December 2010

EVOLVING… A GUIDE FOR CONSCIOUS LIVING 1 December 2010

A Guide for Conscious Living

December 2010 ~ Vol. II, Issue 10

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Creating Holiday Traditions

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contents

Departments:

News 5 Holistic Health Update 8

Food Conscious 6 Spiritual Horoscope 20

Journey of Wholeness 8 Events 22

9 Jesus, the Tree of

Life and Three Magi

What Christian Mystics Know that

You Don’t

15 Prosper the World with Love

Boxing Day Celebration

Publisher Jill Dutton

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Editorial Assistant Judy Kirkpatrick

Contributors Karen Cowdry, Sandy Jorgenson,

Bethany Klug, Jude LaClaire, Trisha McCannon, Aluna Michaels,

Nancy Russell

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ON THE COVER:

Sandy Jorgensen is a stencil artist and semi-retired faux painter. Her skills with calligraphy, home decor, cake decorating and sketching are now being utilized to teach children about their connection to all of life through les-sons in art. You can watch some of her videos on youtube under the title Artfelt Learning. Sandy's dedication to a greener world has inspired new works that are made out of reusable items such as bottle tops, plastics and papers.

She teaches young mothers inexpensive and creative ways to live beautifully in their homes.

Dear Friend, The articles this month focus on creating tradition. I believe traditions, like life, are cyclical. With the passage of generations and transition of time, traditions change. And sometimes they’re abandoned, forgetting the warmth, comfort and

familiarity that comes from established tradition. When I was a child, traditions were relished rituals in which I partici-pated. I remember as a child going “hunting” on Christmas day with my dad, uncle and cousins. I was the only girl—and was very proud. When I was older there was sledding at the park and Volksmarches with Grandpa. Sister Mary, then in the military, would create custom ca-dences for us to chant. Then when I established my own family I started new traditions as well as incorporated cherished ones from childhood. Then the kids grew up and moved out. Somewhere along the years I forgot to start new tra-ditions. New ones that invite elders, grown children as well as grandchil-dren into the circle of love. So now I have the opportunity to remember favorite rituals of youth as well as create new ones, based on current needs and values. The articles this month offer an array of advice on the importance of ritual as well as ways to remember past traditions and incorporate new. In addition to the feature articles on creating tradition, we have our annual gift guide and a special sampling of our sister publication, EATING WELL IN KANSAS CITY (view the distribution list online at www.eatingwellkc.com. The Jan/Feb issue distributes mid January). I hope you enjoy the delightful selections this month. May you find peace in ritual and your holidays be blessed.

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Local Author, Doug Billings, Releases Book Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com have picked up local author Doug Billings new book, Your Wonderful Life: No Matter the Past, Life Al-ways Holds Wonder, Joy and Meaning. In the book, Billings claims that there are two fundamental princi-ples one must acknowledge in order to continually be able to discover wonder, joy and meaning in life. These two principles are: 1. No one is as bad as the worst

thing they’ve done. 2. No matter the past, you can still

discover wonder, joy and meaning in life.

Billings also addresses and de-fines the meaning of life and goes into detail about how to find and re-discover love, how to forgive and how to live a virtuous life. Perhaps

most appealing is that he writes about these significant topics in sim-ple, straightforward dialogue.

Like a Day at the Beach Moves East

Like a Day at the Beach is mov-ing its “oasis of calm and relaxa-tion” to 8666 W 96th in Overland Park (96th and Antioch) on Decem-ber 18. The phone number and Web address remain the same: (913) 327-3938 and http://

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Free Chiropractic for Returning Soldiers

Doctors Andy Harding and Scott Loew of the Chiropractic Healing Center in Kansas City, KS(www.chirohealingkc.net) will each take one returning solder as a new patient a week and treat that sol-dier free of charge for the next year as a thank you for serving our country. As this is a first-come, first-serve basis, returning soldiers are en-couraged to call (913) 299-0276 as soon as possible to make an ap-pointment. Dr. Harding implemented this service after learning at a seminar that soldiers returning from war have a very high incidence of de-pression and an alarming rate of suicide. It was suggested that chi-ropractors treat returning troops to help balance their neurology since emotional problems concern the brain and its ability to deal with the

environment. In treating depressed patients, Dr. Harding has found they are consistently subluxated in the up-per neck. “Many of these brave people are being treated with anti-depressive drugs for their symp-toms, but one of the major side effects of an anti-depressant is sui-cidal tendencies. Yet, a chiropractic lifestyle of spinal adjustments, ex-ercising and improved diet is more beneficial for depression than the standard drug regimentation. Be-cause of the type of emotional and physical stress that soldiers rou-tinely endure, all soldiers need to have their spine checked when re-turning from war. I also want to personally thank all those who serve for their willingness to pro-tect me, my family, our country and our way of living,” Harding says.

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Two Books on Cleansing

By Bethany Klug Cleansing has been all the rage of late. I’ve been recommending two books, Clean by Alejandro Junger, MD and Super Cleanse by Adina Niemerow. So what’s an MD know about cleansing? It turns out quite a bit. The first section of Clean is part personal journey and part Silent Spring, except the endangered species is us. Junger, born in Uruguay, and raised on a traditional diet, first encountered processed foods in the hospital cafeteria and vending machines where he did his residency. The bowel problems, allergies and depression that beset him reversed themselves each time he stayed at a yoga ashram. He finally got the message and developed the Clean program based on his experience. He now recommends this program routinely in his integrative cardiology practice in New York City. The Clean program eliminates foods that commonly trigger symptoms in people such as wheat, soy and dairy. The program lightens the load on your body with a liquid breakfast and dinner. The only solid food meal is lunch. He insists upon allowing twelve hours between dinner and breakfast the next day, to permit your body time to detoxify. All the recipes are in the book.

The Clean program isn’t far off from the way I eat most days. But for those who eat typical American fare, it’s definitely a cleanse. It’s doable while working and can be done during cold weather. I was disappointed to learn that he sells a version of the program on his website that includes powders for the liquid meals. Your body didn’t evolve on powdered soup. Save your money and follow the recipes in the book. Your body will thank you. For thirteen years, Adina Niemerow studied holistic cooking and nutrition across the world and worked at wellness retreats and restaurants. Now her specialty is creating healing diets for individuals, physicians and groups. With a sense of delight, Super Cleanse shares

the theory behind cleansing, what to expect and how to prepare. You can start with the One Day Wonder Cleanse. Niemerov encourages you to “unplug and take care of yourself for a change!” You certainly feel pam-pered on a day of fresh juice, soup and salad. The Laughing Buddha is a 5-day whole-food cleanse that would leave anyone feeling nourished and revitalized. The Karma Cleanse reminded that, yes, you can cleanse in the winter with kitchari, a traditional Ay-urvedic stew of basmati rice, mung beans and vegeta-bles. I lived on kitchari the year I discovered it. My husband tired of it and I since forgot about it. This cleanse would be great around the new year for anyone wanting to wash away those holiday indiscretions. The Clean Program and Super Cleanse are a great introduction to a delicious, delightful, health and heal-ing way of life. I hope you give them a try.

Bethany Klug is a physician for whom food is a doorway to personal, community and planetary

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By Jude LaClaire, Ph.D. Most of the major world religions have winter celebrations of light. The Hindu cele-bration of Diwali or “Festival of Lights”, which was celebrated for five days beginning Novem-ber 5th, symbolizes the triumph of good over evil. It follows the rainy season in India and honors Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth , peace and prosperity. Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of light, beginning sunset, December 1st to sunset, December 9th this year, was celebrated origi-nally as a minor holiday; the re-dedication of a temple after driving out invaders. The custom was to use undefiled oil to light lamps. A leg-end says that there was only enough oil to last one night, but it miraculously burned for eight days. Now each night of the celebration there is the lighting of a new candle. This light represents knowledge and wisdom. Christianity celebrates the birth of Christ on December 25th. Most historians agree that this is not Christ’s birthday but the celebration was made to coincide with various pagan holidays, like the Winter Solstice, when people were already celebrating the theme of the shortest day and longest night. The message of the Christian gospel that Christ was the light of the world and that he was found by wise men who followed the stars made this a great time for this celebration. Different pagan traditions like the Druids and Celts celebrate the Winter Solstice, De-cember 21st, as the turning point from dark-ness to light. Persia (now Iran) also celebrates the Zoroastrian holiday of the Solstice. Muslims around the world celebrate Rama-dan, which moves according to the lunar cal-endar rather than the solar calendar. It moves from the dark time of the year to the height of summer. Ramadan is a celebration of spiritual light. There is fasting and reminders of doing acts of faith, giving donations to the poor, widows or orphans. Buddhist and Asian traditions focus on the celebration of the New Year. The emphasis is on new beginnings, cleaning, making every-thing fresh and new for the "re-birth" of each aspect of one’s life. Finding light in darkness is the theme of poets and writers who speak of the inner struggle to find hope and meaning.

Into my heart’s night Along a narrow way I groped; and lo! The light, An infinite land of day

Rubaiyat of Rumi

Sometimes it takes moments of darkness to push us to the place of seeking light. Joseph Campbell writes, “The black moment is the moment when the real transformation is going to come. At the darkest moment, comes the light.” Viktor Frankl speaks of his painful experi-ences in a concentration camp leading him to ask about the meaning of life, his purpose and search for the light within. He tells us about his experience in Man’s Search for meaning. “…I was struggling to find the reason for my sufferings, my slow dying. In a last violent protest against the hopelessness of imminent death, I sensed my spirit piercing through the envelope of gloom. I felt it transcend that hopeless, meaningless world, and from some-where I heard a victorious “Yes” in answer to my question of the existence of an ultimate purpose….in the midst of the miserable gray of a dawning morning in Bavaria. ‘Et lux in tene-bris lucet’-and the light shineth in the dark-ness.” In this wintertime when light is scarce and life is hurried; when depression and anxiety can creep into our moods unexpectedly, per-haps it would be good to think about the theme of millenia and look for the light in the darkness. Take a step to find your own light within. Then you can feel as Anais Nin, “When you possess light within, you can see it exter-nally.” I hope for you that this is a season of trans-formation from darkness to light, from despair to hope and from meaninglessness to purpose. Happy light-filled holidays!

