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ON THE PAIN OF EROS: OPENING TO THE WOUNDS OF LOVE MARC GAFNI & DIANE MUSHO HAMILTON Rabbi Marc Gafni explores the beauty of Eros—the divine life force—and how the pain that inevitably comes from our loving can only become our ally if we are willing to revel in that pain—as much as in the pleasure.

ATLAS: FOLLOWING THE WAY OF OUR BONES CHIP WARD Through mindful posture, we can communicate to others how we should be regarded and treated.

THE SONOSOPHER MELISSA BOND Local poet Alex Caldiero in “Life and Sound: A Documentary.”

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DELICIOUS FRANCIS FECTEAU Marvin and Me: Don’t you know how sweet and wonderful life can be?

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t’s funny how, arising each day, we really have no clue what adventures will unfold. (“Adventure” is a good word to cover any out-of-the-ordinary chain of events, whatever the interpretation.) More stunning is when the action waits to start after the day seems done.

Like last Monday, August 24. In the afternoon I met with my friend Garrett, who would be caring for my animals while I went out of town for a week. Misha, my sweet 17-year-old kitty, had apparently decided it was time to leave her body in the past week. The weight melted off her once muscular body, practically overnight.

To pick her up was picking up a whisper of her former self. I tried various foods to entice her to eat. She gobbled up the sockeye wild salmon one day... then returned to sniffing and dismissing my offers. She had usually slept on my bed, though not always. One night I’d found her curled up under the bed, too weak to jump up. Just that morning, around 5:30am, I heard her loud meow. She was downstairs in the CATALYST office. I picked her up, cradled her like a baby. She did not purr, but felt relaxed in my arms.

Now she sat in the middle of the garden, thin, still as a lawn ornament. It was her kingdom. Occasionally she ventured up or down the street, rarely across. When the dogs were younger and could walk better, she would accompany us to the corner, skulking along the gutter from car to car like in The Pink Panther. I told Garrett I would likely put her down at the end of the week.

Misha makes her exit

It felt odd to say. Though I have nursed many a geriatric pet through its last days, I had never euthanized any of them. But I did not want to have Misha die without me.

That night Jean Arnold and I went off to see “Humanity Ascending,” the documentary featuring Barbara Marx Hubbard, which was screening at All Saints Episcopal Church. A thought-provoking 40 minutes. That is another story, and you’ll hear a lot about it later.

As we were driving home, digesting what we’d just learned, my phone rang: About 45 minutes earlier, Todd Mangum, a close friend (and occasional CATALYST writer) who lives in the neighborhood, had witnessed a cat hit by a truck a block from my house. He was driving on First South and saw the cat enter the crosswalk and stop. The tires of the dump truck in the lane to his left landed a clean blow to the cat’s head. It was too dark to make a positive identification, but he felt it was Misha.

He bundled the little body and brought it to my house. A cat was in a plastic bag on my garbage can at home. (Not decorous, but safe.) It might be my cat.

It didn’t make sense. She never goes that far. Besides, I doubted she would have the strength.

Jean stayed with me; we crept up the driveway to the still package. I hefted the bag. Too heavy.... With such deep reluctance I aimed my keychain flashlight into the Smith’s Marketplace bag, away from the head. I saw a tail and backbone more familiar than the nape of my own neck. My Misha.

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When I retrieved her, she was no longer pregnant, but still wild. For our first few years together, she laid low, often emerging only at night to curl next to me—but not too close—on the bed. She had a clear preference for luxury, as cats do, seeking out the smoothest fabrics, the cushiest pillows, the best view. The fuchsia satin pillowcase was her fave. Over time she became more visible, developing a penchant for inboxes and keyboards. In her later years, she developed a purr that melted my heart every time I heard it. Which was whenever she was still.

On her watch, at this house, five dogs grew old and died. She supervised the transformation of lawn to various gardens, weathered a divorce, and always expressed her desires clearly. Cubby, her cohort for most of those years (we could never remember who was older), had faded away in March. She was my constant companion after that. My little shadow.

As the day began, it ended: me cradling her body in my arms. We walked up and down the street. A strange, strange sound from high above: an owl at the top of the neighbors’ sycamore, the same tree we’d found a screech owl beneath, 20 or so years ago—the only sign of owl I’ve ever noticed on this street.

I held her, in awe of what had happened: the odds of her doing what she did; the odds of Todd witnessing it and delivering her still-warm body to me; the owl. The mystery.

I wish I could say that was, indeed, the end of the day’s adventure; that I went to bed, mourned the loss of my kitty, sat with the presence that remained. But that is not the case. In fact, that was only the beginning.

Keith and Sarah showed up, bearing tequila, with which we toasted a cat’s life well lived and marveled through the sadness.

And then, with the flick of a tail, another adventure began—or is it a continuation? Scary, hilarious, problematic: What revealed itself later that evening is still unfolding. That is a completely different (though not unrelated) story.

I will say that around 5:30am the next morning, I awoke out of a deep, sound sleep to the sound of her plaintive, loud meow. I sat up in bed, listening, confused.

I knew it was Misha in that bag. I thought it was Misha.... I went downstairs and looked around the office, but no Misha. Her body was safely installed on the second level of John’s 30-ft. art project in the driveway.

It is an honor to be one cat’s person for all those years.

Good bye, Shmee, my sweet Misha. Good bye, good bye. ◆

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BY SWAMI BEYONDANANDA Dear Swami, I voted for hope and change last November, but unfortunately the change I’d hoped for hasn’t quite materialized. Too many of Barack Obama’s appointments have been disappointments, and it seems as if the usual suspects are still in charge. Thanks to the bailout, the banks are making huge profits, and the average Americans who thought they had retirement money are facing huge losses. I am coming to the sad conclusion that the two-party system has failed us. As a respected political guru, Swami, what do you say?

Hugh R. Phelan

Dear Hugh: I am sorry to have to confirm your sad conclusion, but indeed the two big parties — which we collectively can call Dempublicrats —have been partying on our dime—and we the people haven’t even been invited to the

party. Sure, there’s been political climate change. But instead of letting the light shine through, the two parties and the media continue to cloud the issues.

Once again, the Democrats have positioned themselves not as a force for transforming the trance, but as the lesser of two weasels. Imagine an ad campaign for any product that proclaims: “Buy our product: It’s not as bad as the other guy’s.” As long as we the people buy this illogical logic, we will be sold a bill of bads.

So, how do we create change we can really believe in? We can begin by changing our beliefs, and imagining something that seems unimaginable—going to the polling places to vote for the greater of two goods.

Believing is seeing, so once we see this we can take the next step. We can throw a party of our own. We can call it the Right To Laugh Party, and offer our own slogan: “One

big party, and everyone is invited...all for fun, and fun for all.”

Why Right to Laugh? Well in these times when our problems are so serious, doesn’t it make sense that the solutions are humorous?

What if we came together from across party lines to laugh at the institutionalized insanity of a system too big to not fail? What if we laughed at the obscene foolishness of spending so much of our livelihood on weapons of deadlihood, and the utter absurdity of doing the same things over and over and expecting

How do we create change we can really believe in? We can begin by changing our beliefs, and imagining something that seems unimaginable. different results? Why, we might get struck by enlightening, and commit ourselves to a sane asylum. And in the wake of the laughter, we might awaken from the trance of just voting for the two candidates we are given and begin to choose our own—candidates who serve the commonwealth and not just the uncommonly wealthy.

Dear Swami: Is it true we have to be childlike to get into heaven?

Sue Nafter

Dear Sue: Actually, it’s more accurate to say you have to be adult-like to get out of heaven. The cosmic joke is that we are born to create heaven on earth just for the hell of it. However, we are soon conditioned to be serious, hence the serious condition the world is in. Next thing you know it, you’ve got Sinatra’s Syndrome—a doo-be-doo-be-doo imbalance—from too much being and not enough doing. No wonder those who spend so much time being a doer will come home and do a beer…or do a doobie. All these are ways people try to “get into heaven,” or at least make a short visit. But here is the thing: Heaven is in our own hands. In fact, it is in our faces. Want to go to heaven? Just turn up the corners of you mouth in a smile. It doesn’t matter if you don’t feel like it. You will. Just the act of smiling releases a flood of chemicals to make the body think you’re happy…and the body doesn’t know the difference! Pretty soon, you realize that you’re happy and you don’t know why. If that ain’t heaven, I don’t know what is. u © Copyright 2009 by Steve Bhaerman. WWW.WAKEUPLAUGHING.COM

SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER BY DENNIS HINKAMP

Comedy tutorial— seriously! feel sorry for new Democratic senator of Minnesota Al Franken. Sure, we have had lots of former actors and athletes, gays, straights and assorted other crazies, but Franken will be the first politician who is openly a comedian. Senator Franken was on Saturday Night Live, wrote several books of satire and had his own humorous radio show. He made a good living being funny.

I wish him well, but I know from experience that Humor Road is a one-way street. Once you go down the comedy path, it’s hard to ever be taken seriously again. Every time he speaks, people will be waiting for the punch line. Everyone

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Humor is one of the least curable of psychoses. who speaks to him will be wondering if they will be mocked in his next book. I doubt that he will be able to get anything done.

I think 1989 was the last time I was taken seriously, so I know there is no escape from the perilous pit of mirth. Humor is one of the least curable of psychoses, but I have spent considerable time studying its symptoms.

This is what most people don’t understand about comedy: 1) Comedians don’t tell jokes; they do bits or routines. They tell stories. Jokes, almost by definition, are something you heard from someone else. Comedians do original material. The only people who tell jokes are politicians with speechwriters, and after-dinner speakers—who always start off with “A funny thing happened on the way to the dinner tonight...”

2) The most annoying thing you can say to a comedian at a party or dinner is, “Hey, do something for us.” We don’t ask other people to perform their jobs at dinner parties. “Hey Bob, while we’re waiting for our pie, could you climb under my car and check for that transmission leak?”

3) Most comedians have never been on TV. Club comedy is much different than talk show or sitcom comedy. There are hundreds of comedians doing sleazy one-night stands in a town near you who will never be on TV. They are the equivalent of bar bands trying to get a recording contract.

4) TV is ruining comedy. TV takes the best 30 seconds from every performer and turns them into sound bites. I have sensed younger audiences actually appear to be waiting for the laugh track before they can decide if something is funny.

5) Most comedians don’t make stuff up. Few would do a joke about growing up in an alcoholic home unless they really did. Comedy is related to acting, but you rarely take on a persona that is different than your own.

6) Most comedians spend unhealthy amounts of time mining their own psyches for material.

Like some writers, they also get caught up in “living life’s dark edges” in search of more material.

One comedian friend told me she was looking forward to getting divorced so she could have more divorce material.

7) Working for audience approval brings extreme highs and extreme lows. The feedback is immediate; unlike writing, work or marriage, where your judgment comes much later. You can die a hundred times in ten minutes. If the crowd is too drunk or you fail to convince them that this well-rehearsed stuff is coming off the top of your head, you will become the loneliest person in the world.

8) If you see a comedian twice, you will probably see about the same show both times. It takes years to work up a good 30-minute routine, so you have to keep using it and either move to a new location or hope the audiences forget. Once everyone knows your punch lines, your show has no value. It is not like music where people will pay to see The Rolling Stones play Honky Tonk Woman for the billionth time.

9) David Letterman’s popularity has convinced everybody to think that funny stuff has to come in lists of 10s. u Dennis Hinkamp seriously hopes this helps you understand humor.

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Conference on sacred activism and social transformation CATALYST covered the World Futures Conference held in Salt Lake in the early 1980s where the keynotes were Barbara Marx Hubbard and Jean

The event, “Living in the Fire of Change,” is a conference and community forum on sacred activism and social transformation. The purpose is a hefty one: to examine parameters for understanding the core issues of our time and taking viable action as individuals, community, and as a whole.

CATALYSTS Saints Episcopal Church on Foothill Dr., where study groups are already forming that pertain to the subject of the conference.

back down to 350 ppm. This is a participatory event for the general public.

A large group gathering is also planned, location TBA.

To recommend a local leader for participation, visit the conference website at WWW.SACREDACTIVISMCONFERENCE.COM or contact Mali at MALI@MALIROWANPRESENTS.COM.

Call for artists’ participation: Contact Jessi Carrier, JESSCARRIER@HOTMAIL.COM. —and

350.org: A global day of action for climate justice On October 24, in 1,500 cities around the world, people are planning simultaneous gatherings with the intention of delivering what may look to the uninitiated as mysterious code: “350.”

350.ORG is the communication tool conveying the mechanics of making “350” a household word. That is the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide, Houston. This December 11-12, Hubbard reprises her visit, sharing her philosophical journey since then. The septuagenarian, president of the Foundation for Conscious Evolution, will be joined by former Amnesty International President and US representative to the UN James O’Dea; scholar, author and founder of the Institute for Sacred Activism Andrew Harvey; president, former Green Beret and Native American Elder and wisdom keeper Sequoyah Trueblood; and local leaders exemplifying cutting-edge work in their communities and world with eye on sustainable and conscious practices.

Organizer Mali Leach invites us to take part in a solid and inspiring discussion, where we can pose questions to leaders globally known in their fields.

It’s in December; why are we telling you about this now? Because also highlighted will be local leaders and nonprofits. Leach lives in Boise, where a similar conference was held this past summer. She is currently accepting ideas for local panelists and organizations.

CATALYST is a supporter of the event and we think this conference holds the potential of being a real, well, catalyst. We wanted to get this onto your radar. The nonsectarian event will occur Dec. 11-12 at All

measured in parts per million in our atmosphere. 350 ppm. This past July, Earth’s atmospheric CO2 was 387.81.

350 is “the number humanity needs to get back to as soon as possible to avoid runaway climate change,” according to Bill McKibbon, who began the effort.

Local organizers call on creative people in various artistic disciplines — visual artists, poets, dancers—to come up with expressive ways to convey the urgency about climate crisis and/or the need to bring carbon levels

specificially 350SLC.ORG—

Art and Golf The 337 Project—Salt Lake’s fabulous experimental art gallery—is once again rising from its rubble to bring us yet another exciting, interactive exhibition and this time: it’s golf. Mini golf. Upon completion the project will be an 18-hole, artist-designed miniature golf course—fully playable and open to the public free of charge.

Adam Price, the director of 337, says he chose mini golf because it’s accessible to everyone; some people will come for the art, some for the game. Everyone will get a bit more than they expected. The exhibit will also feature a fairly serious education program, Price says, and include curriculum materials for teachers, with school groups expected daily throughout the three-month Salt Lake stay.

September 15 is the deadline for proposals from artists. While miniature golf holes do lend themselves to 3-D art, 2-D artists are also encouraged to apply.

Fourteen Utah artists will be chosen via jury to design holes; four of the holes will be reserved for invited national artists.

Look for the exhibit in downtown Salt Lake opening February 2010. After three months the exhibit will hit the road, with stops likely in Saint George, the BYU Museum of Art and beyond.

—Amie Tullius Go to www.337project.org for an artist proposal application and guidelines, as well as updates and location information.

ENVIRO-NEWS

BY AMY BRUNVAND

Land Exchange improves Colorado River management options Thanks to a federal land exchange bill sponsored by Senator Bob Bennett (R-UT) and Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT 2), the BLM will receive parcels of state school trust land in Grand and San Juan Counties.

These include portions of Westwater Canyon, the nationally-recognized Kokopelli and Slickrock trails, multiple wilderness study areas and proposed wilderness areas and some of the largest natural rock arches in the U.S. In return, the Utah School Institutional Trust Land Administration (SITLA) will receive BLM lands in Uintah County with the potential for oil and natural gas that could produce significant revenue for Utah schools. The “Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2009” helps solve land management conflicts that originated in 1894 when the federal government plotted the entire state of Utah into a checkerboard of mile-square sections, and gave more than 7 million acres to Utah in order to raise money for public schools. Fast-forward to the present, and “school section” inholdings cause constant land management problems, since the SITLA priority of raising money usually conflicts with conservation or public-access interests. The Grand Canyon Trust worked for seven years to help identify 40,000 acres of land for exchange, and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance praised the land swap, saying, “This legislation provides a good example of how to balance conservation and development needs in a mutually beneficial way.”

together in order to deal with this specific situation and build positive relationships moving forward.”

Critical Mass is an event in which cyclists meet at specific location and ride together in an “organized coincidence” (much like rush hour car traffic) in order to demonstrate the principle, “We are not blocking traffic. We are Traffic.”

Salt Lake City Critical Mass: Last Friday of the month; gather at 5:30 p.m. on the north side of Gallivan Plaza Ogden Critical Mass: First Friday of the month; gather at 7 p.m., Skyline Cycle parking lot

Nevada Nuclear Test Site EIS The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is preparing a new sitewide environmental impact statement (EIS) for activities at the Nevada Test Site.

Hundreds of anti-nuclear protests, many organized and attended by Utahns, were held at the site before the U.S. banned nuclear weapons testing in 1992.

Nevada Nuclear Test Site info: WWW.NV.DOE.GOV/MAIN.HTM

Snake Valley water war heats up The Utah Department of Natural Resources has announced a draft agreement in the battle for water from the Snake Valley aquifer near Great Basin National Park. The Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club opposes rushing into a permanent agreement for fear that a Las Vegas water-grab could dry up agriculture west of Delta, Utah, impact wildlife and send dust storms towards the Wasatch Front.

Ogden Critical Mass moves forward

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Ogden Mayor Matthew Godfrey has promised to participate in the Ogden Critical Mass bicycle ride this month, after the August ride ended in confrontation with the police. The Standard Examiner reported the cyclists were unruly and “obstructing traffic” after they surrounded a woman in a car, but cyclists say they were trying to stop her from driving off after she deliberately hit a cyclist. On August 10, the Mayor released this statement: “In response to the unfortunate incident between cyclists and a motorist Friday night we want to affirm our commitment to the cycling community. We will bring all segments of the community

Renewed interest in nuclear energy has raised fears that a new uranium mining boom could wreak destruction on Utah’s redrock desert. Now an Australian mining company has received the first BLM uranium mining permit issued in 30 years. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and the citizens’ group Uranium Watch question whether proper environmental evaluation was done before the permit was issued.

Uranium Watch was formed in 2006 to monitor the health, safety and environmental issues associated with uranium mining and milling.

New uranium boom?

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Master of Humanities “Studies in Culture: Human Values and the Humanities” is an exciting new class offered jointly by the College of Humanities and the Osher Institute at the University of Utah. It is intended to initiate the development of an interdisciplinary Master of Humanities program for working professionals in our community. The program will offer participants the opportunity to explore central themes in the Humanities from a variety of perspectives with the possibility of applying earned credits toward a graduate degree from the University of Utah.

This introductory course is being offered through the Osher Institute to make enrollment easier for students.

In this course, we will study the concept of culture, and learn about different cultures by lookd value systems of nations and their people. We ing at the arts, patterns of behavior, and belief and ic activities, and of cultural products, with ith th will start our investigation of intellectual and artistic ure acquire their ttheir values, v s, and a d how ho those values vl readings that explain how members of a culture are l tiio off Russian R cu tu guest manifested in the arts, literature, and society. Following an examination culture, ance and China, h a, and others. s Learning ng about the ng lecturers will then focus on the cultures of France n contrasting various us cultural values. va different cultures will provide the foundation for comparing and

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On the Pain of Eros Opening to the wounds of love

BY MARC GAFNI WITH DIANE MUSHO HAMILTON

have written before of the beauty of Eros—the divine life force— and how our sexuality models the greater movement of Eros in our lives. By Eros, I mean the fullness of presence, inner space, participating in the yearning force of being and the experience of wholeness when we realize the truth of our interconnectivity. I have written how sex can open to Eros, teach us to understand Eros and to live from its full and passionate source.

But there is another side to Eros.

In this aspect, Eros shows itself to be a ferocious ally. While the sexual does model the pleasure and beauty of Eros, it also models the pain that inevitably comes from our loving.

Eros manifests fully only if we are willing to revel in its pain as well as its pleasure.

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about sexuality and loving is the source of much of our pain. When we see love clearly, we recognize the truth the Persian poet Hafiz described: Love is grabbing hold of the Great Lion’s mane And wrestling and rolling deep into Existence While the Beloved gets rough And begins to maul you alive.

Like so many of us, I once believed it possible to find a way out of the pain of Eros. I believed in a version of love fulfilled through commitment to the fullness of the moment, through loving gestures, clearly stated intentions and a heart that stayed open even when it hurt.

I believed in love that was passionate and wild even as it was broad, inclusive and forgiving. I thought it possible to create a private world where the integrity of love and hon-

SPIRITUALLY INCORRECT est desire trumped convention. I thought the dilemmas love presents were solvable if I were earnest enough, authentic enough and honest enough in communicating the truth of who I was and the fullness of my delight in another’s being.

I didn’t take into account the ruthless side of Eros—the aspect of Eros that does not let us cut this kind of deal. Eros at its heart is wildly uncompromising. Eros insists that we live a fully embodied life; one that includes pain, loss, confusion and bewilderment. Eros is fierce and unrelenting. It won’t be captured, cajoled, or confined to the realm of the comfortable, particularly when the ego is trying to settle into an untrue version of Love.

Hafiz writes: True Love, my dear, Is putting an ironclad grip upon The sore, swollen balls of a Divine Rogue Elephant And Not having the good fortune to Die! There is a famous Zen koan about a master who teaches by giving students a thorough beating. No matter what question the student asks, the beating comes just the same. When the student attempts to answer the question, he receives a beating.

