February 2007 Magazine PDF

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■ New. . .
The GREEN
BUSINESS
DIRECTORY
– pgs. 4 & 5
■ New . . .Wellness
Community Transformation
Center (WCTC)
- pg. 10
■ New . . . Be
Your Own Oracle
(James Wanless)
– pg. 12
■ The Heart of Tuscany – pg. 8
■ Turtle Mystery School – pg. 9
■ Tantra
w/the Muirs
– pgs. 12 & 13
■ Mystic Theatre – pgs. 14 & 17
■ Global Warming – pg. 18
■ Solar Power
– pg. 19
■ World Sound Healing
Day: Feb. 14th
– pg. 11
■ Holistic Living Expo:
March 4th
– pgs. 24 & 25
■ STARRY NIGHT, so named because it reminded astronomers of the
Van Gogh painting, is a halo of light around a star in the Milky Way.
More Hubble Images – pg. 17
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ARTS & PERFORMANCE
LOVE MAGICK
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Feb. 14, 7-9pm, at Serpent’s
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DR. DAVID L. BILES,
DDS, MA
HOSTS THE
PERSPECTIVE
RADIO SHOW
2 SATURDAYS A
MONTH.
KSCO 1080 AM & streaming
live on www.ksco.com
Perspectives Radio airs
every Saturday at 12 noon
until 1pm (PST).
Guests:
February 24: Professor
Garth L. Nicolson – President of the Institute for Molecular Medicine in Huntington
Beach, CA & has published
over 580 medical & scientific
papers.
March 10: Jess Clifford
– Inventor of the “Clifford
Materials Reactivity Testing”.
A process which determines
biocompatible materials
used to repair teeth, bone
structures, joints and other
body parts.
THE BEEZONGED
EXPERIENCE
AWAKENS
THE MONTEREY
BAY !!!
Experience the incredible
healing effects of Sound
Activation as multiple Gong
Masters deliver tones to
awaken you to new levels of
Clarity and Empowerment.
Stir Your Senses and Expand
Your Consciousness - Sat,
Feb 17 at 2pm - Unitarian
Universalist Sanctuary, 490
Aguajito Rd, Carmel (off
Pebble Beach Exit of Hwy 1).
$9 Gen Admission.
(831) 484-1923
TOM MILLER’S
INTERNATIONAL
MUSIC HALL
moved from Henflings to Don
Quixote’s in Felton call (831)
335-2800 for info
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THE MAGIC AND
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MIDDLE EASTERN
DANCE
Bring alive your next event
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Welcome your guests into an
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exotic live music also available. Call Unique Entertainment @ (831) 338-4138.
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TANTRA: THE ART
OF CONSCIOUS
LOVING
Charles & Caroline Muir’s
Mar. 9-11 Santa Cruz Tantra
Seminar. Preview will be
held Thur. Feb. 22nd, 7pm
and Thur. Mar. 8th, 7pm
at Best Western Inn, 6020
Scotts Valley Dr., Scotts
Valley. (831)438-6666 (Hwy
17 @ Granite Creek Exit).
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In his play, ‘After the Fall’,
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It is time, now, to let go of
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you are and have always
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3rd Friday of the Month 78:30pm $12. Body & Soul,
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Donna C. Cerio
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Feature Index
Arts & Entertainment ................................24-25
Astrology .........................................................31
Awareness....................................................9-14
The Billboard.....................................................2
Business............................................................4
Call to Awaken ................................................16
Dining Delights ................................Will Return
Directories .................................................26-30
Fitness & Sports ..............................Will Return
Health Notes...............................................20-22
Check Out Our New Website at
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Healthy Appearance .........................................6
Healthy Planet ............................................18-19
Lively Letters ....................................................3
Martial Arts......................................................23
Movies .............................................................24
Music ..............................................................24
Parenting, Kids & Education ...........................7
Pet Health ........................................................31
Rave Reviews ...................................Will Return
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In the Dec. ’06 Issue, we published photos of
a mother Tiger nursing piglets. The article said that
the tiger was depressed after losing her litter (at a
zoo in Calif.). That was in error. These were real
photos taken in Thailand at a Tiger Zoo. The mixture
of Tiger and Piglets were more for entertainment
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The Green
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What is The Monterey Bay Area
Green Business Program?
It Certifies Environmental Performance
T
HE MONTEREY BAY Area
Green Business Program is a successful partnership of environmen-
tal agencies, utilities and nonprofit organizations that assist, recognize and promote
businesses and government agencies that
volunteer to operate in a more environmentally responsible
way. To be certified “green,”
participants
must be in compliance with all
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standards for
conserving
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Mon, Feb 12 at 7 p.m.
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James Jarvis
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Consciousness and
the Mystery of Death.
Special
Event!
Saturday
Feb 10
7 p.m.
Freedom through
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Enlightening event
covering this month's
planetary changes.
Tue, Feb 13 at 7 p.m.
Denise DianiFriedman
Let's Talk About Love!
Byron Katie &
Stephen Mitchell
‘A Thousand Names
for Joy’
First Congregational Church
900 High St., Santa Cruz
Buy two tickets for $25, get
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Learn and Understand the
Palmistry Pathways of the Heart
Mon, Feb 19
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Mystic
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‘Psych - K’
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Easily change subconscious
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The Task Force championed the
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began planning efforts to establish the Green
Business Program in August 2002. The
Green Business Program was officially
launched in early 2004 targeting Vehicle
Service and Repair Facilities. In the same
year, the program expanded into the
Restaurant sector in Santa Cruz County and
is currently considering expansion into the
Landscaping, Hotel/Hospitality, and Winery
sectors.
Green Business Program History
The Bay Area Green Business Program
was initially developed by local governments in the San Francisco Bay Area in collaboration with US EPA, Cal EPA
Department of Toxic Substances Control and
the business community. This original San
Francisco Bay Area program has grown to
include 7 participating counties who have
certified over 300 businesses and public
agencies since 1996. The program has
expanded beyond state lines, with new
Green Business Programs starting up in San
Diego, Sacramento, Arizona and Hawaii as
well as right here in the Monterey Bay area.
The Monterey Bay Area Green Business
Program in Both Santa Cruz and Monterey
Counties are each multimedia (soil, water,
and air) pollution prevention efforts that create positive relationships between government, the public, and the business community. It is an incentives-based program
designed to encourage businesses to meet or
exceed environmental standards.
County and Regional Coordinators
For more information on the Green
Business Program, contact the coordinator in
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Santa Cruz County
Josephine Fleming • (831) 477-3907 •
[email protected]
Monterey County
Health Dept., Environmental Health
Division
Solid Waste & Recycling Section •
(831) 755-4579 • [email protected]
Regional Program
Kirsten Liske, Ecology Action
(831) 426-5925 ext. 123
[email protected]
www.montereybaygreenbusiness.org
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The Green Directory
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NATURALLY NURTURED LIPS
by Donna Williams-Smith
oney was known to the ancient Greeks as the food of
the gods because of its unique
healing properties, and has long been
used for its rejuvenating purposes.
Roses also, abound with healing attributes, their scent alone generating
many uplifting endorphins. Both are
ideal ingredients in many natural skin
care preparations and are especially
H
pleasing, paired, for the lips.
Honey contains many vitamins
and minerals. It is an excellent source
of many B vitamins, vitamin C, carotene, and organic acids. It works well
as a natural skin softener and is also
antiseptic. The golden nectar cleanses
and heals, easily removing dead skin
cells as it moisturizes. It is very effective for dry, chapped skin and wind
parched or damaged lips.
When used for the skin, it is preferable to use natural, unprocessed,
honey, not brands that have been boiled
during processing. Good health food
stores usually carry brands that have
not been excessively boiled. Honey
purchased from a beekeeper would be
even better.
Without the bees acting as “Cupid” within blossoms, gathering ingredients for honey, a garden would be
less resplendent.
One of the finest
creations found in their domain is the
Rose. There is an old saying that ”roses
are good for the skin and the soul”.
Like honey, roses have a long tradition of medicinal use. Their oil is
highly prized and one of the most important oils used in Aromatherapy. In
Ayurvedic Medicine, roses are considered cooling and tonic for the mind.
Anyone drinking Rosehip or Rose
Petal tea should find this to be so. Their
character is sweet and astringent and
they are high in Vitamins C, B, E, and
K. Among many properties, they are
found to be cleansing, antibacterial,
and antiinflammatory. Roses truly offer an abundance of gifts in one package.
This union of Honey and
Rosewater will aid dry lips anytime,
by Linda Chaé
ave it all... natural clarifying ingredients
and effective delivery systems deliver
astounding results once advertised for
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The Consumer Reports in January, 2007,
concurred with Chaé on the need for clean, effective products made without toxic ingredients.
“We take issue with the idea that a little bit of
poison doesn’t matter, because safer alternatives
are available,” says Stacy Malkan, communications director of Health Care Without Harm.
“Companies should be making the safest products possible, instead of trying to convince us
that a little bit of toxic chemicals are OK.”
Chaé believes the fastest and most satisfying way to achieve radiant skin is to use an integrated set of TOXICFREE® products formulated to
support your individual skin type. The wonderful Chaé Regenerating Collections for normal to
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may first be exfoliated with a small
amount of partially crystallized honey
or brown sugar before applying the
following:
Honey and Rosewater Lip Soother
4 Tablespoons Honey
4 Teaspoons Rosewater
Gently melt the honey in a
small bowl, sitting in another bowl
of hot water. Stir in Rosewater. Cool
and seal in container/s. Use as required.
Donna Williams-Smith is a
wholistically oriented Aesthetician, licensed in CA and NV. Her skin care
services are available at Angles in
Scotts Valley – (831) 429-9733.
Each collection contains a cleanser, a toning
mist, a rejuvenating moisturizer and an exfoliator. We top
off the collection with a special offer to get you started
‘Loving Your Face’... the extraordinary
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Linda Chaé is President and Chief Formulator for Chaé® Organics. A 35 year veteran of
the cosmetic industry, Linda’s crusade to protect clients from the dangers of the products they
use – many of which contain toxic and/or carcinogenic ingredients – became personal when she
not only treated many cancer patients, but became a cancer survivor herself. To learn more,
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(6) www.ada.org/public/topics/fluoride/
facts/fluoridation_facts.pdf.
(7) www.nurserywater.com/home.html.
(7a) “Dentistry, Dental Practice, and the
Community,” 5th edition 1999 Burt/
Eklund.
(7b) http://tinyurl.com/yq8y66.
Up-to-Date Info on Fluoride and Your Baby... and for You too!
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and use of dietary supplements that include fluoride
(tablets or
drops).”
T h e
CDC reports
that, “formula
itself has low amounts of fluoride,”
[and] “when infant formula concentrate is mixed with fluoridated water
and used as the primary source of nutrition, it may introduce fluoride at levels above the amount recommended to
minimize the risk for fluorosis.”
What is recommended?
According to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) (3), to avoid
moderate fluorosis (yellow or brown
teeth), the adequate daily intake of
fluoride, from all sources, should not
exceed:
— 0.01 mg/day for 0 – 6-montholds
— 0.5 mg/day for 7 through 12
months
— 0.7 mg/day for 1 – 3-year-olds
Babies, under one year, consume
over their adequate intake from the
water supply alone at the so-called
optimal concentrations (0.7 - 1.2 mg/
L), according to the March 2006 NAS’
National Research Council (NRC)
fluoride report (4).
The CDC reports, “one-third
(33%) of children aged 12 to 15 years
in the United States have very mild to
mild forms of this condition.” However, the CDC omits that about 4%
have moderate or severe fluorosis, according to the same reference. And, up
to 1/2 of all school children have fluorosis when the “questionable” category
is included. (5) The American Dental
Association’s Fluoridation Facts describes questionable fluorosis as “A
few white specks or white spots.” (6)
The CDC admits that “More cosmetically objectionable forms of this
condition can occur when young children consume excess fluoride from all
sources during critical periods of tooth
development [up to age 8].”
Also alarming is that bottled water with added fluoride is now sold
with the now-contraindicated instructions to mix into infant formula. (7)
Also little publicized is that the
Photo: N. Bashkaran
January 19, 2007:
ithout fanfare or public announcement, the Centers
for Disease Control (CDC)
posted a new fluoride caution on their
website—avoid mixing fluoridated
water into concentrated infant formula
to prevent discoloring babies’ new
teeth. (1)
There is no dispute that too much
fluoride causes dental fluorosis—
white spotted, yellow or brown and
sometimes pitted enamel. The CDC
now admits that babies can ingest too
much fluoride when fluoridated water
is mixed into their concentrated infant
formula and foods. Fluoride is added
to 2/3 of public water supplies based
on a disproved theory that fluoride ingestion prevents cavities.
“Where’s the media alert so that
the parents, care givers, health care
workers and legislators know about
this,” asks lawyer Paul Beeber, President, New York State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.
(NYSCOF).
A New Hampshire newspaper
reports the federal Women, Infant and
Children (WIC) program still encourages mothers to mix formula with fluoridated water. (2)
“The CDC leaves it up to groups
like ours to share the bad fluoride news,”
says Beeber, “And then they will probably criticize us for doing so as they have
in the past.” (2a)
This is what the CDC’s website
says (1):
“It now appears that the amount of
the fluoride contained in the water used
for mixing infant formula may influence
a child’s risk for developing enamel fluorosis, particularly if the child’s sole
source of nutrition is from reconstituted
infant formula.”
“If tap water is fluoridated or has
substantial natural fluoride (0.7 mg/L or
higher), a parent may consider using a
low-fluoride alternative water source.
Bottled water known to be low in fluoride is labeled as purified, deionized,
demineralized, distilled, or prepared by
reverse osmosis.”
“Using only water with low fluoride levels to mix formula will not eliminate the risk of enamel fluorosis. Other
factors that contribute to developing fluorosis include swallowing of toothpaste
NRC report reveals that some people
risk thyroid dysfunction and bone
damage from drinking even low levels of fluoride; and studies linking
fluoride to cancer and lowered IQ are
plausible.
Few know that too much fluoride
can actually decay teeth. (7a) And, that
the most widely used fluoridation
chemicals, silicofluorides, are linked
to higher rates of tooth decay. (7b)
“Parents also need to be taught
the fluoride content of foods in easyto-understand language, so it’s possible to tally daily fluoride intake and
to be taught fluoride’s adverse health
and dental effects,” says Beeber.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has compiled fluoride content of
foods. (8)
NYSCOF warned the public about
a research review published in 2000
showing infant formula mixed with fluoridated water leads to fluorosis. (2a)
Many published studies link infant formula to fluorosis. (9)
A Tennessee legislator, who is also
a medical doctor, asked all water departments in Tennessee to shut off the fluoride because of health concerns. (10) In
Oregon, a fluoridation bill is stalled by a
doctor and nurse in the legislature citing
health concerns. (11)
Contact: Paul Beeber, Esq, (516)
433-8882, [email protected], New York
State Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation,
Inc., www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof.
Fluoride Action Network,
www.FluorideAction.Net. Fluoride Journal, www.FluorideResearch.Org.
SOURCE: New York State Coalition
Opposed to Fluoridation, Inc.