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by Nancy Russell, M.D. Nearly 50 percent of American women in their 30’s and 40’s are at risk for osteoporosis. Identi-fying your risk factors and current levels of bone loss can reduce the effects of this damaging con-dition. Osteoporosis is a “brittle bone” disorder, occurring when excessive bone loss leads to grad-ual bone weakening and eventually to fracture, usually a vertebrae (bone in the spine), hip or forearm. This can cause a gradual loss in height and stooped posture with age. Many more women than men get osteoporosis. The Surgeon General’s report on bone health and osteoporosis indicates that one out of every two women and one out of every four men, more than 50 years of age experience an osteoporosis frac-ture at some point in their remaining lifetime. Clearly, early identification, prevention and treat-ment is important. A bone density measurement, DEXA (dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) scan is the predominant test in the United States; it is advised that men and women have this screening at age 50, or earlier if a fracture occurs. Assessment of lifestyle and behaviors can be an indication for an increased risk to develop osteo-porosis and can determine what precautions or treatments are important. Risk factors for osteoporosis include: early meno-pause, alcohol intake (three drinks a day or more), aluminum consumption ( in antacids), excess vitamin A (more than 10,000 I.U’s per day), high caffeine intake (greater than 2 servings per day of coffee or soft drinks), high salt intake (more than 4 grams per day), sedentary lifestyle and immobilization, inadequate physical exercise (particularly weight bearing), low calcium intake, smoking (active or passive), thinness, use of ster-oid medications and very important, Vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency. A well-known holistic physician, Tieraona Low Dog, M.D., Director of the Fellowship in Integra-tive medicine at the University of Arizona says, “To prevent osteoporosis, concentrate on vitamin D and lifestyle factors, not drugs, like the bisphos-phonates (Fosamax, Actonel and Boniva).” Dr Low Dog noted that by using vitamin D, at a moderate daily dose of 800 I.U.’s, you’d have to treat 45 women for 2 years in order to prevent one fracture. This compares very favorably with the 91 patients one would need to treat with a bisphosphonate drug for 3 years to prevent one fracture. Vitamin D not only protects and im-proves bone mineral density, it also improves muscle function, reducing the risk of falling in the

elderly. Staying strong and flexible can prevent fractures even if you have osteoporosis. Measures you can take to maintain your bones include: minimize alcohol, caffeine, tobacco use and salt intake, partake in regular weight bearing exercise like walking, dancing, yoga, tennis, and take calcium and vitamin D supplementation. There are many other supplements that help build and preserve bone and can be gleaned from the book by Alan Gaby, M.D., called “Preventing and Reversing Osteoporosis.” Dr. Gaby has also formulated a supplement called, Osteoprime Ultra or Osteoprime Plus with ingredients like calcium (several different kinds), vitamin D, phosphorus, magnesium, vitamin K2, trace min-erals and a few others and no vitamin A. After working on lifestyle and assessing risk factors, a work up for osteoporosis would include a blood chemistry panel, complete blood count and vitamin D level (25-hydroxy vitamin D level). Another test marker that I use for diagnosis and treatment is a urine test called bone resorption assessment (BRA). The BRA test is a simple, first morning urine test that: reveals your current rate of bone loss, determines whether you are at high risk for future bone loss and fractures and moni-tors effectiveness of preventative treatments. If you have increased risk of osteoporosis or have osteopenia (mild bone loss), I am happy to assist you on your journey to diagnose the sever-ity of the problem, educate you on lifestyle factors and treat with natural therapies as much as possi-ble. I also do prescribe prescription strength bio-identical natural estrogen, progesterone and other hormone therapies when needed. Remem-ber the best medicine is prevention.

Nancy Russell, M.D. is a holistic Internal medi-cine physician and has practiced in the Kansas City northland for 28 years. Dr. Russell blends

traditional and alternative medicine in her holis-tic medical practice. Dr Russell has been a mem-

ber of the Executive Board of the American Holis-tic Medical Association. As a founding member of the American Board of Holistic medicine, she is

board certified in holistic medicine. As a member of the American Holistic Medical Association, Dr Russell learned and believes, “Love is our most powerful medicine”. Holistic medicine is also

about getting to know each person as an individ-ual, getting to the root of the problem and having a partnership between physician and patient. For

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Every year at Christmas millions of people cele-brate the birth of Jeshua ben Joseph, better known to us today as Jesus Christ. We erect Christmas trees, set manger scenes and spend hours addressing cards painted with pictures of the three Wise Men; yet, how many of us have ever stopped to wonder at the deeper mysticism behind these powerful hermetic images? Let’s start with the Christmas tree. How many of us realize that the choice of this evergreen tree each year is linked to the promise of new life that comes after the winter cold? How many of us know that the Christmas tree represents the Tree of Life, and that the crowning star is a symbol of our own awakening inner sight? This spiritual light has been known throughout the ages as the Third Eye. It is the bindu point that lies at the center of our foreheads. Jesus speaks of this in the Gospel of Thomas when he says, “When you make the two eyes into one eye… then ye shall know the kingdom of Heaven.” Yet long before Jesus, the ancient Mystery teach-ings that spread all across the world taught about the Tree of Life. In spiritual traditions as diverse as Jew-ish, Egyptian, Sumerian, Hindu, Buddhist, Mayan and Druidic, this cosmic Tree represented the circuitry of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous sys-tems that run up and down the spine. These ancient Mysteries taught that when any one of us successfully awakens the kundalini circuitry within our own physical and spiritual bodies, then we shall also awaken the light of our own crown star. Let us now consider the Magi, those three illustri-ous sages who ride into the pages of history and ride

out again, with little explanation as to their origins. Just who were the Magi, and how did they come to be there at the birth of Jesus? Were they perhaps mem-bers of the great spiritual Mystery Schools that flour-ished all over the world some 4,000 years before Je-sus was born, and some 400 years after he died? From what countries did they originate, and why do they suddenly appear at the Nativity, and then seem-ingly vanish? Is it possible that the reason we have been told so little about the first thirty years of Jesus’ life, is because the Magi, or magicians of these schools, helped to oversee the course of his educa-tion? Their names were Balthazar, Melchior, and Gasper, but exactly where did they come from, and how did they meet in Bethlehem? In the Gospel of Luke we learn that they appeared at King Herod’s court by following a most unusual star. It led them first to Judea, and then to Bethlehem. In an excerpt from Herod the Great’s annals, we glimpse a sense of the times in which Jesus was born. Herod writes: “As to this great excitement in Bethlehem, three strange, fantastic looking men called on my guards at the gate… One of them said he was from Egypt. I asked, what was their business? He said they were in search of the babe that was born to rule the Jews. I told them that I ruled the Jews under Augustus Caesar. But he said this babe would rule when I was gone… I asked them how he knew of this babe. He said they had all had a dream the same night about it. I told them that the devil played in their brains when they were asleep.” Herod then orders the Magi from his court, re-leasing them to discover the Christ child for them-selves. Once found, the Magi present the child with three sacred gifts: gold, frankincense and myrrh, all presents linked to nobility. Gold was a gift directly connected with kings and gods; frankincense was an expensive oil used only in spiritual or religious ritu-als; and myrrh was applied as a healing herb in Egypt during the embalming of pharaohs. You may recall that after the Crucifixion, Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus brought 100 pounds of myrrh and aloe

with them to Jesus’ tomb to prepare the body (John 19:38-40). While the identity of our second Magi cannot be absolutely proclaimed, there is strong evidence that he came from Persia. This chapter of the Great White Brotherhood was called the Sarmoung Society, and their existence has only come to light in the last hun-dred years through the work of the mystical philoso-pher George Gurdjieff and modern day author Adrian Gilbert. Both researchers discovered a mystical soci-ety of adepts known as the “Keepers of the Flame of Knowledge.” This ancient sect had roots within the Mithric and Zoroastrian teachings, as well as the teachings of the Great White Brotherhood, and had long predicted the birth of such a holy child. While we may never know the national identity of the third Wise Man, there has long been speculation that he sourced from India, Syria, Nubia, or even Britain. Certainly the astronomers of India and the Emerald Isles were world renowned for their wisdom, and we know they were closely tracking the conjunc-tions of Venus and Mercury, as well as Saturn and Jupiter, which were active in 6, 7 and 8 BCE. Evidence for the existence of a fourth Magi has also been found through the first hand accounts of an Essene teacher who witnessed the appearance of four separate lights over the town of Bethlehem on the night of the Nativity - lights which appeared from four different directions, finally merging into one great light to form the famous Star of Bethlehem. As we celebrate our various traditions this holiday season, let there be light in our hearts and a merging of the love in all directions around us. Tricia McCannon is an American mystic, researcher and the author of Jesus: the Explosive Story of the 30

Lost Years and Dialogues with the Angels. She has been published in a variety of periodicals, and has

appeared on over 150 radio and TV shows, including Coast to Coast AM. To find out more about Jesus and the Great White Brotherhood, please contact her at

