Advanced Wellness Hosts Free Open House Extravaganza

Advanced Wellness of Atlanta is hosting a free open house for the public to learn more about them and their unique variety of holistic services on October 1 from 2 to 5 p.m. Read More »

Air-Drying Fresh Herbs

Rinse off the fresh herbs and pat them dry. Tie the herbs by the stems in small bunches. Hang them upside-down indoors and out of direct sunlight. Depending on the type of herb, they will take several days to a week or longer to dry. Read More »

Atlanta’s Yoga Scene Bounces Back

The road to post-pandemic recovery has not been easy, but yoga studios are experiencing a slow but steady return to normalcy. We talked to several local yoga leaders about their journey of reemergence from the pandemic shutdown. Read More »

CBD Made Easy Expands Distribution

Atlanta-based cannabidiol (CBD) provider, CBD Made Easy announced a new retail partner in Nature’s Own Herb Shop, which has stores in Hapeville and Buford. Read More »

Conscious Consumerism: The Rise of Sharing and Reselling

Industry analysts expect thrift store clothing sales to grow globally 11 times faster than fast fashion and to be worth twice as much, at $84 billion, by 2030. Read More »

Food Dehydration Made Easy: Best Ways to Preserve the Harvest

Middle and Far Eastern cultures have used the sun and wind to dry foods since 12,000 B.C., according to the National Center for Home Food Preservation (NCHFP). Today, the easy availability of food dehydrators offers a convenient way to preserve the fall harvest. Read More »

Glo Bunny and The Hawk

The experience with Glo Bunny and the hawk showed me that overreacting and overprotecting does not serve anyone. I’d projected “bad” onto the hawk and “good” onto the potential victim, Glo Bunny—easy labels that didn’t actually fit the moment. Read More »

Growing Younger: Longevity Strategies that Help Reverse the Aging Process

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Cancer Society, approximately 610,000 people die of heart disease in this country each year and more than 600,000 Americans are predicted to succumb to cancer this year alone. Read More »

Heading Off Headaches: Natural Strategies Help Halt the Pain

There are more than 150 types of headaches, with the most common being tension, migraine and cluster. Migraine attacks, which according to the Migraine Research Foundation affect 12 percent of people in the U.S., are about three times more common in women than in men. Read More »

Healthier Pets: Top Supplements for Dogs and Cats

Basic helpful additions to a pet diet include a vitamin-mineral product, an enzyme and probiotic combination, and a fatty acid. For older animals, a choline supplement may delay the onset of cognitive disorder. Read More »

LaVida Massage Sandy Springs Relocates

LaVida Massage Sandy Springs has relocated to 6623-C Roswell Road, NE and will be holding a grand reopening event September 18 from noon to 5 p.m. Read More »

Mango Leather

Preheat electric dehydrator to 140° F. Wash and peel mangoes, chop roughly into chunks. Purée in blender until smooth. Pass purée through a food mill or sieve; discard any coarse fiber extracted in food mill. Add honey and spices to the purée and mix thoroughly. Read More »

Minnick Releases Book on Awakening

Life coach, PSYCH-K facilitator, speaker and author, Linda Minnick recently released her new book, A New Day, A New Life: A Personal Journey of Awakening. Read More »

New Yoga Studio Opens in Milton

Crossroads Yoga opened its doors on August 15 in Milton at 980 Birmingham Road #604, in the “Baby Publix” shopping center. Read More »

Peachtree Yoga Adds Qigong to Weekly Lineup

Peachtree Yoga in Sandy Springs, Atlanta’s oldest yoga studio, has begun offering a weekly qigong class every Sunday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. The class is taught by Efrain Brady, who has over 20 years of experience teaching qigong. Read More »

Warnings for Secondhand Shoppers: Safety and Quality Control Tips

When purchasing toys or children’s furniture, parents should check for safety recalls and be sure the product contains no lead paint, recommends WebMD. Check for broken or missing parts and make sure the item is stable. Read More »

YOGA IS A JOURNEY: Personal Stories of The Path

Whether one is a first-time participant or a veteran practitioner, yoga is a journey that often takes the student from a physical practice, through a breath-centered practiced, to a heart-centered practice eventually that becomes a way of life. Read More »

Yoga Outliers: Three Yoga Studios With Unique Twists

While it is nowhere near as well known as Hatha, Ashtanga, Kundalini and the many other types of yoga that originated in India, the roots of Kemetic yoga date back even earlier than its Indian counterparts, according to research, and it did so in Egypt, then known as “Kemet,” in Central Africa. Read More »

Yoga: The Changes that Coronavirus Has Wrought

It’s hard to imagine, but this is our sixth annual yoga special section honoring national yoga month, and September has always been a time for the team at Natural Awakenings to take stock of the state of yoga in the ATL. Read More »

Ask a Coach: Am I Addicted to Fixing Myself?

The biggest problem is that people often confuse fixing themselves with knowing themselves. These are not the same energies. Fixing or even “improving” oneself is exhausting, unsustainable and draining; knowing oneself is curious, expansive, sustainable and, ultimately, much more fulfilling. Read More »