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Our Sponsors generously stepped forward to help us make this festival a reality.
Contact person: Kimberly Braun, nunsense06@yahoo.com, 941-284-3036
You too can be a sponsor! We ask for at least a $500.00 donation, or take one of our underwriting opportunities listed on the registration form.
In return we give everything we can to affirm and support you:
• 3/4 page advertising right here on our website - includes up to 2500 words, and as many pictures and links as you like. (Pics/logs for web 72 dpi and 500 pixels wide. Logo 300 dpi for print)
• Your logo on all our flyers and published ads
• Your choice of a booth space, presentation or group facilitation time
• The chance to support a heart-centered community event!
Presently we have 9 committed sponsors who are working on getting their desired ad content to us
For now let us introduce to you:
Christina Donahue and Stephanie Caland are the founders of The Body Connection, an integrative massage and bodywork practice. Located in a charming 1920's bungalow in Towels Court, The Body Connection invites you to experience a range of services, from luxurious relaxation massage to therapeutic bodywork in a calm and restorative atmosphere surrounded by the work of local artists.
Our aim at The Body Connection is to provide a customized therapeutic experience based on the specific needs of each client. This approach allows us to integrate different bodywork methods in order to achieve maximum treatment benefits.
 In addition to classic Swedish Massage, other techniques such as Deep Tissue/Trigger Point Therapy, Craniosacral Therapy, Reiki, Qi Shiatsu, Stretching and Positional Release Therapy give us the opportunity to address stress, chronic pain and injury rehabilitation.
We invite you to stop by The Body Connection to view our complete menu of massage and bodywork services, check out some local art or to just have a cup of tea.
We look forward to seeing you!
Christina & Stephanie
Raw Raw Foods
We will be a major food vendor at the Celebrating Wellness Fest. We look forward to providing live, beautiful, delicious healthy food! Visit our website at www.rawrawfoods.com or call Joan or Leah at 941-330-2549.
We offer FREE lunch delivery to your downtown address Monday through Friday. We will also deliver to Siesta Key and St. Armands Circle for a minimum order of thirty dollars. Try us out today!
Raw Raw Foods
1330 Central Avenue
Sarasota, Florida
www.rawrawfoods.com
Sarasota Gulf Coast Region's Premiere Resource for Natural and Green Living News and events
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As one of the largest natural living magazines in the United States, Natural Awakenings has become an indispensable personal resource for people seeking a healthy, natural lifestyle. Our rapidly growing family of more than 50 independently owned magazines brings positive solutions to life's challenges to nearly two million readers each month.
Natural Awakenings offers a synergy that other national publications just can't match, with both a national and local focus seamlessly integrated into each issue. It's a free monthly publication dedicated to providing insights and information to improve the quality of life physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. We present special features, interviews with national figures, and guest columns right along with local news briefs, stories, resource directories and a community calendar. Each month brings fresh perspective around a timely theme sure to pique their interest.
Please look for our magazine in more than 950 locations From Port Charlotte to the Manatee River. You can find our magazine at health food stores, health and education centers, recreation centers, libraries, healing centers, practitioners' offices and wherever free publications are generally seen. Please contact us if you would like copies placed at your business. Natural Awakenings Sarasota is on a mission to expand our distribution and make our publication more readily available to our loyal readers. Please join us in participating in TARGET 1000, Our goal to have NA in more than 1000 locations and printing over 35000 magazines monthly.
Click here to find cutting-edge information on natural health, nutrition, fitness, personal growth, green living, creative expression and the products and services that support a healthy lifestyle.
Minuteman Press
When it comes to business communications services, we can do it all. With a complete range of products and services at your disposal, we can help you get your message out to customers, employees and vendors alike.
Using the latest printing and document management technology, we handle your projects from start to finish. Our energetic and experienced staff is dedicated to delivering what you need, when you need it.
Here is a sampling of the Products and Services we provide. To learn more about what we can do for you, contact one of our representatives today.
We want to make the process of doing business with us as easy as possible. Even when we close our doors for the day, we're still ready to help you.
Our Customer Service Area provides customers with 24-hour access to our services. From here you can request an estimate, place an order, transfer a file or review a proof all from the convenience of your home or office. Just select your destination from the provided links to get started.
Our mission is to provide you with the highest-quality products and services possible in a timely fashion and at a competitive price.
We promise to listen to you and help you achieve your business goals. We will always be there with honest, expert advice and quick, friendly customer service. Our goal is to meet and exceed your expectations.
Minuteman Press
The corner of Fruitville & Lime Ave.
