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Roaring Fork
MARCH 2016
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Lifestyle Letter
A Healthy
State of Mind
F
The editor and her figure skating students.
or me, that healthy state is called
Colorado. I grew up here, then
lived in Chicago, Los Angeles and San
Francisco. I'm celebrating a five-year
anniversary since returning home to
the Mile High State on “March forth!”
2011—a memorable date.
Coming home cured most of what ailed me.
No longer oppressed by fog-bound San Francisco summers, I jettisoned my full-spectrum lamp. (That’s a substitute for sunlight; it helps people who get depression related
to Seasonal Affective Disorder.) I also ditched a whole drawer-full of asthma inhalers
and allergy medications. The formerly sad, breathless, housebound gal marched forth: I
was soon back skiing. I began teaching figure-skating classes. In the summer, I went out
hiking and bicycling.
It’s wonderful what clean air, 300 days of sunshine a year and abundant outdoor exercise will do for a body, not to mention the spirit!
A decade ago, I took a Kaiser-Permanente class on how to prevent depression. Outside
of SSRI medications and cognitive behavioral therapy, the best prescriptions are to go
outside, get into the sunshine, exercise and spend time with friends. Mostly, that’s what
we do here. It’s our lifestyle.
It’s part of why Colorado ranks as the nation's eighth-healthiest state. We have the
lowest level of obesity, the highest level of active gym membership and a low rate of
diabetes. But among our challenges are binge drinking (11th in state rankings in 2014),
whooping cough outbreaks, kids who are less active than adults and serious disparities in
access to health care.
In this valley, we suffer from binge drinking and too many suicides. And our healthcare challenges are pronounced. There's a serious gap between the healthcare and the
housing that many locals can afford and what’s available. I feel the loss of too many
people who have moved away because of these issues.
I’m grateful for the leaders who are addressing these problems. I’d like to give a
shout-out here to Basalt Mayor Jacquie Carpenter Whitsitt and the Basalt Chamber
of Commerce for convening recent healthcare forums and to Amy Kimberly, executive
director of the Carbondale Council for Arts and Humanities, for her work on convening
folks to think of creative solutions to our housing problems. I'm raising a glass of Big B's
apple cider and giving these two a toast.
And while I'm at it, here's a toast to our loyal readers: Here's to your health! May you
make age curious, time furious, and all of your friends envious!
MARCH 2016
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Around Town
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Now Open
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Artist's Palette
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Inspired By
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Healthy Lifestyle
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Lifestyle Calendar
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Parting Thoughts
17 Massage that Opens the Doors to Change
Tears and Laughter on Janelle Forbes’ Massage Table
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Forged in Fire
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The Back Door Exit of Winter
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counting the days until warmer temperatures arrive. But back in October, I was one
of the people who were looking forward to
that first big snow. Anticipation even from
me, a non-skier!
Yes, I’m one of the few who don’t tune skis
and check bindings three times in anticipation of the first big dump. I have tried skiing a
half a dozen times—and visited the hospital twice. First I came out with
crunches; the next time, I came out with an arm sling for a separated
shoulder. Coming down the slope, my state of mind was comparable to
that a semi-truck driver looking for the runaway ramp.
Thus, I look forward to warmer weather, polishing my golf clubs or
going through my fly box rearranging my dry fly and nymph selections
endless times.
Still, I welcome deep snow. The storms that come from
December through February set the tone for winter sports and
the local economy. This winter, we went through a spell of 5- to
15-degree nights, with day temperatures never reaching more than
25 degrees. The sun couldn’t peak through, even briefly. Even my
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the shops filled with sales. The price we pay for these benefits? The roadways
are filled with slop, their shoulders caked with dirty snow. No matter! We
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As we enter March, my thoughts turn to building elevated planting
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in the sand traps.
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Moonlight EXpresso is a modern take on an Old World and rec-
Roaring Fork High Students at solar array dedication;
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ROARING FORK HIGH STUDENTS DEDICATE
SOLAR ARRAY
Students in the Rams Energy Club, led by Fiona Laird, Emily Mata
and Tavia Teitler, dedicated the new 385-kilowatt solar array at Roaring
Fork High School (RFHS) in late January. The 1,242 solar panels will
provide for all of the high school’s annual electric needs and will also
ipe from Baker's family. Inspired by the coffee brewed by the Italian
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sweetness of vanilla bean and natural cane sugar. MDC is collaborating with Bonfire Coffee of Carbondale to create a true local spirit.
DANCE INITIATIVE ANNOUNCES
RESIDENCIES FOR 2016
feed extra electricity into Xcel Energy’s grid. Over the course of a year,
The 2016 Artist In Residence program, sponsored by Dance
the array is expected to produce nearly 613,000 kilowatt-hours of elec-
Initiative, has announced the names of three arts groups who will be
tricity. That’s comparable to the electricity used in a year by 85 homes.
in residence at the Launchpad in Carbondale this year. In April and
Katharine Rushton, who supported the RFHS Energy Club students
May, Denver-based dancers Meg Madorin and Laura Ann Samuelson
through the multi-year project, said, "This was not an easy project to
will collaborate with artists from local dance company CoMotion.
pull off and it took a tremendous amount of time and commitment to
Madorin has been an artist-in-residence at the Colorado Conservatory
overcome all of the obstacles. There were times when I thought it might
of Dance and at Skogen arts in Gothenburg, Sweden. A three-time
not happen, but the Energy Club students had such determination and
recipient of the Encore Performance Award at Boulder’s International
tenacity that failure was not an option.” Rushton works in sales and mar-
Fringe Festival, Samuelson was named one of Colorado's most cre-
keting for Sunsense Solar, the company that installed the panel array.
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From July 11 through 16, Hewman, a collaborative, unconventional
Arts and Humanities, highlighted one possible avenue for relief: a
dance project from New York City, will stage an open rehearsal, a pre-
new state initiative called “Space to Create.” The initiative aims to
sentation for youth, a workshop and a performance of work in prog-
provide affordable housing for artists and others in the “creative
ress. In October, Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener, former Merce
industries.” Kimberly says it “would be perfect for our community,
Cunningham company members, will create a new work. Finally, in
and our whole valley.” She explains, “I would say that about 75
November, Carbondale’s own Alya Howe will create an original work
to 80 percent of people here are engaged in a creative industry”
involving multi-media and the community. which includes people in the design and construction trades, sewing, culinary professions and even teachers.
