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Volume 10, Number 5 | March 8, 2018
Salt of the earth
Cilla Dickinson spread salt on the grounds of True Nature while others burned sage to energetically cleanse the property for the kiva opening ceremony on March 3. Photo by Jane Bachrach
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The opening ceremony for True Nature Healing Center’s kiva and spa last weekend may be over, but the experience still lingers for many of those who participated in the 24-hour event that included chanting, singing, sage smudging, crystal programming and — at least for co-founders Deva and Eaden Shantay — the occasional catnap. “We’ve had many people connect with us post the event, and they’ve really felt
that chant continuing,” Eaden said. “I got a call this morning from a community member who was just making breakfast, and she was hearing the chant. And that’s the beauty of an extended chant; it penetrates deeply, that repetition.” The kiva has been years in the making. “Probably about three years ago, we realized that we just needed another space that was primarily dedicated to events,” Shantay said, noting that True Nature’s
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yoga classes were regularly full, and the couple did not want special events to conflict with the center’s weekly schedule. “My wife is an intuitive, so she channels guides. We were connecting with a guide, which we often do, and this one guide came in and we were asking about the future of True Nature and what we really needed to bring the project together,” Shantay said. “What he said was, KIVA page 13
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