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Wise Words: A Conversation with Wayne Dyer by Ellen Mahoney
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Green Living: Fabulous Fireplace Keep Heating Dollars from Going Up in Smoke
As our days cool down, we should start thinking now about staying comfortable naturally (and hope the coming winter isn’t as cold as last year!).
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Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid: Learn How to Avoid the Real Goblins by Melinda Hemmelgarn
Candy isn’t the only questionable substance our children are exposed to. GMOs, plastics, and pesticides are surprisingly prevalent. Here’s how to avoid them.
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Fit Body: Yoga for Depression by Kim Childs
Amy Weintraub offers encouragement.
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Inspiration: Rules for Kindness by Sharon Salzberg
Insights after spending time in the halls of a school.
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Naturally Talented: “Trilogy” Three Remarkable Pianists Performing Soon by Clark Dougherty; photos by Cindi Williams
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Coming Home to Yourself: When Your Home Expresses Who You Are by Judith Fertig
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Gardening in October by Jo Leyte-Vidal
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Real Magnolias: Musings of a Modern Southern Belle Haints, Harvests and Halloween by Melody Murphy
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n Saturday, October 9, 2010, Crones Cradle Conserve will host its autumn Natural Foods Gala from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Admission for the day is $1/person and includes live music, garden and greenhouse tours, and an almost-hayride from the parking area to the heart of the farm. Tickets will be sold for $1 each for generous portions of organic food samples including vegetables and herbs, fruits, grass-fed beef, wild pig, alligator, sweets, and more. Free recipe cards will be offered along with tips for preparing organic foods. Guest chefs and expert raw food gourmet cooks will be present to demonstrate and share. Crones Cradle Conserve is located at 6411 N.E. 217th Place in Citra, 6.4 miles east of Hwy. 301 on Hwy 318. For more information, call 352-595-3377, email catcrone@aol. com, or visit www.cronescradleconserve.com. The farm is smoke-free, pet-free, and card-free (cash and checks only).
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NewsBriefs and tools help even the novice student enter the deepest levels of relaxation, tranquility and stillness.” Location: Hilton Hotel, Naples, FL. Contact: info@amrityoga.org or 352-685-3001. Register: Peggy Sealfon, peggy@ stonewaterstudio.com, 239-821-2266, www.events.stonewaterstudio.com. A percentage of the proceeds will benefit Kids Against Hunger of SW Florida. 4th Annual Amrit Yoga Seminar and Retreat, October 29-31, with Gurudev Yogi Amrit Desai. Experience the depth of Amrit Yoga (Hatha) and Yoga Nidra (Meditation). Program includes discussions and demonstrations on Amrit Yoga, Yoga Nidra, Meditation, and Satsang. The integrative yoga taught by Gurudev is ideal for both beginners and advanced students. Location: Community Hall, Hindu Temple of Florida, Tampa, FL. Contact: info@amrityoga.org or 813-962-6890. Tuition: $150 includes meals. Meditation Retreat, October 2124, 2010. This program is for beginners as well as those who have been initiated into the Amrit Method of Quantum Breath Meditation. This technique creates a powerful opening to effortlessly drop into a meditative state. You can
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n Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 6-7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Gainesville will host the 29th Annual Downtown Festival & Art Show, one of the nation’s premier outdoor fine arts festivals. The festival weekend kicks off Friday at 7 p.m. at the Bo Diddley Community Plaza with a blues concert presented by the North Central Florida Blues Society.
Visitors will experience fine art and crafts close-up and will be able to meet the artists. Food booths, performances, and a children’s hands-on Imagination Station will be offered as well. Festivities are free and open to the public all weekend. For more information, visit www.gvlculturalaffairs.org or call 352-334-ARTS (2787).
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erraCycle is turning conventional manufacturing on its head. The company now up-cycles consumer packaging waste into 186 products, available at retailers like Whole Foods Market, Petco, Home Depot, Walmart and Target. The National Geographic Channel’s Garbage Moguls debuted episodes of the TerraCycle experience this summer, showing such transformations as cereal boxes into notebooks, cookie wrappers into kites, and disposable pens into trash cans. Schools and community nonprofits collect the materials for payment through eco-friendly local fundraisers. For more information visit TerraCycle.net.
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.S. consumers, who generate more than 3 million tons of e-waste each year, now have easier access to manufacturer recycling programs, responsible local e-recycling facilities and cooperating retailers. “If you make it easy, people will recycle their stuff,” says Barbara Kyle, national coordinator of the Electronics Takeback Coalition. As of this year, 23 states mandate e-waste recycling, and all but California make manufacturers responsible for providing it, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council. Seven more states introduced such legislation in 2010 (see ElectronicsTakeBack.com/ legislation/state_legislation.htm). This approach helps get e-products containing toxic materials out of landfills and incinerators, where they can contaminate water and air. It also shifts the need for cost-effective environmental responsibility to manufacturers, to encourage them to design more eco-friendly products. Ultimately, this should result in products with fewer toxic components and more reusable and recyclable components. The world leader, Norway, recycles 98 percent of all e-waste. By contrast, in 2008 Americans recycled only 13.6 percent of their e-waste, often storing old, unused units at home. Now we know where to take it.
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new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev reveals that hand-clapping songs boost the development of motor and cognitive skills in children ages 6 through 10. “We found that children who sing these [kinds of] songs demonstrate skills absent in children who don’t take part in similar activities,” explains Dr. Idit Sulkin, of the university’s music science lab. “We also found that children who spontaneously perform hand-clapping songs in the yard during recess have neater handwriting, write better and make fewer spelling errors.” Sulkin engaged several elementary school classrooms in a program of either music appreciation or handclapping songs for 10 weeks. With the hand-clapping group, she found that “Within a very short period of time, the children who until then hadn’t taken part in such activities caught up in their cognitive abilities to those who did.” The children’s teachers believe that those who participate in such handclapping songs also exhibit better social integration.
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esearchers at Karolinska Institute, a leading medical university in Sweden, have demonstrated that contrary to conventional theory, heart cells are able to regenerate themselves. Examining the heart tissue of 50 people over the course of four years, the researchers found that new heart cells appeared to replace older ones at a rate of approximately 1 percent per year in people in their 20s, falling to 0.5 percent per year by age 75. Scientists now hope to find ways to stimulate this natural regeneration of heart cells as a way to avoid heart transplants and help people recover from heart attacks.
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A Conversation with Wayne Dyer by Ellen Mahoney
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nternationally renowned author and speaker Wayne Dyer, Ph.D., has devoted his life to helping others become healthier and happier. He is the author of more than 30 books and producer of the motion picture, The Shift. His recent book, Excuses Begone! How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits, was inspired by the ancient teachings of the Tao Te Ching. Q. What common excuses do people use in grappling with their conscience? Excuses are the explanations we use for hanging on to behaviors we don’t like about ourselves; they are self-defeating behaviors we don’t know how to change. In Excuses Begone! I review 18 of the most common excuses people use, such as “I’m too busy, too old, too fat, too scared or it’s going to take too long or be too difficult.” We spend a big hunk of our lifetimes contemplating what we can’t have, what we don’t want and what’s missing in our lives. What we have to learn is to put our attention and focus on contemplating what we would like to attract, and not on what is missing. Q. You talk about mind viruses. What are these? A virus has three purposes: to duplicate, to infiltrate and to spread from one host to the next. Ultimately, even a single virus can shut down an entire system. A mind virus is different in that there is no form to it; these are ideas placed in our heads when we are little. We get programmed by wellmeaning people like our parents and their parents, our culture, religions and www.GoNaturalAwakenings.com
schools. We get conditioned to believe in our limitations and what’s not possible. After a while, we start really believing these things are true. People who have had self-defeating behaviors for a long time, such as people who have been overweight since they were children or people with longtime addictions, actually believe there is no other alternative. Q. What’s the payoff for living a life filled with excuses? There’s a payoff for everyone. The reason we hang on to self-defeating behaviors is because it’s easier not to take responsibility. If you’re blaming something or someone else for the way you are, then that person, those people, those circumstances or those energies, are going to have to change in order for you to get better; that’s most likely never going to happen. It’s also a way to manipulate other people. Usually, making excuses is just something we can get away with, rather than challenging or changing ourselves. If you want to change and you want your life to work at a level you’ve never had before, then take responsibility for it. I’m not saying that a child who was abused or beaten or abandoned made that happen, but your reaction to it is always yours. While you were four, you didn’t know anything other than being terrified and scared; you’re not four any longer. Now [as an adult] you have to make a choice and recognize that even the abuse that came into your life offers you an opportunity to transcend it, to become a better person, to ask for help, and even more significantly, to help someone else not go through what you did. Q. What is your seven-question paradigm to help people change long-established habits of negative thinking? The paradigm helps a person identify the thought system, which is almost always false, that is behind the
rationale for the continuation of excuses. It helps them really look at excuses from an objective point of view and realize that everything they’ve been thinking is just as likely to be not true as it is to be true. I believe if you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Q. When we look at our own lives and think about the lives of loved ones, what is key to living a healthy, happy, love-based life? The key is to trust in your own divinity, to know that you are a piece of God, and that you are like what you came from. As a spiritual being, you have Divinity within. When Albert Einstein was asked about the impact of quantum physics, he said, “It’s just all details, I just want to think like God thinks.” And God thinks in terms of creating, kindness, beauty and goodness. For more information visit DrWayneDyer.com Ellen Mahoney is a freelance writer who teaches writing at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Contact evm@ infionline.net.