Kimberly, who is leading Carbondale’s move toward becoming an
official Colorado Creative District noted, “We’ve noticed that where
artists congregate tend to become desirable places, which drives
up housing costs and then the artists get out priced and can’t live
there.” Out of the Carbondale meeting, working committees are being
formed to envision a development that addresses multi-use, affordable housing in the Roaring Fork Valley region.
STATE PRIORITIZES BUILDING OF TWO
LOCAL TRAILS
LOCAL GATHERINGS SEEK
HOUSING SOLUTIONS
In February, the commissioners of Eagle County—which includes
El Jebel and some of Basalt—sponsored a community forum on
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper recently listed a 74-mile
trail between Carbondale and Crested Butte as one of 16 trail-building projects that are a priority for the state. A few stretches of this
trail have been completed, including a five mile segment linking
Carbondale to the existing Rio Grande trail.
affordable housing, preceding it with a column in the Aspen Times.
The 74-mile Crested Butte to Carbondale Trail was first envisioned
They wrote, “Rental units are 99 percent occupied. County-owned
in 2004 to provide paved and natural-surface trails for Carbondale,
housing units for low-income families and seniors have a wait list of
Redstone and Crested Butte residents. The next step is to complete
two to four years… The median home price has increased 17 percent
the 17-mile Crystal Valley segment, linking the trail to Redstone and
over the past 21/2 years to $586,250. This is out of reach for many
McClure Pass.
who could afford to buy on the Front Range—our workforce competitor—or in other areas.”
The Lower Valley Trail out of Glenwood Springs also made the
governor’s list of priority trails, part of the “Colorado the Beautiful”
Another forum, sponsored by the Carbondale Creative District,
initiative. The effort, started in 2015, aims to encourage Coloradans to
the Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Third Street Center
participate in healthy outdoor activities. Colorado the Beautiful hopes
and Community Builders, focused on Glenwood Springs and
that within a generation, every Coloradan will live within 10 minutes
Carbondale, towns that have similar issues. At that gathering,
of a park, trail, or vibrant green space.
Amy Kimberly, executive director for the Carbondale Council on
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Garfield County commissioners have approved purchase of the
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turning it into as a senior center. Inspections and final approvals. The
library building is about 5,000 square feet and comes with seven, offthe-street parking lots. The building's restrooms, doors and entries
already meet the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Garfield County Senior Programs Director Judy Martin has envisioned
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M
ore than a few of Janelle Forbes’ clients have broken into tears
or laughter on the massage table.
Forbes owns Cardiff Therapy in Glenwood Springs and the business has been open for eight years. But recently, she has learned some
techniques that open a new bag of tricks and new possibilities for
her clients.
In massage, emotional release occurs because tissues have memory. Feelings can be stored in tissue. The term “muscle memory” is
used by athletes and dancers who rehearse movement; the phrase
refers to the fact that the body remembers actions. You’re probably
less familiar with the idea that the body remembers feelings. But consider this: emotional stress creates physical tension. The phrase “pain
in the neck” refers to the way that irritation results in physical stress.
Usually the cross-traffic between emotions and bodily sensations is
fleeting, but not always, because stress can be stored; just remembering how you felt before giving a speech will probably call up renewed
anxiety and butterflies in the stomach.
Forbes, whose background is medical massage, comments, “Life
creates all kinds of different emotional responses. When I’m working
with clients, we are having a non-verbal conversation. I extemporize
and draw on many different things to find what each client requires.
There are so many variables that play into creating change in bodies; there’s the emotional and the physical muscle memory. What’s
really fun is finding the sweet spot where the emotional and physical
meet. More than crying or laughing, clients go into ‘ahas’ on the
table as the physical release unlocks emotions and memories that
have been buried.”
From her practice, Forbes knows that addressing physical discomfort can often lead to opportunities for change in other areas of life. So around the holidays, she applied that insight to her business. “On
a personal level, I've used the idea of being ‘comfortable’ to limit
almost every area of my life. If I'm uncomfortable, I must be out of
control and that must be bad, right?”
“I decided that I would venture into being uncomfortable by
learning a whole new treatment approach and set some ambitious
targets for myself and my business,” she says.
Wanting more tools to address soft tissue, Forbes found a set of
techniques called the Access Bars®; it defines 32 points on the head.
She explains that when gently touched, these points can “open one
up to greater receiving and allowance in their body and their life.
By holding these points, all of the thoughts, feeling, and emotions
quiet and a calmness in the body and mind is created. In this space
of allowance, change can occur with total ease.”
“I use a variety of techniques, and this one happens to create
dynamic shift in a short period of time, so it’s a great compliment to
traditional soft tissue work,” she says. “The really cool thing about
the Bars® is that it’s so dynamic and potent that most people actually feel the energy moving. Some people zonk out and snore. They
know that they’re snoring, but they don’t care because you can just
be—without chatter and torment and worry.”
On a return visit after experiencing Bars®, one client suggested to
Forbes, "Maybe we can do that head thing again where you touch my
head and my worries melt away?"
Forbers observes, “Sometimes, massage is viewed as a bandage.
It’s a means to be able to stand the pain but this can allow us to actually change it. If we are able to clear our conclusions—conclusions
that say ‘this is what this injury is and this is how it limits me and
this is as good as it’s going to get’—you can overcome those limits.”
“Staying comfortable and stuck is so last year! Here's to change,
choice and the evolution of you, of me, of our world.”
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Artist's Palette
The
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f you have driven around Glenwood Springs or
Carbondale, you’ve seen Joe Burleigh’s work. His
stringed and musical sculpture Logarhythm sits along
Carbondale’s Main Street and his Iron Crystal Cubic—a
loose interpretation of the crystal matrix of iron atoms at
room temperature—was installed in the summer 2014 in
a roundabout in west Glenwood Springs.
Joe Burleigh’s palette is steel and his paintbrush
is a fiery gas forge. In addition to outdoor sculptures
displayed in Grand Junction, Colorado; Sheridan,
Wyoming; Chevy Chase Maryland; and Morristown,
New Jersey, Burleigh creates handcrafted metal works
that range from custom furniture to architectural
elements. Roaring Fork Lifestyle recently encouraged
Burleigh, who speaks softly but carries a big hammer, to
talk about his work.
"Logarhythm", on
Main Street in
Carbondale, invites
musical play.
Joe Burleigh with “Songbird”
in Broomfield, Colorado.
WHERE DID YOU GROW UP AND WHERE DID YOU
GET YOUR ARTISTIC TRAINING?
I’m a Colorado native, raised in Grand Junction. I
have a Bachelors of Arts in Environmental Design from
the University of Colorado, Boulder. I have lived in the
Roaring Fork Valley for the past 30 years. I have raised
my two children here with my wife Debra.
