FEB 2025 • Chocolate Magic • Integrative Cardiology • Meditation: Is It a Cure-All? Feb 01, 2025 06:00AM ● By Amit Gupta Click here to access this issue's PDF. Anil Gupta on Immediate Happiness Known as the Love Doctor, Anil Gupta is an international public speaker, life coach, relationship mentor and bestselling author of Immediate Happiness. Read More » Ask a Health Coach: How Can I Cultivate My Resilience? Resilience is the ability to bounce back from challenges, adapt to change and maintain emotional well-being in adversity. Read More » Atlanta School of Wellness Opens with Certification Programs The Atlanta School of Wellness officially opens its doors on March 1 with an Open House from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Read More » Bringing Back the Monarch Butterfly: How Milkweed and City Gardens Can Help Monarch butterflies, with their striking orange and black wings, are some of the most recognizable insects in North America, but they are in trouble because their caterpillars can eat only the leaves of milkweed, a native wildflower that has increasingly disappeared. Read More » Cardiometabolic Benefits of Caffeine After tracking these participants for 12 years, the researchers found that those consuming 200 to 300 milligrams of caffeine daily had a lower risk of cardiometabolic disease than those consuming less than 100 milligrams. Read More » Chili and Cocoa Spice Mixture Mix everything in batches in a coffee grinder until the mixture is powdered. Store in an airtight container for 30 days. Read More » Chocolate-Braised Short Ribs Deglaze the pan with the entire bottle of red wine and add enough chicken stock to cover the short ribs. Add cocoa powder, rosemary, cloves and vinegar, and mix until the cocoa powder is dissolved. Read More » Chocolate Champions: Benefits of Dark Chocolate and Cacao Ancient Mayans prepared beans from the cacao tree, mixed with spices, to make a ceremonial drink that was both sacred and medicinal for them. Read More » Chocolate Cherry Vinaigrette Place cherries and honey in a blender and blend until smooth. Read More » Forest Stewardship Spanning more than 31 percent of our planet’s land, forests produce clean air and fresh water, offer a home to a multitude of plants and animals, and sequester enormous amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. Read More » Forever And A Day Celebrates 15 Years Walking through the door and immediately feeling a sense of peace and relaxation is the effect Forever And A Day has on its customers. The metaphysical store in Woodstock, a staple in the New Age community for 15 years, will celebrate its anniversary on February 26. Read More » Healing Pets Holistically: Integrative Vets Treat Root Causes Emma, a mini-schnauzer mix, was 4 years old when she started acting like a senior lacking zest for running or playing. Read More » Heart-Opening Drinking Chocolate Add all ingredients in a 12-ounce mug. Add just enough hot water (almost boiling) to cover the cacao. Whisk by hand or with a frother. Read More » Hey Yogi Introduces Mindfulness Mats with a Message Mindfulness Mats with a Message are available in “serene green” and “grounding brown” for $99.95. Read More » Holistic Lifestyle for Dogs: How Herbs, Mushrooms and the Outdoors Can Help Caring for a dog holistically involves supporting their body, mind and environment in a balanced, natural way that emphasizes prevention and harmony, rather than merely addressing symptoms. Read More » Is Meditation a Cure-All? Yogic wisdom has long offered key stepping stones along a path to enlightenment, including practices to hone focus, to withdraw the senses from the all-consuming physical world and to experience a subsequent immersion in meditation. Read More » I Vow to Thee, My Lover I immediately recalled the words of my teacher, Gen Mondrub. He said there really aren’t any love songs; what we call love songs are songs about attachment. Read More » Mighty Mushroom Cacao Bites Place the mixture into a bowl. Add the mushroom powder and combine by kneading with hands. Roll dough into bite-sized balls or flatten into a pan and cut into squares. Read More » Self-Love Is a Game-Changer I was an early reader in a two-parent home with a live-in grandmother, two big sisters and a succession of pets. We had dogs, cats, birds, fish, hamsters and turtles. Read More » Taking Pets on Family Trips: Holistic Tips for Stress-Free Traveling Holistic veterinary medicine offers a range of solutions that address travel-induced anxiety in pets. By focusing on natural remedies that promote calmness, we can avoid the side effects often associated with pharmaceuticals. Read More » The Thriving Heart: Integrative Approaches to Cardiology Although only the size of a fist, our hearts pump blood to our organs and supply oxygen and nutrients to our cells, allowing every system to function optimally. Read More » Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine: Supporting Pets With Ancient Healing Wisdom For years, we have seen a growing appreciation in contemporary culture for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the complementary role it can play within Western medicine. Read More » Weeding Tips: Chemical-Free Weed Control By adopting these eco-friendly practices, we can maintain soil health and biodiversity, eliminate toxin exposure for people and pets, contribute to healthier air quality and lower the cost of weed management Read More » Downloads NA-Atlanta_02-25_spread.pdf In-Print