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Fabulous Fireplace
Keep Heating Dollars from Going Up in Smoke
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crackling fire in the fireplace feels warm and cozy, but traditional wood-burning is a major energy waste. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, a blazing hearth sends as much as 24,000 cubic feet of air per hour up the chimney, along with about 90 percent of the heat produced by the fire and some of the heat produced by the home’s furnace. Fireplaces also generate a lot of air pollution. Wood smoke contains carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and fine particulates that can aggravate asthma, allergies and other health conditions. Several options are available for upgrading the family fireplace, both energy- and pollution-wise, without sacrificing coziness:
n Wood stoves. Units certified by
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Agency (EPA) generate only two to five grams of particulate matter per hour of operation, compared with 40 to 60 grams per hour from a conventional fireplace. Current units operate at 80 percent efficiency—similar to other home heating sources. They come as either a freestanding model or a unit that inserts into an existing fireplace; many come with blowers to direct heated air into the living space.
powered by a separate generator. Like wood stoves, pellet stoves are available as freestanding units or fireplace inserts.
n Pellet stoves. Instead of wood logs, these stoves burn small pellets made from compressed wood and other plant waste, and produce so little pollution that they do not require EPA certification. Pellet stoves do require electricity to feed pellets into the combustion chamber (about 100 kilowatt-hours per month under normal usage), so they will not work during a power outage, unless
Other options also exist for enhancing the operation of an existing fireplace and preventing excessive heat loss:
n Gas fireplace inserts. Natural gas
or propane-fueled inserts offer the warmth and ambiance of a fire without the need to load wood or pellets or dispose of ash. Gas inserts are up to 80 percent efficient and generate low levels of pollution.
n Tempered glass doors. Installation of airtight hearth doors enables the family to keep both the doors and flue shut when the fireplace is not in use. n Heat-air exchange system. This improvement blows warm air back into the room, minus the smoke. n Caulking air leaks. Provides a lowcost barrier to keep air from escaping from around the fireplace doors, flue and chimney. n Lowering the thermostat. A good
rule of thumb is to keep the house between 50 and 55 degrees when the fireplace is in use, and shut doors leading into the room. n Cracking open a window near the fireplace. Creates a healthier experience by increasing fresh air flow and minimizing smoke inhalation.
Source: Adapted from Union of Concerned Scientists (ucsusa.org).
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More Cool Tips for Hearthside Heat Stay cozy—and green—by following these suggestions for wintertime warmth. n Stay informed. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a comprehensive source of information and advice on the cleaner-burning wood stoves and fireplaces (epa.gov/woodstoves) and their efficient and safe operation (epa. gov/woodstoves/efficiently. html). n Shop eco-friendly firelogs. A recent EPA study comparing emissions from real logs and brand-name artificial logs found that the firelogs emitted about 75 percent less carbon monoxide, 80 percent fewer particulates and lower chemical emissions than real wood. They also proved more efficient, with a heat content of 12,620 to 15,190 BTUs per pound, compared to oak, which burns at around 8,300 BTUs per pound. Several companies manufacture firelogs made of recycled biomass products like wood sawdust, ground nutshells and coffee grounds. All are lowemission alternatives to cord-
wood. Some logs even produce a natural crackling sound, without throwing sparks. Two to investigate: Pine Mountain Brands Java-Log firelogs divert 12 million pounds of coffee grounds from landfills each year and feature recycled packaging (PineMountainBrands. com); Duraflame’s firelogs have a 30-year track record creating heat from renewable resources (Duraflame.com). n Follow instructions. For wood stoves and fireplace inserts, use only firelogs made from 100 percent compressed sawdust (no wax). Wax and biomass logs are intended only for open hearth fireplaces. Never add an artificial log to a natural wood fire that is already burning, as it could flare up. Don’t poke burning artificial logs because they could flare up; this also keeps any flaming wax from clinging to the poker and then dripping onto the floor.
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BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID...
LEARN HOW TO AVOID THE REAL GOBLINS by Melinda Hemmelgarn
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ur little ones, masquerading this month as ghosts and goblins, only look scary. What’s really frightening are the toxic chemicals lurking in our families’ food and water. Pregnant women, infants and children are most vulnerable, because expectant, young and growing bodies are less able to break down and excrete toxins. Halloween screams for a list of valid fears, plus strategies to keep our families safe. Pesticides: According to Charles Benbrook, Ph.D., chief scientist at the Boulder, Colorado-based Organic Center, more than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used each year in the United States alone. More than half of the most widely applied pesticides are known endocrine disruptors, compounds that mimic natural hormones and interfere with normal development. At Beyond Pesticides’ annual meeting last spring, Indianapolis-based
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neonatologist Dr. Paul Winchester explained how pesticide exposure contributes to birth defects, autism, hyperactivity, diabetes, reduced fertility, obesity and cancer. It’s no wonder that the President’s Cancer Panel Report recommends choosing foods grown or produced without pesticides. Genetically Modified Foods: An estimated 70 percent of common processed foods lining supermarkets shelves, including Halloween candy, contain at least one genetically modified (GM) ingredient. Yet, genetically modified crops and foods (GMOs) have never been tested for long-term safety. Since the introduction of GM crops 13 years ago, Benbrook says pesticide use has increased by more than 300 million pounds. Because GM crops are designed to withstand pesticide spray, over time, weeds and pests naturally develop resistance, requiring more and stronger chemicals. Mercury Rising: Recent U.S. Geological Survey
research found mercury contamination in every fish sampled from 291 streams nationwide. More surprising, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) found mercury in assorted products containing high fructose corn syrup, likely the result of the sweetener’s manufacturing process, says Renee Dufault, a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration health officer. David Wallinga, a medical doctor and director of the Food and Health program at IATP, says mercury is a toxic, heavy metal that harms brain development; no exposure level is considered safe. Plastic Poisons: Like pesticides, plastics can release endocrine disruptors such as bisphenol A (BPA) into food and water. Even more scary, “These compounds are biologically active at extremely low and previously undetected levels,” says University of Missouri biologist Frederick vom Saal. Food Dyes: The Center for Science in the Public Interest reports that common food dyes can pose unnecessary risks for cancer, hyperactivity and allergies. Each year, approximately 15 mil-
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lion pounds of synthetic food dyes are added to foods that are heavily marketed to children. It’s frightening to think of our children as guinea pigs for profit, isn’t it? Here’s how to keep family members safe: Buy Organic: Researchers at Washington State University found that switching children from a conventional to an organic diet resulted in a dramatic drop in pesticide exposure. By definition, organic foods cannot contain GMOs, synthetic pesticides, artificial hormones or antibiotics. Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., a prominent ecologist and author of Living Downstream, says, “Organic food is really a bargain, when you consider the full cost to our children’s health and their environment.” Read Labels: Most nonorganic corn, soy, canola and sugar (processed from sugar beets, not cane) are genetically engineered, although an identifying label is not required. Common
GMO ingredients include soy lecithin, corn starch and high fructose corn syrup. “Good” food advocates suggest that we call or write our favorite food manufacturers and tell them we won’t buy their products if they use GMO ingredients or artificial colors. Avoid Plastics: Always heat food in glass, lead-free ceramic, stainless steel or other non-reactive metal cookware (excludes most nonstick brands). Avoid House and Garden Chemicals: Banish bug sprays and lawn and garden chemicals in favor of more natural products. Check with Beyond Pesticides for suggested alternatives, at BeyondPesticides.org. Pass this Article on to Friends: Protect the neighborhood and beyond. Petition Legislators: Ask representatives to support H.R. 5820, the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act, at ewg.org/ actioncenter.
