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Yin & Tonic: Nemo and The Boodle Go to Sea

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Organic Food & Gardening

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Healthy Community: Investing in Main Street

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Wise Words: Julia Cameron, from the Heart

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Creating a life beyond need and worry

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Healthy Kids: Making Allowances

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newsbriefs Coaching strategies for AD/HD teens

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eens and young adults who have AD/HD often need extra support to be better organized, more self-aware, and confident in school or on the job.

Research from the Edge Foundation has shown that coaching can be highly effective in helping students improve executive functioning and related skills in academic and other life pursuits.

Parents now have an opportunity to learn about coaching strategies that can help minimize their child’s difficulties.

Helen Kornblum, an ADHD coach for teens and young adults, is offering two programs at Gainesville’s Downtown Library on E. University Avenue. Kornblum will talk about extra support for AD/HD Students on Monday, September 24, 7-8:30pm.

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healthbriefs The Trouble with Antidepressants

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or starters, antidepressants don’t work for more than half the people who take them. New findings from an investigation at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine suggest that antidepressants fall short because they’re aimed at the wrong biochemical targets in the brain.

Research led by Northwestern psychiatry professor Eva Redei, Ph.D., using rats (their brains are remarkably similar to ours in areas related to depression), suggests that antidepressants are more suited to treating stress than depression and undermines the belief that stress itself can be a major cause of depression.

Redei’s research further suggests why antidepressants that aim to boost levels of the neurotransmitters serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine are also often ineffective. Her team did not find the dramatic differences in the levels of genes controlling the function of these neurotransmitters that would be expected if depression were related to their activity.

In a Neuroscience 2009 conference presentation, Redei concluded that today’s antidepressants have been focusing primarily on the effects of depression, not its cause. Renowned integrative physician Andrew Weil comments that in his view, meditation and regular aerobic exercise are more effective depression busters.

The Smell of Virtue

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ho would have thought that a clean-smelling room, infused with a barely noticeable scent of citrus, could turn us into better people?

A recent study at Brigham Young University shows that people who enter a clean-smelling environment do just that; they become fairer, more generous, and more charitable.

In one experiment, participants received $12, allegedly sent by an anonymous partner in another room.

They then had to decide how much to keep and how much to return to their partner, who trusted them to divide it fairly.

People in the clean-scented room returned an average of $5.33 to their partner, versus only $2.81 by those in a normal room.

In another experiment, those in the citrus-scented clean room showed a higher interest (4.21 on a 7-point scale) in volunteering for a Habitat for Humanity service project than those in the other room (3.29). Also, 22 percent in the clean room pledged to donate money, compared to only 6 percent in the control group.

Cleanliness can help shape our actions, the researchers concluded, as well as our judgments about others and ourselves. “This is a very simple, unobtrusive way to promote ethical behavior,” observes Katie Liljenquist, the lead author on the report in Psychological Science, noting its potential usefulness in workplaces, stores and other organizations that typically rely on traditional surveillance and security measures. Perhaps the findings could be applied at home, too, Liljenquist conjectures: “It could be that getting our kids to clean up their rooms might help them clean up their acts, too.”

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hanges in blood pressure during middle age can affect the lifetime risk for heart disease and stroke, according to a recent study published in Circulation, the American Heart Association’s weekly journal. Data from nearly 62,000 individuals whose blood pressure readings were tracked for an average of 14 years confirms that people who kept or lowered their blood pressure to normal levels by age 55 had the lowest lifetime risk for heart disease—22 to 41 percent, compared with 42 to 69 percent for those with high blood pressure.

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Among the latter group are the peace lily (Spathiphyllum wallisii Regel), snake plant (Sansevieria trifasciata Prain), weeping fig (Ficus benjamina L.) and areca palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens Wendl). The researchers further noted that other plants potted in plastic pots and sprayed with pesticides during their commercial production also can emit VOCs.

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Virtual Library Pioneering School Library Becomes Bookless

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ushing Academy, in Ashburnham, Massachusetts, might be the first public or private school to trade its paper-and-ink library collection for electronic devices.

Before the switchover, spot checks showed that on some days, fewer than 30 books, or about 0.15 percent of its 20,000book inventory, circulated. Today, the small school’s access to books is in the hundreds of thousands and growing. Staff has been added to help students navigate the electronic stacks using the library’s 65 Kindle e-readers and learn to discern, “what is valuable information or reliable from what is junk,” advises Headmaster James Tracy, Ph.D. Students also are downloading books on their laptops, iPhones and iPod Touch players.

The school pays an average of $5 to buy an e-book, so it can access six books for the price of a traditional $30 hardcover. Response has been mixed; the high-tech library is engaging students, but highlighting and saving notes on passages, “is awful,” reports a junior at the school. Cross-referencing maps and graphics is, at present, problematic. Plus, it’s hard for students to happen upon books as they do when physically walking and browsing the aisles.

New Paradigm Research Shows We Can Feed the World Sustainably

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benchmark study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research says that it’s possible to sustainably feed the world’s estimated 2050 population of 9 billion, while still preserving the planet. Findings suggest that a diet equivalent to eating meat three times a week would employ green farming methods, leave forests untouched and raise animals only under free-range conditions.

“We can actually do without factory farming,” concludes Lasse Brauun, of Compassion in World Farming. “With 60 billion animals being reared for livestock production every year and the figure set to double by 2050, we really need to reconsider our approach. Animals are being reared like factory units to provide us with cheap meat. The true cost of eating too much meat is animal suffering, deforestation and obesity.”

The Indian state of Sikkim in the Himalayas is among those showing the way.

The government plans to have all of its arable land of 173,000 acres certified organic by 2015.

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Most include 20 to 40 households and a common house with a kitchen and dining room, where community members serve optional group meals a few times a week. Other common areas include lounge and recreational facilities for adults and children, fitrness center, and frequently a workshop, plus laundry facilities and even a guest room.

Craig Ragland, director of the Cohousing Association of the United States, says that most of the 100-plus cohousing communities that the association knows of, with another 100 under development, are multi-generational.

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in & Tonic

by Melody Murphy

Nemo and The Boodle Go to Sea “Simply messing about in boats ... in or out of ‘em, it doesn’t matter.

Nothing seems really to matter; that’s the charm of it. Whether you get away, or whether you don’t; whether you arrive at your destination, or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you’re always busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you’ve done it there’s always something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you’d much better not.”

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s I began telling you last month, this summer I went away for a weekend with some of my oldest and dearest friends. We rented a pontoon boat and spent two days swimming, snorkeling, scalloping, fishing, and generally enjoying ourselves at Crystal River’s Kings Bay, on the Homosassa River, and in the Gulf of Mexico.

Truth be told, I did not snorkel, scallop, or fish. But I did swim, in the rivers and the ocean, and this was the first time since childhood I went to sea on a boat. If you read last month’s column, you know this was a momentous occasion.

Two friends you may remember from my April column: the phloxpilfering Toad Sawyer and Puck Finn, joined by sister-friend Biddy Thatcher,

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Mr. Sawyer, and Mr. Finn, all excellent company. I, naturally, am Jo Harper.

Like our literary originals, we piled onto a figurative raft and went a-sailing downriver.

But the two most important passengers were the smallest: Nemo and The Boodle, children of the Finns.

