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22 Summer Reading 2011 23 The Three Waves of Volunteers: An Interview with Dolores Cannon, by Tim Miejan

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Fasten your seatbelts from the editor

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have to admit that it was a trip getting through Dolores Cannon’s new book, The Three Waves of Volunteers and The New Earth [see interview on page 23].

I did so on the advice of longtime friend Ralph Wolf of Mason City, IA, who emailed me that he had already read half of the book and considered it a significant piece of work.

I have read several of the many books in which Dolores has reported on actual case studies of hypnotherapy sessions. She uses a unique technique to delve deeply into the “Superconscious” and retrieve information beyond this reality. And if that weren’t enough, her technique includes a healing component, an immediate restoration of the body to health, even for those who suffer from life-threatening conditions.

During sessions, some of her clients describe themselves as light beings before they came into human form. They describe crystal cities and holodecks. They talk of space travel and what we would call alien abductions…but what they call our willing participation in scientific research.

And while under hypnosis, speaking from past lifetimes off of this planet, clients express the concern of members of interstellar councils about the monumental transformation now underway on Earth. They say extraterrestrial beings are jumping at the chance to be born into a human body…now… at this very time in Earth’s history, to witness the vibrational shift taking place on this planet firsthand.

I’m aware that for many casual readers of The Edge, it may be too far out there to suggest that ETs are being born into human bodies in order to save the planet, and that people are being cured of cancer by their own “Superconscious” selves.

But what is science fiction for some people is reality for others. Some find it comforting to read books or attend lectures and receive confirmation that they indeed are multi-dimensional beings living a human existence. Some people find that information reported

by Dolores Cannon and others helps to answer questions and explain feelings that are surfacing from the depths of their being.

The beauty of life on Earth is that each of us, a fragment of God, creates an experience of life that is so profoundly personal – and yet, one that is always connected to All That Is. While we don’t all believe in the same things, we share more than we know in common.

An eternal optimist, I hope that what Dolores is writing about, essentially, is an awakening of humanity. After a deep sleep, a selfinduced coma perhaps, humankind is opening its eyes and is beginning to recognize the love that connects its parts.

When tornados destroy homes and floods swallow cities, people respond with love and generosity. They pull together and share their resources to help the disenfranchised to rebuild their lives. On 9/11, an entire nation came together as one.

I believe that’s what Earth needs now from us. Oneness. A shared commitment to assist those in harm’s way. Open hearts.

In the end, I sit in my body and you sit in yours. Together, we ride this planet as it revolves, and in this moment, we can choose how we want to proceed.

With fear. With hope. In love.a Tim Miejan is editor of The Edge magazine. Contact him at 651.578.8969 or email editor@edgemagazine.net.

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Sufi Holy Man brings message of peace, prayer to Minnesota The head teacher at one of the three holiest mosques in Islam will be in Minnesota on September 2-4 to deliver a message of peace, love, mercy, justice and freedom from the Muslim world. Shaykh Muhammad Said al-Jamal ar-Rifa’i ash-Shadhuli, affectionately called Sidi by his seven million students worldwide, is a prominent spiritual leader at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. He is head of the Higher Sufi Council in Jerusalem and the Holy Land and a long-time advocate of world peace.

His teachings in Minnesota will take place September 2-4 hosted by the Minnesota Sufi Center. To register, please call 763.537.4907, or email Maryam Fauchier at maryam.fauchier@goldengate.net or Rahim Fauchier at rahim.fauchier@goldengate.net. Complete details are available at www.suficentermn.org.

Sidi is a descendent of the Prophet Muhammad through his ancestor, Shaykh Ahmad ar-Rifa`i. He was born in Tulkum in the Holy Land in 1935. He is the spiritual inheritor through the Shadhili line from his Guide and Master, Shaykh Abdu-r-Rahman Abu-r-Risah of Halab in the land of Syria, and is one who has kept Sufism alive and at work as an institution, and as a school of thought and spiritual knowledge. In 1997 Sidi restored the 1,000-year-old Sufi Council that served in the Holy Land. He has been a teacher and central figure at the Masjid al-Aqsa or the Dome of the Rock for many years.

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Retreat celebrates common ground of love between Muslims, Christians When Muslim Sufi minister Jamal Rahman and Franciscan nun Gabriele Uhlein come together with Jean Feraca of Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Here on Earth” on August 12-14 at the Christine Center, the Center anticipates a lively, inquisitive conversation. This coming together of diverse spiritual teachers, facilitated by Feraca, will be both a celebration and a time to discover a common ground for everyone who participates in the weekend retreat.

Uhlein, a Franciscan scholar, draws her enthusiasm for the dialogue from the historic meeting of St. Francis of Assisi and the Sultan at the time of the Crusades. “Imagine the surprise of St. Francis when he discovered precious Islamic teachings so aligned with his own Christian understanding of the spiritual journey,” says Sister Gabriele. “Hearing and participating in the wisdom of the Sufis transformed his spiritual practice.”

Co-leading the weekend event is Jamal Rahman, an internationally-known spiritual leader who was originally from Bangladesh. He makes his home in Seattle, and travels frequently to the Holy Land to lead interfaith retreats with a Rabbi and Christian minister. His book, Three Amigos, shares the faith experience of these three great religious traditions. “Only that which comes from the heart can open another heart,” says Jamal Rahman.

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Participants will explore the unfamiliar names of God and experience how the longing for such basic things as peace, forgiveness and love transcends our differences.

For more information, email christinecenter@tds.net or call 715.267.7507. Visit www.christinecenter.org. a August 2011 edge magazine

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Lee Carroll, Kryon returning to the Cities with guests Internationally renowned author Lee Carroll will present a five-hour lecture and live channeling from the loving energies of Kryon from Noon to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, and 1:30 to 7 p.m. Sunday, August 6-7, hosted by Anita Collodoro at Unity of the Valley Spiritual Center, 4011 W. Highway 13, in Savage, MN. One day admission is $95, both days is $160.

On Saturday, Lee Carroll discusses the 2012 phenomenon, what the Mayan calendar really means and how the Mayans feel about all the hype. Participants learn what “becoming quantum” means and how to recognize when you’re stuck in the third dimension.

Dr. Amber Wolf joins Lee on Sunday with exercises on improving intuitive “quantumness” and offers practical tips on living a quantum life. Special guest Dr. Todd Ovokaitys will present the 2012 Lemurian Reunion – a Pineal Toning event that recreates the first Lemurian toning choir in 26,000 years.

Lee Carroll has shared the message of Kryon for 22 years worldwide and is the author of 15 books in 24 languages. Having presented in 21 different countries, he attracts audiences in the thousands. His entertaining lectures bring a message of love, empowerment and unity for Humanity. With scientific validations, humor and personal stories, his events are favorites among those in the New Thought community.

To learn more about Lee Carroll and Kryon, visit www. kryon.com. For more information about the event visit www.kryon.com/schedule.

For event information, call 952.221.6372 or email anitacoll@yahoo.com.

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Kryon Q & A

…with Lee Carroll

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ee Carroll has channeled Kryon for 22 years worldwide and is the author of the Kryon Series of 15 books in 24 languages. Having presented seven times at the United Nations in New York, as well as in more than 24 different countries overseas, Lee attracts audiences in the thousands with his lectures that bring a message of love, empowerment and unity for Humanity. Mixed with scientific validations, humor and personal stories, his lectures are favorites within the New Age community.

Who is Kryon and what is his purpose?

Lee Carroll: The best 3D answer I can give you is that Kryon is an extremely wise and

loving angelic energy who gives me a constant love wash and information that is empowering to Humanity. The non-3D answer that if we are all part of creator, then I am part of who Kryon is also. Therefore you might say that Kryon and I are partners in opening a door to “the God inside,” allowing me to give messages for Humanity that ring true. Kryon asks us to meld with him, and remember if the information has integrity, using our own intuition and internal Akashic wisdom. This is the magic, where the audience doesn’t just sit and listen, but rather is included in a quantum way.

Kryon’s purpose is to inform Humanity about the attributes of the current shift, to be a partner with us in this incredible changing time in history, and to remind us of our part in all of it.

Why do you think you were chosen to channel Kryon (and what did you do before that?)

LC: I was a electronics sound engineer with many awards for my work. I built San Diego’s

largest sound recording studio, a facility large enough for a small orchestra. We did mostly commercials and movie scores. I was a career guy, happy in my work…until I met Kryon and had my profound awakening that God was bigger than I was told. Suddenly my compassion quotient went off the scale, and I wasn’t happy with being the engineer any more. I wanted to change my life.

I don’t think I was chosen. I think I had a potential agreement based on whatever was in my Akashic past. So it was a potential plan, and required agreement.

What do you think is going to happen in 2012?

LC: Kryon is here because of the 2012 energy. You might say he is the messenger of the

shift. The Galactic Alignment is a 26,000-year cycle that represents how we see the stars based on the earth’s very slow wobble. As the planet wobbles, once every 26,000 years we visually align with the center of the galaxy. But it’s such a slow movement that as we enter the galactic equator (The band of stars in the sky – The Milky Way), it takes 18 years to get to the middle of it, and another 18 to exit it. So astronomically, “The 2012 experience” is a 36 year alignment process, not something that happens on Dec 21, 2012.

However, the ancients saw this astronomic cycle clearly and assigned an energy to it.

The Maya told us it was the potential for the highest consciousness that Humanity had ever experienced. (This is written in stone on their pyramids). Gregg Braden, modern scientist and spiritual lecturer, sees it as a Time Fractal…and agrees that it is indeed a “Decision point,” just as the Maya did.

Modern day 2012 lecturer Geoff Stray (mainstream academic), who has studied the 2012 prophesies for over 20 years, calls it “a potential for a paradigm shift.” Nowhere in any of these studies is there a “doom and gloom” message! The negative aspects have all been made up by the media, purposely mixing up Maya mythology with outdated Nostradamus predictions, promoted by those who wish to make a nice buck in these years leading up to it. (This is the same as they did prior to our millennium change). Even the current day Maya Elders agree that this shift is one of major positive potential, not the end of the world.

The Harmonic Convergence of 1987 was kind of the “question to Humanity” that asked, “Are you ready to go to a higher vibration, or will this be the same as the last decision point?” Kryon says we had reached a turning point, and our answer was a choice to move to a potential we had never had before…toward peace on earth! After the

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Harmonic Convergence, everything changed. Prophesies you had heard all your life didn’t happen. 2000 didn’t bring an Armageddon, the Soviet Union disappeared, the magnetics of the planet moved greatly, and the weather started changing…much of this predicted by Kryon in 1989 in Kryon Book One. There is a major consciousness shift happening on the planet, and I’ve seen it everywhere, from Moscow and Kazakhstan, the whole of western Europe, South America, and North America. Think of this: Without a prophet to follow, or a central book, or an organized church, New Age thinkers from all over the world…by the tens of thousands…somehow are awakening to a similar truth. That truth is not exclusionary to anyone.

That truth for each human is this: What if God were bigger than I was told? What if I were part of the creator energy? What if there is “God in me?” Most of the masters who walked the earth gave us this very message.

It’s not a new message, but one that is now something we can act on personally.

What can you tell us about your latest book, Kryon Book 12, The Twelve Layers of DNA? LC: Kryon Book Twelve was released in October 2010.

It’s different than any other Kryon book, and has some of the latest and most profound esoteric information about what’s really in our DNA. …The premise that the 90 percent “junk” that biologists attribute to DNA is really the information that makes us who we are. This 90 percent of non-coded chemistry contains instructions to the stem cells, and these instructions are changeable! All the Akashic records of the soul’s lifetimes are there, and even the seeds of creation itself. It’s in a pure quantum state…which is now something even being quantified by quantum biologists in very profound experiments.

There is so much to learn here, and this book is only the beginning. a

For more on Kryon, visit Kryon.com.