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BANISHING THE CANDY MONSTER n When goblins come a-knocking, offer stickers, pencils, crayons or children’s party favors. n Host a haunted dinner party with a creepy twist: Serve guacamole (aka “frogs’ guts”), spaghetti with tomato sauce (“bloody brains”) and organic cranberry juice mixed with warm spiced cider (“Dracula’s blood”). Eat by candlelight or around a fire pit and howl at the moon. n Make up spooky stories. www.GoNaturalAwakenings.com
n Emphasize the dress-up factor. Visit a secondhand store and create unique costumes, complete with homemade masks, face paint and hairdos. n Celebrate the season with true treats, like time with family and nature. Take a treasure hunt hike to search for leaves, feathers, rocks and seedpods. Decorate small pumpkins or gourds from the farmers’ market, dunk for organic apples, carve jack-o-lanterns and toast pumpkin seeds. Yum.
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very day, millions of Americans turn to medication for relief from debilitating depression. While antidepressants can be effective, they can also cause problematic side effects. A more holistic treatment for depression can be found on the yoga mat, according to instructor and author Amy Weintraub, who speaks from personal experience. Weintraub is a former media professional who was struggling with severe depression in 1989 when she took her first yoga class and felt a remarkable shift in her mood. The effects of yoga were so positive that Weintraub kept practicing, and feeling better. Within a year she was able to stop taking antidepressants. Today she is a teacher and advocate of this ancient science. “Almost daily, someone tells me how important their practice has been in sustaining their mental health,” says Weintraub, whose book Yoga for Depression is popular among other yoga teachers who have battled depression. “[They] tell me that they began a daily yoga practice after reading my book. Eventually, they were able to manage their moods well enough to stop taking antidepressant medications, and like me, they became passionate about sharing what they feel saved their lives.” While exercise is often prescribed to treat depression, yoga practice demands more attention to breath and body sensations than most other forms of exercise. Weintraub says this is exactly what makes yoga effective for relieving depressed minds. “Psychologists and yogis agree that the feeling of happiness arises when we are absorbed in the present mo-
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ment,” she observes. “The body is always present. The mind is a time traveler. So, when we bring awareness to sensation and breath as we practice yoga, we become the presence we seek.” In addition to cultivating mindfulness, the physical practices of yoga nourish the brain and balance the nervous system, says Weintraub. The kind of deep, diaphragmatic breathing done in yoga reverses the shallow breathing patterns associated with depression and anxiety. Studies also show that yoga practice lowers cortisol, the “stress hormone,” and raises “feel good” hormones like endorphins. Certain yoga poses (asanas), like backbends and inversions, can be especially beneficial to those struggling with depression, Weintraub notes, but only if they are done mindfully. “The importance is in the way in which asana is practiced,” she says. “If you’re not attending to the breath and sensation in your body, you may as well go for a run.” These days there are so many styles of yoga being taught that most people can find a class and a teacher to suit them. Weintraub, who has worked with teens, elders in wheelchairs and people of various ability levels, says that even simplified poses can be powerful when combined with conscious breathing and affirming thoughts. “Let’s say a student is unable to hold the traditional warrior pose,” says Weintraub. “Instead, she can stand straight with her arms overhead, taking long deep breaths in mountain pose, breathing in all that she seeks—be it peace, clarity, or ease of being—through her open arms.” When someone is so focused on the details of posture alignment and conscious breathing, it’s hard to think of anything else, notes Weintraub. With time, yoga practitioners can develop a kind of witness consciousness, as they watch internal sensations shift, and learn to see that moods also come and go. Thus “I am depressed” becomes “I see that depression is present, and so are other sensations.” “Just as daily yoga practice strengthens the immune system against common colds and other viruses, it also strengthens and soothes the emotional body,” Weintraub says, “bringing highs, lows and emotional extremes into balance. In every stage of yoga, practitioners report that they also find relief from obsessive negative thinking.” Teachers and practitioners alike report that a daily yoga practice is crucial for anyone seeking to relieve their depression this way in order to keep the body and mind anchored in the positive benefits. Home practice can be done with an instructional DVD, while yoga classes add the benefit of community and support from teachers. While Weintraub and others have been able to reduce or eliminate their use of antidepressants with yoga, this will not be the case for everyone. Those seeking help for depression should check with a doctor before designing a treatment plan. Amy Weintraub is the author of Yoga for Depression (Broadway Books) and founding director of the LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute. She leads professional certification trainings in LifeForce Yoga for Depression and Anxiety. For more on Weintraub’s audio and video products and bimonthly newsletter, visit YogaForDepression.com.
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Inspiration
Rules for Kindness by Sharon Salzberg
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was leading a meditation group in the Washington, D.C. area, and we had rented an elementary school auditorium for the day. All along the walls of the corridors were posted rules for being kind. During the breaks in the day, I would just stand and read them, again and again. The rules posted there rest upon principles like dissolving the rigid boundaries we hold between ourselves and others, including rather than excluding, recognizing that our actions and words are consequential, and being thoughtful. They seemed so simple, yet like many simple truths, if we were to live them, rather than merely admire them, they could change our life, whatever our age.
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Carderock Elementary School Rules for Being Kind • • • • • • •
Treat people the way you would like to be treated. Play fair. Respect everyone—other students and all staff. Everyone can play. Help others when they need help. Don’t hurt others on the inside or the outside. Honor all of the pillars of ethics.
One of the most provocative and poignant of these rules for me was “everyone can play.” As I practiced this tenet, I noticed more hints of loneliness in those I encountered than I had seen before, more subtle echoes of that forlorn child than I expected. Including others was often like watching something unfurl and begin to flower. In making a point of including others in conversation, with real regard, in a fullness of attention, I felt some subtle walls within me dissolve, as well. There was a growing sense of rightness, of balance, because after all, everyone should get to play. Each of us will do well to experiment with these rules, perhaps one a week or one a month, to emphasize them. Even if you already live your life according to these tenets, consciously choosing to focus on them can be enlivening, opening and, at times, surprising. Adapted excerpt from The Kindness Handbook by Sharon Salzberg. Connect at www.SharonSalzberg.com.
