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Acceptance, Gratitude, and Grieving

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newsbriefs Practical Ayurveda Workshop

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yurveda is the science of longevity.

The word “Ayurveda” comes from two Sanskrit words: Ayur meaning life and Veda meaning knowledge or science. Ayurveda is an approach to living in harmony with the universe in order to achieve optimum health. This workshop shows modern applications of an ancient science.

Ayurveda defines life as the intelligent coordination of four aspects: atma (soul), manas (the mind), indriyas (the senses), and sharira (the body).

Each aspect has specific functions which contribute to the wholeness we experience as life. Ayurveda focuses on maintaining a balanced, integrated relationship among them.

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From November 16-18, a handson workshop at the Amrit Yoga Institute provides an introduction to Practical Ayurveda. $295 includes meals and accommodations. LMTs and Yoga Teachers will earn 12 CEUs by attending this workshop.

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n Wednesday, November 7, a lecture at the Belleview Public Library will be given from 3-6pm in the lecture room, just to the right of the main lobby entrance.

The topic of discussion will be the endocrine system. The specific topics will be the hypothalamus, pineal gland, pituitary gland, thyroid gland, and the ghymus gland.

To reserve your seat, call 352-6221151 (the office of Michael J. Badanek DC, BS, CNS, DACBN, DCBCN, DM(P)) and speak to either Nancy or to Dr. Badanek.

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he earth has blessed us with crystal treasures. Sharron Britton says, “The original pink Lemurian seed crystals were given to us so that we could use the ancient wisdom of the earth and the stars in a new way when the time was right. That time is now!”

New crystals with incredible energy are being discovered constantly ,and when we experience their energy, we are changed. This workshop is designed to awaken the light being within, realign the energetic light bodies, open the gateway to cocreation of the grid of light, and much more.

Sharron Britton, a.k.a. the “Rock Priestess,” has been collecting all kinds of rocks and minerals since she was a child. For the past 13 years, she has been the proprietor of the High Springs Emporium in High Springs, Florida where she provides lightworkers, healers, and collectors of rare minerals with exactly the right tools. Her workshops and classes are designed to help people develop and learn to trust their intuition, while opening up to the energy and uses of these treasures from the earth.

The workshop will take place on Saturday, December 1, from 11-1 at Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Suite 600, Ocala. Sharron will bring an amazing selection of high-energy crystals and compatible stones from her shop. The cost is $20; seating is limited. Call 352-291-9459 to reserve your seat.

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n Saturday, November 10, from 10-12 in Orlando, Jeff Primack will be giving a free workshop for children age 5-12. The class is also free for the parents of the children who are attending.

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Also, the final Qigong Revolution event of the year is taking place November 3-6 at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

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healthbriefs Cranberry Juice Yields Knockout Punch

Nuts Help Neutralize Metabolic Syndrome

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hen scientific studies first provided evidence that cranberries are a powerful agent in fighting urinary tract infections (UTI), the supplement industry was fast to react by putting cranberry pills and extracts on the market.

But are they as effective as drinking cranberry juice or eating the sauce?

Recent analysis by Worcester Polytechnic Institute offers answers. The researchers tested proanthocyanidins (PAC), a group of flavonoids found in cranberries and thought to be what gives the juice its infection-fighting properties, offering hope that these could translate into an effective extract. However, the report concluded that cranberry juice itself is far better at preventing biofilm formation—the precursor of infection—than PACs alone.

The virulent form of E. coli bacteria that is the cause of most UTIs is covered with small, hair-like projections, known as fimbriae, which act like hooks and latch onto cells that line the urinary tract. When enough bacteria adhere to the cells, they form a biofilm that leads to infection. Cranberry juice prevented the bacteria from forming this biofilm, while PACs alone were not as effective.

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ccording to the World Health Organization, metabolic syndrome—linked to inflammation and oxidative stress that increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease—affects 25 percent of U.S. adults and 20 percent of adults worldwide. A nut-rich diet may offer some protection.

Researchers at the University of Barcelona, in Spain, discovered that a daily one-ounce serving of mixed nuts, including raw, ew research reveals that diet may make a unpeeled walnuts, almonds and difference in reducing the risk of developing hazelnuts, boosted patients’ levels the most common form of dementia, known as of beneficial metabolites derived Alzheimer’s disease. A study published by the from metabolizing tryptophan (an American Academy of Neurology suggests that amino acid), serotonin (a hormone), eating foods containing omega-3 fatty acids, such fatty acids and polyphenols as fish, chicken, salad dressing and nuts, may be (phytochemicals with antioxidant related to lower blood levels of a problematic activity). Their findings support the protein called beta-amyloid associated with hypothesis that nuts can help prevent Alzheimer’s and memory problems. metabolic alterations that lead to

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The Other Problem with Trans Fats

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o keep the holidays merry rather than moody, check labels when stocking the pantry and avoid products containing trans fatty acids. These not only contribute to insulin resistance, inflammation and heart disease, but also exacerbate mood swings.

After studying nearly 1,000 men and women of all ages and ethnic backgrounds, researchers at the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine found that consumption of dietary trans fatty acids (dTFA) was significantly associated with greater aggression and irritability.

The study, led by Associate Professor Dr. Beatrice Golomb, provides the first evidence linking dTFA with adverse behaviors, ranging from impatience to overt aggression.

Analysis of participants’ baseline dietary information and behavioral assessments were adjusted for sex, age, education and use of alcohol or tobacco products.

The new finding strengthens health experts’ recommendations to avoid eating products such as margarines, shortenings and prepared foods that contain trans fats and to steer clear of serving them in schools.

Source: PLoS One

Antibiotics Overused for Sinus Infections

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study by investigators at the Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis, concludes that antibiotics typically prescribed for sinus infections aren’t any more effective than inactive placebos. “Patients don’t get better faster or have fewer symptoms when they get antibiotics,” says Dr. Jay F. Piccirillo, a professor of otolaryngology and the study’s senior author.

He adds, “Our results show that antibiotics aren’t necessary for a basic [acute] sinus infection—most people get better on their own.” The researchers do suggest treating symptoms such as pain, cough and congestion and carefully watching to see if further treatment is necessary.

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globalbriefs No Rain African Savannas Hold Clues to Drought Relief

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his year, much of the United States has experienced the most severe drought since the 1950s, prompting governors to declare emergency conditions. Thankfully, new research points to a way that farmers may be better able to cope.

In the hotter, drier climate of the semiarid African savanna, flowing between the Atlantic Ocean and Red Sea, farmers have successfully fought back an expanding Sahara Desert and turned formerly dry, uncultivated scrub into highly productive farmland.

The key to success is allowing trees to grow where they once cut them down, and adopting agricultural techniques that take full advantage of scarce water resources.

Experts claim that today’s American farmers should recognize the benefits that trees can bring to even the most arid plots of land. Chris Reij, a sustainable land management specialist at Free University Amsterdam, who has worked in Africa since 1978, observes, “Given the situation in the U.S. corn belt, these practices might help farmers in Kansas and Iowa adapt to more extreme weather and help make their crops more resistant to drought.”

Adding more trees, planted in rows between crops or bordering fields, could provide many of the same benefits found in Africa: improved soil and water quality and windbreaks that keep dry topsoil from going airborne. Fallen leaves and twigs inject nutrients into the soil, reducing the need for expensive fertilizers that can also pollute nearby streams or wells. Trees cool temperatures on a local scale, trap carbon and clean the air. Their roots are natural filters between fields and waterways and can help keep soil moist. Plus, tree fruits and nuts provide food for farm animals and wildlife. It’s an Early American agriculture tradition worth revisiting.

Find more information from the USDA National Agroforestry Center at nac.unl.edu.

Loving It Fast Food that’s Good Food

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ike Roberts, once the president and CEO of McDonald’s, has co-founded Lyfe Kitchen, a restaurant chain that aims to serve healthy food on a fast-food scale. The acronym Lyfe stands for Love Your Food Everyday, and the food is made without butter, cream, white sugar, white flour, high-fructose corn syrup, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), trans fats or additives.