WHERE DO YOU DO YOUR WORK?
For the past 20 years, I have run my own business at
the Roaring Forge L.L.C., a Blacksmiths Cooperative
in Carbondale. I specialize in home furnishing, lighting,
decorative and architectural metals for the construction
and design trades. I also create public sculpture.
HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE YOUR SCULPTURE?
Most of it is kinetic or interactive in some way. My
ambition is to be as proficient a craftsman as I can, with
my favorite material being steel. I want to make durable,
unique and attractive objects that appeal to people of all
ages, and then monetize them.
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LOGARYTHM INVITES MUSICAL PLAY. YOU INSTALLED A TOWERING METAL
CELLO IN BROOMFIELD, AND YOU HAVE SCULPTED METAL VIOLINS. DO
YOU HAVE MUSICAL BACKGROUND?
My mother made me take piano in first grade; in second grade I switched
to clarinet. Finally, in third grade, I tried the drums. That was the end of my
musical training. But I love music and you can frequently find me at Steve’s
Guitars in Carbondale.
I thought it would be fun to make a stand-up bass out of metal, more as sculpture than as an actual musical instrument. That turned out pretty well so I made
another. Then I decided to copy an old violin of my sister’s. After that,
my niece thought it would be a good idea to make a miniature violin.
With Logarythm, I wanted to go big and get as low a tone as I could.
Some day, we should put some strings on When the Levy Breaks, the big
wave sculpture in downtown Carbondale. That would sound fantastic.
YOU HAVE FORGED FAUX SWORD BLADES. WHAT WERE THOSE FOR? The faux swords are for kids. I haven't met a kid yet who doesn't
want a sword, and those I make are ceremonial and pretty harmless!
They are made of light-gauge square tubing and you can't really put
a sharp edge on them.
"Saturn & Titus" in
Sheridan, Wyoming.
WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
I get a lot of my inspiration from nature and I love working with
simple geometry like the platonic shapes. But probably my biggest
inspiration is humanity. There is so much wonderful art in the world!
Art being made now and art from thousands of years past. In my
opinion, craft is art too. Everything is art, and then you die. WHERE CAN PEOPLE SEE YOUR ART? I’m entering a piece in this year’s Carbondale Art aRound Town
show and possibly Grand Junction’s Art on the Corner show.
Burleigh’s work can also be seen on his website: JoeBurleigh.com.
Most of it is kinetic or
interactive in some way.
My ambition is to be as
proficient a craftsman
as I can, with my favorite
material being steel. I want to make
durable, unique and attractive objects
that appeal to people of all ages.
"Merkaba Dura" at
its new location in
Glenwood Springs
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“Angels
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ello little buddy,” a Calaway-Young Cancer Center patient
said as six-year-old Chauncey strode into her room. “I am
so happy you came to visit me. What kind of dog are you?”
“He’s a cockachon,” replied Jacquie Tannenbaum, Chauncey’s owner
and handler. “Part cocker spaniel, part bichon. That’s what his DNA test
told me, but there’s probably something else in there too. Who knows?”
With his fluffy coat of curls and permanent grin, one might begin
to wonder if Chauncey is also perhaps part Muppet.
“Everyone always asks me what his breed mix is,” Tannenbaum
laughed. “But there’s no way of knowing precisely what he is. He’s a
rescue dog. Besides, his breed mix doesn’t matter—it’s more important that he has a big heart and knows how to use it.”
For the past year, Chauncey has indeed been putting his big heart
to good use as a card-carrying member of Heeling Partners of the
Roaring Fork Valley. About once a month, he visits community
members who have a special need for the boundless love of a canine.
“Chauncey especially enjoys visiting residents at Grace Healthcare in
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Glenwood Springs,” said Tannenbaum, who currently serves as Heeling
Partners’ president. “But he also goes to Valley View Hospital to visit
patients, staff members or anyone else who walks through the door.”
Co-founded in 2002 by esteemed local dog trainer Laura Van
Dyne and Sandy Jaffrey, wife of oncologist Dr. Ira Jaffrey, Heeling
Partners visits a variety of locations from Basalt to Glenwood.
Although the group started as a small initiative at Valley View nearly
14 years ago, it has grown to include an all-volunteer crew of about
20 members and eight certified dog teams.
“Our dog-human teams earn therapy certification together,”
Tannenbaum noted. Each team consists of a dog and its owner, who
must attend testing sessions together to determine if both are a good
fit for Heeling Partners. “Testing involves a hybrid of obedience,
behavior and handling in clinical situations. Not every dog is cut out
for this kind of work, and not every person is either,” she said, adding
that “the dogs must be naturally calm, have a sense of empathy and
their owners must know proper handling protocol.”
Dogs are first evaluated locally by trainer Terena Thomas and then
certified through an umbrella organization called the Alliance of Therapy
Dogs based out of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Once a dog and its handler
are certified, they begin volunteering right away. Heeling Partners
teams make visits not only to Chauncey’s favorite spots of Valley View
Hospital and Grace Healthcare, but also to Heritage Park Care Center
in Carbondale. Additionally, Heeling Partners teams visit Glenwood
Elementary school and the libraries in Glenwood, Carbondale and Basalt
to participate in a special reading program called Paws to Read.
“Some of our dogs just really love being with kids, so we usually
send them to the schools and libraries,” Tannenbaum said. “They
work with children who need a little help practicing reading. The
dogs are not judgmental—so the kids feel free to read as well as they
can, make mistakes and start over if they need to.”
Although Heeling Partners has extended its reach to schools,
libraries and local nursing homes, the heart of the organization
has remained with Valley View, where it started out over a decade
ago. Once per week on Tuesdays or Thursdays, at least one therapy
team visits the hospital. “The hospital’s program is called
Angels with Paws and it’s part of the Plane Tree Initiative,
or patient-focused care,” Tannenbaum noted. “Our dogs
typically visit Acute Care, but we have also been visiting
the Cancer Center for about a year now.”
A Heeling Partners team spends approximately five
minutes with each patient during a typical hospital visit.
Even in that small amount of time, Tannenbaum said
she witnesses something extraordinary occur when a dog
walks into the room of an individual undergoing treatment or recovering from illness or surgery.
“For that five minutes, the animal just takes the patient
out of themselves. They don’t ever talk about what is ailing them—they usually just want to talk about their own
dogs. Chauncey will visit a room and it will remind the
patient of the love they have for their own dog at home,
or a dog they used to have,” she said. “For a moment,
Chauncey gives them an escape from all the fear and the stress of
their condition. You can just see it—it’s incredible.”