Nemo is six and fancies himself a pint-sized Cousteau. He has been fascinated by all things oceanic since infancy. At four months he was mesmerized by Finding Nemo. At two he could—and frequently would— recite the names and differences

between various species of sharks and whales. Auntie Toad once plastered his room with these creatures; a great white floating beside his bed filled him with delight. Shark Week is a highlight of his young existence. On our boat trip I found no irony in asking him, in all seriousness, what kind of coral I had just found. He knew. I didn’t. And I didn’t question him. Nemo always knows.

The Boodle is four and fancies herself a warrior-mermaid-princess.

This at least is her aquatic persona; it changes depending on her surroundings. She is fearless and will jump into anything without flinching.

Unblinking, she simply hurls herself at the challenge. One imagines her with a tiara and a dagger in her teeth.

Watching Nemo and the intrepid Boodle frolic in the water made me force myself not to panic. I didn’t want to perpetuate the cycle and become one of their early-childhood ocean-trauma memories: “Mommy, why is Aunt Mel curled up in the stern, twitching and sobbing and hyperventilating like that? It’s freaky.”

“You’re telling me, kid. I saw Titanic with her in ‘97. Good times.”

And so, inspired by two small children and my own desire not to be a giant wuss, I made myself relax and enjoy the adventure.

I remember the sunlight on the clear, rippling, green-glass saltwater over patterns of sand and gently waving sea grasses ... the wide blue sky filled with huge white clouds ... early-morning skies of pink and gold, and a breakfast of the best apple fritters I’ve ever had ... herons, cranes, ibises, and egrets perched along the river ... each of us laughingly picking out “our” river houses ... turtles and cormorants sunning themselves ... cold clear aqua-tinted riverwater over churning springs and squishy black river-mud ... salty breezes, gulls and pelicans and an osprey swooping overhead ... thunder and lightning, the heavens filling with ominous dark clouds in a sudden storm ... the stunning heat, Nemo hoping to spot a gator, a little cove of marsh-grasses

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and mullet leaping in the reeds ...

Summertime, and the living is easy; fish are jumping, and the cotton is high ... peanut butter and banana sandwiches on a hot, sunny afternoon, rocked by the waves ... lemonade in the twilight, toads and treefrogs and the biggest monster-mosquitoes you’ve ever seen ... making a mosaic of broken shells with The Boodle, painted with invisible colors only she could see ... teaching her to hold a scallop so it doesn’t bite you (I, too, have ocean wisdom)... feasting on oysters with lemon and hot sauce, smoked mullet dip on crackers, stone crab claws with melted butter, and hush puppies, The Boodle’s newest discovery and passion.

I remember the children’s wonder and delight when the grownups would emerge from the waters, masked like ocean bandits, brandishing treasures of the deep for them to touch and marvel over: scallops, starfish, a conch shell, a crab, a tiny seahorse. Nemo was beside himself with joy when Daddy and Uncle Sawyer each caught a puffer.

And when he saw a little shark swimming right beside the boat? The zenith of all thrills.

I remember Puck saying, “This is my heaven.”

And I remember the voyage home, slowly in the sweet violet evening, softly singing old hymns and folk songs to The Boodle, in harmonies remembered from our own younger days.

Above all I remember the timelessness of rivers and the sea. And I remembered the love that is the flip side of my complicated relationship with the water.

Sometimes, when you fight your fears and force your way through them, wonderful things can happen.

Sometimes you can learn from the wisdom of children.

Sometimes, you just have to take the plunge.

Melody Murphy can be reached at yinandtonic12@yahoo.com.

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NEW! Organic Food & Gardening Section

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ace it: we are living in a “brave new world.”

Genetically modified foods are unbelievably prevalent in our grocery stores (with estimates as high as 80% of all commercially available foods being genetically modified), people are thrown into jail for selling raw milk, and megacorporations such as Monsanto are working to dominate the world’s food supply.

It seems that our politicians and court systems are just fine with all that.

We’re not.

We are taking a stand by launching our new Organic Food and Gardening section to

educate our community (population 1,000,000) more intensively about the dangers of GMOs, the availability of organic food in the area, and the ease of getting started growing one’s own food.

Who should come on this ride with us? Organic growers.

Stores that carry local organic food. Ranches that grow grassfed beef. Restaurants that offer organic food on their menus.

Organic gardening suppliers.

Hydroponics providers. Edible landscaping companies. Heirloom seed suppliers. Farmers’ markets. Natural landscaping services. Herbalists. Educators.

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We are inviting you to reach out with us to educate, nurture, and grow the groundswell of people buying local and buying natural, and to grow your own business at the same time.

This section will bring to you powerful editorial features, as well as your news and updates.

Besides the print magazine, we have online resources, and we’re planning a series of events such as free films with our sponsors present as vendors and coeducators.

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Adventures in Organic Gardening

A Garden That Lasts

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

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ver leave your yard alone for a few weeks? Or a few months? Or a few years?

The smoking remains of the housing market have given us some insight into what happens to a lawn when folks lose their over-mortgaged “pride of ownership” and leave their underwater houses for friendlier shores.

First, the grass grows long and sends up seed heads.

Opportunistic weeds start to appear. Vines grow over the fence. Buried acorns sprout. Black cherry and wild plum pits dropped by powerline-straddling birds germinate amidst the unraked oak and magnolia leaves. I have a friend who picks loads of berries from his local “blackberry patch”— which just so happens to be the front yard of a neighboring house abandoned in the ongoing real estate bust.

As soon as our management ends, complex biological webs begin their assault on imposed order and HOA regulations. A lawn—however lovely and enjoyable—is a very low-level ecological system. Nothing stands still for very long in nature.

If you take a look around our area, you’ll see that mature ecosystems in our area are generally oak or pine forests, but they also host cabbage palms, passion vines, palmettos, wild grapes, mimosas, hickories, coral beans, sumacs, beautyberries and a wide variety of other species.

Does your yard do the same? Only if you leave it alone—and sometimes the results aren’t pretty for a long, long time. Dog fennel, anyone?

Maintaining grass is tough, especially when you try to do so around trees and islands of ornamentals. You’ll almost never see trees naturally growing alone in a field of grass, except in the African savannah. And there they have frequent wildfires and grazing animals that keep forests from forming. Here we generally have lawnmowers and weed-eaters. You have to slave at your yard work because you’re trying to maintain something that doesn’t want to stay where it is.

Now … there’s an opportunity in here, if you choose to run with it. What if you created a forest ecosystem piece by piece? But rather than letting birds and squirrels start it, you plant it. If you choose the right species, you can make an Eden of food … an oasis of drifting butterflies … a lush jungle of green. You’re only limited by your location and Continued on the next page. www.GoNaturalAwakenings.com

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imagination. The more species you add, the more ecological niches you’re creating.

Different plants attract different insects, birds, and other friendly creatures. And with a wide variety of organisms, it’s hard for pest or disease problems to destroy your system.

Predators have hiding places and species-specific pests like aphids can’t jump plant to plant as easily. Chinch bugs can wipe out a St. Augustine lawn. Frost can wreck a citrus grove. Drought can ruin a wheat field. But if you’re growing dozens or even hundreds of different species, the chances of the system failing are almost zero.

Create an ecological web rather than a monoculture of grass or mass planting of a single groundcover. When this kind of system is created for edible purposes, it’s usually called a “food forest” or “forest gardening.”

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edible and useful species. If you’ve ever been to Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, you know what I mean. The sheer variety is overwhelming.

In terms of work, forest gardening beats annual beds hands down. Think about how much work it takes to weed, hoe, till, plant, spray, and harvest a garden. Talk about labor!

