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IN THIS ISSUE Volume 30 Number 3 • March 2011

The Change you wish to see March Events • Yoga Makes Me Feel ~ Yael Calhoun Meet The Author & book signing.

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THREE CHALLENGES TO SUSTAINABILITY ARTY MANGAM It is good to remind ourselves that seedlings emerge from the decay of old structures.

IBOGA: A PSYCHOACTIVE SHRUB THAT INTERRUPTS ADDICTION? PAIGE GUION For many addicts, the cycle of recovery and relapse can seem unbreakable, and conventional treatment methods are often little long-term help. Ibogaine, an alkaloid extracted from the African iboga bush, offers hope: suppressing withdrawal symptoms and washing away cravings sometimes with a single treatment.

POLYAMORY: “RESPECTABLE” NON-MONOGAMY? JIM CATANO Rather than simple promiscuity, polyamorists claim a more complex desire: to create and maintain honest, consensual, ongoing, loving relationships with more than one person.

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SOMANAUT: SINUS HEALTH DANIEL SCHMIDT Simple steps for easy breathing.

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DANCE: WHITE SWAN / BLACK SWAN AMY BRUNVAND Ballet and its shadow.

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ANIMALIA CAROL KOLEMAN Ideas, profiles, products & news for all things animal.

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PAX RASMUSSEN 30

ASK YOUR MAMA DONNA HENES A question of egg balancing.

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YOGA POSE OF THE MONTH CHARLOTTE BELL Virabhadrasana II: The quiet warrior.

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DREAMTIME MACHIEL KLERK The red genius: How dreams guide us toward our destiny.

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THE WELL-TEMPERED BICYCLE COMMUTER STEVEN CHAMBERS The radical biker: Bike commuting as a political statement?

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METAPHORS FOR THE MONTH SUZANNE WAGNER Saying goodbye to outworn ways.

ENVIRONEWS AMY BRUNVAND Environmental news from around the west.

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SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER DENNIS HINKAMP Word power: Words aren’t everything—they’re the only thing.

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COACH JEANNETTE JEANNETTE MAW Spiritual wellness: You decide, every day.

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URBAN ALMANAC DIANE OLSON Day by day in the home, garden and sky.

GREEN BITS PAX RASMUSSEN New ideas from near and far for a healthier, more sustainable future.

ASK THE ASTROLOGER CHRISTOPHER RENSTROM Let the flow begin: Spring stars warm a Leo’s creative molasses.

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SUSTAINABILITY

Three challenges to sustainability It is good to remind ourselves that seedlings emerge from the decay of old structures

BY ARTY MANGAN “When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money” — prophecy from the Cree Nation.

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ustainable development “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs,” as defined by a United Nations commission in 1987.

That definition is derived from the Great Law of the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Federation that requires decision-makers to consider the impact seven generations into the future. How will our actions today affect the great-grandchildren of our great-grandchildren 200 years from now?

The great Coast Salish warrior and diplomat Chief Seattle in his eloquent environmental treatise in response to President Franklin Pierce’s offer to buy Salish land and expand white settlement said, “Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of Earth. If men spit upon the ground they spit upon themselves. This we know: the Earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the Earth. This we know: All things are connected.”

As Janine Benyus, who developed the concept of biomimicry—the idea that humans should emulate nature’s genius in their designs—puts it: “Life creates conditions conducive to life.”

Economist Hazel Henderson says, “The paradigm of sustainability with its notions of limitations and carry-

ing capacities confronts dominant paradigms of progress, which do not recognize limits to unchecked growth.” Most all of the dominant systems in place today—energy, food, agriculture, economy, education—are unsustainable. If they are unsustainable then by definition they will fail.

Eco-farmer Joel Salatin, who Michael Pollan writes about in Omnivore’s Dilemma, says, “Every paradigm exceeds its point of efficiency… only now has the industrial paradigm in agriculture come to the end of its workability. What happens is all these things we’re seeing— campylobacter, E. coli, mad cow, listeria, salmonella—that weren’t even in the lexicon 30 years ago. [They are proof of] the industrial paradigm exceeding its efficiency.”

Many artifacts of the old unsustainable systems challenge sustainability. Let’s look more closely at three of them.

Rewarding the wrong activity Governments spend an estimated $700 billion a year to subsidize environmentally unsound practices in agriculture, water, energy and transportation.

The present economic system often rewards the most unsustainable practices and by doing so prolongs

the pathology of the status quo, monopolizes resources, maintains the power structure and decreases the opportunity for a new system to be designed and built that serves people and the environment in a sustainable and humane way.

One example is agricultural subsidies. Originally an emergency measure during the Great Depression to keep farmers on the land, 70 years later it is entrenched in the political system. Subsidy payments buy political loyalty and, conversely, funding for politicians who maintain the subsidy program. More than $15 billion is given annually to corn, soy, cotton and other commodity farmers whose farming practices include using genetically engineered seeds, high chemical inputs, farming marginal lands and forgoing crop rotation to maximize subsidy payments.

The commodity prices, because of subsidy payments, are below real production costs and supply the cheap calorie market for junk food that is driving the obesity and diabetes epidemic, as well as dumping cheap GMO corn into Mexico, pushing farmers off the land and contaminating heirloom corn varieties with GMO genetic pollution. Nitrogen runoff from subsidized Midwestern cornfields leaches into the Mississippi River, creating a dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico the size of Connecticut.

Alternative eco-services that farmers could perform and receive payments for include carbon sequestration, watershed restoration, pollinatorfriendly habitat, erosion control and managing invasive species.

So what’s the answer?

First, all government officials should take a permaculture course so they can develop an understanding of the healthy connection between ecology and economy and to help inform them of what real sustainability is.

Congressional representatives from states that don’t receive a lot of subsidies typically trade off their votes on subsidy payments because they think it’s not important to their constituencies. But if, as Michael Pollan suggests, we all start to look at the Farm Bill as the Food Bill and make our representatives aware of the importance of eliminating subsidies and in their place providing incentives for conservation, permaculture and organic farming, we can stop supporting the most damaging activities and encourage practices that create economic “conditions conducive to life.”

Dreaming New Mexico, a Santa Febased Bioneers collaborative project based on the idea that dreaming the future can create the future, has created a list of alternative eco-services that farmers could perform and receive payments for. Their list includes carbon sequestration, watershed restoration, pollinatorfriendly habitat, erosion control and managing invasive species.

Industrialization of biological systems Historically as herds of bison gathered to feed on native grasses in the plains, their manure and urine provided essential nutrients for the grasses as well as beneficial bacteria for the soil food web. The browsing on the tops of grass resulted in dieback of the underground roots,

Predator pressure also regulates the amount of animal waste deposited in a particular area. . So the predator protects the grass, without which the bison could not survive. The grass feeds the bison that keeps the predator aliveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;interdependence in a healthy biological system. providing organic matter to feed good soil bacteria.

The manure and urine sent out pungent signals to predators, such as wolves, that the herd was in the vicinity. The predators put pressure on the herd to move to a different area. That movement insured that the animals did not overgraze, which could have resulted in desertification.

Predator pressure also regulates the amount of animal waste deposited in a particular area. In too-high concentrations, those nutrients can become toxic. So the predator protects the grass, without which the bison could not survive. The grass feeds the bison that keeps the predator aliveâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;interdependence in a healthy biological system.

Our modern version of animal husbandry is CAFOsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;concentrated animal-feeding operations, which may be the most industrialized of all agricultural systems. In the pursuit of yield and efficiency, CAFOs have resulted in an increase in greenhouse gasses and antibiotic resistance and create large quantities of concentrated waste. These negative outcomes are largely the result of ignoring the dynamics of natural healthy systems.

For instance, in standard dairy cow operations, high concentrations of penned cattle live in their own waste and eat an unnatural diet of corn, which acidifies their stomachs and encourages pathogenic E. coli to thrive.

Grassfed cows, on the other hand, have higher amounts of omega-3 essential fatty acids, lower amounts of saturated fat, higher quality protein, higher amounts of CLAâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a good fat that prevents cancer, higher vitamin E levels, lower methane emissions, are more resistant to deadly E. coli and, if managed properly, increase the fertility of the pasture.

Treating nature like a slave J.L. Chestnut, the great civil rights lawyer (now deceased) from Alabama speaking at the Bioneers conference said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The same mentality that oppresses people pollutes the environment.â&#x20AC;?

The planet is in worse shape today than it was in the 1970s when the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act were passed. Those laws were passed under the authority of the commerce laws of the U.S. Constitution treating nature as property just as, at one time, slaves were treated as property.

When the environment is considered to be a subset of commerce, it becomes merely a place to get resources for business. Environmental laws do not protect the rights of nature. They merely slow down the rate of destruction.

The Community Environmental Defense Fund (CEDF) fund has worked with communities in Pennsylvania, New England and Virginia to establish the rights of nature, by drafting and helping pass laws â&#x20AC;&#x153;that change the status of ecosystems from being regarded as property under the law to being recognized as rights-bearing entities.â&#x20AC;?

That effort led CEDFâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s groundbreaking challenge from the government of Ecuador: to write into the new Ecuadorian constitution in 2009 the rights of nature. The language that was codified in the constitution says nature â&#x20AC;&#x153;has the right to exist, persist, maintain and regenerate its vital cycles, structure, functions and its processes in evolution.â&#x20AC;?

Social and economic systems mimic natural systems. Things in nature donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t expand forever. As an old system goes into decline, the opportunity, space and resources become available for something new to grow. A tree falls in the forest, allowing light to penetrate the canopy. The decaying leaves and limbs decompose, creating fertile conditions; more water becomes available, hormones in dormant seeds are stimulated and seedlings emerge from the decay of old structures. u Arty Mangan is the food and farming director for Bioneers, an annual conference calling together scientific and social innovators who have demonstrated visionary and practical models for restoring the Earth and communities. He is also a board member of the Ecological Farming Association. A version of this article originally appeared in Green Fire Times.

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Over the last 10 months, members of my administration have held more than 50 listening sessions with over 10,000 people-–from hunters and fishermen to tribal leaders and young people. And together, we’ve laid the foundation for a smarter, more community-driven environmental strategy.

—President Obama introduces America’s Great Outdoors Initiative, 2/16/2011.

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Bill Hatcher.

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otherwise anti-environment voting, Republicans Bishop and Chaffetz did vote in favor of federal funds to restore the upper Mississippi River.

Senators Bennett (R) 0 Hatch (R) 0 Representatives Bishop (R-1) 4 Matheson (D-2) 75 Chaffetz (R-3) 4 WWW.LCV.ORG/SCORECARD

Sierra Club tracks Utah Legislature

Illegal ATV road

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ATVs in Recapture Canyon

the canyon and has met with hostility and threats.

In January someone posted fake BLM posters at the Recapture Canyon trailhead with threats that members of Great Old Broads are “wanted dead or alive” and “not allowed in San Juan County.”

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance attorney Liz Thomas commented, “Giving in to San Juan County ’s pressure for a right-of-way for the illegal trail would be a contradiction of the BLM’s legal duties, and would send a conflicting message: On the one hand, the BLM will seek criminal penalties and fines for persons who illegally construct trails on public lands, while on the other hand, the agency will reward the illegal action by giving the illegal trail to the county for ORV use.”

After off-roaders constructed an illegal ATV trail smashing archeological sites in Recapture Canyon near Blanding, Utah, the Bureau of Land Management fined them $35,000 for damages and closed the trail. Then, astonishingly, San Juan County officials filed a petition to make the illicit trail official, and the BLM has formed a working group to actually consider the request.

It seems beyond obvious that BLM should not legitimize illegal and destructive activity on public lands, especially in a sensitive area that has been of concern for conservationists.

Great Old Broads for Wilderness, a Durango, Colorado-based group that is part of the Utah Wilderness Coalition, has been monitoring ATV impacts in

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An ancient structural site in Recapture Canyon. Photo © Liz Thomas/SUWA.

As they do each legislative session, the Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club is doing a valuable service by tracking the good, bad and ugly environmental activities of the Utah Legislature. The 2011 general session ends on March 10, so if you’re reading this early in the month anything could still happen. After the general session ends, check out the bill tracker to see how your elected officials voted.

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Parley’s Nature Park: Dogs and nature co-exist After more than three years of arguing and a mayoral veto, the Salt Lake City Council has at last adopted a master plan for Parley’s Historic Nature Park, a 63-acre natural area at the mouth of Parley’s Canyon. The fight over offleash dogs in the park was a microcosm of Utah’s larger public lands battles. The plan states, “In the 30 years since its establishment, [the park] has been managed in a hands -off manner, allowing certain use patterns and stewardship roles to emerge that do not fully meet today’s standards for open space protection.”

Because off-leash dogs had been allowed in the entire park, dog owners resisted restrictions on pets regardless of escalating user conflicts and degradation of water quality and wildlife habitat. In the end, Salt Lake City had to take the lead and set priorities since “the public was not in agreement on park priorities due to competing interests for a limited resource.” The final plan is a multiple-use compromise that allows off-leash dogs in 15 acres of the park.

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Environmental scorecard ranks Utah congressmen The League of Conservation Voters has released their environmental scorecard for the 111th Congress (2010). The scorecard ranks members of Congress based on key environmental votes and assigns a score of 0 (no pro environment votes) to 100 (a perfect record).

