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7 Holiday Services offered by spiritual centers in the Twin Cities 10 Now…how Lemonade? Pathways researches the Value of Shifting Consciousness

by Julie Foley Coleman 16 Bridging the Gap & the Bitter Truth of the Asylum for Insane Indians An Interview with Author Kent Nerburn

by Tim Miejan

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featured topic SPIRITUAL CENTERS: A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

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21 Spiritual Centers & You: in the Temple of the Heart, by Janet Michele Red Feather 22 Experiencing the Love of Jesus at Unity North Spiritual Center,

by Ann Mongeau 23 Experiencing The Sanctuary,

by Angela Johnson

4 It’s Time to Listen, From the Editor,

by Tim Miejan 5 Master Tao Huang to Demonstrate Healing Abilities in Rochester 5 New Eclectic Shop, Gifts of Love, opens in Downtown Hopkins 7 Eckart Tolle Book coming to Big Screen

explore more content: www.edgemagazine.net 11 Santa Fe Chicken Chili, a Whole Food Recipe, by Maggie Christopher

20 The Dark Mother Speaks, Evolutionary Pagan, by Briana Crusan

12 December Horoscope: Be Assertive, not Aggressive, Star Wisdom, by DK Brainard

20 Nature: A Path to Balance, Health & Healing, by Christine Huff

12 Holy Molé, by Rick Hotton

30 Words of Wisdom, by Nadine Penny

13 Wind over Fire Healing Arts Center bringing Healers, Teachers to Rochester 14 Soul of Tantra: Returning Home to the Circle of Love, by Kimala Kai

8 Please Come Home, by Guthema Roba

15 Gift Yourself: Release Attachments & Fly, by Sheri R. Klein

8 Senderos de Luz: In Peru: the Q’ero & Apu Ausangate, by Efrén F. Solanas

15 Trust is the Secret Sauce,

by Giselle M. Massi

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It’s time to listen from the editor by tim miejan

EACH ONE OF US has spurned wisdom given to us by an elder. We want to do something, and we want to do it now. We are warned not to do it, but we go out and do it anyway. Over time, through experience, we learn that there are consequences. Our elders see the result of our actions before we do. We think we know what is best, but we’re often woefully short-sighted.

Consider Earth, Present Day. Not only is climate change producing more severe and more deadly storms, but epic environmental disasters continue to damage life as we know it.

OUR ELDERS SPEAK A “Fukushima Statement” was released in October by indigenous elders of North and South America, who are “working in unity to restore peace, harmony and balance for our collective future and for all living beings.”

A portion of the statement reads: “…We recognize our umbilical connection to Mother Earth and understand that she is the source of life, not a resource to be exploited. We speak on behalf of all Creation today, to communicate an urgent message that man has gone too far, placing us in the state of survival. We warned that one day you would not be able to control what you have created. That day is here….

“Powerful technologies are out of control and are threatening the future of all life….

“Our concern is with the cumulative and compounding devastation that is being wrought by the actions of human beings around the world. It is the combination of resource extraction, genetically modified organisms, moral failures, pollution, introduction of invasive species and much, much more that are threatening the future of life on Earth….

“We strongly urge for the governmental authorities to respond with an open invitation to work and consult with us to solve the world’s problems, without war. We must stop waging war against Mother Earth, and ourselves….

“We are all responsible in varying degrees for calling forth this spirit of destruction, thus we are all bound to begin restoring what we have damaged by helping one another recover

our sacred responsibility to the Earth. We, the Original Caretakers of Mother Earth, offer our spiritual insight, wisdom and vision to the global community to help guide the actions needed to overcome the current threats to all life.

“We only have to look at our own bodies to recognize the sacred purpose of water on Mother Earth. We respect and honor our spiritual relationship with the lifeblood of Mother Earth. One does not sell or contaminate their mother’s blood. These capitalistic actions must stop and we must recover our sacred relationship with the Spirit of Water….

“All Life is sacred. We come into Life as sacred beings. When we abuse the sacredness of Life, we affect all Creation.

“We urge all Nations and human beings around the world to work with us, the Original Caretakers of Mother Earth, to restore the Original Instructions and uphold the Creator’s Natural Law as a foundation for all decision making, from this point forward.…

“We must work in unity to help Mother Earth heal so that she can bring back balance and harmony for all her children.”

WILL WE LISTEN? Environmentally destructive corporate interests seek profit over the welfare of humanity over all.

Will they listen to their elders? Probably not.

It is up to us, as individuals to take up the reins of spiritual maturity — in all aspects of our lives. We can treat each other more fairly, particularly when money is exchanged. We can observe the Golden Rule and care for those who are unable to care for themselves. Please remember the children in poverty this holiday season, in your prayers and your actions. a Tim Miejan is editor and co-publisher of The Edge. Contact him at 651.578.8969 or editor@edgemagazine.net.

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Master Tao Huang to offer his healing abilities in Rochester Renowned healer Master Tao Huang, who has an astounding ability to see precisely the energetic systems in one’s body and is capable of unlocking and releasing the blockages accumulated throughout lifetimes and previous generations, will share his insights and transformational abilities December 1-8 when he returns to Wind over Fire Healing Arts Center in Rochester, MN, to offer private Xin Le Qu sessions.

Master Tao will allow clients to experience his mastery of energy and experience transformational shifting within their bodies. During a session, one feels such sensations as lightness, memory recall, emotion, pain, a connection to generations and spiritual enlightenment. Testimonials describe Master Tao’s sessions as profound and “like nothing you have ever experienced!”

Born in China, Master Tao immigrated to the United States in 1990 to offer the teachings of Laoism, I Ching, and the practices of Taoism. With eyes mostly closed, Master Tao moves in harmony and in union with his clients, seeming to do a choreographed dance with their energy, with their bodies and on levels so much more than physical and energetic. A Taoist Master, Tao is able to demonstrate, in a healing session, the learned and intuitive knowledge of the body-mind knots, weights and frozen armament that hold the originally flexible inner soul imprisoned in an “unwell” human body.

Master Tao works and gives from his heart with a clear and bright connection to source energy, with complete and unconditional love, compassion and understanding from a place where there is no judgment.

Master Tao’s sessions fill up quickly so the public is encouraged to call today to take part part in this opportunity. For more information, please visit www.windoverfire.com or call Wind over Fire Healing Arts Center at 507.281.6649. See more Wind over Fire events on page 13. a

New eclectic shop, Gifts of Love, opens in downtown Hopkins Gifts of Love Shoppe, a new small business, recently opened in Hopkins with the motto, “Beauty is a need of the soul and a catalyst for culture.”

Owner Illona Iris opened Gifts of Love — at 6 - 6th Ave. N., Suite 4 — so she could share some of the gifts she has been blessed with, and also provide a place for like-minded people to shop, share ideas and network.

She says shoppers will feel peaceful in this eclectic violet-hued space, which exudes an ambiance reflecting East and West, vintage and new.

Hours are 2:30-6:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and 11 a.m.6p.m. Saturday.

Illona seeks to bring a higher vibrational experience to Hopkins through art, music, gifts of love, and classes showing many layers to what she’s about.

Shoppers can purchase Cups o’Love and gift baskets for women, men and children, filled with heart shapes, candles, incense, crystals, objects of art, to add a touch of beauty. Other specialties: Busy Baby blankets; metaphysical/spiritual books; musical and educational CDs; crystals; jewelry; Bryce’s original canes and staffs; Ona’s organic personal care; original purses; meditation/decorative pictures and notecards; and gift certificates.

In addition, Illona offers consultations on administrative organization for small businesses, reviewing all business processes from emails to business strategy, because she says better organization results in a better bottom line.

She also offers Wholistic Image consultations, for personal or professional life, for any age or stage, offering wardrobe guidelines, a unique color model, using color as communication, and providing tools and resources.

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HOLIDAY SERVICES

The following spiritual centers have announced times and dates for special holiday services and celebrations:

Saint Francis Liberal Catholic Church

• Tuesday, December 31, 11:30 p.m., New Year’s Eve Meditation

3201 Pleasant Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55408, 612.823.4276, stfrancisliberalcatholicchurch.org • Sunday, December 15, 10 a.m., Holy Eucharist; Noon vegetarian potluck followed by caroling • Wednesday, December 25, 10 a.m., Christmas Holy Eucharist

Spirit United Church 3204 Como Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, 612.378.3602, www.spiritunited.com • Friday, December 20, 7 p.m., Winter Solstice Celebration. Drumming starts at 7 p.m. All welcome!

• Tuesday, December 24, 4:30 p.m., Christmas Eve Service.

Unity Christ Church 4000 Golden Valley Rd., Golden Valley, MN 55422, 763.521.4793, www.unitychristchurch.org • Tuesday, December 24, 7 and 11 p.m., Christmas Eve Candlelight Services • Tuesday, December 31, 8 p.m., New Year’s Eve Burning Bowl Service

Unity North Spiritual Center 11499 Martin St. NW, Minneapolis, MN 55433, 763.754.6489, www.unitynorthmn.org • Tuesday, December 24, 5:30 p.m., Christmas Eve Family Service • Tuesday, December 24, 7 p.m., Candlelight Service

Unity of the Valley 4011 West Hwy 13, Savage, MN 55378, 952.895.0745, www.unityofthevalleymn.org • Monday, December 23, 7 p.m., Family Holiday Celebration Service Children’s Program: “Advent Wreath Tells Our Story” • Tuesday, December 24, 5 p.m., Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Sacred Family Celebration Service • Tuesday, December 31, 7 p.m., New Year’s Eve Burning Bowl Service, a time to relinquish burdens of past and identify hopes for the coming year. a

Eckhart Tolle book coming to big screen with Peter Fonda Eckhart Tolle — best known for his bestselling books, The Power of Now and A New Earth, and recognized for his regular appearances on Oprah — is now bringing his spiritual message to the big screen with the support of Indiegogo’s crowdfunding platform and the sponsoring support of The Dalai Lama Center.

Milton’s Secret will star Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Peter Fonda and it will be directed by Barnet Bain (What Dreams May Come).

Based on Tolle’s book for children, Milton’s Secret is a coming-of-age story about an 11-year-old boy growing up in an economically depressed suburb, and the elder quest of his grandfather. His mother and father are workaholics with marital and financial problems, and he is being bullied at school. When his grandfather visits, Milton learns that rehashing the past and worrying about the future are preventing him from finding true happiness in the Now. Bain, who also co-wrote the script, says, “Milton’s Secret matters because the world can be a scary place. Now is the moment for new images and models to meet the stresses and challenges of our increasingly chaotic world.”

For more information or to contribute to the Milton’s Secret crowdfunding campaign, visit SupportMiltonsSecret.com. a

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Senderos de Luz

In Peru: The Q’ero & Apu Ausangate

by Efrén Francisco Solanas

Please Come Home

by Guthema Roba Home Is not a construction site.

It is not a geography.

It is not a four-letter word.

It is not a word at all.

It is not a concept.

Home Is where you can sit alone without fear Because your sense of insecurity and incompleteness does not hold true anymore.

Home Is where you allow yourself to be who you are.

Where you’re whole, Where you’re all, where you embrace All things and all beings, where nothing is separate from anything, Where the sheep and the shepherd are one, Where the garden and the gardener are one, Where the sky and skylark are one, Where everything is vibrant and alive. Moving into each other constantly.

Home is a field of great oneness Where there are no stories, no past, no future.

Please step inside.

Please come home. a Guthema Roba currently works for the Hennepin County library. His book, “Please Come Home,” was published by North Star Press in June 2013. He says good poetry brings us closer to our heart. He writes poetry on a daily basis and lives in Minneapolis with his wife and daughter. Contact him at gbroba@gmail.com.

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I returned from trekking in Peru last April with a light heart and a sense that my life would require many changes. The encounter with the vast, energetic field of the sacred mountains — the Apus — had profoundly affected me. My perception, however, has been limited only to the withering of existing structures and cherished goals. I do not have a new vision. Each member of our trekking group senses that the status quo is no longer valid. We are suspended between the death of the old as we await the birth of the new.

During our eight-day trek, our guide began to teach me some Quecha words, as well aspects of the Q’ero mystical tradition. I learned what many of you already know: the Q’ero spiritual inheritance survived the Spanish invasion and imposition of the Church; its legacy has remained unbroken for millennia. My emotional encounter with Apu Salkantay and a subsequent, spontaneous commitment to serve left me with a sense of direction, yet I had no idea how to proceed. My only option appeared to be a return to Peru, and if possible, to meet with the Q’ero. I reasoned that if anyone had guidance, they would. My travel agent in Cusco promised me she would research the possibility.

Days before I was to fly to Cusco, my agent called, announcing that she had located Kike Pinto Cárdenas, a talented musician with a history of contact with the Q’ero, forged during his research of indigenous instruments and music.

Kike had spoken with his Q’ero contacts.

Their response was to welcome me to their village for a meeting.

A strong connection I met Kike in Cusco and we traveled to the village to spend three days with the Q’ero masters. After we gathered on their temple floor, I related the April encounter with Apu Salkantay and my desire for clarity in serving my commitment. The two Q’ero sat listening with gentle faces, attentive, yet void of any expression that might reveal an opinion.

When my torrent of words ceased, they responded simply, “Yes, you do have a strong connection to Apu Salkantay,”

and in regards to my work, they confirmed that I must follow my heart.

That was it! They told me that the next step was to ask “Mama Coca” for guidance — a process of divination using the sacred coca leaves. The reading revealed two things: I need to reconnect with my estrella, my place of origin, and secondly, we would climb to the base of Ausangate the following day for a ritual.

The next morning we climbed nearly three hours through wind and snow to camp at the edge of a glacier-fed stream. Apu Ausangate was covered with cloud, periodically revealing portions of its ice-covered majesty. The ritual began at sunset. The Q’ero carefully prepared multiple offerings, as Kike, at my side, explained important elements of what was occurring. He informed me that I was about to receive my first karpay, a ceremonial initiation whereby the Q’ero lineage is transmitted. Honored, I settled into a deep silence.

As a snowstorm rattled the tent, the Q’ero announced that they had finished and would now accompany me up the mountain to burn the offerings and then leave me to open to Apu Ausangate, to cultivate the reality that I am not alone. I was tired and afraid. Would I freeze?