Now think about how easy it is to pick up grapefruit or pecans from beneath a mature tree. When a tree gets big enough to take care of itself, it becomes a long-term producer of food, without all the work.

You may be looking at your grass and saying “where in the world would I start?”

Start small—but not too small. Get a handful of fruit trees (shameless plug: the UF/IFAS Marion County Master Gardener Fall Plant Sale on October 6 is a great way to do that) and some edible shrubs and perennials. Tear out some grass and plant a little orchard with the trees.

Then surround those with shrubs, and surround the shrubs with small perennials.

Mulch and water heavily and try to keep the grass out until the shade does the job for you. Don’t throw away leaves, twigs and grass clippings! Drop them right around your new plants as they become available—covering our sand is very important for the soil’s health and fertility.

What you’re doing here should look a lot like a little chunk of woods. If you have more space, start with some great big trees, like pecans, in the middle. Then surround those with persimmons, pomegranates, loquats, mulberry trees, figs, chestnuts, pears, and other fruit trees that thrive here.

For the shrubs, think of things like cassava, blueberries (dig in some rotted pine bark or peat when you plant them), thornless blackberries, prickly pears, cattley guavas, Simpson stoppers (they’re native and edible!), goumi berries (they taste like cherries and fix nitrogen in the soil), sugarcane, beautyberries (yes, they’re edible!), etc. Then, around those, add in native plants, edibles and herbs.

Things like coral bean (not edible, but it attracts pollinators), aloes, sage, coneflowers, lemongrass, rosemary, canna lilies (the flowers and roots are edible), and passion vines.

Remember: this is a long-term forest you’re making.

The first few years are going to require watering, feeding, trimming and weeding. Some pieces won’t survive. But then … magic happens. The forest begins to take over, and soon you have a garden you can pass onto your children’s children—which isn’t something you can say for the weed patch left after summer’s corn harvest.

What are you waiting for? Fall is a great time to start thinking things through. Books like Gaia’s Garden and websites like “permies.com” can get you started. But even more important, get your hands in the dirt and start learning. Walk around in the woods and look at how trees and plants interact. Start spotting the different layers of a forest and see how all the spots are filled. And by all means, tear up a piece of your grass!

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organicfood&gardeningbriefs Wood Chip Recycling Program Free wood chips from GRU

Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) will deliver a truckload of free wood chips to you, free of charge. The chips consist of green wood, pine needles and leaves (primarily).

These chips are best suited for ground cover away from the house, unpaved driveways, mulch piles, pathways, or parking areas. They are not landscaping quality. They are a byproduct of the routine trimming done by GRU’s Vegetation Management Department to reduce the number of tree-related electrical outages—so the exact ratio of wood to leaves varies with the season and the materials chipped.

Chips are delivered in areas where crews are working.

Once GRU receives your completed Wood Chip Recycling Application (available online at https://www.gru.com/Pdf/ woodchipapp.pdf), you will be placed on the waiting list.

The delivery time varies according to the volume of chips being produced and the number of requests received.

GRU has no way of knowing exactly when your chips will be delivered, but they try to keep the wait to a two- or three-month maximum.

If they cannot deliver your chips within three months, you will be contacted and offered the options of continuing to wait or canceling the request.

A typical load of chips is 8-10 cubic yards, and a smaller load cannot be arranged. The delivery truck needs 20 feet of overhead clearance and a 10-foot minimum width to dump. The truck weighs 15 tons. One load forms a pile of chips about 12 feet wide by six feet high, or enough to cover an area 1,080 sq. ft. three inches deep (about 30x36 feet). You will need to spread the pile yourself. The delivery location must be clear for chips to be delivered, and you will not be called before delivery is attempted.

Information: www.gru.com/YourHome/ ProductsServices/woodchip.jsp, 352-393-1813.

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Wood chips and leaf mulch are produced when the branches of pruned trees are fed through a chipper. This mulch can be delivered free to customers in the area where Progress Energy Florida contractor tree crews are working.

A truckload of mulch is equivalent to approximately three to four pick-up truck loads.

If you see a tree crew working in your neighborhood and you would like a load of mulch, contact them for details.

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Upcoming Crones Cradle Events

September will bring two important workshops. The first workhop, on Saturday, September 8, will cover Organic Gardening. Held from 9-4, the workshop will cost $50.

On September 22, the Food Preservation Workshop will be presented from 9-4 ($50).

The farm offers school tours with hands-on activities, opportunities to talk to gardeners, feed the chickens, visit the rabbits, and sometimes catch a glimpse of an alligator in the farm pond. Home schooling groups may plan field days for students, with special emphasis on personal gardens.

The “Heritage Experience” is available by reservation for youth groups and includes candle-making, palm rose construction, cow-milking, rope-making, apple-peeling, washing clothes, operating the pitcher pump well, even checkers and a hay romp.

Farmstead Saturday events are held every Saturday from 9-3. The country store is open, featuring gifts, books, artisan jellies and spreads, artist-made wood serving vessels, and much more. Seedlings, farm fresh eggs, native honey, and organic strawberry plants are available now.

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n this day and age of judgment, unkindness, bad news, political polarization among friends and family, and conspiracy theories, isn’t it time to focus on Love and on the Good?

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We are inviting you to reach out to the many people who are seeking joy, prosperity, and answers to their life questions.

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ome 1,000 songs and hymns, including scores of Christmas carols, are available to customize and download at LifeWayWorship.com. Three years in development, and now in existence for three years, Mike Harland, director of LifeWay Worship, believes the initial 2009 SongMap recording project was the biggest in Nashville history.

It is the first Web-based technology that enables users to choose specific sections of songs—such as verses, choruses and transitions—in either of two keys and then download sheet music and MP3 audio files of the custom arrangements, filed onsite in the user’s own media library. Selections range from traditional hymns to contemporary worship songs, as well as standards like America the Beautiful, each for less than $2. Registration is free.

“Some churches need sheet music for a full rock band each week, while others rely solely on accompaniment tracks,” says Harland. “We set out to find a way to help these churches create music that suits their congregations.”

Christian Copyright Licensing International at ccli.com is another resource. Lead sheets and fuller arrangements can be downloaded in any key, and videos and other resources are also available. Licensing membership fees start at $52/year.

World Religions Survey Shows Americans are Religio-Centric

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he role of religion as a social force of enduring significance in the modern world is recognized by American historians and sociologists, according to studies published by the American Historic Association and Social Science Research Council.

Yet, a new survey by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life indicates that Americans are generally less than knowledgeable about the core teachings, history, and leading figures of major world religions.

On average, Americans correctly answered half of 32 questions in the survey. Atheists, agnostics, Jews, and Mormons were among the highestscoring groups, outperforming Catholics and both evangelical and mainstream Protestants. At the same time, many Americans are devoted readers of scripture; 37 percent say they read the Bible or other holy scriptures at least once a week, not counting worship services. But Americans as a whole, or 70 percent, are much less inclined to read books or visit websites about other religions.

Additional Pew data show that while most countries provide for religious freedom in their constitutions or laws, only a quarter actively respect this legal right. Sixty-four nations, or about one-third of the world’s countries, impose restrictions on religious practice.

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True Peace in the World

by Rev. Bill Dodd

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s I look back on my youth, I easily remember all the teachings I heard about my religion and how my belief system was the only legitimate one that ever existed anywhere. I would hear this all the time, and even at an early age, it bothered me to hear this. What was even more distressing were the stories about those people who believed differently and the ultimate consequences they would face once they passed on from this world.