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Naturally Talented “Trilogy” by Clark Dougherty Photos by Cindi Williams, www.cindi-withaneye.com/
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ometimes the most extraordinary things happen unexpectedly in ordinary circumstances. Picture the Managing Editor sitting at a computer on a quiet Saturday morning when the baby grand piano 30 feet down the hallway begins to resonate— no, explode—with Rachmaninoff. I knew Dominic Muzzi was visiting for a sleep-over with the Publisher’s then-16-year-old son, Tim, so I correctly deduced it was “Domdom.” I had heard him perform a year earlier at West Port High School during a choral recital and was amazed at his playing and command of the keyboard at just 14. But what I was hearing on this Saturday morning a year later was an emotional experience. The precision, the dynamics, the power, the interpretation, the passion of what was filling the house was simply stunning. As the piece ended, I applauded and called down the hallway, “Rachmaninoff.” No verbal reply, but almost immediately a Franz Liszt piece shimmered through the air in answer. Holy Moly! Liszt was a 19thcentury rock star of piano prodigy
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virtuosity in Europe. His compositions are difficult because of the speed, and dazzling with hands constantly crossing in play. And I was hearing a flawless performance. I wept silently, again applauded, and again called down the hallway, “Liszt.” I posted a FaceBook update telling friends of the truly remarkable event that was taking place, but didn’t dare go down the hall to disturb the rapture. How could such a young person play with the passion and emotion he was expressing? The piano and he were as one, each an extension of the other. By the way, he had no sheet music with him; everything he played was totally memorized. Next, a Debussy piece wafted down the hallway, followed by a storm of composers—Beethoven, Ravel, more Rachmaninoff, Bach, Chopin, more Liszt, Rimsky-Korsakov—it was as though I had an orchestra pit seat at Carnegie Hall all by myself. I lost track of time and was swept away with the beauty and transcendent power of the music emanating from that baby grand. I had heard professional musicians play the instrument many
With a nod to Bobby Flay–“Are you ready for a showdown?” A piano showdown, that is! times previously, but it took on a new dimension with Dominic in command. After a couple of minutes of silence, I pulled myself together and walked down the hallway, turned right to see Domdom still at the piano bench, and said, “What are you going to do next?” He looked up and said, “I think Tim and I are going bowling.” Yes, he is a teenager, 15 then (16 now) and was texting as I asked the question. The spell was broken, but the memory and experience live on. Lenny and Sandy Wilson have been friends of mine for years, but I never cross the line about music with Lenny. He is the consummate professional and deadly serious about his craft. But this time, I told him about my experience with Dominic. To his credit, he asked me to arrange a meeting for Dominic and his mother at Lenny and Sandy’s home. Carolyn Blakeslee and I were privileged to attend that afternoon as well. The upshot of the meeting: Lenny invited Dominic to be part of his annual “Trilogy” concert on October 24. We hope you will join us there.
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Dominic Muzzi
Lenny Wilson
The creative piano styling of Lenny Wilson is the result of years performing professionally in a variety of venues including night clubs, concerts and recordings. He has numerous television and radio performances on his resume and for a time owned and operated a recording studio. Lenny began his professional career at 14, playing accordion in a country swing band, and after switching to piano has performed for over a half century individually, with big bands and with small groups and combos. Most groups were under his leadership with Lenny doubling as arranger and pianist. In 1993, a close friend encouraged him to play at the Sarasota Jazz Club. This resulted in repeat performances and the decision to leave the Midwest and move to Sarasota. Lenny’s marriage to his wife, Sandy, in 1994 prompted their decision to relocate to Ocala where she works on staff in the Marion County School system. Since then Lenny has appeared most frequently in The Villages with pilgrimages to Sarasota for their annual Jazz Festival. He appears regularly at the Church on the Square and other Villages venues with his quartet and often showcases special guest musicians and vocalists.
Dave Flanigan
Classically trained, Dave Flanigan discovered jazz in high school in Ft. Wayne, Indiana and taught himself to play that genre on piano, clarinet and saxophone. This enabled him to help pay his way through college while studying engineering. After relocating to the Detroit area to pursue an engineering career at Ford Motor Company, he played in the area’s top small and big bands in his spare time. Since moving to The Villages in 2007, Dave has worked as a solo pianist, played (and sung) in several musical groups, and serves as organist at North Lake Presbyterian Church.
Lenny’s “Trilogy” concert is an annual production with two different guest pianists each year. His guests this year are Dave Flanigan and Dominic Muzzi.
Dominic Muzzi is a classically trained pianist who began playing at the age of 4. He has studied under various private instructors, including three professors from both the University of Florida, and Florida State University. Dominic has performed on concert stages around the area, including a performance with the FMEA All State choir. In his junior year, he is a West Port High School honor student. Considered by many to be a piano prodigy, Dominic thinks he might be better as a contemporary rock drummer, another musical passion of his. He participates in choral activities and conducts an all male chorus performance group from West Port. Dominic will pursue a Fine Arts degree in piano performance.
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Mark your calendars now for Sunday, October 24 to enjoy a remarkable display of piano variety and virtuosity at the 8th annual “Lenny Wilson Trilogy Concert.” Standards, jazz, and classical piano music well be played at The Church on the Square, 1051 Main Street (Spanish Springs) in The Villages at 5:00 p.m. www.GoNaturalAwakenings.com
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Coming Home to
Yourself When Your Home Expresses Who You Are by Judith Fertig Illustrations by Jill Butler
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ome. It’s a small word for a universal idea, one that resonates deeply with complex individual meanings and associations. Regardless of whether home is a room, apartment, cottage or mansion, how homey it seems depends first on two physical factors: light coming in on two sides and a view of greenery or sky, according to Clare Cooper Marcus, professor emerita of the departments of architecture and landscape architecture and environmental planning at the University of California, Berkeley. “We yearn for nature,” she observes. “Houseplants or a view of a garden is a universal desire.” In her seminal book, House as a Mirror of Self: Exploring the Deeper Meaning of Home, which resulted from her work on a low-income housing project and a series of case studies, Marcus came to understand that “People consciously and unconsciously use their home environment to express something about themselves.” For Marcus, our evolving self-image is directly reflected in the homes we create, like a chambered nautilus, around our deepest self. Sometimes, we discover that we have outgrown the shell in which we currently live, and a change is in order, remarks Jill Butler, an illustrator, creativity coach and author of Create the Space You Deserve: An Artistic Journey to Expressing Yourself Through Your Home. This could be the result of a shift, as the result of downsizing to a smaller home or again becoming a single adult; a celebration of finally being able to build a home or move to the place of our dreams; or a milestone, which might come in the form of a first apartment or new baby. www.GoNaturalAwakenings.com
“Creating a soul space, or a nest, is not a new idea for most women,” says Butler. “What might be new is creating the nest that supports you and makes you feel loved and nurtured when your world might not. Taking the time to understand the deeper need is the first step.”
How a House Becomes a Home “A house is more than a roof over your head,” says Butler, noting that it is far more than what it came to be seen as in recent years as Americans’ primary savings account. “The whole idea of a house became skewed when we worried more about resale value than actually living there,” she continues. “It’s time to consider their return on our emotional investment.” A house becomes a home as we put our own personal, emotional imprint on it. “A home is people-made,” writes Alexandra Stoddard, author of Feeling at Home: Defining Who You Are and How You Want to Live. “Our home is our essence, the ultimate Earthly place where we live and love and have our being. “All the more reason to ask ourselves: Are we living with harmony, fulfillment, and joy at home? Are we living as well as we would like, or are we too often anxious, emotionally exhausted and stressed?” Interior designer Kelee Katillac, author of House of Belief: Creating Your Own Personal Style, suggests we start by taking a close look at what we see around us in our home. “Homes that say nothing of who we are—what we believe in and values that we aspire toward—are places of tumultu-
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ous spiritual discontent,” she counsels. “By filling the space around us with benign objects—department-store clones with matching accessories to fill every nook and cranny— we lock ourselves into a gilded cage of fashion for which our creative spirit has no key.”
