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ON THE COVER Lucia Heffernan Taking the plunge

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y body of work is an expression and exploration of my lifelong fascination with animals. Through my paintings, I seek to give animals a voice and a personality, whether it’s using bold brushstrokes to convey their motion and mystery or creating interactions with man made objects to tell stories from the animal’s perspective. In my work, the animals take center stage.

I strive to capture every whisker, feather and tuft of fur, juxtaposing the realistic depiction of the animal with an abstract background or an everyday human experience.

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ENVIRONEWS AMY BRUNVAND Climate positive SLC; Save Our Canyons likes Mountain Accord legislation; Bears Ears showdown heats up; GOP adopts land-seizure platform; Oops, pro landseizure report uses phony data; literary activists strike again; Gooseberry Narrows Dam permit denied; toxic algae

EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK GRETA DEJONG

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WHO WOULD YOU CALL PAX RAMUSSEN

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THE MAN FROM UMOCA STAFF Checking in with Kristian Anderson, executive director of the Utah Museum of Modern Art.

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BRAZILIANS IN UTAH KATHERINE PIOLI This month Brazil becomes the first South American country to host

Represented by: 15th Street Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT Evergreen Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT Contemporary Master Gallery Lahaina, HI Mountain Trail Galleries, Park City, UT & Jackson Hole, WY

Volume 35 Issue 8 August 2016 UMBRA FISK, GRIST “Is it okay to eat berries from water-starved California?”

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Here’s a look at the Brazilian scene in Utah.

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SLIGHTLY OFF CENTER DENNIS HINKAMP The lunch beep.

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My inspiration comes from the things I encounter in our daily lives – nature, comics, illustrations, movies, YouTube videos and the countless quirky and charming moments that unfold if we take the time to notice them. By imagining what animals might do if put in human situations, I stage tableaus that shine a spotlight on both their innocence and their raw instinct.

This collision between animal and human sensibilities creates a whimsical, theatrical and often humorous world that viewers can relate to on a visceral or emotional level.

A graphic designer by trade and an oil painter by design, I am continually experimenting with different styles of contemporary realism that balance my artistic sensibility, technique and unique sense of humor. As I evolve, what remains constant is my respect for the animals that inspire me and my desire to bring a smile to the face of every viewer. ◆

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SOMETHING STRANGE ROBERT LAWRENCE Great Salt Lake is a living laboratory and bohemian refuge whose water rights need defending.

BREAKING FREE EVA POMME From MilF & Cookies to Eyes Wide Shut: Risque Soiree has an active clientele in Utah.

GARDEN LIKE A BOSS JAMES LOOMIS In the world of permaculture, bindweed has a worthy job to do.

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YOU DECIDE KARIN MILLER Using our choice to become agents of change.

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ON THE PATH TO NATUROPATHY RACHEL SILVERSTONE A pre-med student asks naturopathic physicians how they found their calling.

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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MINDFUL YOGA CHARLOTTE BELL If you’re bored with yoga, you’re not paying attention.

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METAPHORS SUZANNE WAGNER Intuitive patterns for August 2016.

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URBAN ALMANAC DIANE OLSON A monthly compendium of random wisdom for the home, garden and natural world.

CATALYST RESOURCES FOR CREATIVE LIVING NEW MOON PRESS, L3C PUBLISHER & EDITOR Greta Belanger deJong ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER John deJong ART DIRECTOR Polly P. Mottonen ASSISTANT EDITOR Katherine Pioli WEB MEISTER & TECH WRANGLER Pax Rasmussen SOCIAL MEDIA MAVEN & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Sophie Silverstone PRODUCTION Polly P. Mottonen, John deJong, Rocky Lindgren SALES & MARKETING Elizabeth Barbano PHOTOGRAPHY & ART Polly Mottonen, John deJong, Adelaide Ryder BOOKKEEPING Carolynn Bottino CONTRIBUTORS Charlotte Bell, Amy Brunvand, Paul Duane, Dennis Hinkamp, James Loomis, Diane Olson, Zachary Smith, Alice Toler, Suzanne Wagner, Marla Dee INTERNS Zak Sonntag, Amber Gentry, Megan Weiss, Cynthia Luu DISTRIBUTION John deJong (co-manager) Sophie Silverstone (co-manager)

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Climate positive SLC Salt Lake City will transition to 100% renewable energy for municipal electricity needs by 2032 and reduce carbon emissions by at least 80% by 2040, Mayor Jacki Biscupski recently announced. Atmospheric CO2 is responsible for climate change that threatens to reduce Utah’s famous snowpack (aka SLC’s drinking water), and make summer temperatures here as hot as those in southern Arizona.

“Climate Positive 2040.” SLCgreen: SLCGREEN.COM

Save Our Canyons likes Mountain Accord legislation The Mountain Accord process that began in 2013 has resulted in a plan for the future of the Wasatch Mountains that everyone can agree on. Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Ut-3) announced the bipartisan Central Wasatch Conservation and Recreation Area Act at a press conference that included representatives Mia Love (R-Ut-4) and Chris Stewart (R-Ut-2) as well as SL County Mayor Ben McAdams (D) and SLC Mayor Jackie Biskupski (D).

Save Our Canyons, a citizen group that has spent decades pushing for environmental conservation in the Wasatch Mountains, calls it “a locally driven, consensus-based bill aimed at protecting the sources of our drinking water, preserving recreational opportunities for the future, and ensuring enjoyment of the Central Wasatch Mountains in the face of pressures from a growing population.”

The next step is to generate community and legislative support so that the U.S. Congress passes the bill into law. Good work, everyone! This is a great example of how public lands controversies can be solved by collaborative dialogue.

Save Our Canyons: SAVEOURCANYONS.ORG

Bears Ears showdown heats up On the other hand, the proposal for a Bears Ears National Monument is an example of what happens when politicians play political games instead of engaging the community. U.S. Congressmen Rob Bishop (R-Ut-1) and Jason Caffetz

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(R-Ut-3) are trying to ram through a revised version of their deeply flawed Utah Public Lands Initiative (PLI) in hopes of blocking President Obama from using the Antiquities Act to designate Bears Ears National Monument.

The PLI was never a genuinely collaborative process, and it’s no surprise—Bishop is one of the founders of the Congressional Federal Lands Action Group with an agenda of transferring federal public lands to states in order to avoid environmental regulations and to sell the land into private ownership.

Meanwhile, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell visited Utah to host town meetings on Bears Ears in Moab and Bluff, raising hopes.

Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: SUWA.ORG; Bears Ears Inter-tribal Coalition: BEARSEARSCOALITION.ORG

tions of Writers Speak on Behalf of Utah’s Public Lands in hopes of convincing President Obama to designate a Bears Ears National Monument and defeat Rob Bishop’s (R-Ut-1) Public Lands Initiative (PLI).

There is a precedent for using love letters to counteract soul-deadening Washington bureaucratese: In 1995 authors Stephen Trimble and Terry Tempest Williams published a similar limited edition chapbook, Testimony: Writers of the West Speak on Behalf of Utah Wilderness, in order to counter another bad anti-wilderness bill. Senators Bill Bradley (NJ) and Russ Feingold (WI) read essays from Testimony on the floor of the Senate when they led a successful filibuster to defeat the bill, and when President Bill Clinton proclaimed Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in 1996, he told Williams that Testimony influenced his decision.

GOP adopts land-seizure platform: A committee tasked with

drafting the official party platform for the Republican Party voted to include “requiring the federal government to convey certain federally controlled public lands to the states,” making the GOP the official party of taking the “public “out of public lands.

Oops! Pro land-seizure report uses phony data Supposedly, one reason to transfer federal lands to state ownership is that states could manage the land “better.” But data used to prove this point in a recent report issued by two conservative think-tanks has been proven false.

Access Divided: State and Federal Recreation Management in the West, issued by the Sutherland Institute and the Property & Environmental Rights Research Center (PERC) exaggerated Utah State Park visitation by tens of millions. Worse, the report claimed parks are “better” if they collect higher fees and cater to whichever recreation group is willing to pay the most.

PERC is a think tank that advocates property rights and free-markets. Clearly their definition of “better” doesn’t include conservation.

Literary activists strike again Editors from the nonprofit Torrey House Press delivered a book of poems and essays about Utah public lands to every member of the U.S. Congress. Thirty-four writers contributed heartfelt words to Red Rock Testimony: Three Genera-

Redrock Stories: REDROCKSTORIES.ORG

Gooseberry Narrows Dam permit denied

The Army Corps of Engineers has declined to issue a permit for the Sanpete Water Conservancy District to build a dam on Gooseberry Creek saying that “the proposed project has the potential to cause significant adverse effects to the quality of the human environment” and “the specifics of the project’s purpose and need remain unclear and problematic.”

The Gooseberry Narrows water project threatens to flood miles of streams proposed for Wild and Scenic River designation that Trout Unlimited says are among the most highly valued trout fisheries in Utah, basically so that Sanpete County can steal water from Carbon County.

Other citizen groups working to stop the Gooseberry Narrows Project include Utah Rivers Council and Backcountry Hunters & Anglers.

Utah Rivers Council: UTAHRIVERS.ORG

Toxic algae in Utah Lake A toxic algae (cyanobacteria) bloom in July closed Utah Lake entirely to human activity. Although toxic algae growth may be due to normal lake cycles, it is also associated with fertilizer runoff, leaking septic systems, effluent from water treatment plants, animal waste from livestock and extreme heat. This year’s problem was magnitudes higher than in 2014, when two dogs died from exposure to toxic algae after swimming in Utah Lake. ◆

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Summer memories

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he “lunch beep” vacation was about 48 summers ago but I remember it like it was yesterday’s selfie. In the days before all cars had entertainment centers or air conditioning and nobody had a pocket computer, you had to roll down the windows and experience the blunt force of your surroundings. Maybe you played automobile bingo. Maybe you sang songs a cappella or along with radio stations that seldom lasted more than 50 miles before fading out. Maybe you just tried to notice everything around you; things were different then.

I grew up in St. Louis and for some reason we never traveled further west than Kansas City. We also never flew because “only rich people flew.” All of our vacation time was used driving to eastern historical destinations such as Gettysburg, the Liberty Bell and some lobster shack on the coast of Maine.

It is only through traveling that you can comprehend how many people there are and how they seem to like wherever it is they live, no matter how dismal it may seem to you.

This is a good thing.

It was on such a summertime trip to some Eastern destination that we all saw a neon sign declaring “LUNCH BEEP.” This kept my mom, father and I entertained for most the remaining miles of the trip. Whenever the conversation or the scenery lagged one of us would shout out “lunch beep!” or “I sure could go for a nice lunch beep right now.” What kind of

by Dennis Hinkamp toothless hillbillies would put up a “lunch beep” sign?

This memory slapped me on a drive from St. Louis to Memphis last week. I could have flown, but sometimes you have to see the country from six inches off the ground. Perhaps because of it, or in spite of never going west, I have become a westerner who gets easily disoriented when driving through the flat lands. Other than the times when the sun is rising or setting I can’t tell east from west when I’m driving Highway 55, with no mountains to orient me.

Sure, I have my cheerfully voiced GPS phone to help out, but Highway 55 driving is like slipping through a green leafy tunnel on cruise control. Outside, the air is thick and it crushes down on you if you leave the climate control of your rental car and the calming voices of your audio books. I probably would not have noticed a “lunch beep” if it splattered on my windshield.

It was many years, and I don’t mean just a few, later that it hit me; oh, the sign really said LUNCH BEER and the right leg of the “R” had just burned out. It was typical of the era for bars and cafes to save money by just having single words such as eat, beer, lunch or food in all capital letters. None of these could have formed another word just by partially burning out right?

It makes a better memory, not knowing for sure. ◆ Dennis Hinkamp wishes you all great summer vacation memories.

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very decade or so we like to change things up around here — or maybe down. Welcome to our “new” look. If you’re a longtime reader, you’ll remember that twice in CATALYST history we have been this smaller size: at the very beginning in 1982 and again in the early 2000s. As I write this, I’m on pins and needles to see how this version will turn out.

Lord knows I’ve done more math in the past few months trying to wrap my head around all the new dimensions. Anyway, I hope you like it. The preliminaries look terrific. Thanks to my staff and our advertisers for your patience and willingness to trust that this, indeed, is a great idea.

Another instance of “everything old is new again”: This issue, we bring back “Ask Umbra,” an environmental advice column by Umbra Fisk from Grist.com, an online environmental news organization. You’ll also find her well-researched answers to readers’ questions in our Weekly Reader, which is emailed out every

Thursday. Not a subscriber? Hop on our website and sign up. It’s free. You also get my picks for the upcoming week’s most “catalytic” activities around town, an occasional love note, a few ads from loyal supporters, a fun post from Z. Smith for “The Novice’s Grimoire” and, probably most beloved by most readers, Ralfee Finn’s weekly astro forecast. Go here to sign up: WWW.CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET. Congratulations to James Loomis, our “Garden Like a Boss” columnist, who recently joined the staff of the Wasatch Community Gardens.

He’ll be developing a 1.5 acre blighted urban lot across fro the Utah Arts Alliance (just west of Gateway) into an urban farm, “teaching and mentoring a team of our underserved population in organic gardening, regenerative agriculture, small business skills, and how to smil from dawn till dusk,” he says. Come

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Poet Stanley Kunitz said, “It is out of the dailiness of life that one is driven into the deepest recesses of the self.” That is good to know because there haven’t been any grand adventures around here lately. Just work and lot of focus on the garden, which rewards the soul on some days and looks rather palid on others, but is a gracious respite from the scourge of politics.

Here’s me, on a good day with some of my plants and with Malia, toy Rottweiler (or whatever she is), aka vamooser of trash pandas because she is fearless in the face of the raccoons who nightly visit our back yard (last week a mama and some babies wandered into the house when the back door was propped open into dusk—simultaneously terrifying and hilarious).

And also a picture of Mosey, who apparently feels at home with dinosaurs, at least the small plastic type that lurk among the garden plants and shrubbery. ◆ Greta Belanger deJong is the editor and publisher of CATALYST.

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WHITE MAN MUSING

Who you gonna call?

It’s weird to have to hesitate before calling when you need the police: Will the cops make a situation worse?

BY PAX RASMUSSEN

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ops killed more than 100 unarmed American black people in 2015. This year has seen more high-profile killings.

If I were black, particularly a black man, I’d be pretty skittish about interacting with the cops.

I’m not black, though. I’m White, educated and privileged. I don’t typically think, “Be careful, you don’t wanna get shot,” if I get pulled over for having a tail light out.

In some respects, I think that other people like me (i.e. white), see the militarization of police as a somewhat abstract problem. We’re against it, we think cops should be trained differently, we empathize with Black Lives Matter. But it’s not typically something that hits us where we live.

Except when it does.

A couple weeks back, an obviously mentally ill man of color wandered through my neighborhood (just outside downtown Albuquerque). Dressed in camo fatigue pants and what looked like an Air Force camo shirt, he shouted insults, threats and challenges at an invisible adversary. Carrying a Slurpee cup, which he impressively managed to keep upright while swinging his legs around in ill-coordinated roundhouse kicks, he meandered into the vacant lot a door up from me, crossing from the street to the alley that runs behind my house. I decided to keep an eye on him.

When he got to the back alley, he proceeded into the receiving/shipping area of the gift shop that fronts the next block. There, he challenged and threaten his invisible foe while he began to kick the steel rear door of the gift shop. At that point, I thought, “Okay, it’s time to call the police.” I pulled out my cell phone to call Albuquerque dispatch.

And then I put it away. I didn’t make the call.

Why? Because I realized that this man, being black and obviously disturbed, runs at least a 50-50 chance of being shot by the police when they arrive. Probably the chances are even higher than that. Calling the cops on this guy borders on calling in a death squad.

Instead, I surreptitiously followed him for a few blocks to make sure he didn’t decide to attack someone, or start throwing shit through win-

dows. Eventually he calmed down to the point where he didn’t seem any crazier than a guy with a Bluetooth headset and, more important, got far enough from my house that the situation didn’t really feel like my problem anymore.

The militant cop thing isn’t just about what might happen to a mentally ill guy on the street, either. There are plenty of examples of

police kicking down the wrong door on a drug bust warrant and shooting the surprised and wholly innocent occupants. Or examples of cops killing the very people they were called to help, as in the case of Brian Wood of Farmington, whose death spurred his father-in-law, former Davis County Sheriff Dub Lawrence, to become an investigator (see the film Peace Officer, about Lawrence’s findings on this case).

Our police are no longer serving their purpose as protectors if we feel we cannot call them without a serious concern of someone being killed. Our police are not serving as protectors if the situation is worse because of their actions upon arriving at the scene.

The problem, I think, is the militarization of police, and not, as the Republican presidential candidate would like you to believe, an in-

crease in crime. In fact, crime is lower now than it’s been in a long, long time. Cops, themselves, are actually safer now than they’ve been in many decades.

But when cops are militarized, they no longer see themselves as protectors, but rather as enforcers. Instead of being the agents of authority, they become authorities themselves.

Perhaps the best example of this is the Salt Lake Avenues shooting of James Dudley Barker (January 2015). Watch the full video (not the final cut, sanitized for TV viewership and attention span).

Yes, Barker attacked officer Taylor. (As a side note: Personally, I feel that if you cannot deal with a man armed with a plastic snow shovel without killing him, you shouldn’t be a cop in the first place.) But before Barker attacked, watch Taylor’s behavior. He continually moves closer to Barker. His tone in giving Barker orders gets more and more authoritative. The problem is that Barker told him ‘no,’ and you don’t tell cops no. Instead of backing off and calming down, he insisted that Barker comply, and comply now.

I don’t mean to pick apart one incident, but rather to use this incident as an illustrative example of what’s wrong with the culture among our police.

Dear Police:

If you are called in to help someone, and you end up killing that person, you’re the oppressor, not the protector.

If folks hesitate to call you because it’ll most likely make the situation worse, and potentially lethal, you’re not the White Knight, you’re the Imperial Storm Trooper.

It’s time to back down. It’s time to learn to de-escalate. It’s time to become protectors again. You’re our employees, not our occupiers, remember. ◆ Pax is a longtime CATALYST staffer currently living in Albuquerque. He works as evaluation faculty at Western Governors University, and teaches magazine writing online for the University of Utah’s Communication department. He and his wife Adele Flail blog at WWW.HALOPHILE.NET.

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Man from UMOCA

Kristian Anderson on community engagement, the challenges of modern art and those hotel rumors

ART & COMMUNITY community programming through workshops, artist residencies and the art truck, a traveling art exhibit which bringx creativity to students while making contemporary art accessible.

Accessibility has long plagued contemporary art – a piece of furniture? A black line on a white canvas? – and Anderson does acknowledge that contemporary art can be challenging, even intimidating, for viewers. It’s a frustrating reality he attributes to “a system

Modern art is relevant and personal: It represents issues we see, hear and talk about daily. At its best, it provokes a discussion and makes us think.

