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Volume 27 Number 10 • October 2008

FEATURES, SHORTS & OCCASIONALS 12

DRILL, DRILL, DRILL EVE ENSLER Why culture matters; and why this presidential race has gotten personal.

FRANKENSTEIN, THE RADIO DRAMA DOUG FABRIZIO, C.A.CLUFF Imagination reigns on the radio, but now you can see “behind the scenes,” too.

FROM THE DEPT. OF HEARTLAND SECURITY STEVE BHAERMAN Sw. Beyondananda’s alter ego weighs in on the state of current politics.

BEDEVILED

KIM HANCEY DUFFY

Why Mexicans make skeletons and devils that generally behave badly.

BIKERIDE OF THE MONTH

PAX RASMUSSEN

For as long as weather permits, CATALYST editor Pax will take us along on a Salt Lake-area bike ride, with details on how you can do same.

IDLING THOUGHTS

TIFFIN BROUGH

If you’re not moving, shut it off: Why idling your car is not a good idea.

CANCER IS COSTLY—WELLNESS WILL BE FREE

SHEENA GOSS

Amy Conn’s yoga class helps cancer patients heal.

REGULARS 6

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK

GRETA BELANGER DEJONG

DON’T GET ME STARTED Beware of #7; ALSO... the $700 billion bailout.

ENVIRONEWS: Environmental news from around the state and the west.

GREEN BEAT PAX RASMUSSEN NEW COLUMN: Green news you can use. A new section in CATALYST.

THE ALCHEMICAL KITCHEN REBECCA BRENNER NEW COLUMN: Pumpkins: nutrition, selection and storage, as well as how to sprout their seeds, and two fabulous recipes.

CATALYST CALENDAR OF EVENTS ADRIANE ANDERSEN & DANA IGO Check out our online calendar for complete calendar and continuous updates.

DANCE: IT’S THRILLING Odyssey Dance’s equivalent to “The Nutcracker.”

TRANSFORM U: BEWARE NEW TRENDS

COACH JEANNETTE: Casting your vibrational vote.

AQUARIUM AGE: ASTROLOGY

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METAPHORS FOR THE MONTH

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URBAN ALMANAC: OCTOBER 2008 Day by day in the home, garden and sky

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October 2008

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK

To reconcile dichotomies sometimes means learning to live with them

ometimes I feel of two minds while preparing CATALYST. This is particularly curious because the word “holistic” means integrated; those two minds, ideally, would reconcile their differences and work as one. That we do not always do this sometimes troubles me. But, as Kim Duffy writes of Oaxacan culture regarding Day of the Dead ceremonies (p. 16), sometimes the dichotomies are refreshing. That’s certainly a refreshing take on an incongruency that bothers me. In the front pages of the magazine, we usually rail against inequities. We defend. We protect. We take stands. We are often fierce. (And witty, too, of course.) Toward the back, we talk about karma. Compassion. And the Law of Attraction. Somewhere in the middle, they mix— sometimes like oil and water, sometimes seamlessly. More and more seamlessly, as time goes on. I thought about this in greater depth a few days ago while talking on the phone with Terri Martin, a longtime committed environmental activist, who years ago traded confrontation for mediation, and who is currently involved in the Women

Protecting Wilderness photo, story and quilt project (see p. 10). It reminded me of the early years of CATALYST when environmentalists and anyone smacking of New Age were disdainful foes. Putting together a magazine like this in those days was an interesting game of t’ai chi. Twenty-plus years later, I’m still working it out for myself. I’m trusting that my own growth in these areas mirrors yours. Insights dawn (again and again). Connections are made. The residue of something resembling wisdom accumulates. The CATALYST staff personifies the spectrum: Some of us are learning, slowly, to love our inner George Bush—and learning that understandings like that are crucial to outer transformation: the old “what you resist, persists” lesson. Some of us... well, not so much. Not yet. In the meantime I’m prepared to appreciate the spice each lends to the other— the depth of flavor that comes from various perspectives, the nuances of light. I’m interested in hearing your thoughts on this subject. Drop me a line if you’d like to share. Greta Belanger deJong is editor and publisher of CATALYST. GRETA@CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET.

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she did tell consumers how they could change their habits. In a typical case of the Bush administration versus science, all evidence against BPA comes from reputable scientific organizations such as the National Institutes of Health and the Journal of the American Medical Association, while nearly all evidence favoring BPA comes from industryfunded, and most often designed, studies. One of the most confounding aspects to research into environmental pollutants is the

