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Almost any garden, if you see it at just the right moment, can be confused with paradise. — Henry Mitchell

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n the beginning, it is said that humans were birthed into the Garden of Eden — a lush, utopian land that provided for all their daily needs in perfect harmony with little toil. Eventually, however, humans were expelled from the garden as uncooperative guests and banished to their new lives tilling the soil to meet their endless needs. Many eons later, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young immortalized the yearning to return to our lost garden paradise, singing Joni Mitchell’s cryptic lyrics, “We are stardust, we are billion year old carbon, and we’ve got to get ourselves back to the garden.”

The garden is both grounded in dirt and infused with all the mysteries of the universe. Living as we do, smack in the middle of the big garden we call Earth, we are scarcely aware of all the vital organic activity taking place through the vast networks of molds, bacteria and other elements all around us, keeping Earth pulsing every day of our lives. As for the native birds, insects, bees and butterflies whose survival is in peril, without their invisible garden work pollinating and eliminating pests, entire food crops would fail and we would starve.

Yet consider how thoughtlessly we trample with our muddy boots in the garden we inhabit, unconcerned for any of those vital links we might crush. Clearcutting forests, stripping mountaintops, genetic engineering, and poisoning our soil, air and water supplies with pesticides may give us short term production gains and immediate corporate profits, but they also undermine our efforts for growing healthy food now and into the future. We eat what we grow and we are what we eat. As the trend increases towards corporate agri-giants controlling ever larger shares of our farming and food production, we can be sure we will be eating what’s most profitable for them, not what is healthiest for our bodies or Earth.

One way to sidestep this corporate control over your health is to grow and prepare more of your own food. With a few good books, some friendly advice, practice, patience and a commitment to doing the labor (we’re not in Eden anymore!), anyone can plant and grow their own food, flowers, herbs and more.

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Getting involved with the dirt in your yard is the healthiest thing you can do for yourself — and for Earth. You will be getting your daily dose of vitamin D-enriched, full spectrum sunshine and fresh air, and you will connect physically with Earth, which has the power to heal while being healed. In his book Spiritual Growth Through Domestic Gardening, author Al Fritsch, S.J., notes that just as physical touch heals the human body, the key to healing Earth is to touch the soil, feel how warm or cool, moist or dry, shallow or deep-rooted it is. With your caring touch, the great heartbeat of Mother Earth registers and reverberates even the most miniscule healing vibration around the entire planet.

It’s the garden that supplies you with all the colorful, fresh, vitamin and nutrient-rich fruits and vegetables that keep your body its healthiest. Eaten raw, they are nature’s perfect food. If you are purchasing store bought produce, choose organic whenever possible to reduce your body’s toxic burden.

Buy local to enhance freshness and eliminate the extra waxes and chemicals applied to produce being transported many miles.

Juicing fruits and vegetables is an ideal way to get all the raw produce nutrients you need, as well as add extras like flax seed oil, protein powder or wheatgrass to your diet. Since juicing guidelines vary widely from individual to individual, experiment by trial and error, do your own reading or seek out the advice of a nutritionist or raw food expert to find the best juicing recipes and juicer for you. A powerful prescription included in most alternative medicine cancer treatment programs, juicing is one of the fastest ways to help the body heal naturally from the inside out. Expect to see results. Growing your own produce is another way to help bring healthcare back home.

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LETTERS & NEWS Send in your letters and news items to carol@spiritofchange.org or fax to 508-278-9641 or mail to Spirit of Change, PO Box 405, Uxbridge, MA 01569.

Hi Ms. Bedrosian, After I read your “Musings� entitled “Ready for a Flight Into Abundance�

(Winter, 2010), I had to sit down and write to you. I am so excited to read your views on the current healthcare field and the potential it holds. I couldn’t agree more with your belief that our bodies are designed to stay healthy as long as we provide the right raw materials to it. Just for the benefit of physical ease in eating fast food, we eventually take that ease out of our bodies and convert it to dis-ease.

Today, everyone has the same question for their healthcare providers: “Are there any pills to cure me?� Instead, ask yourself, “What can I do to cure this body of its problem or disease?� Allow me to ask it the JFK way: “Ask not what your doctor or your health insurance can do for you but what you can do for yourself.�

I envision future hospitals and rehab centers with large holistic centers where alternative treatments like Ayurveda, yoga, meditation, Reiki and many others are provided to meet the needs of educated patients who demand a better, non-toxic solution than just pill popping. — Ritu Kapur

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Every year since 1995 the International Herb Association (IHA) has chosen an Herb of the Year noted as outstanding in two of three criteria: culinary, medicinal and decorative. An interesting choice meeting the culinary and medicinal requirements, horseradish has been cultivated for thousands of years. In Greek mythology the Oracle at Delphi told Apollo that “the radish is worth its weight in lead, the beet its weight in silver and the horseradish its weight in gold.�

Horseradish is one of the bitter herbs used in Jewish Passover ceremonies, and what is cocktail sauce without horseradish?

Horseradish is high in vitamin C and was used to prevent scurvy during sea travel. European settlers planted horseradish, which became wild, and Native Americans adopted it as a medicinal herb for blood disorders, diabetes and respiratory problems. Horseradish is also loaded with iron, calcium and zinc and useful as a circulatory and digestive stimulant. It has a different flavor when cooked, as the heat destroys the hot mustard oils and the taste is rather earthy, sweet, nutty and pungent. It is great in root vegetable soups and stews, chili, or made into an herb butter on broiled fish, potatoes or bread.

A hardy New England perennial, once you’ve grown horseradish you’ll always have it so feel free to dig it up and use it or share it with friends. It has large glossy green leaves that grow in clumps up to two feet round. The roots can be harvested any time of year, but are best in the fall or after the first frost when the flavor is at its best. Visit www.horseradish.org for more history, recipes and horseradish lore.

I Am — The Film

Tom Shadyac is the award-winning writer/director of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Nutty Professor, Bruce Almighty and many other blockbuster comedy films. After a bicycle accident in 2007 left him disabled, in chronic pain and waiting for death, Shadyac underwent a transformation both inside and out.

When he emerged after months of isolation he realized that the world he was living was a lie and materialism is not a path to happiness. So he ditched his 17,000 square foot mansion for a unit in a mobile home community, started

flying commercially and decided to spark a conversation around two challenging questions: What’s wrong with our world? and What can we do it fix it?

Interviewing 15 world-renowned spiritual thinkers, scientists and experts, Shadyac, as narrarator, uses his wit, warmth, curiosity and masterful storytelling to reveal: • The universe is not a machine and neither are we • We are all connected to each other and to everything • Our #1 organ of intelligence is the heart, not the brain • Our consciousness and emotions impact the physical world around us Featuring luminaries such as Dr. David Suzuki, Bishop Desmond Tutu, physicist Lynne McTaggart, the late historian and activist Dr. Howard Zinn and former New England author and radio personality Thom Hartmann, among others, the film could potentially reach millions of mainstream moviegoers because of Shadyac’s huge fan base. It is the first film by a major Hollywood writer/director to present the scientific evidence from quantum physics and other disciplines that humanity is one and that each of us is connected to everything and everyone. “Each of us has the power to make a difference,â€? says Shadyac. “From moment to moment, everything we say or do‌or don’t say or don’t do‌makes a difference!â€? In the face of our current global crises — economic, environmental, civil rights, governmental, etc., — this is the stuff that revolutions and reality shifts are made of.

Highly entertaining with stunningly beautiful scenes of the natural world, I Am opens April 1 in New England at the Landmark Theatre, Kendall Square in Cambridge, MA. Check www.iamthedoc.com for Director Tom Shadyac with Dr. David Suzuki, additional screening times scientist, broadcaster and environmental activist. and locations.

Growing Gardeners at Growing Places A garden provides nourishment, both physical and emotional, and gardening, itself, can be transformative for body, mind and spirit. This is why clients of Growing Places Garden Project, a non-profit organization based in Clinton, MA, feel so fortunate to be recipients of donated gardens and the support to grow their own fresh, healthy food year after year.

Kate Deyst and Cindy Buhner founded Growing Places in 2001 after reading an article in a 1997 issue of Smithsonian about Dan Barker, founder of the Home Gardening Project Foundation, who began donating raised-bed vegetable gardens to needy people in the Portland, Oregon area. The seed of an idea germinated and they decided to do something similar in Massachusetts. Their mission was to improve food security and provide nutrition education for people of limited means in Massachusetts by “growing� proficient gardeners who can maintain gardens on their own.

That first year Kate and Cindy identified five eligible clients, gathered up some tools, and with their own hard work, dedication and a lot of trial and error managed to build five gardens and turn Growing Places into a reality. The next year, four of the initial five gardeners were ready to plant again and twenty new gardens were launched. By 2010, 290 households had been served in 22 communities of North Central Massachusetts, including multiple community gardens, hospital gardens and group home gardens. 118 gardens were active for the 2010 growing season. Additional gardens have also been installed in schools providing children with hands-on education in growing their own food at school. Now heading into its tenth year, Growing Places is a testament that through the process of learning to grow, care for and harvest food one garden at a time, people become more aware of their nutrition and health and how to provide for their own food security needs.

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In an ongoing effort to help people eat nutritiously and improve their physical health, Growing Places partners with Share our Strength, a national non-profit organization weaving together a net of community groups and food programs to catch children facing hunger and surround them with nutritious food. Growing Places offers the SOSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cooking Mattersâ&#x20AC;? nutrition-based cooking classes to current and prospective gardeners in the communities they serve. The 6-week, teacher-led curriculum is designed to promote making healthy food choices, even with limited resources, and teach lifelong cooking skills and practical nutrition information. An after-school program is offered that extends nutrition education and cooking experiences to a wide range of atrisk children. The program introduces children to more nutritious eating and shows them how to make easy, nutritious meals and is also a way for Growing Places to access new families who qualify for gardens.

Building gardens requires intense physical work so maintaining a large volunteer labor force is crucial for success. Additional volunteers help staff the cooking, nutrition, and after-school programs, as well as various administrative duties. Volunteers come from community organizations such as churches, schools, and scout troops, or are individuals who have heard of the program and want to become involved. Truck and heavy equipment operators also volunteer their time and equipment. Encouragingly, the 2010 volunteer base increased by 69% to over 230 people. Despite this success, the need for volunteers is great, as due to lack of staff the program still had to turn away 27 families in 2010 who requested and qualified for gardens. When you join in Growing Placeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Feeding Families Togetherâ&#x20AC;? as a volunteer or donor, you may be surprised at all the benefits you reap yourself!

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elcome! Spring is around the corner at last! It’s been a long, cold, snowy winter. For what feels like an eternity I’ve searched for any hint of spring, a cheerful crocus poking from a flowerbed, treetops’ swelling buds, a returning songbird or the rising arc of the Sun. Besides the endless snow and cold there has also been a cosmic component to the departing season. You might call it living at the “astrological edge.”

We are on the cusp of important celestial movements. Two of the three slowmoving outer planets are poised to change signs. First, electric Uranus will commence with a new tour of the zodiac. On March 11th the Great Awakener returns to Aries for the first time in almost eighty years. Expect change for the better, a giant leap forward in technology and human consciousness. The most recent visit of Uranus to Aries saw the popularization of air travel, starting with Lindbergh’s dramatic solo flight across the Atlantic. How technology will unite us remains to be seen, but this seminal event is quickly followed by another huge change.

Less than a month later, during the morning of April 4th, Neptune enters Pisces. Not since the mid-19th century has this mysterious planet of altruism and compassion visited its own sign. In that era the passage through Pisces coincided with the birth of numerous philosophical, religious and social organizations, Transcendentalism, Mormonism and the Red Cross, to name a few.

Spiritualism was the rage. Thousands attended demonstrations by mediums contacting the spirits of departed loved ones. In small towns parlor séances and ouija boards were commonplace. The coming decade is certain to see a renewed fascination with the occult and hopefully, more of the humanitarian spirit that acknowledges we are all in this life together.

So, besides the fact that the next three months take us from the biting chill winds of early March to late May’s caressing breezes, astrology tells us that we stand at the threshold of an exciting new era. I can’t help but smile while contemplating these evolutionary changes.

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March’s opening aspect is Venus’ sextile to Uranus, exact during the late morning hours of Tuesday the 1st. This upbeat, socially adventurous alignment may trigger numerous flirtations as well as amusing encounters. Pleasant vibrations continue throughout the week. A different sextile, this one between Mars and Pluto, occurs the night of Thursday the 3rd. continues on page 16

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Organize assets, strengthen alliances, delegate assignments and prepare to begin another lunar cycle.

The new Moon in Pisces takes place at 3:46 PM on Friday the 4th. The potent array of the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury and Uranus, all in the sign of the fishes, encourages the fullest expression of personal creativity, now and in the weeks ahead. Saturday night social events crackle with excitement as the Moon passes by Uranus. Original dress and eccentric behavior is in! Moods remain cheerful as mental Mercury reaches a conjunction with Uranus on Wednesday the 9th. Remember, Uranus is just days away from changing signs. There may be some interesting revelations this week, as well as strong hints of what the future holds. Heed your intuition. Group meditations and healing circles may venture out into profound territory.

Venus forms a very friendly sextile with Jupiter the morning of the 10th.

Some folks feel extraordinarily blessed, loved or generous. The glow is diminished that night when the Taurus Moon tests Neptune. Pay close attention to purses, wallets and other valuables the second half of the day. Friday the 11th sees Uranus change signs as well as a host of enjoyable lunar aspects. This jolly day culminates with one of the season’s finest evenings for socializing.

The weekend is less easy-going. Saturday evening’s first quarter Moon amplifies disagreements. Mercury is also at odds with Pluto on Sunday, dimming the prospects of finding a reasonable compromise. Tough lunar aspects also increase stress levels. Thoughts add fuel to the fire of surging feelings. Try to keep a lid on explosive emotions. Avoid finger pointing. Moods improve dramatically during the afternoon of Monday the 14th as Venus aligns with Saturn. Common sense and courtesy again prevail.

The more forgiving, more optimistic spirit is enhanced by Mercury’s Tuesday night conjunction with Jupiter. A page of life appears to have been turned.

We now sprint headlong towards a full Moon but first there is one more big hurdle to clear. On Friday the 18th Mercury opposes Saturn. A reluctant partner or family member may require kid glove handling. Inner doubt, rooted in past disappointments, could surface. The Virgo Moon’s opposition to Mars further complicates matters. Slow down. Do your best to avoid stepping on anyone’s toes. Frustrated, you may feel like howling at the Moon tonight.

The full “Worm” Moon is exact at 2:10 PM EDT on Saturday, March 19th. The endless capacity of the human mind to invent, imagine and create is highlighted.

Get together with friends during the day and visit a place of special inspiration.

Tread softly late Saturday night while the Moon, by now in Libra, squares Pluto.

Sunday evening sees the entry of the Sun into Aries and the official start of spring!

Upon arrival in Aries the Sun is at once in conjunction with Uranus. The aspect is exact Monday morning the 21st. This could be the time to purchase a new computer or other technologically advanced equipment. A new joint venture or humanitarian enterprise may also take form. Dreams offer interesting insights as Venus overtakes Neptune this week. Don’t take risks with resources and investments, especially on Wednesday the 23rd. That evening is favorable for meeting people from all over the globe, attending a lecture and broadening your mind. On Friday the 25th mixed trends caution against trying to do too much too soon. Astrological indicators are tricky the next week or so.

Keep your wits about you. At all times have personal goals in mind and think carefully before speaking or acting.

The Venus/Neptune conjunction is exact Saturday night. The aspect can be a fabulous signature of purest, unconditional love, incredible romance or quite the opposite — deliberate deception, theft and dishonor. Being a romantic at heart, I say enjoy a grand time but keep an eye on priceless items.

A solar square with Pluto as well as Jupiter’s opposition to Saturn can create difficult choices on Monday the 28th. Job and financial pressures may feel overwhelming. Bosses can be irascible. More fortunate angles later in the day suggest that a cooperative, considerate approach will defuse tensions. Hopeful and fruitful trends continue through midweek. Mental Mercury turns retrograde the afternoon of Wednesday the 30th. Don’t be surprised by a change of heart or mind. March ends and April begins under a nearly two-day long void-of-course Pisces Moon, providing ample opportunity for mulling over recent events.

April 2011

Even jokesters may find their jests falling flat on the listless 1st. The waning Pisces Moon is void-of-course, nearly at the end of its cycle and Mars is preparApril 20-May 20 ing to begin anew in Aries. Relax. Saturday the 2nd brings an energetic upsurge. The refreshed Moon, now in Aries, ignites what will be a fixture in the heavens for years to come, a challenging square between Uranus and Pluto. The test lies in confronting difficulties, setting priorities and making adjustments. These Uranus/ Pluto confrontations are infrequent. Their last square occurred at the start of the Great Depression, some eighty years ago. As it did then, the alignment foretells major social changes, some for the better, some more dubious. We must all be vigilant, and yes, protective of each other.

The “green light” Aries new Moon is on Sunday morning the 3rd. The Sun and Moon sit high in the morning sky, along with Jupiter and retrograding Mercury. Across the zodiac stands Saturn, directing traffic, reminding us of our responsibilities and duties. Mars is also conjunct Uranus. An outbreak of hostilities may occur on the world stage or in the kitchen. Watch your temper and if driving, your speed.

Neptune floats into Pisces on Monday the 4th.

Medical advances make headlines around this time.

The void-of-course Moon gets the working week off to a shaky start. Stick with familiar routines.

Tuesday brings a perceptible upturn. The Moon is in Taurus, her sign of exaltation. Here, she forms favorable angles with Pluto and Venus. The yearly conjunction of the Sun and optimistic Jupiter happens Wednesday morning. Things are looking up!

Productivity rises and continues to be strong right into the weekend of the 9th and 10th. After an enjoyable day, Saturday night social plans can be disrupted by unforeseen complications. Deal with the changes. Relax close to the nest on Sunday.

Monday the 11th has its tense moments but positive thinking will see you through all difficulties. Mercury’s conjunction with Jupiter illuminates the high road. There follows a handful of relatively calm and fruitful days. These quiet trends end abruptly with the arrival of the weekend of the 16th and 17th. On Saturday the almost full Libra Moon veers from one testing aspect to another.

Co-dependent, people-pleasing behavior provides scanty returns. Stake out your positions and stick with what you know to be fair and true.

The chart of the Libra full Moon, exact at 10:44 PM EDT on Sunday the 17th reveals the continuing need for co-operation between partners. Five planets in gung-ho Aries outweigh the powers of the Moon and Saturn, both in the sign of balance. Life does not always appear to be fair. Nonetheless, trust in the laws of karma: what goes around comes around.

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Starspeak continued from page 17 Even if you think you’ve been short-changed, remember, self-respect is priceless. Face present challenges with dignity and courage. Trust that in the end all will be well.

When Mars opposes Saturn on Monday morning the 18th a successful outcome may not be readily apparent. Numerous delays crop up that day, but for most of us the remainder of the month brings easier going. Retrograding Mercury aligns with Mars the morning of the 19th. Don’t persist in nonproductive actions. This is the time to think of new ways around old obstacles.

The Sun reaches the fertile skies of Taurus after daybreak on Wednesday the 20th. A daylong series of agreeable aspects comforts and inspires. The Sun’s sextile to Neptune warms hearts and may evoke memories of tender moments shared with loved ones. Momentum increases on Thursday. The free-spirited Sagittarius Moon aligns with Jupiter at midday. Travel agents and websites are busy. On Friday work is demanding yet productive. That evening finds Venus conjunct Uranus. Put on your party clothes. Fun times are at hand. For some, a love at first sight occurrence is a distinct possibility.

Mercury resumes forward motion on Saturday the 23rd. Improved communication skills are helpful when dealing with prickly, self-centered individuals. Conflicting influences generate socially awkward moments during Sunday evening’s last quarter Moon. Simultaneous lunar sextiles to Uranus and Venus make clear who is a friend and who is not. For some individuals, holding on to possessions can be the focus. Venus squares Pluto the morning of the 27th and opposes Saturn on the 30th. These “hard” aspects magnify differences and can test even the strongest alliances. Financial losses are another possibility. As the late great Indian Swami Satchidananda said, “Nothing is ever taken from us that is truly ours.” The same aspects also teach us wisdom, revealing what is most important. These lessons can galvanize ties, making them emotionally richer and more durable.

May 2011

A tip o’ the hat to Beltane celebrants. May Day comes on like a fireball as six planets — Uranus, Venus, Mercury, Jupiter, Mars and the Moon — gather in May 21-June 19 “off to the races” Aries.

Put on your running shoes and get ready to boogie.

The close alignment of the Moon, Mars and Jupiter make Sunday’s morning hours zip by. Get-up-andgo enthusiasm is off the charts. Things slowly settle down the second half of the day. Monday, energy levels droop under the vanishing Moon.

Life’s pace is slow as the new Moon in Taurus arrives on Tuesday the 3rd. Progress may be ham-

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pered until a breakthrough lunar aspect to Uranus brightens the afternoon of the 4th. Productive trends make Thursday and Friday fruitful. Supportive stars foster evening celebrations on both days.

In time for the Mother’s Day weekend, the Moon enters Cancer, the sign of Mom, home and apple pie traditions. Saturday has its challenges; overly controlling behavior and bad timing can put a damper on activities. Sunday’s biggest test may be the temptation to overdo. Hold the line on spending and eating but be sure to lavish Mom with love and appreciation. Who doesn’t like to be acknowledged? The pending conjunction of Mercury and Venus, exact the morning of the 9th, does much to promote warmth, civility and happy times.

Tensions can be minimized on the first quarter Moon day of Tuesday the 10th if deference is shown to those who have earned their stripes. Night owls are in for pleasant surprises. Be alert to incoming messages. On the 11th Mercury, Venus and Jupiter are cosmic cheerleaders. The effusive trio encourages great generosity of spirit and breadth of mind. Think outside the usual parameters. Inspiration comes from multiple sources. The Moon, now quite obviously in the stage of increase, propels us onward.

Mars arrives in Taurus the morning of the 11th, followed by Venus and Mercury on Sunday the 15th. The three planets all harmonize with Neptune. Dreams seem attainable. Plan or embark on a grand vacation, humanitarian mission or spiritual quest. Follow your heart’s desires and prepare for the full “Flower” Moon in Scorpio, exact at 7:08 AM EDT on Tuesday the 17th. This early morning full Moon speaks of resources, how we manage, sustain and share them. Remember to plant hardy early crops between the new and full Moons.

Powerful alignments between Venus, Mercury, Mars and Pluto culminate as the Sun enters Gemini on Saturday the 21st. Equality and intelligent resource management continue to be on the minds of many folks. Fortunately, the current aspects promote prosperity as well as the astute use of innate abilities and assets. Passions run high as Venus overtakes Mars. Saturday night fever quickens the beating of romantic hearts. Be socially active this weekend but also be sure to exercise commonsense cautions with food, drink and medications as the Sun tests Neptune early Sunday morning.

A last quarter Moon may raise a few hackles during Tuesday afternoon, the 25th, but it’s nothing serious. Look to the future rather than dwell on the past. The Memorial Day weekend begins slowly, gathers speed on Sunday the 29th and then settles into a relaxed, friendly mood when the Taurus Moon joins loving Venus and passionate Mars that Monday. Take it easy as the month draws to a close and the Moon again wanes. Keep looking up!

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hen thoughts of switching out winter coats and scarves for lighter jackets and sweaters begin to appear on to-do lists, it’s time to start making menu adjustments. Staying healthy is all about balance. And, food happens to be one of the most effective and readily available tools we have to bring balance to our lives. It’s really intuitive; all we need to do is pay attention. Think about it. What foods are we naturally drawn to and begin to crave as seasons change? If we listen to our bodies, as spring approaches, our draw towards winter root vegetables, hearty grains and long simmering stews diminishes and the attraction to fresh greens, lighter grains and quicker cooking styles begins. All we need to do is observe and listen. Following nature’s lead is an easy way to help ensure good health.

Are you looking for ways to transition your menus from heartier winter fare to lighter spring dishes? In addition to opting for lightening meals, try preparing foods a little differently. Try something new. Experiment with seasonings and lighter cooking styles. Notice how each style changes the taste of the foods and the effect each has on you — how you feel after eating it. Here are a few quick guidelines to help make transitioning to spring cooking easy. Start with a cooking style and then add nourishing seasonal ingredients.

STEAMING Steaming vegetables is easy with or without a steamer. Common, inexpensive steamers include bamboo steamers and stainless steel collapsible pot inserts. Don’t have a steamer? No problem. To steam without any special equipment, just pour a little water (about a half inch to one inch) into the pot and add the veggies. Placing large chunks of carrots (or trimmed, whole carrots) in the pot first and layering other veggies on top is very effective. The carrots keep the other veggies out of the water and you end up with a healthy broth to use for miso soup. Cover the pot, bring the water to a boil and steam until the veggies are just tender.

Remember to cut everything to a similar size so they cook in the same amount of time.

Steamed Vegetables Make this as an easy side dish or add some beans or tofu to turn it into a great main course. I’ve included one of my favorite vegetable combinations, but vary the selection to include your favorites.

Green beans, summer squash, peas, cabbage and fennel are also delicious.

1 kohlrabi, peel and cut into cubes 2 cups broccoli, cut 2 cups kale, cut 2 carrots, cut 1 large onion, cut 1 cup cauliflower, cut 1. P lace your vegetables in a steamer basket and place in a pot. Add enough water to boil, but not enough that it touches the vegetables. Cover the pot and bring to a boil over high heat. Once boiling, reduce heat to simmer and allow to steam a few minutes until vegetables are bright and crisp.

2. Remove vegetables from pot and season as desired. A splash of olive oil and lemon juice followed by salt and pepper is simple and tasty.

I also like to sprinkle on a little turmeric. If you like things a little spicy, try a little chili paste or a sprinkle of chili powder.

QUICK SAUTÉING With sautéing, everything is cooked at once and the ingredients are cut smaller, so it’s a fast and flexible way to create a delicious meal. It’s also convenient because it’s a style that works for just about any vegetable you can think of. The two key things essential to a great tasting sauté are: 1) the right size pan and 2) constant motion. You may choose to use either a small amount of oil or water to lightly coat the bottom of the pan. All the ingredients should fit in a single layer. If you layer the ingredients on one another, steam is trapped and you end up essentially steaming your food instead of sautéing. Choose a pan with a heavy bottom and low sides. It’s all about a large heating surface and low sides to allow the quick escape of steam. If your pan is too small,

consider sautéing your dish in batches. Once everything is in the pan, keep it moving. Use a wooden spoon to move ingredients around. You’ll achieve a nicely browned and flavorful dish in record time.

Favorite Saute Sautéing is one of my favorite cooking styles, and any leftovers make a delicious, virtually instant miso soup the next day. I like cutting everything julienne style; the appearance, texture and versatility is hard to beat. If you prefer your vegetables cut larger, just adjust for a little longer cooking time.

1 tablespoon olive oil 1 cup red bell pepper, julienned 2 large carrots, julienned 1 large, sweet onion, julienned 2 cloves garlic, diced 3 cups kale, remove stem, roll leaves lengthwise and cut crosswise into thin ribbons 2 cups smoked tofu, cut into thin strips Salt and pepper to taste Heat a skillet over medium high heat. Add olive oil.

Toss in red peppers and carrots and sauté for two to three minutes. Remember to stir frequently. Add onion and garlic and cook another two minutes. Toss in kale and cook another two minutes. Add tofu and cook an additional minute until tofu is heated. Season to taste. Note: if vegetables begin to stick to the pan, add a little water a tablespoon at a time.