References:
(1) www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/safety/infant
formula.htm, Accessed 1/18/07.
(2) “Formula, fluoride mix may discolor infants’ teeth,” By Mark Hayward, Union
Leader, Jan 11, 2007, http://tinyurl.com/
35ot7c.
(2a) www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof/
_pgg10.php3.
(3) The National Academies of Science,
“Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium,
Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D,
and Fluoride, 1997.
(4) The National Academies of Science,
Committee on Fluoride in Drinking Water, National Research Council, “Fluoride in Drinking Water: A Scientific Review of EPA’s Standards,” March 2006.
(5) US Centers for Disease Control,
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K-12 ART CONTEST AND EDUCATOR WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITIES
PRESENTED BY THE SEYMOUR CENTER AT LONG MARINE LAB
Marine Masterpieces Student Art
Contest: Encourage your students or
children to enter their original artwork
in the Seymour Center’s fourth annual
Marine Masterpieces student art contest. Winning artwork will be on display in the Seymour Center’s public
exhibit gallery from March 24-May
13, 2007. An awards reception for the
artists and their families will be held
at the Seymour Center on Saturday,
March 24. Prizes for students and
teachers include Seymour Center Tshirts, books, memberships, and even
free future field trips! All artwork and
entry forms must be received at the
Seymour Center between February 110, 2007. Before beginning artwork,
carefully read all contest details and
submission rules on the entry form
available on-line.
For more information and entry
forms visit http://seymourcenter.ucsc.edu.
Call (831) 459-3800 if you have any
questions.
Watershed Cruzin’ Educator Workshops • Monday, January 29, 9 AM - 2
PM • Wednesday, February 21, 4-6 PM
Grade 4-8 teachers and educators
are invited to the Seymour Center for
a free teacher workshop on how to use
Santa Cruz County watersheds in your
standards-based curriculum. Watershed
Cruzin’ activity guide, $50 materials
stipend, and free maps and classroom
interpretive materials are included. Special guest artist Lynn Guenther presents
how to combine art and science, demonstrating techniques for map making,
poster design, murals, and using various mediums and techniques.
For more information, or to register, call (831) 464-2950, or e-mail
[email protected]. Cosponsored by
the Santa Cruz County Resource Conservation District and NOAA’s Bay
Watershed Education and Training (BWET) program.
(8) www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/Data/
Fluoride/Fluoride.html.
(9) http://tinyurl.com/y58bfc.
(10) w w w . f l u o r idealert.org/press/
hensley.htm.
(11) www.portlandtribune.com/news/
story.php?story_id=116915487295110600.
by Don Swaile
W
HILE MANY TRAVEL
companies offer a myriad
of tours into Italy, Creative
Excursions provides an intimate experience in the heart of Tuscany that
aims to inspire, excite and transform!
These unforgettable excursions
are the creation of a dynamic partnership between Canadian artist/teacher
Nancy Crawford and internationally
recognized Italian photographer
Oliviero Olivieri. Having led a number
of “traditional tours” in Italy, the duo
decided to create their own ideal Italian
travel experience drawing on Nancy’s
passion for Italian life and culture, and
Oliviero’s heritage and connection with
the region. They spent months
researching and traveling Tuscany
selecting what they considered to be
some of the most beautiful, remote, and
inspiring locations to visit, and developing a program of workshops and
talks that will encourage, educate and
inspire each participant to enhance their
lives through the creative process. The
result is a host of sensory experiences
that are guaranteed to delight!
The setting for your magical week
is the sanctuary of Sant’Anna in
Camprena, a former 15th century
Benedictine monastery nestled in an
ancient oak forest in the gently rolling
countryside of the picturesque Orcia
Valley. As part of the excursion, you
will be removed from the frenetic pace
of today’s world to experience a more
tranquil environment. Sleeping in a simple, rustic former monk’s cell, and wan-
dering the many paths and roads of the
valley— will help to create a sense of
harmony with the natural surroundings.
All of your meals are traditional
Italian recipes featuring fresh local
products including olive oil from trees
on the property, wine from neighbouring Montepulciano, pecorino cheeses
from the local sheep, and regional
vegetables and fruit. The location of
these small group excursions (10-15
participants) fosters inner contentment, reflection and focus.
During your stay at Sant’Anna,
each participant will have the opportunity to participate in a variety of workshops and lectures focusing on the creative process and related topics, attend a
series of exciting and memorable daily
excursions, and join in nightly discussions. Each individual can decide on
how involved they want to be. Your daily
itineraries include visits to the thermal
baths at Bagni San Filippo, the mystical
site of San Galgano, a picturesque family
run winery, the 10th century Abbey of
Sant’Antimo, and the ancient city of
Volterra—among others.
Nancy and Oliviero will definitely inspire you with their energy, enthusiasm and willingness to share.
These extraordinary excursions can
be booked through Great Expeditions
Travel 1 (800) 663-3364 who can
arrange all of your travel needs along
with pre and post supplements for this
transformative week in Tuscany. For
excursion dates or more information visit
www.creativeexcursions.com or email
Nancy at [email protected].
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saw their Ad in The Connection
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EALTHY LIVING IS a way
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EXCURSIONS
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Join us in September 2007 for an intimate and memorable journey in Italy with
artist/teacher Nancy Crawford and internationally renowned photographer
Oliviero Olivieri. Enhance your life through learning about, exploring and
practicing the creative process.
Reconnect with your senses savouring the rich flavors of Italy, let yourself be
transformed strolling the undulating landscape and experience silence sleeping
in a former monk’s cell.
This is not a Tour, and you are not a Tourist!
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by Marianne Spider Star Weaver
Ober & Stephanie Rainbow
Lightning Elk Wadell
remember when the words ‘Mystery School’ first came into my
consciousness. “How bizarre,” I
thought. “What would I get out of
this?” Yet, I genuinely pictured myself journeying through the 13 Healing Moons of the Great Turtle Mystery School. I wasn’t sure how I would
tell my family and friends. But I did
tell them. I felt the corners of my
mouth turn upward with the delight of
stepping into the unknown. I made the
commitment. Initially, a Mystery
School seemed really out there to me,
a conventionally college educated gal.
However, it was the most grounding
and true experience I have had.
Some Teachings by Rainbow Lightning Elk:
I
Guides are everywhere.
Mystery School: In ancient
times, people who wanted to know the
Mysteries of Life and Death apprenticed to a course of study with a wisdom teacher. They came to understand
their individual contributions to the
collective, gathering to learn interdependence.
share. Usually concealed in today’s
modern world, this relationship is important to our future balance. We assist the evolution of Mother Earth and
all of her Children — Plants, Animals,
Minerals, Humans.
Rite of Passage: a ceremony
marking a transition from one phase
of life to another. With the exception
of a few religious traditions, rites of
passage are not part of our current culture. The GTMS reframes our 0-13
years of Life, providing an authentic
Rite of Passage — acknowledging our
talents, gifts, and abilities.
Today, ‘Mystery School’ is a fixture in my vocabulary. Through my
own awakening, I deepened my clairvoyant healing abilities and awareness
of the world around me. Within a
circle of Truth seekers age 23-60, my
Rite of Passage gave me ownership of
my strengths as Spider Star Weaver,
my Spirit Name. How would my life
be if I had this ceremony at puberty?
I thank my Ancestors and teachers who
paved the way for all of us to actualize our Highest Potential.
“In our every deliberation, we
must consider the impact of our decisions on the next 7 generations.”
— The Great Law of the Iroquois
Confederacy
Omatakyasin — to All My Relations
13 Healing Moons: There are 13
Lunar cycles in Earth’s rotation around
the Sun. Re-attuning to the 13 Moon
cycle creates healing within our physical bodies. We synchronize to Harmonic Time through Sweat Lodge
Purification Ceremony attuned to the
New Moon.
Great Turtle: North, South, and
Central America were called Turtle
Island by indigenous People. Planet
Earth was known as ‘Great Turtle’
within the Milky Way galaxy. Nature
is our most profound teacher. Spirit
The 13 Healing Moons of the
Great Turtle Mystery School weaves
together teachings and healing ways
from numerous traditions. Pleiadian
Lightwork and Shamanic Ceremony
provide tools for self-growth. The language of Medicine Wheels unlocks our
subconscious. Kundalini Yoga
strengthens our Life Force Energy.
Sacred sexuality spins the Wheel of
Life with honor to the feminine and
masculine.
The Journey: During 13 months,
we discover the interconnectedness we
Marianne Spider Star Weaver
Ober, LMT, Métis Medicine Way
Lightworker and Bodyworker, Artist,
All Around Good Person, and Great
Cook.
Stephanie Rainbow Lightning Elk
Wadell, M.A. (Counseling Psychology,
USF), Sacred Sexuality Teacher and
Healer, Shamanic Practitioner, Author,
and Elder, Guide, Leadership of the 13
Healing Moons of the Great Turtle
Mystery School, Loving Heart, and
Shadowbuster Extraordinaire.
We gather in North California, beginning March 2007 through March 2008,
www.GreatTurtleMysterySchool.net,
(866) 910-4325 or (650) 599-5000.
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...........ART IS LOVE IN ACTION...........
“Free Hugs”
by Joyce and Barry Vissell
E
arly in December, some friends
emailed Joyce and me a link to a
video clip called “Free Hugs.” It
begins with a young man standing on a
busy sidewalk in Sydney, Australia, holding a sign reading, “free hugs.” People are
awkwardly walking past him, some averting their eyes, some looking obviously embarrassed, some declining with forced
smiles. Finally an elderly women walks up
to him for a hug. He towers above her so
he drops to his knees for the embrace.
He says something to her and she tenderly places a hand on his face. A momentum of love seems to be building.
More and more people stop for hugs,
some staying with the man to help give
out hugs.
Sitting there at my computer with
tears in my eyes, I felt a powerful desire
to do the same thing as this young man. I
admired his courage to stand there with
his sign, continually pushing past his fears
of rejection.
Sunday evening, December 17,
Joyce and I hosted our annual holiday
gathering/ceremony. Sitting in our
crowded living room with friends and family, we lit Chanukah and Advent candles.
Joyce and I have a tradition of deciding
two themes each as we lit a total of four
candles. My first candle was for peace,
and we sat in silence sending peace to
the world. Joyce then lit a candle dedicated to giving our love to others. As she
spoke, I remembered the “Free Hugs” film
clip and embers of my desire fanned into
a flame once more.
For my next candle, I continued
with Joyce’s theme of giving love, but
added the element of taking a risk to give
love. Often, giving love requires a very real
risk to move past our fear of rejection, like
being the first to reach out to an estranged
friend or family member, or letting someone know we want to spend more time
with them, or speaking our sincere appre-
ciations at the dinner table.
I remember the fear we felt after
pouring our hearts out in our first book,
The Shared Heart. Our hearts were trembling as we sent the first copies out to reviewers, family and friends. It felt right to
take the risk, face our fear of rejection,
and send our love out in the world in the
form of books.
I announced to the group in our
living room my intention to make a “free
hug” sign and bring it to the busiest place
in the county, the Pacific Garden Mall in
downtown Santa Cruz. Later that evening,
a number of people offered to go with me,
but I realized bringing a group would eliminate (for me) the risk of rejection. I wanted
to face my fears head on.
At the store, I stood in front of the
blank sign boards. I picked up a small
board that would allow me to be more discreet — ie less afraid — and almost
walked away with it. I put it back and decided upon the large sign. Back at home I
used the largest marker I could find to
make large block letters that could be
seen from a block away – FREE HUGS. I
chose my date: Saturday, December 23,
when the streets would be the most
crowded with last minute Christmas shoppers.
Friday evening, Joyce suggested
I dress up as Santa, saying I’d get more
hugs, especially from children. At first I
vetoed her idea, thinking it was less of a
risk. After all, then people walking by
would be rejecting Santa — not me. Then
I thought about the children, who would
almost certainly walk past me without hugging. That did it –– Santa it would be.
I parked the next day in downtown
Santa Cruz. Yes, I was nervous and excited. Putting the final touches on the
Santa outfit, I reached into the back of the
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car and removed the sign, which now
seemed enormous and may as well have
read, “COME SEE THIS CRAZY MAN,”
rather than “FREE HUGS.” Steeling myself, I marched downtown.
Stopping on a busy street corner,
I raised the sign over my Santa hat for all
to see. Predictably, people awkwardly
walked right on past me. I wondered how
long I would need to wait for the first hug
— minutes — hours? It turned out to be
less than a minute. A woman rushed up
to me saying, “Can I hug Santa?” We
hugged. I wished her the happiest of holidays. And just like in the video clip, the
momentum built. People of every age
wanted hugs. Sometimes there was a
lineup. I was surprised by how many
people mentioned the “Free Hugs” clip on
the internet. I learned to recognize the
people who would hug me. Their eyes
would actually light up 30-50 feet away,
and I knew a hug was on the way. One
sad-looking man said, “I really need a
hug.” While I held him, he cried and
thanked me. A woman said, “This is the
first free thing I’ve gotten this whole holiday season.” Another woman said, “This
is the best I’ve felt all month.”
I wasn’t content to simply give and
receive a hug. I let my heart guide me to
speak something loving to each person,
to wish them a great holiday season, to
let them know what a great hugger they
were, to urge them to pass the hugs along
to those they knew or loved.
But by far the best part was the
children. Many of them had never gotten
a hug from Santa. Oh the looks of wonder in those innocent little eyes! Some of
the children didn’t want to leave. And surprise, many teens were open and willing
to hug.
People have asked me how many
hugs I gave and
received. I didn’t
count, but my
guess
was
around 200-300
in one and a half
hours on duty.
By the time I got
back to my car, I
was exhilarated.
No, you
don’t have to carry a sign and give free
hugs to strangers. There are many ways
to push past your fear of rejection and give
your love — or give your unique gifts to
the world. Is there something you’ve always wanted to do, but have been afraid
of rejection, or failure? Is there someone
you’ve wanted to love more fully, but keep
putting it off because of fear? Fear is nothing but False Evidence Appearing Real.
It is a smoke-screen you can walk right
through, and on the other side there is
more love for you to experience.
Here are a few opportunities to
bring more love and growth into your life,
at the following longer events led by Barry
and Joyce Vissell: Feb 4-11, 2007—Hawaii “Couples in Paradise” Retreat; Jul
15-20—White Water Adventure in Northern CA; Jul 22-27—Breitenbush Hot
Springs Summer Renewal in Oregon.
Joyce and Barry Vissell, a nurse
and medical doctor couple since 1964, are
the authors of The Shared Heart, Models of Love, Risk To Be Healed, The
Heart’s Wisdom and Meant To Be.
Call TOLL-FREE 1 (800) 7660629, locally (831) 684-2299, or write to
the Shared Heart Foundation, P.O. Box
2140, Aptos, CA 95001, for free newsletter from Barry and Joyce, further information on counseling sessions by phone or
in person, their books, recordings or their
schedule of talks and workshops. Visit
their web site at www.sharedheart.org/ for
their free monthly e-heartletter, their updated schedule, and inspiring past articles
on many topics about relationship and living from the heart.