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ontemporary art is another way that a community can celebrate its identity while also challenging itself to confront uncomfortable topics,” says Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (UMOCA) Director Kristian Anderson. Anderson, who has led the 85-year-old organization for the past two years, sees UMOCA as “a place for community dialogue, anchored in exceptional art, around topics that are especially salient to Utah.” For Anderson, modern art is not only extremely relevant but also incredibly personal: It represents issues we see, hear and talk about daily while, at its best,

provoking a discussion and making us think.

A quick history lesson on the organization itself. What Salt Lakers now know as UMOCA began in 1931 as the humble Art Barn, an association intent on supporting emerging artists. By 1958, the Art Barn had expanded its original mission and was serving as Utah’s only contemporary art institute while emphasizing community engagement, a transformation which prompted it to be renamed the Salt Lake Art Center.

In 2011, the museum once again underwent a name change as SLAC evolved into UMOCA. Over the years, UMOCA has continued to exhibit thought-provoking art while offering

where people feel like there are right and wrong experiences when it comes to enjoying art.” Through programs aimed at youth, underserved groups and the general public, Anderson hopes to break down that system by showing viewers that their experience is legitimate while digging more into the background behind a piece.

Soon, however, UMOCA may have to face hurdles beyond accessibility. In 1979, UMOCA moved into its current facility, an art center designed by the Salt Lake architectural firm of FFKR Architects/Planners. UMOCA is situated next to the Salt Palace Convention Center and there has been recent discussion that it may be repurposed in order to provide hotel rooms for the convention center – which would leave UMOCA in need of a new home. According to Anderson, there are both pros and cons to this potential move: the current facility was designed as an art center, not a contemporary art museum, and a new facility might better meet those needs. However, moving UMOCA would upset the history and continuity of what is “a great part of the tapestry of Salt Lake City.”

Either way, Anderson thinks there are good reasons to be excited for whatever comes next.

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Brazilians in Utah

BY KATHERINE PIOLI

PHOTOS BY EMMA RYDER

Vera Drogueti stirs up a traditional dish of Brazilian feijoada.

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itting at a long steel commercial kitchen countertop in her chef’s apron, Perola Drogueti spoons a thick creamy pudding of condensed milk from a large metal bowl and smears it into the bottom of a plastic cup. Snapping a vanilla wafer cookie in half, she sets the pieces on the pudding and, picking up the spoon, starts another layer. The final touch to the pave (pah-vey), a traditional Brazilian dessert, says Perola, will be a layer of chocolate ganache.

It’s Saturday morning at Utah Sweet Spot in Sandy, and the entire Drogueti clan— including

Perola’s parents Reinaldo and Vera, her twin sisters Daniela and Grazila, and brother Paulo—is busily readying for the weekend rush. As the bakery display case fills with Brazilian sweets, Vera begins assembling bags of garlic, bacon and smoked pork ribs for feijoada (fey-zhoo-ahdah)—the day’s special menu item, and what most of the shop’s loyal Brazilian-born clientele come for.

For many Brazilian families, Saturdays are typically spent together watching a game of televised soccer and sharing a meal of feijoada, unofficially the country’s national food. That tradition lives on at Utah Sweet Spot. The Drogueti

version of this smoky, salty, black bean soul-food stew has a reputation for being the best in the valley—everyone, says Reinaldo, wants to know their secret ingredient. It was on the recommendation of a friend, who heard about the feijoada from her Brazilian-born Portuguese teacher, that I’d made a trip to this one-room shop in a funky little strip mall in the middle of suburbia. The hot bowl of beans, rice and herbed yucca flour in front of me was my first exciting step into a world of Brazilian art, culture and food that can be found in Salt Lake City.

Brazil has a population of 210 million. According to a 2007 estimate, 1.2 million Brazilians live

The hot bowl of beans, rice and herbed yucca flour in front of me was my first exciting step into a world of Brazilian art, culture and food that can be found in Utah.

In 2001, the Droguetis applied for their visas to the United States and, surprising even to them, they were all approved. Although it’s not known exactly where immigrants from South America’s largest country are settling in Utah, or how many of them are Mormon, there are indications that, like the Drogueti family, many Brazilian immigrants to Utah are coming because of the LDS Church and are settling along the Wasatch Front.

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The Drogueti family busy preparing for the Saturday rush at Utah Sweet Spot. mates, currently 16,000 to 20,000 Brazilians live in Utah and surrounding states; and while many of those are longterm and permanent residents with green cards, the number fluctuates as students and temporary workers come and go. “We mainly get people coming from [the states of] Sao Paolo and Bahia,” says Neeleman. “Most of the illegal workers I see are from Minas Gerais.” in the United States. The American Community Survey accounts for only 346,000, due perhaps to the undocumented status of so many. Still, that represents a tenfold increase in the number of documented Brazilians in the U.S. since severe hyperinflation in the 1980s sent many from the country’s middle class in search of more stable economies.

Though the largest congregations of Brazilian diaspora in the United States are found in Florida, Connecticut and Massachusetts, Utah also has seen a strong influx in the last 30 years.

Gary Neeleman has run Utah’s Brazilian Honorary Consulate for the last 14 years. By his esti-

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or Reinaldo and his family, who left the house he had built across the street from his mother’s home in Sao Paolo, the motivations for leaving were that of comfort and opportunity. Reinaldo says Sao Paolo, a metropolitan area of 21 million, was becoming too crowded, too disorganized and too dangerous. When a family friend who’d already left told them about her quiet, peaceful, gridplanned new city in Utah, they decided to follow. She offered to help them settle in and find work. Of course, it helped that the Drogueti family were already members of the LDS church.

The LDS influence on Brazilian immigration to this state begins with the first Brazilian converts, in 1929, and the establishment of a missionary headquarters in Sao Paulo, in 1935. The church’s foothold in the Amazonian country held on through the rest of the century, but it wasn’t until the 1980s that it really started to take purchase. Brazil was the site of so much mission work that, in 1993, the Church built their second largest missionary training center in Sao Paolo.

Presently, the country is home to nine temples, 34 missions, 1,602 wards and 1.3 million members, accounting for one-third of all Latter-Day Saints in South America.

In 2008, Orem became the site of the first Portuguese-speaking ward in the United States.

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Provo to Tooele to Logan offer Portuguese immersion programs.

Over the course of the last 15 years, the Drogueti clan has studied, worked, worshiped, bought homes and married in Utah. Their community here, both Brazilian and Mormon, is strong. Demand for the cakes and desserts that Perola brought to church functions, tasty little reminders of home, led to the opening of Utah Sweet Spot in 2010. Perola is happy to serve her customers, both Brazilian-born and those who have never been south of Saint George, a bowl of feijoada or a cheesy pao de queijo.

“We never gave up on our culture,” she says. But Utah is home. Visits to see Drogueti family members in Brazil are rare. Reinaldo Drogueti, for one, has never gone back and, with his parents now gone, he doesn’t expect to.

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or centuries, the promise of the American Dream—or something close to it, like the success of the Drogueti family—has lured people to America’s shores. For many, that dream continues to entice. Young Brazilian men and women eager to immigrate to the United States often contact Pastor Valdison Neves of Utah’s Brazilian Assembly of God (a sect of the Pentecostal religion).

They ask for advice and he’s honest with them about his experiences. “I tell them not to come.”

After 14 years in Utah, Pastor Neves is blunt about the difficulties of navigating a new language, new cultural expectations and the stress of finding work as an immigrant.

“Jobs are poor, salaries are low,” he says, and even the weather in Utah can discourage people from staying. “They want it to be more like Brazil,” he says. “They don’t like the snow.”

In Brazil, the number of Pentecostal practitioners far exceeds the number of Mormon congregants.

With 24 million members, the Brazilian Assembly of God is one of the fastest-growing denominations in the country, second only to the Roman Catholic Church. But, when Pastor Neves arrived in Utah, in

2001, at the request of his sister, he found a very small, loosely formed congregation numbering only about 15 families. Soon after the U.S. recession began, half moved

lowed her grown children to Utah —two sons, one who found work as a pilot for an American airline, and a daughter who came to study. “I intended to spend two years here

Tyson Hake (in blue) and Brandon "Sapo" Roskelley.

plants everywhere, and I make Brazilian food every day. I don’t eat American food.” But being Brazilian isn’t the only thing that defines her.

Her most meaningful friendships, she says, are with people “who share my profile, are interested in the same things I am,” things like history, philosophy and world travel.

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Two Volta Miuda capoeira student practice their moves at Salt Lake's Pioneer Park

back to Brazil. Of those who remain, he says, many have struggled to maintain work and marriages.

Still, Pastor Neves continues to be approached by “young people from Brazil who want to come here and leave their mother and father. That’s difficult for me,” he says. “I see that they lack maturity and the freedom here can bring problems.”

Making a new life in a strange place and navigating a foreign culture may be more work than it’s worth for some, but for 70-year-old Helena Seabra Levier the transition has gone well. “I have lots of friends from Utah, from other countries, but not from Brazil. My connection with home is staying in touch with family—you know, email and Facebook,” Levier tells me over the phone from her home in Salt Lake.

Twenty-five years ago, Levier fol-

while my daughter was in school,” she says. Now, retired from a career as a personal chef, she’s still living in her Salt Lake condo near her three kids and four grandchildren.

Levier admits that the sights and smells of her apartment could transport you to Rio de Janeiro. “I have

t the downtown farmers market in Pioneer Park, Mestre Jamaika faces his opponent and completes a hunched capoeira-style cartwheel into the gathered circle. Staying low, he plants his feet wide and prepares for the first kick. A few minutes of powerful spins and leaps and the capoeira dance/fight is over. The mestre smiles at his student and the two touch hands before making room for the next pair.

Mauro Romualdo—as Mestre Jamaika is known outside of the capoeira family—began practicing the Brazilian martial art at his home in Teixeira de Freitas, Brazil, in the northeastern state of Bahia, a place historically noted for agriculture and slavery and as the birthplace of capoeira.

Slavery in Brazil lasted for 300 years, during which time 3.6 million Africans were brought to the country— more than three times as many as were brought to the U.S. The practice finally ended in 1888 and the Brazilian government ordered the destruction of any recorded history of slavery in the country. Besides an attempt to hide the horrors of the past, this historical erasure also removed from record much of the culture developed by and within slave communities and very nearly eliminated one of Brazil’s most prized modern art forms, capoeira.

Because of this purge, little documentation remains of capoeira’s origins. It is believed that plantation slaves, who came from many different tribes and often could communicate only through dance,

drumming and song, created capoeira as a ritual that strengthened social bonds. The dance was also a deadly tool. The movements disguised fighting skills that slaves could practice and hone undetected and use when escaping. Because of its use as a weapon, the art form was seen as a threat. It was outlawed and criminalized by President Marechal Deodoro Da Fonseca, in 1890, and was not legal again until 1930.

Growing up in the 1980s in Bahia, Mauro Romualdo recalls that capoeira was for his community like basketball is in most American cities. “Everyone knows what it is and how to do it,” he says. “The movement is rooted so deeply in Brazilian culture that it comes naturally to most people and a kid in Bahia can learn the basic moves in a single day and look pretty good.”

But unlike Americans and basketball, Romualdo says, it’s unusual to

find a Brazilian who w a n t s to do capoeira. It’s an indifference that he chalks up to the long period of state-sanctioned suppression and the form’s Afro-Brazilian

Slavery in Brazil lasted for 300 years, during which time 3.6 million Africans were brought to the country—more than three times as many as were brought to the U.S. heritage, which, for many Brazilians, is often negatively associated with poverty and crime.

“There’s no incentive to learn capoeira. It’s not taught in the schools. Parents don’t push their kids to do it,” confirms Carla, a Salt Lake carpoeirista and a native of

Sao Paolo, who learned the steps only after moving to the United States. Even though the form’s roots are deeper in Brazil, “there’s a different energy when you practice here,” she says.

For Mauro Romualdo, capoeira was a way out of a tough community. “The prosperity gap in Brazil is very large,” he told me. “Most of the Afro-Brazilian community is really impoverished and, even as a kid, I knew there were very few ways out. I had to dedicate myself to education and to capoeira.” So, at the age of seven he began selling popsicles in the street to pay for his lessons. Six years later, he transferred to a capoeira school a day’s travel from his hometown. Since then he’s returned home only to visit.

As a teacher, Romualdo traveled from Israel—where he was first surprised by capoeira’s apparently global popularity outside of Brazil— to Boston to Provo, where he guest taught at BYU. In 2009, Ro-

mualdo opened the Volta Miuda capoeira school in Salt Lake City.

At the Saturday farmers market, as the demonstration winds down, some of Romualdo’s students pass out flyers to the sizable crowd that has gathered to watch. There are families with wide-eyed youngsters. A group of teens is already trying out a few moves and a thickly muscled man in a Muay Thai t-shirt eagerly takes a flyer.

Given the ethnic diversity in Brazil there’s little chance of discerning national origin by external appearances. And since capoeira involves song as well as movement, everyone from Volta Miuda, who at some point sang quite adeptly in Portuguese, seems pretty darn Brazilian. Taking a break in the shade, two capoeiristas, Sapo and Agarrado, introduce themselves using their capoeira names. Both, they say, are Utahborn and not of Brazilian heritage.

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“Your background doesn’t matter here,” says Agarrado who, like many of the students present, has been practicing for close to a decade and has developed a familial closeness with the group. There’s no definition for the capoeira community, he says, “there’s space here for old and young, Mormon and non-Mormon.”

“Capoeira is so culturally rich that I see people from places like Salt Lake hug into it,” explains Mauro Ro-

where people feel increasingly isolated even inside their own communities. n the Salt Lake Arts Hub, the same Westside building where Volta Miuda meets for weekly classes, another Salt LakeBrazilian institution, Samba Fogo, holds class every Thursday night. A nonprofit cultural arts organization, Samba Fogo runs drum and dance camps for kids, performs for the wider community on a

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ements of Brazilian culture, it can be found in the story of Lorin Hansen, Samba Fogo’s founder and director.

“I awakened to my wilder, bolder self through samba,” says Hansen, who before finding Brazilian samba, in 1999, was studying modern dance at the University of Utah. “We need samba to keep us feeling alive, especially here in Utah,” she says.

“I’ve seen how it breaks people out of their boring, daily lives.”

Much like capoeira,

Samba Fogo dancers perform at a summer Carnival party.

Os Corvos Member from left to right: Ai Fujii Nelson, Jay Kirsch, Ashton Snelgrove, Jerry Parsons, Solange Gomes.

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efore Solange Gomes joined Os Corvos (Portuguese for “the crows”), the Salt Lake band (originally two members, Jay Kirsch and Jerry Parsons) played a mix of world music along with Eric Clapton, some Whitesnake, and a dash of Brazilian bossa nova—mostly Antonio Carlos Jobim tunes.

“Everyone plays Jobim [“Girl From Ipanema”], everyone knows bossa nova,” says Brazilian-born Gomes, shaking her hands in the air in mock exasperation.

“Brazilian music is way more than just Jobim,” she continues, listing the musical genres.

There’s xote, choro, tropicalia, musica popular brazileira, pogeg, samba—and within samba, she adds, “there’s all kinds of variations.”

In fact, there’s so much

Brazilian music to play, and so much variety, that these days Os Corvos is strictly a Brazilian music group.

Along with Kirsch (guitar, cavaquinho, accordion, piano), Parsons (bass, guitar) and Gomes (vocals, percussion) the quintet includes Ashton Snelgrove (saxophone) and Ai Fujii Nelson (percussion, vocals).

With a few shakes from Nelson on the pandiero, a Brazilian instrument not to be confused with a tambourine, and a few plucks from Kirsch on the guitar, the band launches into a joyful medley, Jack Soul Brasileiro. Gomes, ever the interpreter, explains it is a Portuguese phrase to say “as I am a Brazilian.” It’s hard not to move with the music, and why resist?

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mualdo. Once used for creating new families among displaced and suffering people, capoeira, in leaving Brazil, has become for many, he says, a way to unite in a modern world

regular basis and is Salt Lake’s home for Afro-Brazilian music and dance.

If there’s any example of, as Mauro Romualdo describes it, Utahns’ tendency to “hug into” the vibrant el-

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mixed, in the early 19th century, with Portuguese and Spanish dances popular among the country’s intellectuals and aristocrats. By the 1930s, samba as we know it was developing mainly in the Estacio favela of Rio de Janeiro and was widely shunned by elite classes for its association with the slums. Today, samba is recognized as a national treasure. And for many outside of Brazil, the samba music and dance performed during Carnival parades is the most iconic image of Brazilian culture.

For Hansen, EMMA RYDER Samba is most imLorin Hansen, Director of Samba portantly a form of Fogo, in her Carvival attire. expression, and of reverence to the earth, but she is also reticent to withhold from her performance the exhibitionism and powerful sexuality that she feels are often shunned by Utah’s Mormon-Brazilian community. The feather headdresses, the high heels, the sequined bikinis, are all a part of the Samba Fogo costuming, though some occasions call for more modest covering.

“I get the message that we are supported in theory,” says Hansen of her company’s relationship with Salt Lake’s wider Brazilian community. “We are expected to be at Brazil Fest every year. But we only have one Brazilian-born dancer,” and, she says, the scanty costuming doesn’t go over well at the mixed Mormon/non-Mormon event.

In the end, though, Hansen doesn’t want the costuming to define what Samba Fogo and the Brazilian

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hidden gem 1996. At that time, referring to the art space as the just vate and public art collections in Kevin Flynn resides just most of the space the Baldwin Radio Factory to highUtah and beyond. below Millcreek Canyon. was occupied by Radius Engineerlight the historical significance of Flynn began his own business as Built in 1922 by Nathaniel Baldwin, the inventor of headphones and other sound products, the Baldwin Radio Factory is located 3474 S. 2300 E.ast in Salt Lake City, soon to be City of Millcreek.

Now about two dozen emerging and established artists create art, offer workshops (Studio #4), practice yoga (Vitalize), serve brunch (Roots Cafe) and provide eclectic finds (Old Flamingo) at Nathaniel Baldwin, the inventor of headphones, employed nearly 300 people at the Millcreek factory. the Baldwin Radio Factory.

“Artists have been using some of ing. When they moved out, Flynn the building,” Flynn says. an electronics engineering conthe spaces for working studios remodeled it into 20 art studios Flynn’s affinity for the factory and sultant in 1994 and was looking since the 1960s—I know that a and opened his doors in 2005. his vision for an art collective comes around for an office. “I have a love potter, a painter and a stained glass “I dubbed it the Flynn Artipelago, from childhood and the time spent of art, architecture and old buildartisan all had studios in the buildsince the studios were like an archiwith his grandfather, noted abings, and stumbled across the ing at one time,” says Kevin Flynn, pelago of creative islands in a sea of stract expressionist painter Don Baldwin factory while looking for a who purchased the building in urban sprawl. Recently we started Olsen, whose work is in many priparking place during the 4th of

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Baldwin artists include: Oonju Chun (represented by Phillips Gallery), Anthony Barbano (represented by Art Access Gallery), Greg White, Cheryl Merkley, Amber DeBirk, Randy Laub, Kent Barton, Brooke Wardrop, Tessa Barton, Kate Johnson, Candy Rideout, Elizabeth Barbano, Stephanie Saint-Thomas, Debra Russell, Jill Barton (represented by 15th Street Gallery), David Estes, Chris Timm, Kevin Flynn, Tully Flynn, Sheryl Thornton, Vicki Williams, Leah Kathleen Moore, Shonti Breisch, Elizabeth Matthews, Steve Lawrence Peterson and Vitalize Community & Healing Arts Studio. Roots Cafe and The Old Flamingo shop round out the Baldwin experience.

