Featured Editorial
Natural Awakenings’ Fit Club 2012 PDX
Posted on 08 May 2012
Hello Natural Awakenings magazine readers! We are happy to announce our three Fit Club Members for the eight-week Spring Program. We are excited to share their stories so you can follow along on the adventure, and we hope you can participate in the workshops. Jenny Dempsey Stein, 41 Volunteer environmental grant writer, stay-at-home mom and [...]
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Six Ways to Improve Digestion with Chinese Medicine: Focus on the Spleen. by Elie Cole
Posted on 08 May 2012
So, you go to an acupuncturist and you really enjoy the experience. You feel relaxed, your energy increases, your digestive system feels better and your stress level comes down. But why does your acupuncturist always talk about your Spleen? You have never heard your doctor mention it. Don’t a lot of people get their spleens [...]
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LOCAL BEATS -May collection of musical highlights in our fair city
Posted on 08 May 2012
A monthly collection of musical highlights in our fair city Rumor has it that the month of May was named after Maia, the Roman goddess of spring and growth. Wildflowers begin to bloom, gardens begin to sprout, and your monthly calendar fills with must-see music engagements. Save the date for Sophie Barker. Perhaps [...]
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Natural Remedies for Seasonal Allergies by Dr. Lauri Grossman
Posted on 03 May 2012
For many, spring brings joy via outdoor activities amid blossoming flowers and blooming trees, as they visit parks, hike through meadows and jog along roads in the warming air. For millions of allergy sufferers, however, the attendant airborne pollen brings bedeviling sneezes, congestion, teary eyes and runny noses. Hay fever alone, which affects 35 million [...]
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News Briefs
PCC Nutritional Therapy Program Highlights Herbal Medicine Education
Posted on 03 May 2012
Portland Community College’s CLIMB for Health Professionals is about to complete the inaugural year of its Nutritional Therapy Program. Accredited by the National Association of Nutrition Professionals, the program has trained a large cadre of dedicated students who are well on their way to careers in nutritional therapy. Spring term 2012 brings an opportunity for [...]
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The Personal Leadership Foundations Seminar Coming to Portland
Posted on 03 May 2012
Personal Leadership: Making A World Of Difference is coming to Portland May 21-24. Led by facilitators including Gordon Watanabe, Ed.D., professor emeritus of education at Whitworth University, the seminar is recommended for anyone who lives or works with people hailing from diverse cultural backgrounds, including health care professionals, local community activists, humanitarian relief workers, organization [...]
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Healthy Vending Machines Arrive in Portland
Posted on 03 May 2012
Stumptown Vending is a locally owned, green business with a cutting edge concept that is sure to catch on with Portlanders. With his new business, owner, Wynne Scovill, is hoping to change the way people snack while on the go. Taking a mindful approach to its consumers, Stumptown Vending is stocking vending machines with nutritious [...]
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New Kitchen Compost Caddy Hits Portland
Posted on 03 May 2012
Last October, Portland began a program of residential composting by distributing composting buckets to all Portland households. When the little brown bucket arrived on their doorstep, Jeff Evans’ first thoughts were, “I don’t want this composting bucket sitting on my kitchen countertop.” After using the bucket on the counter for a few weeks, the foul [...]
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Community Spotlight
Kitchen Compost Caddy – A PDX must have item.
Posted on 08 May 2012
We don’t usually think of great design and kitchen compost at the same time, which may be why many of us don’t like our kitchen compost pails. This is the kind of story Natural Awakenings loves to tell: A local guy looks at a commonplace problem and solves it beautifully, after others failed or never [...]Continue Reading →
Dental Designs Community Spotlight by Robin Will
Posted on 06 February 2012
When he sees where his new patients are coming from, Dr. Lance Heppler notices a change‑‑for the good. Lance Heppler, DMD, FAGD, calls his practice “Dental Designs.” Located in southeast Vancouver, WA, it is one of the few holistic dental practices in the Portland area, offering everything patients expect in family dentistry‑‑except exposure to mercury. [...]Continue Reading →
North Portland Wellness Center spotlight
Posted on 02 January 2012
The North Portland Wellness Center (NPWC), the recipient of a record nine Natural Awakenings Awards this year, was voted the best in holistic healthcare, women’s health, and chiropractic to name just a few. How did they do it? Read on for some insight into why so many readers voted for them. Driven by a strong [...]Continue Reading →
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