Woodbury The Ruby Tree in Woodbury holds a monthly Mystical Market, a gathering of psychics, readers, vendors, holistic practitioners, artisans and a... Read More » Daphne Dixon Named Wilton Go Green Executive Director Peg Koellmer, Wilton Go Green’s (WGG) president, has named Daphne Dixon to the newly created position of executive director. Dixon will be t... Read More » Holistic Business Cooperative Debuts Kristin Kunhardt of Indigo Sky World is partnering with Healing Tao Institute’s Jampa Stewart, MSOM, LAc, and Lee Kancher of Right Brain Gro... Read More » Awaken Wellness Fair Returns to Tarrytown in October The Awaken Wellness Fair, a body-mind-spirit-green expo, will be held in the grand ballroom of the DoubleTree Hotel in Tarrytown, New York, ... Read More » Multiple Benefits of Fish Oil Barry Sherr’s mother would often tell her child that “fish is brain food”. As a practicing nutritionist and owner of Chamomille Natural Food... Read More » 5th Annual Stamford Health, Health Wellness & Sports Expo 2016: Billy Blanks Jr. of Shark Tank Fame Headlines The 5th Annual Stamford Health, Health Wellness & Sports Expo 2016, presented by WABC-TV, will feature Billy Blanks Jr. of Shark Tank fame a... Read More » Ahimsa Yoga and Music Festival Now in its fourth year, The Ahimsa Yoga & Music Festival, held November 4-6, will have a new locale at Hunter Mountain ski resort in New Yor... Read More » Open Sky Offers Two New Yoga Series Open Sky Yoga Barn’s (OSYB) Fall 8 Week Series began on September 13, running twice a week for two months until November 1. Laura Young teac... Read More » Lend a Helping Hand; Assume a Yoga Pose! Yoga Reaches Out (YRO), one of the nation’s biggest yoga fundraisers, is coming to Connecticut on October 15 from 9am to 5pm. Join hundreds ... Read More » Being the Change: Creating and Uplifting Community Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has,” American... Read More » The Art of Dying Well: Bringing Awareness and Meaning to Transition Death is not simply the end of living; it is part of living. Whether it is coming to terms with one’s own death or processing a loved one’s ... Read More » Psychopomp Shamanic Healing: Ancient Practices Honor and Transition Spirit “I give you this one thought to keep….. I am with you still, I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on ... Read More » The Shamanic Path in Modern Times: Reconnecting Spirit with Health, Healing and Everyday Life At no other time have we had access to more amazing technology that is designed to make our lives easier, well-informed and efficient. We ha... Read More » One Doctor’s Journey: A Conversation With Edward C. Corsello Natural Awakenings recently discussed with Edward C. Corsello, DC, BCAO, a Stratford- based chiropractor, what led him to study the Atlas Or... Read More » Increasing Success of the Breastfeeding Dyad : Addressing Tongue and Lip Tie Concerns As mothers, we have great expectations for parenthood. Many of us have done countless hours of reading; birthing education classes; meet-and... Read More » Harbor Harvest Celebrates First Anniversary: Market and Ship Delivery Innovations Continue Harbor Harvest in East Norwalk celebrates its first year anniversary providing farm-to-table local sustainable products on October 22. The m... Read More » Newtown’s Fruit Trail Ripens: A Path Toward Global Restoration It’s time to restore the Earth. We need to ask ourselves how we can restore our environment, re-establish natural resources, bring people to... Read More » Fall Festival to Benefit Animals Stratford Animal Rescue Society’s 11th Annual Fall Festival will take place on October 9 from 11am to 5pm (October 16 raindate). The festiva... Read More » Two Chances to Support ROAR Rain or shine, come out to celebrate with Ridgefield Operation of Animal Rescue (ROAR) on October 16 from noon-4pm for its annual Paws for t... Read More » Changing the Community, One Animal at a Time: Stratford’s Nutmeg Spay/Neuter Clinic Community game changing includes making things better for our animal friends as well as for humans and the environment. Stratford’s Nutmeg S... Read More » Animal Communication and the Humane Economy:: Take Steps to Communicate with Animals Animals are good for the economy, especially the humane economy. There is a shift happening now toward an economy that is consciously based ... Read More » Grounding Our Pet’s Spirituality In the wellness model discussed in previous articles, the second key to happiness is spiritually. For animals, spirituality is not connected... Read More » Cosmic Rhythms - October Issue Astrological support from Venus and Pluto facilitates money-magnetizing “mojo” circa October 5; it is potentially an ideal time for securing... Read More » In-Print