New yoga center now serves Minneapolis’ Powderhorn community Svasti Yoga Center for Healing and Transformation, serving the greater Powderhorn community of Minneapolis, is now open for classes at 3751 Bloomington Ave. S. Svasti Yoga is a relaxed inspiring atmosphere to learn yoga or deepen your practice. The new yoga center is committed to providing quality yoga instruction and yoga therapy to anyone who wants to learn, including people who, due to practical concerns of limited time, physical, or financial ability, might otherwise lack access. Yoga is growing in popularity and many people are exploring the benefits of yoga – using it for fitness, to improve mental and physical health and to increase awareness.

Svasti Yoga offers a variety of yoga, breathing, and meditation classes for beginners and experienced practitioners. Yoga therapy private consultations and group classes for common concerns are available, as well as therapeutic body treatments like massage, Asian bodywork, hot wraps, mud packs and energy healing.

Class prices range from $10 to $12 for drop-ins, and new students receive one week of free classes. Yoga Therapy memberships include one monthly private yoga therapy consultation and unlimited therapeutic yoga classes. For more information, visit www. svastiyoga.com or call 651.756.9391. a August 2011 edge magazine

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Vision Quest Transformation in the Andes

by Allen Brown

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awoke the first day to a prehistoric panorama of dense mist growing up from the valley below, thinning just enough to reveal the impressive fifty-foot ceibo tree that stood forty feet from the spot that had been designated as mine for the next four days and nights.

Long root tendrils of chupaya, a bromeliad-like flower that grows in the high Andean mountains, dangled from nearly every open branch, creating a mystical scene straight out of Lord of the Rings.

I had journeyed to this spectacular mountain in Northern Peru with a friend, John Dorr, to participate in a traditional Native American rite called Hanblecheyapi (Vision Quest) with my teacher and friend Chief Valerio (Freddy) Cohaila. Now after several days of travel on planes, bumpy hot buses and on foot, I had the keen sense that a much different sort of journey was about to take place at the top of this magnificent mountain, with nothing to do but sit and “be” for the duration of the vision quest. My previous vision quest had dispelled any fears about the protocol of no food or water common to questing, but had also made me aware of how difficult it can be to sit with nothing but your thoughts for that long.

The entire first day was spent watching an endless stream of beautiful multi-colored butterflies of all shapes and sizes and contemplating the transformation in store for me signaled by their presence.

By the time the sun set on the first night, I was fully immersed in the rhythm of the plants and creatures surrounding my small patch of sacred space. Unfortunately, not even the power of nature in all its magnificence could save me from my own thoughts through the next two days and nights. Despite the peace and quiet, or likely because of it, the noise of internal mind chatter took over, rehashing recent events involving the breakup of a romantic relationship. The resulting fallout: an outof-control freight train of consciousness that threatened to derail for most of the third day.

By the time the small group of supporters arrived with Chief Cohaila on the third evening with the visionary medicine Ayahuasca, which is a part of some of the vision quests lead by Chief Cohaila, I was exhausted with the internal struggle. Fortunately, having worked for years with Ayahuasca, this visionary tea from the Amazon, it was truly medicine for my soul that filled my consciousness and provided exactly the guidance necessary.

As darkness fell and I settled in to the familiar sensations of the medicine, the struggles of the previous two days faded into an amazing scene of the mountain on which I sat and the valley below, but from a very different time. Out of the trees that lined the ridge stepped a short, powerful man dressed only in a loincloth. After a short time of looking me over (although it felt like sizing me up), he announced that he had lived in this valley in the time of the Inka. He then proceeded to show me a running

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A Shamanic Gathering The fifth Midwest Shamanic Gathering will take place September 3-5 in the serene, natural environment at Beaver Creek Reserve in Fall Creek, WI, featuring traditional teachings and ceremony led by powerful teachers and native leaders who will present a blend of lectures, experiential ceremonies and healing sessions.

Chief Valerio (Freddy) Cohaila returns to the event to present and carry the vision of the native prophesies of the eagle and condor. Dan Hull, an Annishinaabe drum chief and teacher, also returns to the Gathering. New to the Gathering this year is Ed McGaa, Teton Oglala teacher and author of 10 books about native culture, and anthropologist and Cree teacher Jody Ground. Coming from Africa, Oromo spiritual elder Abba Liban Dabassah Guyo offers a rare look at a native culture from halfway around the world. Other teachers will include Navajo Chief and former Native American Church Head Emerson Jackson and one of the 13 Grandmothers.

The event is open to everyone interested in indigenous culture, healing and ceremony. For reservations or information, call 612.803.6918, email info@midwestshamanicgathering.com and visit www.MidwestShamanicGathering.com.

narrative of moments from his life as a spiritual leader of his village – ceremonies, rites of passage and offerings to the spirits of the mountain, land and water, caring for the crops and children, living and dying with the natural rhythm of nature – a stark and powerful contrast to the hustle and bustle of the life I lead today.

Just before leaving he said, “This is how you need to live, in honor of the spirits.”

Once the awe I felt at the gift of such a powerful vision subsided a bit, the spirit of the plant itself, whom those who work with this medicine affectionately call Grandmother Ayahuasca, arrived with another, more personally humbling message for me.

“Live every moment from your heart,” she said. “You have a powerful teacher and mentor in Freddy (Chief Cohaila). Model your actions by his.” Then, uncharacteristic of the medicine, as quickly as the visions had started, they were done, leaving me once again to the silence and beauty of the star-filled night to contemplate and process what I had received.

I´d love to say that the rest of the night was spent in peaceful reverie, but as lessons with Ayahuasca sometimes go, I very shortly got the opportunity to practice the guidance I had received as the madness of the mind-chatter returned with full force for the next several hours to the point that in relative desperation, I turned to my old friends – yoga and mindfulness meditation – to make it the next few hours till sunrise.

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Manifest your soul’s potential with William Henry The soul’s greatest journey is about to begin… Are you ready for all that is to come? Are you ready and preparing for the next level of your life? What could you accomplish if more of your spiritual capacity was activated or switched on? Light body expert William Henry will visit Minneapolis August 19-20 to guide participants on a powerful exploration of mind-body-spirit potential and teach timeless tools for transformation and completing the journey to wholeness…or even holiness by connecting with your True Self.

“The Anointed: Manifest Your Soul’s Potential and Your Greatest Life” will take place from 7-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at the Sheraton Minneapolis Midtown Hotel, 2901 Chicago Ave. S. The cost is $125 by August 1, $150 afterward, at 615.292.5397 or whenrytn@earthlink.net.

Henry will lead a special visit to the “Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs” exhibition at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 21, at the Science Museum of Minnesota. Reserve your ticket to this event at www.smm.org/tut/ or call 651).221.9444 or toll-free 1.800.221.9444.

Henry is an author, investigative mythologist and host of “Revelations” radio. He is a guide into the transformative power of art and symbols of human ascension.

“The Anointed” is a soul journey using hundreds of slides of ancient and sacred art that transmits divine energy, illuminates our path and connects you to the secrets of enlightenment with more power and clarity. As the ancients have said, “The image will show you the Way” and reveal how the great transformation is done. The result is an experience that speaks to and empowers knowledge and energy deep within you – your light body, your True Self. The group mind of the weekend opens the heart and helps to enlighten each other by using the power of our collective imagination to focus and reflect our highest selves.

The event is open to those who are just beginning to explore the secrets of soul and the light body, as well as those who are accomplished healers or experienced practitioners of such modalities as The Reconnection or Matrix Energetics or other systems.

The Sunday museum tour will allow you to walk with Henry among the history of some of ancient Egypt’s most significant rulers, including Tut’s relatives, with artifacts immersing you in the daily life, religion and ascension practices that took place under the rule of the pharaohs.

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 Vision Quest continued from page 10 morning, I fell into a short but beautiful slumber that lasted a couple hours. Thankfully, I awoke with an amazing sense of spaciousness and heart-centered love that felt like a much needed transformation of spirit.

By the time I heard the drum coming up the hill and saw Chief Cohaila’s familiar form crest the ridge, I was filled with gratitude for the incredible opportunity to work with such a beautifully humble and wise teacher, for the opportunity to participate in such transformative rites and to be able to receive guidance from so many powerful spirits. After a silent trek down the sun-drenched mountain, picking up questers along the way, we

made our way into the inipi (sweat lodge) where, little by little, everyone had the opportunity to share their visions with the circle of questers and supporters.

The sweetness of the feast of fruit after sweat lodge seemed a fitting end to a difficult, but sweet, journey of transformation on this mountain in Northern Peru. a Allen Brown is a spiritual seeker and photographer who leads trips to the Amazon to Wakani Lodge to work with the Amazonian medicine, Ayahuasca. As president and founding director of Eagle Condor Foundation, he organizes the yearly Midwest Shamanic Gathering. For more information or to contact Allen go to www.deepcurrents.com, www.MidwestShamanicGathering.com or www.

EagleCondorFoundation.org.

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exposing Personal Care Products

Conscious beauty care is challenging

by Michelle Noel

First of a three-part series rue Beauty Nirvana is finding products and services that seamlessly integrate three critical components: the Performance, how the product improves appearance; the Science, how the product actually works; and the Safety, how the product impacts the health of the human body and planet.

In these next three issues of The Edge, we will further explore the critical nature of each of these three areas of critical importance when selecting your next personal care product. Through my twenty-plusyear journey into my own personal use of zillions of products (and sadly zillions of dollars), as well as my formal and professional education, I have come to one, and only one conclusion. The products I choose to use better have all three of the above categories covered, because if not, there is a price to pay – and it isn’t always in dollars and cents.

The price we are paying for substandard products can be in the form of the product leaving you looking less than your best, or performance failure. The product can be missing the science behind it, which can leave you with a benign product that isn’t efficacious. And last but not least, if the safety is compromised, it causes harm to both my body and the planet

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while in the process of simply trying to look and feel beautiful. No thanks.

I have found that most personal care product manufacturers are leaving the consumer with a choice to pick one, or maybe two, out of the three categories above, for the sake of them making a tidy profit. They typically focus on giving the consumer performance most often, because they know that is critical to their success. So the product will indeed deliver on making you look better on the surface, but it won’t improve your hair or skin in the long term because they are missing the science.

If they actually make a product that performs and has the science behind it, still 99 percent will leave out the safety and health aspect in their production. They know synthetic chemical ingredients are inexpensive, and if they can convince you that the product works and give you scientific reasons why, they hope you will overlook the health danger – and unfortunately most people do. However, as consumers continue to become more educated, and as they are looking more deeply at the long-term effects of their buying decisions, manufacturers will strive to meet consumer demands.

Quit cutting corners

The marketplace dictates the manufacturing practices, and we should all insist on efficacious and safe products in every area of our lives. Hey, if we

can put a man on the moon, surely we can have beauty products that work well in the short and long term, while also protecting our body and our planet. We are not asking these companies to create a Unicorn here.

We are simply asking for personal care product manufacturers to quit cutting corners at the expense of products’ Performance, Science and Safety.

It is my business to know and understand the details of the products on the market, down to the molecular structure of ingredients, but for Jane Doe who goes in to buy a shampoo from her local retailer, I truly feel for her. She is bombarded with false labeling and Madison Avenue slick advertising, with over-used and abused words like “natural” and “organic.”

These marketers are getting so clever, they are even creating logos that resemble some sort of certification mark that the product is Green and Clean, when in fact, the product has only one “natural” ingredient in it, and the rest is otherwise a chemical… (expletive deleted) storm.

Please excuse the implied language, but that is exactly what most beauty products are, a frightening cocktail of chemicals that are not regulated like the foods we eat – but should be. After all, if you can’t put it “in” you, you shouldn’t put it “on” you.

If a small 2-inch Nicotine patch on the shoulder of smoker desiring to quit can deliver enough medication

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to the bloodstream to affect the body, just imagine how many chemicals are delivered to the bloodstream when a lotion is applied to the entire body. Granted, the Nicotine patch is watertight, and therefore designed to occlude the area of skin in which the patch is being applied, but if your beauty product has silicone or a petroleum derived ingredient (most do), then that also acts as a shield or occlusive mechanism. To “occlude” something means to cover it up, or to seal it from exposure to air, therefore creating body heat that enhances the medicine and/or product’s ability to be more readily absorbed into the skin and bloodstream. This method creates an intensified or stronger effect of the ingredients used.