BOILING There’s more than one way to boil, but they all have the same basic method. Cover everything in water or stock and cook. Two ways to boil veggies are: 1) cold water start and 2) hot water start. Each produces a very different end product. An example of a cold water start is stews or soups (excellent flavor development) and a hot water start is blanching (excellent for color and vitamin retention).

Boiled Salad Here’s a different way to prepare a delicious, easyto-digest salad that’s very relaxing to the body. Try this delicious as is, or use to top fresh, chopped romaine lettuce. The boiling time included in this recipe is an estimate only. It depends on how large your slices are. Remove veggies from boiling water when they turn a nice, bright color.

2 carrots, sliced thinly 1 cup kale, stems trimmed off and cut into bite sized pieces 1 cup broccoli florets 4 radishes, quartered 1. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Have prepared vegetables ready and lined up on your work surface.

Start with the mildest tasting vegetables and work towards the strongest tasting veggies to avoid compromising the flavor of each ingredient.

colander to drain. When drained, place on a plate.

Repeat this process with remaining ingredients (kale, broccoli and radishes). These vegetables will require about 30 seconds of cooking.

3. Serve this salad hot, at room temp or cold with your favorite dressing or with a splash of lemon juice.

PRESSING Call this the “speed dating” version of pickling.

You get great taste and nutritional benefits in this easy to make dish and it’s perfect for those who have a difficult time digesting raw vegetables. All you do is cut up your salad ingredients, toss them in a bowl, “massage” them with a little sea salt or vinegar, weigh the mixture down for 20 minutes or so (to extract the liquid in the veggies), drain and enjoy! The quick pickling process makes everything much more digestible and it’s a pleasant change of pace for eating fresh veggies.

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Pressed Salad One of the most satisfying and refreshing salads you can make, and also one of the healthiest.

Don’t be afraid to vary the ingredients. Cucumber, celery, red onions, thinly sliced apples, etc., are all great additions. It’s really about the process. If using vinegar, eliminate the salt and use a quarter cup of vinegar. Or try using both in the same salad.

Experiment to find your favorite combination.

Adapt the ingredients to your taste. One of my favorite ways is to use umeboshi vinegar to add a delicious sweetness to the salad.

1 cup cabbage, sliced thin 1 cup kale, stems removed and leaves torn into bite sized pieces 1 small onion, peeled and sliced into thin half moons 1 cup daikon, sliced into thin rounds 1 cup carrots, sliced into thin rounds 1/4 teaspoon sea salt 2 tablespoons brown rice vinegar 1. Wash and cut all the vegetables. Place them in a large bowl and add the salt and/or vinegar.

Mix thoroughly with your hands to ensure all vegetables are coated.

2. Place a dish on top of your ingredients and place a 2-3 pound weight on top of dish. This will press down on the ingredients. Let it press for at least 20 minutes and up to an hour.

3. Remove weight and plate. Place salad in colander and drain well. Serve. Note: if too salty just rinse with cold water and drain again.

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Extreme reactions from the hara will give symptoms of nausea and even a lower backache in the presence of very dark emotions or energies. A person can feel “punched in the stomach” drained and fatigued when exposed to large doses of stress or strong emotions.

For some people, the hara is the primary source of information about the world. These people would be called empathic. An empath is a person who can sense the emotions of others without even trying. They are like sponges who soak everything in. If there is no awareness of their condition, and no ability to squeeze the sponge out, then they may find themselves drawn to extreme behaviors as a default way of dumping excessive baggage.

So, what can an empath do? First, they must gain awareness of their state.

Second, empaths have to learn to close down the hara, and only open it on purpose. One way to close the hara is to put your hands over your belly button while imagining that you are rolling up the invisible umbilical cord. Then you tuck it in behind your hands, inside your body. At this point, some people like to imagine they are zipping up the front of the aura and closing the aura off from the world.

Once you are practiced at putting the hara away, you can practice bringing it out on purpose. Imagine someone or an animal or special tree or something that you like and feel safe with, then you throw your hara out towards that person, place or animal. You imagine fully embracing them with the hara, like a warm hug. When you are done, you tuck the hara back in again. Unless you think about it, the hara will default to being open.

When you have more practice, you can check in with someone by using the hara on purpose. You can also close the hara off from co-workers or people who feel draining. If you find yourself in a stressful situation or even in an environment where an accident or trauma occurred in the past, you can quickly cover the hara and limit the amount of feeling you will absorb. Conversely, if you are in the healing arts, you can unroll the hara in the presence of a client who needs understanding, then roll it up when you are done.

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Unused or even partially eaten food waste can also be utilized even if it’s not edible by human standards. The U.S. Department of Agriculture approves of food businesses giving or selling food waste to local farmers for use in composting or as animal feed. If such food contains or has come into contact with meat, it should be boiled for 30 minutes to reduce the risk of bacterial infections in the animals that eat it. Many states have complementary laws on the books regulating the donation of food waste at the local level.

Many cities and town are now expanding curbside pickup programs to include kitchen scraps and yard waste and then diverting the food waste into profitable compost. Still, some 6.7 percent of the solid waste going into landfills consists of food discards, reports the North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assis-

Dear EarthTalk: I work at a fast food place and I am appalled by the amount of unpurchased food we throw away.

The boss says we can’t give it away for legal reasons. Where can I turn for help on this, so the food could instead go to people in need?

— Ryan Jones, Richland, WA —

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any restaurants, fast food or otherwise, are hesitant to donate unused food due to concerns about liability if people get sick after eating it — especially because once any such food is out of the restaurant’s hands, who knows how long it might be before it is served again. But whether these restaurants know it or not, they cannot be held liable for food donated to organizations, and sometimes all it might take to change company policy would be a little advocacy from concerned employees.

A 1995 survey found that over 80 percent of food businesses in the U.S. did not donate excess food due to liability concerns. In response, Congress passed the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Act, which releases restaurants and other food organizations from liability associated with the donation of food waste to nonprofits assisting individuals in need. The Act protects donors in all 50 states from civil and criminal liability for good faith donations of “apparently wholesome food” — defined as meeting “all quality and labeling standards imposed by federal, state and local laws and regulations even though the food may not be readily marketable due to appearance, age, freshness, grade, size, surplus or other condition.”

While homeless shelters, elder care organizations and boys and girls clubs are frequent beneficiaries of food donations, the most common recipients are food banks and food rescue programs. Food banks, according to California’s CalRecycle website, “collect food from a variety of sources, save the food in a warehouse, then distribute it to hungry families and individuals through local human service agencies.” They usually collect less perishable items like canned goods, which can be stored and used any time. In contrast, food rescue programs typically trade in perishable

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Dear EarthTalk: I saw a TV ad for toilet paper with no cardboard core to save paper. I understand that green groups recently struck a deal with Kimberly-Clark to protect eastern U.S. forests from decimation for, among other things, toilet paper. Can you tell me if any efforts are underway to protect Canada’s boreal forest, also long used for making tissue paper?

— K. Douglas, Winthrop, ME —

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n August 2009, Kimberly-Clark, the paper giant behind the Kleenex, Cottonelle and Scott brands and the largest manufacturer of tissue products in the world, gave in to pressure from Greenpeace and other environmental groups to clean up its act in regard to how it sources its wood fiber and how much recycled content it includes in its products.

After various forms of public haranguing from Greenpeace, the company committed to sourcing 40 percent of its North American tissue fiber — some 600,000 tons yearly — from recycled sources or from forests certified as sustainable by the nonprofit Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Also, by the end of 2011 Kimberly-Clark will stop buying non-FSC-certified wood fiber from Canada’s vast but fast-shrinking boreal forest — the largest old growth forest on the continent.

One outgrowth of this landmark agreement is Kimberly-Clark’s launch of Scott Naturals TubeFree toilet paper, which, to reduce waste is wound in such a way that it doesn’t need cardboard tubes.

The company estimates that the 17 billion toilet paper tubes produced yearly in the U.S. account for some 160 million pounds of trash — most of us discard instead of recycle them. By eliminating the tubes, the company hopes to both save cardboard and allow customers to use every last piece of toilet paper, since the last one won’t have any glue on it to stick to the roll. The tube-free TP is being sold initially at Walmart and Sam’s Club stores in the northeastern U.S. and will be launched nationally and beyond if it catches on with consumers.

Kimberly-Clark’s green awakening will no doubt benefit the tree farms and forests of the Southeast — the locus of logging operations in the U.S. these days — and it will also benefit Canada’s www.spiritofchange.org

boreal forest, from which the company still sources a large amount of its wood fiber. North America’s largest ancient forest by far, the Canadian boreal forest provides habitat for more than a billion birds as well as many a threatened species, including woodland caribou, bald eagles, golden eagles and wolverines. It is also the world’s largest storehouse of terrestrial carbon — all those miles of trees, moss, soil and peat soak up an estimated 186 billions tons of carbon that would otherwise contribute to global warming. Despite its value to the environment, some 60 percent of Canada’s boreal forest has already been allocated to forestry companies for development and less than 10 percent of it is formally protected in any way. Clear-cut logging by Kimberly-Clark and its competitors has claimed half a million acres of boreal forest annually in Canada’s Ontario and Alberta provinces alone in recent years.

“Because of Kimberly-Clark’s place in the paper products market, the company’s new policy will send a strong signal to its competitors, Procter & Gamble, SCA and Georgia Pacific, that creating a policy that protects ancient forests is a key element of sustainable business,” reports Greenpeace. Of course, there are plenty of other brands of tissue paper that already make use of primarily recycled and/or sustainably harvested fiber — check out Greenpeace’s Recycled Tissue and Toilet Paper Guide to find out which ones — but they are not easily found at mainstream grocers and big box stores. The more shoppers go for greener options, the more the paper industry will take notice and modify their offerings accordingly.

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Dear EarthTalk: Why did 34 million wild sockeye salmon return to the Fraser River in British Columbia this year? The run had been declining for 20 years before now.

— David B., Seattle, WA —

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he miraculous sockeye salmon run in western Canada’s Fraser River watershed in the summer and fall of 2010 — indeed the biggest run in 97 years — still has fishers, researchers and fishery managers baffled. Just a year earlier only one million fish returned to spawn. No one seems to be able to say for sure what caused the massive 2010 run, but most agree that it probably had to do with the very favorable water conditions that were present in 2008 when the sockeyes were juveniles.

“They’re very vulnerable at that stage of their life,” reports John Reynolds, a salmon conservation expert at Canada’s Simon Fraser University.

Roberta Hamme, a researcher with Canada’s University of Victoria, suggests in a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters that the ash fall from the eruption of Alaska’s Kasatochi volcano in 2008 may be one reason for the huge 2010 run. continues on page 26 SPRING 2011 | Spirit of Change 25

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Some 34 million sockeye salmon returned to Canada’s Fraser River this past summer and fall, following years of decline that had many scientists worried about the future of the fish and the industry built around it. There is now great optimism for better times ahead.

Iron in the ash, which was spewed far and wide by the erupting volcano and then dispersed further by turbulent weather, served as a fertilizer throughout the North Pacific. The result was huge algae blooms that dramatically improved the fish’s food supply. A similar large Fraser River salmon run in 1958 was likewise preceded by a huge volcanic eruption in Alaska.

What was particularly striking about 2010’s mammoth run was the contrast against 2009, when the Fraser River sockeye run was a disaster by all accounts. It capped 20 years of decline and was so much worse than anyone had expected that the Canadian government formed a commission to investigate possible causes, reported Daniel Jack Chasan on the Pacific Northwest news website, Crosscut.

The situation was terrible in 2008, as well, so much so that on the U.S. side of the border, then-Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez declared the Fraser salmon fishery a disaster and allocated $2 million to U.S. tribes and commercial fishermen to make up for their loss of income. But strangely enough, just as the Canadian commission began investigating the paltry 2009 run, said Chasan, commercial fishermen “started hauling in more Fraser River sockeye than any of them had ever seen.”

Generally speaking, scientists and environmentalists are well aware of why wild West Coast salmon runs have been declining over the past century: namely pollution at almost every inch along the thousand mile river-to-sea-and-back underwater journey, overfishing in both rivers and the ocean, and man-made obstructions to fish passage. But environmentalists are now optimistic that the huge 2010 sockeye run is a sign of better times ahead. Perhaps improved logging practices, a resurgence in organic farming, new protections for upstream habitat or restrained commercial fishing catch limits — or some combination thereof — has begun to make a difference in salmon survival.

In any event, the salmon runs typically peak every fourth year — 2010 was supposed to be a peak year but substantially exceeded expectations. Only time will tell if the masses of sockeyes in the Fraser in 2010 were a fluke or foreshadow better days ahead for the environment — and for the fish and people in it.

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Dear Georgette, Hmm…there is something of a “flat line” in this question. It inspires me to suggest invigoration.

Have a house-warming party! It could be said that creating an event is not feng shui, but changing energy is and that’s the goal here.

Uplifting an environment can be fairly easy.

Start with “out with the old.” As much as your energy allows, go through every room, even closets. Discard what you perceive as offensive, draining or dull and disliked. Re-locate or dispose of these items in a way that’s helpful to you and others.

Clean the house. It’s magic medicine and centuries have proved it. Filthy rugs, especially stained or worn carpets, should be ripped out. Let that foundation, whatever it is, breathe. You will be both the agent and beneficiary of such a change.

I’m a great fan of Oriental rugs; red is preferable. In general they embellish your very foundation with qualities suggestive of comfort, security, luxury and knowledge, providing an uplifting and beautiful platform for everything else in the area they occupy.

Clean everything that is even partially used as a container for water: sink, toilet, fishbowl, etc.

(Don’t go so far as to drain your hot water tank, though!)

Redefine and refresh your main entrance. Fresh flowers uplift us wherever they are located and can usually be made visible from at least part of the entrance. How is your lighting? Allow for spaces to be lightened up even if you don’t necessarily use 28 Spirit of Change | SPRING 2011

them very often. In seating areas and bedrooms use warm lighting. Table lamps work well.

Even minor changes can create very positive outcomes, giving you a boost of optimism that can open an entirely new door into the same house you’ve lived in for years!

Dear Lynn, We just moved to a newly purchased house in Woonsocket, RI. We hear all sorts of noises at night in our attic (and they are not squirrels or mice) so I can only guess that our new house must be haunted! My wife and I have not seen, heard or felt anything that would frighten us, so we assume the spirits are not unhappy, just active. Is there any kind of feng shui advice we might use to help calm our “housemates” or at least encourage as much harmony as possible?

Thank you! —Woonsocket Rocket

Dear WR, Feed those spirits. Satisfy them and after they have dined ask them to part ways with your house.

I suggest rice (uncooked), held and blessed by you before being served. Do this in a respectful manner by mindfully tossing this rice along the baseboards in each room, and of course, the attic. Follow this by spritzing a citrus and water-based sea of moisture in the same areas. Once fed and acknowledged they may go away satisfied.

Many techniques and traditions for dealing with various energies, entities, spirits or ghosts are helpful if this situation becomes more bothersome. The New England area has many gifted people who specialize in just this. Space clearing, dowsing and the utilization of quite a spectrum of approaches to balance and bring peaceful equanimity to all co-habitators are available.

Hi Lynn, We live in a small condo and there is only one place for the couch — on the same wall as the entrance. It feels uncomfortable. Any ideas? — Snail Mail

Dear Snail, Put something between the door and your couch. Could be an end table with a lamp on it, perhaps a small bookcase or floor plant just a little higher than the arm of the couch, but nothing spindley. These solutions require chi to wiggle further into the room instead of dispersing limply near the couch. This creates a larger area of potential within the room for humans to occupy and it will feel much more comfortable and usable.

Dear Lynn, We recently added a sunroom onto the back of our house, but I read that if you build extensions or additions onto your house you could create a “missing corner” rather than making an addition of “good energy.”

Our sunroom extension occupies our wealth sector, leaving half the fame sector and the love/marriage sector empty next to it. Is this a missing corner? Should I try to make up for this loss by increasing love/marriage feng shui influences in the room that is nearest the missing corner? — Andover, MA

Hi There Andover, Yes, if your sunroom is attached to the back of the house, an additional category of concerns and connections need to be addressed. Proportion governs here. This requires an accurate assessment. If

you add on to a house with a one-third â&#x20AC;&#x201D; tops â&#x20AC;&#x201D; extra footprint in a given area, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve succeeded in boosting an area without diminishing another. If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a 50/50 call â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not so good.

To remediate, begin with connecting the exterior of the dwelling by â&#x20AC;&#x153;completing the form.â&#x20AC;? You can try many methods but the objective is to create a strong and significant feature to provide balance and an outdoor presence strong enough to make the overall shape equal in significance and influence. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s got to carry its own weight. A tree, a sculpture, a garden with year round developments, a pole lamp, a patio with a suggestion of an edge â&#x20AC;&#x201D; maybe even a stone wall â&#x20AC;&#x201D; as if creating a complimentary and equally significant presence in the overall schematic of the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s features, that will ground it externally.

Inside buoy the possible â&#x20AC;&#x153;missing cornerâ&#x20AC;? and its category (such as love) by amplifying the significance of that aspect indoors. Pay extra attention to the corresponding life aspect in every room of the house to offset anything that may have been diminished or compromised. For instance, if your missing corner is in the love sector, place things in pairs in the far right corner of each room.

As you create and inhabit your new addition, give it a complete bagua analysis and adjust accordingly so it has its own status. Make the transition from the main building to the addition as seamless as possible. Soften entrances into each with leafy palm-like floor plants. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more important than ever to â&#x20AC;&#x153;mateâ&#x20AC;? them, appreciating the unique aspects of each that create such benefits together.

Lynn Taylor is a senior feng shui practitioner who teaches and consults in the United States and Mexico for both business and home environments. She has been featured extensively on television, radio and in print.

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e would not be here long on this Earth if it weren’t for the soil recycling efforts of the multi-celled organism we call mold.

However, the same organism that supports outdoor life becomes a health hazard inside the closed space of our homes and work places.

Mold can cause a wide range of health problems in humans ranging from cancer to heart disease to asthma when we are exposed to even small amounts over an extended period of time. Chronic infections caused by mold can wreak havoc for years inside the bodies of hosts who are unaware of their mold allergy or sensitivity.

Mold degrades and decays organic material to survive, even including the paste under wallpaper. We recognize its presence by discoloration and/or its mushroom-like odor. In order to thrive, mold requires 40-80 percent humidity plus darkness and stagnant air. Knowing these three survival criteria allows us to be creative and proactive in the prevention of mold formation indoors.

The basement is a common place for mold to take up residence in your house. Try low tech solutions first. Spray the air with a mixture of one cup of water to one teaspoon of tea tree oil. Used on a monthly basis, this simple technique can discourage mold growth. Hang new packages of Zeolite pebbles to absorb moisture. Dry the packets out in the sun to refresh them. If your basement is very damp and susceptible to mold, try keeping the lights on, using a dehumidifier or setting up a fan to keep air moving.

Although all three remedies require the use of electricity or a power source, they may be enough to discourage the development of mold colonies and worth the energy expenditure. The trick is reaching those dark, stagnant corners of the room.

Many of us know all to well how easily mold thrives in damp bathrooms. One way to discourage its growth is to wipe down damp shower walls and doors after each use. For a clean antiseptic smell in the bathroom, spray the air with vodka. This also discourages the growth of mold.

If you have a window in your shower/tub area, open the curtains or shade and let the light shine in during the day.

Mold also accumulates on old papers, newsprint, magazines and books as it uses cellulose paper as nourishment. If you have a collection of old papers, you may want to isolate them inside a cabinet. It is a good idea to check for mold growth on old furniture, areas where pipes can leak and in dusty areas. Even the spider plant or Boston fern that cleans your home’s air of chemicals can carry mold in the soil. To avert this common houseplant problem, add play sand to the top layer of soil.

If you suspect an indoor mold problem, you can easily test the air with kits available at the hardware store. Many people test the air inside the room, but neglect to test the air outdoors on the other side of the walls. The 30 Spirit of Change | SPRING 2011

outdoor mold count should exceed that on the inside. Check to see if the source of indoor mold contamination may be coming from outside. In that case, clear the area of high vegetation to allow air circulation.

The cleaning up of mold has become a big industry. Maintenance is key to preventing the growth in the first place. This is especially important to those with forced hot air heating, as the air ducts tend to accumulate both dust and moisture. Using a HEPA (High Energy Particulate A) filter in the area goes a long way towards collecting dust and mold so that you’re not breathing it in. A vacuum cleaner with a HEPA filter is also a worthwhile investment. Air cleaners with ultraviolet light sources are also available to help keep dust down and kill mold.

One other place to look for mold is in your refrigerator, both inside and outside of food storage containers. Mold’s function in the fungi kingdom is to decay matter, and along with the bacteria that catalyzes the whole degradation process, is responsible for the odor where mold is present. Mold flourishes in the door gaskets and other grooves near the door. To clean in the grooves, dip hydrogen peroxide in a Q-tip and run it in the track. The shelves need to be wiped periodically, especially spills and package leaks.

The condenser and coils need periodic vacuuming to remove dust and mold. Some refrigerators have a removable drip pan that can harbor mold.

Cleaning this with borax will do a thorough job.

Sugary foods such as drops of maple syrup clinging to the bottle or residue from sticky fingers on jam and jelly jars provide food for mold. Food jars should be wiped and closed with tightly fitting lids. All food that is stored in the refrigerator needs to be covered or wrapped.

Food such as aged cheese and fermented foods like sour cream, buttermilk and yogurt are prone to growing mold colonies, so those who have mold allergies or sensitivities should take extra notice. Vinegar and foods marinated in vinegar, smoked meats and fish, as well as fermented beverages (cider, beer, wine) also support the growth of yeast and mold.

For a copy of “Home is Where Your Health Is” with detailed information on indoor air pollution and solutions, send a SASE to Environmental Health Coalition of Western Massachusetts, Box 187, Northampton, MA 01061-0187.

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Holistic vision improvement offers a return to clearer vision and greater awareness by changing the way you use your eyes.

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hen I first studied yoga I wore glasses all the time. I was twenty-four and had been wearing them since I was thirteen.

The yogis I lived with said I could get rid of my glasses, but since I had been trained in a famous London eye hospital, I knew it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t true. The doctors told me so.

A couple of years later I was spending my days working as an orthoptist (one who teaches eye exercises to people with poorly coordinated eyes), and teaching Hatha yoga in the evenings. I realized the orthoptic approach was the opposite of the yogic approach I taught at night. During the day I was encouraging my patients to push and try harder, while at night I was saying â&#x20AC;&#x153;Relax, breathe, notice your body letting go.â&#x20AC;? I felt confused and prayed for guidance.

Within a week a man introduced himself and told me he could relieve me of my glasses using the Bates Method. I had heard of this method during my training and it had been labeled as charlatanism. He told me it was based on relaxation, which sounded like yoga to me. So, skeptical as I felt, I agreed to give it a try. In a year I had passed my driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license test without glasses. It was a wonderful gift.

How People With Good Vision Use Their Eyes

Stress manifesting in the visual system is the cause of most refractive errors such as myopia, farsightedness and astigmatism. There are no bones in the eyes. They are not fixed. They are made of soft tissue surrounded by muscles. The behavior of the muscles, however, can become repetitive and

inflexible because of poor patterns of use. These patterns create neural pathways in the brain; the more chronic the behavior, the stronger the pathway. The good news is that we can change our minds and replace old patterns by creating other neural pathways in support of clearer vision. This is contrary to the most basic assumptions of ophthalmology that only lenses and surgery can correct refractive errors.

William Bates was an ophthalmologist at the turn of the twentieth century. He observed that when he prescribed glasses to someone, within a year or two they usually needed a stronger prescription. He decided this was not a successful form of treatment for refractive errors and began looking for alternatives. Bates left his practice in New York City and traveled, studying in particular how people with good vision use their eyes. He determined we see best when our eyes are relaxed, and our eyes relax when our mind relaxes. Bates described how the mind can only focus clearly on one thing at a time; whatever is peripheral to that point of focus in each moment is seen less clearly.

When we are troubled or stressed we often do not clearly see what is in front of us because we are not present with what we are seeing. We are picturing something elsewhere. He concluded that mental and emotional factors contribute as much, if not more, to clear vision than do the optical components of the eyes.

The eyes see by constantly moving. These unconscious, minute movements of the eyes are called saccades. Bates noticed that people who see well have freely moving eyes and those who donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tend to stare and keep their eyes more fixed.

Focusing the eye is an unconscious process

controlled by the autonomic or “automatic” nervous system, the primitive intelligence that is responsible for our survival. There are two branches of the autonomic nervous system. When we are frightened or stressed the sympathetic branch is activated in preparation for fleeing, fighting or freezing. The visual response is to pull back the eyelids, dilate the pupils and focus in the distance as we look for a way to escape. If we cannot escape, we are ready to fight. If we are overwhelmed, we freeze in this readied state.

Conversely, the parasympathetic branch provides us with the relaxation response. It promotes digestion, regulates breathing and visually is responsible for constricting the pupils and focusing our vision up close for tasks such as reading and working on the computer. Consequently, performing near-focused activities while stressed is like asking the body to do two opposing things at once; it is evolutionarily unnatural and likely to lead to strain. When our eye muscles strain, they will not be able to move as freely, the saccades will not be as fine and we will not see as well.

To have our vision successfully improve we need to change the habitual ways we use our eyes to encourage relaxation, eye coordination and fluid, rapid saccadic eye movements. Vision educators teach new habits that include changing focal distance often so the muscles do not tire, allowing the eyes to move freely, resting, blinking and keeping our central and peripheral vision in balance. As we practice these new behaviors, the way we use our eyes changes and we are rewarded with greater clarity and comfort.

What About Glasses?

Most of us are told we need glasses because of our genes. If this were the case we would expect identical twins to have identical vision, but twins often wear different prescriptions and one twin may not need glasses at all. On the other hand, there do seem to be families who tend to wear glasses and others who do not. If it’s not genetic, perhaps it’s that as children we are great imitators. We learn to deal with challenges from our families.

Frequently a major life stress can be identified during the two-year period prior to someone needing glasses. They or a loved one may have been ill, they may have started school or disliked their teacher or started a job with tougher visual demands. The change in vision is the result of a whole person issue, a body/mind response to the environment; wearing glasses or contact lenses only deals with the symptoms. They give us clear vision but do not address the stress underlying the change in eyesight.

Yet glasses can be useful as temporary crutches and learning tools. If we do not see well enough to live and work safely without some correction, then it’s important to use something to help. We can train the eye with new vision habits by getting a prescription for glasses that gives us a slight blur rather than perfect vision. The eye naturally self-corrects for blur; that is how we automatically change focus from one distance to another. Learning to relax with the blur allows the normal focusing mechanism of the eye to adjust; straining against the blur causes the muscles to tense, making it harder for the eye to focus. The slightly blurry glasses remind us to practice the techniques that allow the visual system to let go into clearer sight, progressing to an even weaker prescription until we no longer need glasses at all.

There are other modalities to improve vision such as cranial work, meditation, psychotherapy, acupuncture and qigong, which can cultivate a relaxed, focused mind and support more flexible, coordinated eye muscles. A useful way to embody this essential relaxation and presence is to have the sense of seeing from within, called “seeing from the core.” When we are centered at our core we feel stronger so it is easier to let go and be more open to receive. As we are more in touch with our core and practice good vision habits, not only can we regain our visual clarity, but we develop greater awareness of ourselves, what stresses us and the way back to the calm and peace within.

Rosemary Gaddum Gordon, D.B.O., M.A., teaches Holistic Vision Improvement in Cambridge, MA, and Eliot, ME, and is a founding faculty member of the Vision Educator Training Institute. She can be reached at 617-354 8360 in Massachusetts or 207-439-9821 in Maine or by visiting www.visioneducators.com. www.spiritofchange.org

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Herb Gardening

By Linda Russell

If you’ve never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden.