When the student remains silent, he gets a beating. When the student attempts to escape or withdraw, he still gets a beating. Eros often teaches like that Zen master, giving a complete knock-out, foot-to-groin, nose-smashed-against-asphalt pummeling. Eros demands that we

There is the pain of not being seen or desired, and the pain of being seen starkly, in all our most shameinducing imperfections. There is the pain of not getting the affection we seek, and the pain of having it for a time, then losing it. There is the startling pain of realizing we were not our beloved’s only one. There is the pain of being asked for more than we are able to give, and the pain of trying to give and not being wanted. There is the pain of love which turns to hate, of affection which turns to contempt and of the touch which, once desired, becomes repellent.

Then there is the pain of betrayal.

Betrayal is uniquely excruciating because only someone whom you really trust can deliver this particularly devastating blow.

It’s no wonder that so much popular eroticism contains a sadomasochistic tinge, twinning sex and pain, domination and submission. In sex, even with the best of intentions, we often seem bound to inflict injury and bound to receive it. We’re sure to be hurt in love, and we’re sure to cause hurt.

What I’m saying is that even genuine sensitivity, even a radical willingness to take responsibility, even a vow to end suffering, does not take away pain. As the Irish mystic rock singer Bono sings: We’re one, but we’re not the same, You see, we hurt each other, then we do it again!

Entering the temple of pain Even though a stiff drink of good

By Eros I mean the fullness of presence, inner space, participating in the yearning force of being and the experience of wholeness when we realize the truth of our interconnectivity.... Eros at its heart is wildly uncompromising. Eros insists that we live a fully embodied life, one that includes pain, loss, confusion and bewilderment. Eros is fierce and unrelenting. experience pain, injury and the collapse of self—even that we recognize suffering itself as its loving touch.

Our sexual and romantic lives are filled with an array of agonies not easily borne by the ego, by the body, or by any limited sense of self.

Irish whisky might seem like the best response to the pain of Eros, medicating our suffering never works for long. In the end, we have to be willing to look into pain deeply and directly. We need to

In bioenergetics, and in certain traditions of tantric yoga, we are shown how to free pain through the body by breathing into the fullness of sensation, and feeling the alive quality in the sensation of pain itself. A yogini friend once said, “Because you say ‘ow’ instead of ‘ah’—because the sensation appears as a menace instead of a friend—doesn’t mean it’s not from the same source.” know it firsthand, entering the interior of pain as we enter the interior of sex—with full presence, with a yearning to see, feel and know it, and with a mind and heart expanded enough to embrace the whole catastrophe at once.

Before pain reveals its secrets, we need to become its lover. As with a lover, we need to attend to our responses to pain with the same care and discrimination that we give our pleasure. What is our response to the feelings? What strategies arise to protect us against the experience of pain? Do we withdraw, attack and go to war, do we dull ourselves, do we immediately seek another love-fix, like the addicts we are?

From a cognitive perspective, how we relate to the pain born of erotic or sexual betrayal is a decision.

We choose the interpretive prism through which we will understand our pain, and that becomes the basis for our response to it. Sadly, we often use the prism of “I’m so hurt” to justify vengeful malice, either verbal or actual. And of course, since malice cannot reveal its true motivations, it must plead false ones, hiding behind masks of piety and noble intention.

Yes, all beings are hurt. We all carry some untransformed wound.

But in the end we all must choose whether to allow these wounds to fester in us, converted to malevolence, or to transmute them into compassion. Suffering can lead us deeper into love or deeper into separation and hatred.

To avoid translating pain into violence—whether physical, verbal or imaginary—we need to pay close and unflinching attention to our interiority. Here are 10 questions to ask ourselves.

The clarification of desire 1. What thoughts arise regarding our pain?

2. What beliefs do we hold about this moment? Are they true?

3. How does that belief serve our agenda in this moment?

4. What deeper truth does it cover up?

5. What or who would we be—or how would we feel—if we told ourselves a different story about our pain?

6. Are we blaming someone for our pain?

7. What if we turned it all around and made ourselves a responsible party instead of the victim in the story?

8. How does taking some responsibility help us loosen the weight of our anger and take some of the projection back?

9. How does it help us move from a blame frame to recognizing that everyone has a share in contributing to realities that created the pain?

10. What gain do we receive from our pain—what profit is there for us, what social capital do we earn in telling and retelling the story of our pain?

In moments of hurt and blame, if we can step out of our frame and go deeper, we might identify that behind our need to blame someone—even ourselves—for our pain is a feeling of being alone, of being cut off and isolated from the rest of reality. As we look into that deeper place, we might be able to watch how the mechanism of ego works.

Sometimes simply seeing the ego at work, relaxing the struggle and opening to the truth of the moment liberates our awareness. But for this to happen, we need the courage to be present with our own emotional and physical pain. In bioenergetics, and in certain traditions of tantric yoga, we are shown how to free pain through the body by breathing into the fullness of sensation, and feeling the alive quality in the sensation of pain itself. A yogini friend once said, “Because you say ‘ow’ instead

of ‘ah’—because the sensation appears as a menace instead of a friend—doesn’t mean it’s not from the same source.” All phenomena arise from this same source, and the body itself is made of the substance of God. To recognize the divine substance in pain allows us to be present to it rather than resist or fear it.

Normally (and naturally) we seek to assuage and heal pain—the body itself produces hormones whose very purpose is to make pain bearable. To heal the pain of another is the sacred joy and obligation of every individual. Even so, we need to be careful not to numb our pain so quickly that it cannot give us its teaching.

According to the mystics this was the meaning of Job’s teaching when he defiantly asserted, “Through my Body I Vision God.” Job—the archetypal sufferer—teaches the yoga of entering the body in order to walk through, not around, our pain. “I am in your pain” cries out the divine, through the lips of Isaiah.

The words of the prophet resonate with particular poignancy

would like to simply transcend devastating erotic experience, love tells us that the only way out is through.

We cannot transcend painful experiences without going through them, without becoming them.

Hafiz (paraphrased later by the Doors) says: Love is the funeral pyre Where the heart must lay Its body.

First step: Surrender Extreme pain insists that we accept it. “Do not imagine,” pain says to us, “that it should be different than this. Forget your ideas of how it should be. Surrender to me.

Settle into me. Prostrate yourself in the most deeply humbling way before me.”

Let yourself feel the next moment of pain, then breathe another step into surrender.

Sometimes we are called to enter so deeply into the interiority of the pain—of betrayal or loss—that all our old certainties are destroyed.

Our constructs collapse, our idealized shrines to love fall apart. When it hurts so much that there are no words to speak about it, the only

We realize that pain is none other than divine compassion herself. regarding emotional pain. Divinity can be realized in staying open to the pain of Eros. We need to resist the seduction of the easy certainties of psychological dogma, explaining how some demonized other is the source of our pain. If the skew of earlier times was to close the heart by blaming the victim, then the sin of our times is in the assuaging of our own guilt through deifying the alleged victim’s pain. This can harden the heart until all other narratives are reviled, crushed or simply ignored.

When I talk about being a lover, what I mean is to do our best to embrace everything exactly as it is—in excruciating, gorgeous detail.

We pay attention to all the ways we hide, slink away or build up a solid story of breach and betrayal to assuage our feelings. Yet it is only when we give up our insistence on being right that we can begin to be alive and aligned.

There is a time to wield Gabriel’s sword and demand justice. And there is a moment to surrender instead, to let go, to relinquish our ideas and to breathe into the unwanted sensations. Much as we

thing to do is let ourselves into the feeling, to live on the inside of the pain as it shifts and changes and ultimately, with grace, resolves.

Second step: Meet your brother and sister in the pain Surrendering so deeply and unconditionally into pain reveals another radical truth: Everyone is present within it. We are all hurt. In the brotherhoods and sisterhoods of pain, we realize the invisible lines of connection that weave us into an indestructible whole that has within it the erotic power to transmute the pain and heal it. Meeting the other there, receiving the dignity of another’s story, is a movement toward redemption. In the recognition that our pain is part of the larger pain, something softens and opens with the healing power of wholeness. There, we catch a glimmer of a radically democratizing enlightenment.

Third step: Meet God there Some things are bigger then we are. Eros as sex compels us beyond

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cult of eros. Romance is a sort of secular mysticism. I

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ture. Why? Romance and eroticism, even in their most superficial forms, induce trance. It gives us a taste of pleasure and freedom from the burden of self, even though it is often brief. It brings us a momentary awareness of connectedness and sometimes self-transcendence. At its best, it drops us into the thrilling current of life and purpose.

Love songs and stories are a watered down expression of the same sacred impulse that has motivated saints and sages throughout history. The surface instincts of love and desire are simply a blunted form of the deep impulse for divine union that permeates the universe.

Erotic language is, therefore, the natural language for the soul seeking to merge with the Eternal Beloved. u — Ivan M. Granger

Although it is not often understood this way, the Ivan M. Granger is the creator and editor of the Poetry Chaikhana web site,

modern culture of love is a form of mysticism. It is a

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ordinary boundaries of self; Eros as pain overcomes ego. When there’s no keeping pain at bay, when it hurts so much that explanations and stories won’t hold, when emotional escape isn’t possible, the dharma gate blows open.

There is no hurt and no hurting, no transgression, no betrayal.

Everything is forgiven in the truth of complete surrender.

If we are willing to feel into the pain so deeply that we as a separate self no longer exist, here we will meet God. Here is the embrace of the Shekinah of Eros, the blessing of the divine feminine. She holds us in the deepest core of our being, rocking us, listening to our sobs, caressing our head. Solomon wrote in The Song of Songs, “Her left hand is under my head even as her right hand embraces me.”

The Shekinah holds us in our pain, and in pain itself, she is present waiting to embrace, comfort and heal. We meet her there. In the comfort of her arms, with the soothing sounds of her voice, we realize that pain is none other than divine compassion herself.

Whenever we collapse into our soul’s pain, the pain collapses into the infinite goodness of existence itself. This is its mystery.

The paradoxical key to moving towards enlightenment through the door of pain is retaining a deep recognition of the importance of balance. Balance is the ultimate secret, by a thousand different names, of every great mystical tradition the world over—yin and yang, anima and animus, pathos and comedy, wisdom and foolishness. Balance as the portal to goodness and love is the spirit that animates all of these pairs. Even if we cannot evolve our pain to our enlightenment, we can at least hold the pain honestly without losing our balance.

Here’s a story: The Hassidic master Naftali of Rophsitz told his students of his being called to help the king. The king’s son was

crying desperately. All of the wise men of the kingdom, the doctors, the magicians and shamans (the psychologists of the day) had been to see him and none could comfort him or stop his crying. Indeed, every attempt at healing seemed to intensify the young prince’s woe.

It happened that an old woman from the hinterland of the kingdom was bringing milk to palace. She passed the boy as he wandered, sobbing, near the kitchen. She approached him, not realizing he was the king’s son, and whispered a few words in his ear. Lo and behold, he looked up at her, and his crying began to abate. In just a few minutes, he was not crying at all.

And here Naftali ended his tale.

“Please, holy master,” the disciples pleaded with their teacher, “you must tell us. What magic, what amulet, what secret did the old wise woman—who we know must have been the Shekinah herself—what did she say?”

The master smiled. “It was very simple,” he said. “She told the boy ‘you must not cry more than it hurts.’”

If we learn to live wide open even as we are hurt by love, then the divine wakes up to its own true nature. To be firm in your knowing of love even when you are desperate, and to be strong in your heart of forgiveness even when you are betrayed, this is what it means to be holy.

I turn to Rabia, the great Indian mystic, Shekinah incarnate, to guide us home.

My Body is covered with wounds this world made But I still long to kiss her, even when God said Could you also kiss the hand that caused each scar? for you will not find me until you do Marc Gafni is the author of “Soul Prints,” “Mystery of Love” and other books. A former Modern Orthodox rabbi, he lives in Salt Lake City.

Diane Musho Hamilton is a fully ordained Zen priest and a facilitator and mediator. Together, their writing has previously appeared in CATALYST under the byline “A Lover.”

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GREEN BEAT

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The hell with hybrids—it’s all about the rabbit food Last month, the Washington Post reported what vegetarians have been saying for years: The meat industry is really bad on the environment. It’s one of the worst things we humans do, according to the Post. Article author Ezra Klein references an old United Nations report that claims up to 18% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions come from livestock; but more surprising are the other two studies mentioned in the piece. In the first, two University of Chicago researchers estimate that you’d do better, carbon-wise, becoming vegetarian than trading in your clunker for a Prius.

The other, a study from Carnagie Mellon University, asserts that eating vegetarian just one day a week does more than eating locally—every day.

So why aren’t more enviro organizations pushing the veggies? According to Klein, fear of public resistance. Apparently, coming out against meat just doesn’t look very good. Klein says, “The visceral reaction against anyone questioning our God-given right to bathe in bacon has been enough to scare many in the environmental movement away from this issue.”

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Props to organic farming It is logical that organic farming is better on the planet than conventional, chemical-based methods, and is most likely better for our health.

Common knowledge also holds, though, that organic farming produces far smaller yields and isn’t the answer for feeding the world. This looks true when one considers the price of organic food in the supermarket.

Perhaps this is less true than we thought, however. According to an article published last month

by TELEGRAPH.CO.UK, organic farming is probably the answer for developing nations. Author Geoffrey Lean mentions a report published last year by the United Nations Environment Programme and the UN Conference on Trade and Development that found that 114 projects in Africa more than doubled their yields by implementing organic

practitices. He cites another study from the University of Essex that found an average increase of 79% in 57 projects that covered 3% of the cultivated area in the Third World. This isn’t to say that these Third World farmers are producing more per acre than are conventional farms in the U.S. and other developed nations; they aren’t. But the thing is, most farmers in developing nations can’t afford the chemicals and fertilizers used in conventional farming, and by implementing modern organic farming methods and shunning chemical methods altogether, these farmers have managed to dramatically increase their production. Lean doesn’t suggest all farming should be organic, though—according to him, the resulting drop in Western food production would be catastrophic. Instead, this is a really good place to start the farming revolution.

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Luckily, the government pumped more money into the works almost right away. But has the program been a success? Depends on whom you ask. According to an article on AlterNet, folks on both sides are quoting numbers every which way. Even so, the article claims that so far, “157,000 transactions and $664 million in rebates have cycled through the program, and the average fuel efficiency has increased by 61%.” Sounds pretty good to me. Check out the article for all the facts and figures.

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Whole Foods’ profits slip— push for more organics, healthier food Guess what? Whole Foods isn’t immune from the lagging economy.

No surprise: Among my friends the healthfood superstore is known (albeit somewhat lovingly) as “Whole Paycheck.” Shopping at Whole Foods has never been cheap—and with the economy being what it is, that’s starting to cut into their bottom line. According to a Wall Street Journal article published last month, Whole Foods is launching a “healthy eating” initiative to stave off profit losses caused by “consumers’ reluctance to spend money on the company’s pricier foods.” The idea is to offer more reasonably priced organics and other healthy foods, instead of their previous focus on gourmet items.

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he bones in the spine that determine the position of your neck and head are called the atlas. Like Atlas in Greek mythology who held up the world, this atlas holds up the globe that is your head.

An atlas, of course, is also a collection of maps.

Maps indicate a path for a journey, and guide one’s perspective. They imply potential: A map is used by someone about

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to embark, or by one who is lost and hopes to find context.

An atlas also signifies the future. Though used in the present, it is the means to orient one toward an eventual destination, a goal.

The spine’s atlas orients

pride and vitality. A stooped posture is read by others as defeat, decline, fear, weakness and helplessness. People are attracted to those who stand up straight and look up. They avoid those who look beaten, helpless and needy.

Posture is an expression but also a means. Through mindful posture, we can become how we stand and move forward, we can communicate to others how we should be regarded and treated, and we can attract or repel those around us. us, gives us our perspective, and sends us forward into the future. If your chin is up, the horizon before you is wide and open. If down, your horizon is small and narrow.

The atlas of your spine also provides others with a map of who you are. A straight back and chin-up posture indicates strength, confidence,

The map your atlas provides to others is also your own map, the self-fulfilling prophesy of who you are, of what psychological and spiritual territory you inhabit, and of your intended destination.

When you

straighten up, you show yourself a way forward and include in your view an open and full horizon.

You become confident and say ‘I am not afraid, I am strong—walk beside me and I will be good company.’ When you are slump-shouldered and small, when you curl inward, you say to yourself, ‘I am sad and lonely—poor me; I am weak and need to be carried.’

Posture is an expression but also a means.

Through mindful posture, we can become how we stand and move forward, we can communicate to others how

we should be regarded and treated, and we can attract or repel those around us. This is how we follow the map of our bones. u Chip Ward, co-founder of HEAL Utah, now writes from Torrey. He is the author of Canaries on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West and Hope’s Horizon: Three Visions for Healing the Land.

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LIFE 101

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n my 20s I was wild. As a flight attendant, based in New York City, I traveled and lived freely. There were few destinations geographically and experientially I did not explore. I had married too young, tasted too little of life and now was in a hurry to make up for lost time. With Utah and my marriage behind me, I was determined to discover life for myself. However, no matter how far or high I flew, I could not escape my demons.

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When I was 14 years old, carefree and ecstatically enjoying my transition out of childhood, a damaging series of taunts changed my life forever. Some of my classmates—feeling the pressure of society image of what they should aspire to, I now realize)—made bovine calls of “moooo” at me as I passed them in the halls. I couldn’t believe they were directing that noise at me. I was pretty, wasn’t I? I was loved at home, at church, at school. Didn’t I qualify for that love? I

They taught me that it’s not as important to be perfect as it is to be willing to practice being present to whatever is in your experience.

Living with a secret was not my forte. I had grown up with a brilliant entrepreneur and inventor for a father and a genuine, kind and loving mother. I was so close to my seven brothers and sisters that I felt I could tell them anything… almost anything.

died at those sounds. It broke my heart. At that age, my heart was so open. I was unprepared for such a cruel onslaught.

I decided to feel better by eating and weighing less. I would fight their obscenities by becoming too sleek and too slim to be confused for a cow. It

worked. I cut my meals in half and lost weight.

Then I cut the abridged meals by half again and became even skinnier.

Then a friend, confounded by the same social blitz attacking me, introduced me to the magic wand embodied by the handle of my own toothbrush.

Bulimia became my new dieting technique. I could have my cake and not eat it, too. I was thin, beautiful and popular with the boys. I had it all.

For a price!

It cost me years of struggle and thousands of dollars in treatment to disentangle myself from this disease. Yoga helped pull me out of that skinny, pretty hell.

I remember my first yoga experience like it was yesterday—no, like it was an hour ago. I was at my gym in New York City and on a whim, decided to try a yoga class. The students going into the yoga studio looked svelte and light. They were laughing and seemed happy. I was attracted to that vibe.

The class began. I felt a sense of warmth and ease, stretching into poses. I felt extra alive and strong. This feeling was intoxicating. I knew I was onto something. I craved life and energy; practicing yoga enhanced both. I began to feel so invigorated and happy with myself.

Being a flight attendant took a lot of energy. It was fun and depleting at the same time. In my free-wheeling flight patterns, I began to drink heavily. Alcohol was a social and emotional lubricant that became my new friend. We did everything together. Even though we usually got into trouble, we still had tons of fun.

I needed yoga more than ever now.

You may say, “Give me a break, are you stupid?

Didn’t you learn your lesson with bulimia? Do you thrive on self-destruction?”

My answer is yes; I did thrive on self-destructive behaviors, for their benefits. Bulimia made me feel attractive, which is a great way to feel.

Alcohol made me feel free and fun, which are qualities we want to have. I was into shortcuts and it made sense at the time. I did not realize then that shortcuts often involve jumping fences where there may be vicious dogs on the other side. The Buddhists call this delayed suffering.

I told myself I was pretty, happy, and free, but it was an illusion. Yoga helped me see that, and sobriety became my goal.

I moved to Los Angeles to put alcohol and alcoholic friends behind me. I practiced yoga with a passion. I tried to stop drinking, but failed for years, keeping my need for intoxication a secret while maintaining a career and even successfully starting a new one.

But when my beloved father died suddenly, unexpectedly, I headed for home. And though I was unaware of it at the time, I was headed for sobriety as well.

Surrounded by the family I love, I felt a need to connect on a deeper level with them and myself. I couldn’t do that drinking. It was all the things I learned on my mat that gave me the willingness and strength to finally surrender and get help overcoming this addiction.

I got myself into treatment, continued my yoga practice and went on to become a yoga instruc-

tor. Training with Sufi yoga teacher Matthew Cohen strengthened my practice and changed my life.

(Cohen will be teaching and leading a retreat in Salt Lake City this month). Then I studied with D’ana Baptiste. They shared ancient teachings that spoke to my heart.

They taught me that it’s not as important to be perfect as it is to be willing to practice being present to whatever is in your experience.

They taught me to not be so judgmental and critical of others and myself but to be more curious and more compassionate. They taught me about service and of the joy of passing these teachings on.

I have been teaching yoga in alcohol recovery centers for two years and actively working with Yoga For Recovery to bring yoga to all recovery centers in Salt Lake City. In May I brought “Off The Mat” to Salt Lake City, “Off the Mat, Into the World” is part of the Engage Network, a nonprofit social venture that promotes widespread civic engagement.