Creative Renewal
“Although we tend to relegate creativity to the working artist, all of us are creating all the time,” says Butler. Creativity at home may begin with a notebook with pictures from magazines, paint chips, product literature and to-do lists. We have the information and the ideas; now we have to make it happen. Taking Stock Some creative house projects are relatively easy and Before we can create a home that truly expresses our inexpensive to do ourselves. We can make a static space, deepest self, we need to rediscover who we are now, where like a living or dining room, function better for how we rewe are in our life and what we really want. This calls for an ally live—make it more informal, colorful, or lived-in—by assessment or inventory, a “before” snapshot. changing the type of furniture or its arrangement, advises Thomas Moore, in Care of the Soul: How to Add Katillac. Butler emphasizes that the secret to using every Depth and Meaning to Your Everyday Life, recalls a “readroom lies in setting up the room exactly as we want it. ing” he did of one woman’s dwelling. “My idea was to see We can happily engage all the senses with favorite the house’s poetry and alphabet, to understand the gestures music, scented candles, fresh flowers, soft throws or silky it was making in its architecture, colors, furnishing [and] pillows and perhaps a garden, visible through a window. decorations, and the condition it was in at that particular We can repaint a room in a color we love. We can even time.” After the exercise, he notes, “We both felt unusually make our own artwork. We can decorate only with objects connected to the place.” More, “I was motivated to reflect that resonate with us, with less of an eye to the price. on my own home and to think more deeply about the poet “Living artfully might require taking the time to buy ics of everyday life.” things with soul for the home,” counsels Moore. “Good How well does our current home feel like we wish linens, a special rug or a simple teapot can be a source of it to? In Feeling at Home, Stoddard lists 15 elements that enrichment, not only for our own life, but also the lives of contribute to the emotional intelligence of a home. In addiour children and grandchildren.” tion to the dual keys of light and a view outside, as Marcus Adds Katillac, “By surrounding ourselves with the trapmentions, are color, comfortable furniture, change (peripings of our past successes, or with things we associate with odic rearrangement of elements), privacy, fresh air, nature, those who have achieved the success we want in our lives, beauty, art, order, a working kitchen, a home library and we begin to believe in the possibility of our dreams.” favorite objects. The latter may encompass heirlooms, child When re-envisioning our home involves tearing out hood souvenirs and handcrafts. walls, adding rooms or building from “We begin by shaping our home the ground up, it’s time to call in experts: “Just as a picture is drawn environments into places of inspiration architects, interior designers, contractors, by an artist, surroundings and affirmation,” advises Katillac. “By plumbers, painters. That can seem dauntkeeping our beliefs in front of us in our are created by the activities of ing. But our sources share a secret: Find homes and by building our belief and a professional with the credentials you the mind.” our confidence through artistry in our want, and he or she generally will lead own home, we enter into an exhilarating you to other qualified people. ~ Guatama Buddha process that affects our lives on every “Each lead, each name or name of level.” a service, leads to the next lead,” advises
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Butler. “Each time you meet someone and get help, he or she will answer questions and evoke more questions yet to be answered, and on and on it goes.”
Finished ... for Now When our home project is finished we’ll know, because the space contributes to our well-being, says Butler. “You’ll feel nurtured, nested, and protected. You’ll feel at home. Feeling at home is a way of life, an inspiring journey of discovery as well as a bridge that leads us to great appreciation, reverence and beauty,” concludes Stoddard. A home that feels like home is a place “where we’ve transformed our spirit because we’ve learned how to follow our own heart.” The effects, too, are ongoing. “Through this process of belief-based decorating,” adds Katillac, “nothing seems beyond transformation— negative thoughts, financial trouble, loneliness—nothing.” Judith Fertig is a freelance writer in Overland Park, KS. Connect at JFertig299@aol.com. For more information and inspiration, contact Jill Butler at JillButler.com; Kelee Katillac at KeleeKatillac.com and KatillacShack.com; Clare Cooper Marcus at Clare@MyGarden.com; Thomas Moore at CareOfTheSoul.net; and Alexandra Stoddard at AlexandraStoddard.com.
Playing with Color by Kate Smith Color affects us on every level—physical, mental and emotional. Our reaction to color is almost instantaneous and has a profound impact on the choices we make every day. We can have fun with and better understand the use of color in our home, based on this psychological snapshot of their meaning. BLUE n Overwhelmingly the favorite color n The least gender-specific color, appeals equally to men and women n Symbolizes trustworthiness, dependability and commitment n Calms and cools n Aids intuition GREEN n Humanity’s second-favorite color n The color of peace and ecology n Soothes and relaxes n Helps alleviate depression, nervousness and anxiety n Symbolizes renewal, self-control and harmony YELLOW n Advances toward the eye from surrounding colors n Stimulates the nervous system n Sparks creative thoughts n Activates memory and encourages communication n Symbolizes optimism, enlightenment and happiness n Can be irritating; babies cry more in yellow rooms ORANGE n Elicits strong positive or negative associations n Stimulates activity and appetite n Encourages socialization n Some tones (terra cotta, peach and rust) have broad appeal n Associated with fun, flamboyance, warmth and energy RED n Has more personal associations than any other color
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n Encourages action and confidence n Stimulates energy and can raise
the heart rate n Increases enthusiasm n Immediately draws and focuses visual attention
PURPLE n Embodies the balance of stimulating red and calming blue n Calms the mind and nerves n Symbolizes mystic, spiritual or royal qualities n Encourages creativity and is often a favorite color of creative people BROWN n Represents stability, reliability and approachability n Engenders feelings of whole someness n Offers a sense of orderliness n Associated with all things natural or organic n Symbolizes our connection with the Earth WHITE n Aids mental clarity n Symbolizes purity, cleanliness and neutrality (in the West) n Encourages individuals to clear clutter or obstacles n Enables fresh beginnings GRAY n Mixes well with any color n Often associated with loss or depression n Can be unsettling BLACK n Evokes strong emotions, so too much can be overwhelming n Seen as authoritative and powerful n Symbolizes mystery—both a sense of potential and a restful emptiness For personal insights based on color preferences, try these online color quizzes: ViewZone.com: ViewZone. com/luscher.html; Lüscher Color Diagnostics®, based on the work of Dr. Max Luscher: ColourTest.uefoundation.org/kolory/kolor-index2. php; and Pratt & Lambert Paints: PrattAndLambert.com/color/personality-quiz/interior.
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Seven Avenues of Self-Discovery
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Draw a Picture. Clare Cooper Marcus has given her clients a large pad of paper, crayons and felt pens and asked them to detail their feelings about home in a picture. In creating a concept of home that they could see, the clients were better able to make those changes happen in their homes.
aking stock of what’s important to us comprises two parts. First, we survey our beliefs and values. Then, we consider how our homes reflect, or don’t reflect, those key beliefs and values. The following toolbox can help spark progress. Make Lists. Alexandra Stoddard has her clients list 10 words that define who they are now. The list might include words like “love,” “green,” “food” or “memories.” The next step is going from room to room and seeing how well each space mirrors these values. Jill Butler also recommends listing all of the activities we see happening in our reinvented home. It helps evolve the types of spaces needed and suggests innovative uses for rooms.
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Clear Out Clutter. The accumulation of things we no longer really need signals “not wanting to let go or move on from a stage in your life,” says Marcus, whether that stage is child-rearing, professional life or a relationship that has changed or ended. When we prune away things that are no longer necessary to us, saying yes only to what we need, love and absolutely can’t live without, we can better see the path ahead. We can sell, recycle, donate or throw away things that no longer serve. Creating order makes us feel more peaceful, confident and ready for creative action. Ask Questions. Butler recommends asking the “W” questions. n Where are you now? n What do you want? n What do you see around you? “Ask yourself what pleases you and makes you feel good,” she says. Maybe it’s a cozy color, a fresh breeze or family photographs. Are these elements present now? Embrace Opposites. Katillac asks couples questions like, “What do you want more of in your life?” She finds the commonality in their answers, but also celebrates the opposites—what each person wants without considering the other person at all. For example, one might prefer Zen-like, serene surroundings, while the other loves the rustic outdoors, but they both want to feel family-friendly and casual. So, a “Zen cabin” could become a translation of their mutual desires. “I love the juxtaposition of two different ideas,” says Katillac. “It’s all about helping people create a home that reflects who they are and who they want to be.” Pause. Wait for emotions to settle. Don’t be in a hurry to decide this, that, or all of it. Let decisions sit on the to-do list, undecided, for a while. Watch as the choices become clear naturally, organically, quietly.
