Featured Blog Posts – April 2011 Archive (2)

Topanga Canyon Certified Farmers Market Report

Happy Earth Day Topanga!

In honor of Earth Day this issue of the newsletter will be a little more dedicated to some of the reasons why organic and sustainable farming practices are so important to our health and the health of our planet. Did you know that agriculture can affect climate change? Yep, it's true. The research is showing increasingly that organic farming has some of the greatest potential to store carbon. The whole system of organic farming and other sustainable…

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Added by Living Wellness on April 21, 2011 at 10:31pm — 1 Comment

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“How do you Know when you’re Angry?” I ask the 15 “at-risk teens” sitting in a circle at 8:30 a.m. . I go around the room, one at a time.

“My heart races”, “my fists clench”, “I get hot”.

“Good. These are your Early Warning Signals. When you can identify the signal of your anger before it comes out of your mouth you have a chance to change your behavior.”

“Let’s do the breathing. Inhale, two three Pause Three heartbeats, Exhale, two,…

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Added by Steve Wolf on April 11, 2011 at 9:46am — No Comments