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s there anything better than a gentle summer breeze with the scent of herbs from the garden? Herbs are easy to grow, combine well with perennials and vegetables or can be grown on their own in a patio container, garden, border or just about anywhere.

Herbs are defined as being any plant that has a culinary, medicinal or household use. That encompasses a large variety of plants, and herbs can be used for many purposes. Herbs also add beauty to the garden and can be grown as ornamentals; a grouping of echinancea (coneflower) or lavender in the garden is lovely just for its flowering.

References to herbal use are found in all ancient civilizations where herbs and spices played an important part in establishing trade routes. King Merodach-baladan II of Babylonia (721-710 BC) wrote perhaps the world’s first treatise about horticulture, which included details on cultivating coriander, garlic, thyme and other herbs. Herbs were grown and used within the cloistered walls of monasteries for medicinal purposes; the monastery at St. Gall in Switzerland documents 16 herb beds in the year 830 AD. The fall of the Greek and Roman empires led to the Dark Ages in Europe (641 AD to the 12th century), when herbal knowledge was preserved in the kitchens, gardens and fields of wise women and healers. The women called herbs “simples” because they were so attainable and easy to use. Herb knowledge later became formalized, and the Chelsea Physics Garden, founded in 1673 in London, is one of the oldest public herb gardens in existence. Also called the Apothecaries Garden, it was established to train apprentices in identifying plants. It is still open to visitors and a wonderful place to visit if you are ever in London.

After the Industrial Revolution and the move from the countryside to towns, herbs became less important in the kitchen, but now we have a revival in all manners of use. Here are some favorite herbs in the three basic categories.

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Culinary:

Most people think of herbs and cooking. The range of edible herbs and the number of ways of using them was much greater in the past than seen today. A salad for King Henry VII, known as a bit of a “foodie,” included over 50 leaves, buds, flowers and roots. Thomas Tusser, a 16th century poet and farmer, published a garden plan for farmers’ wives recommending the planting of 70 different salad and pot herbs. Herbs enliven any dish and can supply extra nutrition, zest, scent and beauty to otherwise ordinary dishes.

Simple salads acquire amazing flavors when a few fresh herbs are tossed in.

Herbs also offer an opportunity to be creative and break the routine of daily meal preparation, making cooking more of a pleasure.

Today we think of parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme; Simon & Garfunkel’s song brings to mind four of the staples of culinary herbs every herb garden should contain. All four plants come in different varieties, colors and flavors.

My favorites are flat Italian parsley that is especially delicious in a pesto or salad, pineapple sage that is a tender perennial with beautiful red flowers and a fruit flavor, prostrate rosemary with its flowing form that makes it great for containers and lemon thyme, which I use in a lemon tea bread.

But everyone has his or her favorite culinary herb. Basil is one of the most popular. An annual that grows in full sun and heat it is delicious paired up with fresh tomatoes and mozzarella cheese with a drizzle of balsamic vinegar.

Basil can also help repel insects on your tomatoes when they are planted together, an added benefit.

Culinary herbs should be grown next to your kitchen door if possible to encourage using them while cooking. Also called a “kitchen garden,” most grow well in containers so you can have a collection of culinary herbs right by the back door. continues on page 38

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Also beneficial in the garden are medicinal herbs that are grown specifically for their medicinal properties. Valerian is a beautiful plant in the garden with an incredible sweet scent while in flower, whose roots are used for their sedative properties. Black cohosh is one of the few herbs that thrives in partial shade and is a large landscape plant with white plume flowers whose roots are used to help with hot flashes. Marshmallow, comfrey, calendula, hops, wormwood, arnica, yarrow, echinacea, and lavender are but a few medicinal plants that are perennial, grow in New England and add beauty to the garden. There are many fine books, local herbalists and online resources available to explore the medicinal uses of herbs for home use as they have been used for thousands of years.

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Household herbs were used much more in the past than we use currently. Bedstraw, a short sprawling perennial with small yellow flowers and a pleasant smell, was strewn on floors in medieval times for its fresh smell and to collect dirt. Rosemary was burned in sick rooms. Herbs, such as alkanet, were used for dyes, and lemon verbena and lavender were fashioned to be worn to repel insects. Potpourris are still popular that use orris root as a fixative, which comes from the Iris germanica plant, a lovely white iris with a purple streak. Shampoos, body products and household cleaners can all be made with herbs and are increasingly being seen on the commercial market.

Growing your own herbs is not difficult. Most herbs like full sun, good drainage and good air circulation. While herbs are not generally fussy about soil I find a good organic compost dressing twice a year added to the garden makes for large, full, aromatic plants. Herbs tend to have minimal problems with insects and disease and can be used in the garden to help protect vegetables from these problems.

Herbs work well with any garden style, although they seem particularly suited to a formal garden style. Knot gardens and kitchen gardens are popular historical garden styles that are commonly used today.

Knot gardens are a classic herb garden design that uses plants to form a design or border, typically geometrical, which gives the appearance of the plants forming knots. Perennial plants such as boxwood, savory, santolina or thyme are used for the knot garden border and some gardeners use annuals that can be changed every year such as lettuces, marigolds and even bush basil for the borders. The center area of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;knotsâ&#x20AC;? is filled with different herbs showcasing contrast in color and texture. The New York Botanical Garden has an herb garden that illustrates the use of knots and borders beautifully in all seasons. See www.nybg.org for samples.

A popular style garden in recent years is the potager, a kitchen garden containing vegetables, herbs, edible flowers and fruits that harkens back to the French Renaissance garden style. A well-designed potager can provide food, herbs and cut flowers in an aesthetically pleasing way with little maintenance. Raised bed gardens and containers are used in the potager and both are well suited to herbs. Containers are extremely popular for gardeners with limited space.

Harvest perennial herbs when the flowers develop buds as most herbs have maximum flavor in their leaves right before flowering. Annual herbs such as basil should be â&#x20AC;&#x153;pinched backâ&#x20AC;? and the flowers removed to encourage growth in the plant and provide more leaves for use. Most herbs flourish from being continually used so donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hesitate to harvest your herbs throughout the growing season. Make 2011 the year of your herb garden!

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By Peggy Kornegger

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had no plans to become a gardener. It just happened, quite unexpectedly.

And it completely changed the focus and quality of my daily life.

After many years of living in a rather crowded, semi-urban area, I moved to an apartment in a house with a front and back yard. In the yard, there were bushes, trees, a few flowers, and several long expanses of empty border space, seemingly just waiting for the appearance of a gardener. It felt as if Mother Nature were sending me a gentle, encouraging message: “You are cordially invited to create your own garden here. Use your imagination!”

Even though I had grown up on five acres in the country, and both my parents had gardened, I had never done more than raise houseplants in the city apartments I lived in as an adult. Gardening outside was something I hadn’t really considered doing — until now. Looking out the window at the bare dirt and open spaces, I gradually began to imagine planting a flower garden, one that would be a habitat for birds and butterflies, which I loved.

It was autumn when I moved in, so my first gardening activity was to plant bulbs that would come up in the spring. I bought flower bulbs that I was familiar with from my childhood: tulips, daffodils, hyacinth, crocus, narcissus, grape hyacinth. With a newly purchased trowel, I hesitantly began to dig holes and plant the bulbs along the front edges of the back border. That was it. My initiation as a neophyte gardener was complete. When the bulbs produced glorious purple, yellow, and white flowers the following March and April, I was hooked.

Never looking back, I bought books on perennials, annuals, gardening in sun and shade, and planting to attract songbirds and butterflies. I frequented the local nursery and learned planting tips from the staff and from friends who were also gardeners. With each new plant that I added to the border, I felt more connected to the earth and to this small piece of land where I lived. I began to arise at 5:30 or 6 a.m. and go outside to visit my flowers at dawn, watering the soil if it was very dry. Each evening after work, I would spend an hour or so in the garden as well. The tension of the day drained from my body, and my spirits lifted as I walked quietly about, weeding, deadheading flowers, straightening drooping stems. Often I would just stand watching everything grow, as my father had done in his own garden so many years before. That quiet time spent alone in the garden with the living energy of so many beautiful green plants and colorful flowers filled me with life, too.

And then, of course, there were the other living creatures that came to the yard: robins, goldfinches, chickadees, cardinals, hummingbirds, butterflies (monarchs, tiger swallowtails, red admirals, American ladies), chipmunks, rabbits, squirrels…and the bees. It was during that first summer that I fell in love with bumble bees. There were at least five different kinds of bees who visited my flowers, including honeybees, but the bumblebees were the ones that stole my heart. When I discovered that they often slept overnight on my flowers, I was enchanted. Their small yellow-and-black, fuzzy bodies curled up in the flower’s center, leaning against the petals, was a sight to melt the hardest heart.

I felt honored to be able to provide a safe place for them to rest.

As the seasons passed, it was amazing to see a small habitat take shape in my yard. I bought a birdbath for the birds to bathe in and drink from in the warmer months; in the winter I put up a pole seed feeder and a hanging suet feeder. I learned which areas of the yard were sunniest and which shadiest and how the sun moved throughout the day and the year. Through trial and error, I discovered which plants thrived in which areas of the yard. I gathered information about the flowers and bushes that attract butterflies (echinacea, zinnias, butterfly weed, butterfly bush, pincushion flowers for nectar; parsley and dill for caterpillar food) and those that attract birds (goldfinches love echinacea and sunflower seeds; hummingbirds love bee balm nectar; mockingbirds and cardinals love the berries of winterberry). I found that bees have particular favorites among the flowers: lavender, sedum, butterfly bush, bee balm, echinacea, zinnias, Mexican sunflowers. Each day I spent in my garden brought new discoveries and knowledge about the natural world around me.

In my third season of gardening, I attended a lecture by Douglas Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home. He spoke about how to sustain wildlife with native plantings. It was a fascinating introduction to the concept of using plants that are native to your geographical area in order to create ecological balance. Sterile landscaped yards that have only non-native plants, bushes, and trees and chemically treated lawns provide no habitat for birds, insects, and animals who live in balance in the wild. With the loss of so many wilderness areas to human development, it becomes increasingly important for people to plant responsively and natively in their own backyards.

Doug’s book provides lists of plants, shrubs and trees that are native to various geographical areas, including New England. I found similar regional lists, as well as individual plant descriptions and photographs at www.abnativeplants.com, linked to the National Wildlife Federation. My local garden center also had lists of native plants, many of which they stocked. I used all of these resources to find the names of native plants that I could add to my garden. Some I already had, such as bee balm, butterfly weed, cardinal flowers, and asters. I added Joe-Pye weed, oxeye sunflowers, winterberry, and bearberry. It was heartening to see the bees crowd onto the tall blossoms of the Joe-Pye weed when it bloomed, especially because I knew how crucial natural habitat is to bees now when their numbers are declining, very possibly because of the use of pesticides and other toxic chemicals.

Avoiding pesticides and herbicides in gardening is key to maintaining ecological balance. People often associate organic gardening with vegetables, but it is equally as important in flower gardening. Creating a habitat in which humans as well as birds, butterflies, bees, plants, and animals are safe is one way we all can contribute to a cleaner, healthier environment. Using rakes and manual clippers instead of loud gas or electric equipment such as leaf blowers and hedge trimmers helps prevent air and noise pollution. In addition, compost bins and rain barrels under downspouts are inexpensive ways to prevent waste and provide water and nutrients to backyard gardens.

I’ve learned so much in the last three years — about gardening, about nature, and about myself. I feel more at home where I live now that I have an ongoing relationship with the earth and with the living beings whose home it also is. To stand silently in the early morning light and know that I am part of the life that flowers all around me is a gift unlike any other in the universe. And it is a gift available to all, whether in backyard or community gardens, country or city. Gardening is a way to help co-create a small piece of paradise on Earth.

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A Garden Grows in Brockton

By Dennis Schworer

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hen the call came in for a proposed project in Brockton, MA, from Simon and Paula Young, I was intrigued to consider the possibilities for some renewal in an area not often associated with contemplative landscape design. I had no idea I was about to embark on a precious one-year journey of magical garden surprises.

On my first trip to the Young’s home, I found a rather elegant, rambling, contemporary house with hidden courtyards and an impressive atrium entryway. All manner of artwork adorned the walls inside. The western-facing rear of the house — roughly 150 feet covered floor to ceiling with windows and sliding glass doors — presented a view of my potential palette. Not a bad view at all. Mainly woodland, the area to be landscaped consisted of about a third of an acre of tall red maple trees with white oaks and yellow birches scattered throughout, plus some shrubby undergrowth with groupings of rhododendrons someone had planted, probably long ago.

Save for a huge, red sculpture Simon had installed, I saw nothing overtly inspiring when I looked out the windows. A walk outside revealed some woodland paths, one that led to a golf course behind the property and was ideal for walking the dog after the golf season ended. The boundaries of the backyard and woodland area were defined by an eight-foot high, solid brown wooden fence that formed three sides of a big rectangle, complete with deep, dark 90-degree corners. The land itself was rough and obviously quite wet in the spring.

I observed and listened to Simon and Paula as they spoke. What I heard was that they needed an area for entertaining, potential sites to feature sculptures and direction for “doing something nice” with the place. Over the course of my next several visits, I spent a lot of time connecting with the land, traipsing around the yard, and sometimes just sitting there looking and listening, while gathering impressions and taking notes. Early on, I envisioned creating individual areas in the landscape where Simon and Paula could walk through and enjoy spending time in unique nooks, just as they would visiting the individual rooms of their house. My goal was to enhance the view of the landscape from inside the house and to create a space outside that would welcome any visitor.

For this, I would consult throughout the project with the three essential partners of design: the land, the homeowners and me.

We started with the basics, which included removing unhealthy trees and pruning others, transplanting rhododendrons, establishing drainage, as well as building a temporary roadway for machines to travel in and out. Discovering that Simon and Paula were as enamored of the sound of running water as I, our early work included the construction of a natural-shaped pond and a long, rambling stream, to which we added a variety of carefully selected stones with lichens and moss growing on their surface.

To provide a bit more undulation and even greater dimension to the overall landform, we established well-defined pathways comprised of sweeping curves

A bronze penguin keeps a watchful eye on things, adding whimsy in the form of a smaller sculpture. Water flowing over collected native stone adds dimension to the landscape.

A copper bird perches atop a curved stone sculpture.

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that intersected with one another at various points throughout the landscape.

The installation of casual, curved stone walls and level areas provided space to feature new sculptures. A bluestone patio, new walls and stairs were installed leading to the entryway area of the house, a place where virtually all foot traffic flowed in and out, and the perfect setting for people to congregate.

After all the machine work, water features and stonework had been completed, more shrubbery, woodland ground covers and perennials were introduced into the landscape. A variety of plants with berries, different stem colors and unique branching were added to provide winter interest. Large, Norway spruces and other trees, both evergreen and deciduous (trees that lose their leaves), were planted to add dimension to the landscape as well as to soften the views to the fence and negate the 90-degree corners.

Contrary to the current landscape architecture mindset that requires using an office or computer software program to compose a winning landscape, a truly magical synergy of connection to the land, the people and your intuitive senses results when you consciously choose to allow the right brain and heart to have a larger influence in the design process. We accomplish some of our best work when we endeavor to replicate what already exists in nature. Patterns in nature are typically non-linear, comprised of an orderly, yet somewhat random collection of individual elements. The natural rock-strewn streambed and pond, the loose groupings of plants, undulation of the land and the overall curvilinear quality of the landscape provide a feeling of connection to Earth. If you’re open to it, you can also feel a connection to the heavens above, particularly in areas of tall trees with their big, straight trunks that make you feel as though you are in a redwood forest somewhere in California.

Paying attention to establishing a careful relationship between masculine and feminine elements will enhance both the visual beauty and sense of balance in what is created. The curvilinear pathways and a variety of plantings are feminine elements that help to counterbalance the strong, confining 90-degree angles of the house and fence. This natural balance and harmony between the masculine and feminine elements can also be accomplished by creating a deliberate interplay of stone, water and plants. Plants and water represent the feminine elements, while stones, stone walls and patio surfaces are the more masculine. Curving the stone walls provides an interesting balance. As much as we loved the existing tall trees with their collective influence of stark, solid tree trunks that were quite masculine, we planted attractive vine plants, Baltic ivy, Virginia creeper and climbing hydrangea to soften the view just a bit. Finally, with a strong feminine influence in the many curves of the existing red sculpture, we added the masculine counterbalance that was needed by placing a big, beautifully shaped stone that had became unearthed during our excavations vertically near the sculpture and within the same view.

I’m fortunate to employ people who love and are truly passionate about what they do, as love and gratitude are essential ingredients in contemplative landscape design. We often talked about how much fun it was to work on this landscape and how we all appreciated the gift of an opportunity that we had been given to create. When you trust in yourself and go forward with love and gratitude, we can create amazing sanctuaries of nature right in our own backyards.

Owner of Schworer & Co. Landscapes, Inc., Dennis Schworer has been working on landscapes of estates and larger properties for over 35 years. Today he uses his breadth of knowledge and artistic gifts to help people reconnect with the healing energies of Earth. To discover new possibilities in your landscape, contact Dennis at plantstonesoil@yahoo.com or call 508-528-1002.

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A researcher modifies crops to feed the hungry and cut pesticide use

Genetically Modified Conservation

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n the mid-1940s, Norman Borlaug started the Green Revolution on a small farm in southern Mexico. His idea was simple. As the human population skyrocketed, he would grow a new kind of wheat with a thicker stem and bigger seed heads, thus increasing its yield and allowing farmers to grow more wheat — and feed more people — per acre.

The results were staggering. Within two decades, Mexico’s wheat harvest had swollen six-fold, thanks to crops descended from Borlaug’s original modified wheat. Borlaug then turned his talents toward rice in the Philippines, and high-yield crops spread into almost every major food staple. In all, Borlaug’s revolution helped feed millions of people in poor and developing countries who would otherwise have starved — an achievement that earned him the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize.

But the Green Revolution wasn’t “green” in the modern sense of the word.

In fact, it exacted a huge environmental toll. Its crops require liberal use of fertilizer and pesticides that bleed into the land and sea, poisoning wildlife and creating nitrogen-rich dead zones in the oceans. Now, with climate change threatening to upend many of the world’s crops, a new generation of researchers is poised to correct some of the original revolution’s flaws.

Pam Ronald, a University of California, Davis, researcher, sees a future dominated not by Monsanto-like corporation but by small partnerships between farmers and scientists. By combining genetically modified crops with organic farming and other eco-friendly practices, Ronald believes we can create a system that slashes pesticide use, insulates crops against floods and drought, and protects the livelihoods of poor farmers in the developing world. To many, the idea of using genetic engineering as a conservation tool is an oxymoron, but the scales may finally be tipping in Ronald’s favor.

Her ideas have drawn attention at the highest levels and become a favorite of opinion makers such as Michael Pollan and Bill Gates. What’s more, they serve as a stark reminder that genetically modified foods are here — whether we like it or not. Which means that, at a time when we need to reinvent the world’s food supply, the critical question may be: can we get it right?

Ronald is an unlikely genetic-engineering advocate. Pulling into her driveway, I see that her yard looks like that of any eco-foodie. Her garden — a tangled mix of herbs and native plants — has a happy, New Age feel. Her barn sports a mural that is “Diego Rivera meets Cesar Chavez.” And her husband, Raoul Adamchak, is an organic farmer.

But Ronald, a plant geneticist, is also an unabashed supporter of genetically modified (GM) crops. Her recent book on the benefits of bioengineered organic crops, Tomorrow’s Table1 (which she co-wrote with Adamchak), has started reshaping the way we look at GM foods.

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By Erik Vance

While the GM debate has traditionally been focused on genetically modified corn and other lucrative foodstuffs, Ronald has been doing pioneering work on a crop that is largely ignored: rice. In fact, while companies such as Monsanto pour billions into GM crops, rice research is almost solely the province of publicly funded academics. “The big companies aren’t working on broccoli or carrots—there’s just not enough profit in that,” she says. “And they don’t work on rice. It feeds half the world, but it doesn’t feed the wealthy half.”

Sitting in her eclectic, pesticide-free garden, she says rice could be the ideal proving ground for genetic engineering to improve the environment while preparing for a warmer world.

Take flooding, for instance. No one knows for certain how much flooding will increase as the planet warms, but scientists believe it will become more frequent and last longer in places such as Southeast Asia, where it already causes around $1 billion in annual damage to rice crops.

That’s why Ronald’s lab teamed up with colleague Dave Mackill in the late 1990s to create a species of rice that could be submerged for weeks during a flood and still survive. Unlike many crops, rice has a dizzying number of varieties (as many as 140,000), all with distinct genetic codes. Mackill had found one from eastern India with an unusual ability to live underwater for long spans. So Ronald’s team undertook the painstaking task of sorting through the genome until they found a single gene that seemed to act as a “master switch” for flood tolerance.

It was a neat trick, but the researchers wanted something that could be used easily by poor rice farmers. One method would have been to slice the gene out and simply slide it into a commercial crop, making it “genetically modified.”

However, they finally decided to simply breed the old with the new while targeting that specific place in the gene that held the precious submergence trait. This so-called “marker-assisted” breeding blends genetic work with oldschool, dirty-fingernails farming. Because the actual genetic transfer was done in rice fields rather than labs, the new strain is not considered modified and is thus under less scrutiny from government agencies.

In a 2006 paper in Nature, the team announced a new strain of rice that could survive two weeks totally underwater. What’s more, it was easy to grow.

By the end of this year, the new, flood-proof rice will cover 125,000 acres in four countries. Next year that’s projected to jump ten-fold.2 And Ronald says this is just the beginning. Flooding is one of climate change’s three key threats to agriculture — drought and pest outbreaks are the other two —and Ronald believes lab-aided rice can be designed to resist them all. She is just beginning to work on drought-tolerant rice, and she believes a bug and weed resistant rice could slash the amount of pesticides rice farmers spew into the environment. continues on page 46

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For Ronald, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an example of how genetic engineering has accomplished exactly what many environmentalists and organic farmers want. Genetically modified cotton is a prime example. Little more than a decade ago, farmers in China started using â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bt cotton,â&#x20AC;? a genetically engineered variety containing a protein that The line between kills pests but is nontoxic to mammals. (The Bt â&#x20AC;&#x153;genetically engineeredâ&#x20AC;? protein is a favorite insecticide among organic and â&#x20AC;&#x153;traditionalâ&#x20AC;? crops farmers.) Within four years, the Chinese cotton really exists only in the farmers reduced their annual use of poisonous media and politics. insecticides by 70,000 metric tons â&#x20AC;&#x201D; almost as much as is used in all of California each year.

For scientists itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more Of course, not everyone agrees. Opponents of a continuum with of genetic engineering worry that GM food cartraditional breeding on ries some still-undiscovered health risks or that one end and crops with itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just a tool for big corporations to sell more genes borrowed from pesticides. And Doug Gurian-Sherman, with the vastly different creatures Union of Concerned Scientists, worries that exon the other. pensive GM research siphons money from lesssexy techniques. He says he likes marker-led breeding but wants to see more money spent on organic techniques that reduce sprawling monocultures and mix together crops, more like a natural ecosystem.

For Ronald, the danger of pesticides far outweighs that of switching a few base pairs in the DNA. She frequently notes that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no record of anyone ever becoming sick from a GM crop. On the other hand, pesticides kill 200 to 1,000 Americans a year, according to the World Health Organization.

Ronald also points out that the debate over GM revolves around several false dichotomies. While naysayers declare genetic modification to be a new and evil practice, for example, Ronald says the line between â&#x20AC;&#x153;genetically engineeredâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;traditionalâ&#x20AC;? crops really exists only in the media and politics. For scientists, she says, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more of a continuum â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with traditional breeding on one end and crops with genes borrowed from vastly different creatures on the other. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the process that is good or bad, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the product,â&#x20AC;? she says.

Another false trade-off is the idea that embracing GM means doing away with other environmentally friendly agriculture practices. If we are to feed the world without destroying the planet, Ronald believes, we must incorporate not just GM but also many ideas promoted by organic farmers, such as crop rotations and crop diversity.

To explain what might finally tip the scales in GMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favor, Ronald points to the situation in the developing world. As global warming grinds forward, poor subsistence farmers will be devastated by food insecurity far more than the wealthy West. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If farmers donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t change the seed theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re planting now, in 25 years theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to be getting half the yield,â&#x20AC;? Ronald says. She believes altering rice and other crops â&#x20AC;&#x201D; such as strains of bananas crucial to small African economies â&#x20AC;&#x201D; could help prevent future famine, much in the way that Borlaugâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wheat spared millions of people from starvation. If weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to accomplish that, environmentalists need to think more broadly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to choose between productivity and sustainability,â&#x20AC;? she says, leaning back and looking around her ecclectic garden. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can have both.â&#x20AC;?

NOTES 1. Ronald, P.C. and R.W. Adamchak. 2008. Tomorrowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food. Oxford University Press, New York.

2. Xu, K. et al. 2006. Sub1A is an ethylene-response-factor-like gene that confers submergence tolerance to rice. Nature. doi:10.1038/nature04920.

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Music Reviews

Vijay Iyer Solo ACT Music + Vision 9497-2

The term “jazz” begins to lose meaning when applied to creations as brilliant and exciting as Solo. I didn’t know much about pianist Vijay Iyer when I started listening, but I was so captivated by the layers and depth of his playing, and his unique interweaving of rhythm, melody, and harmony that I initiated a web search. Thus I discovered that Historicity, Iyer’s recent recording with his trio, was nominated for the 2010 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Album. Equally exciting, Solo has been named among the Top 10 Jazz Albums of 2010 in the JazzTimes critics’ poll, the Village Voice critics’ poll, Popmatters, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Detroit Metro Times. Iyer was also named 2010 Musician of the Year in the Jazz Journalists Association Annual Jazz Awards.

Iyer’s music transcends genres, taking us on an oft-mesmerizing journey.

In “Autoscopy,” chords churn in ways that seem more connected to new music than jazz. The jazz element may be more recognizable in the relentless riffs of “Patterns,” but elements constantly change and shift in the 11 excursions on Solo.

Engineered and co-produced by five-time Grammy-nominated engineer Cookie Marenco, the beauty and clarity of the tape-to-DSD recording is an audiophile’s delight. Iyer’s playing is even more than that. Don’t miss this album.

those odd beats on the piano, wild cries, whoops, slaps, heavy breaths, hollers and hiccups, and New York-accented Indian vocalizations? Could composer Jerome Kitzke have possibly envisioned such an unbridled response to the personal text with which he framed his 1999 setting of Allen Ginsberg’s great Sunflower Sutra?

As it turns out, he did. When Kitzke first heard de Mare perform the New York premiere of Frederic Rzewski’s setting of Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis at the 1995 Bang on a Can marathon Lincoln Center, he was blown away. “From a pure performance standpoint,” he says, “I thought he had done a piece of incredibly magical one-person theater at the piano.

This is not a new notion; lots of performers sing and play and create little bits of theatre at the piano. But Tony creates a complete piece of theater. He is not just an artist and performer; he thinks like a theatrical person, which makes him just perfect for pieces like De Profundis and Sunflower Sutra that convey the full range of human emotions.”

Thus begin the liner notes for de Mare’s remarkable recording for speaking/singing pianist. The man pioneered the genre, and remains its supreme master. With music by Laurie Anderson, Derek Bermel, Meredith Monk, Rodney Sharman, and the aforementioned Kitzke and Rzewski — the last three composers writing specifically for de Mare — Speak! is an amazing disc.

