Natural Awakenings is your guide to a healthier, more balanced life. In each issue readers find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.


8 PLASTICS WARS Celebrate Earth Day


Locally and Globally


12 INTO THE WOODS Nature Helps Kids Build Skills


and Character


14 TOUCHING THE EARTH The Healing Powers of


Going Barefoot


15 INDIGENOUS WISDOM Elders Urge Us to Reimagine Life


16 HEALTHY CLIMATE, HEALTHY PEOPLE Why a Warming Planet is Harming Our Health


19 PAUL HAWKEN Shares a Plan to Reverse


Global Warming ADVERTISING & SUBMISSIONS 16


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20 CHANGING OUR DIET TO COOL THE CLIMATE Good Food Choices Enable Global Health


22 GARDENING ASANAS Yoga Poses to Stay Pain-Free


24 NATURE’S REMEDIES How Animals Self-Medicate


DEPARTMENTS 6 event spotlights 8 earth day events


10 health briefs 11 therapy spotlight 12 healthy kids


13 recreation spotlight


14 healing ways 15 inspiration 19 wise words


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Contents 19


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20 conscious eating


22 fit body 24 natural pet 26 calendar


29 natural directory


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