On his recent morning visit to the Cancer Center, Chauncey
made a little magic happen wherever he went. Trotting contentedly down the hallways, his white coat bouncing with each step,
Chauncey attracted admirers like bees to honey. Doctors, staff members, patients and visitors swarmed to greet him, scratch his ears and
chuckle at his ever-present smile.
“Look at that grin,” an employee said, patting Chauncey’s head.
“You have made my whole morning better.”
Chauncey spends a great deal of his time visiting the hospital’s
patients, but Tannenbaum has observed his calming effect on staff
members as well. “Little five-minute ‘happy breaks’ are what I call
them,” Tannenbaum said. “Heeling Partners first began coming to
the hospital to visit patients, but we quickly found that the employees need a break from all the stress, too. Chauncey has the ability to
make them smile for the few minutes when he comes to visit.”
In a place like Valley View, where members of the community
must face difficult situations every day, Chauncey
and the seven other Heeling
Partners therapy dogs are able to
bring a little sunshine—and with
that sunshine, a respite from emotional and physical pain.
As he rounded a corner near the
chemotherapy wing, a nurse’s face lit up.
“Chauncey’s here,” she said, greeting him like an old friend.
“What can I say?” Tannenbaum
laughed. “He’s got a following.”
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and how to get involved, visit
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on the book How to Raise on Adult would generate. For weeks following the magazine article’s
release, friends and even strangers would engage
me around town or email me to say that they, too,
had found the book’s ideas fascinating.
The Basalt library invited me to serve on a panel
with local therapist Kathy Hegburg and Peter
Mueller, principal of Basalt High School. The
Carbondale Community School invited me to lead
a parent discussion on the book. This spring, Ross
Montessori plans to have me lead yet another discussion on a parent education. Clearly, I was not the only
one for whom the ideas in the book resonated.
Interestingly, each local discussion about the book
has evolved into the challenging question of how to
parent through the era of social media. The mainstream
media fuels our fear of parenting in the digital age. Just
recently, for example, parents have been shaken by the
story of a 13-year-old girl who met her college-aged murderers through the popular teen messaging app “Kik”.
In the context of social media, how does one protect
a child, while allowing him or her the independence to
learn from mistakes? Local parents self-professed ignorance on the topic and yearned for guidance on how to
regulate their child’s online activity. Local discussions around How to Raise an Adult have been
powerful. As a parent and a college adviser of high school
students, I had devoured every word of the book, written a
review about it and was excited to discuss it. The notion that
the way our generation takes care of its children could actually
turn them into depressed adults who lack resiliency disturbed me.
The book’s author, former Stanford Dean of Students Julia Lythcott
Haims, had noticed that, each year, more and more Stanford students
were incapable of advocating for and taking care of themselves following scripted and over-scheduled childhoods full of AP tests and activities. They were ineffectual adults, unable to hear their own voices in
their heads or to persevere through hardship and the unknowns of life.
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The author reached out to deans at other colleges—colleges at all levels
of academic rigor—to discover that increasingly depressed students existed
on their campuses as well. Lythcott Haims sought to illuminate a societal
problem. She wrote this powerful book to help us all parent more effectively.
Up and down the Roaring Fork Valley, dozens of parents, grandparents, educators, and therapists joined me to discuss the book’s
themes. Most parents agreed that the fast-paced lives their children
lead were exhausting for not only the children, but for them, too.
Local psychologist Kathy Hegburg commented, “In all of my years
of therapy, I have never seen so many stressed out and depressed
children. Children and their parents are struggling today.”
The themes of the book seem to resonate even in our bucolic
Roaring Fork Valley.
At the Carbondale Community School, parent Liz Penzel commented that “there are many extreme examples and the media does a
lot of fear mongering" but she cautioned, "We can’t let social norming drive our behaviors.” Social norming—which occurs when individuals incorrectly believe that the attitudes or behaviors of others
are different from their own, when in reality they are similar—can
lead to fearing monsters that may not really exist in the places or proportions we imagine. Penzel observed, “We have to parent through
social media challenges just like every other challenge, discussing
these issues with our kids and educating ourselves and our children
about risks. We have to guide them through this world, and not
shield them from it.”
For parents, the challenge remains how to better educate ourselves
about the social media world. There’s much to learn, and reason for concern. The app Ask.fm is rated for ages 13 and over, but some kids have
used it for hurtful cyber-bullying that has been linked to suicides, including a 12-year-old in Florida. Twenty-somethings use Tinder to hook up
for one night stands, but the app’s privacy policy allows teens as young as
13 to register. There are even “jailbreaker” apps that enable kids to get
around age limits that parents place on kids’ phones and mobile devices.
Parent Diana Desala Lane, who had been frustrated in trying to find
materials to help her learn more about parenting through social media,
offered a useful tip. “The
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expert on the NPR
show, commented, “For social and emotional development, the
most powerful learning tool and brain-building tool is human
connection, and we cannot forget that… We have traded away
connectedness for connectivity.” He expressed frustration at our
government for its lack of willingness to fund more research on the
impact of media on youth.
Clearly the challenge of parenting
through the digital age is our generation’s biggest hurdle.
Carolyn Watt Williams helps students
find and apply to colleges through her
private practice,
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Health Impacts of Sleep Deprivation
Experts believe that sleep deprivation played a role in the
Exxon Valdez oil spill, the explosion of the Challenger space
shuttle, the Three Mile Island and Chernobyl nuclear meltdowns and the 2009 crash of Air France Flight 447, which
killed all 228 people aboard.
The Imperative of Sleep
But accident-related health impacts of sleepless can also be
Why is Sleep Important?
Safety Administration estimates that 100,000 police-re-
ARTICLE MICHAEL TWERY, PHD
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hy is sleep important to you? An estimated 35 percent of U.S. adults
report less than seven hours of sleep during a typical 24-hour period. Sleepiness resulting from insufficient sleep, irregular sleep schedules or
poor quality sleep is a cause of motor vehicle crashes, occupational errors
with hazardous outcomes and difficulty performing daily tasks. Sleep and wakefulness disorders affect an estimated 15 to 20 percent of
U.S. adults who are more likely to suffer from chronic disorders including
depression, substance abuse, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, stroke and allcause mortality. Resilience to stress, emotional regulation and inter-personal
relationships are impaired by sleep deficiency. Recent findings suggest that investing in sleep contributes to maintaining brain health, and ultimately, to protecting the cognitive functions
necessary for aging-in-place. Recognizing and addressing sleep health
issues presents opportunities for enhancing public health and improving
the well-being of all people.