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On first listen, someone unfamiliar with the art of Anthony de Mare might ask, “Is this guy nuts?” Beginning a CD compilation of music for speaking/singing pianist with the line, “There is a story to tell,” seems reasonable enough. But

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How can you resist a choral program of traditional Norwegian cradle songs and contemporary lullabies whose theme is Kind? The title’s promise is fulfilled, not only by the warmth and gentleness of some of the older repertoire, but also by the vocal excellence of Ensemble 96. A much lauded Norwegian Chamber Choir whose previous album for 2L received a Grammy nomination for Best Choral Performance, Ensemble 96 infuses its singing with inner light and soul-warming fullness.

The music is special. The much-venerated contemporary Danish composer Per Nørgård (b. 1932) certainly pushes the envelope with the harmonies, texts, and

by Jason Victor Serinus

themes of his three lullabies. His “Grief affects everybody” and a nonsense syllable lyric set as “Funeral March with an Accident” are not inherently reassuring, but they are performed with such heartfelt embrace as to foster acceptance of the sadness and separation that are an inevitable corollary of life. Nurturance and consolation come in the form of six folk songs arranged by Frank Havrøy. Two are as sweet as can be, while others have a kick that reminds us that life is not always a simple fairyland. Another source of warmth is 2L’s exceptional recording. Each package includes both a high-resolution hybrid SACD (playable on standard CD players) and a hi-res (24/192) Blu-ray disc. Even in two-channel CD playback, the sound is some of the best I’ve encountered.

Gyuto Monks of Tibet Pure Sounds New Earth Records NE 3106

Famed for their deep overtone chanting and meticulously constructed sand mandalas, the Gyuto Monks of Tibet maintain an ancient spiritual practice of achieving peace and enlightenment through mindful repetition. Capable of chanting in three octaves at once, their lowest, gravely sounds interweave with others higher up to create deep and healing resonances in body, mind, and spirit. Now living in India, they are the descendants of the original monks of Gyuto Tantric University, who began practicing in Lhasa, Tibet in 1475. In 1959, the Chinese occupiers of Tibet desecrated the monks’ temple and killed most of them. Sixty survivors resettled in New Ramoche Temple in Dharamsala, India. Along with the Dalai Lama, they continue their practices. Their numbers have now expanded to 500, with young monks providing some assurance that the lineage will continue. The recording has been nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional World Music Album. Its six repetitive, drone-like chants, which are recitations of the Buddha’s teaching, have a calming and mesmerizing effect. Dissonance becomes consonance, as the final chant, “Dalai Lama Long Life,” seems to merge energetically, like a spiral vortex, with the timeless cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.

Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor / Octet in E flat James Ehnes Onyx 4060

If a romantic violin concerto more perfect than Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 exists, I don’t know of it. The precocious composer’s final orchestral composition, completed when he was 35, brims over with enrapturing melodies, thrilling virtuosic passagework, and irresistible romantic sweep. Once heard, it’s a bit like your favorite dessert; all you want is more. But this is one treat that feeds the spirit rather than widening the waistline.

Violinist James Ehnes turns in an extraordinarily compelling performance.

In the middle of his beautiful soaring sound lies a heartfelt center. Encouraged by conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy and England’s fabled Philharmonia Orchestra, Ehnes infuses his innate lyricism with a romantic passion seldom encountered in this work. While the surprisingly dark introduction brings out the tragic side of Mendelssohn’s writing, the first transition to light-filled lyricism is magical. It’s as if Ehnes and Ashkenazy were lifting the veil of darkness, allowing the sweet light of spring to shine through. The dramatic contrasts in the first movement’s unaccompanied cadenza are equally arresting, the passagework remarkably fluent. The heartfelt second movement is marvelous, especially when Ehnes contrasts sweet longing with the pain of loss. And as breathtakingly fast as the final movement may be, this eloquent partnership of Ehnes and Ashkenazy manages to bring out a host of subtle accents. The performance is a joy! Ditto for Mendelssohn’s exhilarating octet, written when he was 16. Many of the performers, members of the Seattle Chamber Music Society, which Ehnes will soon lead, are winners of international competitions. A fabulous disc.net.

Jason Victor Serinus is a holistic author, bodyworker, whistling virtuoso and music critic (www. jasonserinus.com) who resides in Oakland, CA. Please send music review copies to Jason at 2749 E. 17th Street, Oakland, CA 94601 or jserinus@planeteria.net.

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Lara Pizzorno, MA, LMT with Jonathan V. Wright, MD Your Bones: How You Can Prevent Osteoporosis and Have Strong Bones for Life — Naturally Praktikos Books, Mt. Jackson, VA, 2011

Lara Pizzorno emphatically raises the red flag on conventional bone medicine.

With a genetic inheritance of insufficient vitamin D receptors, Pizzorno recognizes that her critical bone issues aren’t relevant for everyone. Highlighting natural prevention and treatment strategies for different situations, Your Bones offers uncomplicated scientific advice for bone health. Along with vitamins and minerals (each described in depth) strong bones require lots of fresh vegetables and short periods of gung ho exercise. What they don’t need are the patent medicines prescribed for osteoporosis (e.g. Fosamax, Boniva). Shockingly, these pharmaceuticals don’t build healthy new bone, they cause retention of old, brittle bone!

In addition, these bisphosphonates have nasty side effects and are well known to be dangerous. In 2008 the FDA actually questioned Merck about Fosamax increasing femur fractures. In response, Merck added this as a possible side effect in the package insert — 16 months later.

So watch refined sugars, figure your ideal weight and build your bones, naturally!

Tami Lynn Kent Wild Feminine: Finding Power, Spirit and Joy in the Female Body Beyond Words (Atria Books), Hillsboro, OR, 2011

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medicine. The top of the pelvic bowl is the pelvic crest (sometimes incorrectly called the hips). The bowl then moves down to the pubic bone, and up and around to the sacrum. The area encompassed in this bowl is a powerful base of spiritual support. By visualizing and massaging areas of the pelvis, emotional, physical and ancestral energetic blocks are cleared. Exercise also releases stagnation and energizes the pelvic bowl: after prolonged sitting, stand and squeeze root muscles, perform hip circles and then shake out the pelvis by rapidly bending up and down at the knees, tapping all around the pelvis. Finally, visualize aligning heart and bowl, bring in light energy, and affirm core radiance.

Brian Bender Farming Around the Country: An Organic Odyssey NorlightsPress, Martinsville, IN 2010

A year of organic farm hoping. That was the aspiration of high school science teacher Brian Bender. With the help of WWOOF, the World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, Bender’s dream became a reality as he selected eleven small-scale farms across the country, quit his teaching job and spent the next twelve months getting a handson education in sustainable living. As a WWOOFer, he was one of 400,000 volunteers helping on farms in over 90 countries. In return for volunteer help, WWOOF hosts offer food, accommodation and opportunities to learn about organic lifestyles. Farming Around the Country is Bender’s inspiring, often humorous, refreshingly unsentimental narrative of his year as a nomadic farmer. Entering a world dominated by “eccentric farmers and unusual chores” Bender’s farm hosts range from Henry, a grump who overworks his woofers and feeds them leftovers from his meals at the senior center, to Kitty and Creek, inspiring Californians who participate in farm hosting primarily for the cultural exchange with WWOOFers rather than for the free labor.

Bender’s farm experience, which ranged from livestock to produce, obviously included substantial hard work.

But it also reinforced the unquestionable value of growing organic food in rich, fluffy soil. A small five-acre CSA farm in Vermont that plants crops based on the

phases of the moon feeds 50 families. In contrast, the giant mono-crop farms of Bender’s native Ohio can’t even healthfully feed a single person.

Along with his adventure WWOOFing, Bender took mini-vacations and learned the joys of Couchsurfing, an online network where thrifty travelers are offered a spare bedroom or couch.

He also plunged into meditation. Having never meditated before, he sat for a 10 day Vipassana meditation course recommended by a farm host in Shelbourne Falls, Massachusetts. With insight gained “farming around the country,” Bender is now involved in an urban gardening project in Eugene, Oregon.

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. with Richard Mendius, MD Buddha’s Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love and Wisdom New Harbinger Publications, Oakland, CA, 2009

Revolutionary findings in neuroscience prove what contemplatives such as the Buddha taught over two thousand years ago: you can actually train your brain to experience greater mindfulness, loving kindness and inner peace.

Buddha’s Brain combines stimulating exercises and easy to understand hard science for re-wiring the brain to intentionally create positive changes. The physical consequences of our evolutionary past is that we’ve evolved to pay great attention to unpleasant experiences. The brain actually has a negative bias. “It is like Velcro for negative experiences and Teflon for positive ones,” quip the authors.

Yet when we’re upset we don’t ponder over the biochemical details happening in our brain. They key is not to suppress the negative, but to seek out and foster positive facts and turn them into positive experiences. Focusing on positive experiences for 5, 10 or 20 seconds, and even beyond their momentary impact, causes neurons to fire and wire together, dopamine to be released and actually changes the structure of your brain.

by Gail Lord

Lester R. Brown World On The Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse Norton Company, New York, NY, 2011

Recycling papers and swapping out light bulbs isn’t going to restore our planet. While these well-intentioned steps are necessary, global environmental leader Lester Brown says these actions aren’t nearly enough. World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse documents in detail how we journeyed so far down the wrong path and offers what the Earth Policy Institute calls Plan B — concrete solutions for rescuing the planet. Plan B includes four components: a massive decrease in global carbon emissions (a cut of 80 percent by 2020), the eradication of poverty, the stabilization of the world population (8 billion by 2040), and restoring the planet’s natural landscape.

Yes, Plan B is a monumental undertaking. Yet when Brown feels overwhelmed, he recalls the history of the U.S. participation in World War II. Though initially resisting involvement, the attack on Pearl Harbor led the U.S. to fully engage in World War II. In 1942, one month after the Pearl Harbor bombing, President Roosevelt announced the country would produce 45,000 tanks, 60,000 planes and several thousand ships. No one had ever seen such huge arms production numbers. Public skepticism abounded.

Roosevelt told auto industry leaders the country relied on them. Shortly thereafter, the sale of new cars were banned for nearly three years; residential and highway construction was halted. People planted victory gardens and rationed gasoline and sugar. Factories converted to making war goods. “It did not take decades to restructure the U.S. industrial economy. It did not take years. It was done in a matter of months,” writes Brown. And within three and a half years the U.S. helped lead the Allied Forces to victory. By addressing Plan B with an urgency and scale comparable to the U.S. mobilization for World War II, it is possible to quickly shift away from business as usual and keep our global civilization from unraveling.

Gail Lord is a freelance writer living in Massachusetts. Please send book review copies to 51 North Street, Grafton, MA 01519 or email socbookreviewer@gmail.com.

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3/5 — REIKI CERTIFICATION. Wilton, NH. Libby Barnett, MSW. 31 years experience. Reiki Energy Medicine co-author. Notebook, pin, certificate awarded.

Visa/MC accepted. CEU’s. Call (603) 654-2787. www.reikienergy.com. Reiki II: 3/6.

3/6 — LEARN TO SEE AURAS WITH LOURDES GRAY, PH.D., CCHT, RMT, in Jaffrey, NH. Auras contain information about physical, mental and emotional states.

We will show you what to look for, and how to develop your inner vision to see auras around people, animals and plants anytime you wish. The process is surprisingly easy! $135 tuition includes aura viewing practice CD, aura

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3/7-3/8 — REIKI II WITH LISA CAMPION. Reiki II gives you the Reiki symbols and long distance Reiki. Put the power of healing in your own hands. $150, 7-9pm. Solstice Healing Arts, Medway, MA. www.solsticehealing.com.

John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing in Jaffrey, NH. Awaken your healing skills! The John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing is recognized and acknowledged as the leader in the field of Reiki training for its commitment to excellence in Reiki education. Two days of learning, handson practice and no cut corners certifies you immediately to work on yourself, others and pets. Notebook and certificate awarded. 13.0 CEUs Visa/MC. Call or go online to sign up now. (603) 899-3288. www.learnreiki.org.

3/10 — MERCURY TOXICITY AND DETOXIFICATION. Free lecture, 7pm at Groton Wellness in Groton,

3/13 — HEALING AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT: APPLY COLOR AND LIGHT THERAPY TREATMENTS. Dis-

MA. Call (978) 449-9919 or visit www.grotonwellness. com for a complete schedule of free health presentations weekly.

3/11 — NEW BEAT POETS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ENERGY SENSITIVE. Become the expression of your poem. “Thoughts are sound when you say them aloud.”

For next performance see www.NewBeatPoets.com.

3/11 — RESTORATIVE YOGA WITH ANN BISSANTI starts Friday, March 11. 5:30pm-7pm. 5 weeks. $90.

Call Amethyst Point to register (508) 753-3975. www.amethystpoint.com.

3/12 — ATTAIN FREEDOM FROM ANXIETY, OVERWHELM AND WORRY! An empowering experiential to help set you free! Explore the hidden gifts of fear, stress, overwhelm, worry; engage anxieties as allies; create beneficial bio-chemicals in your brain and body without medicine or supplements and get tools to help your everyday life using sound, music, meditation, hypnotherapy, aromatherapy and net-neutral ionic tools! Details: TheWayToBalance.com; (978) 834-0341. 9am-4pm; $85.

3/12 — ENERGY THEATER: LAUGHTER, COMEDY, MUSIC AND AMAZING MYSTICAL EXPERIENCES. Energy Theater is about heightened perceptions, an increase of physical ability, an increase in mental abilities,

cover how color and light therapies can heal illness, emotional issues, encourage light-body transition, rejuvenate the body. Get answers to whether sunglasses are harmful, fluorescent lights cause skin cancer, sunscreen is helpful, and more. Learn to apply color and light therapy for health issues-at home or in your healthcare practice! Details: TheWayToBalance.com; (978) 834-0341. 9am-4pm. $100.

3/15 — 200-HOUR VINYASA YOGA TEACHER TRAINING BEGINS. Led by Victoria Haffer. Runs through December at Yoga At The Ashram in Millis, MA. Call (508) 376-4525 or visit www.yogaattheashram.org for details and registration.

3/16 — PEER SUPERVISION FOR THE MASSAGE THERAPIST. This workshop gives you an opportunity to explore solutions to challenging client situations, receive peer support and input through case presentations, group discussion and review of ethical bodywork practice. 3 contact hours. $45. Details: To register and pay online www.gcc.mass.edu/shopcreditfree or call (413) 775-1803.

3/18-3/19 — FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY AND ASSESSMENT OF THE SPINE, THORAX AND LOWBACK for massage therapists and health professionals.

An in-depth study of the functional anatomy of the spine and pelvic connections and the thorax through review and palpation exchange, followed by assessment techniques and

symptom interpretation. 9.5 contact hours. $149. Details: To register and pay online www.gcc.mass.edu/shopcreditfree or call (413) 775-1803.

Woburn, MA. Vortex is a divine energy therapy, focused on healing and the acceleration of spiritual awakening. www.lorrainegoldbloom.com.

3/18-3/20 — READ AND PLAY MUSIC in a weekend!

World famous Understanding of Music Seminars (www. understandingofmusic.com) turns beginners into musicians, revitalizes and inspires even pro musicians. 169 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. (781) 599-1476. or sallee@dlorien.com. www.signup.understandingofmusic.com

3/30-4/27 — HYPNOBIRTHING CLASSES WITH JENNIFER SCALISE, LMT/Certified Hypnobirthing instructor.

3/19 — DON’T MISS SPECIAL ONE-DAY PROGRAMS featuring Lynn Sparrow March 19 in North Haven, CT and Dr. C. Norman Shealy April 16 in Lexington, MA. Sponsored by Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. edgarcayce.org/fieldconferences or 888-273-0200.

3/19 — REIKI CERTIFICATION. Wilton, NH. Libby Barnett, MSW. 31 years experience. Reiki Energy Medicine co-author. Notebook, pin, certificate awarded.

Visa/MC accepted. CEU’s. Call (603) 654-2787 or www.reikienergy.com. Reiki II: 3/20.

3/19 —RELATING TO FOOD AND OUR BODIES: “Healing of Emotional Overeating from Bioenergetic and Mindfulness Perspectives.” Taught by Judy Silvan, LICSW, CBT. (Certified Bioenergetic Therapist). 10am-1pm, $75, Cambridge, MA. Pre-registration required. Call (617) 576-3095 or email judysilvan@mac.com for questions or registration.

5 weeks. 6-8:30pm. $200 per couple. Call Amethyst Point to register. (508) 753-3975. www.amethystpoint.com.

April 4/1 — I AM, THE FILM. Opening at Landmark Theatres, Kendall Square in Cambridge. 617-499-1996.

Visit iamthedoc.com for other locations and times.

4/1-4/2 — FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY AND ASSESSMENT OF THE HIP AND PELVIS for massage therapists and health professionals. An in-depth study of the functional anatomy of the ilio-femeral joint and pelvis through review and palpation exchange; followed by assessment techniques and symptom interpretation. 9.5 contact hours. $149. To register and pay online www.gcc.mass.edu/shopcreditfree or call (413) 775-1803.

4/1-4/3 — UK AUTHOR DIANA COOPER’S FIRST VISIT TO THE EAST COAST. Diana Cooper is the author of numerous books on angels, orbs, 2012, ascension and more. Friday evening 4/1 she talks on her newest book “Keys to the Universe” in Andover, MA. She teaches in Nashua, NH for the weekend offering a full day workshop “2012 and Beyond” on Saturday and a Lemurian healing course on Sunday. Learn more at www.circlesofwisdom.com or www.divinehealing.net or call (978) 474-8010.

4/1-4/4 — MATRIX ENERGETICS LEVELS 1 AND 2: Hyatt Regency Jersey City/Newark. During this lifechanging weekend we will learn the art of rewriting any rule about your reality: your health, career, relationships, and even your understanding of what is physically possible.

Join Dr. Richard Bartlett in a freewheeling, playful and possibility-expanding journey that will shatter your preconceptions about the universe we live in and how unlimited your potential to change it truly is. Embrace a reality where anything goes, miracles happen and nothing is beyond your reach! (800) 269-9513 or www.matrixenergetics.com for information or to register.

3/20 — COMMUNITY AS HEALER 1/2 DAY WORKSHOP. Learn to be part of a safe, heartful healing team where we literally lend a helping hand. Newton, MA. Contact Linda (617) 965-7846, LSMHEART@aol.com, www.healingheartpower.com.

3/20 — SETTING BOUNDARIES IN RELATIONSHIPS TELE-CLASS. Checkbook in the red, health suffering or feeling drained, resentful or without time for yourself? Then boundaries are worth exploring with Dr. Trish Whynot. Visit www.trishwhynot.com or call (978) 314-4545.

3/21 — PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT FOR ENERGY WORKERS with Lisa Campion. Learn practical and easy to use tools to develop your psychic skills. Meets 4 times every other Monday night. 3/21, 4/4, 4/18, 5/2. $40 per class. 7-9pm. Solstice Healing Arts, Medway, MA. www.solsticehealing.com.

3/23 — THE ART OF NATURAL BREATHING WITH DUNJA. Dunja uses the breath as a tool for healing, stress reduction, and increasing awareness of one’s life. 7-9pm. Solstice Healing Arts, Medway MA. www.solsticehealing.com

3/24 — UNDERSTANDING BIOIDENTICAL HORMONES. Free lecture, 7pm at Groton Wellness in Groton, MA. Call (978) 449-9919 or visit www.grotonwellness. com for a complete schedule of free health presentations weekly.

3/26 — REIKI CERTIFICATION. Newton, MA. Libby Barnett, MSW. 31 years experience. Reiki Energy Medicine co-author. Notebook, pin, certificate awarded.

Visa/MC accepted. CEU’s. Call (603) 654-2787 or www.reikienergy.com. Reiki II: 3/27.

3/27 – FREE GROUP HEALING AND TALK ABOUT VORTEX® HEALING with Lorraine Goldbloom.

7pm. Best Western New Englander, 1 Rainin Road,

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4/2-4/9 — Meet Diana Cooper on her Keys To The Universe tour. See April listing or visit www.dianacooper.com.

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Melrose, MA. For information: Amy Kreydin (617) 794-4755 or www.thebarefootdragonfly.com.

4/5 — DENTAL SECRETS, A LIFETIME OF HEALTH. Free lecture, 7pm at Groton Wellness in Groton, MA. Call (978) 449-9919 or visit www.grotonwellness.com for a complete schedule of free health presentations weekly.

4/8, 4/9 & 4/10 — CELESTIAL RETREAT. Relax, integrate mind, body and spirit. Healthy lifestyle 3-day retreat plus 6-week follow up support with Lin Hourihan, holistic health counselor/practitioner. Gourmet celiac food prepared by chef Richard Maldonado. Experience massage, life counseling, body sculpting, yoga, ocean walks, meditation, breathing exercise. $595 per person for retreat only. $793 per person for retreat plus Hampton Inn & Suites overnight package. You must RSVP to attend: themassageclinic@sbcglobal.net. To reserve a room at the Hampton Inn & Suites call (203) 9320404 (mention The Massage Clinic when you call).

4/9 — THE CONSTELLATION APPROACH provides the Family Constellation Method to experience healing with one’s family of origin, current family and present relationships. Seminar participants may have an opportunity to “set up” a constellation, to “stand in” as representatives for members in other’s constellations, and to observe the constellations of others. Saturday, 9:30–6, $140. To register: www.ConstellationApproach.com. (617) 484-4325.

4/9 — FINDING YOUR WAY: INTUITIVE MESSAGES FOR THE MIND, BODY AND SPIRIT. Join worldrenowned author and psychic medium John Holland, medical intuitive and author Carol Ritberger, and gifted psychic medium Lauren Rainbow for an enlightening day of inspiration, insights, intuitive readings and heartfelt messages from the other side. Held at the Wyndham Hotel in Andover, MA. www.circlesofwisdom.com. (978) 474-8010.

4/9 — YOGA AT THE ASHRAM PRESENTS David

4/1-4/4 —Join Dr. Richard Bartlett in a playful and possibility-expanding journey that will shatter your preconceptions about the universe we live in and your unlimited potential to shape it. See April listing or visit www.matrixenergetics.com.

Newman (Durga Das). Inner Fire Yoga Workshop 3-5pm.

Live in concert 7pm. Millis, MA. (508) 376-4525. www.YogaAtTheAshram.org.

4/9-10 — THE WAY OF THE SHAMAN® BASIC STUDIES WORKSHOP. Taught by Nan Moss and David

4/2 — SUZANE NORTHROP, world renowned medium, will be hosted at Sirius Community. Sirius is an intentional, spiritual community located in Shutesbury, MA and hosts a variety of speakers and workshops. Visit www.SiriusCommunity.com.

excellence in Reiki education. Two days of learning, handson practice and no cut corners certifies you immediately to work on yourself, others and pets. Notebook and certificate awarded. 13.0 CEUs Visa/MC. Call or go online to sign up now. (603) 899-3288. www.learnreiki.org.

Corbin, Foundation for Shamanic Studies faculty and authors of Weather Shamanism: Harmonizing our Connection with the Elements. Boston area. For info or to register contact Dave Perry david_perry@parkschool.org or (508) 376-6298.

Visit www.shamanscircle.com for full schedule.

4/2 — PROFIT AND ETHICS FOR THE BODYWORK PRACTITIONER. Explore ethics from a vibrant perspec-

4/2-4/9 — MEET DIANA COOPER, KEYS TO THE UNIVERSE TOUR. For more information go to

tive by looking at the connection between the ethics of the therapeutic relationship and income. Topics include: a client relationship marketing plan; attracting the perfect client; differential advantage and increasing business profit. 4.5 contact hours. $59. To register and pay online www.gcc. mass.edu/shopcreditfree or call (413) 775-1803. $59

www.dianacooper.com.

4/10 — REIKI 1 CERTIFICATION WITH SHERRY MITCHELL, REIKI MASTER. 10am-5pm. $150. Call

4/2 — REIKI III WITH LISA CAMPION. Learn the Master level symbols and how to give attunements. Reiki III all in one day. $250. 10am- 4pm. Solstice Healing Arts, Medway, MA. www.solsticehealing.com.

4/2-4/3 — REIKI I CERTIFICATION presented by The John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing in Belmont, MA. Awaken your healing skills! The John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing is recognized and acknowledged as the leader in the field of Reiki training for its commitment to 52 Spirit of Change | SPRING 2011

4/3 — DISCOVER THE POSSIBILITIES. 3rd Annual DiscoverYou Holistic & Wellness Expo, Twin River Event Center, Lincoln, RI. 100 exhibitors, speakers and demonstrations, gong ensemble, drumming and labyrinth.

DiscoverYouExpo.com or (401) 769-1325 x11.

Amethyst Point to register (508) 753-3975. www.amethystpoint.com.

4/3 — MEDITATION WORKSHOP. Half-day work-

4/11 — EYES IN FOCUS. Day-long classes. See more comfortably and clearly by relaxing and expanding your range of vision. Get tools for continuing at home. For information: www.visioneducators.com or Rosemary Gaddum Gordon (617) 354-8360 or (207) 439 9821.

shop for beginners, Sunday morning, 8:30 am to noon.

Cost: $40. Learn simple techniques to quiet the mind and discover inner stillness. www.advaitameditation.org. 28 Worcester Lane, Waltham, MA.

starts Tuesday, April 12, 7:30-9pm. 12 weeks. Call Amethyst Point to register (508) 753-3975. www.amethystpoint.com.

4/3 — PRESSURE POINT THERAPY IN THE LABOR ROOM. Learn reflexology and acupressure comfort techniques for mom during labor in this 4-hour workshop.

4/12 — TAI CHI/QIGONG WITH GREG AVEDISSIAN

4/15-4/18 — RAMONA GARCIA visits Amethyst Point.

Workshop TBA Friday, April 15- 7pm. Individual readings Saturday, April 16 through Monday, April 18. Call Amethyst

Point to make your appointment (508) 753-3975. www.amethystpoint.com.

4-16 — BRINGING YOGA, SOMATIC PSYCHOLOGY AND AYURVEDA INTO HEALING RELATIONSHIPS. Professional training for caregivers, mental health and healthcare professionals. CEUs for psychologists, social workers, licensed mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, substance abuse counselors and nurses. White Elephant Yoga, Orange, MA, off Rt. 2. Two Saturdays per month, begins April 16. (413) 586-6384. www.yogainpsychotherapy.com.

4/16 — LIGHT AND SOUND HEALING TRAINING. Saturday, 10-5, $135 at Eye of the Eagle Center, 122 Chestnut Street, Andover, MA. Taught by shamanic healer Leontine Hartzell. Learn methods for healing using transformational vibrations. Pre-registration required. www.eyeofeagle.org, (978) 475-1268.

4/16 — RITA BERKOWITZ. In this workshop Rita will be working on all levels of mediumship, teaching you how to connect with loved ones on the higher side of life. Please bring and a small object that belonged to a deceased person and a photograph of a deceased person whose story you know. 10-4pm. $135. Solstice Healing Arts, Medway, MA. www.solsticehealing.com.

4/16 — MEDICAL INTUITION: YOUR AWAKENING TO WHOLENESS OF SPIRIT, MIND AND BODY. With C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD. 9am-4:30pm at the Hancock United Church of Christ, Lexington, MA. Presented by Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. visit www.edgarCayce.org/fieldconferences or Contact (888) 273-0020 for information and registration.

4/16-4/17 — 26TH ANNUAL WHOLE HEALTH EXPO.

4/24 — WALKING THE DEAD with Lourdes Gray, Ph.D., CCHT, RMT. The John Harvey Gray Center

4/30 — THE RINGS OF ODEN MODULE 1: NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR QUANTUM HEALING. The Rings

for Reiki Healing, Jaffrey, NH. Learn advanced Reiki techniques to assist individuals who are either getting ready to transition out of this life, or have already physically died, but have not fully transitioned into Spirit. The process of transitioning, the steps that must be taken in order to leave Earth’s plane, and the process of crossing over into cosmic consciousness are explained to the student. Prerequisite: Reiki II. Visa/MC. Call or go online to sign up now.