Would they remember to come retrieve me? I brought myself back gently to the gift of being escorted by these gentle, wise masters.

We climbed a steep slope into the darkness, until an appropriate place was located. They arranged dry grass on a rock and indicated that I should sit. The ritual packets were burned inside a niche, out of sight, behind me. The Q’ero then left, indicating that they would return. I could not see the flames, but smoke periodically found me, carrying the pungent odor of the burning llama fat and ritual material.

Reclaiming my star Alone in the icy wind, I was blind except for our tent far below, glowing like a tiny, orange lantern.

I expanded into the immensity of the living consciousness of the Apu and began a conversation. The Apu responded, succinctly detailing that two, possibly three treks were to be done next year, and that the journey of reclaiming my estrella — my star — was an ongoing process that required devotion and time.

Abruptly, I was left in silence. Cradled by the mountains, I no longer felt afraid. Although the weather raged, I relaxed in the comfort of the totality around me. I was in my place.

The next day, we descended the mountains and constructed a sweat lodge to share a final ritual.

As I recounted the conversation with the Apu, the Q’ero confirmed that what I had received was indeed correct: I was to proceed.

Since returning to Minneapolis, I have been working with the Q’ero, Kike and the travel agency to assemble two trips. My heart is clear that I have been sent to Peru to encounter a vast and marvelous consciousness. I have been asked to return and bring those who feel the call. We will climb and open to what the ancient, sacred mountains have to teach us. The Q’ero will be there; Kike will be there, lending wisdom and support. a Efrén Francisco Solanas is teacher and practitioner of Senderos de Luz, a combination of powerful multi-dimensional healing modalities. He also leads sacred trekking adventures in the Peruvian Andes. He was born in Southern California and currently makes his home in Minneapolis. He works in the USA, South America and Europe, teaching various courses and, as time allows, attending clients in private session. Contact him at efren. solanas@gmail.com. Visit Efrensolanas.com or www.facebook. com/efren.f.solanas.

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Now…how lemonade?

Pathways researches the value of shifting consciousness

by Julie Foley Coleman I lay in bed waking to a new day. As my body comes online, my three outer toes on each foot tingle. A spot in my upper right arm — the usual spot — aches deeply, close to the bone.

Standing slowly, attentively, I put weight on stiff feet supported by puffy knees and move toward the bathroom, aware of bones delicately aligned to maintain my balance. I believe in smiling, yet, a sickening realization is surfacing lately. Everything I do to create a life beyond eating, sleeping and tracking bowel movements is unproductive — an illusion — no real change.

Yes, I have less of a challenge with bathing and brushing my teeth than I did 20 years ago — but really? Is that all I can hope for? I am stuck changing the wallpaper in my cage.

Choosing a bright outlook on life requires vigilance. As the old saying goes, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade!

But with illness in the pitcher, the recipe changes to: “Now…how lemonade?”

Research at Pathways, a non-medical, health crisis resource center located at 3115 Hennepin Ave. S., in Minneapolis, is revealing that making shifts in consciousness is the answer to living a quality life with illness. Pathways is measuring multidimensional outcomes of healing within its healing community.

It’s not merely the reframing of life circumstances but a profound alteration in one’s way of being that makes a healing difference. Participants in Pathways’ research indicated shifts in their perceptions of well-being in physical, cognitive, social, emotional and spiritual areas of life. They noticed significant changes for themselves, from feeling exhausted and depressed to feeling energized and hopeful, from a feeling of broken and having dull senses to feeling whole and having vibrant senses. Certain healing outcomes are so subtle that they are difficult for a healthcare practitioner to detect any change, but participants themselves are assessing their own progress by using the Self-Assessment of Change tool in the Pathways research.

For example, changes in a person’s movement from feeling stuck and blaming to being able to “let go” and forgive, or in feeling unbalanced to feeling more balanced, are subtle and essential changes to a perception of quality in living. Yet, healing outcomes research usually misses subtle and invisible outcomes because results are typically viewed through the eyes of healthcare practitioners rather than those who are receiving care.

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Transformational shifts in consciousness are popularly reported as dramatic solitary experiences, such as near-death encounters. But Pathways is witnessing transformational change in individuals as a result of their personal involvement in their healing community.

Sustainable change “Transformational change is sustainable change. You don’t have the butterfly crawling back into the cocoon,” says Karen Lawson, a Pathways volunteer and Director of Integrative Health Coaching at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Spirituality and Healing. “Behavioral change can easily change back, and it is behavioral change that is usually measured in research.”

Research of transformational change also is a better fit at Pathways than usual approaches, because Pathways focuses on the whole person and the innate capacity to heal, as opposed to focusing on specific illnesses or disease processes.

When invited to volunteer at Pathways, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to explore my fascination with the subtleties of healing, to use my training in organization development, to expand my interest in writing. I had been working for years in an organization of one; having colleagues would be great, too!

Research collaboration At first, I participated primarily as an observer. I brought back fresh observations about Pathways programs to an evaluation committee. Soon, I was asked to assist with a research collaboration, designing a participant survey, analyzing feedback and adjusting healthcare lingo to fit Pathways’ non-medical, unconventional nature. Our project was the assessment of subtle shifts in consciousness, physicality and emotions experienced by participants along their healing journey, which included programming at Pathways.

I had never been asked by a healthcare practitioner anywhere how I felt about matters as subtle and real as what we were asking of participants! This project grew more and more exciting for me as I realized the contribution it could make to research in healing. No one in conventional healing arenas had ever helped me address my feelings of brokenness; apparently no one noticed.

Years of depression and underperforming in school were the compounding effects of toxic dental materials and oral

Programs at Pathways are provided without charge to people with serious health challenges, either professionally diagnosed or self-assessed. A complete list of programs and information on how to become a Pathways participant, volunteer or financial supporter can be found at www.pathwaysminneapolis.org or by calling 612.822.9061.

galvanism. Electrical current in the mouth due to incompatible metals has a brain scrambling effect. I was engulfed in measurable cognitive decline and a subtle energy stew by the time I was 45. Weeks would pass and I didn’t realize it fully until — for some reason — the fog would lift. At times I needed navigational help from my teenage son to drive out of familiar neighborhoods.

Whatever was happening to me was seemingly intermittent.

All in my head I began to realize it was “all in my head,” and I began the arduous process of replacing dental repairs with more compatible materials. I have regained some lost cognitive ability and have adopted skills that help me retain a feeling of balance, but I continue to be highly sensitive to electromagnetic frequencies.

An extremely important component of my healing process remains my involvement with Pathways. In addition to my volunteer work, which helps me feel less isolated, I take part in a weekly group called the Courageous Writer’s Circle.

Participants write using prompts provided by a facilitator. During one writing exercise, I described this particular group, writing, “We come clothed, but we write naked.”

Accessing emotions and allowing the pen to record what comes to mind often is very personal and can bring unexpected shifts in awareness. By reflecting upon our lives from before we came to Pathways to our experience at Pathways, and from before illness to with illness, a renewal transpires — a light emerges and germination occurs.

Forefront of change Pathways is on the forefront of a change in research, and this current study is only a glimpse into the potential of whole-person approaches to healing and outcomes assessed from the perspective of those receiving care.

“It is my hope that the Pathways model inspires other communities to create similar healing organizations, 

a gluten-free, dairy-free whole food recipe

Santa Fe Chicken Chili

by Maggie Christopher Here is another variation of chili worth adding to your recipes. This is also delicious vegetarian.

Ingredients 1 TBS olive oil 1 medium sweet onion, diced 4 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp ground cumin 1/4 to 1 tsp ground cayenne or chipotle pepper, to taste 1 cup frozen corn 2 15-oz. cans pinto beans, rinsed & drained 1 28-oz. can fire-roasted tomatoes 4-oz. can roasted green chilies, mild or hot 4 cups chicken broth, more if needed 1 TBS balsamic vinegar A small drizzle of honey 2 chicken breasts, baked & shredded Juice of 1 lime, or to taste Directions 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Place in a baking dish and

actively participating in the health and well-being of their communities,” said Mary Johnson, head researcher and member of Pathways’ Board of Directors.

Programming at Pathways includes complementary and alternative healing modalities (Reiki, Yoga, energy management, etc.) delivered by skilled professionals who volunteer their expertise in one-to-one sessions or group practice and classes. Participants select programs (guided when desired by staff, providers, and indirectly by other participants) and create their own roadmaps to well-being. Pathways

cover with foil. Bake approximately 35-40 minutes or until juices run clear.

2. Sauté onions on medium high heat in olive oil until translucent.

Then add the garlic and spices and stir for a minute.

3. Add the corn, beans, tomatoes, green chilies, broth, balsamic vinegar, and honey.

4. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.

Then add the shredded chicken and some lime juice.

5. Adjust the seasonings. More heat? More lime? A tad more sweetness? Good chili has a balance of these flavors. If the chili thickens too much, thin it with broth; if the chili becomes too thin, cook it longer with the lid off to reduce the liquid. Serve with a wedge of lime. Serves 8-10. 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 that are 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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participants grow in awareness of their energetic nature, their physical selves and options for reinventing life with illness.

A note on the research: Pathways will provide access to complete research findings after they are published in Global Advances in Health and Medicine, publication date to be determined. a Julie Foley Coleman is a Minneapolis-based, freelance writer and business owner. She also is a volunteer and participant at Pathways. If you want to visit Julie’s lemonade stand, contact her at coljule1@aol.com.

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December horoscope: Be assertive, not aggressive Star Wisdom

by DK Brainard

Mars invades Libra for a sevenmonth stay, activating the Uranus-Pluto square and challenging us to choose assertiveness over aggression.

Aries (Mar. 21-Apr. 19)…It would be so easy to blame someone (everyone?) else for your problems now. But Mars in your 7th House is teaching you the physics of relationship. And the first law of physics is: everything that bugs you about that other person is a reflection of something within yourself you haven’t come to terms with. Own your shadow projections and you’ll take back your power.

Taurus (Apr. 20-May 20)…You can only get from Life what you believe you can have. With your ruling planet Venus retrograde in your house of beliefs and spirituality, a two-month window has opened in which you can rewrite your life story. Start by acknowledging the deep beliefs you still hold about yourself that don’t align with your highest good.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)…It’s time to update your self-image — the picture you subconsciously see in your mind when you think about yourself. Your creative energy is off the charts for the next seven months and a significant dream is within your reach.

Train yourself to see yourself as who you really are.

P.S. You might have to drop one or two people who are keeping you stuck in that old self-image for their own selfish reasons.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)…The long Mars transit says your public life — success, status, reputation — can only improve to the extent you teach yourself to feel safe and secure internally. This lesson may involve making changes in your current living situation. It definitely calls you to heal old wounds and rewrite the faulty beliefs you learned in your family of origin.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)…The creative energy surging through you now is a welcome relief after months of enforced introspection! You still need to learn to discipline yourself, i.e., manage your energy in order to grow into the titan you could be. That’s a long-term project, but if you apply yourself diligently now you could see a dream come true before the year is out.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)…You are going to solve your money or self-esteem problem. The question is not if, but when. Mars is going to push you on this for the next seven months, so you might as well just decide that now is the time. Being a servant of the higher good is a noble calling, but you’ll do a whole lot more good when you’re wealthy, healthy and happy.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)…This is tricky. Mars in your sign for the next seven months can give you enough energy and drive to move a mountain. But in order to use Mars’ gift of personal power, you must learn how to channel your anger into useful action.

Remember that Mars the soldier needs a mission more than he needs an enemy. Setting boundaries in relationships is a key theme.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)…The monsters in the psyche are clamoring for release. You could react by piling furniture on the trap door and hoping they won’t escape. Or you could choose to go down there and meet them. Chances are they just want some attention from you. If you give it willingly, they might just reveal themselves to be your most powerful allies.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)…There’s an opportunity here to start creating real wealth and security and to take a big step into your life’s dream. The one thing holding you back is not acknowledging who you really are, warts and all. Yes, you need disci-

pline to succeed. But true success can’t find you when you’re playing someone else’s game.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)…You hold a lot more power than you give yourself credit for. Mars in your career house is driving you to expand your influence and maximize your presence in the world. Don’t let those old family beliefs hold you back. The world wants your gift. Squandering it out of fear and shame serves absolutely no one.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)…Those who dare to trust their dreams, said Henry David Thoreau, pass an invisible boundary into a realm where the laws of the Universe expand and become more favorable to them. I can’t think of a better meditation for you this month. “If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost,” Thoreau writes. “That is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.”

Pisces (Feb. 19-Mar. 20)…A big money story starts this month. On the surface, the story hinges on your understanding of how energy flows. (In order for money to flow in, you must be able and willing to put energy out.) But the story contains a fascinating subplot. It seems that the biggest roadblock you face on the road to wealth is a refusal to honor your heart’s desire…and then join with a community capable of supporting that dream. a 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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Wind over Fire Healing Arts Center bringing healers, teachers to Rochester Native healer to share wisdom in Rochester Healer Lini Wilkins will present “Messages of Plants and Animals” from 6:45-9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at Wind over Fire Healing Arts Center in Rochester, MN. She is a student of all that the universe has to teach us. As a child, Lini followed her grandmother, a medicine woman, around the Diné (Navajo) reservation, while collecting medicinal herbs for ceremonies and was mesmerized by how harmony and balance could be achieved within the human body. Lini is continuing her journey and honoring her grandmother, by facilitating healing and guidance. By learning the language of their messaging, we are able to connect with our authentic selves and open to the wisdom and knowledge of the universe. Connecting with the animal world is a huge step in that journey. During the evening, participants will explore the symbolism of the animals that come into their lives regularly, understand their messages, learn how to receive the messages and how to interpret dreams and understand the role of animals in dreams.

Yoga workshops and private sessions coming Internationally known yoga teacher Gabriel Azoulay will teach a series of yoga workshops in December for Wind over Fire Healing Arts Center at Breathe Yoga Studios in Rochester, MN. Azoulay is a published author, yoga teacher and a Thai Massage therapist who studied for many years under acclaimed Thai Massage Master Pichest Boonthume in Thailand. He is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City.