Have you ever had someone instruct you to wrap your head in plastic wrap while you deep condition your hair?

The reason for that recommendation is so the heat from your head inside the plastic wrap will allow the deep conditioning treatment to penetrate the scalp and hair shaft more effectively. This holds true for all products applied to the skin or scalp. As we learn more about how the skin functions and the profound systemic effect that products have on our bodies, we must begin to care more deeply about what we are drinking in. Make no mistake; we are doing a lot of drinking every day besides through our mouths!

In coming months

I have covered three areas to watch for when selecting your personal care products in this article, and the next order of business will be to elaborate on what to look for specifically in these categories when looking at labels of your future purchases. Don’t worry readers: I will be certain to cover this in greater detail in the next two articles (September and October).

In addition, I will also be giving you a good start list of companies that I have found who have all three categories covered beautifully. Their products perform, they have the science behind them, and they have addressed the health of the human body and our planet in their formulations. Ah, now that’s Beauty Nirvana! a Part 2 of this series continues next month on specific chemicals commonly found in beauty products and what effect they have on the body.

Michelle Noel is a former Clinical Dermatology Educator, currently acting as owner and consultant for several “Clean & Green” companies. Contact her at 763.439.3337 or email michellenoel@comcast.net.

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Finding success in life …in spite of Autism

by Eileen Parker

First of a two-part series he picture of autism most often depicted in the media paints children and their worried parents.

I have autism. My picture is different: 45-year-old suburban mom of four, autism advocate and small business owner. But, it wasn’t always that way, because my childhood was like the media depiction without therapies, special education classes, or even a diagnosis.

My mother worried about why I wasn’t talking and seemed to be in my own world, rarely interacting with others. Doctors had no answers for her. Back then, severe autism was diagnosed, but not usually the milder forms.

Now, it has taken the opposite turn. We hear so much about children with higher functioning levels. Some do have severe autism, and they go through their lives never speaking and not being able to care for themselves in the basic ways, such as going to the bathroom. For example, a family friend has a teenage son like that, but the world only knows him as a musical savant, a concert pianist.

Eventually, I began talking and went through usual activities such as school, piano lessons and sports. Yet, to this day, I have the classic autism symptoms such as: seeming to not care about the feelings of others; repetitive motions; not understanding social cues or responding properly; lack of eye contact; unusual degree of hyper-focus on an area of interest to the exclusion of other things; upset if rituals or routines are changed; some difficulty in understanding verbal communication; thinking in pictures; having a high degree of ability in one area and disability in another; and preference to be alone.

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Most people with autism also have Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD), which causes an avoidance of sensory-full situations like working in an office cubicle where other sensory input can be heard, smelled and experienced. I avoid situations like the state fair where there are so many smells, movement, touch, heat and sounds. I can quickly become stressed and feel on the verge of crying, getting angry, and doing repetitive movements like hand-flapping and/or rocking.

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With SPD, my brain doesn’t process sensory information properly. To paraphrase Wikipedia, “For those with SPD, sensory information is registered, interpreted and processed differently by the brain. The result can be unusual ways of responding or behaving, finding things harder to do. …And for some with extreme sensitivity to sensory input, it may result in extreme avoidance of activities, agitation, distress, fear or confusion.”

Having said that I have difficulty in areas of my life, I am now a parent, my mother isn’t worried anymore, and I am close with my family. Like most parents, when my children were born, I wondered who they would be and what course they would take in their lives. We all learn that our children will never be who we imagined them to be, and it is the same with autistic children.

falling down is normal

On my blog, “Inside the Autism Experience” at www.EileenParker.com, I wrote a post based on a TED talk by Caroline Casey. I wrote, “If you have autism, watch and/or listen to this video. If you don’t have autism, regardless of functioning level, don’t hold your autistic child, spouse or family member back. They will metaphorically fall down and bruise their knees, but that is normal, quite normal. So, fall down and see how much higher you can go.

“I read a book a gazillion years ago about a person who became blind. At the blind school, the instructor said to the student that there was a sharp corner to watch out for in the main area. The student asked why they just didn’t pad it. The instructor replied that the world doesn’t cushion us from every possible hurt.” a Resources: Ask about help with autism and an adult autism support group at the Autism Society of Minnesota at www.ausm.org. Learn more about sensory processing disorder at www.spdfoundation.net.

Next month: Part 2 of this series as the author decides to start a business to assist others with autism.

Eileen Parker is frequently in the media talking about autism. She owns Cozy Calm, a weighted blanket company at www.CozyCalm.com. Contact her at e@cozycalm.com or at 763.533.6125. Read her blog, “Inside the Autism Experience,” at www.EileenParker.com.

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Mercury slows down August

by D.K. Brainard

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ercury, the planet of thought and communication, is retrograde from August 2-26, bringing an appropriate slowness to the deepest part of summer while Mars in Cancer keeps the waters of transformation on a slow boil.

Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 19)…Someone from the past comes back into your life, bringing a much-needed shot of fun. Even though you’re a little preoccupied with an intense emotional or family drama, remember that activating your creativity is one of the easiest ways to release the pent-up emotions of the past.

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work and get paid for it. Mercury retrograde in your career house this month urges you to stop mooning around and make a detailed investigation. Start with an honest assessment of what you like and don’t like about your current position.

Taurus (Apr. 20-May 20)…This is a month for hanging out at home, recharging your batteries and enjoying your family or domestic life. Although a part of you wants to continue to charge ahead, do try to slow down and flow with this energy. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to shine in the fall, so rest, relax and gather your energy now.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)…Amazingly enough, you’re reformulating your metaphysical system and questioning your whole outlook on life. A key relationship seems to be the impetus for this inner work – which will be even more liberating than you hope. Don’t take for granted the apparent fact you need support from a certain someone; consider that you might be better off creating it on your own.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)…This is a bit of a weird month for you. Your ruling planet Mercury retrogrades in your 3rd House of thoughts and communication, making you much more interested in looking inside to learn how your mind works than in your normal outer-directed effervescence. Mars in your money house pushes you to get clear on exactly what and how much you need to move ahead.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)…If you’re not careful you could end up turning your most important relationship into a replay of your childhood. You have a strong tendency to project a mother or father image from the past onto your current relationship this month.

Recognize this fact and you can liberate yourself from the emotional ghosts of the past. Ignore it and you’ll be doomed to repeat that family drama.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)…Your happiness this month depends squarely on how in touch you can be with your anger and assertiveness. Mars in your sign gives you the energy and willpower to move forward, but only if you’re able to admit how much you need the success or status you’re seeking. This is not a month to play the victim. It’s a time to pull on your armor and charge into the fray.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)…You’re rethinking a key relationship this month, as Mercury retrogrades in your partnership house and a Full Moon in your sign sheds new light on the person you’ve become. Ask yourself what the creative response is. Rather than doing the easy thing and distancing yourself emotionally, dig in and find out what action you can take to make things better.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)…Just remember that slow and steady usually does win the race. You’re chomping at the bit because you’re feeling who you are and what you want on a whole new level and you want to share it with the world. But Mercury retrograde is telling you that minding the details and learning to convey your vision with precision is what will take you over the top.

Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20)…You have a powerful drive to create, create, create this month. You are so passionate in August, the people around you might not recognize you! It’s important to have an artistic outlet for all this energy; otherwise you’re likely to act out the shadow side of your inner child. So find your bliss, or the closest thing to it, and give it all you’ve got this month. a

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)…You spend the first three weeks of the month getting clear on why you’re here.

If you’ve felt stuck trying to “name and claim” your goal, use the Mercury retrograde to get clear on what you don’t want in your life anymore. When the Sun moves into your sign on the 23rd you’ll be free to move ahead with power and clarity.

Listen to “Edge Astrology with D.K. Brainard” at 6 p.m. Central on the first Wednesday of each month, August 3, by calling 1.714.364.4750 or go to BlogTalkRadio.com/edgemagazine. Listen to all archives at Edgemagazine.net/edge-talkradio.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)…This new career, job or life path you’re on is not without its frustrations, but my goodness aren’t you a sight to behold? You’re so motivated right now you could move mountains. So do it. Even if this position isn’t the perfect fit, your assertive action this month will move you closer to the one that is.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)…You’ve been questioning for some time (a) if you’re doing the work you’re meant to do or (b) what you need to do in order to do the right

D.K. Brainard, M.A., C.H., is a writer, musician, astrologer and certified hypnotherapist who specializes in helping clients identify where they are on their own Hero’s Journey and take appropriate steps to reconnect with their soul/Higher Self/ creative unconscious. To carry out this work, D.K. uses the tools of astrology, energy work, compassion and hypnotic shared exploration of limiting identity states and desired goal states. Get in-depth weekly horoscopes for each sign of the zodiac, plus monthly video forecasts and weekly astrology podcasts at DK’s website: www. wordsforthepeople.com.

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ducation that provides a perspective that balances body, mind and soul encourages people to live to their full potential as spiritual beings having a human experience. Consider these practitioners and businesses that offer Holistic Education in the Upper Midwest…and beyond:

All Ways Health Center, Dr. Kathleen Higgins, director, 2585 Hamline Ave. N., Suite E, Roseville, MN 55113, 651.631.9488, www.allwayshealthcenter. com, www.foundationforwellnesseducation.org – As a chosen speaker for The Foundation for Wellness Education, Dr. Higgins offers free organization, group and corporate Wellness Workshops. Dr. Higgins is a Naturopath, Chiropractor and Acupuncturist, practicing in Roseville for 25 years. Some classes offered include stress reduction, weight loss, hormones, mind/body connection, headaches, plantar fasciitis and nutrition. Follow us on Facebook.

Aveda Institute Minneapolis, 400 Central Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, 612.378.7400, bconlon@ aveda.com, www.avedainstitutemn.com – The Aveda Institute Minneapolis focuses on providing students with an education based in wellness and environmental sustainability.

Aveda, founded in 1978, is based on Ayurvedic principles and practices, and our educational programs, Cosmetology, Esthiology and Massage perpetuate those beliefs and allow our students to continue to spread wellness to their communities.

Beginning Psychic Development Class, Cindy Lehman, 612.669.1861, cindy@cindylehman.com, www. cindylehman.com – Practical tools and information help you work with your body/soul to heal, increase your intuition, and be in touch with your soul’s light, while honoring your body. This class is about coming home to your highest self and reclaiming who you are with understanding and compassion. Workshops and advanced classes also offered.

City of Lakes Waldorf School, 2344 Nicollet Ave. S., Minneapolis MN 55404, 612.767.1502, caroline@ clws.org, www.clws.org – Waldorf education sets out to educate children while simultaneously nurturing their emotional and physical well-being. Waldorf schools invest in human development, not simply brain development. The result: joyous, inspired and educated children. The most selective high schools actively recruit our graduates. Join us for a tour!

Courses for LIFE, Valerie Lis, M.A., 6311 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 212, St. Louis Park, MN 55416, 763.315.0086, valerie@coursesforlife.com, www.coursesforlife.com – Become a certified Emotional Freedom Techniques practitioner through EFTUniverse.com, the largest community of EFT professionals worldwide. Level 1 and 2 workshops, offered through Normandale Community College, are also appropriate for those who simply want to become proficient with EFT. Instructor, Valerie Lis, a leading expert, also offers one-on-one and phone sessions.

Lyrea Crawford – Hillsboro, WI, Rochester, MN and Madison, WI, 608.549.2023, www.lyreacrawford. com – Learn simple, yet profoundly effective meditative techniques to release limiting thought patterns, quiet the mind, and move toward full system integration. Coherency

Training (Ishayas’ Ascension) weekend class includes instruction in simple techniques that powerfully catalyze the release of underlying stress. Info on various states of consciousness. Rochester: September 9-11.

