Spring Cleaning Services at Your Door

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With warm and sunny days ahead, it’s time to store away winter gear: bulky jackets and coats, hats and boots. Once again we are reminded of how little space we have and how much ‘stuff’ we actually have. Some of us are already at work, ready and willing to go thru closets and storage- sorting, donating and simply tossing away. And some of us put this project off, year after year, finding every excuse to hold on to things that tie us down and prevent us from moving forward.

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Skin Deep

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Being organic not only pertains to what you put in your body, but what you put on your body.

The Calming Experience

Posed at the forefront of the eco-beauty movement, Milla'sTreatment Boutique, just blocks away from Grand Central Station, the New York Public Library, and Bryant Park, prides itself on impeccable customer service, care, and an overall calming experience.  

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Ondamed – On the Cutting Edge of Energy Treatment

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Let’s talk about today’s environment and its effect on our health.  We have all heard about pesticides in our produce, hormones in our meat and mercury in our fish. The assault that gets much less publicity than all other “environmental evils” is exposure to electromagnetic radiation. Yet, this culprit affects all of us in a major way. How?

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The Next Generation of Hair Beauty

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There’s no doubt that the world of beauty is giving a 360 degree turn, focusing more on lifestyles, healthier products, sustainability and its impact on the environment.

The Truth Has Been Revealed

Nowadays, with all the unlimited access that we have on the Internet, people don’t wonder anymore about suspicious ingredients, how toxic they are and their long-term consequences in one click. 

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FORD Motor Company’s Green Grant

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The prestigious FORD Motors Company is offering the FORD Community Green Grant to local nonprofits through a partnership with Green Festivals. The early deadline is tomorrow, March 29, 2013, but everyone has an opportunity to earn funding for their nonprofit. One nonprofit will receive $5,000 and four will receive $1,000. Entries can be submitted at www.fordcommunitygreengrant.com.

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Publishers Letter. April 2013

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Dear Natural Awakenings Readers & Friends,

Well I think we can safely say that we have shed the winter coat and that we are clearly into spring and all the bountiful gifts that it provides.  Birds singing, a yellow sky, sprouts, smiles and all the beginning signs that we are headed into the wonderful season of summer!  With the turn of this new season, we have also turned 3 years old! Yes, 3!! Natural Awakenings of New York City had made it's debut with the April issue of 2010, and since then we have been on an amazing journey of connecting with New York's top green and healthy living leaders and visionaries.

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The New Age of Mental Health: What Is Holistic Mental Wellness?

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As we approach a better understanding of how intricately the emotional, physical, and spiritual are connected, it becomes increasingly important to discover and integrate the various interventions necessary for optimal wellness and inner growth. As people are becoming more educated about the side effects and concerns related to psychotropic medicine, there has been a massive rise in the seeking of alternative choices for dealing with the biochemical challenges related to stress, anxiety, mood disturbances, and a plethora of other mental health conditions.

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“I’m always SO TIRED!”—Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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You’re so tired at night you go to sleep early, now most every day. You sleep 8 to 12 or more hours and still wake up tired or even exhausted. This is not the way it always was but it’s been this way for a while and lasted now for many months. It already has begun to affect your work or school and even you social activity. Something is really wrong.

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The Mind Body Spirit Expo in NJ this March

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The largest natural health and human potential expo in the Eastern US, The Mind Body Spirit Expo, is once again coming to Edison, New Jersey on  March 15-17th at the New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center.

Speakers include: Energy Healer Eric Pearl, Coast to Coast AM’s George Noory, bestselling author and intuitive counselor Colette Baron-Reid, angel therapist Charles Virtue, and life strategist Robert Ohotto.  Multi-platinum artist, Kaya, will be performing on Saturday, at 6pm.

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March Womens Wellness Weekend

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Frost Valley cordially invites you to come together with other women to educate, empower, and enliven yourself in the serene and supportive environment that is Frost Valley YMCA, just two hours north of New York City.  Over the weekend of March 22-24, you will explore the roles that women play—daughter, friend, wife, mother, over-stressed career woman—and the oftentimes hidden spirit within us all that longs to take flight, if only we had the time!

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