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n September, as we shift from summer vacations and nature excursions to school bus safety and homework, the magazine is picking up on the education vibe and we’re highlighting a couple of workshops. Managing Editor, Deb Rodney is offering the opportunity to learn Reiki from her. She says she doesn’t teach often so it is an exceptional opportunity to learn a practice she has been utilizing in her daily life for over 33 years. And she and Robin Bodhi have teamed up to present an edgy workshop called, “Practices for Disconnecting from a Toxic Culture,” which will provide some helpful tools to better manage the disturbing aspects of our shifting culture. I’m planning to be there and hope to see you. This month we celebrate National Yoga Month with Donato’s take on “The Power of Yoga: Tapping Into the Life Force.” Another potent stress-buster, yoga’s contribution to mind-body fitness is proving to be a reliable defense against age-related loss of mobility, cardiovascular disease and depression. Autumn is the time of year when nature begins to prepare for winter. The soil richens with fallen fruit and scattered leaves. In past times, I enjoyed the glass jars full of pickles and peaches lined up in the pantry. It made me feel good that the family had stored up some garden goodness for the winter. Aging is a little like that. We have collected our sunny life experiences and have stored up our memories. Managing our health as we age means going inside and preparing deep down for the wintering of each new stage of health and change. Writer Marlaina Donato offers a comprehensive guide to ward off inflammation and premature cell death in “Age-Defying Bodywork: How to Turn Back the Clock.” She explains how fortifying the nervous system through massage, acupuncture and reflexology is critical to combating age-accelerating stress hormones like cortisol. The mind-body connection is at the forefront of writer April Thompson’s “Ayurvedic Cooking: Ancient System Restores Balance.” Here, in one of the world’s oldest systems, food is medicine. The menu is seasonal and local, and timing and preparation are critical to rebalancing health. Especially, I confess, after all the summer desserts and homemade fresh fruit ice cream. With kids back in school, parents will find insights from Ronica O’Hara to help with managing “Digital Kids: How to Click With Young Techies.” And there’s some important information for pet owners in this month’s pet department where writer Julie Peterson offers “Pet Peeve: Natural Remedies for Allergies to Furry Friends.” In this issue, we’re helping to spread the word about two big Portland events we hope you’ll attend. I love Veg Fest on October 5th and 6th because I get a chance to connect with readers and pass out magazines. This year I’ll have on hand copies (always free) of some back issues in case you missed them. So be sure and stop by the Natural Awakenings booth and say hello. The Natural Awakenings team is getting ready to launch some exciting things later in the fall. If you’re interested in advertising or writing something, please get in touch. We’d love to give you a personal sneak preview of what’s coming up in the magazine.
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According to a new report from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, elephants have such sensitive olfactory discrimination that they can determine different amounts of food just by sniffing it. Most animals use visual acuity to determine quantities of food, but this study shows that it’s important for psychologists to incorporate into experimental designs the ways in which different animals interact with their environment using all of their senses. 8
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Elephants Never Forget—What They Smell
The Amazon Rain Forest continues to lose habitat for animals and plants by clear cutting practices that add to the burden of climate change. According to satellite imaging data compiled in 2018 by Global Forest Watch and analysts at the University of Maryland, removing large patches of forest to make room for ranching caused the highest loss of forest cover overall, along with other commercial activities like mining and soy production. The World Resources Institute, which tracks global forest cover, reports deforestation is increasing in Brazil, Indonesia, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia. Large swaths of forest serve as carbon sinks, helping suck excess carbon emissions from the atmosphere. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has promised to open the Amazon for industry and recently slashed funding to environmental and science research groups.
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Toxic air is killing more people in Europe than tobacco smoking, according to new research published in the European Heart Journal. The number of early deaths caused by air pollution is double previous estimates and the lives of 800,000 people worldwide are cut short by an average of more than two years, the scientists calculated. Although air pollution enters through the lungs, its impact via the bloodstream on heart disease and strokes is responsible for twice as many deaths as respiratory diseases. Penny Woods, chief executive of the British Lung Foundation, says, “Toxic air doesn’t just cut lives short. It also seriously affects the health and quality of life of millions of people.”
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In the U.S., air pollution in general worsened markedly across the country between 2015 and 2017, probably due to rising temperatures, according to the American Lung Association’s State of the Air 2019 report. Based on federal, state and local data, it found that that many cities nationwide increased the number of days when particle pollution, often called “soot”, soared to record-breaking levels. More cities suffered from higher numbers of days when ground-level ozone, also known as “smog”, reached unhealthy levels. The report’s three-year span covered the hottest years on record globally, and as the report noted, the data “adds to the evidence that a changing climate is making it harder to protect human health.” Case in point: The top six cities or metro areas in ozone pollution—Los Angeles-Long Beach, Visalia, Bakersfield, Fresno-Madera-Hanford, Sacramento-Roseville and San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad—were all located in California, one of the most environmentally proactive states. See a map of the 25 worst offenders by ozone, yearround particle pollution and short-term particle pollution and check out other locations by zip code at Tinyurl.com/ MostPollutedCities.
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Be Wary of Dental Antibiotics Preventive antibiotics are frequently prescribed by dentists for older patients with certain heart conditions, but Oregon State University researchers recently found that those antibiotics, which can expose patients to unwelcome side effects, are unnecessary 81 percent of the time. Using four years of a healthcare claims database of almost 170,000 prescriptions involving more than 90,000 patients with an average age of 63, the research found that fewer than 21 percent should have been given antibiotics based on heart conditions. The findings are important because dentists are responsible for 10 percent of all antibiotic prescriptions written in the U.S., and overuse of antibiotics contributes to bacteria evolving to make the drugs ineffective.
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More than 160 dead gray whales have washed up on the Pacific Coast this year, including onto beaches in Canada, Mexico and Alaska, and scientists estimate that they represent just 10 percent of the total number of the dead, with the rest sinking into the sea. In Washington, officials have run out of public beaches for the huge carcasses to rot, and have asked for owners of private beaches to volunteer space. This could end up being the deadliest year for gray whales since 2000, when 131 were found on U.S. shores. Many of this year’s victims have been malnourished, according to David Weller, a research wildlife biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Southwest Fisheries Science Center, in La Jolla, California. That could be because of unusually warm temperatures in the northern Bering Sea last year, says Sue Moore, a biological oceanographer at the University of Washington, in Seattle. This results in less of the type of algae that amphipods (shrimplike crustaceans) eat, which in turn lowers the food supply for the whales.
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Cultivation throughout the U.S. is becoming more difficult because of unpredictable weather patterns, leading to higher prices and lowered productivity. Farmers are finding that a shift of two or three weeks in a growing season can upset supply chains, labor schedules and other agricultural variables, like the routes that honeybees travel to pollinate fields. Also, climate change is driving a rise in pest infestations that will keep growers scrambling to keep up with rapidly changing conditions. “Decades-long patterns of frost, heat and rain, never entirely predictable, but once reliable enough, have broken down. In regions where the term climate change still meets with skepticism, some simply call the weather extreme or erratic. But most agree that something unusual is happening,” reports The New York Times.
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People have been conducting strikes as a method of demanding change for many years. With our climate on the brink of collapse and our communities already suffering from its impacts and the potential for effective action so uncertain, such a worldwide event to try to effect climate change action is paramount. On September 20, millions of people worldwide will walk out of their classes, jobs and homes as part of a Global Climate Strike, with many organized events taking place nationwide. “One day of striking won’t solve everything, but it will show those in power that we refuse to stand by in the face of climate crisis,” says Tamara Toles O’Laughlin, North American director of 350.org, a renewable-energy action nonprofit that is working to organize weeklong events. “It’ll show the world who the real villains of the story are. And if we’re numerous and loud enough, it will be the spark that helps turn the tide. And that’s all we really need.” Visit 350.org to find the nearest event or to create one. September 2019
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Musings on SPIRIT, ENERGY and LOVE By Deb Rodney
Spirit is everywhere in all things and in all moments. It is alive through connection and change, which are continuous and infinite. Imagine spirit as a calm lake. Your obvious connection with it happens when you dip your toe into it and create a ripple across its surface. This ripple is energy at the place where spirit and change meet. Or imagine the spirit of a rock. Silent, still, solid, contained in form, you connect to its spirit when you understand there is spirit there. The rock becomes something different because you see it differently. A young girl on the bank of a river looks for a stone. She interacts with it by choosing it for its size, its heft, how it feels in her hand or because it is a perfect candidate for skipping…or whatever. Something called to her and she picks it up. She has interacted with the spirit of the stone whether she understands it as spirit or not. She throws the stone into the river. It then interacts with the water as it cuts though it and lands on the bottom where it now lives and interacts with a fish or a crawdad who nudge it looking for food. A stone is constantly making a journey. It is continually changing from the mountain it once was a part of, to the sand it will become. This ‘aliveness’ or spirit is as real and dynamic as the development of your skin from baby smoothness to grandmother softness. Nothing is ever outside the greater spirit of the ever-changing whole. Like the stone, there is no place that you are not connected to the spirit of everything happening around you—the sights, the sounds, the light, the shadows, and the phyicality of matter.
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and articulated. What if it is not just a structured understanding of geology, heat and pressure? All those conditions don’t explain the dynamic creative spirit which compels the volcano to erupt the moment it does. Why not five minutes ago or 500 years from now? What if the moment is the result of a dynamic co-creation of spirit and energetic change? “The probability that human intelligence developed all the way from the chemical ooze of the primordial ocean solely through random mechanical processes has been aptly compared to the probability of a tornado blowing through a gigantic junkyard and assembling by accident a 747 jumbo jet.” —Stanislav Grof What if the connection of spirit is the synchronicity of the conditions lining up, not randomly, but in perfect unity? I’ve been practicing Reiki, an energy form of healing for 33 years. The energy of Reiki creates a wholeness or harmony of physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. It can shift dis-ease into ease, or energetically assist in lining up sychronistic events leading toward healthy living—or a meaningful, celebratory death. It feels a lot like receiving love as a creative force and passing it along. Practicing Reiki, I have become very sensitive to energy. Even if you have never thought about or described unseen energy, you have experienced it. This spirit of energy permeates everything and all experiences. When you hold a new born baby, you feel it. If you have had the supreme privilege of witnessing a birth or a death you’ve felt it. If you’ve walked into a room where there’s just been an argument you have probably noticed it. The people may be gone and the room might be empty but the energy lingers. And we have all experienced physical attraction. What is that energy that pulls you toward someone you’ve never met before? And where does it come from? Why them? Sometimes, you can actually see the spirit of energy moving. I was walking in a park one day and a man crossed my path. In a instantaneous flash, I knew he would find a reason to speak to me. And he did. As we began talking, a magnificent osprey swooped
directly above us. As I bowed to the bird in awe, I looked over and he was doing the same thing. Me, the man and the osprey were connected. In that moment we ‘saw’ each other. This was not about romantic attraction but about connection. We had a deep and meaningful conversation for about an hour, spoke words of appreciation and parted. I experienced a magical connection with a kindred soul for an hour of time. It was tangible and obvious. Spirit isn’t something that happens in heaven or that only mystics can feel. It is a dynamic force happening right now, as a participant in every form of constant change.