The societal and health consequences of insufficient sleep were explored
in a 2014 TV documentary entitled Sleepless in America produced by the
National Geographic Channel in collaboration with the National Institutes
of Health (NIH). The 90-minute video, which can be seen on YouTube,
explains how research is changing our perception of sleep, sleepiness and its
importance to health. The idea of “sleep” as a period when the brain simply shuts down has
been replaced by an increasingly sophisticated understanding of how the
rhythm of sleep and wakefulness is necessary for the biological function of
every organ. Not only does this daily “circadian” rhythm play an important
role in learning and the filtering of memories in the brain, but it also serves
to regulate the energy level of most all cells. Shortages of cellular energy
eventually wear down natural defenses through oxidative stress and abnormalities in protein processing increasing the risk of disease. A NIH-funded
study helped show that during sleep, a byproduct known as amyloid beta is
cleared from the brain at a faster rate than when a person is awake. Amyloid
beta has been connected to Alzheimer’s disease.
What all of this adds up to is the idea that sleep should be considered just
as important as eating right and getting enough exercise.
Adults should aim for seven to eight hours of sleep, while teens need up to
nine hours a night. But getting good sleep goes beyond being in bed for a set
number of hours. The quality and timing of sleep are two other important
factors for getting proper rest each night. People who work the night shift
may experience problems getting quality sleep.
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found much closer to home. The National Highway Traffic
ported crashes directly result from driver fatigue each year.
But it's not just accidents. Over time, your immune, respiratory, digestive and cardiovascular systems can all be
impaired by lack of sleep. Multiple medical studies show
that sleeplessness results in:
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Memory loss and increased risk of Alzheimers.
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Loss of sex drive.
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A tripled risk of catching a cold due to
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Junk food cravings and weight gain (due to imbalances of leptin and ghrelin the hormones that make
us feel full or hungry).
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A 62 percent higher risk of breast cancer.
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A 48 percent higher risk of heart disease.
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A five-fold higher risk of diabetes.
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Bottom line: If you're not getting at least seven hours of
sleep each night, you're damaging your health. So please,
get your ZZZs.
Here are five tips that everyone can use to help improve
the quality of their sleep:
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Keep your bedroom cool and dark.
Put away/turn off all electronic devices while
preparing for bedtime.
Stick to a regular bedtime and wake time every day,
even on weekends.
Stop drinking caffeine by the early afternoon and
avoid large late-night meals.
Skip the late-afternoon nap, as it can make it harder
to sleep at bedtime.
Michael Twery PhD is director of the National Center on Sleep
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oaring Fork Lifestyle’s editor, Nicolette
Toussaint, who admits that she’s a serial
gym dropout, asked this reporter to find half
a dozen indoor workouts she “might actually
enjoy and stick to.”
It’s not that Toussaint is sedentary. She
teaches figure skating, skis black diamond
runs and was spotted doing a duet with a
belly dancer at this magazine's birthday
party! Figuring that she likes to dance, this
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reporter found six local dance workouts that
add up to the most fun you can have with
your clothes (mostly) on.
1) TRIBAL BELLY DANCING IN GLENWOOD
Belly dance comes in multiple flavors:
Egyptian, Morroccan, Gypsy and Tribal
Fusion, among others. It can incorporate
moves from Cabaret belly dance, flamenco
and other folkloric dances. Joy White, who
teaches belly dancing at the Glenwood
Springs Center for the Arts, says, “You
can feel controlled, grounded, accepting of
yourself, edgy, youthful, slightly tantalizing
and downright sparkly dabbled in jewels and
feathers. Belly dance uses muscles you didn't
even know you had. Throw in creativity and
fun beats, and what's not to adore about
belly dancing?”
Sarah Brotherson, who has studied and
performed professionally with renowned
joyous demo
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Mountain Fair.
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belly dancer Ayla, currently offers classes in
the Tribal Fusion style in Glenwood Springs.
A ten-week session is $150 and five students
are needed to form a class. For details, see
the Tús Nua Belly Dance page on Facebook
or contact Brotherson: 970.404.0465 or
[email protected].
2) HULA HOOP WORKOUT
Readers may have seen “Betty Hoops”
teaching red-robed Tibetan monks to hula
hoop during Carbondale’s last Mountain
Fair. Betty Shurin—aka Betty Hoops—is a
Guinness Book World record holder for hula
hooping while running half marathons.
Betty teaches hoopers of all ages and
abilities. She says that “anatomy is the key to
re-training the body to move from the core,
creating centeredness, balance and a strong
sense of self. My passion is empower people
to become their own healers by moving from
the inside out.”
Shurin has designed a collapsible flexy
hoop that is specially weighted for adults.
(Hoops under one pound won’t stay up while
those over two pounds can pinch nerves,
injure knees or cause bruises.) Betty, who
lives in Basalt, teaches every Wednesday at
Shakti Shala in Aspen, but midvalley students can buy hoops and $14 instructional
DVDs at BettyHoops.com. Aspiring
hoopers can even schedule personalized lessons by Skype or Facetime.
3) ZUMBA FOR FEELING GOOD ALL OVER
An intense aerobic workout that pairs
footwork with sexy Latin American dance
moves, Zumba is performed to flamenco,
salsa, Cuban, calypso and African music.
“It’s all about joy—being happy with who
you are and sharing that happiness,” says
Andrea Orrego, who teaches Zumba at
Burn Fitness. “It's about feeling sexy and
embracing your body because it's only when
you start liking yourself that you become
able to feel and look better.”
Orrego, who was new to the valley when
she took her first class, says she soon became
“part of a community of supporting friends
who got together to have fun and better
Zumba - a dance workout to flam
enco, salsa ,
Cuban, calypso and African music.
themselves in the process.” She enjoyed it so
much she soon got certified to teach.
Zumba classes are held all over the
Roaring Fork Valley, including at Burn in
Basalt, at Basalt Fitness, at Basalt Middle
School, at Colorado Mountain College, at
Carbondale’s Third Street Center and at
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art form. It was kept under wraps for a long
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audiences and didn’t want people to know
that they actually could do it themselves.”
Noting that Sky Gym teaches disabled
dancers, and even students missing
limbs, Leech adds, “Truthfully, anyone
can learn it.”
Kids must be at least seven to participate, and Everson’s oldest student is 62.
Sopris Soarers classes are $20 per class at the
Launchpad in Carbondale.
