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by Rick Baldwin
Just Didgeridoo It Bradford pear trees are in bloom, allergies are tearing down the walls of our immune systems, and Apr. 15 and graduation ceremonies are just around the corner. It can be a stressful season, but it doesn’t have to be—just try a little music therapy. One such therapy, sound healing, uses the vibrations created by instruments like the didgeridoo, singing bowl and gong. Didgeridoo artist Paradiso Turturici and his wife, singing bowl master alchemist, Rasamayi Turturici, will perform their, “uniquely powerful and beautiful spiritual soundscapes,” at a live sound healing concert at The Center for Mindful Living on Mar. 30. The two are self-trained musicians
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Gary Poole This week, Managing Editor Gary Poole returns to a topic he covered five years ago in these pages, the ongoing movement towards drug legalization. A multiple award-winning journalist, Gary has been involved with The Pulse for most of its existence in a variety of roles:
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and have released five CDs, which have topped radio charts around the world. Past concertgoers have said they have had, “experiences of unprecedented and profound meditation; visions of their guides, life purpose, and past lives; and profound healing of acute and chronic emotional, physical and spiritual disease,” at these concerts. The concert begins at 3 p.m. and runs about two hours. Tickets are $20 in advance, and $25 the day of (however, there is limited seating). Visit centerformindfulliving.wildapricot.org/programsclasses. The Center for Mindful Living is located at 1212 McCallie Ave. (at Holtzclaw) — Madeline Chambliss
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Mike Dobbs writer, columnist, art director and editor. He is also known for his time in talk radio here in Chattanooga, part of a more than quarter-century broadcasting and journalism career. In his spare time, he volunteers with the Chattanooga Humane Educational Society and is currently working on a new album of electronic dance music. You can follow him on Twitter at /GaryPooleTN
Our resident "Man on the Barstool", Mike Dobbs writes about all things liquor for us, and this week helps everyone figure out the proper way to stock a home bar. Mike is a Scorpio who resides locally, but is contented to hang his hat anywhere in the North-
western Hemisphere. When not relaxing at home with his Tonkinese kitten Amélie, he’s an architectural designer by trade. He’s likely contrived a hotel that you trust to let your loved ones sleep in (something to think about). A night owl since birth, he’s honed the craft of bacchanalian roister and developed an appreciation for the finer elixirs of life. He says, “Please” and “Thank you”. chattanoogapulse.com • march 27-APRIL 2, 2014 • The Pulse • 5