S
anta Cruz has an opportunity of historical significance. A group of community members are
giving the people of Santa Cruz a chance to
make a new downtown community center on Pacific
Avenue an established reality, and you can help out.
The new Community Center, which overlooks
lower Pacific Avenue and the METRO BUS Station
is called: the Wellness Community Transformation
Center.
The community space is available for any
group, organization or business, to reserve for
wellness classes, workshops, activities as well as
meetings and office work. Everyone is invited to come
organize with other WCTC members to support our
community, including serving hot-healthy-healing tea
downtown.
Jacob Cabrera who conceived the idea of the
WCTC said, “I want a place where our community of
students, families, businesses, non-profits, and visitors can come together to learn more about ourselves
and our community, and be able to transform and
create something greater than what we each could
do alone.”
The center will focus on transformative networking and have no specific focus as to what types
of organizations can be involved, or should be involved. Grass roots organizations including Free
School Santa Cruz can use the space by donation,
or no cost at all, unlike at the Louden Nelson Center.
The Center is open to members and is ready
to support the public, community organizations, startup businesses, and more. The space is available for
reservation by the hour and there is no cost/ by donation for community organizations.
The only way we can keep the center open is
if everyone supports it.
There are many ways to support the center:
• Become a Member!
• Give a monetary donation or in-kind donation.
• Volunteer, organize, help serve hot-healthy-healing tea to the public.
• Use the space for your class, appointment sessions, instruction, or start up/ home business.
• Come to a by-donation Yoga Class or Meditation
session.
• Warrior Yoga will also be available for only $3-$5
per class.
• Get an energy healing or a massage.
• Become a Pranic Healer (Energy Healing Practitioner) through trainings at the center (you can
understand your own energy system & learn to
heal yourself and others).
Fun ‘facial masks’ being
enjoyed by patrons of the new
Wellness Community
Transformation Center.
• Buy a “new time” Calendar /Daily Planner/
Synchronometer with 13 interdependent cycles
synchronized together to align you with the
earth, moon & stars.
The most important way to support the center is to become a Member though a daily pledge.
Membership is open to people, organizations, and
businesses. Membership starts at one cent per day,
or less. The suggested donation is 10 cents per day,
yet the center will gladly allow you to put in a quarter
per day, or more. The center encourages you to become a member now to benefit everyone, or there
may not be this new community center next month.
You can see on the website under “Thank You’s” who
has signed up as a member.
To bring wellness to the community, the center is calling on healers and instructors who would
like to use this space for their practice or classes.
If you aren’t a healer, or want to learn about
energy healing, the center will be the Santa Cruz hub
for the new energy healing modality of Pranic Healing. Trainings will be available in February, and anyone can learn to heal with energy. For those who
would like to get a healing, schedule an appointment
or come to ‘bi-weekly’ Pranic Healing Santa Cruz
Clinics for healings by donation (no funds required).
What better resolution for the new-year than
to see our citizens of Santa Cruz support our very
own Wellness Community Transformation Center
(WCTC).
The WCTC is 100% run by volunteers. Anyone can become a member and help organize by
contacting the Center: Website: http://wc.tc Phone:
(831) HAY-WCTC (429-9282), [email protected], 903 Pacific
Avenue, SC. (3rd Floor, Suites 300 and 302, across
the street from the METRO Center).
Jacob Cabrera is available for scheduled appointments and interviews, (831) 345-9443.
If I Am So Successful, Why
Am I Not Happy? Part One
by Karin Leonard
he American Dream — that
wealth transmutes success into
happiness — always ends in
bitter disappointment. You’re the same
you, just in posher surroundings... says
Terence Real, author of I Don’t Want
to Talk About It: the Secret Legacy of
Male Depression. A good 25 % of top
level executives go through a severe
depression at some point in their career, according to Philip J. Burguieres,
once the youngest CEO of a Fortune
500 company.
In other words, if you are a highlevel executive, entrepreneur or any
other kind of successful professional,
and fulfillment eludes you despite a
hefty bank account and great accomplishment, you are not alone.
Why would top achievers, so successful in business, plummet to the
depths of depression?
The Thrill of the Ride
For many go-getters, being on the
fast track and pursuing business success provides the greatest natural high
there is. “Feel-good” bio-chemicals
and high levels of adrenaline account
for the exhilarated state. Once success
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has occurred, and the chase is over,
then what? Anxiety and depression
may set in, since “the car is now
idling.” Plus, the dazzle that success
promises rarely translates into lasting
fulfillment, and the thrill of pursuit
may then be replaced by the fear of
losing the hard-earned success.
Happiness is Between Your Ears
Ever been to a glorious vacation
destination, wondering why you aren’t
having a grand time? Wherever you go,
there you are — your internal state follows. It is possible to be miserable in
paradise... Along the same lines, even
triumphant success, massive wealth,
glorious fame and great power do not
guarantee happiness. Sure, there may
be a temporary high as good fortune
arrives, yet eventually the realization
sets in: we have not changed. As a
matter of fact, the responsibility and
pressure that often goes with fantastic
achievement can breed misery. Think
Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe or
many heads of state who sought escape in drugs, sex or death. Many can
simply not live up to the unrealistic
expectations of what “success” is supposed to do. If we have not learned
“The Sound Heard Around the World”
Sounding an “AH” for Planetary Peace!
W
HAT? World Sound Healing Day. For 5 minutes,
sound healers, meditators,
peace activists and lovers of all humanity and sentient consciousness will
send a Sonic Valentine to the Earth
with the heart sound “AH” filled with
the intention of Peace and Love!
WHEN? February 14, 2007, join
Jonathan Goldman, the Sound Healers Association and thousands of
people throughout the planet as they
tone an “AH” together for 5 minutes
during that day. Creating a Global Sacred Sound any time within a 24 hour
period on the planet will create a coherent waveform
that will affect the
entire Earth.
You will actually experience
generating a field of
transformational
energy as this occurs. Local toning
groups will be occurring throughout
the Earth at various
times during that
day with the intention of assisting
planetary
consciousness through
sound. There will
also be several global toning events
occurring via the
Internet during that day, includi n g a t n o o n E a s t e r n Ti m e o n
www.healthylife.net and at 9pm
ET on www.allonenow.org.
WHY? To project peace throughout the planet. What better way to celebrate this joyous Valentine’s Day than
to project Peace to Mother Earth and
generate peaceful energy throughout
the planet with sound!
Sound coupled with intention has
the ability to heal and transform. We
will sound an “AH” sending a “Wave”
of Sound that will resonate throughout
the planet. Now is the time for you to
be part of the Celestial Choir and reso-
how to manage emotional states, integrate
shadow qualities and
accept ourselves as
human beings, great
accomplishment may
make inner disharmony even more
apparent.
The Myth of Self-esteem
In my coaching of executives and
other professionals, I am often surprised that even the most successful
folks struggle with self-esteem. They
may seem decidedly self-confident,
yet high achievers tend to base most if
not all of their self-worth on accomplishments. In other words, how they
feel about themselves is based on how
the business is doing any given day –
the fast track to an emotional roller
coaster ride. Connecting with other,
more reliable sources of self-worth is
crucial. Self-esteem consists of two
major components: The Doing and the
Being. Doing refers to the countless
actions you take every day, the successes, skills and deliverables. Being
is about who you are — as human being, spouse, parent, friend, community
member, spiritual person, etc. Healthy
self-esteem is based on a balance of
both aspects. Appreciating who you
are is at least as important as counting
your accomplishments.
To be continued...
Karin H. Leonard, certified life
and executive coach, seasoned
hypnotherapist and visual artist, is an
expert in helping you succeed in career
and life, while creating greater life-balance. She has been in private practice
in Santa Cruz for 17 years, integrating
coaching with hypnotherapy, NLP and
a good dose of intuition. Office located
in Santa Cruz. Visit Karin’s website
at’www.innerevolution.com. E-mail
[email protected] to sign up
for Karin’s free e-zine.
nate together for World Sound Healing
Day.
We can create major positive shifts
on our beloved planet. Through sounding together, we will make a difference.
HOW? Sound the heart sound
“AH” for 5 minutes We will simply
sound an “AH” filled with the intention
of Peace and Love for 5 minutes at a
time that is convenient for you. The
“AH” is a universal, nondenominational
heart sound that when projected with
focused energy is extremely powerful
and effective. For more info:
www.healingsounds.com. You’ll find a
“Planetary Healing Sounds” section
with articles on suggested sounds, visualizations and toning techniques as
well as an “AH” sound you can download and tone along with.
Please join us again in the co-creation of this event, projecting Light and
Love through Sound and help make a
difference!
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“BEYOND FORTUNE TELLING:
NEW TAROT FOR NEW TIMES”
by James Wanless, Ph.D.
bove the portal to Delphi in
Greece, the greatest oracle of
the ancient world, it was inscribed, “Know Thyself.” That is, in
fact, what oracles, like tarot, are meant
to do — to give us insight into ourselves and our lives.
Unfortunately, oracles over time
have become debased into “fortune
telling.” Perhaps in the medieval
world, it was somewhat possible to
make predictions, for change was not
so prevalent. This is not true in today’s
world where we change domiciles,
partners, jobs, and life styles with fre-
A
Is your love life as conscious as
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Discover the secrets of sexual intimacy and ecstasy in one fun weekend!
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Attend a Free Preview Evening:
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Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving®‚
This seminar teaches skills that will enable
you to transform sex into a 21st Century art
form - a way to more intimacy, passion and
emotional connection than you can now
imagine!
It is time to study sex as an art form. Sexual
loving is a skill to be mastered by every
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Love will continue to grow over the course of
a lifetime, deeply bonding partners in joyous
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Open to Couples and Singles
“The best place to meet conscious,
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Instructors Charles & Caroline Muir
America’s most popular teachers share
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quent regularity. How can we predict
anything in this changing 21st century
world? We can’t, nor should we.
No longer a medieval fortune telling game, contemporary tarot is a spiritual and psychological tool that gives
us a holistic map for how to achieve
the fortunes we desire. Rather than a
passive, deterministic old world process, tarot is an empowering, proactive compass for navigating our lives
in this changing, complex world.
An oracle, like tarot, is a practical tool for revealing options and possibilities. This approach evolves tarot
into its rightful position as a “fortune
creation” process. By so doing, we
are empowered, and not enslaved
by the cards. We are freed and not
fated.
Indeed, the modern world is
full of choices. In fact, a newly
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How do we make our decisions?
Often we guide our lives according to how others do. Almost unconsciously, we follow these mod-
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Tarot takes us beyond the “herd
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most exquisite and appropriate for the
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Tarot is a rich and holistic map
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aspects of ourselves that we need to
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order to be whole — to be happy,
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As printed in Nexus
he word, “Tantra,” says
Caroline Muir, translates from
the Hindu as “expansive
weaving.” She explains, “One of
tantra’s weavings is that weaving of
our spiritual selves and our physical,
or sexual selves.”
Charles and Caroline Muir lead
weekend workshops throughout the
United States. Their path to tantra began with hatha yoga. A former teacher
of Oriental massage, Charles had been
studying yoga since 1965 and became
a teacher. During his work as a teacher
of meditation and yoga, he nevertheless realized that, as he says, “Sometimes in sexual situations I would lose
my center. I would be coming from a
much lower level of evolution than I
was in the rest of my life.”
Through his own experiences and
studies in tantra, he learned the lesson:
“If you bring consciousness and love
to the bedroom along with your body,
which most people hardly even bring,
and shine who you are there, something big can happen. And what happens is the energy and consciousness
of sexuality which aligns with the rest
of your consciousness.”
This integration brings tremendous benefits to the practitioners on
both the spiritual and to the secular
levels of their lives. For sexual energy
is both the “fuel” of enlightenment and
a creative force which when joined to
affirmation and visualization provide
the “seeds” of more abundance. The
physical practices of tantra also create
a tremendous energetic bonding between partners.
Adds Caroline, “What happens is
love actually starts to take place in the
bedroom. The term ‘making love’ so
seldom really happens. People have
sex, but they seldom really make more
love happen.”
For many people, the sexual act
is goal-oriented. And then it’s over.
The Muirs are teaching people, in
Charles’ words, “to practice love. If
we can get them into the bedroom
practicing the techniques of conscious
love and playing with this energy in a
way that elevates them, then we’ve
done our job, for it is an art form that
everyone gets better and better at,
through practice. It is a national crime
that the average couple has sex only
once or twice a week but rarely drinks
from the renewing well of sexual
love...”
The Muirs’ workshops are designed to transform sex into something
both more pleasurable and more spiritual, as Caroline explains, “joining that
high, sexual energy to someone else
in a healing and awakening way,” using the breath, focus and orgasm with
“another feeling friend,” she describes
the sexual partner.
Sounds great, but many people,
including monogamous couples, are
initially afraid, notes Caroline. “The
average monogamous couple is not
going to study tantra if they have to
T
take off their clothes in class,” she
points out. “So we make it very safe
for them.”
Tantra for men is different from
tantra for women. “The teaching for
men is to build up and circulate their
sexual energy,” says Caroline. “For the
women the teachings are to learn to
more easily release — and surrender
to their sexual energy. This is what
gives them higher and higher states of
creativity and access to her highest
spiritual power.”
And how does it happen? The
Muirs introduce their students to both
the exoteric and esoteric sides of
tantra. The esoteric studies center
around balancing the male and female
energies within us, awakening the consciousness inherent in the chakra system and awakening the Kundalini (the
spirit which is holy that resides at the
base of the spine). When Kundalini
awakens and ascends the spine, it
brings about enlightenment, which is
our birthright.
TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE
FOCUS:
The third area of study covers the
techniques to increase our mind’s ability to be fully present during our sexual
loving. Have you ever noticed how
the mind almost seems to take a perverse delight in filling us with thoughts
and fears during our sexual loving?
Even highly conscious meditators are
often filled with thoughts that don’t
serve them during sexual sharing. The
nature of the mind to wander, daydream, fantasize, and worry often
short-circuit sexual energy, causing a
variety of problems to surface. In
Tantra, we learn techniques to quiet the
thinking mind and activate the feeling
mind so that the beauty and power of
this meditation may be fully experienced. Once the mind is quiet, a variety of esoteric techniques to awaken
new consciousness and deepen the
experience are utilized.
It is the gradual mastery of all
three of these areas which allows the
practitioner to experience deeper and
deeper states of ecstatic bliss and universal oneness.
Tantric practice takes one beyond
sexuality, however. Charles says it’s
another step on the path toward wholeness. “We’re moving energy, and we’re
releasing hormones, and
we’re releasing blocked
energy patterns,”
he
says. The result can be
healing and
therapeutic.
Explains
Caroline,
along with information,
“students
learn to think
d i ff e r e n t l y
about the potential of their sexuality
and how it affects them in their path.”
She adds, “I always say to our
students that one great truth about
tantra is that it will guide you more
deeply into the truth, whatever that is
for you.”
The bottom line, says Charles, is
that “people need to love each other.
The initial chemistry between lovers
goes in six months to two years. When
the chemistry goes, if you haven’t
learned to be an alchemist, you need
tantra. Remember, our parents were
our models and teachers about ‘the
great mysteries of relationship and
sexual love’ — who taught them?”