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he Bush administration and Republicans in Congress sat on their hands for seven years chanting “free markets” as Wall Street sold banks around the world a couple of trillion dollars’ worth of pigs in a poke—the so-called “mortgage backed [in]securities” the Bush administration now wants to start buying from a bunch of idiot bankers. Idiot like a fox. At some point Wall Street bankers must have realized the pile of shit had gotten so big that a government bailout was inevitable. What do you think they did then? Doubled down? Gave themselves bonuses? Plumped up their retirement package? Or took an alreadyplump early retirement? What the Secretary of the Treasury will be trying to sell us is about as pure a pile of steaming turds as the investment wizards on Wall Street could concoct. The mortgage-backed securities in question constitute essentially the entire risk that a couple of million credit-unworthy people won’t make it past the second anniversary of their mortgages, particularly when the interest payments balloon. All of the real cash flow was siphoned off a couple of years ago and is safely invested elsewhere or is being churned—selling when the market is high, then buying two weeks or two days later when the market is low— by the very people who profited so handsomely from the initial sale of this pile. If you’ve ever wondered where all those economics PhDs are working—I know I have—they’ve got jobs in the wealth care industry predicting the timing of market

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gyrations so that the too-well-to-do won’t miss a year of record profits. And I’m not talking vinyl. Talk of the bailout costing American taxpayers any less than the full $700 billion is another steaming pile. The bill, as originally drafted, allows the Secretary of the Treasury to own $700 billion at any one time. That means taxpayers will be signing a virtual blank check. When the Secretary sells the first $700 billion worth of shit, he can go out and buy another $700 billion. Which might be okay if he got a dollar on a dollar. But if he gets only $70 billion for the first pile (10 cents on the dollar— which by some estimates is optimistic) he’ll need another $630 billion for the second mound. Guess where that’s coming from. Is this the 2008 version of the Republicans’ perennial election year October Surprise? Or do they have something else in their bag of dirty tricks? What—a trick? Dawdle and stall all summer long until one week before Congress adjourns for the elections and spring the financial equivalent of the War on Terrorism blank check on them. If they don’t go along, they’ll be portrayed as sabotaging the economy. Never mind that the Bush administration deserves the blame. For its final act, the Bush administration is looking to sell American taxpayers $700 billion of worthless paper that no sensible investor would touch with a 10-foot pole. The result of the $700 billion bail out will be that the next seven generations of the Wall Street wizards, who brewed up this mess, will be in the clover, while seven generations of American taxpayers will pay the bills. And John McCain doesn’t want to raise taxes on the rich. John deJong is associate publisher of CATALYST.

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BY AMY BRUNVAND

Matheson jumps on oil-shale bandwagon Congressman Jim Matheson has jumped onto the oil-shale development bandwagon, inserting language into a broader energy bill that lets Utah wiggle out of the current federal moratorium on public lands oil shale leasing. The bill, which passed in the House, allows federal oil-shale leasing if, “the State has enacted a law approving of Federal oil shale leasing in the State.” The governors of Colorado and Wyoming, the other two oil-shale states, both support the current moratorium in order to slow the rush to development and better evaluate social, environmental and economic effects. That means if the “Comprehensive American Energy Security & Consumer Protection Act” passes the Senate, Utah is poised to become the sacrifice zone for an oil shale energy boom. The Utah Chapter of the Sierra Club has outlined the case against oil-shale leasing: There are already over 3 million acres of oil shale leases in Utah, Colorado and Wyoming, and they are not currently producing any oil Oil-shale processing requires massive amounts of water, and Utah is the second driest state in the nation.

Producing 7 minutes worth of oil for U.S. consumption would require the energy of 1 large coal-fired power plant. The Book Cliffs and Desolation Canyon, which would be open to strip mining leases for oil shale, contain some of Utah’s largest populations of elk, black bear, cougar and big horned sheep. Fuel from oil-shale would have no appreciable effect on the price of gasoline.

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to start a new free-roaming herd in their historic range. American Bison were near extinction by the early 1900s due to overhunting and habitat alteration. Other Utah bison herds live in Antelope Island (transplanted in 1893) and the Henry Mountains (transplanted from Yellowstone in 1941). WILDLIFE.UTAH.GOV/NEWS/08-09/BOOK_BISON.PHP

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tion. Worse, all six draft plans were released within a two-month period one after another specifically in order to confuse members of the public who wanted to comment and to overwhelm environmental groups trying to review the plans. Now all six proposed final plans have been released, and they are as sloppy as you might expect from such a bad-faith process. Essentially no effort was made to limit off-road vehicle damage, and areas such as Labyrinth Canyon, Indian Creek, Upper Kanab Creek and Parunuweap Canyon could be turned into unmanageable motorized playgrounds. 80% of the 11 million acres would be available to oil and gas development. The BLM is under pressure to make a final decision on the plans before the election in November 2008. The best way for citizens to protest the proposed sacrifice of Utah’s redrock country is to contact your congressional representative and senators, or work with your favorite organization that is part of the Utah Wilderness Coalition. Utah Wilderness Coalition: WWW.UWCOALITION.ORG/

Women Protecting Wilderness seeks your story Wilderness activism can become contentious and political but the reasons people want to protect wilderness are personal. Women Protecting Wilderness is a new project to encourage women to use their voices, stories and diverse talents to celebrate love of wild places and to call for their protection. The group is currently working on a “Wilderness Quilt” composed of hundreds of photographs of women who love wilderness and short (50 words of less) testimonials about why Utah’s wild land heritage is important to them. The Quilt will be on display this November, and Deeda Seed and Terri Martin who are organizing the project hope it will continue to grow as a tool for eloquent, heart-felt, and poignantly honest dialog about wilderness. WWW.SUWA.ORG/SITE/PAGESERVER?PAGENAME=WPWWI LDERNESSQUILT, DEEDA@SUWA.ORG