He foresees hundreds of the alternative bistros opening across the country, all serving locally sourced, sustainable gourmet meals with the efficiency and economy usually found in a fast-food chain. With free-range chicken; burgers from grass-fed, humanely raised cattle; roasted kabocha squash; beet and rice salad and Napa cabbage salad, costs are expected to be pricey at first, but decrease as more locations are added.

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Weather Watcher New Supercomputer Predicts Climate Changes

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ellowstone is one of the greatest natural treasures in the American West, and there’s now a new environmental “sheriff” in town. A supercomputer of the same name is set to model future climate changes and forecast extreme weather like no other.

“It’s a big deal,” says climate scientist Linda Mearns, Ph.D., of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colorado. The Washington Post reports that Yellowstone will help researchers calculate climate change on a regional, rather than continental, scale. With a better grasp of how changes may affect local water resources, endangered species and extreme winds, local and state governments will be able to plan more effectively.

The $30 million supercomputer, funded by the National Science Foundation, will generate climate projections for seven-square-mile tracts, instead of the previous capability of 60-square-mile units. It will also provide climate snapshots in intervals of hours, rather than days.

Mathew Maltrud, of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, in New Mexico, says, “We’re moving into a realm where we have models that resemble the ocean, the atmosphere, the ice and the land to a high degree.” Yellowstone will show a more realistic interaction of these components.

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Wishful Fishing Derricks to Get a New Lease on Life

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he U.S. Department of the Interior has rules governing nonproducing ocean oil rigs: They must be torn down after a certain period of time. What sounds like a sensible policy to deter oil companies from abandoning idle rigs is now being reconsidered as the growing depletion of natural reefs may give them a new purpose as artificial reefs.

Below the surface at one 30-year-old rig in the Gulf of Mexico, corals, sea fans and sponges cover a maze of pipes. Schools of jack and snapper, solitary grouper and barracuda circle in its shadows and eco-dive boats periodically stop at the enormous structure, where dolphins, sea turtles and sharks are often spotted.

The New York Times reports that about 650 such oil and gas industry relics, referred to as “idle iron”, would be demolished with large amounts of explosives under the old rules, killing thousands of fish and other sea creatures. Now the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council is seeking recognition of offshore platforms as essential fish habitats.

To ease liability concerns and help insure and maintain

structures to be spared such removal, John Hoffman, chief executive of Black Elk Energy, an oil and gas company based in Houston, Texas, has founded a nonprofit organization, Save the Blue.

To convert a platform into a reef, approval is required by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. Under the federal Rigs-to-Reefs program, a structure is only partially removed: cut off down to 85 feet below the water surface. Fish densities have been found to be 20 to 50 times higher near converted rigs than in open water. Each platform typically supports more than 10,000 fish.

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The Power of Gratitude

by Nuris Lemire, MS, OTR/L, NC

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ratitude is a very high vibrational energetic state— in fact, it is one of the most powerful energies in the universe.

Gratitude is often described as The Great Attitude.

Gratitude produces feelings of joy and self acceptance, says Dr. Robert Anderson. Being grateful for what you have, instead of worrying about what you are lacking, helps one to let go of negative thoughts and attitudes.

Louise Hay of Hay House says she gives thanks for every bill she receives and thanks for the money to pay it.

It makes sense that she is now an internationally recognized personality and owns one of the biggest publishing houses in the world.

There is something magical about being thankful and appreciative for everything you experience: it stops you from focusing on the negative, which is very easy to do. If your mind seems to cling to worry, gratitude can help break that cycle.

Thoughts create your reality, so by focusing on what you are thankful for, you will attract more of that into your world. When you practice it often, it will become second nature. So make your focus positive and practice giving thanks for everything.

Studies have shown that it’s effective, even healing, to keep a gratitude journal. Every night, before drifting off to sleep, review all that has happened during the day for which you are grateful. Grateful people even sleep better—this is simply because they think fewer negative thoughts and more positive thoughts just before

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going to sleep.

Science tells us that an “attitude of gratitude” is a good health choice.

Being more grateful more often makes us happier and more optimistic. But gratitude also adds to the bottom line, in very real ways. And the best thing about gratitude is that it requires little time and no money.

Here are five reasons gratitude improves your productivity and results:

1. Gratitude attracts what you want. The universal law says you will attract into your life the things you

think about and focus on. Since this is true, wouldn’t you want more of what you are thankful for? Remember: when you are consciously aware of your blessings, and are grateful for them, you are focusing more clearly on what you do want in your life—and by doing so, you are attracting more of those things into your life.

2. Gratitude improves relationships. We learn the importance of saying “thank you” as little children.

We are taught that habit because it is “good manners.” This childhood lesson is extremely powerful. Think about the people you know who are most appreciative of you and let you know

it. How do you feel about them? Does their appreciation positively impact your relationship with them? Of course it does! Be grateful for people, their contributions, their talents, and their actions—and make sure you let them know how you feel.

3. Gratitude reduces negativity. It is hard to be negative about your situation when you are thinking about things for which you are grateful. One of the fastest ways to improve your mood or outlook is to count your blessings.

4. Gratitude improves problemsolving skills. Too often, it’s easy to look at problem-solving from a negative point of view. “Something is wrong.” “There are barriers in the way.” “I have to put in effort to fix it.”

Conversely, when you think about what you are grateful for, you open your mind up to new possibilities and connections. Grateful people also have fewer negative coping strategies and are in fact less likely to try to avoid a problem, deny there is a problem, blame themselves or others, or cope through substance use.

5. Gratitude helps you learn.

Behind every problem lies an opportunity. Being grateful for your situation, even if you don’t like everything about it, allows you to be thankful for the opportunity to learn something new.

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Cherished Charities Top 10 giving tips for maximum impact

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hese guidelines from Charity Navigator can help Natural Awakenings readers make wise decisions in donating dollars to favorite causes.

1 Be Proactive. First, take the time

to identify which results are most important to the family and be specific about the goals you expect via giving.

2 Engage in Dialogue. Before

contributing to an organization, talk with staff to learn about the group’s accomplishments, goals and challenges.

3 Confirm Nonprofit Status. Ensure that the recipient is registered as a public nonprofit charity [501(c) (3)]; this also qualifies donations as tax deductions.

Guidestar.org is a good resource.

4 Check for Commitment to

Accountability and Transparency.

Charities that follow good governance

and transparency practices are less likely to engage in unethical or irresponsible activities and more likely to be making a measurable difference.

5 Examine the Charity’s Financial

Health. The financial health of any organization is a strong indicator of its performance. The most efficient nonprofits invest 75 percent or more of their budgets on programs and services and less than 25 percent on fundraising and administrative fees.

6 Review Executive Compensation.

Even charities need to pay their top leaders a competitive salary in order to attract and retain the talent needed to run a viable organization and produce results. But don’t just accept the CEO’s compensation at face value; compare it with counterparts in organizations of similar size, mission and location.

7 Be Careful of Sound-Alike Names.

Don’t be confused by a charity that purposely chooses a name strikingly similar to a more reputable, wellknown organization.

8 Hang Up the Phone. Recognize that the for-profit fundraising companies and individuals often used for charitable telemarketing campaigns keep 25 to 95 cents of every dollar they collect.

9 Concentrate Giving. Choose a

few favorite causes to focus on.

Spreading donations among multiple organizations can diminish the overall impact, because a percentage of each gift immediately goes toward overhead.

10 Make a Long-Term Commitment.

Wise donors support their favorite charities over the long haul, because they understand success requires a reliable pool of long-term, committed supporters.

CharityNavigator.com provides ratings and analysis of participating charities as a public service.

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

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fitbody

CTrade ARDIO BUZZ Energy Snack-Attacks for a Daily Dose of Exercise

by Debra Melani

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nergy is a hot commodity today, with online ads and storefront posters for so-called energy products shouting, “Feel the rush,” “Revitalize your mind,” and “Re-think the way you re-energize.” People are reaching for these artificial jolts in record numbers, but many buzz-seekers don’t realize they have free access to a much better energy shot: exercise.

Experts across the board agree that we would be wise to trade in our lattes and high-calorie power bars for a regular lunch-hour walk, because of the many happier returns exercise provides.

