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Feature Index Arts & Entertainment ...............................34-35 Astrology ........................................................ 37 Awareness .................................................24-28 The Billboard .................................................2-3 Thriving Business ........................................4-5 Compassion Flower Resource Guide ...... 38-39 Dining Delights .............................................. 16 Essential Living Guide ............. 14,24,25,30,31 Fitness & Sports ............................................ 32 Green Business Directory .............................. 6

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Healthy Planet .............................................. 6-10 Lively Letters .................................................. 36 Martial Arts...................................................... 33 Massage / Bodywork ...................................... 30 Movies ............................................................. 34 Music .............................................................. 34 Parenting, Kids & Education ......................... 19 Pet / Animal Health ...........................................17 Radiation Protection .......................... will return Rave Reviews ......................................................3 Theme ......................................................... 20-22 Spirituality .........................................................29 Travel & Fun ......................................Will Return Wonderful Women............................................ 18 Yoga .................................................................. 31

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Learning this beautiful healing art from Michele was a pure blessing in itself.

I knew when I heard her gentle voice that I was being guided in the right direction. All the barriers around my heart melted and reached out to be filled with love and bliss. She is a magical mapmaker, and she also helped me clear the path so that my Soulmate could arrive in perfect timing.

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Sedona World Wisdom Days features world renowned experts in their respective field with innovative, thought provoking, live presentations. For the very first time, TV icon Norman Lear will make a special appearance at this year’s festival.

Renowned for his social commentary and sometimes controversial sitcoms, such as All in the Family, The Jefferson’s, Good Times, Maude and many more, Lear, along with being a four time Emmy Award winner was honored by President Bill Clinton with the National Medal of Arts. “Norman Lear has held up a mirror to American Society and changed the way we look at it� – stated President Bill Clinton.

Greg Louganis Among some of the other presenters is Grammy Award winning musician India.Arie and frequent guest on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday, four time Olympic Gold Medalist diver and motivational speaker Greg Louganis, bestselling author of Conscious Evolution, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Comedy’s Central and known for his Healing with Laughter seminars, Kyle Cease, former NFL linebacker turned Yogi, Keith Mitchell and many more brilliant visionaries, thinkers, spiritual leaders and business moguls.

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Barbara Marx Hubbard Countless businesses, restaurants, galleries and shops have come together to co-create and sponsor Sedona World Wisdom including the Sedona Chamber of Commerce, Goldenstein Art Gallery, L’Auberge Resort, Enchantment Resort, Chef Lisa Dahl, and others. There is such a huge array of presenters from all walks of life, the event has been coined as “TED Talks, Sedona style�, co-founder Jerry Gilden states.

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GMO-labeling movement needs YOU to stop Congress from passing the Deny Americans the Right to Know Act

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n effort is underway in Congress to preempt states who want to require foods to carry labels describing any genetically modified ingredients via legislation, but pro-GMO-labeling groups are attempting to rally the general public to oppose the measure.

“The GMO labeling movement won big in Vermont this year. And we may still win in Oregon, once all the votes are in,” says a press release and appeal for action from a pair of groups, Millions Against Monsanto and the Organic Consumers Association (OCA). “But those laws will be nullified, and we will lose the right to pass any future state or federal mandatory GMO labeling laws, if Congress passes H.R. 4432, a bill to preempt mandatory GMO labeling laws.”

The measure, known as the “Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act,” was introduced in April by Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kansas. You can petition your representative to reject the bill here.

“But there’s nothing safe or accurate about it,” the OCA says on its website. “H.R. 4432 would modify the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act to establish a voluntary federal labeling standard for genetically engineered foods.

It would specifically prohibit Congress or individual states from requiring mandatory labeling of GMO foods or ingredients.”

The bill was referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s subcommittee on health in April, according to Congress.gov. A summary of the legislation says it “amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish premarket notification requirements for a bioengineered organism intended for a food use or application,” and it “defines ‘bioengineered organism’ to mean a plant or any part of a plant which contains genetic material that has been modified through in vitro recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) techniques when such modification could not otherwise be obtained using conventional breeding techniques.”

But opponents of the measure are calling it DARK -- the “Deny Americans the Right to Know” Act.

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“At this very moment, Monsanto and Big Food are gunning to pass this law,” say the two organizations. “We need to stop this attack on the constitutional right of states to pass GMO labeling laws. That’s why we’re planning a massive protest and media event in Washington D.C. Can you help organize a bus from your area?”

Opposition groups say the House has

scheduled a hearing on December 10, and the OCA in particular says it is working with a number of state activists, including those in New York, Vermont, Maine, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maryland, to bus pro-GMO-labeling advocates to the nation’s capital on the hearing date.

An Energy and Commerce Committee announcement for the hearing can be found here.

“What will we do there? We will fill the hearing room and line the streets with consumers and citizens who will make it clear to Congress, the media and the Biotech Bullies and Junk Food Giants that we will not sit quietly by while Congress allows Monsanto to trample on our Democracy and poison our food without transparency or accountability,” say the two groups, in their press release.

Activists noted that effort to require labeling of GM ingredients in foods has “not come this far only to allow members of Congress, who have been paid off by Monsanto, to strip us of our constitutional rights.” Only mass protests by the American people will prevent that from happening, the groups said.

“People have a right to know what’s in their food”

Click here to sign an electronic petition voicing opposition to Pompeo’s legislation; http://tinyurl.com/darkact11 In the spring, Vermont became the first state in the country to pass a measure requiring GMO labeling of any food sold in the state.

“We are saying people have a right to know what’s in their food,” said Vermont Senate President Pro Tempore John Campbell, a Democrat following the 26-2 vote in favor of labeling.

Two other states in the Northeast -- Connecticut and Maine -- have already passed GMO-labeling measures but have delayed their implementation until other neighboring states join them, which is a strategy that they hope will protect them from lawsuits. In recent months, national corporations defeated GMO-labeling measures in California and Washington State.

Groups opposed to the GMO-labeling law, including the Grocery Manufacturers Association, have filed suit against the state -- which anticipated legal action, by the way -- to have the law overturned.

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SHUNGITE the Mineral Marvel

by Henry Pikoos This ancient stone of nearly 2 billion years of age is today being seen as the premier new age stone.

The best label that can be attached here is â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Miracle Stoneâ&#x20AC;?, the only source of this mineral is from the Russian part of Karelia. In 1879, it was described as a mineraloid with 98 percent carbon, different to the other carbon (diamond) as it has additional atoms in its make up.

This new age Shungite, the purifier has the ability to heal and

promote growth to all living organisms. It is the fulleronly known natural material that contains fuller enes, which are powerful antioxidants, placed in water it will infuse it with potent healing vibrations. This infusion is a simple process and materials are available at all times. It has proved to purify tap water (30 times more effectively than activated carbon purifiers) of almost all organic compounds, free radicals, heavy metals, insecticides, bacteria and harmful organisms.

This may have profound effects on cleaning the body and clearing the mind.

The energy embodied in this ancient stone is said to absorb and eliminate any-

thing that is harmful or a hazard to human life.

Shungite has amazing healing powers. Shungite is now receiving attention due to its great divine spirit. The author of the new book Shungite by

Regina Martino stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is not a passing fancy. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true that Shungite has come upon us with a force and speed of a lightning boltâ&#x20AC;?, but the history of its relation with mankind has endured for hundreds of years. To date, in the many facilities around the world doing research, the results are proving that this mineral may assist every person on earth to live a healthier life. It is also an excellent stone for magical and mystical works, used also to bring light into the auric energy field allowing positive energy to manifest. Infusing shungite into water and consuming this, may have profound effects in removing many forms of toxins from the body, the process is very simple and the materials are available at all times.

InterIn December 2013 a report in an Inter national Journal of Advanced Scientific and Technical research, stated that Shungite has the ability to screen off electromagnetic and radio radiations and is now being used in various branches of Science, Industry and technology, also opening the way to a variety of new nanotechnology materials.

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We spend our lives stuffing the brain with endless facts and images that program the brain just like any software. It happens our entire lives, from the day we are born until the day we die. We have short term memory that is like Random Access Memory (RAM), an important part of processing in a computer—and, the brain too. If you don’t clear your RAM cache regularly, your computer will indeed crash eventually. We put great emphasis on memorization, counting, and categorizing, but how about clearing our cache? It seems some are starting to crash considering the daily

headlines of the “new normal”.

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from the main frame of society— right? This feeling of inevitability is an integral part of the program we run on today—a virus that has attached to our supercomputer.

This virus is absolutely necessary to maintain the manifestation of the grid system we live in and support daily with our feelings, actions, and the words we give breath.

The understanding and discernment of the fact that we are not just observers, but creators, can affect everyone and everything. If our program didn’t tell us we had to abide by the history of the world, that people are greedy and violent—we might create a world where we use our supercomputer to build a new platform that works on an open source transparent model. Let’s call it Life 2.0.

We regularly run programs to calm our spirit and give us hope. These are the music, movies, and art of life.

It is time for more: Life 2.0 is a new improved operating system built with the latest features that take advantage of our awesome processor and wireless capabilities. Yes—we have a wireless modem too! In Life 2.0 we get out of the boxes we “live” in and enjoy the full range of wireless service available in a geodesic dome. If you feel like you are in a box and want out—join us.

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Heirloom Plants and Your Health

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o you remember the proverbial saying: “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch a fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.” Our goal is to help you learn what to grow and how to grow your heirloom plants so that you are self-reliant and empowered to be able to feed yourselves for a lifetime.

In last month’s issue, we discussed the power of giving as evidenced by the generosity of Mr. Ramirez who donates habanero peppers to his community and to Santa Cruz Heirloom Seed. Because of his charitable spirit, Mr. Ramirez is responsible for providing hundreds of seed swappers with good strong heirloom pepper seeds that can be used for generations to come.

In this segment we will discuss taking the seeds that you received from Allen’s November 22nd seed swap, which included the habaneros, and putting them to work in your winter garden.

Winter Planting in the Coastal Regions

If you live in California, the cool weather invites flower buds, leaves and roots in the vegetable garden. Many vegetables thrive during cooler temperatures and sometimes in light to heavy frost. Their seeds are designed to germinate well in cool soils, and most can do well with only 4-6 hours of sunlight.

Cool-season vegetables are relaxed about planting times because many of the leafy greens and root crops grow fast and can be planted in waves from now until the end of winter.

Loose soil is key so the veggies can form properly. It’s easier to harvest them after the soil is saturated with rain. If you are limited in garden space or if you have heavy soil, grow these in containers or raised beds.

Winter Crop Ideas

The Buds Broccoli and cauliflower are clusters of stubby flower buds and are amongst the largest cool-season vegetables with individual plants growing up to two feet tall and wide.

Their flowers bolt open too soon in warmer weather so winter planting is perfect for them.

The seeds can be started in flats or directly sown into the garden bed.

Two to three weeks after transplanting, top dress your plants with a compost

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tea or blood meal or fish emulsion and make sure it gets watered into the soil either through rain or by using a watering can. Repeat this practice monthly until a week before harvesting the flower. This encourages large and tender side shoots, which can be harvested until the arrival of hot weather or a heavy ground freeze.

Leafy Greens The leafy greens like lettuces and spinach are the easiest and most versatile winter edibles. Their frilly, ruffled and flat leaves appear in varying shades and they are fun to plant in contrasting rows.

From seed, the leafy greens take six weeks to harvest. From seedling or 4” pots it may only be a matter of a few weeks. And what’s great about them is that once they mature, the plants will continue to grow from their centers allowing for a much longer harvest. This is why it is best to cut salad leaves from the outside; it allows you time to enjoy the yield that much longer.

Roots First of all, it is best to grow all of your root crops from seed; there is no need to start them in flats or shallow containers. Direct sow is best; just be sure to prepare the soil a few inches deeper than the expected depth of the root plus its “tail.”

Beets, carrots and turnips all tend to mature relatively quickly below the ground. While you’re waiting for the vegetables to mature, feel free to snip some of the foliage to toss in salads or to use as garnish. A lot of people prefer the taste of beet greens to chard or spinach.

Radishes mature very quickly and most germinate in less than six days. They provide a nice crisp texture in a salad.

Where to Purchase Winter Garden Seeds: Allen Morgan: SantaCruzHeirloomSeed@outlook. com Seed Savers Exchange: www.SeedSavers.org/ Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds: www.

RareSeeds.com/store/vegetables/ Victory Seeds: www.VictorySeeds.com/

The In-Betweeners Some of the cool-season vegetables don’t fall into the categories of flower buds, leaves and roots. Bok choy and Swiss chard are examples of this. They provide leaves and stalks.

Bok choy, also known as Chinese cabbage, has bright white, tightly packed upright stalks that have white veined oval leaves. Swiss chard comes in a variety of vibrant colors from hot pink, orange and red, and has big crinkly leaves. Both are so good for your body.

Leeks are grown for their tall and succulent stems. They do best when planted in loose soil or when mulch is mounded around the stalks as they elongate, and soil additives help maintain their white color and keep them tender.

And let’s not forget that this is a great time to plant garlic and kale.

Garlic does best when planted in October and November, as it is still warm enough for the bulbs to establish good root systems before the winter sets in.

However, some folks plant right up until February and still have luck.

For our area, simply split up the garlic cloves and plant them in welldraining soil. They will be ready by June or July. Red Russian Kale is a hearty heirloom that can grow in 10 degrees below zero and 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade. It is a well-known Superfood and a favorite to many.

Feel free to start your habanero seeds now, too, and throughout the winter as well. They love the coastal weather because it reminds them of their humble beginnings in the Andes Mountains of Peru some 7,000 years ago.

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Ebola to Effect 10,000 a Week. Should you Worry?

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supply. Historically all major plagues and pandemics have followed conditions of malnourished populations who have a weakened immune system.

nutrients digestion, absorption, and assimilation. Over 70 million Americans suffer from digestive disease. This mostly has to do with our food supply, as well as the overuse of antibiotics Let me share a secret.

There are many cases in which and the bombardment of toxins in our a perfectly healthy individual is ex- air, water, food, body care, pharmaposed to Ebola, Bird Flu, Swine Flu, ceuticals and household products . To West Nile, or any other pandemic that be truly healthy and heal, we need a appears on the major news networks, radical shift in how we live and what without getting seriously ill, and we choose to use in our bodies and in sometimes without having any symp- our environment.

Most Americans are on a SAD toms whatsoever and without having a vaccine. Why did some people, sur- diet (Standard American Diet). Food rounded by plague victims, survive the takes an average of 1500 miles to arBlack Death that took 1/3 of Europe’s rive on the plate, and isn’t so fresh and It depends… on how population, and others did not? Well, nutritious anymore- not to mention healthy you are.

Actually, there is an even big- the ones that survived obviously were the creative methods used to preserve ger epidemic- one that kills more healthy individuals with a strong im- the food. Manufacturers take great people than Ebola right here in our mune system. So if they can survive a measures in food labs to create food that is totally addictive and cheap to deadly plague or virus, can’t we? country…

The problem is, most of us produce.