Salt Lake County considers Killyon’s Canyon open space Kanab planning areas. These RMPs will guide how Utah’s public lands are managed for the next decade or so, including issues such as oil and gas leasing, off road vehicle control, and protection of roadless areas, wildlife, water and historic sites. Unfortunately, the Bush administration directed that the new plans should favor oil and gas and off-roading over conserva-

Salt Lake County is considering the purchase of 240 acres of open space in Emigration Canyon. The Killyon’s Canyon property has Douglas firs, redrock cliffs and a stream inhabited by Bonneville Cutthroat trout (Utah’s state fish). If the County Council approves the purchase, taxpayer money would cover $1.5 million, and the rest would be raised by Utah Open Lands. WWW.UTAHOPENLANDS.ORG, WWW.SLCO.ORG

October 2008

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FEMININE POLITICS

Drill, drill, drill Why culture matters in a culture war and why this race has gotten personal BY EVE ENSLER

am having Sarah Palin nightmares. I dreamt last night that she was a member of a club where they rode snowmobiles and wore the claws of drowned and starved polar bears around their necks. I have a particular thing for polar bears. Maybe it’s their snowy whiteness or their bigness or the fact that they live in the Arctic or that I have never seen one in person or touched one. Maybe it is the fact that they live so comfortably on ice. Whatever it is, I need the polar bears. I don’t like raging at women. I am a feminist and have spent my life trying to build community, help empower women and stop violence against them. It is hard to write about Sarah Palin. This is why the Sarah Palin choice was all the more insidious and cynical. The people who made this choice count on the goodness and solidarity of feminists. But everything Sarah Palin believes in and practices is antithetical to feminism, which for me is part of one story connected to saving the earth, ending racism, empowering women, giving young girls options, opening our minds, deepening tolerance, and ending violence and war. I believe that the McCain-Palin ticket is one of the most dangerous choices of my lifetime, and should this country choose those candidates, the fallout may be so great, the destruction so vast in so many areas, that America may never recover. But what is equally disturbing is the impact that duo would have on the rest of the world. Unfortunately, this is not a joke. In my lifetime I have

This election will determine whether money gets spent on education and health care or we build more and more methods of killing. It will determine whether America is a free, open, tolerant society or a closed place of fear, fundamentalism and aggression. seen the clownish, the inept, the bizarre be elected to the presidency with regularity. Sarah Palin does not believe in evolution. I take this as a metaphor. In her world and the world of fundamentalists nothing changes or gets better or evolves. She does not believe in global warming. The melting of the Arctic, the storms that are destroying our cities, the pollution and rise of cancers, are all part of God’s plan. She is fighting to take the polar bears off the endangered species list. The earth, in Palin’s view, is here to be taken and plundered. The wolves and the bears are here to be shot and plundered. The oil is here to be

taken and plundered. Iraq is here to be taken and plundered. As she said herself of the Iraqi war, “It was a task from God.” Sarah Palin does not believe in abortion. She does not believe women who are raped and incested and ripped open against their will should have a right to determine whether they have their rapist’s baby or not. She obviously does not believe in sex education or birth control. I imagine her daughter was practicing abstinence and we know how many babies that makes. Sarah Palin does not much believe in thinking. From what I gather she has tried to ban books from the library and has a tendency to dispense with people who think independently. She cannot tolerate an environment of ambiguity and difference. This is a woman who could and might very well be the next president of the United States. She would govern one of the most diverse populations on the earth. Sarah believes in guns. She has her own custom Austrian hunting rifle. She has been known to kill 40 caribou at a clip. She has shot hundreds of wolves from the air. Sarah believes in God. That is of course her right, her private right. But when God and guns come together in the public sector, when war is declared in God’s name, when the rights of women are denied in his name, that is the end of separation of church and state and the undoing of everything America has ever tried to be. I write to my sisters. I write because I believe we hold this election in our hands. This vote is a vote that will determine the future not just of the U.S., but of the planet. It will determine whether we create policies to save the earth or make it forever uninhabitable for humans. It will determine whether we move towards dialogue and diplomacy in the world or whether we escalate violence through invasion, undermining and attack. It will determine whether we go for oil, strip mining and coal burning or invest our money in alternatives that will free us from dependency and destruction. It will determine whether money gets spent on education and health care or we build more and more methods of killing. It will determine whether America is a free, open, tolerant society or a closed place of fear, fundamentalism and aggression. If the polar bears don’t move you to go and do everything in your power to get Obama elected, then consider the chant that filled the hall after Palin spoke at the RNC: “Drill, drill, drill.” I think of teeth when I think of drills. I think of rape. I think of destruction. I think of domination. I think of military exercises that force mindless repetition, emptying the brain of analysis, doubt, ambiguity or dissent. I think of pain. Do we want a future of drilling? More holes in the ozone, in the floor of the sea, more holes in our thinking, in the trust between nations and peoples, more holes in the fabric of this precious thing we call life? ◆ Eve Ensler is the author of “The Vagina Monologues.” This article previously appeared in the Huffington Post (WWW.HUFFINGTONPOST.COM). Printed with permission of the author; special thanks to Geralyn Dreyfous!

