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Natural Awakenings South Central Pennsylvania

IN THIS ISSUE - April 2023

IN THIS ISSUE, April 2023 is about Sustainable Living. Our feature story is A New Dawn on the Farm Front – Stepping Away from Industrialized Agriculture. Other topics include Sustainable Eating – Tips to Shrink Your Foodprint; Kid-Approved Autism Diets; Jeff Moyer – On Farming for Human & Planetary Health; Local spotlight, Campisi Property Service Promotes Sustainable Landscaping; and two local health briefs, Navigating Job Loss and Climate Grief; plus, Natural Pet article Outdoor Safety for Pets. Online exclusive articles include A Woodsman’s Perspective on the Path to Well-Being; Healing Pennsylvania’s Ecosystems One Native Plant at a Time; plus, Local News, Health Briefs, Global Briefs, and much more. Enjoy!


ONLINE EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES:


Personalized Instruction at Your Yoga

Personalized Instruction at Your Yoga

Register for open studio at Your Yoga and experience personal support for your yoga practice from our teachers. Read More » 

 

A Woodsmans Perspective on the Path to Well-Being

A Woodsman's Perspective on the Path to Well-Being

y learning various skills, adopting the mindset and looking at the world through a woodsman's eyes, we begin a lifelong journey that is fulfilling, empowering and balancing. Read More » 

 

Healing Pennsylvanias Ecosystems One Native Plant at a Time

Healing Pennsylvania’s Ecosystems One Native Plant at a Time

Choosing native plantings provide food for insects, birds, bats and other wildlife. They are generally lower maintenance, help minimize flooding and filter pollutants from waterways. Read More » 

 

Beers to Present at Kripalu

Beers to Present at Kripalu

Cindy Beers, MS, E-RYT 500, will present a workshop, Yoga Nidra, Hypnotherapy and Meditation for Mental Health, at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts Read More » 

 

Malian Master Dance Class in Harrisburg

Malian Master Dance Class in Harrisburg

Dwennimmen African Dance Community presents an All-Level Master Dance Class with traditional Malian dancer Souleymane “Solo” Sana at 2 p.m., April 15, at 5 Bridges Health & Fitness. Read More » 

 

Native Plant Sale Dates at Wilderness Greenhouse

Native Plant Sale Dates at Wilderness Greenhouse

The nursery at the Diakon Wilderness Greenhouse will be open for in-person sales starting in April with an Earth Day Native Plant Sale, Saturday, April 22, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Read More » 

 

Manada Native Plant Sale

Manada Native Plant Sale

The 23rd annual Manada Conservancy native plant sale will take place on May 6 at the nursery at the East Hanover Township Nature Park. Read More » 

 

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Earth Day 2023: Investing In Our Planet

This year’s Earth Day theme—Invest in Our Planet—reminds us that it is not enough to merely celebrate our ancestral home for one day. Find online events to participate here. Read More » 

 

Toxic Overload How to Clean Our Water Food and Indoor Air

Toxic Overload: How to Clean Our Water, Food and Indoor Air

Despite regulations and safety protocols, a number of dangerous compounds run off into waterways or are released into the atmosphere. Read More » 

 

Muscular Maintenance 101 How to Repair Muscles After Exercise

Muscular Maintenance 101: How to Repair Muscles After Exercise

Allowing our body to heal micro-tears and inflammation after strenuous exercise readies muscles for subsequent training sessions. By strategically planning a muscle recovery regimen, we o... Read More » 

 

The Earth as Muse Inspiration Meets Conservation

The Earth as Muse: Inspiration Meets Conservation

The Earth is both our mother and our muse, sustaining our lives and blessing us with beauty when we make time to notice her perpetual creative forces. Read More » 

 

The Winds of Change Young Activists Pursue Climate Justice and Green Living

The Winds of Change: Young Activists Pursue Climate Justice and Green Living

Generation Z environmental activists agree that urgent action is needed to achieve climate justice, and they’re willing to do what it takes to get results. Read More » 