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Gardening in October
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t last—the days are getting cooler, and shorter. Have you noticed that the first signs of Autumn seem to appear on the sycamore trees? Their huge leaves are already browning around the edges and falling. When they fall onto your lawn, try to remember that each leaf contains the Sycamore leaf nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium that all plants need for growth. Instead of throwing away all those nutrients and then going to the local box store to buy the same thing in a bag, make a compost pile. Were you able to complete the list of chores noted in September’s article? Some of them were: divide bulbs, feed
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the turf, plant new bulbs, plant roses, feed camellias and azaleas, and finish planting cool weather veggies. That’s okay. We still have October’s mild days in which to work— except for planting vegetable seeds. Seedlings would do better now. October Some winter vegetables is the ideal month in which to plant trees since they are preparing to enter dormancy. Before you plant a tree, do a bit of research. Find out which trees do well in our area, the tree’s height and width at maturity, whether it needs sun or shade, and whether it will tolerate drought. Will it
by Jo Leyte-Vidal, UF/IFAS Marion County Master Gardener
drop leaves? and when? Will it flower? Is it a shape you like? Will the size fit your yard space? Where do you want shade? Will the mature tree interfere with power lines or your roof? For example: a live-oak tree should be planted a minimum of 30 feet from you house or power lines since its mature width is approximately 60 feet. When you go to purchase a tree, check the following: n Make sure the tree has only one trunk. If it has two trunks, one of the trunks is likely eventually to die, split off and fall, creating a mess and a potential hazard. n Check to see that all the leaves are clean and green. An example of a tree n Be sure the with two trunks leaves are free of insects. n Inspect the roots carefully; they should be white and firm. The roots should not be coming out of the bottom of the pot, and they should not be winding around the root ball. Planting is easy if done correctly. 1. Dig a hole twice as wide and two inches shallower than the root ball. (It will sink after planting.) 2. Cut away any root that is circling the root ball. 3. Place the tree in the hole. Fill halfway with the hole’s soil and fill the rest with water. Do not add any amendments or fertilizers at planting. The roots must grow away from the trunk, not stay where the soil is richer. 4. When the water has drained, fill the hole with the remaining dirt until level with the surrounding ground. Water again. 5. Use the leftover soil to create a dam around the planting hole. It will
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serve to hold the water you will give the tree every day for the next three weeks, then twice a week for another three weeks. This watering schedule ensures new root growth. 6. Mulch around the tree should be no more than 3 inches deep and not touching the trunk. More than 3 inches will cause the roots to grow upward seeking air and result in choking the tree. 7. The first light fertilization can be in the spring, after the tree has leafed out. If you plant the tree in the lawn, it most likely will not need extra feeding, as your lawn fertilizer will do the job. The Marion County Master Gardeners will be presenting their annual October Fundraiser on Saturday, October 9, at the Extension Center, 2223 NE Jacksonville Road, Ocala. They will be featuring trees for Marion County. If you have any questions about planting your new tree, call the Master Gardeners at 671-8400.
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Real Magnolias Musings of a Modern Southern Belle by Melody Murphy
Haints, Harvests and Halloween I
n the South, we have haints. A haint is, quite simply, a Southern ghost. Now, this does not necessarily mean that the haint itself is the lingering essence of a Southern dead person. It could be a person from elsewhere who has died in the South. Nor must the haint be seen in the South. Should a Southern person go abroad and witness a spectre, that too would be classified as a haint. No, a haint, like beauty, is quite simply in the eye of the beholder. Anyone can see a ghost. Only a Southern person can see a haint. To be candid, I have never actu-
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ally seen a haint. I’m not even certain I believe in them. On the one hand, I suspect dead people have better, far more interesting things to do than lurk and observe the daily activities of the living. If this is untrue and I am incorrect, I promise to be discreet when I am a haint and give my nearest and dearest some semblance of privacy. There are some things I just do not want to see, alive or dead. On the other hand, nearly anything is possible. I will not rule out haints any more than I will rule out telepathy, the healing power of chicken
soup, or the possibility of full rehabilitation for Lindsey Lohan. So haints are still on the table, as far as I’m concerned. I pray this is not a literal statement; I fervently hope that if there are haints in my house, they are refined and genteel enough to pull up a chair and sit down at, not upon, my table. I like a well-mannered haint. October is the month of haints, harvests, and Halloween. It is the time when the year begins to realize it is dying, and flings itself into one last hurrah of holidays before it is laid to rest, pressed like a dried chrysanthemum between the pages of history books. October is the good-humored older woman who begins to realize she is fading, says, “Never mind, I shall go out in a blaze of glory,” and devotes herself to having a wonderful time, staying busy and enjoying her golden years with joie de vivre instead of sitting home in the shadows moping over the end of her youth. She would rather celebrate the autumnal harvest than mourn the impending winter or the bygone spring and summer. October is a mellow, accepting, philosophical spirit of a month; she is an optimist as well as a realist, and though she’s aging, she’s determined to do it gracefully. October’s philosophy is a recklessly jovial “Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may die.” Autumn knows this better than any season. A certain tinge of melancholy begins to languish in our hearts with the waning of summer and the first chill of fall. We chase away that bittersweet realization with a flurry of fall festivals. As the year wanes, so do we, in a cosmic sense. Do we focus on it and
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grow dour and morbid? No! We dress up in silly costumes and don macabre masks, carve leering jack-o’-lanterns and make all our skeletons smile. We throw bedsheets over ourselves, pretending to be ghosts—and we all laugh, because we’re in on the joke. Our hoarded stash of candy may be that much sweeter for it. Halloween is the great grinning c’est la vie shrug in response to the eerie knowledge of our own mortality. Making fun of something makes it more bearable. Knowing that we too wax and wane like the moon and the seasons is a burden we carry but do not always acknowledge; humor lightens the load. Halloween whispers “I see dead people” like the spooky kid in The Sixth Sense, but he laughs as he says it, and then runs out in colorful costume to pilfer as much candy as he can. Life is full of tricks and treats. Halloween celebrates this—the tricks as well as the treats, the brilliant orange as well as the mysterious black, life as well as death, the mystery of dying as we live, living as we die. On All Hallows’ Eve we may think we are gathering apples and chocolates and candy corn; instead, we really are gathering rosebuds while we may. For, with a courteous nod to Robert Herrick, old Time is still a-flying, on her broomstick, silhouetted against a harvest moon ... and this same flower which smiles today, tomorrow will be dying. October, like the wise woman she is, prefers to see the light in the moon and not the witch, the smile in the flower and not the fading petals, the color in the autumn leaf and not its fragile nature... the harvest and not the haints. We all have haints. They are not necessarily the literal spirits of dead people; they are memories, the ghosts of things and people now absent from our lives. Some should be banished, much like exorcising an evil spirit—but some, the friendly ghosts, should be invited in and welcomed to a place at our table. Not all that is gone should be forgotten; not all that is unseen ceases to be real. All our houses are haunted. The trick is in how we treat our ghosts. Are our homes haunted by them—or hallowed by them? In the house of October, she welcomes her spirits to the party. For they are part of the harvest of our memories, and a good hostess always makes her guests feel at home. As I say, haints are still on the table for me. I only hope they enjoy the party as much as I do, and will pass the salt when asked. Copyright ©2010 Melody Murphy. Melody Murphy is a writer, an avid enthusiast of old books and movies, and one of the six remaining Florida natives who still inhabit the Sunshine State. She has lived in Ocala for more than 20 years, excluding a collegiate sojourn. She resides with her haints in a charming little white house that was built in 1938 and is now patrolled by a black cat who seems to think it is his personal property. Melody is employed by and an active volunteer with the Ocala Civic Theatre, where she recently finished playing a dead person in “Curtains.” She is also known as The Queen of the EggDevillers. www.GoNaturalAwakenings.com
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Cynthia Christianson, M.A., CCC ThetaHealing™ Advanced Practitioner 352-374-7982 or 352-284-1107 www.AvantiCoaching.com www.IntegralHealings.com ThetaHealing™ coaching is using the Belief and Feeling Work to empower people with the ability to remove and replace negative emotions, feelings and thoughts with positive, beneficial ones. Change your negative beliefs and you will heal on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels thus really seeing this relief show up in your life.