It is an epidemic sweeping our Compounds are created in food globe that is bigger than the sum of are unhealthy. Most pharmaceutical labs to create this addiction. This is acdrugs, antibiotics, food additives and the latest pandemics. In fact, it’s so huge and so common, that we don’t vaccines, unfortunately suppress the complished, in part, by food additives even notice it… and 80% of Americans immune system. To survive a viral and processing techniques that denaattack that is as rapidly mutating, ges- ture the food and devalue the nutrients.

Suffer from it. tating, and dangerous as Ebola, your MSG is a common food additive that is What is it?

It is simply an imbalance in immune system must be functioning present in over 70 ingredients that do our gut microbiome. When our gut at top notch performance, otherwise not have to be disclosed on a label such microflora is out of balance, it’s impos- you are totally vulnerable to Ebola or as “hydrolyzed yeast”, and “natural sible to be healthy and our immune any other pandemic infection. The flavors”. MSG and other contrived system suffers, making us vulnerable only people on the planet who have additives and chemicals often confuse to disease and illness. When we lack survived Ebola to date are those who and harm our bodies, yet they are the proper population of beneficial happened to have a strong enough im- totally addictive.

The over use of the “triple bacteria, bad microorganisms like mune system!

S”: refined salts, starches and sugars Why are we so unhealthy Candida, take over and wreak havoc on means filling our bellies with stuff our digestive, immune, neurological, and what is happening to that lacks nutrients and freshness, and and organ health. In poor and under- our immune systems? developed countries disease is often Our gut microbiome is in big adversely effects the health of our gut, associated with malnutrition, lack of trouble. 80% of our immunity resides organs, and metabolic systems causing hygiene, and contamination in water in the intestines- the source of our obesity and other disease. The Triple S complex makes food highly addictive, but it doesn’t end there. Then you have toxins, GMO’s, and … well, ok, you already know all this.

What you may not know is that the EPA recently went public with a list of toxins allowed in foods and every day products, that have not yet been tested for your safety, to number 80,000. Toxins adversely affect every Artisan tonics crafted with sustainably harvested metabolic system botanicals and pure spring water. in your body and if you have an unhealthy digestive Awe Inspiring and Refreshing! system, toxins can pass straight into your blood stream.

Fast Acting Remedies for Life's Hangovers! any of us are wondering how to stay safe from the threat of Ebola that is sweeping the globe. Whether it’s Swine Flu, Bird Flu, West Nile Virus, or whatever pandemic is headlining the news channels, there is a way to protect yourself… and achieve better health and well being in the process!

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actually filter out harmful toxins, maintain healthy nutrient absorption an assimilation and boost your immune health. Numerous studies show that consuming foods and beverages rich in probiotics, as well as probiotic supplements can provide your body with vital protection against chronic disease, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer, and many others. This is because probiotics contain signaling mechanisms that boost immune cells, diminish inflammatory response, eradicate carcinogens, and much, much more.

In your body, resides between 100-300 trillion bacterial cells. About 10% of your bacterial cells contain human DNA, the rest are foreign. Wow! Talk about responsibility… you have to keep trillions of these microbes healthy because, well, because they are a huge part of what makes you, you!

Being healthy and free of disease is actually quite a simple formula.

1. Eat pure, wholesome foods, containing minimal starch and sugars, free of toxins and additives… and as unadulterated, unprocessed and unpackaged as possible. Eat superfoods and foods that are picked local and fresh, for high nutrient content.

Include fresh, raw, probiotic-rich and enzymatically active foods like fermented veggies and Beet Kvass in every meal.

2. Chew well, and stop eating before you get full. This way, you stay lean and light and energized, and your gut always has a chance to rest and digest.

3. Strive for 80% of your meal consisting in veggies. Again, little or no processed foods, and reduce if not eliminate starch and sugars.

4. Get support. It’s slavery alone, but it’s fun with a friend. So get creative and share your creations!

Here are the best ways to get the support you need to make the transition to an immune-healthy lifestyle: 1. Take a class. There is still room to join my next class, “Sauerkraut as Art and Medicine”, part of the next Healing Art of Fermentation class series.

No virus to date has demonstrated resistance against a large enough dose of vitamin C. Sauerkraut contains 70% more vitamin C than unfermented cabbage. Fermented foods like sauerkraut are rich in vitamin C and all sorts of organic acids, live probiotics, and beneficial compounds that help to build healthy immunity. With the addition of medicinal mushrooms, sea vegetables, and medicinal roots, you are looking at a nutraceutical powerhouse in one tablespoon! To register go to: www.creativeculturesdrinks. com and click on the orange button at to bottom of our homepage.

2. Join a group cleanse.

Clear out your toxins to boost your immune heath and re-set your cravings.

My favorite practitioners who lead

group and individual cleanses, here in Santa Cruz, are Ayurvedic chef, Talya Lutzker of Talya’s Kitchen, and clinical nutritionist, Craig Lane of Health Alkemy.

3. Start a practice that nourishes you spiritually, physically, and emotionally. It’s amazing when you start a disciple such as yoga or tai chi, because it makes your mind, body and spirit feel so good. After yoga, all I want is something totally healthy.

My body feels so rejuvenated and inbalance, that all I want is for that good feeling to last. After Yoga, I’m not attracted to the foods that will interfere with my health. Imagine yourself actually craving that good feeling inside your belly, and the good foods and nourishing liquids that promote a feeling of balance, harmony, and wellbeing. This is what you should set your intention towards and this is what you should strive for… as opposed to that addictive sensation that only satisfies the tongue.

I cannot overemphasize the importance incorporating live, fermented foods into your daily routine. Not all of us have time to ferment everything on our own, and it can be a challenge to learn a new skill. However, there are so many resources available to help you, so why not take advantage of it and maybe do one project every weekend? If you don’t have time, there are many artisan fermented products that are now made commercially available. Creative Cultures Beet Kvass and Pollen Up are two easy ways to incorporate live fermented liquids into your daily routine. Farmhouse Culture makes amazing live sauerkraut right here in Santa Cruz and distributes it across the nation. Rejuvenate Foods is another great, local company fermenting magic in a jar.

I personally ferment whenever I can and supplement with these artisan products regularly as well. I only result to probiotic supplementation if there is something very serious that I have been exposed to or I haven’t taken care of myself properly. Of course these microbes will survive and thrive if you make a nice clean home for them in your gut and take good care of your body. Don’t have time?

Try giving more attention to your body than your car. Your body is the most important vehicle because it is the one that has to last you for your whole life on earth. You will have many cars or bikes, but only one body. So good fuel and the right kind of oil in your car, and good fuel and the right kind of oil in your body. And remember, the more probiotics the merrier, and the stronger your immunity and resistance to disease.

Kelly Dearie’s products are available at: New Leaf, Staff of Life, Food Bin, Aptos Natural Foods, and Whole Foods Market. www.CreativeCulturesDrinks. com

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Bye-Bye OBaMaCare; HellO, HealTH Care SHaring EDITOR’S NOTE:

We are sharing this idea; this model with you because if it resonates with you, the work has been done for you. It is a model that involves going to church, however, there are ways one could do that. Personally, I am spiritual and not affiliated with a religion. And, I can see how I could participate with one of the multi-denominational churches in town. Just ideas and to see the process to get it in order. Pattie

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by Louise Kuo Habakus ince leaving our corporate jobs, my husband and I have spent an obscene amount of money on health insurance that never covers… anything. On the rare occasion that I go in-network, the appointment is usually a dud… punctuated by the scripts I won’t fill, the treatments I decline, and the follow-up appointments I won’t make.

So when I took a look at what the Affordable Care Act says my family must now pay, I knew we were done. I had reached the point beyond which I will not be pushed.

When it comes to health insurance, the Habakus family is sending a pink slip to government and industry. I’ve found a solution for my family that’s also a tangible rejection of the current system.

Obamacare doesn’t work for everyone.

If you have individual coverage, if you had a plan that was canceled thanks to Obamacare, if you’re young, and if you’re ineligible for subsidies, then you’re probably paying a lot more.

To make matters worse, your doctor might be among the over 214,000 providers exiting the Obamacare exchanges — about 25% of all professionally active physicians.

I’ve kept our insurance this long because, well, you know… someone might need a limb reattached. But I haven’t been applying critical thinking to this decision.

Until now.

The prospect of paying twice as much for less of what I want finally got my attention — along with the knowledge that the pharmagovernment-insurance complex will deliver more changes that I won’t like.

But there’s a lot more at stake than money.

With traditional health insurance, I wonder about entering into a situation I may really regret.

Once you choose one of their “can’t-go-out-ofnetwork” doctors and walk through those hospital doors with your child…

YOU’RE ON THEIR TURF And make no mistake — you are no longer in charge. It’s not always possible to say: “No, thanks.” The institutional response to disagreement about health care treatment has become increasingly draconian.

Imagine, God forbid, your child is very sick and the hospital is insisting on “lifesaving,” standard of care medical interventions that you are unwilling to pursue. The only person standing between you and a total nightmare is your physician. Now let’s assume you chose the doctor because she takes your insurance. Will you be surprised to learn that she’s not on your side?

If the hospital won’t discharge your child, you can’t leave. It happens all the time. It happened to me. Once Child Protective Services is called, you’re in big trouble. Legal medical kidnapping is a growing problem. (Tune into Fearless Parent Radio™ on December 17).

WHY I’M KICKING MY INSURANCE TO THE CURB I will no longer participate in a system that incentivizes me to use health care I do not want.

I will no longer subsidize health care that conflicts so fundamentally with my values and beliefs.

I will no longer support a hidebound industry with zero innovation, bad customer service,

and obscenely high executive compensation.

I no longer feel safe with traditional health insurance coverage. The dynamic has become adversarial. I want more control.

I refuse to pay one more dime into a dysfunctional, overpriced, abusive, unethical, damaging, and totally broken system for insurance coverage that I stand on my head to avoid at all costs.

Big words but now what?

Ways to opt out of Obamacare If you procrastinated like I did, then you’re probably scrambling to figure out your options.

There are different ways to scrap Obamacare.

It’s completely legit but you have to do your homework. I learned that: You have to pay a penalty unless you’re exempt.

Alternative plans include critical illness insurance, supplemental accident and sickness coverage, and fixed benefit plans.

There are strategies for self-pay patients to lower their bills.

Health care sharing ministries are growing rapidly.

Huh? What’s a health care sharing ministry?

It is a cost sharing arrangement for medical expenses among people who hold similar religious beliefs. It is not insurance; no one assumes responsibility for your medical bills. It is exempt from Obamacare.

There are four “grandfathered” options. Three are open to practicing Christians and one is for people committed to religious liberty. (Read the comments below for an option that has same sex couples and has members of all faiths, including Jews, Muslims, and Mormons.)

THEY SHARE SOME SIMILARITIES Individuals and families pay a monthly share.

Payments are made to members with approved medical bills.

Members adhere to certain lifestyle guidelines, including abstention from tobacco and illegal drugs, and sign a statement of faith or belief.

Certain expenses may be excluded (i.e., those associated with pre-existing conditions, preventive care, vaccinations, dental, vision, birth control, abortions, STDs, and infertility).

THERE ARE ALSO IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES Monthly share amount Extent of financial risk and maximum amount shared per medical need Central payment or direct sharing to members Use of in-network providers Sharing for alternative treatments Incentive discounts for achieving specific health goals Why we chose Samaritan Ministries Samaritan Ministries International is an Illinois-based not-for-profit corporation that started sharing medical needs in 1994. As of November 2014, there are 39,000 participating households with 129,500 members (up 62% in the past year).

We chose Samaritan for several reasons: First, it’s well run. Here’s their 2012 Form 990. We spoke with current members who rave about it. I couldn’t find any online complaints.

When I asked our agent for dirt on Samaritan, he mustered a feeble defense for insurance. He admitted that he’s losing customers to it: “It really works.” I love that Samaritan contracts with The Karis Group to negotiate discounts — typically 40-45% — on our behalf.

Second, it works for my family. We agree with Samaritan’s philosophy of health care and

its member requirements, including regular church attendance.

Third, Samaritan’s guidelines offer more control over our health care choices. Its rules are the simplest. Members select their own doctors and hospitals, and can travel out of state for procedures. It includes visits to licensed alternative practitioners, including naturopaths. Alternative treatments and “prescriptions” are subject to an additional approval process except for cancer treatment which can be 100% alternative up to the $250,000 maximum. Samaritan is evaluating the equivalency of alternative medicine in more areas.

Finally, instead of paying Blue Cross, I’d rather be part of a community that sends checks to real people to help lift financial burdens during their time of medical need.

Samaritan is definitely not for everyone, however. Read its FAQs and Guidelines, or call (888) 268-4377 #2. Here’s what I wanted to know.

HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? The monthly share is: $405 for 3+ person families $360 for 2 person families $250 for widowed or divorced parents with children $180 for singles.

Young adults aged 25 and under pay less. There is a one-time $200 membership fee.

HOW DOES IT WORK? Members identify themselves as self-pay patients when they go to the doctor or hospital.

Most providers are cash-friendly and many like avoiding insurance hassles. Sometimes cash-pay prices are lower than insurance rates.

Members are eligible to receive up to $250,000 in medical bills per qualifying event, after paying the first $300. Discounts are applied to the $300 first. Members are not terminated for having too many medical events.

When members submit medical bills, they are added to the prayer list so everyone can begin praying. After verification, Samaritan publishes qualifying needs in the monthly newsletter and then they are assigned. Each member is asked to send the full amount of his monthly share amount to a single member with an approved need, along with notes of encouragement.

WHAT ARE THE TAX CONSEQUENCES? Checks from members are considered gifts, but Samaritan ensures that amounts do not exceed the IRS annual gift exclusion (currently $14,000).

Missouri amended its income tax code to allow a full personal deduction of health care sharing ministry expenses. The deductibility in other states is unclear and not recommended.

This is a useful article from the Journal of Accountancy about the tax implications of religious exemptions from the health care individual mandate. Applicants should discuss concerns with their tax advisors.

FOR NEEDS ABOVE $250,000 THERE’S “SAVE TO SHARE” The optional “Save to Share” program addresses catastrophic medical expenses. Beyond the main points listed above, this is what clinched it for my husband.

Up to one-half of available “Save to Share” funds — currently about $5.5 million — can be shared for any single qualifying need above $250,000.

Participants pay a $15 annual administrative fee and set aside an annual amount based on household size: $399 for 2 parent families

$266 for single parent families or couples $133 for individuals No payment is made unless there is a qualifying need. The largest need during Samaritan’s 20-year history was $1.5 million; it was reduced to $750,000 through negotiations. No one in “Save to Share” has ever been cut off due to insufficient funds.

AND PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, LIKE AUTISM? Samaritan will publish medically-necessary treatment for qualifying injury or disease ordered by a licensed practitioner. If any member, including a child with autism, has an eligible medical need, such as a concussion following an accident, the expense can be shared in the same way that the ER visit of a hemophiliac would be shared after sustaining a cut. The cause of the ER visit is the cut not the hemophilia. Ditto for a broken bone due to a fall for someone with osteoporosis.

Autism as defined in the DSM isn’t treatable but medical conditions in autism are. So there’s no sharing for ABA, social skills, or communication deficits, but yes to colitis or Lyme disease.