As I grew a little older, I started to watch the news and the stories about all the wars going on around the world that were being fought in the name of dogmatic religious beliefs. So much war and resulting death was happening in the name of the Almighty. This was always difficult to hear and still is to this day. Every day you can turn on the television or pick up a newspaper and hear devastating stories of religious calamity taking place in the name of serving God. There is something dramatically wrong in this world.

All the great spiritual leaders speak of serving daily in peace, but this peace couldn’t be farther from reality today.

Even in our own neighborhood, and with friends from various religions, I hear negativity expressed about all those individuals who do not worship the same God as these people honor.

Why do we all have to believe the same thing? And why can’t we allow our neighbors to worship the God of their own belief system? What makes us right and everyone else wrong?

It is well beyond the time to do something positively in the name of God and religion. We need to not only worship the God of our belief, but honor the religions on every continent of this planet. And self-education is the first step we need to take

to get to this ability. We all need to study more closely the tenets of beliefs from both the Western and Eastern systems. There is so much beauty to be seen and felt when we closely watch the practices of all our brothers and sisters. We might even eventually change our very lives, let alone own way of viewing our own spirituality.

So let’s start today and begin to realize that all our worldly family is doing what they need to do right now in their own lives in their personal spiritual practices. We might consider going to spiritual services that incorporate both Western and Eastern elements such as meditation in their worship. What a concept! It might begin to bring us closer to the understanding that we are all human in search of the divine in our lives.

Reverend Bill Dodd is co-minister of Trinity of Light. Services are held every Sunday at 10am at the College of Central Florida, Enterprise Building #101. You may also contact Trinity of Light at 352.502.0253 or revbilldodd@aol.com. See ad, lower left.

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INVESTING IN MAIN STREET Cities, Schools and Churches Move Their Money to Local Economies

by Rebecca Leisher

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ince the big corporate banks contributed to crashing the economy in 2008, news sources report that they’ve been rewarded with bailouts, tax breaks, and executive bonuses, while American workers have lost jobs and homes. There is little wonder that many Americans—and now, institutions and local governments—have been closing their accounts at these corporate banks and transferring the money to community banks and credit unions. The intent is to send a strong message about responsibility to government and Wall Street, while supporting institutions that genuinely stimulate local economies.

The first Bank Transfer Day, last November, was publicized during five weeks, largely through social networks.

During that period, credit unions received an estimated $4.5 billion in new deposits transferred from banks, according to the Credit Union National Association.

People are calling for financial institutions to be accountable, encouraged by the popularity of the Move Your

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Money campaign. Schools, churches and local governments across the country have been transferring large sums, or at least considering doing so, in order to invest in local economies instead of Wall Street.

Last year, the city of San Jose, California, moved nearly $1 billion from the Bank of America because of the bank’s high record of home foreclosures. City council members linked foreclosures to lost tax revenue, reduced services, and layoffs, and urged other U.S. cities to follow their example. The Seattle, Washington, city council responded to the Occupy Wall Street movement by unanimously passing a resolution to review its banking and investment practices, “…to ensure that public funds are invested in responsible financial institutions that support our community.” Officials in Los Angeles, New York City and Portland, Oregon, are discussing proposals that address how and where city funds are invested. Massachusetts launched the Small Business Banking Partnership initiative last year to leverage small business loans, and has already deposited $106 million in state reserve funds into community banks.

Student activists and the Responsible Endowments Coalition are urging colleges and universities—some of which have assets comparable to those of a town or city—to move at least a portion of their endowments from Wall Street. The Peralta Community College District, in California, with an annual budget of $140 million, has done just that. The district’s board of trustees voted unanimously last November to move its assets into community banks and credit unions.

Churches and faith organizations are moving their money, too. Congregations in the California interfaith coalition LA Voice vowed to divest $2 million from Wells Fargo and the Bank of America, ending a 200-year relationship with the big banks. The Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church, in East San Jose, pulled $3 million out of the Bank of America and reinvested the funds into Micro Branch, a division of Self-Help Federal Credit Union, designed to assist underserved communities.

Moving money to where banking practices and investments are transparent is the most effective action.

Oregon Banks Local represents small businesses, family farms, and community banks. It offers a website tool that ranks local banks and credit unions on such criteria as where they are headquartered, jobs created, and the extent of local investment, showing which financial institutions truly serve local communities.

“People from all walks of life are angry at the banks,” says Ilana Berger, co-director of The New Bottom Line, a national campaign that promotes moving money from Wall Street. But the broad appeal of this grassroots movement toward financial reform is based on more than anger or strategy. “It’s a way to move our money to follow our values,” says Berger. “It’s an opportunity to really protest against the banks, but also a way to show what we want them to be.”

Freelance writer Rebecca Leisher originated this article as part of “9 Strategies to End Corporate Rule,” for the Spring 2012 issue of YES! magazine.

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How to Keep Your Dollars Working Locally

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itch the Cards. All electronic transactions siphon money out of the local community to some extent, so try the human approach and bank in person.

Make purchases with cash or (second best) write a check. If plastic is the only choice, choose a debit card. Local merchants lose some of their potential profit each time you use a card, but they pay up to seven times more in fees when it’s a credit card. Also, studies show that people spend 12 to 18 percent more when they use cards instead of cash.

Move Your Debt. Already broken up with your megabank? From credit card balances to car loans to mortgages, megabanks make far more money off your debt than your savings. Refinance debt with a credit union or local bank and let the fees support your community. Be wary of “affinity credit cards,” which donate a certain amount per purchase to charitable organizations but often are connected with a megabank.

Spend Deliberately. Forget Internet deals; shop local and independent. Support second-hand markets by buying used, and barter and trade services when possible. Look for goods grown and made nearby. Research purchases carefully; find easy company-screening assistance at Green America’s Responsible Shopper website (GreenAmerica.org).

Shorten Loan Lengths. To maximize interest paid by customers, banks offer to stretch out terms. Avoid the 30-year mortgage or the seven-year car loan. If you’re stuck with one on paper, change the terms yourself. Decide the loan duration that’s best for you and pay down the principal. Calculators at sites such as mtgProfessor.com can be used for any loans, not just mortgages.

Earn Feel-Good Interest. A community development bank will reinvest money from a CD back into the local community and pay you interest. So will alternative savings tools offered by RSF Social Finance or the Community Investment Note from the nonprofit Calvert Foundation, which also lets you target by cause, such as public radio stations. Put money into Kiva.org microloans and receive no interest, but big returns in socioeconomic justice. Closer to home, consider investing in family, such as a college loan for a nephew or niece.

Create a DIY Retirement Fund. Avoiding Wall Street’s ubiquitous 401k can be tricky. One way is via “selfdirected” IRAs and Roth IRAs. These require the account owner—you—to make the investment decisions. With or without the counsel of a personal financial advisor, you get to decide what types of projects to invest in—from local green businesses to real estate.

Invest in Home. Investing in your home strengthens the community and builds wealth. Pay down your mortgage, and then use that equity when it’s time to retire. Want more investment? Do it with a second property and be a local landlord, or invest in your children’s homes. Beyond mortgages, invest in your home’s energy efficiency for an ongoing solid rate of return. Or become your own utility by tying your home’s alternative energy system into the power grid. www.GoNaturalAwakenings.com

Remember Your Community. Buy shares of a local co-op—utility, food or store—or jump on a direct public offering. Seek out or start a community investment group to connect local businesses with local investors. Look for community revolving loan funds that allow participation by individual investors, such as Cascadia (Pacific Northwest), Economic and Community Development Notes for Invest Local Ohio, the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund and North Carolina’s Mountain BizWorks.