Dynamic Minds, Inc., Hypnosis Center & Training, 4749 Chicago Ave. S., Suite 1, Minneapolis, MN 55407, 612.827.8094, www.dynamicmindsinc.com, facebook: dynamicminds – Become a Certified Hypnotherapist! Learn how to help people dissolve fears, misperceptions and limiting beliefs. Help them create a more rich, rewarding and creative life. Weight loss, stop smoking, fears, phobias, fatigue, pain management, insomnia, confidence, past lives, spirituality and more! Where the mind goes, the body follows.

Eye of Horus Metaphysical, 3012 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55408, 612.872.1292, contact@ eyeofhorus.biz, www.EyeofHorus.biz – Looking for classes on Shamanism, Meditation, Reiki Healing, Astrology, Tarot, Psychic Development and more? Our instructors are published authors, community elders and acknowledged experts. From drop-in discussions and one-time classes to evening courses and weekend intensives, you can get your feet wet or delve deep. Easy online registration.

Globe University/Minnesota School of Business, 1.877.861.3030, Msbcollege.edu, Globeuniversity. edu – Learn the healing art of massage therapy at Globe University/Minnesota School of Business. Earn an associate degree or diploma and study advanced techniques including Swedish, myofascial release, hot stone, deep tissue/trigger point. With 25 campuses throughout the Twin Cities, St. Cloud, Moorhead and Madison, take classes when it’s convenient – day or evening.

Healing Crucible™ Workshops, co-founders Michael Rocheford and Susan Nelson Boser, 612.805.5478, www.HealingCrucible.com – Cleansing Flow™ Workshops: Experienced Energy Practitioners join us for our October 15-16 Workshop in Minneapolis. Learn how to reverse Autoimmune Conditions like Fibromyalgia, Lupus and other chronic conditions in as little as six sessions. Blends beautifully with all modalities. Enhances all your client healings. Master Healer/Instructor: Michael Rocheford. Space is limited.

Deb Irestone, Shamans Hearth Spiritual Community of Venus Rising, 11970 Portland Ave., Burnsville, MN 55337, 952.250.2543, deb.irestone@gmail.com, www.shamanshearth.org – Offerings: The Shamanic Priestess™ Process invites women to awaken and embody the Divine Feminine within 7 weekends. Shamanic Healing Initiatory Process™ featuring Shamanic Breathwork™ - five 4-day workshops for men and women. Graduates may become Ordained Shamanic Ministers and apply for degree credit through Venus Rising University.

Karolyn’s Integrated Healing Hands, Karolyn Brenny, Rice MN, 320.980.1697, Karolyn@ integratedhealinghands.com, www.integratedhealinghands. com – Karolyn teaches you to integrate different healing modalities together. She teaches Integrated Energy Therapy, Reiki, Vibrational healing, Healing with the Angels(meditative), Upper Level Healing classes and More.

Karolyn has a passion to teach.

The Meta Institute, 763.533.6527, Meta@metainstitute. com, www.Metainstitute.com – The Meta Institute is a MN Licensed Adult Career School. Provides services and certification courses in the area of Therapeutic Life Coaching, Reiki, NLP and Hypnosis. Our Therapeutic Coaching® Program is a 500-hour, comprehensive, handson certification course (5 certifications provided). Students receive a multitude of tools for assisting others. Next Class: January 2012.

Minnesota Waldorf School, 70 E. County Road B, St. Paul, MN 55117, 651.487.6700, fax 651.487.6800, www.MNWaldorf.org – Nestled into eight acres of rolling woodland, Minnesota Waldorf School is a haven for curious minds, active bodies and growing children. Our comprehensive curriculum skillfully weaves academics with music, art and movement — creating curious, motivated and conscientious lifelong learners. MWS is an independent, nonsectarian, pre-K through 8th grade school.

Normandale Community College, 952.358.8806, www. normandale.edu/continuingeducation – Normandale’s Integrative Health Education Center offers introductory to advanced level courses, programs, certifications and events focused on integrative and holistic health education and training. Our programs are designed for individual and personal development, as well as career and professional pathways, and are all taught by an expert instructional team.

Psychics in the Cities, 612.860.9196, www. psychicsinthecities.com – Eight-week “Beginning Psychic Development” classes and ongoing advanced classes. Psychic phenomenon is one of excitement, wonder and fear of the unknown. Psychics in the Cities will help you learn to develop and recognize these powerful gifts. Whether you are a skeptic or believer, this course will enlighten you.

Reiki by Miejan, Rachel Miejan, 651.735.2863, rachel. miejan@gmail.com, ReikibyMiejan.com – Reiki training gives one tools for holistic health: from relieving headaches and sore throats to emotional comfort after heartache, to calm and clarity in troubled times, to feelings of peace and joy and appreciation of life. Physical, emotional, mental and spiritual benefits – for self and others! Classes and sessions available. 26 years Reiki channel.

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Sancta Sophia Seminary, 11 Summit Ridge Dr., Tahlequah, OK 74464, 1.800.386.7161, information@sanctasophia.org, www.sanctasophia.org – Looking for a unique education that deepens your beliefs? Curriculum offers courses that engage students through a balance of inner spirit and an analytical approach. Flexible scheduling allows work at your own pace at home and on lovely campus nestled among 440 acres of rolling Ozark forest at Sparrow Hawk Village.

School of Amanae, 612.345.6044, patburdy@hotmail.com – Offers a program to become a Certified Amanae Practitioner. Amanae is a powerful emotional release bodywork that assists in bypassing the ego-mind and helps remove barriers held in our bodies, which keep us running in place and in separation from our divine natures.

Shamanic Practice Training Program, Mary Stoffel, 763.444.8146, mlstoffel@ innovatord.com, www.practicalshamanism.com – Twelve monthly sessions and 5-day soul retrieval class. This one-year program trains participants in shamanic healing and empowerment methods that may be used in service for others and in a personal daily practice, including extraction, divination, power animal retrieval, soul retrieval and healing with spiritual light.

Shortcut To Success, Kim Eisen 612.802.4325, kim@ShortcutToSuccess.com, www.ShortcutToSuccess.com – Are you an Practitioner, Healer or Coach who transforms people’s lives? Want more clients? Selling your services feels uncomfortable or you fumble your words? Get a blank stare when you tell people what you do? Want to know what really works to grow your business? Get your Free Gift: “5 Secrets to Authentically Make Money Doing what You Love.”

Spiritual Transformation, Kettle River, MN 55757, 218.273.4757, www. spiritual-transformation.net – Delyne Marie has embodied her own divinity. She uses a multi-dimensional and holistic approach to energy healing, spiritual coaching and counsel, intuitive astrological counsel, tele-classes, forest and lakeside retreats, seminars connecting and aligning multi-dimensional selves. Results = rapid spiritual growth, access to higher consciousness, multi-dimensional healing and tools for transformation.

Spring Forest Qigong, Eden Prairie, MN, 952.593.5555, www.springforestqigong. com – Spring Forest Qigong is a simple, efficient, and effective methods for helping you with: Managing and reducing stress • Healing physical and emotional pain • Enhancing the quality of your life. At our healing center in Eden Prairie, we offer assistance with the healing journey and also a large variety of education resources.

Unity of the Valley Spiritual Center, 4011 W. Hwy 13, Savage MN 55378, 952.895.0745, unityofthevalley@msn.com, www.unityofthevalleymn.org – Unity’s teaching is spiritual and metaphysical. We offer classes and workshops for adults and children, throughout the year for the integration of body, mind, and spirit. We teach metaphysical Bible interpretation to our youth and in the Sunday morning service. Our website on Facebook has a listing of events and classes.

University of Metaphysical Sciences, P.O. Box 4505, Arcata, CA 95518, 707.822.2111, ums@umsonline.org, www.umsonline.org — Bachelor’s, Master’s, D.D., and Ph.D. Degrees in Metaphysics. Study at home, your own pace, distance learning.

Internet downloads or postal delivery, written material plus 65-70 meditations on CD or mp3 downloads. 90 courses include: Astral Projection, Reincarnation, Lucid Dreaming, Chakras & Auras, Shadow Work, Transformation, Manifesting Skills, and many more.

Yoga Prairie, Karen Kinnard, 8783 Columbine Rd., Eden Prairie, MN 55344, 952.451.8045, karen@yogaprairie.com, www.yogaprairie.com – Yoga Teacher Training 200 & 500 hr Certification. Yoga Alliance Registered School. In depth study: techniques of teaching, yoga practice, anatomy, philosophy, ethics and business comprehensive program. Staff has taught more than 10 years. Take time to “become” a teacher. Attend our August 8 Open House for teacher training information.

A Gluten-free, Dairy-free Whole Food Recipe

Slow-baked Barbecued Beans

by Maggie Christopher These are delicious at a summer barbeque and definitely worth the extra effort.

Ingredients: 2 cups dried pinto beans, soaked overnight 2 onions, thinly sliced 4 cloves of garlic 20 oz. plain tomato sauce 1/4 cup maple syrup 1 TBS chipotle en adobo* (less if you don’t like spicy food) 1 TBS chili powder 2 tsp dried oregano Salt and Pepper to taste *Chipotle en adobo – This is a pepper marinated in a smoky, spicy sauce. You can find these in the Mexican section of your grocery store.

Directions: Soak the beans overnight to speed up the cooking process. To soak, put the dry beans in a bowl, cover the beans with about 4 inches of water, put a lid on the bowl and leave out on your counter overnight.

Drain the soaking water and put beans in a large pot. Cover the beans with about 1 inch of filtered water. Cover with a lid and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to a gentle boil and keep covered for approximately 1 hour or until the beans are soft. Once the beans are tender, you may need to remove some water with a ladle if the beans are too watery.

Preheat the oven to 300 degrees. Combine all other ingredients and then transfer to a baking dish or bean pot. Add the cooked beans and stir to combine. Cover with aluminum foil.

Slow bake for 2-3 hours. When the sauce is starting to get thick, you can uncover the beans to speed up the process. The final consistency should be thick. Serve with a whole grain and kale for a complete meal. These beans can also be eaten with coleslaw on a bun! Serves 8-10 generously. a Maggie Christopher, CHNC, is a certified holistic nutrition counselor in St. Paul. She specializes in digestive issues, sugar cravings and weight loss. She teaches people how to eat whole, natural foods in a way that is delicious and satisfying. Call 651.231.1360 for a 60-minute, complimentary consultation to learn more or visit www. maggiechristopher.com.

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My Strongheart Experience “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”

– Mahatma Gandhi

by Jana Johnson

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n April 2011 I flew to Monrovia, Liberia. From there I was driven 3-1/2 hours to Robertsport – a fully functioning city struggling to rebuild after over 20 years of civil war (1980-2006) – and The Strongheart House. The Strongheart Fellowship Program [strongheartfellowship.org] is a groundbreaking healing and learning guidance program designed to help bright, resilient young people from extremely challenging circumstances around the globe develop into compassionate, innovative problemsolvers and leaders that can affect significant social change.

I stayed there for two weeks. At the House were eight Liberian youths ages 14-25, one 10-month old baby, about six Liberian house staff, one high school technology teacher from Spain and one American Program Guide. There was no running water, and electricity was pumped in via generator three hours a day.

To find the words

When I was asked what my goals were for this trip, I said I wanted to strengthen my teaching skills. I thought teaching to a non-Western group would do just that. It would force me to find the words, find a way to communicate the knowledge I hold in my head and heart. I also wanted to make the connection that is talked about often in the communities that I’m involved in – that we meditate on peace and happiness not only for ourselves, but also for the world and everyone in it. For my stay I was asked to lead the morning meditation, lead one class during the day on the subject of my choice, and then do one-on-one energy sessions with each of the Strongheart Fellows.

I decided to focus the first week’s morning meditations on sensational meditating, with a focus on smell, sound and/or a physical area of the body. The second week I would devote to the Meta Meditation. This was a big one and I was slightly nervous about how I would be able to connect with

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the Fellows. How would I talk with them about having compassion for all beings, including those who have caused extraordinary pain for their country, and possibly even directly on the Fellows themselves?