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I contacted the owner, and we worked out a deal for me to purchase it through loans, savings and tapping my retirement account.

The building was run down and in need of a lot of maintenance. I immediately planted trees and landscaping, repaved the parking lot and painted the front building.

AMBER DEBIRK The “building” is actually a complex of four structures. The building that faces 2300 East and houses Roots Cafe and the Old Flamingo, was originally the front office for the administrative functions of the Baldwin Radio Corp. The long narrow building that extends to the

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How local is your diet?

Take the 10th Annual Eat Local challenge

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t’s possible your tomatoes are better traveled than you are. Have you ever asked where they came from?

Chances are, if you’re buying that Early Girl outside the months of summer it’s coming from Florida. It could also be coming from China, India, Spain, Egypt or Turkey, five of the top tomato producing countries outside of the U.S. But for the next few days, to celebrate Utah’s Eat Local Week, and maybe for the rest of the warm months, try finding one that’s grown right here in Utah. It’s easy, really.

Acceptinghis statewide locavore challenge is a great opportunity to come to grips with your feelings about agribusiness and learn all about eating local. Here’s why you might consider taking this challenge:

• You will be supporting your neighbors—the money you

Accepting the locovore challenge is a good way to come to grips with your feelings about agribusiness. spend on local products will have a direct positive affect your community.

• Eating local brings small farmers back from the brink of extinction.

• You will shrink your carbon footprint.

• You will get more in touch with the seasons.

If you already eat this way every day, or if you’ve been looking for a way to start, the 10th annual Eat Local Challenge is a great way to share the experience with your community.

Check out the events.

Learn about Utah CSAs. Meet the farmers and ranchers.

Sample locally made jams and wines from locally grown fruits.

Pledge your commitment to the cause.

Party, eat, drink. Participate!!

When you make the weeklong Eat Local pledge, no one is checking in on you. You’re on the honor system. So pick the level that you’re most likely to stick with: Hardcore: Only foods grown, raised and produced within Utah’s boundaries are allowed at this level. Some of your favorite foods you’ll have to go without: bananas, blueberries, Doritos, Sierra Nevada beer, lime margaritas, coffee, safflower oil, balsamic vinegar. Some foods you’ll

be able to keep on your plate: raspberries, apples, yogurt, local pork and chicken eggs, Pop Art popcorn, Epic lager. Definitely not a starvation diet.

Easy Does It: Stick to local products for your main food groups. There are numerous options for buying Utah-raised eggs, meat, dairy, vegetables and fruit. Try the farmers markets or make friends with that neighbor who keeps chickens.

DIY: For the newbies, eating local can be a paradigm shift in the kitchen. Go at your own pace, set your own standards.

Try to have one meal a day that’s all local.

But the best part of Eat Local Week happens outside of your house at parties and events where you can meet and mingle with people as food-crazy (or maybe just curious) as yourself.

You’ll find something social to do each day of the challenge including: signup and kickoff at the Grateful Tomato Garden’s annual tomato sandwich party burgers & movie night local food tastings cooking demonstrations a quick-pickle how to local food & art show the rooftop finale party!

If you want to go out to eat this week, look up the restaurants participating in Wasatch Community Gardens’ “Tomato Days,” and ask for their special tomato-themed menu.

Also, check out restaurants competing in Salt Lake Magazine’s ‘farm-to-glass’ cocktail contest. You get to vote on the best concoction.

There’s also the FoodQuest, a gastronomic “scavenger hunt” with food-related challenges to complete throughout the week with prizes for the winners. Details for all of this are available at EatLocalWeek.org. ◆ Eat Local Week 2016 @ various locations, Sept. 10-17. See CATALYST Magazine, September 2016, for details and more ideas.

ees, who numbered over 500 at one He aims to attract artists point. The middle building was a who are serious, hard working fuel depot for the delivery trucks. and from diverse disciplines.

The Baldwin Radio Corporation Current residents include fell victim to the Great Depression painters—landscape, still life, and went bankrupt in 1929. impressionist, abstract; glass Nathaniel Baldwin and his family and mixed media artisans, lived in the front building during the photographers, musicians, 1930s, and composers, and a metal sculpafter that the tor. Vitalize Healing Arts Studio building had also lives there, offering yoga, many varimeditation and massage ous tenants. along with community offerThe Internaings and space rental for Randy Laub, photographer Jill Barton, oil painter tional Instievents. Fronting the complex are tute of Hair Design Roots Cafe, popular for their tasty and healthy west of the front office is the factory asoccupied the building breakfasts and The Old Flamingo, the vintage upsembly line building where the headfrom 1978 to 1999. cycled furniture and home decor shop. phones and radio parts were built. It is Flynn calls himself an There is a waiting list for rental space at the longer than a football field at 324 feet, “artrepreneur,” and it is Baldwin Radio Factory. “But becoming a tenant but is only 32 feet wide. his intention to make the is based on many factors, not just being the earThree detached smaller buildings are complex the center of liest to inquire,” says Flynn. on the south side of the factory. One Chris Timm, woodworker creativity and art in MillThe annual Millcreek Arts Festival is held housed a big coal burning boiler that procreek. Flynn is also a musievery July at the Baldwin Radio Factory and the vided steam heat for the factory. Old photos cian, playing saxophone in the Svengali Jazz adjoining Evergreen Park. The complex is also show a tall smokestack next to the boiler room, Quartet, the Rockamatics (classic rock) and the open for occasional “art strolls.” ◆ of which only the base remains today. Another Flynnstones (jazz/rock/funk). building housed the restrooms for the employBALDWINRADIOFACTORY.COM

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Something strange

Great Salt Lake is a living laboratory and bohemian refuge whose water rights need defending

by Robert Lawrence

Oolitic beaches (source: Robert Lawrence) Granules of oolitic sand collected from Antelope Island viewed under the microscope.

Confluence of chemistry and biology (source: Robert Baskin)

Microbial bioherm reefs are scattered throughout the like and are an important part of Great Salt Lake’s ecosystem.

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alt Lake City is just far enough removed from the lake for which it was named that the salty shorelines are easily forgotten. But if you hike up to Ensign Peak on a clear day and look west, you will be reminded of Great Salt Lake’s place in the valley by the reflections on the horizon.

Although only an artifact of the lake it was 17,000 years ago, it still covers a variable, yet sizable, swath of the state’s territory. It is the largest lake of its kind in the western hemisphere, and one of the saltiest in the world. As such, Great Salt Lake invites the company of nature’s anomalies.

Even before the solitude of the Salt Lake valley attracted seekers of religious freedom, the mythology of Great Salt Lake attracted explorers to investigate its curiosities. For scientists today, that draw has not abated. In the words of Lynn de Freitas, executive director of the organization Friends of the Great Salt Lake, “The Great Salt Lake is an opportunity to understand something strange.”

Oolitic beaches Not unlike the ocean coastlines, sandy beaches can be found along some shores of Great Salt Lake. But look closely, and you’ll see

that the grains are spherical – not angular like more common beach sand. That round shape is an accounting of the history, origin and composition of each grain of sand.

That story begins in the Wasatch Mountains.

As waters flow from those mountains into the rivers that feed Great Salt Lake, they pull with them dissolved minerals from the rocky slopes.

Over a million tons of minerals flow into the lake annually. Evaporation is the lake’s only outlet for water, and this process leaves all salts and minerals behind. As minerals such as calcium become more concentrated in the lake, they begin to deposit and coalesce onto very small pieces of debris suspended in the rolling water near the shore. Layer by layer, over time this type of precipitation will produce a rounded granule.

Like coral or eggshells, Great Salt Lake sand is mostly made up of calcium carbonate. Geologists describe it as being ‘oolitic,’ which is a Greek derivative meaning ‘egg-like’; quite appropriate for the shape and composition.

Biodiversity in the brine Although life on this planet is indifferent to our attempts to classify it, taxonomy is our way

of understanding biological heritage. We recognize three main branches on the tree of life: organisms with a nucleus containing DNA wound into tightly packaged chromosomes (eukarya), organisms without such a nucleus (bacteria), and organisms that have a combination of features that are so unique that they defy classification altogether (archaea). Several species from all three domains can be found thriving below the surface of Great Salt Lake.

Of all the organisms in Great Salt Lake, the most notorious has 11 pairs of legs and two beady eyes.

Artemia franciscana, better known as brine shrimp or sea monkeys, are clearly the aquatic ambassadors of the eukaryotic domain.

Like brine shrimp, the larvae of brine flies are also visible in the water and also eukaryotic. Everything else is basically microscopic, including eukaryotic species of algae, protozoa, diatoms and fungi. Several species of bacteria have been identified, and they are quite abundant.

The nonconformists of the living world are the archaea, and they are comfortable in the most unconventional of environments on this planet.

Naturally, Great Salt Lake is their bohemian

through changes in water chemistry or by the introduction of biocidal compounds would be catastrophic.”

Consequences of division

3 – Diminishing returns (source: Robert Lawrence, U.S. Geological Survey)

Great Salt Lake water levels are approaching their lowest point in recorded history primarily due to agricultural demands that reduce water supply from the three major rivers that feed the lake.

refuge. Hundreds of various kinds of archaeal microbes are known to inhabit the lake, many of which are not yet known to exist elsewhere.

Scientists like Bonnie Baxter of Westminster College are very interested in the lake’s biodiversity. Dr. Baxter directs the Great Salt Lake Institute, where she works with students to carry out studies on such topics. “We find different species present at every location and during different years or seasons,” Baxter explained. This makes identifying all of them seem like an impossible dream. She added, “The microbial community is likely thousands deep.”

For some, the perception may be that Great Salt Lake contains nothing but sea monkeys, but there is a far more vibrant reality happening beneath the surface: a diverse network of unique species that thrive in symbiosis and relative isolation.

Confluence of chemistry and biology Along the bottom of Great Salt Lake are scattered vast reef-like growths that are as much animal and vegetable as they are mineral.

These are known as microbial bioherms, and they can be explained as clumps of symbiotic microorganisms that accumulate calcium from the water and coalesce into a hardened, living mass.

Great Salt Lake bioherms are dark green, and can measure several feet

in length and thickness. They are most easily spotted along shores of the lake in some areas where the water has receded.

Robert Baskin studied the distribution of Great Salt Lake bioherms at the University of Utah, and recently found that they cover about 386

Bonnie K. Baxter, Ph.D. Professor of Biology Director of Great Salt Lake Institute Westminster College

square miles of the lakebed. That accounts for about 23% of the lake’s area. The conditions that support such bioherms are rare on Earth, and nowhere else are they more extensive than in Great Salt Lake.

According to Dr. Baskin, the bioherms are an essential part of the lake’s ecosystem. “Changes in climate, water use and the introduction of waste materials from human activities adjacent to the lake threaten the stability of the lake ecosystem and the organisms depending on it for their survival. Loss of the bioherms

The 20-mile causeway that bisects Great Salt Lake, built in 1904 and upgraded in 1959, was intended for direct east and west railway transport, but in recent years it has unintentionally prevented the exchange of water between the north and south sections of the lake.

About 95% of all fresh water that flows into the lake does so south of the causeway, primarily via the Bear, Weber and Jordan rivers. Being bereft of fresh river water, the northern section (Gunnison Bay) has become its own hyper-saline ecosystem. It is now fully saturated at nearly 30% salt, while the southern section fluctuates between 10% and 15% salt depending on the temperature, water levels and location.

Being completely saturated, the salt in Gunnison Bay’s water has precipitated into a crust that coats the lake bottom and spills onto the northern shorelines, painting them white.

The effects of the causeway on microbial life are more colorful. Only a fraction of the lake’s species has been able to adapt to conditions in the super-saline Gunnison Bay. And some of those microbes have a reddish hue from pigments such as beta-carotene that they produce. The resulting coloration in the north arm is a stark contrast to the south when viewed from a distance. Although such images can be interesting and even beautiful (especially when viewed contrasting the Spiral Jetty), they are also representative of ecological disruption. The bioherms that occupy Gunnison Bay are no longer active.

Construction is currently underway on upgrades to the causeway that include a 180-foot bridge intended to allow water to exchange across the divide. The Union Pacific Railroad operates the causeway and the railroad tracks that it supports.

They expect to have the bridge completed by September 30 of this year.

Recently, researchers at Utah

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Wayne Wurtsbaugh, professor in the Watershed Sciences Department at Utah State University.

Cyanobacteria in Great Salt Lake?

In light of the recent cyanobacteria (algal bloom) problem in Utah Lake, we asked limnologist Wayne Wurtsbaugh, professor in the Watershed Sciences Department at Utah State University, about cyanobacteria and Great Salt Lake.

With Great Salt Lake at such a low level right now, the water coming down the Jordan River mostly flows through Farmington Bay as a wide, shallow river.

Algae in the water would get filtered out or degraded by nearby wetlands. Any remaining cyanobacteria would break apart as it flows out of Farmington Bay and into the highly saline Gilbert Bay. While the cyanobacteria may not easily survive the journey from Utah Lake to Great Salt Lake’s Farmington Bay, the pollutants do—organic nutrients such as phosphate, ammonia or nitrate. “Those organic nutrients are eventually released and are used by the cyanobacteria in Farmington Bay that are tolerant of somewhat higher salinity conditions than those in Utah Lake.”

Wurtsbaugh has seen huge cyanobacterial blooms in Farmington Bay that were independent of anything happening in Utah Lake.

“The large Farmington Bay ‘estuary’ in Great Salt Lake receives about 50% of its inflow from wastewater treatment plants. Cyanobacteria concentrations in the bay are frequently fivefold higher than the World Health Organization’s recommendation for contact recreation.”

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The lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water level is diminished by about 11 feet due to siphoning from the Bear, Weber and Jordan rivers to support increasing water demands, mostly from agriculture.

By comparison, recent drought conditions have reduced the water levels by about three feet.

State University worked independently to predict the effects of such a bridge. They reported that in theory, opening a channel across the causeway could increase salinity in the south by up to 3.1%, and decrease salinity in the north by up to 3.5%. But this is complicated by the presence of the undissolved salt crust plating the lakebed and shoreline of Gunnison Bay due to saturation.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even with increased flow through the causeway, the north arm will likely maintain saturated salinity levels for several years until there is sustained years of high inflow of fresh water to the lake,â&#x20AC;? explained James White, the primary author of the Utah State University study. This process will require the addition of fresh water and some patience in order to see some level of ecological balance restored. However, the flow of fresh river water to the lake is becoming scarce.

Diminishing returns The first measurements of water levels in Great Salt Lake were taken in 1848 on the southern edge near what is now Saltair. The water levels have been monitored meticulously ever since. Now, 168 years later, we see those levels approaching the lowest point in their recorded history.

Although drought is a persistent factor, right now the dropping water levels are amplified by increased diversion of the three major

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rivers that feed Great Salt Lake. A recent report from Utah State University led by Wayne Wurtsbaugh concluded that the lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current water level is diminished by about 11 feet due to siphoning from the Bear, Weber and Jordan rivers to support increasing water demands in the area, mostly from agriculture.

By comparison, recent drought conditions have reduced the water levels by about three feet.

The shallow lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total area is consequently about half of what it would normally be. Dr. Wurtsbaugh is concerned that the current trend will continue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are no water rights to protect Great Salt Lake, so water development currently focuses solely on whether there is water upstream to divert. If future water projects reduce the supply of water to the lake, its level will continue to drop.â&#x20AC;?

The good news is that unlike drought, local water usage is something that can be managed. Reduced consumption on an individual level can help, but Dr. Wurtsbaugh

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Policies that ensure continued water supply to the lake will have immediate benefits that begin at the microbial level, and trickle up the food chain to the enormous migratory bird populations that depend on the lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ecosystem. In turn, this will also benefit Utah industries that likewise depend on the lake. Each year about $1.32 billion in revenue is generated locally by brine shrimp harvesting, mineral extraction and boating.

Utah is home to five national parks and countless other places that have provoked wonder and curiosity because of their singularity.

The state has benefited from the preservation of these unique places.

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Breaking free

BY EVA POMME

From “MiILF & Cookies” to “Eyes Wide Shut”: Risque Soiree has an active clientele in Utah

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eople still talk about Stanley Kubrick’s weird and kinky last film… the one where Tom Cruise leads us into a world of seduction, wealth and erotic liaisons.

Eyes Wide Shut was scintillating yes, but that’s just in the movies, right? And certainly nothing like that takes place in conservative Utah, right?

Au contraire.

The Beehive State may be known for its straight-laced image, but those laces come undone more than people might think, thanks to a part of the population who is thinking outside the lines when it comes to what goes on in the bedroom… or anywhere like-minded souls might gather.

“Where there’s extreme conservatism, you see an extreme opposite. People leaving that [conservative life] behind often have to retrain themselves, to tell themselves it’s okay to feel the way they do about sex.”

According to the owners of Risque Soiree, a West Jordan-based nonprofit that describes itself as a “group of sex educators, counselors, event coordinators and entertainers,” there’s a healthy, thriving “lifestyle” scene in Utah.

Risque Soiree hosts several events a year and also holds a variety of sex-positive classes, including tantra. Its events are held in a variety of places—from private homes to business buildings, to the great outdoors. Some of its gatherings are “vanilla”: As co-owner Xavier explained, “Those are our tamer parties, like our MILF & Cookies, which is more like an introduction to alternative lifestyles. There’s no sex, just a little exploration of fantasies.” Other events, like Risque Soiree’s annual summer camping event, Naughty by Nature, are designed to empower guests to explore all avenues of sexuality.

And of course, there’s one of the biggest events of the year: Risque Soiree’s Eyes Wide Shut party. One guest, whom we’ll call Kate, shares her story below.

An idea It started with an idea… a fantasy, really: two attractive men on her arm at the party. Or to be more exact… two men in chains, linked to the stainless steel cuffs on her arms.

“What’s wrong with having fantasies fulfilled with willing, consensual parties?” says Kate. She

decided to propose the idea. She sat them down together—one, her long-time lover; the other, his best friend (and her recent lover). “What if … we went to an ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ party, all together, the three of us? You’d be mine, literally. As in collared and chained to me the whole night.”

The three were no strangers to coloring outside traditional lines, but this would be taking the crayon far beyond the borders. To her surprise, they accepted.

Game on They talked about what to wear. The party’s sole instructions were that street clothes be worn to the door, where everyone must change into a cloak and mask—from there, everything else was up to interpretation.