One in four Americans experiences energy-sapping fatigue at any given time, according to Tim Puetz, Ph.D., of the National Institutes of Health, who has published studies on the exerciseenergy link. Although it’s a difficult response to measure, more than a dozen studies from institutions such as

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Duke University and The University of North Carolina have shown that regular physical activity can reduce fatigue by about 40 percent, says Puetz.

“If exercise were a pill, it would be like the magic pill of all time,” remarks James Hill, Ph.D., executive director of the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Health and Wellness Center.

Research suggests that exercise enhances nearly every system in the body, he says. “But you have to walk on that treadmill; you can’t just sit on it.”

Exercise burns calories, while energy drinks and snacks add them. Plus, unlike caffeine and other stimulants, exercise improves sleep (as long as it’s not too close to bedtime), points out Patrick O’Connor, Ph.D., co-director of the Exercise Psychology Laboratory at the University of Georgia, and Puetz’s research partner. Periodic exercise can prevent people, often fatigued because

of insufficient sleep, from falling into a vicious cycle.

“When I roll out of bed in the morning, I’m not reaching for a cup of coffee,” Puetz says. “I’m reaching for my sneakers. I do a morning run every day and the days I don’t get it in, I can feel the difference.”

A workout can boost mood, relieve stress, improve cognitive function and generate new connections in the brain, all promoting a sense of energy, Hill notes. Researchers believe that changes in the brain are the most likely reason for the exercise-energy link, according to O’Connor.

A recent groundbreaking study led by J. Mark Davis, Ph.D., director of the Exercise Biochemistry Laboratory at the University of South Carolina, found that mice that exercised one hour a day for eight weeks, versus mice that lounged nearby, developed new brain mitochondria, considered the energy powerhouses of the cells (Journal of Applied Physiology). Researchers knew from human studies that exercise can boost the mitochondria in muscle cells, but the brain connection had never been shown. Davis speculates the increase could play a role in boosting exercise endurance by making the brain more resistant to fatigue, plus help individuals feel more energetic.

Just getting the blood pumping with a cardio blast can make people feel more energized, Hill contends, because blood supplies oxygen and nutrients that generate fuel for the body. Regardless of the energy connection, researchers note that exercise improves overall health, maintains healthy weight and reduces risk of disease, making it an obvious choice as a double-duty energy boost.

“What so many of us do is grasp at things and

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try to make ourselves feel better in the short-term,” Hill says.

“Regular exercise can make us feel better in the long term.”

“You don’t have to run a marathon,” Puetz adds. In fact, it’s best not to overdo it, Puetz and O’Connor counsel.

High-intensity workouts can drain energy in the short-term, and serious athletes who over-train can even end up in a low-energy, depressed state, they say. Their study published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics looked at otherwise healthy, but fatigued, people, finding that both low- and moderate-level exercise produced a similar and significant reduction in fatigue.

O’Connor offers a general recommendation, which varies with fitness level, of walking, swimming or cycling at least 10 minutes and up to an hour most days of the week.

Even taking two or three 10-minute walks throughout the workday will make an energy difference, Puetz advises.

“Anything’s better than nothing,” he concludes. “The bottom line is: If instead of reaching for that cup of coffee, you grab a pair of athletic shoes, you are not only going to experience the desired energy boost, you are going to be living a healthier lifestyle.”

Freelance journalist Debra Melani writes about health, medicine and fitness from Lyons, CO. Connect at DebraMelani.com or DMelani@msn.com.

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nthony Wall, director of professional education for the American Council on Exercise, offers these tips.

Play music. An increasingly popular way for bumping up the energy level of a workout is to listen to an iPod loaded with a heart-pumping and self-motivating playlist. Research by Costas Karageorghis, Ph.D., of Brunel University, UK, has shown that syncing the right music with the right intensity level for the individual can improve cardio performance by as much as 15 percent (Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology).

Hydrate. Drink water throughout the day and during every workout to maintain energy levels.

Sleep. Strive for a regular sleep routine.

Motivate. Remember that the reason for working out is not just because, “I’m supposed to,” but because, “I want more energy to play with the kids,” or “I want to feel good every day.”

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Elephants, Donkeys, and Smokey the Wonder Schnoodle

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y mother’s dog is a moderate and a centrist. His name is Smokey, and he is an elderly schnoodle. He is, with apologies to your dog, the best dog in the world.

Smokey’s ultimate goal is to bring his people together—and, if he cannot do that, to find the middle of wherever we are and encamp himself there. In an ugly election year, this is a trait worth emulating.

If some of us are in the kitchen and some are in their bedrooms, he will go into the living room and lie down. This is the halfway point from which he can supervise the goings-on of his humans. I believe he wishes not to hurt anyone’s feelings by spending undue time with one party to the neglect of the other. Thus, he stations himself as the nexus of his universe and waits patiently for us all to reunite.

Sometimes, when he feels energetic, he will go back and forth, tactfully spending a few minutes with one faction before returning to the others. So determined is he to spend equal time with his people that he even stages a changing of the guard in the middle of the night, switching rooms to sleep first at the foot of one bed, then the other. He is the poster dog for diplomacy and unification.

Smokey has never met a person he did not like. Cats, yes. Squirrels, most certainly. But people: never. Returning the compliment, never to my knowledge has anyone not liked Smokey. It is impossible to resist loving a creature who adores you on sight and is delighted to see you every time you enter

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his dominion. No one has ever been mean to Smokey in his life. Thus he is a sweet and trusting creature who is content to love and be loved by everyone he encounters.

Smokey feels a sense of personal responsibility to all humans, but has particular affection for those with special needs. He is deeply devoted to the elderly and disabled, self-appointing himself as their personal Ministry of Defense.

He is vocal in his indignation when he imagines any ill treatment of his wards.

If he does not approve of whatever he thinks you are doing, he will launch himself through the air at you like a battering ram. His anger is righteous, yet he holds no grudges. He trots slowly beside those who ambulate with walkers, parks himself next to wheelchairs, and understands about canes. As an elder statesman himself, he has special fondness for his own demographic.

But he is an equal-opportunity animal. He is very fond of children, patient with them as he is with the elderly. He likes men and women equally well. He enjoys people of all races and socioeconomic backgrounds. He adores his family, but is welcoming to strangers. He makes friends easily and is content wherever he is. He is an adaptable animal. Smokey is just as happy at my house, either grandmother’s house, or a friend’s house as he is at home. He is a good houseguest and behaves himself admirably.

His all-embracing tendencies extend to his diet. Smokey is omnivorous and open-minded, as pleased with

a baby carrot as he is with a bite of hamburger, savoring them with equal gusto. He enjoys organic vegan sweetpotato dog treats from the farmer’s market every bit as much as he does a bacon-flavored doggie treat from the grocery store. Never elitist in his enjoyment, he is a dog of the people.

Smokey makes friends nicely with other dogs. He does not bite and snap at them. Nor does he roll over submissively. He meets them as an equal, sniffing with friendly inquisitiveness, wagging his tail and radiating genuine interest. He has never run from another dog, only bounded to greet them like an old friend. He is neither cowardly nor aggressive. As such, I have never seen another dog snarl or growl at him. Smokey and his canine acquaintances seem to have a mutual understanding of the Golden Rule.

His color is reflective of his character. When my parents got him as a puppy, he was a tiny coal-black ball of fluff, but he soon began to develop hints of smoky grey in his coat... hence his name. He is now a deep silvery charcoal, and this is a reflection of his worldview. Smokey does not see things in black and white. It is all shades of grey to him. As such, he embraces humanity and eschews partisanship, and is a happy and beloved creature for it.

There are times I think dogs are smarter than humans. Smokey definitely is. I’ve considered making him my write-in candidate. Vote for Smokey the Wonder-Schnoodle.

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Acceptance, Gratitude, and Grieving

“Survive the Losses:” Acceptance and Gratitude Bring Healing

by Dr. Paula Koger, RN, MA, DOM

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he most healing state of heart and mind is the attitude of gratitude. It opens the heart to love, and truly, love heals all. I am so grateful for what comes from accepting, with love, whatever is before me. When I accept, it opens me to learn and receive the blessings acceptance brings. I have always felt life is a school for learning to heal what is ours to heal and release.

