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BE READY TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE NORTH SEA
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8 THE INNER OCEAN
42 DO FISH FEEL PAIN?
THE GIFT FROM SIREN
THE CALL OF FISH
12 SEA ABOVE, SKY BELOW
46 SONG OF THE SEA
16 EUROPE’S SEASIDE ESCAPES
52 FOOTPRINT ON SAND
20 CASTLE IS DOWN
56 MISTY WARMTH
22 DIAMOND DUST
58 BEFORE FALLING SKY
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62 LUCKY SHAKY
24 BESIDE AND ABOVE
64 ABOVE YOUR HEAD
REVIEW THE CURSE
GIFTS FOR ONE CANNOT LEAVE OCEAN
NOT A PLAY, BUT A WAY
A TREASURE UNDERNEATH
WATCH OUT!
26 LAST FOR BOTH DRINK THIS FOR ME
30 OCEAN CODE
BED IS READY FOR TWO
34 DROWN OF LOVE SEA IS NOT DANGEROUS
PHOTO ESSAY FOR BOTH OF THEM
LEAVE IT TO ME
SHOW US WHAT WE HAVE
SHOCK IT, MY DEAR
MAKE A COUPLE COCKTAIL
KEEP YOUR HAT
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WORDS BY MINDI KAY
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INDIVIDUALS ARE BEINGS OF INFINITE POTENTIAL, EACH ABLE TO DRAW ON THEIR “INNER OCEAN,” BUT EACH ALSO LINKED OTHERS IN VERY REAL WAYS
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The journey of Inner Ocean’s arrival in the magazine has been a fun and interesting one, however not so easy! When I was first contacted by them hearing that they wanted to run a feature on medical practitioners who give back, I was completely shocked that they were specifically looking for an acupuncturist! (They had heard about me through Acupuncturists Without Borders who I have done some work with in the past). How cool that acupuncture is making mainstream media, I thought!
o be completely honest, I never intended for my passionate heart centered service to become a full-blown organization that is now becoming the Inner Ocean Empowerment Project!
This whole journey began so simply and yet now here we are featured in such a large publication as, Dr. Oz: The Good Life Magazine (750,000 person readership!)! I feel so blessed and honored to be recognized in this way (heart opening, big sigh).
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of questions to verify the statements made in the article without giving away the contents of the article. I must say, it is a very unique process and gave way to much stress about trying to make sure everything is spoken and written correctly! With so many people that this article has to filter through (ever played the Telephone Game?), I knew it would be amazing if all the pieces made it through intact!
fter a couple of phone interviews with the journalist and hours spent shuffling through hundreds of photos from each one of my service projects with the Dr. Oz photo editor, they finally landed on the juice of the story and some photos that they really liked and that also happened to be the correct size. Problem was, one of the photos I needed special permission for since it was of young girls who had been rescued from sex-trafficking!
Well, the June Issue just arrived at Barnes and Noble yesterday and while it looks beautiful, they listed the wrong website with my article! Darn. Humanity exists everywhere. And yet I am still sitting here with a smile on my face.
Unsure if we would get it before the looming deadline, we were coming up with all sorts of alternative plans, including them having to rearrange the entire article! Emails shooting back and forth, phone calls from New York to Portland; it was high intensity for a while! Two days later, and only hours before their deadline, we did finally receive permission.
Amazing: they interviewed 6 people for the feature and everyone is a doctor except for me! Not to mention, I took the lead in the article with the large picture on the front of me sitting with some very special young women in India who I treated for several weeks. I am also the youngest person in the feature.
Ahh, sweet relief! Or so I thought‌ Then came the fact-checking which happens in lieu of reading the article before it gets published (which is considered unethical, news to me!) This is where they send me lots
So website mistake aside: it’s very, very, cool. Thank you, Dr. Oz!
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S EA ABOV E , S K Y B E L O W WORDS BY JAMES SKINNER & ILLUSTRATION BY ALEX DANG
‘THE CURSE’ IS AVENTINE’S BIGGEST, BOLDEST MOMENT, A SONG WHICH BUILDS FROM METRONOMIC PLUCKED STRINGS TO A STIRRING FINALE, WHEREIN OBEL SKETCHES OUT A VAGUE CURSE UPON A LAND WHICH MIGHT (OR MIGHT NOT) BE A “BLESSING IN DISGUISE.”
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n 2010’s Philharmonics, Danish pianist Agnes Obel infused her songs with a deep and resonant melancholy. Sparse, somber and filled with gently beguiling melodies, it was an unexpected hit in her native Denmark (as well as in France, Belgium and her adopted home of Germany), and one that provides a decent idea of what to expect from this, her second. Like her debut album, Aventine opens with a short instrumental. ‘Chord Left’ sets the scene, and a fine introduction it is, too, minor chords ringing out like question marks as a plaintive, pretty lead shape dances atop them. ‘Fuel To Fire’ follows, and immediately points towards the larger scale and increased confidence on display. Obel’s voice, a soft, velvet thing, is more expressive, more assured, and while the backing on her first album could be brittle and skittish, here it is fleshed out by rich strings and percussion. The whole record is soft and slow; it is sad, for sure, but never despondent. Rather, the mood created is exquisite, and caught at the right time, captivating. It is emphatically not an album for all moods and seasons; its languid, contemplative pace befits early hours, solitary listening, but it befits them perfectly. ‘Run Cried The Crawling’ closes out the first side of the album (‘Tokka’, one of three instrumental passages, marks the start of its back end), and Obel’s delivery has never been quite as affecting.