Detox and supplements must directly relate to the eligible medical or injury diagnosis and prescribed by the provider. Hyperbaric, physical, occupational, speech, vision, and analogous therapies related to injury or disease are publishable.

A condition is no longer pre-existing when a member has been symptom-and med-free for 12 months. There are three exceptions to this rule: Heart disease is 5 years.

Cancer is 5 years, for particular type of cancer.

Type 1 diabetes is always pre-existing.

[Ed.: Samaritan recently modified its rules.

It was formerly 7 years for cancer and heart disease used to be a permanent pre-existing condition.]

Samaritan will sometimes ask a provider to complete a verification form regarding a member’s pre-existing condition.

WHAT IF… If you’re not in “Save to Share” and your medical expenses exceed $250,000, or if you have a pre-existing condition, the Special Prayer Needs ministry may be able to help. Members share on a free will offering basis. Recent medical bills for a little boy with cancer totaled $300,000; members voluntarily contributed the balance. This is based upon the extra generosity of members and cannot be relied upon.

If someone on your list stops sharing, his amount will be reassigned the following month.

If there are more medical needs than shares, Samaritan will use a prorating method. For example, if there’s enough for 90% of publishable needs in a given month, then 90% of each need will be published for that month. If prorating occurs three months in a row, Samaritan’s Board will propose a share increase.

HOW TO APPLY Applicants can begin membership the day they sign up online. The first month’s share is paid by credit card and the completed application, including the pastor’s signature, is due within 10 days. Medical needs cannot be published until the form is submitted.

Every purchase decision is a powerful act of advocacy. We can send a strong message with our checkbooks. If you decide to join a health care ministry, I’d love to hear the news. And if you choose Samaritan, let them know that Fearless Parent™ (Louise #64821) sent you.

Louise and her family are the newest members of Samaritan Ministries International. This is the first time in her life that she has not had health insurance coverage and it feels great. http://tinyurl.com/p3tmyrr Printed with permission.

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Ayurveda focuses on attuning people with their unique make up along with the natural rhythms of nature around them to maintain health. It is time tested, all encompassing, empowering and intuitive in simplifying health, balance and clarity.

The three goals of Ayurveda are to preserve the health of a healthy person, to prevent disease, and to promote longevity by improving the quality of life in mind, body, and spirit.

The definition of health is more than just the absence of disease. Prevention and wellness has increasingly been practiced in recent years in response to ever increasing incidence of chronic diseases. Sushruta, one of the great scholars of Ayurveda, defined health as, “Health is the state of equilibrium of doshas (biological humor), agnis (transformative physiological system functions), dhatus (tissues and organs), and malas (metabolic by-products), along with sensorial, mental, and spiritual well being” (Susruta Samhita 15:38).

Why Ayurveda?

As a society, we have become increasingly disconnected from our True Self. We are rapidly moving away from our essence, which is “mother nature.” Our senses are heavily influenced by constant stimulation from computers, cell phones, video games, television, radio and other electronic devices. Besides these stimuli, the pace at which we live is very demanding on the nervous system and leaves us with no time to relax or eat food properly. Poor nutrition, this hectic lifestyle and the departure from our natural rhythms have overwhelmed our coping mechanisms.

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treating the disease and not enough on prevention, while Ayurveda goes to the heart of the problem treating the cause in order to remove or prevent the disease. When dealing with an illness or an imbalance, treating the symptoms and physical body alone will not cure the problem. The heart of the problem goes beyond the symptoms or results seen in a scientific lab test. Ayurveda effectively treats chronic conditions by removing the cause, which is often related to the habitual patterns of our diet and lifestyle.

This approach offers a solution to the crisis of unaffordable and unsustainable healthcare costs and unmanageable chronic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes. Ayurveda looks to get to the root of a disease. It focuses on not simply masking or temporarily relieving symptoms, but getting to the origin of the cause and really healing people. This difference between Allopathic and Ayurvedic medicine is what makes Ayurveda stand out as a healing system. Although western medicine has a time and place and can be wonderful in saving lives in times of acute ailments, Ayurveda looks at the person as a whole and strives to heal conditions that are often times labeled as “chronic” by western medicine.

The goal of Ayurveda is to get you in back in tune with the essence of “who you are” to bring out your souls purpose. Breathe deep and ground down. Wishing you a smooth transition filled with health and vibrancy. The spectrum of people that can be helped with Ayurveda is truly limitless. Whether you are suffering from a long lasting “disease”, minor ailments, or are just curious about furthering your health, Ayurveda can help you.

Manish Chandra is a local Ayurvedic Practitioner and Founder of Santa Cruz Ayurveda. He has a Masters degree in Ayurvedic Medicine from Mount Madonna Institute, College of Ayurveda. He has been practicing Ayurveda in Santa Cruz for the past 4 years. For more information please visit www.SantaCruzAyurveda. com or call (831) 295-6279 or stop by at their office in downtown Santa Cruz at 827 Cedar St.

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to believe that rapidly lowering the total amount of bacteria in the head can have a signiÀcant effect on our health. Quickly.

The previous hypothetical link came to me when a physician called to acknowledge that her patient was now responding to her therapy folJeff Green 1946-2014 lowing a similar protocol. Prior to thoroughly cleaning her mouth and time to speak to me within your very eliminating two cavities, this patient busy life, we are using your suggeshad been non-responsive to all of the tions, respectfully offering the long physician’s efforts to stimulate her known facts, humanitarian, ethical and immune system and heal. She was scientific information on fluoridation now to pretty see thesmiles patient’s progyearsthrilled creating with our including the many hidden chemicals ress and called to understand why this Á ippers, and truly do work with an artin the toxic chemical cocktail includwas happening.

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With this awareness came from Iformer President of the Interbelieve that a well-designed other implications, however. national Academy of provide Oral Medicine esthetic should patients TheÁipper common denominator?

A and Toxicology, Dr. David Kennedy: with a conÀdent smile after surgery systematic approach to the achieving was my good first is healthy complete, and that’s what We we cona“Jeff mouth onfriend. multiple levmet in 1976 and we renewed our sistently provide.

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He has worked its inÁuence in a unique way. The following surgery is a significant tirelessly on this issue ever since.

He stressors?

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His wisdom and keen insight sists awhile longer.

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tongue space, but Our thinning weakens immune systems. symptoms we the plate, and minimized. experience andshould report be to health care Since the Áipper may be necessary practitioners are the logical result of for an indeterminate amount time, this oral pollution. Unless theofunderhis country.” it is best to take good care of it.

My lying dental issues are strategically, I, too, will miss being with recommendation is that patients put up safely, and effectively reduced or Jeff Green, waiting to hear what sage with the for then a week better yet,thickness eliminated, the before mediwisdom would surely emanate from cal treatment regime we engaged thinning the support, andare then only if his lips the next time he did battle with in will be little more than slightly intolerable.

Keeping Á ippers wet and the forces of evil regarding the poisoneffective symptom management.

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Nonetheless, when about 45 permanent activists from all vide a more restorthe few dentists that do treat overative California and various parts optionmouth can begin.

It takes the whole systemically of the country appeared before the that long before soft tissue oftentimes see healing of and apBerkeley City Council appealing parently unrelated symptoms. bone mature enough before it for the passage of a much wateredare or many for isThere possible wisereasons to resume down resolution banning the use of this, including the can, somewhat treatment.

Flippers by mercury within the city limitsthe of obvious economic reasons, way, last for a longuptime, given Berkeley.

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Plus, I have had minute to the City Council that one can only acquire after years who wore nothing buta waspatients direct and incisive, providing of dedicated post-graduate work. unique perspective on the of Áippers for decades as effects it Àt best Detoxifying an entire mouth chronic mercury contamination in into their lifestyle, budget, and and rebuilding it better are techthe health watershed and its subsequent efconcerns. niques that are not taught in dental fects on whole populations masked The pink material in most schools, necessitating specialized medically by other diagnoses. removable appliancesand is acrylic training, instrumentation, travel.

Like Dr. Stan Monteith, Jeff colored the of heavy It has and takenisme over 15by years soul Green leaves behind many newly metal, cadmium. free searching and analysis,Cadmium coupled with educated people now battle acrylics arewho available, and our revelations from mymust patients over in histime stead, defending the water we are that to become choice of frame materials for our comfortpatients. all dependent uponthat for life.

Aspatients I write able knowing when Teethwith are acrylic and porcelain, though this, guaranteed, political agendas unify theirteeth dentistry, health ts porcelain are a bit morebeneÀ costly. are underway rightthose now to more will occur.

What beneÀ ts fully will Setting and adjusting porcelain teeth is controlcally the flow and quality of in speciÀ be depends onconsuming, thewater issues more challenging and time California.

Political bodies love other crisis the patient possesses along with little esthetic gain, so Iwith generally intervention; policy changes flow more factors, the willingness to stay withincluding teeth.

Besides,begs the quickly, asthe inacrylic war when necessity make lifestyle changes, if they have acrylic teeth bond to the plate, whereas compromise. not also been examined and instituted the porcelain ones must be mechaniAs already. California politics often cally retained.

In a situation where I predict and preclude Don’t you thinktheit political is time and we need thin the themade tooth regarding for policytochanges any reconnected mouth for clearance dentistry topic of noteteeth, throughout nation by opposing porcelainthe teeth can and medicine?

I welcome patients we must all be clear that control of our fracture.

Stick with the acrylic teeth. who are willing to invest in their water supply must guarantee a safe and I hope that by knowing more health and educate themselves when it healthy supply.

Stay aware regarding about Áto ippers, the journey excomes understanding thebeyond particular water issues; they are never going traction becomes less threatening, lessI stressors in their mouths.

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by Sylvia Skefich, D.C. o receive craniosacral therapy is an “experience.”

People often walk out of the treatment room with a blissed-out expression, and a temporary disassociation with the time-space continuum. My desk people are actually trained to gently guide the clients in regard to payment, and rescheduling (if they desire to do so), because people can be “spacey” after a cranio-sacral treatment. But there is a deeper reason people come for the treatments that goes well beyond the uniquely relaxing and rejuvenating experience that a cranio-sacral treatment is.

For example, people come for arthritis relief. Yes, when more space is created in compacted and irritated joints a decrease in pain is not only possible, it is common. Hip arthritis, toe arthritis, neck and low back arthritis conditions can all benefit. The return of some space in the joints not only takes the pressure off of the irritated tissues, but allows the restoration of micro circulation that nourishes and cleanses the area.

People also may benefit with their sleep.

Many people report having a profound and deep sleep the night after their treatment. The restorative effect of cranio-sacral on the nervous system can have longer lasting benefits to one’s sleep experience as well.

People also come in for sinus issues. Per-

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thousand pores with several thousandnerve endings, which attach themselves to points associated with organs, bones, muscles, and skin, all which carry subtle energy flows that carry our life force. These pores run long and deep connecting to our sinuses, skeleton, lymph nodes, eyes, and other parts of our body.

The pores also connect to the cerumen gland, which produces earwax 24 hours a day in an effort to maintain balance between the outer, middle and inner ear. When there is an overabundance of earwax, the wax puts pressure on the nerve endings. The nerve endings then put pressure on the body systems and deter it from potentially producing the essential nutrients necessary for our Immune System to function optimally.

Ear Candling may alleviate conditions ranging from tinnitus to allergies, and ear-related symptoms that cause discomfort in the head, neck and shoulder regions. In addition, Ear Candling may also detoxify the lymphatic system and thus clears the sinuses of congestion and discomfort associated with eye, ear, nose, and throat ailments. It may improve the clarity of hearing, sight, smell, touch, and taste. In addition, I have received many testimonials from people experiencing better elimination, and improved sleep patterns.

With these benefits, the Immune System is enhanced to keep our body strong during this time of year.

Even more importantly, Ear Candling stimulates the relaxation response, leading to a sense of well-being. Along with proper hydration, rest, exercise, food choices, and organic whole food supplement nutrition, this procedure can contribute to the natural state of wellness the body is always seeking.

For more information, visit www.radiantwellness.com or contact Charlotte Carreira at wellnesscoaches@sbcglobal.net or (831) 6881858. Charlotte Carreira is a wellness coach and has incorporated Ear Candling in her practice for 20 years to provide for Whole Body Healing.

can then become a new patient at Dr. Skefich’s practice. (831) 246-2514. 920 41st Ave., Suite G, Santa Cruz, CA 95062. “Like” Dr. Skefich on Facebook for occasional helpful healthcare tips.

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by Charlotte Carreira, BS, MBA he season has changed with shorter daylight hours and the holidays are upon us —a formula that usually includes too much and/ or improper food combining, travel, gatherings and stress. It is no wonder that so many begin to feel some type of “illness” either during this time of year or immediately after the New Year.

The need for Winter Wellness is heightened.

No one likes to be sick. Illness is a sign that something is out of balance and the immune system is stressed and not working as efficiently as it should.

The ancient practice of Ear Candling has been known to help stimulate the Immune System which then helps the whole body towards healing. Basically, your body works similar to a machine, containing systems that perform tasks within the body and encompass different organs. If one system is not running properly or is experiencing more stress than usual, over time, your whole body will be affected. The systems include: Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Digestive and Elimination, Endocrine, Nervous System, Skeletal, Muscular and Immune.

The job of the Immune System is to protect against disease or potentially damaging foreign bodies. When functioning properly, the Immune System identifies a variety of threats, including viruses, bacteria and parasites, and distinguishes them from the body’s own healthy tissue and then provides nutrients to eliminate those threats. When the body is fighting infection, the Lymphatic System and other organs within the Immune System can become congested and blocked which slows the drainage and nutrient delivery down.

So how does Ear Candling work to stimulate the Immune System?

Ear Candling is a noninvasive modality practiced in a variety of cultures to assist in the body’s own ability to drain, eliminate toxins and to enhance its own energy flow, specifically within the Lymphatic System.

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sonally, my first “chiropractic” experience was for the relief of a chronic sinus infection. I was referred to a “cranio-sacral chiropractor,” and three days after my first session, my six month sinus infection was gone. The friend who had referred me told me that she goes to the craniosacral chiropractor for everything, from stomach aches, to tooth aches, to colds and flus. I thought it was “hogwash” until I was desperate enough to try it for myself. And I’m glad I did. Now I am a cranio-sacral chiropractor myself. I am honored to provide a simple and natural alternative to both the suffering of doing nothing, and to the complications and expense of other techniques (such as surgery, injections, or medications).

Basically, if you are willing to seek help for any problem, you might consider the benefits of cranio-sacral technique. Rotator cuff injuries, wrist pain, headaches, digestive issues, spine and trunk pain, ankle and knee pain…all joints, muscles, and tissues can find their rightful positions, and their proper alignment relationships to neighboring structures with the use of craniosacral technique. The work minimizes friction, allows nerves to calm down, and promotes toxins to circulate out, while fresh lymph and blood circulates in to promote relief and real healing.

Sylvia Skefich is a Doctor of Chiropractic. Her practice is temporarily closed to new patients (unless referred by a practitioner), so that she can properly manage her current full

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Recipe: Vegan Pumpkin Pie with Sprouted Whole Wheat Crust

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by Sondra Houghton he Holidays are not complete without pumpkin pie. That has always been my favorite part of a Holiday Feast. We tend to make a lot of pumpkin pies over the holidays so we don’t have to limit our relishing just to the Holidays.