(603) 899-3288. http://www.learnreiki.org.

combine sacred geometry, DNA re-Patterning, crop circles, and cell microbiology concepts through revolutionary technology, net-neutral ionic energy. Ring vortices open stuck areas, increasing light resonance in the body. Experience configurations that enhance mental clarity, endocrine, immune systems, liver/gallbladder functions, etc. 9am– 4pm. Presented by founders Sue and Aaron Singleton. $85.

Details: TheWayToBalance.com; (978) 834-0341.

4/29-5/1 — RADIANT CHILD YOGA TEACHER TRAINING. Designed for anyone interested in teaching children yoga. All levels are welcome. Teachers, parents, caregivers and yoga practitioners! For more info: www.tenthgateyogacenter.com or (401) 683-9642.

4/29-5/1 — BECOME A MASTER LOVER WITH TANTRA: THE ART OF CONSCIOUS LOVING®. Join tantra masters Charles Muir and Leah Alchin. Beginner weekend seminar for couples and singles. Boston, MA. www.sourcetantra.com or Boston@sourcetantra.com.

4/30 — EYES IN FOCUS. Day-long class. See more comfortably and clearly by relaxing and expanding your range of vision. Get tools for continuing at home. For information: www.visioneducators.com or Rosemary Gaddum Gordon (617) 354-8360 or (207) 439-9821.

4/30 — REIKI CERTIFICATION. Martha’s Vineyard.

Libby Barnett, MSW. 31 years experience. Reiki Energy Medicine co-author. Notebook, pin, certificate awarded.

Visa/MC accepted. CEU’s. Call (603) 654-2787. www.reikienergy.com. Reiki II: 5/1.

May 5/1 — INTRODUCTION TO STONE PLAY: CRYSTAL VORTICES FOR FUN AND TRANSFORMATION. Stone Play uses natural crystals in sacred geometric patterns to create energy vortices and patterns for fun, healing and spiritual transformation. Great for novices or experienced crystal buffs! Learn layouts to create energy vortices, heal/balance your 2nd chakra, take the great step inside the Great Pyramid, explore Stonehenge, release vaccine residues, and more! $40. 9am-noon. Details: TheWayToBalance.com; (978) 834-0341.

5/1 — CRYSTAL MATRIX HEALING WORKSHOP! (New!) 1:30-4:30pm. See workshop details at TheWayToBalance.com; (978) 834-0341.

5/4 — WEIGHT LOSS THROUGH HYPNOSIS AND COACHING. 6:30-7:30pm. Five-week course every other week through June 29. Get ready for summer. $120. Diane Gelinas, MSW, CH. www.reikienergymedicine.com. (603) 483-0132.

Northampton, MA. Info: www.WholeHealthExpo.com or email Producer@WholeHealthExpo.com or call (866) 9433976. Over 100 talks and exhibits. Tickets $12/day; $18/ weekend. Keynotes by Dr. Bernie Siegel and Esther Perel.

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4/17 — ART IN THE GARDEN. 11am-4pm. 93 East Main Street, Route 135, Hopkinton, MA. 50 Local artisans will be selling their handmade wares at Weston Nurseries in Hopkinton. $1 entrance to benefit The Mazie Mentoring Program. Hosted by Holistic Treasures, (508) 380-2612, www.holistic-treasures.com.

4/22 — THE ART OF NATURAL BREATHING WITH DUNJA. Dunja uses the breath as a tool for healing, stress reduction, and increasing awareness of one’s life. 7-9pm. Solstice Healing Arts, Medway, MA. www.solsticehealing.com.

4/23 — MASSAGE FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. Tired of giving “friendly back rubs” and needing one yourself after you’re done? This workshop will guide you to use your body ergonomically while providing a safe, effective massage routine. $45. Details: To register and pay online www.gcc.mass.edu/shopcreditfree or call (413) 775-1803.

4/23 — REIKI CRYSTAL HEALING WORKSHOP with Lourdes Gray, Ph.D., CCHT, RMT. The John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing, Jaffrey, NH. Learn to use Reiki and crystals as powerful healing tools for balancing the mind, body and spirit. Discover how to balance chakras, clear energy fields, charge crystals with Reiki, select the right crystals for yourself and for your client, create crystal healing layouts, program crystals and much more. Visa/MC. Call or go online to sign up now.

(603) 899-3288. http://www.learnreiki.org.

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5/28 — Begin your herbal training this spring with seven weekends of intensive study of medicinal plants at the Boston School of Herbal Studies. See May listing or visit bostonherbalstudies.com.

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5/7 — HOLISTIC HEALTH AND PSYCHIC FAIR. Saturday from 10-5pm. Free admission. At the Blue Hills, 1-3 Blue Hill River Road, off Route 138N, Canton, MA. Sponsored by the Canton Spiritualist Church. (617) 469-2568 or www.cantonspiritualistchurchsite.bravehost.com.

5/7 — NATURE AWARENESS: NATIVE WISDOM AND SKILLS, Harmony Center in Medfield, MA. Deepen your connection with nature by expanding your awareness skills. Practices include: fox walking, wide angle vision, guided meditations, sit spots. (508) 359-8056. www.harmony-center.org.

5/7 — SHOULDER TREATMENT TECHNIQUES FOR MASSAGE THERAPISTS/BODY WORKERS. Improve treatment results for clients with shoulder pain/limitations.

Explore treatment options for client scenarios through discussion and hands-on application including slow passive joint movement, myofascial techniques, therapeutic stretching and gravity poses. 5.5 contact hours. $75. Details: To register and pay online www.gcc.mass.edu/shopcreditfree or call (413) 775-1803.

5/7-5/8 — REIKI II CERTIFICATION presented by The John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing. Belmont, MA. Awaken your healing skills! The John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing is recognized and acknowledged as the leader in the field of Reiki training for its commitment to excellence in Reiki education. Two days of learning, handson practice and no cut corners certifies you immediately to work on yourself, others and pets. Notebook and certificate awarded. 13.0 CEUs Visa/MC. Call or go online to sign up now. (603) 899-3288. www.learnreiki.org.

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5/13 — MESSAGES FROM HEAVEN. In this inspiring and educational workshop, Gayle will demonstrate her astounding gifts by offering loving, healing for family, friends and pets as a positive, empowering psychic guidance for as many people as possible and as directed by Spirit.

6-9:30pm. Solstice Healing Arts, Medway, MA. www.solsticehealing.com.

5/14 — THE CONSTELLATION APPROACH provides the Family Constellation Method to experience healing with one’s family of origin, current family and present relationships. Seminar participants may have an opportunity to “set up” a constellation, to “stand in” as representatives for members in other’s constellations, and to observe the constellations of others. Saturday, 9:30–6, $140. To register: www.ConstellationApproach.com, (617) 484-4325.

5/14 — A CELEBRATION OF SPIRIT: WAINWRIGHT HOUSE’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY. 2-7pm. Speaker: Barbara Marx Hubbard, futurist social innovator, followed by salons for interactive dialogue. www.wainwright.org.

5/14 — REIKI CERTIFICATION. Wilton, NH. Libby Barnett, MSW. 31 years experience. Reiki Energy Medicine co-author. Notebook, pin, certificate awarded.

Visa/MC accepted. CEU’s. Call (603) 654-2787. www.reikienergy.com. Reiki II: 5/15.

5/14 — TRANSFORMATIONAL BEING WORKSHOP with Tom Lindsley. Enjoy great actions and habits that make you feel better every day. Come find out how simple daily routines, coupled with healthy food and how you think can transform your life, making you feel and look younger. Cost: $45, green smoothie included. 10-12:30pm.

Learn more and register: www.greenprophet.info.

UPCOMING 6/4 — REIKI CERTIFICATION. Newton, MA. Libby Barnett, MSW. 31 years experience. Reiki Energy Medicine co-author. Notebook, pin, certificate awarded.

Visa/MC accepted. CEU’s. Call (603) 654-2787. www.reikienergy.com. Reiki II: 6/5.

6/11 — REIKI CERTIFICATION. Wilton, NH. Libby Barnett, MSW. 31 years experience. Reiki Energy Medicine co-author. Notebook, pin, certificate awarded. Visa/MC accepted. CEU’s. Call (603) 654-2787. www.reikienergy. com. Reiki II: 6/12.

6/11-6/12 — MEDICAL INTUITION WORKSHOP with Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz. Learn how to use medical intuition for healing and spiritual development. Freeport, ME. Details: (703) 651-6493. www.Dr. MonaLisa.com.

6/14-19 — TRANSFORMATIONAL BREATHWORK. Featured weekend workshop at Sirius Community, Shutesbury, MA. Visit www.SiriusCommunity.org or call (413) 259-1251 for details and to register.

6/18-19 — THE WAY OF THE SHAMAN® BASIC STUDIES WORKSHOP. Taught by Nan Moss and David

Call Amethyst Point to register (508) 753-3975. www.amethystpoint.com.

5/19-5/22 — LEVEL 1 THAI MASSAGE WITH ANANDA APFELBAUM, LMT. 30 CEUs. $595. Call Amethyst

6/24-6/26 — 10TH INTERNATIONAL HERB SYMPOSIUM. Celebrating the healing power of plants. More than

5/21 — OPENING THE HEART WORKSHOP with Shelley Loheed. Experience a deepening of the heart. This workshop synergistically blends exercises, breath, posture, nutrition, and meditation to open you to new levels of joy and understanding. 10-4pm. Cost: $90 or $115 with healthy lunch and green smoothie! Learn more and register: www.Kundaliniyogawithsahaj.com.

5/21 — PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT, PAST LIVES AND ANGEL COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP with Ross J.

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plants to enhance physical and emotional health; plant identification and field trips; creating your own teas, tinctures, salves and oils; facial and pulse diagnosis, and much more. The Boston School of Herbal Studies. Call (781) 6466319 or visit bostonherbalstudies.com.

Corbin, Foundation for Shamanic Studies faculty and authors of Weather Shamanism: Harmonizing our Connection with the Elements. Port Clyde, ME. For info or to register contact info@shamanscircle.com or call (207) 372-8823.

Visit www.shamanscircle.com for full schedule.

5/15 — REIKI 2 CERTIFICATION WITH SHERRY MITCHELL, REIKI MASTER. 10am-5pm. $150.

Point to register (508) 753-3975. www.amethystpoint.com.

5/14 — Hear futurist social innovator Barbara Marx Hubbard and join in interactive dialogue salons at Wainwright House’s 60th Anniversary “Celebration of Spirit” in Rye, NY. See May listing or visit www.wainwright.org.

5/28 –11/12 — HERBAL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. Seven weekends. Intensive study of medicinal

90 workshops for beginners to advanced studies. Keynote address by Paul Stamets. Held at Wheaton College. For details www.internationalherbsymposium.com.

6/25 — REIKI CERTIFICATION. Concord, MA. Libby Barnett, MSW. 31 years experience. Reiki Energy Medicine co-author. Notebook, pin, certificate awarded.

Visa/MC accepted. CEU’s. Call (603) 654-2787. www.reikienergy.com. Reiki II: 6/26.

6/25-6/26 — INCREASING CREATIVITY THROUGH MOVEMENT workshop with dancer/choreographer Sallee

Miller, psychic healer, medium, regression therapist. In this unique, experiential workshop you’ll learn how to identify your guardian angels and spirit guides by name and receive their guidance, healing and inspiration; discover your soul’s life purpose; experience two of your past lives and heal the residual karma from them; give psychic readings to others in class and more. Saturday, 10am-5pm, Newton, MA. To register for the workshop or to schedule a psychic or pastlife reading or healing session in person or over the phone, visit our website: www.TheMysticWay.com or call Ross J. Miller (617) 527-3583.

medicine from The Four Winds Society, held at Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA. Call (888) 437-4077 or visit www. thefourwinds.com for details.

5/24-6/4 — COME JOIN US IN PARADISE. Swim with dolphins in the wild off the Kona coast on the Big Island of Hawaii. For more details call Pam (978) 592-8288.

7/16-7/17 — SINGING SEMINAR. Find your voice and be the singer you want to be. World famous seminars (www.understandingofmusic.com). Strengthen your voice,

Slagle. Free your creative body, increase personal space and experience your body as the instrument of expression. For anyone wanting to be more creative and comfortable with their body. www.dlorien.com/creativity (781) 599-1476. sallee@dancedimensions.org,

6/26-7/1 — THE LIGHT BODY SCHOOL TRAINING SESSION BEGINS. Receive professional training in energy

become more confident, increase your range and more.

(781) 599-1476 or sign-up online http://www.signup. understandingofmusic.com or sallee@dlorien.com.

AUGUST — KRI LEVEL 1 KUNDALINI YOGA TEACHER TRAINING. With Hari Kaur Khalsa and Mata Mandir Singh Khalsa. Begins in August 2011 in the beautiful coastal community of Portsmouth, RI. Call (401) 683-9642 or visit www.tenthgateyogacenter.com for details.

9/24-25 — 5th ANNUAL NATURAL LIVING EXPO in Sturbridge, MA. Save the date! 135 exhibits and 75 workshops in one weekend holistic extravaganza. Sponsored by Spirit of Change Magazine. Watch www.naturalexpo.org for details.

ONGOING TAI CHI AND QI GONG CLASSES at Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, led by Dr. Ming Wu. $98 for 8 weeks. Tai Chi class is 9:30am-10:30am. Qi Gong class is 10:30am11:30am. Visit www.wuhealing.com or call (978) 461-2168.

EKP BODY PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP meets Sunday nights from 6-8pm in Newton. A space for deep, heartfull healing work in a safe community. Contact Linda (617) 965-7846, LSMHEART@aol.com www.healingheartpower.com.

MONTHLY MINDFUL MEAL AND MEDITATION CIRCLE. 2nd Wednesday each month. The Gathering Inn Women’s Spiritual Center and Retreat House, Hubbardston, MA. 6:30-8:30pm. Free potluck dinner, guided meditation.

Beginners welcome. www.gatheringinn.org. (978) 820-1139.

MCKS PRANIC HEALING FULL MOON MEDITATIONS. March 17th, May 19th, weekly meditations.

Holy Molé

Miriam G. Smith, M.S.ED. (978) 683-8129. mgsenergy@ comcast.net. PranicHealingNE.com.

EARTH HEALING GRANDMOTHERSSPEAK GROUP meets the first Sunday of the month at 4:30pm in Metrowest. Contact Karen at reikimagic@comcast.net or visit www.grandmothersspeak.com.

DR. BERNIE SIEGEL’S MONTHLY SUPPORT GROUP meets the first Wednesday of each month at 7 to 9pm in Simsbury, CT at Wisdom of the Ages. Call (860) 651-1172 or visit www.wisdomoftheages.biz.

PROVIDENCE ZEN CENTER. Free walk-in instruction, Wednesdays at 6:15pm. 99 Pound Rd, Cumberland, RI. (401) 658-1464. Pzc@kwanumzen.org. www.providencezen.org.

SHAMANIC DRUMMING CIRCLE founded 1993. Usually second and fourth Fridays of every month. 7pm. Quaker Meetinghouse, Cambridge, MA. Open to all, instruction available. Contact Terrence (978) 952-2704 or Emily (781) 641-3980. Or visit www.cambridgeshamaniccircle.org.

SPIRITUAL MEDIUMSHIP/PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT CIRCLE. Monday pm or Wednesday am at Circles of Wisdom, Andover, MA. Call (978) 474-8010 or visit www.circlesofwisdom.com for details.

UNITY CHURCH offers weekly Sunday service at 10am.

Welcoming and affirming we offer meditation, song, and a spiritual boost. 21 Cedar Street, Worcester, MA. www.unityofcentralma.org. www.spiritofchange.org

FREE Self-Help study group on Advanced Energy Healing, conducted by Dr. Kusmis, ULCS Clinic. (603) 286-8191. Ongoing, 3rd Tuesday each month, 6-9pm. For directions and to reserve a seat, RSVP at www.meetup.com/Advanced-Energy-Healing.

THE WELLNESS ROUNDTABLE HOLISTIC PRACTITIONERS NETWORK. The WRT is dedicated to inspiring, educating and supporting wellness practitioners/providers.

Low key, friendly networking and collaborative attitude towards building community and thriving practices. Monthly meetings (Sept-June) 9-10:30 a.m., First Parish UU, Northboro. Contact marilyn@confident-directions.com.

CHILDREN’S YOGA TEACHER TRAININGS. ChildLight Yoga (kids 2-12): Boston, MA May 13-15; Frederick, MD June 24-26; Philadelphia, PA July 22-24; Wilmington, NC August 5-7; Dover, NH August 19-21. Also, Yoga 4 Classrooms Teacher Workshop: Dover, NH April 30 or August 22. www.childlightyoga.com. (603) 781-3323.

CLASSES IN CHANNELING AND SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION with Vywamus, a teacher of higher consciousness, channeled by Andrea Seiver. Have a personal reading, join Spring 2011 Learn to Channel class (begins April 19), enjoy Evenings with Vywamus. (617) 332-1541, www.andreaseiver.com.

ENERGY MEDICINE STUDY GROUP. Optimize health, cognition and emotional well-being with energy self-care.

Taught by Cerridwen, M.A., Eden Energy Medicine certified practitioner. Saturdays monthly 2:00-4:30pm, 3/26, 4/23, 5/7, ...TBA, Littleton, MA. Free. www.aligningenergies.com.

GUIDED MEDITATIONS are held every Sunday from 4pm- 5:30pm. $10. At Off-Season Sports & Physical Therapy, 1820 Turnpike Street, Suite 200, North Andover, MA. (978) 688-6181. www.theoffseason.net.

THE ECLECTIC INSTITUTE OF AROMATHERAPY AND HERBAL STUDIES SPRING COURSES: 3/18 Palmistry, Arlington MA. 3/20 Palmistry, Providence RI. 3/27 Herbal Certification, Glendale RI. 4/3 Herbal Certification, Winchendon MA. 4/9 Aromatherapy Certification, Summerset MA. 4/16 Soap Making Workshop, Dighton MA. Offer by www.aromatherapyandherbalstudies.com. (978) 297-4502.

MONTHLY REIKI CLINIC. Brenner Reiki Healing, Newton, provides Reiki treatments the first Friday of each month, 7-9 pm ($10 to cover expenses). Additional services include Reiki classes and private treatments. Elise Brenner, Ph.D., Reiki Master teacher, can be reached at (617) 244-8856, eliseb@rcn.com, www.brennerreikihealing.com. Give yourself the gift of Reiki!

PARENTING THE PARENT WORKSHOP. Join Dr. Stefan Battle, Ed.D., MSW a child therapist and family coach in a workshop that provides self-reflection and self-identity for potential, new and existing parents to explore their beliefs and attitudes about parenting. Many, if not all parents, come to the role of parenting influenced by the beliefs and attitudes of their own parents. To assist with this type of exploration, the workshop will use the following interconnected frameworks: ennegram, birth order and family roles. The use of these frameworks will challenge parents’ subconscious beliefs and attitudes about parenting. The cost of the workshop is $50. CEU’s will be offered by the RI and MA National Association of Social Workers. For more

4/1 — What if the solution to the world’s problems was right in front of us all along? From the director of “Bruce Almighty” and “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” screenings for Tom Shadyac’s new film “I Am” open in Cambridge. See April listing or visit www.iamthedoc.com for info and times. information, please contact familyfriendsri@aol.com to register for this session and to find out location, date and time of the workshop.

REIKI TREATMENTS, Love offering basis. Kathryn Deputat, Reiki Master. Hands-on or remotely, Tuesday/Thursday 10-8, by appointment: www.bostonreikihealing.com.

(617) 522-2737.

HEALER SHARE. Come and try some Reiki and Full Spectrum healing. The healer share is open to all energy healers to come and practice healing. 3/15, 4/12, 5/10.

7-9pm. $10 donation. Solstice Healing Arts, Medway MA. www.solsticehealing.com.

ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP in Brookline Saturday March 26, April 30, May 28.

Come and learn to activate your postural reflexes so you can stop creating excess tension as you go about your daily activities. As a result, gain greater ease of movement and improved postural balance! Cecile Raynor @ (617) 359-7841 www.alexandertec.com. Registration required

by Friday.

SUNDAY PACIFIST SERVICE. 10-11am at the Peace Abbey, 2 North Main Street, Sherborn, MA. Call (508) 6552143 or visit www.peaceabbey.org for more information.

SPIRITUAL MEDIUMSHIP/PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT CIRCLE. Monday pm or Wednesday am at Circles of Wisdom, Andover, MA. Call (978) 474-8010 or visit www.circlesofwisdom.com for details.

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Acupuncture & Asian Medicine Acupuncture of Worcester Holistic Health since 1974

Dr. Yvonne Chen, Lic. Acupuncturist One of the first practicing acupuncturists in the United States, Dr. Yvonne Chen began her acupuncture practice in Washington, D.C. in 1973, moving to Worcester one year later. Trained in China as a medical doctor, Dr. Chen’s years of study and research included in-depth work with both traditional Chinese and Western medicine.

Her approach to health incorporates keen knowledge on the nature of disease, use of

Patricia Smith Burkhart, MAC, LIC. AC.

Gentle relief from: • stress and pain • medication side effects • chronic health problems

energy balancing, nut­ritional counseling and the promotion of spiritual well-being.

Acupuncture is especially effective in the treatment of: • Pain: migraine headaches, stress relief, tendonitis, arthritis, lower back pain, neuralgia, whiplash, accident and trauma injuries and TMJ syndrome • Improving bodily functions: respiratory ailments, insomnia and impotency • Nervous system disorders: Bell’s Palsy, paralysis, multiple sclerosis and stroke recovery • Behavioral changes: weight control and smoking cessation.

Located at 110 June Street, Worcester, MA 01602. For an appointment or for more information, please contact Dr. Yvonne Chen at 508-755-5557.

Animal Services Dr. Howard Goldberg has been in chiropractic practice for 28 years in Massachusetts. As a chiropractor and an avid animal lover, he has always found his own animals respond very well to Chiropractic care.

We specialize in correcting subluxations in dogs and cats to help: R Enhance longevity and quality of life for older animals R Neck, back, leg and tail pain R Disc/joint problems, limping/muscle spasms R Injuries from slips, falls and accidents R Jaw, TMJ problems, difficulty chewing and nerve problems R Event or sports injuries, behavior, mood changes R Conditions not responding to traditional care

If you are concerned with your pet’s health and wellbeing, please give us a call for a free consultation.

H oward Goldberg Doctor of Chiropractic Certified Animal Chiropractor 508-429-PETS(7387) R Holliston, MA www.baystateanimalchiropractic.com Also available for lectures and demonstrations.

I look forward to alleviating your suffering.

Whether your issue is chronic pain, allergies, asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, acid reflux, plantar fascitis, golfer’s elbow, infertility, uterine fibroids, menopausal symptoms, insomnia, a compromised immune system, or a host of other problems, I can help you.

Call for a free “meet and greet” appointment.

259 Mass Ave., Arlington, MA Free parking in rear. www.anappleadayacupuncture.com 781.648.0911

Main Street Animal Services of Hopkinton Integrative and Conventional Veterinary Medicine

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www.mashvet.com Here at MASH we offer conventional veterinary medicine and alternative therapies in a balanced, whole health approach to your pet’s healthcare. Our goal is to support your pet’s vital energy for good health and self-healing. We use nutrition, acupuncture, homeopathy, and traditional diagnostics, along with a caring, compassionate staff to optimize your pet’s health.

We are now also offering ozone therapy.

We recognize that your pet is an important member of your family. From well visits to chronic disease, we offer medicine that respects the integrity of your pet’s mind, body and spirit.

In addition to the services offered by our doctors, we have practitioners ready to provide chiropractic, cranial sacral, Reiki, massage, physical therapy, or polarity therapy for your pet. These are offered in our unique Holistic Care Center for Companion Animals, attached to our hospital.

We are now offering client education classes, please call for more details.

Dr. Margo Roman, Veterinarian and Practice Owner – Classical Homeopathy, Acupuncture, NAET, Cancer Therapy, Nutrition, Herbal Remedies, General Medicine and Surgery 72 W. Main Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748 (Exit 21A off of Route 495) 508-435-4077 www.drdomore.org www.IHPE.info

Dragonfly Animal Intuitive Services

Jeanne Lareau Animal Communicator/Intuitive Connect with Lost Pets

Ayurveda

Understand an Animal’s Point of View Connect with Sick Pets and Animals Who are Ready to Pass Over Connect with Animals Who Have Passed Over Energy Work dragonfly.lareau@gmail.com 978-732-0040 T www.jeannelareau.com

Astrological Consulting Astrology

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Esoteric Psychology Monique Pommier, M.A., Ph.DE

Astrology illuminates one’s psychological landscape and journey. It times life developments and reveals their designs for the soul.

I offer astrological services and ongoing psychospiritual counseling with astrology, Jungian and esoteric psychology as a comprehensive ground of exploration and guidance

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Questions?

Astrologer Eric Linter has answers.

Changes in relationships, career, health, finances or spiritual practice are inevitable.

Eric’s clarity will help you stay on the right path. His insights help you better understand and appreciate life’s challenges. His clients say Eric Linter is “profound and enlightening” and “one of the best astrologers on the East Coast.”

Joseph Crane

Practical Astrology

Joseph Crane has been a consulting astrologer since 1988. He is Co-Director of the Astrology Institute and author of numerous articles and three books: A Practical Guide to Traditional Astrology (1998) and Astrological Roots: The Hellenistic Tradition (2007) and forthcoming Between Fortune and Providence: Astrology and the Universe in Dante’s Divine Comedy.

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on current issues and lifelong questionings.

By accessing the deeper order of your life, you gain transformative insights into the evolutionary meaning of particular challenges and new perspectives to direct your choices.

My background includes an MS and PhD in Esoteric Psychology and Philosophy. Jungian psychology, Eastern and Western Traditions are key foundations in my approach.

I have been in practice for 25 years.

U Astrological Consultations U U Psychospiritual Counseling U www.astrologicalpsychology.com 617-524-7072

Eric, a professional astrologer for 25 years, works with individuals, couples and businesses. Specialties include career moves, personal creativity and karmic relationships. Consultations are available in person, by telephone, or on cassette.

Eric also offers classes, lectures and appearances at parties and special events.

For more information and to schedule a private session, contact Eric by email or call:

The Pioneer Valley’s first full-service Ayurvedic Wellness Center, offering comprehensive Ayurvedic health services to support you on your journey to whole wellness Aging and Menopause G Digestive Disorders Women’s Health G Weight Issues Insomnia G Skin Care G Heartburn G Anxiety Depression G Fatigue G Palliative Care Care During Cancer Treatment

Day Spa — A revitalizing escape! Select from a variety of soothing, stress-melting options.

679 George Hill Road, Lancaster, MA 01523 info@lancasterhealth.com v 978-365-4549 www.lancasterhealth.com

Panchakarma — In-residence 3-7 day cleansing program for deep physiological balance and rejuvenation. Package prices include wellness consultation, 2-3 hours a day of luxurious Ayurvedic herbalized oil applications, private room, organic cuisine.

Bookstores and Gift Shops Witch Owned and Operated Ritual Supplies G Crystals G Gemstones Jewelry G Incense G Candles G Gifts Psychics and Spiritual Counselors on staff Various classes and workshops!

110 No. Main St, Mansfield, MA 02048 Hours: Tue, Wed, Fri: 10-6; Thurs: 10-7 Sat: 10-4 G Sun: by appointment

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“I learned more from one session than I did from 5 years of analysis.”

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Visit our website for further information and our monthly newsletter. josephcrane@verizon.net s 401-527-2035 www.astrologyinstitute.com

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Wellness Consultations with Vaidya (Ayurvedic expert) — Traditional Ayurvedic pulse assessment and recommendations for healthpromoting diet, daily routine, exercise and herbal supplements.

