Natural Awakenings Westchester / Putnam / Dutchess New York - December 2015 Read the December 2015 edition of Natural Awakenings Westchester / Putnam / Dutchess New York. Free Film Series Explores the Future of Farming: The Up Up! Farm Festival in Lower Hudson Valley The Up Up! Farm Festival, a collection of 20 independently produced films and shorts illustrating the unique successes and challenges of sma... Read More » Family-Friendly “First Day” Celebration in Lewisboro: First Day on January 1, 2016 The Lewisboro Land Trust and the Town of Lewisboro, NY, will celebrate First Day on January 1 with an easy hike in the Ward Pound Ridge Rese... Read More » Sign Up Now for Winter CSA with Fishkill Farms Fishkill Farms is now signing up shareholders for its Winter CSA, which runs for 16 weeks starting December 5, 2015, and ending March 26. S... Read More » Elka Boren Leads Workshop at Synchronicity in Brewster, NY: Also private reading and healings by appointment Elka Boren, a spiritual healer and clairvoyant, will lead an Archangel Workshop at Synchronicity Healing Center in Brewster, NY, December 18... Read More » Help for Chronic Conditions with David Connell, DC: Nutrition Response Testing Seven years ago, a patient asked Dr. David Connell, DC, if he would be willing to become trained in Nutrition Response Testing. After attend... Read More » Hudson Valley Regional Farmers Market Moves Indoors for Winter Hudson Valley Regional Farmers Market, located at 15 Mount Ebo Road South in Brewster, NY, has begun its transition indoors for the changing... Read More » Speaker Series Features Green Business Leaders in Westchester: Turning Energy Challenges Into Business Opportunities Three local business leaders who have achieved Westchester Green Business Certification will be the featured speakers at the WGBC Leaders in... Read More » Online Peace Prayer Marathon on December 22, 2015: Infuse the earth with prayers for peace The World Peace Prayer Society is hosting a 24-hour Internet prayer marathon on December 22. This date, marking the beginning of winter in t... Read More » Big Bang Coffee Opens Family-Friendly Peekskill NY Store: Fresh-roasted, organic, fair-trade coffees and espresso by the cup or the bag. Big Bang Coffee Roasters has opened its first retail location in the heart of downtown Peekskill, NY. The store offers a range of fresh-roas... Read More » Meditation Retreats at Ganesha Spa in Peekskill, NY: Weekly meditation classes and full-day retreats start December 5, 2015 Many westerners are intimidated by the idea of meditation because they think it requires stillness and silence. “For most of us, accumulated... Read More » Temperance Center’s Healing Night on December 6, 2015 With all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, it’s important to take time out to reflect and restore. That’s the idea behind the Temperanc... Read More » New Weight-Loss Meal Delivery and Yoga Series: In Westchester with Mindful Life Weight Loss and Still Mind Martial Arts & Yoga Mindful Life Weight Loss and its partner company, Still Mind Martial Arts & Yoga, are launching two new programs: an organic meal delivery s... Read More » User-Friendly Transcendental Meditation Gaining Students: Free introductory lectures in Bedford Hills and Scarsdale, NY. As more people understand the link between reduced stress and better health, meditation classes around the country are filling up. That’s th... Read More » Be Better Balanced: Exercises Help Us Stay on Top of Age-Related Decline I watched as a beautiful 48-year-old woman in relatively good shape teetered back and forth on a Bosu ball. She looked nervous, even scared,... Read More » Who’s a Natural Awakenings reader?: Meet Kacey Morabito Grean Life’s mission: To remind people that they are magical creatures capable of great things. Work: Radio host on “Mike & Kacey” at 100.7 WHU... Read More » In-Print