6) BOOTY BARRE IN BASALT
4) CAPOEIRA ANGOLA IN CARBONDALE
Originating in 16th century Brazil,
Capoeira is part martial art, part game
and part ritual. Created by slaves who were
barred from celebrating their culture and
from practicing martial arts, it emerged as
a way to evade those prohibitions. Classes
usually include both movement and instruction on Capoeira instruments: a musical
bow called the berimbau, a tamborine, a
tall “atabaque” drum, an “agogo” bell and a
“reco-reco” rattle.
Capoeira student Zuleika Pevec comments, “It puts me in a good mood. It makes
me work hard, but it’s fun.” Her dance partner, fellow student Tanelle Lavender, who is
getting back in shape after having a baby,
likes Capoeira because “it combines music
and dancing.”
Amanda Trakas and Michael Lintner
teach Capoeira both at the Launchpad
and at Third Street Center. For details,
email [email protected].
5) SOARING ON THE CIRCUS SILKS
“I love that the silks bring you back to
those joyful playground feelings we had as
kids. Lots of adults have forgotten that exercise can be fun,” says silks instructor Stacy
Everson. “You don’t need to feel like there’s
a drill sergeant standing over you to get a
good workout.”
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Standing on the left leg before a ballet
barre, holding cantaloupe-sized ball behind
the right knee and then raising it behind the
back with leg-lifts, one soon decides that
the "Burn" studio is correctly named.
Energetic owner and trainer Denise
Latousek teaches eight Booty
Barre® classes a week, and early
on a Monday morning, nine
students of all ages and ability
levels have turned up for an
hour-long session.
Because
this
workout
combines ballet's
fluidity with yoga's flexibility and the core
strengthening of Pilates, Booty Barre is
favored by those with dance backgrounds.
Natalie Carricarte of Basalt has studied
both ballet and jazz, and says, "This builds
those same muscles. It builds strength while
it stretches and elongates the muscles. And
it's fun; the hour just flies by."
Fellow student Becky Dombrowksi
chimes in, saying, "I love it because
Denise is so full of energy." Carriacarte
agrees, saying, "The whole studio is filled
with her energy, and it gives the class such
a supportive spirit."
Boot y Barre class at Burn Fitness
in Basalt.
Sopris Soarers Instructor Stacy Ever
son
coaches Carrie Vickers in some of
the
finer points of hanging on the silks
.
“I love that the silks
bring you back to those joyful playground
feelings we had as kids. Lots of adults have
forgotten that exercise can be fun.”
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TAPPING INTO THE “LIFE ENERGY” OF
QIGONG
ARTICLE GENEVIÈVE JOËLLE VILLAMIZAR | PHOTOGRAPHY NICOLETTE TOUSSAINT
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n a road trip last autumn, I watched my
friend Steven move through his bodywork each morning. Used to pushing my own
to its physical limits, I was surprised to see this
muscular man so gentle in his body. Despite his
movement, a stillness filled the hotel room. After
meditation one morning, he must have noted my
fascination. “Do you want to play?” he invited.
We stood relaxed, feet shoulder-width
apart, taking deep belly breaths to settle
into the body. We then rubbed our hands
together briskly, like when you’re freezing,
to warm them up.
“Now drop your hands to your sides and relax.”
I did so. My arms pulsed. My hands
tingled intensely. “Do you feel it?” Steven
asked. “That’s your chi.”
“Now. Gently, slowly, palms down, raise
your hands.” I did so, following his lead.
“Palms facing each other, slowly move your
hands inward, until you feel a resistance,
energy, pushing outward.”
Feeling like the Karate Kid with Miyagi,
I did so, not knowing what to expect. And
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suddenly…there. Within moments, I found
myself giggling in wonder as I massaged an
“energy ball” between my open hands.
I could truly feel it squish as I moved in.
Spreading my hands slowly outward, I could feel
them push up against energy as well. “Just play
with that,” he encouraged. I moved my hands all
around the ball, feeling it, alive, in space.
I was awestruck. In a lifetime of hearing
about all this “energy” stuff, here it was,
within my grasp—literally. After a minute
or so, he had us relax our hands downward.
“Now take the fingers of one hand and
lightly rub the back of your wrist. And the
other hand.” Doing so, I found my hands to
be quite warm; the gesture moved moisture
on my skin with a cooling effect. I was incredibly moved. I carried that
morning with me, and after our trip, I
Googled “qigong”. Wikipedia explains it
most simply: “Qigong…is a holistic system
of coordinated body posture and movement,
breathing and meditation used for health,
spirituality and martial arts training. With
roots in Chinese medicine, philosophy and
martial arts, qigong is traditionally viewed
as a practice to cultivate and balance qi,
translated as "life energy".
Having practiced meditation since my
mid twenties—doing it with an ego-infused body sense—I was intrigued to
bridge that mind-body gap. I continued to
play with my energy ball, making sure it
was real, still “there.”
I began to ask around the valley about
qigong. A blank. Internet searches got
Qigong class, courtesy of Energieplatz® - Hotel Walesruhe via Creative Commons.
me know where. Calling martial arts studios lead to nothing.
Youtube was a confusing morass. Unable to let it go, I finally
ordered videos.
When the videos arrived, I was excited to finally be doing actual
qigong. As I became familiar with its names and movements,
I could begin to close my eyes, staring not at a TV screen, but
moving into my own body, flowing within my own movements.
Thinking not of the movements or what was next, I could simply
be the movement. I could experience physical sensation and reality
inwardly, versus outwardly.
Qigong leads me to an altered state unlike anything I’ve experienced. Running, I would darn near lose my mind with euphoria. Sports and play consumed energy, leaving me ecstatic but
whipped. But qigong is gentle. It brings my body to a place where
I’m not pushing, demanding or trying…but letting go.
Letting go of thought. Letting go of force. Feeling into my body
and losing me, Geneviève. Quixotically, from that place of relaxation, I feel not exhausted, but enlivened. I feel ready.
I wanted more than videos. I knew I needed a community to truly
learn. Serendipity has finally led me to a group here in Carbondale.
It’s a closely-knit, inclusive one. Even with a master instructor, the
students also teach one another. At any moment, I can look to my
new friends to watch how this hand glides or that leg swings. I can
ask questions and receive correction.
Qigong seems a metaphor for life. I start with knowing nothing; I
can’t intellectualize the learning. The only way I’ll learn is by doing
it, experiencing the movements in my body. I feel pleasure in flow,
but I am just as at ease with fumbling and recovering. At 44, I’m
enchanted with qigong, discovering a new way to “be” in my body,
at last bridging the mind-body gap. I look forward to a lifetime of it.