110 N. Lime Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34237
Phone: (941) 955-5070 o Fax: (941) 951-1296
E-mail: mmp.sarasota@verizon.net
The Rose Center
Founded in 1980 as one small store in Austin , Texas , Whole Foods Market is now the world's leading retailer of natural and organic foods, with more than 270 stores in North America and the United Kingdom . Whole Foods Market remains uniquely mission driven: We're highly selective about what we sell, dedicated to Stringent Quality Standards, and committed to sustainable agriculture.
Whole Foods Market has made the list of Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work For" List for 11 consecutive years. The company has more than 54,000 employees. Whole Foods Market's vision of a sustainable future means our children and grandchildren will be living in a world that values human creativity, diversity, and individual choice. Business will harness human and material resources without devaluing the integrity of the individual of the planet's ecosystem. Learn more about the Whole Foods Market sustainability vision at www.wholefoodsmarket.com.
Nikki Heil
Marketing/Community Relations Specialist
Garden of the Heart Yoga Center
www.gardenoftheheartyoga.com
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Welcome to Garden of the Heart Yoga Center.
Our intention is to provide a sanctuary in which you can explore and develop your wholeness through training in hatha yoga.
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Hatha Yoga is an ancient practice that brings body, mind, heart, and spirit into union. Yoga systematically stretches and strengthens all muscles throughout the body, increases circulation to organs and glands, quiets the nervous system, and improves concentration. This timeless system of self-care is an effective technique for developing a healthy body, a vibrant spirit, a sense of peace, and an appreciation for the wholeness of who you are!
Garden of the Heart Yoga Center is an Anusara Yoga Studio. Anusara Yoga is an exceptionally therapeutic hatha yoga style that elegantly weaves together all aspects of yoga. It is heart-oriented, spiritually inspiring, and yet grounded in a deep knowledge of optimal body
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alignment. Specific Universal Principles of Alignment are presented to ensure safety in the poses and create balance in the body.
We offer several levels of classes to meet the needs of the beginning student as well as the advanced practitioner. Each session has specific beginning and ending dates, allowing our classes to be sequenced progressively over the session. Students receive individualized adjustments in the poses to facilitate their learning.
Visit our website, www.gardenoftheheartyoga.com, for complete information about our classes, workshops and instructors.
Marita Roussey, AP., LLC
2750 Stickney Point Road Suite 207 Sarasota, FL 34231
941-923-2203
www.bodytalksarasota.com
In BodyTalk, good health is established through optimum communication among all systems of the body. Using neuromuscular feedback, Dr. Marita Roussey asks the body which line of communication has been interrupted, then uses two or more points along that line to make up a link. Using light touch or mental focus on these points while tapping on the head/heart complex, communication is re-established. The innate wisdom of our bodies knows how to heal. The right order of healing for a particular person will bring about long-lasting health for the entire body/mind/spirit.
BodyTalk's assets are its simplicity, safety, and the speed of its results. It is non-invasive and works effectively on humans and animals alike.
Dr. Marita Roussey trained as an Acupuncture Physician in London, England and California. She has been practicing since 1987 and specializes in allergies and autoimmune diseases. In her clinic, Marita also works with endocrine disorders, and children with ADD and autism.
Marita is also a Senior Instructor of the BodyTalk System TM and has been teaching seminars internationally for the past ten years. She has developed a seminar on non-invasive allergy elimination for BodyTalk practitioners.
Dr. Marita Roussey has successfully addressed migraines, often caused by routine stress or traumatic events. Emotions, past events, and memories can be stored in any body part yet can affect the health of the entire body. Addressing these underlying events relieve symptoms permanently.
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Digestive disorders can be treated by retrieving and neutralizing the thoughts and emotions from the gut that have become pathologies. BodyTalk teaches the body to produce its own digestive enzymes and regulates its stomach acids.
BodyTalk helps you to manage arthritis by approaching the entire condition from many different angles: through the digestive system, through consciousness work or balancing old injuries.
Prevalent in our times are strains of viruses and bacteria that have adapted to become immune to antibiotics and medications. Dr. Roussey is addressing these super bugs and has extensive experience with Shingles, Herpes, Ebstein-Barr and Hepatitis.
Menstrual irregularities are addressed during comfortable, non-invasive sessions. As with any BodyTalk session, the client remains completely dressed. Hormone levels are regulated in establishing healthy communication among the ovaries, pituitary, and adrenals. Recurrent dysplasia is treated successfully as cellular memory can hold onto emotions associated with resentment, unforgivness, and guilt from past or current intimate relationships. Viruses and bacteria can only thrive in an environment of stress and anger.
