CATALYST Magazine May 2015

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Wedding Issue

Preparing your inner self to wed • Healthy, sexy “I do!” • Pre-owned rings: cool or not cool?

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Keith Carlsen

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Salt Lake City-resident gone Los Angeles moonlighter, Keith Carlsen is an internationally published photographer, working with high-profile clients such as Powder Magazine, By Robert James, The New York Times & National MS Society. Blending his love for fashion, adventure, and storytelling, Keith has also developed his own take on couples & wedding photography. Knowing that people today want a custom, personalized look, Keith has created a style that is as unique as his clients. N

“Breaking Love” featuring Laurie & Craig in Malibu, California. June 2014 Shot by Keith Carlsen, Retouching by Mark Epstein A complete gallery from this shoot can be viewed at ww.keithcarlsenweddings.com

IN THIS ISSUE:

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EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK: Bridesmaids GRETA BELANGER DEJONG

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DON'T GET ME STARTED: When to marry JOHN DEJONG

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ENVIRONEWS: Gov. Bangerter & clean air; Utah senators vote to sell our public lands; Bears Ears Conservation Area proposed; Utah faces mega drought; Conserve water with rainwater harvesting AMY BRUNVAND

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CATALYST’S GUIDE TO OFFBEAT WEDDINGS 9 Profiles: KATHERINE PIOLI 13 Healthy, sexy: NICOLE DEVANEY 14 Preparing the inner self to wed: ERIN GEESAMAN RABKE

16 Rings: CLARE BOERIGTER 17 What they carried: JANE LYON 18 What they wore: JODI SMITH 19 What they said: CLARE BOERIGTER 20 Seasonal Foods: ALICE TOLER 22 The Re-Wedding ALICE TOLER 24 And then they danced: AMY BRUNVAND 26 Marrying Mr. Wright: STEPHANEE GROSSCUP 28 Where to wed: CLARE BOERIGTER 30

GARDEN LIKE A BOSS: Spring planting JAMES LOOMIS

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YOGA: Sustainable stretching CHARLOTTE BELL

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CATALYST COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY

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METAPHORS: SUZANNE WAGNER

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK

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From bridesmaid to officiant

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y first foray down the aisle was when I was nine years old. My only sister, 11 years my senior, was abandoning me for some guy. It was a consolation, the honor of being a junior bridesmaid and the opportunity to own

a sapphire blue taffeta dress (with matching shoes). Still, I knew this was a net loss for me. I was not happy.

What helped was the box of fabric in jewel tones gifted to me by the lady in the bridal shop. The four- to six-inchwide rolls of satin brocade were the trimmings from shortened bridesmaids’ dresses. With that box I carried home an idea about bridesmaids being elegant, interesting women who lived exciting lives in beautiful dresses.

My bridesmaidenly experiences to follow proved my illusions hollow, but I learned over time that being a bridesmaid meant something else pretty cool.

It meant friendship.

At 20, I played the maiden role my second time for a friend I’d known forever. At this stage, I was faintly embarrassed that my childhood pal was throwing in the towel on life so soon. At least that’s how I saw it then.

By 28 and beyond, I nodded agreement to my beloved girlfriends’ decisions, and stood gladly by their side.

There was Kate and Jim’s pot luck wedding in a Wisconsin country field. There was Suzanne’s marriage to a man whose first wife had died, and in the most heartfelt testimony I’ve ever heard from a groom, he thanked his first wife for teaching him how to love.

There was an Alta wedding, a backyard wedding, and Polly’s spectacular church wedding and reception, she in a silk

dress she’d designed, sewn and handbeaded herself.

Bridesmaids’ duties are usually pretty mundane. For my friend Melissa’s wedding, though, we (fellow maids and bride) used this alliance as an excuse for more frequent get-togethers. The standard gag was “to discuss the colors of the ribbons.” In retrospect, it was a sweet, sweet time of comraderie before fate and life decisions sent us in different directions.

The most useful I’ve ever been as a bridesmaid was at my friend Amie’s engagement party, when she looked at me with a frantic gleam in her eye and said, “Follow me.” Another friend and I, clueless, trailed her rapidly through the throngs of people and down a flight of stairs and then a hallway to a room and a closet from which she extracted a breathtaking wedding gown. This was a surprise wedding—even the officiant did Nick Franchi

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By the time we’re in our 40s and 50s, the labels and roles carry less weight.

Once I fulfilled the duties of the best man for my dear friend Gary, when he finally found the girl of his dreams.

With age comes the illusion of wisdom and last year I graduated to officiant, for the wedding of my friends Jodi and Tyler.

In my 30s, I, too, said “I do.” My bridesmaid Kate, from Wisconsin, was a godsend. I could not have made it without her. Other friends, including my sister, were of invaluable help. In retrospect, wish I’d have asked them all to be bridesmaids.

Relationships are what make everything else on this planet work—or not work. Planning a wedding may be among the most intense events in a person’s life. If we can manage a wedding with grace, we’re that much closer to world peace, right?

I hope you enjoy this issue, whatever your marital state. N Greta Belanger deJong is the editor & publisher of CATALYST. GRETA@CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET

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The timing of eternity GETTING MARRIED UNDER THE STARS

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ou might marry for time and eternity, but it doesn’t have to seem like eternity. If you get it right, you’ll be amazed to find that 20 or 30 years have passed and you still love your partner at least as much as you did when you said “I do.”

Not much in a wedding is left to chance—with the distinct exception of the wedding date. It’s usually chosen to fit the travel plans of outof-town guests, and on a day when the celebration can go well into the night.

If you’ve ever consulted an astrologer or asked someone, maybe even the one, what their sign is, you may be interested to know that when you marry is important. That’s where electional astrology comes in.

Electional astrology deals with the auspicious and inauspicious times to do things. If you believe that nature’s cycles affect character and personality, then it makes sense that there’s an effect from when, in a cycle, something occurs.

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Take, for example, this writer and the founder and editor of CATALYST. Our meeting had been foreseen by both a psychic and an engineer. The psychic, who saw things on a sort of ethereal television screen over the querent’s head, told Greta that she would soon meet the man for her in a pond that he had built with his own hands. The engineer, this writer, built a pond-sized hot tub in his backyard and was waiting for the right woman to appear. Four years later—and three weeks after the prediction—the woman showed up. Nine months later, we were engaged.

Wedding preparations were going like clockwork until astrologer and CATALYST cofounder Victoria Fugit offered to do an electional reading for our wedding date. Turns out the date we picked to sat-

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It’s complicated enough with just one wave. Now, imagine that the wave is really a dozen waves all interacting with each other. Life’s cycles are like that, only more complicated.

Electional astrology will also help you choose the timing of other important life decisions and changes. Are you thinking of going into business? Taking a big vacation? Entering into an important contract?

That, after all, is what a marriage is.

Because it involves two charts and all the resulting interactions, an electional astrology reading is more work and, thus, more expensive than a regular reading. In the case of a wedding, it is money particularly well-spent.

With electional astrology, the more specific you can be with your desires, the better. Clearly communicating your intentions for your marriage to your astrologer is very important. The “best time to marry” may get you a marriage that lasts, even though you’d wish it would end; it pays to be specific.

In retrospect, I think we must have chosen the best date for eternal love.

Our marriage lasted 20 years. Nine years after divorce, we are still very much family and continue to love each other, working and traveling together. I think we’re an electional astrology succcess story. As I said, you’ve got to be specific when you state your desires. N

isfy travel and party considerations was one of the worst possible dates of the year.

Fortunately, the day before our chosen date was especially celestially auspicious.

So, we were secretly married the day before in the garden of a house hidden behind shrubbery on Sixth South. The stress of “getting married” over, all we worried about on our wedding day was whether the star projector (one of the first digital projectors used in a planetarium) in the Hansen Planetarium, site of our public ceremony (which is now the magnificent showroom for O.C. Tanner), would execute its custom star dance.

An astrologer might be one of the first people to tell about your engagement, certainly before you tell any out-of-town guests.

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The pubic lands that Hatch and Lee want to sell are highly valued by Utah citizens. The Conservation in the West Poll from Colorado College says that 96% of Utahns visited national public lands at least once in the past year and that when asked to name their top factors for living in Utah, “respondents stated that access and recreation on public lands outweighed economic opportunities, quality of education and quality of healthcare.”

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OFFBEAT WEDDINGS

CATALYST Guide to

Offbeat* Weddings (not your typical wedding guide)

BY KATHERINE PIOLI Offbeat: Off-the-beaten-track; syncopated; unusual. Sometimes oppositional. To us, it means that which comes from the heart, with fewer nods to convention.

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nce every decade or so, CATALYST turns its attention to the art of the wedding. In

these pages, you’ll meet couples who did it “their way.” There’s a list of offthe-beaten-track venues, and astrological advice for choosing the best date.You’ll read about preparing your inner self to wed, and employing basic health practices to help you look your best; investigate the world of rings beyond the traditional diamond; explore clothing beyond the bridal

Obviously, you can enjoy these pages without the need to engage in the ancient ritual of commitment. You may even find it useful in planning other celebrations in your life. Marking important moments in our life gives us the opportunity to bear witness to what matters most in the lives of our nears and dears.

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was not what you’d call the marrying type. I never wanted a big day with a white dress. As a non-practitioner of any faith, the idea of walking down an aisle and standing in front of a person who had some magical authority to bind me to someone felt foreign and disingenuous.

For a long time, even after I met the man I knew I’d be happy with for the rest of my life, getting hitched wasn’t a terribly pressing matter. That changed after a friend lost her partner of 10 years. They’d never married and I saw how that affected her, including the way in which her community processed her grieving. I realized that standing up before your community, in essence performing an act of union and including others in your commitment as witnesses, has a profound effect on everyone, not just the engaged couple.

No one could tell us how our wedding would look. It was a deeply personal matter.

Over the course of a year, we moved through the planning process. At times, it was as mundane as choosing the color of napkins and picking the perfect wine—we also brewed our own beer —but most of our time was spent deliberating what exactly we wished to celebrate and what we wanted our ceremony to communicate to those who stood with us. We knew that, as two people brought together by place—both born in Salt Lake, rooted and enriched

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boutique; hear from a few officiants on the subject of vows; meet two epic floral artists; and consider ways to liven up the all-important wedding dance.

There’s a story from a woman who “marries” her gay best friend who is living with fullblown AIDS; and another from a married couple who weather some rocky times and celebrate their growth with a “re-wedding.”

by a lifelong community—our harvest wedding would hold enormous amounts of meaning for us and our guests.

The afternoon of our wedding, the October sun touched the autumn leaves with gold. Lights hung across our backyard like luminous garlands. Long tables were set with bright patterned tablecloths and bouquets of dried wildflowers I had spent long happy hours picking in wild fields the summer before. Under the apricot tree, a bear skin rug and an altar of candles awaited us.

We exchanged rings carved from wood cut from our property. We served food harvested and grown by us and our friends. We had no officiant, but asked those gathered to offer words and memories and blessings. For us, it was certainly a culmination of everything we had woven and created together over the years.