October 2008

THEATRE

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“Frankenstein,”

the radio drama: live, from Rose Wagner!

Imagination reigns on the radio; but now you can watch what they do with the groceries

Cheryl Ann Cluff and Doug Fabrizio

BY CHERYL ANN CLUFF AND DOUG FABRIZIO

have been doing radio drama with Plan-B since “Radio Macbeth” way back in 1995. I love radio drama because it engages me in a way most entertainment doesn’t these days. It allows…well, it gives me the privilege of letting my imagination go berserk. The

Being a part of the show as the live studio audience is just as much fun as listening to the show from home. sky is the limit with radio. Nothing can match the pictures I create in my own head. For the past three years, PlanB’s Radio Hour has been per-

formed in the cozy RadioWest studio at KUER, as listeners tuned in from the comfort of their living rooms, cars and anywhere an iPod can be taken. This year we’re bringing the show into the Studio Theatre at the Rose Wagner, where Matthew Ivan Bennett’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” will be performed as a live radio drama. But why? Why present a show visually that is meant to be experienced aurally? A handful of people usually attend Radio Hour as our unofficial live studio audience. We tuck them away in all kinds of nooks and crannies in the limited space available in the studio. Due to the funky seating arrangement, some of them can only see the actors’ faces and some of them only the foleys’ faces but all of them, we noticed, are having a great time. Some of them have their eyes closed, experiencing the story the

he theatre first brought me to radio. I won’t bore you with the details but I studied acting in college and, long story short, I chickened out. I couldn’t figure out how I was going to make a living pursuing my passion and it scared the hell out of me. I admit it. Radio was my back-up plan. But it wasn’t far off. I figured a radio piece, certainly a public-radio piece, had a kind of stagecraft to it. The best radio stories always have inherent drama, and what’s a producer if not a director? Best of all I could always play the part of the narrator. I hope it doesn’t diminish my role as a journalist to say part of the work I do is a performance. Jimmy Stewart once said the trick to

same as everyone at home, but most of them have their eyes wide open. They are watching everything as we tell some really good stories with a bunch of extremely versatile actors and another bunch of unlikely gadgets, gizmos and even groceries, employed not for what they do but for the sounds they make. We realized being a part of the show as the live studio audience is just as much fun as listening to the show from home. It offers a behind-the-scenes look at the magic of radio drama. So we decided to make that experience available to a larger group of people. This year the actors, foleys and a live musician will together tell the story of one man’s creation gone really, really wrong. So come watch (and listen to) it all happen right before your eyes (ears?). Cheryl Ann Cluff, managing director of Plan-B Theatre Company, directs Plan-B’s Radio Hour for the fourth consecutive year.

movie acting was to “try not to make the acting show.” It’s how I’ve always felt about the best radio producers—they write and read their copy in a way that sounds effortless. Though it wouldn’t be accurate to say my radio persona is an act, over the years I have settled into a role. I try to be natural and accessible and make my scripts sound conversational. Being asked to play Dr. Frankenstein has been incredibly flattering, especially knowing I’m out of my league. But it has been a real challenge for me to try to inhabit a character other than a soft-spoken radio host with a halting interview technique. If I’m going to get this right I’ll have to rework everything: my accent, my inflection, the way I enunciate and project.

RADIO HOUR: FRANKENSTEIN Friday, October 24 at 8pm Saturday, October 25 at 8pm Sunday, October 26 at 2pm (with a post-show discussion) Friday, October 31 at 11am and 7pm (both of these performances will be broadcast live on KUER and XM Satellite Radio) Saturday, November 1 at 8pm Sunday, November 2 at 2pm Studio Theatre at Rose Wagner 355-ARTS or PLANBTHEATRE.ORG/RHF FEATURING Actors Tobin Atkinson, Doug Fabrizio, Jay Perry and Teresa Sanderson Foley Artists Jennifer Freed and Sam Mollner Live, original music by Dave Evanoff Sound design by Cory Thorell Directed by Cheryl Ann Cluff Adapted by Matthew Ivan Bennett from Mary Shelley’s horror classic

And none of that will work if I can’t come to know Dr. Frankenstein. Cheryl, the show’s director, told me I have to figure out the life’s journey of my character if I’m going to understand his obsession with creating life and the revulsion he ultimately feels toward his creation—the monster. All of this reminds me of why I was drawn to theatre in the first place. Sir John Gielgud said acting is half shame, half glory. The shame, he said, comes when you exhibit yourself—the glory, when you forget yourself. The shame part I get. As for the glory, I’ll do my best. But I won’t quit my day job. At least not yet. ◆ Doug Fabrizio, host of Radio West on KUER and Utah Now on KUED, acts in Plan-B’s Radio Hour for the fourth consecutive year.

