newsbriefs Among the special guests at the Expo will be Ashley and


Sherry Johnston of NBC’s The Biggest Loser, who will offer a paid “What If You Can” workshop; register at TheHealthyLivingExpo. com. Natural Awakenings magazine will host the “Healthy Living, Healthy Planet” Pavilion, where visitors can meet local exhibitors Chattanooga Integrated Medicine Center, Kerry D. Friesen, MD, Migun TN, Nature’s Purest Spring Water, Nutri- tion World, QuBee Alkaline Water, Stillpoint Health Associates, Inc., Sweetwater Sustainability Institute, Thermography LTD and Virginia College. For information about exhibitor space at the Expo, contact Natural Awakenings at 423-517-0128 or KnoxvilleNA@att.net.


Renowned Yoga Teacher Headlines Holistic Open


United States, will be at the Earth Fare store in Bearden for the Holistic Open on September 11. Sponsored by Awakened Reiki Yoga, URBhana creative


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life center and Michael Lott, the Holistic Open will run from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Earth Fare, 140 North Forest Park Boule- vard. The one-day festival will feature live music and family activities and will showcase healing arts, holistic lifestyles and complementary medicine education. Event headliner Faith Hunter is co-owner and co-founder of Shakti Mind-Body Studio in Washington, DC. She will lead an asana yoga practice and speak about the transformative power of yoga. Proceeds from the Holistic Open benefit three charities:


Our Weeping Angel Foundation; WAVV: Women Against Verbal Violence; and ChildHelp of Knoxville. To participate, sponsor or perform at the Holistic Open,


or to register for Faith Hunter’s yoga workshop, contact Angie Collins at 865-748-6885, or visit AwakenedReikiYoga.com for more information. See community resource guide, pages 36 and 38.


Community Share Rhama Hosts Open House


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hama, a new, membership-based “community share” offering busi-


ness space for Knoxville healing arts practitioners, will host an open house September 19 from 4 to 6 p.m. “Rhama is set up to host indepen-


dent business practitioners who will provide services to their clients in a health-promoting environment,” says owner Denise Bates, a healing arts practitioner. “The community share is set up so that each practitioner will share multiple spaces as needed with other healing arts practitioners who are also nurturing and growing their own businesses. The idea is that


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aith Hunter, who has appeared on the cover of Yoga Journal and who teaches the largest registered yoga class in the


this format gives practitioners a way to make the living they want and deserve.” Scheduled to open September 1, Rhama hosts practitio-


ners from a number of disciplines. The rooms are equipped for massage, Reiki and other touch/energy therapies, as well as for counseling and meditation. There is also classroom space for yoga, exercise, trainings, meetings or continuing education classes. The public is invited to the open house at Rhama, 9237


Middlebrook Pk., where Bates and other member practitioners will be on hand to meet visitors and answer questions. For more information, visit RhamaCenter.com or contact Denise Bates at 865-809-7201 or DBates@RhamaCenter.com. See ad page 29.


World Day of Prayer at Yoga Haven


of September 9 at Yoga Haven, 12 Forest Court in Knoxville. Events will include a session in “Prayerful Yoga” followed by a prayer service for the intentions of all who attend. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with Prayerful Yoga with


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Shanti, who will guide participants into a more relaxed and spiritual state with breathing techniques and gentle movement. (Participants should dress comfortably.) At 7 p.m., Lora Beth Gilbreath, minister of Unity Transformation in Knoxville, will lead a World Day of Prayer service where individuals are invited to bring a list of people (first names only) or situations that they wish to have held in prayer. Thousands of peo-


ple will join Silent Uni- ty—a worldwide, 24/7 prayer minist ry—and Unity churches around the world for the annual event, Gilbreath says. “This meaningful event is an op- portunity for us to make a


positive difference in the community and to foster healing and wholeness through prayer,” she says. “World Day of Prayer also gives us a chance to recognize and celebrate our oneness with Spirit, each other and our world.” Unity World Day of Prayer involves people of all faiths


joining in prayer for the health and well-being of the world, as well as one another; each year, millions of individual names are submitted for prayer. To learn more, or to see services streamed live from Unity


Village in Missouri, visit WorldDayOfPrayer.org. For Spanish- language information, visit DiaDeOracionMundial.org. For prayer support, call 800-NOW-PRAY or visit SilentUnity.org. See ad page 18.


nity Transformation and Yoga Haven are joining to cel- ebrate the 17th


annual World Day of Prayer the evening


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