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Ithink we have all looked forward to greeting this new year after the unprecedented challenges we faced in 2020. There’s never been a better time to make a fresh start. One great way to do that is to get rid of the old to make room for the new. I am in the process of doing just that, getting my house ready to put on the market. Cleaning out the clutter has been a lot of hard work after being here for 25 years. It has also been enormously satisfying. Toni Owen Conover I feel lighter and clearer. Publisher I owe that entirely to my uber-organized sister-in-law Jennie. She helped me do a massive purge and find a home for every item in my house. Now there’s breathing room in my cabinets and drawers. My counters are clear, it is so much easier to find things and to keep everything tidy and clean. If you are like me and the process of decluttering and organizing seems overwhelming, I hope you can find your own Jennie. Even if you don’t have a Jennie in your life, start small. The effort is worth it! I highly recommend the book Decluttering at the Speed of Life for great realistic tips on making decluttering manageable. I will be incorporating some of the practices mentioned in the article below for blessing my new home, but the new year is also a great time to bless your space and set intentions for the year ahead. “Simple gestures of intention, sprinkled with some beauty, enable us to claim our space and sow a new beginning.” Wishing you and yours a healthy and happy new beginning in 2021!
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Moving into a house, office or dried, white sage, sweetgrass, pine or lilac any new space prompts us to flowers help dissolve unpleasant memories envision bright days ahead and energetic imprints from the past. filled with hope and joy. Perhaps this is Honoring the four elements of earth, why, from first-century Christians praying air, fire and water can create balance and to dissuade evil influences to the Mayans celebrate ancient customs. Adding one or smudging herbs to welcome positive more essential oils to a spray bottle filled energy, the act of blessing a house is such a with distilled water or culinary rose water time-honored tradition. is an easy way to mist the air and the space
Whether held in private or with a group inside drawers, closets and cupboards before of kindred souls, with or without religious filling or refilling them. Hanging fresh everelements, blessing a new dwelling takes the greens, leafy branches or tufts of blossoms concept of housewarming to a sacred level. over doorways evokes what 10th-century A house blessing can temper the hair-pulling mystic and healer Hildegard of Bingen called stresses of a move and be a wonderful way to veriditas—the greening energy of the Earth. restore harmony after life gives us a jolt, be it Employing a crystal or Tibetan singing a job loss, a broken relationship, a loved one’s bowl, beating a shamanic drum or playing passing or an illness. Simple gestures of inten- an instrument in select rooms can charge tion, sprinkled with some beauty, enable us to the atmosphere with fiery hope. Opening claim our space and sow a new beginning. windows, even briefly during cooler seasons,
Arranging seasonal blooms in jewel- invites in the fresh air of possibility. toned vases, scattering fresh rose petals Stepping into a new life—or revitalizing over the threshold or misting the air with an existing one—is one of the most beautiethereal scents consecrates what might oth- ful acts of caring for soul and self. Blessing erwise seem mundane. Singing a favorite our spaces is also an expression of gratitude, song, whispering a spontaneous prayer or something that can make any life wonderful. reciting a Buddhist chant during the flurry of unpacking invites calm and attracts Marlaina Donato is an author and recording benevolent influences. Pungent smudges of artist. Connect at AutumnEmbersMusic.com. LowCouNTry EDITIoN
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Contents
4 HousE BLEssINGs for Clearing and Protecting Spaces 10 INTEGrATIvE HosPITAL CArE Medicine Embraces Holistic Modalities
13 LosE wEIGHT wITHouT DIETING How to Eat to Feel and Look Your Best
14 sTAyING fIT IN 2021 Workout Trends Bend to the Times
16 CLImATE ANXIETy Navigating Our Emotions as the Planet Changes 17 TErry wAHLs on Taking Control of Chronic Conditions 18 fruGAL wELLNEss Healthy Living on a Tight Budget
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