October 2008

TURBAN ASKEW

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Heartland Security A call for political climate change BY STEVE BHAERMAN The best antidote to global warming is global heartwarming. —Swami Beyondananda o paraphrase Tom Paine, these are soul-trying times. In this shrinking world that could use a good shrink, we see evidence daily that we’ve reached the limits of our current operating system. Whether we call this obsolete paradigm “lowest common dominator” or “might makes right” or “every cell for himself,” a critical mass of us are coming to realize

Lifeboats, anyone? Well, here is your chance to build the new ark, because we’re in for a spell of “weather.” To actually build this new ship, we must build a new “relation-ship” with all our relations. That means, before we can deal with planetary climate change, we need to create political climate change—what Swami calls “global heartwarming.” Welcome to the Department of Heartland Security. While the name is an obvious play on the more ominous “homeland security,” it is a

Much of what we think is true is merely distorted interpretations of age-old fears. It’s as if dead people are operating us by remote. The good news is, when we descend from these thought-forms that separate us and find communion in the land of the heart, we access a much, much larger truth. that a new level of organization is called for. We also recognize that this new paradigm cannot be imposed from the top down, but must be realized and activated from the grassroots up. Much of this growing awareness has been in recognizing the problems we face. This is good and necessary—up to a point. My friend Kevin Danaher puts it this way: Imagine you are on the Titanic, and you’ve just hit the iceberg (not difficult to imagine in these times of global crisis). What do you do? Do you spend your time complaining to the captain and protesting that the iceberg has been hit? Do you pretend that all is well, and rearrange the proverbial deck chairs? Or, as Kevin playfully suggests, do you build a parallel “party lifeboat” and build a bridge for the other passengers to walk across to join the party?

reminder that we find true security in the land of the heart. Meaning— we’ve been inundated with enough beliefs and ideologies to make our heads spin. Indeed, much of what we think is true is merely distorted interpretations of age-old fears. It’s as if dead people are operating us by remote. The good news is, when we descend from these thoughtforms that separate us and find communion in the land of the heart, we access a much, much larger truth. This is the truth that shall set us free.

The Law of 75 Now you may be thinking, well, this is a splendid ideal, but what about the nitty-gritty real deal? Love is a great sentiment, but in practical reality how can it work? Here’s an example that led me to devise what I call “The Law of 75.”

Years ago, my friend Patricia Sun was giving a talk at a new age bookstore. Outside were four fundamentalist Christians picketing the store. “I’m going to go out and talk with them,” Patricia told the store owner. “No, you can’t reason with those people,” the store owner told her. “Don’t waste your time.” But Patricia went and did it anyway. Within minutes, three of the four had put down their picket signs and hugged her. “You’re saying just what Jesus said,” said one. The fourth protester, however, kept his vigil. From there, I made up the Law of 75. Given the presence of authentic love, three-quarters of us are susceptible. Isn’t it interesting that to modify the U.S. Constitution, the amendment must be approved by 3/4 of the states? There’s something about 75% consensus that goes way beyond a mere majority imposing their will on everyone else. It brings us closer to a foundational “agreement” about reality. At a time when the dueling dualities of materialistic science and fundamentalist religion are engaged in a duel to the death, maybe there is a third and more functional way that can unite us around what is perhaps the most underutilized tool in our human tool chest—the power of love. Again, this power is tangible and measurable. The folks at the HeartMath Institute have shown that our hearts tend to entrain with one another, just the way pendulums do. Dr. Leonard Laskow, author of “Healing With Love,” has demonstrated that the feelings of love and acceptance can actually shrink cancer cells. At this time of crisis, we have very little to lose and a world to gain. Think of it this way. Science tells us that we only use a very, very small percentage of our brains. Makes you wonder, what percentage of the love in our hearts do we use?

Time to declare a state of emerge ‘n see We purposely chose the date 9/11 for our pre-launch of Heartland Security to offer a powerful reframe of the fear we’ve allowed to take hold and manipulate us over the past seven years. It’s not that there are no dangers in the world. Quite the opposite. However, the most effective way to face those dangers is the way our bodies’ own immune system does

it—by surrounding and isolating the “sociopathogens” and destroying as few healthy cells as possible. On January 11, 2009, we are declaring a new day that will transform the state of emergency to a state of emerge ’n see. On the date that represents our Oneness—One One One—we will declare our “interdependence.” We will take a cue from the highly-successful and highly-functional community of 50 trillion cells under our skin, emerge from fear and separation and see we are each and all cells in the body of humanity. Unlike some totalitarian “new world order,” this interdependence is the key to our next level of freedom—the freedom from individual and collective limiting programming, and the freedom for each of us to express fully what only each of us uniquely can. There is an awakening taking place in America and on the planet. While the media focuses on the creepy, crawly caterpillar organism that is deconstructing before our very eyes, there is a butterfly being born that is not yet on the radar. That’s where the Department of Heartland Security—and you— come in. All across America and throughout the world, millions if not billions of individuals and hundreds of thousands of organizations are already designing and “living into” a new butterfly reality. This is not hype or wishful thinking. Paul Hawken has identified hundreds of thousands of organizations dedicated to promoting the evolutionary credo, “We’re all in this together.” The “spontaneous evolution” at hand is no tyrannical “new world order” imposed from the top down, but rather an awareness arising from each individual human. The good news, paradoxical as it may seem, is that the more we humans connect at the heart level, the more individual freedom we have to be exactly who we are and do exactly what we were meant to do on this planet. Or, as Swami Beyondananda says, “To re-grow the Garden from the grassroots up and have a heaven of a time doing it. ◆ Steve Bhaerman is also known as Swami Beyondananda. Visit them at WAKEUPLAUGHING.COM.