Since our wedding, I’ve developed an appreciation for other people’s wedding stories. As more people make their wedding day something that embodies them as individuals, taking tradition and spinning it into something new and personal, these stories are becoming increasingly magical. They are snapshots, clips from a single day that reveals a person’s innermost being.

For inspiration, or simply for pleasure, here are four stories of four weddings. Enjoy. N

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wedding as performance: every element—the words, the colors, the setting —infusing the moment with meaning, reflecting the character and ideals of the couple that stands before friends and family.

For Jodi and Tyler, no building could house such a moment. Both photographers, the engaged couple had been to the Bonneville Salt Flats many times. For them, the pristine, white expanse, the remnant seafloor of ancient Lake Bonneville, became a blank canvas waiting to be filled.

“It’s a place that holds such energy, life and hope,” says Jodi.

Sunrise, the symbol of new beginnings, was their chosen time. Using a sun trajectory calculator and a GPS, they determined the exact location where, on the day of their wedding, the sun would first peak over the long white crystalline horizon. Near mid-summer, sunrise on the salt flats happens really early.

“It seemed ridiculously obscene to ask people to get up so early,” recalls Jodi.

Nonetheless, on the morning of July 26, at 5:35 a.m., the wedding party gathered in the parking lot of a hotel in Wendover where the caravan began, a trail of headlights winding out into the darkness.

A wide circle of candle lanterns defined the designated site where guests gathered, pinch of salt in hand. “We wanted our guests to see each other,” Tyler explains, “and for us to see all of

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them. It was important to make that connection. In such a vast expanse, it put everybody close, very intimate.”

In the half-light, holding her father’s arm, Jodi stepped toward the waiting circle, barefoot. They took a single turn

around the circle and joined Tyler.

The ceremony started late and there was a moment of doubt that it would all go off as planned. But they spoke their words, never rushing. Finally, they turned toward their friend and officiant,

Food

mailed an RSVP for my cousin’s wedding the other day. The card allowed me to chose what entrée I wanted at the wedding banquet. I wrote my name next to the little chicken. My husband’s went next to the carrot. There are so many ways to do food at a wedding. Many of those I’ve been to had long self-serve buffets.

There were tacos at one wedding, a whole spitroasted pig at another.

At my own wedding, food was the centerpiece of the festivities. My husband and I wanted to give our guests the experience of a real

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Greta deJong, to receive her blessing. At exactly 6:24 a.m., the first slice of sun rose over the horizon, bursting light across the salt flats, and Greta pronounced them married.

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and cured olives, fresh baked bread and bowls of tangy, grassy olive oil passed down the table rows, followed by pasta with sage pesto and grilled vegetables from our friends’ urban farms. We served Christiensen pork and Ben’s own elk – hunted from the Uinta mountains the season prior.

Our ten year-old neighbor, who couldn’t be bothered with dancing when he’d been promised cake, was finally appeased when we presented creations by local baker Courtney McDowell, cakes and pies because we couldn’t decide on one. No morsel of cake remained by the end of the night to save for our first anniversary, Beka Price Photography but for us the most important tradition, of sharing good food, had already vows were said and guests seated, been observed. N the magic began. Plates of cheese Italian feast—my family’s mother country—complete with long communal tables, flowing wine, and plenty of time between courses to get up and mingle.

After consulting with friends, chefs at a local restaurant, we pulled together a meal fit for our greatest foodie fantasies. After

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DEREK & MOUDI

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ew couples have been in the public eye, recently, as much as Derek Kitchen and Moudi Sbeity. Key plaintiffs in the case Kitchen v. Herbert that challenged Utah’s constitutional ban on marriage for same-sex couples, their work was instrumental in extending the right of marriage to all Utah couples, straight and gay. Yet, when the final verdict cracked opened chapel doors and government offices, and as gay couples rushed to declare their union, Derek and Moudi held back.

“We’d spent a lot of time [over the course of the trial] talking about why marriage is important and about wanting access to that right, but we didn’t consider what an actual ceremony would mean or what makes it so powerful,” says Derek. When given the chance to actualize their own commitment, Moudi and Derek decided to take their time. This month, the grooms will say their vows in a celebration as public as the process that allowed them to reach this point. Standing together in the Gallivan Plaza before friends, family and the com-

munity that has sustained and supported them in their long journey, Derek and Moudi will close the circle that began when they filed their suit in March 2013.

Earlier this spring, as I sat with Derek and Moudi in their commercial kitchen where they create Laziz hummus and spreads, Derek shared details of the upcoming event. Including who would walk them down the aisle.

“I haven’t asked my Mom yet if she’ll walk with me,”

“The fact that we had to fight for our right to marry makes this a victory worth celebrating with our community,” admitted Derek. “I just assumed she would, but I should probably let her know.”

Moudi, whose mother in Lebanon will be unable to attend, has asked the couple’s lawyer, Peggy Tomsic, to

do the honor of accompanying him to meet his groom.

“She’s been our legal advocate and like a mother to us,” says Derek. “It seems appropriate.” Many of the players in the wedding have a strong connection to the trial, even the officiant who, as a close friend of the couple, and a writer and poet, kept detailed diaries and records during the months of trial.

The two have found the process of planning their farmer’s market-themed wedding—“kind of a Taste of the Wasatch style but without the sitdown dinner part”—a consuming experience. “We’ve tried to incorporate all the parts of our lives that hold power and meaning for us,” says Derek. Balancing the finances of a 1,000 person guest list—the ultimate result of giving an open wedding invitation to an entire city—has been stressful. Dreaming of all the possibilities, says Moudi, has been unimaginably fun.

“The fact that we had to fight for our right to marry makes this a victory worth celebrating with our community,” reflects Moudi. “Lots of people have a vested interest in this moment. Our ‘I do’s’ are certainly a symbol of something bigger.”

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kay, this isn’t a local couple, but adventure in 45-hours. this is a story with, I think, a lot The journey was filmed and posted of great metaphor and personal online, Tying the Knot on Vimeo. It’s a style. Making the guest list is one of the great little film with beautiful scenery toughest parts of wedding planning. It’s and natural humor—like when Mandy cliché, but true. Limited budgets, large shows us their “honeymoon suite,” a tent families, lots of friends you don’t want to the couple shares at base camp with leave out—many factors can complicate their officiant. this part of the deal. And, didn’t you say For those who just don’t get why you you wanted to keep the wedding “small”? would do such a thing, ever, especially Mandy and Brian found the perfect for your wedding: Check out the part way to keep their wedding party small. where they climb Pingora Peak before This super outdoorsy, unbelievably cute dawn. Watching Mandy and Brian sumWyoming couple mit the 11,884-foot turned their wedpeak together, supWe see them ding into a mounporting each other supporting each tain sports literally with ropes other literally triathalon. Within and harnesses, with ropes and 24 hours they comworking together, harnesses, overpleted a 14-mile overcoming obstabike ride to a trailcles together, taking coming obstacles head, 24-mile hike turns shouldering together, enjoyinto the Cirque of the tough parts ing each other’s the Towers in the (they each lead company, and Wind River Range, climb different finally coming out executed a 9-pitch, pitches), enjoying 5.8 grade climb to each other’s compaon top elated and the top of Pingora ny, and then finally in love Peak and exchanged coming out on top their vows—comelated and in love— plete with rings, a well, I don’t think white dress, mini there’s a better bottles of chamactive metaphor for pagne, and chocothe perfect union. late cupcakes. Then, Continued on they reversed it all and ended the the next page

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TAYLOR & ELLIS

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radition, for Ellis and his wife Taylor, is a complicated matter.

There are the traditions they grew up with, and then there are the traditions they created, high in the mountains above Provo with their closest friends. While some chose to meld divergent traditions and faiths on their wedding day, Taylor and Ellis chose not to.

Instead, they got married twice.

“I come from a big family with eight kids.

We’re thoroughly Mormon,” Ellis tells me while his wife tends to the couple’s one year-old niece.

“The place where we held our spiritual wedding, in the mountains, transcends worldly considerations.”

“We did all the legal paperwork at the formal wedding,” adds Taylor. “We didn’t want to deal with technicalities in the mountains.”

“That,” says Ellis, “was our temple wedding.”

Three years ago this month, Taylor and Ellis hiked with a small group of close friends into the peaks above Provo to celebrate their union in nature at a special place they call The Realm. Their wedding was not the first ceremony ever enacted on that sacred ground. For years, since they were kids, the group of young Provoans had traveled to that spot looking for something greater to connect to and had created their own

traditions. It became their Stonehenge where, on solstices and equinoxes, revelers blew horns, banged on drums and drank homemade mead. Back at home they celebrated Easter and Christmas, but the Realm, recalls Ellis, was where the real holidays happened.

In this youthful, pagan spirit, Ellis and Taylor exchanged their first vows in the Realm, dressed in the robes that had become the traditional dress for such occasions. Ellis wore his newly handsewn green robe.

Taylor wore a white hand-me-down from her groom, originally an old Star Wars Halloween costume. “If my mom knew the real reason I wanted a white tunic,” says Ellis, laughing, “she’d have never made it for me.”

The wedding party stayed on the mountain for three days and two nights. There was feasting and dancing.

There was a hand-fasting, when the hands of the bride and groom

were bound with cloth. Vows, unwritten, were spoken straight from the heart. The bride and groom exchanged crowns of wildflowers and pine.

Two weeks after the hand-fasting in the mountains, Taylor and Ellis got married again. “We joke that we should’ve covered all the bases and had a Catholic wedding, too,” says Ellis.

This time with the families present, Taylor walked down the aisle in her long white dress. “I wanted to wear something lacy and floral, but simple,” says Taylor of her transformation from pagan Queen Bee to picture perfect bride. “I didn’t want it dragging on and on.”

Complete with pearls and a silk waistband, she looked stunning. The groom wore a burnt orange cowboy suit, bolo tie, and new boots. They exchanged rings and signed papers. Ellis, Taylor tells me, cried.

They ate cake. They danced and drank —traditions shared with the revelry on the mountains. And Taylor’s mom saved to top tier of cake for their anniversary, though three years later, it’s still in the freezer.

“You want people be able to relate,” reflects Taylor.

“In a way, our second wedding was for our family.”

And, really, whose wedding isn’t? As Taylor so aptly says, “You already know you love each other. It’s about making that declaration for others.” N

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• Confidence and grace will outshine any perfect hair or make-up job. On your big day, let your smile and your kindness be your biggest beauty secrets. Don’t let any wedding mishaps ruin your look with a scowl.

• Water is a sexy friend.

For radiant skin, clear eyes and kissable plump lips, you must be hydrated. This requires planning ahead. Drink at least half of your body weight in ounces of pure clean water every day before your wedding. (If you weigh 130 lbs., that’s 65 oz., or about eight cups.) It takes at least three days of drinking this way to get hydrated; after that, your body will let go of any extra water weight you might be carrying.

• Flawless skin is a bridal trademark. Exfoliate your feet, knees, hands and elbows with a salt scrub regularly. (See recipe.) Use a dry brush before bathing; circularly sloughing off dead skin cells will let fresh new skin come to the surface.