Source: The editors of YES! magazine.

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wisewords Julia Cameron Speaks from Her Heart

CREATING A LIFE BEYOND NEED AND WORRY

by Linda Sechrist

How is unblocking creativity linked to having a prosperous heart and a life of enough?

I have taught creative unblocking for 35 years. When I’ve asked my students about money, inevitably their responses are emotional exclamations: “Money is the biggest block to my creativity,” or “I feel like I can handle anything but money,” or “Do we have to talk about money?”

I believe that every person is creative, and can use his or her creativity to create a life of “enough.” I have worried about money and found that having money does not end this worry. I have also discovered practical tools that have lifted my students and me out of money worries into a prosperous heart. Prospering is something we can do today, no matter how much money we have.

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ulia Cameron is an award-winning author, poet, playwright and filmmaker, perhaps best known for her precedentsetting works on creativity, including The Artist’s Way, The Vein of Gold, Walking in this World, and The Right to Write. In her latest book, The Prosperous Heart, she presents a 10-week program that guides readers in developing a life that is as full and satisfying as they ever imagined possible.

Prosperity is not just about money, although our relationship to money must be brought out into the light, and we must be brave enough to look at it candidly. Having enough is having a life beyond need and worry. It’s about finding satisfaction in our lives, improving the lives we have, straightening out our finances, and creating a life that is enough for us.

What led you to conclude that a prosperous heart is about a spiritual bottom line, rather than a financial one?

My experience of this principle has been cumulative. When teaching The Artist’s Way through the years, I have sometimes been moved to give away memberships in a class in order to help creatively stymied individuals who felt they couldn’t afford the 12-week course. While this didn’t add to my bank account, I felt rewarded on a spiritual level as I watched those students blossom during the course of the class.

What tools do you offer readers in The Prosperous Heart?

Morning Pages remain the primary tool of a creative recovery and for establishing prosperity. Three daily pages of longhand writing—strictly stream of consciousness—work to pro-

voke, clarify, comfort, cajole, prioritize, and synchronize the day at hand.

Counting is another bedrock tool of prosperity; keeping a small notebook tracking every penny in and every penny out puts us in touch with our true values, which is one of the first and finest fruits of prosperity.

This daily writing, coupled with counting, brings emotional and financial clarity. Together, they help us discover our true values—both personal and monetary—and uncover the actions that will lead to a life that is truly our own.

Abstaining from financial imbalance is simple when we stop debting.

A commitment to practicing the tool of abstinence plugs the leaks and our personal lifeboat stops sinking. While this may seem severe, it leads straight to more prosperity.

Walking at least twice a week for a minimum of 20 minutes works to put events into a healthier perspective.

We may walk out with a problem and walk back in with a solution. Walking also offers the opportunity to encounter sights and sounds that fire the imagination and replenish our inner well of creativity. As we walk, we can experience the richness of the world, as well as our own inner prosperity.

I recommend taking a time-out once in the morning and once at night, for five minutes, to sit quietly and consciously count your blessings, or simply rest. Time-outs also put us in closer touch with our own inner resources. Ideas often come to us during these periods, which prove to be time-efficient and guided by wisdom.

Through many years of experience, I have seen how the tools explored in The Prosperous Heart help people from all walks of life come into contact with their true value system. When they act in alignment with their values, they naturally feel a sense of prosperity. When they do what they love and do it well, the money seems to take care of itself.

Find the next chapter on personal creativity at JuliaCameronLive.com.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings magazine.

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Making Allowances Learning to Manage Money at a Young Age

by Sharon Lechter

Instituting an allowance plan that works best for each child is a sound way to start teaching the value of money, budgeting, and saving.

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y the time a child is 5 or 6, he or she should be able to understand how an allowance works and the reasons for receiving it. When deciding to pay a child an allowance, the family should first talk together about how he or she will be using the money.

Is the plan to save it or spend it?

Will a parent need to approve any purchases? Learning to consistently put away a portion in a savings account and perhaps gift another portion to charity become valuable life lessons.

Many parents adopt the “three piggy bank” method to teach these lessons.

My 20 years of experience working with parents and teens has shaped a practical framework of four proven strategies to help a family wisely communicate this mutual commitment and set parameters, including a policy as to the amount and frequency of payment.

Allowance decisions can differ from one child to the next in the same family.

Personal responsibility: There should be no financial reward for

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things that children need to do for their own health and development, such as responsibly heading to bed on time after brushing their teeth. One father shared that he had to pay his son to brush his teeth every morning and night, so who was in charge?

Family or social responsibility: Tasks that contribute to the family or social environment should not result in financial reward, such as washing the dishes or reading to a younger sibling. One mother, after explaining the plan to her children and consistently applying it, saw their attitude transform in just a couple of weeks. Instead of fighting, the three kids now work together each night to clean up after dinner without arguing.

Paying for completion of specific tasks: Determine and agree to guidelines that include the general tasks or duties that are expected, the performance of which will result in earning the specified allowance. By defining what is over and above personal, family or social responsibility, parents

With an entitlement mindset, a child simply expects to be paid each week.

With an entrepreneur’s mindset, a child finds ways to create value and earn money through applied creativity. encourage and reward children for their extra efforts. Those same kids agreeably cleaning up after meals may also be thinking of extra chores around the house to earn their allowances.

Encouraging a child’s entrepreneurial spirit: Inspire children to think of creative ways to earn money and watch in pleased amazement at how creative they become when they really want something. One 12-year-old now has a business collecting cans from all of his neighbors and is earning $100 every other week. He was able to buy the faster skateboard he wanted and even justified it as a business expense, because he could collect the cans more quickly with it.

Providing structure and enabling communication in a family’s approach to allowances is critical to ensuring that children learn good money habits that will serve them well for life. It’s a mutually constructive way to teach principles related to the importance of saving, spending less than they earn and consistently giving back to their community.

The answer to the question of whether or not to pay a child an allowance and under what conditions rests with the parents. The greater and more vital question is what mindset do they want to create and nurture within their children: a sense of entitlement or an entrepreneurial spirit? The foundational choice is theirs.

Sharon Lechter is CEO of Pay Your Family First, creator of the ThriveTime for Teens life and money reality board game, and co-author of Outwitting the Devil, Three Feet from Gold, and Rich Dad Poor Dad. A recognized financial education expert, she is a member of the National CPAs Financial Literacy Commission. Learn more at SharonLechter.com.

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PEACE

MAIL Spreading Good Will on Earth Through Art

by April Thompson

ainter Franck de Las Mercedes, of New York City, has combined a pair of hopeful concepts—world peace and free art for all—in a quickly broadening art initiative inspired by an “Aha!” moment at the local post office.

“I had always painted on the boxes I shipped my paintings in,” relates the native Nicaraguan. “One day, a postal clerk commented that my boxes were like works of art. I thought about how I had prompted the worker to pause in her everyday routine and wondered, ‘What if I shared my painting on the outside of a box, rather than the inside, and what if it carried a message of peace?’”

Since that pivotal 2006 encounter, the artist has sent more than 10,600 abstractly painted, pre-paid boxes, labeled with messages like, “Handle with Care: Contains Peace,” to individuals in 70 countries, as part of his Priority Boxes Art Project. Each empty box is symbolically “full” of meaning, engaging the thought of the recipient as well as the sender, plus the interpretation of all those handling it throughout its postal journey.