We now have a booming Salt Lake City Off The Mat chapter of nondenominational yogis who feel inspired and empowered to take

what we have learned on our mats— balance, strength, dedication, compassion and love—to create positive social change and environmental healing locally and globally. When we come together with passion and purpose, we have a stronger voice.

And we can have so much more fun doing it this way, too.

Our group has committed to raise $80,000 by December to help build an AIDS birthing center in Uganda.

We also seek to make just as much of an impact in our local community, bringing yoga to schools, military, recovery centers, prisons— wherever our services can promote unity, peace and awareness.

Funny how the best gifts are never what are expected. Turns out the doorway to my soul was a 4 X 6 sticky orange mat. I always tell my students and clients to find their “mat,” no matter what it is, and to leave room for the unexpected. You never know what you’ll find when you are willing to open up your heart. u To learn more about Off the Mat or the retreat with Matthew Cohen: WWW.DEMILANGFORD.COM, WWW.OFFTHEMATINTOTHEWORLD.ORG WWW.SACREDENERGYARTS.COM

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THE ALCHEMICAL KITCHEN

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Yes we can T Making time for preserving the year’s bounty

BY REBECCA BRENNER

I seem to have all the time in the world when I allow myself to fine-tune my canning skills over a few seasons, learning what I actually will or will not eat each winter.

his month in the Alchemical Kitchen, I can’t seem to get away from the issue of time. I’m taking time to enjoy the last of the fresh summer produce. I’m using time to preserve enough veggies to make it through the winter.

I’m working on managing my time in the hopes of making the most of the process.

But most of all, I find myself discussing a lack of time. When I talk about canning, time always arrives to challenge my ideals of being more local year-round. It arrives in clients swearing they just don’t have enough time. I see the effect in grocery carts full of factory-canned vegetables and fruits cruising past me in the check-out line. I wrestle with it as I work to incorporate more seasonal recipes and farmfresh dinners into my own eating habits, as well as grow a better, more productive vegetable garden.

Lately, as time becomes a main topic in conversation and a reason not to eat local and preserve fresh produce, I’ve learned to just listen.

I’m learning that time is a slippery philosophical slope and its management is as unique and personal as those who are concerned they just don’t have enough of it.

The more I listen, the more I believe that fresh, local meals offer us the chance to step out of busy days and slow down and savor our food, family and friends. More so, canning our local foods helps us to mindfully connect to how our food is grown and prepared, shifting us from just grabbing what’s quickest to enjoying our own creations.

I sense that what I eat and don’t eat is the largest part of the Green Revolution. I’m sure that retrieving lost practices such as canning and preserving local foods is the next big step in localism. More than anything, I am positive that debating whether there is or is not enough time will not get my local veggies canned.

I listen and remember how I imagined canning to be before I canned up my first batch of green beans—an entire weekend event at the end of summer that entailed a large industrious kitchen full of wise, experienced preservationists. I guess it could be done this way, but for me it is more practical to make small batches throughout each week—slowly and patiently building my winter supply.

Instead of making canning one big event at the end of the summer,

I’ve begun to incorporate it into my lifestyle. A few extra tomatoes at the farmers’ market on Saturday become two pints of tomato sauce on Sunday. One extra pound of green beans from the Canyon’s farmers’ market on Wednesday gets canned in a few pint jars while making dinner that evening. Extra carrots from last week’s CSA share get canned before an afternoon meeting on Friday.

Slowly, over the summer my cupboard begins to fill with canned sauces, tomatoes, carrots, beets and beans. Early on in the season I am labeling salsas, pickles and jams. By fall, my freezer is full of local fruit and homemade pesto—an accumulation of small batches throughout the season. These smaller steps become less of a battle against time and more of a sweet seasonal dance.

Funny enough, making canning a season-long process seems to offer me more time—more time to acquire the tools I need, more time to learn how to can safely, more time to make a mistake and try again. I seem to have all the time in the world when I allow myself to fine-tune my canning skills over a few seasons, learning what I actually will or will not eat each winter. Each conversation I have about time, I remember that it took time for us to become so removed from how our food is grown, processed and preserved, and that it will take time to reacquaint ourselves with the ageold skills of food preservation.

So I encourage you to slow a bit.

Don’t worry about getting it right the first time. Take back your ability to rely on your senses and make more of your own food.

Since canning is such a precise science in many ways, I will not share any recipes this month. However, here are some cornerstones for anyone who is new to canning:

Find reputable resources Canning safely is very important in preventing food spoilage and illness. Find a few good canning books written by reputable professionals who have been canning for long time. My two favorites are “The Blue Book of Preserving,” by Ball and “So Easy to Preserve,” by the Cooperative Extension of the University of Georgia.

Follow instructions and recipes closely When you are first learning to

can, follow all instructions and recipes exactly. All of the recipes in the above-mentioned books have been tested many times for safety.

Once you get the hang of canning— and you will—you can take more creative license.

Invest in canning supplies As with many other new hobbies, at first you’ll need to purchase equipment: a pressure canner, a hot water bath, jars and other supplies.

After the initial investment and you’ve become a confident canner, you’ll be canning foods for a fraction of what you would pay for their counterparts at the store. Spoons ‘n’ Spice Kitchenware store in Salt Lake City is a great place to find all you’ll need to can.

Preserve things you’ll actually eat When you first get your canning books, you will find recipes for everything from basic tomato sauce to unique jalapeño and fruit chutneys. You might do best to focus on salsas, tomatoes, tomato sauces, beans, carrots and beets. Make chutneys and and jam only if you regularly consume chutneys and jam, or have friends on your gift list who do. (Our editor Pax will eat chutney for breakfast if you let him.

This makes him easy to gift.)

Take a class Find a preservation class at your local farm (I just finished teaching a series at Copper Moose Farm) or local University Extension programs. Utah State University Extension in Salt Lake County offers canning workshops, classes and resources. The University of Utah’s Lifelong Learning program offers a class September 10-17 for $69. You can also create your own classes— purchase one of the books above and invite some like-minded friends into the kitchen and get canning.

Share the responsibility Once you and your family and friends become more canning savvy, share the responsibility. One person can be in charge of sauces, one root veggies, one salsas. Once everyone has canned their assigned veggie, exchange jars and enjoy local food throughout the winter. u Rebecca Brenner, Ph.D., is a nutritionist and owner of Park City Holistic Health. For more healthy DIY recipes visit her at WWW.PARKCITYHOLISTICHEALTH.COM and WWW.PLAYFULNOSHINGS.BLOGSPOT.COM.

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FORCES OF NATURE t’s like he’s hitting you with a wall of sound—no, not a wall, it’s a stutter, a refraction, a conversation that bubbles and roils out of his mouth until you think he’s crazy, this bearded Sicilian guy, crazy in a way that makes your heart lurch as if it’s been rung like a bell. He lives in Orem by way of Brooklyn in a house that’s so cookie cutter you can nearly smell the casserole burning.

But the guy’s a poet. And not just a poet, Alex Caldiero is one of the wild ones, a frothing garden of sound who believes that words are living, breathing things, a species that must be constantly created to be remembered. This is his life, he’ll tell you. He’s a sonosopher, a muse of sound, an intentional fling of voice and amplitude that’s like electricity caught in a jar. He conducts sonic experiments. It’s what he’s here for.

Just over two years ago, Torbin Bernhard and Travis Low, two Integrated Studies majors from Utah Valley University (UVU), decided to make a documentary that would chronicle Caldiero’s life, work and process.

Low had no filmmaking experience whatsoever.

Bernhard had co-directed one film at the school and had shot some footage. It was crazy. They were neophytes, beginners. They knew almost nothing, but both had their jaws dropped after taking Caldiero’s Language, Most Dangerous of Possessions class (cotaught with Scott Abbott) and then seeing Caldiero perform.

Both say they felt not just inspired to make the documentary and to archive Caldiero’s work, but that they were bound, almost obliged. There had been a bell ringing for a long time and they were the ones to hear it. They couldn’t turn away.

Bernhard and Low approached Scott Abbott with the idea. Abbott was more than enthusiastic. He encouraged them, helped them get money. They set up an editing station at Bernhard’s house and borrowed a camera from UVU’s Cinema Studies program (UVU has no formal Film Studies program). They bought various pieces of equipment with donated funds. They scrapped around and got a grant from the school which they used to go first to New York City with Caldiero and then to Italy. They wanted to get footage of the towns, neighborhoods and landmarks that were important markers for Caldiero and his work. They wanted to record his birthplace and hometown and that of his mother and father, his family’s old vineyard, the streets, the churches, the museums and poetry clubs. They wanted to see his “sites of pilgrimage.”

In May 2008, the three began their journeys. In New York, they filmed in 8 mm and black and white: Wykoff Street, the Bowery Poetry Club, St. Mark’s Church, Caldiero’s second home in America, the third home where there was a brutal fire. Caldiero came to New York from Italy in 1958. He was eight years old.

He remembers the boat and the weeks it took to cross the ocean. He remembers seeing the Statue of Liberty, remembers the city rising up like a mammoth in front of him. Caldiero has, Low says, “a visionary image of America … he believes it can potentially deliver on its early utopian visions.” “In 400 or 500 more years,” Caldiero told Low, “I think it might learn.”

After a week in New York, the three flew to Rome.

Bernhard and Low wandered the streets with Caldiero and filmed him exploring his “sonosophy experiments” in a variety of environments. They went to the Coliseum and the Vatican. Caldiero was a roving

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explosion of sound, alternately lecturing and breaking into spontaneous performance. At the Pantheon, a temple built by Marcus Agrippa to all the gods of Ancient Rome and an attraction perpetually thronged with tourists, Caldiero walked to the very center, and began chanting. The building is circular and sits under a coffered, con-

He’s a sonosopher, a muse of sound, an intentional fling of voice and amplitude that’s like electricity caught in a jar. He conducts sonic experiments.

It’s what he’s here for. crete dome, with a central opening (oculus) open to the sky. Caldiero was fascinated with the idea of the Pantheon’s open ceiling as a mouth, as a magnifying glass of sound. He chanted, long vowels of sound rising up like a wind. An old priest told him to stop what he was doing. “Leave me alone,” Caldiero said. “I’m worshipping.”

Worship. For a man devoted to sound as a way to meditate upon the world, worship is one of the direct descendents of his work. Caldiero was an altar boy from age five to 17. By eight he was doing the Latin response to Mass proceedings.

Chant. Litany. Matriarchal islander culture.

Mediterranean culture. These are the influences that converge in Caldiero’s work. They are the cultural and environmental space from which he draws his inspiration.

And then there’s Sicily.

After leaving “the Vertical City” of Positano, Italy, Caldiero, Low and Bernhard took a ferry across the Strait of Messina, the narrow portion of water between the eastern tip of Sicily and the southern tip of Calabria in south Italy.

In Greek mythology, legend states that the sea monsters Charybdis and Scylla guard either side of the natural whirlpool that forms in this narrow strip. Charybdis takes form as a huge bladder of a creature whose face is all mouth and who swallows huge amounts of water three times a day before belching them back out again, creating whirlpools. Had they encountered her, one can imagine Caldiero as a starboard siren, leaning out, mouth a huge, auditory roar battling the sea monster with his favorite vowel sound, “AHHH.” The three went from Messina, through Frankofonte and Licodea Eubea to Vinzinni. In Ramacca, they attended a conference on Sicilian Language and Identity where Caldiero gave a performance during which he stuffed his mouth with a series of mundane objects: twigs, rags, a watch, rocks.

The Sicilian language is dying out. Low explains that Caldiero speaks an old form of Sicilian that is now rarely heard. It was fossilized in him when he left . Those who live there have lost it and now

speak Italian—the outcome of Mussolini’s bans on the Sicilian language and an Italian-only rule in school.

Caldiero himself claims he didn’t discover his language until the 1960s. He’d learned to speak an old form of Sicilian, but had never learned to read it. It wasn’t until he was at a New York bookstore at the age of 15 that he saw Sicilian in print.

“I came across a book of poetry that had a strange title,” he says. “I mouthed the words and realized that it was Sicilian.” Caldiero was stunned. He wrote to the author of the book, who wrote him back and said, “Come.” Caldiero traveled to Siciliy for the first time as an adult and went to Aspra a little village by the ocean.

Ignazzio Buttita, winner of the Viareggro Prize for poetry, was, Caldiero, “a wild man.”

“He taught me everything,” Caldiero explains, eyes flashing. “We’d stay up for hours and he’d go over my poetry.”

From Ramacca, Caldiero and the two filmmakers stopped at the Ear of Dionysus, a massive, mythic ear-shaped cave on Sicily’s eastern coast.

Caldiero and his family went there every year when he was young. It’s a site of pilgrimage and one of the sites where the film records Caldiero’s “trans-environmental” performances. He explores the whirling canals of the cave with sound.

During their nearly three weeks in Sicily, Low and Bernhard often worked 18-hour days, grappling with equipment and learning the grit and heft of filmmaking. They were in extremely close proximity to Caldiero both physically and emotionally. The filming was relentless, the sound overwhelming.

When they returned from Italy, both Bernhard and Low were emptied. They’d compiled nearly 100 hours of footage at this point and neither felt that they had any idea of where the film was going. It was a dark, frustrating time for both.

“One day, after watching it,” Bernhard says, “Travis and I were so depressed by how crappy we thought it was that we drove directly to the store and picked up our vices (for me, an energy drink. For Travis, a beer). We changed the title of our editing timeline to something of the effect of: ‘our film reminds us of the burning fires of hell.’ I think that’s right. Basically, we freaked out.”

The two buckled down, read and reread Caldiero’s work, watched the archival footage that they’d acquired, and scrapped a bunch of sequences. They started over.

What’s emerged is an intimate and deeply thoughtful narrative that explores not just Caldiero’s life and works, but the ultimate aim of both film and poetry. Form, structure and technology converge and the film acts as a magnifying glass, recognizing and amplifying the sound and story that is Caldiero. During one of the film’s most intimate rants, Caldiero claims that the act of filmmaking is an act of remembering. “The mother of the nine muses,” he says, “is Mnemosyne. Memory.” A man, he says, may forget nearly everything he just said, but film—film is an act of memory. Film remembers everything. ◆ See the film Fri., Oct. 2, 7pm at the SLC Library Auditorium. Tickets: $5 at Ken Sanders Rare Books. Also Friday, September 25 at the Ragan theater on UVU campus. Info: THESONOSOPHER.BLOGSPOT.COM

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The absence of those who’d colored my universe with the literary likes of Bellow, Malamud, Cheever and such drained me of my essential color, leaving only agitation.

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But as August wore on, I didn’t leave. I was even a little afraid to go. Fear is deceptive, after all. Routine and Imagined Obligation duped me into thinking that September in Utah was heaven on earth. (It is). There was no end of excuses to stay; a need to “catch up” (to what?), a need to ride the beloved Colnago and make up for lost mileage, a need to sit in the garden beneath the allemanda, dozing, surrounded by the aromas of lavender and basil and smoke rolling in off the hills.

My brilliant subconscious instincts for self-sabotage, meticulous in their slow-reveal assault on my weaknesses, accounted for the noteworthy dearth of willing women in my apartment by veering from a libidinal appeal to oral fixations; a bottle of Caymus’ “Special Selection” Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 ($109) kept me company. Describing the wine is pointless; it needs a better picture, let’s say the opening mwah-wah-wah bassnote cymbal-crash from Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get it On” ...while smearing the wine into your skin. “I’ve been really trying baby, trying to hold back this feeling for sooooo long”…sing along…you know the words. I’ve never claimed to be a “strong” man, just a self-indulgent one.

At last I felt a desire to get to the throbbing heart of the matter. I packed my “reads,” two from the Sam Weller’s basement, rich with mustiness and marginalia as all great Weller’s editions are, and one I’d swiped back from my mother. One should never travel without intellectual companionship. Some call it overpacking, I call it thoughtful travel.

Lashing myself to the Prius, I left Salt Lake City on a quiet sunny Sunday. I pointed the car west, stopping for a quick hangover catnap outside the pulsing neon landfill known as Wendover before forging on. There is not much to see between Here and There; only daydreams populate the landscape—prisons and nuclear waste are a natural

for western Nevada. For long hours of desert I scolded myself, congratulated myself, regretted things done and not done, I penned a sentence or two, conducted a symphony, and occasionally, I let go with a roar of encouragement to my beloved flailing Yankees. They flailed, I roared.

The road went on.

I entered the Sierra Nevadas by moonlight and a sigh.

By the time I broke through the Cloverdale fog at 4 a.m., some 14 hours of road time later, the sweet smells of sunwarmed fruit flooded the car.

It was a crisp clean late summer night and the winery’s guesthouse (my getaway, my panic hole) felt that deepsigh kind of safe (much the way a small part of me is always glad to return home to where my stuff is) with only the chirp of crickets and the odd bray of a goat on the near hillside punctuating the evening’s calm.

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Kate MacLeod’s Blooming blossoms with sound and spirit

It’s not hard to enjoy this bard

Even though it’s September, listen to folk musician Kate MacLeod’s new album Blooming and your thoughts might turn to spring. The Salt Lake songwriter and fiddler’s newest fulllength album features 12 tracks of original songs with flavors of country, folk, bluegrass, folk-rock, pop, and art-song. Produced by Grammy award-winning Tim O’Brien, the album was recorded with local musicians Darrel Scott, Byron House and Kenny Malone in Nashville. Four years since her last recording, MacLeod and members of her band, The Pancakes, will perform at the Rose Wagner theatre. Kate MacLeod’s ‘Blooming’ CD Release Concert, Sept 26, 7:30p.

Think Shakespeare is all tragedy and antiquated language? Thou shouldst thinketh twice—he was also an important part of

music history. Throughout this month and next, get a deeper look at Shakespeare’s worldwide cultural, artistic and musical influence at the Utah Symphony/Utah Opera’s Annual “Shakespeare in Music” Festival.

Celebrating Shakespeare’s works expressed through music, the festival collaborates with several partners, including Ballet West, OPERA America, Salt Lake Arts Center, Elizabeth’s Bakery & Tea Shop, Utah Shakespearean Festival and the U of U’s School of Music. Informational lectures and presentations will happen around Salt Lake City, since “the more you know about Shakespeare and music,” says Paula Fowler, Director of Education and Community Outreach for Utah Symphony and Opera, “the richer your experience will be at our events.”

September events (Check web for event locations): 3: “Music & Dance of Shakespeare’s Day,” live music by Renaissance band Dorian Mirth with Dr. April Greenam (UofU School of Music), 7p at Utah Opera Production Studios 10: “Songs, Sonnets and Shakespeare: How Music is Utilized within Shakespeare’s Plays,” by Michael Bahr (Utah Shakespearean Festival), 7p at The Art Center Auditorium 3rd floor dance studio 17: “Traditional British Foods” with Chef Tara Duff, 7p at Elizabeth’s Bakery & Tea Shop, $10, limit of 50 people, 801-533-6683 22-Oct 13: Macbeth, a 4-week free tutori-

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24: “Shakespeare at the Cinema, Symphony and Opera” by Bettie Jo Basinger (UofU School of Music), 7p at the SL Art Center Auditorium 25-26: Romeo & Juliet by Berlioz and Richard III by Smetana, 8p at Abravanel Hall

Stats and bluegrass tunes from Otter Creek.

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EARTH, WIND AND SKY Let your voice be heard at Sustainability Summit Got something to say about sustainability? Want to share your ideas with others?

The 2nd Annual Sustainability Summit at Westminster is right up your alley. The Summit is co-sponsored by Westminster College and Salt Lake Center for Engaging Community. It will provide participants an opportunity to speak and listen to others committed to sustaining community prosperity amid social and environmental challenges. Ben Mates, Director of the Sustainability Initiative with the Center, says that with no keynote speakers “talking down at you” the process is entirely participation and interaction based. The day is broken up into several small group discussion sessions, convening several times the for a group exchange of ideas. The Summit will end with a “harvest” of all ideas discussed during the day. Sept 25, 11a-5p.

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Utah Solar Tour C’mon get peaceful on International Peace Day Library Square downtown will host this year’s Utah Peace Jam and International Peace Day Celebration. The festivities run all day and include live music, lectures and information, documentaries, kids’ face painting, and more. Hang your wish for peace on the World Peace Tree, then relax and enjoy the music of this year’s peaceful players: Rich Wyman, Leraine Horstmanshoff, Andy Monaco, Gary Stoddard and the Stoddard Brothers, and Leo’s Ego. Stick around for the for drum circle at 6 pm: bring your

Thinking about installing solar energy in your home or business? Come on the 14th Annual Utah Solar Tour, part of the American Solar Energy Society’s 14th Annual Solar

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species of animals can sound different based on their geography, especially birds, which sing in “dialects” unique to their area. The WSA has over 1,000 recordings representing 80 percent of the West’s bird species, 90 percent of its vocalizing frogs and toads and dozens of mammal and reptile species. Join Project Manager for the WSA Anna Neatrour and associate director for IT Services at the Marriott Library Kenning Arlitsch for their lecture discussing the past, present and future of this unique project. Free; bring a bag lunch.