Then apply an oil (coconut, almond or olive) from head to toe and let it sit on your skin for 15 minutes as

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Natural foods stores sell nail polish, hair care and make-up with none of the harmful ingredients that have inundated the world of beauty. Still, I’m a crier. Using a semi-toxic

you visualize your perfect day. This allows toxins and dirt to rise up that will then be rinsed away..

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• Get a little sun every day before your big day! Ten to 15 minutes of noontime sun (with no sunscreen) can do

• Practice your look! I’ve had the honor of doing the hair and make-up of a few women for their big day and it helps to have a practice session. This allows for anything that might go wrong to happen and be remedied in advance.

wonders for your appearance and mood. Having sufficient vitamin D in the skin helps minimize acne, boost elasticity, stimulate collagen production, enhance radiance and lessen lines and the appearance of dark spots.

• Slumber is nature's most powerful beauty treatment. All of your repair hormones that fix damaged cells are produced between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Overnight, skin cells regenerate and your facial muscles that create wrinkles relax, so make sleep a priority.

Regardless of what you do to make yourself shine for your wedding, remember that beauty is a feeling. It is something that can’t be shaped or molded. It shines from your soul and is nurtured by seeing the beauty in all that surrounds you. N

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n the midst of a Buddhist meditation retreat, in the summer of 2001, Carl asked me to marry him. With eyes and heart aglow, I said yes. It was so “us,” to get engaged at a Buddhist retreat. The shared intention to wake up, to open our hearts, had always been central in our relationship.

Our meditation teacher kindly but firmly invited us to get real about our motivation and not to function from a romantic trance. Why are you doing this?

Why do you want to involve others in your intimate relationship and vows? Are you looking for their blessing? Are you hoping to bless them?

At the time we felt flummoxed, confused, a bit rained on. In retrospect, I couldn’t be more grateful for his questions.

The largely unconscious fantasy of what it means to marry dies hard. You fall in love, have a beautiful ceremony, and live happily ever after, right? But somehow it doesn’t work quite like that in the real world. It is helpful to make our fantasies conscious – to examine our implicit and often hidden ideas

about what it actually means to us to be married, what we expect, what we want, what we assume, what we want to offer to our partner.

First we were disoriented by our teacher’s questions. Then, people began asking other questions. Did you get her a ring? Where will the ceremony be? What are your colors? There was also the 16inch-high stack of wedding magazines from recent brides, overwhelming us with information we did not care about.

We felt so much out-of-control momentum, as if we were speeding along on a train we were no longer driving, that we canceled the wedding.

Over the next few years, as we remained deeply in love, the impulse to make it official kept arising. We sat with

those difficult questions posed by our teacher and eventually had clear answers. We knew why we wanted to marry. We knew what was important to us — the quality of our relationship — and what wasn’t — the color of the tablecloths on the day we said our vows.

We made a list of who we’d invite. In a daily ritual practice, for six months before we wed, we read the names of all of our those on our invite list out loud, sending blessings and good wishes to them. It was a beautiful way to connect with our loved ones.

We also had, over many years, a regular practice of meeting each other’s eyes and saying, “I marry you.” For us, when the day of the wedding came, it was a public confirmation of our already married-in-our-hearts state, an opportunity to celebrate with our community, and to share the goodness of our connection with them. Our ceremony was held in July of 2005, four years after our engagement, at gorgeous Red Butte Gardens.

While we kept it pretty simple, and didn’t worry too much about centerpieces, decor, and colors, planning an event for more than 100 people always has its challenges. Carl and I took as a central guiding principle while

planning our wedding this statement attributed to Gandhi: The means you use must embody the end you seek. Anytime we were feeling out of alignment with the love and connection we aspired to in our marriage, we took it as an invitation to stop. If planning tipped over into stress, resentment, worry, we stopped. Reoriented.

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ngaged couples have been exchanging gifts since the time of the Romans. Before betrothal rings became the dominant tradition around the 12th century, couples often exchanged thimbles or a piece of gold or silver.

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A gem like no other Diamonds gained matrimonial popularity in 1477, when the Archduke Maximilian of Austria presented his bride-to-be with a diamond engagement ring, thus setting the standard for wealthy Europeans.

Today, the diamond wedding ring is ubiquitous in the Western World due in part to tradition, the stone’s inherent hardness and durability, and an extremely clever marketing campaign by the De Beers company. It was De Beers that, in 1947, coined the slogan “a diamond is forever” in a resoundingly successful bid to combat slumping sales in diamond engagement rings.

Couples who are conscious of the controversy surrounding diamond mining in Africa can

Some of Joe Maughan’s most impressive creations purchase certified conflict-free diamonds (typically 5-10% more expensive) or look to the north for high-grade diamonds mined in Canada.

If you like the look but not the pricetag, an alternative to consider is moissanite, a lab-created diamond available at a fraction of the cost but with comparable hardness, brilliance and luster.

Pre-owned: cool or not cool? Alternatives to diamonds; creative bands; making a vintage ring your own

BY CLARE BOERIGTER

Alternative stones Not into to diamonds but still set on jewels? Couples can find unique, durable alternatives with rubies or sapphires, both of which are available in a range of vibrant colors. Joe Maughan, owner of 9th & 9th Jewelers (formerly The Vug), offers a variety of colored sapphires mined in nearby Helena, Montana. Rubies and sapphires do require more upkeep—most needing to be re-polished every 10 years. You may wish to certify gems with a reputable lab to ensure the stone’s colors have not been chemically altered.

Creative and simple: bands Many couples forgo gems altogether, instead choosing elegant wedding bands.

With the recent legalization of gay marriage in Utah, both Maughan and Hafen have helped a growing number of gay couples craft their ideal wedding rings—a trend, according to Maughan, accompanied by an increased demand for unique and inventive designs.

Charley Hafen and 9th & 9th Jewelers both craft custom pieces for couples looking for a more intimate involvement in the creation of their wedding rings. Both local shops work closely with couples, drafting precise, computergenerated images of the design before creating a wax model and, following any adjustments, the finished piece. Couples are able to

make adjustments throughout the process with an expected turnaround time of 10-30 days. “I like hearing the input,” says Hafen, who classifies his own style as art deco but is often surprised and inspired by the design ideas presented by clients. Similarly, Maughan has created bands incorporating everything from tree roots to dragons to the outline of the Wasatch Front or the LDS Temple.

The “mine” in your grandma’s jewelry box

A green alternative gaining in popularity is to “mine” an existing piece of jewelry. Most jewelers will readily work with antique or recycled diamonds.

According to Charley Hafen of Charley Hafen Jewelers, vintage diamonds look different because of their cut, which has larger internal panels than in today’s diamonds, a characteristic that changes the way the gem breaks down light. It’s an old timey look that can add a touch of nostalgia to new wedding rings.

Making a recycled ring your own Besides professional cleaning, re-cutting of stones and engraving your own words in the band, here’s another way to make a “pre-owned” ring your own.

People can be pretty superstitious

about buying a pre-owned wedding ring. Are you buying someone else’s energy along with that ring, or just making an eco-friendly and cost-effective choice? Ultimately, it’s a personal decision.

However, if couples have any misgivings about recycling their diamonds or other gemstones, Ravenstone of Crone’s Hollow, Salt Lake’s headquarters for all things pagan, suggests placing the gem

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in sea salt, an element that cleanses bad energy and will restore the stone “back to zero.” Couples wishing to stay local should look for Redmond Real Salt, a company whose sea salt comes from ancient sea beds in Central Utah, though any sea salt will do the trick. Following this process, couples can also bless their gems with incense. Ravenstone recommends frankincense and myrrh, which represent the sun/male energy and the moon/female energy respectively, or rosewater, a traditional symbol of love, loyalty and passion. N Clare Boerigter is Catalyst’s intern this season.

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Pamela Olson Native Flower Company Tell me about Native Flower Company.

Pamela Olson: The word “native” was inspired more by the aesthetic of the word.

I wanted a rooted and local feeling. I carry native flowers and local flowers when I can get them, otherwise I outsource for exotic flowers.

What kind of native or local flora should we be looking for?

Finding local flowers is all about seasonality. Consider herbs like rosemary, mint or Pam Olson sage. For inspiration, think of Albion Basin above Alta with all those tiny daisies or delphiniums. If you plan ahead, you can grow your own flowers for your wedding. Montbretia grow great everywhere; so do zinnias, dahlias and cosmos. Grasses and wheat also look great in arrangements. And, believe it or not, roses do really well in Utah’s climate.

Dan Muir Cactus & Tropicals How did you started mixing crystals with floral arts?

Dan Muir: I began experimenting with the combination a long time ago, back when I started my own business in Lincoln City, Oregon.

People up there were more into the crystals, but for me it was about making stuff from the Earth. I had worked at Cactus & Tropicals before I moved and when I decided to come back, I kept making my creations.

What stones and flowers do you find to be the best for weddings or celebrations of love?

You can find all kinds of books that interpret the meaning of stones and flowers, but really, we all choose what we want them to mean. It’s about the energy you put into the stone. I know that rose quartz is always a popular representation of love. Wire bouquets with calatheas and succulents and little lichens on it are the most popular with wedding crowds.

Do you believe that there is a sort of earthly power in your arrangements?

I’ve been using a lot of different textures and plants lately.

Offbeat beauty can be found in sweet potato vines, olives and olive branches. I love adding herbs and pieces of aspen branch. Kumquats are the most offbeat thing I’ve used. They made for a very bohemian look.

Yes, I do. I mean, there is something that happens when you are creating. The better your intentions, the more beautiful your creation. Nature is already the biggest art form. These plants have different textures and shapes that you can manipulate and use to make art that is out of the ordinary.

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What t hey wore Beyond the bridal boutiques

BY JODI MARDESICH SMITH

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s a freshman at Brigham Young University, I was an odd duck. I had no intentions of getting married anytime soon. But most other women seemed more interested in getting a Mrs. than an academic degree. Literally everyone on the floor in my dorm at Deseret Towers had plans for how their weddings would be, down to the color scheme for their bridesmaid dresses. I know, because as a fledgling enterprise

but I knew it wouldn’t fit my budget or, honestly, my style.

Besides, I didn’t want to have anything to do with the Bridal Industrial Complex. According to a survey by THEKNOT.COM, the average price for a wedding in the United States is around $30,000, with $1,400 earmarked for the dress. Utahns are at the low end of the spending scale, at $17,000 —but still shell out about $1,000 for the gown.

Options beyond the bridal boutique abound for unconventional wedding attire. If you’re willing to spend the big bucks, consider hiring a local designer. You can also embellish a plain dress, or alter a fabulous find to look as if it were made for your body.

Salt Lake costume designer Jen McGrew’s corsets are renowned. She made a white corset and bustle for Kelli Baker’s 2007 Burning Man wedding.

Kelli, meanwhile, embellished her bra, petticoat, and her husband-to-be’s white Utilikilt with crystal rhinestones. DIY to the end, Kelli’s “bridesmaids” rode bikes across the playa wearing nothing but

Designer Eugene Tachinni “These dresses are the dream dresses of my brides. There is something really great about bringing an idea into the tangible world.”

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reporter I walked around to every room and asked.