I have noticed the process of holding that belief allows me to go through each new event in the light of growing as a person and in love. By accepting with gratitude and learning from life’s lessons, God does not have to use a sledgehammer to teach me.

My prayer is to feel and respond to the subtle messages with love and acceptance.

My stepson died recently and unexpectedly. I was the first family member to know as the police stood knocking on my door. I am so grateful for the great amount of care and support from the Dunnellon police chef Joanne Blank and her deputy. As I accepted this trauma and the lessons it has offered us, I am truly amazed at the power and blessing everything, every moment, has brought us. The two families came together for a very healing, caring time—something that had been previously impossible. The level of love and appreciation for life became amplified in everyone. The appreciation for those who are here was magnified. The awareness of what life is really about skyrocketed. I have learned about grieving and letting go,

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and its value and blessing, as I have gone deeply into my sorrow. I have received the blessing of being able to see dying as a positive experience for the person who has gone to the light and rest in the living arms of our Creator.

I want to thank our dear son, for these things are exactly what he would have died to achieve. He was a compassionate, loving man.

As I experience this grief, I am reminded of a sentence I read written by an elderly woman. She wrote, “The secret to long life is to survive the losses.” Surviving those losses means grieving them well, thoroughly—and letting go.

Our society knows too little about feeling. Men are not allowed to feel anything because “Big boys don’t cry.”

Girls are “to be seen and not heard.”

Yet we are humans and part of our makeup is anger, fear, and grief. They are human emotions. One of the main causes of illness is unmourned, unfelt events or losses. Life is filled with many opportunities to feel and let go.

By letting go, we can let God in—that is why He suggested it.

Davy, my boy, had to struggle against great odds in life. Besides being 6’8” he was a diabetic amputee.

He did life “his” way, though, and was steeped in standard medical beliefs that could not allow him to accept alternative solutions. That is mine to grieve.

Here is a quote from one of the speeches he gave to Toastmasters (he was the president of the Orlando

chapter):

My name is David, and as tall as I am, I will always be “a foot short”— for those of you who haven’t met me and probably don’t know, I am an amputee. I had my left leg below the knee removed, and according to the Government it is going to grow back.

After the surgery, I filled out all the paperwork and after six months I got a letter saying, “While you are currently disabled, the condition will not last more than 12 months, so you are not disabled according to our definition.

David further wrote, “while I relished the idea of writing back the state and asking them when my leg would spontaneously regrow, I never really felt disabled.” At the end he wrote, ”Remember that while laughter is the best medicine, respect is a lifelong cure.”

Life does not always go the way we want it to. It is ours to feel grief, learn, and go on in a spirit of acceptance, gratitude and, yes, “respect.” We can continue seeing, feeling, and trusting in the outcomes we seek. I am grateful to know David is flying in the presence of the eternal light and love of God—he exercised his free will, and this is his path.

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more than their bank accounts. Offthe-clock volunteerism is soaring. Due to working and earning less, people are also consuming less, cooking, sewing and gardening more, rediscovering forgotten passions and relationships and finding new ones in the process.

“When the economy tanked, it prompted a real moment of spiritual awakening for all of us,” observes Sue Frederick, of Boulder, Colorado, a nationally renowned career counselor who also applies her intuitive skills in helping clients like Readnower find their muse. “We are no longer able to hide out behind jobs and benefits that might not have been a good fit for us to begin with. People are remembering their soul’s mission and waking up to the true work they are intended to do.”

At the leading edge of the purpose-driven career movement is the millennial generation, now in their 20s

In the midst of uncertainties, many are asking, “Why am I here?”

Fashion a Passion-Driven Life Realize Your Purpose and Feed Your Soul

by Lisa Marshall

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hree years ago, Cindy Readnower felt as if work was swallowing her life. As a single mom with two sons to support and two franchise restaurants to run in Sarasota, Florida, she routinely would get up at 4 a.m. and go to bed after midnight. She didn’t see enough of her boys. “I never had a free moment to just shut down and think about what I really wanted,” she recalls.

Then the economy collapsed, forcing her to shutter her businesses, file for bankruptcy, and consult with a career counselor to plan her next steps. Today, at age 57, she’s working as a life coach and business consultant and as she sees it, living the life she is meant to live.

“When you hit hard times and say, ‘My worst fears have come true; what am I going to do now?’ It makes you realize you will only find true success when you follow your passion,” she says.

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Readnower represents what some see as the silver lining in these challenging economic times. At a time of high unemployment, when some can’t find a job and others are working grueling hours to compensate for laid-off coworkers, many Americans are stepping off the corporate hamster wheel and sincerely asking themselves: “What is my purpose here, and how can I realize it?”

Purpose Over Profits

According to a recent study by the nonprofit Encore.org, which helps older Americans pursue more meaningful careers, as many as 9 million people ages 44 to 70 have already transitioned into encore careers that combine purpose, passion and a paycheck. Another 31 million would like to.

Meanwhile, surveys show that new college grads are increasingly gravitating toward nonprofit and public sector jobs that feed their souls

through early 30s. Having come of age amidst the Enron Corporation scandal, 9/11, Iraq and Afghanistan wars and the 2008 economic collapse, they’re graduating from college with a more holistic perspective on what constitutes a good career.

“The decade in which we have matured has been turbulent in almost every dimension,” says John Coleman, 31, a recent graduate of Harvard Business School and co-author of Passion and Purpose: Stories from the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders.

“This generation is looking at a world that has so many problems and saying, ‘The old opportunities are not there anymore, so we have to create new ones.’ Many are actively seeking more meaning and purpose at work.”

One 2010 survey of 500 MBA students found that when considering a long list of options for what they looked for in a career, they ranked “intellectual challenge” and “opportunity to impact the world” as their first and third priorities, bracketing “compensation” which ranked second.

Another analysis by The New

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York Times found that in It is not how much success often follows, because, “When you choose 2009, 11 percent more you do, in favor of the things that college graduates worked but how much love have the greatest, deepfor nonprofits than in the you put est meaning for you, the previous year. Accordinto the doing, universe supports you ingly, Coleman’s book is more than if you are just packed with encouraging that matters. tepid and neutral about examples, from a Harvard ~ Mother Teresa something.”

MBA student and a U.S.

For some, that has meant working Marine who co-founded a nonprofit fewer hours for less pay, in order to addressing poverty in Kenya’s largallow more time for clarifying meditaest slum to a biomedical engineering tion, family dinners, volunteering at a grad who launched a web-based carlocal shelter, taking a long-yearnedsharing service. for dance class or planning the next

This altruistic, purpose-driven cacareer shift. It has also led to willing reer track seems a stark departure from trade-offs in buying less and doing that of the baby boomers, collectively more for oneself. referred to as the “me” generation for

According to the 2010 MetLife its materialistic ethos. Yet those who Study of the American Dream, 77 specialize in helping people find more percent of Americans now say that meaningful lives say this group currently counts among their best and most achieving their big dream comprises improving the quality of their lives by focused customers. strengthening personal relationships.

“We are at a time in the world As for millennials, 39 percent say they when it is more socially acceptable already have what they need. Also, to follow your passions,” says Janet those who feel growing pressure to Attwood, whose Passion Test workbuy more and better material possesshops—established in 2004—are welsions has dropped from 66 percent in coming more people than ever. “In my 2006 to well below half today. day, my dad was so freaked out I’d end

“Plenty of people have already up homeless that he sent me to busistarted down this path. They’re growing ness school so I would learn how to vegetables, raising chickens and keeping type. Back then, parents never asked: bees. They’re building their own homes, ‘What turns you on?’” often with the help of friends and neigh That’s a shame, remarks Frederick, bors,” writes Boston University Sociolbecause first hints at our purpose often ogy Professor Juliet Schor, Ph.D. bubble up in our youth. “I believe all of

In her groundbreaking book, us know at some point what our gift is, Plenitude: The New Economics of but we often bury it and say, ‘I have to True Wealth, she argues that contrary fit in and get a job with benefits and a to many economists’ assumptions, a good paycheck.’” There is an alternative. shorter work week and smaller economy is better for society as a whole.