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Healthy Lifestyle
Poor mechanics (bad form in American English) leads to more
injuries and fitness dropouts than people want to admit. Research
indicates that over half of all orthopedic injuries are not caused by
accidents, but by repetitive stress. The fact is that our joints have a
finite amount of wear-ability, and poor mechanics figure hugely in
long-term joint damage.
Good trainers teach proper mechanics, giving you techniques that
enable you to actually “train” and not just to “work out”. This is very
important. Endless workouts are just work while training for a specific
goal offers a positive result—which is what we all want!
Why Work With A Personal Trainer?
GETTING TO YOUR PERSONAL BEST
— AND STAYING THERE
ARTICLE STEVE WELLS - PHOTOGRAPHY PROVIDED
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ou need to be physically active to get and stay healthy. Everyone
knows that, but getting started can be quite daunting.
Many overworked, stressed-out Americans start a fitness program, do all right for a short time and then drop out. (According to
multiple studies in the U.S., Britain and New Zealand, the dropout
rate is one third to one half, and about 80 percent of the dropouts
occur between January and February.) The reasons? People see no
results. Or they sustain an injury.
Injuries and few rewards contribute to negative conditioning
about exercise and our bodies. Then we reach for drugs and surgery to fix decades of bad behavior. And then we deal with the
side effects of that.
The marketing machine promotes unattainable “Photoshopped”
results, adding even more negative conditioning about exercise.
Then add the gamut of weird celebrity diets. Next, add confusing
and contradictory advice from various “experts”.
This pattern continues until we give in to more drugs and surgery.
THE AVERAGE PERSON NEEDS HELP TO BREAK THIS CYCLE.
Injuries related to workouts and sports plague both beginners and
veterans. Because of our country’s deplorable state of health, the rise
in orthopedic injuries and overall sickness, we do need help with
exercise. And, if you look at American health statistics, we need it
more than anything else.
It’s amazing, but while we’ll hire a plumber to fix a stopped-up
toilet, we are too embarrassed to hire a personal trainer to help us
take care of the human body, which is arguably a little more complex!
Is it somehow shameful in today’s culture to need help figuring out
the workout thing?
People can clearly see the danger in activities like downhill
skiing and riding motorcycles, but they tend to forget about the
long-term damage caused by exercising improperly, or not at all,
or by eating poorly.
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TRAINERS SHOULD TEACH PROPER MECHANICS
Do you remember learning proper exercise mechanics in school?
Of course you don’t; you weren’t taught exercise mechanics in
school. You were either good at your brief bouts of PE or not. Kids
who were not so good in PE received a lot of negative reinforcement
about many things physical. Combine that disincentive with poor
nutrition and endless drug therapy, and you have a country in the
poor physical state we currently see.
Moving to a state of good health takes know-how, practice, discipline–skills that trainers help you develop.
Because proper mechanics are the same for just about every body
and pertain to many different activities, good personal trainers offer
many benefits. Trainers keep you safe and effective, in and out of
the gym. Modern, professional personal trainers hone their skills in
proper mechanics and corrective exercise. (Or at least they should. Any
over-the-weekend-certified trainer wearing a neon-pink tank top can
scream at you to do more reps, so check on what those credentials mean.)
Most of the trillion-dollar bill for medical issues that our
country pays could be avoided with proper nutrition and exercise.
Ask any physician.
BUT PERSONAL TRAINERS ARE EXPENSIVE…
When I hear that compliant, I chuckle, watching the endless
stream of $70k-plus price-tagged vehicles, loaded with high-end skis
and bikes, that pass by as I’m on my way to the gym. Not to mention
all the vehicles I see parked at fancy restaurants and bars.
Money is a poor objection to hiring a trainer, especially in
this valley.
My advice is to assess the results you have gotten for money you
have spent on actual health-causing behavior versus the money you
spent on health-diminishing behaviors. It just might turn out that
finding a trainer would be a bargain.
Head Trainer at Midland Fitness in Glenwood
Springs, Steve Wells has more than 25 years of
experience as an athletic trainer, a strength and
conditioning coach and a personal trainer. For
more of his articles, see Midland-Fitness.com.
Personal trainer and author Steve Wells.
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Lifestyle Calendar
March
MARCH 4
SPELLEBRATION 2016
HOTEL COLORADO
Spellebration 2016: Passport to Literacy is a lively adult spelling bee
benefiting Literacy Outreach and Learning Labs at Colorado Mountain
College. Features a large silent auction, costume contest and fund-raising honors. No charge for spectators, although there is an opportunity
to contribute to support that spelling teams. Starts at 6 p.m.
MARCH 9
GOOD FIRE, BAD FIRE
MARCH 2 & 3
THIRD STREET CENTER
Naturalist Nights presents Jim Genung, Prescribed Fire and Fuels
IS RIVER RESTORATION WORKING IN THE DESERT
Specialist, White River National Forest, giveing a talk on Good
SOUTHWEST?
Fire, Bad Fire and the State of our Landscapes and Communities
THIRD STREET CENTER
Without Fire. Free. Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. at Carbondale’s Third St.
Naturalist Nights: Is River Restoration Working in the Desert
Center. Program repeats at ACES in Aspen on March 10. Info at
Southwest? A talk by Shannon Hatch, Restoration Coordinator,
WildernessWorkshop.org.
Tamarisk Coalition. Free. Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. at Carbondale’s Third
St. Center. Program repeats at ACES in Aspen on March 3. Info at
MARCH 11 & 12
WildernessWorkshop.org.
GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK FASHION SHOW
MARCH 4
CARBONDALE RECREATION CENTER
The 8th annual fashion show, Transformation, features perfor-
DEFIANCE CHALLENGE
mance art, multimedia, inspiring fashion and a storyline! Local and
SUNLIGHT MOUNTAIN
national designers and artists
In this benefit for the ski patrol, participant teams ski or ride in as
create fashions from recycled
many black diamond and double black diamond runs as possible in
and/or sustainable materials.
10 hours. This family-friendly event is open to expert skiers and riders
Tickets are $35 for CCAH mem-
age 6 and up. Fish Fry and silent auction in the evening. For more info
bers, $40 for nonmembers, and
or to register, see SunlightSkiPatrol.com.
raise money for arts education.
MARCH 4-6 & 10-12
FREUD'S LAST SESSION
THUNDER RIVER THEATRE COMPANY
Doors at 7; show at 8 p.m. See
CarbondaleArts.com.