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Joseph uses astrological consultations to help people understand and work better with their lives.

Natal astrology helps determines patterns and possibilities for you in this lifetime. Predictive astrology examines situations and their meaning within larger contexts and their probable outcomes.

Horary astrology casts a chart for the time of asking an important question; Electional Astrology gives the best time for a new undertaking.

Consultations are in Rhode Island or over the phone. All sessions are recorded.

Diet and Lifestyle Consultations with a Certified Ayurvedic Practitioner. Take charge of your health today! Determine your constitution and imbalances according to Ayurvedic methodology and develop a plan based on your individual needs.

Ayurvedic Body Treatments. Experience the healing effects of therapeutic body treatments – full-body or site-specific, for pain relief, stress management or simple relaxation.

Workshops, Lectures, Yoga. FREE Intro to Ayurveda each month. Foundations of Yoga and early-morning yoga. Seasonal cleanses, cooking classes and more.

The Silver Willow

Large selection of bulk herbs The Silver Willow’s own herbal tea blends Handmade herbal products for you and your whole family, including your pets Crystal Balls n Tarot Cards n Pendulums Incense n Ritual Tools n Statues Challis’s n Reiki Treaments The largest selection of New Age books in the entire area!

An Herbal, Metaphysical & New Age Gift Shop for all your herbal and ritual needs

Classes in Aromatherapy, Astrology, Tarot, Wicca, Herbs and more

Home of the Celtic Cricket Psychic Reader...

What’s in your Future?

Tue-Sat 11:30-7, Sun 12-5 pm., Mon-Closed, 54 Fall River Ave. (Rt. 6), Rehoboth, MA www.thesilverwillow.com n 508-336-8813

Readings available in person or over the phone

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Largest New Age Store in New England

Crystals G Books G Jewelry G Statuary Incense G Gifts and More!

Psychic Readings G Reiki G IET Chair Massage G Classes Workshop and Events 122 West Emerson St., Melrose, MA www.zuzusbeads.com G 781-665-8844

Metaphysical Shop

Private Readings Tarot, Psychic or Mediumship Telephone Readings or Walk-Ins

Hot Power Yoga and Gentle Yoga Classes YOGA TEACHER TRAINING

200 & 500 Hours u 14 Yoga Studio Locations Dorchester, Roslindale, North Cambridge, Easton, Westwood, Canton, Braintree, No. Attleboro, No.Scituate, Duxbury, Hingham, Weymouth, Hanover, E. Bridgewater

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Bodywork and Readings

Books and music @ Aromatherapy and tools Incense and candles @ Cry­stals and jewelry

Massage Z Cranial-Sacral Z Reiki Z Polarity Full Spectrum Healing Z Angel Readings Spiritual Counseling Z Psychic Readings

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Workshops @ Reiki Training @ Readings Yoga @ Gaidon Heart @ Bellydance Psychic Development

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Yoga Z Tai-Chi, NIA Z Journey Dance Qi Gong Z Crystal Bowl Workshops Psychic Development Classes Z Meditations Healer Training Programs

Holistic Healing Center

Usui and Karuna Reiki @ Hypnotherapy Reflexology @ Massage @ Crystal Healing Inner Child Healing @ Body Talk™ Hours: Mon–Fri 10 am-8 pm, Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Gift Certificates available.

118 Washington St., Rte. 138, N. Easton, MA www.womenofwisdominc.com 508-230-3680

Business Services

Host your event here!

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Our two gorgeous workshop rooms are available for rent by the hour and the day.

Charming, light filled practitioner rooms are also available for rent. Reasonable rates!

Children’s Health & Services Touchstone offers:

Specializing with Health & Wellness Professionals

TrueNorth Business Consulting empowers you to take control of your legal decisions by providing unique legal coaching that focuses not just on the law, but also on insurance, marketing and project management.

Also offering the True North Guidebook for Health & Wellness Practitioner. Ask about our private mediation services to handle your conflicts in a collaborative manner.

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Business Consulting To help you understand how to make legal decisions

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Touchstone Community School offers a progressive, child-centered approach to education. For twenty-three years, we have nurtured and inspired children to be creative, independent partners in their learning.

engaging creativity ...an inspired approach to autism for children, teens & their families

Small, mixed-age classes Thematic studies that integrate subjects Dedicated, expert teachers A diverse community and highly positive culture Parent-teacher-child partnership in educational development To learn more about our holistic approach to education for children ages 4 to 14, visit www.touchstoneschool.com or call Ana at 508-839-0038.

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Sandy Blackman, M.A. Holistic Autism Specialist Instead of merely correcting the behavior on the outside, we strive to recognize the light within each individual and help to bring it to its fullest realization.

We work with children, families and schools to most effectively and sustainably meet behavioral as well as social-emotional goals with a commitment to improving the overall mental, physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing of your child and, by extension, your family.

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Sandy received her Master’s Degree in Expressive Therapies and Mental Health Counseling from Lesley University. She has trained in various energy healing modalities, possesses a strong performing arts background and has over ten years of experience. She offers a highly intuitive approach specific to each child, family, and situation.

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Chiropractors H o l istic H e a ling C e n ter Dr. Jennifer Lees Network Chiropractor Imagine feeling more ease in your body.

Imagine more joy and serenity in your life.

Sometimes our capacity to heal may be overwhelmed by the stress of life. Our body

tends to lock up and mold to the stress.

After a while we may find ourselves sick, tense, symptomatic or simply just wanting more out of life.

I specialize in gentle techniques that unwind these tension patterns. It is my goal to help you move through life’s stresses with more grace and ease.

Healing is possible... and it can be easy.

ChangeYour Life Workshops with Ed Langan

“Ed was very good at explaining the key points and keeping it simple. It was very positive and uplifting.” — D.A.

Josef Dellagrotte, Director www.core-integration.com Core Integration Training Institute 118 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02472 View videoclips on our website: www.core-integration.com

Physical and Massage Therapists, Bodyworkers, Yoga, Exercise Instructors A cutting-edge method that integrates movement using MFeldenkrais principles with (hands-on) neuro-myofascial pathway mapping. Practitioners learn to assess musculoskeletal problems and resolve configurations that cause pain. CMI can restore function, posture, improve shoulder, spine, back, hips, legs, knees, and feet.

For Clients: weekly classes, seminars, individual therapy See website or call: 978-461-0221

Herb Studio of Harmony Farm Medfield, MA ◆ 508-359-8056

www.harmony-center.org

v Professional Reflexology Certification and Approved Continuing Education in Reflexology, Massage, and Reiki v Integrative techniques give students a strong foundation and create a balanced treatment style v Students qualify as professional therapists upon completion

For times, dates and descriptions of the workshops South of Boston visit:

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Ed is also available for coaching.

Dr. Jennifer Lees 410 Boston Post Road #26, Sudbury, MA 978-443-3248

Harmony Center, a non-profit educational center, sponsors a wide range of nature-based wellness programs. Classes offered include herbal studies, yoga, meditation, nutrition, earth-centered spirituality, holistic health, native wisdom and skills, plus many more.

New England Institute of Reflexology & Universal Studies

Ready to Change?

Learn how to use the Law of Attraction to create whatever you desire:

Classes, Certifications & Schools Core Movement Integration

These leading-edge workshops are taught

by Ed Langan, author of Creating with the Law of Attraction: 10 Principles that will Change Your Life.

v Courses meet state and national standards; CE’s approved from ARCB and NCBTMB. School is licensed by Commonwealth of MA, Dept. of Education Our goal is to act as a bridge between complimentary and conventional medicine through the training of qualified holistic practitioners. Join us! ~ Now teaching Reflexology at ~ All That Matters in Wakefield, RI Cortiva Massage School in Watertown, MA Intensive training at Upper Cape Technical High School in Bourne, MA, July 2011 www.walkinbalance.com v 508-317-3044 v

The Constellation Approach is based on the work of Bert Hellinger and the Family Constellation Method.

Seminars are open to all who wish to experience and learn about the Family Soul. Participants may have an opportunity to ‘set up’ their family constellation, to ‘stand in’ as representatives for family members in other’s constellation and to observe the constellations.

2011 Saturday Seminars

Mar 5

Apr 9

9:30 am-6 pm $140

May 14

Appropriate for anyone who has a serious interest in embarking upon a personal journey of transformation in relation to the fundamental aspects of their family lineage. Each weekend is a complete immersion into your Family Soul, which creates space for positive change and healing to occur.

This program is also the foundation for anyone who wishes to incorporate the Constellation Approach into their profession.

Oct 7-9 Family of Origin Nov 12-13 Relationship with Father Dec 2-4 Relationship with Mother Jan 20-22 Sibling Relationships Mar 2-4 Effects of Illness, Disease, Death Apr 13-15 Couple Relationships May 18-20 Effects of War, Immigration &

Religion Certificate received upon completion.

Private constellation sessions also available.

Jamy Faust, MA and Peter Faust, Mac www.ConstellationApproach.com 617-484-4325

Our Immersion Learning Program begins again in October 2011 through May 2012.

Hypnotherapy

Certification Program 2011 Schedule

This certificate program is 100 hours of independent adult study which includes two intensive weekends of instruction.

The program includes an introduction to Ericksonian hypnosis , hypnosis and child birthing, medical and dental applications for hypnosis, pain management, hypnosis with children, habit elimination or modification, age regression, a wide variety of hypnotic inductions and techniques, the elimination of all phobias, etc. This program is approved for 32 CEUS for nurses and social workers. Graduates may join the American Board of Hypnotherapy.

Instructor Ted Benton, Ed., a Winchester Hospital staff hypnotherapist, is a national and international hypnosis instructor. He holds numerous certifications for advanced

hypnosis training, including training approved by the American Psychological Association. He has published articles on hypnotherapy and recently appeared on the Discovery Health Program on national television. Winchester Hospital is one of several hospitals in the nation offering full certification to hypnotherapists.

The cost of the program is $1600, which includes all textbooks and materials. The tuition is tax-deductible. The first payment of $800 is due at registration. Final payment is due at the first class. If you refer a student who registers in the same session, $100 will be deducted from your fee.

Weekend classes will be held as follows: October 15-16 and October 22-23, 2011 Classes are held at Winchester Hospital Community Health Institute, Baldwin Park I, 12 Alfred Street, Suite 207, Woburn, MA. To sign up for a class, or for more information, call us or visit our website and click on Community Health Institute.

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Massage | Aesthetics Polarity | RYSE Ipswich • Plymouth • Westboro You deserve an education that honors who you are and who you are becoming.

A great education is spiritually transforming: You overcome your limitations and realize your highest potential, at the same time you learn the foundation and skills to succeed.

Excellent education is not by chance; it comes from years of listening to employers, graduates and students to find the best way to teach the most valuable information to make you successful.

As a leader in energy medicine and

energy based education since 1980, Nancy Risley recognizes that your education is a transformational healing process. As a successful therapist, author and teacher, her vision is to help you realize your dream of work that is creative and supports all aspects of who you are. Whether you work in a spa, clinic, or have your own business, you gain the required skills to create satisfaction as well as increased flexibility, control and income.

The next step to fulfilling your future is to call for a no obligation, information interview with our Career Advisor. We look forward to meeting you and learning about your future.

Programs take from 4 to 12 months, depending on your schedule: Full-time, mother’s hours or part-time evenings.

Accredited. Licensed. Financial Aid available for qualified students.

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Eclectic Institute of Aromatherapy and Herbal Studies Offering over 20 years of experience in the science, art and principles of herbalism and aromatherapy.

The Boston School of Herbal Studies Seven Month Herbal Apprenticeship Introductory and Advanced Workshops and Classes Advanced Herbal Training begins Jan. 29 focusing on consultation skills: facial, pulse, tongue and nail diagnosis Affordable evening & weekend workshops and Aromatherapy Certification

Chaplaincy Institute of Maine Creation Spirituality T Interfaith Worship Spiritual Practice T Community Service

The Way to Balance,® LLC Center for Advanced Healing and Training Aaron & Sue Singleton, Founders

The Energy of Life® (EOL) Process Educational Programs complement all medical and holistic modalities, and empower practitioners and laypersons.

EOL I.D.E.A.L. Process for Creating a

Life You Love! Workshop Series A totally unique intuitive and healing process that transforms lives, whether you are a healer, doctor, executive, or full-time parent. Use the EOL process alone, or to enhance Reiki, Pranic Healing, etc. The EOL Process for Discernment and Intuitive Accuracy within this series is prerequisite for Medical Intuitive training with Sue Singleton.

EOL Visionary Acupressure System

Workshop Series This fusion of ancient and modern techniques makes a quantum leap to address trauma and illness, without relying solely

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Intensive Apprenticeship begins April ‘11: F Herbs to nourish & heal each organ system F Instruction on how to make herbal tinctures, teas, salves, oils, flower essences, herbal baths, etc.

F Plant identification w/medicinal plant walks F Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine and pulse diagnosis 12 Pelham Terrrace, Arlington, MA 781-646-6319 www.bostonherbalstudies.com

Interfaith Spiritual Growth and Ordination as an Interfaith Minister First Year: The Way of Contemplation Second Year: The Way of Action Campuses in Portland, ME and Amesbury, MA

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Ongoing certification courses offered throughout the northeast including: ✴ 7-Month Herbal Certification ✴ 4-Month European-Based Aromatherapy Introduction ✴ 4-Month Advanced Aromatherapy Course ✴ 3-Month Conscious Nutrition Course ✴ Palmistry a tool of diagnoses

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on linear meridian techniques. Learn unique protocols for deeper, more rapid release of the Root Cause. Our easy to learn 60-point numbered system includes detailed diagrams: no prior acupressure experience or knowledge required.

EOL Rings of Oden™ New Technology for Quantum Healing Revolutionary “Net-Neutral Ionic Energy” technology embedded into The Rings of Oden accelerates light resonance and provides modulating energy frequencies for healing. Users report rapid resolution of chronic pain, injuries, glaucoma, chronic emotional patterns and illnesses. The Rings combine Sacred Geometry, Crop Circles, and DNA Holographic Re-Patterning to create specific vortices and frequencies for various conditions. Powerful for self-healing, as well as helping others.

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Other Workshops Radical Hands-On Healing Light Therapy: Healing at the Speed of Light Sound Therapy: Healing with Resonance Introduction to Medical Intuition, etc.

21 Water St. Amesbury, MA 01913 www.TheWayToBalance.com 978-834-0341

The (W)hole Point Institute The heart of The Wisdom WAY™ is the point at which our psychology intersects with our spirituality. This point is the space in which we awaken — for real.

Alaya Chadwick has drawn on her 28+ years of experience to develop The Wisdom WAY™, a personal, practical, self-sustainable map and method for personal and spiritual growth. Found in The Wisdom WAY™ are the tools you can use to Walk Awake saying Yes to life.

Oftentimes we feel like we are simply sleepwalking through life. We find ourselves responding to people and experiences as if we are on “auto pilot.” We can feel like we have little energy or joy in our lives. We may wonder, “How do we wake up?”

The Wisdom WAY™ is the skeleton found inside most healing modalities, including conventional therapy and alternative practices. What makes this WAY different is that you are the expert. By following the map using your own life experiences, you unravel the mysteries of yourself and reveal the wonder you truly are on all levels — emotional, physical, and spiritual.

The (W)hole Point Institute offers a wide range of self-development experiences, healing opportunities, and empowerment trainings for individuals and couples or partners. These workshops are both experiential and educational and are offered in group and/or one-on-one settings. Additionally, there are intensive apprenticeship programs which offer personal in-depth study.

2-Day Intensive (W)hole Workshops Learn practical tools to reveal your own unique pathway to (W)holeness.

2-Day PAIRing™ Workshops (People Activating Intimate Relating™) Open to couples and singles, this workshop is for those who wish to bring their relationships to a deeper level of self-appreciation and intimate union.

One-on-One (W)hole Life Coaching Relationship Intensives for Couples Awakening Divinity Apprenticeship Reiki Level I and II classes Learn this ancient healing art to support yourself and those around you. …and much, much more!

NASW-approved CEU’s available “Alaya Chadwick is able to put ‘hands and feet’on extremely complex concepts in a way which connects them to the living reality of everyday life.” — Martha Harrell, MSN, Ph.D. Elizabeth “Alaya” Chadwick M.Div., MSW., L.I.C.S.W., Reiki Master,

Author of: Wake up to your (W)hole Life Raymond, NH www.wholepoint.us r 603-895-4530

This is an amazing personal growth program! Many of our students take the program just to get the personal transformation. And we also will provide you with the best, cutting-edge healing technology there is. Our program offers: Advanced energy anatomy F Full Spectrum healing techniques F Understanding yourself and your clients through the Profiles F A deep bond with your classmates and the healer community of the school F

New England’s premier 3-year

Energy Medicine Practitioner

Certificate Program

The Rhys Thomas Institute of Energy Medicine is New England’s premier three year Energy Medicine Practitioner Certificate Program designed to take your journey as a healer to the next level. This is the next level for anyone who has stepped on a healing path, medical career, or a path of personal growth and inner transformation.

Classes start in October and run through June, meeting six weekends over the year.

Payments plans available.

For more information: Rhys@RhysThomasInstitute.com rhysthomasinstitute.com F 508-740-3038

Consciousness Transformation Matrix

Energetics Dr. Richard Bartlett, DC, ND, teaches Matrix Energetics,© a consciousness technology for insight and spiritual growth — and living a life unbound by the limits we have been trained to believe in.

Join Dr. Bartlett in a freewheeling, playful

Learn to teach people to see more comfortably and clearly.

Andrea Seiver, Ph.D.

Add another skill set to your holistic practice and improve your own vision at the same time.

Channeled Readings Classes

Six 4-day weekends of training in 2011-2012 For more information, see: rosemary@visioneducators.com www.visioneducators.com • 207-439-9821

Coaching ®

Benefits of the Sedona Method

Cheryl Wright

Life Coach Use day to day, moment by moment, in real life situations Face whatever happens with a new feeling of inner strength, ease and confidence.

Coaching Using the Sedona Method® What is the Sedona Method®? A simple, powerful, easy-to-use technique that shows you how to tap into your natural ability to let go of any uncomfortable or unwanted feeling in the moment.

Advanced Mind Guide

Eliminate your stress, fears and tensions G Improve your relationships G Be radiantly healthy G Have financial security G Drop addictions and bad habits G Gain emotional wellness and intelligence G Have lasting inner peace, joy and happiness G

Coaching available by phone or in person Introduction and Support Groups monthly Offices in Watertown, MA & Providence, RI Cheryl@WrightHereNow.com 617-448-8749 G www.WrightHereNow.com

Have you spoken with an ascended master recently? Vywamus, channeled by Andrea Seiver, is a master and teacher who is working to help all humans make the shift into the higher levels of consciousness.

Readings with Vywamus cover your life work, relationships, past lives, and other

Transformational Healer

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Spiritual Teacher Kristin Kirk After experiencing a dramatic shift in consciousness, Kristin began healing within the multidimensional soul and universe.

She works in unison with a team of spirit guides to transform the soul by releasing layers of density, old trauma, and conditioning, that have hindered a brighter and clearer expression of the Radiant Self.

issues with his characteristic warmth, humor, and practical advice.

Channeled Classes and Spiritual Tutoring help you personally evolve and begin to live in a state of higher consciousness.

Evenings with Vywamus: Vywamus shares his energy and discusses your questions on topics of general interest. Donation $10.

Other Classes: Learn to Channel • Advanced Channeling For information, contact Andrea at 617-332-1541 • www.andreaseiver.com Coming Soon! The Next Big Bang: The Explosion of Human Consciousness A Vywamus Book Read more at www.andreaseiver.com

This may occur as soul clearing, past life and current life healing, emotional and mental release, balancing of subtle energetic anatomy, integration of multidimensional consciousness, embodiment support, and channeled guidance.

With 20 years in practice, Kristin offers healing sessions, both long distance, and locally, for individuals, couples, groups, pets, loved ones, and those who have passed on.

She also offers ‘Journey Into Awakening’, a transformational and educational series to support and facilitate the awakening process. www.kristinkirk.com

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Personal Growth Consultant Experienced Mental Health Practitioner

LEARN to manage your emotions, pain and stress.

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Counseling and Therapy

ELIMINATE negative relationships and habits, fears and addictions.

Advancing your Physical, Emotional, and Financial Wellbeing

and possibility-expanding journey that will shatter preconceptions about the seemingly “solid” universe we live in — and how unlimited our potential to change it truly is.

If you are ready to embrace a reality where anything goes, miracles happen and nothing is beyond your reach, then you are ready for Matrix Energetics.©

Techniques Life Coaching Neuro Linguistic Programming Business Coaching

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Phone Counseling Brief Therapy for Women

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A Secret Garden for Women

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Help Me Help You

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Violet C. Morin As children we all felt, at times, a powerful sense of wonder and magic. How easily that magic is lost in growing up.

To successfully grow through sudden losses and distractions in our lives, to regain delight in living, we need to understand this: Either we are accepting what is or we are resisting what is.

Paradoxically, mastering acceptance is the key to change!

Help me help you to master your resistance, and in transforming it to creative acceptance, find the wonder and magic of recovery…we can SMILE again!

Individual/group/family/couple counseling Trauma/Survivor Therapy ✴ Addictions ✴ Thinking Errors/CBT Work ✴ Inner Child Growth Therapy ✴ Sexual/Gender Identity ✴ Womens’ Issues ✴ ✴

All health insurances accepted Violet C. Morin, M.Ed, LMHC, LMFT Licensed Therapist in RI and MA Harvard graduate with 30+ years experience Wellcare Inc., Johnston, RI 401-272-8773 ✴ vmhc@cox.net

Constructively Connect with your Daily/ Life Challenges. Learn and benefit from Layouts, Placement, Sacred Safe-Space, and Therapeutic Percussion.

G Ideal for life transformations and routine spiritual rebooting G Meditation, renewal, focus G Healers: be healed, supported G Sessions under 90 minutes Serious crystal energy work since 1987

Barbara Madden Johnson M.A., C.A.G.S., L.R.C., L.P.C. Do you have a belief that, inside of you, you have the potential that yearns to be released?

For most, a fleeting glimpse is all they’ll ever have. For others, there is a way. Just imagine…releasing your true potential.

Work­ing together, one-on-one, you can over-

Get More Out of Life!

More Love! More Joy! More Satisfaction!

You Deserve It! Glenn Bigonet, M.A. Mental Health Counselor, Cert. Hypnotherapist Initial consultation free Weekly Group and Workshops Offered Conveniently located near the commuter rail in Needham. Just a short drive from Rte. 128/I-95. www.GlennBigonet.com 617-462-6642

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come problems that have kept you from achieving your goals and desires.

Unlock your potential! Restore inner bal­ance!

Come alive!

Barbara Madden Johnson, M.A., C.A.G.S., L.R.C., L.P.C., a certified master practitioner and licensed trainer in Neuro Linguistic Programming, has over 25 years experience helping individuals with: u Career and identity is­sues u Immune and autoimmune illnesses u Chronic fatigue syndrome u Depression u Learning disabilities and ADD u Relationships u NLP Certification Training Program u Bel­mont, MA. Some insurance accepted.

For an appointment, call 617-484-1716.

Do you feel stuck in your daily routine?

Are you unsatisfied or angry with your life as it is now? Do you wish you could live the life you really want?

I’m Glenn Bigonet and I want to help you love your life. I will help you get unstuck, move toward your dreams and feel more positive and happy.

I utilize heart-centered therapeutic techniques, and at times powerfully combine hypnosis and psychotherapy. This method is safe, effective and faster than using only talk therapy. The results will amaze you!

You’ll notice a huge change in your life as we work together to make your goals a reality.

Don’t wait! Call now to set up your FREE consultation. It’s time to create the change you desire.

Body/Mind Psychotherapy Judith Prebluda, L.M.H.C. Body/Mind Psychotherapy is a therapy modality, which synthesizes the best of Eastern Philosophy, Spiritual Orientation and Modern Western Psychology and Research.

Visit my website for detailed descriptions of methods, philosophy, and approaches.

Holistic Counseling Concepts Trish Whynot, D.C.Ed. Doctor of C.O.R.E. Education “What im­pres­sed me about Dr. Trish was her natural ability to see through the chaos of life’s web and identify the root cause of problems.”

— Bob Olson, Editor, OfSpirit.com Offering a variety of techniques, including: ASAT™ C.O.R.E. Counseling, Meditation, Energy Work, Crystals, and Aromatherapy

Body-Centered Psychotherapy Listen to your body…follow your heart.

The heart is the first organ to form in the body, and is the organizing factor for physical formation, including brain formation. Trauma, deprivation or neglect creates heart wounds, which keep us from accessing our deepest selves.

Emotional-Kinesthetic Psychotherapy (EKP) facilitates an emotional, energetic rewiring, helping us activate and express the power of the heart. Emotional safety,

Massachusetts Society of

Bioenergetic Analysis “Bioenergetics is the vibrant way to health and the way to vibrant health.“ ~ Alexander Lowen, MD, Founder Integrated mind-body therapy, combining talk therapy with guided body move-ments and expressive exercises. The

Mindfulness and Spiritual Development Classes These short-term psycho-educational classes focus on spiritual tools to support and enhance your mental/emotional balance, sobriety, healing and wellness.

For class schedules and descriptions, please visit my website.

1236 Broadway, Teele Square, Somerville (Arlington line) Insurance accepted.

For consultation, please call: 781-643-2313 or email: judith@jpbodymindtherapy.com. www.jpbodymindtherapy.com.

Eliminate the root of physical, social, and financial problems: Unresolved issues stored in our physical and energy bodies can manifest as pain, illness, or mediocrity.

Discover, address, and release issues block­­ing health and wealth. View obstacles, relationships, and illness as opportunities for growth and change. Experience resonance-changing techniques that get to the root of problems. Open to an array of extraordinary futures.

Private Appointments, Phone Sessions & Workshops Middleton, MA u Trish@TrishWhynot.com www.TrishWhynot.com u 978-314-4545

words, touch, meditation, movement, presence and silence facilitate verbal and non-verbal expression. Meaningful work, fulfilling relationships, self-esteem, purpose and passion, love, intimacy and sexuality follow. Straight, GLBT and poly-friendly.

Coaching for soul-centered living. Body psychotherapy groups Sunday nights in Newton. Apprenticeship training.

Books: Living with Vision, and Healing the War Between the Genders Blog: www.heartspacecafe.com/blog Mediation for couples and families.

Coaching for soul-centered living. Body psychotherapy groups. Apprenticeship training.

Newton, MA www.healingheartpower.com LSMHEART@aol.com 617-965-7846

work focuses on increasing aliveness and self-respect through body-oriented psychotherapy. It helps people resolve emotional problems and release chronic tensions to become more relaxed, and ultimately to maximize their potential for intimacy and joy in life.

Visit our website or call for more information and to be added to our mailing list.

Training Group, Ongoing Workshops, Exercise Classes, Individual Therapy www.massbioenergetics.org 617-876-3652

Stop Smoking In One Session

Lose Weight Naturally Dr. George W. Mephis, Ph.D., BCH, is a world-renowned Russian healer and spiritual teacher, with 25 years of experience in helping people stop smoking, lose weight and achieve freedom from addiction slavery.

He has been called The Miraclemaker for his phenomenal ability to cure incurable diseases. He is the founder of the HypnoEnergetic Movement. This powerful technique stimulates the brain to produce more pleasure hormones, naturally creating a positive state of consciousness and at the same time erasing the negative memories related to addictive behavior.

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Joan Holzman, Psy. D. Lic. Psychologist, Lic. Marriage and Family Therapist Dance/Movement Therapist From the time we are very young we take life’s experiences to heart. Over time we may forget our core, hurts and feelings, but they remain with us. Our heartfelt experiences help shape our sense of self and our interactions with others.