Breastfeeding Nurturing Mothers & Babies Lactation Service Teresa Glaser, BSN, LM, IBCLC 352-317-1771 / tglaser1124@msn.com www.NurturingMothersandBabies.com Our goal is to help you and your baby enjoy nursing. Teresa is a Board-certified lactation consultant serving Gainesville, Ocala and the surrounding area. Offering home and office visits.
Colonics Aaron Perry, AP, LMT Life Family Practice Center 1501 U.S. Hwy. 441 North The Villages / 352-750-4333 Focusing on your health and well being, I integrate acupuncture, massage, homeopathy, colonics and NAET (allergy elimination) to enhance your quality of life. Medicare, Insurance accepted. Gentle Waters Healing Center 352-374-0600, Gainesville info@gentlewatershealing.com The therapists at Gentle Waters Healing Center will assist each individual with detoxing using colon hydrotherapy, Far Infrared Sauna, and/or Aqua Chi Lymphatic Drainage. We also carry probiotics, digestive enzymes, and other products for overall health. Proud sponsors of Barley Life Nutritional Products. Call Dawn Brower for more information or visit www.gentlewatershealing.com. MA41024, MM15426.
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Holistic Psychotherapy Diane Alther, LCSW, RN, CHt Traditional and Karuna Reiki Master/Teacher Ocala and Dunnellon locations / 352-425-1992 www.emdrtherapistnetwork.com Combining conventional counseling with body, mind, energy therapies including EMDR, EFT, hypnosis, full wave breathwork, meditation and Reiki to facilitate change and mental and emotional balance.
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Massage Angelic Hands Massage Therapy Saradna Mazur / Patricia Smythe, LMT 352-331-9613 1033 NW 106th St, Gainesville Medical/Deep tissue massage, acupressure, vibrational energy healing. Reiki Master. 26 years experience. Worker’s Comp and PIP insurance accepted Call for an appointment today! MA28525. Tiara L. Catey, LMT Center for Balance 1705 N.W. 6th St., Gainesville 352-642-4545 / www.tiaracatey.com Relieve pain, manage stress and cultivate joyful relaxation and balance by including massage as an essential part of your self-care practices. Therapeutic massage, relaxation massage and lomilomi. Includes aromatherapy. Holistic approach. Some insurance accepted. Visa/MC. See www.tiaracatey.com for details. MA41831.
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MTT Sandra Wilson, EFT-ADV, CPC Emotional Freedom Techniques Practitioner, Certified Professional Coach 352-454-8959, www.SandraWilson.org A positive change is a tap away! In a Meridian Tapping session, I’ll help you clear emotional blocks so that you can finally achieve your goal—lose weight, earn higher scores, build business. Offices in Ocala and The Villages. Phone sessions also available.
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Hip Moves Fitness Studio Rona Bennett, BS, CPT Holistic Health, Personal Fitness Coaching 708 N.W. 23rd Ave., Gainesville www.hipmoves.com / 352-692-0132 An intimate fitness studio focusing on creativity and holistic health. Classes and private lessons in Belly Dance, Yoga, Pilates, and Personal Training. Rental space available.
Medicine Wheel Veterinary Services Shauna Cantwell DVM, MVSc, Diplomate ACVA / Ocala, FL www.shaunacantwell.com / 352-538-3021 Holistic veterinary medicine for small animals and horses. Preventative health, arthritis, neurologic and hormonal dysfunction, skin, allergies, cancer, pain, immune and chronic disease, more. Certified Veterinary Acupuncture, certified spinal manipulative therapy (cAVCA animal chiropractic), sports medicine, Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine (herbal therapy, tui na medical massage), functional neurology, postural rehabilitation, ozone therapy, homotoxicology, nutrition. Available for lectures and workshops.
Piano Services Hendrix Piano Service 352-895-5412 Serving north central Florida Tuning, repairs, cleaning, fine custom maintenance of your acoustic piano. Playing services including accompaniment, weddings, other church services, concerts. Experience: churches, cabarets, Marion Chorale, Duelling Divas, much more. Call today!
Rolfing Carol L. Short / Certified Advanced Rolfer™, Craniosacral Therapist, Gainesville and North Central FL / 352-318-0509 Rolfing® is a system of body restructuring through systematic manipulation of muscle and fascial tissues. It promotes the release and realignment of long standing patterns of tension and dysfunction, bringing the body to greater balance, mobility, vitality, and ease. A holistic approach to mobility, vitality and balance. MA16337/MM18921.
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CalendarofEvents Saturday, October 2 Amrit Yoga Connection One-Day Sampler, powerful introductory experience of rest & renewal in the Zero Stress Zone through the Amrit Method of yoga, yoga nidra & meditation, $30 incl veg lunch. Amrit Yoga Institute, Salt Springs, info@amrityoga.org, 352-685-3001. Readings w/Mary Alice Warren, 1-6 pm, $50/1/2-hour, $80/hr. Call for apptmt or walk in. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs, 386-454-8657. Spiritual Connections Psychic Faire. 11-5, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Gainesville. $3/person. 352-332-7153. Sunday, October 3 From Recovery to Self-Discovery Series. Alcohol & food are not addictions, stress is the culprit. Access the higher power by stepping out of the ego mind into the integrative Zero Stress Zone, $25 incl. brkfst & veg. lunch. Amrit Yoga Institute, Salt Springs, info@amrityoga.org, 352-685-3001. Through October 3 “Curtains” Whodunit Musical Comedy, Sat & Sun Matinee 2 pm, Wed-Fri 8 pm, $20/adults, $10/students. Ocala Civic Theatre, 4337 E Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, 352-236-2274, www.ocalacivictheatre.com.
October 7-17 “Doubt,” Pulitzer Prize winning drama, Thu-Sat, 8 pm, Sun Matinee 2 pm. $20/adults, $10/students. Ocala Civic Theatre, 4337 E Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, 352-236-2274, www.ocalacivictheatre.com. Friday, October 8 Couples Beach Getaway & Workshop, 7 pm-Sun 2 pm. Deepen intimacy & passion. Discover Tantra. $595/couple. Richard & Diana Daffner, Siesta Key Beach, Sarasota, FL. 1-877-282-4244. October 8-10 From Self Image to Self Discovery through the Zero Stress Zone, Yogi Amrit Desai. Learn life-changing methods. Hilton Hotel, Naples, info@amrityoga.org or 352-685-3001. Register, Peggy Sealfon, peggy@stonewaterstudio.com, 239821-2266. Partial proceeds donated to Kids Against Hunger of SW Florida. Saturday, October 9 Natural Foods Gala, 10-3, $1/person includes free recipe cards, guest chefs, expert raw food gourmet cooks, live music, garden/greenhouse tours & almost-hayride, $1/ ticket organic food samples incl. vegetables, herbs, fruits, grass-fed beef, wild pig, alligator, sweets, etc. Crones Cradle Conserve, 6411 NE 217 Pl, Citra, 6.4 mi E of Hwy 301 on Hwy 318. 352-595-3377, www.cronescradleconserve.com. Shamanic Healing Stones Workshop w/Jeanette Westlake, Acupuncture Physician, 2-5 pm, $30 pre-reg, $35 door. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs, 386-454-8657. October 13-November 7 “Dracula,” Tue-Sun, times vary, usually two shows Sat & Sun, $30/adults, $20/seniors, $12/students. The Hippodrome State Theatre, 25 SE 2 Pl, Gainesville, FL, www.TheHipp.org, 352-375-4477. October 13-16 Smokey Mountain Healing Retreat “A Warrior’s Healing Journey.” Amid the lovely colors of the fall season, Ahni & Paul Atkins www.mountainmysteryschool.com will help you relax, refresh & find yourself again. International Foundation for Spiritual Knowledge, www.ifsk.org. 407-673-9776. Thursday, October 14 Free Lecture Demo: Healing Through The Power of Love from Creator, 7:30 pm, Alachua County Library, Millhopper Branch, Gainesville. www.thetahealingworks.net, Cynthia@ thetahealingworks.net, 352-374-7982. Friday, October 15 Fall Back into Balance at Retreat’s Open House, 6 pm. Free Intro to Yoga class, retreat tour, refreshments, mini massages & samplings of other ancient healing practices. Ayurveda Health Retreat, 14616 NW 140 St, Alachua, www.ayurvedahealthretreat.com.