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Jesus, the Tree of Life and the Three Magi

By Tricia McCannon

There is nothing mysterious about the word “mystical.” Mystical means simply having an experi-ence beyond the five senses. When you experience love, it is an example of a mystical experience. When you feel a presence within you when you pray or meditate, that is a mystical experience. The feeling you get when you open to a consciousness that is much deeper or higher than you are used to is a mys-tical experience. A mystical experience changes you at the very core of your being. What you used to know and think has been replaced with something higher and more pro-found than you could think up with your mind. When an emotional problem is healed in you or lifted from you, it is difficult to conceive of how that hap-pens. Yet, many people have had the experience of not being troubled about a particular fear or condi-

tion any longer. The problem or illness just went away. Others have felt a Cosmic presence of the Di-vine and have been moved to tears or released from a burden that is often unexplainable to the conscious mind. Experiences like this are what mystics experience every day. To the average observer, these experiences are extraordinary and rare. But more and more peo-ple are reporting experiences similar to what the mystics of past times have written about. The Christian mystics are dedicated to precisely these kinds of experiences that cannot be scientifi-cally proven but are mystically known and under-stood. Their experiences of God within and other manifestations of the Divine Being, like light in and around the body, healings of various physical ail-ments and profound peace filling the heart and mind,

are common and normal. The experience of the Christ Consciousness has other names in different religious traditions. But they have the same transfor-mative effect on the recipient in all cultures: joy, lib-eration from the constraints of the physical world, profound love and peace filling the person, and ema-nating out to others. Real spiritual experience brings true wisdom. A Christian mystic is filled with the presence of Christ or, more universally, the love of God fills their soul and shines through their being. Most saints and sages regardless of their backgrounds are mystics. They have peered into the inner world in meditation, devotion and prayer and have had the experience of being embraced by the Being of God that resides within each person. Whether a person believes in such things or not, the mystics see God within and know that everyone has this Divine center within them. It is not an opinion or a belief, as mystics are not that interested in such things. Real experience brings real transformation and complete change to a human being. This is why those who really know carry such a presence of peace that flows through them. The mystics and saints are the ones who have moved the consciousness of the world and opened the hearts of those seeking the truth that God is within.

What Christian Mystics

Know That You Don’t By Father Peter Bowes

A mystical experience changes you at the very

core of your being. What you used to know

and think has been replaced with something

higher and more profound than you could

think up with your mind.


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Come to Aquarius for gifts of purpose and

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paths and our goal is to help you find ex-

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calendars, sacred objects of all sorts, and

some things just for fun.

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1539 Maple Woods Drive Liberty, MO

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Tammy Barton and Sheri Woxland invite

you to explore our full list of massage and

bodywork services, jewelry and artwork this

holiday season. We offer a unique line of

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We are born with an unerring guidance

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John Hoefer

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Core Star Energy Healing offers both indi-

vidual sessions of hands on energy healing

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Energy healing is effective in providing deep

relaxation and relief from physical and

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illness, injury and surgery. We have also

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with less distress and faster recovery since

2005 through our affiliate the Kansas City

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yourself the gift of letting yourself move

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Pathfinders Consulting

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Express Your Gratitude & OPEN THE WAY

TO 2011—give a gift of Love, Wisdom and

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An online yoga-ish boutique

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One thought, one gift, one OM at a time...

Karen K. Harrison

Whole Life Center

www.karenharrison.net

816-523-4440

Gift your beloved with a session of Tan-

tra coaching for $80 an hour to enhance

your intimacy and bring spirituality into

your sexuality. Consider sex coaching for

trying new intimate things that are sure to

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women want, and lots more. A Reiki ses-

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one to relax and unwind. Gift something

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Feeling tired, back hurts and just don't feel

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[email protected]

Relax this holiday season with a creative

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KC Meditation

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Give the gift that has introduced millions

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the underlying unity of all religions. With

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Yogananda describes his youthful search for

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great spiritual figures of the West; and the

thirty years he spent in America spreading

the Kriya Yoga technique of meditation he

learned at the feet of his own Christ-like

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913.636.9502

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This year give a one-of-a-kind, personalized

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Gift certificates start at $20. Planning a

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Christmas Oneness Blessing Dec. 22

Spiritual Life Coach & Oneness Blessing

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Give yourself the gift of peace and balance

during Christmas week by learning about



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Angels are truly our biggest allies. Prepare for the future

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Hypnotherapy is a powerful tool that can help with over-

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N2paws offers many ways to help your companion animal

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Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Reiki Master Teacher

Usui Tibetan, Karuna & Kundalini Reiki

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www.KarenHarrison.net

[email protected]

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Plaza Wellspring is the place to find excel-

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Yoga, Pilates, Gyrotonic, Meditation and

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cated teachers and healing arts practitio-

ners. Plaza Wellspring is “compassion in

action.” Our community of students and

teachers believe that as we uplift and

strengthen the best parts of ourselves, we

allow that which no longer serves us to fall

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Being present is simple, joyful, sometimes

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Rhythmic Medicine Center

Janalea Hoffman, Music Therapist

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Remember Rhythmic Medicine as a choice

for your small or individual retreats. Every-

thing about our Center supports healing—

upon entering, people often sigh, “I feel

relaxed already.” The setting has beautiful

scenery and wonderful acoustics. Special

classes in December: Learn How to Play the

Native American Flute (Dec. 4 OR Dec. 5),

Yoga by Candlelight followed by a delicious

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events include Using Music for Therapeutic

Purposes, The Healing Power of Nature,

Circle Dance and more. The Center is also

available for your retreats. Sign up for our

mailing list: [email protected].

Check our website for Healing Concerts and

classes, etc. around town.

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Donation-Based Energy Healing and Hypno-

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Paying it Forward Each month, EVOLVING gives one free ad to a business recommended by a reader. This

month, we honor

Through Our Children’s Lives. Gayle Loya, Lenexa KS says,“ I would really like to

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ment of unique furnishings, the employees are upbeat, well informed and generous. They have daily specials and their clothing is of nearly-new quality. The store benefits women and children who have escaped bad domestic situations and

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Through Our Children's Lives

“Every child deserves a safe, loving family environment,

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Stone Spirit Lodge

http://stonespiritlodge.com

309 Westport Road, KCMO; 816.561.7900

So many people to bless with your gifts of love in physical

form and you wonder, how do I choose the right one?

Ideas abound as you begin to see visions of Buddhist stat-

ues, crystals, Djembe drums, natural body care products,

yoga clothing, CDs, books, chimes, meditation altar table

and cushions. Then you wonder further about this illusion

of time as you envision driving all over town to find just

the right gift. It is then you remember hearing about the

new Metaphysical Store designed to Awaken Your Wild

Joy: Stone Spirit Lodge at 309 Westport Road. Check our

site for lots of events!

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Through Our Children's Lives

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St.

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providing home, education and self worth”.

Please Adopt a family this holiday season. Shoppers wel-

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Working out, healthy diets, various modalities—they all

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The inspiration for our annual "After Christ-mas Boxing Day" celebration was born on a bitter-sweet trip to Canada. My husband’s father had recently passed and we were there to scatter his ashes in his beloved homeland. Years ago, the family had owned a summer vacation property on remote Gun Lake. Although our visit was sad, we were also enjoying visiting my husband’s “auld acquaint-ances” and had a wonderful stay at the majestic Minaki Lodge. We first heard of Boxing Day at breakfast one morning. We were chatting with our vibrant waitress Natalie; and since we were the only guests in the dining room, we were enjoying quite a conversation. It was October and the lodge was closing for the bitterly cold winter season. We asked Natalie what her plans were for her time off. She proceeded to tell us her holi-day plans and mentioned Boxing Day. Not being big sports fans, we were picturing boxing rings and gloves and so we asked her, “What exactly is Boxing Day?” She explained that although it had changed over the years to become something like the after-Christmas shopping day we have in the United States, originally it was a day off given for English servants to spend with their fami-lies once everything was cleaned and decora-tions were boxed up and put away. We loved this explanation, loved to entertain and had no interest in the day after Christmas shopping frenzy, so we created our Boxing Day Celebration. We are so blessed in our lives to be sur-

rounded by a close and connected family with whom we celebrate every year. We also have many good friends, not all of whom have fam-ily close by, so they have very little holiday celebration. I have had more than one friend tell me “Boxing Day is my Christmas.” Our party is an attempt to uplift and include every-body and celebrate—one more day. Our Boxing Day Celebration is fun, unique and works on so many levels. All are welcome and we have had all ages attend from newborn to 90. If anyone has guests from out of town, they are also welcome to attend. The only requirements are that you bring leftover food (most have something from the previous day), leftover liquor or anything else you would like to drink and a "mathom" of your choice. Some people call this a white elephant gift, but a mathom was defined by JR Tolkien in the first Lord of the Rings trilogy as “Anything that a hobbit has no immediate use for, but is un-willing to throw away.” Sometimes the gift giver cannot wait to be rid of the item, but one man’s trash can be another man’s treasure, can

it not? The main event that guests look forward to all year is the hilarious gift exchange. This is what makes Boxing Day their favorite holiday party. It is fun and irreverent and there is never any pressure to outspend another. No one takes their gift too seriously. There are usually extra gifts, so no one is left out. Actu-ally some do try to leave their precious gifts behind but the host and hostess frown on this. I do not want to minimize the outrageous nature of the gifts involved. We have had eve-rything from gag gifts (an intravenous booze bottle) to nice holiday gift sets and new de-signer pajamas. And, the best news is you never have to admit which gift you brought. The one drawback of this party is that we never seem to be able to cancel it. The gather-ing is so loved, that people threaten to show up here again next year even if we should sell the house. Once you have attended Boxing Day you are always invited to return Although we love the relaxed atmosphere of this party, over the years we have had to add a

few rules. Because stealing of gifts is allowed and encouraged, we have had to put a limit on it or the game could go on forever. We also had to add a no alcohol gift rule as we had four teenage sons one year at the gathering. We now have a king and queen of Boxing Day who over-see the gathering, the rules and get last chance on all of the mathoms as a reward. This gathering serves to remind us just how prosperous we all are. Just like my favorite Christmas song, “The Little Drummer Boy,” who had no gift to bring and played his music for the new born king, there is always something we can give. The real gift is not the present, but the presence of those we love.