Once again, Democrat Jim Matheson stands out in a delegation that is otherwise overtly hostile to environmental issues. During the last session, Senator Orrin Hatch (who is still in office) and outgoing senator Bob Bennett (replaced by Mike Lee) failed to make a single significant environmental vote. Utah’s three Representatives only did a little better. Despite

A fresh look at oil shale rules Last month, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar put the brakes on fast-track Utah oil- shale development, calling for the U.S. Geological Survey to study possible effects on water resources. In 2008, the Bush Administration amended BLM land use plans for Utah and other western states in order to encourage development of oilshale and tar sands on public lands. According to a Government Accountability Office analysis, the Bush-era plans failed to consider expected water demands for oil-shale development in the arid west.

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Utah prairie dogs still struggling The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources earned a C- from Wild Earth Guardians for its prairie dog management strategy—no improvement since last year, but better than the D+ they earned in 2008. Currently, a committee headed by the governor’s office is concentrating on trying to prove that Utah prairie dogs are not really a separate species, a claim not supported by science. Prairie dogs are a keystone species (one that has a particularly large effect on its ecosystem) for western grasslands.

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Republicans for/against national parks As “part of the Republican effort to reduce wasteful and redundant budgetary spending,” Congressman Rob Bishop (R-UT-1) introduced an amendment to cut off funds for the National Landscape Conservation System. That would be the law that allows the Bureau of Land Management to manage Escalante Grand Staircase National Monument as a park rather than as a Kaiparowits Plateau coal mine. Bishop complained that the NLCS “clouds the BLM’s historic mission” by which he apparently means its shameful history as the so -called “Bureau of Livestock and Mining.” The amendment was later withdrawn.

The irony is, once national parks and monuments are established, even conservatives love them.

When the Utah Legislature proposed a resolution to take control of federal lands inside Utah’s borders, Fred Cox, a Tea Party-supported Utah legislator from West Valley City, felt compelled to draft a law saying that Utah ’s national parks should remain parks.

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have always known words were importantâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;whether it was a well-timed quip, insult or insight. Even if you never read a book, newspaper or frozen burrito wrapper, words shape who you are and what you do. It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a movie, sappy pop song, text message, Tweet or graffiti on a greasy bathroom wall: Words matter. People may not often care what you say, but they will remember what you say. OMG it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter if you LOL or not; you are communicating with words. You cannot get from here to there without them.

BY DENNIS HINKAMP different word each time: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say you were an idiot.â&#x20AC;? Notice the nuance? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Punctuation Saves Livesâ&#x20AC;? is one of my favorite comedy bits going around the Internet these days.

Without a simple correctly placed comma, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eat, grandmaâ&#x20AC;? turns into a Stephen King movie.

Some words just feel good to say; such as parsimonious, slime, tepid, fish skins, erudite, bliss, conflagration, rapture, ĂŠlan, festoon, rapaciousâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and I could go on and on. Some words you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t write or say in public media

Try saying this sentence out loud putting the inflection on a different word each time: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didn â&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say you were an idiot.â&#x20AC;? Notice the nuance?

Words donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t only reside in the dictionary; many are made up. Weekold babies experiment with forming sounds until they find the one that gets the desired response. Our dog has several distinctly different barks that get her what she wantsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;there are the danger barks, the anxiety bark and the will-you-come-getthe-ball-out-from-under-the-couch bark. Likewise, dogs understand words and get more excited about them than any human could. Go up to any dog and say the single word â&#x20AC;&#x153;walk.â&#x20AC;? You can say it 23 times a day and each time the reaction will rival that of a last second winning touchdown on Super Bowl Sunday. Would that we could experience such repetitive glee.

Words donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand alone; they live for context. Behind humor lies little bits of truth; sarcasm is a tamer form of anger. Pausing, inflection and punctuation can give an identical group of words dozens of different meanings. Try saying this sentence out loud putting the inflection on a

because they carry such weight.

Words are fun and furious.

This all leads up to say that yelling at each other is probably not the best way to use words. It is entertaining at sporting events but not so much in political discourse.

Volume does not equal certainty and calling it rhetoric does not absolve anyone from anything.

Few people would stand for products that didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stand up to their words. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hey, the package said this was a 55 inch television, but when I got it home it was only 5.5 inches.â&#x20AC;? We should expect no less from those deciding the fate of the nation and sometimes world with their words. We should expect the news to at least aspire to truth over entertainment.

Words arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t everything, they are the only thing. (R.I.P Vince Lombardi.) u As always, Dennis Hinkamp would like to thank you for reading words.

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RECOVERY

IBOGA A psychoactive shrub that interrupts addiction?

BY PAIGE GUION

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or the past seven years I had watched my now-24-year-old daughter descend into the misery of heroin addiction.

Vigilantly, I waited for that mythical bottom where Abby would touch stone, submerged in pain, and with both feet push off, ascending toward life.

It did not come: not with homelessness, not with a brief stint in jail, not with an abscess colonized by a bacterial infection so maniacal it seemed to incorporate the very antibiotics meant to kill it into its membrane and continue to bloom;

Taub believes the visions inherent to an ibogaine treatment are a profound and powerful tool: “Some people find out the reasons why they become addicted personalities in the first place....Repressed memories from childhood can be unleashed and ultimately healed.”

an infection so tenacious, the loss of her arm was threatened just to stifle its spread. Not with needles broken off in her neck because they’d been used so many times their tiny gauge, meant to ease a diabetic’s discomfort, finally collapsed from multiple injections in

cause of injury deaths in Utah. More people die each year from prescribed opiates than die in car crashes.

Heroin abuse and subsequent deaths have grown in tandem with prescription pain medication

Salt Lake Valley. Our kids don’t begin by shooting heroin into their veins. Instead, they duck into the trees between runs at our ski resorts to light a chunk of black tar heroin perched on a tin foil square and suck the smoke through a straw. It’s no more intimidating then smoking a cigarette while drinking beer with their buddies on Saturday night— but the consequences are catastrophic.

* * * A year ago I learned about ibogaine, a vision-inducing alkaloid extracted from the root bark of an African shrub, Tabernanthe iboga.

This medicine is said to stymie withdrawal symptoms and wash away cravings with a single treatment.

Iboga is used ritually in comingof-age ceremonies among the Bwiti people of Gabon, similar to indigenous Americans’ use of peyote.

In the 1960s, within the marginalized world of heroin addiction, empirical evidence accumulated testifying to ibogaine’s anti-addictive properties.

Twenty-five years later, a passionate underground community of ibogaine providers coalesced and began treating heroin addicts outside the medical establishment, while fighting to legalize and legitimize ibogaine.

Ibogaine treatment for addiction is unregulated in both Canada and Mexico. In the United States, where it remains illegal, underground providers—some ex-addicts themselves—give treatments in secret locations, using pseudonyms to protect their identity. Ibogaine is legally classified as a Schedule I substance having “high abuse potential and no accepted medical use,” along with LSD, heroin and marijuana.

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multiple bodies. With some luck they had been rinsed here and there with bleach to intercept the transcription of HIV or Hepatitis C—there is no needle exchange program in Utah.

Overdose from prescription pain medications such as Oxycontin, Dilaudid and Lortab are the leading

abuse.

It isn’t gang members or the kids living in poverty our communities are losing; it’s our privileged middle-class children.

One day in July 2010, The Deseret News reported an unprecedented six heroin-related overdoses in the

Conventional treatment options for heroin addiction are dismal. An addict can stop cold turkey, sending the body into violent withdrawals characterized by vomiting, shaking, diarrhea, sleeplessness, and gnawing cravings. Doctors and methadone clinics can prescribe methadone and Suboxone to replace opiates; they placate the body by filling opiate receptor sites without adding the sensation of getting high. But methadone comes with its own potential for abuse. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of deaths involving methadone from 1999 to

While Abby was in Mexico, the media reported daily on the disappearance of young girls; a dozen people were murdered in a drug rehab center in northern Mexico; drug war murders escalated. Even so, the risks of sending her for treatment seemed reasonable. Before she left Salt Lake, toward the end of this most recent round in our battle with addiction, I had begged the Universe to be moved by my pleading and have her thrown in jail so she would at least be safe. Having an addicted child is a suspended grief, a graceless survival.

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2006 increased sevenfold from 790 deaths to 5,420 annually. The cost of inpatient treatment facilities is prohibitive for all but the wealthiest families or those with extraordinary insurance coverage. Unlike someone withdrawing from alcohol or benzodiazepines, a person withdrawing from opiates is unlikely to experience seizures or die, thus freeing insurance companies from the responsibility of providing coverage for addicts.

* * * One morning last May, emaciated, riddled with abscesses and lashed to a $300-a-day heroin habit, Abby called saying she was ready for change. We had already tried the conventional treatments, multiple times, to no avail. Ibogaine was the only remaining hope.

Within 24 hours, she was en route to a village an hour south of Mexico City. Somewhere in the air between Dallas and Mexico City, she was probably nauseated, cramping and sweaty. She spoke no Spanish and had never been out of the United States. She traveled alone. She had begun her pilgrimage.

* * * Lex Kogan has spent the better part of the past 10 years as an ibogaine provider treating addicts in the underground. He now runs an I Begin Again clinic in Tepoztlan, Mexico. Miraculously—with little forewarning, erratic phone service and no Internet communication— he found my waiflike child, skateboard in hand, at a bus stop in Cuernavaca.

Using a treatment protocol he calls “the staircase method” for heroin detox, he spent the next four days—24 hours a day—giving Abby

Miraculously—with little forewarning, erratic phone service and no Internet communication—Kogan found my waiflike child, skateboard in hand, at a bus stop in Cuernavaca. doses of ibogaine based on subjective symptoms of withdrawal such as restlessness, cramping, discomfort and tension, increasing the dose at intervals until reaching a “flood” level. At this point, she would have begun to experience the dreamlike visions associated with ibogaine, difficulty walking or standing without assistance and possibly nausea and vomiting. He explains: “Nor-ibogaine, which is what ibogaine becomes in the liver, feeds and fills the receptors, eliminating withdrawal symptoms until a saturated coating is attained.” It is in the “saturated coating” that the addict is set free.

“Addiction in a practical sense is a pattern and nothing more,” says Kogan. “The body suffers, the mind races and the heart grows numb. We find ourselves living a lifestyle that consumes us whole and leaves nothing in its wake.”

None of the providers I spoke to in the ibogaine community touts it as a miracle cure on its own, but most agree it offers a window for addicts: a withdrawal-free, cravingfree period that, combined with

therapy and a change of environment, offers opiate addicts a new way of life.

Florida-based ibogaine advocate Eric Taub has been doing addiction interruption treatments for 18 years.

He is a primary force in the battle to make ibogaine available for the treatment of addiction. He also facilitates ibogaine sessions for psychospiritual exploration. The sessions address issues “from co-dependency to food addictions, from fibromyalgia to issues around sadness, anger and emptiness,” says Taub.

Taub believes the visions inherent to an ibogaine treatment are a profound and powerful tool. Through these visions, he says, “some people find out the reasons why they become addicted personalities in the first place....Repressed memories from childhood can be unleashed and ultimately healed.” However, he warns that the months following treatment can be “a profoundly arduous experience that takes a lot of courage, a lot of work to wade through.”

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Abby has been sober for eight months now, two months longer than any previous attempt. She cries often. The intensity of emotion frightens her. Heroin robbed her of the bouquet of feelings that give depth and texture to life. I am in awe of her courage.

We are excavating her past for memories of things that once gave her joy. My hope is that in recreating and reconnecting with life through activities she loves, she may find happiness and a way toward a sober and stable life. Currently, she is getting a certificate to teach English as a second language. She wants to go back to Mexico or to Kazakhstan or Indonesia—anywhere but here; Salt Lake City’s streets hold too many familiar patterns. She is starting to dream!

The last time we spoke, Abby told me that during her treatment she had a vision of floating in the bottom of her purse with drug paraphernalia: syringes, heroin balloons, lighters, tar-stained blackened spoons. From the darkness where she floated, voices sang in rounds overlapping, again and again: “We love you anyway. We love you anyway,” and it is true, so very true. u Paige Guion lives in eastern Utah where a herd of several hundred elk are her most frequent winter guests. She is willing to speak with parents of addicted children and others who have questions regarding ibogaine. Contact her at HOPE@IBOGAU TAH.ORG. (Her daughter’s name has been changed to protect her privacy.)

The internet is a rich source for iboga-related information. Two recommended sites: WWW.IBOGAINENOW.COM IBEGINAGAIN.ORG Ibogaine treatments run $3,0005,000 per session. One or two sessions is the norm. Some treatment centers offer payment plans and sponsorship programs.

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350.ORG on money pollution What’s the biggest source of pollution— cars or industry? How about money?

350.ORG’s Bill McKibben thinks so—especially when it comes to influencing US politics. Already well known for their mass spectacle climate change awareness campaigns, 350.ORG is now taking on the US Chamber of Commerce, which has recently spoken out against the funding of renewable resources. The Chamber receives more than 55% of their budget from just 16 companies, the names of which they won’t disclose—but 350.ORG says the fact that they’ve actively tried to kill the Clean Air Act and to interfere with the EPA should give us a pretty clear idea who those companies are. In response, 350.ORG has launched a new campaign, “The US Chamber Doesn’t Speak For Me,” and is encouraging local businesses and chambers of commerce (and ordinary citizens, of course) to sign their declaration. Once they’ve got enough support, they ’re planning to formally ask local chambers of commerce to officially end their ties with the US Chamber.