When I did plan my wedding, last year, part of me wanted a gorgeous Vera Wang gown,

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looked at eBay and Etsy. My husband scored—he found a gorgeous suit, in perfect condition, at a local consignment store. After visiting a tailor, it fit perfectly.

I ultimately found my simple (long, ivory) halter dress online at Free People. It was elegant for the wedding day—and I

Kelli Baker sporting Jen McGrew’s corset and bustle creation, hubby in utilikilt.

fuchsia tutus and sparkly pasties. “The best part,” recalls Kelli, “was buying the supplies and having the lady at the JoAnn cutting table ask me what I was making.”

My friend Maureen Rosenthal created her magnificent wedding dress out of a tote bag her sister-in-law Emilie crocheted from plarn—plastic yarn made from recycled shopping bags. Maureen cut off the bottom of the bag and attached long strips of plarn to fashion a train. Her sister Lynn sewed the bamboo fabric underdress with plarn ruffle trim. Nicole deVaney repurposed the bottom of the bag as a headdress decorated with crystals, feathers and more plarn strips.

Maureen’s man, Tanner, wore chaps that she’d crocheted from brown plarn.

I wish I had been as creative as Kelli or Maureen. Originally, I had hoped to restore a vintage flapper dress from the 1920s for my wedding day. But I had worn it to too many festivals,

and the tailor I took it to said the dress was beyond repair. I searched thrift stores for something interesting to modify, and Mary Rino of Lily Bride Designs designed this gown around the bride’s outdoor Montana wedding. She wanted the soft romantic chiffon with a hint of Edwardian elegance. “I love the asymmetrical kimono-sleeve lace overlay we made.” she said LILYBRIDEDESIGNZ.COM, 801-688-4558, lilybridedeignz@gmail.com

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could wear again without feeling as if I were traipsing around in bridal attire.

If it’s an offbeat wedding, leap at the opportunity to dress outside the bridal box. What makes you smile and feel fabulous? These days, a wedding dress can be just about anything you want. So, what’s your dream? N Jodi Mardesich Smith is a CATALYST contributor and wedding veteran.

Choosing your officiant with care

BY CLARE BOERIGTER

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skilled and sensitive officiant can do more than simply guide your wedding ceremony. He or she can guide you through the process of creating a ritual that is meaningful and memorable.

We reached out to two practiced officiants, Reverend Tom Goldsmith of the First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake and local actress and singer Dee-Dee Darby Duffin, to get their advice on wedding ceremonies and choosing the right officiant for the big day.

Reverend Tom Goldsmith has been marrying couples for 28 years. He’s stood uneasily with his back to a cliff while officiating, watched relatives from the flatlands pass out at high elevations, and was once asked to officiate while skiing backwards (he declined).

Choosing an officiant is something that should be done with care, says Goldsmith, who encourages couples to “shop around” for an officiant who will suit their personal needs. Goldsmith often finds himself officiating for couples from different religious traditions who

Beach Family Photography Dee Dee officiating at Connie and Nick Burk’s wedding

ordained. Many online ordination services (such as the Universal Life Church, WWW.ULC.ORG) promote

that we’re promising each other?”

Goldsmith also recommends that couples read their vows or repeat them after him instead of spending the ceremony anxiously wondering if they’ll forget what to say.

Duffin brings a different approach to vows. Attentive to the needs of her couples, Duffin, who is after all a professional performer, often ends up presenting the vows for them. A natural storyteller, Duffin crafts a couple’s vows after numerous meetings and discussions with the partners, both together and separately, more often than not over a beer.

Duffin poses various questions to the couple, gaining an intimate knowledge of their relationship before retelling their story. She also asks that the couple choose a trusted delegate who will review her work before the ceremony, thus keeping the vows a surprise while ensuring they are the right match for each person.

So, when planning a wedding ceremony, consider these pieces of advice from the professionals: Take your time finding the best officiant

Vows, according to Goldsmith, are not for gushing about your eternal love.

They’re for expressing a public promise before important witnesses. wish to blend elements of their faiths in the ceremony. Dee-Dee Darby Duffin specializes in nonreligious ceremonies, but both agree that vows are the centerpiece of a wedding.

Duffin and Goldsmith both underscore the importance of creating a meaningful and personal ceremony reflective of the two people who are coming together.

For some, that might mean asking a friend or family member to serve as their officiant. To do this, the selected officiant must be legally

their services as “free.” How ever, for the wedding to be legally valid, you must purchase their ordination credentials and/or a letter of good standing ($20-40) to present when the marriage is registered.

Vows, according to Goldsmith, are not for gushing about your eternal love. They’re for expressing a public promise before important witnesses. Goldsmith, who provides couples with a packet on vows and how to construct them, suggests couples ask, “What is it

for you and remember, it may be a friend or family member; spend time and attention creating meaningful vows; consider gestures to wed the two families; incorporate traditions from either’s background; include attendees by inviting spontaneous statements and/or preplanned readings.

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In the neighborhood Sourcing and delighting in what’s available now

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It’s December!”

This anecdote stuck with me for years, and was the catalyst that helped me think critically about what I was cooking—and when I was cooking it. I now cringe when I see folks in the grocery store buying watermelons in February. Not only will that melon taste bland, it also likely traveled a few thousand miles to get to that grocery store shelf. Just wait, I think, for summertime when the melons, so sweet and

firm-fleshed, start flooding up from Green River.

So, how do we shift our habits toward buying locally and in season? Over the course of the next few months I hope to give advice – about Utah’s unique growing season, what’s ripe now, what’s coming next, and how long the season will last – that will make that shift simple and fun.

With farmers markets now open year round, finding local produce and meat should get easier. When you do shop at the grocery store, if you don’t see anything clearly marked as “local”, ask why.

As the importance of eating locally and in season becomes more central to our lives, we can encourage stores to make a point

of stocking and properly labeling what’s being grown and raised in Utah.

What’s local now Potatoes, beets, carrots and garlic, all which store over winter, are still available from savvy local farmers. Some of last fall’s apples also remain. They’ve softened a bit but are delicious for fresh eating in applesauce or pie. Locally raised, grass-fed beef, lamb, and pork are available pretty much year round, as are an amazing variety of local cheeses, dairy products and eggs.

Our unusually warm winter and many ambitious local growers are contributing to a healthy “salad season” this year. At your local farmers market, you’ll find several varieties of lettuce, spinach, kale, herbs, micro greens

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lighter foods, it’s time to get creative with those greens.

Spring Salad Tear up a head of butter lettuce and toss in chopped fresh parsley or basil for extra flavor. Add some mandarin oranges and sunflower seeds for contrast and crunch. Baby or young tender kale makes a fantastic salad in place of lettuce. Turn larger, more mature kale leaves into a slaw instead.

Simple Vinaigrette one part acid (red wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, champagne vinegar, lime juice, or lemon juice) three parts oil (extra virgin olive oil, a nut oil, or a flavor-infused oil) salt and black pepper to taste Optional: large pinch of sugar or a tsp. of honey chopped fresh herbs Dijon or brown mustard (to deepen the flavor and help emulsify the dressing) Chopped fresh garlic or shallot Combine ingredients in a mason jar.

Shake until well mixed. Toss with greens of your choice. Refrigerate the unused portion for up to a week. N Alison Einerson manages local farmers markets, teaches canning and food preservation classes, and spends the rest of her time in the garden, the kitchen, or the wilderness with her husband, two daughters and dogs.

She is passionate about the local food movement, and works every day to make it stronger.

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The typical American prepared meal includes foods sourced from six different countries, says the Natural Resources Defense Council. “Imported” (welltraveled) food usually means more air pollution.

September 12-19 is Eat Local Week in Utah, when people challenge themselves to eat more locally sourced foods. In preparation, we thought it would be good to get a baseline reading on how far our food typically travels.

We asked CATALYST intern Jane Lyon to track, source and report on her diet. (This is a casual compilation; method of transport, processing and packaging are not factored in.)

Here’s an example of one day’s meals, and the approximate mi. traveled:

Breakfast: Ezekiel cereal: Corona, CA (700 mi.)

Silk Almond milk: Broomfield, CO (500 mi., + 1,300 mi. for almonds traveling to CO from CA) Banana: Ecuador (3,500 mi.)

Blueberries: British Columbia, Canada (1,300 mi.)

Coffee: Colombia (3,300 mi.)

(10,600 mi. total) Lunch: Eggs: Bountiful, UT (15 mi.)

Avocado: La Habra Heights, CA (650 mi.)

Tomato: Snowflake, AZ (500 mi.)

Bread: Bountiful, UT (15 mi.)

(1,180 mi. total) Snack: Triscuits: Niagara Falls, NY (1,200 mi.)

Pepper Jack Cheese: Tillamook, OR (1,000 mi.)

(2,200 mi. total)

Dinner: Sweet potatoes: North Carolina (2,100 mi.)

Brussel sprouts: Santa Cruz, CA (1,000 mi.)

Couscous: Worcester, MA (2,400 mi.)

(5,500 mi. total) Dessert: Ice Cream: Tillamook, OR (1,000 mi.)

Cone: Hermitage, PA (2,000 mi.)

(3,000 mi. total)

GRAND TOTAL: 22,480 Jane was astonished to find that her rather simple, unprocessed diet still racks up the miles.

Try this experiment on yourself. We’re not trying to guilt you out of coffee or bananas, seriously. It’s just good to know where your food comes from. N

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y the time Trent and I had been married three years, our relationship was in pretty bad shape. All the joy and fun we’d shared when we first tied the knot had somehow trickled away, and left behind were the giant piles of emotional baggage that, it turned out, we’d each been toting around.

By our fourth anniversary, things were dire and I was furious at the situation we found ourselves in. I already had one divorce under my belt from an ill-

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advised marriage when I was 22, and I’d be damned if I was going to let my relationship with Trent go down the tubes without, at the very least, understanding what was going on. But I was so angry I couldn’t even sleep in the same bed with him. I made myself a nest of cushions under the desk in my office, where I wallowed through my toxic emotions alone.

On the second day, Trent came and talked frankly with me, and owned up to his half of the problem. A

With an open mind and a good heart (and a bit of professional guidance), you can sometimes find your way back to the safety of the deep channels. week later we were in couples therapy.

We were still angry at each other, but we were both committed to at the very least figuring out what had gone wrong.

Eventually we got to the place where we were able to start trusting each other again, just a little bit.

By March, I realized I absolutely had to let go of my anger, or I would never be able to heal my relationship with my husband. The question I put to myself was, “What matters more: your identity as someone who’s suffered being

friends to “marry” us — to create a five-minute ceremony to help us celebrate our re-commitment to each other.

Eight friends stepped forward, with everything from traditional sermonizing, to a string-winding ceremony, to a dynamic interpretive dance “blending of our chakras”! It was wonderful. At the end, Trent and I re-exchanged our vows, and kissed and hugged each other, and I cried.

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We thought it would be a great opportunity to create some fantastic memories with these people who meant so much to us. We decided to celebrate not just a half-decade anniversary, but an actual “re-wedding.”