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October 2008

CULTURE

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Bedeviled T Why Mexicans make devils and skeletons that generally behave badly STORY AND PHOTOS BY KIM HANCEY DUFFY

en summers ago, my husband and I drove through a dusty, sparselypopulated area in the mountains of Michoacán, Mexico, in search of the devil. How we found this tiny village at the top of a hill on a windy, narrow dirt road, based on vague directions, is still a mystery to me. We immediately identified the only commerce—a boardand-tin shack which served as a market—and asked the shopkeeper, “Donde estan los diablos?” Fortunately he did not escort us to jail or to church, but instead directed us around the corner. We walked around and asked a man standing in front of a shack, “Diablos?” and, seeming to know what we wanted better than we knew ourselves, he gestured for us to enter his place. He pulled the curtain back on a dark room, and we stood there, feeling really big and really white, as we all waited for our eyes to adjust. We saw a couple of tiny old women sitting on the dirt floor, surrounded by dozens of wildly imaginative sculptures of devils misbehaving. We spent a memorable afternoon in a few homes, looking at these loosely put together, single-fired clay figures, painted with garish poster paint. But I wanted more than that. I had seen a few of these sculptures in a private collection in Salt Lake, and what intrigued me is why they were made.

These devils were entertaining figures who draped themselves over the eaves of a cantina, drinking and jeering at one another. These devils couldn’t have been more different from the malevolent devil I heard about as a child growing up in a small Utah town, or from the devil in films like “Rosemary’s Baby” or “The Exorcist.” No, these Mexican devils were entertaining figures who draped themselves over the eaves of a cantina, drinking and jeering at one another. Or several devils hamming it up on a bicycle, on the verge of tipping over. Or driving a milk truck swigging from a bottle of tequila, as their night of carousing crosses over into their day job. These devils were more like loose cannons, or pals, or maybe bad

There are skeletons eating feasts, repairing roofs, drinking tequila, dancing. . .

companions. The kind of individual many voters in the last election said they wanted for president: “a guy they’d like to have a beer with.” “Por qué diablos?” I asked tentatively, knowing that any reply dealing with motivation or imagination would overwhelm my rudimentary Spanish. I got back an enigmatic two-word response from different artists—“No puedo”—which I took to mean, “I can’t.” In my mesmerized state of mind, I imagined they were not allowed to reveal the reason. Once I got home with my sculptures and my at-home pragmatism, I realized that they can’t have known what kind of answer I was looking for. Because my mother made devils? Because we’re laughing at death? Because people like you buy them? I got my question answered last fall, when I traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico, with a dozen women to attend a week-long Day of the Dead, or El Dia de los Muertos, celebration. I found out why Mexicans make devils and skeletons, and why they are generally behaving badly.

Who the devil does he think he is? Right off the bat we attended a lecture given by Mary Jane Gagnier de Mendoza, author of “Oaxaca Celebration.” de Mendoza is a transplanted French-Canadian who married a Mexican artist 20 years ago and has since immersed herself in Oaxacan culture and folk tradition. We sat in their gallery, La Mano Magica, surrounded by a throng of preternatural characterizations in clay, wood, tin, papier mache, sugar, chocolate, fruit and flowers. Anything from a skeleton the size of a pinkie finger to a lifesized, leering devil. And morphed human/animal figures. And skeletons doing things live beings normally do, like giving a massage or practicing medicine. There was a three-inch skeleton gynecologist pulling a skeleton head out of its skeleton patient’s birth canal. Denial got suspended on many, many levels. de Mendoza got straight to the point, wading right into the Borgia Codex. This is a Mesoamerican ritual and divinatory manuscript written on animal skins sometime before the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the early 1500s. One image depicts two gods joined at the spine— Quetzalcoatl, who ruled the earth and sky, and Mictlantecuhtli, who

ruled the underworld and the dead. As any grade-schooler knows, when Christians pasted their beliefs onto native beliefs, they didn’t always stick. Or they stuck in unpredictable ways. “The Catholic and indigenous traditions came together like a marble cake, chocolate in one place, vanilla in the other, not mixed, but separate,” de Mendoza told us. In this case, the Christian belief that your goodness on earth determined the level of glory you enjoyed in heaven got pasted onto the native belief that the way in which you died (in childbirth, in water, in war) determined the specific god to which you were sent. The Christian devil got trapped in this confusion, because their devil was god of a fiery, sulfurous under-

Modern/ancient. Commercial/spiritual. The disconnect was invigorating.

world, and you would spend an eternity with him if you lived a sinful life. This didn’t jibe with the native belief that you went to the god of your particular type of death. So they evidently didn’t take the devil seriously. They were not frightened of him and instead turned him into a subject for mirth. He became a jokester, a trickster.