Christopher Gruener MA, LMHC Everyone knows the experience of being at life’s crossroads — personally, professionally, spiritually. We often wonder, “How do I move forward?” and “What kind of support would really help?”

As a Master’s degreed clinician, a professional member of the Massachusetts Mental Health Counselors Association and a Blue Cross provider, I have served the mental health and relationship needs of Boston area residents through my Newton-based private practice for the past 20 years. I offer individual, couples, and family counseling as fifty minute meetings and free-form breathwork in a two hour session format. I work on a sliding scale basis, and no one is denied services for lack of funding.

My approach to counseling integrates traditional Western insight oriented psychotherapy, elements of Buddhist thought, a progressive political perspective and techniques developed through the Transpersonal Psychology Movement. And as a long time student of “A Course In Miracles,” my work reflects deep appreciation for the transformative power of heartfelt forgiveness and the creative wisdom of our Higher Self.

Whatever the magnitude or urgency of your concerns, my approach is essentially the same. I offer an oasis for self exploration—a place to attend to your own Inner Voice—and an environment of reflection and encouragement as you move through and beyond your personal crossroads.

Client Comments: s Sandtray – “Sand tray therapy helped me see my life more clearly.” s EMDR – “I had insights I never had before.” s Therapeutic Movement – “It was great to feel the freedom in my body after working with you.”

42 Thoreau Street, Concord, MA 01742 978-369-6138

George W. Mephis | Market Street Health 214 Market Street u Brighton, MA02135 617-507-1991 www.hypnoenergetic.com

Compassionate Psychotherapy & EMDR Barbara Gangemi, LMHC

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I offer a variety of modalities such as: EMDR, Sandtray Therapy, Relaxation Techniques, Therapeutic Movement & Psychotherapy to help heal our core issues and attain a more integrated sense of health and well being. I look forward to meeting you.

TOOLS FOR TRANSFORMATION OFFERED YEAR ROUND

Free Form Breathwork Free Form Breathwork uses the power of guided breathing practices to foster profound self-generated healing in all aspects of one’s life—practical, emotional and spiritual. Evocative music, sustained focused breathing and facilitative body work are integral elements of this process. This type of work with one’s breath often involves intense emotional release as well as the recollection and resolution of very early difficult memories.

We are each endowed with an enormous capacity for self-healing, and often what’s needed is a wise and experienced guide to show us the way through darkness. Barbara’s style of compassionate psychotherapy, combined with a number of highly effective stress reduction techniques as well as the rapid and profound healing effects of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can lead to new levels of physical, emotional, and spiritual health and well being.

Maybe you are having trouble maintaining relationships or employment in the present. Perhaps you remember childhood

mistreatment, medical procedures that were frightening and painful, accidents, illnesses, even natural disasters. Many people today experience a pervasive feeling of “being stressed.” Whatever the source of your distress, this combination of therapies can bring deep and lasting healing to your body, mind, and spirit.

As a licensed mental health counselor and a fully certified EMDR practitioner, Barbara has been practicing psychotherapy for more than eighteen years and EMDR for thirteen years. She considers the opportunity to assist clients to be a sacred trust, and she moves toward the path to healing with the knowledge that, in a safe and supportive therapeutic relationship, we can heal what has been too daunting to face alone.

Some insurances accepted. Call for further information or to schedule an appointment.

BarbaraGangemi@aol.com West Roxbury • 617-553-0714

Support for Political/Ecological Activists I offer emotional support and practical training for individuals who want to take personal responsibility and collective action toward healing our wounded planet.

This includes training in meditative practices, relationship process work, and strategic planning. Consultation will be available to all clients who choose to pursue organizing field work and community activism between sessions.

Private Practice Development Training Are you a licensed clinician ready to make the transition to private practice but feeling overwhelmed by the challenge?

Hold fast to that dream! I can help you navigate finding your niche, marketing your practice and accessing insurance.

To explore the possibility of our working together, a pre-session “Get Acquainted Meeting”— for which there is no fee — is requested. Please call or email me to schedule this session.

Newton Centre, MA F 617-965-6552 chris.gruener@comcast.net www.crossroads-counseling-services.com

Stephen-Wolf Foster, Psy.D. “The only time is now.

The only way is before us.”

- -Shiva K’Ryl Aristos

Authentic Conversation: An Existential approach to psychotherapy, coaching and clinical supervision.

In these difficult and dangerous times, many of us are realizing that something isn’t right in our personal or professional lives. We might feel particularly alone, discouraged or lost. We might feel disconnected from ourselves, or paralyzed by trauma, depression, anxiety, or some repetitive selfsabotaging habit that keeps us captive. Our concerns might be about our work, our relationships, our own body. We might not even know exactly what it is, just that our life doesn’t seem right.

My name is Dr. Stephen Wolf Foster.

Since 1985 I have been helping individuals, couples and other therapists to navigate through difficult times. With an attitude of “no shame; no blame”, we may engage in “Authentic Conversation” wherein you distinguish your true voice, your true vision and your very real possibility of Transcendence. This freedom allows us to reclaim our authentic sense of vitality, purpose and personal power. As we gain liberating insight, aided by practical skills, we are best able to move beyond the problems and toward the life we would choose for ourselves.

With offices in Cambridge and Amesbury, I serve clients from the North Shore to the metropolitan Boston area. For information on how I conduct my work, or to make an appointment, call or visit the website.

Whether you engage my counseling services or those of someone else whom you feel might fit you better, remember this: There is no later. Your only time and place of personal power is here and now. www.swolffoster.com v 617-413-3712 Counseling and Therapy continued

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Awaken Your Healing Touch

Improve motivation, accomplish tasks & more

Holistic Psychotherapy & Life Coaching Lori Miller-Freitas, LICSW

Holistic Psychotherapy/Clinical Consultation

Using extensive professional experience to resolve issues related to: Trauma, Grief, PTSD, Anxiety and Phobias, ADD.

Get to the core — Transform your life!

You are on this earth to be happy and realize your true potential.

Certifications: LICSW, EMDRIA Approved Consultant, National Board of Certified Clinical Hypnotherapists. Visa/MC acccepted.

EMDR R TAT R Hypnosis R Reiki I use a combination of traditional, body centered and energy therapies to increase the speed and deepen the level of holistic healing.

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Healing from the Body Level UpSM A new mind / body / spirit healing methodology for the 21st century

Announcing hbluSM A breakthrough new therapy that can change your life, even when other therapies have failed!

• Do you have fears, anxieties or phobias that get in your way?

• Are your relationships frustrating, painful, or unsatisfying?

• Are you feeling unfulfilled with your career, current income, or just life in general?

• Do you constantly struggle to achieve and maintain your ideal weight?

• Are you being weighed down by chronic health problems?

• Do you find yourself making the same mistakes over and over again?

When you’ve done your best to solve these problems, but find that they are not

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under your voluntary control, you are experiencing unconscious self-sabotage.

Healing from the Body Level UpSM (hbluSM) is a unique and effective way to get unstuck and eliminate struggle by clearing mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual blocks to success, so that you can finally achieve your goals! The originator of this holistic psychotherapy system, Dr. Judith Swack, has demonstrated her amazing phobia cures live on WCVB Channel 5 News, on TBS Superstation’s Worst Case Scenario, and on New England Cable News. She is a respected healer, teacher of healers, author, and keynote presenter at major psychology conferences.

Dr. Judith Swack and her associates Nicole LaFrance, MA, and David Danzig, LICSW, are now available for private sessions in person, or by phone.

“This work gave me back my life.”

– Susan S., Writer, Boston, MA “I’ve made more progress in the most important areas of my life in just a few sessions than I did in 5 years of traditional therapy.

This woman is amazing! I’ve already referred – Jane U., Teacher 10 clients to her.”

For a free information package and to book appointments, call 1-800-310-6549 or 781-444-6940, or visit www.hblu.org.

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Libby Barnett, MSW Libby is a gifted, knowledgeable Reiki Master with 26 years experience. She is coauthor of Reiki Energy Medicine, Bringing Healing Touch into Home, Hospital, and Hospice – over 55,000 copies sold in seven languages.

Use Reiki to create more joy and ease in your life. Let Libby's warm, heart-centered approach help you take your next step toward self-love and inner peace. Reiki brings balance and harmony, supporting you doing the work you were born to do. Reiki facilitates transitions, promotes creativity and wisdom, and accelerates spiritual growth, helping you manifest your magnificence.

Libby has taught medical and nursing students at Harvard, Brown, Tufts, and Yale as well as staff at Massachusetts General, Beth Israel, Mt. Auburn, Emerson, Dartmouth-Hitchcock, Southern New Hampshire, New York Foundling, and New York Columbia Presbyterian.

Libby was featured in a Reiki segment for the PBS nationally televised series, Body and Soul. For the past seven years, Libby has conducted Reiki classes at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health.

One of Libby's current passions is teaching hospice staff and volunteers.

Fueled by Reiki energy, their healing touch

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Bring your Divine Blueprint into Physical Plane Manifestation and experience greater empowerment, improved health (mental, emotional physical and spiritual), increased utilization of your brains potential, greater creativity, and increased energy and clarity.

is enhanced, affording greater effectiveness in calming agitation, soothing pain and providing comfort.

In class, a powerful slide presentation captures the essence of Reiki. You hear the Reiki story, receive attunements and practice giving and receiving Reiki. You leave class with an illustrated notebook, certificate, and pin, fully trained and certified to do Reiki on yourself, family, friends, colleagues, and pets.

"My commitment to teach the Usui System of Reiki Healing in the authentic, traditional manner inspired me to visit Japan to retrace the roots of Reiki. I am dedicated to teaching this sacred healing art to promote health and conscious living on the planet. I invite you to give yourself the gift of Reiki. It is an easy, effective way to love, heal, and empower yourself. I look forward to meeting you and sharing Reiki."

Reiki I, Boston Area Classes: Concord, MA: Mar. 12 or June 25 Newton, MA: Mar 26 or June 4 Reiki I, Wilton, NH Classes: Mar 5, May 14, or June 11 Martha’s Vineyard Class: Apr 30 Reiki II Class on day folowing Reiki I Class Reiki Master, Wilton, NH Class: Apr 2 For info on additional classes, call or check our website: www.reikienergy.com Click on Class Schedule To register, call or email the Reiki Healing Connection: 603-654-2787. Visa/MC accepted. Social Work CEU’s and Nursing contact hours available. Reiki Master Training info available on request.

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I’ve offered flower essence therapy internationally for over 16 years. I offer sessions by phone and in my Northampton office. I work with clients on a broad range of issues and develop a flower essence formula specifically for each session.

Call me if you want compassionate and powerful support for healing into a more gracious and empowered life.

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Also, bring forth your greatest talents and abilities, clear many karmic and genetic patterns, hold greater amounts of light in your physical body, and much more.

Great for those who feel ready to shift out of those “stuck” areas into tremendous empowerment, improved health on all levels, and living your higher destiny agreements and highest potentials.

Rev. Claire Luft Master Teacher/Master Healer Ancient Mystery School Guide & Ritual Master Heart's Singing Healing Center, Woburn, MA 781-281-2888 v www.heartssinging.com

48-Strand DNA Activation

Reclaim your ancient birthright for perpetual health and wellness, ascension, and amazing capabilities commonly perceived as super-natural. Window of opportunity permanently closes Dec. 21, 2012. Multidimensional KS self-healing techniques must be used NOW!

Experience colon hydrotherapy in a safe, relaxed environment using state-of-the-art FDA registered equipment.

Stephanie Dumas I-ACT Certified Colon Hydrotherapist, Owner

Lexington Medical Building 16 Clarke Street, Lexington, MA

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Aalia Kusmis, MS, PhD, ND, DD MCEO Level IV Ordinate Consummate

Reflexology Wellness Center

Amy Kreydin, NBCRT, BD Board Certified Reflexologist Experience deep relaxation and wholebody healing with Reflexology, Clinical Aromatherapy and Metamorphosis in our family-friendly space.

Amy specializes in working with

Cleansing for the body, the mind, the spirit

ULCS Clinic www.ulcsclinic.com 603-286-8191 pediatrics, chronic health conditions and women’s lifecycle health.

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Spontaneous Remission Advanced Energetic Hands on Healing from the Mayan Lineage. Miraculous Healing for all issues that require attention.

Nakri HEALING CENTER

Nadsa de Monteiro Usui/Tibetan Reiki Master & Teacher Offering small Reiki classes with personal attention, mentoring and guidance; Reiki shares to provide the opportunity to come together, practice, learn and grow in a sacred, serene and safe space.

Patricia Warren Reiki Jin Kei Do

The Barefoot Dragonfly A Reflexology Wellness Center 489 Main St, Stoneham, MA G 617-794-4755 www.thebarefootdragonfly.com

Heart’s Singing Healing Center Woburn, MA 781-281-2888 u www.heartssinging.com Healing sessions with Nadsa focus on the individual needs of each person to heal on every level. Using the healing power of crystals, the guiding insight from aura readings and Akashic records, Nadsa’s Reiki sessions are uniquely her own in her approach to healing mind, body and spirit.

Nakri Healing Center ✴ Dorchester, MA nadsa@nakrihealing.com www.nakrihealing.com ✴ 617-285-1056

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The John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing is recognized and acknowledged as the leader in the field of Reiki training for its commitment to excellence in Reiki education. The Center was established by John Harvey Gray and Dr. Lourdes Gray in 1996. John Harvey Gray received his entire Reiki training from Hawayo Takata.

He is one of the original 22 Reiki Masters and the longest-practicing Reiki Master Teacher in the West. John has taught over 1,000 Reiki classes and trained more than 25,000 students.

A gifted and compassionate teacher, Dr. Lourdes Gray was initiated by John Harvey Gray as a Reiki Master Teacher after years of intensive one-on-one training by John Harvey Gray. As a Reiki Master Teacher, Lourdes has taught over 700 Reiki classes, alone or with John, and trained more than 8,000 Reiki students to date. Lourdes is John Harvey Gray’s wife and Reiki business

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Patricia Warren, Reiki Master Teacher 508-528-5888 ✦ warrenhealing@gmail.com www.patriciawarren.com

intuitive powers. Within minutes, be able to scan and feel a person’s aura and chakras for analysis. ✴ Effectively treat any condition with Reiki energy— physical, emotional or spiritual, chronic or acute. ✴ Immediately be an effective Reiki healer, confidently bringing comfort and calm to family, friends, clients and pets ✴ Receive a training manual & certificate.

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Reiki 1st Degree Program (13 CEU’s) Jaffrey, NH: Mar 12-13, Apr 9-10, May 14-15 Belmont, MA: Apr 2-3 Reiki 2nd Degree Program Jaffrey, NH: Mar 19-20, Apr 16-17 Belmont, MA: May 7-8 Past Life Regressions • Mar 5, Apr 30 Learn to See Auras • Mar 6, May 1 Walking the Dead • Apr 24 Reiki Crystal Healing • Apr 23 The John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing P.O. Box 696, Rindge, NH 03461 Visa/MC Accepted For registration and more information: www.learnreiki.org ✴ 603-899-3288

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Each workshop consists of two full days of learning, hands-on practice and ‘no cut corners.’ You will immediately be able to effectively channel Reiki healing energy for yourself, others and pets. In Reiki First Degree you will: ✴ Quickly and easily develop your natural,

Awaken your healing skills immediately and be a powerful channel for Reiki energy!

Rev. Claire Luft is a Master Healer and Master Teacher of Divine Intervention Healing. This healing technique is sacred, powerful, and produces Physical Plane Results.

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Divine Intervention is “Where the Impossible Becomes Possible.”

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Dunja Moeller, Ph.D. is a teacher of the above-mentioned modalities, as well as an intuitive counselor with over 15 years experience in facilitating the healing process.

As a medical anthropologist, she authored a book called Gentle Medicine, which supports holistic ways of healing.

She worked at the Center for Psychology and Social Change at Harvard Medical School, where she chaired an academic and interdisciplinary forum addressing healing and social change. Her expertise lies in an integral approach, bridging the world of western medicine and alternative health in her private practice.

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Favorite Things Studio

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True wellness occurs when all parts of ourselves have released and healed. Healings address everyday problems whether they are physical, emotional, mental, behavioral or spiritual. By resolving negative issues and patterns, clients will experience renewed opportunities to live the life of their dreams.

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Awaken your dreams for yourself and for the life you want.

Nora V. Helbich, CCH

Mark Levin specializes in: Hypnotherapy W Reiki W Polarity Therapy White Light Healing W Remote Healing

able to create very powerful healing processes for hundreds of satisfied clients both within the physical confines of his office, and remotely throughout the entire world. There are many clinically documented cases of spontaneous healing performed by him.

Located at 121 B Tremont Street, Suite 19, Brighton, MA 02135. For those who are unable to come to my office, home or hospital visits are available. Major credit cards accepted.

By combining traditional healing methods such as Reiki, hypnosis, and polarity therapy with his original white light healing therapy, Mark Levin was

For an office appointment or to place a remote healing request, please call: 617-779-8765 or cell: 617-233-3986 www.transcendentalhealing.com

Devoted to helping you feel better.

Energy Healer Reiki Master Certified Hypnotherapist

Eye of the Eagle Center for Spiritual light

Leontine Hartzell is a trained shamanic practitioner and counselor, Usui and Karuna Reiki Master, certified therapeutic ener­gy healer, crystal and sound therapist, plant spirit medicine practitioner, psychic channeler, and legally ordained minister.

With the help of her spirit guides,

Leontine uses soul retrieval, removal and healing of energy blocks, chakra balancing, intuitive counseling, guided imagery, and energy healing methods to heal posttraumatic stress and related disorders, depression, chronic pain and illness, anxiety, grief, and addictive behaviors.

Past life issues and current life traumas that affect the client’s physical, emotional, and spiritual health are healed to allow the client to move into a life of joy and fulfillment.

Private Sessions Long-distance Healing r Phone Readings Workshops and Classes Andover, MA r info@eyeofeagle.org www.eyeofeagle.org r 978-475-1268

A Place of Art and Soul

Elaine is also a certified yoga instructor and has been a meditation and psychic development teacher for more than 10 years.

To inquire about any of her practices or workshops, please go to her website or call her studio and gallery.

Rev. Elaine Read-Cole

Elaine is the founder and facilitator of Angel Wings of Light™ Certification Course Level I and II. She is also a Paranormal Investigator, practicing Shaman, Certified Hypnotherapist (specializing in Past Life Regression), Empath, Ordained Minister, and a Reiki Master/Teacher offering private sessions and certifications in all levels.

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Wendy Marks

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Angel Therapy Practitioner® with Advanced Training and Medium certified by Doreen Virtue Ph.D.

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spiritual health R Works with individuals to develop their

own intuitive skills “As a healer, I work with individuals in a way that consciously promotes a peaceful and healthy planet. Our healing work takes place despite the conflicts that wash over us in our daily lives.

By healing ourselves we create changes that have a ripple effect on the world around us.”

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complementary healthcare

Betty L. Solbjor, BFRP,

Usui Reiki Master, Karuna Reiki ® Master Interfaith Minister

Betty Solbjor has been practicing and teaching Reiki since 1996. In 2002 she became a Karuna Reiki® Master, a Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner, and was ordained an interfaith minister. She has extensive experience using Reiki on both people and animals to gently treat many illnesses and emotional problems.

Reiki brings about a deep sense of relaxation and inner peace. Combined with

Magnified Healing, crystal singing bowls, guided meditation, a session can help to restore balance and harmony to body, mind and soul.

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ENERGY HEALING

for You, Your Home, Land, and Office

Karen Piedra Environmental space clearing with plant spirit and nature energies, Reiki and dowsing-geomancy Revitalize your home and land!

Great for selling and buying homes!

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Benefits of a DEEP Space Clearing: Removes unwanted spirit energy W Improved health and relationships W Reduces EMF rays and geopathic stresses W Releases trauma of land and structure W Receive a better quality of sleep

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Resolve WHY you are sick, or feel unfulfilled! We combine Medical Intuition, Massage/Integrative Bodywork with many more modalities. v

Medical Intuitive Readings that get to the Root Cause of why you are ill, or as a means of prevention.

Visionary Acupressure, Aromatherapy, Sound and Light Therapy, and Hypnotherapy to address issues of anxiety, overwhelm, loss, resentment, and more.

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cle, nerve, organ issues. Years of pain gone in just a few sessions, or even just minutes. v

The Rings of Oden™ for the release of X-Ray, MRI, chemo, EMF’s, antibiotics, vaccine and other drug residues, environmental pollutants, petroleum, plastics, and more.

21 Water St. Amesbury, MA 01913 www.TheWayToBalance.com 978-834-0341

Postural Health

for pain-free neck, shoulders, back and joints

With the Alexander Technique, a mind/ body method, learn to activate your postural reflexes so you can stop creating excess tension as you go about your daily activities. As a result, gain inner confidence, greater ease of movement and improved postural balance!

When you receive Thai Yoga, a healing practice, you enjoy the benefits of a Yoga practice, while the therapist does all the work!

It relieves muscular tension, improves circulation, boosts the Immune System, and ba-

A Higher Balance

Healing Center

Heart-centered healing and gatherings for body, mind, soul Judy Christine Copp, M.Ed, RPP, RMT Healing Sessions

Polarity V RYSE V Rising Star The Reconnection V Holistic Massage Sound Healing V Reiki V Combo Sessions

After a three-year professional training in Paris, Cécile has been teaching students ranging in age from 7 to 87 for almost 20 years.

She taught at Lesley University and presented the Alexander Technique as a Stress Management tool in several major medical institutions. Many with medical or chronic conditions find her work extremely helpful in reducing or eliminating discomfort or pain.

Cécile has a unique style developed by her enthusiasm for her work, her compassion for her students, and her ability to communicate with clarity, both through verbal and hands-on guidance.

For more info on monthly workshops & private sessions, call Cecile @ 617-359-7841 www.alexandertec.com

$89.50 Removes Old Intestinal Debris

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An Herb and Aromatherapy Shop Common and unique herbs for your herb garden. Scentsibilities also carries herbal products including herbal teas,

Intuitive readings included with most sessions.

Gift certificates and distance healing available.

Gatherings for Personal & Soul Evolution

Dr. Jody E. Noé MS, ND

Monthly RYSE Clearings V Angel Circles Weekly Kriya Meditation V Soulcollage® Mediumship Events V Consciousness Studies The Energy System V Yoga V Soul Cinema Usui Reiki Certification V And much more!

Guest Presenters Talented guest presenters visit often and are always welcomed to teach programs.

Downtown Salem, MA V 781-639-1236 www.AHigherBalance.com

If colonic irrigation sounds too daunting, there’s a less intrusive way to give your insides a spring-clean. The Colon Cleansing Kit from Blessed Herbs ($89.50) is guaranteed to remove old waste and hardened intestinal debris through an eight-day herbal program.

The first three days are a “pre-cleanse” that gets you ready for a five-day liquidonly herbal fast.

There are two herbal elements to the cleanse. The first is Digestive Simulator capsules that assure regular bowel movements. The second is Toxin Absorber powder, with psyllium husk, which works by binding to old debris and removing it from your system. You will usually start seeing results by the end of the second day.

Purchase the kit directly from Blessed Herbs (a family owned company local to MA) and receive a 10% discount with this promotional code: 4638 800-489-4372 • www.BlessedHerbs.com

books, potpourri, candles, incense and skin care products. Dried herbs are available for making your own herbal teas.

We carry a full line of essential oils, oil diffusers and related aromatherapy products including carrier oils and colored bottles for your mixes.

Workshops are offered at the shop in herb garden design and planning, herbal topics and aromatherapy. We are glad to fill special requests. Sign up for the monthly email newsletter by emailing us at Linda@scentsibilities.com and receive updates on products and workshops.

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Dr. Jody E. Noé, MS, ND is a Licensed, Board Certified Naturopathic Doctor, fulltime, academic and clinical faculty at the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine, and is a published natural medicine researcher. Dr. Noé has been in practice for over 15 years and is a specialist in Integrative Medicine, and Naturopathic Oncology.

Breast Thermography Institute

Breast Cancer Screening Without Radiation

Naturopathic Doctors (NDs) are trained at accredited naturopathic medical schools, which are 4-year post graduate medical schools accredited by the US Dept. of Education. These medically-trained Naturopathic Doctors are trained as primary care doctors where they can order labs, diagnostics and diagnostic imaging, perform physical examinations, and refer to specialists when indicated.

A naturopathic doctor uses natural complementary and alternative therapies, in conjunction with, or in place of, conventional medicine, based on the individual.

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Ann J. Barker, BSN, RN, LMT, CTT Dr. Dawn R. Goldstein, MD, FACOG Dr. Anthony Piana, DC

Nashua, NH G Manhattan, NY 877-315-SCAN (7226) www.BreastThermographyInstitute.com

Nutrition

Aubrey Thompson M.S., FDN, CMTA Your food and nutrient requirements are as unique as your fingerprints!

The Living Balance program allows you to discover your highly individual dietary needs, and experience a breakthrough in your health and fitness goals. That means identifying and removing blocking factors, increasing your physical and mental energy, achieving and maintaining your ideal weight, and eliminating food cravings, indigestion, fatigue, allergies and more!

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Readings

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Psychic Readings Energy Healings Reiki Classes

Need insight and clarity?

A soul reading can help! By speaking directly to your guides, we will examine your life from a spiritual perspective to discover your life’s purpose and resolve issues about relationships, health, finances and career.

Lisa Campion also teaches Psychic Development and Reiki Classes.

Offices located at Solstice Healing Arts Center, Medway MA.

Are you in the middle of a change, crisis or transformation?

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Lisa Campion

Readings are our Specialty With the Love of Angels Rev. Barbara E. Szafranski Spiritual Counseling  Trance Channeling Med­iumship  Psychic Readings Tele­phone Readings  Tarot Readings Aura Photos: Face and Chakra Body Astrological Charts  Angelic Healings Reiki  Polarity and Energy Work angelicaofsalem@aol.com www.angelicaoftheangels.com

Your angel has a message for you...

Your Angels want to help you and have an important message for you. Please know that you are not alone; they are with you now and surround you always.

~ Nancy Johansen,

RN, ATP,® CCH, RMT

Open Monday through Sunday Angelica of the Angels 7 Central St., Salem, MA  978-745-9355 Angels Landing 131-1 Essex St., Salem, MA  978-744-0170

Take the first step by calling Mary Edmands, Angelic Life Coach, today and discover who you really are, and begin experiencing the life you were meant to live.

Services provided include: Affordable Angel Readings. Consultation by phone or in person.

MARY EDMANDS angelic life coach

Angeltouche

Angelica and Angels Landing offer a wide variety of both metaphysical and new age gifts. Browse around, enjoy the softness of the Angelic energy. Feel the magic that Angelica of the Angels and Angels Landing will bring to you. We have a knowledgeable staff to answer any and all questions.

We also offer: classes, workshops, lectures, parties, weddings and healings. A reader is on hand at all times. By ap­pointment: Rev. Barbara E. Szafranski Classes Ongoing Weekly: Meditation & Focus on Psychic Development

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Nancy Christie Johansen is a psychic intuitive medium and certified ANGEL THERAPY PRACTITIONER® having studied under Doreen Virtue and James Van Praagh in California. Among her credentials, Nancy is also a certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, Shamballa Master and Usui Reiki Master. In addition to her own business, Angeltouche, she is currently working as a Registered Nurse and works in a busy emergency room.

Private sessions in person or distance by phone or e-mail

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Gifted Psychic, Medium and Channel A renown intuitive advisor for the past 24 years, Emma is a gifted psychic, medium, and channel and has worked for the corporate sector with a highlight including helping an oil tycoon land a multi-million oil

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Internationally known for her work with people via phone, in person, and radio, Jocelyn has been helping and guiding others for over 24 yrs.