At a big party we threw at our house, we held an open invite for any of our

munity to celebrate. We were so happy to be able to involve our friends in our re-commitment ceremony, and five years later, as I write this on the weekend of our tenth anniversary, Trent and I are celebrating a relationship that is even stronger than it was that day.

Marriage is a matter of trust, priorities and community as much as it is about love, sex and intimacy. Everyone has baggage, and anyone can find herself on the rocks in a relationship. But with an open mind and a good heart (and a bit of professional guidance), you can sometimes find your way back to the safety of the deep channels. When that happens, don’t forget to celebrate with your friends. N Alice Toler is a writer and artist whose work appears regularly in CATALYST.

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innish anthropologist Edward Westermarck recounts some alarming traditional marriage rites in his 1891 book, The History of Human Marriage.

Contents include the bride or groom beating the other, shutting up the bride in a box, the use of animal blood…yikes!

But Westermarck also has something to say about the reason for dancing at weddings: Various rites are partly or exclusively fossilized expressions of such emotional states as sexual bashfulness, sorrow or anger, whilst others are expressions of joy or erotic feelings. To the latter class belong dancing, which forms a regular feature of wedding feasts in many parts of the world, and the sexual license in which the guests are often allowed to indulge. But dancing as a marriage rite may also, in particular cases, have a symbolic or magical significance, and, generally, be a method of attaining tumescence. And the sexual indulgence of the wedding guests may, on the principle of homeopathic

magic, be a means of assisting bride and bridegroom in achieving the reproductive aims of their union.

In other words, dancing at weddings is fun, but not just fun. Metaphorically, dancing generates sympathetic magic to bless the sex life of the happy couple.

Westermarck thought that traditional marriage rites would gradually vanish as rational thought replaced magical ideas in the modern world. Instead, traditional rites have been replaced by highly commercialized and costly “white weddings” with fancy table decorations, expensive catered meals and everybody dressed in single-use formal clothing. It sometimes seems like these weddings are all ritual and no fun, and the main metaphor seems to be one of conspicuous consumption.

If you think of weddings in terms of metaphor it seems clear that obsessing about a fancy white dress is exactly the wrong way to go. It’s not only a childish princess fantasy, but a symbol of virginal Victorian purity. Who needs that? As Caroline Casey of the Mythological

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News Service says, “Metaphor is the incarnational garb whereby power enters the world.” And clearly the more desirable metaphor for a wedding is the metaphor of dance.

Unfortunately, wedding dancing can be more awkward than fun. Typically, strangers from many generations are thrown together and expected to dance spontaneously to antique pop music.

That’s why wedding planners should pay more attention to the quality of dancing. If you are going to spend $10K or so on a party it ought at least to be a good party.

Dress the part First, always come prepared to dance.

It may even be a good idea to practice dancing in the clothes you plan to wear because outfits that look great in front of a mirror are sometimes too confining or embarrassingly revealing on the dance floor. For the bride: Wedding dresses

Latin dance shoes with suede soles can only be worn indoors; cowboy boots work well if it’s that kind of wedding.

Getting people onto the dance floor Sometimes they are truly shy, but more often they are just waiting to be asked. Cruise ships deal with this by hiring dance hosts—usually middle-aged men whose job it is to dance with lone ladies. In the old days, callers or prompters led square dances so that everyone would know exactly what to do, and a caller is still a good bet if you like traditional dancing.

These are tried-and-true strategies to get people on the dance floor and you can adapt them to whatever kind of music and dancing you like. Ask your dancing friends to break the ice and keep things lively; announce specific dances that are likely to be popular or

Metaphorically, dancing generates sympathetic magic to bless the sex life of the happy couple. tend to be too poufy and long for more than stately waltzes. One friend who wore her mother’s wedding dress had it altered in order to solve the problem.

During her first dance she twirled around and pulled off the overskirt to reveal a flirty short skirt beneath. The effect was fabulous!

It’s also a good idea to wear actual dance shoes—they have sturdy straps and non-stick soles and, often, extra padding for comfort. Character shoes are always appropriate; Argentine tango shoes have hard leather soles so you can walk outside, whereas ballroom and

that can be easily learned; pick some tunes that will appeal to a wider audience; assign some of your most outgoing friends to encourage people to “follow the leader”; task members of your wedding party with inviting strangers to dance; start a conga line.

Organizing a wedding dance for people who don’t usually dance together is a bit of an art, but it’s worth it for the homeopathic magic. So, don’t be afraid of the Macarena. If you play it, they will dance. N Amy Brunvand is a dance enthusiast and a U of Utah librarion.

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Mr. Wright A tribute and remembrance of the awesome connection of love in whatever shape it takes

BY STEPHANEE GROSSCUP

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n May 31, 1999, my loving friend Brian Wright and I did something completely unconventional. We married each other.

Brian was one of the most extraordinary, funny, loving, talented, literate, athletic, musically inclined, intelligent, strong, sensitive, communicative, sarcastic, live-in-the-moment and wise human beings that has walked upon this planet.

Brian was also a super gay man. I am a super straight woman, though I do love breasts. Brian, who had been HIVpositive since 1986, was also in year four of what would be his eight-year-long battle with full-blown AIDS. It all started in 1998. I had entered a brief moment of darkness. I called Brian and bitched and moaned. He, of course, consoled me, made me laugh, saw me through it. After the conversation, I said to myself, ”Self, Brian faces so much more than you and yet he is there at every second to

help you see the light.” Brian possessed more altruistic qualities in his wee finger than I did in my entire body.

So, I penned him a love letter. I told him all these things and asked him to marry me. He, in Brian-like fashion, penned a long love letter back and said, “Of course I will marry you sweetie. You possess many qualities that I don’t have and I want to marry them into me.”

That year, I moved into a new home, my wee Magic Cottage in downtown Salt Lake. Lost, scared, wondering what had become of my life and feeling a tiny bit desperate, I invited Brian to stay. Two weeks turned into eight.

On Christmas Eve, Brian and I walked down to the neighborhood church, light snow falling, midnight mass choir singing Christmas hymns. He got on one knee, in his fur-lined hat and massive fur gloves, and asked me to marry him. Of course, I said yes.

As the weather warmed, plans for our wedding came together quickly. It was easy to know whom to invite and we knew we wanted to wear leopard print. I already had the dress and a leopard

print sheet to make him a wedding toga.

Plus, who doesn’t look good in leopard print and faux fur!

The night before the wedding, we spent hours writing on fluorescent note paper words that exemplified a lasting relationship: laughter, communication, freedom, joy, growth, love, heart, understanding, spirit, compassion. We hung these words from every tree in the garden. Except for one. On that tree, for

On every tree in the garden we hung words that exemplified a lasting relationship.

Except for one, from which we hung words that described what could possibly go wrong; we called it the “Tree of Ill Regret.”

balance, we hung words that described all that could possibly go wrong: deception, cowardice, lies, trapped, hidden agenda, cheating, miscommunication, sorrow, bitterness. We called it the “Tree of Ill Regret.”

On the morning of May 30, we wrote down the qualities and characteristics that we found so uplifting, inspiring, endearing and amazing in each other.

Then we donned our leopard print and had ourselves a wedding. The guests arrived in leopard print or fur creations.

My mom and my niece and two

nephews were there. Lily Puss the cat, the neighbors, and old friends attended.

High Priestess of Honor was Eddie Gornik, fully gorgeous in leopard print drag.

By the waterfall in back of the garden, we read the list of characteristics we wanted to marry into ourselves. I married into me such characteristics that Brain so easily displayed—his humor, his sense of being present and patient in the moment, his faith in life opposing his incredible fear of dying. He told me that in his darkest hours at the hospital he cherished marrying into him my laughter and my undying sense of optimism, my unconditional love for him and my conviction to the absurd.

That day changed me. It changed him, too. Something about the declaration.

The proclamation. The written word.

The affirmation. The witnesses. The “I do’s.” The cake! I felt —I was—different after that day. I felt Brian within me.

And he felt me in him.

A few weeks later, he was in Seattle for yet another round of tests and treatments. Over the phone, we discussed how much “more” we felt. From that point forward, whenever we saw each other we would very loudly say, “Wife!

[Husband]! What are you doing?” It was so silly. Yet so fantastic. I know I married for all the “Wright” reasons. Though Brian passed away in 2003, I still feel him within me all the time.

Brian’s star cast a broad light. He had choreographed for many famous figure skaters including Kristi Yamaguchi and Michelle Kwan. He danced on Broadway.

He was an outspoken advocate for safe sex. His obituary appeared in the sports section of the New York Times. At Brian's wake, I asked those gathered if they, too, would like to marry the characteristics of Brian into themselves as I had done. I read my original vows and asked them, “Do you take these glorious characteristics of Brian and hold them in your heart for the rest of your life?”

They all said, “I do.”

Sixteen years ago, I engaged in one of the sanest, most meaningful, inspiring and loving unions that I have ever known. And thus, I say a toast in honor and remembrance to my amazing, fantastic friend Brian Wright, who changed the spiritual chemistry of who I am today. Who helped me to see the light and beauty in life, even in the darkest hours, who made me laugh so hard, mostly at myself, that I knew all would be well. I toast to this courageous husband who, without question, having tangoed with death, thus danced so profoundly with life. N

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Venues off the beaten path Museums, shops, gardens and parks

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ontraditional wedding and reception sites offer their own special charm and often cost less than traditional full-service venues. However, be sure to factor in time, effort and additional cost if you have additional needs: tents, portable potties, a dance floor, maybe even electrical generators. If you’re considering an outdoor gathering, visit possible locations at the time of day (and, ideally, the season) you will be marrying, and consider accomodations for inclement weather. Also, the venue may provide all you need in the way of decor. Or not. Take note.

Here are some ideas that are a step (or two) beyond the traditional.

Antelope Island State Park With its “spectacular views of lake and island scenery” and many desert animals – pronghorn antelope, bison and bighorn sheep all roam free – Antelope Island offers a one-of-akind setting. Take note: Couples will need to acquire a special use permit through the Antelope Island State Park Office.

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house and an outdoor garden, Cactus & Tropicals offers couples an intimate setting bursting with flowers and greenery.

Chase Mill at Tracy Aviary Built in 1848, Chase Mill at Tracy Aviary is Utah’s oldest standing industrial building. Following recent renovations, couples can now enjoy environmentally friendly cork flooring, pressed sunflower seed countertops and clay plastered walls, all while exploring Tracy Aviary’s colorful bird exhibits.

Clark Planetarium With a few different spaces to pick from, Clark Planetarium offers couples a unique “exploration-themed” experience which includes interactive exhibits.

Crone’s Hollow For the mystically inclined, Crone’s Hollow offers a spacious event space where couples can be wed, hold their reception or be bound during a handfasting ceremony.

Yes, Publik does more than roast their own beans: They also provide a venue they describe as “urban/warehouse awesomeness” – for the coffee lovers out there, this might be just the place for you.

Salt Lake City Main Library Couples can hold their wedding and reception at any of the SLC public libraries, although the Main Library is most common. Here, choose from either the rooftop garden, where they will enjoy views of the mountains and downtown Salt Lake, or the main atrium where the grandeur of the library is on full display.