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Speak up: Hot out-of-state waste coming to Utah Despite repeated community efforts to end the transportation of nuclear waste into our state, EnergySolutions is scheduled to receive shipments of depleted uranium from South Carolina this October. HEAL Utah has been working towards a ban from the Utah Radiation Control Board, but community support is needed. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has classified depleted uranium as relatively benign “Class A” waste, but it grows more radioactive over time and will eventually exceed the hotter (i.e. much more dangerous) standards of classes B and C waste. HEAL Utah encourages citizens to come to the September Radiation Control Board meeting and help push for a moratorium on depleted uranium shipments into Utah.

Utah Radiation Control Board Meeting, Tuesday, Sept 22, 3-5p, Department of Environmental Quality Bldg #2, Rm 101, 168 N 1950 W. WWW.HEALUTAH.ORG/DEPLETEDURANIUM. NRC Public Workshops on Unique Waste Streams: Depleted Uranium, Sept 23-24, 8a-5p, Hilton Salt Lake City, 255 S West Temple. Reg. at 8a Sept 23.

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The Jordan Valley Conservation Garden Park is hosting a series of free workshops, lectures and events this month.

Explore Utah-friendly gardening and xeriscaping, ask an expert your gardening questions, learn about sustainable landscaping and more.

Waterwise Ideas & Answers with “Joy in the Garden,” Sept 10, 6-8p.

2nd Annual Utah Green Festival, Sept 12, 9a-5p.

Smart & Sustainable Landscaping, Sept 12, 10a-12p.

Utah-Friendly Gardening, Sept 12, 12-2p.

Jordan Valley Conservation Garden Park, 8215 S 1300 W, West Jordan. WWW.CONSERVATIONGARDENPARK.ORG/EVENTS.ASPX.

Show your gratitude: Eat a tomato sandwich Be sure not to miss Wasatch Community Garden’s annual Grateful Tomato Party this month. Stop by for mouth-watering sandwiches made with the garden’s organically grown heirloom tomatoes and organic homemade basil pesto, and

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From Yosemite to the Everglades, Yellowstone to the Alaskan Arctic, filmmaker and historian Ken Burns’ new film series, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, celebrates how the United States began preserving some of the most spectacular places on earth. “This isn’t just a nature show,” says Burns, “it’s a collection of personal stories that tell American history.” The series focuses on the people behind the National Parks, who came from every conceivable background—rich and poor, famous and unknown—save the places they loved for people they’d never met: us!

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Quack, hiss, tweet: Soundscape lecture Begun in 2007, the Western Soundscape Archive (WSA) recognizes the vital connection between places and their soundscapes, which is not only culturally but biologically crucial. The WSA features audio recordings of animals and environments throughout the western U.S. Even the same

don’t forget to say Happy Anniversary—it’s their 20th! All sandwiches are handmade by the WCG’s staff, board and volunteers with breads donated from local businesses. Come celebrate the day with live music and great company in the gardens. Sept 12, 11:30a-2p.

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Provide a home for a fluffy friend Ready for your family to grow? Think about adopting a pet at the annual Adopt for Life Fall Pet Super Adoption, one weekend only this month. With higher shelter turnover because of the economy, No More Homeless Pets in Utah encourages people to adopt from rescue groups or shelters and keep your animal companions for life. This past spring’s Super Adoption event was a success, finding homes for 427 continued page 33

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What’s New Around Town

BY EMILY MOROZ

ATTENTION CATALYST ADVERTISERS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS: Help us keep our readers informed about changes in your business. Send us news about your company or organization—new services, products, projects, employees, location, menu, hours, honors, etc.

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New music for your mornings Local public radio pioneer KRCL (90.9 FM in Salt Lake) welcomes music whiz kid Jamie Gadette as the station’s new Morning Show host. Gadette replaces David Perschon, a former station volunteer who became one of three paid programmers when the station changed formats last year—a move which caused a serious schism among listeners and volunteers and spawned UtahFM.org, a community internet station featuring many of the displaced DJs. Gadette is also the music editor for City Weekly, and will share her vast knowledge of the newest and greatest music around.

Faithful Morning Show listeners can still expect to enjoy a diverse selection of music to start their day. Recent playlists of Gadette’s include soothing sunrise songs from Devotchka, Belle & Sebastian, and Iron & Wine, paired with wake-up wailings from The Beastie Boys, The Rolling Stones and Otis Redding. So get out of bed and get ready to say, “Goo-oood morning!”

Jamie Gadette, host of the Morning Show, MonFri, 6-10am, on KRCL 90.9FM. Check out Gadette’s playlists at WWW.KRCL.ORG.

NEA grants Bad Dog $25,000 for imagining, playing, and daring For over 12 years, Bad Dog Rediscovers America (Bad Dog) has brought art and inspiration to underserved kids and their communities in Salt Lake, and recently they really have something to bark about!

Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has awarded Bad Dog a $25,000 grant to reach even more community members and little ones. The grant will help Bad Dog take art programs to 1,000 children in three Title 1 elementary schools in the Salt Lake valley this year.

Bad Dog is one of only three organizations in the state (and one of only 28 art service centers in the country) to receive ARRA funding. Ballet West and Spy Hop are the other two Utah recipients. Exciting news for anyone during financially stressful times, the funds are especially thrilling to a nonprofit: They’ll also preserve jobs of staff and provide wages for artists working with Bad Dog. Experienced artist mentors help kids develop their imaginations through writing, drawing, painting, sculpture, architecture and digital multimedia. Bad Dog offers pro-

grams for children at their studio, through local schools, and provides arts education to autistic kids and refugees at the Hartland Youth program. Visit their website for more information about class schedules and outreach programs happening near you.

Bad Dog Rediscovers America, 801-322-3816, TORI@BADDOGARTS.ORG, WWW.BADDOGKIDS.ORG

Local massage therapist, healer has new office Healer and massage specialist Cathy Patillo has moved her practice to a new office space inside the Web of Life Wellness Center. Established and new clients can find relief with Patillo’s expansive knowledge in craniosacral therapy, hypnotherapy, Reiki and massage practices.

Patillo says she goes beyond mechanical and technical learned techniques and applies intuition, caring and focused consciousness to her clients’ wellbeing. “My goal is to live each day more consciously,” says Patillo, “and in doing so, guide you into the life you most desire and most assuredly deserve.”

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New executive artistic director at Salt Lake Acting Company In mid-September, the Salt Lake Acting Company (SLAC) will welcome Jason Bruffy as its new executive artistic director. A New Jersey native, Bruffy says goodbye to his current position as artistic director at the Know Theatre in Cincinnati, Ohio, to join the Salt Lake crew. “Theatre is clearly in his young bones.”says interim executive producer Nancy Borgenicht. Bruffy, 30, has worked in Washington, DC as an actor and director, and founded the Cincinnati Fringe Festival, Ohio’s largest independent creative and performing arts festival. The young entrepreneur has directed over 30 productions and has earned numerous awards for his direction, design and events. Bruffy says he’s “excited and honored by the opportunity to lead

[SLAC] into the next chapter of its life.”

The Salt Lake Acting Company continues to support emerging playwrights and actors, and has been producing thoughtful, provocative performances in the Salt Lake area for over 40 years. See website for 2009-10 schedule.

gram volunteers, visitor service representatives and more. Training begins soon for new volunteers. If you wish to hone your communication skills, learn about the museum’s permanent collection and special exhibitions, and acquire some public service experience, maybe you should apply.

Salt Lake Acting Company, 168 W 500 N, Salt Lake City, 801-363-7522 WWW.SALTLAKEACTINGCOMPANY.ORG

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Wasatch Co-op Market on its way Good news: the Wasatch Cooperative Market folks have been very busy bees this month. Their website is up and running with an easy email sign-up, FAQ, news updates, and an upcoming logo contest—talented doodlers, stay tuned. Since May of this year, the Wasatch Co-op steering committee has been burning the midnight oil on one of Utah’s most exciting projects: our future community co-op (see “Opt for a co-op: Utah’s very first cooperative grocery store” in the CATALYST’s July 09 issue)!

The next community meeting is planned for mid-September. Keep your eyes peeled on the Wasatch Co-op website and CATALYST’s Facebook page for details. CATALYST really can’t wait...really.

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Lotus has moved, but not too far New-age headquarters Lotus has moved from its old location in the VF Factory Outlet mall to just down the road, north of IKEA in Draper. After eight years in its past locale, the new location offers more space for workshops and special events, and owners at Lotus believe the new digs will better serve the community. Lotus hosts the Crystal Therapy Network, Law of Attraction Club meetings, meditation groups and more.

In addition to a well-stocked book store, they also have a great selection of holistic and energy work accoutrements, rocks, crystals, jewelry and feng shui resources.

Lotus: Everything from Angels to Zen, 12896 S Pony Express Rd, #200, Draper. M-Sat 11a-8p, Sun 1-6p. 801-333-3777 WWW.ILOVELOTUS.COM

Volunteer at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) Volunteers serve many important roles at the UMFA—they are docents, family pro-

For more information or to arrange an interview, contact Amy Edwards,t (801)-585-9875 or visit UMFA.UTAH.EDU to request an application, due September 22, 2009.

Downtown Farmers Market receives national attention Last month the Downtown Farmers Market won third place nationwide in a contest sponsored by the American Farmland Trust (a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to protecting our nation's strategic agricultural resources). The objective of the contest was to raise national awareness about the importance of supporting fresh food from local farms and farmers, valuable resources that need conservation.

Gourmet magazine also highlighted the Downtown Farmers Market and two vendors, Caputo’s Market & Deli and Spotted Dog Creamery, in their August issue.

The market is open Saturdays 8 a.m.-1 p.m. and Tuesdays, 4-8 p.m., through October. It offers a unique variety of farmers, growers, bakeries, prepared food and beverages, packaged foods and local artisans.

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Dottie’s second coming Due to the overwhelming response from theatre goers, Pygmalion Theatre will be restaging “The Passion of Sister Dottie S. Dixon” in October at the Rose Wagner Theatre. If you missed Dottie the first time, watch for ticket opportunities coming up soon.

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Green Building Center changes hours The Salt Lake store is now open 10 a.m.6 p.m. Mon.-Fri. and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat. The Park City store will be open noon-5 p.m. Tues.-Fri. Visit their website for this month’s schedule of interesting sustainably-oriented workshops.

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CALENDAR pets in Utah. This fall, 20 rescue groups and shelters from all over Utah will participate, with over 700 adorable dogs and cats of all ages available for adoption. All animals are fixed, vaccinated and ready to be taken home. Sept 11-13. Fri 2-7p, Sat 10a-7p and Sun 11a-4p.

Pet Smart Parking Lot, 389 W 1830 S. WWW.UTAHPETS.ORG.

BROADEN YOUR PERPSPECTIVE Buddhism and psychotherapy: Mark Epstein, M.D. Author and psychiatrist Mark Epstein, M.D., will speak at a conference for mental health professional at Westminster College this month. An assistant professor in psychotherapy at Naew York University, Epstein has published several books about Buddhism and psychotherapy.

His work looks at the Buddha’s six-year selfanalysis on his own mindfulness as the key agent of mental transformation, still fundamental in Buddhism today.

The conference, sponsored by the Salt Lake Chapter of the International Psychotherapy Institute, also offers a small group discussion later in the evening, allowing participants to process and apply the day’s work to their clinical practice. See website for details.

The Buddha’s Self-Analysis: Meditation as a Path From Object Relating to Object Usage with Mark Epstein, M.D., $165/$180 (includes evening group). Sept 18, 9a-5p.

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Christianity, Zen Buddhism and humanity This fall, allow yourself a change in perspective and attend a Christian-Zen meditation session at the All Saints Episcopal Church Center for Spiritual Inquiry. Stay for the discussion group, featuring “Humanity Ascending: A New Way Through Together,” an award-winning DVD series produced and narrated by conscious evolution author and educator Barbara Marx Hubbard. The series will encourage open dialogue about humanity and a positive outlook on the future of our species.

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Zen walking. Weekly, Mondays 6:30-7:30p.

Conscious Evolution: 12-week discussion group, with Barbara Marx Hubbard, DVD and dialogue to follow. 7:45-9:15p, meditation afterward.

All Saints Episcopal Church, 1710 Foothill Drive.

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Pagans in the park All Pagans, non-Pagans and interested folks are welcome at the annual Pagan Pride Day at Murray City Park. The event kicks off with an opening ceremony, an afternoon ritual and workshops exploring different aspects of Pagan life throughout the day. Pagan groups and activities in the area will provide information booths around the pavilions. Relax under the shade of a tree and listen to a variety of Pagan music, or gather around in a Mother Goose circle to hear fairy tales and fables. A good way to reconnect with old friends and make new ones in the Pagan community. Admission is one non-perishable food item to be donated to the Utah Food Bank. Sept 12, 10a-3p.

Murray City Park Pavilions 1, 2 and 3, 202 Murray Park Ave. WWW.SALTLAKEPPD.ORG.

Intro to Tibetan Buddhism Buddhism is a welcoming and accepting spiritual practice for beginners. Learn the basics about Tibetan Buddhism, one of the two major schools of Buddhism, in Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa Tibetan Buddhist Temple’s Introduction to Tibetan Buddhist Course this fall. The contemplative, experiential course focuses on the core teachings. Eight weeks long, from Sept 29 to Nov 17. Tuesdays, 6:30-8p, $50 tuition.

Reg. at first class.

Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa Tibetan Buddhist Temple, 740 S 300 W. 801-328-4629, INFO@URGYENSAMTENLING.ORG, WWW.URGYENSAMTENLING.ORG

Lively discussion, good company Need something to chat about? Dinner conversation just not interesting? Sate your appetite for intellectual stimulation at the 7th Season of Humanities Happy Hour, sponsored by the University of Utah’s College of Humanities. Join family, friends, and UofU faculty for an “intellectual hors d’oeuvre,” a 10-minute talk on a “timely, timeless and provocative” subject like “Love and Strangeness,” and “Are We Blameworthy for What We Don’t Know?” On Sept 15, Bahman Baktiari, the new director of the U’s Middle East Center, will talk about US-Iranian relations. Squatters Pub Brewery provides delicious appetizers and drinks. On top of interesting and fun schmoozing, your membership provides support to the College of Humanities. Every third Tuesday, 5-7p.

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A brief history of Salt Lake Ultimate Frisbee An Ultimate old-timer recounts tales of yore

BY JOEL LONG n 1975, when Gerald Ford (the President of gratuitous layouts) was stumbling around the White House and Nixon was slithering around San Clemente with a pardon instead of a sentence, the first pull of an Ultimate Frisbee was launched over Reservoir Park in Salt Lake City.

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“The Ultimate player is a seriously in-shape athlete who could be at Burning Man—a hybrid athlete,” says Pisacane.

“There are a lot of science and math geeks.

There are guys who would wear skirts.”

Now a resident of Cave Junction, Oregon, Art Vawter came to Utah in December 1974 and initiated the game of Ultimate here in spring of 1975, along with Skip Tripp, John deJong, and brothers Mark and Dave Christensen, among others.

Vawter started playing Ultimate in 1974 at Hampshire College with some of the New Jersey kids who had originated the game in 1968. It evolved to combine ideas of football, soccer and basketball with the skills of throwing

and catching the Frisbee disc. The game is played with two teams of seven players on the field, each with the object of catching a pass in the opponent’s end zone. There are no referees; instead the players on the field make judgments based on what players call “spirit of the game,” a revered concept of sportsmanship and

responsibility—fair and fun play.

According to Mark Christensen, they often played with a favorite adult beverage. Although Reservoir Park doesn’t have room for a fullsize Ultimate field, he says they didn’t have great throws anyway, so the field was big enough.

In the early 1980s, Vawter’s team developed a rivalry with a team founded by Lou Pisacane, then a student at the University of Utah. With the help of New Yorker Jerry

McManus, Pisacane gathered the best players from those two teams to form Salt Lake’s original traveling team, Deseret Discs. The team approached their first event, the Fourth of July Tournament in Boulder, Colorado, with overblown confidence. Says Vawter, “People were really psyched, and we

really got walloped. There were a lot higher caliber players. We scored the first time we held the disc, and then this guy spiked the Frisbee—I don’t think we scored again.” However, said Pisacane, “The fuse was definitely lit.”

That team became more savvy and competitive over the years, progressing through incarnations as Salt Lake Ultimate Team (you find the acronym), the Children of Zion, and the current Golden Spike. In the early years, they traveled all over the west from New Mexico to Alberta, lots of what Pisacane called “windshield time.”

Team member Michaela Condit recalls playing so many games in the Boulder tournament that she couldn’t even think about eating

that night. She says, “We all felt that the Frisbee rules, including the ‘fouls called by team without the Frisbee’ fit very well with our ideas about how life should be lived— fully, with gusto, all-inclusiveness, getting along, minimal aggression and good sportsmanship.”

In May 1986, McManus and Pisacane started the first Daweena (“late snow”) Tournament, hosting teams from Montana, California and Colorado. While the tournament itself was memorable, the Saturday night party (always memorable) earned Pisacane the Bonehead Award from the Bozeman team. One Salt Lake player offered an empty garage at his apartment complex for the party. The players and revelers discovered the garage was owned by the LDS Church when 40 police officers showed up

“The Frisbee rules fit very well with our ideas about how life should be lived—fully, with gusto, all-inclusiveness, getting along, minimal aggression and good sportsmanship,” says Condit. with paddy wagons and police dogs to make the big bust.

“The Ultimate player is a seriously in-shape athlete who could be at Burning Man—a hybrid athlete,” says Pisacane. “There are a lot of science and math geeks. There are guys who would wear skirts.” You’ll find neurosurgeons, photographers, lawyers, mechanics, students, FBI agents, bakers, computer science professors, eco-landscapers and many others who are willing to cleat up and chase a disc. And we’re talking both men and women, here.

One year, at their own tournament, the Logan team was getting beaten badly. Pisacane recounts, “They all came out on the field and played for three points buck-ass naked just to psyche everybody up.

All the other games stopped and the players ran over and watched the Logan team play naked, and then the cops showed up—they had their clothes on by then.”

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since moved away, Utah Ultimate is flourishing with pickup games, tournaments and league play. The Daweena tournament marked its 23rd anniversary in May and including men’s and women’s teams from across the West. Thirtyfour years later, Mark Christensen still plays pickup on Saturdays at Sugar House Park, donning a knee brace and a grizzled look that says, “throw it long and high.” He is often joined by his tall and lanky 24-year-old son Eric, who, along with Chris Watkins and Tom Moyers, heads the Golden Spike team along with leaders Simon Pugh, Chris Watkins, and Ed Tyner and others. The Spike team features another second generation player, Mia Greenwald, daughter of Catherine Greenwald, a player and coach from the Boston area. At 17, Mia, who Tyner says “would rather break her head than let her team down” joins fierce veterans like Scooter Connolly, Amanda Wing and Mo Stamp. The younger Christensen also helps lead a nationally competitive University of Utah team, and as BYU and Utah State also have teams, high schools like Skyline, Brighton, and Alta are breeding another generation of dedicated/obsessed Utah ultimate players.

Besides the Saturday game and the lunchtime game at Sugar House Park, there are many opportunities to play the sport in Utah including pickup games in Big Cottonwood Park, Murray, Lehi, Logan, Ogden, and Orem as well as county league, which now has four seasons. You can find out more at UTAH-ULTIMATE.ORG. u Joel Long is a Salt Lake poet and educator. He has been playing ultimate since his 16-year-old daughter was in diapers.

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In the sun-baked sections, you might notice a tarantula skittering across your path or sunflowers speckling the hillsides.

In summer, bicycles ride on only odd-numbered days. The tradeoff is no cars to deal with. From October through Memorial Day weekend, however, the trail is open daily to bikes.

Enter the canyon by taking a left off Canyon Road, just off North Temple east of State Street. Pedal past a gate and into Memory Grove Park. Here, you’ll begin to hear City Creek whisper its history.

The creek has both a life-giving and destructive past. In 1847, it

served as a water source for Mormon pioneers. In 1983, it wrought destruction in downtown Salt Lake City when it flooded the streets. Currently, City Creek provides water to much of the northern part of the city.

As you wind your way up the canyon, tree canopies cool the path; bring a light jacket. In the sun-baked sections, you might notice a tarantula skittering across your path or sunflowers speckling the hillsides.

How crowded City Creek gets depends upon the time of your ride.

Its proximity to downtown guarantees a glut of cyclists, runners and other recreationists during the evenings and weekends. However, if you’re lucky enough to catch a midday ride during the week, you can have the road almost to yourself.

City Creek Canyon also offers a sight seldom seen on other rides: plentiful restrooms. They’re pit toilets, granted, but they’re better than behind a tree.

Conditions vary from smooth to bumpy and pothole-pecked. The first few miles of the ride are undulating hills and flat sections, well paved. Take note of a section of the path that curves into a gate and onto a road. Instead of following the

gate, keep straight and take a narrow path toward the upper section of the canyon.

Once you reach a water treatment plant on the righthand side, the road narrows and steepens. Expect to get out of the saddle and grind up some of the steeper sections.

Debris can also litter this section more than the bottom part. The top of the canyon, Rotary Park, is a loop that points you back downhill.

Many people find the park a nice place to lock up their bike to hike further up the canyon.

When cruising downhill, be aware of sticks, rocks, potholes, pedestrians, dogs and other cyclists, lest your lunch-break ride turn into a snapped collarbone or something worse. In 2008, a retired University of Utah professor suffered a spinal cord injury after colliding with another cyclist in the canyon.