De Las Mercedes hopes that his painted-message boxes will stimulate new ways of communicating through art. He maintains, “We shouldn’t have to wait for world leaders to take a stand or create peace; it can begin through interpersonal dialogue.”

While many people write to the artist requesting boxes for themselves, others order them for loved ones.

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Honor World Peace Day, September 21 Requests vary widely, from a death row inmate who asked for a box for his daughter and a mom who wanted to give one to her son, a leukemia sufferer whose daily highlight was a trip to the family mailbox. The brightly painted boxes also have helped reconcile feuding friends and family members, serving as a peace offering from one to the other. It all helps to bring feelings of greater peace and understanding to the human race, one person at a time.

More than 100 schools across the United States have adopted the project, with students creating their own versions of the peace box in the classroom. School-sponsored peace boxes reach patients in hospitals and military personnel overseas and have been used in interschool box exchanges to support anti-bullying campaigns.

It would be difficult to find a group that couldn’t benefit from such fresh inspiration.

To request a box, make a donation or start a local peace art project, visit fdlmStudio.com/PriorityBoxes.html.

April Thompson is a freelance writer in Washington, D.C. Connect at AprilWrites.com.

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Love That Grilling Skillet! ou want a steak like it’s done in the best steakhouses? Then don’t use a gas or charcoal grill. Pan-sear the surface, then pop the pan into a hot oven.

This month features both a recipe and a cooking method with a special utensil—the grilling skillet. It is a unique vessel with ridges along its bottom. Thus, when cooking at high temperatures, “grill marks” will be cooked into the surface touching the skillet. Any liquids that cook out of the food are drained off between the ridged surfaces to the sides. More info about grilling skillets appears below the recipe.

Instructions:

Let steaks come to room temperature.

Pat dry—put half of rub or seasoning on one side only of each steak. Reserve other rub/seasoning for second side of each.

Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees. Put grilling skillet on cooktop on High; once pan has reached heat, place steaks (seasoned side down) on skillet. Apply remaining rub/seasoning to top of steaks on skillet. Cook on High heat for 2 minutes.

Turn steaks over quickly—heat on High for 1 minute. Remove from cooktop, add one pat of butter to surface of each steak; place skillet with steaks directly into hot oven.

For medium-rare New York strips, remove the skillet in 3 to 4 minutes of oven time. Being careful not to pierce the steaks, with tongs or a wooden spatula, immediately place the steaks on a cooling rack and cover with foil. Let stand for five minutes. Plate and serve.

Ingredients: 2 10-oz. New York strip sirloins (about 2” thick at fat side) 2 oz. Chicago Steakhouse rub or Montreal Steak seasoning 2 pats unsalted butter

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Cast iron is good, but heavy. Clad is lighter, but review the comments about oven and cooktop high temperature use before choosing a clad model. I have found that Calphalon ($50 and up) and All-Clad LTD ($75 and up) make affordable grilling skillets that clean easily. To keep for years’ regular cooking, I recommend temperature-safe, non-metal utensils during use.

These skillets are great for grillable veggies and fruit, too.

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Transformative Communication

realize that everything in my life is a reflection of how I am communicating with myself. In taking 100% responsibility for how I am communicating with myself, I could scientifically observe where I was falling short in creating what I wanted, find out the root cause of this self-imposed limitation, and move forward powerfully.

by Kylie Devi

Another aspect of clear intention is commitment. I noticed I was allowing my clear intention to remain in the “visionary stage,” with no plan for practical and consistent follow-through, which demonstrates a “hole” in my clear intention. Clear intention grows and thrives our reality if it is genuinely clear. If I in daily action in the direction of the think “I am going to get a college eduvision, even if it is just small steps. cation” and I am committed to that,

And I noticed that in envisionthen money, time, location—none ing many incredible ideas with no of these will ever become stopping follow-through, I was eroding the respect I had always felt I had in my relationships, which is a mirror reflection of low selfrespect.

In looking at this “communication” with myself, I had an opportunity to look at the belief structures underneath this whole paradigm and find an “I don’t deserve” mentality.

In overcoming these limiting beliefs, I have created a much more powerful life. And through Everything in my life is a reflection of becoming more clear, how I am communicating with myself. and completing and following through, I strengthened my relationships with points. I will obtain the education. If others. my intention is not clear, anything and

But most importantly, I strengtheverything will become an obstacle ened the relationship with myself. that will stop me in my tracks.

Being in obstacle consciousness is Kylie Devi is a copywriter, blogger, and a sign of low self-respect. I didn’t bea Satvatove enthusiast. To learn more lieve in myself enough to create what about her experience with the SatvatoI wanted, so I distracted myself from ve Institute and what it can do for your being a powerful creator. life, feel free to email her at kyliedevi@

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A Path to Self Respect

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ne of the most essential qualities to cultivate within ourselves in order to experience a fulfilling, enriched life is self-respect.

We can all easily say, “I love myself, I respect myself.” But what does it really mean? And how can we utilize the principles of transformative communication to generate even higher levels of self-respect?

Before my experiences within the Satvatove environment, I felt strongly that I had a high level of self-respect.

After all, I had incredible friends, I was in a service-oriented career path, I had a spiritual practice.

What I learned is that through many forms of subtle self-sabotage I was not respecting the core of my being, which is spiritual in nature, and therefore thrives when upholding principles of conscious living.

Two areas where I was weak were clear intention and commitment. The processes of transformative communication revealed these weaknesses, and also provided solutions to breakthrough.

The principle of clear intention, as I have heard Dr. David Wolf say, is that “spirit supercedes matter.”

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Prosperity = ?

by Nuris Lemire, MS, OTR/L, NC

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hen you hear the word “prosperity,” what does that mean to you?

When you hear that word, what do you think of? Perhaps a better question might be: Do you consider yourself a prosperous person?

Most people equate the word “prosperity” and the phrase “being prosperous” with money. In other words, the more money you have, the more prosperous you are. If you are lacking money, then you are lacking prosperity.

But what is prosperity, really?

How Do You Define It?

Is prosperity tied to time, health, balance, family, friends, and food among other things?

Prosperity is a matter of perspective.

If you believe you are enough, and are at peace in your spirit, connected as one with all of creation, you can define yourself as prosperous ... and as very lucky.

If you believe you do not deserve prosperity, then you cannot expect to receive it. We draw from the Universal pool of infinite possibilities according to our consciousness. You either have a “poverty consciousness” or an “abundance consciousness.”

The dictionary definition of “prosperous” is, “having success, flourishing, well off, favorable.” And, www.GoNaturalAwakenings.com

Biblically, to prosper simply means to have success.

Taoism teaches the person to strive for the best goal, to be the most successful in life.

Those are the material achievements, and those have to come after the accomplishment of spiritual achievement. With great spiritual achievement you are able to maintain great material accomplishment. And take it lightly—enjoy it fully.

Material things come and go; they are not the sole purpose of human life.

We come with nothing, we go with nothing. We are born with nothing— we are naked—and when we go, we still cannot carry a penny. Therefore you need to hold on to the material lightly.

That is why you are able to enjoy what you have, deeply from your heart and soul. That lightness has to come from spiritual enlightenment and detachment.

Knowing that enough is enough, judge yourself happy and prosperous, because prosperity is a measure that only you can hold. No one else can judge how happy or prosperous you are. You are the master measurer.