Known for her ability to “cut to the quick” Jocelyn gives you information you can use for all aspects of your life.

deal! Tarot, numerology, Runes, the I Ching, crystals, palmistry, scrying, and tea leaves can be used to help you gain a better understanding of yourself and the world.

Receive a reading for relationships, fertility, finding a job, investment strategy, and just about anything!

Psychic Readings in person or phone: 30 min = $45 * 1 hr = $70 * $1.99/min.

Mediumship Readings in person or phone: 1 hr = $110 * 30 min = $65 To schedule an appointment, or for directions, call or visit Emma online.

Friend Emma Tracey Phaneuf on FaceBook!

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If you are ready to take a journey into yourself and hear your story with fresh ears, you will come out with options, tools, and choices you may not have seen on your own.

All sessions are recorded on audio cassette. ~ $25 off your first session. ~ For more information, call or email Jocelyn, Intuitive Consultant jocelynintuitive@hotmail.com 978-694-8946

Retreats and Retreat Centers Etna Spiritualist Association Camp Etna A Spiritualist Community founded in 1876 PO Box 125 Etna, Maine 04434 info@CampEtna.com www.CampEtna.com • 207-269-2094

The Peace Abbey The Peace Abbey, a multi-faith retreat and conference center located in Sherborn, Massachusetts is dedicated to creating innovative models for society that empower individuals on the path to nonviolence and peacemaking. This beautiful space welcomes guests for weddings, Bah Mitzvahs, private parties and meetings.

Throughout the years, Camp Etna has been home to many talented mediums and healers who have shared their spiritual knowledge and insights. The camp offers retreats, classes, and workshops in July and August, and welcomes people from all backgrounds interested in exploring spiritual issues.

The peaceful 27 wooded acres are an ideal setting for reflection. Come and visit for a day, weekend or the entire season.

Affordable lodging available.

The coffeehouse and greenhouse cafe host music and special events for the wider community and the Greenhouse offers overnight accommodations for visitors and retreatants. Rates available upon request.

All are welcome to attend the Sunday Pacifist Service from 10-11 am to share one hour of meditation and prayer in the Quaker Room at the Conference Center.

Visitors are welcome seven days a week and tours are available upon request. We are a non-profit and rely solely on the generosity and donations of friends.

2 North Main St. (Rt. 27), Sherborn, MA 01770 abbeypeace@aol.com 508-655-2143  www.peaceabbey.org

The Gathering Inn

A place to step out of the busyness and distractions of the world, to be in quiet and stillness, to be a bit pampered and to reconnect to your spiritual center.

A Women’s Spiritual Center and Retreat House

As a non-denominational retreat house, we offer rest and renewal through transformative programs that teach, nurture and expand upon women’s spiritual journeys.

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Ongoing weekly classes, circles and gatherings Individual & Group Retreats View the full schedule online

82 Healdville Road, Hubbardston, MA www.gatheringinn.org g 978-820-1139

The Open Door Mission Creating spiritual, educational, worship, and healing opportunities to experience God’s transforming Love

Contemplative Holy Eucharist

Sundays 5:30-6:30 pm, starting Mar. 6 Pastoral, Addictions Counseling, and Spiritual Direction ~ by appointment Monthly Retreats ~ visit our blog for details

11 th Step Meditation Meetings

Pastor Carol W. Bolstad, LADC-I

Saturdays 11 am-12:30 pm, starting Mar. 5

708 Rt. 134, S. Dennis, MA G 617-650-6497 OpenDoorCapeCod@aol.com

Supporting recovery through mindful contact with your higher power.

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Spiritual Practices OPEN HOUSE 7:15 - 8:30 pm Mar. 9, Apr. 13, May 11, June 8 (2nd Wed. of the month)

Learn about meditation and Advaita by attending our Open House or Open Meditation* evenings. Our center offers ample parking, wheelchair accessibility, and a picturesque, peaceful setting. Open evenings are free and open to all.

Next Meditation Workshop is Sun., Apr. 3, 8:30 am to 12 noon (cost $40). New meditation classes also begin in April.

OPEN MEDITATION* 7:15 - 8:30 pm Mar. 2 & 16, Apr. 6 & 20, May 4 & 18, June 1 (1st and 3rd Wed. of the month) *Some meditation experience preferred.

Advaita Meditation Center is a nonprofit organization.

The Advaita Meditation Center 28 Worcester Lane, Waltham, MA 02451 www.advaitameditation.org 781-647-0020

Unity is positive, practical Christianity.

We teach the effective daily application of the principles of Truth taught and exemplified by Jesus Christ. We promote a way of life that leads to health, prosperity, happiness, and peace of mind.

We invite you to our Sunday morning services at 10 am held amidst the beauty and prosperity consciousness of an historic mansion in downtown Worcester.

Come enjoy encouraging messages, heartfelt music and warm fellowship. All are welcome here.

Sunday Service: 10 am Child care available from 9:30-11:30 am 21 Cedar Street, Worcester, MA www.unityofcentralma.org H 508-755-6830 H

Yoga, Tai Chi and Fitness The Greater Boston Church of Spiritualism The Greater Boston Church of Spiritualism embraces a religious and spiritual belief blending ancient wisdom with contemporary thought.

Conveniently located off Watertown Square at the Masonic Center, 32 Church St, services are held at 10:30 am every Sunday, with mediumship, live music, inspirational talks, and healing by the laying on of hands.

Ananda Sangha ‘Joy Is Within You!’ New England Centers for Yoga, Meditation and Spiritual Community “The true basis of religion is not belief, but intuitive experience in daily life.

Intuition is the soul’s power of knowing God. To know what religion is really about, one must know God… The time for knowing God has come!” — Yogananda

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As an evolving spiritual community, The Greater Boston Church of Spiritualism offers weekday evening classes in mediumship, healing and meditation; Medium’s Day the 4th Saturday of every month; plus seminars and workshops throughout the year.

For a detailed brochure, a listing of upcoming events, or to speak with the Pastor call 617-923-4334, or visit our website at: www.GreaterBostonChurchofSpiritualism. com.

An affiliate of the American Federation of Spiritualist Churches and the International Spiritualist Federation.

Join us for group meditations, classes, kirtans and more! Live the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi, and those of his direct-disciple Nayaswami Kriyananda, founder of Ananda Sangha world-wide.

York, ME and Exeter, NH: www.anandamaine-newhampshire.org Boston’s North Shore: www.anandaboston.org Rhode Island - South County: www.anandarhodeisland.org

Improve your Health Relieve Sress Improve your Circulations Exercise your Mind and your Body Studios located in Shrewsbury and Sutton.

Call for more information.

Tai Chi Arts Association

Gin Soon Tai Chi Chuan Federation The oldest Tai Chi school in New England, the Gin Soon Tai Chi Club was founded in 1969, authorized by Grandmaster Yang Sau Chung to propagate Classical Yang Family Style Tai Chi Chuan in North

508-842-1236 www.tai-chi-arts.com

America. Grandmaster Gin Soon Chu, founder, received a deep and well-rounded training from Master Lai Hok Soon in Hong Kong and then as a disciple of Yang Sau Chung, first-born and heir of the legendary Yang Cheng Fu. The school has attracted many students from around the world with its traditional approach to training: individual attention, emphasis on correct forms, personal development, repetition, mutual respect, hard work, and integration of body, mind, and qi.

All instruction is by Grandmaster Chu and his sons Master Vincent Chu and Gordon Chu. Gin Soon Tai Chi Chuan Federation 33 Harrison Ave., 2nd fl, Boston, MA 02111 617-542-4442 • www.gstaichi.org

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Holistic Specialties Angels

Colon Hydrotherapy (cont.)

Ross J. Miller, psychic. Meet your angels and spirit guides.

Lisa Hansen. Divinely guided. Intuitive and gentle. Hudson,

Visit www.The MysticWay.com. 617-527-3583

Animal Services Sharon R. Doolittle, DVM, Inc. Holistic. Smithfield, RI.

401-349-2668. www.holisticanimalvet.com

Main Street Animal Services of Hopkinton (MASH).

Dr. Margo Roman. 508-435-4077. www.mashvet.com.

Art Therapy Cordelia Wheelock, ATR, LMHC. 501 Angell St, Providence.

(401) 588-0875. Most insurance accepted.

Astrology

MA. 774-249-8208. HudsonNaturalHealth.com.

Constance Jones. Since 1980 I-ACT/NBCHT Cert.

cleanmycolon.com. 860-287-4558. CT.

A Non-intrusive Herbal Colon Cleansing Kit. 800-489-4372.

www.BlessedHerbs.com

Color Therapy Aura House. Learn to heal with color.

www.colortherapyschool.com. 401-294-2297.

Counseling & Therapy Pastor Carol W. Bolstad, LADC I. Help with substance use

disorders. 617-650-6497. TheOpenDoorMission.org.

The Planet Whispererâ&#x201E;˘. deb@liberationastrology.com.

Shawna V. Carboni, LICSW, DCSW. Experienced psychothera-

Bodywork

Joel Perlmutter, Ph.D. Helping with anxiety and relation-

pist. 617-782-5020. lifechangeboston.com.

ships. Stow: 978-897-9797 or Putnam: 860-928-6619.

Bodywork for the Soul. Suzanne Devereaux, LMT. 25 years

experience. Intuitive shiatsu, CST, Reiki. 860-523-8930.

Craniosacral Therapy

Breema Bodywork

Martha Angelini, LCMT, Reiki Master. Framingham:

Breema Bodywork supports being present in our daily lives.

Free the flow of your cerebral spinal fluid! Barbara:

www.breema.com.

Certification Programs Hypnotherapy, Reiki, IET and Crystal Healing.

www.capecodcenterforwholehealth.com. 508-539-2885.

Coaching Moms: treat depression holistically! Medway, MA.

Triadwellness.net.

Colon Hydrotherapy Genesis Alternative Health. 26 yrs. exp. I-ACT certified

Instructor. NBCHT. 978-463-8800.

Healthy Spirit. Stephanie Dumas. I-ACT certified

781-860-5116. healthyspirit@verizon.net

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508-308-2560. Mindbodyconnect.net.

781-784-1955. thesolewoman.com.

Lelia Joseph, Ed.D., RCST. Craniosacral/Polarity. Fluid biody-

namic style. 508-460-7038. 802-453-7088.

Crystals www.CrystalConcentrics.net. Meditation, healing, focus with

crystal energy worker. 617-771-5119.

Dentists Newton Dental Wellness, Dr. Michaela DeSantis. Integrative

dentistry. 617-244-2997. newtondw.com.

Depression and Anxiety Treatment Healed in 2 Hours. Ross J. Miller, psychic healer.

617-527-3583. www.TheMysticWay.com.

Detoxification

Nutritional Counseling

Revitalive Health & Wellness Center. Newburyport, MA.

Beth Colon, MS, HHP. Transform your health. (978) 340-0448.

(978) 462-1488, www.revitalive.com.

Feng Shui Home & Business. A blend of the best of feng shui tradi-

tions. LynnTaylor@bostonfengshui.com 617-924-4205.

The New England School of Feng Shui. 203-266-4211

www.newenglandfengshui.com.

Urban Eden. Transform and empower your home/work

spaces. karenfeldmanurbaneden.com. 401-351-5632.

Ghosts Removed From Your Home/Aura. Ross J. Miller, psychic medium,

healer. Call 617-527-3583. www. The MysticWay.com

Healing Centers Forest Circles, retreats, programs in a magical Maine

forest. www.forestcircles.com

Groton Wellness: Medical, Dental, Spa, Bistro.

www.grotonwellness.com. (978) 449-9919

Human Design Learn Your Decision Strategy. Call Noelle 774-270-2097 for

free chart & more info.

Hypnosis Shawna V. Carboni, LICSW, DCSW. Experienced psychothera-

pist. 617-782-5020. lifechangeboston.com.

Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy, 20 years experience. Call

now: 617-964-2446. www.laurieharris.net

Landscaping

www.bccnutrition.com.

Shari Solomon, Cocoa Plum Nutrition. Health, with you in

mind! 781-454-7960. cocoaplumnutrition.com

­Past Life Therapy Ross J. Miller. Relive past lives and release blocked energy.

617-527-3583. www.The MysticWay.com

Polarity Therapy Soul Essential, Alexis Shaw RPP, RYSE. Soulessential.org.

508-479-9599. Worcester, MA.

Reflexology Therapeutic, diagnostic and preventative healthcare. Barbara

781-784-1955. www.thesolewoman.com.

Reiki Essence of Healing. Reiki sessions and trainings.

Essencehealing.net. 508-843-1638

Florence Whipple and Kristin Webb, Reiki Masters. Reiki

classes. 978-777-5732. www.reikiprofessors.net.

The John Harvey Gray Center for Reiki Healing.

603-899-3288. www.learnreiki.org. Reiki training.

Reiki, Polarity & Herbalist: Brenda Legere, Reiki Master.

theoffseason.net. 978-688-6181.

Retreats Customized retreats: body/healing work, meditation and

more…781-784-1955. thesolewoman.com.

Brahma Kumaris Peace Village Retreat Ctr., Haines Falls, NY.

518-589-5000. www.peacevillage.com

Schworer & Co Landscapes. A truly artistic process with an

The Peace Abbey. Sherborn, MA. A multi-faith retreat and

Medical Intuitive

Vision Improvement

Sue Singleton. Finds root cause of pain and illness, helps

Rosemary Gaddum Gordon, MA. Cambridge, MA and Ports-

intuitive approach. www.schworer.com.

you heal. 978-834-0341. TheWayToBalance.com

Elizabeth Thorson RN, Certified by C.Myss & N.Shealy MD.

elizabeththorson.com. (207) 712-9495.

Naturopathic Physicians Dr Jody E. Noe, MS, ND. Naturopathic integrative medicine.

401-596-1770. www.drjodyenoe.com.

conference center. www.peaceabbey.org.

mouth, NH. www.visioneducators.com.

Yoga Worcester Yoga Center. Ann Bissanti, C.Y.T. 27 years experi-

ence. 508-829-6300.

www.YogaFamily.com. The largest online yoga

directory that is absolutely free.

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Holistic Counseling. Mind-body approach for healing and discovery.

Personal/spiritual growth based on mindfulness and self-compassion, to increase our connection to ourselves and to others. Counseling for pet loss also available. (978) 745-8311. www.nataliefemino.com.

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CLASSES Upper Cape Tech in Bourne, MA near Cape Cod Canal offers a professional Reflexology Intensive Certification workshop in July, 2011, plus many classes in mind, body and spirit, dance, culinary, personal enrichment and career training. Call (508) 759-7711, ext. 211 or visit www.uppercapetech.cc.

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COUNSELING & THERAPY

DOWSING All About Dowsing. Through dowsing discover more about yourself and your health. Self-instructional DVD’s, books, instruments. www.dowsing.com. (805) 649-5721. Catalog: PO Box 30305, Santa Barbara, CA 93130.

Complete Healing Healing with the power of the mind to a body that wants to be healed.

Frank St. Martin Commissioned Healer, Reiki Master, Certified Hypnotherapist

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FENG SHUI

MASSAGE THERAPY

Clutter? Furniture fatigue? Is your living space stopping you from living?

Or is it your workspace that’s not working? Feng shui can deliver you from chaos and clutter and create comfort in your environment. Contact lynntaylor@bostonfengshui.com.

Zen Bodywork and Massage. Deep tissue, relaxation, sports, injury recovery, circulatory and pregnancy massage and bodywork. Worcester, MA. $10 off your first session: (508) 963-9553. zenbodyworkandmassage.com.

HEALING A Creative Insight provides polarity, hypnosis, or intuitive counseling to assist you in healing and exploring potential.

Telephone counseling available. Call (781) 599-8275.

Ross J. Miller. Psychic healer, medium, regression therapist. Discover the root causes of your problems and heal them.

(617) 527-3583. www.TheMysticWay.com Advanced Cell Training. Discover how your body can overcome symptoms and heal itself. (401) 398-7323. www.advancedcelltraining.com

MEMORIAL ARRANGEMENTS Peace of mind here and the hereafter!

Reduce stress at a most stressful time — the death of a loved one. The Peace Abbey is a multi-faith retreat and peace center in Sherborn, MA that offers the opportunity to preplan and prepay for you and your loved ones’ final arrangements ahead of time. Contact chaplain Dot Walsh dwalsh@peaceabbey.org or call (508) 655-2143 for details. Visit www.peaceabbey.org.

ONLINE RESOURCES AlternativesForHealing.com is a national holistic directory. Find practitioners, products, books, CDs, stores, magazines, schools, expos and seminars.

PYRAMIDS All About Pyramids. Wellness, meditation/experimental tabletop models. Worldwide research. (805) 649-5721. www.dowsing.com. Catalog: P.O. Box 30305, Santa Barbara, CA 93130.

READINGS Licensed psychic and intuitive empath will do readings by appointment. Donna Sprague, Plainville, MA. (508) 954-7191.

SKIN CARE

SPACE AVAILABLE The Arlington Center has beautiful class, workshop and therapy space available.

(781) 316-0282. chip@arlingtoncenter.org Space available in our wonderful new healing center in Central Massachusetts. Looking for practitioners licensed in their fields with a desire to practice their craft in an environment that is professional, positive, and includes several different modalities.

Class/workshop space also available.

Contact Roberta at rg2442@msn.com or (508) 962-8129 for more information.

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Send listings to Spirit of Change, PO Box 405, Uxbridge, MA 01569.

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education

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TRAVEL

Advocacy

Journeys With Soul Tours. Experience the power of sacred sites on a transformational journey. Visit England’s Stonehenge and Glastonbury, step into mysterious crop circles, discover the energy of Malta’s Mediterranean temples or the ancient chambers of Ireland. Highly recommended. www.journeyswithsoul.com.

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VOLUNTEER

Volunteers Needed: Reiki, Massage, Reflexology, Music, Pet Therapy & More

Care Alternative is recruiting volunteers to work with terminally ill patients and their families throughout Massachusetts.

Volunteers receive training and continuing education related to hospice and the support of the Hospice staff.

For information about classes and volunteer opportunities, please call Lindsay at 508-887-0220.

WILD DOLPHIN SWIMS Swimming with Wild Dolphins. The ultimate Human-Dolphin Connection.

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Spring 2011 Display and Directory Advertiser Index {A}

Acupuncture of Worcester...................... 56 Advaita Meditation Center...................... 69 Advanced CellTraining........................... 15 Advanced Mind Guide........................... 61 Allston Physical Medicine Center........... 45 Alternatives for Health............................ 37 An Apple A Day Acupuncture................ 56 Ananda Center....................................... 69 Ancient Wisdom Spiritual Resource Center............................ 24, 58 Andromeda’s Alley................................. 57 Angelica of the Angels............................ 68 Angels Talk............................................. 68 Apollo Herbs.......................................... 10 Aquarius Sanctuary................................ 46 Archway Events...................................... 13 Arlington Center..................................... 32 Nancy Slonim Aronie............................. 25 Arvigo Massage...................................... 29 Association for Research & Enlightenment...................................... 14

{B}

Susan Barbera........................................ 34 Barefoot Dragon Fly, The........................ 65 Libby Barnett.......................................... 64 Kathrin Woodlyn Bateman..................... 64 Baystate Animal Chiropractic.................. 56 Michael Bergonzi................................... 21 Glenn Bigonet........................................ 62 Blessed Herbs................................... 38, 67 Bone Fide............................................... 31 Boston Brain Works................................ 11 Boston Health Kinesiology, LLC.............. 45 Boston School of Herbal Studies, The..... 60 Breast Thermography Institute................ 67 David Brown.......................................... 20 Robert Brown......................................... 47 Patricia Burke......................................... 23

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Nancy Canning...................................... 46 Canton Spiritualist Church...................... 24 Amy Caparco......................................... 15 Care Alternatives Hospice...................... 73 ChildLight Yoga...................................... 72 CHIME................................................... 60 Jonathan Chisholm................................. 41 Circles of Wisdom.............................. 9, 18 Clarity.................................................... 24 Conscious Being..................................... 33 Constellation Approach.......................... 59 Core Integration Training Inst.................. 59 Joseph Crane.......................................... 57 Crystal Cave, The................................... 47 CrystalConcentrics.net............................ 62

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Developmental Alphabiotics.................... 2 Sharon Doolittle..................................... 15 Down to Earth........................................ 47 Dragonfly Animal Intuitive Services........ 57

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Eclectic Institute of Aromatherapy and Herbal Studies, The................................ 60 Enchanted Fox........................................ 41 Engaging Creativity................................. 58 Etna Spiritualist Association.................... 68 Exceptional Dentistry............................. 37

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Favorite Things Studio............................ 66 Devorah Feinbloom................................ 34 Stephen-Wolf Foster............................... 63 Fourwinds Society, The.......................... 19

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Barbara Gangemi................................... 63 Gathering Inn, The................................. 69 Diane Gelinas......................................... 40 Arthur Gertler......................................... 21 Gin Soon Tai Chi Chuan Federation....... 69 The Grateful Heart................................. 15 John Harvey & Lourdes Gray.................. 65 Greater Boston Church of Spiritualism.... 69 Groton Dental Wellness Spa..................... 9 Christopher Gruener............................... 63

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Harmony Center..................................... 59 Leontine Hartzell.................................... 66 Healing from the Body Level Up. Inc.......................................... 35, 64 Healthy Spirit......................................... 65 A Higher Balance Healing Center........... 67 Joan Holzman........................................ 63

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Inner Traditions...................................... 14 Inspiring Events NE................................. 39 Integrative Animal Health Care Center... 31 Internal Wellness Center......................... 45 It’s My Health......................................... 15

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J White’s Automotive.............................. 27 Jocelyn................................................... 68 Nancy Johansen..................................... 68 Barbara Madden Johnson....................... 62

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Karendyth.............................................. 37 Kristin Kirk.............................................. 61 Aalia Kusmis........................................... 65

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Catherine Langford................................. 25 Langan Creative Arts, LLC....................... 59 Dr. Jennifer Lees..................................... 59 Mark Levin............................................. 66 Life Choice Hospice............................... 12 Lifetime Health & Consulting.................. 64 Eric Linter............................................... 57 Living Balance........................................ 67 The Living Earth..................................... 37

Lowell General Hospital......................... 23 Claire Luft......................................... 64, 65

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M.A. Centers.......................................... 47 Judith Mabel........................................... 20 Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center......... 57 Market Street Health............................... 13 Linda Marks..................................... 26, 62 Wendy Marks......................................... 66 MASH.................................................... 56 MA Society of Bioenergetic Analysis...... 62 Massage School, The.............................. 75 Massage Clinic, The................................ 19 Matrix Energetics, Int’............................ l61 George Mephis....................................... 63 Ross Miller................................... 17, 31, 46 Lori Miller-Freitas................................... 64 Dunya Moeller....................................... 65 Violet Morin........................................... 62

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Dr. Mona Lisa Schulz............................. 18 Schworer & Company Landscaping, Inc..11 Science of Spirituality............................. 27 A Secret Garden for Women.................. 61 Andrea Seiver......................................... 61 Shaman’s Heart Healing & Hypnosis...... 34 Silver Hawk............................................ 47 Silver Willow.......................................... 57 Sirius...................................................... 13 Miriam Smith.......................................... 31 Soap Factory, The................................... 73 Betty Solbjor.......................................... 66 Solstice Healing Arts........................ 12, 58 Some Enchanted Evening........................ 46 Sound of Light Healer............................. 23 Source School Tantra.............................. 19 Spa Tech............................................ 5, 60 Spirit of Change.................................... 6, 7 Eden St. James........................................ 22 Frank St. Martin...................................... 72 Sun Garden Herbs.................................. 37

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Nakri Healing Center.............................. 65 New Day................................................ 66 New England Clinical Thermography..... 40 New England Inst. of Reflexology........... 59 New England Spas.................................. 10 Newton Dental Wellness........................ 19 Nexus Healing........................................ 68 Dr. Jody Noe.....................................15, 67

Tai Chi Arts Associates........................... 69 Lynn Taylor............................................. 31 Tenth Ctr for Yoga & Meditation............. 27 Elizabeth Thorson................................... 16 Touchstone Community School.............. 58 TrueNorth Business Consulting............... 58

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Unity Church of Central MA................... 69

Off-Season Sports & Physical Therapy.... 23 Omega Institute...................................... 39 Open Door Mission, The........................ 69 Open Doors........................................... 58 Our Home Yoga..................................... 27

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Paladin..................................................... 3 The Peace Abbey................................... 68 Emma Phaneuf....................................... 68 Phoenix Healing Arts.............................. 18 Karen Piedra........................................... 66 Monique Pommier.................................. 57 Judith Prebluda....................................... 62 Providence Zen Center........................... 15 Pyramid Books....................................... 39

{R}

Cecile Raynor......................................... 67 Revitalive Health & Wellness.................... 9 Rhys Thomas Healer Training............61, 76 Rising Sun Acupuncture......................... 22 Dave Russell........................................... 45

{S}

Sacred Bridging...................................... 29 Sacred Song Reiki................................... 26 Sage Mountain....................................... 41 San Francisco Herb & Natural Food Co.............................................. 12 Scentsibilities.......................................... 67

{U} {V}

Ann Valiante........................................... 33 Valley Ayurveda..................................... 57 Vision Educator...................................... 61

{X}

Wainwright House, Inc........................... 21 Gordon Waite.............................16, 26, 47 Pat Warren............................................. 65 Way to Balance, The........................ 60, 66 Kristin Webb/Florence Whipple.............. 22 Wellness Roundtable, The...................... 17 (W)hole Point Institute, The.............. 40, 60 Whole Foods.......................................... 15 Whole Health Expo................................ 31 Whole Person Health............................. 26 Trish Whynot.......................................... 62 Anthony William...................................... 2 Winchester Hospital............................... 59 Wisdom of the Ages............................... 16 Woman of Wisdom................................ 58 Cheryl Wright......................................... 61

{ X-Y-Z }

Yoga at the Ashram................................ 32 Yoga Pathways....................................... 33 Yoga Studio, The.................................... 47 Zuzu’s Beads.......................................... 58

The Massage School

6,000 Scholarships!

(Total tuition after scholarship = $3,600)

In celebration of our tenth year providing Massage education, we are very pleased to once again be able to offer these scholarships to all students admitted to the program starting in May. These scholarships are part of our ongoing fight for social and economic justice. How can we afford to offer these huge scholarships? It’s very simple. Because we are a small, independently owned school, we don’t have the overhead and profit pressures of the larger corporate schools. We don’t have highly paid executives, outside investors, or external corporate owners to pay dividends to. The owners of The Massage School are the main teachers and the administrators of the school. We care about the healing benefits of massage and have fought hard behind the scenes to keep it accessible to all people. In this era of high unemployment, our mission is more important than ever: to make the best massage education accessible for working people and single parents. We work extra hard to be able to offer these scholarships so you can spread healing to a world that needs it now more than ever.

Our tenth year!

We started The Massage School 10 years ago with a simple idea - wouldn’t it be great to build a massage school that taught modern massage technique, with a hands-on approach to learning, at an affordable price, and with a simple practical and flexible schedule. We are a mission-driven school, passionate about making massage available to people from all walks of life.

Compare our school with programs costing $12,000 or more. We designed our program to produce Massage Therapists with excellent technical skills. Our graduates are prepared to begin their professional career immediately upon licensure without any time necessary to “get up to speed.” We have two campuses in Massachusetts: Easthampton and Acton. Our next class begins May 2 in Acton, and May 3 in Easthampton.

Please call us today at 413-529-2900 to arrange an interview at your convenience. And, don’t forget to visit our website, www.TheMassageSchool.Org.

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