We are surrounded by the energy of creation and possibility.
Spirit is not the opposite of matter. Matter is a part of spirit. It is necessary for a dynamic process of change. We are flesh and bones animated by energy seeking the perceptible spirit of love. We are surrounded by the energy of creation and possibility. Perhaps the synchronicity of spirit is the unifying magnetic compulsion of love seeking love? Not the sugar-coated Hallmark version of love but love as the same sustainable impulse of a forest maintaining its magnificance. Love is a powerful force attracting more of itself. More unity. More movement toward wholeness and oneness. Love is creatively nudging us toward wholeness—if we pay attention. Any diversion from the movement of energy and love toward wholeness is a delusion of disconnection. When we view our bodies as machine-like and naure as ‘dead’ and insignificant, we lose our sense of the magnitude of energy and love. Love can be forgotten, misplaced, ignored or dodged but love will always seek unity. The human mind doesn’t always comprehend this. And many people walking on the planet have forgotten to believe in love. Even so, love is very present in the process of spirit meeting energy moving us toward harmony. Love is everywhere quietly going about its mission of seeking itself whether we pay attention or not, whether we try to sabatoge it or seek it. Love in action is the movement toward the unity of connection. This spirit of interaction is love. Love is not above or outside ourselves. It is who we are right now. Right here. No matter how chaotic, stressful and divisive things may seem.
An Invitation From Deb If you want to learn more about Energy, Spirit and Love, I will be offering a First Degree class in the Usui Shiko Ryoho tradition of Reiki. Reiki is a hands on, healing practice that energetically supports wholeness. I have been a Master since 1991 and this lovely practice of energy healing supports me in many ways. It assists in stilling my mind. It offers a supportive, energetic space for self-reflection. The simple practice gives me the tools to offer healing energy to troubled or ill people I know, and send it to the world’s rainforests and other precarious places. It nudges me to live and speak more authentically. It supports me to fear less. It helps me trust my intuition about the people, wisdom and medicine that support me on my journey to maintain my health as I age. It calls my attention to beauty, gratitude, replenishment and the wisdom of my own heart.
It shows me messages through synchronicity, dreams, authentic connections and the teachings of the Natural World from the exploration of micro-physics to the grasshopper who sings over 500 different songs. It provides a safe space when I grieve, wail, keen or cry. If you are interested in a class, please email me at DebRodney@gmail.com for details. The intensive is a total of 10 hours spread over three or four days and costs $150. Dates will be determined by the availibility of a small group of participants.
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reality check | finding resilience in troubled times “Tell your people that they must learn to wake up their feelings. Their heart must arise from its sleep. It must rise and stand up.” –The Elders of the Kalahari
Somatic Awareness and Covert Cultural Trauma By Robin Bodhi and Deb Rodney
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stomach. A feeling is an emotional state that our body is sensing such as happy, sad or scared. Perceiving physical sensation, as well as emotional feelings, strengthens our ability to receive, assess and appraise our body’s signals. This is called Interoceptive Awareness. We have all had those moments where we had a strong sense or a strong knowing about something. Sometimes that knowing appears as a sensation in the gut, or our breath will make a significant change, or kinesthetically we just know something without having to think about it. When we allow ourselves to tune into the nuances of messages our bodies are sending we gain valuable information to make important decisions in life, to better understand certain situations, or to live life more fully and authentically. Teaching ourselves to be more sensually aware requires mindfulness; being fully present in the moment. This is a basic human ability but in a ‘noisy’ culture full of distractions it can be difficult. As we connect to the messages of our bodies, we begin to understand the effects of our minds. A lot of what our mind tells us is pretty shocking. Tuning in, we hear messages that we are not good enough, thin enough or smart enough, and often we busily compare ourselves to others. And the voice of our mind can trigger past trauma and future fear. When trauma robs us of our ability
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to be in the present moment, our physical sensations get stuck in anxiety and fear, which blocks our ability to be fully present. Somatic awareness allows us to gain another perspective from what our nervous system is telling us. Then we can consciously decide what we want to do instead of unconsciously falling into long-standing patterns and uncomfortable behaviors related to being traumatized. For some, acute trauma can be the result of a specific incident like a death, an accident, childhood neglect or sexual assault. In the US, 61% of men and 51% of women report exposure to at least one lifetime traumatic event. To unwind these kinds of acute traumas professional support is usually needed. In today’s culture, we are overwhelmed with another kind of trauma related to toxic relationships or events in the news. We are seeing school and other shootings, refugees struggling without homes, and rising incidents of white supremacy. None of us can live outside the traumas we are witnessing in the world. And many of us are stressed economically or by changing conditions and expectations, which add to tensions in relationships. This kind of stress is Covert Cultural Trauma. Some cultural trauma is more overt or more obvious, and then there are traumas that are disguised in everyday life and are more covert in nature. Overt Cultural Trau-
ma can happen as a result of being a war veteran, a political refugee, sex trafficked or (historically) a slave or a holocaust survivor. Covert Cultural Trauma happens over a sustained amount of time as the result of everyday stress from navigating in a toxic culture. It is not usually obvious because we are desensitized to the normalized stress and toxicity. It affects us physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Unfortunately, we are all impacted by the effects of this covert trauma. And it has been only recently that it has been acknowledged so it can be understood and supported. There are essentially two kinds of responses to the covert cultural traumas of everyday events. One is denial. This shuts down our ability to feel our emotions and sensations. Repressed feelings held in the
body can result in projected emotions that lash out and hurt others. They can overwhelm us when we lose our ability to recognize their influence. Or they can activate dis-ease caused by the stress of trying to contain our sensations and feelings. The other response to daily traumatic stress is to be mindful of how it affects us and to recognize that it requires awareness, re-framing our options and resilience practices. It also helps to better understand that in a toxic and troubled world it is NORMAL to have complex feelings. There are mindfulness practices to help us recognize and navigate the feelings in our bodies and the thought processes in our minds, which can help us navigate these troubled times.
A SOMATIC PRACTICE: One way to begin to strengthen the somatic awareness muscle is to become more aware of the breath. Creating time every day where we take a moment to simply sense the belly expanding and chest rising with the breath. And the gentle fall of the chest and belly with the exhalation. This process allows us to slow down for a moment, be in the present moment, and pay attention to our bodies. When we establish this practice, we can more easily begin to notice other sensations or feelings in the body.
“Being true to yourself really means being true to all the complexities of the human spirit.” –Rita Dove
Practices for Disconnecting from a Toxic Culture—A Workshop Facilitated by Robin Bodhi and Deb Rodney • Defining the influences of the toxic culture • Recognizing the magnitude of the stress it creates in our everyday lives • Offering practices for making healthy choices through -Mindfulness -Somatic awareness -The intuitive arts • Re-framing our relationship with the culture • Exploring strategies for breaking long-standing patterns and uncomfortable behaviors • Easing the grip of the individual ego and connecting to our broader humanity • Finding the freedom to be more authentic and in better control of our thinking and triggers Three Sundays: October 20, 27 and November 3 Time: 2:00 to 5:00 At the Trauma Center 2130 SW Jefferson, Suite 200 (off street parking) $50 per workshop (taken consecutively) or $125 for all three, paid in advance. If economic hardship prevents you from attending, please inquire about assistance.
Contact Deb Rodney at debrodney@gmail.com for more information or to reserve your place in the workshop. Robin has been a bodyworker for over 20-plus years and is gearing her practice to trauma informed somatic bodywork. She works part-time at the Integrative Trauma Treatment Center and maintains a private practice. She is currently working on a mental health counseling degree. Deb’s work bridges her experience as a radical activist since the 70’s and as a spiritual seeker and Reiki Master since 1991. She has worked as a communication specialist an HIV in the Caribbean, an Environmental Education Specialist for the City of Portland and is the founder of three professional theater companies. She is currently the Managing Editor of Natural Awakenings Magazine.
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Women of Courage… ANI PACHEN, 1950 Tibet Short Story Adapted by Deb Rodney From “Sorrow Mountain” by Ani Patchen and Adelaide Donnelley
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was seventeen when I stood on the roof of our four-story house and threatened to jump. In my stomach a frightened bird fluttered.
Om Mani Peme Hum. The nature of mind is clear light, and our experience in the world only passing waves on its surface. If my father’s servant, Tashi didn’t take me to the monastery to escape marriage to a man I didn’t know, I would fly off the roof. So, on horseback, he and I secretly escaped into the Tibetan wilderness. That night as I tried to sleep, the icy wind cracked against the stones and whistled over the barren ground. I thought I heard the call of a leopard and I took my knife out of its leather holder. I moved the cold prayer beads through my fingers until I fell asleep. Om Mani Peme Hum. Om Mani Peme Hum. When I woke up, eight of my father’s men were standing over me. Tupten, with his fox-skin hat low on his brow said, “Your father misses you and has been sick with worry because there are wild animals and bandits here. He said there is no need to run away. He will break the marriage contract and you will be free to live as you want.” My name is Lemdha Ani Pachen, chieftainess of Lemdha born in 1933, the female Water-Bird year. The time when my country was at the roof of the world, a place where the great spirits lived. I was my father’s only child. He was Chieftain elder and Lama of the Lemdha clan. Having escaped marriage, I was studying with Gyalsay Rinpoche at the Tromkhog monastery when the Chinese invaded Tibet, and began moving ever closer to my village. His holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama had been enthroned. Six months later he was forced to sign an agreement turning over Tibet’s policy-making to the Chinese. In exchange the Chinese promised
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to recognize His Holiness’s authority and respect Tibet’s religion and culture. They put words, like honey on a sharp knife. My father organized a group of trusted advisors and invited me to their talks. We heard reports of children being stolen and taken to China. There were confrontations, arrests and executions. The world I had been seeing with my innocent eyes was fleeting like lightning. Like dew. My father gave me a rifle and showed me how to shoot it. “Hold steady…don’t breathe. Now fire!” he said. I squeezed the trigger as tightly as I could. Bang! The rifle recoiled and a pain like the kick of a horse struck my chest, but I hit the target. “You’ve got it,” my father said. “But if that were a Chinese would you dare to kill him?”