This pie is so simple and quick to make, and with all the excitement of friends and family over, who wants to be laboring in the kitchen all day? It’s creamy, delicious, and the perfect blend of pumpkin and spices makes it hard not to have more than one piece, even when stuffed from a big feast!

From all of us at One Degree Organics, wishing you very happy, healthy Holidays and New Year!

Editor’s Note: We encourage using all or ‘as much as possible’, organic/non-GMO ingredients.

And, little or no use of canned foods as the BPA and the Hexane found in the lining of the cans is very unhealthy and also contain Estrogen!).

Vegan Pumpkin Pie With Sprouted Whole Wheat Crust Pie Crust: 2 cups One Degree Organics Sprouted Whole Wheat or Sprouted Spelt Flour 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup oil 1/2 cup cold water Filling: 2 15-oz. cans organic pumpkin puree 3/4 cup maple syrup 1/3 cup vegan milk (coconut, almond or hemp) 1 tablespoon coconut oil 2 1/2 tablespoons arrowroot powder (not cornstarch as there may be GMO corn in it.)

1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ginger 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg 1/8 teaspoon cloves Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease

a pie pan, set aside.

Crust: To make the crust, whisk together the sprouted flour and salt. Add the oil and water and mix using your hands or a spatula. Be careful not to over-mix which will make the dough stiff.

Use a rolling pin to gently roll out the pie crust onto parchment or wax paper.

To transfer the crust to the pie pan, gently flip the parchment or wax paper over on top of the pie pan and slowly pull away the parchment while forming the crust into the pie pan. Trim the edges of the pie crust off and create desired edge design.

Note: Any leftover pie crust makes great crackers. Just form into a ball and roll out again on a baking sheet, slice into desired shapes and bake for approx. 7-10 minutes. For a little treat, sprinkle with cinnamon and coconut sugar once the pie crust is rolled out, before slicing into crackers.

Filling: To make the filling, combine all ingredients in a food processor and process until smooth and creamy, scraping down the sides as needed. Taste and adjust seasonings if needed.

Pour the filling into the prepared crust, bake for 45-55 minutes, until the crust is golden and the filling is set and a few cracks have formed on top.

Remove from oven and let cool completely before slicing.

Top with some coconut whipped cream and the perfect Holiday Dessert is achieved! Enjoy! http://www.onedegreeorganics.com/ Printed with permission.

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Bringing Consciousness into your Kitchen!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from AVALON VISIONS!

Editor’s NOTE: I have chosen to feature Gwen Thomas’ AVALON VISIONS in our Wonderful Women’s Column as Gwen is truly a ‘wonderful woman’ and she has offered us all great gifts, Intuitive Readings, etc. for years. A person of the highest Integrity, we encourage you to shop for your Holiday Gifts including Intuitive Readings at this fine store. —Pattie

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want to begin by thanking all of our customers and friends that have been with us over the years. You are all great. Lots of new things have begun here at Avalon Visions. If you haven’t been in for a while, it’s time to check us out.

And, there’s no time like the present. You may not know that during the holiday season until December 26, Capitola Village offers 3 free hours of parking. You don’t have to do anything except park your car and enjoy yourself for 3 hours.

So, while you are out and about in the Village enjoying that free parking, stop in and visit us here at Avalon Visions. Truly unique and locally made items are now again available. We have added local art, hand dyed scarves, locally made jewelry, locally made essential oil sprays, and many, many other items, most of which are very affordable and would make wonderful holiday gifts.

We always offer 10% off on sterling silver chains when you buy a pendant, but for the rest of December you will get 15% off.

Thanks to all of you, we pulled off the seemingly impossible. As other bookshops folded, we managed to expand. Little by little we are adding in products that you just can’t find elsewhere.

This year we have added in new clothing lines.

Mention our newsletter or our Facebook page and enjoy our special Dress-Down Friday discounts of 10%-15% off on all clothing now through the end of the year. We know we can’t meet all your needs without knowing what they are, so we are expanding on our special orders. Just let us know if you can’t find something in particular.

We’ll do our best to locate and order it for you.

If we simply can’t find something, we’ll try to find something even better. Because Capitola seems to become a ghost town every time it gets overcast and rains, beginning in January through March, we will be introducing Brave the rainy day aura photo discounts. If it’s a rainy day and you are brave enough to venture into our little ghost town, Avalon Visions will reward your courage by offering Aura and Chakra reports for $30 instead of $35.

If you haven’t been in recently, then you may not realize that this past year we’ve had a wee bit of construction while creating our new addition.

Where there used to be a cigar store, you can now find an exciting mix of healers, readers, and of course, our aura camera.

Our great group of readers include: Monique McDonnell, Michelle Bradshaw, Valerie O’Kelly, Sharon Dunn, Gwen Thomas, and Chere Miller.

Our list of healers now includes Richard Newton, Rebecca Madsen, Sandy Hagar, and Ona Tigue . Please check our website for their schedules. The rates for both the readers and the healers are $30 for 15 minutes. The aura reports are still $35. Currently, no appointment is necessary.

In the evenings, this new space is where we host our meetings and classes. Again, please check our website for the schedule of events. If you have any questions, feel free to give us a call at (831) 464-7245.

We have several events in December. On Friday, December 12, radical astrologist, Hale Mednick, will again give his fascinating presentation on the art of sign shifting.

Beginning December 18, through May 21, Chere Miller will begin teaching a Monthly Tarot Class every third Thursday of the month.

Thanks to Dr. Alan Saxon, we’ve added a special documentary movie night on the last Monday of every month. Please check our website calendar for details or follow us on Facebook for current events and other postings.

THE PRACTICE OF TAROT: Beginning in December Have you always wanted to learn to give a Tarot reading? Come to this fun class at Avalon Visions at 208 Monterey Avenue, Capitola Village starting Thursday December 18th from 7-9pm.

Chere Miller has been doing readings since she was 15 and has studied with Amber Jayanti as well as other local readers and authors. You will need a Rider Waite deck which can be purchased at the store. We will meet once a month for six months December 18, 2014 to May 21, 2015.

You can sign up for the whole series or drop in for individual classes. The cost is $25 per class or $20.00 per class if paid in advance.

If you have questions please call Chere at (831) 325-8129. Looking forward to meeting you!

RADICAL ASTROLOGY and THE ART of SIGN SHIFTING Have you ever wanted to be a different sun or moon sign for a day? In this event, Hale Mednik will teach his unique skill of sign shifting, or changing your astrology sign at will. It will also be a lively discussion on the roots of the zodiac and proving astrology is real, as discussed in Hale’s new book, Radical Astrology and the art of Sign Shifting. Hale Mednik is also the author of the acclaimed epic novel, The Twelve Tribes.

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raising his arms and screaming.

He chews on everything including wood and walls.

He is still not potty trained and is now 5 years old.

He went through a stage where he would smear his feces all over himself and the walls.

He is relearning to eat with utensils.

He is constantly plugging his ears.

He had horrific tantrums for 2 years, but now instead of tantrum meltdowns, when his surroundings are too loud, he goes into a laughing state in which he drops onto the ground and laughs uncontrollably.

He hums when he is eating.

He has an extremely high level of pain tolerance.

50 percent of the time, he walks on his tippy toes.

He is constantly jumping or moving very quickly.

He can walk through the house repeatedly without looking while touching the same objects.

He breaks and eats his toys instead of playing with them.

He flips all his toys and furniture upside down (we had to move all the furniture out of his bedroom except his bed).

He always wants to eat and can eat as much as my husband.

He has no sense of fear or what is dangerous.

He will take off running without looking at any moment.”

All of these symptoms hit Landen at 18 months of age after receiving the MMR, Varicella, and flu shots. He had received a total of 32 shots before he was diagnosed with autism by age three, and that was when Natalie finally figured out that the vaccines were the source of her children’s ill health.

What Did This Brave Mother Do Next?

Natalie was never told a thing about vaccines except that they protect against diseases, until her son was diagnosed with autism and she started researching. That was when the blinding veil was lifted and she learned the truth behind the injections and their ingredients.

Once Natalie learned the truth about these man-made drugs, she stopped vaccinating her children. By this time, her oldest daughter, Skylar, was seven years old and had received all her routine vaccinations up to the recommended kindergarten round.

During the break in the vaccine schedule for her daughter, it became clear to Natalie that Landen’s autism was vaccine-induced. At that time, all vaccines were stopped on both children; Skylar at age seven and Landen at age three. Natalie had to re-focus to heal her children through detoxing them and learned how to manipulate their gut by healing them from the inside with a good, healthy, organic and non-genetically modified food diet.

At age nine, Skylar is a highly

intelligent, straight-A student. Landen, at age five, still suffers from autism but is healing slowly through the help of his parents. Notice, those responsible are not being held responsible. It is the parents who deal with the burden of feeling guilty for trusting the lies, and now they have to pay for them while their child suffers.

Natalie later gave birth to another beautiful and healthy daughter, Haven, in 2013. Because of what her older brother and sister had endured, her parents felt the best route to protect Haven was NOT to vaccinate. Natalie stopped all vaccines and Haven never received one shot. Haven is now one year old and is completely unvaccinated. She has never had any unusual behavior.

Natalie has informed us: “Haven goes to the chiropractor every other week to get adjusted (she started going when she was two days old). She has never been sick or had a temperature, just a runny nose here and there. She eats all organic food and drinks such as coconut milk or organic juice. She is healthy and happy, hitting all her milestones, naps on schedule, says ‘momma’ and ‘dada’ and interacts with her brother and sister every day.

She has never been taken to a pediatrician, just our primary care chiropractor doctor.”

Two of Natalie Steffen’s three children were harmed by vaccines.

Where Do Parents Go From Here?

Natalie and her husband were not informed on the subject of vaccines, vaccine ingredients and vaccine injuries. Nor were they aware a reporting system is set in place named the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) to which they or their child’s pediatrician or their health care provider’s staff should’ve reported all of these events. [1]. This is something their pediatrician should have been forth coming about and recognized.

They were also not aware that a vaccine compensation fund has been set up to receive compensation to help cover the financial burden of treating a vaccine-injured loved one. There is also compensation given to those who lost their child or loved one after vaccination. One down side to this program is that two-thirds of these cases are denied. Parents are left without muchneeded help.

Different countries have different laws. In the United States, if your child is harmed by a vaccine, there is little action you can take legally. The 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act was passed to protect pharmaceutical companies from anyone claiming a vaccine injured their child. Under this law, no parent can sue a vaccine manufacturer, regardless if the FDA or CDC helped get an untested vaccine approved. [2] Doctors, nurses, vaccine manufacturers and those mandating and forcing these vaccines, sometimes through illegal threats, are not held responsible when you or your child suffers from a vaccine injury.

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by Augustina Ursino ike millions of parents before her, Natalie Steffen was faced with her children receiving pediatric vaccines starting after birth and during subsequent well child visits. This story is one mother’s journey to exempt her children from further vaccinations.

At Headwaters Outdoor School Natalie gave birth to her firstborn we teach skills that all Earth daughter Skylar in October 2004.

People have used throughout Skylar received all the shots on the time to survive in kinship with the schedule, starting with the hepatitis B Earth. We believe that these skills vaccine, given within the first 12 hours will give you a deeper of life. Skylar reacted to the vaccines, understanding, love and respect but her parents didn’t know their for the Earth and all life upon her. daughter was suffering side effects and adverse reactions to them.

This is How the Nightmare Began Tim Corcoran’s passion for After her first Hep B shot, Skylar nature will inspire you to immediately began to suffer from discover your own connection with the Earth. colic. Up until age one, she would cry every night at the same time for Class Schedule about an hour and a half before she Earth Philosophy Level 2, 8/10 - 8/16 went to sleep. She had horrible night The Winter Class, 1/24 - 2/3 terrors from age 2-4 years before these The Art of Photography, Call for Dates finally ceased.

Nature Retreat, Call for Dates When Natalie had Skylar, she had Garden Island of Kauai, Call for Dates no idea vaccine injuries were prevalent and never thought to question this link.

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Natalie gave birth to her second child, Landen, in 2009, four years later.

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Please make a gift to the Predator Defense Fund today, and your gift will be matched by another wildlife champion.

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Remember, we must communicate, be honest and be LOVE. With love, blessings, blissings & wishes for a new kind of New Year, Pattie & Thom

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REVELATIONS 21:4 Greetings!

This article is offered for your empowerment. Let us begin with a profound philosophical concept: God dwells within us

as us... In our heart of hearts, at the core of our being, the Supreme Being is intimately known to us as our own immortal Self, Our magical, mystical,

truth... God/dess Is, and so are We. This is what the ancient prophets meant when they spoke of the coming of The New Age, the Second

and majestic I AM Presence. God/Dess is All That Is. There is no way we can separate ourselves from That which Was, Is, and Shall Be. We have always been one with life, we are one with life, and we will always be one with life.

Any belief contrary to this constitutes denial. This denial, rooted in the belief in separation (sin/ignorance), generates fear. Fear, a third dimensional experience, is the root cause of disease and the seven oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;clock news. And, what is it that we are afraid of? Is it the fear of death and/or the fear of the unknown, and/or becoming who we really are? In truth, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all, and none of these, because in truth we already know the truth... THE TRUTH IS... and whatever we believe it to be. After profound philosophical deliberations, I have come to realize my truth which is: God/dess Is, and so am I... And in this New Age of Awareness, we all are becoming conscious of this profound

Coming of Christ Consciousness.

We are referring to the Christ, who is Archangel of Humanity, a vast solar being who resides within our day star (the sun) and whose body is the evolving body of humanity. The esoteric understanding of Christianity, an evolving solar religion, is rooted in the awareness that the Son is the Sun. The ancient Egyptians who prayed to Ra (synonymous with Christ) were fully aware of this truth.... Indeed â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Son of Godâ&#x20AC;? is our Sun, the source of life itself... Scientists today are in agreement that we are living in a multidimensional holographic universe, where all is energy, all is light, and all is consciousness. E=MC2 Indeed, the Ancient and Eternal Wisdom has come of age... As we become progressively aware of the fact that we are living in an organic, multi-dimensional expanding, Continued on Page 36

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7 Easy Ways To Be More Grateful

Practicing gratitude can strengthen your immune system, bring more joy and increase your happiness. There are two root causes of our life’s problems: the feeling of “not being good enough” or “not having enough”, and the notion that we will be satisfied once we become something or get something. But, the frenzy for material possessions can take over, and that’s when all sense of gratitude vanishes and we simply fail to count our blessings. What seeps in here is the destructive sense of worry, ingratitude and dissatisfaction with our present life.

What we probably do not realize is that being thankful for what we have is not merely our state of mind. In fact, when we choose to fret and fume over what we don’t possess, we actually stand at a risk of losing whatever we already have. After all, it is our mind that rules our body. There is no way we can go on to being successful in life unless our mind is first happy and satisfied and then yearns for more.

Want to know how to be more grateful on the daily basis?

It is the sense of gratitude that is the driving force of a happy and successful life. Here, we give you a set of 7 time-tested ground rules that guide you on how you can be grateful for

what you have before you set to strive for what you don’t.