Salt Lake City Parks A number of the Salt Lake City Parks are available for weddings and receptions, providing an intimate outdoor location. Acquire a ceremony permit from the Parks Division; questions about weddings should be directed to 801.972.7865.

Utah Museum of Fine Arts Couples looking for an artenriched wedding can choose from two locations in UMFA where, for a security fee, couples can keep all galleries open.

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Bonneville Salt Flats The Bonneville Salt Flats are a magnificent venue for couples looking for a stark, beautiful and otherworldly location. Couples will need to obtain a permit from the BLM (Roxanne Tea coordinates Salt Flat events); there is a use fee, but oftentimes this is waived for weddings where participants have a knowledge of Leave No Trace ethics.

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The only designated “visionary art environment” here in Utah, Gilgal is home to 12 original sculptures and over 70 engraved stones. Take note: Permits may be restrictive and must be applied for through the Salt Lake City Parks Division.

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eople begin practicing yoga for many reasons. For me, at least at first, it was mostly curiosity.

Many students come to yoga seeking some calm for their lives.

Some want to increase flexibility. A healthy percentage of my students originally came to practice hoping to resolve a physical issue, especially back pain.

Whatever your intention, practicing yoga can indeed confer these benefits, along with other unexpected rewards.

This month’s pose is one of my favorites for increasing mobility, helping alleviate back pain, and for helping connect students to the present. In almost 30 years of teaching, I’ve observed that the vast majority of students who come to yoga with back problems have issues with the discs between their lowest vertebral joints— L4/L5 and L5/S1 (the spaces between the fourth and fifth lumbar vertebrae and between the fifth lumbar vertebra and the sacrum).

Observing

them, I almost always note a lack of mobility in the hips and hamstrings, so much so that when they bend forward, their pelvises don’t bend forward along with their spines. Instead, their pelvises tilt back, compressing the discs between the L4/L5 and L5/S1 joints.

A quick—and very important—fix is to bend their knees enough so that their pelvises can tilt forward along with their spines. I’m now teaching most forward bends with bent legs for everyone, even bendy people, in order to protect their hip joints, but that’s another story!

This month’s pose, Supta Padanghustasana (Supine Big Toe Pose) can provide

a more long-lasting solution. Lying down to stretch your hamstrings gives you a constant reference point (the floor) to ensure you’re maintaining healthy spinal alignment. Using a strap allows you to find the perfect angle for your leg that allows you to keep it straight while keeping the rest of the body aligned. Lying down, in itself, allows you to release tension more easily since most of your body is supported by the floor. This is key, because the process of lengthening is all about relaxing and letting go, rather than about pushing and forcing. Lying down naturally shifts us to a more easeful mindset.

This is not to say that people don’t sometimes push, force, grit their teeth and barely breathe in Supta Padangustasana. But it seems easier to let go of these unnecessary tension patterns when you’re lying down.

Practicing Supta Pangustasana using a wall provides additional alignment feedback. Lie down on your back on a mat or blanket and place both feet onto the wall, as if you’re standing on the wall.

Draw your right knee in toward your chest, and then loop a strap around the arch of your foot. Extend your leg to whatever angle allows your knee to be straight. This may be perpendicular to the floor, or it may be closer to your

body or further away.

Be sure to adjust your angle so that your left foot can still press evenly into the wall and so that your breathing is easy.

Now check in with your upper body. Are your shoulders tense? Is your hand gripping your strap for dear life?

Are you bugging your eyes out, furrowing your brow or clenching your jaw?

Let go of any of these unnecessary actions. Check your breathing. Does your abdomen easily rise and fall as you inhale and exhale? If not, you may need to adjust the angle of your leg to create less stress.

As with every yoga asana, breathing is key. It is the key to giving your nervous system the go-ahead to allow the leg to release tension. It’s also the key to keeping your mind in the moment-to-moment process of the asana.

BY CHARLOTTE BELL If you’re holding your strap firmly but with ease and breathing deeply, you may notice that your leg wants to move away from you on the inhalation, and back toward your torso on the exhalation.

Please allow both of these actions. Often the erroneous belief that yoga practice is about going further and further inhibits us from allowing our leg to move away on the inhalation. Disallowing this natu-

How we approach practice is far more powerful and transformative than what poses we choose to do. ral oscillation creates conflict between the body’s internal impulses and your outer actions. This conflict creates tension. Soften your grip on your strap and allow the oscillation of your right leg, even as you keep the left leg steady on the floor and the left foot pressing into the wall. Relax your brain and be fully present with the moment-to-moment process of oscillation.

Take 10 or more deep breaths. Lower your leg to the floor to rest beside your left leg. Note what you feel. What has changed in your right leg? How does it compare to the left one?

It truly doesn’t matter how close your leg comes to your body. If your leg never even makes it to vertical it’s really okay.

The practice is not about accomplishing impressive feats of flexibility. The yoga is in each moment that you are aware of your breathing and your body’s response to it. Awareness is the practice.

I’ve come to realize that how we approach practice is far more powerful and transformative than what poses we choose to do. Whether you’ve come to practice to alleviate back pain, to gain mobility or to connect the body and mind, your presence is the most important element to connect you with a sustainable, life-supporting practice. N Charlotte Bell is a yoga teacher at Mindful Yoga Collective, an author of two books, and plays oboe with the Salt Lake Symphony and Red Rock Rondo.

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BY JAMES LOOMIS

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hen spring is in full swing, it’s almost as if being indoors is engaging in inappropriate behavior.

Hiding inside is to live in exile, to squander precious sunlight.

Fortunately, you know better than that.

It’s barely May and you already have a tan line. This season’s ridiculously early warm weather has given us all plenty of time to prep our gardens and reconnect with the soil and, with the last frost date rapidly approaching, we can finally throw off the shackles of restraint and plug in those warm weather crops!

May is like Christmas to your local garden center. This season sparks a need in people to connect with the planet and get involved with the process of growing, sending gardeners in droves to overload their vehicles with soil amendments and trays of starts. Before you head out to transform the wasteland of winter’s afterparty into a lush, blooming Eden, I’d like to turn you on to a few tips and tricks to help you take it to the next level.

archaea, nematodes and earthworms.

Plants rely on this life in the soil to deliver nutrients. For example, certain bacteria make carbonic acids that dissolve rock, making the nutrients available to plants.

Each bacteria variety prefers a specific stratum in the soil. As soon as the tiller

Use a broadfork This old garden tool resembles a giant pitchfork, but with two handles on either side. The gardener presses the tines into the soil, leans back, and gently aerates and fluffs the soil without scrambling the layers and compromising the vitality of the living soil. Left alone to do its

Stop tilling already Unless you are specifically trying to alter the composition of your soil, tilling is not only counterproductive, it is actually quite harmful to the biology in your soil. I till only when developing a new garden in heavy clay or sandy soil.

After the first two years of bringing the soil to a good composition, I stop tilling and a machine will never again brutalize that soil.

Growing organically means fostering a robust, dynamic biology of living organisms in the soil: bacteria, protozoa,

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ravages the soil, all of these strata are scrambled, resulting in a massive die off of beneficial bacteria. Earthworms are chopped up, and while the soil temporarily fluffs, it actually collapses to a lower height than before over time, all of which compromises long-term fertility.

achieved by providing materials to be digested by the life in the soil, which in turn convert them into compounds that plants can utilize. Water-soluble chemical fertilizers provide a small amount of nutrients to the plants, but the majority rinse away with water. To make matters worse, they often degrade the living soil, making the garden more dependent on chemical fertilizers.

The gold standard of lasting fertility in the organic garden is compost. Compost is the mostly broken down remains of organic materials, full of long carbon chains that are the primo raw material for life in the soil. A two-inch layer of high quality compost will provide enough nutrients to sustain your garden for the year. A second application halfway through the season is known as side dressing, and is a 100% “boss move” to keep things growing full throttle.

When applying compost, leave it on the surface just as nature would. As materials break down on the surface, they form a protective layer for the soil.

If you don’t have access to quality compost, good organic fertilizer is a close second and is easy and inexpensive to make.

magic, the life in the soil will develop a far superior structure than you will ever achieve with your tiller, and this is an easy area of your life to get rid of fossil fuels and superfluous tools.

Illoominated all-purpose fertilizer (Makes enough to cover 100 sq ft)

Feed the soil

Deluxe add-ons:

As an organic grower, the vigor of the living soil is my priority. Fertility is

Alfalfa meal 2.5 lbs.

Rock phosphate 1 lb.

Kelp meal 1/2 lb.

Granulated humates 2.5 lb.

Azomite 1/2 lb.

Avoid the boom-&-bust cycle All too often, the entire planning process of the garden revolves around the timing of planting tomatoes. The gardener patiently waits until last frost date (the average date of the last freeze for your area) and then plants the entire garden. The result? A waiting period of months followed by a deluge of produce.

Avoid this by first recognizing that the majority of vegetable crops actually prefer cool weather. Lettuce, spinach, peas, beets, kale and many others not only thrive in cool weather, they are far more

legumes, leaving visible nodes of nitrogen. You’ll be left with more nitrogen than the plants consumed or, in other words, you’ll be growing your own fertility.

Harness the power of Mycorrhizae We can bump other plants’ performance up a notch by utilizing mycorrhizae, a symbiotic relationship between fungi and plants. While bacteria have limited mobility, mycelium (think of it as fungi’s roots) can conquer huge expanses and absorb a greater amount of moisture and nutrients, which it then shares with its

Each bacteria variety prefers a specific stratum in the soil. As soon as the tiller ravages the soil, all of these strata are scrambled, resulting in a massive die off of beneficial bacteria. tasty and prolific. Take advantage of these crops and you can be easily harvesting from March through November, without cold frames.

The second strategy is succession planting. Simply put, this is the process of repeatedly planting the same crop, with the goal of having multiple, successive harvests. Plants like cabbages, broccoli or head lettuces will produce only once. You’re better off with a whole series of dates, yes? I tend to plant every single week to guarantee a lot of action.

Soil temperature is the best gauge for correct planting time. Different plants prefer different temperatures, so look it up. I monitor the soil temps with my compost thermometer. Proper temperatures increase the germination rate and the vigor of seedlings. Transplanting at the proper temperature ensures we don’t shock our young starts and interrupt their vigor. Remember, annual vegetables grow very quickly, or at least they should if we keep them vigorous. Shock them once and they’ll slow down. Shock them a few times and they may cease growing altogether (especially tomatoes, which really don’t enjoy cold feet at all; when transplanting, try digging a shallow trench in warmer soil and laying the seedling sideways, burying part of the stem to encourage those roots; the plant will right itself in no time).

Inoculate legumes Peas and beans are a class of plant with the ability to form a symbiotic relationship with the nitrogen-fixing bacteria Rhizobia. When seeds are coated with these bacteria at planting time, they can make the most of this relationship.

They’ll form colonies on the roots of the

host plant. This turbo-charges plants, increasing access to raw materials, enabling it to grow larger root systems, and increasing resistance to drought and other stressors.

Myco is readily available commercially.