I didn’t have a full grasp on where the Fellows were emotionally, intellectually or spiritually. I knew the kids were studying a book called Mindsight

by Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. What I gathered was that this book was basically the scientific perspective of mindfulness. For years Buddhists have been expounding the benefits of mindfulness, and now Western science was looking at the neuroplasticity of the brain and what actually happens in the brain when you meditate and practice mindfulness. I hadn’t read the book yet but I had read many on similar topics like The Joy of Living, Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, and I’ve seen What the Bleep do we Know?! multiple times.

I strongly believe that we can change our lives through our thoughts and taking responsibility for our own energetic forces. The Fellows studying this book fit well into my teachings and beliefs about mindfulness, intention and energy.

As I did the one-on-one sessions, I was acutely aware that each of the Fellows was complicated, deeply traumatized, uniquely intelligent, amazingly resilient and somewhat typical of people their age. I wanted to encourage the intelligent, resilient and typical aspects and I wanted to help them to reconnect to their cores so they could heal from the trauma.

I wanted them to feel and to know that I “saw” them, the perfect souls that they were — and that I held and will continue to hold the faith that they are powerful beings and that they can create the life they want for themselves.

As we watched What the Bleep Do We Know?! and I stumbled through the explanation of quantum physics and the concept of God, I was continually amazed and excited over the questions asked and the statements made by the Fellows. Not all of them, but a few understood at some level that there was a possibility beyond what we “know.” I wanted them to

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The Value of Serving Others walk away with ideas like “don’t be rigid in your thoughts,” “dream big” and “know there is the possibility of even more than you can dream of” and understand the science behind the brain to understand how it is possible to change your thoughts and behaviors. Take the leap of faith and believe. Patience and perseverance are vital.

Here were children who had lost their parents, friends and family, were uprooted not only from their homes but from their countries, had experienced hunger at a level I couldn’t imagine, and now were living with the faith that this small American organization was going to support them for the rest of their lives. And I was asking them to be open to the possibility of giving up their fear, giving up their hopelessness, to believe that they themselves were powerful enough people to evoke change, first in themselves and through them the rest of their country. And I did it. I asked them to do this. I gave them scientific reasons how it was possible.

I gave them spiritual reasons as to how faith would carry them through.

I gave them emotional reasons as to how there were people all over the world praying for them, meditating for their healing and well-being.

home to nyc

And then I came home to New York City. To a man I love, back in contact with family and friends around the country, a fully equipped apartment, cabinets full of food. And I came back to my personal issues: finding peace with my body, financial struggle of building a private practice doing healing work, old childhood issues of distrust and abandonment that continue to color my relationships.

But nothing felt the same anymore.

Two weeks is not a long time, but the information that I gathered from the trip bubbles just outside of my entire body. How do I integrate all that I learned? How can I come back without forcing myself to look at what I ask of myself – do I truly believe I Strongheart continued on page 20 

In Service

Meditation & prayer behind bars

by Rick Carlson

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bout four years ago, in the latter part of 2007, a friend and I were asked if we were interested in volunteering at the Red Wing Juvenile Correctional Facility (in Red Wing, MN), teaching meditation to young offenders there. We gladly accepted the offer. After a criminal background check and a four-hour orientation, we began our monthly sojourns on Saturday mornings down the St. Croix River Valley to Red Wing. After about one year, we added a poetry workshop to our monthly class, which we call “Silence and Spoken Word.”

We usually have between three and six guys who sign up on a given Saturday.

They are all repeat felons, some are gang members, a diverse mix of AfricanAmerican, Caucasian, Native, Hispanic, etc. These guys choose to be with us rather than doing sports or some other recreational activity, so they tend to be very serious about their interest in meditation and/or poetry. The poets among them are often quite talented in their ability to express themselves from the heart. Most of these young men come from dysfunctional families, some are teenage fathers themselves, and they all seem very interested in turning their lives around and making positive changes.

My friend Mary, an 81-year-old retired schoolteacher and grandmother, leads the meditation. She uses various guided meditation techniques, including a body scan, relaxation, visualization, metta (loving kindness), etc. She encourages them to go to that sacred place within each of us where we are loved and loving, “where we can just be and breathe.”

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The Value of Serving Others I lead the poetry. We all spend time writing about a chosen topic, with music playing in the background (Michael Franti, Krishna Das, Enya or Leonard Cohen), then take turns sharing what we’ve written. It’s powerful stuff these guys come up with – painful, hopeful, confused, angry, funny, insightful, often quite beautiful.

The guy who recruited us for this work spent 17 years in prison, and told us of the transformation in his life when he realized the volunteers who came in to see him during his incarceration were not getting paid, they were there because they cared about him, so he must be worth something as a human being. He said that was the beginning of a spiritual awakening that has turned him into a peaceful urban saint dedicated to giving back to society, helping others to realize their true value.

His story is what inspired me to enter into this intense process. We are planting seeds in the hearts and minds of these young men. I pray they will also realize they have a chance to become who they truly are. I feel blessed to be a part of these changes that are happening.

This work is sponsored by the Beverly White Foundation. Beverly White was a teacher of meditation and yoga. a

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 Strongheart from page 18 am a powerful person? Do I truly believe I can change my brain to evoke positive change in my life? How can I ask the Fellows to do something that I feel like I sometimes fail to do myself?

I can’t. I won’t. So I look at myself in the mirror every morning and I remember a morning of standing at the tide’s edge of the ocean in Robertsport and looking down at my feet. The wave would come crashing in and in one swoop would not only take the sand out from under my feet but would also bury my feet deeper. The metaphor was obvious. My foundation was being taken out from underneath me and yet the result was a more stable place to stand.

I will continue to work with Strongheart. One of their Fellows will be in NYC this summer and we plan to do healing work together. This will be a constant reminder to me to practice what I preach. And that by my doing so I contribute to the cause I so believe in: putting belief, faith, patience, intention and attention into the morphic field for the benefit of all. a On August 13 & 14, Jana Johnson will lead a workshop on manifestation and intention at Crossings in Zumbrota, MN. She will also be seeing people for private healing sessions in MN the week of August 15.

Please see her website under “Events” for more details: http://janajohnsonhealingworks.com/events/.

Jana Johnson originally hails from Lake City, MN. She currently resides in New York City and has a private healing practice doing energy work, intuitive guidance and counseling. She also teaches a weekly class on integrating your spiritual practice into your daily life in a grounded and practical way.

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by Master Chrism

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undalini is an evolutionary energy that is designed for humanity’s next step toward a luminous physical and spiritual expression. The Kundalini is in everyone. It is an untapped resource of divinity within us all that is waiting to be awakened and experienced. Never has the time been so right and crucial for a change of this magnitude to be explored and initiated.

And so, let me introduce you to the power within you, right now at this very moment. Your Kundalini.

Now that the energy is moving within you, from the smallest twitch to the grander expressions of the Kundalini, now is the time to give of love-based service to others.

It really isn’t “all” about you.

This exaltation upon the human being is also about how you are towards others.

How you respect yourself by how you respect others. How you show love and appreciation for self and Kundalini by how you are showing these same qualities for others.

Every day, as many times as you can, demonstrate your love and appreciation of people, environment, fellow mortals (animals), Sun, Moon, Stars, divinity. Do so – and do so with the grace that is being gifted and expanded within you.

Let yourself become in action and intention as much of a beacon of light as the Kundalini is turning your cellular structure into. That is what is happening.

Your entire human expression is being transformed into a living radiance of divine illumination.

I am asking and suggesting for you to give “for the benefit of others” and for “the benefit of yourself,” the very same qualities of exaltation and expressions of love and kind consideration and appreciation into the flow of the radiance that you are becoming! You need this to have balance inside of the Kundalini exaltation of the expressive structures across all of the body(s).

This frequency of Kundalini that is given here will demand this of a person.

If that demand is ignored, certain actions will be brought into the experience of the individual that will force these qualities to be expressed. Don’t wait for that to happen, because it robs you of making the appropriate choice. Make that choice first.

Bring yourself into the kind consider-

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The Value of Serving Others ation and love for the unity of life as you engage it and it engages you. Become part of the harmonious symphony of joyful music that is being shared, except do it with “conscious purpose” as a way of pattern development inside of your Kundalini awakening.

Force yourself to take the time and to make the actions of loving service towards other people and of the divine that also expresses through them. Smile, open a door, let someone come in ahead of you, save a life, give of your resources, give of your joy, and love, and hospitality and kindness. Do the work and make the sacrifice of time and property. Do this for strangers and friends and family and workmates. Make this your new habit!

Yes, I am serious about this!

These activities will have a very positive influence in the expressive pattern of the infusion within and upon you.

Much potential pain will be released.

These activities are as lubricants for the infusion. As Kundalini is a force of love from a divine source of love, so must you become that which is infusing you! Do you see it? Do you feel the logic?

This is as much about releasing toxic forms of interaction with others as it is a form of outwardly expressed gifts of love.

You are retraining yourself and being retrained by Kundalini in the forms of loving interaction with the living divine expression that is demonstrated in “other creation” outside of yourself.

As your frequency of radiance is refined, so will your habitual ego expressions need to come into this refinement.

These actions of loving service will bring the ego into the greater reflection of the divine radiance Kundalini brings. But you must make the choice to do this.

Do this as a new, consistent activity from yourself towards others. Not for pay. Not for self-aggrandizement. But for the love of doing so. For the love of giving and helping. For the effects of these activities upon the transformative infusion of Kundalini flowing through and upon you. a

Master Chrism awakens the Kundalini in groups of people safely. Kundalini as it expresses through Chrism is the teacher. Seminar in Minneapolis coming September 2011. For information packet email ekundalini.com or call 239.246.5608. Visit www.KundaliniAwakeningSystems1.com or www.KundaliniAwakeningSeminars.com.

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The Hospice Effect

Serving others at the end of life is a true gift

by Kimberly Wencl

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had been thinking about becoming a hospice volunteer for a while. It would come as a passing thought that I would consider and then put aside. Little did I know how quickly and how clearly my decision would be made.

Our hospice house is on the outskirts of town surrounded by farm fields and trees. It looks like a home – not a place of death. I had a tour shortly before it opened, but had no other contact with it, other than to read the obituaries of many a local who had spent their last days and hours there.

I had experienced death in the most painful of ways. My oldest daughter, Elizabeth, died very suddenly and unexpectedly in 2003 from a fire while attending college.

Almost eight years have passed since that fateful day, and I have come to accept that the physical presence of my beautiful daughter is gone forever. Her spirit, however, continues to burn bold and bright in my life, giving me much needed comfort and peace.

A couple months ago, my 82-yearold mother-in-law, Betty, fell and shattered her hip. She had surgery the following day, but her recovery became a rocky road. Ongoing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and congestive heart failure, were wrecking havoc with her recovery. She would recover enough to move to a rehab center and then breathing issues would ensue, necessitating a return to the hospital. This cycle went on for a month.

It became increasingly clear that her hip was healing nicely, but her breathing issues were not. In fact, they were chronic, and would not improve — only get worse. Betty was completely exhausted and we could all see that she could fight no longer.

We quickly realized that the best thing for Betty was a move to hospice to be pain free and comfortable. All we wanted was rest and peace for Betty, the matriarch of our family — a woman who was widowed at the young age of 50 and had raised eight children.

I wasn’t that close to my mother-

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Yet, that day, something compelled me to focus solely on her and I found myself continually standing at her right shoulder, patting her head, bringing cool cloths to keep her comfortable, and feeding her an occasional bite of ice cream.

I remember toying with the thought that, at some point, I would whisper in her ear to please give Liz a hug for me when she saw her.

At the end of the day, with Betty resting comfortably at hospice, everyone except one daughter went home for the night.

Just a few short hours later our phone rang with the news that Betty was gone. She had slipped away during the early morning hours with her daughter asleep by her side.

After the news sank in, I realized that the opportunity to ask Betty to hug Liz was gone. I was immediately immersed with an intense sense of love and peace and the knowing that Betty was now with my daughter and she was indeed giving her that hug that I had only thought about.

A few seconds later that thought was gone — replaced with a feeling of gratitude that I felt was my motherin-law’s way of thanking me for helping her in her final hours.