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The shortsightedness of the US Chamber The US Chamber of Commerce, most likely backed by fossil fuel industries, may feel it’s got the best interest of those it represents in mind when it fights against the funding of renewable resources (they compete with oil, after all), but its myopic views could just be its downfall: Who’s going to dish out the cash when the oil’s all gone?

Hopefully the rest of American industry will remember who its friends aren’t when growth is coming from the greens.

According to a report by the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP), a global 2% investment ($1.3 trillion) in green sectors (such as construction and energy) could expand the global economy by at least 2% per year—probably more. And by all indications, that number would rise as returns start coming in.

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Want to improve the environment? Move!

According to a recent EPA study, what impacts your carbon footprint isn’t buying an electric car or going vegetarian or even

building green—it’s where you’re living in the first place. Most of us know by now that the biggest pollution point around is our cars, so it shouldn’t be surprising that the number one impact on consumption is transportation.

Living in a walkable community with access to public transit makes a far bigger difference. For example, according to the study, you can cut your energy consumption by 34% if you insulate your home and drive a hybrid. Do both those things and move to a transit-oriented area and you cut your energy consumption by 64%. Live urban, and take the train.

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Got hayfever?

Blame global warming Okay, maybe we allergy sufferers can’t blame the oil industry for our sniffles, but we can blame it for how long we sneeze.

According a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the seasonal allergy season has increased by 13 to 27 days throughout central North America in the past two decades. Warmer weather now arrives 10 to 14 days earlier, and the warmer the temp, the longer ragweed (the heaviest hitter for those with allergies) dumps its pollen.

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CFL, LED—ESL? Hopefully by now most CATALYST readers aren’t pouring over my pithy Green Bits ponderings by the light of an incandescent bulb—those wastrels of lighting options— but instead have switched to compact fluorescent (CFL). Some of you may already be investing in the pricey but even more efficient light emitting diode (LED) bulbs.

There’s a new contender for the light bulb champion of the greenies: ESL, or electron-stimulated luminescence. The start-up company Vu1 has recently begun manufacturing the new technology, which is built upon an old technology—the cathode ray tube (those things that used to be in TVs). It works by using accelerated electrons (which are electrons, but special, accelerated ones) to stimulate a phosphor coating on the bulb, making light. The bulbs are super efficient: CFLs, for example, have a “power factor” rating of 0.5, and LEDs get a 0.8, whereas ESLs get between 0.95 and 0.99. For the most part they ’re recyclable, but contain semi-conductors and other electronic components that are difficult to properly dispose of. Unlike CFLs, there’s no

mercury involved. They’re supposed to last five times longer than an incandescent, which is about the same as CFLs—but they cost $20 a pop.

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Gold goes solar Fool’s gold, that is. Researchers at the University of California Irvine are currently working on a way to use pyrite, also known as fool’s gold, to make solar panels.

Currently, solar panels use rare earth minerals, such as cadmium, that are both costly and damaging to the environment to mine and refine. Pyrite, on the other hand, is one of the most common minerals in the earth’s crust. The idea’s not new: in the ’80s and ’90s German researchers gave it a shot, but couldn’t figure out how to overcome low conductivity issues. The UCI team’s not there yet, but they ’re confident it can be done.

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Blue Sky expands If you’ve signed up for the Blue Sky program (and pay a little extra for wind-powered electricity), you’re partly responsible for fiscal success of nine Utah solar energy projects.

Recently Rocky Mountain Power awarded $938,000 to 12 more projects in Utah, Wyoming and Idaho—all made possible through funding from those 34,000 Blue Sky participants. The Utah organizations that got money for their projects are the Utah Museum of Natural History, the McGillis School, Ivins City, Cedar City Aquatic Center, Westminster College Emma Eccles Jones Conservatory, Fourth Street Clinic, Early Light Academy, Wasatch Peak Elementary and the South Salt Lake Fire Department. Big pat on the back all around!

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SLC public transit ranked #2 in nation The U.S. News and World Report announced last month that Salt Lake City is #2 on its national rankings of “Best Cities for Public Transportation.” The ranking was based on our heavy investment in transit (all those light rail lines popping up, not to mention FrontRunner) and rate of ridership: #18 ranking in miles traveled contrasted with #43 ranking by population. In other words, a lot of us don’t use public transit, but those who do go a long way.

I wonder what they ’ll rank us after UTA’s

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Wasatch Community Gardens update One of SLC’s oldest and most respected nonprofit organizations, Wasatch Community Gardens, has recently expanded. They recently brought on two more staff members (for a total of five) and are conducting 35 sustainable food workshops this year—that’s 15 more than last year.

They’re also building the foundation for their new Community Gardens Network Project, which will “create and support a network of sustainable, flourishing community gardens along the Wasatch Front.”

They’re also working on a summer camp for kids, and moving into a new office.

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Wheeze easy We all know about winter air along the Wasatch Front—take a jog in the foothills and, on many days, you’ll need a good wheezy sit-down afterward. Four times last year and twice already this year, Utah had reached air pollution levels that were considered so unhealthy to breathe that residents were told to stay inside if possible. And those are just the “red” air days—we’ve also had 11 “orange” and 24 yellow. It’s obvious things need to change, and soon. Luckily, it doesn’t look like the air will get any worse: There’s more than just the threat of poor health looming over Utah lawmakers—federal highway funding is at stake.

In 2006, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) changed the rules on air pollution, reducing permissible levels of PM2.5 from 65 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3) down to 35 µg/m3. The new rules require states to draw up a plan to work toward attainment, or to stay within the new levels. With non attainment comes loss of federal highway funds, fees based on annual emissions in excess, federal dictates on speed limits and increased taxes and registration for vehicles. Thankfully, with these consequences hanging over the heads of state officials, Utah has started the necessary steps to address the air pollution problem. But don’t hold your breath—current EPA limits are set just about where we’re at now, making them more of a cap than a mandate.

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he term “non-monogamy” is appearing more regularly in the press and in the national dialogue. A catch-all reference for relationships that can involve sexual intimacy with more than one partner, non-monogamy manifests in several ways. Utahns, of course, were aware of polygamy long before “Big Love” and “Sister Wives.” “Swinging,” with its partner

“Respectable” non-monogamy?

swaps and often anonymous, recreational, and temporary sexual hookups, has been grist for books and films since the ’50s. Despite Utah’s ultra-conservative reputation, an underground sub-culture of swingers continues to thrive here.

Those drawn to polyamory, however, claim a more complex desire: to create and maintain honest, consensual, ongoing, loving rela-

Polyamory stretches the paradigm, claiming that love for more than one other person is like a parent’s love for more than one child—it just develops when they show up, and it doesn’t get diluted as it expands.

tionships with more than just one other person.

The word polyamory entered the modern lexicon in 1990, the mixed Greek/Latin roots meaning “to have many loves.” But it’s not a recent phenomenon. Several books written in the past two decades report many combat pilots and their wives during World War II practiced a form of it. So did their commander-in-chief— Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, who both maintained outside love interests that were known to the other.

In certain cultures throughout human history, something akin to polyamory has actually been the norm. According to a July 29, 2009

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Newsweek online report, as many as half a million American families are openly polyamorous (TINYURL.COM/29QKLBP).

Even if that figure is correct, however, most people whose lifestyle could be labeled polyamorous remain below the public radar.

They may live together or not; see each other frequently or rarely; be straight, gay, bisexual or some variation. However, even though it’s been a feature of Western civilization since the Roman Empire, they all defy the idea that monogamy is the only model for marriage and relationships.

I am ethically bound to share with you my own experience and situation: I left a conservative reli-

In societies that featured more competition between males, polygamy became the norm with its one-mantake-most theme. In less competitive cultures, monogamy arose. gion and 30 years of monogamy in 2004. I have lived for almost four years now with a “primary partner.” The relationship is polyamorous on my account; my partner is monogamous.

Differentiating polyamory among the various non-monogamous arrangements can be tricky. Deceptive cheating while pretending to be monogamous is a form of nonmonogamy that most people hold in low regard. In another form, one partner reluctantly tolerates the dalliances of the other. Moving up the integrity scale, partners in some open relationships maintain a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy—both are free to discretely do their own thing but not become emotionally attached to their outside interests.

Franklin Veaux’s Venn diagram graphic (see opposite page) makes a valiant attempt to illustrate all the various types of non-monogamous arrangements even including a “commercial” category for prostitution.

But people who identify their relational style as polyamorous do something most other non-monogamists often don’t. Less interested in quick hook-ups primarily for diversion, polyamorists often become, to some degree, part of each others’ lives. Unlike polygamy, polyamory tends more toward gender equality, with women having as much sexual freedom as men. There is also the intention to feel positive about a partner’s other relationships.

As liberal (or libertine) as all this seems, polyamorous relationships don’t necessarily involve group or even more sex. Most polyamorists prefer the intimacy of one-on-one encounters with each of their partners. Some practice polyfidelity— everyone staying sexually within a well-defined group. Others practice fluid bonding—using condoms or other protection whenever they

have outside contact and with everyone’s sexual history verified by STD testing.

Who’s doing it?

Much of the recent national media coverage of polyamory has been positive or at least inquisitively neutral. Historically, quirky literary and artsy non-monogamists such as Ayn Rand and Anais Nin have been socially tolerated just as actress Tilda Swinton and Hollywood couple Will Smith and Jada PinkettSmith are today. What’s bigger news is the polyamorous lifestyle of seemingly buttoned-down, establishment-types like America’s second wealthiest person and philanthropist Warren Buffett.

Despite thawing public disapproval, many still encounter subtle to serious objections from family, friends, employers and public officials. More than one former spouse has used an ex’s polyamorous lifestyle to win a child custody case.

Others have found themselves suddenly unemployed when they were outed. Understandably, many keep their situations confidential.

Of course, just as in monogamous ones, the toughest challenges come from within poly relationships themselves. Poly people have to face the green-eyed monster of jealousy just like anyone else—perhaps even moreso, and actually being pleased about a lover’s other lover doesn’t come naturally for most. Life can become especially challenging during new relationship energy—the stuff that gets generated during the giddy phase of a budding relationship and can be threatening to partners in established relationships that have become less romantic and more comfortable.

Our culture trains us to be possessive about romantic partners; love is considered finite in quantity. Polyamory stretches the paradigm, claiming that love for more than one other person is like a parent’s love for more than one child—it just develops when they show up, and it doesn’t get diluted as it expands. The more the merrier—up to a point.

Wired for promiscuity Where does the urge to have more than one partner originate? Is it a deviant sexual orientation? An overactive libido? Emotional and mental instability? The result of a moral or spiritual defect? Or could it be basic to human beings?

Both monogamy and polygamy have their roots in the rise of agrarian societies about 10,000 years ago, when humans transitioned from being foraging gatherers and hunters to herders and farmers.

In Sex at Dawn: the Prehistoric Origins of Modern Sexuality, psychologist Christopher Ryan and psychiatrist Cacilda Jetha point out that Western society inherited monogamy from the Romans—an institution created mostly to determine inheritances. The Romans, however, and especially those of the upper class, were hardly monogamous in practice. The expectation of sexual exclusivity came later, after the merger of the Empire and Christianity in the fourth century.

Both monogamy and polygamy have their roots in the rise of agrarian societies about 10,000 years ago. When humans transitioned from being foraging gatherers and hunters to herders and farmers, land went from being a shared resource to private property, and exclusive marriages were created to transfer accumulated wealth to heirs. In societies that featured more competition between males, polygamy became the norm with its one-man-take-most theme. In

less competitive cultures, monogamy arose.

Ryan and Jetha argue that we don’t appreciate the manner in which humans interrelated for the first roughly 200,000-plus years of our existence. Foragers lived in relatively small, highly interdependent groups that had little hierarchy, almost no competition among members, and featured more equality between the sexes. Such social dynamics continue today among remote tribal peoples, and various forms of non-monogamy are still common, especially in groups that have little contact with the West.

Polyamory may have simply been the norm among our ancestors.

The authors cite the research of scientists who study human anthropology and our closest evolutionary cousins, the bonobo chimpanzees which share 98.4% of our DNA, and conclude that we’re fundamentally wired for…I wish there were a less

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Where to turn For those pushing against all the cultural momentum flowing in the opposite direction from friends, family members and society ’s institutions, resources and outside support are available. Several books address the personal, family, work, social and legal issues involved.

The Ethical Slut (1997, revised 2009), by Dossie Easton and Janet W . Hardy. The groundbreaking classic text for polyamorists.

Opening Up (2008), by Tristan Taormino. Perhaps the most popular how-to guide— the fruit of interviews with almost 200 polyamorists describing why they ’ve adopted the lifestyle and how they deal with its challenges. An online polyamory “bookshelf ” is at LISTAL.COM/LIST/POLYAMORY-BOOKS. LOVEMORE.COM. A national network of polyamorists focused on education and advocacy, headed by Robyn Trask, editor of Loving More Magazine. In addition to the monthly periodical, her organization hosts national, educational and support conferences.