Charles and Caroline Muir
teach weekend seminars in Boulder,
Colorado — Houston, Texas —
Santa Cruz, California — Ashland,
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Contact their o f f i c e f o r a f re e
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96733,phone
(808) 572-8364,
Fax (808) 5736864, E-mail:
school@source
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W e b s i t e :
w w w. s o u r c e
tantra.com.
Reprinted
with permission
from Nexus
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Enter the Realm of the Healing Archetypes
by Sheri Crockett
ow do we create healthy and
empowering relationships?
Many wisdom traditions suggest we look first within ourselves,
before seeking to form a relationship
with another. By learning to express
and then balance, the masculine and
feminine components of our own nature, an inner harmony is produced.
The achievement of this goal is known
as the “sacred marriage”, the inner
union of opposites, so vital for human
beings at this time in our collective
evolution!
Where do we find the models for
empowering our relationships? Current cultural icons and personal experiences are not the answer. For that,
we must look to a higher stratum of
reality. There we encounter the Sacred
Archetypes, which in one familiar
manifestation are known as Jesus and
the Magdalene. The Magdalene, one
of the few feminine archetypes including both sacredness and sexuality,
embodies the Western culture’s most
powerful model of the feminine in a
sacred relationship with Jesus, her
masculine partner.
While there are many valid paths
and practices to awaken relationship
with the Sacred Archetypes, Mystic
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Mystic Theatre utilizes fictional monologues featuring characters from the
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Setting aside all questions of historical accuracy, or any particular belief system, the characters are explored
as aspects of one’s inner self, revealing “personal issues” we can all relate
to! In this time of questioning old paradigms or versions of what we were
told, participants are invited to bring
their own wisdom forward to edit even
these nontraditional monologues, so
that they express the themes most relevant to their group.
More than “theatre” in the conventional sense, the weekend culminates as participants garb themselves
in the wonderful costumes provided,
and become the characters, reading the
monologues into the “sacred circle.”
The result is not a carefully crafted
performance, but an experience that
invites the archetypes to make themselves known, through spontaneous
additions and improvisations. Work
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collaborators gathered from Northern
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This weekend event will bring
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to share an experience of sacred archetypes. It is intended to be a fun, healing, creative, spiritual adventure that
extends a vibration of peace and healing into the larger world.
Mystic Theatre is the creation of
Sheri Crockett, G.G., F.G.A. and
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2007, at Mount Madonna Center.
Registration is limited, and must
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D
appropriate money in a supplemental to
keep them in Iraq fighting a war that
cannot be won militarily. This is why
the Administration should be notified
now that Congress will not approve of
the appropriations request of up to
$160 billion in the spring for the purposes of continuing the occupation and
the war. Continuing to fund the war is
not a plan. It would represent the continuation of disaster.
The US sent our troops into Iraq
without a clear mission. We created a
financial, military and moral dilemma
for our nation and now we are talking
about the Iraq war as our problem. The
These are the elements
of the Kucinich Plan:
Madrid conference. The greatest mystery involves the activities of private
security companies who function as
mercenaries. Reports of false flag operations must be investigated by an international tribunal.
The US announces it will end
the occupation, close military bases and
withdraw. The insurgency has been
fueled by the occupation and the
prospect of a long-term presence as indicated by the building of permanent
bases. A US declaration of an intention to
withdraw troops and close bases will
help dampen the insurgency which has
Convene a regional conference for the purpose of developing a
security and stabilization force for Iraq.
The focus should be on a process which
solves the problems of Iraq. The US
has told the int’l community, “This is
our policy and we want you to come
and help us implement it.” The int’l
community may have an interest in
Congress must know that it cannot and
must not stand by and watch our troops
and innocent Iraqi civilians die.
1).
4).
The Kucinich Plan for Iraq
Congress must know that it cannot
and must not stand by and watch our
troops and innocent Iraqi civilians die
been inspired to resist colonization and fight invaders
and those who have supported
US
policy.
Furthermore this will provide an opening where parties within Iraq and in the
region can set the stage for
negotiations towards peaceful settlement.
US announces
that it will use existing funds
to bring the troops and necessary equipment home.
Congress appropriated $70
billion in bridge funds on
October 1st for the war.
Money from this and other
DOD accounts can be used
to fund the troops in the
field over the next few
months, and to pay for the cost of the
return of the troops, (which has been estimated at between $5 and $7 billion dollars) while a political settlement is being
negotiated and preparations are made for
a transition to an international security
and peacekeeping force.
2).
Iraqis are forgotten. Their country has
been destroyed: 650,000 casualties,
[based on the Lancet Report which surveyed casualties from March of 2003 to
July of 2006] the shredding of the social
fabric of the nation, civil war, lack of
access to food, shelter, electricity, clean
drinking water and health care because
this Administration, with the active participation of the Congress, authorized a
war without reason, without conscience, without international law.
The US thinks in terms of solving
our own military, strategic, logistical,
and political problems. The US can
determine how to solve our problems,
but the Iraqi people will have problems
far into the future. This requires an intensive focus on the processes needed to stabilize Iraq. If you solve the Iraqi problem, you solve the US problem. Any
comprehensive plan for Iraq must take
into account as a primary matter, the conditions and the needs of the Iraqi people—while providing our nation with a
means of righting grievous wrongs and
taking steps to regain US credibility and
felicity within the world community.
I am offering such a plan today.
This plan responds to the concerns of a
majority of Americans. On Tuesday,
when Congress resumes its work, I will
present this plan to leadership and
members as the only viable alternative
to the Bush Administration’s policy of
continued occupation and escalation.
3).
Order a simultaneous return of
all US contractors to the United States
and turn over all contracting work to the
Iraqi government. The contracting
process has been rife with world-class
corruption, with contractors stealing from
the US Government and cheating the
Iraqi people, taking large contracts and
giving 5% or so to Iraqi subcontractors.
Reconstruction activities must be
reorganized and closely monitored in
Iraq by the Iraqi government, with the
assistance of the int’l community. The
massive corruption as it relates to US
contractors, should be investigated by
congressional committees and federal
grand juries. The lack of tangible benefits, the lack of accountability for billions of dollars, while millions of Iraqis
do not have a means of financial support, nor substantive employment—
cries out for justice!
It is noteworthy that after the first
Gulf War, Iraqis reestablished electricity within three months, despite sanctions. Four years into the US occupation there is no water, nor reliable electricity in Baghdad, despite massive
funding from the US and from the
helping Iraq, but has no interest in participating in the implementation of
failed US policy.
A shift in US policy away from unilateralism and toward cooperation will
provide new opportunities for exploring
common concerns about the plight of
Iraq. The UN is the appropriate place to
convene, through the office of the
Secretary General, all countries that have
interests, concerns and influence, including the five permanent members of the
Security Council and the European community, and all Arab nations.
The end of the US occupation and
the closing of military bases are necessary preconditions for such a conference. When the US creates a shift of
policy and announces it will focus on
the concerns of the people of Iraq, it
will provide a powerful incentive for
nations to participate.
It is well known that while some
nations may see the instability in Iraq
as an opportunity, there is also an
even-present danger that the civil war
in Iraq threatens the stability of
nations throughout the region. The
impending end of the occupation will
provide
a
breakthrough for the cooperation
between the US and the UN and the
UN and countries of the region. The
regional conference must include Iran,
Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
5).
Prepare an int’l security and
peacekeeping force to move in, replacing US troops who then return home.
The UN has an indispensable role to
play here, but cannot do it as long as
the US is committed to an occupation.
The UN is the only int’l organization
with the ability to mobilize and the
legitimacy to authorize troops.
The UN is the place to develop
the process, to build the political consensus, to craft a political agreement, to
prepare the ground for the peacekeeping mission, to implement the basis of
an agreement that will end the occupation and begin the transition to int’l
peacekeepers. This process will take at
least three months from the time the US
announces the intention to end the
occupation.
The US will necessarily have to
fund a peacekeeping mission, which,
by definition will not require as many
The Cosmic
Community
E
VERY FEBRUARY
FOR 15 years now, we
have presented a Theme
about ‘Relationships’. It’s a good
Theme and, of course, goes perfectly with the month of ‘love’
and Valentine’s Day.
This year, our ‘Relationship
Theme’ is a bit different. It
includes a very personal perspective—an opportunity to embody
the archetypes; deepening one’s
own sacred encounter (see the
article on page 14 and its event
on page 17).
We go to a larger, more
global view of relationship—that
of the USA and Iraq. We have
presented Rep. Dennis
Kucinich’s Plan for Peace. As
always, we are heartened by his
understanding & expertise.
Next, Paddy Easton Graves
tells us how to make ‘Bold
Declarations’ which are individual exercises, for those who are
willing to let go of the suffocating, death grip of mediocrity, in
order to make changes in their
lives for the best relationships
(with self & others).
We complete our
‘Relationship Theme’ with some
photos taken from the Hubble
Telescope—‘a universal perspective’. And, we present it to
remind ourselves that ‘we’, ‘all
life’ and ‘all quantum energy
fields’ are so utterly precious,
beauty-full and part of ‘a grand
scheme of things’. We are part of
a relationship that, we believe, if
we trust, let go and surrender
into — we will persevere. We
will more than survive; we will
each and all bring and be the
light. So be it!
In Connection,
Connected, connected . . .
to everything else!
Pattie & Thom
troops. Fifty percent of the peacekeeping troops must come from nations
with large Muslim populations. The
international security force, under UN
direction, will remain in place until the
Iraqi government is capable of handling its own security. The UN can field
an int’l security and peacekeeping mission, but such an initiative will not take
shape unless there is a peace to keep,
and that will be dependent upon a political process which reaches agreement
between all the Iraqi parties. Such an
agreement means fewer troops will be
needed.
According to UN sources, the UN
peacekeeping mission in the Congo,
which is four times larger in area than
Iraq, required about twenty thousand
troops. Finally, the UN does not mobilize quickly because they depend upon
governments to supply the troops, and
governments are slow. The ambition of
the UN is to deploy in less than ninety
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EAR FRIENDS, In November
of 2006, after an October
upsurge in violence in Iraq, the
American people moved decisively to
reject Republican rule, principally
because of the conduct of the war.
Democratic leaders well-understand we
regained control of the Congress
because of the situation in Iraq.
However, two months later, the
Congress is still searching for a plan
around which it can unite to hasten the
end of US involvement in Iraq and the
return home of 140,000 US troops.
There is a compelling need for a
new direction in Iraq—one that recognizes the plight of the people of Iraq,
the false and illegal basis of the USA’s
war against Iraq, the realities on the
ground which make a military resolution of the conflict unrealistic and the
urgent responsibility of the US, which
caused the chaos, to use the process of
diplomacy and int’l law to
achieve stability in Iraq. A process
which will establish peace and stability
in Iraq will allow our troops to return
home with dignity.
The Administration is preparing to
escalate the conflict. They intend to
increase troop numbers to unprecedented levels, without establishing an ending
date for the so-called troop surge. By
definition, this escalation means a continuation of the occupation, more troop
and civilian casualties, more anger
toward the US, more support for the
insurgency, more instability in Iraq and
in the region, and prolonged civil war at
a time when there is a general agreement
in the world community that the solution
in Iraq must be political not military.
Iraq is now a training ground for insurgents who practice against our troops.
What is needed is a comprehensive political process. And, the decision
is not President Bush’s alone to make.
Congress, as a coequal branch of
government has a responsibility to assist
in the initiation of this process. Congress,
under Article 1, Section 8 of the US
Constitution has the war-making power.
Congress appropriates funds for the war.
Congress does not dispense with its obligation to the American people simply by
opposing a troop surge in Iraq.
There are 140,000 troops remaining in Iraq right now. What about them?
When will they come home? Why
would we leave those troops in Iraq
when we have the money to bring them
home?
Soon
the
President
will ask for more money for the war.
Why would Congress appropriate
more money to keep the troops in Iraq
through the end of President Bush’s
term, at a total cost of upwards of two
trillion dollars and thousands of more
troop casualties, when military experts
say there is no military solution? Our
soldiers stand for us in the field, we
must stand up for them in our legislature by bringing them home.
It is simply not credible to maintain that one opposes the war and, yet,
continues to fund it. This contradiction
runs as a deep fault line through our
politics, undermining public trust in the
political process and in those elected to
represent the people. If you oppose the
war, then do not vote to fund it.
If you have money which can be
used to bring the troops home or to
prosecute the war, do not say you want
to bring the troops home while you
by Paddy Easton Graves
O
UR WORD REFLECTS who
we are and who we are being in
each moment. When we make
bold declarations we move into direct
alignment with Source where the action
that follows comes from love and our
authentic self. We then watch, with
gratitude and awe, as that which
appeared only an instant ago as an
image in our mind, now appears before
us vibrating with life and form.
The following declarations are
bold, and resistance is certain to arise in
accordance with Newton’s Third Law of
Motion which tells us that for every
action there is an equal and opposite
reaction. Yet, spirit is transcendent of
12 Bold Declarations
Awakened from the dream, the secret is revealed
physical law, and because action
becomes greater than re-action we can
never go back to exactly where we left.
This is not an exercise for the
weak of mind or faint of heart, or for
those looking to play it safe in life. It is
for those who are willing to let go of the
suffocating, death grip of mediocrity
that will repeat itself eternally until consciously acted upon, and enter into a
state of free fall where nothing is as it
was in any given moment. In this state
of being, miracles occur as everyday
events and we live the magnificent and extraordinary lives that
we are meant to live, choosing
our reality as we declare it in
each moment.
One day we will deeply
appreciate the cosmic humor of
this movie we are making and
acting out and we may choose to
become more discriminating regarding
the script, plot, and outcome of our
existence. Why not now?
I. I live in the present, aware of
everything and attached to nothing.
II. My mind serves a function in
the material world and does not exist in
the real world. I honor this.
III. I obey the fundamental and
most powerful law of the universe: The
Law of Attraction, which tells me that I
am my thoughts and the world I see and
live in is occurring as I think it.
IV. I let love in no matter how
much my mind makes war against it.
V. I am living my dream, boldly,
without fear, shame, guilt, apology, or
the need to sabotage myself.
VI. I am filled with energy and joy
– I am young and enjoy perfect health.
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Kucinich
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days. However, without an agreement of parties the UN is not likely to
approve a mission to Iraq, because
countries will not give them troops.
6).
to overcome their fears and reconcile
their differences. It is essential to create a minimum of understanding and
mutual confidence between the
Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.
But how can a reconciliation
process be constructed in Iraq when
there is such mistrust: Ethnic cleansing is rampant. The police get their
money from the US and their ideas
from Tehran. They function as religious militia, fighting for supremacy,
while the Interior Ministry collaborates. Two or three million people
have been displaced. When someone
loses a family member, a loved one, a
friend, the first response is likely to be
that there is no reconciliation.
It is also difficult to move
toward reconciliation when one or
several parties engaged in the conflict
think they can win outright. The Shia,
some of whom are out for revenge,
we interfered.
This process of embracing resistance takes only five seconds of our
time; yet, is the most challenging thing
we will do as human beings. Once the
space is cleared, it can be filled with the
declaration that was just negated.