It’s been a few weeks now, and these experiences have had the chance to sink in. My answer about becoming a hospice volunteer has clearly been answered, and in a couple weeks I will be a hospice 11th hour volunteer. Some day soon, I will have the privilege of sitting with someone in their final hours. My prayer will be to offer them the same sense of peace and love that Betty received.

My experience was a gift — a gift given to me by God and by Betty. I have been blessed, and now I can be a blessing to others. a Kimberly Wencl is a writer and speaker living in southern Minnesota. Visit her website, Love Lives On, at kimwencl.com.

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• SUMMER READING 2011 • Midwest Authors Soul to Soul: Poems, Prayers and Stories to End a Yoga Class, compiled and edited by John Mundahl (Red Elixir), 202 pages, $16.95 Soul to Soul is a beautiful collection of inspiring selections that will add zest, depth, humor and tears to your yoga class. Enjoy quotes from the Dalai Lama, Eckhart Tolle, Thich Nhat Hanh, Shakti Gawain, Swami Kripalu, Mother Teresa and others. Honoring many cultures, spiritual traditions and spiritual masters, it’s the perfect gift for yoga teachers and practitioners, or it can be read by anyone seeking an uplifting, often tender message. The 150 selections are a wonderful way to send your yoga students home rested and peaceful.

Quantum Prayer: It’s Already Answered! Quantum Reality: It Already Exists! by Cathy Combs, 130 pages, $15.95 through www.cathycombs.com Author, poet, educator and counselor Cathy Combs wrote Quantum Prayer for a reason: to remind us that God is “so very much more than the angry, judgmental, capricious bearded white man in the sky.” Her book embodies the knowing that we are deeply loved by a beneficent universe, that we are sacred, that we are holy. She writes, “We are here to fully actualize our true divine nature in physical reality.”

Classic Reissue Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power & Spiritual Transformation,

by Sanaya Roman (HJ Kramer/ New World Library), 280 pages, $14.95 The newly updated 25th Anniversary edition of Living with Joy celebrates a book that has touched hundreds of thousands of lives. The author writes: “Many great artists, writers, businessmen, athletes and musicians have reported that their greatest works, inventions and inspiration seemed to be ‘given’ to them from a source beyond their ordinary reality. In a similar way, this book was given to Sanaya by her spiritual guide Orin, who she has been channeling for many years. The book offers a powerful message: We can choose to grow through joy rather than through pain and struggle. This book shows the reader how to do so. For the new edition, text was added to deepen and expand upon the principles taught in the original book, and completely new material – 18 “Daily Joy Practices” and hundreds of “Joy Affirmations – highlight the key points in the book.

Books for Body, Mind & Soul The Art of Flourishing: A New EastWest Approach to Staying Sane and Finding Love in an Insane World, by Jeffrey B. Rubin (Crown Archetype), 352 pages, $24 In this original, surprising, and deeply revealing exploration of the self and relationships, Dr. Jeffrey Rubin brings the art of flourishing to life. The idea is startlingly simple: self-care is the foundation of intimacy, and intimacy is the culmination of self-care. The Art of Flourishing provides the reader with the tools necessary to thrive, to live a life of meaning, passion and fulfillment. An expert on both Eastern meditative and Western psychotherapeutic traditions, Dr. Rubin draws on the best practices of each to create a new and accessible path to living authentically.

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The Bhagavad Gita: A Walkthrough for Westerners, by Jack Hawley (New World Library), 224 pages, $14.95 The Bhagavad Gita is read daily by millions of people in India and throughout the world and is considered by a great many to be the finest source of spiritual teaching in the world. It was in India where Jack Hawley, a high-tech executive in search of new approaches to individual and organizational transformation, found the 5,000-year-old poem so profoundly relevant to contemporary life. Since then, he has been studying and sharing the teachings not as an abstract classic, but as a “universal love song.”

The Caregiver’s Tao Te Ching, by William and Nancy Martin (New World Library), 144 pages, $14 Those who care for the ailing, whether helping someone recover, grapple with a long-term disability, or face a terminal illness, often feel alone, overwhelmed, exhausted. William and Nancy Martin have worked as counselors, hospice trainers, and Zen guides — and as caregivers themselves. With empathy and insight, they offer readers solace drawn from the eternal wisdom of the Tao Te Ching. Like the original Chinese text, this book contains 81 chapters. Each chapter includes a poem for caregivers, evocative of the verses of the Tao Te Ching, followed by a reflection that presents practical guidance for navigating the emotional and physical hardships of caregiving.

Cell-Level Healing: The Bridge from Soul to Cell, by Joyce Whiteley Hawkes (Atria Books / Beyond Words), 158 pages, $15 Our bodies glow with the miracle of life pulsing in 100 trillion cells. Spiritual resources can positively influence the wizardry of our natural cell science that repairs and renews the body. Cell-Level Healing provides instruction at the interface of biology and spirit. While Masaru Emoto shows us that our thoughts change the structure of water, Dr. Hawkes shows that our thoughts change the functioning of our cells. Profoundly effective, yet simple to understand and use, the principles of appreciation, clearing, flow, and cell-level healing described and illustrated in Cell-Level Healing promote vibrant health. The book embarks on the premise that healing is a basic part of human nature, and provides a guide for the reader to tap into their innate healing abilities.

The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Discovering Your Past Lives, by Michael R. Hathaway (Alpha), 320 pages, $16.95 By discovering your past lives, you can unlock the secret influence they have on your present one – enabling you to enjoy greater balance, success and happiness. This updated and revised Second Edition includes a stronger focus on understanding past lives so readers can find balance in the present and move forward in the future.

It includes a new chapter on understanding relationships from the past, new information on twin flames and parallel lifetimes, and Soul Memory Healing Exercises to help resolve past-life issues.

Downward Dog, Upward Fog - A Novel, by Meryl Davids Landau (Alignment Publishing Co.), 285 pages, $15 Lorna Crawford has a great boyfriend, longtime friends, and a well-paying job as special-events coordinator at a

premium ice-cream manufacturer. But, out of sorts and filled with self-doubt, the 33-year-old soon realizes that what she really wants is to stay on the spiritual path she keeps diving off of. Lorna jump-starts her efforts at a silent yoga retreat. But after returning from the mountain, she quickly loses her connection in the face of scheming co-workers, judgmental girlfriends, and, especially, her overly critical mother. Reading spiritual books and visiting a channeler and energy healer move Lorna forward, but her confusion remains. Lorna’s seeking is put to the ultimate test when personal tragedy strikes. Will she come to truly understand that living spiritually has little to do with how you pretzel yourself on the yoga mat (although she gets plenty good at that), and everything to do with embracing the twists in everyday life?

The Essential Guide to Healthy Healing Foods, by Victoria Shanta Retelny and Jovanka JoAnn Milivojevic (Alpha Books), 400 pages, $19.95 The Essential Guide to Healthy Healing Foods provides readers with expert knowledge on foods that can help them achieve optimal health, and treat and prevent various diseases – foods that have the power to improve their well-being. Included are a multitude of healthful, whole food options for various conditions, such as heart disease, certain cancers, type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, sleep disorders, memory problems, allergies, PMS, migraines, and arthritis. Learn ways to incorporate more healthful foods and eating behaviors into your day to boost and replenish your well-being.

Fearlessness in the 2012 Paradigm Shift, by Christine Breese (University of Metaphysical Sciences), 250 pages, free download: http://www.umsonline. org/2012/2012Pgs/2012-Book/ Fearlessness-In-The-2012Paradigm-Shift.html Fearlessness In The 2012 Paradigm Shift is a book to help you deal with the challenges and changes that are going to become evident very soon for humanity as December 21, 2012 comes closer. While University of Metaphysical Sciences adheres to no particular belief about this date over any other view, it does desire to help those who have questions about how to survive, deal with and handle the 2012 Paradigm Shift. It is possible to live fearlessly even during these times when fear will seem unavoidable. You can choose how you want to feel and live with peace during a time when many will be displaced, upset, confused and terrorized.

You are the helpers and the healers during times of crisis, and being fearless is the first step in fulfilling your role to others around you as they deal with things they never thought possible.

If Only God Would Give Me a Sign!

by Linda M. Potter (Bibliocast), 224 pages, $16.95 If Only God Would Give Me a Sign! is a delightful read, from the Erma Bombeck of Metaphysics – Linda M. Potter – of inspirational how-to’s (and how-not-to’s) in finding meaning in everyday signs. You encounter the literal and subtle signs along the journey of this entertaining, anecdotal, and light-hearted smorgasbord of personal stories, life lessons and encounters with “signs.” As you set out in search of spiritual guidance, you begin your discovery of signs, and life transforms itself from the mundane to the divine. If you’re ready to lighten up a little about spiritual enlightenment, this book’s for you.

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The Three Waves of Volunteers An Edge interview with Dolores Cannon on her new book exploring a universal response to assist an ailing planet Earth

by Tim Miejan

Read the concluding Part Two of this interview at Edgemagazine.net y any stretch of the imagination, people who randomly pick up her books and browse through them would declare them to be science fiction.

But author and lecturer Dolores Cannon, a regressive hypnotherapist and psychic researcher, says the truth can be much stranger than fiction.

Her many books focus on such topics as Nostradamus, Jesus and the Essenes, the Afterlife, the original birthing of humanity on Earth, Past Lives – and everything from the birth of the planet to extraterrestrials and abductions shared in an ongoing series of books entitled “The Convoluted Universe.” They arise from Cannon’s unique technique of regression using hypnotherapy that taps into the “Superconscious” of the client, revealing not only past-life issues that affect the client in this life but information related to mysteries of the universe. That’s not all. Cannon’s hypnotherapy clients also are being healed spontaneously of diseases and conditions as serious as life-threatening cancer.

Her latest book, The Three Waves of Volunteers and The New Earth (Ozark Mountain Publishing), reveals that since the two atomic bomb explosions in Japan in 1945, three distinct groups of souls representing beings from across the universe have been volunteering to be birthed as humans so they can uplift the frequencies of Earth and help prevent a global catastrophe.  The First Wave: Now in their late 40s to early 60s , these volunteers are disturbed by the violence, anger and hate that they experience on Earth. They have had the hardest time adjusting to life as humans, and many of them try to commit suicide.  The Second Wave: Now in their late 20s and 30s, these volunteers are more comfortable in bodies and are said to be beacons or channels of energy who can affect others just by being near them. Their mission of just sharing their energy with others means they don’t have to do anything but just be.  The Third Wave: The new children, many of whom are now teenagers, have all the knowledge needed to exist on the planet after the dimensional shift and transformation takes place. Their DNA is more advanced, and the greatest challenge they face is being misunderstood by humans as having a condition (ADHD) that needs to be medicated.

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“You’re not here to get rich and drink and party and all of that. You’re here to help each other….” ~ DOLORES CANNON

The challenge for these souls, Cannon said, is that when they are born they lose all conscious memory of who they once were and why they volunteered to be born here in the first place. She shared more about these volunteers during a phone interview with The Edge from California while on a national tour to lecture and teach her hypnotherapy technique to others.

For those who have not heard of you or are not familiar with the vast amount of information you have gleaned from your willing hypnosis clients, how would you describe the thread that ties all your work together and what does this new book add to what you have already done?

Dolores Cannon: Well, I’ve been doing hypnosis for over 40

years. I developed my own technique down through the years. It’s not like any other hypnosis technique out there.

We are able to contact what I call the greatest force there is, and it’s a source of all knowledge. I found the way to have it come through every single person that I work with, and I’ve worked with thousands of people.

In my classes, I teach others how to do what I do, and we have found we can have instantaneous healing in just one session working with this power, because it can come through anybody. This is what I am teaching now all over the world.

When you see thousands and thousands of clients, as I do as a therapist and a counselor, you begin to see a

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common thread going through many of the cases. Earlier on, it used to be that everybody would go back to a past life and I’d find some of the answers there, and then I’d explore the source of all knowledge to answer all of their questions and do the healing.

