Natural Awakenings Fairfield/Housatonic - April 2018 Read the April 2018 edition of Natural Awakenings Fairfield/Housatonic. April 2018 - Letter From Publisher As spring advances, all around we can witness people, creatures and flora coming out of hibernation. A winter-lover myself, I tend to spend ... Read More » Wellness Practitioners Gathering Together CT Health and Wellness Practitioners is an evolving group supporting, educating, empowering and collaborating healing compassionate practiti... Read More » Turning Point Healing Arts & Education Center Expands Jann Draper Elliott, MA, OTR/L, LMT, is joining Ridgefield’s Turning Point Healing Arts, LLC as its newest practitioner. She has worked for ... Read More » Ayurvedic Practice Opens in New Canaan Active Ayurveda and Yoga LLC, the practice of Jaya Daptardar BAMS, MHA, RAAP, BCAMP, has opened a new office in New Canaan. The practice off... Read More » New Community Way to Fund Creative Projects On April 12 from 6:30 to 9pm, Funding Emerging Art with Sustainable Tactics (FEAST) will hold its next recurring public dinner designed to u... Read More » Discovering Sustainable Products and Services Documentary filmmaker Amy Kalafa and sustainable food advocate Analiese Paik have joined forces to create Sustainne, an online destination a... Read More » Massachusetts Medium Visits Monroe Have you ever wanted to talk to someone on the other side? Is there someone who has passed to whom you never got to say good bye? On April 2... Read More » Healing the Earth, Healing Yourself Valley Spirit Cooperative and Wellness Center invites you to experience a weekend of learning ancient sacred ritual and meditation from Apri... Read More » Inspiring Children in Business Come be inspired by business-minded children at the Acton Children’s Business Fair, hosted by Woman’s Club of Greater New Milford. Observe t... Read More » Global Unity Tour To Visit Westport Simrit’s Songs of Resilience 2018 Global Unity Tour is making a stop in Westport on April 19 with a live concert. Westport Country Playhouse... Read More » Mantra Film Screening in Danbury MANTRA – Sounds into Silence is a new feature-length documentary that charts the history, expansion and effect of the music and social pheno... Read More » Calling All Sanctuary Book Worms Newtown’s Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary’s next Sanctuary Book Worms book club meeting will be on April 29 from 1 to 2pm. Partici... Read More » WorkWellWin Opens in Greenwich A new coworking space has opened in downtown Greenwich. The WorkWellWin company provides collaborative work spaces with flexible terms for c... Read More » Music Together Family Concerts Fairfield County will host two interactive, family concerts on April 21 featuring Music Together staff and teachers. Music Together offers e... Read More » Plastic Wars: Celebrate Earth Day Locally and Globally Earth Day, on April 22, will serve again as a galvanizing force on ways to save our planet. With the theme of End Plastic Pollution, the E... Read More » Fairfield/Litchfield County 2018 Earth Day Events SATURDAY, APRIL 21 Bethel Community Earth Day Celebration The Bethel community will celebrate Earth Day by coming together from ... Read More » Good Posture Provides Stability for Mind and Body When the body is crooked or slouching, parts of the spine are being overloaded while other parts are doing very little. This imbalance wears... Read More » Black Rock Church Goes Organic: Landscape Conversion in Process Three years ago, members and the pastor of Black Rock Church set their sights on weaning the large Fairfield property off of pesticides and ... Read More » Mother Earth’s Energy Centers: Locating and Tapping Into the Earth Chakras Our seven major human energy chakras begin at the base of the spine and end at the crown of our head. They are connected by a current of lif... Read More » Biologic Architecture Provides Energy: A Conversation with Richard Hetherman III About Creating a Biodome Biologic architecture uses the properties of the frequency of shape—as seen in cymatics—and properties of materials (paramagnetics and diele... Read More » Nature’s Matrix: Strengthening Connections to All Living Things Many humans begin to feel more alive as the longer days and warmer air of spring invigorate us. This “waking up” we often experience during ... Read More » Below The Water Line: How Human Noise Affects Ocean Life “If we kill the sea, we kill ourselves.” ~ David Gallo, an oceanographer at the forefront of ocean exploration As humans, we are still ... Read More » Running Away: A 5K for Animals On April 22, join Danbury Animal Welfare Society (DAWS) for its 7th Annual Run for Animals 5K. Competitive and non-competitive runners—with ... Read More » Social & Brunch to Benefit Animal Rescue Looking Glass Animal Rescue will present its inaugural Spring Penny Social & Sunday Brunch on, April 22 from 11am to 3pm in Yorktown Heights... Read More » Explore Interspecies Communication and Discover Personal Power A three-day animal communication workshop with Anna Twinney will be held on July 20-22 at Ray of Light Farm in East Haddam. There will be... Read More » Return to Grazing: Horse Wisdom for Modern Life Take a moment to jot down at least five things that bring you joy. Once you have done so, ask yourself if you had trouble with this requ... Read More » What to Learn About Living: Pets Can Teach Us If We Pay Attention Living is different than life. Living a better life can start with a change as simple as paying attention to your pets because they have the... Read More » Black Rock Holistic Center: Community Spotlight Kristine DeMarco, DC, MS, owner and founder of the Black Rock Holistic Health Center, has practiced holistic healing in Fairfield for more t... Read More » Starting at the Beginning Yogi Brian Buturla is offering a new beginner yoga class to teach the fundamentals of dharma yoga, including postures, breathing exercises, ... Read More » Focusing on The Future of Food There will be a screening of Unbroken Ground, a film from Patagonia Provisions, followed by an interactive discussion with local farmers and... Read More » Turn Food into Backyard Composting ‘Gold’ The Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority will be hosting additional free composting classes on April 7 from 9:30-10:30am and April 11 fro... Read More » Cosmic Rhythms April 2018i: The Sun Enters Earthy Taurus The planets are pretty quiet for the first half of April, but remember we are still in the midst of Mercury retrograde until then. While our... Read More » In-Print