Work and Consume Less, More, such a lifestyle “allows people Live More to build stronger social connections,

Attwood stresses that living in maintain their physical and mental line with one’s passion isn’t just about health and engage in activities that are work, noting, “It’s about your relationmore creative and meaningful.” ships and friends, your spirituality and health, what you consume and where you choose to live…”

She asks clients to write down five life-defining passions (see sidebar) and use them as a guidepost. “Whenever you are faced with a choice, a decision or an opportunity, choose in favor of your passion,” she counsels.

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Ever since childhood days of helping her mother make clothing for the family, Juliette Bastian has had a passion for fashion design. Her love of dancing dates back to watching American Bandstand. But when it came to

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ake a list of your passions: the 10 or 15 things most critical to your happiness and well-being. Start each entry with, “When my life is ideal, I am … ” (living in a beautiful house in the mountains, working in a job that changes lives, spending plenty of time with my children, etc.)

Don’t worry about how you’ll get there. Just write it down. You become whatever you are committed to. “People often write down a passion, but if they can’t immediately see how they can manifest it, they erase it and instead write something down that they can easily put their arms around. In other words, they play it safe,” says Janet Attwood, co-author of The Passion Test: The Effortless Path to Discovering Your Life Purpose. Instead, think big.

Narrow the list to your top five.

Write all five passions down on five index cards.

Post passions in places you will routinely see them, such as on the bathroom mirror and refrigerator door; display them prominently on your computer.

Create a vision board (a collage of representations of your passions).

“It’s an easy way to keep your attention on the things you really want to grow stronger in your life,” notes Attwood.

Use these priority passions as a guidepost. “Whenever you are faced with a choice, a decision or opportunity, choose in favor of your passions,” advises Attwood. Then run to the goal with purpose in every step.

Take the test again every six months, because passions can change and evolve over time.

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Purpose concentrates your effort and energy on what’s important; you become effective by being selective.

Nothing energizes like a clear purpose. ~ Rick Warren, from The Purpose Driven Life choosing a career, “There was always this trigger that went off in my head that said, ‘You need to make money,’” she explains. By her mid-40s, this San Dimas, California, resident boasted a sixfigure salary and a successful, but not terribly fulfilling career doing accounting and strategic business planning. To indulge her creative side, she created colorful spreadsheets, but it wasn’t enough. “At one point, I acknowledged, ‘I am not happy walking into work anymore,’” recalls Bastian, now 52. “I felt like a hamster on a wheel.”

Seven years ago, she walked out, and with Attwood’s help, set out to find her true callings. “People always think you have to pick just one, but you have

passions that run across every aspect of your life,” she says. “I now realize I am a dancer, fashion designer, family person and spiritual woman.”

Bastian begins each week by making a color-coded “strategic plan of action,” making sure to include elements of each of her five passions: financial freedom, exceptional relationships, optimal health, successful business ventures and an alliance with God. That means she’s back in school studying fashion design, and now makes time for dancing, church, family and a part-time career-coaching business.

She says it has been financially rough at times. But the “sacrifices”—like fewer hair appointments, fancy clothes, meals out and expensive holiday gifts for friends—have been well worth it. “I now have the flexibility, freedom and joy of knowing I am living who Juliette truly is,” she says with a smile. “I know I’ll be taken care of as long as I honor what truly matters to me.”

Lisa Marshall is a freelance writer near Boulder, CO. Connect at Lisa@LisaAnnMarshall.com.

This is the true joy of life: being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one.

The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder…

Have a purpose in life and, having it, throw such strength of mind and muscle into your work as God has given you.

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ake time for a spiritual life.

Whether it’s pausing to meditate in the morning or going to church or temple, allow time to reflect upon who you are and what you really want. “If you are not setting aside time to explore these questions, you won’t find the answers,” says John Coleman, author of Passion and Purpose.

Don’t limit yourself to one purpose, such as a job. Decide who you want to be, rather than focus on what you are doing or want to do.

Seek out mentors, young and old, who appear to be living a passionate life and ask them how they reached their life space.

If you have the option of working less to pursue other passions, consider it. To save money, think about what you can make, grow or do, rather than pay for. In the process, you may rediscover an old passion.

Let your talents guide you. If you are good at something, the chances are you are passionate about it. Do more of it, and that doesn’t necessarily mean volunteering forever. Consider making a passion into a relevant career. “We are not here to give away our gifts for free and then go to a job we hate,” says career counselor Sue Frederick.

Take baby steps. If you can’t quit your job to follow your passion quite yet, take baby steps. Write a business plan. Take a class. Start volunteering.

Meanwhile, focus on activating passions in other areas of your life. What is one thing you should stop doing, and one thing you can start doing today?

Additional sources: Janet Attwood, author of The Passion Test; Juliet Schor, author of Plenitude

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Overcoming Obstacles to Achievement

Jack Canfield Shares Insights on Creating Success

by Linda Sechrist

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ack Canfield is best known as co-author of The New York Times number-one bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series, which has sold more than 500 million copies in 47 languages. A featured teacher in the films The Secret and Tapping the Source, he also has been interviewed on more than 1,000 radio and TV segments.

He currently serves as CEO of The Canfield Training Group and president and founder of the Transformational Leadership Council.

Even with a wealth of webinars, teleclasses, workshops and other tools advising everyone how to live the life of their dreams, why do so many still struggle to feel successful?

Just having a map in your hands doesn’t mean that you will get to your destination. Understanding your fears and limiting beliefs does not necessarily give you the ability to overcome them. Humans also have built-in protective mechanisms that often override their efforts to achieve their goals in order to maintain the status quo.

While ideas presented in programs and courses to help people achieve success can inspire and motivate positive change, many people get stuck when they have to apply them.

In the past, many of the methods used to overcome obstacles to success have been tedious and time consuming, requiring months or years of intense concentration and relentless perseverance.

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Why is it so challenging to make the changes necessary to succeed?

The mind is divided into two hemispheres.

One is responsible for rational, conscious thought and processes ideas sequentially, using language. The other is emotional, and processes ideas simultaneously, using pictures. The emotional, subconscious mind is far more powerful than the rational, conscious mind.

It controls about 95 percent of our thoughts and actions and is motivated by the pull of pleasurable rewards and the push of negative emotions.

To understand the challenge of change, think of the emotional mind as an elephant and the rational mind as the rider. As long as the elephant doesn’t have a strong desire to move in a particular direction, the rider can control the elephant. However, if the direction that the elephant wants to go in is different than what the rider has in mind, the chance of forcing the elephant radically diminishes.

The reason that so many people fail to achieve success is that the elephantine subconscious is innately averse to the new action that needs to be taken. To make tasks much easier, the elephant must be motivated to move in a certain direction or, at the very least, remain neutral and not resist the rider.

By applying some newer, cuttingedge tools that support change, such as tapping points along the body’s energy meridians, the approach used in the Emotional Freedom Technique

(EFT), it is not only possible to get the elephant to cease resisting, but can also shave time off the journey to personal power and accomplishment. Tapping can transform the beliefs and emotions that cause self-doubt, self-sabotage, procrastination and other roadblocks. It is being used around the world to help people minimize or eliminate issues as varied as fears, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, food cravings and chronic pain.

What do you consider ultimate success?

Many people report that after applying my 64 recommended success principles, they have achieved outstanding results in one area of their life, although they didn’t meet their expectations in another. Ultimate success isn’t about having only financial success, yet poor relationships; it’s about having success in all areas of your life.

So, as practitioners like my co-author Pamela Bruner, a business success coach and EFT expert, teach the tapping technique, they verbally introduce a powerful success principle and note the resistance people might encounter when trying to implement that principle. This can be done in person or self-administered, as demonstrated on the DVD included in our book, Tapping Into Ultimate Success.

How can we support our goals in everyday life?

I’ve learned that few people actually study the principles of success as they relate to life. In college or business school, students are taught management skills that apply to business, but not the skill sets or mindsets needed for success in their personal lives. Students in educational institutions of any kind never learn that they control their life.