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Published in seven languages and read by over a million people in 175 countries, Daily-Word magazine offers readers of all faiths a daily inspirational message and positive affir-mation, as well as poems and feature articles. The magazine has published continuously since 1924 at Unity, headquartered in Unity Village, Mo. Colleen Zuck, beloved DailyWord editor for 25 years, recently released the book “DailyWord for the Spirit,” a collection of 50 most-memorable features from her time at the magazine. Below is an excerpt from the book, a personal story of Colleen’s mother and her lessons in love. Most Missouri winters offer a diversity of weather: warm and cold days, and dry and wet spells. In fact, those born and raised here ad-vise new residents and visitors, “If you don’t like the weather in Missouri, stick around be-cause it will change tomorrow.” Just before Christmas in 1954 (I believe that was the year) it was bitterly cold. Snow filled the ditches and low spots in the ground of our hilltop community. The neighborhood took on a surreal look of black and white, a contrast of earth and snow. Our house, with an acre and a half of land, was at a point where the urban scene shifted into a rural one. This was the Christmas when I learned the difference between material wealth and spiri-tual wealth: I experienced what it was to give from the abundance of God’s love that was within me. A Helping Hand My mother was the manager of our neighborhood grocery store, but more than that she was the caring heart of our commu-nity. She was a champion of recycling long before it became popular. Clothes were passed down in our extended family. I remember be-ing relieved when my feet outgrew some of the clunky shoes my cousins and even my aunts passed along. Mother also collected toys for the children in our neighborhood, often cleaning dolls and washing and ironing the dolls’

clothes. But back to this cold morning just before Christmas when I was about 13 years old. Mother called me into the kitchen and began to pull canisters out of the cabinets. She directed me to the refrigerator, saying, “We need milk for the gravy.” I questioned what we were do-ing since we had already eaten breakfast. Then she explained she had learned that the family down the road from us was without food. “Jesus fed 5,000 with five loaves and fishes, and we ought to find enough food in this kitchen to feed a family of seven.” Mother began heaping flour into a large crockery bowl. After she had added and mixed other ingredients, she rolled the dough out on a floured board. She then pressed out big, round biscuits—enough to feed a dozen people! Sliding the biscuit pan into the oven, she began making a huge pot of milk gravy, saying, “I need your help carrying this food over to Kitty and her children.” I immediately felt embarrassed about taking biscuits and gravy to this family. What if they didn’t like this kind of food? What if they felt embarrassed—about not having enough? Within 30 minutes, Mother and I were walk-ing down the road to Kitty’s house. Mother was in front carrying the pot of steaming hot gravy; I reluctantly followed behind with the pan of biscuits, covered by a clean dish towel.

When Mother knocked at the door, a young boy about 7 years old answered. “I thought you might enjoy some biscuits and gravy,” Mother announced with all the ease she did when pass-ing a bowl of food at our family table. As we entered the house, I was struck by how cold it was inside. There was no heat. Steam flowed from the pot of gravy and bil-lowed up to the living room ceiling. Five other children appeared in the room followed by their mother. An Abundance of Love One girl, several years younger than me, looked at the pan of biscuits I was holding and then looked into my face as though she were looking at an angel. I was seeing myself through her eyes, and I felt so good about the person whom she was seeing. I knew that’s who I wanted to be. I felt like an angel, not because of me but because the abundance of God’s love being shared by two families filled that small home. During the walk back home, Mother and I were quiet, but I felt warm and happy. From that day on I enjoyed helping Mother share her heart of love by giving what we had to give, knowing that no gesture of caring and no gift given in honor of God’s love were too insignifi-cant or small. Years later when I found Unity, I under-

stood that Mother had a prosperity conscious-ness that was so much a part of the Unity teachings. Although she didn’t have much, materially, she expressed the love of God abundantly. Because Mother now has Alzheimer’s, she doesn’t always know how to feed herself. Often when I am feeding her, she lets me know with a word or gesture that she wants me to share her food and even to eat first. Yes, God’s love expressed by Mother is stronger than Alzheimer’s and any other ad-verse condition or circumstance. What pros-perous people we are when we love and are willing to be loved. Postscript My mother was also my teacher, my friend and my greatest supporter. She grew up in what most would consider extreme poverty. Yet having less didn’t dampen her passion to give to others. With only a third-grade educa-tion, she had a wisdom that exceeded “book learning.” As I was growing up, Mother’s nightly ritual was to tuck me in bed and then, down on her knees beside my bed, she would pray with me. Remembering these prayer times with Mother blesses me to this day. In 2007 at age 97, Mother experienced what the doctors called heart failure, but I knew that her heart of love never failed. I was at her bed-side, praying with her, telling her how much all her family loved her and thanking her for being a wonderful mother. I told her that her family was okay and that she could go on to her rest. And as if she was waiting to hear that, she took her last breath and rested her heart of love. I know that her family and everyone who ever met her would agree that she left this world with a lot more love than there was before she came into it. This is something each of us can do; we can prosper the world with love.

Excerpted from “DailyWord for the Spirit” by Colleen Zuck. Copyright 2010 by Unity. Used with permission. Books are available online at

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Healing Foods — by Jane Van Benthuson

Sweet Potatoes are Not Just for Thanksgiving

Anymore!

I have personally witnessed the healing power of foods.

In this article I've chosen to sing praise to the sweet potato. They are in season now through the fall and early winter and can be found locally at farmers markets and your grocery store. Many associate sweet p o t a t o e s o n l y w i t h Thanksgving, but they are a food that is available year round and one we should be eating on a regular basis. They are a sweet source of good nutrition as they are high in vitamin A, vitamin C, manga-nese and a good source of cop-per, dietary fiber, vitamin B6, potassium and iron. Not only do

they taste great, but they are an amazing source of unique proteins with potent antioxidant effects. The sweet potato con-tains unique root storage pro-teins that have been observed to have significant antioxidant capacities. As an excellent source of vitamin A (in the form of beta-carotene) and vitamin C, sweet potatoes have healing properties as an antioxidant food. Both beta-carotene and vitamin C are very powerful an-tioxidants that work in the body to eliminate free radicals. So how to eat them? At our house we bake them with the skin on in a baking dish for 45 minutes to an hour at 350 de-grees or we put them in our Crockpot on low to cook while we are gone during the day. Then we eat them with coconut oil, sea salt and a little pepper. Sometimes I like a little cinna-mon too. Surprisingly sweet potatoes are excellent for juicing. I like to add a little pumpkin pie spice. Sweet potato and apple juice is very yummy. So is sweet potato, pineapple and lime. The possibilities are end-less. We make a vegan potato soup with white and sweet po-tatoes. Just sauté onions, gar-lic, celery and bell peppers until soft, then add some water or vegetable broth with peeled cubed potatoes and carrots too. Add sea salt, pepper and dried parsley to taste and eat it up when the potatoes are done. I apologize for not having this in more of a recipe form but that's how I make soup. I just start throwing everything into my biggest soup pan. You can even make sweet potato pies and fries! Any of the above recipes along side a nice

big salad makes a great meal. So add sweet potatoes to your shopping list and include them in your diet as a source of sweet nutrients including anti-oxidants and know you are eat-ing well. Jane Van Benthusen is an alterna-tive cancer thriver. She, along with her husband and youngest son, teaches raw food classes, hosts a monthly potluck dinner in Lee's Summit, MO and offers alterna-tive health support. You can learn more about her and her family at www.janevanbenthusen.com and www.greenstgoods.com.

2 pounds red-skinned sweet pota-toes

2 tablespoons olive oil or coconut oil

2 tablespoons honey (or maple syrup)

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Peel and cut the sweet potatoes into 1-inch pieces and put in a 9 X 13 bak-ing dish. In a small bowl whisk to-gether olive oil, honey and lemon juice. Pour mixture over potatoes and toss to coat. Sprinkle with the salt, and bake, stirring occasionally, for about 1 hour, until potatoes are tender.

Honey Roasted

Sweet Potatoes

Dr. Kat

Bowie

Clinical

Psychologist

Live and Whole

Food Nutrition

Consultant

EATING WELL IN KANSAS CITY ~ Nov/Dec 2010


O n BADSEED Farm, pulling

glowing pink tubers from the

rich black earth marks the final har-

vest of the season: Sweet Pota-

toes!! Digging sweet potatoes is a won-

derful and methodical task that allows

the farmer to reflect upon a long and

exhausting season full of both nature's

bounty and nature's wrath. Soon the

ground will freeze and another sea-

son's worth of memories will be buried

under a blanket of snow. Better get

those taters' out of the ground fast!!