1. You get what you deserve and need Nothing more than you need and not before you deserve; that’s indeed the unspoken universal rule! Be thankful for what you have today, be it the people around, your circumstances or your possessions. Know that the Universe knows exactly what you need and deserve, and sends it your way at the right moment. Sense this in your life, be aware of it and above all, learn to be thankful for it.

2. Choose to be grateful Well, whether to complain for what you don’t have or to be thankful for what you have is a conscious choice you make yourself. You can choose to be happy over what you have and then strive for what you need next. Worrying over what you don’t have or can’t achieve in the present is merely a way to waste the precious present moments.

3. Look around you When in fear or frustration, look around yourself for examples of resilience, patience and gratitude. Learn to observe how birds are grateful to Mother Nature for their homes, food and life.

Observe how trees stand tall and brave the fury

of storms, rains and the ever-changing seasons.

More you look into it, more you will find examples of how being grateful has helped various living things survive and prosper happily.

4. Watch your language Grateful people have a particular linguistic style that uses the language of gifts, givers, blessings, blessed, fortune, fortunate, and abundance. In gratitude, you should not focus on how inherently good you are, but rather on the inherently good things that others have done on your behalf.

5. Count your blessings…each day By being thankful and satisfied doesn’t imply that you don’t need to work any harder for bigger achievements. All it means is that you stay away from the dreaded feeling of anxiety and frustration that stems for being ungrateful. Count your little blessings every day, be it good health, four square meals a day or people you love. Know that there are many people in the world who are not even blessed with that much!

6. Think positive to achieve the positive You might not have heard this, but it’s true.

Your thoughts can shape your life. Have you ever noticed that if you keep telling yourself that the present tough times shall pass and you are happy

with what you have, you actually get the courage to deal with the crisis? The human mind is a powerful machine. To think positive and steer the course of actions that way is a power that lies absolutely within!

7. Look for the hidden ways to be thankful!

Once you have the mindset to be first thankful for the life you have, you will find hundreds of ways to do that. As you live your normal daily routine, you will find an umpteen number of hidden opportunities to be thankful for the bounties you have. Being capable enough to work and earn, being amiable enough to make friends and relationships, being capable enough to be able to help someone are just a few of these!

Remember, people who practice gratitude tend to be more creative, bounce back more quickly from adversity, have a stronger immune system, and have stronger social relationships.

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” ― Epicurus BeWellBuzz http://tinyurl.com/kdmyuks Printed with permission.

Vickie Turner Gambill Interviews Dr. Laurie Moore on her Books Vickie: I hear you have a new book coming out. Number ten, yes?

Dr. Laurie Moore: Yes. There is a similar theme yet a unique contrast to the others regarding topic. Each of the previous books was focused on unconditional love in some way. I wrote about animal communication, relationships, healing, manifesting, and spiritual awakening, what I practice, teach and learn ongoingly. This book also centers upon unconditional love but includes a personal story about one of my mentors, Gangaji. I share about my relationship with her in Home in the Heart of Gangaji.

Vickie: What is the relationship centered on?

Laurie: My relationship with Gangaji has been a rich blessing, propelling me into my work with people all over the globe for the past eight years. I share stories of our interactions, sharings from my students, and learning that occurred within me.

Vickie: Where can one purchase the book?

Laurie: Same place as all the others: Amazon and Kindle. Google “Dr. Laurie Moore Amazon bibliography”. All ten books come up with details. You can also find them via my website: www.animiracles.com.

Vickie: Are you still working with people locally in Santa Cruz?

Laurie: I am. I work with people round the globe by Skype, phone, tele-summit and webinar. My years of traveling back and forth from here to Hawaii, round the USA, Europe, and Mexico have stopped for a while. I am loving being at home so I can focus on my private practice. I offer human coaching for awakening, transformation, releasing, and manifesting. I offer animal communication sessions. Both of these human and animal sessions are available to people round the world. I continue to run my private practice as an lmft and hypnotherapists locally also. I love to offer all of these transformational services.

Vickie Turner Gambill met Dr. Laurie Moore in Marin close to a decade ago. After reading an article about Dr. Laurie, who was a regular Connection Magazine Columnist for many years, Vickie took her first plane ride ever. She flew from Texas to attend a Dr. Laurie Moore seminar. The next year she and her husband drove to San Diego with their beloved dog to attend a second seminar.

Laurie Moore, PhD, CHT, LMFT, offers human and animal sessions and readings in person, phone, and Skype. www.Animiracles.com

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My clients, whom I’ll call Annie and Mike, had lived in their house for over a year when they contacted me for a Feng Shui consultation. The previous tenant, whom I’ll call Marsha, had been harassing them ever since they moved in. She had lived in their house for seven years until she was evicted for removing all of the windows.

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The first priority in helping my clients was to clear Marsha’s unstable predecessor energy. I recommended two space clearing ceremonies to remove the hold Marsha’s energy had on their home and lives. I also suggested Feng Shui adjustments to correct the energy flow of the house. We were amazed to see how the space clearing and the Feng Shui adjustments affected their lives.

Right after the space clearing Mike felt so good in the house he began to spend time at home relaxing and he started playing the guitar again.

The next day, roofers unexpectedly came to put on a new roof. This was

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Each one of us is a precious spark of individuated divine Love, and as such, every story has magic and grandeur in its uniqueness.

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a miracle because the landlord had been promising a new roof ever since they moved in. This delay had been frustrating to my clients because the landlord would not paint the house until the roof was done and the house had big patches of different color paint all over it. The roofers brought a dumpster for the old roof and Annie got permission from the landlord to put in it, all the junk that Marsha had left on the property. The landlord was shockingly helpful after his unreliable history. A week after our Feng Shui appointment the painters arrived to paint the house and the landlord even consulted Annie on the colors.

The best change of all was that Marsha stopped harassing them, she moved on with her life leaving Annie and Mike to move on with theirs.

Megan Montero is a Feng Shui consultant trained in BTB Feng Shui.

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kindness! These words hold the frequencies that I do believe encompass the expression of self-compassion.

Practicing self-compassion means that we treat our selves with care, warmth, love, tenderness, leniency, tolerance, and kindness. I encourage you to deeply feel the energy of each of these words in your heart, repeat them audibly and feel their resonance in your belly.

I guarantee that if you do prac-

tice self-compassion in this manner you will co-create more joy in your life, which in turn supports the higher frequency expansion of Love and Joy! So you see, it does begin with you, and you, and you…and me!

Because, in truth, we are not these brilliantly-quantum-biologicallydesigned physical bodies, we are the One Love.

November’s “Unity Team’s” mission, if you so choose it...is to practice expressing self-compassion! Create magic within!

At the end of December, please do share your experiences with me, and if you wish, I will share them with our readers. We never know whose heart will be touched and opened by our sharing, because, as you know, Together WE create the Shift!

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under for each of those areas in order to effectively pursue the right Purpose for you.

How can knowing this information speed up the process in determining your Purpose for you? Knowledge is power and when you understand your blueprint, all of the pieces to the puzzle will fall into place. Are you destined to be an “employee” or an “entrepreneur?” You need to know this. One type is nonaggressive and not a risk taker while the other is aggressive and is a risk taker. You may desire to start your own business and talk about doing so but hesitate not to make a move and not know why. Probably because you have some nonaggressive characteristics that require companionship and/or a partnership in addition to some aggressive traits that are in conflict with the nonaggressive characteristics.

So no matter how much you want to pursue being an entrepreneur, it’s not likely you will until you find a partner that gives you the confidence and security of not going out on the limb by yourself. Other reasons for not being able to pursue your rightful Purpose would be due to age, financial reasons, family obligations, health or for personal reasons. Many

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by Joanne Justis oday, most people are fixated on finding their Purpose. If you are one of those people who are, you should really stop and ask yourself, “is finding my Purpose enough?” The answer from a professional who knows firsthand is “no,” finding your Purpose is definitely not enough to change your life because knowing what your Purpose in life is won’t get you too far in the scheme of things. This article will explain why and how to cut through the chase to not only finding your “Purpose” but discovering yourself in the process as the two go hand-in-hand.

Your personal characteristics/ traits dictate your behavior patterns and development areas which will affect your true Purpose. Searching then for your Purpose first is like putting the cart before the horse. Most people aren’t aware that we are all born with a blueprint, and that blueprint or character analysis reveals all of your components: destiny/intellect, emotional desire, personality, purpose, mid-life goal, personal years, emotional and physical development areas, opportunities and life lessons.

Each of these areas calculates to be either nonaggressive, aggressive or a combination of both frequencies. So on the way to discovering your Purpose, you will also need to know what category or frequency type you fall

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by Candace Stuart-Findlay current hot topic is the sensation that “things” are shifting.

Time is passing more quickly, no really…it actually is! According to Discovery News, the 2011 earthquake in Japan cut about one-millionth of a second off our day, and, to boot, tilted the planet’s axis by several inches.

Another interesting tidbit, according to astronomers, our solar system will crest the Milky Way’s galactic rim in 2016, as it moves closer to the center of our galaxy.

Clearly there are many, many changes afoot…how exciting is that!

The focus of this column is to create an open forum about the energetic evolution that is upon us, and to discuss ways we can unite to usher in a higher frequency of Love and Joy! First off, let’s begin by highlighting this powerful tool…SelfCompassion.

I find it fascinating to read the dictionary definition of “Compassion”.

Here it is, in its glory: “sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others.” Not exactly resonating with that energy, how about you?

However, the synonyms for “Compassion” are: care, warmth, love, tenderness, leniency, tolerance, and

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by Christopher Love the boat” of a desired relaere I was, 78 detionship. We grees, blue skies and all want love sitting on the lawn and accepwith a friend at the Felton tance and unCovered Bridge Park in Noderstandably vember! Grateful does not can see coneven begin to describe how frontation as I feel about living in this rea threat to gion. We were having lunch while watching the children play on relationship. In my experience, the the climbing structures. Suddenly my people who communicate with me friend said, and with what I perceived their true thoughts and feelings, who to be a hint of agitation, “I read your are willing to confront me on my November article...” Silence fol- behavior and bring up difficult, perhaps challenging A few minutes of silence ensued, was to put the power of life back into lowed, as if “… being a good person, choosing topics, especially where I assumed she was gathering our very own hands. Because each she was waitlove over hate, honesty over deceit, ones related to her thoughts. ing for me day when we awake, nothing has yet and happiness over suffering is a me or our relato say someWith perceivably less agitation, been written and our new story has choice.” tionship, are the she finally spoke, “Well… life is not yet been told. We do not have to thing, but no words came. After a minute or so my people with whom I feel the closest. hard… I mean, it’s not easy to get repeat the story of the past, we can When someone confronts me through a day sometimes… There write a new one. This is one of the friend continued, “Ya know, I get that your trying to say that people can be with an issue pertaining to me, I view are so many pressures, responsibili- greatest blessings life offers us. The happy and live a good life simply by it as an opportunity to learn more ties and things to be afraid of… And, power of choice, that is, how we are making a choice. But, it’s just not that about them, there are things going to work with the circumstance “… the journey begins with simply easy and I think that telling people the world and that we are not of our lives. making a choice, albeit a committed it is, is leading them toward disap- m y s e l f . M y I cannot negate the influence of in control of, one.” friend did not pointment.” things that have the past, nor deny that it may take Well now, ya just gotta love your look comfortable to me. I felt as happened to us. Things like… like hard work to heal it so that we may friends in moments like these. You though it took a great deal of cour- in our childhood. Things that have fulfill on our choice to live a happy know, the people who are willing to age for her to tell me what she did. traumatized us or damaged us. I life. I have no doubt that the healing tell you what they are thinking or how I leaned toward her with a friendly just feel… well… condescended in and completion work many of us they feel about you without worrying smile and said, “Thank you so much some way when you say I just need face is so daunting that it may deter what you are going to think of them. for openly sharing your thoughts on to choose to be good or choose to be us from wanting to deal with it, even Often people stuff their feelings my article. This really means a lot to happy. Like, with the promise “The choice does not make us of long-lasting and thoughts aside in order to accom- me.” I then leaned back to offer some i f I w e r e modate a “good time” or to not “rock space and help create a more relaxed i n t e l l i g e n t happy, the path the choice takes us happiness on the a t m o s p h e r e . e n o u g h — I on is what offers us the opportunity other side. For Then, I said in could just do for happiness.” some of us, it S A T U R D AY an inquisitive that, so maybe I’m stupid. If I didn’t may be way easier to settle for our DECEMBER 13TH voice and open know you, I would have written it off comfortable old life of suffering.

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ing to ourselves, “stay with this.” We can also name the experience, “I feel thrilled by this music” or “I feel completely content right now.” We can then connect these experiences to our deeper values. For instance, I can say to myself, “This concert has opened my heart. Kindness flows through me.”

OLIDAY OTES TO ELF I can be easy on myself. This is can do for a sweet inner experience of my gift to myself. I can opt out of the

by Susan Springfield cience of Mind is a philosophy the season. I’ve settled on these three Christmas contest. When so much is that links spirituality and quality thoughts as notes to myself, reminders going on, I must pick and choose what thinking. It is a spiritual prac- of the consciousness I want to return to really matters to me. It has helped me tice of developing our inner world of over and over again, even when things to actually make a list of how I want to celebrate the season. I can let the consciousness to transform the outer get hectic and harried.

Real life is enough. Images are other things go. I can let myself off world of our relationships, events and everywhere. Visions of sugarplums the hook about the things not chosen. experiences.

Never is this more rewarding and dance in our heads. These Christmas There is nothing enjoyable about more challenging than the holiday sea- fantasies tell me how my life should pushing myself to the limit. I know son. Being swept up into overwhelm look but I will not measure my life that when I am depleted and stressed seems unavoidable when the holidays against these fabrications. Instead, I I do not bring my best self into any get into full swing. I don’t know can appreciate the good I have, know- situation. This serves no one.

These are my gifts of thought. about you, but all the stimulation and ing that my real life is much richer than They cost nothing but their value is stress make it easy for me to become I usually acknowledge.

Savor, savor, savor. We work immense. Help yourself. Again and unconscious and simply go through the motions of life. Not a great way to really hard to create magic moments again and again.

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by Karuna Chapman, ascending. Ascension for the first fifteen minutes connected to our brain through specific Certified Teacher with is defined as the act of asafter entering the fourth di- glands, the Merkaba is activated and cending; to ascend is to move mension, we School will create a of becomes our living vehicle.

The Remembering. upward toward the source or stable and positive reality If you have found this interestbeginning. I think of Ascenand we’re in, we get to stay. ing, please consider joining me for Contact Karuna at: sion in terms of raising vibration, If, however we go into fear, our fear joyful remembering as we learn the KarunaChapman@comcast.net Call: moving from gross to subtle. Drunvalo becomes our reality, and our own creationor process from831-684-1330 the heart and Information at: Melchizedek says we got a bump on fear will bring about our demise and permanently activate our Merkaba in www.KarunasHeart.com the head when Atlantis fell and we speedy return to somewhere in the oranwww.drunvalo.net/sor ‘Awakening the Illuminated Heart moved from living in our hearts to liv- third dimension... again.