We all need to understand that the books we read, the TV shows we watch and the social environment we choose to immerse ourselves in all either undermine our success or support it.

For more information, visit JackCanfield.com. Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings magazine.

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Ways to Grow, Part Two: The Deep Mulch Method

by David Y. Goodman, UF/IFAS Marion County Master Gardener

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ast month I started a series on the three main methods of intensive small-scale gardening: the Biointensive garden, the Deep Mulch method, and the Square Foot garden.

In October we dug into John Jeavons’ Biointensive method and built up our arms in the process. Today, however, we’re going to be lazy. It’s time for a nowork garden—with everyone’s favorite gardening granny, the late Ruth Stout.

The Deep Mulch Method

The key to the Deep Mulch Method’s “no-work” garden is mulch.

Lots and lots of mulch. This is the way Ruth Stout created her rich and productive vegetable garden, and it works. Her book, Gardening Without Work: for the Aging, the Busy and the Indolent, has been a cult classic since the 1950s, and the method has come into new popularity recently thanks to author Patricia Lanza and her book, Lasagna Gardening: A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding! An inspiring recent film, Back to Eden, also features a variant of this

method as used by farmer Paul Gautschi.

The deep mulch garden uses layers of mulch to crush weeds, keep the soil moist, and add organic matter. If you’re gardening on clay, it also has a major loosening effect as time passes. Stout’s preferred mulch was straw, rotten or fresh—but she advocated using whatever organic matter one could scavenge.

And therein lies the toughest part of this method: scrounging for materials.

Getting lots of wood chips, straw, stable bedding, leaves, pine needles, and other mulching materials isn’t always easy. If you don’t own a truck and don’t have friends with large farms or livestock, finding enough material to cover a large garden is a pain. You don’t want to just put down an inch or two of mulch, either. You want to put down a foot! When you do that, the weeds don’t have a chance. With sandy soils, as many of us have in North Central Florida, the addition of lots of organic material also adds a lot of fertility and life to your dirt, so don’t skimp!

Here’s an example of what organic matter can do. I had a few red oak trees removed from my yard a couple

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What had formerly been dead grey sand was now a rich, black loam, filled with earthworms and soil life.

That dirt is now some of the best in my yard. No tilling, no fertilizing, no amendments: Just a big stack of organic matter left to rot in place and I was looking at grade-A soil.

Imagine doing the same in your garden plot. I’ve done it multiple times now and I can assure you that the results are impressive. If you have bad soil, sandy soil, or even clay, a deep layer of mulch will fix it.

Are you ready to create a patch of your very own? If you start now, you’ll have a good jump on spring.

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After this weed-block layer is down, wet it thoroughly and start adding mulch. A good mix is best. Basically, you’re composting in place, so if you can mix grass clippings with pine bark, straw with manure, leaves with coffee grounds, etc., things will break down better. But the main thing is to stack it high with whatever you can get—and water as you go.

If you want to plant right away, you can pull back some of the mulch, add pockets of compost, then plant seeds or transplants. The best results, however, come a year or so after you’ve established your garden patch. By that point, the cardboard has rotted away and you’ve hopefully added mulch on top a few more times as the previous layers have settled.

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n counting our daily blessings, we find that even uneventful or difficult days possess precious gifts. Consider all the contributions that make it possible for family members to gather for the holidays—the workers who helped construct and maintain the vehicles that brought us here, the house where we come together, and the trees that light the fireplace. Consider the food that nourishes us, thanks to the sun’s energy, Earth’s minerals and rain and the labor of the farmers, processors, truckers, retailers and cooks. Whether or not the holidays fulfill our expectations, we have much for which to be grateful.

As the Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh points out, every blessing is the gift of the whole universe. When we stop and really look, we see that we are supported continuously in countless ways.

Author Roger L’Estrange noted in the 17th century how humans tended to “mistake the gratuitous blessings of heaven for the fruits of our own industry.” We awaken when the alarm goes off due to the skill of the technology’s engineers, designers, assembly workers, distributors and salespeople. We can turn on the light because power company workers are supplying the electricity. Our morning spiritual practice is the gift of generations of teachers and writers who observed the truth and shared what they learned. It feels good to be bowled over by each moment of

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Such gratitude flows when we break out of a petty point of view—with its selfcentered expectations and demands—to appreciate that through the labors, intentions, and existence of an inconceivably large number of other people, life forms and elements, we have been given the miracle of life, with all its present goodness. This heightened awareness of our connection spontaneously fills us with a joy and gratitude that transforms our experience. Thankfully, gratitude can be cultivated. It simply takes practice in being present to what is being given.

It helps to remain aware of some of the most pernicious obstacles to thankfulness, and one of the most obvious is the failure to notice what we have, including a roof over our head and someone to love. As Joni Mitchell sang, “You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.” So the first step is to start paying attention to gifts that have always been there, but until now went unnoticed and unappreciated.

We are rich in what counts and never truly alone, because we are always supported by the universe. The 13th-century mystic Meister Eckhart counseled, “If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘Thank you,’ that would suffice.”

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Honest Feedback Received with Gratitude

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evoid of the Propensity to Criticize?

In some circles, it is believed that a spiritually-realized person doesn’t criticize. For sure, when we envision a saintly person, we don’t imagine a bitter faultfinder who gossips and maligns others. It is also true, though, that the “never criticize” stance can be used to stifle honest, authentic expression, and engender a culture of repression and fear in the name of spirituality.

The Upadeshamrita (Nectar of Instruction), a book from sixteenthcentury India, provides a thought-provoking perspective on this subject. It explains that an advanced spiritualist is “completely devoid of the propensity to criticize others.” In material consciousness we have a tendency to want to criticize others, to minimize them, so that we feel better about ourselves.

A genuinely self-realized person has no such inclination. At the same time, such a person is fully conscious. He does not deny his perceptions, and he differentiates between reality and illusion, internally, interpersonally and socially. If he chooses to share his per-

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ceptions, he does so assertively, with compassion, and for the purpose of illumination and personal growth.

Attitude of Gratitude

Let’s suppose we hear comments from another person about ourselves.

Even if these comments seem completely inaccurate, we can appreciate the value in knowing that someone, perhaps representing many others, perceives us in that way. With such information, we can adjust our presentation (which is different than compromising our genuineness) so that the perception people have of us is consistent with that which is inside us. If the feedback we hear does strike a chord, perhaps causing us to react, then that might be an indication of an area for productive introspection. Even if the delivery of the feedback was not as caring and compassionate as we might have preferred, and even if we suspect that the comments significantly reflect on the other person’s issues, still we can use the observations for our own self-realization.

Accepting feedback, whether critical or admiring, with an

appreciative spirit, we are grateful that this person cared enough about us to be honest. Similarly, by our willingness to share honestly with people in our life, we give them the opportunity to respond honestly to us, to who we actually are. Otherwise, relationships degenerate into a pretentious exchange designed to maintain shallow, false facades, at the expense of vitality and the spiritual fulfillment that results from genuine reciprocation.

Research has demonstrated that gratitude is a key element of a fulfilled life. Philosopher Sam Keen wrote, “The more you become a connoisseur of gratitude, the less you are the victim of resentment, depression, and despair. … The sense of gratitude produces true spiritual alchemy, makes us magnanimous— large souled.” Practicing gratitude in our life and relationships transforms how we view and experience the world. It infuses us with power to transform our most challenging times into sources of meaning and inspiration. Consciously being grateful and expressing thankfulness connects us moment-to-moment with the spiritual self’s sense of wonder and discovery. In recognizing qualities in ourselves and others, we are ultimately appreciating Divine qualities reflected through each of us. Thus, in giving and receiving appreciation, we responsibly participate in the celebration and experience of life and spirit.

David B. Wolf, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., is the founder of Satvatove Institute (www.

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The author of Relationships That Work: The Power of Conscious Living, he conducts transformative communication and personal growth seminars worldwide, as well as individual and group coaching. He has published books and articles in a variety of fields, including mantra meditation and child protection, and is the director of the Satvatove School of Transformative Coaching.

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he Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project affirms that religiously active people are more likely to engage in civic activities than others. The authors say their findings counter the view that religiously active people are less engaged with the secular world.