Utah Polyamory Society Listserv at GROUPS.YAHOO.COM/GROUP/UTAHPOLYAMORYSOCIETY. Over 500 subscribers, hosts meetings twice a month with occasional socials for typically 10 to 100 attendees. T o be clear, these are not sex parties, and visitors with a prurient curiosity are disappointed by the generally serious tone. Participants come to learn about the poly lifestyle or for advice to live it successfully.

Booklists, personal ads, and discussion forums: XEROMAG.COM/FVPOLY.HTML, POLYAMORY.COM, POLYMATCHMAKER.ORG. Others such as OKCupid (OKCUPID.COM) are “poly friendly.”

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Sinus health

3. Pinch off one nostril by pressing a finger against the side of your nose. Hum absolutely as high and loud as you can. Do this several times. See if you can get higher and louder. Take a short break.

4. Pinch off the same nostril. Hum as low as you can several times. See if you can get lower and louder. Take a short break.

5. Recite the nursery rhyme with your lips closed. Your teeth can separate. Be absolutely as clear as possible.

6. Do steps 2-4 while pinching off the other nostril.

7. Now tilt your head back and briefly repeat steps 2-4 on both sides. Rest for a moment.

8. Tilt your head toward your left shoulder and repeat steps 2-4.

9. Then tilt your head right and repeat steps 2-4.

10. Bend forward as far as comfortably possible. Repeat steps 2-4 on both sides.

Simple steps to keep breathing easy

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inus pain and infection are frustrating and sap energy. For some people, sinus problems are an obvious health issue.

For others, sinus issues are a hidden drain on their immune systems. An infection can be quietly lurking in the background for decades.

Drugs for sinus infections may work, but they can have wicked side effects. Levaquin is notorious for brutal damage (including irreversible nerve damage). All antibiotics damage the ecology of the

digestive tract.

Nutrition can help. Dr. Andrew Weil recently was interviewed in the Sun (WWW.SUNMAGAZINE.ORG). He says eliminating dairy foods for three months cures many sinus problems.

Beside dairy products, sugar, alcohol, white flour and junk food in general seem to exacerbate sinus infections. Spicy foods can promote sinus drainage. Wasabi, horseradish, hot mustard and various peppers and curries can help clear sinuses.

The neti pot is an awesome tool—it offers great benefit and, with a little practice, is easy to use.

This small teapot-like container usually sells for around $20 at health food stores.

Fill the pot with body temperature water, and stir in a quarter-teaspoon of table salt. Leaning over a sink, tip your head to one side and place the spout into the “top” nostril. Keeping your mouth open, slowly pour the water in. It flows through the nasal passages, and by tilting your head various ways, you can flush your head out thoroughly. The water will pour out your other nostril or go back toward your throat. This is a great way to relieve the cough

BY DANIEL SCHMIDT caused by postnasal drip. Some doctors recommend also standing and tilting your head back during part of the neti procedure so that you flush the frontal sinus. Repeat the process, pouring water into the other nostril.

Try this at home Yes, you may feel ridiculous at first. But this Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lesson really gets results. Besides clearing sinuses, it will help develop voice power and clarity. It will improve posture and breathing. It can also help your hearing, particularly for pitch and tone.

Sometimes there is a lot of nasal drainage so have some tissues handy.

1. Sitting comfortably, keep your mouth closed (lips together, teeth can separate) and recite a nursery rhyme (or something else easy; you could even read aloud these instructions), as loud and clear as you can.

2. Hum as high a pitch as you can with your mouth closed. Then hum as low as you can with your mouth closed. Make it as loud and

11. Still bent forward? Recite your nursery rhyme again. This time keep your teeth together, but open your lips. Exaggerate the enunciation. Make an effort to be loud and clear.

12. Pinch one nostril and hum starting highest and dropping to lowest. Repeat this a few times. Try to smooth out the sound so that the pitch can drop more continuously.

13. Repeat steps 1-12 on the other nostril.

14. Now start with humming your lowest tone and gliding up to your highest. Be loud, and go for making it smoother each repetition.

15. Do the other side.

16. Repeat step 1, keeping your mouth closed and reciting a nursery rhyme as clearly and loudly as possible.

You can repeat this lesson over time and get more results. It also works to perform parts of the lesson when you don’t have time for the whole. Gradually you will find you have a different sense of the inside of your head. u Dan Schmidt is a Feldenkrais practitioner, bodyworker and dance instructor in Salt Lake City. He teaches classes for the public and for massage therapists. OPENHANDSLC.COM.

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So what does this mean for modern polyamorists willing to wave off modern social conventions and explore their ancient biological and psychological programming? Polyinclined friends don’t have to twist themselves into anxious knots if a sexual attraction starts to blossom.

They may not move in together, but they have the option of guiltless “friends with benefits” arrangements and taking those relationships to whatever level of involvement is comfortable for all parties.

Unfaithfulness now affects over half of all monogamous marriages and long-term relationships, but if poly folk honor agreements made with their partners and are open about who is spending time with whom, they don’t fall victim to infidelity and the deception that surrounds it. When the seven-year itch (or the four-year variant that modern researchers identify as the more critical juncture) or even a six-month urge to wander strikes, polyamorists aren’t compelled to subconsciously subvert their otherwise viable existing relationships to clear the way for a new one.

Polyamory offers an alternative to serial monogamy—the current less-than-happy norm in Western society. Poly partners and spouses don’t choose between sexual novelty and long-term stability. They enjoy both.

Any experienced polyamorous person will admit that this love style is definitely not for everyone and is never a cure for an already failing relationship. A troubled couple rarely finds relief simply by adding more people to the mix.

However, for those not intimidated by the idea of moving beyond social conventions and their own insecurities, and who have the time and energy to be with more than one intimate partner, polyamory may open up a world of enlivening new possibilities. u

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Among polygamous gorillas, on the other hand, males are more than twice the size of females—a trait that developed to be able to better fight off male rivals.

Human women, unlike the females of the purely monogamous or polygamous primate species, may experience sexual arousal regardless of where they are in their menstrual cycle and desire sexual activity as much as men especially in sexually unrepressed societies. The high sex drive of both men and women goes far beyond what’s needed for reproduction—an odd trait which evolution wouldn’t have created unless sexual intimacy serves a purpose beyond procreation.

In “primitive” polyamorous societies, these authors contend, it doesn’t matter whose sperm does the impregnating although studies show that women, even in more “civilized” societies, prefer the attention of men they consider most physically desirable during the fertile phase of their cycle. However, children are an asset to the entire group and are raised by all in cultures without the rigid nuclear family boundaries of monogamous Western society.

Among our promiscuous bonobo cousins, sex is like social glue, and almost all members of a troop regularly engage in it with the other mature bonobos.

Biologists and animal behaviorists contend that sexual interaction is essential to their high degree of group interdependence and cohesion. Ryan and Jetha assemble ample evidence that that’s how humans are wired, too, suggesting that possessiveness and jealousy are the real modern perversions.

They argue that Darwin was influenced by Victorian social values when he concluded that competition among human males for females was counterproductive and resulted in evolution settling the

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Ballet and its shadow

BY AMY BRUNVAND I had the craziest dream last night. About a girl who was turned into a swan. But her prince falls for the wrong girl, and she kills herself.

—Nina (played by Natalie Portman in Black Swan) When I borrowed Jennifer Homans’ new book Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet from the library, I found that another reader had bookmarked the section on Tchaikovsy’s Swan Lake ballet using a ticket stub from the movie Black Swan. These two works about ballet currently appear on top-10 lists everywhere, and together they make up kind of a White Swan/Black Swan duo: While Homans describes submission to the ordered laws of ballet as a paradoxically liberat-

The creepy side of ballet is not exactly a new discovery. The great Romantic ballet Giselle (1841) already has zombies in it (they’re called “wilis” in the program, but I know a zombie when I see one). Edward Gorey ’s gothic graphic micronovel, The Gilded Bat, captures the same weird mixture of private drudgery, public glamour and impending doom.

SHALL WE DANCE? ing, “almost religious” experience, Black Swan is a pop-culture gem that takes those same themes of perfection and control and twists them into a horror story.

Homans is both a professional ballerina and a historian; Apollo’s Angels is a well researched and lively scholarly work that traces the 400-year cultural history of ballet. If you want a whole new appreciation for where ballet came from and what it means, read this book. Ballet originated in 17th-century French royal courts, where an elaborate movement language developed specifically to make the king look like a god, so right from the start, ballets portrayed supernatural events, spirits, fairies, ghosts and black magic. The dance also codified elaborate court etiquette, and since only the wealthy had time and money to learn such a demanding art, it defined an aesthetic and a way of life.

The fact that ballet prowess could elevate the social status of dancers helped nudge ballet from the aristocracy into the theatre and then allowed it to survive such horrors as Oliver Cromwell, the French Revolution, and Stalinism.

As a dancer, Homans is a little bit gaga over the noble qualities of ballet—in her view, the practice of ballet doesn’t just create an illusion, it genuinely transforms the body and soul of the dancer. However, Homans also believes that ballet dancers these days lack the essential conviction of their art and that the world of ballet has shrunk into an islolated group of “insiders,” “hyperspecialists” and “balletomaines.” She writes, “Ballet has always and above all contained the idea of human transformation, the conviction that human beings could remake themselves in another, more perfect or divine image,” and then laments that “Today we no longer believe in ballet’s ideals.”

Nonetheless, human transformation and the desire for perfection are precisely what drives the drama in Black Swan—the film might have been titled Swan Lake & Mr. Hyde since it’s a sort of movie equivalent of the bestseller

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance—Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem! (by Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith). But it’s more than that. By compiling and exaggerating all of the creepiest ballet clichés the movie doesn’t just use ballet as a frame for the story, it derives horror directly from qualities that seems inherent in ballet.

The creepy side of ballet is not exactly a new discovery. The great Romantic ballet Giselle (1841) already has zombies in it (they’re called “wilis” in the program, but I know a zombie when I see one). Edward Gorey’s gothic graphic micronovel The Gilded Bat captures the film’s same weird mixture of private drudgery, public glamour and impending doom.

Black Swan also owes a nod to Gelsey Kirkland’s autobiography Dancing on my Grave, a real-life horror story of cocaine addiction, casual sex, anorexia, narcissism, petty back-stabbing, physical pain and selfannihilation.

(Despite all this, Kirkland was also a fabulous dancer and a muse to both George Balanchine and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Ultimately she kept her faith, and she is still teaching ballet.)

In the movie, a lecherous ballet director (Vincent Cassel) urges Nina (Natalie Portman) to become the black swan by acting more sexual in real life. Homans acknowledges that the idealized swanlike women-in-white are that way, at least in part, because they are sexually repressed. She writes, “Dancers infrequently experience their art as sexual: Even when their limbs are wrapped around each other or they are joined in impassioned embrace, ballet is too unreal and contrived—pure artifice—and requires too much work and technical concentration to permit arousal.” This pursuit of perfection includes not only binding feet into toe shoes, but also manipulating one’s body through radical diet and exercise into an idealized sylphlike form. It rings true in the film when the ballet director observes Nina, fluttering and shy in the role of the White Swan and snarls to her dance partner, “Would you want to [sleep with] that girl?”

L EA RN I NG Of course he wouldn’t. Hasn’t that been the crux of the Swan Lake ballet all along? The prince chooses the wrong girl because given the choice between the nervous, emotionally needy white swan and the assertive, self-confident black swan, anybody would go to the dark side. The other characters in Black Swan refer to Nina as “beautiful,” but she’s actually horrific to look at— never mind the David Cronenberg-type special effects. She’s a nervous, hollow-eyed, asexual skeleton of a woman, bits of her body flaking off along with her self-identity and her sanity.

So which is it? Homans says ballet is a transformative and ennobling art form that can bring dancers closer to the divine, but also that it is a dying art due to a fragmented and cynical popular culture that lacks honor, decorum, civility and taste. Black Swan says ballet is a horror show that causes young women in pursuit of unachievable perfection to cripple their bodies and obliterate their selfhood, but also that, even seen through a fragmented pop-culture mirror, the power of ballet to transform remains intact.

You know where this is going. In the Swan Lake ballet, both the white swan and the black swan are traditionally danced by the same ballerina.

Yin and yang only exist in relation to each other.

Black Swan may be a horror movie, but it’s a really good horror movie, right up there with Night of the Living Dead and The Fly. Part of the reason it’s good is, it isn’t just framed by ballet-ish Hollywood dancing, it is a dance-for-the-camera horror movie that (no matter how much real dancers object) really is about ballet and really does tell the story of Swan Lake. It seems that pop culture is not entirely clueless after all about why Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake ballet is still a hit after all these years. u Amy Brunvand is a librarian at the University of Utah and a dance enthusiast.

Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet. Jennifer Homans. Random House (2010).

Black Swan (2010). Directed by Darren Aronofsky (Rated R. Sexual content, disturbing violent images, language, drug use) Dancing on my Grave. Gelsey Kirkland & Greg Lawrence. Berkley (1986).

The Gilded Bat. Edward Gorey. Simon & Schuster (1966).