Workshop’. Call to let me know if ing from our brains and believing we To create from love and not from you’d like to attend such a workshop are the ego. He suggests that ascension fear, to create from a unified field and what are the best times for you. is simply returning to our hearts, and instead of duality one must be in a Call Karuna at: (831)684-1330. Furby reconnecting the brain to the heart, specific place in one’s heart. When cre- ther details at www.karunasheart. our vibration becomes subtler and our ation takes place from here, only good com or www. drunavalo.net. lives move closer to Unity. can be created and there is no negative “My blessing is to Illuminate the It is Mother Earth who will do the backlash. The Vehicle of Ascension path for spiritual seekers to amplify ascending into the fourth dimension is the Merkaba or human Light Body. their light a thousand times,” and we as her dearly loved children We all have the seeds of a Merkaba —Karuna Chapman. will ALL be joining her. Yes, every single human being will be included in the movement.

So, why be concerned? NothA Drunvalo Melchizedek Workshop ing to do but wait and enjoy the The Base Workshop for all of Drunvalo’s future ride. After all, we’re not going work. Teaching Merkaba Science, Creating from anywhere, we will still be living on Earth so what’s the big deal? the Heart, and Remembering Who We Really Are. In the fourth dimension, There will be no Workshop in December, call according to Drunvalo, we will Karuna for the next Workshop in January 2015 be creating our own reality, much like we do here but with an important difference—whatFacilitated by Karuna Chapman, ever we think, will become our Certified Teacher with reality immediately, no time lag.

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ne of our favorite places is Well Within Spa. The Spa provides the community with a quiet sanctuary in which to relax and benefit from spas, saunas, therapeutic massage, facials and body care.

All of the services offered at Well Within are designed to relax and rejuvenate the body and soul. The environment can best be described as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Japanese traditions blended with California lifestyle.â&#x20AC;? A beautiful garden view and the sound of trickling water are always nearby.

Located in the heart of Santa Cruz since 1985, Well Within is a community and a lifestyle choice. The staff invites you to relax and replenish your well within.

Indoor & Outdoor Spas

Soaking in hot water has been a time honored tradition for relieving the stress and strains in our lives. The indoor spa rooms provide the perfect environment for that purpose. Each room overlooks a traditional Japanese garden with waterfall and koi pond and includes a spa with jets, a shower and changing area. Cedar lined saunas are an option with your spa. Soothing music, towels shampoo, conditioner, body gel and our herbal tea complete the experience.There are

also private outdoor enclosures, featuring spas on a deck open to the sky, saunas and indoor shower and changing areas are ideal for couples or small group use.

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The ancient healing art of massage has gained new popularity in the West as its incredible benefits have become recognized. At Well Within Spa a staff of highly trained Massage Practitioners offer a wide variety of styles and techniques. Many of the therapists have been practicing their art for more than a decade. Some have been with Well Within since its inception. Choose Deep-Tissue, Shiatsu, Cranial-Sacral or many others styles.

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You and a friend or partner can experience a Massage or Skin and Body Care treatment in the new large room with two therapists and two tables.

Well Within Spa is located at 417 Cedar St. in Santa Cruz. Reservations by phone only (831) 458-WELL(9355). Website: WellWithinSpa.com

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Celebrating the New Year, 17 years of livelihood, and new windows.

Honoring the teachers & students who comprise the spirit and community of Body & Soul. Welcoming all.

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Share in a cup of hot chai, a nibble, and a ceremony of sound.

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Be there at 5:15 sharp to experience the ancient sounds of Tibetan Singing Bowls. Ryan Sarnataro has been on a journey of discovery with these rare antiquities. His love of the bowls and Tibetan Buddhism has taken him on several journeys to Tibet, India, and Nepal in search of only the finest ancient singing bowls.

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Seventeen years have passed by with the Street for 9 years, I was feeling the desire to strike out on my own normal highs and lows. Teachers have come and and create a studio that had my gone, and returned again. The lovely old building esthetic stamp on it. The idea slowly gestated has required some care over the years. One of and I very casually started looking around. And the beautiful things about the studio is the light I do mean casually. Driving around in the course offered through five large windows. However, of my daily travels, gawking left and right, I the old single pane windows had been saved with wood epoxy for the final time. Installing new pondered the possibilities for months.

I always got a good feel when I walked energy efficient windows was no small achievedown Squid Row. There was just something ment. Four out of the five windows were out of square. I am extremely grateful that providence about the funky Bohemian charm that artist/landbrought an old friend, Eric lord Michael Leeds created Himlan, a retired cabineton the alley. And thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s maker to the rescue. His the great shop, Rivendell mastery of carpentry and where you never know geometry made the whole what treasure you might job possible. walk out with.

To celebrate this It was 17 ½ years wonderful improvement ago when Pat Moore was and to honor the teachers morphing Rivendell once and students who are the again, this time downsizspirit and community of ing, leaving an 800 square Body & Soul, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re havfoot space up for rent. I walked in and knew ing an Open House Party on Saturday, January that this was the place that I wanted to pour my 10th, 4-6:30pm. Be there at 5:15 sharp to exheart into. perience the ancient sounds of Tibetan Singing The building that houses the studio is 165 Bowls. Ryan Sarnataroâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s love of singing bowls years old, one of the oldest in Santa Cruz. It has brought him several times to India, Tibet, and has had a rich history. Way back it was an iron Nepal to collect only the oldest bowls with the foundry that made picks and axes for the gold finest resonance. Come and share a cup of chai rush. A woman poked her head in one day some and a ceremony of sound. years ago and said she used to sort begonia bulbs Susan Merritt is the Founder and Director of in the space when she was a child. It was also a Body & Soul Yoga Studio, Salon for the Healing Arts. She teaches 8 public classes and several photographerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s studio for many years.

Like all good dreams that are meant to privates weekly. With a well-trained eye and an come to fruition, the process of renovation to turn innate understanding of the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s structure and it into a yoga studio fell into place with relative balance, Susan has a true gift for adapting movement to each individualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s level of ability. She has ease. A bamboo floor was laid, a bathroom was been teaching yoga for 33 years and living in created, walls were painted, and the schedule her body for 65 years informs her teaching on a was filled. Six weeks from signing up for the daily basis. Susan has a BA in Art Education and challenge I was ready to teach my first class on is a life long learner of yoga, movement and the Saturday morning. healing arts. The studio is a hidden gem tucked However, it was Friday night and there in the quiet corner of old Santa Cruz known as was one important detail that I had not managed Squid Row. (831) 459-8613 to materialize. The toilet wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hooked up. I just kept putting one foot in front of the other getting ready for the opening.

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by Jaimi Ellison lack Friday. Holiday Shopping. Family Dinners, wrapping presents, decorating the house.

All of this is enough to make even the most holiday savvy person lose their mind. With all of this chaos, there also comes great joy, which is why itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so important to keep your wits about you, in order to take in every great moment this time of year.

And, there are some simple ways to take the edge off, that are quick and effective.

Diaphrag-matic Breathing:

The Diaphragm is the muscle located underneath your lungs and helps you to breath.

This type of breath is deep and controlled.

Instead of lifting the chest up when inhaling extend your abdomen. This will draw breath deep down into your lungs. This type of breathing increases oxygen to your brain and with more oxygen to your brain, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll feel more awake and alert. In addition deep belly breathing will allow your sympathetic nervous system to relax (the fight or flight) and allow the parasympathetic nervous system (rest and relaxation) to take over.

Get Enough Sleep:

The holiday season is hectic, we know that. But, try to not stay up until 2am wrapping presents. Lack of sleep will affect the proper hormone release which can affect things such

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Studies show that we are actually more productive the first four hours weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re awake. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good excuse to go to bed early.

Get out of the house!

Feeling trapped during the holidays is inevitable, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t suffer through it. A great excuse to get out of the house and blow off some steam is to go for a quick walk to check the

mail or take the dog out to the park for a bit - chances are the pup needs to blow off some energy too. According to health.howstuffworks.com, â&#x20AC;&#x153;...

Unless you find a way of coping with the situation and relieving the pent-up energy, you leave yourself open to a variety of stress-related psychiatric symptoms, like anxiety, aggression, and depression, not to mention physical ailments such as high blood pressure, tension headaches, and digestive disordersâ&#x20AC;Ś.â&#x20AC;?

Essentially, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel bad for popping out for a quick walk. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll help you avoid potentially worse situations.

Give and Receive Hugs.

Giving and getting hugs is proven to help the body release oxytocin, which is a mood booster and natural â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;happyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; chemical. Hug those you love, hold hands, give kisses. Whatever it may be, your body and brain will thank you for the boost.

Give the Gift of Health:

Now that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve given you some helpful tips to stay happy and sane, here are 5 ways to share the love and give the gift of health with these great healthy gift ideas.

Acupuncture:

Acupuncture has so many different benefits. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an ancient practice that has been shown to relieve tension, help people with detox, stress, chronic pain, depression, and joint pain and more.

Massage: A single massage session can help to destress and loosen up any body. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great for athletes, individuals recovering from an injury, or those just looking to relax and destress.

Chiropractic:

The spinal cord controls all of our bodily functions and movements, which explains that when itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pinched or in misalignment, things in our body may not be functioning properly. Chiropractic can help to alleviate pain and discomfort, headaches, depression,

and even help you stay healthy by promoting the bodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s natural ability to heal itself. A great gift for all ages.

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After a calorie-filled holiday season, everybody can use some personal training from a professional.

Most can help design a customized fitness and nutrition program to suit anybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s needs. This is often a luxury that most canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afford, so it makes a great gift idea.

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This stands for Vascular Performance, and is a revolutionary system available exclusively at Santa Cruz Core Fitness + Rehab. In just 20 minutes, you can get the effects of a two hour workout with a much faster recovery. This machine can help you sleep better, recover faster from workouts, decrease stress, decrease cortisol (which is directly linked to belly-fat), and even increase libido and improve hormone balance in the body.

Stay healthy and sane this holiday with these tips and enjoy a happier season!

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Do You Show Up?

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by Clara E Minor howing up is sometimes hard to do. Showing up to a Showdown is even harder. So, what does it mean to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;show up?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; It means you are present. It means you keep your commitments. It means you work through the resistance and you â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;doâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; anyway. It means you do what you said you were going to do, either with someone else, or with yourself.

It means you are present to yourself every day. You are committed to doing what you can each and every day. You stand up for yourself. You defend the right to make your own choices. Your energy feels â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;big.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; You take on each day for you. (And those you love will get care in the process.) You show up to the showdown.

Everyone is busy. Everyone.

It is the easiest excuse to use. I hear it every day. I just talked about this with a family member two days ago.

It would be so easy to say â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m busy.

I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come over and see you.â&#x20AC;? Too easy. We could both fill our days with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;stuffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;busy-ness.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; However, we both know that we just decided to make â&#x20AC;&#x153;going over to see youâ&#x20AC;? a very real and very big priority in our lives.

So we do it. No excuses. We just do it. It is a part of our schedules.

We are each taking turns taking care of family. We do so because family is a top priority. And we are just as equally important. So we take care of

ourselves, then our family, and then the rest of our lives. We have to make decisions every day about what is the most important thing in our lives.

We have to be careful about making excuses (like being â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;too busyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to take care of priorities). We can all, every day, fill our lives with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;busy-nessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;stuff.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; If we stop and truly think about what is important, what or where we can let go, to what we can say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;no,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; to what we can say â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;yes,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; then we can begin to take control over what is really important.

Why is it easy to sometimes make â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;otherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; priorities more important when we have already made the commitment to keep our bodies healthy, strong and fit? This is sometimes not an easy commitment to keep. But we made it. If we are so busy with taking care of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;othersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and neglect ourselves, what happens. You know. Our immune systems suffer. Our mental capacities suffer. Our emotions are tapped out.

We start to eat crap. We get sick so easily.

When you are sick, to whom can you give care? If it makes no sense to take care of others and not ourselves. Our best option is to stop this habit. Stop it. How do you stop it? When you are in the midst of taking an action you know you want to stop, right in the middle of it, STOP IT. Yes, just stop it. Take control. Do something different. At that moment

Clara E Minor when in the midst of feeling/doing that habit, let your mind overtake your emotion and STOP the behavior by CHANGING it.

Whether you are making another appointment, setting another date, committing to another committee, volunteering once again because no one else does, pleasing children because they just â&#x20AC;&#x153;wantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; something, submitting to your friendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; requests to do whatever, doing â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;whateverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; because nobody else will do it (in your own mind), itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all a part of the same mindset. You are going beyond taking care of priorities. Sometimes we instantly make â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;newâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; challenges a priority just because they are in front of us. Others can easily manipulate us into thinking that it is really important to do this one thing right now with/for them if we let them.

You can STOP, take a deep breath (maybe several deeps breaths), get your thinking clear, then make a better informed decision, based on what will work for you at that time.

Get comfortable with saying NO. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. It is often uncomfortable to make a change. We resist. Our bodies resist.

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This is the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;workâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; part. You just push through over and over, until it becomes your new habit. Then guess whatâ&#x20AC;Śit becomes EASY. Yes, this does happen.

The new habit becomes as easy was your old habit.

Get support if you need it to make a difficult change. Most often your friends and family are willing to help you when they know how committed you are to making the change.

Talk to somebody about it. Get feedback. Get support.

Remember that when you make a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;commitmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to someone else, you do have the right to change your mind.

You must communicate to them that you have changed your mind. It is not ok to just not show up. When you â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show up,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; it lowers your

own integrity. Yes, we know people do this all the time. That doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it ok. Tell someone you are not going to attend. You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to tell them why. There is no reason you must justify your feelings or your situation to someone else. Only do this if it feels right for you (telling them why). And if you do this all the time (the habit of making the commitment in the first place, before thinking through it), then change this habit.

Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to your health, fitness, and joy! Give thanks for what you have, and work on getting what you need. See you in class.

Peace Upâ&#x20AC;Ś Clara E Minor is Master Instructor/ Trainer at MINORSAN Self-Defense & Fitness in Santa Cruz. She received her Full Professorship from her Instructor, Founder of LimaLama Arts of Self-Defense, Grandmaster Tino Tuiolosega. She has education in psychology, nutrition and physical fitness. She teaches kick-butt combat skills, fitness classes and life empowerment. (831) 458-0900. www.minorsan.com.

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Saturday, December 6 • Ages 21+

JIm “kImo” WesT + ken emeRson

plus The

Generators also Pop Bottle Bombers $10 Adv./ $13 Drs. • Drs. 8:30 p.m./ Show 9 p.m.

plus

GOAPELE

Mara Hruby $20 Adv./ $25 Drs. • 8 p.m./ 9 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 6 • In the Atrium • Ages 18+

BUKU / WILLY JOY

plus Andrew

Luce $13/ $17 • 8:30 p.m./ 9 p.m.

Wed. • Dec.17 • 7:30pm • $15

Weird Al’s Guitarist’s Hawaiian Slack Key Holiday Show w/ Hula Dancers

Thur. • Dec.18 • 7:30pm • $15 Is ReAl: A 1950’s XmAs sHoW W/ THe cARolyn sIlls combo

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Sunday, December 7 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

Mon. • Dec.29 • 7:30pm • $12adv/$15dr

plus Secrets also Alive Like Me and Defeat The Low $18/ $20 • 7 p.m./ 7:30 p.m.