 

Exercise for the Brain

Exercise for the Brain

Researchers in the UK compared the effect that different types of daily movement had on overall cognition, memory and executive function. Read More » 

 

Featured LOCAL Articles

From the April 2023 PRINT Edition


Letter from Publisher - April 2023

Letter from Publisher - April 2023

Creating Awareness and Sounding the Alarm Read More » 

 

H2L Studio Birthday Party

H2L Studio Birthday Party

H2L Studio, offering all-level friendly classes for Barre, yoga, Pilates, cycling, TRX, bootcamp and HII, will hold their eighth birthday celebration from 7 to 10 a.m., April 1. Read More » 

 

Think Like a Woodsman

Think Like a Woodsman

There is a shared belief that the benefits of living gently on the land, foraging wild foods, treating land & all life with respect & grace transcend generations, communities & lifestyles. Read More » 

 

Tenth Year for Inner Peace Holistic Expo

Tenth Year for Inner Peace Holistic Expo

The Inner Peace Holistic Expo will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., April 15, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., April 16, at the Hamburg Field House. Read More » 

 

Mechanicsburg Earth Day

Mechanicsburg Earth Day

The annual Earth Day Festival of the Downtown Mechanicsburg Partnership will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., April 15 along Market Street Read More » 

 

Making Connections - A Gallery Event with Melissa Colucc

Making Connections - A Gallery Event with Melissa Colucc

Practitioner of psychometry and intuitive card reader Melissa Colucci will conduct a Psychic Gallery event entitled Making Connections from 3 to 5 p.m., April 16, at ReWeaving Balance. Read More » 

 

Animal Communication at Mella Luna

Animal Communication at Mella Luna

Dawn Tule, LCMT, owner of Mella Luna Healing, is teaming up with Matthew Scott, owner of Carlisle Creative Vibes Read More » 

 

Womens Wellness Series

Women’s Wellness Series

This May, join Natural Awakenings and KnoWEwell for a women’s wellness event entitled Overcoming Stress: How to Balance It All. Read More » 

 

York Gets New Womens Expo

York Gets New Women’s Expo

The expo provides entertainment, door prizes, demonstrations and seminars. Read More » 

 

Its Sockeye Season

It's Sockeye Season

The annual preorder season for wild Alaskan salmon is underway as Kwee-Jack Fish Company prepares for the summer harvest in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Read More » 

 

Campisi Property Service Promotes Sustainable Landscaping

Campisi Property Service Promotes Sustainable Landscaping

Campisi Property Service, LLC, a sustainable landscaping company in Dover, is on a mission to make sustainable landscaping the new normal. Read More » 

 

How Plants Support our Well-being

How Plants Support our Well-being

Plants have an amazing effect on people, indoors or out, and their power to improve our well-being is real. Read More » 

 

New Services at Center of Balance

New Services at Center of Balance

The Center of Balance has added a Himalayan salt booth and a a new ION detoxification foot bath. Read More » 

 

Paint Parties at Brownstone Station

Paint Parties at Brownstone Station

Brownstone Station Wellness Center has added several new special events and workshops ranging from wellness to paint parties to reiki workshops. Read More » 

 

Navigating Job Loss

Navigating Job Loss

Layoffs occur constantly. If this happens to us or someone we know, here are some helpful steps to follow. Read More » 

 

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Climate Grief


Climate grief affects all aspects of mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health. Read More » 

 

Holistic Veterinarian Sarah Urban Has Moved

Holistic Veterinarian Sarah Urban Has Moved

Enabled Integrative Veterinary Services has moved to 2031 York Road, in Gettysburg. They empower, educate and enable you to effectively help your pet reach their full health potential. Read More » 

 

Blue Monkey Wisdom Opens in York

Blue Monkey Wisdom Opens in York

Certified holistic nutritionist and energy healer Kelsea Strayer opened Blue Monkey Wisdom in February at 412 Rathton Road, in York Read More » 

 

All Other Articles from the April 2023 Issue