Abundance and harmony are natural conditions, and the infinite universe is in a constant and non-discriminating state of offering its gifts to us as
our divine right. It does not care how
long we have chosen darkness and
poverty and it has no interest in the brilliant stories we have written and invested in as to why we are an exception to
universal law.
The universe is standing by now
to let us know our wish is its command.
Copyright, Bold Declarations,
Paddy Easton Graves 2007
Paddy Easton Graves is an
author, spiritual activist, and Green
Builder.
Contact
her
at
[email protected]
think they can win because they have
the defacto support of the US. The
end of the US occupation will
enhance the opportunity for the Shia
to come to an accommodation with
the Sunnis. They have the oil, the
weapons, and support from Iran. They
have little interest in reconciling with
those who are seen as Baathists.
The Sunnis think they have
experience, as the former army of
Saddam, boasting half a million people insurgents. The Sunnis have so
much more experience and motivation that as soon as the Americans
leave, they believe they can defeat the
Shia government. Any Sunni revenge
impulses can be held in check by
international peacekeepers. The only
sure path toward reconciliation is
through the political process. All
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Develop and fund a
process of national reconciliation.
The process of reconciliation must
begin with a national conference,
organized with the assistance of the
UN and with the participation of parties who can create, participate in and
affect the process of reconciliation,
defined as an airing of all grievances
and the creation of pathways toward
open, transparent talks producing
truth and resolution of grievances.
The Iraqi government has indicated a
desire for the process of reconcilia-
tion to take place around it, and that
those who were opposed to the government should give up and join the
government. Reconciliation must not
be confused with capitulation, nor
with realignments for the purposes of
protecting power relationships.
For example, Kurds need to be
assured that their own autonomy will
be regarded and therefore obviate the
need for the Kurds to align with religious Shia for the purposes of selfprotection. The problem in Iraq is that
every community is living in fear. The
Shia, who are the majority, fear they
will not be allowed to govern even
though they are a majority. The Kurds
are afraid they will lose the autonomy
they have gained. The Sunnis think
they will continue to be made to pay
for the sins of Saddam.
A reconciliation process which
brings people together is the only way
VII. I am infinitely wealthy as I
understand money is a constant flow of
receiving and giving.
VIII. My traveling companions
are ancient friends committed to peace,
and loving the ride.
IX. I am a constant and direct
channel for the light that gently leads
me along the beautiful and perfect path
of my own ascension.
X. I am never afraid of appearing
foolish or being rejected for being
extraordinary.
XI. I forfeit my need to be right.
XII. I am my word.
When resistance appears and we
slip back into the old familiar habits
and patterns of doubt, mental chaos,
victimization, or physical contraction,
we recognize this, then immediately
extend out from the heart and welcome
it into ourselves, giving thanks that we
have created the exact condition that
we needed to stay awake, than offer
this to Mother Earth to be transformed
back into the pure energy it was before
Across the Universe
Images of our World from the Hubble Space Telescope
2
3
1
1) CAT’S EYE— Like the eye of disembodied sorcerer Sauron from Lord of the Rings;.
2) THE SOMBRERO GALAXY — 28 million light years from Earth has 800 billion suns and is
50,000 light years across .
4
3) NGC 2207 — The glowering eyes from 114 million light years away are the swirling cores of
two merging galaxies called NGC 2207 and IC 2163 in the distant Canis Major constellation .
4) THE ANT NEBULA — a cloud of dust and gas whose technical name is Mz3, resembles an
ant when observed using ground-based telescopes. The nebula lies within our galaxy between
3,000 and 6,000 light years from Earth.
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Kucinich
assets will be used to create a fully functioning infrastructure with financial mechanisms established protect the oil wealth for the use of the people of Iraq.
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factions and all insurgents not with al Queda
must be brought together in a relentless process
which involves Saudis, Turks and Iranians.
7).
Reconstruction and Jobs. Restart the
failed reconstruction program in Iraq. Rebuild
roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, and other public
facilities, houses, and factories with jobs and job
training going to local Iraqis.
8).
Reparations. The US and Great Britain
have a high moral obligation to enable a peace process
by beginning a program of significant reparations to
the people of Iraq for the loss of lives, physical and
emotional injuries, and damage to property. There
should be special programs to rescue the tens of thousands of Iraqi orphans from lives of destitution. This
is essential to enable reconciliation.
9).
Political Sovereignty. Put an end to suspicions that the US invasion and occupation was
influenced by a desire to gain control of Iraq’s oil
assets by A) setting aside initiatives to privatize
Iraqi oil interests or other national assets, and B) by
abandoning efforts to change Iraqi national law to
facilitate privatization.
Any attempt to sell Iraqi oil assets during the US
occupation will be a significant stumbling block to
peaceful resolution. The current Iraqi constitution
gives oil proceeds to the regions and the central government gets nothing. There must be fairness in the
distribution of oil resources in Iraq. An Iraqi National
Oil Trust should be established to guarantee the oil
10).
Iraq Economy. Set forth a plan to stabilize Iraq’s cost for food and energy, on par to what
the prices were before the US invasion and occupation. This would block efforts underway to raise the
price of food and energy at a time when most Iraqis
do not have the means to meet their own needs.
11).
Economic Sovereignty. Work with the
world community to restore Iraq’s fiscal integrity
without structural readjustment measures of the
IMF or the World Bank.
12).
International Truth and Reconciliation. Establish a policy of truth and reconciliation
between the people of the United States and the people of Iraq. In 2002, I led the effort in the House of
Representatives
challenging
the
Bush
Administration’s plans to go to war in Iraq. I organized 125 Democrats to vote against the Iraq war resolution. The analysis I offered at that time stands out
in bold relief for its foresight when compared to the
assessments of many who today aspire to national
leadership. Just as the caution I urged four years ago
was well-placed, so the plan I am presenting today is
workable, and it responds to the will of the American
people, expressed this past November. This is a
moment for clarity and foresight. This is a moment to
take a new direction in Iraq. One with honor and dignity. One which protects our troops and rescues Iraqi
civilians. One which repairs our relationship with
Iraqis and with the world.
Thank you,
Dennis J Kucinich
that were considered indisputable ‘likely’ to occur this century. Its latLOBAL WARMING IS survived this process. This is a very est report, based on sophisticated
destined to have a far more conservative document—that’s what computer models and more detailed
destructive and earlier makes it so scary,’ said one senior observations of snow cover loss, sea
level rises and the spread of deserts,
impact than previously estimated, UK climate expert.
Climate concerns are likely to is far more robust and confident.
the most authoritative report yet produced on climate change will warn dominate international politics next Now the panel writes of changes as
month. President Bush was sup- ‘extremely likely’ and ‘almost cernext week.
A draft copy of the Fourth posed to make the issue a part of his tain’.
And in a specific rebuff to
Assessment
Report
of
the state of the union address while the
Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change,
obtained by The Observer,
shows the frequency of
devastating storms—like
the ones that battered
Britain last week—will
increase dramatically. Sea
levels will rise over the
A study by the world’s leading experts says global warmcentury by around half a
ing will happen faster and be more devastating than premeter; snow will disappear
viously thought.
from all but the highest
mountains; deserts will
spread; oceans become acidic, leading to the destruction of coral reefs IPCC report’s final version was set sceptics who still argue natural
and atolls; and deadly heatwaves for release on 2 February in a set of variation in the Sun’s output is the
real cause of climate change, the
global news conferences.
will become more prevalent.
panel says mankind’s industrial
Although
the
final
wording
of
The impact can be catastrophic,
emissions have had five times more
the
report
is
still
being
worked
on,
forcing hundreds of millions of peoeffect on the climate than any flucthe
draft
indicates
that
scientists
now
ple to flee their devastated hometuations in solar radiation. We are
have
their
clearest
idea
so
far
about
lands, particularly in tropical, lowlying areas, while creating waves of future climate changes, as well as the masters of our own destruction,
immigrants whose movements will about recent events. It points out in short.
There is some comfort, howstrain the economies of even the that:
ever. The panel believes the Gulf
most affluent countries.
■ 12 of the past 13 years were the
Stream will go on bathing Britain
‘The really chilling thing about warmest since records began;
with its warm waters for the next
the IPCC report is that it is the work
of several thousand climate experts ■ Ocean temperatures have risen at 100 years. Some researchers have
who have widely differing views least three kilometres beneath the said it could be disrupted by cold
waters pouring off Greenland’s meltabout how greenhouse gases will surface;
have their effect. Some think they ■ Glaciers, snow cover and per- ing ice sheets, plunging western
will have a major impact, others a mafrost have decreased in both Europe into a mini Ice Age, as
depicted in the disaster film The Day
lesser role. Each paragraph of this hemispheres;
After Tomorrow.
report was therefore argued over and
The report reflects climate
scrutinized intensely. Only points ■ Sea levels are rising at the rate of
scientists’ growing fears that Earth
almost 2 mm a year;
is nearing the stage when carbon
■ Cold days, nights and frost have
dioxide rises will bring irreversible
become rarer while hot days, hot
change to the planet. ‘We are seenights and heatwaves have become
ing vast sections of Antarctic ice
more frequent.
disappearing at an alarming rate,’
And the cause is clear, say the said climate expert Chris Rapley,
authors: ‘It is very likely that [peo- in a phone call to The Observer
ple-made] greenhouse gas increases from the Antarctic Peninsula.
caused most of the average tempera- ‘That means we can expect to see
ture increases since the mid-20th sea levels rise at about a metre a
century from now on—and that
century,’ says the report.
To date, these changes have will have devastating consecaused global temperatures to rise by quences.’
However, there is still hope,
0.6C. The most likely outcome of
continuing rises in greenhouses said Peter Cox of Exeter University.
gases will be to make the planet a ‘We are like alcoholics who have got
further 3C hotter by 2100, although as far as admitting there is a probthe report acknowledges that rises of lem. It is a start. Now. we have got to
4.5C to 5C could be experienced. start drying out—which means
Ice-cap melting, rises in sea levels, reducing our carbon output.’
flooding, cyclones and storms will
The Observer UK from 21
be an inevitable consequence.
Past assessments by the IPCC January 2007. Printed with permishave suggested such scenarios are sion.
by Robin McKie
G
Global Warming
The Final Verdict
“Nature is an infinite sphere of which
the center is everywhere and the
circumference nowhere.”
— Blaise Pasca
by Rob Styler
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N 1931, THOMAS Edison had a
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We have waited 76 years, but an
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In the past, solar power has been
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Scott Galindez & Geoffrey Millard:
Watada Court-Martial Ends in
Mistrial
www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020707Z
.shtml
The court-martial of First Lt. Ehren
Watada, a commissioned US Army
officer who refused deployment to Iraq
on the basis that he believed the war
was illegal, has ended in a mistrial, a
military court judge ruled Wednesday.
Briggs & Briggs: Bush’s Inner
“Reality” Poisons Troop Plan
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.shtml
“The president has included an extraordinary fatal flaw in his plan for additional US troops in Iraq, a fact that may
not make much sense to his advisers
and allies, but is psychologically
understandable in terms of a mechanism that governs his inner reality. As
with many other aspects of the president’s sometimes odd behavior, the
root of this new self-subverting plan
lies not in political expediency, in the
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Boxer Rips EPA Chief as Bowing to
Industry
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A.shtml
California Democratic Senator Barbara
Boxer ripped the Environmental
Protection Agency’s top official
Tuesday for rules changes that could
limit the input of scientific advisers into
agency decisions and reduce public
access to information about toxic substances in communities. Boxer accused
EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson of
bending to the wishes of industry, rather
than protecting public health.
Dutch May Build Offshore Breaker
Islands in Response to Global
Warming
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Dutch engineers are considering creating “breaker islands” off the country’s
North Sea coast as a possible defense
against rising sea levels caused by glob-
al warming. More than two-thirds of the
16 million population of the Netherlands
lives below sea level, and Dutch policymakers expect a rise in sea level of
around 30 inches in the next 100 years.
John Nichols: Holding Bush to
Account for Climate Lies, Neglect
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John Nichols writes: “Climate change
is real. And, the cynical ploy by conservative politicians and commentators of
suggesting otherwise has slowed
the American response to a crisis scientists say has grown so severe that no
matter what is now done to reduce
emissions of greenhouse gases–the
gases that have already been produced
or are in production will continue to
contribute to global warming and the
rise of oceans for more than 1,000
years.”
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Stress-Bucket
Theory
by Sylvia Skefich, D.C.
ho does not experience
stress on a near daily basis anymore? Even the
stress of getting to our appointments
on time, to meeting deadlines, to managing the traffic, to paying our bills, and
completing all that we have intended
to get done can get overwhelming.
The body helps us out as best it
can. It will adapt quietly in bad postures while we work, it will manage the
chemicals of stress and inflammation
that we bring upon it, and will spring
tight, getting ready for action, even just
with mental activity. The body is a great
compensator, working silently behind
the scenes to support our activities. The
last thing the body wants to do is cry
out for help. How far would we have
come along as a species if the body was
always acting out in pain and discomfort, saying, “Me! Me! Me!” whenever
there was a strain? It is as though our
body is a bucket, capable of holding a
certain amount of stress before it over-
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flows into pain. The stress-bucket is our
buffer zone. Fill it up, and get pain.
The body will adapt to a less
than optimal situation by compensating. Stress will fill your “stress-bucket,”
but so will bodily compensations to the
stress. If there is inflammation, then a
fibrous buildup will follow to
strengthen the area. So for instance,
repetitive stress injuries (like from keyboarding or mousing), or a bad posture
creating a strain to a region (as in the
midscapular region from slumping),
creates chronic low grade inflammation. Inflammation is a chemical call for
microscopic fibers to come and build
up matting throughout the area in order to strengthen it. This strong matting is compensation. The compensation gets added to the stress-bucket, filling it closer to the top. And it doesn’t
stop there.
When a matted, fibrotic area
(we all have them) is present, then the
area no longer moves as it was intended
to. This creates other areas to be strained
due to a ripple effect of aberrant motion patterns that stem from the original site. Like, if you have your ankle
casted (an analogy for a thickened fibrous compensation), then you would
walk funny, and then your hip may begin to hurt as it compensates for the
ankle. Put the compensating hip in the
stress-bucket.
In my practice, I’d say 50% of
by Dr. Tonya L. Fleck & Dr. Ruth Bar-Shalom
S
o often I hear my patients say,
“I have such a hard time getting
started in the morning. I don’t
feel rested when I wake and then I have
this afternoon crash”
Adrenal fatigue is one of the most
pervasive, yet under-diagnosed, health
conditions affecting people today.
Approximately two-thirds of folks
with chronic fatigue appear to have
underactive adrenal glands.
Symptoms of adrenal fatigue can
include: fatigue, recurrent infections,
poor immune system, decreased libido, a lack of drive, infertility, salt
cravings, achiness, hypoglycemia and
low blood pressure or dizziness upon
first standing (known as orthostatic
hypotension).