“I wanted to see the two of them match as much as possible,” she says. They found masks, cloaks and black boxer briefs. The men wore the same set of stainless steel collars. Kate wore a cuff on each wrist, and they picked up industrialstrength chain to tether their collars to her. The substantial weight of the chain added to the theme.

Why have them match? “I wanted us to feel like we were all together, instead of me with just two random guys. Now the boys wouldn’t be ‘playing’ together—it was never about that—but I wanted all of us to feel together.”

For Kate they unanimously agreed on lingerie under her cloak.

“Through all the planning in the weeks ahead, I fully expected one if not both of them to back out,” Kate recollects.

Crossing the threshold But no one did, and the day finally arrived.

Kate tended to all the girlie things, including a trip to the hair salon for a commanding ‘do.

Did she divulge details at the salon? “I did. I also told the girls at the lingerie store. They were fascinated. Most people are—just not fascinated enough to do anything about it themselves. I think there’s an element of fear or shame and guilt in admitting to an interest in these types of things. But people are into all kinds of crazy things. When people get to the bottom of their fetishes—why they enjoy what they enjoy— that’s empowering. If you don’t understand your motivation for doing something, then you’re acting blind. But I’ve done a lot of work on me. I know why I like what I like. I know what attracts me. I know what turns me on, and I never cause harm to anyone else; that’s how I approach everything I do.”

Once the primping was done, she joined the men and they all boarded an Uber, ready to go down the rabbit hole.

They arrived, changed, shackled up, and paused at the inner door. At a party where everyone would come as twosomes or single females, they knew they would stand out.

“It was quite a rush, walking through the crowd. I felt like a queen, honestly. I held my head high, proud to be where I was, who I was with, doing what we were doing.”

After mingling, soaking it all in, Kate revealed a surprise. It was one of her guys’ birthdays, and she had wanted to give back, to fulfill one of his fantasies: a threesome. She had connected ahead of time with a girlfriend she trusted—also asking her friend’s husband if he would be comfortable with lending his wife—then set up all the erotic details. “It was important to me to prearrange who we were going to play with—what the boundaries of that play were going to be. It turned out amazing.”

She smiles, reflecting on the night. “We all talked after. It’s really important to me to have that conversation. We talked about what our favorite parts were, what we might do differently next time.”

So, there will be a next time?

“Absolutely. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.”

The “scene” Risque Soiree has been around for 10 years and has more than 3,000 online followers in Utah, and 10,000 across the country, according

to Xavier. “It just keeps growing; we have more and more people coming to events and classes,” says co-owner Luna.

Xavier and Luna see the expanding lifestyle scene as a sign of a healthier approach to sexuality—one that isn’t necessarily easy in an otherwise repressed culture. “Where there’s extreme conservatism, you see an extreme opposite. People leaving that [conservative life] behind often have to retrain themselves, to tell themselves it’s okay to feel the way they do about sex,” says Xavier.

Both Xavier and Luna come from conservative backgrounds themselves, and for them, the journey to a more open-minded approach to sexuality has been life-affirming. They are passionate about helping others interested in finding a similar path.

On Risque Soiree’s website, they share, “The RS Group seeks to educate, to facilitate consensual open sexual expression and dialog, and to provide education and counseling for this community. As proponents of sex positive culture, we believe that the appropriate uses of sex extend beyond reproduction. They include creating personal pleasure, bonding interpersonal relationships, promoting spiritual growth, and enhancing emotional and physical health.”

They also believe in safety. They require all new members to attend an orientation, and before any event, they gather the guests to go over ground rules of respect, consent and safety.

“We give wristbands as people come in— three levels,” says Luna. “The first says ‘I’m just a voyeur, here to watch.’ The next level is for those who want to say, ‘I’m here to play but need to talk to my significant other before I jump in.’ And the third is, ‘I’m game for anything, you can approach me.’” People often come back to “level up” their wristband as their confidence and courage improve during the night, Xavier adds.

“At every one of our events, I see people leaving enlightened,” says Luna. “I’ve gotten notes from people saying what it meant to them to explore themselves. They say, ‘This has changed my whole life. It’s freed a part of me that I didn’t know existed.’ People love to feel more connected!”

It’s that desire for connection, for sexual freedom, that makes thousands of Utahns push the boundaries. Sometimes that means wearing cuffs and chains, but almost always, it includes breaking society’s proverbial cuffs and chains. ◆ RISQUESOIREE.COM Eva Pomme is the pseudonym for a Salt Lake City-based actor and freelance writer.

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GARDEN LIKE A BOSS

I love bindweed

In the world of permaculture, this weed has a worthy job to do

BY JAMES LOOMIS

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love bindweed. (Or morning glory, if that’s what you prefer to call it, or Convolvulus, if you’re a proper geek.) No, seriously, I do. Admitting this to any companion in the garden elicits suspicious glances; I cannot be serious, right?

The arch nemesis “weed” of most gardeners, relentlessly reappears time and time again, climbing and choking your prized tomatoes and peppers. Seemingly impossible to eradicate, it has a will power and patience that far surpasses your own.

Now, don’t get me wrong; I don’t let bindweed run rampant and choke out the rest of my plants. True love doesn’t mean letting your loved one suffocate you! In fact, my love affair with bindweed is based on my mutual understanding with the role it, and many other “weeds,” are playing in my garden ecosystem.

So what is bindweed’s business? It turns out it has an incredibly important job to do. In disturbed or otherwise poor soils, its job is to send roots deep into the subsoil layers and mine for nutrients. In permaculture we refer to plants that do this as dynamic nutrient accumulators. It pulls

up these subsurface nutrients and uses them to grow a massive array of vegetation above ground, spreading itself out over as much area as possible. By spreading itself out, it protects and covers any bare soil from the harsh UV rays of the sun, and when it dies, it contributes the nutrients it accumulated to the soil as it decomposes. By simply growing, it is interacting with the biology in the soil, enhancing the living relationships underground.

This particular ecological niche is the root of my affection for bindweed. In my quest for regenerative agriculture, one of my main goals is to generate fertility on site without the need for imported products. Utilizing the dynamic nutrient-accumulating plants that grow around my garden helps me to do exactly that.

Every time I pull bindweed, or any other weed, I am adding to the fertility bank of my soil. Maybe I get the whole thing, or maybe just the tops, it doesn’t matter, it’s quite a nutritious mass of veg-

In disturbed or otherwise poor soils, its job is to send roots deep into the subsoil layers and mine for nutrients.

etation for my compost to digest. (Yes, I compost bindweed, but I also monitor my compost pile’s temperature to make sure I hold above 131 degrees F for a full 15 days to sterilize weeds that can propagate from cuttings, and seeds as well). Even before I pull it, it is enhancing the living dynamic of the soil. So literally, I am growing my own fertility. In fact, I no longer think of it as “weeding my garden”; I think of it as “harvesting fertility” and “feeding the compost beast.”

One key joy in my gardening practice is exactly that—making it a daily practice. Like yoga, meditation or other similar activity, it offers me an opportunity to reflect on myself and the natural world, to absorb and digest life, and most importantly, an extremely valid reason to have a cocktail after work. You can choose to host bindweed as your enemy, in which case every time you see it regrow you can be filled with anger, resentment and perhaps hopelessness. Or you could choose to see it as an opportunity to harvest nutrients, engage in meditative physical exercise and become a better person. I trust you’ll handle the situation like a Boss. ◆ James Loomis is the new Green Team farm manager for Wasatch Community Gardens. Congratulations, James!

Strategies for dealing with bindweed until you, too, get zen about the vine What works: Keep pulling. Every time you pull it, even if you don’t get much of the taproot, you’ll rob the plant of strength. Pull at least weekly, if not a few times a week, and bindweed will lose vigor quickly.

Wait a couple weeks or longer, and it will build strength and send its taproot ever deeper; some have been found as deep as 30 feet. Let that sucker flower, and you’re to-

tally failing. Keep pulling, and you’ll eventually wear it out.

Improve your soil. Bindweed thrives in poor and compacted soils. Stop tilling. Every time you till, you decimate healthy soil biology, actually increase compaction, and contribute to soil nutrients volatilizing out of the soil. This literally optimizes your soil for weeds! I’ll say it again, Stop tilling!

Rather, add generous amounts

of compost twice a year, and generously mulch soil during the heat of summer as well as over winter.

Plant cover crops at any point in your season when you don't have food crops growing. Once the health and tilth of your soil reaches a certain point, the bindweed will literally go away, as it will no longer have a niche to fill.

What doesn’t work:

Smothering. Trying to lay weed barrier over bindweed is generally futile. Bindweed can continue to grow and conquer distance until it finds the end of the your barrier to embrace the sun.

Herbicides. Herbicides are harmful to beneficial fungi and other life in the soil, which retards ecological succession. Try to poison bindweed and you’ll be in essence optimizing your soil for weeds, and becoming increasingly dependent on chemical inputs.

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801.467.0661, 2675 E. Parleys Way, SLC. A well-established, full service, companion dog and cat animal hospital providing comprehensive medical, surgical and dental care. Your pet’s wellness being is our main concern. We look forward to meeting and serving you & your pets! Mention this ad and receive $10.00 off your next visit. www.EastValleyVeterinaryClinic.com 12/16

DINING Café Solstice DA 3/17 801.487.0980, 673 E. Simpson Ave., SLC. (inside Dancing Cranes). Loose teas, specialty coffee drinks and herbal smoothies in a relaxing atmosphere.

Veggie wraps, sandwiches, salads, soups and more.

Our dressings, spreads, salsa, hummus and baked goods are all made in house with love! Enjoy a re-

freshing violet mocha or mango & basil smoothie with your delicious homemade lunch. www.CafeSolsticeSLC.com, solcafe999@gmail.com Coffee Garden DA 801.355.3425, 900 E. 900 S. and 254 S. Main, SLC. High-end espresso, delectable pastries & desserts.

Great places to people watch. M-Thur 6a-11p; Fri 6a-12p, Sat 7a-12p, Sun 7a-11p. Wifi.

Cucina6/16 801.322.3055, 1026 2nd Ave., SLC. CBreakfast, lunch and dinner. Patio seating available. Dine in, carry out. Chef Joey Ferran provides an exciting culinary experience! Fresh bread, desserts and pastries daily. Huge wine list and the best small plate menu in town (for dinner too!). Let us cater your next event. www.CucinaDeli.com Oasis Cafe DA 11/16 801.322.0404,151 S. 500 E., SLC. A refreshing retreat in the heart of the city, Oasis Cafe provides a true sanctuary of spectacular spaces: the beautiful flower-laden patio, the private covered breezeway or the casual stylish dining room. Authentic American cafe-style cuisine plus full bar, craft beers, wine list and more. www.OasisCafeSLC.com

HEALTH & BODYWORK ACUPUNCTURE

East West Health, Regan Archibald, LAc, Dipl OM

801.582.2011. SLC, WVC & Ogden. Our purpose: Provide high-level care by creating lifestyle pro-

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grams that enhance health through mentor training. To correct underlying causes of health conditions we "test, not guess" using saliva, hormonal, nutritional and food testing. Our goal is to help you get healthy and pain free naturally. WWW.ACUEASTWEST.COM 3/17 Keith Stevens Acupuncture 3/17

801.255.7016, 209.617.7379 (c). Dr. Keith Stevens, OMD, 8728 S. 120 E. in old Sandy. Specializing in chronic pain treatment, stress-related insomnia, fatigue, headaches, sports medicine, traumatic injury and post-operative recovery. Board-certified for hep-c treatment.

National Acupuncture Detox Association (NADA)-certified for treatment of addiction.

Women’s health, menopausal syndromes. www.STEVENSACUCLINIC.COM SLC Qi Community Acupuncture 801.521.3337, 177 E. 900 S., Ste. 101, SLC. Affordable Acupuncture! Sliding scale rates ($15-40).

Open weekends. Grab a recliner and relax in a safe, comfortable, and healing space. We help with pain, fertility, digestion, allergies, arthritis, sleep and stress disorders, cardiac/respiratory conditions, metabolism and more. www.SLCQi.com 12/16

CHIROPRACTIC

Salt Lake Chiropractic 9/16 801.907.1894, Dr. Suzanne Cronin, 1088 S. 1100 E., SLC. Have you heard, Salt Lake Chiropractic is the least invasive way to increase your quality of life. Our gentle, efficient, affordable care can reduce pain & improve your body’s functionality.

Call to schedule an appointment. www.ChiroSaltLake.com The Forbidden Doctor, Dr. Jack Stockwell, DC, CGP & Mary H. Stockwell, MSAS, CGPDA 07/16 801.523.1890, 10714 S. Jordan Gateway, Ste. 120, S. Jordan. NUCCA Chiropractic uses gentle touch, no cracking, popping or twisting. Demolishing migraines everyday! Certified GAPS Clinic.

"Heartburn, gas, bloating, celiac, IBS, gall bladder pain still there?" Unique medical testing of all major organs & systems. Nutritionists create personalized whole food and herbal protocols. office@JackStockwell.com, www.JackStockwell.com, www.ForbiddenDoctor.com

ENERGY HEALING

Kristen Dalzen, LMT 12/16 801.661.3896, Turiya’s, 1569 S. 1100 E., SLC. IGNITE YOUR DIVINE SPARK! Traditional Usui Reiki Master Teacher practicing in SLC since 1996. Offering a dynamic array of healing services and classes designed to create a balanced, expansive and vivacious life. www.Turiyas.com

FELDENKRAIS

Carol Lessinger, GCFP 8/16 801.580.9484, 1390 S. 1100 E., SLC. “Movement is Life, without Movement, Life is unthinkable,” Moshe Feldenkrais. Carol trained personally with Dr. Feldenkrais and has over 30 years experience.

When you work with her, you can expect your movement to be more comfortable, less painful and definitely more aware. Offering private sessions & classes. www.CarolLessinger.com, carollessinger@gmail.com

COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY

Open Hand Bodywork DA 801.694.4086, Dan Schmidt, GCFP, LMT. 244 W. 700 S., SLC. www.OpenHandSLC.com

FLOATATION THERAPY

I-Float Sensations 801.888.6777, 1490 E. 5600 S., Suite 2, So. Ogden.

New Zenned-Out Sensory Deprivation Float Center with two of the latest hi-tech float pods. A remarkable experience that words fall short to describe. Experience a deep meditative state, receive creative and intuitive inspiration. Come In, Zone Out and Just Let Go... www.iFloatOgden.com, info@ifloatogden.com

HERBAL MEDICINE

Millcreek Herbs, LLC 11/16 801.466.1632, 3191 S. Valley Street, SLC. Merry Lycett Harrison, RH, (AHG) is a clinical western herbalist, teacher, author & creator of Thrive Tonic®, practicing in SLC for 18 years, helping people manage stress, low energy, lung, sinus, digestive, hormonal and sleep issues plus chronic disease and conditions, with custom formulations from her extensive herbal pharmacy. By appointment. www.MillcreekHerbs.com

MASSAGE

Healing Mountain Massage School DA 801.355.6300, 363 S. 500 E., Ste. 210, SLC. (enter off 500 E.). All people seek balance in their lives… balance and meaningful expression. Massage is a compassionate art. It helps find healing & peace for both the giver and receiver. Whether you seek a new vocation or balm for your wounded soul, you can find it here. www.HealingMountainSpa.com Amazing Massage by Jennifer Rouse, LMT 11/16 801.808.1283, SLC. Your body needs this! Jennifer offers a massage personalized just for you. Her firm, focused approach will help you detox, release tension and maintain great health. 60, 90 or 120 minute sessions, $80/hour. Call or text to discuss time and location.

Graham Phillips Davis, LMT, The Posture Consultant 801.889.3944, 1111 Brickyard Rd. #109, SLC. Structural Integration, The Original Ida Rolf Method! Relieve chronic pain, increase ROM, improve posture & overall quality of movement. A graduate from The Guild for S.I., Graham is passionate about the work & dedicated to the process of change. LMT. FSMTB Certified in Utah. www. ThePostureConsultant.com, PostureConsultant@gmail.com 10/16

M.D. PHYSICIANS

Todd Mangum, MD, Web of Life Wellness Center 2/17 801.531.8340, 34 S. 500 East #204, SLC. Integrative Medicine Family Practitioner who utilizes functional medicine. He specializes in the treatment of chronic fatigue, fibro-myalgia, digestive disorders, adrenal fatigue, menopause, hormone imbalances for men & women, weight loss, insulin resistance, type II diabetes, immune dysfunctions, thyroid disorders, insomnia, depression, anxiety and other health problems. Dr. Mangum designs personalized treatment plans using diet, vitamins, minerals, nutritional supplements, bioidentical hormones, Western and Chinese herbal therapies, acupuncture and

conventional Western medicines. www.

WebOfLifeWC.com, thepeople@weboflifewc.com

and unite the entire family. DestinySOlsen@hotmail.com

MEDICAL COACHING

MISCELLANEOUS

Successful Surgery and HealingFOG 949.648.4436. Successful Surgery and Healing: A Practical Guide for Patients, Caregivers and Advocates by Lori Mertz is the “how to” for anyone preparing for or recovering from surgery! Full of insights, organization tips & tools, checklists and more. Available at University Pharmacy (1320 E. 200 S., SLC), www.LoriMertz.com and www.Amazon.com. Lori is also available for one-on-one coaching. We all need support! Start here. lori@justbeeinc.com

NATUROPATHIC PHYSICIANS

Cameron Wellness Center 10/16 801.486.4226. Dr. Todd Cameron & Dr. Michael Hummell, Naturopathic Physicians. 1945 S. 1100 E. #100. When you visit the Cameron Wellness Center, you’ll have new allies in your health care efforts. You’ll know you’ve been heard. You’ll have a clear, individual plan for gaining health and wellness. Our practitioners will be with you through your journey to feeling good again—& staying well. www.CameronWellnessCenter.net Eastside Natural Health Clinic 3/17 801.474.3684. Uli Knorr, ND, 3350 S. Highland Dr., SLC. Dr. Knorr will create a Natural Medicine plan for you to optimize your health and live more vibrantly. He likes to educate his patients and offers comprehensive medical testing options. He focuses on hormonal balancing, including thyroid, adrenal, women’s hormones, blood sugar regulation, gastrointestinal disorders & food allergies. www.EastsideNaturalHealth.com

PHYSICAL THERAPY

Precision Physical Therapy 3/17 801.557.6733. Jane Glaser-Gormally, MS, PT, 3098 S. Highland Dr., Ste. 350F, SLC. (Also in Heber City.)