During the several long weeks of

the sweet potato harvest, my husband

and I rely on a hearty breakfast to give

us the energy to "dig in the dirt" all

day long. Luckily, those sweet potatoes

are just the fuel we need!! My favorite

variety is the fuchsia-skinned, densely

textured, white-fleshed Japanese. This

gorgeous and complex sweet potato

has a tendency to taste like roasted

marshmallow when cooked!! I use it

for all manner of sweet potato dishes,

but namely a sweet potato hash that is

an excellent addition to any "big

farmer breakfast". I serve it on the

side of blue cornmeal pancakes topped

with sunny-side-up eggs straight from

our beautiful hens. Or try it alongside

homemade biscuits drizzled with raw

honey. Yum!

This recipe is incredibly simple and

needs no long list of ingredi-

ents. Select several large Japanese

Sweet Potatoes from you favorite

Farmers Market (regular orange-

fleshed varieties are acceptable as

well). Slice them thinly in long strips.

In a cast iron skillet heat up a gener-

ous amount of cooking oil of your

choice. (Being Sicilian, I use olive oil

for everything, even when frying on

high heat). Throw those taters' in the

hot skillet and fry em' up diner style

with an offensive amount of sea-salt

and fresh cracked pepper!! Add some

crushed red pepper flakes if you like a

bit of spice and fry em on high heat

until sufficiently browned and a bit

crispy. You can always jazz your hash

up by adding an onion and green pep-

pers among other garden goodies,

herbs, and spices.

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Soon the ground will freeze and another

season's worth of memories will be

buried under a blanket of snow.


H appy Fall, Everyone! I bet you thought that when Fall and

Winter came I would go away and not come back again until Spring and Summer when cold foods were back on the menu. Just ain’t so, my lovelies! In Autumn and Winter we tend to not only crave warmer and heavier foods, but Ayurvedically we need them to be more balanced. Ayurvedic medicine is a 5,000 year old philosophy of medicine from India that uses food, fragrances, environment and all other aspects of oneself to maintain a healthy balanced life. In Ayurveda, the cold, windy Fall months easily pull us out of balance and our bodies begin asking for warmer, oilier and heavier foods. So, how does that fit into the raw vegan lifestyle if we do not eat cooked foods? It is important to remember that being a raw vegan does not mean the food is always cold. It means that the food is not heated over 118 degrees and does not contain dairy, meat, fish or eggs. One of my favorite foods to prepare in the Fall of the year is chili. Raw vegan chili is not that much different from the chili I pre-pared when I consumed the Stan-dard American Diet (S.A.D.). The only difference is that I do not add meat and do not cook it for long periods of time. I do, however, heat it to warm (about 118 de-grees) until it is heated through-out. It is not “piping hot”, but for me, personally, I rather resent when I go to a restaurant and the food is so hot with temperature that I spend the entire dining ex-perience waiting for it to cool down while my friends have already eaten and are preparing to leave. I have never really cared for ex-treme temperatures in my foods and really enjoy not burning my mouth or tongue anymore. Right before writing this article I ate a wonderful bowl of raw ve-gan chili. The cool weather called to me and I decided to make a big pot of it yesterday. I thought the Chili Gods might be calling you,

too. I hope you enjoy this recipe. I serve it with 7-Seed Onion crack-ers or Salsa Flax Crackers on the side. I personally like very spicy foods and have a whole area in my kitchen dedicated to my hot sauces and spices. In learning to cook, it is important to honor your tastes. Make the tastes in this chili what you enjoy and just let my recipe be your guide. I hope you enjoy it. I’ll have more holiday recipes and tips for being joy-filled and remaining raw vegan during the upcoming holi-days in my next column. Until next time, Eat Live and Be Whole. In Peace, Dr. Kat Dr. Kat’s Yummy Chili (yeah,

and its RAW, too!)

1 C organic sundried tomatoes, soaked in pure water 6-8 hours or overnight 2 cloves, fresh organic garlic, peeled 1 C English walnuts, soaked in pure water 2-4 hours, rinsed and drained 4-6 large, fresh organic juicy red ripe tomatoes, cored and diced 1 green, fresh organic bell pepper, seeded and chopped finely 1 red, fresh organic bell pepper, seeded and chopped finely 1 medium, organic yellow onion, peeled and chopped finely 1 C fresh cut from the cob or fro-zen organic, sweet corn kernels (rinsed in warm pure water and drained) 1 can, organic Black beans (optional, if used the dish becomes vegan but not raw vegan) 1 T Onion powder 1 T Garlic powder 1 t Real salt (this is a brand name and is not heated, therefore retain-ing its 84+ minerals…very tasty) 2 T Chili powder 2 T Cumin seed powder ½ t Chipotle pepper, powder (this is smoky and is quite hot for some people) 1 T Agave In a food processor chop the drained, soaked walnuts until

ground but not too fine. You still want them to have texture. They become the “mouth-feel” of “meat” in the chili. Remove them to a bowl. Then in the food processor, puree the sundried tomatoes, their soaking water and the fresh garlic. In a large soup pot add the to-mato/garlic puree and all the addi-tional ingredients, including the ground walnuts. Gently stir until it just begins to simmer but you can still touch your finger to the mix-ture without burning yourself. Im-mediately turn the stove off, put a lid on the chili and let it sit for the next hour or two. Adjust the spices, more salt, more cumin, etc. It is absolutely delicious the next day and can be reheated on the stove (remember how we used to re-heat things before micro-waves?). If you have questions or com-ments, I’d love to hear them. You

can drop me a note at the email address below. Kat Bowie, Psy.D. is a Clinical Psy-

chologist specializ-ing in Nutrition and its impact on the Body, Mind, Emo-

tions and Spirit. Dr. Kat teaches on Live and Whole Food Nutrition and

preparation as well as Dining in the Raw, a raw food fine dining

education experience. (drkatbowie.com) For more info

and raw food recipes, go to thestruancenter.com. Dr. Bowie and Dr. Raphael Smith are the

owners of The Struan Center, LLC located at 4044 Central St. KCMO.

Dr. Bowie can be reached at 816.960.4525 or

[email protected].

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Y es! It can be done. It will be done. It must be done. This is my attitude as

we approach this year’s fast-paced, here-before-we-know-it Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s holiday. No matter where you are in your current diet and lifestyle, 99 percent of us tend to over indulge and eat foods that we normally wouldn’t con-sume throughout the rest of the year. Why? Well, because, “It’s the holidays,” “I’m going to diet in January” or “I don’t want to be a rude guest.” These are the things we tell ourselves to justify why we put things in our mouths that we know

aren’t good and healthy for us.

This year, as I put on my high heels and head out to holiday parties or host them in my home, I am going to have a plan of attack and the self control to eat sensibly. Like I mentioned above, we all have our unique diet and lifestyles that we believe in and that works for us, so I am going to just focus on the sweets. I feel this is an area I myself and most people tend to struggle with when it comes to what are better choices. The four catego-ries below are the ones I think are both healthier options and satisfying. These are the foods I am going to personally enter-tain with as well as what I will choose to eat when I am out and about. CHOCOLATE. The darker the better in my opinion. Chocolate is a great thing. I love to make my own chocolate desserts and bring them to parties as my gift. A little goes a long way; therefore it doesn’t take much to satisfy a sweet tooth. Don’t think it is the enemy because it is quite the

friend of mine and can be yours also. Just be picky about the ingredients. Look for the higher cacao percentage and steer clear of the milk chocolate with the added dairy and sugars. FRUIT. What can be more natural than fruit? There are a lot of fresh strawberries, dried cherries, cranberries, apricots and figs as dessert items throughout the holi-days. Eat them...they are good for you. They are naturally very sweet and make a great dessert option. NUTS. Again, what is more natural and plant-based than nuts? I avoid the sugary and candied kinds. Munch on the raw or slightly-salted varieties. They will fill you up and are a good source of protein and fat. Go nuts! WINE. I enjoy a glass of red wine and con-sider it a treat. Whether it is enjoyed after a meal or during, I always savor the drink. By looking at it this way, I naturally limit myself to a glass or 2 and don’t feel the craving for anything more when I am fin-ished. It leaves me completely satisfied…and always in a better mood. If I focus and limit myself to these sweet treats then I can feel content without having to indulge in cakes, cookies and any other baked goods with high levels of re-fined sugars, flours and other artificial in-gredients. I honestly don’t even miss them. So put on your high heels and don’t be afraid to enjoy yourself—just be aware of what you are choosing to ingest or imbibe.