2 Sets of Twins Make Great Jazz

DANCE GAVIN DANCE

Monday, December 8 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

BLACK COBRA plus Wolvhammer $10 Drs. only • Drs. open 8 p.m./ Show 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, December 9 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

ALLAH-LAS

plus Tashaki

Miyaki $15 Adv./ $15 Drs. • Drs. 8 p.m./ Show 8:30 p.m.

le boeuf & feRbeR bRoTHeRs Wed. • Dec.31 • 9pm • $40adv/$45dr

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Beatles Tribute • Champagne • Dancing

Wednesday, Dec. 10 • In the Atrium • All Ages

KAT DHALIA plus DJ Aspect

also Craig

Strickland $14/ $19 • 8:30 p.m./ 9 p.m.

Thursday, December 11 • Ages 16+

NAHKO

& MEDICINE FOR THE PEOPLE plus Dustin Thomas $17/ $21 • 8 p.m./ 9 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 11 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

MOON CADILLAC

plus Stereo

Stereo also Casting Circles $7 at the Doors only • Drs. open 8:30 p.m./ Show 9 p.m.

LiL B

Friday, December 12 Ages 16+ $30 Adv./ $35 Drs. • Drs. 8 p.m./ Show 9 p.m.

Friday, December 12 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

STICK TO YOUR GUNS

plus Being As An Ocean also Trial also To The Wind $12/ $14 • 8 p.m./ 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 13 • Ages 21+ • An Evening with

KAKI KING

$25 Adv./ $30 Drs. • Drs. 7 p.m./ Show 8 p.m.

All ages admitted with parent or guardian

Sin Sisters Burlesque Atrium (Ages 21+) Potluck/ Johnny Richter Atrium (Ages 16+) Trollphace/ Jphelpz (Ages 18+) Steel Horse Atrium (Ages 21+) Dilated Peoples/ J. Lately (Ages 16+) Stitches/ NHT Boyz Atrium (Ages 16+) K00l John/ P-Lo (Ages 16+) The Sea Wolves Atrium (Ages 16+) Keak da Sneak/ The Jacka/ Husalah Traxamillion/ DJ Nima Fadavi (Ages 16+) Dec 31 Iration New Year’s Eve (Ages 16+) Jan 3 E-40 (Ages 16+) Jan 5 Aesop Rock w/ Rob Sonic (Ages 16+) Jan 9 James Durbin (All Ages) Jan 10 Martyparty/ Ill-Esha/ Amp Live (Ages 18+) Jan 16 & 17 Tribal Seeds/ Hirie (Ages 16+) Jan 18 Geographer (Ages 16+) Jan 21 G. Love & Special Sauce (Ages 21+) Jan 30 Upon A Burning Body/ Veil Of Maya Volumes (Ages 16+) Feb 1 RL Grime (Ages 18+) Feb 5 Badfish A Tribute To Sublime (Ages 16+) Feb 8 The Floozies (Ages 16+) Feb 16 Reel Big Fish/ Less Than Jake (Ages 16+) Mar 6 Andre Nickatina (Ages 16+) Mar 11 & 12 Rebelution (Ages 16+) Mar 16 Walk The Moon/ The Griswolds (Ages 16+) Mar 18 Shpongle (Ages 16+) Mar 20 Ok Go (Ages 16+) Mar 29 Pink Floyd Experience (Ages 21+) Apr 11 Reverend Horton Heat (Ages 21+) Apr 20 Berner (Ages 16+) Dec 13 Dec 16 Dec 18 Dec 18 Dec 19 Dec 19 Dec 20 Dec 20 Dec 27

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Thurs. December 4 • 7 pm

KATE McGARRY AND KEITH GANZ

Moves freely between jazz, folk, Brazilian and popular song stylings 1/2 Price Night for Students

Friday, December 5 • 7 & 9 pm | No Comps

THE BAD PLUS

9 pm: 1/2 Price Night for Studentss Mon. December 8 • 7 pm | No Comps

STEEL HOUSE FEATURING EWARD SIMON, SCOTT COLLEY AND BRIAN BLADE Thurs. December 11 • 7 & 9 pm | No Comps

BEBEL GILBERTO

Brazilian Bossa Nova Royalty!

Fri. December 12 • 7 & 9 pm | No Comps

Happy Holidays!

by Janet Leonard y hope is for each of us to enjoy the holiday season without stressing over the little things.

Have fun, enjoy the people in your life and listen to some inspirational music, whatever that means to you.

Some music scene highlights: Don Quixote’s: Sun. Dec. 7 th, The Bobs, a cappella band extraordinaire, I’ve seen several times and highly recommend. Thu. Dec. 18th, “A 1950’s Christmas Spectacular with The Carolyn Sills Combo”, back by popular demand for the fourth year in a row this show will surely get you in the holiday spirit. Fri. Dec. 26th, The Killer Queens, an all girl Queen tribute band plus The Jean Genies, a David Bowie tribute band. Mon. Dec. 29th, Le Boeuf + Ferber Brothers, two sets of twins join forces to make super, innovative, jazz four times as good. Identical twin brothers Remy & Pascal Le Boeuf are originally from Santa Cruz and are back for their yearly holiday performance on alto sax and piano being joined by the Ferber Brothers on trombone and drums. Wed. Dec. 31st, New Years Eve Celebration with The Sun Kings, a musically remarkable tribute to the Beatles.

The Pocket: Sat. Dec. 27th, Rev. Love Jones and the Sinners, perform-

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by Karin Leonard & Daniel Robin ach month, we select our favorite or otherwise important films to be featured on this page. We rate them, subjectively, on a scale from 1 (worthless) to 5 (awesome) in terms of their entertainment and message. We leave the plot details and storytelling to the filmmakers and instead attempt to characterize, highlight strengths and flaws, and hint at purpose. Reach us at movies@innerevolution.com. Enjoy!

Big Hero 6 With the voices of Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung Entertainment: 4.5 Message: 4 ildly creative and innovative, with amazing animation and meaningful messages splattered and embedded throughout, this Disney California/ Japan amalgam in the streets of “San Fransokyo” is sure to delight the whole family. Inspiring kids towards careers in science and technology, and making “nerddom” cool, pointing to ethical choices, makes this both educational and entertaining. Baymax, an oddly huggable nurse-robot, is uncompromisingly dedicated to healing and nurturing. He’s sure to steal your heart and comfort kids going through difficult times. Then the inevitable conflict begins and Baymax goes full-tilt healthcare warrior? Hmmm. The lengthy

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ing rock with the versatile virtuoso Vinny Johnson on guitar.

The Crow’s Nest: Sat. Dec. 27th, The Billy Martini Show, energetic party band playing mainly 70’s music for your dancing pleasure.

The Catalyst: Sat, Dec. 27 th, Cash’d Out, a Johnny Cash tribute band, revered as the best even by Cash family members, producer and drummer of the “Man in Black” himself. Wed. Dec. 31st, New Year’s Eve, Iration, an alternative/reggae group of musicians who met while growing up in Hawaii, the band’s 2010 release “Time Bomb” hit #1 on the iTuneas Reggae Album Chart. Also The Expanders, play Reggae 70’s rockers style, and feature three-part harmony vocals and Wheeland Brothers, two Southern Californian brothers who grew up in Orange County surfing and playing “beach rock reggae”. This event is 16 and over. Fri. Jan. 9th, James Durbin, local Santa Cruzan who is known for “bringing heavy metal to the ‘American Idol’ stage” who ultimately placed fourth on Season 10. His goal to play rock & roll that will keep you on your feet with your fist in the air pumping!

Coaster’s: Wed. Dec. 31st, New Years Eve, 9pm-12:30am, Nomalakadoja, a good vibes reggae band based out of Aptos. The Leftovers, battle scenes and vengeful violence – though not “to the death” (no cartoon blood spills) there is elaborate attention to armaments – are nonetheless overdone, given the otherwise compassionate and socially responsible purpose. Solving conflicts without such extreme violence – while still keeping kids engaged – could be the next step in superhero evolution (1 hr 42 min).

HorriBle Bosses 2 With Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis Entertainment: 2.5 Message: 2 omedy. Mostly. The topic of inappropriate bosses fueled the first installment, already a hard-to-take “fantasy” premise involving their murder, this sequel goes “beyond the beyond.”

There are indeed some good laughs, as our naïve stars attempt to start their own company, but the story so overshoots the credibility-meter, that even great comedy would not make up for it. If you are in the mood for a silly, mindless spoof, either hate venture capitalists or just want to blank out for a couple hours, this could be your ticket (1 hr 48 min). interstellar With Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway Entertainment: 4 Message: 4.5

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DAN HICKS & THE HOT LICKS: HOLIDAZE IN HICKSVILLE Mon. December 15 • 7 & 9 pm | No Comps

CHARLIE HUNTER AND SCOTT AMENDOLA

Thur. December 18 • 7 & 9 pm | No Comps

WYNDHAM HILL WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION FEAT. WILL ACKERMAN, BARBARA HIGBIE AND LIZ STORY

Sat. December 20 • 7:30 pm | No Comps

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Concerts in Retro: Here are my reviews of some recent shows. Remember this is only my opinion.

At Severino’s: The Billy Martini Show helped us dance away our Thanksgiving gluttony. Per usual, the dance floor was packed as Billy and the guys performed right on renditions of 70’s era songs plus a few originals that blended so seamlessly with the covers you’d swear you first heard them on the radio too.

At Bocci’s Cellar: HammerDown, an amazing three-piece band who play old school metal with dead on precision.

These guys ooze Judas Priest among others, with sonic powered guitar and dense bass and drum sound you are shocked there aren’t more musicians and they have a stage design to be envious of. They are a talent to be reckoned with. Rumble Steelskin opened, playing mostly original hard rock metal.

Keep your eyes on this up and coming local band.

Are you a local band that would like your CD reviewed in this publication? Send your CD to Music Connection, c/o Janet Leonard, PO Box 3916, Santa Cruz, CA 95063. Call (831) 325-4605 or email janetfaplanet@ gmail.com to tell me about gigs for live reviews. Put “Music Connection” and your band’s name in the subject line.

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or once a visionary SciFi film that is not based on violence or going to war with hostile aliens! Brilliantly executed and visually stunning, intelligent and emotionally rich, this is both an intellectual exploration and a journey of the heart. Director/writer/producer Chris Nolan’s work (Memento, Inception) tends to be more low key and thoughtful while being no less entertaining or imaginative.

Making tangible some of the mindboggling concepts of the Theory of Relativity and Quantum Physics, we are treated to experience time as a dimension of space as we travel through a wormhole.

Powerful messages drive home many of our shared, humanistic values and make a point about sustainability in agriculture, for example, that cannot be missed. Powerful archetypes, evolutionary forces of what might be in humanity’s future, and the intimacy of family relations (a father in search of his daughter) are all at play here. Be prepared to be stunned, challenged with great ideas and touched deeply (2 hrs 49 min). tHe tHeory of everytHing With Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Maxine Peake, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson Entertainment: 4 Message: 4.5 ased on cosmologist Stephen Hawking’s extraordinary life of scientific brilliance and courage, and Jane Hawking’s 2007 memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen. Let us count the ways in which this masterpiece biopic is amazing: (1) Fantastic performances by both lead actors, especially award-winning Eddie Redmayne – it seems as if you are watching Hawking himself. (2) Showing the human and humorous side of the great scientist, his great life and love story, and (3) the incredible resilience of this couple to deal with a harsh fate, adding deep dimensions to the public persona of a contemporary genius (2 hrs 3 min).

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DEC. 19 3RD FRIDAYS @ THE MAH 3rd Friday is a monthly themed evening event that showcases local artists, crafters, historians and performers leading hands-on workshops and activities. Downtown Santa Cruz, (831) 4291964, http://www.santacruzmah.org.

OCT. 18, 2014—JAN. 15, 2015 TOURS OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY GROVE Join a docent naturalist & see monarch butterflies wintering in Santa Cruz. Monarch migration is variable, please call for current update. Santa Cruz, (831) 423-4609, http://www.parks.ca.gov.

NOV. 28—DEC. 28 THE TRAIN TO CHRISTMAS TOWN See the characters from the book “The Train To Christmas Town” come to life on a one-hour magical train ride to Christmas Town. Meet Bumblebee the Polar Bear, Wabash the Squirrel, even Zephyr the depot cat and laugh along with Elves while busy serving cookies and cocoa, and leading guests in singing Christmas carols. Upon arrival at Christmas Town, Santa climbs on board and walks through the cars greeting each child with holiday cheer and his signature Ho, Ho, Ho! Watsonville, CA (888) 978-5562, https://www.traintochristmastown.com.

DEC. 12, 2014—JAN. 04, 2015 SANTA CRUZ ART LEAGUE: "SMALL WONDERS IV" Artists from Santa Cruz County will display three pieces of art. This is a great place to find a special gift! Reception Dec. 13, 3-5pm. Santa Cruz, (831) 426-5787, http://www.scal.org.

DEC. 13 A TRIBUTE TO JERRY GARCIA A Tribute to Jerry Garcia featuring Matt Hartle, David Gans, Jerry Brown, Scott Cooper, Josh Lowe, Larry Graff, Mike Meagher, Steve Sofranko, and Paul Garcia. Santa Cruz, (831) 4272227, http://kuumbwajazz.org.

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DEC. 13 BREAKFAST WITH OLD ST. NICK This time honored tradition is a holiday favorite for children and adults of all ages. Enjoy a holiday breakfast buffet with made to order waffles and omelets along with children having their own photos taken with Santa and a cuddly take home Chaminade teddy bear!

Santa Cruz, (831) 475-5600, http://www. chaminade.com.

DEC. 18 CHANUKAH TRAIN Gather on the 1st night of Chanukah for the lighting of the menorah and then set off on an incredible train ride on Roaring Camp’s old-fashioned excursion cars adorned with thousands of lights and Chanukah decorations. Share in Chanukah traditions as you ride the train listening to Chanukah stories, playing dreidel and enjoying kosher refreshments provided by Chabad by the Sea. The evening includes one activity of choice at the Boardwalk of miniature golf, laser tag or arcade games. Santa Cruz, (831) 335-4484, http:// www.roaringcamp.com.

DEC. 19—DEC. 21 THE NUTCRACKER A Santa Cruz tradition! Our twelfth anniversary production at the Civic Auditorium starring Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre alumna, Houston Ballet principal dancer Melody Mennite. Featuring the Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre Orchestra, a fully professional orchestra conducted by Maestro Pamela Martin. Choreography

by Robert Kelley. Downtown Santa Cruz, (831) 477-1606, http://www.scbt.org.

lights roll through the streets of Santa Cruz. Passengers lend their voices to holiday carols, sip hot spiced cider and listen to musical entertainment while Santa visits the little ones, or the young at heart! Continue the merriment with

your choice of arcade games, mini-golf or laser tag at Santa’s Kingdom at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Bring the whole family for festive fun. Happy Holidays!, Santa Cruz, (831) 335-4484, http://www.roaringcamp.com.