The adrenal glands are two small
glands that sit on top of the kidneys
and are responsible for secreting over
50 hormones, such as epinephrine
(adrenaline), cortisol, aldosterone,
progesterone, DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), estrogen and testosterone. Cortisol release is increased
as a result of stress and functions to
raise blood sugar and blood pressure
and modulates the immune system. If
cortisol levels are low due to burnout,
a person experiences fatigue, low
blood pressure, hypoglycemia, low
immune system and an increased tendency to allergies and environmental
sensitivities. DHEA is important because it is the precursor to our sex hormones.
You’re probably not surprised to
hear that STRESS is the #1 cause of
adrenal fatigue. When we feel stressed,
it’s our adrenal glands that are the first
responders. Our body doesn’t necessarily recognize the difference between being extremely angry or
stressed out versus having to run from
a hungry tiger. Physiologically, we respond
the same way: we kick our adrenals
the time, the person experiences the
pain at the site of a tight original site.
The other 50% of the time, the spot that
hurts is simply an area that is compensating for, or counterbalancing an original tight spot. It is a “working” and
strained area that is hurting in this case.
And so the stress-bucket gets filled with
yet more compensation.
A good body worker is capable
of identifying the compensations from
the original sites, is able to normalize
the function of both types of problem
areas (to the best of your body’s ability
to heal) and should be able to offer a
decisive plan (including number of visits, exercises, or other therapies if
needed) to get you out of pain within a
reasonable time. (This is equivalent to
getting your stress bucket ladled out a
good few scoops.) In my practice, I like
to offer a treatment plan #1.) to get out
of pain, and #2.) to get into the neutral
zone where there is no risk of original
stressors or compensations building
back up to pain anytime too quickly. It
is always up to the client to determine
what they wish to achieve. Basically, I
believe we can be different, lighter
people when our stress-bucket is low.
Sylvia Skefich is a Doctor of Chiropractic, certified in Orthopedic Massage and an instructor of Cranio Sacral Technique. 920 41st Ave. Ste. G., near
Portola, Santa Cruz, CA 95062, (831)
475-1995, www.vital-you.com.
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to release
cortisol
and epinephrine
(adrenaline), increase our
heart rate, and shunt blood to areas
necessary in the instance of an attack:
our heart (to pump more blood), our
brain (to think clearly) and our muscles
(to run fast!). What this means is that
blood is then shunted away from other
areas, particularly our digestion, our
immune system and our reproductive
organs. If we’re running for our lives,
it’s probably not a good time to procreate! Remember, our bodies are designed for survival.
Adrenal fatigue can be diagnosed
in a few different ways. Diagnosis
begins with a detailed intake of the
patient’s symptoms. If adrenal fatigue
is suspected, low blood pressure and
slow pupillary response to light support a diagnosis. Lab tests include
measuring DHEA and cortisol through
a 4-spot salivary sample.
How do you treat adrenal fatigue?
Adrenal fatigue can be effectively
treated
through a variety of
modalities and
should be done so
on an individualized basis. Lowering stress (removing the obstacle to
cure) is the key
component to every
treatment plan.
Other ways to support the adrenals include a good Bcomplex, Vitamin
C, botanicals such
as Glycyrrhiza,
Eleutherococcus,
Centella,
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S
ometimes, we don’t realize how
valuable our health is until
we’ve lost it. This was brought
home to me a few years ago when I
met a neighbor of my parents’, a man
named Marvin Davis. As my dad and
I were walking over to Marvin’s house
where we had been invited for dinner,
my dad mentioned that Marvin was
one of the richest men in the world. I
later found out that Forbes magazine
estimated his worth to be $5.8 billion.
The oil tycoon was known for buying and
selling things like the Twentieth Century–Fox studio, the Pebble Beach golf
course, and the Beverly Hills Hotel.
His home, as you might expect,
was palatial. One of the first things I
noticed was that all the doors, even the
doors to the bathrooms, seemed to be
double-width. I wondered why... until
I met our host. The poor man — poor,
obviously, not in wealth, but in health
— must have weighed four hundred
pounds. He was so large that he apparently could not get through a normal door, even an oversized one. I
couldn’t help but be moved by the pathos of his situation. Here was a man
who was so rich he could buy almost
anything in the world, yet he was so
hugely overweight that he could not
go to the bathroom without several attendants to help him.
I don’t think I can adequately
describe the feelings I had that evening
as I watched Marvin eat multiple servings of steak, lobster, and caviar. As I
spoke with him and watched him interact with others, he seemed distracted, burdened, and unhappy. Some
might have envied his immense financial fortune, but I found myself feeling sorry for him. I kept remembering
something Maurice Sendak said:
“There must be more to life than having everything.”
It was hard not to notice the dramatic contrast with the peoples of the
world whose lives are exemplars of
healthy aging — the peoples of
Abkhasia, Vilcabamba, Hunza, and
Okinawa. Lean, light, and happy, they
walk with a spring in their step and speak
with a lilt in their voice. They eat slowly,
give thanks for what they have, never
overeat, and are remarkably content.
They laugh and joke a lot, and their eyes
The Road to a New Direction
by David L. Biles, D.D.S., M.A.
have been a health educator most
of my life. Teaching and learning
has become a lifelong passion,
passed on to me by the many wonderful teachers, coaches, and band directors I happened to meet along my journey in the 12 schools I attended as an
Army brat from the late 50s to early
70s. In addition, I have had a lifetime
interest and study of the human body
in one capacity or another since early
childhood.
I grew up around many U.S.
Army hospitals and medical clinics,
and became interested in health and the
human body while visiting my father
at his workplace, often observing
many young men disabled by war injuries — amputees primarily. Writing
this column is a natural extension of
my desire to return the gifts I was so
generously given by so many.
My journey to where I am today
also took me through many years of
study and employment in the fields of
exercise physiology and cardiopulmonary physiology at the Human Performance Laboratory at UC Davis and
Northridge Hospital in southern California. Dentistry has become another
place to study the human body and its
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Avena, and adrenal glandulars.
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Dr. Tonya Fleck received her doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from
the Southwest College of Naturopathic
intricate relationships and, as I continue practicing, now in my 25th year,
I find myself more open to new discovery.
As I delved deeper and deeper
into the chiropractic, homeopathic,
osteopathic, and naturopathic fields, I
have discovered many other interrelationships between dentistry and its effects on the human body at various
differing levels. With an awareness of
how the human body is acutely and
chronically affected by dental procedures and materials in positive and
negative ways, I have come to many
philosophical and practical conclusions that impact how I practice dentistry.
Lately I have taken several
classes in oral biology and blood biochemistry, traveling to Denver and
Albuquerque twice in the last 6
months. As a result, I have decided to
add blood biochemistry profiling in
my practice as a new service for my
patients. I will be working in conjunction with Sam Queen, C.C.N., C.N.S.,
a health educator and former medical
technologist who was granted an honorary doctorate for his work in biochemistry by the World Health Organization, (www.HealthRealities.com).
Medicine and Health Sciences, her
Bachelor of Science degree from SUNY
Buffalo and completed graduate work
in Marriage and Family Therapy at the
Univ. of MD. Dr. Fleck specializes in
depression and anxiety, homeopathy,
botanical medicine, Women’s Health
and Holistic Pediatrics.
Dr. Ruth Bar-Shalom graduated
from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in 1987. Dr. Bar-Shalom has been an Associate Professor
of Rheumatology and Geriatrics for The
sparkle with joy
and peace. Though
most have little in
the way of material
possessions, they
rarely hoard resources beyond
their needs. Instead, they are eager to share what they
have with others. In their cultures, it is
not the person who accumulates wealth
who is esteemed. It is the love in people’s
hearts and the wisdom in their lives that
counts. It is not how much you have that
matters, but how much you give of yourself to others.
No, I did not envy Marvin Davis.
Perhaps I was being unfair to him, but
to me he seemed to embody something
that has gone terribly amiss in modern
society. If we can afford it, we buy it; if
it tastes good, we eat it. We are very big
on consumption.
There is a deep problem with this.
If we continue to pursue short-term gratification without regard for the long-term
consequences, the results can only be
disastrous. Insatiable is not sustainable.
An excerpt from John Robbins’new
book, Healthy At 100: The Scientifically
Proven Secrets of the World’s Healthiest and Longest Lived Peoples.
For more information, see
www.healthyat100.org.
I have known Sam for
many years, observing him lecture over a
dozen times.
This working relationship will enable
me to help bring my patients’ mouths
to the highest level of health, building
upon a logically applied therapeutic
regimen known as Free Radical
Therapy. Based on the blood biochemistry interpretation and knowledge and
understanding of the Six Subclinical
Defects that all disease processes have
in common, a logically applied Free
Radical Therapy program can be developed for each individual patient.
Combined with the purposeful removal of stressful dentistry, improvement in oral hygiene, and restoration
of the mouth with biocompatible dentistry the mouth heals remarkably.
“And” as Sam Queen says, “if
your patients suddenly become overall healthier, and other conditions resolve — well, you can’t be blamed for
that. You were only treating their
mouths, well within the purview of
your license.”
Dr. Biles questions conventional
wisdom while performing ideal dentistry with a holistic philosophical approach grounded on scientific principles. He has lectured nationally
on Biocompatible Bioesthetic
Dentistry, (831) 423-0121 and,
www.DrBiles.com.
Southwest College of Naturopathic
Medicine and presented workshops at
Bastyr University and her alma mater.
She served as president of the Alaska
Association of Naturopathic Physicians
from 1992-1994. Holistic Medical
Center, 9053 Soquel Drive #202, Aptos,
CA
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(831)688-6666,
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Founder of SkyIsland Naturals
“Healthy aging is a matter of
choice. Genetic predispositions do play
a part in the aging process but are overstated by medical professionals and drug
cartels. If one third of your fate is genetic,
two thirds is determined by your life-style
choices. Positive thinking, caring for your
physical, emotional and spiritual needs,
a balanced diet, proper rest, lots of clean
air and clean water, plenty of exercise,
regular visits to alternative health care
professionals and a supplement program
that consists of whole food and herbal
nutrition to support the body and offset
toxic overload from the polluted, stressed
out world we live in, are the keys to
healthy aging,”
—Jeff West.
kyIsland Naturals was created to
lead the way in the growing shift
in consciousness surrounding the
desire for organic, whole food nutrition
as a basis for sustaining optimum physical health and a sense of well-being.
The vital need for natural whole
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he ‘Hands for Life Community
Bodywork Center’ is now in its fifth
year of serving the Community of
Santa Cruz. Ryan Duluz founded the
‘Community Bodywork Center’ with
the vision of offering
a “low cost” massage to the Santa
with Cranio-Sacral Technique
Cruz community. A
year later, Heather
and Hendrickson's Orthopedic Massage
Frey took over at
the helm continuing
Ryan’s vision, still
offering Santa Cruz
a more ‘affordable’
with Hendrickson's Orthopedic Massage,
massage. Over the
Swedish Massage, Biodynamic Cranio-Sacral Therapy, and Rolfing
years the faces and
the name have
changed a little, and
services have expanded, while our
intention in the services we provide remain true to it’s
original name and
founding vision.
Still Housed
at ‘THE 418 PROJECT’ (418 Front
St., in downtown
Santa Cruz), we
have blossomed to
having 8 Practitioners regularly
scheduled at the
‘Center ’ offering
their diverse skills in
a variety of modaliTop center: Sylvia Skefich, D.C.;
ties ranging from
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‘Thai Massage’ (on
Santa Cruz, CA 95062
table), to ‘CranioSacral’ Therapy,
traditional Chinese
medicine ‘Acupuncture‘, ‘MyoFascial Release’,
‘Quantum Touch’
years of chiropractic experience/12 years of cranio-sacral experience
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Supremixtm is a superior blend of
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that are either certified organic or pesticide/herbicide free. To obtain its maximum nutritional support, we use the finest raw materials and offer the best nutrition in the industry. Our proprietary processing techniques ensure maximum
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‘Shamanic’ Hands On Energy Healing,
and ‘Thai Yoga Massage’ (on Mat),
‘Shiatsu’.(on Mat). One may also receive
treatments of ‘Hot Stone’ therapy, and
‘Lomi Lomi’, as well as ‘Medical Qi
Gong’, ‘Yin TuiNa’ Massage, and also
‘Chiropractic’ care (available with advance notice). There is even ‘4 Hands’
Massage offered! (2 Practitioners = 4
Hands). Not all modalities are offered
every day the ’Center’ is open, but a
grand variety abounds!
When the ‘Community Bodywork
Center’ began, its purpose, aside from
offering affordable massage to the community, was to give fledgling practitioners
the arena to hone their skills and get
some experience under their belt. As fortune would have it, the purpose has
shifted slightly. Quite organically, it has
come about that a collective of very
skilled and experienced practitioners
have made the ‘Hands for Life Community Bodywork Center’ their home. In asking regular clients why they come to the
‘Hands for Life’, the general consensus
is that the “price is right” and, as Akira,
one of the ‘Center’s’ continuing Clients
simply put, “I’ve never had a better massage any place else.”
Andrew Light, a Practitioner who
has been with the Center for 2+ years
and a massage therapist 18+ years, says
“When persons seeking a ‘Massage’,
‘Acupuncture’ or ‘Energy work’ discover
our ‘Center’, a commonly asked question is “Are you all students?” Quite to
the contrary, we have individually, and
combined, ‘Many Years’ of experience.
Some of our most loyal returning Clients
are other Body workers and peers in our
field”.
When asking the practitioners
why they work at ‘Hands For Life’, when
it seems, that any of them could get a
higher paying job at some of the spas in
town, the general feedback is that “Service Nurtures the Heart and Spirit!”.
Dawn Duffy, another Practitioner
who has been with the Center for 2+ years
and a massage therapist for 13+ years,
has said, “We offer a full one hour session for $40.*, compared to the price of
erative disease processes.
Oxidative stress is created
through normal metabolic processes. But
when we consider the potential for increased damage caused by the enormous amounts of toxins present in our
food, water, household chemicals, the
environment, prescription and nonprescription drugs as well as a variety of
other sources, it becomes clear that we
need to support our body’s efforts to
maintain a healthy balance.
With ingredients that include
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you extra added protection against free
radical activity caused by toxic overload.
The genesis of SkyIsland
Naturals can be traced to the 25 year
career in the Natural Food and Nutritional
Supplement industries of its founder, Jeff
West.
West understands the concept of
Healthy Aging and Alternative Healing
Modalities because of his experience
with Alternative Holistic Practitioners and
his education in all aspects of nutritional
supplements and whole foods, along with
a firm grasp on herbology and homeopathy. Jeffrey has played a large part in the
evolution of this industry over the past
two and a half decades. Through his involvement as a buyer for the largest corporate retail entities, West has gained his
knowledge by interfacing with natural
foods manufacturers, scientists who formulate nutritional supplements, herbal
product suppliers, nationally renowned
holistic MD’s, as well as Master herbalists, homeopaths and product representatives.
For more information call
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or email [email protected].
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some of the spas in town who offer a 50
minute session for $70; and we pay ourselves only a little less than what their
Practitioners make.” (* $40. is our regular
price, ‘Chiropractic’ and ‘4 Hands’ massage are priced differently).