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The Gilded Bat. Edward Gorey. Simon & Schuster (1966)

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Wednesday, March 30 | 3:30-4:30p Carolyn Tanner Irish Humanities Building Room 109 Public talk about the art of contemporary fiction held on the University of Utah campus Wednesday, March 30 | 7pm | Salt Lake City Public Library Terry Tempest Williams joins Michael Ondaatje in a discussion about the making of the film The English Patient, held at the Salt Lake City Public Library, 210 E. 400 S. The film will be shown for free on Sunday, March 27, at 2:00p at the Library.

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Ideas, profiles, products & news for all things animal

BY CAROL KOLEMAN

•ANIMALIA: pron. Ah-nee-MALE-ya.

Featured Animals Our featured animals this month are brought to you by four organizations that deal in wild horse adoptions. In-person adoptions are available on a limited basis at three Utah locations.

A beautiful three-year-old boy was captured in December 2008 from the Cedar Mountain herd near Tooele. He is 14.2 hands tall, a gray gelding, necktag 6647. This horse is at the Salt Lake Regional Wild Horse and Burro Center in Herriman. Horses and burros may be viewed during regular business hours (9a-3p, M-F). Adoptions at the Horse Center are by appointment.

Call or email Jared Redington: 801561-4632, jredingt@blm.gov.

A sweet one-year-old buckskin filly was captured on December 15, 2010 from Sulphur, Utah. She is 13 hands tall, necktag 4553. She is located at the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison, Utah, a holding and training facility. Adoptions are by appointment only.

Contact Dona Bastian, 435-8961538, 435-287-7591, Dona_Bastian@blm.gov.

“Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.”

—Erich Fromm

The third location is the Delta Wild Horse Corrals in Delta, Utah.

Adoptions are by appointment only.

Contact Eric Reid at 435-864-4068 or 435-979-2180, or email Eric_Reid@blm.gov. Adoptions are first come, first serve for $125, then Adopt-a-Buddy (a second horse to keep the first company) for $25.

Facility hours are M-F, 9a-3p.

To view horses from these three organization, go to www.blm.gov/adoptahorse/_onsitegallery.php and click BLM Facilities Photos.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) also holds monthly online adoptions. Visit www.blm.gov/ adoptahorse/howtoadopt.php to see all adoptable animals. The next adoption begins March 2 and closes at 11 a.m., March 16. See website for instructions and details.

Horses are a huge commitment of time and money. Wild horses in particular can be challenging. Some are too wild to ever ride; others have been saddle trained, but may have been brutalized in the process. So before you buy a wild horse, be aware of what is involved and the potential issues you may encounter.

Some horse trainers in Utah specialize in training wild mustangs in a gentle, humane way. For a list of these trainers, please contact me at carol@catalystmagazine.net.

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Did you know?

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Multimedia recommendations Watch Check out one of my favorite videos, Battle at Kruger. www.youtube.com/embed/LU8DDY z68kM Listen NPR Sound Treks: Birds, Spellbinding Tales of Flight, Feather and Song. I listen to this while driving, a great way to feel closer to our birdly friends.

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Highly recommended by February’s Animal Angel, Sonya Richins.

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The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was founded in 1866 on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and respectful treatment at the hands of humans, and must be protected under the law.

“As the first humane organization to be granted legal authority to investigate and make arrests for

crimes against animals, we are wholly dedicated to fulfilling the ASPCA mission through nonviolent approaches. Our organization provides local and national leadership in three key areas: caring for pet parents and pets, providing positive outcomes for at-risk animals and serving victims of animal cruelty.” WWW.ASPCA.ORG

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Adopt an older dog Seniors are love bugs: Senior dogs display a great deal of devotion and love. They know that you saved them and show you every day how grateful they are.

What you see is what you get: You’ll know important things like their fullgrown size, personality and grooming requirements right up front, no surprises.

Easy to train: Older dogs are great at focusing on you because they’re calmer than youngsters.

Don’t believe the saying that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, you can! Plus, all those years of experience reading humans can help them quickly figure out how to do what you’re asking.

Potty time: Older dogs are likely to already be house-trained and if they’re not, they have the physical and mental abilities to pick it up quickly (unlike puppies).

No chewing: With their teething years behind them, seniors also are much less likely to be destructive chewers.

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They settle in quickly: Older dogs have been around the block and already learned what it takes to get along with others and become part of a pack.

Walk, don’t run: Canine seniors have probably run out their hyper energy so they won’t require you to run a marathon each day—just nice leisurely walks.

Save a life, be a hero: At shelters, older dogs are often the last to be adopted and the first to be euthanized. Saving an animal’s life offers an unparalleled emotional return on your investment, and you’ll feel the rewards every day you spend together.

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www.catalystmagazine.net “Penguins mate for life.

That doesn’t surprise me much because they all look alike. It’s not like they’re going to meet a new, great-looking penguin someday.”

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Update February’s Dog and Cat of the Month, Osiris and Gene have found homes!

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catalystmagazine.net Art, Health, Spirit, Natural World, Music, Events/Festivals, Meetings, Exhibits, Education/Workshops.

See the full list of events and the ongoing calendar at www.catalystmagazine.net/events

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BY PAX RASMUSSEN

2012: Time for Change with Daniel P inchbeck This month, Salt Lake Evolver, Utah Free Media and CATALYST Magazine will present Emmy Award nominee João Amorim's 2010: Time for Change, a film following journalist Daniel Pinchbeck (author of 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl and Breaking Open the Head) on his quest for a new paradigm that iterates the archaic wisdom of tribal cultures with the scientific method. In addition to Pinchbeck, the film features Sting, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Terence McKenna, Paul Stamets, David Lynch and others. Following the screening, UtahFM will host a live Q&A with Pinchbeck.

2012: Time for Change, Mar. 20, 7p. ID required. $10. Brewvies Cinema Pub, 677 S 200 W. 2012TIMEFORCHANGE.COM.

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Lectures and film Humanities Happy Hour with Jeff Metcalf He’s back, by popular demand. In “ Voices from the Street,” local author and playwright Jeff Metcalf will discuss his most

recent work making documentary videos with people who have never had access to higher education. There will be a short video following the discussion on the impact of the humanities in our lives. Humanities Happy Hour happens every third Tuesday.

Humanities Happy Hour, Mar. 15, 5-7p. Squatters Pub Brewery, 147 W Broadway. $15 ($100 for yearly membership, $180/couple). BETH.SWANSON@UTAH.EDU.

The Nature of Things Clean energy technologies like wind, solar, and biofuels promise to revolutionize how we power our communities and our economy. But revolutions don’t come for free. In making the transition to a clean energy economy, we face the risk of “energy sprawl” as energy production and transmission infrastructure expand onto lands and waters currently used for farming, ranching and open space. Over the

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next 20 years, the footprint of new energy development is projected to sprawl across an area almost as large as the state of Utah. In this lecture, Jonathan Hoekstra, senior scientist with the Nature Conservancy, will map the geography of new energy development, explore how “energy by design” can avert the worst impacts of energy sprawl, and show how saving energy saves land.

The Nature of Things Lecture Series, Mar. 16, 7p.

Free. Salt Lake Public Library, 210 E 400 S. UMNH.UTAH.EDU.

Kids Are you your brain?

This Leonardo After Hours—Are You Your Brain?—will explore how your neurons, synapses and all that gray matter work to learn, create and morph memories to make you who you are. And because some questions of identity simply cannot be explained by pure biology, we’ll also delve into some of the more mysterious questions of how you become you: Can experiences actually rewire your brain on a physical level? Is any memory a true memory? How do the stories you tell yourself and others change who you are? Can fake memories be etched into your neurons and synapses? Featured experts include behavioral psychologist Monisha Pasupathi from the University of Utah Psychology Department and Christopher German, research associate at the Brain Institute at the University of Utah.

Leo After Hours, Mar. 8, 6-7:30p. The Leonardo Garage, 375 N 500 W, Unit B. Free, but RSVP requested. 801-531-9800, CDAVIES@THELEONARDO.ORG. THELEONARDO.ORG/PROGRAMS.

Alice Through the Looking Glass This month, the Children’s Dance Theatre performs Alice Through the Looking Glass.

Follow the bright and inquisitive Alice as she ventures into the world of dreams. After falling asleep in her living room, Alice dreams of stepping through a mirror into a strange, beautiful, and often backwards world on the other side. Performed by youth eight to 18 years of age.

Alice Through the Looking Glass, Mar. 25, 7:30p, Mar. 26, 2p. $16-$25. TANNERDANCE.UTAH.EDU, ARTTIX.ORG.

Peter and the Wolf This month, Utah Symphony and conductor David Cho, along with Ballet West II dancers, bring Prokofiev’s classic children’s tale to life.

Peter and the Wolf is one of the best ways to learn the sounds and names of symphonic musical instruments. Check online for narrations by David Bowie (1992) if you’re not familiar with this brilliant classic.

Peter and the Wolf, Mar. 12, 11a and 12:30p.

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It’s all about water The control of water wealth throughout history has been pivotal to the rise and fall of great powers, the achievements of civilization, the transformations of society’s vital habitats and the quality of ordinary daily lives. Economic journalist and author Steven Solomon offers the first-ever narrative portrait of the power struggles, personalities and breakthroughs that have shaped humanity from antiquity’s earliest civilizations to today ’s modern society: the Roman Empire, medieval China and Islam’s golden age to Europe’s rise, the steam-powered Industrial Revolution and America’s century. Freshwater scarcity is one of the 21st century ’s decisive, looming challenges and is driving new political, economic and environmental realities across the globe.

Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization, Mar. 8, 7p. Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College, 1840 S 1300 E . Free. UTAHDIPLOMACY.ORG.

Frontiers of Science Lecture Series www.science.utah.edu • (801) 581-6958

Seeing Objects in More Than Three Dimensions

Christopher Hacon University of Utah

The study of polynomial equations and their solutions is one of the oldest problems in mathematics, dating back to at least 500 B.C. Famous examples include Pythagorean Triples, Fermat’s Last Theorem and Kepler’s Third Law. Understanding these equations is important because their solutions can describe geometric objects in more than three dimensions.

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No Woman, No Cry In her gripping directorial debut, Christy Turlington Burns shares the powerful stories of atrisk pregnant women in four parts of the world, including a remote Maasai tribe in Tanzania, a slum of Bangladesh, a post-abortion care ward in Guatemala and a prenatal clinic in the United States.

Presented by the Salt Lake Film Center in partnership with Planned Parenthood of Utah, the screening will be followed by a question and answer session with the director.

No Woman No Cry, Mar. 20, 2p. SLC Film Center, 122 S Main St. Free.

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Gardening and nature

Dance the Green Map

Get out and garden

Join Repertory Dance Theatre for a performance inspired by a Green Map® inventory of our community, integrating movement, music, and multimedia to praise environmental progress and encourage environmental responsibility. The show is a collaboration involving choreographer Zvi Gotheiner, composer Scott Killian, RDT dancers and the “map makers”—students K-12 whose artistic expressions help to tell their story and create a portrait of our community .

Green Mapping has been adopted in over 600 cities worldwide and helps people understand their community through the literal use of a map that will be created by students using Green Map icons to identify places such as nature preserves and cultural centers, history, geography, environmental justice and activism, green enterprise and efforts to improve the environment.

A good harvest depends on solid planning, and now is the time to think out your space. Attend W asatch Community Gardens’ Garden Planning and Design workshop, where you can learn how to best use the space you have, things to think about when creating a new garden space, plant spacing, companion planting and most importantly, how many plants you will need to grow food for yourself and your family so you can get the best bang for your buck. Come with measurements from your garden beds and you can take home a ready-to-use plan.

Later in the month in their Gardening in Small Spaces workshop, learn how to grow vegetables and flowers organi-

Place: Dancing the Green Map, Mar. 31-Apr. 2, 7:30p. Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 W 300 S. RDTUTAH.ORG, ARTTIX.ORG.

Things maternal Nutrition for birth and baby Utah Prenatal Massage Association, Utah Doulas Association and Slow Food Utah present a free wellness information forum for the public on the far -reaching importance of nutrition for healthy pregnancies. Dr. Leslie Peterson, ND, from Full Circle Care will speak on nutrition before and after preg-

nancy, as well as preconception, fertility and the postpartum period, including perinatal mood swings. Dr. Sonia Ochoa, MD, homeopathic physician and obstetrics professor from the Midwives College of Utah, will adress the impact of the prenatal diet on maternal and infant health. Melissa Chappell, nutrition coach and doula, will offer the how-tos of preparing whole and fresh foods for pregnant moms and baby. Learn how to support your family with slow, nutritious and healthy food.

Nutrition for birth and baby, Mar. 26, 1-3p. Vitalize Community Studio, 2154 S Highland Drive. Free. VITALIZESUGARHOUSE.COM.

Artful Afternoons Explore the intersection between art and science with the whole family every Saturday this month at the University of Utah ’s Museum of Fine arts. Each afternoon is dedicated to one of the classical elements: air, water, fire and earth. March 5 is all about air, with kite making, air pressure demonstrations, Van De Graf generators, weather forecasting and more.

The Leonardo and the Salt Lake City Fire Department team up with UMF A to play with fire on March 12—as an art medium by creating charcoal drawings and using the sun to create photograms. Watercolor painting takes center stage on March 19, and clay sculptures are the thing March 26.

Artful Afternoons, Mar. 5, 12, 19, 26; 1-4p. Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 410 Campus Center Dr . Free.