Specializing in holistic integrated manual therapy (IMT). This unique modality offers gentle, effective techniques for identifying and treating sources of pain and tissue dysfunction. IMT assists the body with self-corrective mecahnisms that alleviate pain, restore mobility and promote functional balance. More information:www.PrecisionPhysicalTherapyUT.com

REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

Planned Parenthood of Utah 5/16 1.800.230.PLAN, 801.532.1586. Planned Parenthood provides affordable and confidential healthcare for men, women and teens. Services include birth control, emergency contraception (EC/PlanB/ morning after pill), testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infection including HIV, vaccines including the HPV vaccine, pregnancy testing and referrals, condoms, education programs and more. www.PPAU.org Destiny S. Olsen, DONA trained Birth & Postpartum Doula 6/16 801.361.9785. Offering prenatal, birth & postpartum education, support and companionship for all styles of families, including adoption, through prenatal comfort and guidance to prepare for birth, birth labor assistance including physical and emotional support and postpartum care to aid

ENTERTAINMENT

The State Room DA 1/17 801.878.0530, 638 S. State Street, SLC. A 21 and over, 300 capacity live music venue, presenting nationally acclaimed musicians and the finest local acts. www.TheStateRoom.com Utah Film Center Salt Lake Film Center DA 11/16 801.746.7000, 122 Main Street, SLC. A non-profit continually striveing to bring community together through film. UFC curates and organizes three film festivals a year: Tumbleweeds for children & youth, the only festival of its kind in the Intermountain West; Damn These Heels, a forum exploring LGBT issues, ideas, hopes, dreams and art; and TiltShift, organized by and for teens just beginning to discover their artistic potential. www.UtahFilmCenter.org

LEGAL ASSISTANCE

Schumann Law, Penniann J. Schumann, J.D., LL.M 801.631.7811. Whether you are planning for your own future protection and management, or you are planning for your family, friends, or charitable causes, Penniann Schumann can assist you with creating and implementating a plan to meet those goals. www.EstatePlanningForUtah.com DA 4/17

MEDIA

Catalyst Magazine 801.363.1505, 140 S. McClelland St., SLC. Catalyst: Someone or something that causes an impotant event to happen. WE ARE CATALYST. JOIN US. CatalystMagazine.netFacebook.com/catalystmagazineInstagram.com/catalyst_magazine Twitter.com/catalystmag KRCL 90.9FM 801.363.1818, 1971 N. Temple, SLC. Northern Utah’s only non-profit, member-supported public radio station dedicated to broadcasting a well-curated contemporary eclectic mix of music and community information 24 hours a day. www.KRCL.org

MUSICIANS FOR HIRE

Idlewild 10/16 801.268.4789. David and Carol Sharp. Duo up to six-piece ensemble. Celtic, European, World and Old Time American music. A variety of instruments.

Storytelling and dance caller. CDs and downloads, traditional and original. www.IdlewildRecordings.com, idlewild@idlewildrecordings.com

NON-PROFIT

Local First 12/16 801.456.1456. We are a not-for-profit organization that seeks to strengthen communities and local economies by promoting, preserving and protecting local, independently owned businesses throughout Utah. Organized in 2005 by volunteer business owners and community-minded residents, Local First Utah has over 2,700 locally owned and independent business partners. www.LocalFirst.org

Red Butte Garden 801.585.0556, 300 Wakara Way, SLC. Red Butte Botanical Garden, located on the University of Utah, is the largest botanical garden in the Intermountain West, renowned for plant collections, display gardens, 450,000 springtime blooming bulbs, a world-class outdoor summer concert series, and award-winning horticulture-based educational programs. www.RedButteGarden.org Tracy Aviary DA 2/17 801.596.8500, 589 E. 1300 S. (SW corner of Liberty Park), SLC. Tracy Aviary – Where curiosity takes flight! Come explore our new Treasures of the Rainforest exhibit, with boisterous birds from the tropics. Our 9 acres of gardens are home to 400+ birds from as close as the Great Salt Lake and as far as the Andes Mountains. www.TracyAviary.org

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Healing Mountain Massage School SLC campus: 801.355.6300, 363 S. 500 E., Ste. 210, SLC. Cedar City campus: 435.586.8222, 297 N. Cove Dr., Cedar City. Morning & evening programs. Four start dates per year, 8-14 students to a class. Mentor with seasoned professionals. Practice with licensed therapists in a live day spa setting. Graduate in as little as 8 months. ABHES accredited. Financial aid available for those who qualify. www.HealingMountain.edu DA 11/16

SPACE FOR RENT

Space available at 3/17 Center for Transpersonal Therapy 801.596.0147 x41, 5801 S. Fashion Blvd., Ste. 250, Murray. Two large plush spaces available for rent by the hour, day or for weekend use. Pillows, yoga chairs, regular chairs and kichenette area included.

Size: 395 sq. ft./530 sq. ft. www.cttslc.com, thecenter@cttslc.com Vitalize Community Healing & Arts Studio DA 2/17 801.661.1200, 3474 S. 2300 E., Studio #12 (behind Roots Café), Millcreek. Vitalize Community Studio supports a number of independent practitioners and community organizations offering a wide variety of classes, gatherings, and workshops with an emphasis on connection, movement, and transformation. Join one of our ongoing classes or facilitate your own. Be Creative – It’s Your Space. For more information: www.VitalizeSugarhouse.com, vitalizemillcreek@gmail.com

TRAVEL

Machu Picchu, Peru 6/17 801.721.2779. Group or individual spiritual journeys or tours with Shaman KUCHO. Accomodations available. Contact: Nick Stark, nicholasstark@comcast.net, www.MachuPicchuTravelCenter.com

WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Harrington Wealth Services DA 1/17 801.871.0840 (O), 801.673.1294, 8899 S. 700 E., Ste. 225, Sandy, UT 84070. Robert Harrington, Wealth Advisor. Client-centered retirement planning, wealth management, IRA rollovers, ROTH IRA’s, 401(k) plans, investing & life insurance. Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. robert.harrington@lpl.com, www.HarringtonWealthServices.com

MOVEMENT & MEDITATION

Foster homes needed — MEOW!

DANCE

RDT Dance Center Community School

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

MARTIAL ARTS

Red Lotus School of Movement 801.355.6375, 740 S. 300 W., SLC. Established in 1994 by Sifu Jerry Gardner and Jean LaSarre Gardner. Traditional-style training in the classical martial arts of T’ai Chi, Wing Chun Kung-Fu, and Qigong exercises). Located downstairs from Urgyen Samten Ling Tibetan Buddhist Temple. www.RedLotusSchool.com, redlotus@redlotus.cnc.net 12/16

MEDITATION PRACTICES

Rumi Teachings 6/16 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 (7p) of month at Anderson-Foothill Library, 1135 S. 2100 E., SLC. www.RumiPoetryClub.com

Together, we can Save Them All . ®

utahfoster@bestfriends.org or 801-574-2417

YOGA INSTRUCTORS

Mindful Yoga: Charlotte Bell DA 1/17 801.355.2617. E-RYT-500 & Iyengar certified. Cultivate strength, vitality, serenity, wisdom and grace. Combining clear, well-informed instruction with ample quiet time, these classes encourage students to discover their 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 6/17

801.521.YOGA (9642), 926 E. 900 S., SLC and 955 W. Promontory Road at Station Park, Farmington, 801.451.5443. City Centered Yoga offers more than 100 classes a week, 1,000 hourteacher trainings, monthly retreats and workshops to keep Salt Lake City CENTERED & SANE. WWW.CENTEREDCITYYOGA.COM Full Circle Yoga and Therapy 8/16

385.528.2950. 1719 S. Main St., SLC. A unique therapy and yoga center providing treatment using the latest research-based interventions for dealing with a broad spectrum of mental health issues. Our mission is to create an inclusive and empowering community that fosters healing, restoration, and rejuvenation for the mind, body and soul.

WWW.FULLCIRCLEUT.COM

You don’t have to live in pain “Working with Dan has transformed my life.”

Daniel J. Schmidt, GCFP, LMT 244 West 700 South, Salt Lake City www.OpenHandSLC.com

801 694 4086

Call me, I can help 24 years in practice

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Mountain Yoga—Sandy 3/17 801.501.YOGA [9642], 9343 S. 1300 E., SLC. Offering a variety of Hot and Not hot yoga classes to the Salt Lake Valley for the past 13 years. The Mountain Yoga System is comprised of 5 Elemental Classes EARTH-FIRE-WIND-FLOW-WATER varying in heat, duration, intensity and sequence. The 5 classes work together and offer you a balanced and sustainable yoga practice. Whether you like it hot and intense, calm and restorative, or somewhere inbetween, Mountain Yoga Sandy has a class for you. www.MountainYogaSandy.com Mudita—Be Joy Yoga 3/17 801.699.3627, 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

COMMUNITY RESOURCE DIRECTORY

or email windswept@xmission.com. For more information, please visit: www.windsweptcenter.net Nick Stark 6/17 801.721.2779. Ogden Canyon. Shamanic energy healings/ clearings/readings/offerings/transformative work. Over 20 years experience. nicholasstark@comcast.net Suzanne Wagner DA 1/17 707.354.1019. In a world of paradox and possibility, an intelligent psychic with a sense of humor might as well be listed with the family dentist in one's day planner. Suzanne's readings are sensitive, compassionate, humorous and insightful. An inspirational speaker and healer she also teaches Numerology, Palmistry, Tarot and Channeling. www.SuzWagner.com

PSYCHOTHERAPY PSYCHIC ARTS & PERSONAL & INTUITIVE GROWTH

SCIENCES

ASTROLOGY

Transformational Astrology FOG 212.222.3232. Ralfee Finn. Catalyst’s astrology columnist for 20 years! Visit her website, www.AquariumAge.com, ralfee@aquariumage.com

COACHING

Life Mediator 9/16 801.438.4688, S. Salt Lake. Between you and your dreams lie the hurdles you struggle with. Let’s work together to find a peaceful resolution to a path forward. Specializing in relationships and dating. Call now to schedule your one-one-one private session with a Life Mediator. www.LifeMediator.com, info@lifemeiator.com

Christopher Renstrom 11/16 Astrology Lovers: Looking for a class? Christopher Renstrom, professional astrologer, teaches class three times a month. Perfect for beginners or advanced students. $30 each or 8 classes for $200 prepaid. Come to an Astrology Slam and get a minireading$15.Details:rulingplanets1@gmail.co m, www.RulingPlanets.com/primetime-astrology

Helping clients who are “stuck” get unstuck whether it be in health, relationships, career, etc.

Setting you up for inevitable success by giving support and accountability, while creating lifelong habit changes. Free one hour consultation.”

PSYCHIC/TAROT READINGS

Hypnotherapy/Hypnosis

Nance S. Ciasca, Certified Transformation Health/Life Coach — NEW! 9/732-687-2459.

Angels of Light Card Readings

by Janene 801.566.0000, SLC. I am a wife, mother and grandmother. I'm also a certified teacher, life coach, intuitive and spiritual healer, Reiki practitioner and Angel reader for over 30 years. The Angels have messages of Light and are waiting for you to "ask."

Call or email today: angelsoflightsite@gmail.com, www.AngelsOfLight.site

Anna Zumwalt CHt, Zen priest 801.647.8311 SLC. Hypnotherapy is a powerful tool. Get your subconscious and conscious minds in alignment with your goals. Sports and performance activities, behavior and thought modification, self improvement or empowerment. Hypnosis brings more confidence, health and joy into your life. See more at http://www.hypnosisforperformance.com and http:// www.beautyhypnosis.com

Crone’s Hollow 11/16 801.906.0470, 2470 S. Main Street, SLC. Have life questions? We offer intuitive and personal psychic consultations: Tarot, Pendulum, Palmistry, Stones, Shamanic Balancing and more. $25 for 20 minutes.

Afternoon and evening appointments - Walk-ins welcome. We also make custom conjur/spell candles! www.CronesHollow.com

Holly Stokes, The Brain Trainer 6/17 801.810.9406, 1111 E. Brickyard Rd., Ste. 109, SLC. Do you struggle with mental blocks, weight, cravings, fears, lack of motivation, unhappiness or self sabotage? Find your motivation, confidence and focus for living with purpose and passion. Introductory Session $75. Call now. Get Instant Motivation Free when you sign up at: www.TheBrainTrainerllc.com, holly@thebraintrainerllc.com

Vickie Parker, Intuitive Psychic Reader 801.560.3761. I offer in person and long distance readings. My readings are in depth and to the point. Get the answers you are seeking. Readings are by appointment only. To schedule, please call

THERAPY/COUNSELING

Cynthia Kimberlin-Flanders, LPC7 801.231.5916, 1399 S. 700 E., Ste. 15, SLC. Feeling out of sorts? Tell your story in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Eighteen 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 435.248.2089. Clinical Director: Kristan Warnick, CMHC. 1174 E. Graystone Way (2760 S.), Ste. 8, Sugarhouse. Integrated counseling and medical services for anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship, life adjustment issues. 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 3/17 Jan Magdalen, LCSW 3/17 801.582.2705, 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 12/17 801.524.0560, 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 & inspire our lives. www.MountainLotusCounseling.com Mountain Lotus Counseling 4/17 DA 801.524.0560. Theresa Holleran, LCSW, Marianne Felt, CMHC, & Sean Patrick McPeak, CSW. Learn yourself. Transform. Depth psychotherapy and transformational services for individuals, relationships, groups and communities. www.MountainLotusCounseling.com Natalie C. Herndon, PhD, Licensed Clinical Psychologist 801.657.3330. 265 East 100 South, Suite 275. 15+ years experience specializing in Jungian, Analytical, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Are you seeking to more deeply understand yourself, your relationships, and why you struggle with certain thoughts and feelings? Call today for an appointment and let's begin. www.hopecanhelp.net, natalieherndon@hopecanhelp.net Sanctuary for Healing and Integration, Integrative Psychiatry 12/16 801.268.0333, f 801.268.3777, 860 E. 4500 S., Ste. 302, SLC. Group outpatient private practice of multidisciplinary mental health professionals led by Carmela Javellana, MD, DABPN, providing comprehensive mental health and neuroscience-based services for children, adolescents and adults. Standard services plus psychospiritual coaching and pharmacogenetic and nutrigenetic testing for personalized health care. Most insurance accepted. www.ShinIntegration.com Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry 801.631.8426. Sanctuary for Healing and Integration, 860 E. 4500 S., Ste. 302, SLC. Steve is a sea-

soned 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 behavior. Steve specializes in treatimg identity crises, LGBTQ issues and bipolar disorders. Blog: www.KarmaShrink.com, steve@karmashrink.com 10/16 Sunny Strasburg, LMFT 2/17 1399 S. 700 E., SLC. Sunny is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in Jungian Psychology, Gottman Method Couple’s Therapy and EMDR. Sunny meets clients in person at her office in Salt Lake City. For questions, or to schedule an appointment, please email Sunny at: sunnys@jps.net. www.SUNNYSTRASBURGTHERAPY.com

SHAMANIC PRACTICE

Sarah Sifers, Ph.D., LCSW, Shamanic Practitioner 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. 3/17 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. naomi@earthlink.net

RETAIL APPAREL, GIFTS & TREASURES

Black Mountain Gemstone Jewelry: A time for gathering stones 9/16 801.359.6262, ArtSpace City Center, 230 S. 500 W., SLC. Bringing you timeless, unique jewelry with the spirit, positive energies and natural health qualities of the Earth. Handmade gemstone jewelry, quartz fountains, tumbled stones, gemstone malas, stone pottery, original landscape artwork and more. Choose from our designs or create your own custom design. Visit us online & learn more: blackmtn@xmission.com www.BlackMountainBead.com Blue Boutique 10/16 DA 801.487.1807, 1383 S. 2100 E., SLC. Shopping Made Sexy. Since 1987, Blue Boutique has expanded to four locations, offering the finest in a variety of sexy lingerie, sexy shoes and sexy adult merchandise to discriminating shoppers. We’ve created comfortable, inviting environments with salespeople ready to offer friendly and creative advice. www.BlueBoutique.com

Dancing Cranes Imports DA 7/16 801.486.1129, 673 E. Simpson Ave., SLC. Jewelry, clothing, incense, ethnic art, pottery, candles, chimes and much more! Visit Café Solstice for lunch, too. www.DancingCranesImports.com Golden Braid Books DA 11/16 801.322.1162, 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 Healing Mountain Crystals DA 11/16 801.808.6442, 363 S. 500 E., #210 (east entrance), SLC. A welcoming crystal shop located one block from the “Trolley” Trax station. Offering: crystals, jewelry, essential oils, $2 sage, 50 cent tumbled stones, Tibetan singing bowls, spa products, books, chakra healing supplies, gifts and more. We are known for our low prices. www.HealingMountainCrystals.com iconoCLAD—We Sell YourPreviously Rocked Stuff & You Keep 50% 2/17 801.833.2272. 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.com Lotus DA 11/16 801.333.3777. 12896 Pony Express Rd., #200, Draper. For rocks and crystals. Everything from Angels to Zen. www.ILoveLotus.com Turiya’s Gifts 8/16 DA 801.531.7823, 1569 S. 1100 E., SLC. M-F 11a-7p, Sat 11a-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 7/16 SLC: 801.268.3000, 880 E. 3900 S. and W. Jordan: 801.446.0499, 1817 W. 9000 S. We focus on health & holistic living through education, empowerment and high-quality products. With supplements, homeopathics, herbs, stones, books and beauty care products, we provide you with the options you need to reach your optimum health. Certified professionals also offer private consultations. www.DavesHealth.com

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ORGANIZATIONS

The Church of the Sacred Circle 9/16 801.330.6666, 3464 W. 3800 S., WVC. We are a local independent church of non-denominational earth based spirituality. We welcome all those who follow Paganism, Wicca, Witchcraft, Asatru, Druid, Shamanic, Eclectic and other traditions. We hold public full moon and new moon circles, monthly events, psychic faires and are family friendly. www.SacredCircleChurch.com, info@sacredcirclechurch.com Inner Light Center Spiritual Community 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 DA 3/17 Salt Lake Buddhist Temple 12/16 801.363.4742. 100 S. 211 W., SLC. Everyone is welcome to Shin Buddhism (Pure Land). Sunday Services: 9a Meditation, 10a Dharma Family, 11a Dharma classes all ages, Asian Arts classes 12p.

Meditation Class Wed. 6:30-7:30p, all levels.

Lumbini’s Garden Buddhist Books and Gifts open Sundays. “Come as you are.” www.slbuddhist.org, www.Facebook.com/SaltLakeBuddhist, www.MeetUp.com/Salt-Lake-Buddhist-Temple Unity Spiritual Community 7/16

801.281.2400. Garden Center in Sugarhouse Park2100 S. 1602 E., SLC. 11:00a Sunday celebration, message, music and meditation.

We teach love, peace, acceptance, and practical, everyday application of spiritual principles to help people live more abundant, joyful and meaningful lives. WWW.U NITYOF S ALT L AKE.ORG Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa Tibetan Buddhist Temple 9/16 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 12/16 801.542.8070, 8105 S. 700 E., Sandy. Eckankar teaches you to be more aware of your own natural relationship with Divine Spirit. Many have had spiritual experiences and want to learn more about them. You will meet people with similar experiences who also wish to share how these improve our daily lives. www.Eckankar-Utah.org

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Two Arrows Zen Center 3/1 7DA 801.532.4975, ArtSpace, 230 S. 500 W., #155, SLC. Two Arrows Zen is a center for Zen study and practice in Utah with two location: SLC & Torrey. The ArtSpace Zendo in SLC offers daily morning meditation and a morning service and evening sit on Thursday. TAZ also offers regular day-long intensives—Day of Zen—and telecourses. www.TwoArrowsZen.org

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hen we think of terrorism— both conceptually and literally—most of us will immediately think of it as an outside, threatening force that we must protect ourselves from. It is something that happens to us, not with us and certainly not because of us... right?