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DEC. 19—DEC. 23 SANTA CRUZ HOLIDAY LIGHTS TRAIN Riding the Holiday Lights Train is like a trip back in time! Vintage excursion cars, adorned with thousands of colorful

DEC. 18 THE WINDHAM HILL WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION FEATURING WILL ACKERMAN, BARBARA HIGBIE AND LIZ STORY WITH TODD BOSTON AND LEWIS PATZNER Come celebrate the wintry holiday season with Windham Hill artists in the warm intimacy of Kuumbwa Jazz Center. Santa Cruz, (831) 427-2227, http:// kuumbwajazz.org.

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Lively Letters Emerging Police State in Santa Cruz Security guards now roam the isles at UCSC. They wear little communist/nazi gold badges—a sure sign of homeland security/TSA agents illegally spying and surveilling the students and patrons in the libraries now.

The internet has been destroyed with new log-in/password protocols— all to illegally spy and surveil the students with pure NSA spying in complete violation of our 4th Amendment rights to privacy. The downtown public library does the same and they have established a police state presence in

the Main Branch as well, although they are more SC cop dressed.

Recently, Trader Joes has established a police state presence inside their stores as well—security guards dressed like TSA agents. The police state is being rolled out and is metastasizing quite rapidly in our communities now, which tells me something big—like a full scale economic collapse—is about to begin....

I’m also noticing a stepped up police state presence on the downtown Mall and the Louden Nelson Center.

This is all being done to psychologically prepare the public for a total police state presence.

Sad to see our community devolve into a fascist police state in this way. I sense this is just going to play itself out until enough people get fed up and start fighting back to re-instate some sense of normality in our communities. This is all being dictated and directed from the Bankers who run The New World Order, which is about the complete take down of the USA because of the precious freedoms and liberties that are LAW here—which they HATE. Peace, JP, Santa Cruz

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YES UNIVERSE, we are given the unprecedented opportunity to transform our lives in accordance with the understanding that we live in an infinitely abundant, benevolent, and super intelligent universe, governed by the law of love.

We are individually and collectively in the process of restructuring our fear/time based reality into a Christ Conscious reality wherein “Health, Peace, and Freedom for All” abide. This transformation, guided by infinite intelligence and love, constitutes a Global Metanoia, the Armageddon (the end of the world). “The end of the world,” a psycho-physiological event, constitutes the end of duality, and resides in the conscious understanding that life is free and so are we! This profound planetary transformation is being assisted by many factors/forces. The Earth has moved into the Aquarian Age, due to an actual astronomical event known as the Precession of the Equinoxes. Aquarius is the zodiacal sign of humanity, truth, and science (the search for truth).

Truth sets us free.

Aquarius brings us into the influence of the all powerful Violet Ray, which is the frequency of freedom.

The Piscean Age, ruled by Neptune (sacrifice) and Jupiter (religion), was a sacrificial and religious period initiated by Jesus, The Christ. The Aquarian Age, initiated by The Cosmic Christ of the Violet Flame, The Lord Saint Germain, and The Ascended Masters of Light, is governed by Uranus (freedom) and Saturn (creator of forms)... This is a spiritual age of unprecedented freedom and liberation for all of humanity. The Violet Flame is being consciously invoked by planetary Lightworkers, to assist in our transformation into freedom.

The Violet Ray, a direct transmission and emanation of light form the Great Central Sun of All Creation is serving to transform and transmute fear on an atomic and sub-atomic level. The

Violet Flame is accelerating an evolution/revolution into a higher frequency of light where “there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things are passed away.”

In fulfillment of prophecy, cycles within cycles are culminating together as we rapidly evolve into The Eternal Here and Now (the Fifth Dimension). This is substantiated by Hindu cosmology which reveals that we are now in The Diamond Age. The Diamond Age, an age of intense purification, is a transitional period between the Kali-Yuga (an age of ignorance/sin) into a Satya-Yuga, a glorious Golden Age of Light (The Aquarian Age, the New Heaven, the New Earth).

The Mayan Calendar places this cosmic moment in the Earth year 2012... This prophetic moment constitutes the Earth’s Permanent Ascension into the Fifth Dimension, a higher harmonic of light where peace, love, freedom, and multi-dimensional realities co-exist in joy. Also, the Earth becomes an official member of the Intergalactic Confederation of Planets.

In time, what this means is that our beloved Space Brothers from other advanced, intergalactic civilizations will be free to visit, and share their awareness with us.

To summarize: We, humanity, are now passing through a gateway in our psycho-spiritual development.

We have now come to a turning point in our evolution. We are witnessing, participating in, and experiencing the disintegration and reintegration of the socio-economic and philosophical matrix of this planet. We are becoming increasingly aware that we are co-creators of our own destiny. Our future is being created NOW, through the choices we are all making. We are part and parcel of a Poly-Tantric Multi- Dimensional Mind whose experience of itself is ecstatic. We are programmed for bliss!

We shall come to know that our limits are limitless as the light of pure reason shines within and without, dissolving and evaporating the shadows and the illusions of our collective “past,” leading us onward, inward and upward, into heretofore un-imagined realms of pure experience. We are awakening to our true selves as sons and daughters of the most high, as children of the light, empowered by this light to live a life of freedom, love, and joy, consciously co-creating and manifesting a life here on Earth, which reflects the wisdom, love, and intelligence of our Creator.

Through the agency of grace (the spirit of guidance and education) we the collective and individualized embodiment of the one reality, partake of this reality, a sacred divinity. We are now experiencing a progressive transformation of consciousness, which is leading inexorably to a “time” where “There shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there by any more pain; for the former things are passed away.” The keys to our collective liberation, our ascension, are faith and applied knowledge, along with the determination and forbearance to follow our intuitions and inspirations. Now, is the time to celebrate our Ascension into a Golden Age, a New Epoch, A New World where Peace, Health, and Freedom for All… IS… Amen, Selah, Allelujah!!!

Da Vid Raphael M.D., Founder of The Light Party www.lightparty.com www.globalpeacefoundation.org The Light Party is a wholistic, proactive, educational new political paradigm party dedicated to “Health Peace and Freedom For All”.

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The Music of the Spheres:

Astrological Insights by Susan Heinz ASTROLOGY

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rion, the giant hunter, now climbs the skies after sunset, mounting the Eastern horizon, a guardian, glittering in his star spangled belt. After Scorpio’s time of descending darkness, jolting us into change, surprising us with darkening afternoons, we begin to shift. Accustomed now, we look forward to gatherings, and good cheer, to share warmth from within. Sagittarius expands us, takes us to new places, and confronts us with the mystery of the night’s beauty. Go look at the stellar show careening overhead.

The full Moon takes place on December 6th. It’s high energy. It takes us to the edge of something new. Take heart, as we also see the collective playing out the intensity of very old thinking, old power struggles. Pluto, whose domain is the subterranean realm of humanity’s collective psyche, is bringing up and out old paradigm programming, polarized perspectives, oppression, fear, and outrage, as it clashes in its 6th exact alignment with revolutionary Uranus, (Dec 14). Uranus in Aries seeks to break with the old and stimulate the highest vision, and wisdom, that our race can bear. In our personal lives, support change, fueling energies to create new realities in alignment with being fully present. There is a great initiation taking place. Can we broaden our view, grasp our profane interrelatedness, and inhabit our powers as creators, while sustaining this dissolution and metamorphosis?

The winter solstice takes place under the auspices of the new Moon in Capricorn on December 21st. The longest night gives way to the return of lengthening daylight, a sacred moment in the cycle of the year, promising hope and renewal. Yet at the winter solstice, just like any cycle that comes to its end, there is a period of discontinuity, a gap, where uncertainty reigns. So it is our ritual to gather and share our visions of a new time.

Twelve Opportunities for December: For Sun and Rising Signs Aries (Mar 20—Apr 19): Situations are opening up for you. It becomes easier to feel comfortable with people, who you once felt judged by.

Affection and enjoyment are present as well as a certain constrain, or even

challenge, to openness and relaxation.

You would prefer a more intimate space or even to draw up into your own internal thoughts, but it is a good time for change, for shifting all perspectives, and breaking your molds. Set aside your standards for the holidays and enjoy playing!

Taurus (Apr 20—May 20): As we move into December, balancing your finances is important. Look at where you are supported financially and where you need to conserve. You feel a generosity this month, so it is good to be aware how you extend that. The area of your career is energized, sharing information, writing, speaking, and gathering with people. Motivation toward accomplishment moves you on.

Gemini (May 21—Jun 20): During the first weeks of December, relationship, friendship, and collaborations are highlighted. It is a wonderful time to meet new people and to try new things.

Sweetness in friendship is present. Toward the end of the month, it is good to slow down socially. Find your boundaries and don’t overextend yourself. Now a redefinition in relationship is needed.

Cancer (Jun 21—Jul 21): In this hectic month, find a day to dedicate to yourself, preferably at the new moon, and retreat. Recharge yourself with water therapy, listening to good music, or no plan at all. There is much energy concentrated toward relationship, and enjoyment at the solstice. You are once again aware of the transition that you are in terms of career. There is promise of something new emerging, but you cannot know the outcome. Be flexible, and listen deeply to your inner call.

Leo (Jul 22—Aug 22): This month continues a sense of wellbeing, of what can be possible. Let yourself know that, if you haven’t already stepped into this time of abundance, of creativity, and expression. It is all around you. You feel a breakthrough, revelation, realignment, and excitement. Because of this, new routines can be created. Take time to reorganize your office, or work space.

People are attracted to you and want to give you information. Step back and watch.

Virgo (Aug 23 —Sep 22): You are tuned into home and family. Your protective, attentive, nature is activated.

You have made the connection with a

larger view of things, of situations, and it brings a sense of well-being. Be careful not to project onto others, because not everything is clear. Situations resist definition. Toward the end of the month, you experience things are falling into place. There is change around you.

Libra (Sep 23—Oct 22): The beginning of December brings affection and good feelings. You feel an abundance of love, of creative energy.

For some, you experience this with your siblings, a special connection and enjoyment. As the solstice comes, you feel the need to hunker down, to ground yourself, to anchor yourself through a deeper relation with your inner world.

Creative expression is available to you, and generally finding pleasure in what you create.

Scorpio (Oct 23—Nov 21): You are closing a cycle that began in October of 2012. Effort applied, new responsibilities taken on, decisions made as to what you are creating in your life, are now moving to a new phase. You have reached a point of fulfillment, a feeling of enjoyment, of outpouring of love, creativity and possibility. Yet at this full moon, you are very sensitive to a relationship that is of concern. The path forward is not clear at this time. At the new moon, clarify your intention; communication is favored. Keep your balance between the practical, down to earth reality, and the possible.

Sagittarius (Nov 22—Dec 20): This month, you must keep the balance between your needs and the needs of others. Sometimes it will not be clear what the boundaries are. Sometimes your idealistic nature will need to be checked. But you feel good. You feel great abundance around you and an expanded view of things. At the end of the year, review your finances. Make any needed changes; You may be aware of a new talent emerging or an inner resource that will benefit yourself and others.

Capricorn (Dec 21—Jan 19): It’s been a long haul! This remaking yourself and your life. In the first part of December, let yourself take a break, pull your energies back in. Reconfigure your time to allow for connecting with spiritual, and/or artistic reveries.

Try something new, enjoyment brings transformation to your life. Allow focus

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believe that belief forms this human world—our passions stir essential is-ness to become something. Our fondest and most feared projections are happening all at once.

Variation is creation’s dream, so varied materiality is the norm.

Bodies change, societal norms change, perceptions rearrange and change.

What we envision becomes; look at the technology that Star Trek imagined in the series; much of it has become our everyday reality. Be reassured, if you don’t like the weather, be patient. It will change.

Each moment is a new one. It may resemble what went before, but it is new nonetheless. Thinking things can remain the same generally leads to disappointment. Even an agoraphobic has some difference in each fear filled housebound day.

We have choice. What we think materializes. Do we really want peace?

Simple; be peaceful.... But how can we in this world riddled with war, famine, pestilence.... Can we really change the world with our thoughts, our belief that goodness ultimately reigns?

Why not? Even if the belief in goodness has not evolved into trust in Divine Source, it could be

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a high spiritual practice to act as if unconditional love rules, to act as if the Divine really cares.

Truth be known, we are the programmers of the divine blueprint.

Free will is a random variable that generates choices from the unlimited potential of creative expression. It does boil down to “as you sow, so shall you reap.” It’s karma.

Taking responsibility for our thoughts and deeds is a first step in reestablishing our sense of well being when we are overwhelmed by circumstance, or our faulty judgement.

Looking into our deep selves can reveal undesirable traits as well as joyful self realization. Back to belief—I believe in our innate goodness and the human ability to embrace light and rise above darkness. We have the opportunity to discover the nature of creation, to learn how to be divine. This is a time of celebrating life... or not. The choice is yours and mine. Are we willing to be all the love and compassion we can be?

As we each choose love over fear,

we will become the peace we desire. That’s what I intend.

And so it is.

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on yourself. Bring forth your wisdom and trust yourself!

Aquarius (Jan 20—Feb 17): December is an energizing month for you! Clearly define what it is you want, because now there is a driving force to carry you toward that goal. Writing, speaking, sharing information (which you so love) now comes naturally. There is a sense of grounding as well, putting things in place, consolidating even as you feel newness in your life. It is a sorting time. What is true, what is fantasy, what serves your growth, what confuses it? Friends or like-minded souls support your process. Retreat at the solstice.

Pisces (Feb 18—Mar 19): In December, you are busy behind the scenes, supporting, setting things in

motion. If you are an artist, it is an excellent time to go to your studio. Now you must cultivate a good balance between your imaginative and giving self, and just practical necessities of life. For some it may be attending to rest and quiet among the busyness. For others it is setting good boundaries, and staying with them, carving out a big enough space for your own thriving.

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olorado is rolling in revenue from statewide marijuana legalization. Colorado’s state legislature had set aside $2.5 million for schools to hire health professionals: School officials already are calling to find out how soon they can apply for the grant. In general, officials estimate the money could fund 35 to 40 new full-time health care professionals.

“We’re hoping of course that this will help schools identify and help students that are showing signs of substance abuse and mental health problems,” said Sarah Mathew, director of health and wellness at the Colorado Department of Education, “hoping that we are more equipped to handle those kids.”

Just this past week: After taking applications for

about a month from school districts looking to hire health workers with funds from marijuana revenue, the state on Wednesday awarded more than $975,000 of grants.

There are kinks to get out—as there are in any tax revenue-based state program. However, this money is going towards health and drug prevention programs, and that has always been one of the hopes for proponents of legalization.

David Rein, director of development at the New America School, said they will use the $169,232 grant to

hire three full-time nurses or social workers — one for each campus — to focus on programs to prevent substance abuse.

Counselors at New America surveyed students in September, and results show that 32 percent reported marijuana use of more than 10 times in a month.

“Our student population is over 95 percent at-risk,” Rein said. “Given the population, I would say our counselors are overburdened with all these challenges. And if you add on the additional problems of substance abuse, there’s a great need for having this kind of additional staff.”

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