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Saturday, October 16 Energy Blessing Day, 9:30-3, love offering. All types of Energy workers. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Rd, Ocala, 352-687-2113, www.unityocala.org. Mexico Beach Getaway & Workshop for Couples: 7:30 pmMon 10 pm. Join Richard & Diana Daffner, authors of Tantric Sex for Busy Couples at the Eco-Tulum Resort on the Caribbean Sea. Connect w/your beloved on a soul level. Discover Tantra. $695/couple, 877-282-4244. The Big Grid Open to Change Workshop & Crystal Healing Sessions w/Sharron Britton, 12-6 pm, $20 for workshop, healing sessions sliding scale. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs, 386454-8657. Tuesday, October 19 Electronic Gem Therapy. Free Presentation & Demo w/Dr. Paula Koger of Rainbow Natural Medicine. 6-7:30 pm, reserve req’d. Mystic Glenn, 3315 E Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, 352-401-1862, www.mysticrealms.com.
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October 21-24 Meditation Retreat, Amrit Method of Quantum Breath Meditation. Unique technique creates powerful opening to effortlessly drop into a meditative state anytime of day when faced with emotional reactions, fears, frustrations & challenges. $395 incl. meals & accommodations. Amrit Yoga Institute, Salt Springs, info@amrityoga. org, 352-685-3001. Saturday, October 23 Healing Circle w/Shaman Elka Boren, 3-5 pm, $30. A powerful healing workshop to remove blocks & awaken inner gifts. Sacred Earth Center, 3131 NW 13 St #41 (Liberty Center Office Complex) Gainesville, 352-275-8537, www. sacredearthcenter.org. Stones for the Crown Chakra, Connecting to Divine Love Workshop w/Sharron Britton, 1-4 pm, $20. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs, 386-454-8657.
Thursday, October 28 Stress Reduction/Integrative Relaxation w/John Ernest Hiester (Chandrakant), 7-8:30 pm, following Amrit Yoga w/Veda (5:30-6:30 pm), Downtown Public Library, 401 E
“The Warrior’s Healing Journey” Come join us this fall in the lovely Smoky Mountains for a Spiritual Healing Retreat. October 13-16, 2010 Terra Nova Center, Cedar Mountain, NC
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CalendarofEvents University Ave, Gainesville, 4th floor, Free. Dress warmly, bring light blanket, jehiester@amrityoga.org, vedalewis@aol. com. Friday, October 29 Couples Beach Getaway & Workshop 7 pm–Sun 2 pm. Bring greater joy, intimacy & passion to your relationship. Discover Tantra. $595/couple. Richard & Diana Daffner, Siesta Key Beach, Sarasota, FL, 877-282-4244. October 29-31 The 4th Annual Amrit Yoga Seminar & Retreat, Experience the depth of Amrit Yoga (Hatha) & Yoga Nidra (Meditation) directly from a living master, meet Gurudev, world renowned Yogi, Philosopher & Spiritual Leader, beg & adv students, $150 incl meals. Community Hall, Hindu Temple of Florida, Tampa, email info@amrityoga.org, 813962-6890. Saturday, October 30 Psychic Fair w/Omialadora Ajamu, Dr. John & others. Mini-readings $20, 12-6 pm. High Springs Emporium, 660 NW Santa Fe Blvd, High Springs, 386-454-8657.
Ongoing Events Daily Traditional Yoga, all level students, daily 8 am & MonThu 6-7:15 pm; Satsang Meditation, Tue & Thu 7 am; Vinyasa Flow Class, Sat 11 am, $10/class, $45/five classes, $85/10, $160/20. Ayurveda Health Retreat’s Inspiration Yoga Institute, 14616 NW 140 St, Alachua, www. ayurvedahealthretreat.com. Your Yoga w/Karen Adair. Mon, Wed, Fri 9 am, The Brick City Center for the Arts, 23 SW Broadway, Downtown Ocala. Tue 9 am & Wed 6 pm, Zanetti-DeBolt Family Wellness Center, 4817 NE 2nd Loop, Ocala. www.KarenAdairYourYoga.webs.com, 904-237-0257. First Sunday Traditional Yoga all level students, Free class, 10 am. Ayurveda Health Retreat’s Inspiration Yoga Institute, 14616 NW 140 St, Alachua, www.ayurvedahealthretreat.com. Sunday Celebrating Community & Inspiring Message. Visioning Meditation 9:45 am, Celebration/Message & Youth Celebration 10:30 am, 3rd Sunday: Brunch after Celebration followed by the Debt-Free Prosperity Club Meeting, Love Offering, OakBrook Center for Spiritual Living, 1009 NE 28 Ave, Ocala, 352-629-3897, www.oakbrookcsl.org. Weekly Celebration Service, Guided Meditation & Metaphysical Message w/Rev. Marylou Palmer, 10 am;
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Youth & Family Ministry runs at the same time. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Rd, Ocala, 352-687-2113, www. unityocala.org. Monday Abraham Study Group, 6 pm, love offering. A Course in Miracles, 7:30 pm, love offering, Unity of Gainesville, 8801 NW 39 Ave, Gainesville. 352373-1030. Reiki Healing Circle, Beginners Welcome, 5:30-6:30 pm, donation $5. Mystic Glenn, 3315 E Silver Springs Blvd, Ocala, 352-401-1862, www. mystic-realms.com.
followed by at 7:30 meditation & spiritual healing practices lead by various facilitators. Love Offering. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Road, Ocala, 352-687-2113, www. unityocala.org. Friday Spiritually Healing Yoga, 10-11:15 am, Marque Germain Kollack, Love offering. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Road, Ocala, 352-687-2113, www. unityocala.org.
Saturday Farmstead Saturdays. Free, 9-3 pm. Crones Cradle, 6411 NE 217 Pl, Citra. 352-595-3377, www. cronescradleconserve.com. Meditation for Everyone: Developing a Kind Heart. 1st Sat. Guided meditations & Buddhist teaching w/Kadampa Buddhist Teacher Joanna Ching, donation $9, $5 students, no one turned away for lack of funds. 10–11:30 am. Sacred Earth Center, 3131 NW 13 St, Gainesville, 904-222-8531, www. MeditationInJacksonville.org.
Tuesdays starting Oct 5 Women, Food & God by Geneen Roth 15-Week Book Discussion w/ Cindy Grimes, RScP, 7:30-9 pm, starts 10/5. OakBrook Center for Spiritual Living, 1009 NE 28 Ave, Ocala. 352629-3897, 352-454-6830, www. oakbrookcsl.org. Wednesday Easy Speaker’s Toastmaster Club Meeting, 1st & 3rd Wed, 6-7:30 pm, Free for guests. Cal’s Restaurant, CR25, Belleview. 352-804-9006, www. easyspeakerstmc.freetoasthost.info. Guided Meditation Silent Unity Service, 12-12:30 pm, free. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Road, Ocala, 352687-2113, www.unityocala.org. Meditation & Visioning, 6 pm, followed by 7:15 pm various events: 1 st Wed Speaker Forum, 2 nd Wed Growing Beyond Grief Support Group Spiritual Activities w/Rev Vicki, 3 rd Wed Drumming w/Greg Nieto, 4 th Wed Spiritual Film, Love Offering. OakBrook Center for Spiritual Living, 1009 NE 28 Ave, Ocala, www.oakbrookcsl. org. Spiritually Healing Yoga, 10-11:15 am, Marque Germain Kollack, Love offering. Unity of Ocala, 101 Cedar Road, Ocala, 352-687-2113, www. unityocala.org. Study Group, 2nd & 4th Wed, 1:30 pm, Lady Lake Library, Lady Lake, 352629-3897. Thursday Spiritually Healing Yoga, 6-7:15 pm, Marque Germain Kollack, www.GoNaturalAwakenings.com
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