Make a plan to only eat specific sweet treats and stick to it. You will feel better and not have the guilt of eating something you know isn’t right for you. Bring enough to share with others so you can turn them on to healthier desserts. Here is an easy recipe I challenge you to try and share with friends and family. Raw Chocolate Sauce

½ cup raw cacao powder ½ cup agave or raw honey 1 Tbsp coconut oil ¼ tsp vanilla extract Mix the above ingredients by hand in a mixing bowl. Use chocolate sauce to coat strawberries, cherries, almonds or any combination of fruit or nuts. Refrigerate for a couple hours to harden and enjoy. (Enjoy with a glass of red wine and you have my above 4 categories covered!) Tracie Walker is a raw food

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I f you are dealing with diges-tive disorders, sinus conges-

tion, skin rashes, lethargy, head-aches, joint or muscle pain, vagi-nal infections, jock itch, leu-corrhea, brain fog and the list goes on, you might be dealing with excessive yeast. Over the last 25 years, this issue has been in the top three complaints that clients bring to me and is, if the client is willing to stay the course, a problem that can be helped with some very simple changes in lifestyle and specific herbal approaches. Let’s get right into them…. First,

the process of getting a handle on your yeast issues is going to take a little time. Because we are talk-ing about lifestyle changes, it has been my experience that making these changes over a three-month period is very reasonable. Hav-ing a plan and taking a reason-able amount of time to allow your immune system to get a handle on things helps eliminate the issues of headaches, cravings for sugar and carbs and the clas-sic healing crisis. Second,

you are going to have to change your diet, period. Eliminating sugar in its various forms and eliminating simple carbs like po-tato chips and breads for a while is your main weapon for attack-ing this issue. Yeast lives on sugar and it will perpetuate junk

food cravings just to sustain it-self. As you start starving off the yeast with your diet changes you may experience a slight head-ache—this is not unusual. If you get a headache, see if you can take a meditative moment and rest it away. If it is bothering you excessively, go see your chiro-practor and get an adjustment (tell him or her about the positive changes you are making in your lifestyle). If you are still feeling a little rough, then massage and/or a colonic would be in order. Most folks will pay the piper for a little while they change their habits, so just stay the course. Third,

there are nutritional supplements that can be taken to help your body through this process. Using Probiotics on a daily basis will

help as well as adding Caprylic Acid; both are available at any health food store. A professional herbal formula that I recommend to my clients is called Phel-lostatin. Phellostatin is made by Health Concerns and is a time-tested formula that is only avail-able through practitioners. This formula is anti-fungal and works on tonifying Spleen / Stomach Qi from a TCM viewpoint. It has been my experience that if you are going to take supplements to address your candidiasis you also have to address your diet—you can’t have your cake and eat it too! Starting slow with the supple-ments will help eliminate any digestive issues and headaches that might come up. The yeast did not show up overnight and it will not go away overnight. All

you are trying to do is help your immune system by keeping the yeast in check, just as it does with bacteria and viruses. All the foods that yeast loves are emotionally tied to comfort. If you are going to work on chang-ing your diet and spending your hard-earned dollars on supple-ments, then you need to deal with the stressors that are mak-ing you look for comfort. There are no magic bullets—you have to do the work. I have had clients tell me that they noticed positive changes in as little as 72 hours after working this program! With the holidays coming up and all the stress that is wrapped up in what should be a joyful season, I pray that you take my sugges-tions to heart. Everyone benefits when you are the best you can be!

David Laskowski is a Clinical TCM Herbalist, Iridologist and Certified Nutritional Consultant with 25 years experience. He,

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Feature — by David Laskowski, Clinical TCM Herbalist –Viable Options

Fungus Among Us: Dealing with Candidiasis

The process of getting a handle on your yeast issues is going to take a little time. Because we are talking about lifestyle changes, it has been my experience that making these changes over a

three-month period is very realistic.

All the foods that yeast loves are

emotionally tied to comfort.

If you are going to work on changing

your diet and spending your

hard-earned dollars on supplements,

then you need to deal with the stressors

that are making you look for comfort.

There are no magic bullets—you have to

do the work.

The yeast did not show up overnight and it will not go away overnight. All you are trying to do is help your immune system by keeping the yeast in check, just as it does with bacteria and viruses.



Feature — by Aaron Lerner

The Economics of Healthy Living

The effects of obesity and poor health go far beyond a person’s physical appearance. In this new millennium we seem to

have replaced racial and gender discrimination with a new kind, based on a person’s weight and appearance.

O ver the last few years, the cost of vegetables, lean meats, fruits, and other high-nutrition, low

-calorie foods has increased by an average of 19.5 percent. Junk food, on the other hand, is getting cheaper—down 1.8 percent. Researchers recently estimated that on a junk-food diet, a person could eat for $3.52 a day. To eat healthy, one must spend closer to $36.32 a day. So this begs the question: Does it pay to be healthy, or to be healthy, must one pay? Because there are incredibly powerful economic forces that are preventing people from taking control of their health, and actually encouraging them to be-come worse off, it seems fair to say that unhealthi-ness and obesity may have more to do with econom-ics than with anything else. Indeed, for some people, taking control of their health may be impossible until they first understand the food and medical industries that represent 30 percent of our national economy. The effects of obesity and poor health go far be-yond a person’s physical appearance. In this new mil-lennium we seem to have replaced racial and gender discrimination with a new kind, based on a person’s weight and appearance. Whereas in the past, poverty was associated with thinness, and obesity with wealth, most people who are overweight today occupy the lower rungs of the economic ladder. “Rich fat man” has become an oxymoron. Poor and fat have become synonyms. Weight and appearance now define social and eco-nomic opportunities just as family name and birth did in the nineteenth century. When a person is fat—not just a few pounds overweight, but clinically obese—it is hard to find a job, a relationship, or the energy to stay on top of the everyday demands of even a simple life. Even most people with normal weight are unhealthy, and often, they don’t even know it. Modern medicine tells us to accept headaches, body pain, fatigue, arthritis and thousands of other common ailments as inevitable symptoms that afflict an aging population. Yet these ailments, like being overweight and obesity, are the direct result of having a terrible diet. Economics is largely to blame for this state of af-fairs. A powerful trillion-dollar food industry bom-bards us with messages calculated to make us eat more and more of the worst possible food. Under-standing how the food industry works today is crucial for those seeking to control their diet and, ultimately, their life. Packaged food companies, such as General Foods and Proctor & Gamble, employ some of the best and brightest minds to study customer psychology and demographics. In trying to decide what sorts of foods to sell us, they invariably apply one of the great un-written laws of marketing: It is easier to sell more product to an existing customer than to sell that same product to a new customer. In other words, it is eas-ier to influence a regular customer to eat four addi-tional bags of potato chips per month than it is to

persuade a new customer, who may never have tasted potato chips before, to buy even one bag of this new, exotic substance. Most processed food sales, products like Hostess Twinkies, Oreo Cookies and McDonald’s Happy Meals, are governed by what those in the business call a “potato-chip marketing equation.” According to this law, more than 90 percent of product sales are made to less than 10 percent of their customers. In the case of processed foods, that coveted 10 percent consists largely of people weighing more than 200 pounds and earning less than $20,000 per year. Each company studies its 10 percent, people known as the “target market,” like rats in a labora-tory. Customer surveys reveal their likes, dislikes, hopes, dreams, heroes and desires. No expense is spared to hit every psychological button that matters to the target market. If people in that market like a particular actor or singer, that very celebrity will soon appear on radio or television, praising the product. If a certain look, feel, or lifestyle appeals to people in that market, legions of stylists and designers will de-scend on the studio to simulate it. Like a deer caught in the telescopic sight of a hunter at close range, the target never has a chance. Such ruthless tactics used to be restricted to U.S. tobacco companies, which wrote the book on decep-tive marketing tactics while getting the world ad-dicted to nicotine. Recent legislation has forced Big Tobacco to curb some of these activities when it comes to promoting cigarettes, especially to children. They are not letting their acquired expertise go to waste though—they are purchasing the major brands of addictive processed foods. In early 2001, Philip Morris, the world’s largest tobacco company, pur-chased some of the most popular children’s processed food brands, including Oreo Cookies, Ritz Crackers and Life Savers candies. This makes Philip Morris the world’s second largest food company after Nestle Inc. One of the great scandals of the junk-food culture is the extent to which its most enthusiastic promoters personally avoid the very products they are pushing. Moreover, many of the emotional and medical chal-lenges some people face today, from controlling one’s temper to depression and cancer, are as much prod-ucts of these junk-food companies as are frozen pizza and low-fat cookies. Then we turn to the medical industry, where we encounter large multinational companies whose ne-farious practices make those of the food companies pale by comparison. Just as obese consumers represent the “target” market to the food companies, physicians represent the “target” market to the medical and pharmaceuti-cal companies. The patient will receive the drug or treatment that is most profitable for the supplier of the treatment, the health insurance company, and in some cases even the individual physician. This may or may not represent the best medical treatment available. In the United States, doctors typically pre-scribe completely different treatments for the same

ailment depending on which drug company has the dominant market share in their region. Meanwhile, medical technology and pharmaceuti-cals change so fast today that what physicians learn in medical school is often obsolete by the time they graduate. In practice, doctors learn about new drugs and treatments from a special type of salesperson called a “detail person” in the medical industry. “Detail person” is nothing more than a euphemism for “very attractive, highly paid young person of the opposite sex.” Detail people lavishly hand out free samples and handsomely reward physicians and their staff in proportion to the amount of prescriptions they write for their company’s product. Although the ethical (prescription) pharmaceutical companies around the world justify the very high prices of their drugs with the high cost of research and develop-ment, drug companies actually spend much more money marketing their drugs than they do on re-search and development. In recent years, the phar-maceutical companies have even hired the same ad-vertising firms as the food companies and have begun direct image-based advertising to consumers. Sadly, most physicians have become “technology dispensers” for the products and services of the large multinational medical companies—companies which always seems to tip the scale between profits and pa-tients in favor of profits. In some cases, this could even mean manipulating the federal government against the public interest in safety as well as in dol-lars. Prescription drugs now represent the single larg-est monthly expense for most over-65 U.S. citizens, approximately $300 per month, and millions of peo-ple sadly make the terrible choice today between pur-chasing their food or their medicine. But these, and hundreds of other examples, are just symptoms of the deeply-rooted problems that exist when it comes to the ability for people to live healthy or well. While there is obviously no direct conspiracy be-tween the $1 trillion food industry, which causes most problems, and the $1.4 trillion medical industry that treats just enough of the symptoms to get the “targets” back to work and consuming, the economic effect is the same as if these two industries were con-spiring against the American consumer in the most sinister fashion. Because of the economics that drive the food production industry, and the inability of the government to address the problem, U.S. obesity has almost doubled in the past two decades. Take a mo-ment, and think again of this figure in terms of hu-man suffering—77 million Americans are now clini-cally obese, and 184 million are overweight and un-healthy because they lack the resources, information and motivation to safeguard their most precious as-set: their wellness.