You hold the measure of your own prosperity.

Thank you, Master Chen (www. wudangtao.com) for your teachings.

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Everyone Benefits

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by Mary Beth Maziarz

We all feel drawn by enticing creative projects we’d like to try.

Now we know why…

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ounting scientific evidence makes it clear that personal creative expression, once perceived as a luxury, sideline, or hobby in our busy lives, is in fact a keystone of our most healthy and worthwhile activities. In infinitely varied and pleasurable forms, creative practices can move us beyond artful living to also serve as a vehicle for healing.

When we appreciate others’ creativity, or better yet, actively bring creativity to bear in our own experiences, such participation shapes our sense of self and can render physical and emotional benefits. Studies published in Time and MuSICA (Music and Science Information Computer Archive), for example, have shown that music is a powerful ally. Listening and playing music not only helps us manage our moods and emotions, it also works to reduce levels of the stress hormone cortisol, repair and regenerate brain neurons, calm anxiety and regulate heart rate.

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Children clearly benefit from the time they spend on creative pursuits. Besides being great fun, arts education and creative activities help kids develop confidence and discipline, build mental acuity, increase problem-solving skills and shape more powerful futures.

A study done by the University of California-Irvine, for example, proved that an important link exists between exposure to music and human intelligence, stating that, “Music trains the brain for higher forms of thinking.” A concurring report by the American Music Conference concluded that kids who play a musical instrument are 52 percent more likely to go on to college. Today, children who study the arts continue to outperform non-arts students on Scholastic Aptitude Tests (SAT) by an average of 59 points in verbal skills and 44 points in math skills, according to a College Board study compiled in 2001 by the Music Educators National Conference.

As well as helping the young to mature, creative outlets help the mature stay young. “A lot of our brain is devoted to movement,” notes Kelly G. Lambert, a professor who chairs the psychology department at Randolph-Macon College, in Ashland, Virginia. “Thus, hobbies and activities that use our hands are engaging in more of our brain’s real estate.”

Experts theorize that hands-on activities such as cooking, gardening, making jewelry, crocheting and sculpting may work to enhance mental clarity, because they activate additional parts of the brain.

As we age, managing life’s challenges becomes especially important to overall health and well-being. A regular creative practice helps, according to Manhattan psychologist Dr. Joseph Cilona. “Creative activities can be highly beneficial in the management of stress,” he believes, “particularly the stressors associated with chronic life issues, such as coping with physical illness, a demanding job, or troublesome relationships.” As a result, he says, “Individuals can experience a decrease in stress, anxiety and uncomfortable physical symptoms and improvement in symptoms of depression.”

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Art-based projects open a channel to express difficult feelings and insights. These can be especially helpful for individuals facing conflict or transition, for those recovering from substance abuse and for victims of abuse or trauma. Art therapy—a guided, clinical application of creative practices—is one of therapeutic medicine’s fastest growing fields.

“Art therapy enables clients to express themselves nonverbally, allowing for subconscious wounds to be expressed

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“A hunch is

creativity trying to tell you something.“ via drawing, painting, making masks, creative writing, and meditation,” observes Candice Christiansen, a licensed professional counselor and clinical director at Journey Healing Centers addiction treatment facilities in Arizona and Utah. “Art therapy gives clients a way to explore their painful histories in a safe, more comfortable forum.”

Rachel Brandoff, a licensed art therapist and co-founder of the Creative Arts Therapies Center in New York City remarks, “I’ve seen families be drawn together through their own creativity and develop abilities to overcome difficult and often dividing circumstances. Creativity can foster new ways of thinking that allow individuals to find resourceful new ways of being in their world.”

Plus, it’s Fun

While any facet of creativity enhances daily experience, focused creative endeavor soothes our bodies, nurtures a rich sense of personal identity and advances the success of our children. When we commit to pursuing a form of art, attend community arts events, vote yes on public referendums for arts funding, and support the arts with our time and donations, we keep creativity alive and kicking, making its wonderful works and wider benefits available to all.

Happy creating!

Mary Beth Maziarz is an author and professional songwriter whose songs have appeared in 50 films and television shows. Her most recent book is, Kick-Ass Creativity – An Energy Makeover for Artists, Explorers, and Creative Professionals. Connect at mb@KickAss Creativity.com. www.GoNaturalAwakenings.com

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by John Ropp. Sundays 9:30-3; MonThurs 10-3. Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave., 352-373-1030, www. unityofgainesvillefl.org.

Saturday, September 1

Crystal Chakra Balancing with Sharron Britton. 1-6pm, $10. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs. 386-454-8657, www.highspringsemporium.net.

Tuesday, September 4

Empower Your Chakras and Divine Kundalini with Master Allan.

6:30-9:30pm. Learn profound sacred wisdom and receive powerful Divine Blessings from Master Allan Chuck, Divine Channel, to purify chakras and activate kundalini. $15 pre-register, $20 at the door. Golden Palms Inn and Suites, Ocala. Geho, 386-341-6260. www.DivineHealingHands.com.

Wednesday, September 5

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, 352-7320718, www.ReesersNutritionCenter. com.

September 6-30

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, musical play staged at Ocala Civic Theatre, 4337 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, 352-236-2274, www.

OcalaCivicTheatre.com.

September 7-9

Divine Healing Hands Soul Healer Training Workshop with Master

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Saturday, September 8

n Create Your Own Medicine Wheel, Workshop with Deb Dalziel.

1-4pm, $20. Call to sign up. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs. 386-454-8657, www.highspringsemporium.net.

n Organic Gardening workshop. $50, 9-4. Register by August 27th.

Crones Cradle Conserve, 6411 NE 217th Pl., Citra, 352-595-3377, www.

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n Psychic/Medium Spiritual Development Class, 2-4:30pm.

Includes meditation, lesson, practice. $25. Held at Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave. International Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge, www.ifsk.org, 407-673-9776.

Monday, September 10

Meet the Doctor: Open house.

Office services, patient education.

6pm, free. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd., Suite 600, Ocala, 352291-9459, www.LemireClinic.com.

Wednesday, September 12

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

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Saturday, September 15

Acupuncture among the Crystals with Jeanette Westlake, Acupuncture Physician. 1-5pm, $60 per session.

Call Jeanette at 321-98-6185 to schedule. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs. 38654-8657, www.highspringsemporium. net.

September 15-16

Reiki, Level 1 with Ojela Frank, LMT (MA60233). Saturday 9-5, Sunday 11-5, includes 4 Reiki Attunements, class workbook and certificate. The Martial Arts Center, Ocala. $125. 352-239-9272, www. initiationhealing.com.

Sunday, September 16

Guest Musician Cathy DeWitt: singer/songwriter, pianist, and harp therapist. She has been a Unity Music Director and touring New Thought musician for 20 years. 11am. Visit www.cathydewitt.com. Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave., 352373-1030, www.unityofgainesvillefl. org.

Monday, September 17

Sensy Water: Making water from air. Seminar and demonstration. Free, 6pm. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd., Suite 600, Ocala, 352-2919459, www.LemireClinic.com.

September 17-18

Auditions, “A Christmas Story,” play (not the musical) to be staged at Ocala Civic Theatre, 4337 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, 352-236-2274, www.OcalaCivicTheatre.com.

Wednesday, September 19

n Cleanse your body of toxic build-up, repair GI tract, support immune system, weight Loss. Free consultation; call for appointment.