He works to shatter perception, while empowering individuals with choices and information they can use for the rest of their lives. His teachings are full of humor, simplicity and insight, connecting the

Pre-registration for these events is important, as space is limited. For more information, please visit www.windoverfire.com or call Wind over Fire Healing Arts Center at 507.281.6649. ancient with the modern, the esoteric with the rational. Gabriel is originally from Israel and now resides in Finland. Azoulay will teach classes on Yin Yoga, BikYasa Yoga, Ashtanga and Alignment and Adjustments at the Breathe Yoga Studios location in Rochester. For more information, visit www.breatheyogastudios.com. In addition to these workshops, Gabriel will offer private sessions of Thai Yoga massage at Wind over Fire Healing Arts Center.

Aromatherapy teacher offers certification Leading aromatherapy professional and teacher Christina Wilke-Burbach, Ph.D., will teach an aromatherapy certification intensive series on March 14-16 at Wind over Fire Healing Arts Center in Rochester, MN. Dr. Wilke-Burbach is a holistic healer, wellness consultant, Reiki Master Teacher and ordained minister. She is one of only two Ph.D. teachers nationwide offering aromatherapy certification in the United States. The certification is received from the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA). Aromatherapy works well with massage, bodywork, energy work, yoga, healing, counseling, nursing, Western health care, naturopathy and homeopathy. This 250-hour aromatherapy certification series created by Dr. Wilke-Burbach is unlike any other as it combines clinical, medical, folk, metaphysical, and intuitive aromatherapy. This three-day, five-class series includes Healing with Aromatherapy, Emotional Healing with Aromatherapy, Physical Healing with Aromatherapy, Spiritual Healing with Aromatherapy, and Intuitive Healing with Aromatherapy. a

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Soul of Tantra

Returning home to the circle of Love

by Kimala Kai

“Come out of the circle of time into the circle of love.” — Rumi

The fusion of body and spirit is what Tantra is really all about. It evolved in India 6,000 years ago as a rebellious response to the Hindu priests who believed body and all the emotional and passionate expressions within it had to be denied to attain enlightenment, to be one with God/Source.

They believed a path to God required a disconnect from the body.

Tantra claimed the truth: the body is life and it is through the body we feel our personal connection to Earth Mother. If we deny body, we deny life. Without the body, there is no home base and channel for soul expression. It is through the body we learn how to be in the flow of life and to co-create with it.

Tantra is a Sanskrit word meaning “to weave together and expand.” Growing from the inside out is the law of nature. The web of life is in constant motion, rippling forever outward. Tantra offers a way to return to this organic circle of creation.

The path home to be one with Source (Father/Mother) is not built upon rigid mental disciplines, but it is discovered by relaxing with trust into the body. Earth Mother invites us to consciously step into the living flow, to relax and co-create our lives with her. Earth Mother speaks to us each day saying: “Breathe with me, please.

Know that I love you. Relax your body into my body. Trust I know what I am doing.

Trust your body and soul to move you to co-create with me. Trust I am with you always.”

Trust lights the way Trust is a quality that opens the experience of relaxation. Trust lights the way home to the circle of love. If trust is not present within you, it can be learned…regrown.

Tantra teaches how to trust the body again and to restore a reciprocal loving relationship between the mind and body. This is something everyone can learn to do.

However, the blueprint for this journey lives within the cellular structure of the body, not the mind. So come home to your body.

To grow more trust with your body, the Tantra weaving process begins with a conscious choice to show up for you. Bring all of you into the same place at the same time. This is what it means to be present.

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“relax” into your belly, the home of your feeling nature. As you do, the abdominal muscles soften. Breathing deepens and opens inner space to notice the sensation of what is stirring within. The belly — or well of creation — is connected to the element of water. Water flows. Feelings flow. The more you feel what is moving in your belly, the more you are able to create a flow with your life. The truth will always move you into the flow that moves you out into the world.

mind from looking out to looking in. Close the outer Yang (male) eyes that reference your identity from the outer world. Open the inner Yin (feminine) eyes to see and meet the real you within. As you claim the truth, your body will always be grateful and respond by opening a way for you to feel more free.

“The truth will set you free.” Aaaah, a hint given to us 2,000 years ago. We are beginning to get it!

As you look in, the first part of you that you meet is your breath. How you breathe is how you do life. As you breathe in, you take in the gift of life. With each breath out, you let go of what you no longer need; because you trust, the next breath will be there for you…and it is.

Let go Notice the quality of trust that lives within you. Invite trust to walk with you on your inner journey. Breathe yourself here. Trust that your body knows how to breathe. Let go. Surrender into the flow of breath and life. Breath is life. Life is choices. What you choose, you create. With the in-breath, claim your life as you think: “I am.” The “I Am Presence” is the individual life thread that connects to your soul. To softly ground down into your home body, as you exhale, think the word: “Relaxed.” With each breath, claim: “I am relaxed.” Notice the ripple of peace and relaxation within.

The weaving continues. Bring the word

the spirit body Notice your inner process. Conscious thoughts create presence for the mental body. Breath opens and weaves in the physical body. Feelings and sensation draw in the emotional body. The final thread is the spirit body. To weave in this dimension, mentally walk to your heart center in the middle of your chest. In front of you is an open door with a sign on it that says: “Welcome Home. Please walk in.” This is the home space of your spirit body. It is the place of inner peace where your soul lives.

It is the nature of the heart to connect love. It is here you meet your human nature which is to simply be love. There is nothing here to prove. Be present with your loving nature.

Feel it.

Guide your mind back to feel the smooth, continuous, circular flow of your breath.

The circle is the symbol of the feminine that holds infinite possibilities in creation. As you trust the circle of your breath to hold, support and bring to you all you need in each moment, you can extend this trust out to the bigger circle in Earth to hold, support and bring to you all you need. The circle of trust opens you all the way out through the universe to God/Source where you are held, fully supported and wrapped in love.

The mind has been searching for eons to know this. The body has been waiting for us to feel it. With each breath in, receive love and with each breath out, lovingly give what is yours to give. By weaving together the circle of love within, you get to be the soul-embodied love you came here to be. a Kimala Kai, B.A., is a Yoga and Tantra Teacher, Certified Addiction Counselor and 25-year Massage Therapist who is ordained in The Madonna Ministry, and is a lifetime dancer-turned-athlete, trail runner and avid hiker who says: “If my body is invited, I’m coming…as long as my feet get to stay on the ground!” Experiences through her healing practice may include: Massage, Breathwork, Guided Meditation, Core Wound Release and Tantra Techniques of Heart Intimacy. She can be reached at 612.867.0776 or email Sarella55@yahoo.com. Visit Tantra-Soul.com and SoulEssenceMassage.com.

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Gift yourself: Release attachments and fly

by Sheri R. Klein

Aren’t we all collectors of some sort? Don’t we hang on to things because we think we may need them someday? What about the boxes in the basement, and the piles of papers in the drawers?

Old clothing, appliances, correspondence, and dried up paint cans. The lists and piles are endless.

What is it about the need to surround ourselves with things we don’t really need, but feel like we must keep, for whatever reason?

When does our collection of things really turn into clutter, repositories for dust, and things that we never really look at, touch, or tune into on a daily basis? Feng shui principles and practices are aimed at creating balanced and healthy stress de-cluttering, and the release of physical objects that don’t allow energy, or chi, to flow with natural ease.

Could the same process, of de-cluttering, be used to release inner emotions, beliefs and strongholds that we hold onto day after day but no longer serve us, contributing to imbalance, disease and unhappiness in our lives? Hanging on is the familiar and comfortable path. To fear the unknown is natural. To release our fears and move into the unknown is courage, and freedom. While it is difficult, but necessary, releasing the emotions that we attach to past experiences and the “stuff” that has caused us pain and heartbreak is the greatest gift we can give to ourselves, our hearts, and to the healing of the world.

When is enough, enough? What’s stopping you from flying? a Sheri R. Klein is an artist, educator and author who lives in Menomonie, WI. She taught K-16 art education for over twenty years and has authored numerous publications on art, holistic education and spirituality. She is the owner of VOIXLArt (www.voixlart.com).

Her current visual art work focuses on the integration of drawing, writing and technology.

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Trust is the secret sauce

by Giselle M. Massi I was asked, “What is this path of virtues so many mystics speak of?”

One’s actions are not created from the reaction of others; One’s progress can be measured by the expression of one’s interior state of calm and peace whereby the outward expression matches the inner and is sustained joyful, regardless of circumstance.

I was asked, “What is this path of virtues where destiny is a co-creation of one’s mind in tandem with one’s behavior?”

The path is not made up of outward influences of people, possessions, or planets but rather from one’s practice of infinite steps, glorious missteps, of learning as a meditation of awareness — the knowledge of the consequences of mind and behavior as one and the same.

This path of virtues reveals clarity, discerning what is truth, what is folly.

Trust, as certain as the love that forever replaces all fear and doubt, is the destination, aka the balance point. Trust is the secret sauce. a Giselle M. Massi is a former journalist with The Denver Post and author of “We are Here for a Purpose: How to Find Yours” and the novel “Just Dance the Steps.” Contact Giselle at www.gisellemassi.com.

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Bridging the Gap & the Bitter Truth of the Asylum for Insane Indians An Interview with noted author Kent Nerburn

by Tim Miejan

“I’m telling you this because you ask.

Our family was not liked on the reservation.

We were very powerful. My grandfather was teaching me the old ways. I was learning the ceremonies. They took me away to silence my grandfather. They wanted to be sure the old ways would die with him.”

— from The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo It was only by walking the northwoods of the Anishinaabe and the plains of the Lakota, and connecting deeply with the original people of this land, that The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo: A Child, An Elder & the Light from an Ancient Sky (2013, New World Library) could ever come to be. Beautifully written, this book by noted author and oral historian Kent Nerburn reminds us that a voice exists that competently — and with heart — bridges the gap between Native and non-Native culture.

In this third book in a series that began with Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder, and The Wolf at Twilight: An Indian Elder’s Journey through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows, we truly feel the heartache of America’s indigenous people.

Few writers are as respected by the Native people as Nerburn, and virtually no writers on Native culture, up until now, have dared to speak of an atrocity as grievous as the Hiawatha Asylum for Insane Indians in Canton, South Dakota.

Let’s begin this interview there, in southeast South Dakota between Sioux City and Sioux Falls, where for thirty years Native people were given life sentences in an asylum specifically created to confine any Native person deemed insane, psychotic or idiotic — and it was not uncommon for someone to be committed to the asylum for refusing to denounce their Native culture or because they were disliked by Natives working with white authorities. “…Some people were chained to beds at night.

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Author Kent Nerburn yourself in your own bed. You would hear people screaming. The windows all had metal covers. It was hard to breathe.… I remember a boy chained to a hot pipe. The other end of the chain was around his leg. He slept on a mattress on the floor.…”

In many cases, indoctrination into the “American” way of life was the only thing that separated those who stayed alive and those who were “disappeared,” never to be seen again. An estimated 350 people were committed in the Hiawatha insane asylum from 1903 to 1934 — and nearly 125 people died while in custody. A 20th century counterpart to Guantanamo, Canton and its deadly secrets have remained hidden to many Native people to this day.

The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo reintroduces us to a Lakota elder, Dan, whose sister Yellow Bird had long since disappeared after being taken to the Canton asylum. Yellow Bird appears to Nerburn in a haunting, recurring dream, and that propels the writer to inquire more deeply about what truly happened to the young girl so many years ago. The journey takes Nerburn from northern Minnesota to South Dakota and back again, and in the meantime, we are privy to personal conversations between Nerburn and Native people about history and about life, and we are given a rare glimpse into the power of Native spirituality and a sense of how little we, as non-Natives,

relate to their innate awareness of what can be learned from the energy all around us.

“…This time something was different. Country that before had always offered contemplative quiet now seemed to teem with voices and presences. Every rabbit that jumped, every bird that flew, felt like it was carrying a message.

Winds, directions, even thoughts and dreams all were active forces, each issuing a caution or making a demand. Far from being a place of peace and contemplation, this great rolling unpopulated land had become a world of forces, seen and unseen, commanding constant vigilance and spiritual humility.”

A two-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award, Kent Nerburn is the author of 14 books on spirituality and Native themes. He received his B.A. in American Studies, summa cum laude, from the University of Minnesota and his Ph.D. in Religion/ Theology and Art with distinction from Graduate Theological Union in conjunction with the University of California at Berkeley.

Among his published works are the trilogy of spiritual essays — Simple Truths, Small Graces, and The Hidden Beauty of Everyday Life (recently re-issued as Ordinary Sacred) — and the books Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace, and Road Angels: Searching for Home on America’s Coast of Dreams. He is best known for Letters to My Son, a book of thoughts and essays on issues of significance for a young person growing up in contemporary America.

Nerburn is the author of Chief Joseph and the Flight of the Nez Perce (featured on the History Channel), The Wisdom of the Native Americans and several anthologies of Native American thought. He produced an updated version of The Soul of An Indian (and other writings from Ohiyesa), and he wrote the central essay, “Listening for the Meadowlark’s Song,” in Guggenheim Award winner John Willis’ major photographic work on the Pine Ridge Lakota Reservation, Views from the Reservation. He lives in northern Minnesota.

“My work,” Nerburn writes, “has been a constant search, from various perspectives, for an authentic American spirituality, integrating our Western Judeo-Christian tradition with the other traditions of the world, and especially the indigenous spirituality of the people who first inhabited this continent. Someone once called me a ‘guerrilla theologian,’ and I think that is fairly accurate. I am deeply concerned with

the human condition and our responsibility to the earth, the people on it, and the generations to come. I believe that we are, at heart, spiritual beings seeking spiritual meaning, and I try to honor this search wherever I discover it in the course of my daily life.”

The following is my conversation with Kent Nerburn on the relationship between Native and non-Native people, on spirituality, and on his role as the bridger of the gap between both cultures.

How long did the whole experience in The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo take?

Kent Nerburn: The book, itself, took four

years to write. The journey is really compiled of a series of different journeys and events.

The one thing I have got to establish right from the outset is that I work like an oral historian. The whole process of the three books — Neither Wolf Nor Dog, The Wolf at Twilight and The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo — had its origin back in the late 1980s when I was working on the Red Lake reservation. I was hired to do an oral history project with the students and we went out and collected the memories of the tribal elders. It was like the Foxfire Project in Georgia where students went out and interviewed family members, elders and other folk in the Appalachians. We pretty much did that, and we produced two books of oral history — To Walk the Red Road, and We Choose to Remember — that became very well known.