Just in the last five years or so, I began to see clients who weren’t all going into a past life on Earth. I began to find they had never been on Earth before and that they had come here directly from God, from the Source, from other planets, other dimensions, where they were light beings.

That’s the common thread that I have been finding, and that’s where I came up with the theory of the three waves of volunteers. When I began talking about this on my radio show and on “Coast to Coast” and at all of my events, people began contacting me from all over the world saying, “Finally, it made sense.”

They said, “I thought I was the only person in the world that felt like that.”

Like they didn’t belong here and they wanted to go home. They did not understand Earth. They just knew this wasn’t home. They didn’t know where home was, but they knew it wasn’t here, and they all wanted to leave because Earth is such a strange place. And they began to find out, “Well, I’m not the only one out there.”

That makes them feel a whole lot better, that there are thousands of people who feel the same way. Well, we found out why – because they have not been on Earth before. They are part of this special group that have come to help us through these times we are going through right now.

What are the volunteers here to do and why should we, as citizens of the planet, be interested in their presence here.

DC: They’re here to save the Earth,

because the ones who are caught on the wheel of karma cannot do it. They are so ingrained in their own karma and repeating their same mistakes over and over again that there is no way they can keep us from blowing up the world. But souls coming in that are pure and have never had any lives on Earth can do the most good.

But now in body, these people don’t have any memory of why they came.

They come in and an amnesia descends on the person and they don’t remember why they are here. But this group has an energy that they have to project. It is a loving energy that will change the mindset here on Earth. It will change

history, just them being here. They don’t realize they are doing it, but they are generating positive energy to offset the negativity of the world.

But they don’t want to be here. They don’t like it here. They don’t understand Earth: “What am I doing here. I want to go home.” They just know this is not where they’re supposed to be, but they’re here to generate positive energy that will benefit everyone. They are here to raise the vibration of Earth.

Some of these people, especially the second wave of volunteers, said they can walk through a crowded mall and their energy will affect everybody they walk past. They don’t have to do anything.

This energy is just projecting out of them, and it influences everyone in positive, beautiful way. So the average person should be grateful for that, because it is changing the vibration of the world and getting it away from negativity.

Toward the end of the book you even talk about a fourth group of volunteers, the Keepers of the Grid. Can you tell us about them?

DC: That was something I discovered as

the book was being put together. I have written about Atlantis many, many times in my other books, in The Convoluted Universe series, and I thought that I had found all of the information on Atlantis, on why it went down, but I learned that Atlantis wasn’t the only civilization that was destroyed. There were many, many others before that.

Each time when people got to the point when they were using energy in the wrong way and couldn’t control it, they had to be stopped. And every time, everything would be reset on this planet.

The civilization would go back to the primitive stages and start all over again.

That’s why they don’t want to have it happen this time. They don’t want to start over with the planet and begin life for humanity one more time.

Then I learned about the Keepers of the Grid. During a hypnotherapy session, a woman went back to Atlantis and was telling me the prime reason for Atlantis being destroyed. It was not what I’d heard before, and I told them, “I’ve never heard this theory.” And they said, “That’s because we’ve never told it to anyone before, so it’s new theory.”

I was told that there were scientists at the time of Atlantis. I thought they were fooling around with crystal power, and they were, but there were others who were fooling around with what they

called Dark Matter. I was told that this is the same thing scientists are doing now when they are fooling around with what we call Anti-Matter. In those days, they were trying to do the same thing, out of curiosity, to create their own universe and wormholes and things like that by experimenting.

They said we have to know this, because the scientists are doing the same thing now. The Large Hadron Collider experiment in Switzerland is the same thing. They are messing around with Anti-Matter. The scientists who are now fooling around with the Collider experiment don’t have any idea what they are really doing, and it’s very highly dangerous.

In the days of Atlantis, this experimenting got out of hand. The Dark Matter began to collapse the grids of the Earth, so outside observers from the universe had to step in and stop it at that point.

Many of these people are coming back into body now, and their job is to energetically rebuild the grids of the Earth. But none of these people, the waves of volunteers or the Keepers of the Grid, know this consciously.

But their presence here is extremely important.

If those experiments had continued at that time in Atlantis, it would have broken down the grid of the planet, causing an implosion of the Earth, and it would have reverberated to the point where it would have broken the grids down of the entire universe. But they stopped it before it got to that point, but destruction took place.

Do you find that there are spiritual seekers out there who are curious if they are volunteers?

DC: Oh, yeah, a lot of them ask

me that. Many people, who go back to past lives still have karma to be repaid, have written and e-mailed me saying, “I think I’m first wave” or “I think I’m second wave.” Because they resonate with the description of what they are. But, we never know until

we do the session if they are or not.

There’s always those people who want to be these things, and then you’ll find after you do a session there’s nothing there at all.

I’ve done hundreds and hundreds of these cases, and that is when I began to put the whole story together and it began to make a theory that I’d never heard before.

Perhaps it doesn’t really matter if we know that information, if we’re volunteers or not, and we should maybe just focus on living our lives the best that we can.

DC: That’s what I tell everyone. That’s

why the memories were taken away, so we can just live and do what we’re supposed to do. The job is to help everybody, to help people. That’s the purpose of everyone who comes to Earth, even though they don’t realize it.

You’re not here to get rich and drink and party and all of that. You’re here to help each other, so if they’re doing that, at least they’re doing what they’re supposed to be doing in some way or another. There’s a lot of different ways to help each other. But, it’s better off if you don’t know why you’re here and then you can just fulfill your mission.

From the surface, it seems to me that the average Joe who picks up your book for the first time might look at it and say that what you have here is science fiction.

DC: I have some people at my lectures

who say, “You’ve got to be the best fiction writer in the world!” There’s no way on Earth I could make this stuff up.

I have 16 books out there now, and all of it has come through the cases I have worked on with the average person just walking in off the street.

I did not know these people until they came through the door of my office, from every walk of life you can imagine: CEOs of companies, profes-

sors of colleges, priests, shamans, and many ordinary people. I have not found anyone who has not had a past life. So, that should be one answer to the skeptics out there. It’s never what they were looking for to be the answer to their problems, but it’s definitely not fiction.

To me, this is real because I’ve worked on it for so many years, and it makes perfect sense to the client because it explains their problems and they can understand where it’s coming from. They put it into place and they can go on having a normal life. But even the average Joe who picks up my book is fascinated by it.

They say they may not understand these concepts, but it makes them think, and that’s the important thing.

They’ll know it’s not fiction once they get started into it.

Something inside of them will resonate with them when they start reading it?

DC: Yes. When I began writing

The Convoluted Universe series, I wondered if anybody out there would be able to understand it, because I said that book is for people who want their minds bent like pretzels.

Readers said the same thing: “It makes us think.” We go into all kinds of concepts and theories that even people who have studied metaphysics for years have never come up with, so it’s interesting.

My job is just to produce lost information and bring it back to our time. But, yeah, people when they read it say, “I know this and I don’t know how I know it, but I know it and I know it’s true.” a

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God Poem If you sit long enough in the dark you can see it, see its texture, press your fingers just in front of your eyes and feel it, the slight give and spring of the dark, the fur of the dark.

The churr and cricket-dense thicket of sound fills your ears, pours into the drums.

You are underwater in the dark.

Close your eyes. Screw up your mouth like a child.

Don’t scream just to hear the glub of your own trapped voice

which is which. Feel the dark again.

Press your fingertips against it lay your palms flat on its breathing flank press your face into its thick ribs rub your thumbs against its skin.

It will not eat you nor will it come close enough. It will not answer. Don’t scream.

Listen to the crickets twitching inside your ears.

Watch the dark.

If you watch long enough without blinking your eyes will fool you and it will seem to move. ~ Marya Hornbacher

the rough fist of night thrust down your throat.

Again you’ve confused God with the dark.

One is nowhere. The other wraps around your throat like vines. We forget

Welcome He needed a place to live Asked if he could stay Having plenty of room I agree.

His brothers came The same request.

I agree.

They needed homes Privacy Could they chop down Just a few trees?

I agree.

They needed food.

Can we catch your fish Kill your deer Hunt your boar Slay your bear?

I agree.

We could grow crops Irrigate the land Change your waterways Tame the animals.

I concede.

We will set up markets School the children, women Whack the forest Change everything to our liking – Just gut it all and rebuild.

With shock, I freeze.

Everything?

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Yep, get things more civilized Capitalized In a sense, downsize Upgrade Come on, you know it would happen someday.

I pause, look past him To her.

Is this what you want?

Marya Hornbacher was recipient of a host of awards for her journalism and books. A Pulitzer Prize and Pushcart Prize nominee, Marya frequently lectures at universities and other institutions around the country. Currently at work on a new novel and a collection of essays, she teaches in the graduate creative writing program at Northwestern University. Visit www.maryahornbacher.com.

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Eyes cast down Silent, fidgeting.

Speak up It is your choice, too.

The pause took what seemed Like thousands of years.

She steps forward.

No, they’ve done enough.

From here on, it’s up to us.

We got this.

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ECKANKAR / TEMPLE OF ECK: Religion of the Light and Sound of God, 7450 Powers Blvd., Chanhassen, MN, 952.380.2200, www.TempleofECK.org. Keys to spiritual experiences: Explore past lives, dreams and Soul Travel. Worship Service: first Sunday of each month, 10-11am Youth programs. Community HU Song: third Sunday of each month, 10-10:30am. Free workshops: Wednesdays, 7-8:30pm Tours available.

KEY TO LIFE CENTER: 14800 34th Ave., Plymouth, 763.477.6577, www. keytolifecenter.com, keytolifecenter@aol.com. Empowering Topics, Empowering Meditations, Empowering Music! Minister: Lenni Garin; Music Director: Debbie Duncan. Key’s core philosophy is “Keyology;” the study of diverse spiritual principles to unlock inner wisdom.” Every Sunday: 10:30am. Listen to “Edge Empowered Living” with Lenni Garin on the first Monday of every month at 6pm at www.blogtalkradio. com/edgemagazine. Spiritual Recovery Support Meetings (Soul of an Addict) Tuesdays 6:30-8pm. Free Event. Donations accepted.

SAINT FRANCIS LIBERAL CATHOLIC CHURCH: 3201 Pleasant Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.823.4276, www.stfrancisliberalcatholicchurch.org. Communion available to everyone. Freedom of Conscience and belief. Holy Orders for Women.

Seven Sacraments. Holy Eucharist 10am Sundays; Rosary 9:30am First Saturdays.

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SPIRIT UNITED CHURCH: 3204 Como Ave. SE, Minneapolis, 612.378.3602, contact@spiritunited.com, www.spiritunited.com. Worshiping the Wonder, birthing the Emerging Spirituality. Welcoming ~ Supportive ~ Healing ~ Transformational.

Discover your spiritual home. On Sundays: 10:30am Main service, 10:30am Kids With Spirit Class.

UNITY CHRIST CHURCH: 4000 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, 763.521.4793, www.unitychristchurch.org. Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you are welcome here. Sunday 9 & 11am, nursery and Sunday School at both services; Monday Meditation & Lecture 7pm; Healing Service 6:30pm on 1st and 3rd Tuesday. Adult education classes throughout the year.

Unity of the Valley Spiritual Center: 4011 W. Hwy 13, Savage, MN, 952.895.0745, www.unityvalley.org. Celebrate the Light of Spirit within you.

Sunday service, Rainbow and Uniteens at 10am. Our Many Paths Metaphysical Bookstore and Namaste Nook Gift Shop is open Mon, Tues, and Thur 11-3pm, and Wednesdays 11-8:30pm. Join us for chanting with lights and meditation on the 3rd Friday of the month at 7pm. Bookstore open that evening until 9pm. Classes, Yoga, Workshops. Rental space available.

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August 1, 8 – Beginning Tai Chi for Health & Arthritis: With Russ Smiley at Normandale Community College, 9700 France Ave. S., Bloomington, MN. To register 952.358.8343. Visit normandale.augusoft.net August 1, 8 – Tai Chi (Yang Style 40 Form): With Keith Root at Normandale Community College, 9700 France Ave. S., Bloomington, MN. To register 952.358.8343.

