News & Articles from Natural Awakenings
Featured Yoga Studios
Whether it’s mindfulness or fitness that you crave, check out the featured studios this month and be sure to peruse the Natural Awakenings Calendar for locally-led classes and events provided by these [...]
Coming of Age
Recently I had the pleasure of staffing a booth with my sister, Cindy, at the Body Mind Spirit Expo. Taking full advantage of the opportunity to bond through my new [...]
A Note from Your New Publisher
Glad to Be Here As we enter the dog days of summer in Central Texas, gratitude helps take our minds off the heat. I am grateful for the ice cream truck’s [...]
Pet Adoption Creates Special Bonds for Special Needs
by Ericka Miller At the Austin Humane Society (AHS), the longest-standing no-kill shelter in Austin, animals with special needs are quite common. Opening our hearts and homes to pets with special [...]
Be as Happy as a Pup
by Lisa Sullivan One beautiful lesson dogs teach us is to be present in the now. Dogs are frequently happy because they aren’t too concerned about many things in life. That’s [...]
Integrative Approaches to Kidney Dysfunction
by Maoyi Cai Western physicians are sometimes confused by a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) diagnosis of a patient with so-called kidney deficiency, because the renal function tests ordered by the physician [...]
Play Big at Camp Atta Girl!
by Lisa Sullivan Women from all over Central Texas can find their power, voice, strength, courage and laughter at Camp Atta Girl! which takes place 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., August [...]
Finding Connection with Horses
by Kelly Jones Social connection improves physical health and psychological well-being. One telling study showed that lack of social connection is a greater detriment to health than obesity, smoking and high [...]