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A Silent Sports Outfitter
2301 Tamiami Trail
Nokomis, Florida 34275
941-966-5477
www.silentsportsoutfitters.com
Open 6 days a week 8:30-5 Closed Thursdays
Since the beginning in 1993 Silent Sports has grown to a 3000 sq ft paddling store.
Over 250 kayaks and canoes and 4 rooms of paddling accessories.
Kayak brands-Ocean Kayak, Old Town, Necky, Emotion, Malibu, RTM
Canoe Brands-Old Town, Indian River
Inflatables-Innova, Tributary, Advanced Elements, Airis
New concept fishing boats-Flatstalker, NuCanoe
Paddleboards-Nash,
Accessories-Extrasport, MTI, Thule, Malone, Seattle Sports, Lendal, Aquabound, Carlisle, Scotty Fishing, Watership Hats, Crack of Dawn,
Rental program with or with out delivery everyday. Guides available. Awarded the 2008 Key Dealer of the Year from Johnson Outdoor Paddlesports Eastern United States.
500 S. Pineapple Avenue Sarasota 34208
941-951-1965, pineapplebay@gmail.com
Pineapple Bay Trading Company was founded in 1993 with a mission by the owners to travel around the world and bring back the finest jewelry, antiques, artifacts, decorative items and gifts for the wonderful people of Sarasota .
Background info from B.J. Graf, owner:
I attended college for a semester in Australia in 1991. While there I met a couple from Denmark who stated that they were in the process of travelling around the world. After talking with them for a period, I set a goal for myself to do the same. Four years later I had saved up enough money to take my first trip around the world. Over the course of a year, I traveled through New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Sumatra - Indonesia, Malaysia, India, and Nepal. Over the course of that year, my life was changed and I had acquired a serious case of wanderlust. Since then I have re-visited Asia, went to Africa, Eastern Europe and more - spending a total of about 2 years overseas.
In 1998 I had first visited Pineapple Bay Trading Company and I fell in love with the store. In addition to being enamored with the wonderful artifacts, antiques, decor and jewelry in the store - I also loved talking travels and trading stories with the owners at that time. I would often dream of owning a similar store in the future.
In 2004 my wife Kari and I had the opportunity to purchase the store. Though we continue to work for non-profit agencies in the social work field - we work in the store on weekends.
In addition to wanting to continue to bring beautiful decorative items and jewelry from around the world to the people of Sarasota - I made it a mission to help people get the inspiration, courage, and guidance to travel (especially outside of the US, Europe and the Caribbean - the "comfort zone" for most Americans). My "services" are free and people have taken me up on it. I have helped give guidance to numerous people and one couple left on March 1st for their first trip around the world - something I'm very proud to say I helped them do. It (traveling the world) is so much cheaper than anyone ever imagines (my year-long trip cost around $10,000 and a separate 3 month trip to India cost only $1200).
We travel throughout Asia (primarily India, Bali, Thailand, Nepal, and various Tibetan regions) to bring back the wonderful items in the store. Last year I went to India, Nepal, Thailand, and Bali - Indonesia. This July we are planning a trip to the Tibetan region of India and Rajasthan, (Western India). I have been to India 7 times and have spent about 12 months there in total. I have many contacts for antiques, fantastic affordable decorative pieces, and wonderful jewelry. In preparation for getting in the new merchandise there will be huge sales with discounts increasing to 50% off as the summer progresses.
Regarding industry trends - there are a lot of places in and around town that carry nice pieces from Thailand and Bali - which we have as well - but we also have a great selection of jewelry and pieces from Nepal and India that no one in town carries. We are also working on having meditation groups and talks on travels and other topics for the many enlightened people of Sarasota (I really do feel that Sarasota is filled with incredibly interesting people - and so many of them find their way to the store).
The merchandise in Pineapple Bay Trading Co. tells the story of a journey-the travels of owners BJ and Kari Graf.
While BJ was attending college in Australia 1991, he met a couple from Denmark who were traveling around the world. Their adventures inspired him to do the same. His year-long journey took him through New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Sumatra - Indonesia, Malaysia, India, and Nepal.
"Over the course of that year, my life was changed and I acquired a serious case of wanderlust," he says. Since then, Graf has spent another two years overseas.
In 1998, he came to Sarasota and first visited Pineapple Bay Trading Company. He fell in love with the store. "In addition to being enamored with the wonderful artifacts, antiques, decor and jewelry in the store - I also loved talking travels and trading stories with the owners at that time," he says.
Six years passed when he and his wife Kari had an opportunity to purchase the store. Though they both continue to work for nonprofit agencies in the social work field - they work in the store on the weekends.