Well, not exactly. While we do not control the actions or thoughts of others, we do affect them with our actions and our thoughts. As isolating as it can feel to exist on a planet with so very many divergent viewpoints and ways of being, the reality is that we are all connected.

It is more than just a catchphrase, more than a bumper sticker. It’s a simple yet crucial truth: We are one. Every single life on this planet affects all life on this planet. Like the proverbial pebble thrown into a placid lake, each of our actions and ways of feeling and being with each other ripples outward into our homes, our communities, our countries and our world.

Knowing and accepting this one small yet mighty truth is the first step in moving towards the kind of social responsibility that could end terrorism. With this knowledge in hand, we have the opportunity to wield perhaps the most powerful tool in our possession: choice.

Our world and our creations are the result of our choices. This can be hard to wrap one’s head around given the fact that we do not control the actions of others, but think of it like this: We create the context for everyone else’s choices. When it comes to acts of terror, how can we create a different context for those who are driven to such acts? What context exists now that serves as a trigger and how can we begin to create a more peaceful existence that diffuses rather than enflames those who feel they must act (or react) through terror?

Change Begins with Choice We can’t flip a switch and create a different

world, but we can begin to make ripples that will turn into waves if enough of us work together. It is up to us to claim responsibility for the way we walk in the world and how our actions affect others. In each and every moment, action and reaction play out, giving us new opportunities to choose. We choose how to act, and when the world responds we get to choose again. Observe the results—and the consequences—of your own actions and begin to adjust your choices to better align with the truth of your innate oneness with all that is. Each of us has the opportunity to be either an instrument of evolution or a hindrance to life’s growth potential.

Choose love, then choose love again. Together, we can change the context of the world stage, making it less viable for acts of terror. Through accountability and a commitment to work on ourselves first, we will begin to see the changes in the world that the people of our planet most crave. Peace is possible, if we choose it. ◆

When we set our new vision into action, we become the authors of our destiny.

Karin Miller is an attorney and the founder of Our New Evolution (ONE) to connect and empower people and projects that are aligned with global values. She is the author of Global Values: A New Paradigm for a New World from which this is adapted. Miller will be in SLC in September for the Global Values Summit. WWW.OURNEWEVOLUTION.ORG Global Values Summit September 10, 2016, 9am-5pm Hosted by and at the Inner Light Center, 4408 S. 500 East $45 ($35 if registered by September 5) Info and registration at WWW.THEINNERLIGHTCENTER.ORG or the “contact us” tab on the website

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Berry sage advice: Is it okay to eat berries fromwater-starved California?

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.ove strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries — which, thankfully, are available locally in New England, even if just for a few weeks per year. Most of the rest of the year I give in to decidedly non-local California berries. The drought in California has given me pause, though, and I was wondering if there is any information on the water needed to grow produce like strawberries in California vs. in non-arid climates like New England?

Alex D. Somerville, Massachusetts

Dearest Alex, Oh, the berries of summer, and the culinary delights they provide! Strawberry shortcake, blackberry jam, raspberry trifle… and let’s not forget gooseberry pie, lingonberry pancakes, and my personal favorite, thimbleberry melba. With berry season in full swing, I must confess to typing this with purplestained fingers.

I suspect our enthusiasm for berries would be tempered, though, if we knew how much water they were slurping up — especially out in California, where long-lasting drought has made us all feel a lot guiltier about our almondmilk lattes. Most berries — besides truly wild, rain-fed fruits you pluck yourself — will require some irrigation, regardless of where they’re grown. A few number-crunchers have reported average water footprints for your favorites.

One California-specific study found that growing a single strawberry requires .25 gallons of water, a raspberry uses .16 gallons, and a blueberry sips up .04 gallons. Another source that looked at global averages ranks blueberries as thirstier than the other two. But to keep things in perspective: They agree that, generally, berries are a lot less water-intensive than some other crops, such as nuts, oils and grains. And they’re hugely less water-greedy than meats.

So berries aren’t our highest priority when it comes to water footprints. Still, are your local berries any better, Alex? That’s a tougher question, as it depends a lot on the farmers. On one hand, smaller farms can be more likely to adopt sustainable practices, including water-

miser irrigation systems. On the other, the large-scale fruit operations in California (basically the Berry Capital of the USA) may be watering those big fields more efficiently, using less water per berry than a mom-and-pop outfit. The local climate matters, too — a berry field in a hotter, sunnier, windier, and/or lowerhumidity spot will require more hose action than a cooler, wetter place. These factors vary quite a bit across the Eastern seaboard.

But generally, said Dr. Michael D. Cahn, irrigation and water resources advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension, “In summer, I don’t think the water use per day would be a lot different between California and the East Coast.”

But even if the total water use is about the same on both coasts, the impact of that water isn’t. “A gallon of water in the desert has a much different value than a gallon in a wetter environment,” said Heather Cooley, water program director for the Pacific Institute. “[Fruit] creates a larger impact when it’s grown in a hot, dry environment with limited water resources.” Still, Cooley cautions that swearing off California berries won’t make nearly as much difference as reducing your consumption of meat and pretty much everything else. Making products ranging from clothes to cars uses up water, too.

Setting aside the question of water use for a moment, though, there are lots of other reasons to make the most of your neighborhood berry patches while the getting is good.

There’s the food miles concept, for one — the

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farther produce must be shipped, the higher its transportation-related carbon footprint.

Shopping local also keeps your cash in the community and can provide crucial support to small, sustainable farms. How do you know a farm is sustainable, by the way? With local farmers, it’s easy — you can chat with the people who sell strawberries at your farmers market and ask them directly about how they

Make the most of your neighborhood berry patches while the getting is good. farm, and often it’s even possible to visit their farms. And of course, let’s not underestimate the joy of chomping uber-fresh, prime-season berries by the handful.

For all of these reasons, it’s best to eat everything as locally and seasonally as we can. Does that mean you should be shunned for buying California strawberries in May? Of course not.

Sometimes a fruit shortcake is just what the doctor ordered. But we should make that an exception, not the rule. Better plan: Stock up on all the delicious summer berries you can right now and preserve them. Canning, freezing, and whipping them up into a big ‘ol batch of jam will keep berry season alive all year — and even frozen berries can make a mean shortcake.

And finally, a word in praise of seasonality: Summer fruits are glorious precisely because they’re available so briefly. Instead of demanding these favorites year-round, damn the environmental impacts, mightn’t it be better to simply appreciate them while the local varieties are ripe? I’ll let John Steinbeck take it away from here: “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness?”

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PATHWAYS TO HEALTH

A doctor with the time to listen

A different approach to wellness through naturopathy

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BY RACHEL SILVERSTONE

f you want to practice City, since 1996. ington’s Bastyr University in the fall of 2017.

I spoke with Dr. Lester and Dr. medicine, you better What is naturopathy?

Cameron because I’ve been on find something else,” an my own journey to find a way to allopathic doctor once adviseded NAture-pathy, natUro-pathy, however you practice medicine that is the a sincere young pre-med student. want to say it, not a lot of people know what it most authentic fit for me. On my Babbie Lester heeded that docactually is. journey so far, I was inspired by tor’s words and took a different With terms like “functional,”“integrative” and Phil Wharton, a world-renowned path to helping others heal. “holistic” being tossed around, not to mention musculo-skeletal therapist in After college, she apprenticed the dreaded C-word (complementary) and Washington, D.C., who encourunder Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D. of even worse, the A-word (alternative), we picaged me to gather knowledge ture eclectic doctors prescribing bitter herbs the Four Winds Society, for a neofrom all the sources I found interand colonics. shamanism education. Then she Todd Cameron, N.M.D esting and useful in order to build Uli Knorr, N.M.D. Eastside Natural Health, discovered naturopathic medicine. my own unique toolbox of healing. helped clarify this perplexing vocabulary: Lester now combines her practice My intentions and determination to help “Naturopathy is holistic and integrative. It can of naturopathic Medicine with Chinese Mediothers heal comes from a young discovery of [also] be termed functional medicine.” cine and Shamanic Therapy, which, she tells me how good I felt when I was healthy and happy.

Holistic is to consider how all organ systems in her grounded composure, “complement I remember as a six year-old, when experiwork together, as well as how all dimensions each other very well.” She practices out of ences are so much more ripe and rich, how the of health work together to make us happy and Mountain Sage Natural Health in Park City. aspen forests of the Uintas made me feel inexhealthy—physically, emotionally, mentally The story rings familiar among many naturplicably connected. When others are also and spiritually. opathic doctors in Utah. happy and healthy, I feel even The key to this medicine is to recTodd Cameron, N.M.D, began his medical cabetter. When we're all outside ognize and support the body’s inreer as an EMT after witnessing a harrowing laughing, moving and being nate healing power, instead of rock climbing accident in which a climber present, I feel the best! suppressing it with powerful pharbroke his hips and bled to death before help “Health is number one,” said a maceuticals. could arrive. wise Taoist monk whom I studIntegrative signifies that a naturHe progressed to become an ICU nurse and ied under. He taught that cultiopath can, in a sense, speak lanwas on his way to studying Emergency Medivating healthy habits in our guages of both conventional cine. From the emergency room, Dr. Cameron mind, emotions, body and spirit medicine and natural remedies concluded and still believes that “Western are a constant process, through from ancient traditions, the new Medicine has become very efficient at life-savstressed and carefree times. It's and the old. ing procedures in emergency situations.” Then, my passion to discover and share The naturopathic approach is he met the late William Allen Nunn, N.D. the methods and of different culfunctional because it is concerned Dr. Nunn, a decorated war veteran, was a tures, from ancient practices to Uli Knorr, N.M.D. with the functioning of organ syspracticing naturopathic doctor in Utah for over modern medicine. tems before they are completely 20 years and a good friend of Cameron’s until From Washington, D.C., to the Wudang “malfunctioning.” It aims to bring function up the end of Nunn’s life. Nunn inspired Dr. Mountains of China, and through my own to an optimal state before things go wrong— Cameron to follow in his footsteps and study twists and turns in and out of wanting to study aka preventive medicine. at National College for Naturopathic Medicine conventional medicine, I’ve decided to attend in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Cameron has been the School of Naturopathic Medicine at WashWhat it takes to practicing out of Cameron Wellness, Salt Lake

get there

Doctor as Teacher, called doceré, is one of the principles of naturopathy. N.M.D.s are taught to take the time to teach patients and walk with them on the path to wellness.

Though naturopathic doctors come from a diverse backgrounds, the practice and education of naturopathy is becoming more and more standardized.

The schooling is rigorous—four or five years of study with many of the same science and

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health courses as Of the N.D.s I spoke those found in medwith, the primary reaical school. sons their patients The initials N.D. or came to them were N.M.D. stand for for fertility, endocrine, naturopathic doctor cardiovascular, musor naturopathic culoskeletal and dimedical doctor. In gestive issues, as well Utah, N.D.s are techas auto-immune disnically N.M.D.s, exorders and chronic inplained Dr. Cameron. flammation.

To practice in “This is where Utah, N.D.s must naturopathy has Babbie Lester, N.M.D. pass the Naturopathic enormous potential to Physicians Licensing Exam and fill a void, in the treatment of complete a one- to two-year resithese chronic diseases,” says Uli dency or clinical rotations.

Knorr. “Our current culture of food Most practice as primary care and lifestyle have left us celebratphysicians in private clinics and ing the to-do list, getting less may administer blood tests, I.V.s, sleep in order to get a million injections, perform minor surgery things done. Lots of patients and prescribe drugs that are not these days are stressed and need controlled or scheduled. “We are metabolic support, and naturopaable to prescribe most medicathy has a lot to offer for this contions, but that is usually not a part dition that is becoming an of our initial treatment plan beepidemic.” A remedy freely availcause there are many other able to all is sunlight, which “balmodalities such as ances the nutrition, herbs and parasympathetic lifestyle modificanervous system for tions that are very rest and relaxation. effective in treating Not to mention patients’ ailments,” you’re typically movAmanda Lucero, ing while you’re outN.M.D. of Full Circle side,” says Dr. Knorr.

Care in Salt Lake “This medicine is City, told me. truly curative, and it This is how naturis also a process that opathy differs from takes time,” Dr. conventional mediLester reminds her cine. Doctor as patients, who have Amanda Lucero, N.M.D. Teacher, called doceré often already tried is one of the principles of naturconventional medicine to no opathy. N.M.D.s are taught to take avail. In particular she encourages the time to teach patients and cancer patients to use both conwalk with them on the path to ventional and naturopathic wellness. In a session with an N.D., courses of treatment. a patient will typically spend an I asked the N.D.s I spoke with to hour describing their ailments, share their own practices for staying and the N.D. will diagnose him or healthy. Their universal secret was her with blood tests, counsel simple: Eat well, sleep well, spend them on diet and lifestyle, formutime with family and, most imporlate herbal supplements and pretantly (and true to their title), get scribe physical medicine and outside to spend time in nature. ◆ hydrotherapy. Some N.D.s also Rachel Silverstone recently returned from have secondary fields of study, studying Taoist medicine in China and will such as acupuncture and tradibe going on to study naturopathic meditional Chinese medicine (T.C.M.), cine at Bastyr University. See her new craniosacral therapy, counseling column, “Health Notes,” in CATALYST and more. starting next month.

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CALENDAR

Aug 2: Rumi Poetry Club @ Anderson-Foothill Library. 7p.

Free. 1135 S. 2100 E. Aug 2: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ Kate Macleod @ City Creek Park. 12:15p. Free. 110 N State St. Aug 2-6: Outdoor Retailers Summer Market @ Salt Palace Convention Center. Days 1-3, 9a-6p. Day 4, 9a-3p. Outdoor Retailer is not open to the general public. Only authorized buyers and members of the trade will be admitted with proof of business credentials. 100 S. West Temple.

Farmers Markets

Aug 2-25: Yoga in the Garden @ Red Butte. w/ Kristin Vance of Fluid Heart Yoga. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7:30-8:30a. $90/$108 Members/Non-members full session. $12/16 Drop-In. 300 Wakara Way. Aug 3: Roni Size @ Urban Lounge. w/ Johnny Law, Chris Wright, and Darkside. 8p. $20/15 adv. 21+. 241 S. 500 E.

Downtown Farmers Market @ Pioneer Park. Saturdays in Aug. 8a-2p. 350 S. 300 W.

Aug 3: Miike Snow @ The Depot. w/ Lewis Del Mar. 7p. $26/24 adv. 21+. 400 W. South Temple.

Harvest Market @ Gallivan Center. Tuedays in Aug. 4pdusk. 239 S. Main St.

Aug 3: Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 @ St. Mary of the Assumption. 8p. $15-35. 1505 White Pine Canyon Rd., PC

Park Silly Sunday Market @ Historic Main St. Sundays in Aug. 10a-5p. 780 Main St., PC.

Aug 4: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ Will Baxter Band @ City Creek Park. 12:15p. Free. 110 N. and State St.

9th West Farmers Market @ Jordan Park. Sundays in Aug. 10a-2p. 1000 S. 900 W.

Aug 4: Twilight Concert Series: Diplo @ Pioneer Park. 7p. w/ BADBADNOTGOOD and Sneeky Long. $10/5 adv. 350 300 W.

Summer Market @ Wheeler Farm. Sundays in Aug. 9a2p. 6351 S. 900 E. Holladay City Farmers Market @ Holladay Village Plaza. Saturdays in Aug. 9a-1p. 2300 E. Murray Holladay Road, Murray.

July 29-Aug 1: The Adventure Valley Renaissance Faire @ Adventure Valley. 4p. A one of a kind Renaissance experience, combining Artisans, Performers and Cobb & Co's new twist on The Three Musketeers. $7. 1811 W. 900 N., Lehi.

July 29 - Aug. 7: The Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival @ Various Locations. 11a. The Great Salt Lake Fringe is a multi-day performing arts festival in the heart of Sugarhouse, where artists from SLC and beyond come together to tell their stories. $10-100. GREATSALTLAKEFRINGE.ORG Aug 1-5: Albedo/Nigredo Art Installation by Colour Maisch and Gary Vlasic @ Finch Lane Gallery. 8a-5p. An art installation that plays with the transformation of found objects— old, discarded, broken, charred artifacts and the memories they hold. Free. 1340 E 100 S. Aug 1-31: Genome: Unlocking Life's Code @ Natural History Museum of Utah. 9a-5p. Explore your genetic Trait-Tree and learn about your ancestral past. $10-15. 301 S. Walkara Way. Aug 1: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ Os Corvos @ City Creek Park. Brazilian music. 12:15p. Free. 110 N. State St. Aug 1: Mondays in the Park @ Liberty Park. w/ Anabil Chaudhuri and Friends, Kargi Kala Kendra and Karpaty Dance Ensemble. 7p. Indian, Polish, & Ukrainian Dance.Free.

600 E. 900 S. Aug 1: Monday Night Family Night @ Red Butte. 6:30p. Explore diversity in our community! Wasatch Eagles Dancers. Traditional tribal dances and songs with the American Indian students from the Nebo school district. $7-12. 300 Wakara Way. Aug 1: Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators, documentary @ SLC Public Library. 7p. Wolves and cougars’ role in keeping nature in balance. By Utah Wants Wolves.

Free. 210 E. 400 S.

Aug 4-6: Raspberry Days Festival @ Garden City (near Logan). 5-11p. Celebrate Bear Lake raspberries. Little Miss Berry pageant, craft fair, parade, dances, fireworks, pancake breakfast, 5k run. Free.

Aug 5: Dubwise w/ 6 Blocc @ Urban Lounge. w/ Strk-9, MorzFeen and Illoom. 9p. $10/5 before 10p. 21+. 241 S. 500 E. Aug 5: The Iguanas @ The State Room. 9p. 21+. $20. 638 State St. Aug 5-6: Desert Hearts & New World Presents: Salt Lake City Hearts @ TBA. 9p-6a. DJs: Mikey Lion, Lee Reynolds, Deep Jesus, Marbs, & Porkchop. $15-25.

Aug 5: Summerland Tour 2016 @ The Complex. w/ Sugar Ray, Everclear, Lit and Sponge. 7p. $37. 536 100 S. Aug 5: Positive Hits Tour @ Capitol Theatre. w/ Kristian Stanfill, Danny Gokey, Capital King and Hollyn. By the Awakening Foundation. 7p. $18-54. 50 W. 200 S. Aug 5-7: MaleSurvivor Weekends of Recovery: Intimacy and Relationships @ Alta Lodge. A team of trained therapists and educators, adhering to the highest ethical standards, provide adjunctive support for any male who has been sexually victimized as a child and/or as an adult. 18+. $645-975, Registration required. 10230 UT-210, Alta.