Another Practitioner, Moon, has
been with the ‘Center for 1+ years, is a
massage Therapist who also has 30 years
of practice in Native American Healing and
spiritual practices. She adds, “We all receive Bodywork and Energy work from
each other here, so we know how good
we are; and with that knowledge, it is quite
humbling to realize we are offering such
high quality skill to people in need who
may not otherwise be able to afford help.”
Jason Mandell, a senior Practitioner with the ‘Center’ for 3.5 years, and a
massage therapist for 11+ years, has noticed “you know it’s a real community experience the moment you walk in the door.
You see folks having a bite to eat at the
‘Jumping Monkey Café’ (also housed in
the 418 Project on Front St.). Practitioners are talking with their clients before
going into session, and there are people
hanging out just because they like the vibe
of the place.”
Part of our Mission at the ‘Hands
for Life Community Bodywork Center’ is
to greet each person warmly and treat
each person kindly. We feel that is where
healing begins... In our world today, we
can no longer take ‘being treated kindly’
for granted. Being Healers, it is important
to consider each person and treat them
with care, just as we ourselves like to be
treated. If we can truly have this state of
being kind first with ourselves and then
extending to others, then we are taking
the first step to alleviate ‘Disease’, ‘Stress’,
the ‘Harshness of Our World’, and perhaps on some small level fostering ‘World
Peace’! If we can receive each person
with warmth and openness, then we can
listen with our Hearts and hear what each
Person really needs and desires from their
session.
The ‘Hands for Life Community
Bodywork Center’ is located at THE ‘418
PROJECT’ at 418 Front Street in Santa
Cruz. ‘Bodywork’ and ‘Energy work’ can
be received Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and
Thursdays. 1st appointment starts
11:00am, last appointment ends 3:30 pm.
Appointments can be made by calling
(831)332-5607, as well as by walking in.
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The Art Of Letting Go
by Sensei Rod Sanford, Hanchi
M
Y SENSEI USED to say
that as martial artists we
should strive to become
“Artists of life.” When I was young
the physical lessons of punching,
kicking, striking, throwing and grappling dominated my interest. I wanted to know every possible technique
and every possible way to generate
more speed and power. Now, after 47
years of training I find myself
emphasizing to my students the
importance of developing one’s character, of becoming an artist of life.
Throughout the years O’Sensei
would interweave within our incessant physical training lessons that
would help us develop living skills.
One that I would like to share with
you today is the lesson of “Letting
Go.” When teaching this lesson
O’Sensei would often tell us this
story:
Two monks were sent on a long
journey. On the second night it rained
heavily so they took refuge in a temple. Early the next morning they set
out and shortly came upon an attractive young woman standing in the
middle of the road. The woman carried a parasol and was dressed in a
beautiful kimono with fine sandals.
She stood looking at a large mud
puddle that blocked her path. There
was no way around. When the two
monks walked up one greeted her
politely and said, “It’s obvious that
we all must cross this puddle and
since I am sure to get muddy anyway
there is no need for you to soil your
fine clothes. I would be glad to carry
you across if you would like.” The
young woman was very grateful and
agreed to accept the monk’s kind
offer. The monk scooped her up in
his arms, carried her across the puddle and set her down. The two bowed
politely and all went on their way.
The second monk was strangely
quiet all day. Late that evening he
suddenly broke the silence, “I’m
very disappointed in you!” he said to
the other monk. “We are monks and
we have taken certain vows. You
should not have carried that young
woman across the water this morning. The only reason you did is so
you could touch her body! You have
broken your vows and should be
ashamed of yourself!” “No,” the
other monk said quietly, “I carried
the woman across the water and set
her down on the other side. You are
the one who has been carrying her all
day.”
As humans we are certain to
experience anger and other negative
emotions in our lifetime. There will
be times
when we
become
angry, we
become
sad, our
feelings
will
be
hurt and
so on. If
allowed
to, these negative emotions can
become very harmful to our health.
When negative emotions come we
must practice “Letting go.” It is our
choice. We can experience them and
then let them go and move on
through life or cling to them as the
second monk did. If we hold on or
cling to them they will only cause us
grief. The poisons, as O’Sensei
taught were; anger, jealousy, hatred,
greed, resentment, desire, envy and
deceit.
Sensei Rod Sanford was one of
Professor Richard Kim’s senior students. O’Sensei Kim was referred to
as, “Karate’s Guiding Light.” He
was a 10th dan and in Japan known
as a busei, martial arts saint. Sensei
Sanford now carries on for O’Sensei
Kim as president of the Zen Bei
Butoku-Kai and one of the technical
directors for Kokusai Butokukai.
Contact Sensei Sanford at Rod
Sanford’s Traditional Martial Arts in
Soquel,
(831)
475-9676
or
www.mydojo.com
The Martial Arts
Directory
Green Forest Temple
Instructors: Robert Ripke and Linda Darrigo
Ages 12 and older
Tai Chi, Long Fist, Praying Mantis, Weapons
(831) 688-6934 • www.greenforesttemple.org
5901 Freedom Blvd., Aptos
Family Martial Arts Center
Scott Symons • David Weeks • Ron Williams • Tom Andersen • Pete McHenry • Mike Garrard
Tae kwon do • Kickboxing • Shorinjiryu Karate • JuJitsu • Aeorbic Kickboxing
1025 Water St, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
(831) 818-5425 [email protected]
www.completefamilymartialarts.com
Ages: 4 and up
Santa Cruz Budokan
Instructor: Mark Roemke
All ages
Bujinkan Ninjutsu, Aikido, Iaido, Yoga.
Two weeks free instruction tryout. Private instruction available.
(831) 465-8236 or www.santacruzbudokan.com for training times & info.
Valley Tae Kwon Do
Instructors: Cathy & Paul Rotes
Ages 5 - 16 & Adult Kickboxing
Tae Kwon Do, Fitness Kickboxing & After School Program
(831) 336-2043
10090 Hwy 9, Ben Lomond, CA 95005
MINORSAN Self Defense Training Services
Instructors: Dio P. Santiago & Clara E. Minor All Ages
MANOSAMIN self defense-based martial art, KickAeroBix, Bully Breakers,
Weekend Self Defense Workshop for all ages.
(831) 458-0900 • [email protected] • 1515 Mission St., Santa Cruz
www.minorsan.com
Santa Cruz Academy of WingChun
Instructor: Jericho Broek
Ages:14 to adult
WingChun Kung Fu and Escrima
(831) 588-8432 • [email protected] • www.santacruzwingchun.com
Louden Nelson Center • 301 Center St. • Santa Cruz • CA 95060
Aikido of Santa Cruz a.k.a. North Bay Aikido
Chief Instructor: Linda Holiday
Ages: 6-Adult
Aikido
(non-competitiveJapanese martial art - “The Way of Harmony”)
(831) 423-8326 • [email protected] • 306 Mission St., Santa Cruz 95060
Tai Chi Natural Health Club
Instructors: Wendy Ballen L.Ac. & Sid Fontana
Tai Chi, Acupuncture, Chinese Herbs, Nutrition, private lessons in Chi
Kung and Ba Gua
Classes held at Oceanview Park in Santa Cruz
Confluence Aikido Systems
Instructors: Sensei Jennifer Smith and guests
All Ages
Aikido / Budo
509 Swift St. / 1025 Water St. / UCSC Campus - Santa Cruz
www.confluenceaikido.com
Rod Sanford’s Traditional Martial Arts
Instructors (by order of seniority): Rod Sanford, Lou Jemison, Dan
Wakefield, Sean Sanford, Jennifer Farley, Diego Simkin.
Shorinji-Ryu Karate-Do, Okinawan Weaponry, T’ai Chi Chuan & Aikijujutsu
4626 Soquel Drive, Soquel CA 95073
Daniel Feldman
Tai Ji Ch’uan (Yang, Chen, Wu, Hao, Wu Dang Styles), Six Harmony
Xin Yi Ch’uan, Qi Gong
Private instruction by appointment only.
(831) 325-3233 [email protected]
Contact Daniel Feldman at (831) 325-3233 or dfeldman@cruzio to get your
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e publish this magazine to support our community and enjoy
featuring leading theater, performances, and events. It is very impor-
tant that you, our readers, tell all of the
Arts & Entertainment Venues, businesses and events, that you read about
them in The Connection Magazine.
We appreciate your much needed support in return. Thank you very much!
Pattie & Thom
• Fri., Feb. 23: Reckless Kelly
County Alt 9:30 PM, $12/15
• Fri., March 2: Karl Denson &
Benny 'D' Band, Saxman
extraordinaire w/ New Orleans
band! 9:30 PM, $15/18
THUMBNAIL
REVIEWS
RESTAURANT
NIGHTCLUB
1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ
831-423-1336
www.catalystclub.com
Thursday, February 1
In the Atrium • AGES 16+
CATALYST SHOWCASE
3 Up Front
plus
RIFF RAFF
$3 Adv./$5 Dr. • Drs 8 p.m., Show 9 p.m.
y
EverayBooty Call!
Frid 21+ DJ Dance Party!
with DJ Tornado
(Superbooty Lead Singer) In the Atrium
Doors 9 p.m. • 21+ NO COVER
• Sat., Feb. 10: Ras Midas
w/ Root Awakening
9:30 PM, $12/15
• Sun., Feb. 11: Norrisman
Jamaica's Rising Star
9:00 PM, $15
• Fri., Feb. 16: The Blasters
w/ The Choptops
9:30 PM, $18/20
• Sat., Feb. 17: Robben Ford
& The Ford Blues Band
COME EARLY NO OPENER!
8:00 PM, $22/25
Funk, Hip Hop, Retro, R&B
Saturday, Feb. 3 • AGES 16+ • In the Atrium
VIBEZ GET HOT VOL. 1
REGGAE HIP HOP SHOWCASE
MR. FLEX & DA RIDDEM RIDDA POSSE
NO BODY'S OWN, JA LIL, LC 1
TRICE HAZE, CORN DAWG, DJ TRINI
plus Special Gues BRIMSTONE
T
he Holistic Living Expo, coming to
Santa Cruz on Sunday, March 4, features 60 exhibitors showcasing products and services for healthy living, wellness
and rejuvenation, fashion and beauty, plus
psychics and spiritual counselors, visionary
art and music, and a metaphysical marketplace.
The theme for the 2007 Expo is “Six Steps
to Feeling Great”:
1. Intuitive Insight 2. Attraction and
Manifestation 3. Love and Beauty 4. Rejuvenation and Nutrition 5. Exercise and
Bodywork 6. Inspiration and Creativity.
“The Expo is a stimulating, fun, and
educational experience — a great way to
quickly learn about a variety of wellness strategies for body, mind and spirit,” states organizer Dean Price. “This event gives people
the tools and support to transform their daily
experience in a positive direction. It’s always
a great feeling when people make the connection that helps them get going, doing work
that’s fulfilling or improving health or relationships. “
Some highlights of the 30 Free Presentation topics include:
Wynn Free, author of “The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce?” will shed light on
the meaning of the coming Shift of Ages in
2012, and teach a workshop on “How to
by Karin Leonard & Daniel Robin
E
ach month, we select our favorite or
otherwise important films to be featured on this page. We rate them,
subjectively, on a scale from 1 (worthless) to
5 (awesome) in terms of their entertainment
and message. We leave the plot details and
story telling to the filmmakers and instead
attempt to characterize, highlight strengths
and flaws, and hint at purpose. Reach us at
[email protected]. Enjoy!
$10 Adv./$12 Dr. • Drs. 8 p.m., Show 9 p.m.
Friday, Feb. 9 • AGES 21+
THE ENGLISH
BEAT
Blood Diamond
$15 Advance/$18 Dr.
Drs. 8:30 p.m., Show 9:30 p.m.
Sat., Feb. 10 • AGES 18+ • In the Atrium
INEFFABLE RECORDS presents
KILLAH PRIEST of the Wu-Tang Clan
ALMIGHTY AZIZ, GHAMBIT AND SINCERE, SMOOV G
$15 Adv./$20 Dr. • Drs. 8 p.m., Show 9 p.m.
A
Saturday & Sunday, February 10 & 11
PENNYWISE
Jazz Presenters since 1975
CIRCLE JERKS
IGNITE $19 Adv./$19 Dr.
THURS. FEBRUARY 8 • 7 PM
Grammy nominee - Best Latin Jazz!
Feb. 10: Drs. 7 p.m., Show 8 p.m. • AGES 21+
Feb. 11: Drs. 6 p.m., Show 7 p.m. • AGES 16+
Wed., Feb. 14
AGES 16+
$20 Adv/$23 Door
Sponsored by ZNA Communications
VALENTINE’S DAY
$22 Adv/$25 Door
Sponsored by Gordon & Teresa Pusser
ArtLiveWork Space
$22 Adv./$25 Dr.
Drs. 7:30 p.m., Show 9 p.m.
Sound Tribe
Sector Nine
IGNACIO BERROA
MON. FEBRUARY 12 • 7 PM
KENNY BARRON – SOLO
MON. FEBRUARY 19 • 7 & 9 PM
DAVID LINDLEY
$20 Adv/$23 Door
Sponsored by Karen Cogswell &
Ted Kirkiles
Fri., Feb. 16
AGES 21+
$46 Adv./$49 Dr.
Drs. 8 p.m.,
Show 9 p.m.
MON. FEBRUARY 26 • 7 PM
KURT ELLING
$22 Adv/$25 Door, No Jazztix/Comps
Sponsored by Duncan McCollum,
Chiropractor
Feb. 3 tickets will be honored for this show
ROCKER’S PIZZA KITCHEN 831-426-PIZZA
$1 Pizza Slice ALL DAY TUESDAYS
Sunday thru Tuesday FREE POOL
for Bar Patrons Noon to Closing
Feb 17 Keller Williams (ALL AGES)
Feb 18 Teen Dance Nite (AGES 13-18)
Feb 22 Jaguares (AGES 21+)
Feb 24 Lamb of God (AGES 16+)
Mar 1 Lonely Kings (AGES 16+)
Mar 11 Andre Nickatina (AGES 16+)
Mar 15 Patty Griffin (AGES 21+)
Mar 24 Pepper (AGES 16+)
May12 Shooter Jennings (AGES 21+)
Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows
with limited seating. Tickets to all Catalyst shows, subject to city tax and service charge, are available by
phone at 1-866-384-3060, and online at our web site.
Advance tickets are also available at the Catalyst
every day with a minimal service charge.
With Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou,
Jennifer Connelly
Entertainment: 3.5
Message: 4.5
Graphic violence and abuse
superbly executed thriller, powerfully delivered with an important social message. The decades-old unconscionable
practice of smuggling illegal gems during
times of conflict has historically had a disastrous impact on certain African countries.
This film is to the conflict diamond trade what
The Constant Gardner was to pharmaceutical drugs. Extremely violent and intense, this
disturbing portrayal packs a wallop courtesy
of the “controlled chaos” and fine performances, especially from DiCaprio as South
African mercenary Danny Archer (2 hrs 18
min).