Would I dare? The words rumbled through my mind like thunder. Om Mani Peme Hum. Om Mani Peme Hum. Keep your mind clear, radiant and aware in each moment. One day, a man came rushing into our meeting screaming, “The monastery at Lithang has been bombed!” He was half crying and half talking. My father led him to a chair and put his hands on the young man’s shoulders. “Tell us,” my father said in a steady voice. “The air was filled with thunder,” the frightened man said. “Then out of the sky came something we’d never seen before. Flying machines, with wings like birds, swooped down. Buildings exploded with people screaming inside. Men, women, children…4000 of them were killed.” Except for the man’s weeping the room was silent. Om Mani Peme Hum. Om Mani Peme Hum. Blessed Rinpoche, look with love, mercy, and compassion upon the beings without refuge or protection. Guide them to freedom. After that, our meetings happened more frequently and I sat beside my father. I noticed the men watching me with a mixture of disbelief and dismay as if their meetings were no place for a woman. Their reactions didn’t bother me for I had no desire to be there and would have preferred to be in the chapel praying or reading spiritual texts in my room. Then as my father was planning the destruction of a large Chinese arsenal in the north, he became ill and died suddenly. Heartbroken, I realized he had been preparing me to take over for him. I was completely overwhelmed with grief. How would I know what to do? Om Mani Peme Hum. Om Mani Peme Hum. Blessed Dorjee Phurba protect us. May the doctrine of the Buddha be everlasting. May I be guided on this path. I asked the Lama Ratri what I should do. He gave me a hundred blessing strings and hundred small packets with pieces of my father’s hair and clothes. He told me that under my father’s leadership, our tribe was the best organized in all of Gonjo and it needed a new leader. “The Buddhist Dharma is facing extinction,” he said. Survival of the teaching! A new sense of purpose filled me. If I can contribute something to protect the great teachings of Buddha, I thought, I will do whatever is asked. Even kill.
I called a meeting and waited to see if the men would come. When they did, I felt reassured. One of them reported that the Chinese were blasting roads through the mountains toward Gonjo. “Once the road is finished Chinese tanks and supplies will come,” he said. “We have to stop them.” I stood up and spoke. “I will go to each house as my father planned, gather the men and make sure each has a suitable horse and a usable weapon. We will train together and I will lead them.” I, who had been instructed not to kill a spider or an ant, became a Buddhist warrior that day. My dream of a life devoted to meditation and prayer was no longer possible and I set about making preparations for war. Our battles on horseback, we were no match for the demonic war machinery of the Chinese. I was captured and spent 21 long years in prison. When I was finally released, His Holiness the Dalai Lama said to me, “You have seen Tibet’s tragedy. You have lived its suffering. You must tell your story so others will know.” So, I tell it here. Om Mani Peme Hum. Om Mani Peme Hum. I go to the Buddha for refuge, I go to the Dharma for refuge, I go to the Sangha for refuge!
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LIGHT THERAPY and LYME DISEASE One scientific and sacred solution. by Barbara Lee Baker Julie Kay Clayton
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n the spring of 2009 I was 55 years old and had been struggling with the burdens of Lyme disease since the summer of 1967. I had been struggling without any official health diagnosis or identifiable treatment plan—only a miasma of debilitating symptoms and misdiagnoses, which was unfortunately a common occurrence for those with the condition in those days. Lyme disease inflicted insurmountable havoc on my immune system, and instability to my overall health, but it also forced me to create resilience strategies. These strategies, such as reaching out for help when I needed it, enabled me to continue moving toward my goals even though I often did not feel physically or mentally up to the challenge. I managed to raise two beautiful daughters, maintain a small design-build construction business, and survive divinity school and a chaplaincy internship at Mary’s Woods in Lake Oswego. But life became unbearable when seizures and a series of transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) further robbed me of my ability to read, work and retain information. I felt so close and yet so far from finding the solutions I desperately needed. A friend and colleague referred me to a compounding pharmacist for a referral to Daniel Newman, MD, ND, MSOM. Upon hearing my medical history, he ordered the most effective Lyme test known at the time and gave me what no other physician had: an accurate diagnosis with positive results, results actually confirmed according to The Center for Disease Control. This diagnosis replaced other false symptomatic diagnoses that had been previously given to me: chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, anxiety, arthritis, and the most hurtful of all, hypochondriac.
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After two years of dutifully swallowing, zapping, baking, smearing, inserting, injecting, and bathing in all manner of prescribed cures for Lyme disease, I was only slightly improved and financially speaking, a lot poorer. By this time I was confined to my bed, with irregular heartbeats, on oxygen, with alarmingly low blood pressure and unable to think clearly, talk or even write a complete sentence. Then, synchronicity happened. Over the course of one week, three different people directed my attention toward a therapy based on using my own body’s cellular light to heal. Apparently, our foundations of health are built on a barely visible light frequency, which guide, organize and direct cellular health and coherence. I said an absolute “YES” to learning more. Studies from 1974 by German biophysicist Fritz-Albert Popp seemed to prove Russian embryologist Alexander Gurwitsch’s hypothesis that all of the cells in our body emit an extremely faint light. Popp called that light biophotons, meaning life-giving light, and suggested that these biophotons direct the body’s biochemical processes.
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One Dutch researcher, Johan Boswinkel, hypothesized: “If all the information required to control the body’s biochemical processes is in the light that the body emits, and if disturbances in that light disrupt biochemical processes and cause disease—if it worked like that, it would have enormous consequences for our healing!” Boswinkel invested 30 years in developing an instrument, now in its sixth generation, known as the “Chiren,” to reset the biochemical cellular processes toward health. When Boswinkel temporarily brought his instrument and training to the Institute for Applied Biophoton Sciences in the California Bay Area, I signed up for treatments. The benefits I experienced from just three sessions were nothing less than profound! The first and most obvious shift was that my immune system responded by producing a fever in my body — which it had been unable to do previously for years —a way of saying, “I’m back.” My low blood pressure stabilized and my heartbeat normalized. I found the cumbersome O2
tanks unnecessary. I scheduled as many treatments as possible and continued to see great improvements in my health. I discovered that light therapy (a.k.a. biophoton therapy) is a non-invasive, multi-dimensional, whole-body, spiritual healing treatment, as well as a physical treatment. In response to those energetic whole body effects, I also developed a deeper compassion and respect for others and for myself. I could feel my life force energizing and I felt more alive than I had in a long time. My lab tests confirmed the positive results I experienced. My supplements and other treatments were reduced to a minimum and have remained so seven years later. Combining this life-giving light with my ministerial training was the perfect calling for me. I deeply desired to share this amazing modality as an excellent complementary protocol covering a wide range of medical, energetic and spiritual issues— like grief, trauma, chronic and terminal illness, fatigue and more. Lyme disease seems to be particularly responsive to the benefits of light therapy. Miraculously, each light-giving therapy session seems to lift another layer of disease and provides the necessary illumination for a realized and deeper connection to one’s inner healer and chosen path. I proudly completed training as a biophoton therapist in 2014. I’ve found rich rewards in facilitating positive changes for my clients—i.e., babies born, and achievements; love found or employment, and to hear their stories of new feelings of hope to live instead of hope to die; and to hold space for the possibility of a return to health at any age or stage in our journey. Barbara Baker (Metis/Canada) BA., M.Div. is an accomplished Biophoton (Chiren) practitioner in Vancouver, WA., a Dementia Awareness Coach, and a Chaplain. You can reach Barbara at https://nwbiontology.com/ or riverbear3@gmail.com.
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I CAN STILL BE MOVED Song lyrics by Todd Samusson ©2011 all rights reserved The streets beyond my window are gritty and getting colder And there ain’t no doubt about it, every day I’m a little bit older The news I hear on the radio is all full of trouble and pain Somebody’s always hurting, somebody chasing down personal gain It’s harder and harder to find the good; Nothing is going the way it should I wanna see a little bit of charity; I wanna get a little bit of clarity
TODD SAMUSSON Todd Samusson is a Portland Singer-songwriter, artist and activist. His latest CD “Welldiggers” created with longtime musician friend Dan Rhiger is available from Medicine Whistle Studios (medicinewhistle.com).
[CHORUS] I can still be moved; And I still have a wide-eyed sense of wonder And I’m brought to my knees by the breath of the breeze or the sound of rolling thunder I’m awed by the myths and the mysteries remaining to be proved I can still be touched; I can still be moved Yet another politician broke another campaign pledge Yet another crooked banker sent his clients out over the ledge And another corporado made a profit off of somebody’s war There’s bloodstains on the bottom line and no one asks, “What for?” It’s the same old, same old every day; the usual suspects are getting away And it shakes my faith down to the bone’; It’s enough to turn my heart to stone -- but [CHORUS] I can still be moved; And I still have a wide-eyed sense of wonder And I’m brought to my knees by the breath of the breeze or the sound of rolling thunder I’m awed by the myths and the mysteries remaining to be proved I can still be touched; I can still be moved [BRIDGE] Move me like an earthquake, darlin’; Move me like the tide Love is moving everywhere and it will not be denied Move me like the river moves into the mother sea I am open to be touched so baby, move me [CHORUS] I can still be moved; And I still have a wide-eyed sense of wonder And I’m brought to my knees by the breath of the breeze or the sound of rolling thunder I’m awed by the myths and the mysteries remaining to be proved I can still be touched; I can still be moved [TAG] I’m awed by the myths & the mysteries; The way we survive all our histories And the world isn’t all that I wished it would be but it’s true I can still be moved; I can still be moved; I can still be moved
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During stress, the body is primed to resist or escape a threat, and … it’s not going to prioritize restorative activities. laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, it is now understood that prolonged daily stress weakens DNA structures by shortening chromosome-protecting telomeres, a major component in premature cell death and the trigger of genetic, predisposed markers for disease. Studies by Dr. Owen Wolkowitz, of the University of California, San Francisco, demonstrate the link between shortened telomeres and insufficient response to free radicals, resulting in chronic inflammation, now believed to be the catalyst of most degenerative
Age-Defying Bodywork How to Turn Back the Clock by Marlaina Donato
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t has been said that stress kills, and it often can be a slow and premature process, leading to common but avoidable symptoms of decline: impaired memory, loss of mobility, fatigue and decreased libido. Good nutrition, getting enough sleep and staying active contribute to vitality; however, fortifying the nervous system is critical to combating age-accelerating stress hormones like cortisol. The key to keeping body and mind young may lie in the therapeutic modalities of bodywork, an umbrella term for up to 350 methods that include massage, energy work and meridian-based therapies like acupuncture, shiatsu and reflexology, which can improve quality of life and promote cellular integrity. Once considered a luxury confined to spas and private home sessions, bodywork is moving into the medical mainstream with reputable hospitals like the Memorial Sloan Ket20
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tering Cancer Center, in New York City, which offers reiki sessions and instruction for patients and caregivers. According to a survey by the American Hospital Association, reiki and its close cousin Therapeutic Touch comprise one of three top complementary therapies in American hospitals, along with massage therapy and music. The Arthritis Foundation recommends massage for all types of arthritis and pain syndromes like fibromyalgia, as it can reduce discomfort and stress.