To be effective, the spores need to be located near plants’ roots. The easiest time to accomplish this is at planting time. I dip the roots of my plant starts directly into the mycorrhizae powder, or I sprinkle it onto my seeds in the trenches of my planting rows. The spores remain dormant until they receive a signal from the plant’s roots. Like a homing beacon, the myco alerts the fungi of its presence,

Bo Dean No need to wait until tomato planting time for the hardier crops like kale.

inviting the mycorrhizal mycelium to begin growing. Boss and a half move right there.

When purchasing mycorrhizae for vegetable gardens, look for Endomycorrhizae, as opposed to Ectomycorrhizae. Endo works with

annuals, Ecto works with perennials.

Also note Brassica (kale, broccoli, cabbage, etc.) and Chenopodiacae (beets, spinach, chard, etc.) do not form mychorrhizal relationships at all, so don’t waste your loot or your spores on them.

Avoid any products containing Trichoderma, which will initially outcompete the mycorrhizae and limit its effectiveness.

Install drip irrigation and plant supports Doing this right at the beginning of the season will make your life much easier in a couple of months. Trust me. I neglect to do this almost every year and always wish I hadn’t. Few things are more frustrating than breaking plants as you try to move them out of pathways and back into place, lashing them clumsily to support stakes. Trying to weave your irrigation lines through rows of young plants is equally frustrating. If we put our support stakes in at planting, it’s much easier to guide a plant gracefully and we can avoid damaging root structures. Planning ahead, the hallmark of a Boss. N James Loomis runs Onsen Farm, a geothermal powered winter farm in southern Idaho. With a knack for merging biology and mechanics, he also teaches regularly, focusing on aquaponics, deep organic technique, and various urban permaculture disciplines. By night, he can be found making crowds wiggle and bounce performing as dj illoom.

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MOVEMENT, MEDITATION DANCE RDT Dance Center Community School DA 801.534.1000, Rose Wagner Center, 138 W. Broadway, SLC. RDT’s Dance Center on Broadway offers a wide

range of classes for adults (ages 16+) on evenings and weekends. Classes are “drop-in,” so no long-term commitment is required. Hip Hop, Modern, Ballet & Prime Movement (specifically designed for ages 40+).

WWW.RDTUTAH.ORG RemedyWave; Dance your own dance, Shannon Simonelli, Ph.D., ATR 5/31/15 385.202.6447, 616 E. Wilmington, SLC. Tuesdays 7-9p.

Grounding, pulsing, wild, uplifting, rejuvenating journey through music and dance. Unlock your expression, passion and joy. Love to dance? ‘Used to’ dance? Re-member your heartful, responsive, embodied Self. Come dance! Workshops & special classes.

WWW.REMEDY WAVE.ORG MARTIAL ARTS Red Lotus School of Movement 8/15 801.355.6375, 740 S. 300 W., SLC. Established in 1994 by Sifu Jerry Gardner and Jean LaSarre Gardner. Traditionalstyle training in the classical martial arts of T’ai Chi, Wing Chun Kung-Fu, and Qigong exercises). Located downstairs from Urgyen Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple. WWW.REDLOTUSSCHOOL.COM, REDLOTUS@REDLOTUS.CNC.NET MEDITATION PRACTICES

Authentic Movement 06/15 801.674.2547. Connecting people with themselves in individual and small group classes in SLC. Pam Murray is offering Authentic Movement classes as developed by Janet Adler. AM is the mystical practice of moving with the eyes closed in the presence of an attentive and nonjudgemental witness. More info: WWW.AUTHENTICM OVEMENTCOMMUNITY. ORG, PAMDOINGAT@YAHOO.COM Rumi Teachings 6/15 Good poetry enriches our culture and nourishes our soul. Rumi Poetry Club (founded in 2007) celebrates spiritual poetry of Rumi and other masters as a form of meditation. Free meetings first Tuesday (7 pm) of month at Anderson-Foothill Library, 1135 S. 2100 E., SLC. WWW.RUMIPOETRYCLUB.COM TAI CHI TAI CHI/QIGONG/YOGA 6/31/15 801.556.5964. The Art of Nurturing, Restoring, Balancing & Regenerating. The Science of Power, Inner Strength, Energy & Mobility. Private lessons and Classes. Also available: Health Coaching, Weight Loss Programs, Stress Management, Fitness Training, Therapeutic Stretching, Correct-ive Exercise, Nutrition Consulting and Chi Hikes.

WWW.TAICHIUTAH.COM. YOGA INSTRUCTORS Mindful Yoga: Charlotte Bell DA 12/15 801.355.2617. E-RYT-500 & Iyengar certified. Cultivate strength, vitality, serenity, wisdom and grace.

Combining clear, well-informed instruction with ample

Please stop by Artspace Zendo during the Gallery Stroll TAZ Open House May 15, 6 to 9 p.m.

Day of Zen with Michael Mugaku Zimmerman Sensei Saturdays, May 9, June 13, July 11, 2015 Full-day or Half-day. Register at: www.twoarrowszen.org/events

Daily Public Meditation Monday - Friday: 7-7:35; 7:45-8:15 AM Thursday: 7-7:35; 7:45-8:15 PM Two Arrows Zen • Artspace • 230 S 500 W • Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 www.twoarrowszen.org • 801.532.4975 • admin@twoarrowszen.org

quiet time, these classes encourage each student to discover his/her own yoga. Classes include meditation, pranayama (breath awareness) and yoga nidra (yogic sleep) as well as physical practice of asana. Public & private classes, workshops in a supportive, non-competitive environment since 1986. WWW.CHARLOTTEBELLYOGA.COM YOGA STUDIOS Centered City Yoga 9/15 801.521.YOGA (9642). 926 E. 900 S., SLC, and NOW ALSO AT 955 W. Promontory Road at Station Park, Farmington, 801.451.5443. City Centered Yoga offers more than 100 classes a week, 1,000 hour-teacher trainings, monthly retreats and workshops to keep Salt Lake City CENTERED & SANE. WWW.CENTEREDCITYYOGA.COM Mountain Yoga—Sandy 3/16 801.501.YOGA [9642], 9343 S. 1300 E., SLC. Offering hot yoga classes to the Salt Lake Valley for the past 10 years. We now also offer Vinyasa, Restorative, Pre/PostNatal, Kids Yoga and Mat/Barre Pilates Classes in our NEW studio room. Whether you like it hot and intense, calm and restorative, or somewhere in-between, Mountain Yoga Sandy has a class for you.

WWW.MOUNTAINYOGASANDY.COM Mudita Yoga—Be Joy Yoga 3/16 801.699.3627, 1550 E. 3300 S., SLC. Our studio is warm and spacious – a place for you to come home and experience yourself! Varied classes will have you move and sweat, open and lengthen, or chill and relax. Come just as you are, ease into your body and reconnect to your true essence.. WWW.BEJOYYOGA.COM

PSYCHIC ARTS & INTUITIVE SCIENCES ASTROLOGY Transformational Astrology FOG 212.222.3232. Ralfee Finn. Catalyst’s astrology columnist for 10 years! Visit her website at WWW.AQUARIUMAGE.COM or e-mail her at RALFEE@AQUARIUMAGE.COM PSYCHIC/TAROT READINGS Crone’s Hollow 11/15 801.906.0470, 2470 S. Main St., SLC. Have life questions? We offer intuitive and personal psychic consultations: Tarot, Pendulum, Palmistry, Shamanic Balancing and other oracles. $25/20 minutes. Afternoon and evening appointments. Walk-ins welcome. We also make custom conjure/spell candles!

WWW.CRONESHOLLOW.COM Intuitive Psychic Medium 5/31/15 801.258.1528. Darryl Woods. I channel the information directly from the higher realms with acceptance and allowance. To learn more about me, my readings and what people are saying, go to WWW.READINGSBYDARRYL.COM. Intuitive/Psychic Readings/Classes 4/15 801.560.3761. Vickie Parker. Offering Psychic, Shaman, Medium, Tarot, Lenormand and Oracle Cards, Pendulum, Past Life, Divination, and Psychic classes. For a complete list of readings and what we offer, visit our website. Get the answers you are seeking.

WINDSWEPTCENTER.NET/ WINDSWEPTREADERS.HTM. VPARKER@XMISSION.COM Margaret Ruth FOG 801.575.7103. My psychic and tarot readings are a conversation with your guides. Enjoy my blog at WWW.CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET & send me your ideas and suggestions.

WWW.MARGARETRUTH.COM Jeannette Smith, Psychic & Evidential Medium 435.513.7862. Bringing Heaven to Earth. Reconnect with your loved ones in Spirit. Psychic

Readings. 30-minute, 60-minute, in-person, phone & small group readings available. Psychic & Evidential Mediumship classes. Located in Park City. For more info. please visit WWW.PARKCITYPSYCHICMEDIUM.COM 2/16 Nick Stark 6/15 801.721.2779. Ogden Canyon. Shamanic energy healings/clearings/readings/offerings/transformative work.

Over 20 years experience.

Suzanne Wagner DA 12/15 707.354.1019. WWW.SUZWAGNER.COM FOG

PSYCHOTHERAPY & PERSONAL GROWTH COACHING Annette Shaw, Say YES Breakthrough 11/15 801.473.2976. Intuitive coaching supports you in getting unstuck, finding clarity and embracing the courage to act from that clarity. I integrate coaching, intuitive development practices and energy healing modalities, working with the body, mind & spirit, helping you step into the flow of life. WWW.SAYYESBREAKTHROUGH.COM, ANNETTERSHAW@GMAIL.COM Linda Radford, Clarity Catalyst 11/15 801.369.5406. Do you know and trust your inner guidance? Can you feel your purpose and personal power?

Linda’s unique approach is the catalyst that guides you back to center, where clarity, truth and peace of mind are found. LINDA@LINDARADFORD.COM, WWW.LINDARADFORD.COM HYPNOSIS Holly Stokes, The Brain Trainer 6/15 801.810.9406, 1111 E. Brickyard Rd., Ste. 109, SLC. Hypnosis changes habits. Lose weight, stop smoking; overcome mental blocks, cravings, insomnia, fears, anxiety and unhappiness. Find your motivation, confidence and focus for living your life purpose with passion. First time clients $75 session. Call now to schedule.

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Randy Shaw, CHt., Advanced Hypnotherapy of Utah 6/15 801.671.5270. Much more valuable than just being hypnotized, Advanced Hypnotherapy is designed to attain holistic healing improvements. Release the baggage of the past, resolve problems at the roots so they don't grow back. Professional, caring, productive sessions.Visit HYPNOTHERAPY-UTAH.COM for info and testimonials.

RECOVERY LifeRing Utah 2/16 LifeRing Utah meetings offer abstinence-based, peerto-peer support for individuals seeking to live in recovery from addiction to alcohol or other drugs.

Conversational meeting style with focus on personal growth and continued learning. Info: WWW.L IFE R ING . ORG . For local meetings, please visit WWW.L IFE R ING U TAH . ORG THERAPY/COUNSELING Cynthia Kimberlin-Flanders, LPC 10/15 801.231.5916, 1399 S. 700 E., Ste. 15, SLC. Feeling out of sorts? Tell your story in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Seventeen years specializing in depression, anxiety, life-transitions, anger management, relationships and "middle-aged crazy." Most insurances, sliding scale and medication management referrals. If you've been waiting to talk to someone, wait no more.