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Tree Skins Artist Lisa Clement shares her explorations of mutations on trees that she discovered through research and observation on her own two -and-a-half acres of property. These photographs reveal interesting facts about effects of mountain pine beetle, lichen, western gall rust and even cytospera canker on trees. Initially inspired by the works of Edward Burtynsky, whose photographs depict landscapes altered by human industry and the resulting tension between the simultaneous beauty and horror of a severely disturbed landscape, Clement attempts to emulate a similar tension between beauty and death.

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Garden Planning and Design, Mar. 5, 10a-12p, Main Library, 210 E 400 S. $10 suggested donation, reg. required.

Gardening in Small Spaces, Mar. 26, 10a-12p, Grateful Tomato Garden, 800 S 600 E. $10, scholarships available. WASATCHGARDENS.ORG. Lifelong Learning, LIFELONG.UTAH.EDU.

Orchids at Red Butte The orchid family of plants is second only to asparagales (daisies and sunflowers), with between 21,000 and 26,000 species.

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universe in the palm of your hand. The excitement is profound. I receive notes, clippings, testimonials, feedback and photos from folks from all over, who Dear Mama Donna, have attempted to stand up First, let me say that I have great eggs either as a participant at respect and gratitude for the work one of my events, or alone, with that you do. As a long time organizer friends, family, or with the in the neo-pagan community, I have entire television viewing audifollowed your activities with pleasure ence. They send pictures of eggs in the media through the years. But standing on book shelves, there’s one thing that really irks me: kitchen tables, school rooms, this spring equinox egg-balancing driveways, even on a boat in the hoax.

Caribbean. Eggs with kids, with The fact is that it is no easier or astronomers, with physicists, harder to balance an egg on its end on with news anchors, with pet any day of the year, and your promocats. This widespread celebration of such a vacuous myth is impostion of the equinox, of the earth, sible for me to underof the universe stand. This pseudo-sciThis year’s vernal equinox is 5:21 p.m., MST. and each other is ence “eggsperiment” is what it’s about. now regularly disStanding an egg at other times may work By noting the proven by grade school especially students to show them mechanistically, but stood at the first moment getic timesenerof the the difference between equinoxes, solof spring, the egg becomes the clear, rightful, delusion and knowlstices and other edge. Why is a smart, recognizable symbol of a new season. celestially auspistrong, adult woman cious occasions, doing this? ing 360 eggs is passed among we associate ourselves as particPlease don’t take this as an attack, the crowd. We all hold them up ipants in the planetary cycles of but seeing you promote such a blatogether, pledging to walk on our solar system—the seasons tantly untrue and irrational belief as the earth as gently as if we were of the year and the seasons of the egg hoax is baffling to me. It robs walking on eggs; promising our lives. It is immaterial you and those of us with similar spirianew, in honor of the season, whether or not the egg can tual leanings of credibility. to protect our fragile yet stand at any other time. The —Practicing Pagan resilient planet home. We count important thing is to recognize down the minutes to the equithe symbol, the season, the sky nox. And when the time is Dear Practicing, and the kindred souls who surright, we stand our eggs in uniWe could argue about round us. son in salute to spring. The real whether you can stand an egg event is each person feeling up at any time of the day, week, xxMama Donna what gravity, balance and equimonth or year, but this is beside Donna Henes is the author of “ The Queen of librium might mean. the point. What’s truly imporMy Self” and “The Moon Watcher’s Standing an egg on its end, tant about the egg events is that Companion.” She lives in Exotic Brooklyn, feeling it as the yolk shifts inside thousands of people make it New York. Donna has been a CATALYST conto find its perfect point of baltheir business, year after year, to tributor throughout the past 25 years. ance, is like holding the entire attend to the shift of a season, to actively participate in a planetary rite of passage and to share this cosmic experience in sincere communion.

Standing an egg at other times may work mechanistically but stood at the first moment of spring, the egg becomes the clear, rightful, recognizable symbol of a new season. Eggs On End: Standing on Ceremony is every bit a traditional vernal fertility rite—a popular, contemporary celebration of the return of green and growth and light after the dark winter.

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POSE OF THE MONTH

The quiet warrior

BY CHARLOTTE BELL Phillip Bimstein

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arch is the month of yin and yang. It enters with a roar and leaves with a song. In March, the hardiest bulbs begin the arduous task of breaking through frozen ground, and by month’s end, their delicate blooms dance in the breeze. Named after Mars, the red planet with the astrological reputation as a warrior, March is a time of bluster and calm,

alignment awareness, Virabhadrasana II embodies the seemingly opposing qualities of energy and calm. For many people, Virabhadrasana II seems to be all energy and no calm. But when your structure is aligned in a self-supporting way, calm comes naturally.

About 10 years ago, Yoga Journal ran an article that queried well-known yoga teachers about their least favorite poses.

in understanding that made Warrior II an ally. In our daily asana sessions, our teacher, Pujari, often led us into the pose for an impossibly long time, and I lived in dread of his teaching it. For years I learned, practiced and taught that in all standing poses, the pelvis should be aligned so that the pelvic bones were even with each other. A common image to describe this was that the pelvis “should

There are many ways to be a warrior. The yogic model teaches us about the balance between grounded stability and buoyant expansion. of purification and renewal.

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras state that asana (the physical postures of yoga) should be “steady and comfortable,” “firm and soft ” or “steady and easy,” depending on the translation. All these descriptions add up to a quiet balance between the energetic and the calm—a perfect combination to express the ways of March.

I’ve chosen Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II) for this month’s pose. Practiced with

Each teacher listed three poses, and Virabhadrasana II made it onto almost every list. I would have heartily agreed. For many years, Virabhadrasana II was a monumental struggle for me—my whole body trembled as my burning bent leg bore most of my weight. Breathing easily was a jok e, as all my muscles tightened around my skeleton just to keep me upright.

During one 30-day vipassana retreat in the 1990s, I experienced a breakthrough

be aligned as if the body is wedged between two parallel plates of glass.”

During one interminable Warrior pose on retreat, out of desperation I began to move my pelvis out of parallel alignment. As I allowed the hip of my back leg to roll forward, I felt a sense of grounded stability that I had never felt before. In this alignment, I could actually feel steady and comfortable. My upper body softened and my breath became deep and satisfying. For

the first time, Virabhadrasana II felt simultaneously invigorating and calming.

The next time I took classes with Donna Farhi, she was teaching this modified alignment. Same with Judith Hanson Lasater. Not only does this alignment create a more peaceful pose, it also k eeps the sacroiliac joint in its healthiest alignment, with the sacrum and ilium in structural agreement.

Begin by standing on a nonslip mat with your feet about a leg’s length apart. Turn your right leg—foot, shin, knee and thigh—out 90 degrees. Turn your left foot toward the right foot 10 to 20 degrees.

Slowly rotate your left leg and pelvis inward until you feel solid grounding through your left leg. In one sweeping motion, lift your arms out in front of you to chest level, then extend them out to the sides. Widen both the chest and upper back as you reach your arms out wide.

Ground through your left foot as you bend your right knee, tracking the knee straight out. If your knee extends out in front of your heel, widen your stance so that your right shin stays vertical.

In order for the pose to feel steady and comfortable, your legs must support you equally. If you have lost connection to the back leg, slowly roll the pelvis forward and back until you find the rotation that best supports your back foot to root itself into the floor. Elongate your left leg out of the pelvis and into the floor. Let your lower body release down into the feet, and allow the abdomen and upper body to softly expand. Take care to keep your torso centered over your legs, as it can tend to extend out over the bent knee.

This will cause the front leg to tak e the lion’s share of your body weight, which leads to fatigue. Take five to 10 breaths, sending the inhalation to the far reaches of the body, and settling into the ground as you exhale.

Push into the floor with both feet to straighten your right knee and come back to standing upright. Turn your feet so that they are parallel to each other. Relax your arms at your sides or place your hands together at chest level. Bend your knees slightly and let your weight sink into your feet. Rest here for a few breaths before turning to your second side.

There are many ways to be a warrior.

The yogic model teaches us about the balance between grounded stability and buoyant expansion. When we align our skeletal structure with precision and awareness, our muscles do not have to work so hard to keep us upright. Instead they stream along the bones, allowing for a clear flow of energy. Then we become a conduit between earth and sky. u Charlotte Bell is a yoga teacher, author and musician who lives in Salt Lake City. Visit her at WWW.CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM.

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PSYCHIC ARTS & INTUITIVE SCIENCES astrology, mediums, past life integration, psychics Lilli DeCair 801-577-6119, WWW.GOTGYPSY.COM. Stressed, sad, overwhelmed? Lilli has great news for you! Inspirational mystic, European professional psychic, tarot, channeling, sensing, Reiki school master/teacher,health educator, shamanic medicine wheels, mind body bridging stress/anger mgmt, minister, weddings, fundraisers, entertainment, speaker, spiritual mentoring.

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Margaret Ruth 801-575-7103. My psychic and tarot readings are a conversation with your guides. Enjoy MR’s blog at www.catalystmagazine.net & send me your ideas and suggestions. www.margaretruth.com Transformational Astrology FB 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

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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. Center for Transpersonal Therapy 8/11 801-596-0147. 5801 S Fashion Blvd, Ste. 250, Murray, UT. Denise Boelens, PhD; Heidi Ford, MS, LCSW, Chris Robertson, LCSW; Lynda Steele, LCSW; Sherry Lynn Zemlick, PhD, Wil Dredge LCSW, Nick Tsandes, 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.

Steven J. Chen, Ph.D., Lic. 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 9/11 Clarity Coaching 801-487-7621. WWW.KATHRYNDIXON.COM Coaching Your Inward Journey 6/11 Paul Rudd 801-600-4118. Jonathan Rudd 801577-1611. Trained with Erickson Coaching International. Make your life move toward personal success and fulfillment with effective, fun and simple tools. Gain increased self- esteem and your ability to use and build your inner resources. Love yourself!

Create Your Life Coaching 10/11 801-971-5039. Life Coach Terry Sidford— Balance. Vision. Purpose. Call for a FREE consultation today! WWW.CREATEYOURLIFECOACHING.NET Marianne Felt, MT-BC, LPC 9/10 801-524-0560, 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. Inte grate body, mind, & spirit through creative exploration of losses, conflicts, & relationships that challenge & inspire our lives.

Namaste Consulting, LLC Candice Christiansen, LPC 4/11 480-274-5454. Do you feel safe and accepted for the choices in your life, in your profession, and in your relationships? For over 10 years, Candice has provided insight-oriented counseling to individuals and couples experiencing one or more of the following: relationship conflicts, eating disorders, life in a sexually- open profession, substance abuse, sexual addiction, and trauma. Visit WWW.NAMASTEADVICE.COM to begin your journey to self discovery.

Patricia Toomey, ADTR, LPC 3/11 801-463-4646, 1390 S. 1100 E., Ste.202 The Dance of Life—Transformation within a psychotherapeutic process of healing and spiritual growth using somatic movement analysis, dreamwork, psychoneuroimmunology, guided imagery & EMDR to support the healing process with stress, depression, trauma, pain, eating disorders, grief, addictions & life transitions. Individuals (children, adults), couples,

groups, consultation & facilitation.

Robin Friedman, LCSW 10/11 801-599-1411 (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 self-awareness.

EMDR certified. Also trained in Expressive Arts Therapy. WWW.ROBINFRIEDMANTHERAPY.COM ROBIN@ROBINFRIEDMANTHERAPY.COM Teri Holleran, LCSW 4/11 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.

Jan Magdalen, LCSW 2/12 801-582-2705, 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 6/11 801-266-4551. 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.

Sanctuary for Healing & Integration (SHIN) 801-268-0333. 860 E. 4500 So., Ste. 302, SLC. Mainstream psychiatry and psychotherapy with complementary and alternative healing (Bud dhist psychology, Naikan, Morita, mindfulness training, energy healing, bodywork, shamanic and karmic healing, herbal and nutritional supplementation). Children, adolescents, adults, couples and families are welcome. Training workshops for professionals available.

WWW.SHININTEGRATION.COM 12/11 Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry 7/11 801-631-8426. 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. S TEVE@KARMASHRINK.COM. Blog: WWW.KARMASHRINK.COM Jed Rushforth, LCSW 5/11 1174 E. 2760 S. Ste. #6, 801-712-3795, JEDRUSHFORTHTHERAPY.COM Unlock your hidden potential for happiness. Find out who you truely are. Discover thoughts and beliefs that hold you back and turn them into overwhelming positive energy. I will help you change your thinking so you can fully appreciate life.

Steve Seliger, LMFT 6/11 801-661-7697. 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 2/11 801-531-8051. Shamanic Counseling.

Shamanic Healing. Mentoring for people called to the Shaman’s Path. Explore health or mental health issues using the ways of the shaman.

Sarah’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 FB 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 “ayni.” Access new perceptual lenses as you reanimate your relationship with nature.

Shamanic practice in the Inka tradition. 9/10 Daniel Sternberg, PhD, Psychologist 7/11 801-364-2779. 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.

Jim Struve, LCSW 6/10 801-364-5700 Ext 1. 1399 S. 700 E., Ste. 2, SLC. Mindful presence in relationship-based psychotherapy. Specializing in life transitions, strengthening relationships, fostering resilience, healing from childhood trauma & neglect (including male survivors of sexual abuse), assisting partners of abuse survivors, addictions recovery, sexual identity, empowerment for GLBT individuals/ couples. Individual, couples, group therapy. Flexible times.