The report found that 40 percent of Americans engage in some form of religious activity such as going to a church, synagogue or mosque, and feel better about their place in

the larger civic community. They tend to be more trusting of others and more optimistic about their impact on their community and are more active in groups.

Religious teachings have a component of helping others at their core, points out Eugene Fisher, a professor of Catholic-Jewish studies at Saint Leo University, in Florida.

“Civic participation would be a natural result of that push to help your fellow man,” he says.

The study similarly reveals a high level of digital participation by religiously engaged folks. Media expert Paul Levinson, author of New New Media, says, “The Internet is an amplifier of all that each of us are in our humanity.”

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Thirty percent said their religion motivates them to give time or money to people in need and 73 percent of those younger than age 35 said their religion or faith was important in their life.

At the same time, Rising Restrictions on Religion, a recent report by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, found that more than 2.2 billion of the world’s total population of 6.9 billion people live in countries where either government restrictions on religion or social hostilities involving religion rose substantially between 2006 and 2009. Most of the countries that experienced substantial increases already had high levels of restrictions or hostilities.

“This survey shows how much religion matters and that no analysis of the contemporary world, political or social, is complete without understanding the relationship between faith and globalization,” says former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, a patron of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation.

“There is much to encourage the view that people can learn to respect those of another faith and live with them peacefully. Interfaith dialogue and action today is not just an interesting but peripheral minor subject; it is the essence, central to creating greater social cohesion and harmony.”

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a piece of low-fat cheese or a dollop of peanut butter on a whole grain cracker, will keep energy steady for even longer, starting with breakfast.

Gerbstadt further notes that a midafternoon energy drop may be due to a blood sugar dip. The carb/protein plan also works well at these times, or a cup of green tea might just hit the spot. “Green tea does deliver some caffeine, but it has literally hundreds of antioxidants, like epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), that boost metabolism and stoke the metabolic fires,” she says.

Plus, because most people have less-than-perfect diets, certain supplements can help raise energy levels and enhance overall health.

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any Americans occasionally complain of having a lack of energy, but for some it’s a daily experience. Low energy levels can arise from a number of underlying factors, but poor diet and ongoing stress are the most likely culprits.

Eat Right

A consistently healthy diet can be the missing key ingredient to maintaining high energy in the long term, along with avoiding short-term energy dips.

A diet featuring antioxidant-rich vegetables, healthy carbohydrates, low-fat proteins and healthy fats will not only keep energy levels high, it’s also essential to long-term health, according to Dr. Christine Gerbstadt, a

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“If you think of getting energy from a cup of coffee or a candy bar, understand it’s just a quick boost that doesn’t last long,” advises Gerbstadt, author of The Doctor’s Detox Diet.

“The kind of energy you get from complex carbs and whole grains will stay with you.”

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“Stress is one of the biggest energy zappers of physical, emotional and spiritual energy,” says Jon Gordon, of Jacksonville, Florida, author of The Energy Bus and consultant to Fortune 500 companies, sports teams, hospitals and schools on the subject of staying positive.

Taking small breaks from the workday can help increase energy and refocus attention on the tasks at hand. Getting away from the computer screen to weed the garden for 10 minutes or taking a quick turn around the block can quickly reverse an energy slump.

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Exercise, a widely acknowledged energy booster, does double duty in moderating stress, according to the experts. Gordon’s prime recommendation for vanquishing it is a combination of exercise and emotional balancing: “You can’t be under stress and thankful at the same time,” he says. “So take a ‘thank-you’ walk every day and get the benefits of the physical exercise, as well as shifting emotions to a more positive state.”

Dr. Judith Orloff, author of Positive Energy, adds, “Walking meditations are joyous exercises in mindfulness, putting one foot in front of the other and being in the now; set your critical mind aside to be replenished by the energy of the air, greenery and nature.

“I also practice this short meditation throughout the day to calm myself and become more energized and clear,” she says. “For just three minutes, I close my eyes, focus on my breath, and then envision a positive image, such as the night sky reflected in a body of water.

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Hendrix Piano Service 352-895-5412, Serving north central Florida Tuning, repairs, cleaning, fine custom maintenance of your acoustic piano.

Pianist: accompaniment, weddings, other church services, concerts. Experience: churches, cabarets, Marion Chorale, Duelling Divas, much more. Fine used pianos available.

Medicine Wheel Veterinary Services Shauna Cantwell DVM, Ocala, FL www.shaunacantwell.com / 352-538-3021 Holistic veterinary medicine for small animals and horses. Arthritis, neurologic and hormonal dysfunction, skin, allergies, cancer, pain, immune and chronic disease.

Certified Veterinary Acupuncture, certified cAVCA animal chiropractic, herbal therapy, tui na medical massage, functional neurology, postural rehabilitation, ozone therapy, homotoxicology, nutrition. Available for workshops.

Rolfing Carol L. Short / Certified Advanced Rolfer™, Craniosacral Therapist, Gainesville and North Central FL / 352-318-0509 Rolfing® is a system of body restructuring through systematic manipulation of muscle and fascial tissues. It promotes the release and realignment of long standing patterns of tension and dysfunction, bringing the body to greater balance, mobility, vitality, and ease.

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Art in the Sanctuary. Painter Linda Blondheim, oils and acrylics. Sundays 9:30-3, Monday-Thursday 10-3. Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave., 352-373-1030. www.LindaBlondheim. com.

Thursday, November 1

Raspberry Ketones, African Mango, Saffron Extract, 7 keto, are metabolic booster to bust fat. Free consultation; call for appointment. Reesers Nutrition Center, 3243 E. Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, 352-732-0718, www.ReesersNutritionCenter.com.

November 1-25

“A Christmas Story” (“You’ll put your eye out with that!”). Ocala Civic Theatre, 4337 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, 352-236-2274, www.OcalaCivicTheatre.com.

Saturday, November 3

Feng Shui and Natural Crystals from the Lemurian Mines of Brazil with Seann Xenja, Feng Shui Master.

11-4, $35. Call to sign up. Bring a copy of the floor plan of your home, office or land. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, 386-4548657, www.highspringsemporium.net.

November 3-4

Reiki Level II with Ojela Frank, LMT. Saturday 10-5:30, Sunday 124:30, The Martial Arts Center, Ocala.

Pre-register by calling 352-239-9272 (see pre-requisites at www.initiationhealing.com).

Sunday, November 4

* Advanced Feng Shui Techniques and Practitioner Orientation with Seann Xenja, Feng Shui Master. Seann is also available for individual land, home and business consultations; call 707-249-2873 to reserve a session.

Workshop 11-4, $35. Call to sign up.

High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, 386-454-8657, www. highspringsemporium.net.

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Is Not Hidden. Presented by Chandrakant John Hiester, Senior Seminar Leader, Amrit Yoga Institute. 2-5, conation. Casa Micanopy, 22259 NW 75 Rd., Micanopy. Space and parking limited; to register call 352-262-4440.

Monday, November 5

Meet the Doctor/Patient Education Open House. 6pm, free. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

November 5-6

Auditions, “Six Women with Brain Death, or Expiring Minds Want to Know,” play Jan. 4-20. Ocala Civic Theatre, 4337 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, 352-236-2274, www.OcalaCivicTheatre.com.

Wednesday, November 7

* Adrenal, DHEA, Testosterone, Estrogen appraisal test. Free, call for appointment. Reesers Nutrition Center, 3243 E. Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, 352-732-0718, www.ReesersNutritionCenter.com.

* Dinner with the Docs. “Come have dinner on us and enjoy learning where health comes from and what you can do to improve yours.” Back in Balance Chiropractic, Gainesville. Call to reserve your seat: 352-271-1211.

* Live Blood Analysis. $60, by appointment, starting at 9. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

November 7-14 (also 11/24-12/1)

Panchakarma at Amrit Yoga Institute. Our 8-day panchakarma and yoga programs are based on specific protocols tailored to the individual’s constitution. Only 10 participants accepted per session. With Dr. Vijay Jain. Amrit Yoga Institute, Salt Springs, www.amrityoga.org, 352-685-3001.