The Chemistry of Premature Aging
Busy lives without enough downtime can set up the body to be in a chronic state of “fight-or-flight”, which compromises cardiovascular health, nutrient absorption, waste elimination and immunity. Thanks to groundbreaking researchers like Nobel
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diseases. Psychological stress, according to research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, changes how the body regulates inflammatory response. “Stress and inflammation cause pain and disease,” says Certified Reflexologist and holistic practitioner Martha Garland, of CreativeSpirit Healing Arts, in Baltimore. “All of this that we carry in our bodies will make us feel much older than our years.” Through application of pressure on specific reflex zones on the feet, hands and ears, reflexologists like Garland can help promote the natural flow of bodily functions. “Reflexology, a modality that is separate from massage therapy, reduces the tension, stress and pain that we hold in our feet and in the rest of our body, which can promote longevity and better quality of life,” she says. Certified craniosacral therapist Margaret Connolly, of Narberth, Pennsylvania, agrees that mental or emotional
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strain plays a key role in the aging process. “During stress, the body is primed to resist or escape a threat, and in that situation, it’s not going to prioritize restorative activities,” she says. Craniosacral therapy (CST) focuses on the cerebrospinal fluid and the meninges surrounding the brain, spinal cord and related connective tissue, and helps the body drop out of excessive fightor-flight mode.
Pain, Serotonin and Substance P
Bodywork and its ability to impact the chemistry of stress has far-reaching effects on most bodily systems. Studies in 2016 from the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine have shown that massage therapy helps to regulate hormones, boost immunity, improve attentiveness and ease the symptoms of depression. Licensed Massage Therapist Michele Duncan King, of Sea Spell Massage, in Cannon Beach, Oregon, knows firsthand how her work can assist in counteracting the energy-sapping effects of stress. “When the digestive system doesn’t go into the ‘rest-and-digest’ state via activation of the parasympathetic nervous system, it can affect muscles, joints, organs and hormones. This, along with elevated cortisol, can certainly make us function less optimally, making us feel older and less vibrant.” Traditional massage modalities such as Swedish, deep tissue, Thai and Lomi Lomi help reduce blood pressure, boost immunity by augmenting natural killer cells, decrease symptoms of depression and support the cardiovascular system. It can also assist lymphatic movement, which can prevent cold hands and feet and achiness. Massage also raises serotonin and dopamine levels, neurotransmitters that play vital roles in memory, mood regulation and immunity. Most significantly, higher serotonin levels are linked to lower levels of substance P, a neuropeptide that is central in pain perception. It soars during times of stress, anxiety and insufficient sleep, and has also been linked to tumor growth and inflammatory conditions.
Multidimensional Well-Being
Bodywork can assist the physical body, but it can also be a restorative balm for the emotions and psyche. “As human beings, touch is so important. Massage modalities invite safe, healing touch,” says Anita Bondi, licensed massage therapist and a founder of the Wellspring Holistic Center, in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. “A good therapist will also educate a client about other benefits of a more holistic lifestyle. I believe any time we give ourselves permission to listen to the body’s wisdom and follow its lead, we reduce stress and increase well-being.” While women are more apt to include bodywork sessions in their health care, men can be hesitant. Connolly encourages both women and men to experience CST and other modalities. “Sometimes men are a bit nervous about being touched, whether the practitioner is male or female. Even when open to hands-on therapy, some men believe extremely deep pressure is needed in order to be effective.” Not so, says Connolly, who cites the experience of Mark Bertolini, CEO of the Aetna health insurance company, who credits CST with saving his life when he was contemplating suicide and suffering severe neuropathic pain from a skiing accident.
Menopause and Cognitive Function
CST can also have an impact on women’s hormonal changes. “Very slight movement of tissues near the pituitary gland can exert a subtle pumping motion on the master gland in a way that will facilitate its ability to produce and release hormones,” explains Connolly. The therapy is sometimes used in conjunction with acupuncture, which also impacts hormones and works on the brain. A 2018 study by Chinese researchers published in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine shows neuronal improvement through acupuncture in both cognitively impaired patients and healthy individuals.
Tools for Life
Most practitioners believe that deriving benefits from bodywork requires consistency, which can support longevity in unexpected ways. Garland says, “What really makes a difference in reducing chronic stress is consistent stress reduction. One session occasionally will feel good and reduce tension temporarily, but will not make a major difference in reducing stress in the long term.” King agrees: “A massage once a month is my recommendation for ideal overall maintenance, and more frequent sessions for specific conditions or goals.” Research and results confirm that well-being is not a luxury, but a necessity, and puts to rest the idea that bodywork is a guilty pleasure. “The more we do to help ourselves, the better our lives will be as we age,” says Bondi. Marlaina Donato is certified in massage and bodywork, and is the author of several books. Connect at AutumnEmbersMusic.com.
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he season for wearing shorts and swimsuits may be coming to an end, but the unsightly—and often painful—puffy, blue streaks caused by varicose veins will likely remain an issue for many. While more than 40 percent of adults suffer from them, women are affected two to three times more often, according to a study in the journal BMJ Clinical Evidence. It cites child-bearing, especially more than two pregnancies, as one root cause of varicose veins. However, smoking, family history, obesity and professions that involve extended periods of standing and sitting such as chefs, hairdressers, office workers and healthcare professionals can also contribute to the condition. Birthdays can also be a factor. “As we age, the leg skin gets thinner from wear and tear,” says Marcelle Pick, an integrative OB/GYN nurse practitioner in Falmouth, Maine, resulting in even more visible veins. However, these lumpy blood vessels can cause more than cosmetic issues Varicose veins can promote pain, cramping, itching and swelling of lower legs, ankles and feet, as well as lead to more serious health conditions involving blood clots and poor circulation. There are a number of natural strategies that can alleviate symptoms and even prevent them from developing.
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to pool inside the vessel. “When you’re standing still for a long period of time, the valves stop working and blood fills in the vein, creating more and more pressure, which dilates it like a water balloon,” says Dr. Mary Sheu, assistant professor of dermatology at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Walking, swimming, cycling and trampoline jumping are among the most beneficial activities. Sheu says it helps to get up and walk around every half hour for those with a stationary desk job. “Do some squats or go on your tiptoes to get the blood pumping, so it’s not stagnant.” Aerial yoga or headstands are other exercises that help move blood from the feet to heart, along with using an inversion table that holds people upside-down. However, most people can’t stay in that position for any appreciable length of time, so an easy daily option is to elevate the legs on a pillow or small stool. “Any position where your legs are elevated above the level of your heart would help with the flow of fluid back towards the heart,” says Sheu. Work with gravity: the higher the elevation, the quicker blood returns to the heart.
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n Ayurveda, food is medicine,” says Susan Weis-Bohlen, the Reisterstown, Maryland, instructor and author of Ayurveda Beginner’s Guide: Essential Ayurvedic Principles and Practices to Balance and Heal Naturally. “How we feed ourselves is the first line of disease prevention and longevity.” First developed in India some 5,000 years ago, Ayurveda is one of the world’s oldest medical systems. It works to rebalance mental and physical health in coordination with mind-body energy types called doshas. The primary ones—Vata, Pitta and Kapha—correlate to the five elements of space, air, fire, earth and water, and can fluctuate over time. An Ayurvedic diet can help address dosha imbalances and optimize health and well-being. New York City chef, restauranteur and author Divya Alter embraced Ayurveda while suffering from an autoimmune disorder that conventional medicine couldn’t cure. “Food was instrumental to my healing,” she says.
Eating in Season “Ayurveda is about living in harmony. Eating seasonally and locally, you not only get the most nourishment, but also
rekindle your relationship to food and the environment,” says Nishita Shah, of The Ayurvedic Institute, in Albuquerque. “In Ayurveda, we look to seasons to determine what to eat based on what is naturally available, like eating light juicy fruits in summer rather than the heavy root vegetables abundant in winter,” notes Weis-Bohlen. Spices and herbs have powerful healing properties that can be combined in different ways to balance doshas in tune with the seasons. “In winter, use warming spices like ginger, cinnamon or chilies, and in summer, season with cooling spices like coriander and fennel, or fresh herbs like cilantro,” says Alter.
Ayurvedic Prep Tips Proper combination and selection of ingredients are a critical component of Ayurveda, according to Alter, author of What to Eat for How You Feel: The New Ayurvedic Kitchen. She says, “Well-prepared food is easy to digest and protects prana—the food’s living force or energy—so it can nourish and energize.” Ayurveda also focuses on the “six tastes” ideally present in every dish: sweet, sour, salty, astringent, bitter and pungent.
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Ancient Cooking for Modern Lifestyles Ayurveda’s rules of the kitchen—such as avoiding cold, raw, processed or microwaved foods, not combining fruits with other foods, and making lunch the heaviest meal of the day—can run counter to the typical Western diet, but with time, Ayurvedic cooking can become intuitive.
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Ayurvedic meals don’t need to be complicated or challenging to prepare. “A simple apple or plain rice can nourish us,” says Shah. One of Alter’s favorite recipes is an apple or pear stewed with cloves, prepared and eaten first thing in the morning to stimulate the digestive system. Plain almonds are another good protein snack, especially in aiding digestion when soaked and peeled, she advises. A “Buddha bowl” packed with colorful, sautéed vegetables, lentils and a grain like quinoa, barley or millet makes for a simple, nourishing, well-balanced meal, says Shah. “I try to add just enough spice to enhance the flavor, while still being able to taste the sweetness of a carrot or the bitterness of chard.” A cook’s mindset is as important as the meal itself, say Ayurvedic practitioners. Alter believes mindfulness while cooking and eating not only enhances our experience, but also our digestion. Ayurvedic cooking should be fun, ignite curiosity and taste great—not feel restrictive or lack flavor, says Shah. “Food should bring joy, and bring us back in tune with our bodies. Our bodies are smart and will tell us what they need.” April Thompson is a freelance writer in Washington, D.C. Connect at AprilWrites.com.
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he rules of Ayurvedic cooking can seem overwhelming, but there are simple ways to start aligning our diet with its principles. “There is a profound knowledge behind Ayurvedic cooking, but the methods of preparation are easy; you don’t need to be a skilled chef,” says chef, restauranteur and author Divya Alter. “One portion of food should fit in your hands when cupped together,” says Nishita Shah, of The Ayurvedic Institute. “Any more is going above and beyond what the body needs and can handle.” “Energetic imbalances can fluctuate, so what you need now doesn’t have to be what you eat for the rest of your life,” says Alter. Shah uses color to guide her cooking, declaring a dish done when its greens are at peak vibrancy.
Alter stresses eating according to the strength of your digestion. “Someone with a fiery or strong digestion may need to eat heavier foods and more frequent meals.” Cooking with fresh, high-quality and ideally, organic ingredients is key. Food should be prepared soon after purchase and consumed soon after preparation to maximize flavors and nutrition. Ayurvedic cooking enhances natural flavors, while optimizing digestion, nutrient absorption and waste elimination. “How you experience food after a meal is just as important as how you feel while eating it. Deep frying, charring or cooking at high temperatures makes food hard to digest, overheats the liver and causes acidity,” says Alter.