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“I’m alright here in your arms, darling,” she insists over its outro, an admission she packs with sentiment. She modifies the adverb, just once, to “only in your arms,” implying that it isn’t quite the simple romantic declaration it could be perceived, either.
She effectively takes on the part of the ‘words’ she sings of as the song starts to wind down - a strange turn, but then these are often strange songs - and her pleading tone is once more bracing and direct. It is at moments like these that Aventine excels, when the inherent oddness to Obel’s music is matched with sweeping drama; a feeling that there are things at stake, and that these things are important, and very much so. This drama, mind, is never cloying nor strained, while the more subtle likes of ‘Smoke & Mirrors’ - a woozy, sonorous closer - offer ample evidence that Obel remains every bit as fascinating pared back as she is amid more ambitious arrangements.
‘The Curse’ is Aventine’s biggest, boldest moment, a song which builds from metronomic plucked strings to a stirring finale, wherein Obel sketches out a vague curse upon a land which might be a “blessing in disguise.” The lyrics throughout are for the most part unusual; a series of images encompassing fevers, curses, wintry landscapes and a sense that things are just a little off-kilter. The aforementioned line from ‘Run Cried The Crawling’ is something of an anomaly, then, as is the forthright nature of ‘Words Are Dead’, in which Obel puts forth that it is our actions we should place stock in, not our words (a simple notion that I think many would agree, can be surprisingly hard to follow).
Ultimately, Aventine is a triumph of carefully sustained mood; of a sadness that is not so much overbearing as it beautiful, and one that lingers in the silences between listens of this unusual, unusually compelling record.
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EUROPE’S SEASIDE ESCAPES WORDS BY HEATHER HOWARD
THE GREATEST SEASIDE ESCAPES ARE USUALLY THE ONES THAT NOBODY ELSE KNOWS ABOUT: THE ONES DOWN THE MILE-LONG SANDY TRAIL, THE ONES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RICKETY STEPS, THE ONES YOU HAVE TO INFLATE A DINGHY AND PADDLE TO.
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ut even the most well-known places can feel intimate if you time it right. Plan a trip to one of these European seaside escapes in September or October (when the weather is still good and the crowds dwindle) and you’ll see just why we love them.
1.C inque T erre , I taly : Rooted in antiquity, Cinque Terre’s five towns date from the early medieval period and barely anything about these five crazily constructed Ligurian villages has changed in over three centuries. Buildings aside, Cinque Terre’s most unique feature is the steeply terraced cliffs bisected by a complicat-
ed system of fields and gardens that has been shaped over the course of nearly two millennia. The most accessible village by car and the only Cinque Terre settlement to sport a tourist beach is Monterosso, which is the furthest west and least quintessential of the quintet (it was briefly ditched from the group in the 1940s). Guarding the only secure landing point on the Cinque Terre coast, Vernazza is the quaintest of the five villages. Its tiny harbour is framed by the Chiesa di Santa Margherita, while the ruins of an 11th-century castle look out to the beautiful sea.
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2. Santorini, Greece: Even the most jaded traveler succumbs to the spectacle of Santorini’s surreal landscape and dramatic sunsets. The startling sight of the submerged caldera, almost encircled by sheer lava-layered cliffs and topped by a dusting of towns, should not be missed. The village of Oia on the northern tip of the island offers excellent, unobstructed sunset viewing and the east side of the island has black-sand beaches at popular resorts such as Kamari and Perissa. 3. S an S ebastian , S pain : The coast road from Bilbao to San Sebastián is a glorious journey past spectacular seascapes, with cove after cove stretching east and verdant fields suddenly ending where cliffs plunge into the sea. Casas rurales (village or farmstead accommodation) and camping grounds are plentiful and well signposted. The tiny hamlet of Elantxobe, with its colourful houses clasping to an almost sheer cliff face, is undeniably one of the most attractive spots along the entire coast. It’s impossible to lay eyes on San Sebastián and not fall madly in love. For its setting, form and attitude, Playa de la Concha is the equal of any city beach in Europe. 4. Corsica, France: Crowned by saw tooth peaks, mantled in forest cloaks of green oak, chestnut and pine, and shot through with rushing rivers and tumbling cascades, Corsica is one of the most dramatic, diverse and downright gorgeous islands in the Mediterranean. Fine stretches of sand can be found at Spérone and around the Golfe de Sant’Amanza. Best of all is the horseshoe bay of Rondinara and tree-fringed Palombaggia, which you’ll see gracing postcards all over Corsica. You couldn’t leave without exploring the waters around Bonifacio – thought by some scholars to have featured in Homer’s Odyssey. The largest (and most visited) island of the group, Île Lavezzi is known for its natural pools, deserted beaches and swimming holes. 5. Kvarner Gulf, Croatia: Protected by soaring mountains, covered with luxuriant forests, lined with beaches and dotted with islands, the Kvarner Gulf is home to four of our top Croatian beaches. At the southern end of Krk Island, Baška has the island’s most beautiful beach, a 2km-long crescent set below a dramatic, barren range of mountains. Cres Island is home to beaches and crystal-clear coves at Lubenice, accessible by a steep path through the underbrush, and Beli. Finally, Paradise Beach on Rab Island is a sandy stunner with shallow waters and the shade of pine trees.
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