Healing Pathways Therapy Center 3/16 435.248.2089. Clinical Director: Kristan Warnick, CMHC. 1174 E. Graystone Way (2760 S.), Ste. 8, Sugarhouse.

Integrated counseling and medical services for anxiety,

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Focusing on clients’ innate capacity to heal and resolve past and current obstacles, rather than just cope.

Modalities include EMDR, EFT, mindfulness, feminist/multicultural. Individuals, couples, families.

WWW.HEALINGPATHWAYSTHERAPY.COM Integrative Psychology, Shannon Simonelli, Ph.D., ATR 5/31/15 385.202.6447. Serving adolescents & adults using Art Therapy, embodied awareness/movement, brain based shifting, imagination, symbol and dialogue for wellbeing, practical skill building and healing. Specializing in parenting, teen issues, ADD/ADHD coaching, trauma, life transition, dealing with the borderline in your life and being happy. Holladay office or video-conference.

WWW.O NLINE I NTEGRATIVE P SYCHOLOGY. COM , WWW.N EURO I MAGINAL I NSTITUTE . COM Jan Magdalen, LCSW 3/16 801.582.2705, 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.

Marianne Felt, CMHC, MT-BC 12/16 801.524.0560, ext. 2, 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C, SLC. Certified Mental Health Counselor, Board certified music therapist, certified Gestalt therapist, Mountain Lotus Counseling. Transpersonal psychotherapy, Gestalt therapy, EMDR. Open gateways to change through experience of authentic contact. Integrate body, mind and spirit through creative exploration of losses, conflicts and relationships that challenge and inspire our lives.

WWW.MOUNTAINLOTUSCOUNSELING.COM Mountain Lotus Counseling 4/16 801.524.0560. Theresa Holleran, LCSW, Marianne Felt, CMHC, Mike Sheffield, Ph.D., & Sean Patrick McPeak, CSW. Learn yourself. Transform. Depth psychotherapy and transformational services for individuals, relationships, groups and communities.

WWW.MOUNTAINLOTUSCOUNSELING.COM Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry 10/15 801.631.8426. Sanctuary for Healing and Integration, 860 E. 4500 S., Ste. 302, SLC. Steve is a seasoned psychiatrist, Zen priest and shamanic healer. He sees kids, teens, adults, couples and families, integrating psychotherapy and meditation with judicious use of medication to relieve emotional pain and problem

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behavior. Steve specializes in creative treatment of identity crises and bipolar disorders. STEVE@KARMASHRINK.COM. Blog: WWW.KARMASHRINK.COM

Sunny Strasburg, MA, LMFT 2/16 Web of Life Medical Offices, 508 E. So. Temple, Suite 102, SLC. Sunny Strasburg, MA, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in Jungian psychotherapy. Sunny has completed training in Gottman Method Couple’s Therapy. Sunny meets clients in person at her office in Salt Lake City. She also has a national and international clientele via video Skype.

WWW.SUNNYSTRASBURGTHERAPY.COM, SUNNYS@JPS.NET Salt Lake Wellness Center, Michelle Murphy, LCSW 8/15 DA 801.680.7842, 4190 S. Highland Dr., #226, SLC. Salt Lake Wellness Center provides therapeutic services to individuals. We maintain a holistic approach. We are an Amen Method Provider. We provide traditional therapeutic interventions and education in vitamin and nutrition therapy to create a state of wellness.

SHAMANIC PRACTICE Shari Philpott-Marsh 9/15 Energy Medicine/Shamanic Healer 801.599.8222. Overwhelmed? Stuck in a rut? Reclaim your clarity. Energy medicine/shamanic healing liberates you from old mental/emotional patterns. Learn to master your own energy and stand in your strength.

When you are ready to embrace change, contact me.

FREE phone consultation. WWW.RADIANCEYOGA.ORG Sarah Sifers, Ph.D., LCSW, Shamanic Practitioner 3/16 801.531.8051. Shamanic Counseling. Shamanic Healing, Minister of the Circle of the Sacred Earth.

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 FOG 801.209.1095, 508 E. So. Temple, #102, SLC. Psychotherapy and Shamanic practice. 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.

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6p, Sun 12-5p. Turiya’s is a metaphysical gift and crystal store. We have an exquisite array of crystals and minerals, jewelry, drums, sage and sweet grass, angels, fairies, greeting cards and meditation tools. Come in and let us help you create your sanctuary.

WWW.TURIYAS.COM HEALTH & WELLNESS Dave’s Health & Nutrition DA SLC: 801.268.3000, 880 E. 3900 S. West Jordan: 801.824.7624, 1817 W. 9000 S. WWW.DAVESHEALTH.COM RESALE/CLOTHING & OUTDOOR GEAR fun & frolic consignment shop 6/15 DA 801.487.6393. 2066 S. 2100 E., SLC. Consigns everything for travel/outdoor recreational experiences. Fun seekers can buy and consign high-quality, gently used outdoor gear and clothing, making fun time less expensive. Call to consign your items. FACEBOOK @ FUN & FROLIC CONSIGNMENT SHOP. In the 21st & 21st business district.

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Dancing Cranes DA 801.486.1129, 673 E. Simpson Ave., SLC. WWW.DANCINGCRANESIMPORTS.COM

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Golden Braid Books DA 801.322.1162, 151 S. 500 E., SLC. A true sanctuary for conscious living in the city. Offerings include gifts and books to feed mind, body, spirit, soul and heart; luscious health care products to refresh and revive; and a Lifestyles department to lift the spirit. www.GOLDENBRAIDBOOKS.COM

801.462.1800, 4408 S. 500 E., SLC. An interspiritual sanctuary that goes beyond religion into mystical realms. Access inner wisdom, deepen divine connection, enjoy an accepting, friendly community. Events & classes. Sunday Celebration: 10a; WWW.INNERLIGHTCENTER.NET

Healing Mountain Crystal Co. DA 800.811.0468, 363 S. 500 E., #210, SLC. WWW.HEALINGMOUNTAIN.ORG iconoCLAD—We Sell Your 2/16 Previously Rocked Stuff & You Keep 50% 801.833.2272. 414 E. 300 S., SLC. New and previously rocked (aka, consigned) men’s and women’s fashion, summer festival gear and locally made jewelry, clothing, crafts and decor. M-Sat 11a-9p, Sun 1p-6p. Follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter @iconoCLAD to see new inventory before someone beats you to it!

WWW.ICONOCLAD Lotus DA 801.333.3777. 12896 Pony Express Rd., #200, Draper.

For rocks and crystals. Everything from Angels to Zen. WWW.ILOVELOTUS.COM Turiya’s Gifts 2/16 DA 801.531.7823, 1569 S. 1100 E., SLC. M-F 11a-7p, Sat 11a-

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Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa Tibetan Buddhist Temple 8/15 DA 801.328.4629, 740 S. 300 W., SLC. Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa offers an open environment for the study, contemplation, and practice of Tibetan Buddhist teachings.

The community is welcome to our Sunday service (puja), group practices, meditation classes and introductory courses. WWW.URGYENSAMTENLING.ORG

Utah Eckankar 11/30/15 801.542.8070, 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 10:30a. WWW.ECKANKAR-UTAH.ORG INSTRUCTION

Two Arrows Zen Center 3/16 DA 801.532.4975, 230 S. 500 W., #155, SLC. WWW.BOULDERMOUNTAINZENDO.ORG

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METAPHORS FOR THE MONTH

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The worthy jaguar

BY SUZANNE WAGNER Osho Zen Tarot: Inner Voice, Change, Beyond Illusion Medicine Cards: Prairie Dog, Jaguar Mayan Oracle: Dreamer & the Dreamed Ancient Egyptian Tarot: The Tower, Magician Aleister Crowley Deck: The Lovers, The Emperor, Truce Healing Earth Tarot: Ten of Rainbows, The Moon, The Woman of Wands Words of Truth: Belief, Transformation, Truth e have made it to the Month of the Wild Women Symposium. I hope some of you lovely ladies will join us for the adventure and exploration into your Divine Feminine. It will be May 29-31, at the Salt Lake Community College, Miller Campus.

Mercury is in Gemini from May 1July 5, giving you a doorway opening to pathways of communication that can help you move forward in your life. For some of you, that may be in a work area, but others may expand and learn communication with the deeper aspects of your self. Mercury is retrograde from May 19-June 12, so it’s an excellent time to fix patterns of communication that have caused problems or misperceptions in the past. Sometimes, it is all about saying “I’m sorry” or having a new awareness that makes the past communication no longer applicable.

Regardless, you will want to remain calm and clear in all areas that may require those around you to feel your heart and the deeper intention of what you want to accomplish.

Everything this month is about changing out of the old and discovering a deeper “old” that is surfacing in a new and vitally alive way. This is a month of selfempowerment experienced through choosing to create profound and powerful anchors of calm resolve in the midst of the present storms that surround you. It is time to replenish your life force by discovering ways to retreat and cultivate quiet.

Safety is the key to being in a place of inner calm. You may notice that there is a place where you feel as if your tank is reaching the empty level. Sometimes you have to drop into a place of retreat in order to see that you have been burning the candle at both ends and you need to have a much-needed break to recharge your batteries. This month the gifts that you are seeking require you to not push but to accept. Permission comes from loving yourself more than the desire to accomplish an activity or goal.

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When you push you can create resistance inside that does not allow for a full and deep interaction with your deepest self. When you are trying to access the higher vibrations it requires an inner calm.

The Jaguar energy is asking for you to move from a place of integrity and impeccability. You have behaviors that are no longer appropriate and your integrity can no longer live with the present expression of your essence. You will notice where you have abused authority or have judged another. It is time to step into a place of forgiveness to yourself and others and make the necessary corrections that keep what you are doing and your creation in balance with your spirit. You are stalking about inside your inner domain seeking that which has eluded you up until this moment.

But with the power and intensity of a Jaguar, at the moment you find it you must leap upon it without hesitation.

There are moments where the door is open and what you seek is right in front of you. If you decide you are unworthy you may hesitate and if you do that you will miss an opportunity that may not come around again.

This month there are places that you must be willing to go into alone. That does not mean you cannot have support but the choice will be yours and yours alone. This is how you discover your power and learn to have confidence in your own personal journey. Jaguar allows you to journey into the places of dreams and magic. These are places where others cannot follow you but where you will discover guidance along the pathways to your inner sanctum.

You are being asked to deepen into what you already know and discover hidden doorways and treasures that you did not know existed when you first ventured into this place.

The Universe is conspiring to bring you something that you have been yearning to discover. It will be up to you to decide if you love yourself enough to allow it in. The messages are right in front of you. If you just slow down and take a moment to reflect you will see what you have been longing for is standing there with open arms ready to be received. You are worthy, you have always been worthy, and it is time to accept that as truth and step into your higher potential. N Suzanne Wagner is the author of numerous books and CDs on the tarot and creator of the Wild Women app. She now lives in California, but visits Utah for classes and readings frequently.

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