Aaron Lerner, Performance Enhancement Specialist,National Academy of Sports Medicine.

[email protected]; 816.309.7047 www.TRAINSmartKC.com



H oliday stress for most of us starts around November 1. Christmas has

been in the stores for a few months and there is anything but sugar plums dancing in our heads as we remember last year’s memories and those all the way back to childhood of Uncle Harry and his roaming hands and Aunt Ethel’s remarkable way of directing everything to be about her. Promises made the year before that “this year will be different” are slowly slipping away as we finish up yet another call from “Mom”. As the cell phone clicks shut, our fear, anger, bitterness, dread and lack of joy start to form as we rub our intestinal area and wish we were someplace else—now. You have just felt the stirrings of your colon—more specifically, the hepatic flexure—as it stimulates the nerve endings corresponding to the liver (anger), gall bladder (bitterness) and the heart (lack of joy). The hepatic flexure, shown in the illustra-tion, is on the right side of the body near the liver. It is the right-angle bend in the colon that marks the connection of the ascending colon and the transverse colon. With years of built up anger, rage, resent-ment, bitterness, lack of joy and the on-slaught of holiday food, it doesn't take one long to realize their bodies are being con-trolled not only by the unresolved emotional issues stored systematically throughout, but also the intake of “once a year” foods. The splenic flexure is a sharp bend be-tween the transverse and the descending co-lon in the left upper quadrant of our intes-tines. The left colic flexure is near the spleen, and hence called the splenic flexure. In this area we have the emotional nerve endings leading to the stomach (dread, not being able to break down our inflow of information) spleen (obsessing about everything), pan-creas (anger, again) and throat (angry words not being able to be spoken). I can’t stress enough about emotions and what part they play in our everyday life. Eve-rything that is manifested in our bodies as disease starts with an emotion that we either consciously or sub-consciously feed with negativity. When our emotions are fed with constant negativity daily, we then pull towards us sce-narios to help us rid ourselves of our nega-tive thinking. Most often we aren’t aware of this help so we just use this created opportu-nity to further our upset over whatever unre-

solved emotion we are feeding, allowing the body to continue developing a specific dis-ease. When these areas, as any area in the co-lon, build up with impacted fecal matter, the toxins are transported via the blood stream to all the various organs that hold the nega-tive energy that we have been feeding through our thoughts, words and deeds. Now the holidays are approaching and our past memories are being ignited and refueled and they are becoming our current reality to be relived once again. When all of these emotions are in full throttle our need for comfort rises and we start to reach in excess for the alcohol, drugs, the holiday goodies laced with sour cream, cream cheese, cheesecake, sausages, lasagna, breads, cakes, pies… and on and on. Everything is inside of us churning and brewing until some-times these unresolved emotions boil over in a negative manner and we have a stroke, heart attack, and or gall bladder episode, no doubt resulting in a surgery. Did you know statistically there are more gall bladder surgeries between Christmas and New Years than at any other time of the year? By the time Halloween finishes and we roll into Thanksgiving, then into Christmas, we have already had way too much fun and our gall bladders are usually the prime tar-gets.

However, there is still time to get on top of these emotions, settle them, release them and free your body, mind and soul. Detox your body, reclaim your energy with juicing, a more balanced intake of foods according to your blood type. What a great holiday gift to give yourself and your family. However, if your ego still says no, that you must do this dance yet again, then think about this… just before you take that bite of the infamous green bean casserole, remem-ber the words of Dirty Harry… Do you feel lucky? Linda Laskowski is a trained gravity flow

colon therapist with 25 years experience.

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Feature — by Linda Laskowski

Stress and Your Colon

Nothing says stress quite like the holidays and nothing holds stress better than the colon.



Sagittarius (Nov. 22 – Dec. 21) Happy birthday Sagittarius! You’ll have many breakthroughs about emotional issues that have held you back since childhood. You’ll also be able to bring your wide variety of tal-ents together into a unique and cohesive whole. This could lead to a fulfilling new job. Just be aware of being impatient with people. Mercury is retrograde and could seem espe-cially annoying, so try to laugh off misunder-standings.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 – Jan. 19) This month’s eclipse brings many insights about relationships, communication skills (or lack thereof) and optimistic/pessimistic thinking. Your concepts are being challenged, but that doesn’t mean things stink and are falling apart. It’s just time for change in the depths of your mind. As old habits of interact-ing die off, you’ll see things anew and be able to fall in love in a more pure way. You’ll also be happier and feel mental burdens lift off your shoulders.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 – Feb. 18) It’s time to release old trauma that continues to impact your self-esteem. Meditate and, in your mind, forgive those people and events that have created negative beliefs about your-self. Your subconscious might even give you bad dreams that cause you to remember these situations, even if you’re not trying to. Letting go of this burden will infuse you with new confidence. New doors to self-love, relation-ships and prosperity will open!

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) You’ve been in an exhaustive struggle to cre-ate a new self-image. It’s changing the way you operate in close relationships. More im-portantly, it’s changing how you feel in your own skin. Truly healthy bonds will become stronger. You may choose to let go of people who resist the revolutionary shifts you’ve made and demand you be the “same old same old”. Don’t be afraid to forge ahead and find people who appreciate the “bold new you”!

Aries (March 21 – April 19) Be patient with changes, especially when it comes to career. Mercury is retrograde and you might not be thinking clearly, and could be quite irritated – not a good combination! Use this month to meditate. Be specific at finding out what is making you frustrated and stuck. You might be surprised at insights you receive that help you make subtle changes which then make profound shifts in your circumstances. Stay away from dramatic ac-tions that cause chaos. Carefully choose ac-tions that create positive momentum. Use this same advice for family issues that might come up at holidays!

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) You could be starting a new relationship, or new friendships! You’re often cautious about welcoming new people into your life, but you’re quite open-minded right now. If al-ready partnered, you’ll notice a deeper close-ness and appreciation. Keep up your medita-tion or spiritual practice, even though this is a busy time. You could have many break-throughs, and even receive intuitive informa-tion that helps others!

Gemini (May 21 – June 20) You’ll have deep breakthroughs about what keeps you emotionally distant from others. As a Gemini, you are interested in people with

your mind, but you often don’t feel close with your heart. Meditation and introspection will release old, dysfunctional patterns. You don’t have to know intellectually what was holding you back, just let it be enough that you feel a new sense of freedom inside!

Cancer (June 21 – July 22) Meditation will purify your heart so relation-ships improve. Make a list of hurts you’ve had over the past two years. Focus on each event in your quiet time and ask the Universe to help you forgive and release all these unhappy pieces. Also, trust that you can express pre-sent emotional challenges. People will still love you if you say you’re angry or disap-pointed. Identify your feelings, claim them then let it go. You’ll be amazed how grounded and loving you’ll feel!

Leo (July 23 – Aug. 22) Be gentle with your body. This is a good time to examine your diet and see what you’d be brave enough to let go of. Junk food? Coffee? Skipping meals? Pay extra attention to moodiness – what did you eat a few hours ago? Understand that these substances aren’t comforting; they are unkind visitors in your system! Release them and you’ll feel so much more harmony in your home life, relation-ships and within your own skin.

Virgo (Aug. 23 – Sept. 22) You’re being called to be authentic in all of your relationships–whether in romance, busi-ness, friendships or family. By aiming to please others, you end up being someone you’re not. This ultimately displeases people! Meditate on who you really are. If you’re not sure, ask your soul for insights into yourself and the courage to take action when you grasp your inner truth. Use affirmations to bring out qualities you desire to express. By even just stopping people-pleasing behaviors, rela-tionships will have a new excitement and pizzazz that will empower you and others!

Libra (Sept. 23 – Oct. 22) You will feel emotionally and physically em-powered this month! Meditate on releasing any feelings of being a victim to people or circumstances. One of your spiritual goals as a Libra is to learn to respond rather than react. You don’t have to feel, be or act a certain way just because someone else triggers you. You can choose responses that are guided by your soul and from your own center. This is espe-cially important if you’ll be around your fam-ily for holidays!

Scorpio (Oct. 23 – Nov. 21) Any difficulties or misunderstandings in rela-tionships will clear up this month. If single, it’s a great time to meditate and make a list of important qualities you’re seeking in a part-ner. You can attract someone who’s not only spiritual and deep, but lots of fun too! It will be good to incorporate playtime in your life. Profound inner changes can happen when you take your focus off your problems and become lighthearted!

Aluna Michaels is a second-generation as-trologer and soul evolutionist practitioner.

She also holds a Masters in Spiritual Counsel-ing and has been teaching and consulting for more than two decades. Aluna is available for appointments in her home or by phone. Call

(248) 583-1663 or visit www.alunamichaels.com

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December 3

Open Circle

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December 4

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Angel Portraits & Aura Readings

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Learn How to Play the Native

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2-4 p.m. at Rhythmic Medicine Cen-

ter. $25 for instruction and use of a

beautiful flute. Instructor: Janalea

Hoffman. No musical knowledge

necessary. 913-851-5100.

December 9

Eklectic Bliss at Girl's Night Out at

Liberty Square

Just in time for holiday shopping—a

display of some of our items at Mind

-Body Nutrition Day Spa, 111 N. Wa-

ter St., Liberty, MO.

December 9

How to Clear Your Home Space &

Other Ceremonial Basics

By Stephanie Roth,

www.redfeatherconnections.com.

Love offering. 6:30-9:00 p.m. at Mys-

tic Treasures, 7711 N. Oak Trfwy,

816-420-0820.