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Vata, Pitta and Kapha pacifying Golden milk is an age-old recipe that nourishes the body on many levels. Turmeric helps reduce inflammation, ghee distributes the healing properties throughout the body and tryptophan in the milk will encourage sleep. It is calmative, restorative and delicious. Make this a vegan drink by substituting milk and ghee with almond oil and a dairy alternative such as almond milk, hemp milk or coconut milk made without zinc oxide. Yields: 1 serving 6 to 8 oz whole-fat goat’s milk for Kapha and Pitta or cow’s milk for Vata ½ tsp ghee ½ tsp turmeric powder ½ tsp ginger powder 1 pinch ground black pepper 1 pinch ground cinnamon 1 pinch ground nutmeg (to promote sleep) 1 small piece jaggery [sugar] (optional) Add all the ingredients to a small pot. Over medium-high heat, bring the mixture to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer for a minute or two. Pour into a mug and drink before bed. To enjoy this drink during the day, leave out the nutmeg. Tip: If experiencing constipation, adding more ghee to the milk will help. Recipe courtesy of Ayurveda Beginner’s Guide: Essential Ayurvedic Principles and Practices to Balance and Heal Naturally, by Susan Weis-Bohlen.
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“Western cuisine has a strong salty and sweet bias. Health issues arise from an imbalanced palate,” says Shah. Alter adjusts taste profiles according to the season and the individual’s dosha. “Bitter foods can be very cleansing and help eliminate winter sluggishness. More pungent foods are good in the spring, when the body may feel congested and heavy after winter,” she says. To address diners’ differing doshas at her restaurant, Divya’s Kitchen, Alter focuses on seasonal dishes that incorporate all six tastes. “By definition, these are tri-doshic foods which can balance all three dosha types.” Good tri-doshic foods include asparagus in spring, berries in summer and root vegetables in winter. “Cooked leafy greens can also be tri-doshic,” says Alter, adding that spices can tweak the natural dosha effect of a given food.
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Simple Ayurvedic Recipes Pitta and Kapha pacifying While Ayurveda does nor promote snacking, sometimes we just need a little something to peck on now and then. Crunchy garbanzo beans (chickpeas) make a satisfying and supremely healthy choice for Pitta and Kapha. As witnessed by the many packaged chickpea snacks now commonly seen in stores, chickpeas are popular, so make this snack for a quarter of the price. Customize the flavors to satisfy a personal dosha, and palate, by getting creative with the spices. Yields: 5 cup servings 2 cups precooked chickpeas or 2, 8-oz cans chickpeas, drained and rinsed 1 tsp sea salt for Pitta or Himalayan salt for Kapha ½ tsp smoked paprika or ½ tsp ground cumin or ½ tsp garam masala powder (optional) 1 Tbsp sunflower or safflower oil (optional for crunchiness; no oil for Kapha)
Spread the rinsed chickpeas on a baking sheet to dry, about 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 450° F. In a mixing bowl, add the chickpeas; salt; paprika, cumin or garam masala (if using); and the oil (if using). Toss well to coat and spread on a baking sheet in a single layer. Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven, and use a spatula to turn the chickpeas over. Place back in the oven and roast for an additional 10 minutes or until the chickpeas are slightly browned. Roast a little longer, if desired, for crunchier chickpeas. Store the crunchy chickpeas in an airtight container. Do not refrigerate. These are great to sprinkle on salads and rice dishes. Don’t make more than can be eaten in three days.
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To cook dry chickpeas, soak overnight, drain and place into a large soup pot. Cover with water, at least double the amount of beans. Bring to a boil, then cover and simmer for at least 30 to 45 minutes. Check on the beans during cooking. When they are soft, they are done. Recipe courtesy of Ayurveda Beginner’s Guide: Essential Ayurvedic Principles and Practices to Balance and Heal Naturally, by Susan Weis-Bohlen.
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In the 2018 study, Mason and her team, then at the State University of New York at Fredonia, tested 259 bottles of water from nine countries that included all the top brands in the U.S.—Dasani, Aquafina and Nestlé Pure Life, among them. “On average, for every liter of bottled water in total, you would be ingesting 325 pieces of plastic. We had one bottle of Nestlé Pure Life with over 10,000 pieces of plastic. These are the particles that can make their way across the gastrointestinal tract and be carried to your blood, liver, kidneys and brain,” Mason says. Analysis of the particles indicates that the plastics found in bottled water leach from the container itself, while the source in tap water may be PVC pipes and fittings. However, plastics are also ubiquitous in surface and groundwater, and may make their way into drinking supplies via air, wind, rain and industrial activity, according to an assessment published earlier this year in the journal Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. After Mason’s findings were released, the World Health Organization announced a review into the potential risks of plastic in drinking water. Meantime, the impact of plastic pollution on marine life—zooplank-
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ton, seabirds, marine mammals and reptiles throughout the food chain—is well documented, according to a 2014 study published in the online journal PLOS ONE. The study estimates more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic, weighing somewhere near 269,000 tons, are floating in the Earth’s oceans. People are loudly calling for change, and innovators are responding. In the United Kingdom, there is the Plastics Pact, which brings together businesses from across the plastic industry to eliminate problematic or single-use plastics through redesign, innovation and alternative delivery models. A UK startup, Ooho, has created an edible water container made of seaweed to provide the convenience of plastic bottles while limiting the environmental impact. Tom Szaky, the CEO and founder of TerraCycle, a Trenton, New Jersey, recycling company, is among those pioneering a rebirth of reusing with a pilot project launched in May called Loop. The company has partnered with Proctor & Gamble, Nestlé, Clorox and other major brands to deliver and retrieve products in durable, reusable containers, just like the milk man. Consumers can order everyday items from the online Loop store—paying a deposit on the container—and UPS will deliver it to their doorstep, picking up empties to be washed, refilled and used again and again. “Hundreds of products, from Tide to Häagen-Dazs to Tropicana, are being delivered,” says Szaky. “It’s growing very fast in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Washington, D.C.; and we’ve just expanded to Connecticut, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Delaware—eventually nationwide.” The re-use revolution is also taking shape in 10 states and a U.S. territory that have passed “bottle bills”: California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Guam. Typically, the laws require a deposit of 5 to 15 cents be placed on all glass, plastic and metal containers. Yvette C. Hammett is an environmental writer based in Valrico, Florida. She can be contacted at YvetteHammett28@hotmail.com.
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Benefits: reducing anxiety How to do it: Close eyes and gently plug ears with fingers. Breathe through the nose and hum softly upon exhaling.
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A 2014 hatha yoga study published in the Journals of Gerontology revealed increased cognitive function in older adults after eight weeks of yoga three times a week. Yoga’s super power lies in its capacity to reset the autonomic nervous system and ramp up mood-boosting serotonin while decreasing monoamine oxidase, an enzyme that disarms the effects of stress hormones like cortisol. Under the influence of yoga, the brain is bathed in calming neurotransmitters, combatting depression and anxiety, and instilling a sense of optimism. “Yoga also helps us to embrace the hard times and ride the waves. With the tools that yoga provides, we can swim toward the light. It also helps us to experience a more intimate relationship with body and soul, and in turn make better choices in all aspects of life,” notes Carmen Ferreira, owner of the Sunshine Barre Studio, in Rocky Point, New York. Moore concurs, advising, “Yoga gives us powerful tools so we may age gracefully. One of them is to manage stress with equanimity.”
“Yoga improves lung capacity and brings more energy to the cells, which in turn creates more energy and life force in our bodies,” says Ferreira. “It helps us to live from the heart’s center and foster a better quality of life,” she adds. “Each time we show up on our mats, we show up for ourselves, an opportunity to nourish the body, our one and only temple.” Marlaina Donato is an author of several books and a composer. Connect at AutumnEmbersMusic.com.
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Conscious breathing is at the core of a dedicated yoga practice, and a lowered risk of cardiovascular and respiratory disease gives us another reason to inhale and exhale deeply. Poole observes, “Our general population does not breathe correctly, and many of us even hold our breath unconsciously. For my students, the hardest part of yoga is learning to take deep, full breaths. Old breathing habits must be unlearned. Once attention is given to the breath, tensions can be released.”
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Devise a family master plan for tech use. A good place to start
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Part of the challenge we face as parents is that these devices make things easier for us because our kids are occupied, so if we want to change our kids’ tech behavior, we’ll have to change how we do things, as well. ~Mariam Gates like no video games on weeknights, or very specific, like you can only play YouTube videos on the living room computer when other family members are present,” says Angela Roeber, director of communications at Omaha’s Project Harmony, a child protection nonprofit.
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any Silicon Valley executives that design devices and apps have put their own children in tech-free Waldorf schools, reports The New York Times; even Bill Gates and Steve Jobs strictly limited their kids’ screen time. They know firsthand what many parents fear—that kids are missing out on developing life and social skills because of technology that has been deliberately designed to be addictive. Recent studies link excessive digital use by kids to anxiety, depression and, according to a team of University of Southern California scientists published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a doubled risk of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder compared with infrequent users. However, there are sound strategies that we can use to help kids navigate the electronic wilds, say experts. “Parent like a tech exec by establishing strong tech limits and actively engaging your kids instead with family, school and the outdoors,” advises Richard Freed, Ph.D., a Walnut Creek, California, child and teen psychologist and author of Wired Child: Reclaiming Childhood in a Digital Age.
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Some families opt for one of the so-called hypoallergenic breeds of dogs or cats. However, experts at the American Lung Association and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology advise that all warm-blooded animals shed dander: flecks of skin containing proteins that can cause allergies. Additional allergens exist in proteins from saliva, urine and feces. Because proteins, not fur, are to blame, even short-haired or hairless dogs and cats can elicit an allergic response. They’re present in the dander of all mammals, including horses, rabbits, cows and mice. “Allergies are caused when the immune system cannot discern the difference between a safe protein, such as egg, and a dangerous protein, such as mold, and it starts attacking the wrong ones,” says Barbara Meconis, a registered nurse and
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“Allergies are one the most complex, unresearched topics,” says Meconis. Because of the general lack of knowledge in the field of immunology, people with allergies may have difficulty finding relief, especially when multiple or severe allergies are present. Pet owners aren’t given many choices. “In the last five years, there is a working theory regarding being desensitized with incremental exposures, but there is no proof,” says Meconis. “Elimination has always been the answer from mainstream allopathic medicine, so if you are allergic to pets, they say, ‘don’t have a pet.’” Parrish suggests that making lifestyle changes may enable some people to keep a furry friend in their lives. Effectively preventing allergic reactions requires limiting exposure to the offending animal proteins. This can mean vacuuming often, using HEPA-grade air filters, removing carpeting, leaving coats and shoes at the door and washing sheets, mattress covers—and the pet—on a regular basis.