Visit normandale.augusoft.net August 6-7 – Lee Carroll and Kryon: 15-book author/ channel explores the 2012 phenom with insight about what’s coming. Learn what becoming quantum means and how to recognize when you’re stuck in 3D. Dr. Amber Wolf joins Sunday with exercises and tips on improving intuitive quantumness and practical elements of living a quantum life. Dr. Todd Ovokaitys presents the Pineal Toning project – the first Lemurian choir in 26,000 years! Live Kryon channeling! www.kryon. com/schedule, Unity of Valley, Savage. 952.221.6372, kryonmpls@kryon.com August 6, 13 – Tai Chi (Yang Style 108 FormAdvanced): With Keith Root, 8:30-10am at Normandale Community College, 9700 France Ave. S., Bloomington, MN. To register 952.358.8343. Visit normandale.augusoft.net August 6, 13 – Tai Chi (Sun Style 97 Form): With Dr. Russ Smiley, 9-10am at Normandale Community College, 9700 France Ave. S., Bloomington, MN. To register 952.358.8343. Visit normandale.augusoft.net August 6, 13 – Beginning Tai Chi for Health & Arthritis: With Dr. Russ Smiley, 10:30am-Noon at Normandale Community College, 9700 France Ave. S., Bloomington, MN. To register 952.358.8343. Visit normandale. augusoft.net August 6, 13 – Tai Chi (Yang Style 40 Form): With Keith Root, 10:30-11:30am at Normandale Community College, 9700 France Ave. S., Bloomington, MN. To register 952.358.8343. Visit normandale.augusoft.net August 6, 13 – Beginning Tai Chi for Health & Diabetes: With Keith Root, 11:30am-12:30pm at Normandale Community College, 9700 France Ave. S., Bloomington, MN. To register 952.358.8343. Visit normandale.augusoft.net August 7-13 – Solitude Retreat with Spiritual Direction: Enter this silent retreat for listening to your soul and reflecting on your life. With S. Gabriele Uhlein, S. Marge Zulaski and Fr. Tom Borkowski. Christine Center, Willard, WI. christinecenter@tds.net or call 715.267.7507.

August 10-24 – Spiritual Wisdom on Relationships: Learn how to strengthen your bonds of love, keep your balance, and see others as your spiritual coaches.

Free! Wednesdays, August 10-24, 7-8:30pm, Eckankar. TempleofECK.org, 952.380.2200, 7450 Powers Blvd., Chanhassen.

August 11 – Become licensed in Higher Brain Living™: Join Dr. Michael Cotton, creator of the revolutionary new human potential system Higher Brain Living™ at 6:30-8:30pm Thursday, Aug. 11. Learn about the new licensing models: Super charge the work you currently do…or…Own and Awaken Higher Brain Living Center and be part of a team that’s changing the world while earning up to $300K annually! For more info and to register now go to: www.HigherBrainLiving.com/ trainingMN

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August 12-14 – Third Annual Interfaith Retreat – A Longing in Our Hearts: In dynamic conversation: Jamal Rahman, Muslim Sufi Minister; Gabriele Uhlein, Franciscan Sister and Retreat Director; and Jean Feraca, of WPR’s Here On Earth. Info: Christine Center, Willard, WI. Email christinecenter@tds.net or call 715.267.7507.

August 14 – Holistic Sundays: “Get yourself fixed” – Experience some of the best Natural Wellness Practitioners & Services in the Twin Cities! This month, there will also be Live Music, Psychic Readers and Natural Wellness Products at the event! All services $1/ minute! Admission is Free! Noon to 6pm the 2nd Sunday of each month at The Nicollet, 1931 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. Info: www.tchealers.com

August 21 – Dances of Universal Peace: An interfaith gathering, blending sacred phrases, chant, music and movement into a living experience of Unity and sacred community. No experience necessary, free will donation. 7pm Sunday, Friends Meeting House, 1725 Grand Ave., St. Paul, www.PeaceDanceMN.com, 651.307.3849.

August 27 – Rosicrucian Open Meeting: “Two Rosicrucian Laws,” 11am-1pm, Essene Chapter AMORC, 4718 42nd Ave. N., Robbinsdale. Parking & entrance in the back. www.tiny.cc/essene August 27 - September 2 – Your Life, Your Light: The Enlightenment Retreat with Theresa O’Connor: Discover the depth and richness of the total self.

Christine Center, Willard, WI. christinecenter@tds.net or call 715.267.7507.

September 2-4 – Minnesota Sufi School: Holy man Sidi al-Jamal, head teacher at one of the three holiest mosques in Isalm, will be in Minnesota for the first time to deliver a message of peace, love, mercy, justice and freedom. Head of the Higher Sufi Council in Jerusalem, Sidi has visited America since 1994 to teach and spread this message. At metro location TBA: Friday evening, Sat all day, Sun all day and evening. For more information, go to www.suficentermn.org September 2-5 — Watercolor Painting as Spiritual Practice: With Dr. John-Anthony Parente who holds degrees in spirituality, theology and art. An exploration of the “wet-on-wet” method of watercolor painting.

Christine Center, Willard, WI. christinecenter@tds.net or call 715.267.7507.

September 3, 4, 5 – Midwest Shamanic Gathering: Join us for the 5th annual Midwest Shamanic Gathering at the beautiful Beaver creek reserve in WI. It will be a weekend of profound teachings, ceremony and fun by national and international wisdom teachers: Chief Valerio Cohaila, Ed (Eagle Man) McGaa, Dennis King, Dr. Michael Frost, East African Elder Abba Liban, Dabassah Guyo, Dan Hull, Jamie Meyer. Misha Dancing Waters and more! Cost $210 (includes meals).

Register at www.midwestshamanicgathering.com

August 18 – Fun-n-Friends Boutique: Free Event 5-8pm! A Fun Boutique Expo! Find unique gifts! Have fun exploring wellness! Pamper yourself by sampling the many demos of the 15+ exhibitors! Plus prizes, food and much, much more! At Curves, 21343 John Milless Dr., Rogers, MN. Info: 763.428.9861 or www. metrominiexpos.info/crg.html

September 6- November – Hypnotherapy Certification Training: Want to have a new career or expand your wellness practice? Become a Certified Hypnotherapist! Help people develop confidence, dissolve phobias, find love or investigate past lives. Tuesday evenings, Saturday day, Dynamic Minds, Hypnosis Center & Training, 4749 Chicago Ave. S., Mpls.

Facebook: dynamicminds, www.dynamicmindsinc.com, 612.827.8094.

August 19-21 – Wisconsin Spiritual Exploration Retreat: Prayer, past-life regression, interdimensional contact, life purpose, walks in nature, discussion.

Listen to Edge Talk Radio interview with Jerry, June 22 archives of “Edge Happenings” show, minutes 43-60. $75 suggested donation. Meals & Lodging included. jerrybuchmeier@comcast.net, 763.546.4133, www. jerrybuchmeier.com

September 7-28 – Past Lives, Dreams, and Soul Travel: Is it time to remember why you came to earth?

Free four-week class. Come any or all Wednesdays, September 7-28, 7-8:30pm, Eckankar. TempleofECK. org, 952.380.2200, 7450 Powers Blvd., Chanhassen.

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August 19-21 – IET Practitioner Certification Intensive: Fargo, ND. Join Bonny, Top 30 Master Instructor, for this safe and effective method of cellular release in partnership with the angels. 24-CEUs available. Pre-register at 928.300.0359, www.learniet. com/bonny_kraus.asp August 21 – Find Inner Peace – Chant HU! In our fastpaced world, are you looking to find more inner peace?

Experience the divine love and inner peace of chanting HU, a sacred name for God. All are welcome to this half-hour HU Song at the Temple of ECK. Free!

Sunday, August 21, 10-10:30am, Eckankar. www.

TempleofECK.org, 952.380.2200, 7450 Powers Blvd., Chanhassen.

September 8 – How To Life a Long Sweet Life: Cracking Your Longevity Code with Zorba Paster, M.D., of Wisconsin Public Radio, at the Radisson, downtown Eau Claire. Thursday, 6:30pm. Info: Christine Center, Willard, WI. Email christinecenter@tds.net or call 715.267.7507.

September 9-11 – IET Practitioner Certification: Minneapolis, MN. Join Bonny, Top 30 Master Instructor of Integrated Energy Therapy®. This training includes three comprehensive manuals, three Spiritual DNA attunements and introduction to the Angels of the Healing Ray. Learn self, distance or client healing as we heal the world one heart at a time. 24 CEUs Available. Cost: $555 – three certifications and two practice sessions. Pre-register: call 928.300.0359. More info at: www.learniet.com/bonny_kraus.asp

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September 12 – Mystical Power of Atlantis: Presenter is Cieladora, noted author and mystic, 7-9pm at First Unitarian Society, Dietrich Room (first floor), 900 Mount Curve Ave., Minneapolis. Sponsored by Minneapolis Theosophical Society. Open to General Public. For more information: www.AtlantianRecords.com September 14 – Beginning Psychic Development Classes: Psychic phenomenon is one of excitement, wonder and fear of the unknown. Psychics in the Cities will help you learn to develop and recognize these powerful gifts. Whether you are a skeptic or believer, this course will enlighten you. Eight Wednesday evening classes. Info: www. psychicsinthecities.com or 612.860.9196.

September 16-18 — Living the Surrendered Life: With Anne Hillman, author of Awakening the Energies of Love.For those who long to live a more surrendered life.

Christine Center, Willard, WI. christinecenter@tds.net or call 715.267.7507.

September 17-18 – Take the next step in your total evolution: Learn protocols for a safe journey. Offered by Master Chrism in NewBrighton, MN. $100 deposit by Sept. 12. Cost:$285. For info packet: ekundalini@gmail.com, 239.246.5608, www.

KundaliniAwakeningSeminars.com, www.KundaliniAwakeningSystems1.com September 20 – Psychic Development Class: Learn to consciously access your soul’s guidance, clarity and wisdom. Practical tools/information help you find and more fully live your truth and passion in this lifetime. Tuesday evenings, September through June. Cindy Lehman - 612.669.1861, cindy@cindylehman.com, www. cindylehman.com September 21 - November 16 – The Psychic Pathway: Nine-week study group based on Internationally renowned author/teacher Sonia Choquette’s book The Psychic Pathway: A Workbook for Reawakening the Voice of Your Soul. Class includes: chapter review, meditations, psychic exercises. Wednesdays, September 21 – November 16, 7-9pm. Structure For Life, Minnetonka. $140. Ilga Cimbulis, 612.385.3005, ilga@ilgacimbulis.com, www.ilgacimbulis.com September 29 - October 3 – AIA International Aromatherapy Conference & Wellness Expo: The Future of Aromatics in Integrative Healthcare. One Day and Single Lecture rates available. Wellness Expo is Free to the public Friday & Saturday from 8am-5pm! Shop and enjoy free lectures at the Expo! Vendors wanted. Marriott Minneapolis Southwest. Visit www.aromatherapyconference.com for more information.

October 8-9 – Reiki Classes in the Twin Cities: Register for Reiki I or Reiki II class with Rachel Miejan, a Traditional Reiki Master and Reiki channel since 1985. Info or registration: 651.735,2863, rachel.miejan@gmail.com, ReikibyMiejan.com October 15-16 – Get Green Today Expo: At Maplewood Mall. Exhibits, Demonstrations, Sampling and more. We are currently looking for Sponsors, Exhibitors and Speakers. Contact Joy 651.844.3882 or info@getgreentodayexpo.com, www.

GetGreenTodayExpo.com October 22 – Cultivating Joy in Our Relationships: Authors Karen Casey and Bill Alexander will lead an all day workshop October 22 at The Recovery Church, 253 State St., St. Paul. The program will include presentations by both facilitators, individual and group exercises, reflective time, lunch and laughter. $45, lunch included. To register, call Karen 239.398.6327 or Bill 651.433.3931.

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