Aug 6: The Healing Arts Festival: Fundraiser for the Utah Food Bank @ Neighborhood Acupuncture and Healing Arts. 9a-5p. 5th annual. $15. 12582 S. Fort St., Draper.

Aug 6: Los Lobos @ The State Room. 9p. 21+. $65. 638 State St. Aug 6: Utah African Festival @ South Towne Expo Center.

10a-7p. Celebrating African culture and heritage. African dance, foods, crafts, clothes, poetry and drum lessons. Free.

9575 S. State St., Sandy.

Aug 6: Utah’s Animals @ Natural History Museum of Utah.

2-3p. Learn about Utah’s ecosystems while getting up close and personal with the state’s indigenous bull frogs, salamanders and snakes. Museum admission. 301 S. Wakara Way. Aug 6: R.A.M.P. Summer Saturday: Nature Nameplates @ Ogden Nature Center. 10a-2p. Create a lovely door hanger or window decoration using your name, nature finds and inner creativity. Free. 966 W. 12th St., Ogden.

Aug 6: Queen Tribute Night @ Urban Lounge. w/ 90’s Television, Westward, Totem and Taboo. 8P. $3. 241 S 500 E. Aug 6: The Music of John Williams @ Deer Valley. 7:30p. $37-92. 2250 Deer Valley Dr., PC. Aug 6: Yoga Social @ Liberty Park. 9:30a-11:30a. Free. $5.

600 E 900 S. Aug 6-31: Adopt a Winning CAThlete @ Best Friends Adoption Center. Daily 10a-5p. Free adoptions for all cats and kittens six months and older. Free. 2005 S. 1100 E. Aug 7: Taste of the Wasatch @ Solitude. Over 50 differenct restaurants share small plates of their best food, some proceeds are donated to the Utah Food Bank. New this year: HSL, Provisions, Tupelo, and others. 12-4p. $105.

Aug 7: Tedeschi Trucks Band, Los Lobos and Mississippi All Stars @ Red Butte. 7:30p. $66-132. 300 Wakara Way. Aug 7-28: Sunday Celebrations @ The Inner Light Center.

Sundays at 10a. Sunday Celebrations are designed to support and nurture the soul, mind, body and spirit. Celebration followed by the Healing Circle and Fellowship Social. Free.

4408 S. 500 E. Aug 8: Mondays in the Park @ Liberty Park. w/ Sounds of Japan Ensemble and Nino Reyos & Two Shields Dance Troupe. 7p. Japanese Folk, Native American Pow Wow music & dance. Free. 600 E. 900 S. Aug 8: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ White Fire @ Exchange Place Plaza. 12:15p. Free. 350 S. Main St. Aug 8: Culture Club@ Red Butte. 7:30p. $88-93. 300 Wakara Way. Aug 8: Intro to Crystals @ Crone’s Hollow. 7p. Power and uses of crystals. Instructor: Laurie Nielsen of Living Light Institute of Energy Healing Arts. $5. 3834 S. Main St. Aug 8: Ziggy Marley @ The State Room. 8p. 21+. $72. 638 State St. Aug 9: Steel Pulse @ The Depot. Reggae music. 7p. $30/25 adv. 21+. 400 W. South Temple.

Aug 9: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ The Ling Trio @ Exchange Place Plaza. 12:15p. Free. 350 S. Main St. Aug 9: Science Movie Night: Gattica @ SLC Public Library.

7p. Starring Morgan Freeman. Free. 210 E. 400 S. Aug 9: “A Gershwin Celebration”: Michael Feinstein + The Utah Symphony @ Deer Valley. 7:30p. $40-92. 2250 Deer Valley Dr., PC. Aug 9: Family Fun Days @ Gallivan Center. 11a-2p. Featuring inflatables, a train, prizes and entertainment for the whole family. Free. 239 S. Main St. Aug 9: Michael Franti & Spearhead @ Red Butte. 7:30p. Sold out. 300 Wakara Way.

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CALENDAR Aug 10: An Evening with the B-Side Players - Tribute to Curtis Mayfield @ The State Room. 8p. 21+. $15. 638 State St.

Aug 13: Jamestown Revival @ The State Room. 9p. $20.

21+. 638 State St.

Aug 11: Outdoor Summer Concert: Kristen Andreassen @ Ogden Nature Center. w/ Rayna Gellert and Jefferson Hamer.

7p. Americana. $12-18/$10-16 adv. 966 W. 12th St., Ogden.

Aug 13: L’Anarchiste @ Gallivan Center. 8p. Free. 239 S. Main St.

Aug 11: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ Gabi @ Exchange Place Plaza. 12:15p. Free. 350 S. Main St. Aug 11: Twilight Concert Series: Jenny Lewis + Shannon and the Clams @ Pioneer Park. 7p. w/ The Aces. $10/5 adv.

350 300 W. Aug 11: Pablo Villegas + The Utah Symphony @ Red Butte.

8p. $15-39. 300 Wakara Way. Aug 11: Author Peter McCoy: Radical Mycology @ Anderson-Foothill Library. 6-8p. Free, donations suggested. 1135 S. 2100 E. Aug 11: Triggers & Slips @ The Acoustic Space. 7p. $20/15 adv. 124 S. 400 W. Aug 11-13: 20th Annual Friendly Island Tongan Festival @ Jordan Park. 10a-6p. Free. 1060 S. 900 W.

Aug 12-Sep. 1: The Greatest Films by Black Directors @ The Broadway Theater. I Like it Like That (Darnell Martin), Middle of Nowhere (Ava DuVernay), Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee), Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler), Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett), Love and Basketball (Gina PrinceBythewood), Pariah (Dee Reeves), 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen), Super Fly Gordon Parks Jr.), House Party (Reginald Hudlin), Boyz n the Hood (John Singleton) ,Malcolm X (Spike Lee). Regular Admission. 111 E. 300 S. Aug 9: Galactic @ Sky SLC. w/ Naughty Professor. 9p. 21+. $17-40. 149 Pierpont Ave. Aug 10: Science Cafe @ Natural History Museum of Utah.

6-7:30p. U of U scientists share the latest research in the fields of biology and ecology. 301 S. Wakara Way. Aug 10: Wild Wednesdays: Endangered and Threatened in Utah @ Ogden Nature Center. 3:45p. Learn what causes animals and plants to become endangered and what you can do to help protect them. Free/$3-5 members/nonmembers. 966 W. 12th St., Ogden.

Aug 10: Power Panel: Engaging a Diverse Workforce @ myBusinessBar. 8:30-11a. 4535 S. 2300 E. Aug 10: Badfeather @ Deer Valley. 6p. Free. 2250 Deer Valley Dr., PC. Aug 10: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ Emanon @ Exchange Place Plaza. 12:15p. Free. 350 S. Main St.

Aug 12: Utah Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Gathering @ Porcupine Grille. 6-8p. Free. Registration required. 258 S. 1300 E. Aug 12: Mushroom Cultivation & Application Course @ SugaGreen Hub. 6p. Tuition includes four mushroom cultures, supplies and a workbook. $275. 1967 S. 800 E. Aug 12: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ Interift @ Exchange Place Plaza. 12:15p. Free. 350 S. Main St. Aug 12: Jeff Austin Band @ The State Room. 8p. 21+. $20.

638 State St. Aug 12-14: Craft Lake City @ Gallivan Center. 12p. DIY festival, craft foodies, vintage vendors and local performances on two different stages. $5-50. 239 Main St. Aug 13: Antiques Roadshow @ The Salt Palace. The popular television show brings its appraisers to have a look at Utah’s antique wares. Free, with advance registration required. 100 S. West Temple.

Aug 13: Bug Brigade @ Natural History Museum of Utah. 24p. Understand the ecological impact and roles of Utah’s native creepy-crawly creatures. $10-15. 301 S. Wakara Way. Aug 13: R.A.M.P. Summer Saturday: Bountiful Butterflies and Caterpillars @ Ogden Nature Center. 10a-2p. Discover the many butterflies that call the Ogden Nature Center home. Funded by Weber County R.A.M.P. Free. 966 W. 12th St., Ogden.

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Aug 14: Reggae Rise Up Festival @ Utah State Fair Park. 1p.

Sublime, Dirty Heads, Tribal Seeds. $40-70. 155 1000 W. Aug 15: Trampled by Turtles w/ Lord Huron @ The Complex. Minnesota based indie-bluegrass-folk band. 7p. $30. 536 W. 100 S. Aug 15: Mondays in the Park @ Liberty Park. w/ CrossStrung. 7p. Celtic & Bluegrass music, Irish step dancers.

Free. 600 E. 900 S. Aug 15: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ St. Boheme @ Salt Lake City & County Building. 12:15p. Free. 451 S. State St. Aug 15-19: Hollywood Stars Summer Camp @ Imagination Place. 9a-12p. Walk down the red carpet, vogue, make a microphone and your own Hollywood handprint for everlasting fame. Ages 3.5-10. $150. 1155 E. 3300 S. Aug 16: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ Minx @ Salt Lake City & County Building. 12:15p. Free. 451 S. State St. Aug 16: Friday Night Flicks, Zootopia @ Utah Olympic Oval.

8p. Free. 5662 Cougar Lane, Kearns.

Aug 16: Yappy Hour @ Liberty Park. 6-9p. Bring your dogs to Liberty park and let them play in a fenced, off-leash area.

Live music, food trucks, and beer from Proper Brewing Co. Free to attend. 600 E. 900 S. Aug 16: Perennials: Late Summer and Fall Bloomers @ Red Butte Garden Classroom. 6:30p. Instructor: Sheryl Underwood. $50, with registration required. 300 Wakara Way. Aug 16: Utah Film Center: Under the Gun @ SL Public Library. 7p. 2016 Sundance Film Festival. A documentary by Stephanie Soechtig and Katie Couric about the epidemic of gun violence in our country. Free. 210 E. 400 S. Aug 16 & 18: Caleb Chapman Bands @ Gallivan Center.

7:30p. Free. 239 Main St. Aug 16: Kurt Vile and the Violators @ Urban Lounge. w/ Your Friend. 8p. $25. 241 500 E. Aug 17: Blues and BBQ Night: Better Off with the Blues @ Natural History Museum of Utah. KRCL hosts an evening of classic blues music and savory barbecue. Food for purchase.

Free to attend. 301 S. Wakara Way.

Aug 13: Farm Taco Night @ Urban Farm and Feed. 6-8p. $612. 8767 S. 700 E., Sandy.

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Aug 13-Oct. 9: 43rd Annual Oktoberfest @ Snowbird. Every Saturdays and Sunday, 12-6p. Free. 9600 Little Cottonwood Canyon Rd.

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Aug 17: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ Buzzard Whiskey @ Salt Lake City & County Building. 12:15p. Free. 451 S. State St. Aug 17: Afro Omega @ Deer Valley. 6p. Free. 2250 Deer Valley Dr., PC. Aug 18: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ Canyons @ Salt Lake City & County Building. 12:15p. Free. 451 S. State St. Aug 18: Utah Film Center: Jonathan @ Marmalade Library.

7p. Ultimately uplifting dynamics of life, death, love, loss, family and acceptance. Audience Award, 2016 Damn These Heels Film Festival. Free. 280 W. 500 N. Aug 18: Twilight Concert Series: Pusha T + Digable Planets @ Pioneer Park. 7p. w/ Grits Green. $10/5 adv. 350 300 W. Aug 18-20: Master Your Influence @ The Salt Palace. 9a.

Learn techniques for mastering your thoughts and emotions and improve your success with help from experts in various fields. 18+. $227. Registration required. 100 S. W Temple.

Aug 19: An Evening With The Gaither Vocal @ Capitol Theatre. w/ Charlotte Ritchie, Gene McDonald and Kevin Williams. 7p. $22-68. 50 W. 200 S. Aug 19: Steve Miller Band @ Deer Valley. 6p. $65-115. 2250 Deer Valley Dr. S., PC. Aug 19: Rebelution @ The Complex. w/ The Green and J Boog. 5:30p. $32. 536 W. 100 S. Aug 19: Our Daily Breach: Exploring Your Personal Myth through Herman Melville’s Moby Dick @ Herndon Psychotherapy and Evaluation. 5p. $350. 266 E. 100 S., #275.

Aug 19-20: Wasatch International Food Festival @ Utah Cultural Celebration Center. 5p. $5. 1355 W. 3100 S. Aug19-21: 3rd Annual Ogden OM Festival 2016 @ Fort Buenaventura. 10a. A oneness festival where teachers, musicians, artists & healing arts practitioners share their gifts and talents for the purpose of uplifting, inspiring & helping to empower individuals. $15-180. 2450 A Ave, Ogden.

Aug 19-21: Utah Sierra Club Jamboree @ YMCA Camp Roger. 7p. First annual weekend of celebration and learning in the High Uintahs. Food and accommodations provided, families welcome. $20/25/35 child/member/nonmember.

Registration required. 3017 Canyon Links Dr. Park City.

Aug 20: Jamie Gael Benefit Concert @ Crone’s Hollow.

7:30p. $7.50. 3834 Main St. Aug 20: Third Saturday for Families; Found Paper Books @ Beverley Taylor Sorenson Arts and Education Complex.

1p. Explore the work of book artists who used found paper for inspiration to craft your own recycled paper book. Free.

1720 Campus Center Dr. Aug 20: 2nd Annual Honeypot Blown Glass Competition @ The Art Garden. 1p. Art festival and Burnell Washburn Birthday show. $20. 917 Vine St. Aug 20: 2016 Utah Summer Dance Festival @ Viridian Event Center. 11a. Featuring live Hip-Hop, European Folk, Flamenco, and Middle Eastern dance and music. Free. 8030 S. 1825 W., West Jordan.

Aug 20: The Blue Sky Bash Benefit for Open Space @ Blue Sky Ranch. 6p. Signature cocktails by High West, dinner, music & auction. $300. 2071 S. State St. Aug 20: DeadPhish Orchestra @ The State Room. 9p. 21+. $14. 638 State St. Aug 21: Drag Brunch @ Club X. 11a-2p. $15. 445 S. 400 W.

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Aug 21:Intro to Pendulums@ Crone's Hollow. 3p. Tracy Millett, an intuitive Tarot Reader and lifelong Seeker, teaches novice and adept the ins and outs of pendulum use. $5. 3834 Main St. Aug 22: Mondays in the Park @ Liberty Park. w/ Soulful Expressions. 7p. Gospel & Soul music. 900 S. 500 E. Aug 22: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ Tablado Dance Company @ Exchange Place Plaza. 12:15p. Free. 350 S. Main St. Aug 22: Old Crow Medicine Show @ Red Butte. 7:30p. $3641. 300 Wakara Way. Aug 23: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ Foreign Figures @ Exchange Place Plaza. 12:15p. Free. 350 S. Main St. Aug 23: Herbaceous Cooking Class @ 1529 Hubbard Ave. 6-9p. w/ Marguerite Henderson. Summer cooking: lemonmint iced tea, mint-brushed rib eye steaks and rosemarylavender panna cotta. Adult beverages for 21+. $65.

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Aug 23: Utah Film Center: Hooligan Sparrow @ SL Public Library. 7p. The protest of the case of six elementary school girls who were sexually abused by their principal in Hainan, China. Post-film Q&A with director Nanfu Wang moderated

by KUER/RadioWest host Doug Fabrizio. Free. 210 E. 400 S. Aug 23: Fruition @ The State Room. 8p. 21+. $15. 638 State St. Aug 24: Wild Wednesdays: Seed Adventures @ Ogden Nature Center. 3:45p. Explore the unseen, wild world of seeds.

Free/$3-5 members/non-members. 966 W. 12th St., Ogden.

Aug 24: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ B-Boy Federation @ Exchange Place Plaza. 12:15p. Free. 350 S. Main St. Aug 24: Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming King @ The State Room. 8p. 21+. $27. 638 State St. Aug 25: Janiva Magness @ The State Room. 8p. 21+. $17.

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CALENDAR

August, 2016

Aug 26: (Re)Structured Opening Reception @ UMOCA. 79p. Local artist, Andrew Rice. Refreshments, cash bar, entertainment. Free. 20 S. West Temple.

Aug 26-27: Utah Summer Hammock Festival @ Aspen Grove Trailhead, Provo. 7p. Utah's sponsored Guinness World Record event, presented by Weekend Voyagers and Hammock Tower Events, including ziplining and hammock towers. Bring a photo ID for extreme events. Free. Alpine Loop Scenic Byway, Wallsburg.

Aug 26-28: Ogden Valley Roots & Blues Festival @ North Fork Park, Cutler Flats. 7p. Fred Eaglesmith, W.C. Clark, Michelle Moonshine, The Joe McQUeen Quartet & more. $10-95. 4150 E. 5950 N., Liberty.

Aug 25: Ririe Woodbury’s Meet the Choreographer Series w/ Tzveta Kassabova @ Rose Wagner Rehearsal Studio. 12:30p. Watch Rire Woodbury dance company’s rehearsal for the upcoming September performance piece by the world-renowned, Bulgarian-born choreographer, costume designer, and installation artist. Experience the artist up-close in the choreographic process.

In 2012, she was selected by Dance Magazine as the Top 25 to watch. At different times she has been a gymnast, a physicist, a meteorologist, and holds three masters degrees. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Dance at Middlebury College. Free. 138 Broadway.

Aug 25: The Bee: True Stories from the Hive "Grit" @ Urban Lounge. w/ Pixie and the Partygrass Boys. 6p. Ten storytellers picked at random from a hat have five minutes each to tell a true story on the theme of the night without notes. 21+. $13. 241 500 E.

Aug 27: Birds in the Lab! @ Natural History Museum of Utah. 12p. Observe live raptors up close. Examine feathers, eggs & claws. Hawkwatch. $10-15. 301 Wakara Way.

Aug 27: Secret Garden Scavenger Hunt@ Sacred Energy Empowerment Center. 11a-2p. 13+. $22 for two. 261 E. 4500 S. Aug 27: City Weekly’s Utah Beer Festival@ Utah State Fair Park.

2-8p. Over 150 different brews. 21+. $5-50. 155 N. 1000 W. Aug 27: Taste of Latin America @ Library Square. 12-3p.

Free. 200 E. 400 S. Aug 27: Salute the Sun, Hike & Yoga w/ SL Power Yoga @ Millcreek Canyon. 7a. $8/15 members/non-members. 250 E. 300 S. Aug 27: 4th Annual Pasifika Enriching Arts of Utah Exhibit @ Sugar Space Arts Warehouse. 6:30-10p. Free. 132 S. 800 W. Aug 27: Creek Concert with Mary Tebbs, Julian Moon, and Monique Lanier @ Emigration Canyon Road. 7p. $10. 4804 Emigration Canyon Road.

Aug 28: Morgan Heritage @ The State Room. 8p. 21+. $25.

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Aug 27: Timpanogos Music Festival @ Brent Brown Ballpark. w/ Silversun Pickups, Moth & the Flame and more.

Food trucks. 12p. $10-100. 800 W. Univ. Pkwy, Orem.

Aug 28: SLC Tango Punk - Musicality Workshops with El Cachivache Quinteto @ Squatters. 3-4p and 4:30-5:30p. $20, with registration required. 147 W. 300 S.