WWW.MINDFULPRESENCE.COM Utah Twelve-Step Intergroup Network 6/11 WWW.UTIN.ORG, 801-359-HEAL (4325). Salt Lake area meeting schedule. Are you trying to change your life? Looking for a 12- step anonymous (like AA) support group? Meeting schedules & contact information for: Adult children of alcoholics, codependents, debtors, eating disorders, nicotine, recovering couples, sexaholics, sex addicts, love addicts and workaholics.

The Infinite Within 9/11 John Knowlton. 801-263-3838.

WWW.THEINFINITEWITHIN.COM Elizabeth Williams, RN, MSN 10/11 801-486-4036. 1399 S. 7th E. #12. Lic. psychiatric nurse specialist offering a safe environment to heal inner wounds & process personal & interpersonal issues. Speci alizing in relationship issues, loss & grief work, anxiety, depression & self-esteem. Adolescents & adults, individuals, couples & group therapy.

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The Work of Byron Katie 7/11 801-842-4518. Kathy Melby, Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie. The Work is a simple way to access your own wisdom and lead a happier life. Specializing in developing loving relationships, relieving depression, and improving your outlook on life. Individuals, couples, families, groups and retreats.

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meditation/study groups, churches/ministry, spiritual instruction, workshops, retreats Eckankar in Utah 12/11 801-542-8070. 8105 S 700 E, Sandy. Eckankar is ancient wisdom for today. Explore past lives, dreams, and soul travel to see how to lead a happy, balanced and productive life, and put daily concerns into loving perspective. Worship Service and classes on Sundays at 10:30am. WWW.ECKANKAR-UTAH.ORG

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801-467-4977. Join us 2nd Monday of every month for Wiccan ritual. Free, open, women & men, beginners, experienced & curious all welcome. 7:30p, South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society (SVUUS), 6876 S Highland Dr, SLC. WWW.OOLS.ORG

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801-268-1137. 4408 S. 500 E., SLC. An interspiritual sanctuary that goes beyond religion into mystical realms. Access inner wisdom, deepen divine connection, en joy an accepting, friendly community. Events & classes. Sunday celebration & children ’s church 10am. INNERLIGHTCENTER.NET

Now & Again 11/10 501 E 300 S, 801-364-0664. Downtown Salt Lake City’s hippest consignment shop featuring an array of retro, vintage & modern furniture, home and garden decor, artwork, gifts, jewelry, accessories and more. Now & Again is always accepting fabulous consignment items, and wonderful new things are arriving daily.

John of God Journeys 3/11 Visit John of God, world-renowned spiritual healer, with experienced Portuguese-speaking American guide. Healing cancer, illnesses of every type. $1695 includes two weeks lodging , meals, local transport. Airfare separate. Tours any two weeks January 10-April 10, August. WWW.JOHNOFGODJOURNEYS.COM. Contact: DRJOYCEPATTEN@GMAIL.COM while in Brazil. Then we can Skype.

Pib’s Exchange 3/11 1147 E. Ashton Ave. Your Sugar House consignment and costume hub with Salt Lake’s eco-community at heart! Express yourself and recycle your style for green or credit. Come explore our great selection of costumes and nearly-new brand names, and help out the planet while you’re at it!

Morning Star Meditations 7/11 (801) 607-1877, MORNINGSTARMEDITATION@COMCAST.NET. Join us for meditation classes and workshops combining Eastern and Christian contemplative traditions with insights from Jungian psychology. WWW.MORNINGSTARMEDITATION.ORG

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Xuanfa Dharma Center of Utah 7/11 801-532-4833. Prema (Margaret Esterman), 161 M St. SLC branch of the Xuanfa Institute founded by Ven. Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche. We practice the original Esoteric Buddhism emphasizing liberation and the great accomplishment of Bodhisattvas.

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n Roman times, everybody had a geniusâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;a soul or guiding spirit, present from birth. Genius had nothing to do with IQ. Everybody had a specific purpose and destiny, in which the genius of life would reveal itself. Realizing oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s genius was oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life task.

These days, the psychological term would be self-realization, or as the psychologist Carl Jung coined it, the individuation process. Jung said just as the acorn becomes an oak, the calf a cow, the human psyche strives to realize itself.

KLERK, LMFT be a color, a taste, a situation, an object, a person, a speech or behavior. I always suggest starting with the location(s), as this summons up the psychological stage where the dreamer finds his or herself. After selecting the images, make the associations. In this case, the dreamer and I selected the following images to which she had the subsequent associations.

The room: a large room, light, not familiar, oblong, pristine.

Two others: two unknown women, same age group.

Only after the associations and connections with the dreamerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life have been made will we go to the third step, the interpretation.

Sibel Iren, MA

The world of dreams is the home of the genius. Through listening to our dreams, we can learn how to realize our own genius.

Individuation is lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intent, and life will help you get to that goal. Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s see how this idea works out in a dream brought in this month by a woman in her sixties.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two other women and I are in a room, we are dressed in white. I want to start a project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am told that in order to start the project I have to wear red.â&#x20AC;?

Writing the dream in the present tense gives it immediacy, bringing the feelings and experience of the dream into the here and now, which makes it easier to work with.

The next step is to identify the images in the dream. An image can

Dressed in white: pristine, waiting to be written on, clean slate.

Start a project: I want to start a project, to create a study group with four women. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to be the leader or boss of it. I want to start this project as I think it will be healing for myself and perhaps others, and I also do it because I am angry about something.

I am told: This was a statement in the dream.

Wear red: active, motivated, energy, angry.

Jung would also look at the archetypal meaning of symbols; he called that amplification. For example, what kind of meaning does red have in other cultures, myths and psychological systems?

Only after the associations and connections with the dreamerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life have been made will we go to the

third step, the interpretation.

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s start with the psychological territory: The dreamer finds herself in an unfamiliar white room, a psychological place that is new to her.

A new idea has entered the room, with which (white, pristine) nothing has happened yet.

White dress: The dreamer is dressed in white, which in this case emphasizes the virgin state of waiting, and she associates this to a â&#x20AC;&#x153;clean slate waiting to be written on.â&#x20AC;? The dreamer wants to start a project, which is to form a spiritually oriented study group. Her white dress also reflects her non-active state, in which she experiences hesitance. She does not want to come across as too bossy nor does she wants to be the ongoing leader of the project.

She is told that in order to start the project she had to wear red. That is, to become active, energized, and at the minimum be the temporary leader. She also needs to get in touch with her anger, as this might be the burning fire that will heat her up, make her red, and get her motivated to get the project done.

Getting in touch and dealing with anger might be healing in itself, and it also might result in developing a different perspective to anger, aggression, or red. The dream gives the woman a very clear instructionâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;in order to get the project going she has to (wear) get in touch with and display her redness.

Even a short dream can contain important guidance and information. Interaction with the dream puts us in touch with our talents, qualities and life direction. u Machiel Klerk, LMFT, is a Jungian-oriented therapist with a private practice in Salt Lak e City and founding president of the Jung Society of Utah.

WWW.MACHIELKLERK.COM, MACHIEL@MACHIELKLERK.COM.

In the next months, Machiel will be working with readersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; dreams. Email your dreams to MACHIEL@MACHIELKLERK.COMâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;If yours is selected, he will help your work on it free of charge, and it will be featured in CATALYST, keeping your name and personal information confidential.

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Facebook friend who is somewhat to the right on the political spectrum was grousing on her page recently about proposed new gasoline taxes. She wrote that Congress should stop trying to â&#x20AC;&#x153;tax us all into riding bicycles.â&#x20AC;? That might work in the East, she said, but this is Utah, the implication beingâ&#x20AC;Śwell, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m not sure what the implication is. It could be that Utah is a vast stateâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;compared to, say, Connecticutâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get where we want to go on a bicycle. Or it could be that we love our trucks.

Anyway, her post got me thinking: Is commuting by bicycle a political statement? We as a society certainly love to stereotype groups, especially when it â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a group other than one to w hich we belong. Bicycle commuters are lycra-clad tree-huggers who are more than a little crazy for riding in all weather, right?

As with all stereotypes, there is some truth to this characterization. But stereotypes fail to take in the full spectrum.

Reasons for bicycle commuting go far beyond political statements.

In other countries, notably Denmark and China, most people commute by bicycle because that is the lifestyle. In the U.S., bike commuting can hardly be called a major lifestyle, though there is evidence itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s picking up as such.

For many, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way to â&#x20AC;&#x153;feel better.â&#x20AC;?

Physical exercise does more than make us healthy physically. It improves our mental and emotional outlook as well.

For some, commuting by bike gives a sense of prideâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;maybe even moral superiority: We are not spewing pollutants into the air getting to and from

work and, small as our contribution is, we are helping break the stranglehold that fossil fuels have on this country.

That could be said to be a political statement. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really just a sense of satisfaction that comes from doing what they believe is the right thing.

There is also a feeling of having something that others lack. Often on my commute I pass a gym where I can see people sweating on the elliptical machines and treadmills. As I breeze by, I feel I have something those poor souls

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In the end, most of us are motivated by self-interest more than anything. inside donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t gloat; I would love to share. You can get a perfectly serviceable commuter bike for less than an annual membership at most gyms.

Biking to work is political perhaps at the most basic, grassroots level of making a statement by example. But in the end, most of us are motivated by selfinterest more than anything. I recall a couple of years ago when gas was flirting with $4/gallon. A TV reporter interviewed a guy who owned a huge pickup, the kind that gets about 10 mpg on the highway, and asked him if he would keep driving if gas rose above $4. He said he would. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Why?â&#x20AC;? the reporter asked. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because it makes me feel good,â&#x20AC;? he answered.

So as we look forward to spring and warmer days, I invite you all to join me on a bicycle commute, because it mak es you feel good. u Steve Chambers is a Salt Lake Valley bicycle commuter.

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or each person there are patterns through which the nervous system prefers to adapt and grow. These patterns may work for a while but no matter what, even the most amazing adaptations outgrow their usefulness at some point, and the most exhilarating patterns become routine when overused.

We are creatures of habit. When the habit is new , it is exciting and stimulating–a feeling of peak experience. So we use it again and again, hoping to have that same experience we had at the beginning. Somehow, it is never the same. That realization forces us to stretch again into new and different ways that may have seemed unnecessary or impossible at other times in our life.

It is a wonderful sign to be bored of one’s own creation, tired of hearing the same old words, sick of existing , and filled with desire for a life lived moment by moment rather than from the need for safety, bound by agreements made long ago.

When you feel inspired to do something different, the idea, dream, or possibility creates an illusion of ease that gives you the energy to move. Without it, you would stay stuck in the old pattern. So that excitement is necessary to begin to shift. We need the visions of the outcomes we create in our minds to jump into the experience fully with both feet. Life can never be fulfilling if you place only safe bets on the gambling table of change.

I remind myself that most of my outcomes have never looked the way I envisioned them. Sometimes they were better, and sometimes they fell short of the mark.

Regardless, they were an infusion of learning and expansion out of my old reality. That in itself is enough.

This month is about endings. An end to the old self . An end to the ego’s control over the sense of self-lack. An end to the fear that has plagued us over the last 18 months.

We are coming into a new place and space, as we move toward a stellium (a cluster of three or more planets forming conjunctions to one another) in Aries that will greatly affect everyone in April and May. People are already feeling its effects and wondering what is happening .

Cherished illusions of the past zare disintegrating right in front of us, allowing us to see the world and ourselves more bluntly and honestly. We are noticing the codependant ways in which we bolstered each other in maintaining the old illusions, and we are choosing another way .

Breaking free of our old cherished ideals is work.

Emotions that have been held in check under ego’s control of the mind will come streaming out in waves.

With that release, new decisions can be made. Any negativity, internal and external, becomes sickeningly obvious. Finally old behaviors and ways can’t be tolerated another second.

This is a huge victory. The patterns of the past become like crumbling sandstone underneath your fingertips. You awaken to find yourself hanging onto the truth of reality .

Only now, you can choose a different way. Up or down does not matter, but movement is required, even if painful and fraught with huge effort and toil. The grace that can be mustered in those moments sets the stage for the new you. How much compassion do you have for your soul’s efforts to live and grow?

This is the month to practice great compassion for self .

Compassion for self leads to more compassion for the suffering of others.

This month is about endings. End to the old self. End to your ego’s control over your sense of selflack. End to the fear that has plagued you over the last 18 months. We are coming into a new place and space.

Many awakenings will be happening over the next few months. People will be wanting to break free of entrapments from the past. It will be a time of breakthroughs in science and technology, a time for freedoms to find new ways of expression, a time for new voices to be heard.

Will you hear the call of your own soul’s desire to awak en and become more full? Will you allow yourself to spring forth into a new life? The energy is present for the next few months.

Outcomes may not be what you expect. Do not project your old fears onto outcomes that have not yet manifested. Stay in your center. Practice peacefulness. Become the compassion you yearn for. u Suzanne Wagner is the author of numerous books and CDs on the tarot. She lives in Salt Lake City. SUZWAGNER.COM

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Let the flow begin Spring stars warm a Leo’s creative molasses

Spiritual wellness

BY CHRISTOPHER RENSTROM

BY JEANNETTE MAW

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omeone in the internet world has “officially designated” March as Spiritual Wellness Month. When better to explore and nurture our soul state than during the fresh days of spring?