In some of the smoother sections of the descent, lean into snaking turns and sharpen your skills as you make your way back to the beginning. You’re going to have to hit the brakes sometime, though. The 15 m.p.h. speed limit applies to bikes, and its enforcement is on the rise. u When he's not teaching or working on getting his master's thesis published, you can find Shane riding his bikes and getting dirty in the Utah desert.

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Take a seat and ride Kickin’ back on recumbent bikes

BY STEVEN CHAMBERS

ou’ve seen them. You probably looked down on them, because you had to. They are the low-riders of the bicycle world: recumbent bikes.

Recumbents are fairly novel, but by no means new—the recumbent made its debut in a Geneva, Switzerland bicycle show in 1895.

In 1933, a second-rate cyclist named Francis Faure set a world record in the Velodrome d’Hiver in Paris, with an average speed for the hour-long ride of 28 miles per hour.

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Dead for 45 years, the recumbent made a comeback in 1979, when chemical giant E.I. duPont offered $15,000 to anyone who could break 65 mph on a bicycle. When engineers went to work to design a bicycle capable of such a speed, they quickly discovered the recumbent design was 25-33% more aerodynamic than an upright bicycle.

A recumbent bicycle puts the rider in a lower, somewhat reclining position. This has several advantages to the rider, not the least of

A recumbent bicycle puts the rider in a lower, somewhat reclining position. This has several advantages to the rider, not the least of which are decreased fatigue and increased comfort. body of professional cycling, United Cyclists Internationale, banned the recumbent from any sanctioned races. That didn’t stop Faure, who, in 1934, set a new record average speed of over 30mph in a non-sanctioned onehour ride. That record stood for half a century until 1984 when Francesco Moser, riding a specially designed upright bike with an aerodynamic disk rear wheel in the rarefied atmosphere of Mexico City, broke the record, covering 31.784

which are decreased fatigue and increased comfort. Instead of sitting on the ischial tuberosities (the “sit bones”), which are relatively small in area and unpadded when seated, a rider’s weight is distributed over the lower back, buttocks and upper thighs. Because the rider is reclining, almost no weight is borne by the hands and wrists. The rider’s head is in a more natural position on a recumbent than an upright bike, especially an upright with drops (the downward curving handle-

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bars), thus avoiding a stiff neck from holding the head up to see.

Visibility is a problem for recumbent cyclists, though you do get a better sense of what your dog sees.

Beyond those inherent dangers, however, recumbents are actually safer than upright bicycles. The lower position means a lower center of gravity and hence a more stable ride. And, when one does fall, the feet absorb most of the impact rather than the hands, wrists, arms or head.

If you’re in the market for a recumbent, expect to pay more than for a comparable upright— mostly because they aren’t mass produced yet. Another factor in price is the seat, which rivals a highend office chair. Entry level and casual riders should expect to pay $500-$1,000.

Like their upright counterparts, recumbents are made either for comfort or for performance. As a commuter, go for comfort; the aerodynamic design of a recumbant is by default higher performance than most uprights.

Most novices can jump on a comfort recumbent and pedal away, albeit a bit wobbly at first. But expect a few weeks or months of riding to develop the different set of muscles you’ll need to ride as fast or as far as on an upright.

Then there’s the recumbent trike.

Don’t think they’re for old folks.

Richard Ballantine, author of the 30-year-old million-copy seller “Richard’s Bicycle Book” (now updated as “Richard’s 21st Century Bicycle Book”) writes: “If I had to have just one machine, while intellectually I would say it should be a versatile mountain bike, I’d probably choose a recumbent trike because they are so much fun. You only live once.”

Recumbent trikes come in two styles, the tadpole (two wheels in front, one in back) and the delta (one wheel in front, two in back).

Generally, tadpoles are better at cornering while deltas are more stable at high speeds. Trikes are great for errands: The two wheels, either front or rear, provide a solid platform for carrying whatever. They are incredibly stable, eliminating the need to watch out for cracks in the pavement, and when waiting at traffic lights you don’t have to put your feet down. Their novelty means you will almost never lack for a conversation starter when you cruise up. And you always have a place to sit. ◆

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A question of Burnout

BY DONNA HENES, URBAN SHAMAN

Dear Mama Donna,

Dear Down But Not Out,

This is a prayer. This is a cry for help. The suffering in the air from the onslaught of world disasters has left my heart empty, and at the same time, full of something that I can’t leave behind. It’s true that none of us are the same as we were before, but just when everything seems to be

Funny you should ask. I have also been dealing with issues of overwork, over-extension, over-exertion, overexhaustion and overload, after years of service to others.

Years ministering to the needs of my community, working to ease the devastation wreaked upon the psyche of the people of the world who are suffering so.

I, too, recently suffered a sort of short circuit burnout, although my fall from center was manifested in the physical rather than the emotional realm. The fact of the matter, honey, is that you are tired and need to rest and resurrect your energy and good cheer. This is a syndrome with which I am quite familiar.

This spring, I had a consultation with a woman who was working extremely hard, nursing her husband who was ill with cancer. I counseled her to be careful, no matter how much she loved him, no mater how dedicated and driven she felt, not to give all of her attention and energy away. That she needed to take good, loving care of herself in order to be able to continue to manage her harrowing schedule of job and care-taking duties.

As I was speaking, my inner best self jumped in and chastised me severely. “How dare you give this advice, good advice though it is, when taking care of yourself is your own greatest downfall?” Well, I decided, if I am going to dispense this admonition, I damn well better practice it myself. After all, I am a person, too, also in desperate need and deserving of my own most tender ministrations.

Healer, heal thyself.

“The planet is in fact one interwoven web of life. I must love my neighbor as I do myself, because my neighbor and myself are interwoven. If I hate my neighbor, the hatred will recoil upon me.” getting back to normal, I am finding that I am going deeper into the abyss that was left in my spirit.

It feels like I am collapsing. All the internal structures that support me are melting and stretched to the point of destruction. I have nothing left to give. I’m trying to expand my heart to find more, but I can’t. I’ve done too much, been too selfless, and now it’s at my own expense. Please respond with your thoughts on this, if you can.

Beaten Down in Boston

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Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.

Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama The holy books of every faith admonish one to “Love they neighbor as thy self.” This presupposes a foundation of self-love and respect as the basis for good fellowship with others. The bible never said to love your neighbor more than yourself.

Rabbi Arthur Waskow wrote, “The planet is in fact one interwoven web of life. I must love my neighbor as I do myself, because my neighbor and myself are interwoven. If I hate my neighbor, the hatred will recoil upon me. If I treat my neighbor’s pain and grief as foreign, I will end up suffering when my neighbor’s pain and grief curdle into rage.

But if I realize that in simple fact the walls between us are full of holes, I can reach through them in compassion and connection.”

These fine thoughts are equally meaningful the other way around. The planet is, in fact, one interwoven web of life. I must love myself as I do my neighbor, because my neighbor and myself are interwoven. If I hate myself, the hatred will recoil upon me as well as my neighbor. If I treat my pain and grief as foreign, my neighbor and I will both end up suffering when my pain and grief curdle into rage.

But if I realize that in simple fact the walls between us are full of holes, I can reach through them in compassion and connection.

So take a break, dear heart. Allow your self to grieve and collapse. Honor your needs. Rest. Sleep. Dream. Sleep is a great healer. And dreaming is the perfect place to process all that you have been feeling. Be good to yourself and treat yourself in the same devoted manner as you treat those around you. This is such excellent advice that I am following it, myself.

Sleep that knits up the ravel’d sleeve of care, The death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature’s second course, Chief nourisher in life’s feast.

William Shakespeare xx Mama Donna

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ABODE cohousing, furniture, feng shui, garden/landscape, pets, home repair Architect—“Green” + Modern 801-355-2436. Specializing in the integration of outdoor and indoor space. Enviro-friendly materials. Remodels, additions and new construction. WWW.JODYJOHNSONARCHITECT.COM Dancing Turtle Feng Shui 801-755-8529. Claudia Draper, advanced certified feng shui practitioner. Free your energy, free your life! The result of blocked chi appears as clutter, lack of money, sickness, fatigue and overwhelm. I promise you that if you do any three of the suggestions I give you—your life will change!

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Install programmable thermostats, light dimmers, timers, CFL bulbs &solar lighting. Low flow toilets, faucets, h2o filters.Fix leaky faucets. Green painting & insulation. Permeable patios. Home sale prep/stage assistance. Mulch, bark, organic fertilizer. Window cleaning. Human & cordless electric powered lawn care. Green your house, yard, wallet and environment.

Exotica Imports 801-487-6164, 2901 S. Highland Dr. A vast array of affordable gifts, artifacts, exotic furniture & home accessories from around the globe, including incense, candles, lamps, brass, music boxes, carvings, feng shui items, exotic musical instruments, wind chimes, fountains & more.

Garden Ventures 801-699-6970. Love your garden, not the work? Garden Ventures offers quality garden maintenance, creative design, and consulting services. We can provide a one-time clean-up or set up a regular maintenance schedule.

Specializing in waterwise plants and landscapes. (Please, no lawn care.)

Happy Paws Pet Sitting Plus 801-205-4491. Libbie Neale. Pet sitting in your home for your pets’ comfort and peace of mind. Providing vital home care services while you are away. Bonded and insured. Member, Pet Sitters International. Please call for pricing: www.happypawspetsittingplus.com.

Human Unity Experience 801-328-2497 / 801-707-2228. A life long adventure in shared co-housing with a purpose directed, family of choice.

Incorporationg pervasive kindness, original thinking, self reliance, curiosity, love of the Mother Earth, fiscal responsibility and in general a devotion to feminist ideals, enabling those without family and nearing the mature later years in life to assume the initiative and create a family of choice and compassion in celebration of life and its conclusion.

Interior Design in 2 Hours 801-971-2136. Help with selection of paint colors and other finishes, furniture placement or remix of existing pieces and accessories. A two-hour consult is just $125. Full interior design services also available. Over 30 years experience with small and large commercial and residential projects. Rosine Oliver, IIDA. RHOdesigns, llc. RHODESIGNS@COMCAST.NET Island of Light Landscape Artistry 801-971-7208. Specializing in complete nouveau garden design & installation or modest enhancement & maintenance.

Featuring distinctive native stone patios, winding rock paths, steps, dry-stack walls & terraces—rustic elegance with waterwise beauty. Call for consultation.

Jespersen Design Associates 801-918-0111. Design and Project Management Services with emphasis on modern and contemporary solutions. New Construction, Remodeling, Renovation, Restoration and Interior Design. Sustainable, Smart Design. Call for complimentary initial consult. WWW.JESPERSENDESIGN.COM Organic Garden Consultant 801-819-0429. Master Gardener Julie Hawkins will help you create an organic garden from start to finish. She also provides training in sustainable gardening practices such as composting, water conservation, chemical-free fertilizing and pest management.

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Green Redesign & Feng Shui 435-640-1206. Michelle Skally Doilney, U.S. Green Building Council member and Certified Feng Shui Consultant. Offering practical, budget-conscious and “green” Interior Redesign and Traditional Feng Shui consultations to homes and businesses in the Greater Park City and Salt Lake regions. Class schedule online. MICHELLE@PRACTICALENVIRONMENTS.COM. WWW.PRACTICALENVIRONMENTS.COM. Sugar House Plumbing 801-638-4705. Jeff Weight, Licensed and insured plumber. Do you need to replace an old water heater? $99 discount on water heater replacements. Is your toilet or shower wasting water? I can help you go low-flow.

Call for a free estimate. I have 20 years experience. I am absolutely the best plumber you will ever have. LGBT friendly.

Underfoot Floors 801-467-6636. 1900 S. 300 W., SLC We offer innovative & earth friendly floors including bamboo, cork, marmoleum, hardwoods, natural fiber carpets as well as sand and finishing hardwood. Free in home estimates.

Please visit our showroom. WWW.UNDERFOOTFLOORS.NET, UNDERFOOTFLOORS@AOL.COM. Vivid Desert Design 801-656-8763. Would you like a creative & beautiful landscape that makes sense for Utah’s climate? Custom designs catered to your needs/interests and outdoor space.

Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture.

Affordable. WWW.VIVIDDESERTDESIGN.COM Wasatch Commons Cohousing Vicky 801-908-0388. 1411 S. Utah St. (1605 W.) An environmentally sensitive community promoting neighborliness, consensus & diversity. Balancing privacy needs with community living. Homes now available for rent or sale.

Roommates wanted. Tours 4th Wed at 5p and 2nd Sat. at 1p.m. WWW.COHOUSING.ORG, WWW.ECON.UTAH.EDU/COHO Residential Design Ann Larson 801-322-5122.

DogMode 801-261-2665. 4010 S. 210 W., SLC. WWW.DOGMODE.COM Icon Remodeling 801-485-9209. 1448 East 2700 South, SLC, UT 84106. WWW.ICONREMODELING.COM

ARTS, MUSIC & LANGUAGES instruction, galleries, for hire Alliance Francaise of Salt Lake City 801-571-0723. P.O. Box 26203, SLC UT 84126 International cultural organization conducts French language classes. Beginners through advanced levels taught by experienced native teachers. Three semesters, 10 sessions each.

Also offers Children's classes, Beginner and Intermediate levels. Monthly social gatherings. In addition, we sponsor French related concerts and lectures. WWW.AFSLC.ORG Artesian Music Studio 801-797-9240. Violin or piano lessons in your home. Adult beginner Quick Start Program. We accept students as young as 5 years.

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Michael Lucarelli. Classical guitarist, 801274-2845. Listen at WWW.LUCARELLI.COM Red Butte Garden 801-585-5658. Fall color is the right time to schedule family photos in the Garden, call 801575-9563 for details. Garden After Dark celebrates an old fashioned Harvest Hallowe’en October 22, 23, 24, 26, 29 and 30th. The holidays are near - book your party among tropical plants in the Orangerie. WWW.REDBUTTEGARDEN.ORG

BODYWORK massage, structural integration (SEE ALSO: Energy Work & Healing) Alternative Health Care 801-533-2464. Ardys L. Dance, LMT Practicing the art of therapeutic healing since 1988.

Specializing in visceral manipulation: organspecific myofascial release of scar tissue around internal organs damaged through surgeries, illness or accident. Craniosacral thera-

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Metaphysical, Mystical & Spiritual Studies

Sunday Celebration & Children’s Church, 10:00 Children’s Church, 10:00 a.m.

Offerings: Inner Light Center Fall Classes:

Insight Meditation, Prayer Circle, Discovering of Place The WayaofSense Mastery, OnenesstoDeeksha Gateways the GreatGathering, Mysteries – EnteringReiki the Mystery for thethrough Earth, the Life Generating the Essenes KripaluStudies Yoga,ofQigong, Dances of Universal Peace, On-Going Offerings: Spiritual Cinema Circle Insight Meditation, PrayerCircle, Circle, Dream Circle, Healing The Way of Mastery, Mystic Moon Cycles — Reiki for the Earth, Reiki Share, Women’s Meditation Circle, Kripalu Yoga, Qigong, Readings of of Rev. John Todd Ferrier Dances Universal Peace, Mayan Light Language Dream Circle, Healing Circle,

Mystic Moon Cycles Women’s Circle, Join us onToning July 5 & forMeditation Breakfast after ReadingsSunday of Rev.Celebration John Todd Ferrier.

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understand the purpose of Rolfing®. Located in Riverton. WWW.ROCKYMOUNTAINROLFING.COM.

Web. Personal coaching and demo production also available. WWW.VOSCOTT.COM

Advanced Visionary and Biodynamic Craniosacral work 801-414-3812. Linda Watkins, BFA, MEd, LMT. Going beyond still point to find the dynamic and profound stillness that resides there. Visa, MC, Amex. www.LINDAWATKINS.COM.

Rolfing® Structural Integration Certified Rolfers Paul Wirth, 801-638-0021 and Mary Phillips, 801-809-2560. Rolfing improves movement, eases pain, and brings about lasting change in the body. Addressing structure together with patterns in movement and coordination, we help people find ease, resilience, efficiency and comfort. Free consultations.

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Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Certification Course 435-655-9642. Park City Yoga Studio.

Ayurveda is the healing side of Yoga. Certification is through internationally recognized California College of Ayurveda. Six weekends: F/Sa/Su. September 10-Aug 16. $1,150 certification/$950 course w/o certificate.

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SpiritWolf Healing Arts 801-870-5613. 1390 S. 1100 E., Ste. 107.

Margaret Miller, LMT, Transformation Catalyst.

Ignite your inner work! Create more joy now.

Experience major shifts and lasting change through a full spectrum of body work, innovative energy work, and shamanic healing. Each session tailored and aligned to your needs.

Canyonlands Field Institute 1-800-860-5262. P.O. Box 68, Moab, UT 84532.

Authentic nature and culture. River and hiking trips and camps for schools, adults and families. WWW.CANYONLANDSFIELDINST.ORG

Bodywork by Mark 801-604-6895. Mark Freeman, CRP Compassionate, intuitive healing touch.

Bodywork that is soothing, relaxing and stimulating. Designed to be nurturing and habit forming. Convenient Murray location; out call available. You deserve to be pampered. Be touched right with a client-centered approach.

Discounted rates and first session specials.

Body Alive!

801-414-3812. Linda Watkins, BFA, MEd, LMT. Offering the very real possibility of release from chronic or acute pain resulting from injury, illness or the aging process.

Specialized work in deep tissue full body sessions, structural and visceral work, craniosacral therapy (Milne certified), Jin Shin Jyutsu. Tailored to meet your specific needs.

“The pain of everyday life” does not have to be your reality! Visa, MC, American Express.

WWW.LINDA-WATKINS.COM. Michelle Butler, LMT 801-879-5411. At Meridian Massage, 1245 East 8600 South, Sandy, Utah 84094 Acupuncture and Chiropractic also available.

You deserve it. Your body needs it. Mon, Fri, & Sat 1-6 by appointment. Tue & Thur 1-5 on site.

Charles Forshew, LMT 801-870-5809. Are you an older (over 40) athlete who is serious about their running, golf, tennis, cycling, or skiing? Do you believe you can still improve? Perform/compete at a higher level, reduce the natural affects of aging on your body, reduce risks of injury, and recover from injuries more quickly and completely. I specialize in Sports Massage for the aging athlete. To get the most out of your physical potential you need to do more than train.

Located in the Sugarhouse area.

Carl Rabke LMT, GCFP 801-671-4533. Somatic Education and Bodywork. Feldenkrais®, Structural Integration and massage. Offering a unique blend of the 10 sessions with Awareness Through Movement® lessons. Discover the potential for learning and improvement at any age, as you come to inhabit your body with ease, vitality and integrity.

WWW.BODYHAPPY.COM. Myofascial Release of Salt Lake 801-557-3030. Michael Sudbury, LMT. In chronic pain? Can’t resolve that one issue?

Connective tissue restrictions distort the body’s proper functioning and balance, and can cause problems in every system.

Releasing the restrictions allows the body to finally heal as it should.

Rocky Mountain Rolfing® 801-671-9118. Becki Ruud, Certified Rolfer.

“Expanding your potential for effortless living.” If you can imagine how it feels to live in a fluid, light, balanced body, free of pain, stiffness and chronic stress, at ease with itself and gravitational field, then you will

Healing Mountain Massage School.

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Time Out Associates. 801-530-0633.

BOOKS, GIFTS, CDS, CLOTHING books, gifts & jewelry, imports, music stores

Healing Mountain Massage School 801-355-6300. 455 South 300 East, Suite 103, SLC, UT 84111. Morning, evening, & weekend programs. Graduate in as little as 7 months. 8 students in a class. Mentor with seasoned professionals. Practice in a live day spa.

ABHES accredited. Financial aid: loans/grants available to those who qualify. WWW.HEALINGMOUNTAIN.ORG Elaine Bell. Art Instruction. 801-201-2496.

Red Lotus School of Movement.

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Dragon Dreams, a New Age Gift Boutique 801-509-1043. 920 E 900 S. Meditation and chakra CDs, ORGANIC skin care products and incense, books, crystals, local artist consignments and mystical things like magic wands, fairies and dragons. Psychic readers daily.

energy balancing, Reiki (SEE ALSO: Bodywork)

Ken Sanders Rare Books 801-521-3819. 268 S. 200 E. Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, B. Traven. Utah and the Mormons. Modern First Editions. Out-of-Print Books. American West; Travels, Explorations, Wilderness, the Environment, National Parks & Western Americana. Antique Photography, Prints, Postcards, Posters—All Kinds of Paper Ephemera. Out-of-Print Searches. Hours: M.Sat. 10a-6p.

Aura Pictures, Readings,and Clearings 801-259-8577 Colleen Jensen. Enhance your happiness, vitality, peacefulness and physical wellbeing with bioenergy consulting! Chakra and aura balancing, before and after pictures, color and crystal treatments, herbal and aromatherapy recommendations, belief repatterning. Understand yourself in a new way and rise to full potential! Offices in downtown SLC and West Jordan.

Blue Boutique. 801-982-1100. WWW.BLUEBOUTIQUE.COM

Buddha Maitreya Soultherapy Center 801-349-2639, see ad. Discover more vitality, happiness, peace and wellness. Private and group healing/meditation sessions. Soul Therapy retreats. For sale: Buddha Maitreya meditation and healing tools you can use to support your spiritual practice and to assist others in awakening the Soul and heal the personality. WWW.SOULTHERAPY.COM/SLC

The Vug Rock & Gem Jewelers.