The books traveled around the country on the pow-wow circuit to different reservations, and there was one man out in South Dakota who got in touch with me and said, “I liked what I saw there. You could come out and visit me.” I went and visited him, and as a result of that visit he wanted me to help him do a book — but it was not the kind of book that I expected. He really had his own thoughts and philosophies and wanted to tell me about how he saw the world, how Native people saw the world, and how he looked at American culture. That book ended up being Neither Wolf Nor Dog, and it was based very closely on real people.

He did not want to be seen as Dan the elder, and he didn’t want to be seen as a spokesperson for Native people. He said, “What I know is what I know, and this is my point of view.” And he said, “I want you to hide me like I’m being hunted.” So, the people in that book were real people, but they were well disguised. The book, itself, the narrative, was built around his knowledge and collective experiences that I’d had in many different situations.

This is a rather long way to explain what you’re looking at in The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo.

I really was not sure I wanted to write a second book, because I took a lot of grief from people who were saying, “Is it fiction or is it non-fiction? What are you doing here.”

I told them that this is a teaching story — that I have been given the opportunity to tell in the Native way. My job is to embed knowledge and teach it in a narrative. One of the old men I worked with on the Red Lake reservation said, “People are the best historians, because stories lodge deep in the heart.” He told me that’s how he wanted to have the kids on the reservation learn.

After the first book, I was just finding it so difficult to try to explain what the genre was and trying to keep myself from being seen as someone trafficking Indian themes for fun and profit and inventing folks, so I said, “No more.” But I happened to be in Spirit Lake in North Dakota and stopped at a boarding school that was part of a museum. I ran into an old man and asked him, “Did you go to the boarding school?”

He said, “Yeah, I did. I learned good English and I learned good Christian, but I am no longer myself. I am somebody else.”

That was like a knife to my heart. We had taken his identify from him.

I had seen during the oral history project at Red Lake that a lot of the elders had put up a shield when we would ask them about their boarding school experiences, because the Indian boarding schools were terrible places.

They were based on the philosophy of “Kill an Indian to save a man,” so they did terrible things to the young kids, ripping them away from their family, telling them their parents were all going to go to hell, refusing to let them learn to speak their own language. There was physical abuse and sexual abuse. So I decided I had to tell that story in The Wolf at Twilight, which I did.

So that allowed me — forced me — to go back and tell another Dan story. I felt that book spoke to a number of darker experiences of the Native people. What came to pass was that I began studying the boarding schools. I was traveling around South Dakota, and I came across some information — I don’t know exactly where I picked it up — about the Canton asylum, and then I started looking into it.

Like any other dark part of American history, no one wanted to talk about it.

There was no information about it. There was no oral tradition. The Native people did not want to talk about it. The white people did not want to acknowledge that it existed.

I told myself, “Now, this is a story that needs to be told.” So, I took Dan and Grover and all of the same people that had been in the other two books and carried them forward into this one.

The book is not invented; it is compiled. I like to use that distinction. It’s a compilation in the tradition of the oral history that I’ve done, but I use the composite characters to create a narrative that allowed them to speak of the horrors of this experience and this place.

At the same time, because of the experi-

ences I have been having working with Native people, I wanted to walk up to that edge of the deeper issues in Native spirituality, the faith that I, as a non-Native reader, non-Native person, non-Native auditor, had no right to, but I knew existed. I have always felt that it was absolutely crucial that we, in America, know that we threw the baby out with the bathwater, as it were. We threw out the Native history because we cannot deal with the fact that we set foot on this ground and traveled across this country and settled it by our own standards of settlement

— and not being able to deal with what we’ve done, we are not able to deal with the truths that the Native people had compiled over centuries.

I wanted to walk up to the edge of this and share some of these insights and ways of thinking that the Native people have shown me, and at the same time tell the story of the asylum. Ultimately, I guess you could say this book was part of a 15-year journey, but the materials in it, realistically, are like four or five years of that journey. You couldn’t say it was an absolutely a factual journey that happened as it is written. It is a teaching narrative. So, anyway, that’s a long answer to your short question.

Your personal experiences with the Native people seem very authentic.

KN: I spend a lot of time with Native

people. I wouldn’t dare write these stories if they weren’t absolutely authentic in their context. This is a good example: I was sitting having lunch with a Native man one time.

He was a vet. And I said, “How come you guys are so willing to go fight for the country that did so much to decimate and destroy your people?” And he looked across the table at me and said, “I was not fighting for my country, I was fighting for my land.” And so, here’s a little phrase that got dropped December 2013 the edge

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directly into Grover talking about his time in the military.

When I get all these stories put together from friends of mine and people I hang out with, then I weave them together into a narrative around real people, and they contain nothing but Native voice and the Native point of view, but it might be stitched together from a number of different conversations.

I really like the Native people. I like their sense of humor. I like the way that they integrate the spiritual into the ordinary.

I love their

sense of family. I like to hang with them. And they mostly appreciate the fact that I try to give voice to their world.

The way that I do it has really evolved over a period of three books. I take the non-Native reader and say, “Come along with me. Walk with me into the Native world.” The non-Native reader is comfortable coming with me, because I come from their world of the same shopping mall and streets. The Native people are comfortable with what I do because the voice they’re hearing is an authentic Native voice.

It was an accidental discovery as a way to work, but it’s been really successful. A lot of the Native people want the books in the prisons, because they say that the guards don’t understand them and their way of doing things. They use them in a lot of college cultural study courses, and in tribal colleges, because they embody both points of view, the Native and the non-Native.

In reading your book I see a great emphasis on gratitude, on respect for all life and nature, on listening deeply. Can you summarize some of the lessons we can learn from the Native people?

KN: I felt the key lesson is one that I

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people understand something that we, as a non-Native culture, are starting to have to recognize: that is that we are a part of everything; we are not at the top of everything.

The idea is that we have to look at nature as a teacher. Everything was given a purpose to teach, and everything was given a knowledge of its own. The wolf stops on a hill and always looks twice, so we learn to look twice when we watch the wolf. We learn from the different types of trees — the characteristics of strength, the characteristics of giving. We need to learn to look at nature as a teacher, rather than something that we are meant to dominate and manipulate for either the glory of God or just for our own benefit. To me, I see that as the primary teaching of humanity.

In the book, I think Dan says that he thinks the Christians got it right, that we were the last of creation. But that doesn’t mean we are the best of creation. It means everything else that was here before us got by without us, and we need the rest of the creation in order for us to get by.

We need to be humble in the face of the knowledge and the teacher, and begin to learn to listen. Go and listen to what the world has to offer us, what nature has to offer us.

Many people who are not raised in a traditional religion or many others who had rejected traditional religion find that elements of Native spirituality help them connect with the Creator, the Divine. How do Native elders respond to that?

KN: Well, it really seems to go two different

ways. I think the older the people get, the more not only forgiving but the more embracing they are of the spiritual hunger of non-Native people. There is this fear on their part, especially on the part of younger people, that “You stole our land, you stole our cultures, and now you are stealing our spirituality.” That’s why there is a tendency on the part of a lot of people to be very protective of their spiritual traditions. They say, “The Creator gave this to us, so just leave them alone.”

But there is another side that says, “No, this was our gift to the human race, that we are, at heart, a very spiritual people and our job is to share it. When people come to us, it means the time has come for us to give our teachings.”

This is my interpretation. There is a great willingness to give away the philosophy, but there is not a great willingness to give away the private, cultural practices.

Our European tradition really has bifurcated the spiritual and the secular. What’s woven through Native understanding is that every moment is a spiritual encounter. This is certainly present in our Judeo-Christian tradition, but it isn’t woven into our daily lives. I think Native people see that we need this back in our daily lives. They care as

much about America and American culture as anybody else, and they would like to see us get things right.

How has your experience with the native people affected your personal spiritual path?

KN: This is an odd comment, but it’s made

me much less afraid of death. They believe, and they’ve taught me, that you don’t say “passing away.” They say walking on. Death is just a different stage in the path of life.

There is less of a sense of judgment at the end, that somehow we are measured for how we have lived in life, as opposed to the belief that we will go forward to walk into our past, we will walk on and meet our elders, and we will walk on to meet our family.

It all sounds fine and like it’s an easy philosophy, but we see it in practice. We see people aging gracefully and turning their eyes to the other side, not because they expect some great theological insight or some change of consciousness, but because they are walking into a world that they left, and they know they’ve been away from it for a while, and now they are returning to it.

It’s made me fear death less, and it’s made me respect the power of the teaching of ordinary life more. I look with more mindfulness at the teachings of the trees, the teachings of the rocks, what it can tell me to stand in front of the ocean, what it can tell me to be out in front of the sunset, and to be humble before these things and know that even if I don’t understand them, there is a dimension of gift to them. I guess I always had before, but I just feel it more now. I feel a greater sense of gratitude for the richness of nature and life.

I have been following this discussion and debate about the Washington Redskins name for a long time, and lately I have been reading comments written by sports fans after these articles are posted online. Clearly there is still a huge disconnect between the average American and the culture of the Native people. Do you think more needs to be done in this country to promote greater respect for the Native people?

KN: Oh, absolutely! Let me put it this way:

We have such an odd interpretation and such an odd relationship as a nation with the Native experience. I know I could tick off a bunch of things, but I will mention only a couple.

Number one is the issue of minority groups. The Native people are the only people who were not brought here either voluntarily or involuntarily and are not pressing their nose on the window of the American culture saying, “Let us in, let us in!” They are an occupied people.

They want to be left alone. By and large, they would like to be part of American culture, but, ultimately, we have done great damage to them that we cannot undo. We can’t simply loosen the reins of our own

policies and say, “Well, now you’re integrated into American culture.” They don’t want to be integrated into American culture. They sit out there as a separate entity that really doesn’t fall into the category of the minority group, and yet, we don’t like to look at the fact that these are different people whose experience is different.

We’ve also done something very odd with the Native people. One of the things that always fascinates me is when a white person looks at a black person, he parses his lips and says, “I think that person’s black. I see some black in him.”

Whereas with Natives, it’s the other way around, “That person doesn’t look like a Native.” There’s a litmus test visually that says, one drop of black blood in a white person makes them black.

Witness the experience of our current president.

But with the Native people, we say, “That person can’t be an Indian because they don’t look Indian enough.”

So, we’ve got these odd distinctions that we make that set the Native people apart, and then into this comes the notion of the skin.

Daniel Snyder, owner of the Washington Redskins, actually sued a paper (Washington City Paper) because someone had drawn a little pointed beard and some horns over his photo, and he claimed it was anti-Semitic. This is the same man who says the Redskins brand is too valuable to be changed. That’s the worst extension of our sort of blindness to the notion of mascots and redskins and tomahawk chops.

Ultimately, the thing that has mattered the most to me is when I talk to my Native friends and they say, it hurts the little children in so many ways. They say, “This hurts our children and, therefore, it should be stopped.”

I don’t care what we’re talking about — whether it’s George Bush dropping bombs on people, or whether it’s Obama shooting off drones or whether it’s using Indian mascot names to sell products — if it hurts the children, that should be our litmus test of something that shouldn’t be done.

To me, we have a long, long way to go. Even if it doesn’t bother us, by acclimation we should say, “This is not something that is acceptable and it’s got to be changed, so I am going to stop supporting that.” The value of this issue coming up is that it brings it to mind once again. We will keep coming back and back to this until at some point we stand up and say, “Enough.”

We’ve drawn our lines on almost every other racial group, but, for some reason, (using Native people as mascots) is a line we don’t draw.

How have the Native people that you’re connected with responded to this new book?

KN: The ones I know have loved it — and that

makes me very happy. I was very nervous about this. In the first book, essentially, I make myself just a person who comes through as a narrative observer. It is very close to oral history, in that sense. I don’t allow myself to have any presence.

In the second book, I gave myself a little more presence, and in this third book I took a chance and gave myself parity with the other characters.

I thought people might say, “Well, Nerburn’s

putting himself out in front,” which is the last thing I want to do. But what’s happened instead is that by giving myself parity, allowing myself to have the knowledge that I have and the biases, questions and concerns that I have, it allowed the other characters to reveal themselves more fully.

The characters Dan, Grover, Jumbo and Wenonah from the other books all had their origins in real people. It’s like you taking friends of yours and telling stories using the character of your friends, and their basic approaches to life, and then expanding upon it. You know who these people are and know how they think and what they’re like. So, by bringing these people to the fore, the Native people have really liked it.

Grover’s long talk about how he came to be the way he is has really meant a lot to Native people who have been down that road, and they like Dan’s point of view because Dan really embodies the best of the Native view on nature and life. In his own way, he’s a very thoughtful man. Jumbo represents in some ways the best of a gentle, Lakota character. Wenonah doesn’t play a big role, but she is strong, and she has the strength of character that a lot of the Native women have.

The Native people see themselves represented as contemporary human beings. So, my Native friends are the ones who are pushing the book as much as anything, because they know that I have a non-Native audience and I give them their voice. They have been really supportive.

The first thing that happens when a nonNative person writes about Native things is, “Who are you? Here’s one more appropriation of who we are by some guy for fun and profit.” There was a certain skepticism about me early on, and yet, as I worked, as I really found out who I was and what I was doing, I saw this partly as a corrective of our historical narrative and an enrichment of our historical narrative, and partly to bring the reality of the Native way of looking at the world to the forefront. So the Native people said, “Yeah, we’ll watch this guy carefully. We’ll see what he’s all about.”

And then I wrote about the boarding school and that sort of made a difference. They said, “He’s telling something that needs to be told.”

And now, with this book about the asylum, many of them didn’t know about it. I was just down in Sioux Falls. There’s a group down there, the friends of the Hiawatha Asylum, and they are actually going out and trying to find the stories of every single person who was incarcerated in that asylum. They are contacting them all, because it is a story that hasn’t been told. There is so much history that’s hidden, and the Native people see that I am trying to help get that story out there. a For more information on Kent Nerburn, visit www.kentnerburn.com.

Tim Miejan is editor and co-publisher of The Edge. Contact him at 651.578.8969 or email editor@edgemagazine.net.

