October 2013 Publisher Letter

This month, Natural Awakenings focuses even more than usual on the health of our environment and the devastating damage that global warming and climate change, with their dramatic effects on weather patterns, is wreaking on Planet Earth. Read More »

Great Lakes Bioneers Chicago Annual Event

Great Lakes Bioneers Chicago hosts the second annual Bioneers event from November 1 through 3 at the Chicago campus of Roosevelt University. Read More »

John Gurda Speaks About Milwaukee’s Waterways

John Gurda, a prominent Milwaukee historian, will speak about the history of Milwaukee’s waterways on seven dates at different locations around the city. Read More »

Be Well Yoga and Ayurveda Hosts Workshops

The new holistic healing center Be Well Yoga and Ayurveda will host several workshops and events from noon to 4 p.m., October 19, and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., October 20. Read More »

Powerful Mind Wellness Emphasizes Mind-Body Healing Options

Powerful Mind Wellness, in West Bend, is a resource center for self-care, promoting independence, self-confidence and a belief in one’s innate abilities. Read More »

Crystal Master DaEl Walker Teaches Natural Pain Relief Methods

Crystal Master DaEl Walker, director of the Crystal Awareness Institute and the author of The Crystal Book and The Crystal Healing Book, teaches healing stone techniques that have been perfected over more than 40 years and taught on four continents. He will lead classes on October 28, 29 and 30 at Free Spirit Crystals, in Milwaukee. Read More »

Reedsburg Fermentation Fest — A Live Culture Convergence

The Wormfarm Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to integrating culture and agriculture in an evolving laboratory of the arts and ecology, will produce the third annual Reedsburg Fermentation Fest from October 4 to 13. Read More »

Aromatherapy and Mind/Body Medicine Courses at Angel Light Center

Dr. Christina Wilke-Burbach, a health psychologist, holistic healer and wellness consultant, will teach two educational series at the Art of Healing School of Energy Medicine at the Angel Light Center, in Elm Grove. Read More »

Yoga For Healing

Santosha Fitness yoga studio, in Delafield, has teamed up with Gentle Waves, LLC, to provide Yoga for Healing from 6 to 7:30 p.m., the first and third Fridays of each month, beginning in October, at Santosha Yoga Studio. Read More »

Gluten-Free Indian Cookbook Spices Up the Menu

When students and viewers of her PBS program, Healthful Indian Flavors with Alamelu, made requests for gluten-free recipes, culinary instructor and author Alamelu Vairavan, a resident of Whitefish Bay, was prompted to write the cookbook Indian Inspired Gluten-Free Cooking with Registered Dietician Margaret Pfeiffer. Read More »

The Brewery: Milwaukee’s Own Goes From Winning Blue to Flashing Green

Philanthropist Joseph A. Zilber purchased the Pabst Brewing Company in 2006 for preservation and redevelopment as Brewery Project LLC, also known as The Brewery. It is Milwaukee's newest, sustainable, mixed-use urban neighborhood, boasting a LEED Stage II Platinum Plan designation from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Read More »

Source 1 Project Solutions: Helping People Find Healthy Home Choices

Source 1 Project Solutions, Inc., in Butler, owned by Jonathan Synovic, president, and Toby Van Sistine, offers healthy home remodeling and construction design and consulting. Read More »