December 10-12

KC Pipe Circle Christmas Sale

11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 7110 Antioch,

Mission, 913-362-0904. Stumbling

Deer Pottery, Flower Farm Poinset-

tias, Vivid Earth Tie Dyes, various

artists jewelry, Phyllis Cronbaugh

books, Ukranian eggs, ornaments,

more.

December 10-12

Oneness Awakening Intensive

Take the next step toward deepen-

ing your spiritual connection!

www.northlandyoga.com,

(816) 520-2247

December 11

DailyWord for the Spirit Holiday

Luncheon

With longtime DailyWord magazine

editor Colleen Zuck. $25 includes

lunch and book.

Call 1-800-669-0282.

December 12

Blue Light Special

“InSightful” Tarot Readings with

Maitreya. Crystal Foot Massages &

ionCleanse Foot Bath Detoxification

with ChristiElla. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Over-

land Park. $20 per 20 min. 913-427-

1149; [email protected].

December 13

Angel Portraits & Aura Readings

Susan Prout, 1-5 p.m. Crescent

Springs, 7317 W 80th, OP, KS. Get

your Aura check up, or connect w/

your angels. 816.377.3507;

www.AngelDrawings.com

December 14

CORE STAR ENERGY HEALING

CLINIC

7:15 pm $20 Experience the bene-

fits of energy healing. 6045 Mart-

way, Suite 104, Mission, KS Reser-

vations 913-831-4422

www.CoreStarEnergyHealing.com

December 14

Spirit Show-Up

Gather with like-minded spiritual

people and share the energy and

joy as Spirit guides us.7 p.m. Over-

land Park, Call: 913-232-9437;

[email protected].

December 15

Reiki World Peace Card

Meditation

Open to everyone. 7-9 p.m. at

Mystic Treasures, 7711 N. Oak

Trfwy, 816-420-0820.

December 18

Qi Gong Longevity Retreat

9 a.m-4 p.m. Master Xiao teaches

ancient Shaolin Qi Gong for vitality

longevity. Dolphin Song, Gardner,

KS. $75.

www.masterxiaohealing.com

December 18

Yoga Mama:

preparing for your birth journey

Prepare for your birth mind-body.

10-noon, $20.

www.northlandyoga.com, (816)

520-2247.

December 19

Castle and Cross Concert

And our Holiday Party for YOU!!

At Aquarius Books from 1-3 pm.,

www.aquariusbooks.com. Medie-

val, Celtic and holiday concert by

professional musicians, great re-


freshments. No charge for a stress free afternoon.

December 19

Open Yule Ritual

Hosted by Witches Meet Up

All are welcome to this open Yule ritual from 4-9 p.m. For

more information and to RSVP, go to www.meetup.com/

Kansas-City-Witches.

December 22

Christmas Oneness Blessing Event

Restore peace during Christmas week, 6:30 – 8:00 p.m.

Sweet Life at Grand Court, 12000 Lamar Ave.,

Overland Park. www.HappinessNowUniversity.com, Dion

Koch, Spiritual Coach & Oneness Trainer,

913-909-3326.

December 30

Balls & Bands

6:30-8:00 p.m. Plaza Wellspring, 1900 W 47th

Place #328,

Westwood. Try this fun exercise system for strength and

stability. All welcome. www.PlazaWellspring.com.

December 31

Pranayama for Beginners

10:30-11:30 a.m. Plaza Wellspring, 1900 W 47th

Place #

328, Westwood. When the breath is steady, the mind is

steady. www.PlazaWellspring.com.

December 31

Fifth Friday: New Year's Eve Party!

Celebrate with us, food, music, yoga and dance!

www.northlandyoga.com, (816) 520-2247

December 31

Eklectic Bliss at Northland Yoga’s New Year's Eve Party

We will have specials for you at Northland Yoga, 710 Ar-

gosy Pkwy, Riverside—where we have a year-round

Eklectic display.

January 1

New Year’s Day Special Event—intenSati

It's 1-1-11 and we're celebrating at 1:11 p.m. with 111

friends as we experience intenSati—an inspiring fitness-

class-for-all that is designed to fulfill your 2011 intentions!

Register to be one of the 111: www.gratitudekc.com

January 7

Open Circle

Pathfinders Consulting at Red Moon Lodge, 7-10 p.m. Nur-

ture the seeds of your intentions for 2011.

Diane Davis Reed 816-741-0820 or Lynn Johnson

816-308-5450.

January 10 - 31

Doga

6:30-7:30pm – N2paws teaching techniques to improve

you & your dog’s flexibility and enhance the bond with

your canine companion.

Overland Park, KS $60 (4-weeks)

[email protected] ~ 816-522-7005

MCKS PRANIC HEALING

CLINIC & MEDITATION

Aura cleansing for emotions,

pain, addictions. Second Wednes-

days, 6:30 p.m. Unity Village Fel-

lowship Lounge. Love offering.

Rocky Patel, 816.916.1823.

GRATITUDE OPEN MIC NIGHT

New Location: Stone Spirit Lodge,

309 Westport Rd., KCMO. Every

First Friday 7-9 p.m. with Paul

Goldman, local poets, musicians

and Belly Dancer Maya Zahira.

http://stonespiritlodge.com.

ONENESS BLESSING

MEDITATION GROUP

Tuesdays 7-8:30 p.m. More info:

Meetup Oneness Kansas City and

http://stonespiritlodge.com.

QI GONG LONGEVITY WITH

MASTER XIAO

Sundays 10:30-11:30 a.m. $25.

Longevity movements, Shaolin

style. 11806 77th St. Lenexa, KS.

www.masterxiaohealing.com

TAI CHI TRAINING WITH

MASTER XIAO

Saturdays 10-11 a.m. $25. May

include Chen style, tai chi gong.

11806 W. 77th St. Lenexa, KS.

www.masterxiaohealing.com.

BASIC LIVE & WHOLE FOOD

PREPARATION

3rd

Saturdays 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.

$35 per class includes food, reci-

pes, demonstration and class.

[email protected]

ANUSARA INSPIRED

YOGA CLASSES

Meet Tuesday and Thursday

mornings at 9:30 a.m. at the

Northland Yoga Center. $15 for a

drop in class. $72 for a 6 week

series. Call Lynn Johnson:

816-584-0777.

WOMEN'S WEB

An evolving group of down-to-

earth, real women of all ages ex-

ploring, honoring, and celebrating

Goddess energy through ritual.

We meet twice a month in Law-

rence. For more information,

kansaswomen-

[email protected]

LINK UP AT WHITE DEER LODGE

1st

Wed. of every month, 7 p.m.

Prayer, meditation and healing in

the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition.

Free. No experience necessary.

Daniel Baxley:

www.shamanicpathways.net;

816.769.7343.

4 DAY BIOENERGY

HEALING CLINIC

First Tues of the month 7-9 PM

Fee: Donation.

Reservations: Kim Meisinger 913-

685-9939 http://web.mac.com/

bioenergy/HealingBioenergy/

Movies_BLP.html

KIDS YOGA CLUB

Every First Saturday for ages 5-12.

Learn yoga * have fun * balance

for busy little minds.

816-520-2247 north-

landyoga.com

YOUTH AERIAL FITNESS CLASS

Features many aerial apparatus:

silks, trapeze, hoop, smooth rope.

Ages 6-15. All levels. Climbing,

swinging, developing skills. Fri-

days 4:15-5:15pm.


NEW STATIC TRAPEZE CLASS

Alternating Fridays 5:30-6:45pm.


By climbing, inverting, rolling and

turning, discover your center of

gravity, develop core and upper

body strength.

LAUGHTER YOGA FRIDAYS

6:00-6:45 p.m. Plaza Wellspring,

1900 W 47th

Pl. #328, Westwood.

Laugh your way to greater vitality

and joy. Deepen your breath;

relax your body and mind. Love

offering.

www.PlazaWellspring.com.

REIKI CIRCLE

at Unity Church of Overland Park

– 10300 Antioch, OPKS. 2nd

and

4th

Mondays 7-9pm. Love offer-

ing. All welcome. Receive a Reiki

treatment. For flier email

[email protected].

816-523-4440

REIKI SHARE

Wednesdays, 7-8:30 p.m. at

Stone Spirit Lodge, 309 Westport

Rd., KCMO. http://

stonespiritlodge.com. Bring a

portable Reiki table if you

have one.

ENERGY HEALING SESSIONS FOR

CANCER PATIENTS

By Appointment. Since 2005 the

Kansas City Healing Project has

been providing energy healing

sessions for cancer patients. Our

clients have been experiencing a

reduction of their stress, anxiety

and pain levels from their treat-

ment and disease. Donation ba-

sis. Contact John Hoefer at

816-718-6358 for details.

KansasCityHealingProject.org

SACRED RELATIONSHIP

2nd

or 3rd

Saturday monthly - A

beginning tantra class for singles

and couples to experience the

Divine. 7-9pm. Ipsalu Tantra

Kriya Yoga teacher. Leawood.

816-523-4440, For flier with topic

and date, email

[email protected]

LEARN BOWENWORK

Manual therapy for pain relief,

repetitive strain, chronic condi-

tions, athletics. Works when

nothing else does. Ongoing

classes OP area: Nancy Pierson

512-750-4012. bowen-

workacademyusa.com NCBTMB

SPIRIT SHOW-UP

7 p.m. on the 2nd

Tuesday of

every month in OP to share the

energy and joy as Spirit guides us.

Love offering. Maitreya:

913.839.8745, http://

maitreyazohar.com.

ONGOING


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