Natural Awakenings Sarasota/Manatee

12/14/2025

💖 Heartfelt connections heal. 💖 This month, Dr. Fred Harvey explains how the holidays aren’t just about togetherness—they actually lift your nervous system and energy through heart coherence, gratitude, and intentional connection. 🌟🫶 Keep reading to find out how sharing love, joy and mindful presence can ripple through everyone around you—even pets and plants! - With Functional Medicine Florida - Dr. Fred Harvey, MD

Human connection, especially during the holidays, elevates energy and wellness by fostering heart coherence, balancing the nervous system, and creating a ripple of calm, love, and high vibrational energy that benefits everyone—even pets and plants.

12/13/2025

💆‍♀️ Experience the healing power of customized bodywork with Julie Glassco, offering everything from deep tissue therapy for pain relief to Swedish massage for ultimate relaxation. 🌿✨ Whether it’s chronic tension, sciatica or stress, her holistic approach blends massage, energy healing, and yoga to restore balance and vitality. 🕊️💫 Perfect for athletes, seniors, or anyone seeking mind-body wellness—feel the benefits after just one session! 🌟

Licensed Massage Therapist Julie Glassco provides customized, holistic massage and bodywork—addressing pain, tension, stress, and mobility issues through a range of therapeutic modalities backed by extensive training and experience.

12/12/2025

🎁 This holiday season, discover the joy of shopping locally!🎄🛍️✨From cozy coffeehouses to artisanal gifts and fresh farmers market finds, local shopping offers experiences you can’t get online. Read this month’s Green Living department article to learn how to make the most of the human touch and celebrate your hometown spirit this year. 🌟💛

Local holiday shopping fosters joy, reduces emissions and keeps more money in hometown economies through meaningful, sensory-rich community connections.

12/11/2025

🍹 Flobucha just released new seasonal kombucha flavors—like Cherry Lemon Ginger, Lychee Rosemary Fennel, and Starfruit Lemon Jalapeño—crafted with raw, organic ingredients and packed with natural probiotics! ✨🌿As Sarasota’s first non-alcoholic kombucha bar, they also offer Winesque wine alternatives and a new non-alcoholic IPA, plus a $12.95 sampler flight to mix and match. 🍒🍍

Flobucha, Sarasota’s first non-alcoholic kombucha bar, offers a variety of organic, handcrafted kombucha flavors—along with non-alcoholic wine and beer alternatives—in a lively Gulfgate Village taproom featuring tastings, seasonal specials, and a ...

12/10/2025

✨ Happy Holidays from Elysian Fields. Explore how a metaphysical approach can help people move through the holiday season with more ease, intention and energetic balance. 💫🕯️ Elysian Fields is here to nourish your spiritual well-being with tools, books, crystals and intuitive services that can help you feel rooted and inspired all season long. 💖✨🌙

Elysian Fields in Sarasota offers metaphysical tools and guidance to help navigate the holiday season with mindfulness, energetic self-care, and spiritual grounding.

12/09/2025

12/08/2025

✨ Room Spa is embracing the holiday season with serene self-care, a cozy boutique of Italian clothing, exclusive skincare, and beautifully curated wellness gifts. 💆‍♀️✨ This month also brings 25% off all facials, perfect for refreshing the skin and welcoming a new season. 🎁 For those planning gatherings, the spa offers a peaceful setting for intimate seasonal celebrations. Find out more here!🌿🏡

Ritual Room Spa in Sarasota offers a serene holiday experience with facials, wellness gifts, Italian clothing, and a peaceful venue for seasonal celebrations, all designed to promote self-care and renewal.

12/07/2025

In this month’s Conscious Eating department article, discover how gourmet salts—from delicate Fleur de Sel to vibrant Himalayan pink—can completely transform everyday meals into extraordinary experiences.✨ Learn why chefs and salt artisans around the world swear by these mineral-rich varieties and how they can even support healthier seasoning habits. Find the full article right here. 🌍 🧂💫

Gourmet salts like fleur de sel and Himalayan pink enhance flavor, reduce sodium and add trace minerals, transforming meals into sensory celebrations.

12/06/2025

✨ Transform holiday stress into serenity! ✨This month, Dr. Captain explains how gratitude, forgiveness, mindful movement, meditation, acupuncture and genuine connection can help you stay balanced and joyful this festive season. 🌿💆‍♀️🧘Find her full article right here. - With Sarasota Center for Acupuncture & Nutrition

Dr. Captain emphasizes that holiday stress can be transformed into serenity through practices like gratitude, forgiveness, movement, meditation, acupuncture, and genuine connection, helping the mind, body, and spirit stay balanced and resilient du...

12/05/2025

✨ The George, Sarasota’s eclectic boutique bursting with vibrant bohemian, festival and resort wear, celebrates creativity and individuality. 🎨🛍️ With colorful clothing, global treasures and a free-spirited atmosphere curated by owner Camilla Reid, it offers a refreshing alternative to mainstream fashion. 🌈🌿Find out more from the December 2025 edition. ✨💫

The George is a vibrant downtown Sarasota boutique offering eclectic, globally inspired bohemian fashion and unique home décor, creating an immersive shopping experience for free-spirited style seekers.

12/04/2025

🌿✨Get ready to explore the ultimate guide to whole-person health and wellness in our January 2026 issue! 🧘‍♀️💛🍎 Discover inspiring stories, expert tips and actionable strategies to help you thrive, from boosting vitality to cultivating joy and connection. 🌞💫

Business owners, this is your chance to connect with a health-conscious, engaged audience eager for products and services that support a balanced, mindful lifestyle. 🌱📈 Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of this transformative issue!

12/03/2025

🌈 What if joy isn’t something we chase but something we practice through movement, gratitude and meaningful connection? ✨💛 This month’s feature story explores the science and spirit of joy: why it’s different from happiness and how we can nurture more of it even during life’s hardest seasons. Don’t miss this must-read article! 🌿💫

Joy emerges from movement, connection and gratitude—offering resilience amid hardship and redefining well-being as a fully embodied, relational experience.