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The Dark Mother speaks Evolutionary Pagan

by Briana Crusan

Four seasons lay inside my breast Each with its own challenge and test But none so brutal as the wintertime For I am not allowed to die As we approach the longest night of the year, I contemplate what this season truly represents. According to many pagan traditions, winter is the “crone time” of year. The crone represents not only age and wisdom, but also the mysteries of death. I like to think of her as the Dark Mother, she who stands at the tomb to lay the dead to rest. The Dark Mother also presides over the female menstrual cycle, the time when something dies and a cleansing process begins. So while her energy is felt the strongest in the winter, all women of childbearing age experience the “season of the Dark Mother” every 28ish days.

Instead I wear a shroud of shame When the blood and pain reveals my name I am Womanhood, Mysterious, Proud, and Vain In our modern culture, it is generally accepted that women have a special power that men do not — the power to give birth.

However, once the job of childbearing has ended, the general attitude is that they serve no other purpose as a woman. This places women in the awkward

position of having to defend what happens each month they are not pregnant. It cuts women off not only from their bodies, but also from the other aspects of their power. Just as the Mother gives life, the Dark Mother can take it. This power is so frightening that it was vilified in Lilith and condemned in Eve. I wear the face that you revile For its beauty, power, and guile The horrible truth behind my cries Is the fear that rises in your eyes Our culture is not set up to allow for graceful endings, honoring the mourning process, or allowing time for healing.

We live in a time of “Super Moms” and “Adrenaline Junkies” who are too busy or feel too obligated to take a time out. This can lead to a lot of modern-day ailments, such as migraines. The missing link here is to pay attention to the season and work with it, instead of against it. The winter season is naturally a time of hibernation.

But just as we are not allowed to rest simply because it’s cold outside, women are not allowed to rest simply because they are bleeding. This rejection of nature turns a process meant to cleanse and replenish into a never-ending wound, hence, obsession with states of stigmata.

But once I have been set to ground The tides will turn, the moon grow round

Healed of all my aching wounds I will arise from the tomb The tomb is not only a metaphor for death, but also a return to the Source. For once laid to rest, the tomb becomes the womb from which one is reborn. We worship this rebirth every year in the Sun/Son God. But while many beliefs focus the myth of a dying man, not once do we acknowledge that there is a real live human who bears a stigma, bleeds, dies, and is reborn from a tomb in three days. She is called woman and she is everywhere.

I am the dark mother, I preside over death But there is no true moment where I am at rest For when I am at my worst, I am at my best I am a paradox, a riddle, a test The Dark Mother speaks to us through pain and suffering. She insists we pay attention to the cycles of our lives so we may learn when to act and when to retreat.

It is only when we ignore her call that we begin to experience dysfunction: mental, emotional and physical. As soon as we stop to listen, the pain becomes a lesson — the darkness becomes a resting place. When we surrender to the Dark Mother, we acknowledge some things are beyond our control.

But if we exhaust what we are given, the Dark Mother will find a way to gain our attention. Thus, we gain wisdom. a Briana Crusan is a second-generation pagan, new age spiritualist, massage therapist, energy healer and poet.

Follow her new blog, “Journey Towards Health,” at www. brianacrusan.com/journey-towards-health.html.

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Nature: A path to balance, health and healing

by Christine Huff How much exposure to nature do you get on a daily basis? If you are depressed, in pain, or suffering in any way, connecting with nature can help. Human beings are natural, after all, and allowing ourselves to connect with our natural side allows us to benefit from a rich legacy of health and rejuvenation. Connecting with nature is connecting with life itself, and when we lose that connection, it takes a toll on us.

What do you think of when you think “nature?” Is it being in the forest? Perhaps healthy food, or herbal supplements? Exercise outdoors? It is all this and more. Think unprocessed food full of nutrients. Think natural rhythms. Think movement, and fully engaging in low-tech activities. Think real. Think life. Whatever you do, connecting to what is vibrant, alive and low-tech will bring you closer to health.

Here are some ideas on how to make a connection with nature: • Be physically in nature — whatever you can muster! Take a walk, run or bike ride, go for a swim in a lake, or simply sit in your yard or a park. Be in as much green space as possible, as often as possible. It will make a big difference.

• Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables — organic when possible, please! At best, spraying food with harmful chemicals — or altering food’s genetics (GMOs) — takes away from the food’s natural healing abilities; at worst, it actually makes the food toxic to our system.

• Experience holistic healing practices, such as meditation,

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naturopathy, yoga, energy healing, etc., which will connect with your body’s natural healing rhythms and support your body’s innate ability to heal itself.

• Engage with plants, either in your home or a garden. Indoor plants are great for indoor air quality, and help dissipate negative energy, too.

• Let fresh air into your home. Turn off the air conditioning and open up the windows. Air out your home on the warmer winter days, too.

• Take part in any kind of low-tech activity you really enjoy that involves being physically and mentally present.

• Interact with animals and people — friends and family as well as co-workers and others in your community.

To be healthy, our body just needs the right tools — it can do the rest on its own! And nature is one of these wonderful tools. The key to health lies within our natural healing abilities. Our bodies understand the language of nature, even if our minds don’t. So remember that you are a creature of nature, and get outdoors to connect with your inner health. a Christine Huff is an energy healer who practices Reiki, Healing Touch, Crystology and Aromatherapy. In the past decade of her holistic health education, she has become well informed about many healing arts options available to us and how they can help us on our road to health. She teaches classes on healing arts options (Healing Arts 101) and holistic activism. Visit www.healingarts101.com. Contact Christine at christine@healingarts101.com.

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SPIRITUAL CENTERS A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE T H I S M O N T H ’ S F E AT U R E D T O P I C

Spiritual Centers & You: in the Temple of the Heart

by Janet Michele Red Feather

Spiritual Centers are not always where you would expect to find them.

Their hulls are as varied as the seekers within them. Synagogue, temple, church, mosque, longhouse, sweat lodge or ashram — all afford protection during our effort to connect with the Great Spirit of the Universe. My spiritual epiphany occurred in a less conventional place — the front yard of my home in the craggy and rugged Topanga Canyon, California.

I cannot think of a less-probable place as

a catalyst for growth than this wind-blown, sequestered gorge off the Pacific Coast Highway. Yet, here it was: a veritable Garden of Eden…my own personal Shambhala…a haven of wild and deciduous life. It was 1987, year of the Harmonic Convergence.

Our Galactic Planetary Alignment served as a kind of spiritual amplifier, multiplying personal gains exponentially.

An apartment dweller for years, I had finally located a plywood shanty, anomalously situated within a pricey sector of real estate. The young, precipitate “builder” had

given up on his little project at the base of the mountains, to our great benefit. The house and its triangle of cave-lined land sold at a premium.

Inside, the structure lacked drywall, and everywhere, black twisted coils of electrical wire serpentined from vaulted ceilings.

Previously owned cabinets were wedged haphazardly into nooks and crannies in a kind of hodgepodge, patchwork quilt of reclaimed carpentry. Still, there was the location. The canyon boasted a profusion of aromatic pine, cedar and manzanita. The freeze-dried, sage-colored habitat was home to Anna’s Hummingbirds, iridescent green gypsy moths, and stately Great Horned Owls.

Every morning, before the traditional first cup of coffee, I would stand outside at the center of the yard. Above me would be the early lemon yellow sun. To my left were the winding canyon walls, with their beige, blue, white and ivory agate intaglios. I would pray to the Great Spirit to safeguard the life within this brilliant place.

Peregrine falcons soared above, and the smell of fennel and anise wafted down on a slight breeze. I had never felt so present, so connected. Later, at a pow wow, I would learn through an elder that the Spirits of her people — the Coastal Chumash — lived in these caves. Suddenly, everything made sense. I was not alone. Spirit guides and helpers were already there, waiting.

One evening, I returned home with Lynn and Harv, my graduate school buddies. We Heart continued on page 22 

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 Heart continued from page 21 parked and turned off the headlights. It was early dusk, with just enough light to see beyond the dirt path to the front door. Something moved at the threshold. It lifted its head, and Lynn suddenly blurted, “Oh my God — a rattlesnake!”

One heartbeat later, we heard the dreaded sound reminiscent of old westerns, a sound like a small maraca being shaken stoutly.

“Don’t move,” I cried, shooting my arm out reflexively, like a braking mom protecting her seatbelted passenger. I froze in my tracks. “Don’t make a sound,” I whispered.

I prayed and talked to the snake with my mind, telepathically. I told him not to be afraid. I assured him we would not harm him, but let him know firmly he was blocking our way. I asked him to please just continue on his way. I blessed him, told him he was sacred, and thanked him.

You know what? That crazy snake looked back at us for a minute, his head resting in the air slightly above his curved body. He remained a moment, lowered his rattle, and slithered away toward the darkening road above us.

I am, by no means, a snake whisperer. I’m simply empathic and tend to pick up quickly on contextual cues. I sensed intense fear from my friends; and since this was my home, moreover, it was incumbent upon me to handle the situation, with or without previous training.

It was thus that I had found my true spiritual center. Inside my human heart was enough love and compassion to view all of life — even a venomous snake — as connected.

Hummingbird and serpent coexisted in this paradisiacal setting. All sentient beings are sacred, part and parcel of the Great Mystery. How could it be otherwise? a

Janet Michele Red Feather, J.D., M.A., has taught literature and composition for 18 years at the university, state, tribal and community college levels. She is currently a tenured English Faculty member at Normandale Community College. Janet enjoys her role as Ceremonial Singer for Native American ceremonies, singing traditional songs in Mandan and Lakota. She made a career shift into teaching after serving nearly eight years as a defense litigator in California. Her life changed significantly after she traveled to North Dakota in 1993 to fast and pray for a way of life. She welcomes correspondence at JanetRedFeather77@gmail.com.

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Experiencing the love of Jesus at Unity North Spiritual Center

by Ann Mongeau

While I have had many powerful experiences at Unity North Spiritual Center, the most profound was during an exercise called Maieutics. In our Bible study class, we consider culture, climate, the political influences of the times, the various other religions in the region, the Aramaic spoken at the time, and the various translations of the Bible.

“Maieutics is a Greek word having to do with birthing,” notes our church newsletter.

“In this case, it is birthing new ideas and new understandings from scripture. If you love Bible stories or you just don’t understand why anyone is fond of them, come to this entirely different experience of Bible stories. Includes visualization, storytelling and role playing.”

My profound experience with Maieutics took place in 2011. In Bible class, we decided to do an exercise on the story when Jesus asked Levi, a tax collector, to follow him and then join him when he ate with people Jews of the time didn’t usually eat with — prostitutes, other tax collectors, etc. The Pharisees confront Jesus, and he says, “It is not the healthy that need a doctor but the sick; I did not come to invite virtuous people, but sinners.”

We read that biblical passage and discussed how Jesus had violated the custom of the times.

We discussed the role of the Pharisees in aiding the community to follow their spiritual laws.

We imagined the scene, noting the climate and the surroundings. We then began guided visualizations where we imagined ourselves in each of the roles in the story. We tried to experience how each person might have felt as the story enfolded. Afterward, we discussed our interpretations on how the people felt at the time, and then we were asked to choose roles and act out the scene.

“Who will be Jesus?” asked Carol Kniskern, our spiritual director and leader of this exercise.

After a pause, I said, “I will.”

After the other roles were chosen, we came together to recreate the scene. It was then that I felt the enormity of what I had said I would do. I became really anxious. Me, Jesus? No way. Meanwhile, the cast was identifying where the tax collector’s custom house was, where the dinner would take place and where the Pharisees would stand. It was too late to back out.

I took a huge breath and sunk way down inside myself. What happened next was almost indescribable. A presence welled up from inside me. I remember watching all this and feeling it from a space behind my left shoulder.

We started acting out the scene and my body moved and I spoke, but it was this presence that moved me and spoke. “I” was watching it all happen.

I noticed that the others in the room were looking at me strangely, although they played out their roles. I remember feeling intense compassion for everyone in the room. I also remember that I barely remembered what I should say from the passage, but the appropriate things came out of me.

Afterward, we spent time discussing our experiences. I recall having little to say except that I described the presence — which I still felt — and everyone said they witnessed it also.

I continued to feel it, although less strongly, throughout the next day.

We did another maieutics exercise a few months later, and someone else played Jesus.

While her experience wasn’t exactly like mine, she also felt a presence also and we all could see and feel it.

I believe that this process brought the divine part of me out in a profound way — and it has changed my life. I haven’t felt it that strongly since, but I know it is there. It gives me peace and strength. a Unity North Spiritual Center, 11499 Martin St. NW, Minneapolis, has roots in New Thought Christianity, and other spiritual traditions are experienced, including shamanic rituals, Sufi dances of Universal Peace and healing services. Maieutics is offered from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. Visit unitynorthmn.org.

Ann Mongeau is an acupuncturist who is very active as a prayer chaplain, energy healer and adult education coordinator at Unity North Spiritual Center. Contact her at 763.300.9811.

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Experiencing The Sanctuary

by Angela Johnson

“I am abiding in deepest gratitude for this incredible spiritual community gathered right here at The Sanctuary, in the Park Ridge Mall, in the heart of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. I am also deeply grateful for having followed my intuitions that have led me to help this beautiful community continue to manifest.”

I speak these words as I stroke the feather that signifies my turn to speak at The Sanctuary’s weekly “Intenders Circle.” The Sanctuary is the beautiful space that two other holistic energy medicine practitioners and I share as our office and offer as a community spiritual center.

“In service to the highest, greatest and deepest good of All That Is, I intend that The Sanctuary continue to be a beacon of light and an expansive spiritual center, stepping into its potential in offering a variety of sacred services that continue to foster spiritual community and personal development in a way that serves the highest good of all seeking, and all involved. Do you align with me?”

“Yes!” Comes the heart-felt answer from the dozens of individuals gathered in the circle.

Smiling, I add, “Then do be it!”

“And so it is,” is the heartfelt response from the others gathered in the circle. And then I pass the feather to next person in the circle.