This or that The next aspect of Mexican culture de Mendoza asked us to recognize was that of duality: animal/ human, earth/heaven, life/death. Apparently, Mexican folk art is very big on duality, especially life and death. “Images of the living and dead sharing a single body or head remain a common visual theme,” de Mendoza said. Mexicans are fond of balancing images of the dead (skeleton) with life (food, tequila, clothing). They get a big laugh out of Catrina, a grinning skeleton female dandy

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We brought photos of our dead friends and pets we wished to remember, along with mementos. We visited two dizzying public markets and bought tin ornaments, milagros, articulated clay skeletons, crucifixes, marzipan candies, armloads of fresh flowers, Lux Perpetua votives and several bottles of mescal.

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who wears a gaudy dress and an oversized hat. She’s dressed to the nines while the peasants are dressed in drab clothing, but “we’ll all become the same bag of bones when we die,” de Mendoza noted. Many familiar skeleton images come to us or are influenced by 19th century lithographer Jose

Guadalupe Posada, whose irreverent images satirized the government and the upper class. El Dia de los Muertos marketers now mass-produce his drawings on t-shirts and post cards. At this very moment in the lecture we had an unscripted duality experi-

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ence of the Mexican-American variation. Our instructor was interrupted mid-sentence by a loud parading brass band followed by youngsters dressed up for Halloween, American style—a holiday which is now morphing with El Dia de los Muertos. These little children in Dracula costumes with their pumpkin-shaped trick-or-treat bags were seen all over the city in the days that followed. They would march up to us and demand a treat, without really seeming to know why. Of course, we wanted them to be following their ancestors to the cemetery to decorate the graves. Modern/ancient. Commercial/spiritual. The disconnect was invigorating.

An American altar in Oaxaca In the course of the week, we heard this maxim more than once: We die three times. Once when we take our final breath, once when we are lowered into the ground and, finally, when the last person who knew us dies. This is one reason for remembering the dead to the living, to extend their potential years on earth. With this in mind, we spent the next day shopping for items to put on an altar, or ofrenda, to our dead humans/animals. Though the particulars vary from village to village, Mexicans believe that during the 1st and 2nd of November souls of their dead loved ones visit, so they need to lure them to the right spot. Anything that the departed loved—foods, flowers, drinks—are assembled on a three-level altar, amid photos and other mementos plus a container of water so they can wash up after their long journey. We visited a chocolate factory where Oaxacan women lined up three-deep with their family recipe for mole negro, the classic dish served during El Dia de los Muertos. Their recipe will include specific combinations of Mexican chocolate, sticks of cinnamon, cloves, nuts and herbs—which the clerk assembles then throws into the hopper of a grinder. Out comes the senora’s mole spices that will go into their family’s turkey mole. Her family may travel miles for this complex, ritualized meal. Rather like our Thanksgiving. If the soul is that of a child, the ofrenda will include frothy hot chocolate, sugar skulls, gummy candy, and animals or angels decorated with frosting. This is where the miniatures come in—miniature

metates (grinding stones) or clay jugs for daughters, tiny tools for the boys. Miniatures are also seen in the skeleton dioramas created for the populist. There are skeletons eating feasts, repairing roofs, drinking tequila, dancing the fandango, driving a truck, or caught in bed with a big-haired female skeleton. The purpose of these objects is to identify the deceased by their trade (or trademark), and to help the soul find its way to the ofrenda. Mexicans believe you keep your identity after death. So if you were a gynecologist in life, you would look for the tiny skeleton gynecologist figure mentioned earlier.

The Borgia Codex is a Mesoamerican ritual and divinatory manuscript written on animal skins sometime before the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the early 1500s. The ofrendas are intuitively designed to be ephemeral. The fragrant candles and burning copal incense, along with lacy tissue banners cut in skeleton or flower patterns, hang around the room transforming it into an enchanted space. Richly scented flowers like marigolds, fruit garlands, sweet egg bread, aromatic moles, along with steaming tamales and hot chocolate go onto the ofrenda to attract the soul. These elements are meant to be used then cast off after this occasion—not saved from year to year. Many Mexicans believe that the spirits consume the aromatics, or the energy, of the food. This is why many of the living refuse to eat the altar foods after the celebration. It lacks flavor because “the spirits have consumed the essence,” de Mendoza told us. Instead of building an ofrenda to just one family member, ours was created in memory of about 20 people and a handful of pets. We brought photos of our dead friends and pets we wished to remember,* along with mementos. We visited two dizzying public

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markets where we bought tin ornaments, milagros (tiny metal representations of body parts used with prayers for wellbeing), articulated clay skeletons, crucifixes, marzipan candies, armloads of fresh flowers, and Lux Perpetua votives. With several bottles of mescal and a few tears in the retelling of their lives, we managed to erect a proper ofrenda in the front passage of our little hotel. It’s unclear whether we lured our deceased Americans to Oaxaca, a destination they would have found perplexing, but we did attract several live Oaxacans who were impressed by our attentiveness and our design sense.