Ticket
prices go up after Feb. 26. On the day England enters World War II, legendary psychoanalyst
MARCH 11
Sigmund Freud and famed author C.S. Lewis clash about love, sex,
PHILIP HONE WILLIAMS PAINTINGS
the existence of God and the meaning of life. Freud's Last Session is
THE ART BASE
directed by Wendy Moor and features Bob Moore and Corey Simp-
The Art Base (formerly the Wyly Art Center) opens
son. All performances at 7:30 p.m. except Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.
Rocks with Personality: Paintings by Philip Hone
MARCH 4
Williams 5 p.m. Free. The exhibition runs through April 2.
ARTIST-IN-WILDERNESS EXHIBITION
For more information and full
LAUNCHPAD GALLERY
schedule visit TheArtBase.org,
Each summer, the Wilderness Workshop invites
or call 970.927.4123.
artists to spend a week in residence in the wilderness, producing work from various media. Artwork
MARCH 12
from past and present resident artists will be un-
INTRODUCTION TO
veiled at the Launchpad Gallery. Opening recep-
ESSENTIAL OILS
tion is from 6 to 8 p.m. on March 4. The exhibition
SILT BRANCH LIBRARY
runs through March 25. Free.
Join us at 6 p.m. for an informative presentation on
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MARCH 26
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EASTER EGG HUNT IN CARBONDALE
MARCH 17
SOPRIS PARK
Join Carbondale Recreation for its Annual Easter Egg Hunt in Sopris
BASALT CHAMBER AFTER HOURS
Park. We will be hiding 6,000 eggs! Arrive early; the hunt starts at 10
ASPEN CLINIC IN BASALT
and only lasts a few minutes! Bring your own basket. Participants will
Enjoy a splash of wellness, refreshments, healthy appetizers and door
be divided up according to age. Registration for Easter basket raffle
prizes at this fun networking benefit for Basalt Chamber members,
begins at 9. For ages 1-8. Free and open to public.
event hosts and their guests. Hosted by the Aspen Clinic, Health
Links, Aspen MMA, Active Life Chiropractic, Core Flex Chiropractic
MARCH 26
and Aspen Integrative Medicine. For info and to RSVP, write
EASTER EGG HUNT IN BASALT
[email protected].
CROWN MOUNTAIN PARK
An Easter Egg Hunt will be held at the pavilion at Crown Mountain
Park. Get to the park at 9:30 a.m. to sign up for the Easter Basket Raffle. Easter egg hunt for kids ages 11 years and under starts promptly
at 10 a.m. For details see CrownMtn.org.
MARCH 28
SMARTPHONE BASICS
CARBONDALE BRANCH LIBRARY
This free introductory class offers hands-on training for seniors who
have basic technology skills and are ready to learn about smartphones. Learn tips and tricks about navigating various brands of
smartphones. Class lasts one hour with time for questions afterwards.
Sponsored in partnership with Senior Matters.
An old fashioned candy store specializing in locally made chocolates and fudge.
We offer hard to find bulk candy in endless barrels! Ice cream, salt water taffy and
nostalgic candy bars to please every sweet tooth!
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DENTISTS &
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HOME BUILDERS
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Parting Thoughts
IN PRAISE OF
IDLENESS
WORDS FLORENCE CAPLOW
D
uring the winter holidays, I spent five days alone in an octagonal stone hermitage at St. Benedict’s, a Trappist monastery that
sits on nearly 4,000 acres in a snowy bowl surrounded by high ridges
above Old Snowmass. It’s the home of Father Thomas Keating, and
the monastery maintains a few small hermitages, offered by donation, in the Benedictine spirit of hospitality.
Although I’ve spent a lot of time in silent retreat, in these last
few years of preparing to enter Unitarian Universalist ministry, I
have been too committed to take time away. And yet, ironically, as
a minister, I find that times of idleness and quietness have become
even more essential. As I drove the snowy roads to the monastery
on Christmas Eve, I wondered, “Will I remember how to just be?
Will I be frantically trying to study something,
just out of habit? Will I
feel guilty that I am not
answering emails?”
As I walked the snowy
path to my little hut,
rabbits—more on rabbits
later—scattered this way
and that under the trees. I felt the deep familiarity of entering sacred
space, and I felt at home in the silence. For the next five days I
drifted, dreamed, sat in meditation, slept, watched the sky, watched
snow fall, read poetry, wondered, wandered, breathed.
In the journal I had barely touched for the past year, I found a
phrase from a dream: “Everything brimming over with divinity.”
That’s what it was like.
On Christmas Day, it began to snow, and it snowed, and it snowed,
all day, all night—that light crystalline snow of western Colorado,
like feathers and sugar combined, glittering in the light, everything
covered up with snow, mountains hidden. I remembered a story from
my Zen teacher Norman Fisher, of wandering in the snow reciting
the Heart Sutra, around and around in a sort of joyful delirium.
In the afternoon of Christmas Day, I put on my big winter boots
and warm down jacket and headed out in the snow. It seemed like
I was the only one there. Kicking my way down through the deep
powder, I found the path down to the main retreat house, winding
through the scrubby oaks. Halfway down the path, I could just make
out the outlines of a bench, completely covered with snow.
Road to Old Snowmass; photo by Florence Caplow.
I unburied an edge of the bench and sat down, the only sound the
delicate sound of snowflakes landing on me: my hat, my eyelashes,
my jacket, my boots. I was so still for so long that a rabbit—I told
you there would be more about rabbits—came right up alongside me,
looked at me and hopped way.
The next day was clear, a blindingly blue-sky-and-snow sort
of a day. I shoveled my path (greeting the rabbits, of course),
helped a monk dig out his plow, and then sat and read and
thought and drank tea. I thought my heart might burst with happiness and gratitude.
That night, as I walked the mile or so down the road through the
open fields to the main monastery for vespers, the air was so cold it
was nearly frightening, despite my layers of warm clothing and the
thermos of tea in my pack. In the dark, the monks sang songs to
the Holy Family and to Mary, and afterwards I walked back, only
now the full moon had risen, and miles of snowy mountains were
illuminated with its brilliance.
It is a privilege to be able to take time out from work and
ordinary life to enter into such beauty and solitude. I know that
many people’s lives do not have the space and time for such
luxury, though I wish such times for us all. And I think, with
gratitude, of the generosity of the donors to St. Benedict’s, who
made it possible for me to be there,
with the rabbits and the snow, my
heart full of joy.
May all who need idleness find a way to it.
Florence Caplow is the minister for Two
Rivers Unitarian Universalist in Carbondale. She is also an ordained Zen priest,
teacher, and writer. Her most recent book
is "The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women".
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