November 9-11

Transformative Communication and Self-Empowerment Seminar facilitated by Dr. David Wolf, author of Relationships That Work, and Marie

Glasheen, professional transformative coach. For more information and to register contact Dharm Khalsa, dharm. khalsa77@gmail.com, 352-222-6331, www.satvatove.com.

Saturday, November 10

* Natural Foods Gala. Music, wonderful food, demonstrations. 10-3, $1/ person, $1/food sample. Crones Cradle Conserve, 411 NE 217th Pl., Citra, 352-595-3377, www.CronesCradleConserve.com.

* Psychic/Medium Spiritual Development Class. $25, 2-4:30pm.

Includes meditation, lesson, practice.

Held at Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave. Int’l Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge, www.ifsk.org 407-673-9776.

November 10-11

* Tucson in Florida: Rock and Mineral Show, 12-5, wholesale prices on fine minerals and jewelry, many vendors. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd., High Springs, 386454-8657, www.highspringsemporium.net.

Monday, November 12

Sensy Water Workshop on making 9.5 pH ionized water from the air. 6pm, free; call to reserve. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

Wednesday, November 14

Cleanse your body of toxic buildup, repair GI tract, support immune system, weight Loss. Free consultation; call for appointment. Reesers Nutrition Center, 3243 E. Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, 352-732-0718, www.ReesersNutritionCenter.com.

Thursday, November 15

Energy Attunement Day with Rev. Ojela Frank, LMT. All day. See events web page for details: http://initiationhealing.com/site/classes/.

November 16-18

Practical Ayurveda Workshop: the science of longevity. Hands-on workshop on stress reduction and nutrition based on body type; $295 includes

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meals and accommodations. 12 CEUs for LMTs and Yoga Teachers. Amrit Yoga Institute, Salt Springs, www.amrityoga.org, 352-685-3001.

Saturday, November 17

Giving Thanks: Creating Prosperity and Abundance with Crystal Gifts from the Earth Workshop with Sharron Britton. 2-4, $20. Call to sign up. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, 386-454-8657, www.highspringsemporium.net.

Sunday, November 18

Introduction to Initiation Healing® with Ojela Frank, LMT, 12-5:30pm, The Martial Arts Center, Ocala. $40.

Call 352-239-9272 to pre-register (5 CEUs /FL Provider #50-14398), www. initiationhealing.com.

Wednesday, November 21

Wellness consultation on Irritable Bowel Syndrome and urinalysis for enzyme therapy. Free consultation; call for appointment. Reesers Nutrition Center, 3243 E. Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, 352-732-0718, www.ReesersNutritionCenter.com.

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291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

Monday, November 26

Healthy Bladder Education Seminar. 6pm, free. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352-2919459, www.LemireClinic.com.

Tuesday, November 27

Group Coaching: The Power of Gratitude. 6pm, $9.97. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352-

Wednesday, November 28

Signs and Symptoms Analysis. Any time any of the organs/body systems are out of balance, there are signs and symptoms. Free consultation; call for appointment. Reesers Nutrition Center, 3243 E. Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, 352-7320718, www.ReesersNutritionCenter.com.

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November 23-December 23

“A Tuna Christmas.” The Hippodrome, Gainesville, 352-375-HIPP, www.TheHipp.org.

Saturday, November 24

Countdown to the Holidays: Destress with free BioMat sessions over a crystal grid, chair massage, isotonic footbaths. 11-5, love offering. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, 386-454-8657, www. highspringsemporium.net.

November 24-December 1 (also 11/7-14)

Panchakarma at Amrit Yoga Institute. Our 8-day panchakarma and yoga programs are based on specific protocols tailored to the individual’s constitution. Only 10 participants accepted per session. With Dr. Vijay Jain. Amrit Yoga Institute, Salt Springs, www.amrityoga.org, 352-685-3001.

November 24-December 22

“A Christmas Carol” (Dickens). The www.GoNaturalAwakenings.com

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with Sharron Britton. 11-1, $20.

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* Making Hand-Crafted Soap Workshop, OR Creative Totes Workshop. $35, 9-4. Crones Cradle Conserve, 411 NE 217th Pl., Citra, 352595-3377, www.CronesCradleConserve.com.

December 1-2

Initiation Healing® Breath & Meditation I with Ojela Frank, LMT. Saturday 9-5, Sunday 12-5. Kundalini Weekend Intensive includes Energy Attunements, book, class workbook, certificate. $75, The Martial Arts Center, Ocala. $75; call 352-239-9272 to pre-register, (12 CEUs /FL Provider #50-14398). See pre-requisites at www.initiationhealing.com.

December 1-6

Satvatove Advanced Seminar Experience; 6 days of courageous introspection and self-empowerment, facilitated

by Dr. David Wolf and Marie Glasheen. To register contact Dharm Khalsa, dharm.khalsa77@gmail.com, 352222-6331, www.satvatove.com.

Monday, December 3

Meet the Doctor/Patient Education Open House. 6pm, free. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

Wednesday, December 5

Live Blood Analysis. $60, by appointment, starting at 9. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

December 8-9

Reiki Level I with Ojela Frank, LMT. Saturday 9-5, Sunday 11-5, includes 4 Reiki Attunements, class workbook, certificate. $125, The Martial Arts Center, Ocala. Call 352-239-9272 to pre-register. 12 CEUs /FL Provider #5014398, www.initiationhealing.com.

December 10-11

Auditions, “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” show Feb. 7-Mar. 3. Ocala Civic Theatre,

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Tuesday, December 11

Group Coaching: Minimizing The Holiday Stress. 6pm, free. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct. Rd., Ocala, 352291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

December 13

Energy Attunement Day with Rev. Ojela Frank, LMT. All day. See events web page for details. http://initiationhealing.com/site/classes/.

December 20

Energy Attunement Day with Rev. Ojela Frank, LMT. All Day. See events web page for details. http://initiationhealing.com/site/classes/.

January 28, 2013

Satvatove Institute School of Transformative Coaching is now accepting applications for the semester starting January, 2013. Classes are approved by the International Coach Federation (ICF). For the course syllabus visit http://satvatove.com/syllabus.pdf, and for additional information call 386418-8840 or visit www.satvatove.com/ life-coaching-courses/life-coach-training/.

February 28-March 2

7th Annual Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Cancer Therapies Conference, West Palm Beach. Speakers, organic meals, exhibit hall. $209 (some scholarships available). The Annie Appleseed Project, 561-749-0084, www.AnnieAppleseedProject.org.

ONGOING Sundays

* A Course in Miracles, 9:30am.

Master Mind Healing Circle, 10am.

Meditation and Spiritual Lesson plus youth and children’s classes, 11am.

Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave., 352-373-1030, www.unityofgainesvillefla.org.

* Celebrating Community and

Inspiring Message/Science of Mind and Spirit. Meditation 9:45am, Celebration/Message 10:30am, Youth and Children’s Celebration 10:30am. Love offering. OakBrook Center for Spiritual Living, 1009 NE 28 Ave, Ocala, FL, www.oakbrookcsl.org

* Trinity of Light Spiritual Service and Meditation, 10am, College of Central Florida, Enterprise Bldg. Room 101, 352-502-0253, Trinityoflightholders@aol.com.

Mondays

Abraham Study Group, 6pm. A Course in Miracles, 7:30pm. Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave., 352373-1030, unityofgainesvillefla.org.

Monday-Friday

Bellydancing, fitness, yoga classes, personal training as early as 5:30am, as late as 7:30pm. Hip Moves, 708 NW 23rd Ave, Gainesville, 352-6920132, www.hipmoves.com.

Wednesdays

Visioning, and Healing Service, 6-7pm. Love offering. OakBrook Center for Spiritual Living, 1009 NE 28 Ave, Ocala, FL, www.oakbrookcsl.org.

Thursdays

Amrit Yoga w/Veda, 5:30-6:30, free. Public Library, 401 E. University Ave, 4th floor, Gainesville. 352-6923922, vedalewis@aol.com Fridays

Reiki Healing with Dee Mitchell.

7pm, first and third Fridays. Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave., Gainesville, 352-373-1030, unityofgainesvillefla.org.

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