Alternative Treatments
At Holistic Care Approach, Meconis is trained in Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Therapy (NAET), a combination of allopathy, acupuncture, chiropractic, kinesiology and nutrition. Treatments are typically effective in as little as one session per allergy. “We reprogram the immune system so that it no longer ‘sees’ that particular allergen as an invader,” Meconis says. “By removing disharmony at the intercellular level, the body stops being so reactive.” Founded in 1983 by Devi Nambudripad, a California chiropractor and acu-
puncturist, today there are more than 12,000 NAET practitioners and they can be found at naet.com/practitioner-locator. Parrish recommends natural treatments for affected people such as steam showers and baths with thyme, eucalyptus and menthol to help clear passageways, along with anti-inflammatory supplements like boswellia, quercetin, nettle leaf, fish oil and magnesium. “Unless an allergy is severe, I think that living around cats, dogs and other furry animals is a really good thing and brings so much love and sloppy kisses into our lives,� she says. However, for a serious allergic reaction such as asthma, a pet lizard may be in order. Julie Peterson has contributed to Natural Awakenings for more than a decade. Contact her at JuliePeterson2222@gmail.com.
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calendar of events SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Yoga Teacher Training – Sep 1-Nov 24. Tuesdays, Fridays & Sundays. Elk Rock Yoga’s Teacher Training offers a catalyst for personal and professional transformation. This training has applications well beyond teaching yoga, providing a supportive community and nurturing environment for the unfolding of your own inner teacher. Explore movement as a journey through an eclectic mixture of contemporary and classical yoga techniques emphasizing breath, alignment and body awareness. $2,100. 10560 SE Main St, Milwaukie. Elk Rock Team, 503-303-4078, ElkRockYoga@gmail.com, ElkRockYoga@ gmail.com
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3 Letting Go: A Night of Messages with 3 Intuitives – 6:30-8:30pm. What must you end to make space for what’s next? What skin must be shed, what cords cut? What stories must you let go? Ask us anything. We’ll share a precious answer with you. You’ll also hear and glean from what we share with others. HeatherMist. com: Akashic Records, Inner Magic Coach. LaureliShimayo.com: Intuitive Eye Reading, Body Psychology. KirstinIntuitive.com: Powerful Guide. $12. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. Laureli Shimayo, 720-352-2434, Laureli@ThriveTypes.com, MetaphysicalEmpowermentEvents.com
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Online Class: Learn To Read Eyes: The 7 Talents of Intuitive Eye Readings – 6:30-9pm. Sep 4-Sep 22. Eyes are the window to the soul. Learn to read ThriveTypes archetypes in people’s eyes: determine life or soul purpose and improve careers, hiring/managing, relationships, dating, spirituality, growth. Online class #1 of this 7-class series focuses on Priest-ess Vision-Inspiration-Passion. Then 9/8 Server Love, 9/11 Sage Communication-Play, 9/12 Artisan CreativityPleasure, 9/15 Queen-King Power, 9/19 Warrior Efficiency-Results & 9/22 Scholar Knowledge. $40 each, $250 all 7. ThriveTypes.com, Online https://zoom.us/j/242097199. Laureli Shimayo, 720-352-2434, Laureli@ThriveTypes.com, LearnToReadEyes.com Light Worker Movie Night - 7pm. This is an opportunity for family and friends to have fun in a community of lightworkers. We watch films that inspire us on our path of healing and personal empowerment. This month we watch: The Celestine Prophecy. Popcorn provided and love donation requested. Incite Healing Center, 6940 N Michigan Ave. Matthew Koren, 503-765-6542, Matt@SpiritInTransition.com, SpiritInTransition.com 36
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Alexander Method Introduction – 9am-1pm. $95. Often incorrectly thought of as a study of posture, the Alexander Method is a somatic study of how we do what we do. It leads to awareness, ease and graceful power, and is a wonderful foundational study for massage therapists. This work helps you stay with yourself while working, prevents mental, emotional and physical burnout, helps you dive into your next learning edge, and makes whatever modalities you practice more effective with less strain on yourself. In this class we will touch on the principles used in the Alexander Method and will start exploring how you can use them in your life and work. $95. OSM Portland Campus, 9500 SW Barbur Blvd #100, Portland. Kyle, 503-244-3420, KAM@ OregonSchoolOfMassage.com, OregonsShoolOfMassage.com
Living Peace in Today’s World: Sakshibhav Meditation – 6:30-8pm. Meet Bodhi (Baba) Shuddhaanandaa author, universal spiritual teacher and humanitarian of Kolkata, India. Wherever Baba goes, his vibrant intelligence, fully engaged heart and remarkable presence touch his audience. His essence bears the mark of 40 years of meditation and mindfulness practice and his relentless service to humanity. At this evening’s event, Baba will offer a spiritual talk and meditation. $15. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929, NRBEvents@gmail.com, NewRenBooks.com
Massage Training Preview – 10am. Learn about Oregon School of Massage’s 640-hour training program in the massage profession at this free presentation. OSM is committed to providing holistic education that integrates the body, mind, heart and spirit. Fall Term begins Sept 23. Community Education classes are also offered each quarter. See website for details. Free, RSVP. OSM Portland Campus, 9500 SW Barbur Blvd, #100, Portland. Kyle, 503-244-3420, KAM@ OregonSchoolOfMassage.com, OregonsShoolOfMassage.com Metaphysical Empowerment & Wellness Fair – noon-8pm. Also Nov 2. 50+ Vendors. Free Intuitive Panel noon-1pm. 3 simultaneous Free Talks all day. Experience readers, healers, vendors: crystals/jewelry, mediumship, astrology, tarot, medical intuition, sound/energy/shamanic healing, bodywork, psychic readings, spirituality, reflexology. Free admission, samples, parking & snacks. Unity of Portland, 4525 SE Stark St, Portland. Laureli Shimayo, 720-352-2434, Laureli@ThriveTypes.com, MetaphysicalEmpowermentEvents.com
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 Healing for Empaths & Highly Sensitive Persons – 11am-12:30pm. As Empaths we need specific tools and techniques to effectively protect ourselves from incoming energies, as well as a method to permanently release everything we’ve already absorbed! Join Dave Markowitz, bestselling author of Empathipedia: Healing for Empaths and Highly Sensitive Persons and SelfCare for the Self-Aware, for this practical and engaging event. $20. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929, NRBEvents@gmail.com, NewRenBooks.com
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Metaphysical Empowerment & Wellness Fair – noon-8pm. 35+ Vendors, 20 Talks, Free Intuitive Panel noon-1pm. 2 simultaneous Free Talks all day. Experience 35+ readers, healers, vendors: crystals/jewelry, mediumship, astrology, tarot, medical intuition, sound/energy/ shamanic healing, bodywork, psychic readings, eye readings, spirituality, reflexology, coaching. Free: admission, samples, parking & snacks. Holiday Inn, 3301 Market St. NE, Salem. Laureli Shimayo, 720-352-2434, Laureli@ThriveTypes. com, MetaphysicalEmpowermentEvents.com
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 Qigong – 1-4pm. Qigong means “Energy Work”. A moving meditation enriched with breath and imagery, this practice expands the breath, heals the organs and connects students with Nature and their inner Selves. Beginners and Experienced qigong practitioners will benefit from this self care class. Students will learn a series that they can practice on their own to recuperate and rejuvenate from the physical, mental and emotional stresses of bodywork. Movements are easy to follow and individualized for people living with acute or chronic illness or injury. $70. OSM Portland Campus, 9500 SW Barbur Blvd, #100, Portland. Kyle, 503-244-3420, KAM@OregonSchoolOfMassage.com, OregonsShoolOfMassage.com
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 DNA Life Activation Lecture – 7pm. For people experiencing spiritual awakening, the Life Activation was designed to support your integration into your new energy body. Find out the real benefits people experience on all levels by reprogramming their DNA to the new paradigm energy! You can transform your DNA to bring in higher levels of joy, fulfillment, and satisfaction. Learn about this important modality. Free. Incite Healing Center, 6940 N Michigan Ave. Matthew Koren, 503-765-6542, Matt@SpiritInTransition. com, SpiritInTransition.com
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Near-Death Experience: Now That We Know, What Should We Do? – 6:30-8:30pm. We’ve heard the stories and we’ve read the research. We know consciousness continues after the body dies, and we, as a culture, have been intellectually and spiritually elevated by learning about these life-altering experiences. So what’s next? How do we teach and support conscious dying and a metaphysical understanding of birth, death and beyond? Join Dr. Terri Daniel for this fascinating event. $20. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929, NRBEvents@gmail.com, NewRenBooks.com
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Enneagram Portland & Storytellers Northwest: Personality on Tap – Sep 21, 6:30pm. Enneagram Portland and Storytellers Northwest present Personality on Tap: Storytelling on the 9 Types. Meet the 9 Types in great stories found in folk wisdom throughout the ages, as told by professional storytellers Norm Brecke and Anne Rutherford. Have dinner at the pub early and enjoy an evening with people from the Enneagram Portland community who talk type. Required advance ticket purchase and other programs: visit EnneagramPortland.com. $15. Lucky Lab Beer Hall, 1945 NW Quimby, Portland. Dale J. Rhodes, 503-295-4481, DaleJRhodes@me.com
Shamanism and ancient Pagan traditions. The evening will conclude with a heart-healing ceremony to mark our acceptance of impermanence and our innate ability to transform pain into power. $30. New Renaissance Bookshop, 1338 NW 23rd Ave, Portland. 503-224-4929, NRBEvents@gmail.com, NewRenBooks.com
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Dao Yin Stretch – 5:30-6:15pm. Thursdays thru Nov. 21. This movement discipline strengthens & enhances vitality in many dimensions by opening the joints and clearing the channels of energy. Dao-Yin Stretch will also increase mobility, strength and resilience improving your coordination, balance and endurance. Dao-Yin helps the student develop the body awareness and understand the principles of alignment. Workshop is
open to beginners. $140. OSM Portland Campus, 9500 SW Barbur Blvd, #100, Portland. Kyle, 503-244-3420, KAM@OregonSchoolOfMassage.com, OregonsShoolOfMassage.com
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Thai Massage - Level 1 - Fri. 6:30-8:30pm, Sat.-Sun. 9am-5pm. This Level I Southern-style course is extracted from the full Southern-style Kata, and provides the student with a holistic session lasting 40 to 50 minutes. This short form uses all five body positions and focuses primarily on compressions and passive Yoga stretches. The emphasis of this class is on good body mechanics; you will learn to move the client effortlessly and heal yourself while helping those you touch. This tradition is practiced fully clothed, so please Calendar continues on next page.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 Nervous System Know-How – 10am-1pm. A Preview of the Nervous System RESET Model. This 3-hour workshop introduces professionals to the Nervous System RESET approach, an educational and somatic skills-based wellness model which focuses on nervous system regulation and cultivating body awareness. Participants will be given a theoretical overview of the RESET process and will leave with a basic understanding of the neurophysiology of stress and trauma, as well as a road map for how to begin cultivating safety at a physiological level to support work with clients. Participants will also leave with a sampling of some of the practical somatic skills which are used in the RESET process to quiet the nervous system and promote resilience. In addition, participants will be introduced to the concept of working with the body’s natural, autonomic discharge and recovery response of restorative tremoring: a gentle, vibratory myofascial release response. $60. OSM Portland Campus, 9500 SW Barbur Blvd, #100, Portland. Kyle, 503-244-3420, KAM@OregonSchoolOfMassage.com, OregonsShoolOfMassage.com Conscious Grieving: Turning Loss into Light Mini Workshop – 3-5pm. Join Terri Daniel and explore multi-cultural customs, spiritual healing tools and how Western knowledge about bereavement has evolved over the last several decades, with a focus on contributions from Buddhism, September 2019
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wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring a pillow and blanket to class. $420. OSM Portland Campus, 9500 SW Barbur Blvd, #100, Portland. Kyle, 503-244-3420, KAM@OregonSchoolOfMassage.com, OregonsShoolOfMassage.com
plan ahead Near Death Experiences and Meditation on the Inner Light – Oct 5, 11am-12:30pm, followed by a book raffle and vegetarian meal. People who’ve had NDEs talk about encountering a tremendous Light filled with love. Ajili Hodari, Esq, who’s been meditating regularly for over 30 years, will show how through meditation, we can experience this light during our very life time in the comfort of our home. People with NDEs underwent an incredible transformation: we can undergo this same transformation in meditation. Free. West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 8470 SW Oleson Rd. Gretchen Weber, 505-730-0791, comtransgretchen@yahoo.com, SOS.org. Feed Your Pregnant Body – Weekly Oct 10Nov 14, 6-7:30pm. Optimal prenatal nutrition has as its main goals the building of a healthy baby and the nourishing of a healthy mother. It also provides a strong foundation for healthy nutrition for the whole family. Weekly topics: 1-Nutrition basics, 2-Managing fatigue, increasing energy, supporting a healthy thyroid, 3Protecting baby from toxic exposures, 4-next level pregnancy nutrition, 5-Optimizing gut health, 6-preparing for birth and postpartum. $250. Vancouver Counseling Center, 101 E 8th St #110, Vancouver. Brandy Cummings MS, CN, NC. 360-818-4815, Brandy@ThrivingVitalityLLC.com, ThrivingVitalityLLC.com
ongoing events NOTE: All calendar events must be received by the 12th of the month and adhere to our guidelines. Visit NAPortland.com/resources/calendar/ to submit online. No phone calls or faxes, please. Email Calendar@NAPortland.com for guidelines or assistance.