THURS. MARCH 1 • 7 PM
WAYNE HORVITZ AND
SWEETER THAN THE DAY
$15 Adv/$18 Door
MON. MARCH 5 • 7 & 9 PM
BOOKERT T. JONES BAND
$22 Adv/$25 Door, No Jazztix/Comp
ADVANCE TICKETS: Logos Books &
Records, Santa Cruz & Ticketweb.com
Dinner served Mondays & Thursdays
beginning at 6pm. Tickets subject to service
charge & 5% SC City Tax. All ages.
KUUMBWA JAZZ CENTER
320-2 CEDAR ST • SANTA CRUZ
KUUMBWAJAZZ.ORG
www.catalystclub.com
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Children of Men
With Clive Owen, Michael Caine, Julianne
Moore
Entertainment: 3.5
Message: 4.5
Graphic violence and gore
oulfully beautiful while abysmally dark,
this is an evocative cautionary tale of
what the world could be like in the not-sodistant future (2027) if we utterly failed to
act as stewards of the environment and our
global society. What would become of us if
women could no longer bear children? This
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Make Direct Connection with Interdimensional Sources”.
Tyrone Curley, a Gourmet Chef from
San Francisco, will demonstrate a new AntiAging cell-renewal breakthrough that can
help you look and feel younger, increase your
vital energy, manage your stress, and increase mental clarity and focus. All attendees will have the opportunity to experience
a sample of full-spectrum nutrition at no cost.
Robert Perala, author of “Divine Blueprint: Road map for the New Millennium” and
“Divine Architect: The Art Of Living & Beyond”, will offer a glimpse of his contacts with
Extra-Terrestrial Emissaries in his “Conversations with Spirit” lecture and slide show.
Monique Chapman, a popular bay
area clairvoyant, and host of the “Walking
with Spirit” radio show, will teach Manifestation Techniques.
near apocalyptic,
violent and disturbing vision is
painted through
intense struggle
for autonomy contrasted with the
miracle of new life
when a woman finds that she is pregnant with
what would be the first child born in decades.
Deeply metaphoric with the archetype of the
savior child in the midst of death, destruction and loss of meaning, this visionary
artpiece affects profoundly with masterful cinematography and profound story telling (1
hr 54 min).
Dreamgirls
With Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Eddie
Murphy, Danny Glover, Jennifer Hudson
Entertainment: 4
Message: 3
mazing performances throughout (who
knew Eddie Murphy could sing?!) with
plenty of dazzle and Hollywood glitter along
the way. This adaptation to screen of the Tony
Award-winning Broadway musical from 1982,
tracks singing trio The Dreamettes from R & B
into mainstream (and more lucrative) pop
genre, but there’s a price to be paid. Is it
worth the climb? Though at times uneven and
over-the-top, the riveting stagecraft and star
power make this musical hit the mark. Jennifer Hudson is purely amazing and Eddie
Murphy delivers a stunning performance,
while Beyonce’s striking beauty radiates
throughout. If you love musicals, don’t miss
this one! (2 hrs 5 min).
A
Night at the Museum
With Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Mickey
Rooney, Dick Van Dyke
Entertainment: 2.5
Message: 3
hile hokey for adult audiences, this
may be perfect entertainment for some
youngsters, creating a fantasy world of museum characters and prehistoric animals
waking up at night. What would happen if
W
Terry Yoder, the director of Shift Happens Healing Center in San Francisco, will
describe how he came in contact with his
Angelic Guide through a Near Death Experience.
Joseph Ernest Martin, creator of the
Quest Tarot deck, will offer “2007 Predictions
and Two Things You can Do to Save your
Life”.
Nadejda Rozanova will reveal the secrets of “Russian Healing Energy”. Cynthia
Sue Larson, aura portrait artist and author
of The Aura Advantage, will teach how to
“Practice Good Energy Hygiene”.
Professional mediums Lucy Brandt,
Vicky Gay, and Josiane Antonette will facilitate a series of seances, readings, and
free presentations on “Communication with
the Other Side”.
Most of the speakers, and many other
practitioners, will be available for private sessions at the expo. Expo participants will have
the chance to consult clairvoyants, mediums,
astrologers, tarot and palm readers, or work
with animal communicators, spiritual healers,
psychic surgeons, reflexologists, iridologists,
and Reiki masters.
Sunday, March 4, 2007 University Inn
and Conference Center, 611 Ocean St. at Dakota, next to the Courthouse, Santa Cruz
CA 95060, 10 am - 6 pm.
Admission: $5, or 2 for $8. Seniors &
teens, $3. Or download a pass for free admission at www.HolisticLivingExpo.com.
Volunteers are needed before, during
and after the expo, in exchange for free readings and healings, or booth discounts. For
Info., call (831) 239-6835, E-mail:
[email protected].
characters throughout history suddenly came
to life? Possibly giving museum visits new
life (for kids, anyway), it also provides free
history lessons along the way. Dumb and
Dumberer for history buffs? (1 hr 48 min).
Pan’s Labyrinth ((El Laberinto
Del Fauno)
With Maribel Verdu, Ivana Baquero, Sergi
Lopez
Entertainment: 3.5
Message: 4
Extended scenes of violence and brutality
his hauntingly beautiful and dark fairy tale
casts a powerful spell, with metaphoric,
sociological and psychological depth, as well
as masterfully artistic film making. At the heart
of the story lies the stark contrast between a
cold, heartless military uprising (against the
postwar repression of Fascist Spain) and a
child’s imaginative, fairy tale world, full of
wonder and possibility. With Fascism at its
height, the quintessential little girl must come
to terms with her stark environment through
a fable of her own creation, a world filled with
fantastical creatures and secret destinies.
The result is a heartbreaking story, better
suited to adults than kids, with dark depth
similar to the more sinister Grimm’s fairy
tales. Affecting multiple layers of the psyche,
this stunning work of art immerses in symbolism and shadowy mystery, and leaves a
lasting impression (1 hr 50 min). Spanish with
English subtitles.
T
The Pursuit of Happyness
With Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden
Smith
Entertainment: 3.5
Message: 4.5
ill Smith shows some acting muscle in
this high-impact tale based on a true
story about dreaming of a better life and dealing with being economically marginalized and
nearly destitute. Smith plays Chris Gardner,
an everyman having a tough time getting on
his financial feet; Gardner’s five-year-old son
is played by Jaden Smith, real life child of
Will Smith; both performances come straight
from the heart. It’s about believing in yourself even in the most dire of circumstances,
seemingly against the odds. Sad, but inspiring (1 hr 53 min).
W
Stomp the Yard
With Columbus Short, Brian J. White, Ne-Yo
Entertainment: 3.5
Message: 4
Initial brief violence
ven though the themes and plot are familiar and predictable at times, message
and performances are strong. A troubled
youth from LA starts over at Truth University
in Atlanta to find himself. Dance becomes a
powerful means of belonging and tribal identity, as well as for learning the true meaning
of brotherhood and fraternity. And what
amazing moves and choreography we are
treated to! The style of dance shifts from the
initial “Battle” of LA – ritualized combat – to
“Step,” which is a remarkable dance tradition all its own – an unlikely blending of Irish
Riverdance with elements of Flamenco and
Break dancing. If you have never seen Step,
the moves alone are worth your time in the
movie seat (1 hr 54 min).
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Astrology for February 2007
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ith the Sun in Aquarius, the full
moon on February 1st graces
the sky in the sign of Leo. We
experience the challenge to balance individuality with group consciousness.
Saturn, also in Leo, brings confrontation
to leadership along with the resistance
of authority. Neptune in Aquarius, heightens the ideals and compassion of the
people. This Saturn constricts Bush’s
popularity. He struggles with his relationships and public role as he is forced to
feel the limitations and difficulties that he
has created.
The new moon, in Aquarius, on
the 17th, aligns with the Moon of the USA
chart, emphasizing the power of the
people. Mercury goes retrograde on the
13th, until March 7th, in emotional Pisces,
supporting review of our beliefs and responses to the world situation. On a personal level, be aware of boundary issues
as communications may be complex with
unspoken emotional needs. The Sun
moves into Pisces on the 18th, Venus,
the planet of relationship, enters fiery
Aries on the 19th and Mars enters the
idealistic sign of Aquarius on the 25th.
Twelve opportunities for
2007:
Aries (Mar 20-Apr 19): This year is a
continuation and completion of focus on
developing an individual expertise and
expression. The interaction you have
with friends and groups of people helps
refine the form of your expression. There
is an interplay between friends and yourself that is dynamic and essential for your
growth. Enjoyment, growth in consciousness, sharing of your beliefs, teaching,
are all highlighted. You are preparing for
a time of change or enlargement in career.
Taurus (Apr 20-May 20): This is the
year you work with inner foundations,
having been challenged in home or family matters to find one’s essential truth.
That truth, then, becomes the soil and
the seed nurturing new growth. This process continues until September. Listen
to your inner voice and replace the old
with new, both physically and spiritually.
Change is supported and thorough.
Through spring and summer creative and
abundant energy is available to create
the vision you seek. Late 2007 and the
beginning of 2008 is a very solid year in
terms of creation and expression.
Gemini (May 21-Jun 20): This year is
your opportunity not to spread yourself
so thin. Take up your focus and simplify
your activities and interests. Relationship, love and partnership is highlighted.
In fact as you limit your commitments,
you may find a friend or partner who supports you in achieving your goals and
desires. Changes in your job will allow
more freedom and creative input. You will
meet new people. Relationships will be
stimulating and broaden your horizons.
Cancer (Jun 21–Jul 21): This year is
an opportunity to rearrange your life,
change routines, move your office and
establish a new relationship to your
health. Also this year, work becomes
more enjoyable, interesting and inspiring. A positive outlook supports better
health. You have been moving through
issues of self worth, money issues, and
reconsidering what you deeply value.
This theme comes to resolution in 2007.
Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 22): Since 2005, Leos
have been going through a time of great
learning, getting to the truth, and a time
of added responsibility. Now you emerge
from a more serious time to feel lighter
and once again playful. This is the year
to begin what you really love to do, what
you truly want to do. The energy and
openness of your heart is being strengthened. Enjoy your lover or find one,
spending time enjoying your children, all
is highlighted this year.
Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22): Situations are
coming to completion this year and a new
cycle is beginning in September. Take
care of all unfinished business. Let go of
what’s not working or no longer necessary. Let yourself move into your inner
world. Find your truth and what is important to you to build upon. As September
unfolds, focus on yourself and what you
want to build for the coming year as you
move into a very productive time.
Libra (Sep 23-Oct 22): In the last year
a review of friendships, a withdrawal from
usual social life, or even a challenge with
a friend can be a powerful transformative situation to clarify your own goals,
inspirations, and individuality. This is a
year of deciding what is significant to you
in the larger context of the community
and the world. You experience a broadening of your thinking processes, and it
is an excellent time to learn, to write and
publish.
Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21): Since 2005
you have experienced a call to a new job,
career or life purpose and how best to
bring out your talent. This is the year
where you feel more capable and confident to bring forth your talents, your wisdom, your teaching ability, and financial
situations improve. It is important that you
don’t take risks with investments this
year.
Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 20): This is
a year for abundance, fullness and hopefully not taking on too much, even though
you feel like you can do everything. You
will speak your truth with directness, your
abilities to teach, inspire confidence, and
support others to shift into seeing and
experiencing wholeness, and the positive is enhanced. Enjoyment, learning
traveling, and letting yourself receive, all
are highlighted. People will be attracted
to you and see you as bringing opportunities.
Capricorn (Dec 21- Jan 19): You have
been through rather a serious time, facing an unknown situation. Now you are
in a nine month period of preparing for
change and more enjoyment. Take time
this year to tap your deep wisdom for direction is there. This year, you have an
urge to do things differently and break
out of the routines and the usual definition of your life. At the end of the year
begins a very creative and inspirational
time.
Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 17): This year
offers the opportunity to refine yourself
and relationships. The last couple of
years, you have been challenged to define who you are and what your responsibility is to others. This year begins a
fresh 12-year cycle for you. New people
arrive in your life, new goals are set that
allow more room for you to enjoy and
achieve that which is important to you.
Pisces (Feb 18-Mar 19): This year is a
very important year for you. It is the time
for you to share your wisdom, to step into
the community, to take hold of opportunities to expand your career. For some it
will be the year to publish, for some a
major year of travel. It’s a year to do for
yourself something you’ve always
wanted to do. As the year progresses,
take initiative to redefine your role with
all those relationships in which you serve.
Susan Heinz, a professional astrologer in Santa Cruz for 24 years, brings
together traditional and esoteric astrology, Tarot and Qabalah. For info. on her
Friday monthly astrology groups, and for
personal consultations, call (831) 4765787.
The Importance of Grooming Your Dogs
by Anne Singer
A
dog’s coat is a testament to the
nutritional health of your dog, and
we all know that diet plays a key
role in maintaining your dog’s healthy
coat.
However, good grooming is second to good nutrition. Some initial benefits of good grooming, whether done
professionally or by pet owners, are:
• stimulates oil production;
• removes dead hair;
• allows skin to breathe;
• helps prevent sores;
• helps find lumps that may be tumors;
• helps determine skin problems.
It is important to use shampoos
that will not strip your pet’s coat of oils.
Pet owners who bathe their dogs often
should add a cream rinse or moisturizer.
Long-haired breeds such as German Shepherds and Golden Retrievers
need more maintenance and bathing.
Short-haired breeds such as Terriers and
Poodles need less maintenance and
bathing.
Dogs that roll in the sand on the
beach often get tar on their coats. Min-
eral oil will remove tar and also paint.
Soak the area with the mineral oil until
the tar or paint loosens, then give your
dog a bath. One of the smelliest problems is skunk scent. There are several
commercial products that work.
Proper professional grooming
has many advantages. A good groomer
will notice conditions like ear infections,
bad breath which indicates teeth need
cleaning or that gums are infected, nails
grown into the pads, hair loss, excessive
skin growths, or lumps, or tapeworms.
Groomers will always let the pet owner
know when these conditions are present.
Groomers have checklists that list potential problems noticed during the grooming session.
“How often should my pet be
groomed?”, is a question often asked by
dog owners. Here are some guidelines
given by authorities on grooming. If you
do not brush and comb your dog regularly between groomings, choose the
earlier time frame.
Afghan
4-8 weeks
Airedale
6 weeks
Bichon Frise
4 weeks
Cocker Spaniel 4-8 weeks
Collie
6 weeks
Golden Retriever 8-12 weeks
Irish Setter
8-10 weeks
Lhasa Apso
3-4 weeks
Old English Sheepdog 46 weeks
Poodle
4-6 weeks
Schnauzer Miniature 68 weeks
Scottish Terrier
6-10 weeks
Shih Tzu
3-4 weeks
Wire Fox Terrier 6 weeks
Yorkshire Terrier 4 weeks
Anne Singer, owner of Shampoo-chez at 1380 Soquel Avenue, Santa
Cruz and editor of the "Shampoo-chez
Newz," has been an advocate of quality, natural, nontoxic pet products for the
23 years that Shampoo-chez has been
in business. For questions call (831)
427-2284. Visit Shampoo-chez on the
Web at www.shampoochez.com for location and store hours, information on
their Self-Service Dog Wash, professional grooming for dogs and cats, vaccination clinic, useful facts and recipes,
testimonials, and natural pet products
which can be ordered and shipped to
you or delivered locally.
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