In the interest of devoting this time of year to increasing awareness of habits that support spiritual wellness, I researched how spiritual wellness is defined online.

Here are some views: • An integration of beliefs and values with action

My get up and go has got up and gone—what’s up? I was laid off my job in October. I thought I would dive into my writing projects. But that has not happened. I feel like a slug. Can you offer any clues as to why I am in this space?

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ou may be asking too much of yourself considering that you were laid off in October. A job—whether you loved it or hated it—is still connected to your identity and sense of self worth. Being laid off is a blow to your confidence, and this is going to be particularly paralyzing for someone born under the sign of Leo. Moreover to switch focus from what you were doing to make a living to pursuing more creative projects—like writing—is

Itʼs okay to be a slug. And itʼs also important to remember that slugs get to where theyʼre going eventually. a pretty tall order in and of itself . When you add the pressure of writing projects needing to make up for lost income—is it any wonder that your writing abilities would suddenly freeze up? It would be no different from a performer auditioning for a role in the morning only to find out that she’ll be opening in the lead that very same night. It sounds like it should be a good thing, but in reality it ’s scary.

It’s okay to be a slug. And it’s also important to remember that slugs get to where they’re going eventually. 2010 was not easy. You had Mars retrograde in Leo for the first six months and this would have created “three steps back for every one step forward” progress. This was followed by Saturn completing its second Saturn return in July 2010, then by the Jupiter and Uranus opposition to your Saturn on January 4, 2011. Translation?

Every time you thought you had figured out the game plan, something came along in your life to kick over the game board.

Thankfully, this all changes for the better as the gathering stellium of planets comes together in the zodiac sign of Aries this spring. Aries is a fire sign (like

You decide, every day

• A personal matter involving values and beliefs that provide a purpose in our lives

Christopher Renstrom is the creator of RULINGPLANETS.COM—the first online, interactive astrology magazine. He writes the daily horoscope for the San Francisco Chronicle and SFGATE.COM. If you have a question you would like him to address, send the date, time and location of your birth to CHRISTOPHER@CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET. He also answers questions every week on the CATALYST website.

Leo) and it’s also ruled by Mars—the planet of gumption and drive. What this says to me is that you’ll start to feel lik e you’ve got your mojo back after March 11, 2011. Not only will you feel motivated to write, but you’ll reconnect to the creative spirit that’s been burning on a low flame for so long. Your peak time for moving forward with all of this will be from March 25 to April 19, 2011. This is the perfect time to set up your schedule so you’re writing easily and consistently.

And speaking of peak times, do you know what time of day you were born? Were you born in the morning, afternoon, or night? You might try writing around the time of day that you were born because this is when the energy flows better. Leo is ruled by the Sun, which makes you sensitive to the time of day when your Ruling Planet passes over where it was in the sky when you were born. Writing at this time of day when your energy is at its peak would be very conducive to your own personal creative process.u

• Seeking meaning and purpose in life I even found spiritual wellness quizzes assigning grades according to one’s focus on spiritual habits (such as yoga, meditation, prayer), relationship with higher power, tolerance for others’ beliefs, and general attitude toward life. (You can find one here if you like: WWW.ELLIOTTINGERSOLL.COM/ SPIRITUAL_WELLNESS_TEST.HTML.) But the words that rang most true today were from Allie Mendoza who wrote that “achieving spiritual wellness is an ongoing process of making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life. The choices one makes in terms of spirituality can contribute to overall wellness or illness.”

That’s a good reminder that spiritual wellness isn’t something we achieve one day, but rather a choice we make every day. It’s a continual commitment to honor who we are and why we’re here, being true to ourselves by bringing to life the things that matter most to us, day in and day out.

Of course, in order to make choices in favor of the well-being of our soul, we need to know what does matter most to us and a sense of what our purpose is.

If you have a solid grasp on those answers, congratulations! If it’s been a while since you examined life’s big questions, it may be worth checking in again.

Surely there isn’t a more important journey to embrace?

When I inquired with colleagues about what most contributes to their sense of spiritual wellness, they offered varied responses. Some reported their spiritual wellness was most attributable to being willing to question (thoughts, cir-

cumstances, habits) to ensure they’re living in truth. Others said a daily meditation practice made the biggest difference to their inner wellness. Some reported that healing from the past through lots of inner work strongly enhanced their spiritual wellness. Some shared that it was investing in the community; or forgiving themselves for perceived imperfections and failures.

My own sense of spiritual wellness has been strongly served by identifying and honoring personal core values of connection, learning and enjoyment—every day.

Spiritual wellness isn’t something we achieve one day, but rather a choice we make every day.

So while there may not be one particular way to measure or build spiritual wellness, it’s clear that what comprises this aspect of our lives is deeply personal and well worth exploring. My invitation to you this month is to examine your own state of spiritual wellness and to honor what best supports it.

Here are a few questions to inspire your exploration and help you create stronger clarity about what comprises your personal spiritual wellness:

• What is it that makes me me?

• How am I different and how do I honor that?

• What aspects or elements of life would I be unwilling to live without?

• When have I been at my very best and what contributed to that experience?

Your answers offer clues as to how you can better support the wellness of your spirit.

Lastly, remember Allie Mendoza’s words that honoring your spiritual well-being is an ongoing process of making daily choices that support your life fulfillment, whatever that means to you. u Jeannette Maw is a Law of Attraction coach and founder of Good Vibe Coaching in Salt Lak e City.

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wounds as small as tick bites. They are attracted to nasal discharge, though, so keep your nose dry.

DAY B Y D AY

IN THE HOME,GARDEN & SKY

MARCH 2 The constellation Leo, the lion, is rising in the east at the beginning of the month, so March “comes in like a lion,” while Aries, the ram, sets in the west at the end of the month, “going out like a lamb.”

believed in spontaneous generation—that many creatures, including mice, bees and fruit flies, were spontaneously spawned from gross materials like dirty underwear and rotting meat.

MARCH 8 In hard times, mice eat their own tails.

MARCH 9 On overcast days, the Sun often breaks through the clouds around midday. That’s because at noon, the Sun is directly overhead, rather than at an oblique angle, so the layer of clouds and pollutants it has to penetrate is thinner.

MARCH 10 Bats fly as high as 10,000 feet looking for insects.

MARCH 3 While the trees are still bare, take a walk and look for bird nests. The most common types are cups (used by most songbirds), pendulous/pensile (orioles, vireos), cavity (woodpeckers, some nuthatches) and platforms (osprey, eagles and some hawks). Many birds weave aromatic plants into their nests to keep them bug-free.

March 4 NEW MOON. When the Moon appears thinnest from Earth, Earth appears fullest from the Moon. And vice versa.

MARCH 5 Prune fruit trees and summerblooming shrubs only until buds start to swell.

MARCH 6 Time to feed lawns with slowrelease, organic fertilizer or mulch.

MARCH 7 Until the 18th century, people

MARCH 16 Insects are programmed to appear when their favorite plants are available, so planting just a little off cycle can protect vegetables from common pests. Try planting carrots and corn later in the spring to avoid carrot maggots, corn borers and cabbage. Plant potatoes early to dodge cabbage loopers and leafhoppers.

MARCH 17 Bees are starting to venture out of their hives in search of food.

BY DIANE OLSON MARCH 1 The Sun rises at 7:00 a.m. today and sets at 6:19 p.m. The average maximum temperature is 61°; average minimum is 39. It typically snows 9.1 inches and rains 1.91 inches. Look for Venus just to the right of the Cheshire Cat Moon.

MARCH 15 Saturn is back in the night sky, rising around 8 p.m.

MARCH 11 To keep pests at bay, be sure to rotate crops; never plant the same vegetables in the same place two years in a row .

MARCH 12 FIRST QUARTER MOON. Don’t trample saturated garden beds; wait until the soil is dry enough to work, or set some 2x4s out to walk on.

MARCH 13 You can warm up the soil in garden beds with black plastic mulch. Pull it up before you plant early crops; keep it in place for late ones.

MARCH 14 Eewww. Unlike other fly larvae, the maggot of the screwworm fly feeds on the healthy flesh of living animals, rather than the decaying flesh of dead ones. The literal translation of its Latin name, Cochliomyia hominovorax, is “the snail-like fly that devours people.” Fortunately, the screwworm infests livestock and wildlife more often than humans, zeroing in on

MARCH 18 It’s time to plant early crops when the lilacs show their first leaves, or the first daffodils bloom. If either is happening, go for it! You can plant carrots, celery, collards, leeks, lettuce, onions, parsley, parsnips, peas, potatoes, radishes, chard and turnips. Also larkspur, pansies, poppies, sweet peas (soak seeds overnight before planting) and wildflowers. Start with peas and radishes, which are the most cold hardy, if it’s still wintery.

MARCH 19 FULL SAP MOON. Tonight’s Full Moon is closest of the year (actually of the next four years), and tides are expected to be unusually high. Earth’s crust, along with the oceans, moves to a lunar rhythm, oscillating around eight inches, so earthquakes are more common during very high tides.

per and tomato seedlings indoors.

MARCH 25 Listen for meadowlarks singing near open fields.

MARCH 26 LAST QUARTER MOON. You can start planting beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, garlic, kale, spinach and turnips.

MARCH 27 Sow long- and short-season vegetables together to maximize space.

Good combos: radishes and cabbage; Chinese cabbage and eggplant; lettuce and turnips; radishes and beans.

MARCH 28 Plants and insects are perpetually locked in an arms race, as the plants evolve to develop defenses again the insects that eat them, forcing the insects to evolve ways to circumvent those defenses, or switch to another food source.

MARCH 29 Songbirds are the only vertebrates, aside from humans, capable of generating multiple tones at once. And while humans generally only use about 2% of the air passing through their vocal cords to generate sound, songbirds use 100% to create their complex harmonies.

MARCH 20 Vernal Equinox.

Spring begins at 4:21 p.m. today, as the Sun crosses over the equator and into the Northern hemisphere. Woo hoo!

MARCH 21 First day of spring.

Spring moves north at about 16 miles per day. It moves uphill only about 100 feet per day, so arrives later at higher altitudes.

MARCH 22 In Amazonian cultures, it’s traditional to close your mouth when you see a rainbow, because rainbows harbor malign spirits that sneak down your throat.

MARCH 23 Time to plant early spring cover crops, like spring barley, oats, field peas and fava beans, and to begin uncovering mulched perennials.

MARCH 24 Time to start eggplant, pep-

MARCH 30 Dandelion greens are tender and tasty now. The English folk name for dandelion is piss-a-bed, for the strong diuretic effect of its roots. In French, it’s pisse au lit.

MARCH 31 The Sun rises at 6:12 a.m. today and sets at 6:52 p.m.

“Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.”

—Doug Larson

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“Basics of Energy Healing” March 26-27, 2011 Salt Lake City, UT April 16-17, 2011 Salt Lake City, UT In this class you will study and practice:

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We’ve planted seeds that grow our community On the banks of the Jordan River sits the Kennecott Nature Center – right in the center of wetland, dryland and aquatic ecosystems. Since 1999, more than 70,000 children in the Murray School District have participated in hands-on learning at the Center. They enhance their understanding of the environment while collecting seeds, observing wildlife, exploring habitat and studying the natural world around them. The Kennecott Nature Center is a longstanding partnership between the Murray Education Foundation and Kennecott Utah Copper.

Foundation giving

Corporate giving • Kennecott actively participates with local communities by supporting projects that promote long-term, mutual benefit to the communities where we operate.

Deadlines for Corporate giving applications: Community and civic March 30, 2011

• Kennecott supports organizations that focus on civic and community development, education, and the environment.

Education June 30, 2011

• Rio Tinto’s Kennecott Corporate Giving Program is now accepting applications for 2011.

Environmental September 30, 2011

• Applicants must be non-profit organizations in Salt Lake or Tooele counties.

• Details of the electronic application process can be found at www.kennecott.com.

We’re part of something bigger • www.kennecott.com • www.riotinto.com

We are proud of this partnership and many others like it such as those with the Utah Museum of Natural History, the Tracy Aviary, the University of Utah and the Road Home. We truly believe we are part of something bigger.

That is why we offer funding to local non-profit community organizations throughout the year from our Kennecott Utah Copper Corporate Giving Program and the Bingham Canyon Mine Visitors Center Charitable Foundation. This is nothing new; we’ve been doing it for more than a century.

• The Kennecott Utah Copper Visitors Center Charitable Foundation raises money for local charities through tax-deductible entrance fees to the Bingham Canyon Mine Visitors Center and through donations from Rio Tinto employees.

• The Bingham Canyon Mine Visitors Center is open April through October.

• The Foundation is a non-profit entity giving funds exclusively to local charities focusing on children, veterans, disabled, homeless and senior citizens.

• Details of the electronic application process can be found at www.kennecott.com.

• The Foundation, with a donation from the Bingham Canyon Lion’s Club gift shop, donated $186,000 to support 106 local community charities in 2010.

Deadline for Foundation giving applications:

• Since its inception in 1992, the Foundation has donated more than $2.4 million.

October 15, 2011