sundays Second Sunday Mindfulness Meditations – 9-10am, second Sunday of the month. Mindfulness reduces stress and supports our capacity to respond to life with wisdom and kindness. These monthly drop-ins feature guided meditations and mindfulness talks. All levels welcome. $16 discounts with passes & memberships. Unfold Yoga, 2370 SE 37th Ave Portland. Ashley Dahl, MSW, CMT-P, Info@OpenSpaceMindfulness. com, OpenSpaceMindfulness.com. “Loving Kindness” Meditation Group – 10am1pm. Fourth Sunday. With Paul M. Rakoczy, Reiki Master. Experience group meditation with meditators and beginners alike. There will be multiple sits with discussion in between. Bring a sit cushion; chairs available. 3939 NE Hancock, Ste 205, Portland. 503-997-8611. RSVP to PMR1354@hotmail.com. PaulRakoczyTherapist.com/groups.
mondays The Movement Center Community Meditation Program – 7-8pm. Join us for chanting, satsang and guided meditation in our beautiful meditation hall. Community yoga ($5) before meditation, from 5:45-6:50pm. The Movement Center, 1021 NE 33rd Ave, Portland. 503-2310383. Info@TheMovementCenter.com. TheMovementCenter.com.
tuesdays classifieds Fee for classifieds is $20 for up to 50 words. $1 per word for additional words. To place listing, email content to Calendar@NAPortland.com. Deadline is the 12th of the month. BOOKS The Soul On Its Path To Perfection How is the soul guided in the beyond? What is it like for the soul of a child? The Eternal Wisdom gives the answer. Gabriele-Publishing-House.com Toll-free: 844-576-0937
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Relax & Restore with Yoga Nidra – 5:456:45pm. Through supported and guided relaxation, we’ll gently release accumulated tension, activating our body’s innate capacity to self-heal and restore. All levels, all bodies welcome. $16 drop-in, discount with passes & memberships. Unfold Yoga, 2370 SE 37th Ave, Portland. Ashley Dahl, MSW, CMT-P, Info@OpenSpaceMindfulness.com, OpenSpaceMindfulness.com. Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement Class with Susan Marshall – 5:45-6:45pm. Bring greater ease into your daily movements: breathing, walking, turning, reaching, safer pel-
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vic movement, freeing your back and more. $13 drop-in; other discounts may apply. The Movement Center Yoga Studio, 1021 NE 33rd Ave, Portland. 503-313-9813. Register at MCYoga. com/calendar. Susan.Marshall@FeldenkraisPDX.com, FeldenkraisPDX.com.
wednesdays Labyrinth Walk – 2nd Wed of the month, 5:308pm. Labyrinth walking is a meditative journey into the center and out. The 5 circuit rainbow labyrinth is in the Community Room, just drop in and walk. Instructions provided. Donations appreciated. The Center for Spiritual Wellbeing 7100 SW Hampton St, Ste 126, Portland. Margaret Greene, 503-926-2490, Margaret@ MyJourneyWay.com, TheCenterForSpiritualWellbeing.com. Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement Class with Alice Boyd – 4-5pm. Explore mindful movement to refine your awareness and reconnect with your body’s natural capacity for efficiency and ease. Experience The Feldenkrais Method and learn to effort less! $15 drop in; 3 classes for $39; 5 classes for $55. Luminance, 3430 NE 41st Ave. Alice Boyd, CFP, 503-7536437, Alice@AliceBoyd.com, AliceBoyd.com. Evening Reiki Share Group – 7-9:30pm. First Wednesday. With Paul M Rakoczy, Reiki Master. Share or exchange reiki energy with practitioners and beginners alike. No experience necessary to encounter the warm energy. Donations accepted. Please RSVP by email. Individual sessions and attunements by appointment. 3939 NE Hancock, Ste 205, Portland. 503-997-8611. PMR1354@ hotmail.com. PaulRakoczyTherapist.com/ groups.
Thursdays Qigong for Healing – 12:30-1:20 pm. This eight-week series starts September 26 and runs through November 14. With a focus on our individual needs, we learn the art of releasing unconscious tension in the body to create healing. PCC CLIMB Center near OMSI. Register through PCC.edu
Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement with Alice Boyd – 3:30-4:30pm. Explore mindful movement to refine your awareness and reconnect with your body’s natural capacity for efficiency and ease. Experience The Feldenkrais Method and learn to effort less! $15 drop in, 3 classes for $36. 5 classes for $55. Friendly House Community Center, 1737 NW 26th Ave (at Thurman St. Alice Boyd, CFP. 503-753-6437, Alice@ AliceBoyd.com, AliceBoyd.com.
Fridays Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement Class with Susan Marshall – 10:30-11:30am. Bring greater ease into your daily movements: breathing, walking, turning, reaching, safer pelvic movement, freeing your back and more. $13 drop-in; other discounts may apply. The Movement Center Yoga Studio, 1021 NE 33rd Ave, Portland. 503-313-9813. Register at MCYoga. com/calendar. Susan.Marshall@FeldenkraisPDX.com, FeldenkraisPDX.com. Tualatin Community Energy Yoga Class – noon-1pm. An ancient Asian Energy Yoga practice that helps clear energy blockages, negative emotion, stress, anxiety, sadness, loneliness, and connects the body & mind together. Free. 18861 SW Martinazzi Ave Suite 217, Tualatin. Sandee Jassim, 503-885-8588. Tualatin@BnBEnergyHealing.com, BnBEnergyHealing.com/Tualatin
Saturdays Morning Moving Meditation – 8-9 am. We gather together in Nature, among the trees, to perform simple, repetitive Qigong movements to strengthen and heal our own energy and thus, the Earth. Laurelhurst Park, western side of the duck pond. All are welcome to drop in; by donation. RoseCityQigong.com Meditation Practice Group – 10:30-11:30am. A series for new meditators and those who wish to deepen their practice of meditation on the inner Light. No special postures, no experience necessary. Free. West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 8470 SW Oleson Rd. Gretchen Weber, 505-730-0791, comtransgretchen@yahoo. com, SOS.org
“My brokenness is a better bridge than my pretend wholeness ever was.” –Sheila Walsh
Celestial Living Arts Monthly Forecast
September 2019 © Liz Howell
September brings us solid, strong and reliable Virgo energy to help us move projects along while polishing with precision. Working with what is useful and discarding the rest will bring us some peace of mind. Our focused efforts are well supported in the first two weeks of the month with a whopping seven planets in earth signs. The Full Moon takes place on September 13, culminating our industrious efforts with rewarding completion. The planetary line up comes to us in what is called a mystic rectangle and offers some relief points for the oppositional tensions that have been building. We have two indications this month that we are finalizing our contemplative and preparatory stages on things in the pipeline and are now ready to make something concrete happen. Task-master Saturn goes direct on the 18th after almost 5 months of retrograde and the Jupiter/Neptune square meets its last pass of the year. Whatever stories you’ve been spinning in your mind, they are now ready for traction. The New Moon in Libra on September 28 asks that we come to the negotiation table with a greater sense of care and concern for others. The astrology suggests that if we value peace and harmony, then we must value others.
Mantras and musings for the month of September: Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22): Awareness is the greatest agent for change. ~Eckhart Tolle
Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20): Age Quod Agis (Do What You Are Doing). ~Latin Proverb
Libra (Sep 23-Oct 22): Perhaps nothing is as painful as being unconsciously enmeshed in our projections. ~Chani Nicholas
Aries (Mar 21-Apr 19): When you know what you are doing, you can do what you want! ~ Moshe Feldenkrais
Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21): Remember that failure is an event, not a person. ~Zig Ziglar
Taurus (Apr 20-May 20): Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul. ~Oscar Wilde
Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21): Each person is a story that the Soul of the World wants to tell to itself. ~Michael Meade Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19): May I feel all I need to feel in order to heal; may I heal all I need to heal in order to feel. ~Marguerite Rigoglioso Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18): If you can maintain a mind of equanimity, you are free, no matter what the conditions. ~Master Sheng-Yen
Gemini (May 21-Jun 20): All pilgrimages are internal. ~Gail Gutradt Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22): You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestation of your own blessings. ~Elizabeth Gilbert Leo (Jul 23-Aug 22): Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Pablo Picasso
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ENERGY HEALING EXPERT PAIN HEALING
Emotion/Body Code Practitioner Lori Arveson 971-800-1560 LoriArveson@gmail.com ExpertPainHealing.com Lori specializes in relieving chronic pain. Lori uses the Emotion / Body Code system to identify and release trapped emotional energies caused by physical and emotional trauma, entities, toxins, pathogens, inherited emotional energies, and other manifestations that create imbalance in our bodies, causing chronic pain and disease that manifests in daily life.
GREEN BURIAL, FUNERAL & CREMATION CORNERSTONE FUNERAL SERVICES
18625 SE Bakers Ferry Road Boring, OR 97009 503-637-5020 CornerstoneFuneral.com Elizabeth@CornerstoneFuneral.com Portland’s first green funeral home, we proudly offer some of the most affordable prices in the area. Family owned and operated.