"In addition to wanting to continue to bring beautiful decorative items and jewelry from around the world to the people of Sarasota," he says, "I made it a mission to help people get the inspiration, courage, and guidance to travel."
They regularly get in new merchandise from around the world and they plan to expand the store's offerings to include meditation groups and talks on travels and other topics.
TideWell Hospice and Palliative Care
6310 Capitol Drive
Bradenton, FL 34202
(941) 552-9000
www.tidewell.org
TideWell Mission
TideWell Hospice and Palliative Care is an independent, not-for-profit organization providing the highest quality of care that embraces a comprehensive continuum of services for patients and families dealing with advanced illness.
Quality of Life for the Rest of Life
When quantity of time is no longer possible, TideWell Hospice and Palliative Care's focus is quality of life for the rest of life - making the most of the time that remains. It is a concept of celebrating life and the relationships that make every day special. That can mean different things to different people. Perhaps it's simply a chance to spend time with loved ones in comfortable surroundings. Maybe it's reconnecting with someone who has been separated by miles, time or circumstances.
For more than 25 years, TideWell has provided the highest quality care to patients and families dealing with advanced illness, while honoring human dignity and personal choice. TideWell strives to treat the whole person - fulfilling physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs - and views the patient and his/her family as a unit. That's what makes us so unique in today's health care picture.
We invite you to explore all the programs and services we have to offer. In doing so, we think you'll discover that TideWell is really about building relationships - providing the comfort and support to deal with complex and difficult issues and, along the way, finding joy in each day.
When we die may not be a choice. How we live is. TideWell doesn't give us the power to shorten or prolong life, just the power to live it as we choose.
(Please link to website: www.tidewell.org)
About TideWell Hospice
Serving more than 1,100 patients a day in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte and DeSoto counties, TideWell is one of the largest programs of its kind in the U.S. Home-based palliative care is the basic premise of the program, involving the support of physicians, registered nurses, social service counselors, home health aides and volunteers, all following a prescribed plan of care. TideWell's services are available to everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
The rewards of caring for those who are dying are at the heart of hospice and a catalyst in the continuing impact hospice has had for individuals across the nation. Nowhere is it more evident than on Florida's gulf coast, where TideWell will care for more than 6,000 patients this year.
Founded in 1980, TideWell has grown significantly in the past two decades. Although hospice is often perceived as an alternative just for cancer patients, TideWell admits patients with a broad range of diagnoses, including heart and lung disease, AIDS, renal failure, ALS and end-stage Alzheimer's. Any disease with a predictable prognosis of six months or less is within TideWell's admission criteria.
Death with dignity is the goal of TideWell Hospice and Palliative Care. It is accomplished through the expression of sensitivity in the care of individuals facing their final phase of life. By doing so, TideWell is able to pay tribute to the principles that distinguish hospice from other types of health care providers:
• Holistic care
• A team of professionals serving each family
• An in-home centered philosophy
• A patient and family focus
• Cost-effectiveness
The greatest hopes for dying patients are to be pain-free and to have distressing symptoms controlled. Early on, hospice learned that quality of life revolves around these two factors, and only when they are controlled can people reach beyond to the comforts and therapeutic healing of mind and spirit.
In choosing TideWell, patients and families make a decision to spend their last months together in a familiar and caring environment. With TideWell's supportive services, there's a sense of relief as trained professionals offer care and guidance. Experts in pain and symptom control, TideWell staff focus on continuity of care. Decisions are made based on the individualized needs of patients, with the realization that something more can always be done to bring comfort and dignity to those dealing with advanced illness.
Rather than a place, hospice is a philosophy - a program of care and support wherever patients need us. TideWell's services extend to any location - a home, the hospital, an assisted living facility (ALF), a nursing home or any of our seven Hospice Houses.
TideWell's Creative and Caring Connections Department
The Creative and Caring Connections department of TideWell Hospice and Palliative Care offers a full array of special programs that bring quality of life to those with advanced illness. The variety of complementary therapies - used together with conventional medicine - are designed to facilitate stress reduction for patient and caregiver, pain relief and distraction, opportunities for "joy" and healing of psycho-social issues for patients and their families.
The categories of complementary therapy that TideWell offers are:
• Expressive Arts
• Music
• Horticultural Therapy
• Reminiscence and Life Review
• Pet Therapy
• Clowns - Humor
• Caring Touch
• Massage
• Aromatherapy
• Therapeutic Touch
• Reiki
If you have questions about obtaining your LBT, formerly called an occupational license, call Cindy at the Sarasota County Tax Collector's Office at 861-8300.
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