The original founding of what has become an international matrix of Intenders Circles was born nowhere near Sioux Falls, or even South Dakota, for that matter. The original “Intenders of the Highest Good” meetings took place in Hawaii several years ago. The premise is that our thoughts create our reality and that the power of our thoughts to become manifest is considerably amplified when spoken aloud in the presence of an attentive group of individuals who are in alignment with the idea of the thoughts manifesting in physical form.

Go online and search “Intenders Circle,” and you will see how far and wide this matrix currently extends. You may even be inspired to start an Intenders Circle yourself.

The free weekly Intenders Circle is just one example of many events that draw like-hearted members of the Sioux Falls area community together at The Sanctuary. The Sanctuary also hosts book clubs: currently, readers of Julia Cameron’s book, The Artist’a Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, meet every week. Starting in

January, readers of the renowned A Course in Miracles will begin meeting weekly. The Sanctuary also hosts regular dream interpretation events, BodyTalk Access group-balancings and BodyTalk Practitioner-In-Training practice gatherings, Reiki healing shares and prayerful meditations, along with Reiki classes and attunements, group EFT events, workshops on the Akashic Records, how to perform oracle card readings, intuitive toe readings, the art of hand-reading, pay-it-forward fundraisers for the community, and more.

The Sanctuary recently celebrated its second anniversary. Its doors originally were opened by Micara Link, RMT, a writer and intuitive. Now led by the owners of the three holistic healing practices that share The Sanctuary’s roof, the center thrives on. Teresa and Susie and I put our hearts and minds together each month to continue coordinating ways to give back and pay forward.

Each of our monthly “planning” meetings begins with meditation, prayer and our vision statement.

What an honor it is to co-create with these beautiful beings I call my “office mates!”

From within the sacred candle-lit community spiral at The Sanctuary’s recent birthday ceremony, I shared the following quote from Lisa Sullivan that speaks of holding the space that facilitates healing: “I see your brightness, and I see where you are masking your Light.

I hear your story, and I hear where you are attached to one role.

I feel your pain, and I feel where you are hiding it.

I give you permission to be your authentic self.”

That is The Sanctuary.

In light of the exponential growth happening within the realm of the power of group consciousness — and in service to the highest, greatest and deepest good of All That Is — I intend that all those seeking a spiritual center to meet their needs for sacred community and personal development find exactly what they need to uncover the wholeness they are looking for within. Do you align with me? Then so be it. a Angela Johnson, a Certified BodyTalk Practitioner, is a native of Sioux Falls, S.D., where she currently resides with her 10-yearold daughter, Prairie, and 8-year-old daughter, Karina. Angela is the owner of Awaken BodyTalk at 1600 S. Western Ave., Suite E, where she offers BodyTalk sessions for a wide variety of body/ mind concerns. Angela can be contacted via her website at www.

AwakenBodyTalk.com or by phone at 605.521.4281.

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value in the exploration of themselves outside of existing traditional, religious institutions. They are connecting with others in alternative centers focused on the spirit, on the soul, on spirituality. The following Spiritual Centers serve the Upper Midwest…and beyond: All-Faiths Meditation Services, led by Rev. Alan L. Pritz at Om Collective, 3350 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.721.4100, alanpritz@q.com, www.Awake-in-Life.com, www.theomcollective.com — These Meditation Worship Services are for persons of all faith traditions who seek spiritual nourishment and deeper inner-experience of the Divine through a meditation-based service. On most Sundays (check schedules online) from 10:30-11:30 a.m., the program consists of: invocation and prayer, centering, devotional chanting, silent meditation, an inspirational message, and healing offering.

Amanae Retreat and Event Center, 612.345.6044, www.amanaefob.com — The Amanae Center is the “go to place” for your event/workshop needs and provides the perfect space for you to create your own intimate in-town event. Clean, affordable and convenient. Give us a call today!

The Christine Center, 715.267.7507, 866.333.7507, christinecenter@tds.net, www.christinecenter.org — A supportive community in the Wisconsin woodlands offering retreat programs in yoga, meditation, art and writing as spiritual practice, many others. Personal retreats or bring friends for get-togethers. Cottages, guest houses, camping. Vegetarian meals, gluten-free available. Spiritual guidance, bodywork, sauna, meditation trails, art studio, bookstore and library. 25% off lodging first visit.

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

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…highlighting a different holistic business each month except when The Edge Directory is published (June & November). IN JANUARY: Animal Care: Communication, Healing, Products & Other Services – Deadline: December 17. Only $50 to list your contact information + 50 words describing what you offer to your community. For more info: 763.433.9291 or email cathy@edgemagazine.net.

Soul Travel. Worship Service: first Sunday of each month, 10-11 a.m. Youth programs. Community HU Song: third Sunday of each month, 10-10:30 a.m. Free workshops: Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. Tours available.

Harmonic Spirit, Brenda Miller, 4325 Elmore Ave., Webster, MN 55088, 651.398.7047, fax 952.652.4029, Shezavette@yahoo.com, www.harmonic-spirit.com — Through spiritual coaching, hypnotherapy, spiritual awakening, intuition, spiritual healing, energy healing and detoxifying, the body, mind and soul are healed.

Emotional and physical spirits are transformed, bringing you closer to self-actualization. Awaken your spirit and transform your world in a peacefully tranquil setting of the south metro countryside, where your mind and body can relax from the hustle of everyday life.

Kimala Kai, Soul Essence Massage and Tantra Healing Center, 612.867.0776, sarella55@yahoo. com, SoulEssenceMassage.com, Tantra-Soul.com — Through massage, breathwork, guided meditation, sacred sounds and tantra techniques releasing core wounds to integrate body with Soul-Self. Regrow authentic heart intimacy. Kimala is a 25-year massage master, addiction counselor, yoga and tantra teacher, ordained in Madonna Ministry. “As a Body Light Worker: I help bodies to Love being here…in Life!”

Saint Francis Liberal Catholic Church, 3201 Pleasant Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55408, 612.823.4276, stfrancisliberalcatholicchurch.org — Holy Eucharist Service 10 a.m. Sundays. Everyone welcome to Holy Communion. Holy Orders for women

since 2003. For the last 85 years, Saint Francis Liberal Catholic Church has welcomed all seekers looking for traditional Catholic ceremonial while upholding freedom of belief. We respect all spiritual and faith traditions.

The Seven Christian Sacraments, including same-sex marriage, are available to everyone.

Spirit United Church, 3204 Como Ave. SE., Minneapolis, MN 55414, 612.378.3602, www.spiritunited.com — When you are ready. When Spirit is calling you to something more. At Spirit United, we are redefining the meaning of church by honoring the ancient ways of wisdom while assisting in the birth of the emerging spirituality. Come discover a flourishing community dedicated to learning, healing, worshiping and serving.

Unity North Spiritual Center, 11499 Martin Street NW, Coon Rapids, MN 55433, 763.754.6489, www. unitynorthmn.org — Guiding children and youth to fulfilling their potential through exposure to world religions and opportunities for leadership; adult education includes healing, prayer, chanting, meditation, yoga, sacred text studies and others; Serving the wider community through such programs as Family Promise, Family Table, the Music Ministry and Choir.

Unity of the Valley Spiritual Center, 4011 W. Highway 13, Savage, MN, 952.895.0745, unityofthevalleymn.org — Unity provides practical, spiritual, holistic teachings to help people live healthy, prosperous and meaningful lives. Our message is one of love, peace and oneness. We honor all paths to God. Everyone is welcome. Sunday services at 10 a.m. 

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Contact: 763.433.9291 or cathy@edgemagazine.net 12 STEP SPIRITUALITY: 6200 Colonial Way, Edina, MN 55436, www.12StepSpirituality.org – We Teach and Practice the 11th Step of AA: “Sought through prayer and meditation…” and explore the spiritual side of the 12 Steps. All are welcome. Workshops are held on the 2nd Saturday of each month, 9am – Noon, Colonial Church of Edina.

All-Faiths Meditation & Worship Service: With Rev. Alan Pritz, at Om Collective, 3350 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis — Sunday Morning Meditation Worship Services for persons of all traditions – or none – who seek inner enrichment through a meditation-based spiritual service. No prior experience with meditation necessary – just an open mind and heart. 10:30-11:30am, Donation (suggest $10 - $20). More program info at www.Awake-in-Life.com ECKANKAR / TEMPLE OF ECK: Religion of the Light and Sound of God, 7450 Powers Blvd., Chanhassen, 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.

Lake Harriet Spiritual Community: A Center for Conscious Living, 4401 Upton Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.922.4272, www.lakeharrietspiritualcommunity.org — Encouraging authentic spiritual connection through Sunday services, classes and workshops. Sunday 10:30am Services are led by our resident speakers Patty Peterson, Christine Day, Cindi Claypatch, Michael Foley and Linda Saggau; guest speakers; or Spiritual Director, Theresa Rose. 9am Services include Spiritual Development, Drum Service, Toning/Healing and Body and Soul. Space also available for weddings, concerts and special events.

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SAINT FRANCIS LIBERAL CATHOLIC CHURCH: 3201 Pleasant Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.823.4276, www. stfrancisliberalcatholicchurch.org — Holy Eucharist 10am Sundays; Rosary 9:30am First Saturdays. Solemn Benediction, 7pm Third Thursdays. Communion available to everyone. Freedom of conscience and belief. A church for seekers. Ordination of Women. Seven Christian Sacraments. Find us on Facebook.

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 8:15, 9:45 & 11:30am, nursery & Sunday school at all 3. 3V alternative service 5:20pm. Monthly Healing service 7pm on the 1st Tuesday. Adult education classes throughout the year.

Unity of the Valley Spiritual Center: 4011 W. Hwy 13, Savage, 952.895.0745, www.unityofthevalleymn.org — “Celebrating the Light of Spirit within you.” Sunday service, Nursery, Rainbow Circles for children, and Uniteens at 10 am.

Our Many Paths Metaphysical Book and Gift store is open Monday-Thursday 11am-3pm, Sundays 11am-12:30pm.

Adult classes and workshops. Rental space available.

WAGS & WORSHIP: At Spirit United Church, 3204 Como Ave. SE, Minneapolis, sage@dancingporcupine.com, www.wagsandworship.com — Dogma with a Twist… and a Wag! Contemplate, grow, connect and be with a community of other animal lovers. Bring your pets with you — as long as you know they’d enjoy it! A portion of the offering will go to a different an animal-related organization each month. 9-9:30 a.m. on the 1st Sunday of each month (regular service 10:30am).

The White Lotus Room, 427 Vermillion Street, Hastings, MN 55033, whitelotusroom@gmail.com, www.WeavingMist.com — Welcome to The White Lotus Room where we offer our clients high standard metaphysical services. Professional and caring psychic/palm readings, hypnosis and energy healing work encompass our spiritual practice.

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Eases and oftentimes completely eliminates symptoms by tapping into the body’s natural ability to heal. Talk Pawsitive, Kristen Scanlon, CBP, BAP, 763.226.6943, Kristen.BodyTalk@gmail.com, www.KristenScanlon.com

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BODYWORK AND BREATHWORK: Gently transform limiting patterns at their core. Restore well-being of Body, Mind, and Spirit. Experience your life’s flow/ fulfillment. Lee Timm Beaty, Light Heart Unlimited, 612.721.7108, leebeaty@visi.com BREATH WORK / ENERGY HEALING / SOUL COACHING: With Terri Peterson, SBF, TBF, RPh. Heal the body, clear old emotions & deepen your connection with Spirit. Soul Breathing™ workshops and group sessions, ongoing. Personal breath sessions with Soul coaching and/or Pranic Healing® / Reiki by appointment. Info: www.theconnectingspirit.com, theconnectingspirit@gmail.com or 651.442.4623 CAREER COUNSELING: Clarifying Conversations – guided by your own heart, inspired by your own knowing. Laurie Mattila, M.S.Ed., Career Counselor 651.644.7766, LaurieMattila@aol.com, www.LaurieMattila.com Chakra Reading/Healing: Energyworks! Intuitive Healers – Affordable, Accessible, Powerful Healing Services. Chakra & Distance Healing, IET, Metaphysical Coaching, Chakra Clinics @ Present Moment & more! Our clients say: “Amazingly Accurate” “Calming,” “Deeply Healing,” and “Life changing.”

Nadine 651.329.2550, Fran 612.229.5586, www.energyworkshealers.com, energyworks444@gmail.com Clairvoyant: Angelic Inspirations®©™ – www.angelicinspirations.com – Psychic Readings, Life Readings w/charts, Personal Consulting, Professional, Business & Career Consulting, Love, Relationships, Ghosts, Seeing & Talking To The Dead, Past, Present & Future Events, Angels, Angel Readings, Channeling, Energy Clearings, Aura Readings, Dreams, Therapist, and much more! Call to schedule at 763.535.7982.

COACHING / COUNSELING: Leave the past behind, start something new! You don’t have to stay stuck in the same old patterns – you can make real changes in your life. Gentle, alternative approaches make it easier than you imagined. Judy Steele, MTP, life coaching and counseling. Alternative practitioner 35+ years’ experience, whole-person perspective. 612.590.3193, www.judysteelemtp.com CRYSTALS, STONES, STONE ENERGY: In-home store open. Call for an appointment. Ki Stones features mineral specimens, crystals, tumbled stones (over 150 types), carved stone items (wands, spheres, animals, candles), decorator pieces, jewelry. Information on energy properties provided with all stones sold.

Sheryl and Dale Fisher, Maple Grove, 763.420.9017, kistones@comcast.net, www.kistones.com EFT: Guaranteed Fast & Easy relief. Change your life NOW. Dr. Kim Eisen, Experienced and Intuitive, Master of EFT, 612.802.HEAL (4325), kim@DoEFT.com, www.DoEFT.com Energy Healing: Healing Arts 101: Christine offers energy healing sessions for pain relief, relaxation and general health. She also teaches classes about many alternative / complementary health options. Check out www.healingarts101.com or call/text 651.338.1216 Energy Healing / Shamanic / Intuition: Shamanic Sessions, Intuition Readings, and more.