HEALTH INTUITIVE MEDIUM HANDS OF FREEDOM HEALING/ QUANTUM-TOUCH®
Judie Maron-Friend, Certified QT Level I, II & Self Created Health Instructor/ Practitioner 8725 NE Broadway St, Portland 503-753-1590 JudieMaronFriend@gmail.com VitalityLink.com/p/hofh When one learns QuantumTouch®, during class students typically relieve 50% - 100% of each other’s pain. Not only do bones align with a light touch, inflammation reduces and healing accelerates. Often students experience dramatic and profound emotional release. Contact Judie to learn more or sign up for a class today and discover your power to heal.
BE-JOY!
Readings By Phone or In-Person 1316 NW 23rd Ave, Portland 503-805-7403 Be-Joy.com
HOLISTIC WELLNESS COHESIVE THERAPY HEALING & REJUVENATION CENTER 2400 Broadway St, Vancouver WA CohesiveThearpy.org
Offering programs for motor vehicle, workman comp, weight loss detox programs, mind body spirit healing and rejuvenation. Accepting Blue Cross Blue Shield for Acupuncture and massage.
FELDENKRAIS FELDENKRAIS® CENTER OF PORTLAND
Susan Marshall, GCFP Laurelhurst Healing Arts Building 3059 NE Glisan St, Portland 503-313-9813 FeldenkraisPDX.com Improve neck, back, hip pain and more. Best selling author Norman Doidge, MD in The Brain’s Way of Healing, calls the Feldenkrais Method “applied neuroplasticity”—using your brain and nervous system for healing. Susan received a “Nattie” Award in the category Favorite Massage Therapist/Body Worker 2016, 2017 and 2018.”
HEALTH MATTERS
Constance Coquillette, MSW 971-404-5174 Lisa Fishman, MA 425-736-4784 HEALTH MATTERS NORTHWEST LLC HealthMattersNW.com
Specializing in preventing/reversing Specializing in preventing/reversdisease & controlling weight food ing disease andwith controlling weight Constance MSW with food.Coquillette, 971.404.5174
Lisa Fishman, MA 425.736.4784
www.healthmattersnw.com
ALICE BOYD FELDENKRAIS Alice Boyd, GCFP Feldenkrais Lessons in NW & NE Portland AliceBoyd.com Alice@AliceBoyd.com 503-753-6437
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SPIRITPATH TRANSFORMATIONAL SHAMANIC HEALING Liz Randol 505-204-0452 LizDragon2002@gmail.com Spiritpath-Healing.com
OREGON SCHOOL OF MASSAGE Training LMT’s for over 25 years 9500 SW Barbur Blvd, Portland 503-244-3420 OregonSchoolOfMassage.com
We offer massage and bodywork courses for aspiring massage therapists, licensed professionals and the general public.
Shamanic healing of body/mind/ spirit/emotions with Transformational Breathwork. Kundalini/ Higher Self connection for Personal and Planetary Transformation. Soul retrieval, healing present and past lifetimes at the cellular level.
MATCHMAKING
SUPERIOR SPORTS NUTRITION & WEIGHT LOSS
INTUITIVE EYE READINGS WITH THRIVETYPES®
Ellen Gyberg, Holistic Nutrition Expert 360-601-0137 Superior-Nutriton.net
Laureli Shimayo 720-352-2434 ThriveTypes.com
HYPNOTHERAPY
Conscious online dating, matchmaking. Life, Love, Leadership coaching. Hiring consulting, career path coaching, resume writing. By video and MetaphysicalEmpowermentEvents.com. LearnToReadEyes.com
LOVING KINDNESS HYPNOSIS
Laney Coulter, BCH, CPHI, NLP, M.Ed BWRT Level 2 Practitioner 503-289-3614 LovingKindnessHypnosis.com Clear emotional pain and create powerful inner resources. Stop smoking, eliminate excess weight, remove phobias, learn strategies to control anger, stress and much more. Empower yourself with hypnosis! Be the person your dog thinks you are!
MEDITATION & MINDFULNESS PAUSE MEDITATION
213 SW Ash St #209, Portland 503-343-4831 PauseMeditation.org Connect@PauseMeditation.org Learn to meditate and live mindfully at Portland’s leading modern meditation studio. We offer drop-in classes, stress reduction courses and workshops to help you live a healthier, happier, more fulfilling life. Join the community today!
LANDSCAPING BLOSSOM
1829 NE Alberta St, Ste 8 Portland, OR 97211 503-837-3557 Info@BlossomPdx.com BlossomPdx.com At Blossom, it is our goal to meet your landscape and construction needs while providing ecological and sustainable solutions for the environment.
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ORGANIC SALONS REV!VE ORGANIC SALON
4460 SW Garden Home Rd, Portland 503-360-1324 ReviveOrganicSalonPDX.com
MIKI MORROW, LMT
Yaimayu Massage 201 SE 124th Ave, Ste 202 Vancouver, WA 98684 360-608-0135 MikiWaMassage.com Facebook.com/Yaimayu Lic. MA00025265
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Revive is an organic and ammonia-free salon promoting beauty, wellness and green living by being free of chemicals, damaging toxins, and harmful carcinogens.
PERSONAL TRAINER MICHAEL HAYNES
NASM Certified Personal Trainer, NASM Sr. Fitness, Nutrition & Weight Loss Specialist 312-519-9270 Train_With_Mike@yahoo.com Providing personalized, science based, efficient, biomechanically sound workouts designed to meet your immediate goals and focus on long-term health & wellness. Pearl location. No gym membership needed. Also mobile - I’ll come to you!
QIGONG ROSE CITY QIGONG Rose Allen Portland, OR 503-961-2242 RoseCityQigong.com
Qigong practice unlocks our life force energy and enhances our vital essence, while addressing the root causes of illness. Many are discovering the power to activate inner healing through these simple movements. The gentle forms are easily learned and provide proven health benefits. Rose is a Certified Instructor with 15 years of dedicated practice. Now is a great time to discover Qigong. All are welcome.
READERS TAROT READINGS Dynamic, Insightful, Empowering
Crystal Chakra Healings Resolve Major Life Issues Now Gina Crystal 360-984-6837 RadiantCrystal@att.net GinaCrystal.com
REIKI VICKI MCARDLE
Usui/Holy Fire Reiki Master Portland, OR 503-939-4357 VickiMcArdle.com
RETREAT CENTER ANANDA CENTER AT LAURELWOOD Retreat, Conference and Event Center 38950 SW Laurelwood Rd Gaston, OR 97119 503-746-6229 AnandaLaurelwood.org
A beautiful place to host your next meeting, event, retreat or conference and only 45 minutes west of Portland. We have bright spaces for groups of all sizes; lovely guest rooms, most with views of the lush valley; delicious vegetarian meals served daily; yoga and meditation.
SOUND HEALING SOUND HEALING PRACTITIONER Mikaela Jones 3736 SW 10th Ave Portland, OR 97239 503-705-1609 HealingSoundBaths.com
Trained in sound healing and hypnotherapy, Mikaela utilizes various sound healing instruments and her voice for stress release, Higher Self communication, goal manifestation, restoring harmony to body, mind, and Spirit.
THERAPY/COUNSELING ELEVATED MIND AND MOVEMENT Amelia Mackle, LPC, RYT 360-990-8091 8800 SE Sunnyside Rd, Suite 257-S Clackamas ElevatedMindandMovement.com Mind/body counseling that includes gentle movement, breathwork, mindfulness and traditional talk therapy. I work to help clients feel comfortable in their bodies and in their lives.
EMOTIONAL PEACEMAKING
Hypnotherapy/Energy Psychology Val Jolley C.Ht, P.NLP, EFTP, QTP ValJolley.com
PAUL M RAKOCZY, LCSW
Humanistic Psychotherapy/ Reiki 3939 NE Hancock, Ste 205 503-997-8611 Pmr1354@hotmail.com PaulRakoczyTherapist.com
THERAPY/COUNSELING HEART WHISPERER RELATIONSHIP-INTIMACY COACH Carola Marashi M.A. 512-925-0625 Beaverton, OR http://CarolaMarashi.me
As a trained Transpersonal Therapist, I help you shed fear and resistance for rapid evolution. As an Ordained Minister, I understand intimacy is a spiritual practice. As a published author, I advocate speaking your truth.” Over 35 years experience with a Master’s Degree in Transpersonal Psychology and Bachelor’s in Clinical Nutrition. Author of Sensual Eating and In2it! Trust Your Intuition Deck and Guide, and founder of Body Choir Community Ecstatic Dance in 1994
ROOT&CONNECT Whole Health Counseling & Wellness
VETERNARIAN TWO RIVERS VETERINARY CLINIC 3808 N Williams Ave Suite 129, Portland Phone: 503-280-2000 Info@TwoRiversVet.com
YOGA DAYA FOUNDATION
Sarahjoy Marsh, Yoga Teacher + Therapist 5210 SW Corbett Ave, Portland SarahjoyYoga.com DayaFoundation.org Public yoga classes, private lessons, yoga therapy, and Hunger, Hope + Healing Series for women with food and body image issues.
Angela Guerrero, M.Ed, LPC, RYT North Portland 512-680-5498 RootAndConnect.com
Want to feel more Grounded? Be more Focused? Live more Balanced? Unique counseling style focusing on the WHOLE self. Learn to connect with and nourish your mind, body, spirit, and emotions through practices that grow your awareness and fulfill the relationship with you and others.
SJL PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES Stuart J. Levit, Ed.S, M.Ed.
4531 SE Belmont St, Portland 503-983-7949 Info@StuartJLevit.com StuartLevit.com Have a particular life obstacle that you are trying to understand and resolve? Somatic and Mindfulness based counseling in a private comfortable space. Evening & weekend hours available.
TRAUMA TREATMENT ROBIN BODHI, BS, LMT (12722), CHt
SARASVATI INSTITUTE OF AYURVEDIC YOGA THERAPY
Susan Bass, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Ayurvedic Yoga Therapist, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500 503-208-2716 AyurvedicYogaTherapy.org 200, 300 & 1100-hour Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Certification Programs Portland’s first Ayurvedic Yoga Therapy Certification Program. SIAYT is recognized by Yoga Alliance, IAYT, NAMA & APPNA.
THE MOVEMENT CENTER YOGA STUDIO 1021 NE 33rd Ave, Portland 503-231-0383 TheMovementCenter.com
Hatha yoga for all levels, workshops & specialty classes, private & healing yoga sessions, at a beautiful meditation and retreat center in the heart of the city.
503-477-0931 RobinBodhi@gmail.com RobinBodhi.com
Robin Bodhi, a bodyworker for more than 20 plus years has a diverse background in medicalbased bodywork, energetic healing and somatic touch. Her services also include reiki, hypnotherapy and integration coaching. In addition to her private studio in SE Portland, she works at the Integrative Trauma Treatment Center located at 2130 SW Jefferson.
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