Oct 2021: Healing Through Creativity; Less Stuff, More Joy; Atlanta’s Unique Eats Oct 01, 2021 06:00AM ● By Amit Gupta Click here to access this issue's PDF. After 75 Years, Autobiography Still Inspires Although it was published 75 years ago, Autobiography still uplifts, enlightens and inspires the hearts of truth seekers across the globe today. It remains an international bestseller and has been translated into 50 languages, with well over four million copies in print. Read More » Art’s Embrace: Healing Through Creativity Art can be a powerful force for healing. Its potential manifests in a disabled man’s triumphant dance or cancer patient’s stirring self-portrait. Throughout America, art’s redemption takes center stage at hospitals, nursing homes, jails and homeless shelters. Read More » Atlanta’s Unique Eats At the height of the movement, there were more than 25,000 Hebrew Israelites in the US. They operated their own restaurants in Chicago, Tallahassee, Cleveland, St. Louis, Atlanta, and Washington, DC. Over the years, many have closed, but both Atlanta locations, with their unique reinterpretation of Southern soul food, remain. Read More » Carolina Retreat Centers Win USA Today Awards Skyterra Wellness Retreat in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina, placed third in reader voting, and The Art of Living Retreat Center in Boone, North Carolina placed fourth. Eupepsia took the top spot; it is located in Bland, Virginia. Read More » How Music Heals He then mentions three events demonstrating this phenomenon: Olivier Messiaen’s composing Quartet for the End of Time whilst imprisoned in a concentration camp, the outpouring of song following 9/11, and the most important concert of his entire life. Read More » I See You. I Hear You. When I got back stateside, I signed up for Fuqua’s annual talent show. It was my first time onstage since that disastrous audition six years before. My voice roared throughout the auditorium. Read More » Less Stuff, More Joy: Ways to Live Simpler and Lighter on Mother Earth According to research from multinational consulting firm Accenture, the pandemic made consumers more mindful of purchases, more conscious of food waste and more interested in sustainable, local options. Other polls found that two in three Americans adopted more eco-friendly habits during the pandemic and that 52 percent are open now to living in a van. Read More » Michaeleen Doucleff on Ancient Teachings for Modern Parenting National Public Radio (NPR) science correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff literally searched the world to learn how to be a better parent. She learned how to raise kind and helpful children, and detailed the journey in a book, Hunt, Gather, Parent: What Ancient Cultures Teach Us About the Lost Art of Raising Happy, Helpful Little Humans. Read More » Natural Awakenings Unveils New Website Features The offers feature will save readers money. At no charge, businesses can create coupons to offer readers. To do so, they must first create a listing in the website’s community directory, the basic version of which is also free. Read More » Peachtree Yoga Teacher Drops First Novel According to the publisher, the novel provides a gritty story of a man’s spiritual metamorphosis. Read More » Talking to Kids About Climate Change: What They Need to Know from Those They Trust Davenport’s book toggles between the presentation of environmentally triggered realities and calming, reflective exercises such as journaling or deep breathing. Read More » The Inner Space Celebrates 30 Years The special event features Andrea Bagby “conveying messages from the other side of the veil” in the company’s annual séance, which starts at 7:30 p.m. Cost is $30 in advance and $35 at the door. The 30th Anniversary/Halloween Party is free and starts at 9 p.m. It features a costume contest and refreshments. Read More » Yoga to Heal Trauma: Soothing Poses Calm the Nervous System Trauma-informed yoga (also called trauma-sensitive yoga) is a promising therapeutic branch of the yogic system designed to quell the body’s programmed "fight-or-flight" responses. Read More » Downloads NA-Atlanta_10-21_LOW_spread.pdf In-Print