Marie Savage, Earth & Water Wellness, 612.508.9606, marie@earthearthwaterwellness.com, www.earthwaterwellness.com

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FENG SHUI CONSULTATION: Consultations, one-on-one professional mentoring, and workshops, Barbara Bobrowitz, Energetic Alignments, 763.571.9437, www.energeticalignments.com FLOWER ESSENCES: Numerous Flower Essences for spiritual and emotional healing. Books, Practitioners Available. Bob Gallagher, Martin Bulgerin, Present Moment Herbs & Books, 3546 Grand Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.824.3157, 1.800.378.3245, herbshop@presentmoment.com, www.presentmoment.com Grief & Trauma Therapy: Heal your grief and trauma with Induced After-Death Communication (IADC).

This new therapy is able to rapidly heal grief and trauma resulting from the death of loved ones (including beloved pets) to a degree never before possible. In practice since 1990. Gary R. Beaver, M.A., Licensed Psychologist, 612.910.1191, garyrexbeaver@gmail.com, www.garyrbeaver.com HEALING CENTER: Zen Healing Center is a place where people will find healing through a fusion of diverse services, such as massage therapy, acupuncture, yoga, chiropractic and nutrition. Our philosophy is to integrate natural healing arts into a harmonious whole new form of life. Our focus is to help clients receive longevity and wellness by caring, teaching and guiding. Dr. Zen Matsuda, 952.800.8733, zenhealingcentermn@gmail.com, www.zenhealingcentermn.com HERBS: 600+ herbs, tinctures, capsules & oils, new and used books, Natural healing practitioners available.

Bob Gallagher, Andrew Lucking, ND, Duane Givens, Present Moment Herbs & Books, 3546 Grand Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.824.3157, 1.800.378.3245, herbshop@presentmoment.com, www.presentmoment.com HOLISTIC CENTER: Bee Merry Holistic Center — check out the BeeMerry.org website for more information.

HOLISTIC PSYCHOTHERAPY: Counseling, Stress Management, Hypnosis, Sheryl Fisher, MSW, LICSW, 763.420.9782 HOMEOPATHY: 2000 Homeopathic Remedies, Individual Potencies, Books, Practitioners Available. Bob Gallagher, Andrew Lucking ND, Martin Bulgerin, Present Moment Herbs & Books, 3546 Grand Ave. S., Minneapolis, 612.824.3157, 1.800.378.3245, herbshop@presentmoment.com, www.presentmoment.com HYPNOSIS & TRAINING: Heal emotional patterns and create a nurturing relationship with yourself and others. Hypnotherapy for weight loss, stop smoking, fears, phobias, pain, psychic gifts, past lives, spirituality, and more! Susan Just, CH, Dynamic Minds, Inc., Hypnotherapy Center & Training, 612.827.8094, www.dynamicmindsinc.com HYPNOSIS & TRAINING: Past Life, Life-Between-Lives Regression, Madonna Kettler, Ph.D., L.B.L., Center for Inner Peace, 612.709.5578, Madonna@madonnakettler.com HYPNOTHERAPY: Need relief from anxiety, depression, phobias or PTSD? Ready to gain insight into your soul’s purpose through Past Life or Life-Between-Lives regression? 12 Years Experience. Eric Christopher, MSMFT, CHT, St. Paul, 651.649.1952, www.ericjchristopher.com

HYPNOTHERAPY & CONSCIOUSNESS COACHING™: Change your mind. Change your life. Five Phase Advanced Transformational Hypnotherapy.™ Transform limiting beliefs, fears, anxiety, relationships, self-esteem, weight loss, smoking, habits. Mind-Body-Spirit stress reduction, breath work, self-hypnosis, meditation. Judith Froemming, BA, CH, CTC, HNLP, Infinite Mind Hypnosis and Coaching, 651.216.0085, www.infinitemindhypnosis.com Hypnotherapy / Psychotherapy: Build your own skills for relationships across the veil, interactive prayer, Synergy Meditation, and do-it-yourself therapy. Get help with smoking cessation, past-lives, between lives, and healing trauma, sexual abuse and other issues.

Jerry Buchmeier, Ph.D., psychotherapist, channel for Mother Mary, 763.546.4133, jerrybuchmeier@comcast.net, www.jerrybuchmeier.com INNER CHILD WORK & EFT: Author of the best-selling Inner Child Workbook & EFT (Tapping) Practitioner, Cathryn Taylor 612.710.7720, www.JoinCathrynTaylor.com INSURANCE: Don’t pay too much for auto, home, renter’s, life, boat, snowmobile, or motorcycle insurance - call me for a quote so you can start saving money right away.

Your local, reliable insurance agent. Kristin Johnson, kjohnson7@allstate.com, 952.873.7452. I love referrals!

Intuitive / Clairvoyant Reader: As a “Motivational Intuitive,” Amy Vasterling reads from your truth, giving you perspective about your life path. She is able to see, smell, hear and sense the essence of the Universal energy she solicits. Call 612.791.3001.

Visit www.intuitivepathfinder.com INTUITIVE CLASSES & READINGS: Eye of Horus Metaphysical 612.872.1292. Intuitive Tarot, Psychic & Palm readers available for in-store private readings or events. Classes in Psychic Development, Tarot & Runes.

Schedule online at www.EyeofHorus.biz Intuitive Guidance, Medium, Coach: I offer a loving connection to your soul and your personal story.

My purpose in being is to bring truth, love and joy into your consciousness. I do this through conversations with your soul that provides you with information that is most useful to you at this time. Kristine Meerschaert 651.346.9646, lovetruthjoy6@gmail.com, Yourtrueidentity.com INTUITIVE READINGS: I am Madame Z. I will assist you on your journey. Intuitive Readings, Parties, Events, 612.659.8101 or email talllady55@yahoo.com LIFE PATH READINGS: With the guidance of nonphysical Teachers who have worked with me for over 40 years, my in-depth sessions offer unique perspectives and are focused on helping you to unfold your Life Path in the Clear Light of Spirit and express your expanded Self. Claudia LeMarquand, M.A., Psychic Medium, Professional Counselor, Mentor, 651.402.3100, claudialemarquand@gmail.com Melaleuca: Looking for safe, Green, concentrated, eco-friendly products? Shop wholesale, 30-40% discount, 350+ products, all with 100% satisfaction guarantee.

New customers receive $100 Free product. Catalog shop monthly online or 800 number. Business opportunities available. Jill Brittain, Melaleuca Marketing Executive, 952.457.0698, jcbrittain@comcast.net

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Mind-Body Integrative Healing: Therapies and classes to retrain your body and mind. Re-Align to your fullest potentials. Resolve stress and unhealthy patterns with life changing experiences; hypnotherapy, shiatsu bodywork, energywork and Tai Chi Chih, Qigong and mindfulness meditation. St. Paul & Stillwater. Theresa May, 612.345.1537, www.heavenonearthhealing.com

REIKI HEALING: Feel Empowered on Every Level! Reiki Training and Sessions, schedule a Reiki I or II class, inquire about Reiki Master apprenticeships, Rachel Miejan, Reiki by Miejan, 651.735.2863, rachel.miejan@gmail.com, ReikibyMiejan.com

NUTRITION: Do you know how to eat well, but struggle to make good food choices? Discover the root causes of your eating patterns. This knowledge can empower you to enjoy whole foods that are delicious and satisfying. Free, 60-minute consultation. Maggie Christopher, Certified Holistic Nutrition Counselor, St. Paul, 651.231.1360, www.maggiechristopher.com

SACRED WORD ATTUNEMENTS: Your Optimal Future through ancient sound technology! Through Resonance with sacred, archetypal words from Sanskrit, Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic, I create personalized attunements designed to align you with the direction of optimal growth for the person you wish to become. John V. Berdy, M.A., Psychotherapist, Musician, expertise in grief and loss, 651.408.2172, jvberdy@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL PSYCHIC MEDIUM & ANIMAL INTUITIVE: Alison James. Readings by phone worldwide. Ongoing psychic development courses – novice to professional – and ongoing psychic practice circles.

Workshops. Public and in-home events. Detailed information, all scheduling and payment options are found online at www.alisonjames.us. Contact Alison at alison@alisonjames.us or voicemail 612.424.1411 Psychic Healing: Transformation of your Body, Mind & Soul. I Receive messages from my Guides for you to help with the Healing Process, utilizing many modalities, including Energy Healing, Mediumship, Reiki, Guided Meditation & EFT. I gently guide you through your Blissful Journey with Compassion and send you home with Tools & Education for Self Care. KAS Inc., Kimberly, 952.232.0958, HopeHealing4U@gmail.com, MNMedium4U.com, LotusHealing4u.com PSYCHIC / INTUITIVE READER: Soul Readings - Psychic Development Classes, Cindy Lehman 612.669.1861, cindy@cindylehman.com, www.cindylehman.com Psychic Medium: Valerie Landy is a Psychic Medium who connects with loved ones on the other side.

Spiritual Life Coach Occupational Issues, Divorce & Child Custody,Abuse Issues. Help finding missing people and pets. Massage & Reiki Healing. Contact Inner Intuition at www.InnerIntuition.com or call 320.267.4218 or 1.888.482.0137 for appointments.

PSYCHIC MEDIUM: Well-Known Psychic Medium Deborah Lynn11 is gifted with the power to Name, names. She is unlike any other as she is known to go back 2-3 generations or even ten years into the future.

To be amazed, call her at 651.439.5337 or visit www.deborahlynn11.com Psychic Reading / Intuitive: Ilga Cimbulis: Readings, Classes, Parties, Events. 612.385.3005, ilga@ilgacimbulis.com, www.ilgacimbulis.com

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REIKI HEALING: Reiki Training and Treatments, Dale & Sheryl Fisher, Maple Grove, 763.420.9017, dashf@comcast.net

Shamanic Breathwork™ & Spiritual Guidance: Discover and manifest your Soul Purpose.

Experienced Shamanic Breathwork™ facilitation, hypnotherapy, past life regression and spiritual guidance for groups and individuals in Burnsville. Deb Irestone, DMin, MA, 952.250.2543, www.shamanshearth.org, deb.irestone@gmail.com SHORTCUT TO SUCCESS: Do you transform people’s lives, but are struggling to get more clients, money, or grow your business? Check out the “Shortcut to Success – Quick Start Program.” Kim Eisen, Success Coach, Master of EFT, 612.802.4325, kim@ShortcutToSuccess.com, www.ShortcutToSuccess.com Sound & Vibrational Healing: Sound and Vibrational Healing with Tuning Forks, by either specific sound (frequency or key) or forks applied directly to the body according to trigger points, meridians or chakras.

Beneficial in relaxation, stress reduction, or stimulation/ promotion of healing and pain reduction. Excellent used in conjunction with Reiki and Chakra balancing, also offered.

Body & Sol TANSpa, 2653 Louisiana Ave. S., St. Louis Park, MN 55426, 952.922.9229, www.bodysoltanspa.com SUFI: Four Layers of the Heart, Jess Fauchier, 763.360.9259, fauchier@goldengate.net, www.suficentermn.org Workshop Leader Training: Become a licensed Heal Your Life® workshop leader in the philosophy of Louise Hay. Complete manuals and materials provided.

Feb. 22 - March 1. Authorized by Hay House and approved by Louise Hay. San Diego and East Coast.

Heart Inspired Presentations LLC, Patricia Crane, 800.969.4584, patricia@heartinspired.com, www.healyourlifetraining.com YOGA: Therapeutic yoga : healing for body and mind, like a prayer, feels like you’ve just been on a relaxing vacation with many self revelations. Unpretentious setting & compassionate instructors, gently challenging, welcoming. Circle Pines in the North Metro.

Body Mind Circle, Hiyala Indiga, 612.850.0071, info@bodymindcircle.com, Bodymindcircle.com

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December 1 – Spiritual Freedom—Creating a Life that Works: Join people from all walks of life for the monthly worship service at the Temple of ECK. Dynamic speakers, original creative arts, and singing HU, a sacred name for God, celebrate a life lived in harmony with Divine Spirit. Sunday, Dec., 1 and every first Sunday of the month, 10am, Temple of Eck / Eckankar, 7450 Powers Blvd., Chanhassen, 952.380.2200, www.TempleofECK.org December 1-8 – Master Tao Huang – Chinese Xin

Le Qu healer at Wind over Fire Healing Arts Center: Master Tao Huang will once again be dazzling clients with his insights and transformational abilities offering private Xin Le Qu sessions. Master Tao is a client favorite! For more info: go to www.windoverfire.com or call 507.281.6649.

December 3 – BE Group Speaker – Lini Wilkins – on Navajo Medicine: “We receive guidance daily from our plant and animal relatives, who desire the best for us,” says Lini. By learning the language of their messaging, we are able to connect with our authentic selves and open to the wisdom and knowledge of the universe. Open to the public. For more information go to www.windoverfire.com or call 507.281.6649.

December 3, 10, 17, January 7 & 14 – Alison James

presents “Psychic You- Journey to Self” classes: Tuesdays 7-9pm, Upstairs, through door left of Hwa Rang Do, 5417 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. Novice psychic development, structured for self-discovery and to build psychic self-esteem.

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December 4 – Free Health IT Information Session: Developed with local and regional industry experts, Normandale offers a 6-month online program to prepare highly qualified professionals with the knowledge, skills and critical thinking to work in the healthcare, IT insurance, pharmacy, medical device, allied health and other related industries that utilize health information systems, including electronic health records and health information exchange. Free, 6-7pm, Normandale Community College, 952.358.8343, online info at www.mnhealthit.com December 4 – Tuning In to Waking Dreams: Could God be speaking to you through events in your daily life?

Find out how to recognize these everyday messages from Spirit. Free workshop. Wednesday, Dec. 4, 7-8:30pm, Eckankar, 7450 Powers Blvd., Chanhassen, 952.380.2200, www.TempleofECK.org December 6-7 – KiStones Holiday Sale: Discounts 10%-40%. Jewelry, Crystals, Minerals. Candle holders, Hearts, Wands, Animals, Birds carved from natural stone. Salt Lamps, Selenite Lamps to enhance your environment. Over 150 kinds of tumbled stones. Fill your shopping list with unique and quality gifts… for yourself, too. Information about the energy of the stones. 10am-8pm Friday & Saturday, 15440 96th Place N., Maple Grove, MN. Call Sheryl and Dale at 763.420.9017.

December 7 & 14 – Gift Shoppe - Holiday Celebration: 10am-5pm Saturday, Dec. 7 & Dec. 14, Earthway Farm, South Haven, MN. Featuring handcrafted jewelry, gem stones and rocks, pendulums, books, CDs, organic apple pies, crisp, apple butter and more.