801-521-6026. 872 E. 900 S. Twigs and Company. 801-596-2322. 1616 S. 1100 E.

EDUCATION schools, vocational, continuing education A Voice-Over Workshop 801-359-1776. Scott Shurian. The Salt Lake City voice-over workshop teaches the art of voicing commercials and narrations for radio, TV, multi media and the World Wide

Reiki and Channeling by Phone 801-313-0692 Karen Burch. $50.

Clairaudient, energy-based channel. Higher Self Guidance showers you with benefits.

Many negative programs & attitudes disappear as you become more peaceful and centered. Addresses deeper questions, stress release, or dream understanding and interpretation. Free Reiki Distance Attunement w/session. KAREN1115@COMCAST.NET, WWW.INNER-PATHWAY.COM Lilli DeCair 801-533-2444 or 801-577-6119. Holistic

health educator, certified Thought Pattern Management practitioner, coach, shamanic wisdom, Medicine Wheel journeys, intuitive consultant, mediator, minister. Usui Reiki Master/teacher offers all levels complete in 10 individual classes, certification & mentoring on request. Visit at Dancing Cranes Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons for psychic sessions. Cafe Alchemy and Mayan Astrology, nutritional nudges, stress relief hospital visits, fundraising. Send a psychic telegram. On the board of directors, Utah Mental Health Assn.

Familiar Frequencies 801-474-1724. Patty Shreve, animal intuitive.

Energetic healing for animals.

Elizabeth Williams APRN-BC 801-486-4036. 1399 S. 700 E. Elizabeth Williams, RN, MSN. Traditional Usui Reiki Master. Reiki is a gentle, easy technique with remarkable results. Offering a safe environment for healing/balance on physical, emotional, spiritual levels. Everyone can learn Reiki. Classes & sessions available.

Supervised student sessions available for reduced rates.

Healing Energy Work for You & Your Home Sherrie 801-205-6460 I energetically cleanse your space, ridding it of negativity.

Overwhelmed, low energy, disconnected, in pain? This non-contact work results in an integral and simultaneous shift. Remote appointments available. My life’s work is your opportunity. “Disease both psychological and physical...is but a distorted reflection of divine possibilities.” A. Bailey Jennifer Billingsley LMT, NCTMB 801-634-8650. 352 Denver St., Suite 320, SLC. Bring your mind, body and soul into balance! 13 years shamanic practice, 7 years as a massage therapist, gifted energy worker & natural intuitive. Offering therapeutic massage, deep tissue, Lomi Lomi, Reiki, shamanic healing and tarot. Incall or outcall.

Reiki & Karuna Reiki Master Teacher; Sound Healing and Meditation Teacher 801-359-2352. Carol A. Wilson, Ph.D., CHES, or INFO@CAROLWILSON.ORG. Registered, International Association of Reiki Professionals (IARP) and International Center for Reiki Training. Individual Reiki, Karuna Reiki and sound healing sessions. For more info or Reiki I, II, III/Master and meditation class schedules, see WWW.CAROLWILSON.ORG Salt City Breathwork Rachel Carter, CTBF, 801-580-0248. In-home or out-calls. Transformational Breathing is a self-healing modality that incorporates connected diaphragmatic breath with music, sound healing, body mapping, movement, coaching, and positive intention. It is a powerful path to greater vitality, health, mental clarity, emotional integration, and higher insights.

SALTCITYBREATHWORK@GMAIL.COM Sheryl Seliger, LCSW, Counseling & Craniosacral Therapy 801-556-8760. 1104 E. Ashton Ave. (2310 S.) Email: SELIGERS@GMAIL.COM Powerful healing through dialogue & gentle-touch energy work.

Adults: Deep relaxation, stress reduction & spiritual renewal, chronic pain & illness, head & spinal injuries, anxiety, PTSD, relationship skills, life strategies. Infants and Children: colic, feeding & sleep issues, bonding, birth trauma. Birth preparation & prenatal CST.

Start With Love Empowering, encouraging, and supporting individuals as they re-learn, re-turn, and reconnect with their own innate healing intelligence. Facilitates clearing and charging of the energy field, release of energetic blocks, and patterns held in physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual bodies that may lead to dis-ease. WWW.STARTWITHLOVE.com.

State of the Heart 801-572-3414 Janet Hudonjorgensen, B Msc Quantum-Touch® Instructor and Practitioner. Quantum-Touch energy work helps to maximize the body's own capacity to accelerate its own healing. Once the root cause of disease is addressed a space is created for mental, emotional, physical, spiritual healing to occur. Offering monthly workshops, individual sessions. WWW.QUANTUMTOUCH.COM Theta Healing & EFT 435-843-5309 Theta DNA I & DNA II certified

by Vianna’s Nature’s Path. Resolve physical & emotional pain. Limiting beliefs dissolved quickly. Leave your pains from years past & create lasting peace in your mind and body, call or e-mail today!

Theta Healing with Darcy Phillipps 801-916-4221. Are you free to be who you really are? Changing your beliefs changes your life. Doors open to instant healing. Love is unconditional. Dreams to reality. Come and play. BLOSSOMINLIFE.COM.

GETAWAYS get out and enjoy yourself!

Wind Walker Guest Ranch and Intentional Eco-Community Spring City, Utah, 435-4620282, WWW.WINDWALKER.ORG We invite you to Join Us for a day, a weekend, a week, or a lifetime. Family/Corporate Retreats, Horses, Spa services, Festivals, Workshops, Love in action! Limited space now available in the eco-village. Entice your spirit to soar!

HEALTH, WELLNESS & BODY CARE Ayurveda, beauty supply, birth services/ prenatal care, Chinese medicine/acupuncture, chiropractics, colon therapy, dentistry, health centers, health products, homeopathy, naturopaths, nutritionists, physical therapy, physicians, women’s healthcare Abundant Health of Ogden 801-782-7491. Linda Hallmark, I-Act Certified Colon Hydrotherapist, FDA-approved closed system. Colon hydrotherapy is a safe & gentle way to cleanse, hydrate & tone your body.

Discover why so many clients love this prac-

Feldenkrais ® • Structural Integration • Massage “Breathe Easy”

Monday – Sept. 14th – 5:30-7 @ Avenues Yoga “Improve The Way You Run” Saturday – Sept. 19th – 1-6 @ Avenues Yoga

“The Art of Walking”

Six week class begins Monday – Sept. 28th Mondays – 5:30-7 @ Avenues Yoga (drop-ins welcome) Visit the website for this month’s free download: “Grace in Transition” www.bodyhappy.com

Erin Geesaman-Rabke 801.898.0478 Carl Rabke LMT 801.671.4533

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tice. Diet and nutritional support also offered.

Make a step toward your health and wellness goals today.

A.I.M: Frequencies – Balance – Self-Healing DaNell 801-680-2853, Dixie-(Ogden) 801458-1970. Everything is energy, therefore everything has a frequency. Imbalances have a frequency that can be brought into balance and neutralized by applying a balancing energy 24/7. Sanctuary, The Path to Consciousness,

by Stephen Lewis tells of this technology – here now. Self-heal inherited predispositions, physical & mental illnesses & environmental toxicity–24/7 using this tool. Pets too.

WWW.INFINITECONSCIOUSNESS.COM. Art of Living (WWW.ARTOFLIVING.ORG) 801-352-2352. BREATH alone can heal YOU! “Sudarshan Kriya”—20 million people have experienced the powerful breathing practice to eliminate stress and toxins from the body and calm the mind. Contact for local workshops. Other programs to increase self-confidence and creativity in children: Art Excel for Kids; Youth Empowerment for Teens.

Cameron Wellness Center T.W. Cameron, BSN, ND. 801-486-4226. 1945 South 1100 East #202. Remember When Doctors Cared? Once, a doctor cared. He had that little black bag, a big heart, an encouraging smile. Once, a doctor actually taught about prevention. Remember “an apple a day?” Dr. Cameron is a family practitioner. He takes care of you. He cares.

CLARITY COACHING When you’re ready for the change that changes everything.

ClarityCoachingInstitute.com Transformation couldn’t be simpler, more powerful, and yes, even more fun!

CLARITY COACHING with KATHRYN DIXON & The Work of Byron Katie

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Colon Hydrotherapy—Massage 801-541-3064. Karen Schiff, PT. Licensed physical therapist, certified colon hydrotherapist, IACT member, FDA approved system. Clear out old toxins & create the environment within you to realize your health goals. Gently soothe, cleanse, hydrate & tone your body’s primary elimination channel. Enhanced results with nutritional guidance & abdominal massage.

This ancient work is a gentle, external method to relieve digestive distress, PMS, menopause, infertility, more! WWW.KARENSCHIFF.COM Eastside Natural Health Clinic - EASTSIDENATURALHEALTH.COM Uli Knorr, ND 801.474.3684; 2188 S. Highland Drive #207. Use Natural Medicine to Heal! Dr. Knorr uses a multidimensional approach to healing. Focusing on hormonal balancing including the thyroid, the pancreas, and the ovarian and adrenal glands; gastrointestinal disorders, allergies.

Food allergy testing, parasite testing and comprehensive hormonal work-up. Utah RBCBS and ValueCare provider.

Five Element Acupuncture LLC Pamela Bys, RN, BSN, L.Ac. (Dipl Ac.) 2670 South 2000 East, SLC; 256 Historic 25th St., Ogden. 801-920-4412. Five Element Acupuncture focuses on getting to the root cause of all problems. It treats symptoms as well as causes. Live Healthy and Live Long.

WWW.ACUPUNCTURE5E.COM Forever Fit - Mind & Body 707 W. Genesee Avenue, SLC, UT 84104.

801-355-0137. Combine the elements of nutritional cleansing, exercise, and meditation to create a lifestyle of health and wellness.

Free classes on nutritional cleansing and natural weight loss. Free meditation instruction.

For more information, call or visit our website at: WWW.FIT.ORG Todd Mangum, MD, Web of Life Wellness Center 801-531-8340. 989 E. 900 S., Ste. A1. Dr. Mangum is a family practice physician who uses acupuncture, massage, herbs & nutrition to treat a wide range of conditions including chronic fatigue, HIV infection, allergies, digestive disturbances and fibromyalgia. He also designs programs to maintain health & wellness.

WWW.WEBOFLIFEWC.COM NeuroDynamix 801-209-2005. 150 S. 600 E. Suite 1A, SLC, Utah 84102. Unlock your brain's potential!

Train your brain to respond the way it is designed to respond. EEG biofeedback assists resolution of depression, anxiety, headaches, chronic pain, attentional disabilities, cognitive disabilities, trauma, and substance abuse, among other concerns.

Function at your optimum best. Free consultation. Linda Rhees L.C.S.W. WWW.NEURODYNAMIX.ORG Planned Parenthood of Utah 1-800-230-PLAN, 801-532-1586, or ppau.org.

Planned Parenthood provides affordable and confidential healthcare for men, women and teens. Services include birth control, emergency contraception (EC/PlanB/morning after pill), testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infection including HIV, vaccines including the HPV vaccine, pregnancy testing and referrals, condoms, education programs and more.

Synergy Dental 801-796-6882. Dr. Sean Ulm DMD. 389 West 600 North, Lindon, UT 84042. Family/cosmetic dentist in state-of-the-art office specializing in holistic dentistry, mercury/alloy-free fillings, safe removal of existing metal fillings, fluoride-optional treatment, materials compatibility testing and ozone treatment.

Member of Holistic Dental Association and International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology.

The Transcendental Meditation Program in Utah Natalie Hansen 801-446-2999 The easiest and deepest meditation, automatically providing rest twice as deep as sleep, most researched and recommended by physicians, for improved IQ, enhanced memory, better coordination, normal blood pressure, and reversal of aging. TM greatly deepens happiness and calmness, and it is a wellknown path to enlightenment. saltlakecity@tm.org www.tm.org Trina West, Unified Family Medicine 801-569-9393, 8282 South State #18, Midvale, UT. Trina West, Family Nurse Practitioner, specializes in family health, bioidentical hormone therapy and neurotransmitter evaluation, and modulation for the treatment of chronic and acute conditions with over 23 years of experience. Her unique approach to wellness is directed at one's core including an examination on the physical, energetic and spiritual levels. HICF forms available.

Wasatch Vision Clinic 801-328-2020. 849 E. 400 S. in Salt Lake

across from the 9th East TRAX stop.

Comprehensive eye care, eye disease, LASIK, contacts and glasses since 1984. We accept most insurance. WASATCHVISION.COM Acupuncture Associates. 801-359-2705.

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Center For Enhanced Wellness 801-596-9998.

2681 E. Parley’s Way.

Dr. Michael Cerami, Chiropractor. 801-4861818. 1550 E. 3300 S. WWW.DRCERAMI.COM Dragon Dreams. 989 E. 900 S. 801-5091043. WWW.DRAGONDREAMSGIFTBOUTIQUE.COM Millcreek Herbs, LLC. Merry Lycett Harrison, RH, CAHG. 801-466-1632, WWW.MILLCREEKHERBS.COM Millcreek Wellness Center WWW.MILLCREEKWELLNESS.COM 801-486-1818. 1550 E. 3300 S.

MISCELLANEOUS Hourly Space Available Dhanyata Life Center, West Jordan. Available for life enrichment classes, weekend workshops, creative workshops, small yoga/meditation groups, client and group meetings, life coaching etc. Early A.M. P/T subleases also available. FREE WIFI. DHANYATALIFECENTER.COM Living in the Fire of Change: Sacred Activism & Social Transformation Conference & Community Forum, Dec. 11-12, SLC, at All Saints Episcopal (1710 Foothill Dr.) Discover new views and tools. Become the catalyst behind the impulse to change.

Meet James O'Dea, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Andrew Harvey, Sequoyah Trueblood and local leaders. Keynote downloads, sponsorship, registration: www.SacredActivismConference.com, Mali@MaliRowanresents.com.

Space Available 801-596-0147 Ext. 41, 989 E. 900 S. Center for Transpersonal Therapy. Large plush space.

Bright & comfortable atmosphere, available for workshops, classes, or ongoing groups.

Pillows, yoga chairs, & regular chairs provided, kitchenette area. Available for hourly, full day or weekend use.

Tracy Aviary 801-322-BIRD. An oasis in the heart of Salt Lake City with 350 birds and 150 species. Many are endangered or injured in the wild and unfit to be released. Guests enjoy Utah’s oldest standing industrial building – The Mill, used for event rentals and year-round bird programs. WWW.TRACYAVIARY.ORG Petals and Promises Rev. Sharon Vollett, 801-998-8258 Marriage is an expression of the deepest desire to begin life’s journey with another. The ceremony began the moment you said “Yes,” and your words give your heart a voice. Sharon Vollett, spiritual and creative wedding officiant, will

assist you on your special day.

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Volunteer Opportunity 801-474-0535. Adopt-A-Native-Elder is seeking office/warehouse volunteers in Salt Lake City every Tuesday and Friday 10:00 am noon. Come and join a wonderful group of people for a fascinating and gratifying experience. Contact Joyce or MAIL@ANELDER.ORG, WWW.ANELDER.ORG. Catalyst 801-363-1505. 140 McClelland, SLC. contact@catalystmagazine.net.

KCPW—88.3 & 105.1FM. 801-359-5279 KRCL—91 & 96.5FM. 801-359-9191 KUED—TV 7. 801-581-3064 KUER—FM90. 801-581-6777

MOVEMENT & SPORT dance, fitness, martial arts, Pilates, yoga AquaNia 801-455-6343 Jacqueline Fogel, Certified Nia Instructor. Experience the joy of movement in the water of a warm pool. AquaNia is movement that awakens body awareness and body wisdom to promote health and wellbeing. Adaptable to meet the needs of all fitness levels. JLFOGEL@COMCAST.NET Avenues Yoga 68 K Street, Salt Lake City UT, 84103. 801410-4639. Avenues Yoga is a friendly, downto-earth place where all are welcome. We offer classes for all body-types and ability levels, from Kids classes to Deep Relaxation and Restore, to Flow classes, to Power, to Yoga for Climbers, Core, and now Pilates!

WWW.AVENUESYOGA.COM Bikram Yoga—Salt Lake City 801-488-Hot1 (4681). 1140 Wilmington Ave (across from Whole Foods). Bikram certified instructors teach a series of 26 postures affecting every muscle, ligament, organ & all of the body, bringing it into balance. 39 classes each week. All ages & ability levels welcome to all classes. The room is warm by intention, so come prepared to work hard & sweat. Check for new classes in Catalyst calendar. WWW.BIKRAMYOGASLC.COM Bikram Yoga—Sandy 801-501-YOGA (9642). 9343 South 1300 East. Local Introductory Offer-$29 for 30 Days Unlimited Yoga (Utah Residents Only). POWERED BY %100 WIND POWER. Our South Valley sanctuary, nestled below Little and Big Cottonwood canyons, provides a warm and inviting environment to discover and or deepen your yoga practice. All levels are encouraged, no reservations necessary. All teachers are certified. 30 classes offered, 7 days a week. COMMUNITY CLASS-1st Saturday 10AM class each month is FREE

TO NEW STUDENTS. WWW.BIKRAMYOGASANDY.COM Centered City Yoga 801-521-YOGA (9642). 918 E. 900 S. and 625 S. State St. Centered City Yoga is often likened to that famous TV “hangout” where everybody knows your name, sans Norm (and the beer, of course.) We offer more than 60 classes a week to keep Salt Lake City CENTERED and SANE. WWW.CENTEREDCITYYOGA.COM. Dance Church…a new way to pray!

A community ecstatic dance event influenced by the 5Rhythms™. There is no choreography or steps to follow…just a willingness to surrender to the rhythm of the music and dance without holding back! Every first and third Sunday of the month; 6-8 pm; $10 at Flow Yoga in Sugar House, 2065 E 2100 S WWW.DANCECHURCHSLC.BLOGSPOT.COM Kea Kapahua, Certified Pilates Instructor 801-707-9741. At Salt Lake Ballet Conservatory, 455 E. South Temple, Third Floor, SLC. Pilates is great for people at any fitness level, whether you’re a beginner or a highly skilled athlete or dancer wanting to improve your performance. Pilates Mat Classes are Tues/Thurs/Fri at 6:00pm and Wed at 8:00am. Private sessions on Pilates apparatus available by appointment.

KEA@SLBALLET.COM Mindful Yoga 801-355-2617. Charlotte Bell, E-RYT-500 & Iyengar certified. Cultivate strength, vitality, serenity, wisdom and grace. Combining clear, well-informed instruction with ample quiet time, these classes encourage each student to discover his/her own yoga. Classes include meditation, pranayama (breath awareness) and yoga nidra (yogic sleep) as well as physical practice of asana. Public & private classes, workshops in a supportive, non-competitive environment since 1986.

WWW.CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM. Personal Training Zone PILATES • YOGA • TAI CHI • GROUP FITNESS • CORRECTIVE EXERCISE • HEALTH ENHANCE-MENT for Weight Loss, Peak Fitness & Sports Performance. Coming soon–PoleFitness classes! Call 801-556-5964 or WWW.PTZFITNESS.COM Red Lotus School of Movement 740 S 300 W, SLC, UT, 84101. 801-355-6375.

Established in 1994 by Sifu Jerry Gardner and Jean LaSarre Gardner. Traditional-style training in the classical martial arts of T’ai Chi, Wing Chun Kung-Fu, and T’ai Chi Chih (qi gong exercises). Children’s classes in Wing Chun Kung-Fu. Located downstairs from Urgyen Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple.

WWW.REDLOTUSSCHOOL.COM, REDLOTUS@REDLOTUS.CNC. NET. The Shop Anusara Yoga Studio 435-649-9339. 1167 Woodside Ave., P.O Box 681237, Park City, UT 84068. Certified & affiliated Anusara instructors inspire students to open their hearts & express themselves through the art of yoga. Exciting alllevel classes taught in an amazing 4,500 sq ft. historic building in downtown Park City.

Drop-ins welcome. WWW.PARKCITYYOGA.COM The Yoga Center 801-277-9166. 4689 So. Holladay Blvd. Hathabased yoga classes 7 days a week, including

Feline Health Center Nancy Larsen, M.S., D.V.M. A monthly “pawdicure” (pedicure) results in claws that please both you and your cat.

The health of your cat is important.

Choose an experienced veterinarian and a local cat health center that cares about your cat's well-being as much you do. Dancing Cats is all about cats.

We have been caring for thousands of Utah’s felines since 1993. This gives you the assurance that your little friend will be in the best hands. When you bring us your cat for vaccinations, regular check-ups, examinations or other important health evaluations, you can rest assured that it will be treated like one of our own. We provide both conventional and alternative medicine including acupuncture, homeopathy and Reiki.

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vinyasa, slow flow, Anusara, prenatal, gentle and restorative. Workshops, corporate and private sessions available. All levels of experience welcome. WWW.YOGAUTAH.COM Yoga Path 801-860-8638, 12582 S Fort St (950 E), Draper, Utah 84020. Practice yoga with our growing community inside a calming, beautiful space in historic Draper. Our personalized instruction allows you to move at your own pace. Walk through our magic door—you’ll be most welcome! Classes offered are Restore, Vinyasa Flow, Fundamentals, Fusion, Hatha, Power and Kids Yoga. Soon to be a comprehensive wellness center! WWW.YOGA-PATH.ORG Erin Geesaman Rabke Somatic Educator.