Aug 27: Rose Exposed: Flight @ Jeanné Wagner Theatre in Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center. 8p. Short, themed works by Plan-b Theatre Company, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company and others. All proceeds benefit Tracy Aviary. $15.

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Aug 29: Mondays in the Park @ Liberty Park w/ Tablado Dance Company and Brazilian Roots. 7p. Free. Flamenco & Samba. 600 E. 900 S.

Aug 27: Salt Lake City Out Of The Darkness Walk @ Liberty Park. 9a. By walking and donating you help further the mission to save lives and bring hope to those affected by suicide. Free, with registration required and donations encouraged. 600 E. 900 S.

Aug 25: Twilight Concert Series: Grimes + Jagwar Ma @ Pioneer Park. 7p. w/ Elytra. $10/5 adv. 350 300 W.

Aug 27: Breakfast with the Birds @ Tracy Aviary. 8a. Breakfast with the Birds is a family affair for the entire flock, with a made-to-order pancake bar, inspiring activities and a treasure hunt with prizes. $10-500. 589 1300 S.

Aug 26: Brown Bag Concert Series w/ Little Barefoot @ Exchange Place Plaza. 12:15p. Free. 350 S. Main St.

Aug 27: Andy Garcia & The CineSon All Stars @ Deer Valley.

7p. $55/40 adv. 2250 Deer Valley Dr., PC.

Aug 30: Utah Film Center: Sonita @ SL Public Library. 7p. A refugee from Afghanistan alters her path from an arranged marriage to instead become a female rapper. 2016 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize.

Free. 210 E. 400 S. Aug 31: Blues and BBQ Night: River House Band @ Natural History Museum of Utah. KRCL hosts an evening of blues/southern-rock music and savory barbecue. Food for purchase. Free. 301 S. Wakara Way. Aug 31: Music at Main: Quiet House @ SL Public Library.

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August, 2016

Being mindful of the body

If you’re bored with yoga...

Back in the 1980s on my first five-day silent Insight Meditation retreat, the boredom was excruciating. I sat on my meditation bench completely absorbed in inventing countless mental diversions from the sheer tediousness of it all. I never minded not talking on silent retreats—silence suits me just fine—but sitting and

BY CHARLOTTE BELL walking for endless hours, trying to focus on my breathing or the sensations of walking was so boring.

But after a few days, all this shifted. Being present with bodily sensations and movements became quite interesting. It was especially satisfying—even sensual—to stay completely present with my movements in the daily asana class. The teacher, Pujari Keays, barely spoke as he led us through our practice.

We moved slowly and with care. Each movement—each incremental part of each movement—became completely absorbing. Soon, the concepts of “Dog Pose” or “Triangle Pose” were no longer relevant. When my body formed these usually familiar shapes, the moment-to-moment sensations passing by at lightning speed were completely new and unique. In being mindful of my body, moment to moment, my mind sank into each new sensation as it arose and passed. My mind felt more spacious and peaceful than it had ever been, even though my entire experience was based just in this body.

Mindfulness of the body is the first of the four foundations of mindfulness that the Buddha ow many times would you laid out. It is the cornerstone of all the other guess you’ve practiced Adho foundations of mindfulness: mindfulness of feelMukha Svanasana (Downward ing (the pleasant, unpleasant or neutral quality Facing Dog pose)? Or how of an experience), mindfulness of mental/emoabout Trikonasana (Triangle tional states and mindfulness of the dharma. pose)? Pick any one of yoga’s This is because everything we experience, staple asanas and you may have placed your everything we can know, comes through our body in its requisite shape hundreds or even senses and is experienced in our bodies as senthousands of times. sation. All the other foundations of mindfulness Does it ever feel like the same old, same old? are experienced as sensations in the body. For How is it that some people can nurture a yoga example, we know we are angry, sad, happy or practice for 30, 40, 50 years or more and not be tired because we experience these qualities as completely bored with it? particular sensations in our bodies.

Whatever kind of asana you practice, keeping If yoga practice is meant to unify the body your yoga practice interesting can be summed and mind, I can think of no better way to do this up in five words: than to be mindful of our living, breathing bodBe mindful of your body. ies as we practice.

you’re not paying attention

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Mindfulness and the brain As it turns out, mindful yoga practice may also be healthy for your brain. A recent article in The New York Times cited a study suggesting that mindfulness of the body changes the brain—for the better. All 35 participants were recently unemployed. Participants were given brain scans and blood tests prior to the study. Then half of the participants were taught formal mindfulness practice, awareness of all sensations— pleasant, unpleasant and neutral; and the other half were taught a form of relaxation practice that encouraged them to distract themselves from their stress and its source. One part of the study had participants practice simple stretching exercises. The mindfulness group was guided to be mindful of bodily sensations, while the relaxation group was encouraged to engage in conversation during the stretching practice.

What the study found “At the end of three days, the participants all told the researchers that they felt refreshed and better able to withstand the stress of unemployment. Yet follow-up brain scans showed differences in only those who underwent mindfulness meditation. There was more activity, or communication, among the portions of their brains that process stress-related reactions and other areas related to focus and calm. Four months later, those who had practiced mindfulness showed much lower levels in their blood of a marker of unhealthy inflammation than the relaxation group, even though few were still meditating.”

What this means for your yoga practice Asana is a physical practice. At any given moment, there is a multitude of sensations of which you can be aware. If you’re really paying attention to your moment-to-moment experience, your brain and nervous system—and therefore your whole being—benefit. When you are paying attention, you can’t be bored. Each Dog Pose is new. Each moment of each Dog Pose is new.

When you are paying attention, there’s no room in the mind for boredom.

Let your body and your breath guide you.

Every asana is a verb, a continuous process of expansion and release. You will never tire of your practice when you understand that every Dog Pose you practice is new. It is quite literally the first time you have ever practiced this particular Dog Pose. The only way to understand this is to look deeply and experience each moment as something new, which it is. ◆ Charlotte Bell has been practicing yoga since 1982.

She is the author of several yoga-related books and founder of Mindful Yoga Collective in Salt Lake City.

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5 ways to pay attention

August, 2016

• Practice in a quiet space, without music or other distractions. Listening to music while practicing stimulates your brain and makes it more difficult to focus your mind inward.

• Every asana begins with your intention to practice it.So every gesture you make toward moving into the pose, and every gesture you make to leave the pose is just as important as the formal pose. Stay connected throughout the process.

• Spend some time. Slowing down helps you tune into more subtle sensations. If you’re moving quickly through a sequence you will likely only be able to experience surface sensations. Take 10 or more deep breaths in each pose, so that you can feel your body unwinding into the asana.

• Asana is a process. It is a verb, not a “thing” to accom-

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plish. Asana is a living, breathing entity that is constantly evolving as you breathe. Pay attention to the moment-tomoment evolution that is asana.

• Let your breath guide the process.Your breath moves your body. In every asana, your inhalation and exhalation encourage your body to retreat a bit from the pose and to soften into it. For example, in Uttanasana (Standing Forward Bend) the inhalation lifts the torso a bit and the exhalation allows it to soften forward. Many times, we inhibit these movements —especially the retreating phase—in the interest of pushing further and further.

Instead, soften your body around the breath and be present with this natural oscillation. This will help you stay present with the pose as a process rather than a stagnant end point. ◆

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THE HERBALIST

August, 2016

Herbs in abundance!

Dip, drizzle and marinate with fresh garden herbs

BY MARY LYCETT HARRISON

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ow’s the time to take advantage of the abundance of fresh herbs in the garden. Make a salad sing with diced fistfuls of parsley, sorrel and chives added to a basic vinagrette. Add sage and basil blossoms, too, for a strong burst of their fresh, familiar flavor.

One important herb tip to remember is that the flavor we enjoy from our culinary herbs comes from their essential oils, so it is best to combine herbs with a bit of olive, canola, butter or other oil to bring out the natural flavor the herb releases.

For example, fresh, chopped garlic added to a combination of butter and olive oil and slowly warmed on the stove will make a dipping sauce so divine that guests will close their eyes to savor its rich deliciousness.

Other herbs don’t hold up so well to heat, so allowing them to infuse an oil while at room temperature or in the fridge will be the best method to capture their flavor.

Here are several herb recipes to spark your imagination and

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Drizzles

Drizzles are wonderful on crusty breads, rice, pasta and orzo.

CHIVE FLOWER DRIZZLE Pluck and separate the pretty, pink chive blossoms from about six flowering heads and mix with 1 T. finely chopped chervil and 2 T. parsley. Add 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil.

FRUIT DRIZZLE Add 2 T. finely chopped, fresh lemon verbena to 1-2 T. grape seed oil. Drizzle over chopped fruit of your choice.

POTATO SALAD DRIZZLE Rather than bottled mayo, try this dressing on potato salad.

3 T. each chopped fresh dill, chives and parsley 1 T. paprika 3/4 cup canola or olive oil 1 T. dijon mustard Salt and pepper to taste

Marinades

Skip the artificially flavored, smoky brown syrup for this refreshing and unusual taste sensation. Marinate chicken, fish or pork for a couple of hours in this delicious blend of chopped, fresh herbs. Strong-flavored herbs hold up best during the grilling process.

HERB MARINADE Coarsely chop 1-3 T. each: sage thyme chives oregano mint basil garlic Add juice and zest of a lemon and 1/2 to 3/4 cup olive or canola oil.

SOUTHEAST ASIAN MARINADE 1 T. diced fresh ginger 1 shallot, diced 1 clove garlic, diced 2 T. mint, chopped fine 3 T. Thai basil, chopped fine

Zest and juice of a lime 6 oz. coconut milk 2 T. peanut or sesame oil To grill, gently remove the meat from the marinade and place on the grill so that the herb bits and pieces stay attached.

Strips and skewered meats lend themselves well to taking on lots of the herb flavors.

Spreads

Liven up that BLT, submarine or veggie sandwich with this herb spread.

Blend these fresh herbs in a small food processor: 1 T. rosemary 2 T. lovage leaves (they taste strongly of celery) 1 shallot Coarse pepper Salt to taste Add to 1/2 cup of mayonnaise.

Merry Lycett Harrison is a clinical herbalist, teacher, author, wild guide and the creator of Thrive Tonic. To get your free “Herb Tip of the Week,” sign up at www.millcreekherbs.com or visit the Millcreek Herbs booth at the Downtown Farmers Market.

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Intuitive patterns for

August 2016

BY SUZANNE WAGNER

Osho Zen Tarot: Courage, The Burden, Traveling

Medicine Cards: Blank Shield, Trukey Mayan Oracle: Transformer, Complex Stability, Resolution of Duality

Ancient Egyptian Tarot: Five of Swords, Nine of Cups, Queen of Swords

Aleister Crowley Deck: Pleasure, The Magus, The Devil

Healing Earth Tarot: Two of Pipes, Eight of Pipes, Six of Shields

Words of Truth: Form, Essence,

Inspiration our essence creates the forms you experience in your life. The more willing you are to dive deep into your essence, the more clear the reality becomes because you are no longer needing to project your unresolved issues into the external world. When you know yourself and you are clear with yourself, the dramas of the world, while fascinating to watch (just like an interesting movie) no longer hook you or elicit a strong negative response. You understand this is just

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METAPHORS

August, 2016

the universe attempting to wake people up.

Do you know what is the greatest gift you have? It’s the gift of your clear reflection of truth and your compassionate heart of understanding. It is your faith and belief in humanity’s ability to break out of

Through being in nature, you may catch a glimpse of your original self. the paralyzing patterns of fear that prevent them from seeing that the love they have inside is more valuable and precious than any external illusion that would want to drag them down.

What you fear in others is what you fear in yourself. Your judgment of others is also, right now, judging you… harshly. You project onto others the suffering you are subtly and quietly inflicting upon yourself.

Your words of anger and fear reveal how fear-based and angry you are at yourself.

This month it’s time to resolve this internal duality so the external can grow beyond this pattern of stagnation. You can transform your fear into courage. You can put down the heavy burden you have been carrying.

Use the energy of this month to allow for healing in a greater way than you’ve previously been willing to. It takes a willingness to move in the direction that may shatter your illusions rather than reinforce them. When you are looking for agreement to feel strong in your convictions it means that those convictions are pretty shaky. If you do not know your deepest self, then the opinions of others can cause confusion and spiteful conversations.

Reaction is a form of defense.

Truth does not need to be defended… it needs to be embodied.

What challenges do you need to undertake at this time? It is time to come back to your younger self. He or she has the wisdom and oneness you are seeking at this time.

You have two faces, the face of experience and the face that is your original face. The face of experience is scarred and aged from the suffering and struggles this life has offered up as challenges for you to grow. Your original face is one that knows this path was chosen and that this life will give you what you seek if you are willing to open to it.

The cards indicate that travel this month is a doorway to reclaim the face of your original self.

Through being in nature, you may catch a glimpse of your original self and find the doorway to come back home.

The feminine is gaining strength this month and the old masculine world is like shattered glass under its feet. It’s a major shift in reality as we prepare for Jupiter to leave Virgo and go into Libra on September 9.

Old mindsets are breaking under the pressure for change. The sword of truth is in the hands of a woman in the Five of Swords and it is the only sword still intact after the battle. Only truth will survive these astrological tidal shifts. The truth is like drinking thirst-quenching water whereas the distortion is like trying to choke down rotten meat. No matter what anyone tells you, you know it’s garbage and it needs to be thrown out. Now the only problem is learning to love yourself after awakening to the fact that, for a time… you contributed to that distortion in either small or large ways.

Let it go. Forgive yourself and know that you needed to push this energy to an extreme position to awaken from the nightmare of fear you ‘ve been living in. ◆ Suzanne Wagner is the author of books and CDs on the tarot and creator of the Wild Women app. She lives in California, but visits Utah frequently. SUZWAGNER.COM

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August, 2016

AUG 1 Today is Lammas, the beginning of the fall harvest season.

AUG 2 NEW MOON. This month has two birthstones: lovely green peridot, brought to the surface by volcanoes, and sardonyx, often used to make cameos and intaglios.

AUG 3 Mountain bluebirds often flock in August, as they take advantage of the late-summer bounty of grasshoppers, crickets, beetles, butterflies and moths. Like kestrels, they hover over open areas as they search for prey.

August 2016

A monthly compendium of random wisdom for the home, garden and natural world

BY DIANE OLSON AUG 4 Zion National Park’s majestic canyon was formed in a single massive avalanche only 4,800 years ago.

The debris dammed the Virgin River, creating a huge lake that filled the canyon for 700 years.

AUG 5 Look to the west at twilight for the return of Venus as the evening star. Viewed from Earth, our neighbor planet travels around the Sun in an eight-year cycle called the pentagram of Venus.

AUG 6 Rub rosemary oil on your legs before a hike to keep away ticks.

AUG 7 The handsome and harmless gopher snake does a great rattle snake imitation, coiling, flattening its head, vibrating its tail and hissing. Unlike rattlers, though, they have rounded, rather than vertical pupils and no facial pits. They’re longer and slimmer, too.

AUG 8 It’s mating season for gopher snakes. If you’re hiking in the foothills, watch for the males performing their strangely beautiful combat dance, rearing, hissing, coiling and intertwining like Grecian wrestlers.

AUG 9 Have you changed the batteries in your smoke and carbon dioxide alarms lately? If not, do it.

AUG 10 Mulch tomato plants with two to four inches of organic mulch to keep them moist and well fed.

Keep snipping off suckers and stay on the lookout for plump, pretty, voracious and well-camouflaged tomato hornworms.

AUG 11 Seventeen years ago today, a tornado hit downtown Salt Lake City.

AUG 12 Tonight’s Perseid meteor shower will be spectacular, with double the typical number of shooting stars—between 150 and 200 Earth began passing through the debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle in mid-July, but we hit the most dense part of the comet’s tail tonight.

AUG 13 Quagga mussels, known as the STD of the Sea, are native to a single

drainage system in the Ukraine, but have hitchhiked to North American waters. That’s a very bad thing. The thumbnail-sized quagga wreaks ecosystem havoc, altering the physical landscape, destroying the food web and clogging pipes and pumps.

AUG 14 Lake Powell is infested with quagga and Deer Creek Reservoir is currently under scrutiny. If you go boating, be sure to follow proper hygiene practices: WWW.STDOFTHESEA.COM AUG 15 Don’t let those zucchini turn into clubs. Summer squash are yummiest when they’re four inches long.

AUG 16 FIRST QUARTER MOON. Do raccoons poop in your yard? If so, be very careful. Raccoon roundworm, found in feces, is dangerous—sometimes even deadly—to people and pets.

Learn how to safely

dispose of it at

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SITES/BAYLISASCARIS/RESOURCES/RACCOONLATRINES.PDF

AUG 17 Cat Nights begin. Per Irish lore, for the next seven nights, witches can turn themselves into cats and back again—but only eight times. Do it nine, and you’re stuck eating Fancy Feast.

AUG 18 FULL GREEN CORN MOON. The moon contributes to Earth’s livability, by moderating the wobble of our axis, leading to a more stable climate.

AUG 19 Utah native Philo Farnsworth, born this day in 1906, contributed to the development of the TV, as well as radar, the electron microscope, infant incubators, night vision goggles, a nuclear fusion device and much more.

AUG 20 Look low to the west just after sunset for a gorgeous Jupiter, Venus and Mercury triangle.

AUG 21 It’s tarantula mating season. Though generally nocturnal homebodies, males must go on a walkabout to search for a mate. It’s a perilous journey that often ends in being eaten by a predator, run over by a car or cannibalized by a peckish female.

AUG 22 Tarantulas are shy and docile; they do not attack people. In fact, their main defense is flinging the barbed hairs from their belly into predator’s eyes.

AUG 23 Sneezy? All 20-plus species of sagebrush found in the Intermountain West are pollinating now.

Sagebrush is wind pollinated, so to ensure that at least a few grains find the lady parts of another plant, each bush produces prodigious amounts of pollen.

AUG 24 LAST QUARTER MOON. A remontant rose is one that blooms more than once per season.

AUG 25The horsehair worm has a long, convoluted lifecycle that includes: hatching un-

derwater and waiting to be eaten by a midge, mayfly or mosquito larvae; waiting for the larvae to metamorphose, leave the water, die, and get eaten by a cricket; leaching nutrients from the cricket’s gut; forcing the cricket to commit suicide by drowning, so the worm can squirt out, swim away and perpetuate its species.

muted by parasites?

AUG 27 Willam F. Christensen, founder of Ballet West and the U of U ballet program, was born this day in 1902. He and his brothers Lew and Harold were all renowned ballet teachers and choreographers.

AUG 28 Bandwinged grasshoppers lend their snap, crackle and click to late summer days. The male crepitates— makes crackling sounds—as it flies, to attract a chunkythighed ladylove.

AUG 29 Say adios: Broad-tailed and black-chinned hummingbirds are heading to Mexico for the winter.

AUG 30 Sow alyssum, digitalis, English daisy, forgetme-not and phlox seeds now for early spring blossoms.

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