All Books, CDs, DVDs including Jewelry & gem trees 10%-40% off. Energy healing available by appointment at 320.236.7852 or earthwayfarm@gmail.com.

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December 11 – Past Lives: Have You Lived Before? Discover how to gain awareness of your links to past lives and end a chain of karma. Free workshop.

Wednesday, Dec. 11, 7-8:30pm, Eckankar, 7450 Powers Blvd., Chanhassen, 952.380.2200, www.TempleofECK.org. Pre-register, free book!

December 11 – Chanting & Meditation at the St. Paul Yoga Center: Corner Studio, 1162 Selby, St. Paul. Wednesday, December 11, at 7:30-8:30pm. $10.

Info: Awake-in-life.com/chanting-meditation-gatherings December 14 – ZRS Healing Holidays Expo: Experience holiday joy, enjoy free festive buffet, music and fantastic opportunities for exploring wide array of intriguing healing modalities, innovative practitioners and exciting new wellness products. Qigong – Aromatherapy – Crystal Energy – Therapeutic Hypnosis – Intuitive Readings - much More! Free Demonstrations – Samples – Inspiration – Valuable Connections – Great ZRS Holiday SALE! Saturday, Dec. 14, 2-7pm, ZRS Fossils and Gifts, 3018 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis.

Info: 612.824.1068, info@ZRSfossils.com December 15 – Find Inner Peace: Chant HU! In our fast-paced 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, Dec. 15, 10-10:30am, Eckankar, 7450 Powers Blvd., Chanhassen, 952.380.2200, www.TempleofECK.org December 15 & 22 — All-Faiths Meditation & Worship Service: Om Collective, 3350 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis. Sundays 10:30-11:30am on December 15 & 22. Donation (suggest $10 - $20). Info: Awake-in-life.com/october-chanting-meditation/ December 15 & 29, January 5 & 19, February 2, 16 – Psychic Circles with Alison James: Sundays: 1-3pm - Novice to Intermediate Circle; and 3-5pm - Intermediate to Advanced Circle. Upstairs, through door to left of Hwa Rang Do, 5417 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. Get the details: www.alisonjames.us

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 Happenings continued December 18 – Explore Out-of-Body Adventures: Find out more about what these experiences mean. Discover how to transcend astral travel and experience profound spiritual realms. Free workshop.

Wednesday, Dec. 18, 7-8:30pm, Eckankar, 7450 Powers Blvd., Chanhassen, 952.380.2200, online at www.TempleofECK.org December 18-20 – Gabriel Azoulay at Wind over Fire Healing Arts Center: Master Thai Yoga Massage therapist originally from Israel now living in Finland will be at Wind over Fire Healing Arts Center. One-hour, 1.5 hours and 2-hour appointments available. For more information go to www.windoverfire.com or call 507.281.6649.

December 19 – EFT — “Get Rid of My Stuff” Free teleseminar: Do you feel stuck? Quickly release and heal what’s in the way of your abundant and joyful life.

Conveniently attend from the comfort of your home.

11am (yes, call will be recorded if you can’t make it).

Register at www.DoEFT.com. Kim Eisen, Experienced and Intuitive Master of EFT, 612.802.HEAL (4325), www.DoEFT.com December 21-22 – Reiki I, Reiki II or Reiki Healing Sessions: Reiki training available through Rachel Miejan, Reiki by Miejan. Universal Life Force Energy.

Feel it. Be it. Reiki leaves you calm and relaxed and pain free. December 21-22 or schedule a time convenient for you. Contact Rachel at 651.735.2863 or email rachel.miejan@gmail.com and visit ReikibyMiejan.com January 8-29 – Have You Had a Spiritual Experience? Understanding memorable dreams, déjà vu, miraculous protection, amazing coincidences, out-of-body experiences, seeing an inner light, or hearing an inner sound can bring more love, mastery, and awareness into your life. This four-week class

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by Nadine Penny Chill out this December with some ice-cool, outdoor fun. Sled, skate or simply lie in the snow and make angels and breathe in the beauty of our silent, snowflake-laden world. The winter wonderland offers a playground for children big and small and reminds us that the greatest of joys can be found in the simplest of pleasures: a stroll through the snow on a starry night, the laughter of children at a snowball fight, the frosted trees sparkling with light. So take the festivities outside this month, honor your spiritual traditions, celebrate the passing of another wondrous year and dig that snow! a Nadine Penny attained her M.A. from the University of Denver in Counseling Psychology. Nadine lives in Minnetonka where she works as a medium, life issues reader and Reiki master. Contact her by email at nadine.penny@gmail.com and visit www.nadinepenny.com.

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will help you explore and understand your spiritual experiences. Free! Come any or all Wednesdays: January 8, 15, 22, 29, from 7-8:3pm, Eckankar, 7450 Powers Blvd., Chanhassen, 952.380.2200, online at www.TempleofECK.org, www.facebook.com/ Eckankar. Pre-register; free Spiritual Experiences Guidebook.

January 11 – “The Healing Angels of the Energy Field”: 9:30am to 5pm – You will learn how to call upon the healing angels with a special prayer of invitation. Also, learn how to use heart link to connect

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HOST YOUR OWN SHOW: Inquire about hosting your own monthly Edge Talk Radio program (one-hour programs from your own home) by calling Cathryn Taylor at 612.710.7720 or Cathy Jacobsen at 763.433.9291.

Tuesday, December 3 at 6 p.m. Central  “Edge Learning Well” with Maureen Pelton

 “Edge Quantum Techniques”

First Tuesday of each month — Learning Well - Your partner in integrative health education. You’ll hear from fascinating experts who will share rich information designed to enhance your health, career and relationships. Learning Well…bringing growth, joy and inspiration to your life! Sponsored by the Integrative Health Education Center of Normandale Community College.

First Friday of each month — Quantum Techniques Practitioners Heidi Gilman and Dr. Thomas Miller talk about using the Quantum Techniques Energy Healing Technique to restore normal communication in blocked or reversed energy systems; acupuncture meridians and bioenergetic fields of the body. This technique helps the body to heal from acute and chronic physical and non-physical symptoms.

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Friday, December 6 at 2 p.m. Central with Heidi and Tom

with the energy of the angels. You will invite each of the healing angels to support you on and in all levels.

Contact Edwinna Sackariason, 651.653.0786, to register. Reminder: class “Integrated Energy TherapyPower Steps of Transformation” on Dec. 7-8.

January 13-15 — Senderos de Luz: A hibernal retreat in the Wisconsin woods: Join Efrén F. Solanas for three days of meditation, Frequencies of Brilliance and Soul Mandalas. For information and registration, contact Efrén at efrensolanas.com

Sunday, December 8 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Central  “On the Edge” with Doug & Cathy Second Sunday of each month — Join Doug & Cathy as they dig for the truth about topics such as UFOs, vaccines, genetically modified food, Earth changes, global warming, death and the afterlife, plus much more. The hosts will be joined by notable guests who will share their knowledge.

Wednesday, December 11 at 6 p.m. Central  “Edge Inner View” with Cathryn Taylor Second Wednesday of each month — Join Cathryn as she shares 60 minutes of conversation with Karla Wessel, LLC, of Angel Star Journeys. Karla is an intuitive who offers angel readings for people and animals. She will share information on new animal cards coming out next year. She also is a healer and Reiki Master, and a writer and artist.

Thursday, December 12 at 6 p.m. Central  “Edge Animal Talk” with Mary Stoffel Second Thursday of each month — Animal communicator Mary Stoffel gives insights into the relationships that our animals have with us, and with each other. Join her to explore how animals feel, think, work, heal and react as they share our lives. Learn how to help your animals cope with change, illness and trauma. Get practical information dealing with all types of animalrelated issues.

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January 14 - March 26 – Hands-on Energy Healing with Ron Moor: Learn about healing energy as you deepen your capacity to be of service. Heartcentered, grounded, real. Foundational class open to all. 11 weeks, Tuesdays 7-9pm at Spirit United, 3204 Como SE, Mpls. Info: ron@centerforwholeness.com, 952.929.1559.

January 18-19 — Beginning Psychic Development Class: The psychic world is one of excitement, wonder and fear of the unknown. Psychics in the Cities will help you recognize and develop your psychic gifts. An enlightening course for skeptic and believer alike. Two days with added bonus of evening gallery. www.psychicsinthecities.com, 612.860.9196.

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free presentation by Gary R. Beaver, MA, Licensed Psychologist, to learn about Induced After-Death Communication. This amazing new therapy rapidly heals grief and trauma resulting from the death of loved ones (including beloved pets) to a degree never before possible. Aslan Institute, 4141 Old Sibley Memorial Highway, Eagan, MN 55122 (just 5 minutes south of Mall of America), Thursday, Jan. 23, 6:30-8pm.

Contact 612.910.1191 or garyrexbeaver@gmail.com to register or for more information. Visit www.garyrbeaver. com.

January 27 - March 10 – Beginning Tai Chi for Health and Arthritis: Tai Chi for health beginning follows the Tai Chi from the Arthritis Foundation program. Recommended as a starting point for your Tai Chi journey, this 6-week course will introduce Dr. Lam’s Simplified Sun Style Tai Chi in a safe and supportive environment. Other certified teaching assistants may be scheduled to teach this course on an infrequent basis. $59, 7-8pm, Normandale Community College, 952.358.8343, Normandale.augusoft.net

Sunday, December 15 at 11 a.m. Central  “Edge Sage Pages” with Harmony Green Third Sunday of each month — The first half of the show are the Pages from the Path, when Harmony offers brief readings concerning Divine Life Purpose. Then, a guest will discuss his or her path and how they came to it and the gifts they are sharing with the world.

Monday, December 16 at 5:30 p.m. Central  “Edge EFT Happy Half Hour” with Cathryn Taylor Third Monday of each month — Take the edge off your day! Treat yourself to a half hour of relaxation and relief with the new, innovative stress-reducing technique of Energy Tapping. Learn how to use EFT for Body, Mind, Heart & Soul.

Wednesday, December 18 at 6 p.m. Central  “Edge Happenings” with Cathy Jacobsen Third Wednesday of each month — Live conversations with those who are bringing special events to the community in the next month. Gather more insight into what to expect at these coming events and why they will be meaningful to you in your

January 28, February 4, 11, 18, 25, March 4, 11, 18 – “Psychic You: Self Mastery Course” with Alison James: Tuesdays 7-9pm, Upstairs, through door left of Hwa Rang Do, 5417 Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis. Course is for those who have taken Psychic You or its equivalent. You know your talents and want to hone your skills. Each class is focused and structured for proactive learning. Get the details: www. alisonjames.us February 1 – Reiki Energy Therapy Level 1: Reiki Energy Therapy is a simple, natural and safe method of therapy that uses life force energy transmitted through a practitioner’s hands that offers physical pain reduction and profound relaxation. Reiki Energy Therapy sessions are a hands-on, fully clothed touch therapy. These courses are taught using traditional Usui Reiki form. $150, 8am-4pm, Normandale Community College, 952.358.8343, Normandale.augusoft.net February 1 - March 8 – Beginning Tai Chi for Health and Arthritis: Tai Chi for health beginning follows the Tai Chi from the Arthritis Foundation program. Recommended as a starting point for your Tai Chi journey, this 6-week course will introduce Dr. Lam’s Simplified Sun Style Tai Chi in a safe and supportive environment. Other certified teaching assistants may be scheduled to teach this course on an infrequent basis. $59 10:30-11:30am, Normandale Community College, 952.358.8343, Normandale.augusoft.net February 5 - March 13 – Belly Dance for Every Body: This class is designed for people in any kind of body. Belly Dance is extraordinarily beneficial for improving flexibility, core strength, endurance, musculature awareness, and posture improvement.

Students will be introduced to the foundation moves of Middle Eastern dancing. This class encourages all ages and body types to improve their health in a gentle, nurturing environment and have fun doing so. $59, 6-7pm, Normandale Community College, 952.358.8343, Normandale.augusoft.net

February 8 – Face Reading: Introduction to Physiognomy: Physiognomy is the ancient process of interpreting facial structure to learn about the inner person. Our facial structure is our “soul print.”

Every face is perfect, and reveals both our gifts and our challenges. This information will empower the participant in situations where we often feel less than powerful - relationships, sitting on either side of the interview table, in team meetings, and the dating game. $49, 6-8:30pm, Normandale Community College, 952.358.8343, Normandale.augusoft.net February 8 - April 12 – Homeopathic Medicine Certificate: This 18-hour certificate program prepares you with practical skills including the basic laws of homeopathy, how remedies are made, and applications for infectious disease and acute conditions. Individual courses will introduce you to treatment options for influenza, natural immunization information, and first aid applications in more depth. $280 for 4-part series on Saturdays (times vary), Normandale Community College, 952.358.8343, Normandale.augusoft.net February 11 - March 18 – Ayurveda Certificate: Ayurveda is the holistic medical system from India which has been practiced for more than 5000 years. Ayurveda emphasizes prevention and encourages health through balancing body, mind and consciousness. This 6-course series will introduce core Ayurvedic principles of right thinking, food choices, life style changes, and the use of herbs as key factors to create balance in energies responsible for body-mind functions. $249, 6-8:30pm, Normandale Community College, 952.358.8343, Normandale.augusoft.net February 19 – Psychic Development Class: Learn to consciously access and work with your soul’s clarity, guidance, purpose and wisdom. Wednesday evenings, February-November. Cindy Lehman, 612.669.1861, cindy@cindylehman.com, www.cindylehman.com

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Thursday, December 19 at 6 p.m. Central  “Beyond the Edge” with Mary Laven Third Thursday of each month — Mary’s show will assist you in gaining insight and a deeper understanding of some exceptional alternative therapies and their practitioners, removing our expectations and grasping better ways toward healing our bodies to become the person we are meant to be and become fully present.

Thursday, December 26 at 6 p.m. Central  “Edge Insights” with Deborah Lynn11 Fourth Thursday of each month — Twin Cities Psychic Medium and Author Deborah Lynn11 helps you discover why and what it is you are working on in your life on Earth. Learn how to manifest your life on Earth as it is in your heaven. And free mini-readings for those who call in.

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