801-898-0478. WWW.BODYHAPPY.COM RDT Community School. 801-534-1000. 138 W. Broadway.

Streamline. 801-474-1156. 1948 S. 1100 E. WWW.STREAMLINEBODYWORKS.NET

PSYCHIC ARTS & INTUITIVE SCIENCES astrology, mediums, past life integration, psychics All About Your Life: Readings, Psychic Tarot 801-575-7103. Margaret Ruth. Listen to Margaret Ruth on X-96 FM on Friday mornings or book a private appointment or party.

WWW.MARGARETRUTH.COM April Olas: Clairvoyant Readings & ThetaHealing. Gain a deeper understanding, clarity and direction about your situation through a reading with April. Heal physical,emotional, spiritual, relationship, and financial issues and shift into a new empowered direction through ThetaHealing. Available for phone appointments daily call 801-6441975 or in person Thursdays at Dragon Dreams on 9th & 9th in SLC call 801-5091043. For more information about April and ThetaHealing, or to book your appointment online please visit: WWW.APRILOLAS.COM Astrological Compatibility Dating Local author Koda announces the launch of www.astro-dating.com. Search by astrological compatibility, print compatibility reports and more. First 1,000 members pay just 99¢ a month.

Candice Christiansen 480-274-5454. I have returned to Utah after a short hiatus to Arizona. I share my clairaudient, clairsentient, and clairvoyant abilities as I connect with divine source in answering questions about your past, present and future experiences. I communicate with those that have passed to the other side, offering the safety, love and support you deserve as you get in touch with your magnificence. Join me on your perfect journey to heal your soul and reconnect with your divinity.

Channeled Full Spectrum Readings Direct From the Masters 801-347-5493, Marie. Tap into your highest potential by having readings brought forth in the highest vibration possible. Receive wisdom, counseling, life path, career, and love advice, entity healings, prayer work, ascension and path acceleration. Become the light.

Channeled Readings through Spiritual Medium 801-968-8875, 801-577-1348. Deloris, as heard on the Mick & Allen Show (KBER Radio, 101.1), can help you with those who have crossed over and other paranormal activity. She can help bring understanding regarding past lives, life purpose and relationships. Available for parties and night clubs. DELORISSPIRITUALMEDIUM.COM Lilli DeCair: Inspirational Mystical Entertainment 801-533-2444 and 801-577-6119.

European born professional psychic, holistic health educator, reiki master /teacher, life coach, Poet, singer, dancer, wedding planner/official, Shamanic 9 Day Medicine Wheel Journeys.

Siel Iren, MA 801-520-1470. Intuitive Readings, Spiritual Counseling & Vibrational Healing WWW.SPIRITHEALINGARTS.ORG Alyse Finlayson, Spiritual Artist & Psychic 435-640-6042. Trained artist uses her psychic gifts to paint portraits of your angels and guides. Offering soul retrievals and assists people in building and bringing awareness to their connection with their souls (higher selves) so as to develop their chosen soul paths. WWW.SOULINTERCONNECTION.COM; Julie Sudbury Latter, Master Astrologer 801-539-0539. 25 years in practice. Personal readings by phone, in person. Relationship compatibilities, career options, life crisis and lessons, life direction. Readings for loved ones passed on. Understand what your loved one experienced in the death process.

Palmistry with Cindy Mytych 801-942-2054. Indepth analysis of your hands. Palm readings can help you learn more about yourself, your health, hidden talents, life purpose and more. See how your hands can reveal your life lessons. Have fun and become enlightened. Gift certificates and group discounts available. Please call for appointment.

Looking for Psychometrist I seek a psychic who can hold a possession of someone who is dead or distant and describe his or her character. Write to Tom Weber, P.O. Box 1321, West Jordan, UT 84084 Sangoma INC proudly presents…

801-706-3448. Utah’s PREMIER Psychic Medium—Mvanah Maloti—Sangoma Healer & Clairvoyant. Palmistry, Tarot and Crystal Ball Readings—Private Séance’s Available. 110% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED! Visit us on the web at: WWW.SANGOMAHEALER.COM Soul & Psyche 801-293-0484. Cynthia Hill, PhD. Experience the dynamic combination of Soul-centered astrology and 'energetic psychology'. For me, one's birth chart is a blueprint of the soul's

intent and purpose, as well an exquisite map of one’s current and past-life cellular, vibrational, mind-body habits and patterns. In this way, one's astrology is one's psychology. We will explore personality strengths and challenges, relationship and family dynamics, and current and future cycles of personal and spiritual growth. The session creates inspiration, healing and empowerment through Self knowledge and understanding. 35 years experience.

Jeff Bell, L.C.S.W. 801-364-5700, Ext. 2, 1399 S. 700 E. Ste. 1, SLC. Specializing in empowering relationships; cultivating hardiness and mindfulness; managing stress & compulsivity; alleviating depression/ anxiety/grief; healing PTSD & childhood abuse/ neglect; addictions recovery; GLBT exploration as well as resolving disordered eating, body image & life transitions. Individual, couples, family, group therapy & EMDR.

Soul Path Healing Open and heal disowned energy--once reconfigured, everything shifts. Chakra dreamscape repatterning. Clairvoyant; connected to spirit guides. 25 years practice in healing arts.

Transform your dance through time, relationships, experience. Refresh a direct connectivity with the universe. Experience beautifully expanded processes, which await your freshminded participation. Contact your healer: GLENDA@SOULPATHHEALING.NET

Center for Transpersonal Therapy 801-596-0147. 989 E. 900 S. Denise Boelens, PhD; Heidi Ford, MS, LCSW, Chris Robertson, LCSW; Lynda Steele, LCSW; Sherry Lynn Zemlick, PhD, Wil Dredge LCSW. The transpersonal approach to healing draws on the knowledge from traditional science & the spiritual wisdom of the east & west. Counseling orientation integrates body, mind, & spirit. Individuals, couples, groups, retreats, & classes.

Transformational Astrology Ralfee Finn. 800-915-5584. Catalyst’s astrology columnist for 10 years! Visit her website at WWW.AQUARIUMAGE.COM or e-mail her at RALFEE@AQUARIUMAGE.COM

Steven J. Chen, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist 801-718-1609. 150 S. 600 E. Healing techniques for depression, anxiety and relationship issues. Treatment of trauma, abuse and stress. Career guidance. Sensitive and caring approach to create wellness, peace, happiness and contentment. WWW.STEVENJCHEN.COM.

Amy Megan West, Professional Astrologer 801-550-5353. Astrology, Tarot and Psychic reader with over 20+ years experience.

Astrologer for WWW.MYSTARLINES.COM. Call for appointment. WWW.MOONGLIDE.COM. Anne Windsor, Professional Astrologer 888-876-2482. 1338 S Foothill #182 Salt Lake City UT 84108. KNOW NOW. Invest in a session with Anne Windsor and draw on her extensive experience to crack your own life’s code. Discover winning strategies to attract healthy relationships, establish financial security, achieve professional success, and find contentment. Private tutoring, gift certificates available. Visa/MC. WWW.ANNEWINDSOR.COM Intuitive Therapy Suzanne Wagner, 801-3592225.

Trish Withus 801-918-6213.

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PSYCHOTHERAPY COUNSELING & PERSONAL GROWTH coaching, consulting, hypnosis, integrated awareness, psychology / therapy /counseling, shamanic, sound healing Avatar 801-244-8951. Avatar is a consciousness training course that teaches us to live deliberately. It gives us tools for experiencing compassion and true cooperation on our planet and opens doors unimaginable. Rebecca Hunt is a new Avatar Master. Call regarding a free introduction.

Sue Connor, Ph.D. 1399 South 700 East #10. 801-583-7848.

Mindful psychotherapy strategies can provide for relief from anxiety, post traumatic stress, addiction, disordered eating, chronic pain/illness, depression. Improve your response to stress with effective self care strategies. Start feeling better now. Check out group schedule. WWW.MINDFULSLC.COM Healing Leaf Hypnotherapy 801-541-6037. Jessi Hughes, hypnotherapist.

Specializing in children and teens, offering healing through connection with the subconscious mind, including many issues such as: self-esteem, night time problems, bully issues, sports, grades, focus, tempers, empowerment, trauma. Also assists with forgiveness and addictions. Specialized meditation CDs also available for infants-elderly.

WWW.JESSIHUGHES.COM Jake Shannon, Master Hypnotist 801-635-4488. To transform, first form a trance... Take a journey down the rabbit hole to a whole new world of hypnosis, meta-cognition, mnemonics, and more. Call right now for your appointment. www.ScientificMindControl.com Stephen Emerson, LCSW 801-487-1091. 150 S 600 E, Ste. 7B Offering mindfulness based psychotherapy to facilitate growth, change, and healing for individuals, couples, and families dealing with life transitions, stress, emotional difficulties, low self-esteem, relationship issues, addictive behaviors, and trauma. Also specializing in the treatment of performance anxiety for musicians and other public presenters. See STEPHENEMERSON.COM. Email: STEVE@TECHFORPEOPLE.NET Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy (EAP) 801-440-0527. Kathleen J. Moroz, DSW, LCSW, 150 S 600 E, Suite 7C, SLC. A trans-

Marianne Felt, MT-BC, LPC 801-524-0560, EXT. 3. 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C. Licensed professional counselor, board certified music therapist, certified Gestalt therapist, Red Rock Counseling & Education. Transpersonal psychotherapy, music therapy, Gestalt therapy, EMDR. Open gateways to change through experience of authentic contact. Integrate body, mind, & spirit through creative exploration of losses, conflicts, & relationships that challenge & inspire our lives.

Robin Friedman, LCSW 801-599-1411 (Sugar House). Transformational psychotherapy for making lasting positive change. Discover effective ways of finding and expressing your deeper truth and authentic self. Relationship work, trauma recovery, depression/anxiety, sexuality, addictions, creative explorations of life-purpose and selfawareness. Individuals, couples, groups. Also trained in Expressive Arts Therapy.

WWW.ROBINFRIEDMANTHERAPY.COM ROBIN@ROBINFRIEDMANTHERAPY.COM Teri Holleran, LCSW Red Rock Counseling & Education, LLC 801524-0560. 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C. Transformational therapy, consultation & facilitation. Discover how the investigation of loss, trauma, body symptoms, mood disturbances, relationship conflicts, environmental despair & the questions related to meaning & purpose initiate the transformational journey.

Hypnosis: Jolene Shields, C.Ht. 801-942-6175. Hypnosis is a naturally induced state of relaxed concentration in which suggestions for change are communicated to the subconscious mind, making change seem effortless and easy. Jolene is a medically certified hypnotherapist with 18 years of experience. Weight loss, HypnoBirthingÂŽ, stress reduction, smoking cessation, etc.

In-Home Mental Health Therapy 801-244-9049. Frank Clayton, LPC. Ideal for people who won't or can't leave the house, including teenagers shutting you out, claiming they are "fine" (when you know they aren't) and people too busy to keep office appointments. Some insurance accepted.

Law of Attraction Lynn Solarczyk 801-510-0593 or LYNNSOLARCZYK@MAC.COM. Teaching the law of attractionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;what it is, and how to apply it to your life.

LIVINGLOA.BLOGSPOT.COM Jan Magdalen, LCSW 801-582-2705, 2071 Ashton Circle, SLC. Offering a transpersonal approach to the experiences and challenges of our life cycles, including: individuation-identity, sexuality and sexual orientation, partnership, work, parenting, divorce, aging, illness, death and other loss, meaning and spiritual awareness.

Individuals, couples and groups. Clinical consultation and supervision.

Marilynne Moffitt, PhD 801-266-4551. 825 E. 4800 S. Murray 84107.

Offering interventions for psychological growth & healing. Assistance with behavioral & motivational changes, refocusing of life priorities, relationship issues, addiction & abuse issues, & issues regarding health. Certified clinical hypnotherapist, NLP master practitioner & EMDR practitioner.

Namaste Consulting, LLC Candice Christiansen, LPC 480-274-5454.

Holistic therapy that provides individuals, couples, and families a safe space to expand their internal and external contexts and live with purpose and integrity. Specializing in relationship/sexual issues, addiction, sexual identity, parent-child/teen conflict, and disordered eating. Sliding scale fee, in-home therapy for your comfort.

NAMASTEADVICE@YAHOO.COM Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry 801-631-8426. Sanctuary for Healing and Integration, 860 E. 4500 S., Ste. 302. Steve is a seasoned psychiatrist, Zen priest and shamanic healer. He sees kids, teens, adults, couples and families, integrating psychotherapy, meditation and soul work with judicious use of medication to relieve emotional pain and problem behavior. Steve specializes in creative treatment of bipolar disorders.

STEVE@KARMASHRINK.COM. Blog: WWW.KARMASHRINK.COM. Jon Scheffres, MA, LPC 801-633-3908. 1550 E. 3300 S., SLC. Every life is a call to adventure. Offering an awareness-based approach for treating depression, anxiety, marital/relationship issues, adolescent behavior problems, domestic violence and addictions. Individual, family, couples, and groups. Stress reduction through yoga and meditation. Clinical consultation and supervision also available.

Steve Seliger, LMFT 801-661-7697. 1104 E. Ashton Ave. (2310 S.) #203. Specializing in helping people develop healthy loving relationships, conflict resolution for couples, developing powerful communication skills, resolving parent-teen conflicts, depression, phobias, ending & recovering from abuse, conflicts & issues related to sexuality & libido in men & women, sexual orientation issues.

Sarah Sifers, Ph.D., LCSW Shamanic Practitioner, Minister of the Circle of the Sacred Earth 801-531-8051. Shamanic Counseling.

Shamanic Healing. Mentoring for people called to the Shamanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Path. Explore health or mental health issues using the ways of the shaman.

Sarahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extensive training includes shamanic extraction healing, soul retrieval healing, psychopomp work for death and dying, shamanic counseling and shamanic divination. Sarah has studied with Celtic, Brazilian, Tuvan, Mongolian, Tibetan and Nepali Shamans.

Naomi Silverstone, DSW, LCSW 801-209-1095. Psychotherapy and shamanic practice, 989 E. 900 S. #B5. Holistic practice integrates traditional and nontraditional approaches to health, healing, and balance or â&#x20AC;&#x153;ayni.â&#x20AC;? Access new perceptual lenses as you reanimate your relationship with nature.

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SoulCentered Coaching LLC 801-440-1752. Sara Winters, MA, Spiritual Psychology. Find balance in your life by connecting with your Soul’s Desire to live your life consciously through Self-Awareness, gratitude and forgiveness.

Matt Stella, LCSW Red Rock Counseling & Education, LLC 801-524-0560 x1. 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C. Psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families and groups. Specializing in relationship work, mens issues, depression, anxiety, addictive patterns, and life-meaning explorations.

Daniel Sternberg, PhD, Psychologist 801-364-2779. 150 South 600 East, Bldg.

4B. Fax: 801-364-3336. Sensitive use of rapid release methods and EMDR to free you from unwanted emotions to allow you more effective control and happiness in your life. Individuals, couples, families, groups and businesses. Treatment of trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, tension, stress-related difficulties abuse and depression.

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Balanced Sleep Rhythms Essen al for Healing & Health Recall of the Messages from Our Soul

A Tarot Reading for CATALYST Readers

by Suzanne Wagner Arthurian Tarot: Uther, Morgause Mayan Oracle: Organic Balance, Cib, Akbal Aleister Crowley: Knight of Cups, The Tower, Completion Medicine Cards: Snake, Otter, Blank Shield Osho Zen Tarot: Sharing, Going with the Flow, Postponement Healing Earth Tarot: Man of Rainbows, Ace of Rainbows, Five of Wands Ancient Egyptian Tarot: Sun, Star, Five of Wands Words of Truth: Inappropriate Place, Commitment, Death, Success f you have not already made some radical changes in August, September will be a major shift in your reality. Astrologically major events will shake the financial foundations once again.

Anyone who reads my column regularly knows I am not the psychic of gloom and doom. But the universe tends to teach lessons in trends or patterns and unfortunately we are deeply in one at this time.

This pattern began September 2008. It is the luck of the draw that some upsets are scheduled to happen during this month in the cosmic dance of transformation for our consciousness.

Part of navigating challenging times is about being prepared and staying awake to shifting tides. This is one of those moments. Global breakdowns will either deepen or darken your emotional outlook.

I prefer to become deeper.

When I am challenged, I reach into my center and realign my priorities. I become brutally honest as to what will or will not work for me. There is tremendous freedom when you finally realize that, in the end, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve given to others that gives you the energy to evolve and shift to higher levels of awareness.

So when externals in my life get crazy, I look to what will allow me to find balance within and share that balance with others. Sometimes this requires a calculated delay of getting a particular outcome.

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Do yourself a favor this month: Do not give your mind a lot of energy or it might just make you panic. Instead, look at what you know is not working appropriately and just choose to commit to a new pattern.

Yes, I know it may feel horrible, scary, and as if you are dying.

When that happens, you will know that you are successfully disengaging from your ego mind. I know my ego will try anything to keep me in the patterns of the past. But I am not my experience and I am not my DNA. Neither are you. So what do you want to trust? Your habits and heartaches or your soulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s potential to grow and evolve into your true self?

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BODY, MIND & WELLNESS

Finding the delicate balance that is “enough”

BY LUCY BEALE

rific and we often shared one about 4 p.m. when we simply had to stop walking and rest from the heat. Most notable were the perfect serving sizes—just enough food, not too much. The chocolate stores are amazing.

I’d never been on the backroads of New England before. My friend Heather and I stayed in a B&B with other art class participants. Terrific breakfasts. And as researchers tell us, people who eat breakfast every day lose weight or stay thin.

Chester, Vermont felt retro—as in back to the ’70s—and quaint. We ate buffalo burgers and Vermont salad made with fresh apples, white cheddar, chicken and maple-syrup dressing. The servings were plentiful but not huge. The Scottish pub in town has the best steak pie I’ve ever eaten.

Of the places I visited, the largest portions were served in the West. At the Grand Canyon South Rim, I purchased two scoops of sorbet. Those two scoops held three to four times more sorbet than two scoops in Paris. I don’t recall the comparative price of each, but at first, I felt a deep-seated obligation to eat all of it. Then I realized this feeling was not in my best interest. I threw half of it away.

High-priced dining can be pretentious and, in a sense, too demanding. But I did dine at several four-star restaurants in the states where the food was carefully prepared, delicious and sanely sized, and the ambience was elegant and nurturing. I wish the same serenity were dished up at

I’m not telling you all this to brag, but rather to let you know I ate in lots of restaurants.

Here’s what I learned. ’ve been traveling lots this summer—on vacation. When I told one friend, she said, “Well then, you haven’t been doing much.” I was doing lots—I was vacationing, which has its own challenges and plenty of rewards. I had a “perfect storm” of opportunities: One friend, Nathalie at WWW.RIGHT TOTHECORE.COM, offered me the use of her apartment in Paris for two weeks; I took along another friend, Katherine at WWW.RESONANCEALCHEMY.COM; I also spent three days in Capitol Reef National Park, 10 days in Sedona and Northern Arizona and two days in Dallas with my husband, Patrick; and six days in Chester, Vermont at an art class (WWW.CROWHILLGALLERY.COM) with my friend Heather.

I’m not telling you all this to brag, but rather to let you know I ate in lots of restaurants. Here’s what I learned: A person cannot gain weight vacationing in Paris—and could seriously lose weight. You’ll walk five to seven hours a day and take lots of steps up and down using the Metro. Restaurants and cafes offer small servings for meals—about the size of your fist, which is the size of your stomach. We found luscious fresh greens in salads, small pieces of French bread, modest amounts of meats and fish. The pastries were ter-

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I like to order an appetizer, an entrée and a dessert so I can experience all the great tastes when I’m at a restaurant like the fabulous Café Diablo in Torrey, Utah or El Tovar at the Grand Canyon. But it’s more food than I care to eat, so it’s nice to share the meal with a friend or two.

On our road trips in the West, it was challenging to eat plenty of vegetables. A healthy solution: Sometimes I dined on selections from the produce section of grocery stores.

On each of these vacations, after several days of walking, touring museums, standing or hiking, I had an evening or two when I was too tired to chew, let alone sit up for a meal. I welcomed an early night’s sleep. Since I’ve been home for the past five days, I’ve been indulging in watermelon, Greek salad, corn-on-the-cob, apples, fresh peaches, blueberries and grapes. They so readjust my energy.

Now it’s September, and back to serious work. I wish you a fun end of summer and hope you enjoy all the wonderful fresh produce offerings this time of year. u Lucy Beale is a regular contributor to CATALYST. Her newest books are “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Glycemic Index Weight Loss,” and its cookbook companion, coauthored with Joan Clark-Werner. Lucy lives in Sandy, Utah. WWW.LUCYBEALE.COM

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September 2009 Strike a balance and keep a steady keel

BY RALFEE FINN ake “balance” your mantra this month, and you’ll have an immediate remedy for handling September’s planetary extremes. The Sun doesn’t move into Libra, sign of the scales, until September 22; but this month it’s essential to get an early start establishing and maintaining your equilibrium.

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Finding a balance and keeping it doesn’t mean striking the midpoint; there is no halfway between war and peace. Rather, find a way to neutralize the polarity so that alternatives can emerge.