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n 2nd Annual Healing Hands for Arthritis. $10 from every service will be donated to the Arthritis Foundation.

Call for appointment. Massage Envy, 8am-10pm, 352-373-3689 Gainesville Butler Plaza.

Thursday, September 20

Third Birth 2012 Event. An evening of live music, film, and interaction at 7:30pm to welcome “Autumn of Abundance 2012.”

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Saturday, September 22

n Food Preservation Workshop. $50, 9-4. Register by September 8.

Crones Cradle Conserve, 6411 NE 217th Pl., Citra, 352-595-3377, www.

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n Keeping Our Balance: Crystals for Grounding and Centering during the Shift, Workshop with Sharron Britton. 2-4pm, $20. Call to sign up.

High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs. 386-4548657, www.highspringsemporium.net.

September 22-29

Panchakarma 8-day programs based on specific protocols tailored to the individual’s constitution. Only 10 participants per session. Physician consultations with Dr. Vijay Jain. Amrit Yoga Institute, Salt Springs, www. amrityoga.org, 352-685-3001.

Sunday, September 23

Guest Musician Elaine Silver: an experience of magic, love and blessings by “Faerie Elaine.” 11am.

Visit www.elainesilver.com. Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39th Ave.,352373-1030, www.unityofgainesvillefl. org.

Center, 3243 E. Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, 352-732-0718, www.

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Thursday, September 27

Satvatove Institute School of Transformative Coaching is now accepting applications for the fall semester starting September 2012. Classes are approved by the International Coach Federation (ICF).

Syllabus: http://satvatove.com/syllabus. pdf. Information: 386-418-8840, www. satvatove.com/life-coaching-courses/ life-coach-training/ Saturday, September 29

n Signs and Symptoms Analysis.

Any time any of the organs and system of the body are out of balance, there are signs and symptoms. Free consultation; call for appointment.

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n Workshop: Mediumship in the 5th Dimension, 10-4 with Irish medium Joy Walker (“The Celtic Medium”) and her husband Frank Walker. $100. Held at Unitarian Universalist Church of Jacksonville, 7405 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville. International Foundation

for Spiritual Knowledge, www.ifsk.org, 407-673-9776.

September 29-30

Seminar for Massage Therapists: Body Alignment, Organ Manipulation.

CEUs available. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd., Suite 600, Ocala, 352-291-9459, www.LemireClinic. com.

Sunday, September 30

n 2012: A Time for Healing, Workshop with Fran Oppenheimer, RN, LMT and Deb Dalziel. Using Naisha Ahsian’s Yearly Planetary Reading as a guide, we will use crystals and ritual to transmit healing energy to the earth. 1-3pm, $20. call to sign up. Bring pen and paper. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs. 386-454-8657, www.highspringsemporium.net.

n Yoga workshops with Senior Amrit Yoga Instructor Chandrakant.

Also an Evening Discourse: The Purpose of Experience Is to Modify Knowledge. Location: Yoga Shakti Center for Wellness, 2625 Keystone Rd., Suite A2, Cypress Turn Professional Plaza, Tarpon Springs. workshop Sunday 1:30-4:30pm, $20.

Evening discourse Sunday 6-7:30pm.

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n Help your AD/HD student succeed in their quest to be better organized, more self-aware, and confident. Presented by Coach and organizer Helen Kornblum, MA. Free, 7pm, Alachua County Downtown Library, 401 E University Ave., Gainesville.

n The Healthy Bladder Program: Avoid Surgery and Drugs. Free seminar, 6pm. Lemire Clinic, 11115 SW 93rd Ct Rd., Suite 600, Ocala, 352-291-9459, www.LemireClinic. com.

Wednesday, September 26

Wellness consultation on Irritable Bowel Syndrome and urinalysis for enzyme therapy. Free consultation; call for appointment. Reesers Nutrition www.GoNaturalAwakenings.com

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Monday, October 1

Prepare your AD/HD students for the challenges in time management, organization, and self-advocacy that await them in the transition to college. Presented by Coach and organizer Helen Kornblum, MA. Free, 7pm, Alachua County Downtown Library, 401 E. University Ave., Gainesville.

October 4-14

Self Help, play staged at Ocala Civic Theatre, 4337 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, 352-236-2274, www.

OcalaCivicTheatre.com.

Sunday, October 7

Qigong and Breath Empowerment with Ojela Frank, LMT, 12-3:30pm, The Martial Arts Center, Ocala, $25 prepaid, 352-239-9272, www.meetup.com/central-florida-newage-network.

October 10-November 4

Carrie, play (based on Stephen King novel) staged at The Hippodrome, 25 SE 2nd Pl., Gainsville, 352-375-HIPP, www.TheHipp.org.

Sunday, October 14

Introduction to Initiation Healing® with Ojela Frank, LMT, 12-5:30pm, The Martial Arts Center, Ocala, $40, 352239-9272, http://www.initiationhealing.com.

October 18-21

Pow-Wow. Vendors sought. Tina, The Maker’s Market, 352-486-1838.

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. Information/to register: Dharm Khalsa, dharm.khalsa77@gmail.com, 352-222-6331, www. satvatove.com/ Saturday, November 10

Fall Natural Foods Thanksgiving Gala, 10-3. $1/person admission, $1 per organic food sample. Entertainment, country store. Crones Cradle, 6411 NE 217 Pl, Citra. 352595-3377, www.cronescradleconserve.com.

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n 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.unityofgainesvillefl. org.

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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 n Farmers Market, 12-4. Mosswood Farm Store, 703 NE Cholokka Blvd, Micanopy, 352-466-5002, www. mosswoodfarmstore.com.

n Worship and Meditation, 10am. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Road, 352-687-2113, www.UnityOcala.org.

Monday-Friday n Bellydancing, fitness, yoga classes, personal training as early as 5:30am, as late as 7:30pm. Hip Moves, 708 NW 23rd Ave, Gainesville, 352-692-0132, www.hipmoves.com. n Organic Food Pickups. Monday, Ocala; Tuesday, Eustis and Mt. Dora; Wednesday, Ocala and Gainesville; Friday, Oxford/The Villages. Homegrown Organics by Doreen, 352-598-4184, http://www.homegrownorganics. vpweb.com. Recipes: http://homegrowngainesville. wordpress.com/ n Therapeutic Bodywork, Reiki, Energy Balancing, Healing Attunements with Ojela Frank, LMT (MA60233).

Offices in Ocala and Summerfield or Mobile Massage. 352239-9272, www.allwellmassage.com. n Yoga classes as early as 5:30am, as late as 8:30pm, beginners (including “Stiff Guys”) to experienced Hot Yoga.

Big Ron’s Yoga College, Gainesville, 352-367-8434, www.

BigRonsYoga.com.

Mondays

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

Tuesdays

Yoga with Marques Kolack. Call for times and fees.

Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Road, 352-687-2113, www.

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Wednesdays

Visioning, and Healing Service, 6-7pm. Love offering.

OakBrook Center for Spiritual Living, 1009 NE 28 Ave, Ocala, FL, www.oakbrookcsl.org.

Thursdays n Amrit Yoga w/Veda, 5:30-6:30, downtown Public Library, 401 E. University Ave, Gainesville, 4th floor, free, 352-692-3922, vedalewis@aol.com. n Qigong Healing with Ojela Frank, LMT, 9-10:30am, The Martial Arts Center, Ocala, $10, 352-239-9272, www. initiationhealing.com.

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