All September, the ongoing Saturn/Uranus opposition continues to polarize and divide what is

already split and separate. Expect to be pulled in different directions simultaneously. Also be prepared for surprising rifts as the same set of facts are read from not just different sides of the political universe, but also from different sides of the consciousness galaxy. We are simply working our way through a divisive environment. As always, when polarization is the theme, synthesis becomes a necessary and vital tool to find and hold to the middle path.

Just try not to confuse the middle way with passivity. Finding a balance and keeping it doesn’t mean striking the midpoint. There is no halfway between war and peace.

What I’m suggesting is finding a way to neutralize the polarity so that alternatives can emerge. The middle way will require the strength, confidence and willingness to live daily life with a renewed determination to find creative solutions.

All month long we are perched at the third in a series of five Saturn/ Uranus oppositions. Saturn represents the status quo; Uranus, the principal of change. When they oppose one another, existing structures suffering from stagnation start to disassemble. The last time a

series of Saturn/Uranus oppositions occurred was 1965-1967, a period of time noted for the upset of civil unrest, as well as profound personal and collective transformation.

The first exact contact in the current series was on November 4, 2008, the day President Obama was elected.

The second exact opposition occurred on February 5, 2009, just after his inauguration.

His election was certainly a challenge to the status quo: It broke the long-standing historical prerogative of white men holding the highest office in the land. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that we are experiencing a reaction to that paradigm shift.

Witness, for example, the hearings of Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor and the chauvinism and racism inherent in the accusation that she is and would continue be a liberal activist. As if the Supreme Court wasn’t already up to its eyebrows in judicial activism when it anointed Bush as president. As if there isn’t a sociology or anthropology student in the world who didn’t understand the meaning of her words about a wise Latina woman. As if being an activist, especially for minorities, is a bad thing. Hel-lo?

But what’s disturbing about the current civil unrest is its vitriolic nature, a condition that is likely to get even worse as this month unfolds. I can’t help but wonder if part of what fuels the present venom is the still unresolved deep-seated fear of cultural change generated by the Saturn/Uranus oppositions of the ’60s. (These oppositions happen approximately every 45 years.)

Then, the reality of a black president was only a dream. Now the dream is real. Perhaps we’re simply picking up where we left off. The seeds of 60s turmoil have ripened into reality, and the resistance to that reality has ripened as well.

In the face of that resistance, the question becomes: How can we find a creative remedy for such a persistent and durative current of fear, a remedy that will not only neutralize its poison, but also begin to heal the wound?

The good news is that this is what Uranus is about—ingenious and inventive creativity that won’t settle for stuck, stagnant systems.

But Uranus is also explosive. It is, after all, the god of heaven whose thunderbolts can light up the darkness of the night sky with a sud-

If you know your ascendant and/or your Moon sign, read that, too.

Aries

March 21-April l9

Rather than squander your innate passion, respect it. Find a consistent pace to handle the many demands made on your time and energy, but be sure to include plenty of quiet time to replenish your reserves.

Taurus

April 20-May 20

Make flexibility your constant companion, and you’ll navigate difficult situations with skill. I’m not suggesting you abandon your own stance; I’m simply advising you to consider the kind of compromise that creates win/win solutions.

Gemini

May 21-June 21

It looks and feels like a crisis between personal and professional obligations because it is. Be willing

to let go of what you can’t handle in either arena, and you’ll find the stamina to take care of the rest.

Cancer

June 22-July 22

You are in the spotlight, and while you may not like the attention, there is no denying your strong role. Make the most of it by inspiring others to have faith in our shared humanity, and you’ll make great strides in creating a peaceful environment.

Leo July 23-August 22 It looks, smells, and acts like money, and in some cases it is, but at the core, the tension isn’t only financial. You are in a process of learning that your ultimate worth cannot be measured by material standards.

Virgo

August 23-September 22

The answer to all your questions this month is: It’s a relationship issue. And you don’t have to be partnered to feel the intensity. So rather than pretend or hold back what you’re feeling, jump into active participation and just be you.

Libra

September 23-October 22

It’s never easy harnessing the power of the unconscious—in fact, I don’t think it can be done. But that doesn’t mean that dreams and visions aren’t life changing. They are, and their power to deliver important messages of the soul, unsurpassed.

Scorpio Oct 23-Nov 21 Your mission, should you accept it, is to figure out how to share

your gifts with the world without expectation or disappointment.

Yes…this sounds like a koan because it is. And like a good Zen puzzle, contemplating this riddle will free your mind.

Sagittarius Nov 22-Dec 21 Share your opinions with your usual flare—no holding back or modulating your passion. Just be aware, the secret of your success lies in your innate gift of gab as well as your ability to listen with equal intensity and respect.

Capricorn Dec 22-Jan 19 Daily life is all about having faith in yourself and allowing that faith to inspire the courage of your convictions. I’m not suggesting blind authority. I’m simply advising you

to integrate principles into action.

Aquarius

Jan 20-Feb 18

First rule of magic: The universe rearranges itself to accommodate your picture of reality. So rather than focus on lack, open with gratitude to all that is, and you’ll stimulate an open field that invites abundance and prosperity.

Pisces

February 19-March 20

You’re trying to reconcile the strong demands of partners with an equally strong internal demand for personal freedom. Rather than polarize, synthesize. Sounds simple, but the process will require letting go of attachment to comfortable behavior that no longer serves. © 2009 by Ralfee Finn

Mercury retrograde is not a good time to implement new plans.

It is an excellent time to review whatever is already in the works. den, terrifying fury. The task of consciousness is to allow these Uranian illuminations to inspire new ideas about how to facilitate necessary transformations without causing additional harm.

Fortunately, Mercury, the god of intellect, also plays a prominent role this month. Before I go there, I must report that Mercury is retrograde September 7-29. Mercury retrograde is not a good time to implement new plans. It is an excellent time to review whatever is already in the works. Mercury “turns around” in a square to Mars, a fractious interaction that can manifest as irritation and faultfinding with just about everything.

Interestingly, it goes direct in a sextile to Mars, a positive combination that signifies the power to judge without disdain.

From September 18-29, Mercury enters a configuration that can create a strong desire for freedom from whatever enslaves, be it ideas or actual shackles. Be prepared for revolutions of all denominations.

Some of those rebellions might have a brutal edge, born not only of the underlying tensions and frustrations of the Saturn/Uranus opposition, but also because Pluto throws its weight around, intensifying the already restless intellectual atmosphere and stimulating a desire for power. Given the stress of the Saturn/Uranus opposition, that desire could stimulate all sorts of ruthless behavior in order to consolidate influence.

From a positive perspective, a Sun/ Pluto square has the potential for powerful creativity, a muchneeded current if we are to transform the stress of turmoil into wisdom. Acts of power made for small and petty purposes may be momentarily gratifying, but in the long run they are actually empty of any real meaning.

As always, please keep in mind, we are all in this together even when we disagree, and the more we treat each other with respect, the more we open the window to positive possibilities for change. u Visit Ralfee’s website at WWW.AQUARIUMAGE.COM or email her at RALFEE@AQUARIUMAGE.COM

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Saturn return: rite of passage Take special note if you’re 28-30 or 58-60 years old

BY CHRISTOPHER RENSTROM would like him to address, send it, along with the date and time of your birth, to CHRISTOPHER@ CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET.

CATALYST welcomes astrologer Christopher Renstrom to our cast of writers. (Read an interview with him with Amie Tullius in the Jan. 09 issue, available online.) Renstrom is the author of “Ruling Planets” and writes the daily horoscope for the San Francisco Chronicle’s online entity SFGATE.COM. He moved to SLC from NYC last year and is enjoying getting to know us. If you have a question you

My DOB is 12/28/1951 and my husband’s is 3/12/1943. Our problems are mostly financial. He’s retired and I am a homemaker. I am afraid of being broke and losing everything. Do you see any improvements with our financial situation? Have you any suggestions to help us? Thank-you, —Carol You’re a Capricorn, so fear of being broke and losing everything is practically written into your cosmic DNA. But it’s important to remember that this is a fear and not a reality.

You’d feel this way if you had one dollar in the bank or a million—which is why friends don’t take your money woes too seriously. You’re probably

the most economically savvy person they know. But it sounds like the strategies that used to work no longer do, and that you need a more creative means of making ends meet.

This would be perfectly in keeping with the fact that you are about to enter your second Saturn return.

Once every 28 to 30 years Saturn returns to where it was in the sky on the day you were born. A Saturn return is astrology’s version of a “rite of passage.” It symbolizes a time when you leave behind your old life to embrace the new.

The first Saturn return (ages 28 to 30) is all about getting set up in life. This is when many people marry, start a family, or get serious about their careers. The second Saturn return (ages 58 to 60) acts more like a personal renaissance. Instead of asking “What will I do when I grow up?” (first Saturn return), the question becomes, “Now that I’m grown up, what am I doing?” In many ways the sec-

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ond Saturn return is more important because it’s when you come into yourself. This is especially true for you because you’re a Capricorn, and Saturn is your Ruling Planet. People born under Saturn (this includes Aquarians as well) tend to be old souls and late bloomers. You age backwards with every passing decade so that you actually become younger as you grow older. The end result is that you’re more spirited, bold, and light-hearted at 60 than you were at 20.

Fear paralyzes most people, but it’s a big motivator for Capricorns. Anxiety about finances could be the very thing that emboldens you to do the things that you’d never allow yourself to do otherwise.

Now you may ask yourself: What do you know about making money? After all, you’ve been a homemaker all your life. But as anyone who watches daytime cable knows, people need all kinds of help when it comes to organizing their living spaces, bank accounts or overall day. And given that your ruling planet Saturn is in Libra, you have all the makings of an organizer, shopper or life coach. All you have to do is to identify your particular niche (what do you do better than everyone else?), hang out a shingle, and people will pay top dollar for your advice and insight. u

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The freedom in being wrong Why being right can limit life and being wrong can set you free

BY JEANNETTE MAW

We are always trying to prove ourselves right! What are you trying to prove that limits you?

—Andy Dooley The ego is threatened by being wrong, so it always wants to be right. And yet, there are some things we probably don’t want to be right about!

— Jeannette Maw popular and potentially lifechanging question from A Course In Miracles goes: “Do you prefer that you be right or happy?” Since it’s natural for most of us to be committed to proving ourselves right, we often don’t see the shackles that doing so places on our lives. By seeing and giving up the limits of the need to be right, we avail ourselves of whole new possibilities.

Last month I hired a virtual assistant to handle a variety of admin tasks, most of which required direct client interface. In the past I’ve struggled to delegate anything that involves someone other than me

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to do this right.”

This learning opportunity may have passed me by if I hadn’t also recently heard from my ex-husband on a simple job he was supposed to handle, but didn’t.

Again there was the feeling of disappointment right along with a strange sense of gratification. What was I enjoying so much about service-providers and loved ones letting me down?

The answer to the inquiry revealed itself immediately: I was right.

I was right all along; I knew it. I could have told you this would happen. You can’t count on anyone else.

Even though I was manifesting

Where are you refusing to be wrong, when being wrong might be a boon to yourself and others? communicating with clients, so this was a big step. And an important one, since not being able to outsource responses to simple requests and inquiries has been a drain on my efficiency.

So when emails started trickling in a week later complaining that my assistant wasn’t responding, or was responding with incomplete or inaccurate information, you’d think I’d be a little disappointed or even upset, right?

Well, I was upset, but hand in hand with being ticked off was a perverse sense of satisfaction.

“I knew it,” I said while shaking my head. “I can’t trust anyone else

results I would say I didn’t want, there was huge payoff in these experiences in that I was proven right. “I can’t count on them; no one does it as well as I do.”

Yes, it’s twisted, but here’s the thing … I’m not alone in this propensity to prove myself right.

Lots of us put relationships at risk and jobs on the line when we insist on being right. Don’t we all know someone who is maddening to converse with, because they know it all and steadfastly refuse to consider alternative opinions?

As Martha Beck would say, “You spot it, you got it.” I suspect we all do it to a certain extent.

In fact, even when we really are right, when we insist on proving it to the detriment of a colleague’s morale or a spouse’s self-esteem, we inadvertently contribute to separation with the categorizing and judging that being right requires.

So why is being right so important to us? It’s a worthy inquiry since it turns out that proving ourselves right often limits our fully joyful and satisfying lives.

Why we need to be right In a very basic sense, being right is closely tied to identity and survival. We attempt to reduce the fear of an unknown future or mitigate the chaos of a frightening world by “figuring things out.” We feel a new level of comfort when we think we know and understand the world around us.

Since the ego feels threatened each time it’s faced with the idea

being wrong.

Advantages to being wrong? Yes. Like, wouldn’t it be nice to be wrong in thinking no one can do it as well as me! And wouldn’t it be nice that I made a good hiring decision! (That one was for me.)

You can probably see advantages in your own life to being proven wrong about something, right? (Or am I just trying to get you to agree with me for my ego’s sake?)

This phenomenon is at work on a macro scale, too.

For example, where are our political party leaders steering us with their commitment to proving their way is right and the opposition is wrong? By locking out alternative perspectives and opinions, we may very well pass up opportunities that lead to peace and prosperity.

How about the scientists and researchers bent on proving their theories about the destruction of planet Earth? Is that really some-

Since energy flows where attention goes, our focused attention creates our world. Often we focus on what we don’t want, simply because the drive to be right is that overwhelming. that it might be wrong, it achieves a nice little payoff every time it avoids that and is proven right.

The problem with continuing that payoff is that it doesn’t leave us open to the benefits of not knowing, and bars us from to the advantages of

thing we want to be right about?

And our religious leaders refusing to consider they might have gotten something wrong along the way— what chances for union and acceptance are they missing by doggedly maintaining antiquated stances on polarizing issues?

S u z a n n e Wa g n e r The bottom line is that our need to prove ourselves right limits what tomorrow can bring. Since energy flows where attention goes, our focused attention creates our world. Often we focus on something we don’t want, simply because the drive to be right is that overwhelming.

Which leads to the inquiry: what are you trying to prove that limits you? Where are you refusing to be wrong, when being wrong might be a boon to yourself and others?

I can see exciting possibilities here, like if we were willing to be wrong about believing what’s done is done and that we can’t change the past. Or that we can’t trust the government to tell the whole story. Or that religious zealots are fueling mass homicides across the globe.

What if we were wrong? When our opinions and our desires are in opposition, what if our need to be right took a backseat to what we would rather create ?

There’s freedom in even considering the possibility of being wrong! Go ahead and try it on to feel it for yourself!

The art of willing to be wrong Personal development expert Steve Pavlina says that if you’re never wrong, it indicates you aren’t growing. He hopes that when he looks back on some of his work years later that he’ll disagree with himself. Doing so means he’s grown and wasn’t afraid to express himself at the time.

Pavlina also suggests that many of us make the mistake of equating our ideas with our identity, which is why we take it so personally when someone offers an alternative perspective. It’s helpful to remember we are not our ideas and we are not our opinions. Separating ourselves from our thoughts helps us release attachment to them and reduces our need to be right.

By being willing to be wrong, we open ourselves up to new experiences and ideas that can lead us to more fulfilling and joyful lives.

The question I leave you with is this: What would you love to be wrong about? But the fun doesn’t stop there … the gem comes when you are truly willing to be wrong about it. ◆ Jeannette Maw is a Law of Attraction coach and founder of Good Vibe Coaching in Salt Lake City.

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SEPTEMBER 12 Until the 19th century, most Americans believed that tomatoes were poisonous. In 1820, to prove otherwise, a wealthy eccentric named Robert Gibbon Johnson stationed himself in front of the Salem, New Jersey courthouse, and ate a whole basket full.

m e b t p er e S DAY B Y DAY IN THE HOME,GARDEN & SKY

BY DIANE OLSON Cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education. —Mark Twain SEPTEMBER 1 The Sun rises today at 6:55 a.m. and sets at 8 p.m. September’s average maximum temperature is 79°; the minimum is 51°. It rains an average of 1.05 inches and snows 0.1 inches.

SEPTEMBER 2 Put away the loppers, pruners and shears. Anything trimmed now is apt to put out new shoots that will freeze when it turns cold. Jupiter is near the waxing Moon tonight.

Most weeds appear where soil has been disturbed for cultivation; well-established perennial beds are rarely weedy.

• absorb excess nutrients and water; • extract minerals from lower strata and bring them to the surface in their leaves;

SEPTEMBER 16 Cautious male praying mantids may take up to an hour to travel

• improve the soil by moderating the pH;

• reduce soil loss and erosion; • loosen compacted soils; • provide nutrients SEPTEMBER 7 When water is scarce, plants synthesize a hormone that helps them conserve by closing stomatal pores on their leaves.

SEPTEMBER 8 Check out the Harvest Moon Market in Pioneer Park, Tuesdays, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., through October 13.

Parasitic wasp emerging from its host

SEPTEMBER 5 Time to plant late season beets, cabbage, lettuce, radishes and spinach. And garlic. To roast garlic, place entire heads on individual squares of foil, drizzle with olive oil, wrap up, and bake at 350° for 1 hour or until soft. Squeeze onto crackers or bread. It’s tasty, and you’ll be safe from vampires.

SEPTEMBER 6 Weeds are usually a sign that something is out of whack in an ecosystem, and actually help restore soil health.

SEPTEMBER 14 Hummingbirds are heading south. Baby spiders are ballooning into new territory. Ladybugs are heading for high ground.

Crickets are singing louder.

SEPTEMBER 15 Keep watering perennials, especially new plantings. Do it less frequently, but longer. Venus is near the Moon tonight.

Weeds:

SEPTEMBER 3 Quit watering melons for one week prior to picking to allow the sugars to develop.

SEPTEMBER 4 FULL CORN MOON. Corn plants, one of the favorite foods of the cottonworm moth larva, release a chemical distress signal when eaten by the caterpillars. The chemicals attract adult female parasitic wasps, which lay their eggs in the posterior of the caterpillar. When the wasp eggs hatch, the larva burrow into the caterpillar and eat its insides. Parasitic wasps are increasingly used in agricultural pest control because, unlike ladybugs, they prey mostly on pest insects.

SEPTEMBER 13 This is a great time to start new planting areas.

Test the soil, add any needed amendments, work in lots of organic matter, and let it mellow over the winter. Look for the waning Moon floating just above Mars tonight.

SEPTEMBER 9 What to do with that three-foot-long zucchini: Cook it in lemon juice until it’s tender, chop it, sweeten it with sugar and apple pie spices, and bake a faux apple pie.

SEPTEMBER 10 Keep deadheading fall-blooming annuals and perennials for longer bloom. The Aztecs were the first to cultivate zinnias.

roasting garlic

SEPTEMBER 11 LAST QUARTER MOON. Annual plants are speeding to maturation so they can send their seeds out into the world before it freezes. Collect, dry, and save the seeds of your favorite sunflowers, cosmos, zinnias and marigolds.

the pyramids ate them, and they were found in the tomb of King Tut. In ancient Rome, they were dubbed unio, meaning large pearl.

SEPTEMBER 22 AUTUMNAL EQUINOX. Today, the Sun is directly over the equator, and day and night are equal around the planet.

SEPTEMBER 23 Plant and transplant deep-rooted perennials now: They’ll have a couple of months to settle in and spread their roots before they go dormant and will be raring to grow next spring.

SEPTEMBER 24 Today, the Sun passes into the Southern Hemisphere.

SEPTEMBER 25 FIRST QUARTER MOON. Earthworms have five hearts and no eyes. Helminthophobia is the fear of being infested with worms.

SEPTEMBER 26 Time to re-seed bare spots in the lawn and fertilize it. Use white clover seed to create a self-fertilizing lawn.

SEPTEMBER 27 Cultivate delayed gratification: Plant cornflower, crocus, daffodils, dianthus, grape hyacinth, iris, larkspur, narcissus, pansies, poppies, primrose, scillas, snowdrops, and tulips now. Plant bulbs in drifts (big, informally contoured groups), not lines.

SEPTEMBER 28 Leaves change color as chlorophyll production ceases, and the underlying pigments are slowly revealed.

Collect zinnia seeds for next year

SEPTEMBER 29 The fall raptor migration is peaking. Look for the waxing Moon near Jupiter tonight.

a single foot toward a hungry, horny female.

Though if he slips up, he’ll still get to mate, since mantids don’t require a head to mate.

SEPTEMBER 17 Pepper plants can live two years or more if you pot them up and bring them inside to a south-facing window.

SEPTEMBER 18 NEW MOON. Phoretic insects use other species for transportation. Leeches hitch rides on ducks and geese, and lice on many species of birds.

SEPTEMBER 19 Plant hairy vetch in next year’s tomato beds for a world-class crop. Last year, it snowed three inches on this day.

SEPTEMBER 20 Chrysanthemums like magnesium; give them a sprinkle of Epsom salts.

SEPTEMBER 21 Cure harvested onions in a warm, dry place for two to four weeks. Storage when the neck is dry above the bulb. Onions have been grown since before recorded history. The workers building

Praying mantis enjoying the last days of summer SEPTEMBER 30 The Sun rises at 7:23 a.m. this morning and sets at 7:11 p.m.

“September: It was the most beautiful of words, he’d always felt, evoking orangeflowers, swallows, and regret.”

—Alexander Theroux Diane Olson is a writer, gardener and bug hugger.

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