We die three times. Once when we take our final breath, once when we are lowered into the ground and, finally, when the last person who knew us dies. Grave attention All Saints Day, beginning the afternoon of October 31, is the day when the souls of the children, or angelitos, visit. All Souls Day, November 1, is when the adult souls show up. It may have begun at three o’clock in the afternoon with church bells ringing as we were told, but what we heard was fireworks. Not whistling, popping fireworks—more like a sharp blast of dynamite that shook the hotel. Our group leader knew a local Episcopalian priest who invited us to decorate a grave with her handful of ex-pat parishioners that evening. So we walked a couple of miles with our supplies to the church then continued another mile to the cemetery. It was dark when we neared the grounds, and we found the street choked with temporary vendors selling tamales, moles, fruit, candy, and thousands of cheap tchotchkes. Loud music wailed overhead, and I found it impossible to imagine how we were going to get in a mood to venerate anything as subtle as the essence of a dead stranger. After passing through the tall gates

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of the enclosed cemetery, we wandered along the interior wall which was 20 feet high and a couple of blocks long. The walls contained niches, each of which glowed with candlelight. I realized it was a mausoleum, and each of these niches likely contained a corpse. The effect reduced everyone to a whisper; the music and pandemonium of the street melted away. We tried to enter the area in which our chosen soul’s grave was located but were curiously banned from passing through. (Mystery is another pleasure of the tourist.) We turned back and walked down another lit mausoleum wall, then snaked between the gravestones until we found one worthy of our attention. The cemetery itself was very old with large, multilayered, ornate markers. An earthquake years ago felled walls, graves and part of the chapel. I couldn’t help but notice the adjacent grave; the marble slab on top was unseated, creating a fairly good-sized crevasse —an opportune conduit for mischief. We swept and washed the gravestone. Then we lined it with cockscombs, marigolds, scarlet gladioli, palm leaves, tapers and votives, then placed a loaf of sweet egg bread at the head. We lit the candles and circled the grave as someone passed around shot glasses and mescal. A question of disrespect fluttered across my consciousness: Was it appropriate to swig mescal over this stranger’s grave? I was feeling really big and really white again. But a few locals paused and accepted a glass of mescal for themselves, and my American thoughts wrapped themselves around another Mexican custom. Our Episcopalian priest offered a prayer, then we all raised our glasses to this dead new friend who, for a

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Bike Ride of the Month: Legacy Parkway Whether you hate or love the Legacy Parkway, it makes for a very pleasant ride up north. BY PAX RASMUSSEN n case you haven’t noticed already: CATALYST likes bikes. Last month, we ran Steve Chambers’ “The Well Tempered Bicycle Commuter,” an article to help you overcome your objections to bicycle commuting. This issue, as well, has a bicycle commuting article, and you can expect more in the future. Look to Steve’s articles for the nitty gritty of getting around on your bike—and look here in the Green Beat for where to ride. Starting now, each month I’ll detail a fun and energetic recreational bike ride, easily accessible from the downtown area or nearby. This month: The Great North and Back, via the Legacy Parkway Bike Path. On September 13, UDOT opened the Legacy Parkway for traffic. The Parkway is a 14 mile stretch of what was originally proposed to be the Legacy Highway, which was planned to run from Brigham City in the north to Lehi in the south, well over 100 miles altogether. Anyone who has lived in Salt Lake City during the last decade doubtless remembers the political controversy over this project. A hot topic then and now, the Legacy Highway would Tanis gets have run through many miles of international bird migration areas and wetlands. Also, a number of citizen advocacy groups doubted the wisdom of building more roads to alleviate traffic problems. In part to settle this issue out of court and to get the most critical portion of the highway built in a timely manner, Governor Huntsman, UDOT, the Sierra Club and Utahns for Better Transportation reached an agreement in 2005 that effectively brought about the Legacy Parkway as it is today. Whether you supported the highway in the beginning or not, the Parkway is here, and at least they built a nice place to ride your bike while they were at it. The entire stretch of road winds through Davis County, more or less parallel to Interstate 15, well to the west in the “wetland”

The southernmost access point for the Legacy Parkway trail is in North Salt Lake on Center Street, and it goes north all the way to the Farmington Frontrunner Station. Instead of just riding your bike up the Parkway and back, consider what I call my Great North and Back route: Starting from downtown, take 200 West north until it curves, becoming Wall Street. This dumps you onto 300 West, which becomes Beck Street. Follow Beck past the refineries (which is scenic in a post-apocalyptic sort of way). Keep an eye out for the bike route signs: somewhere near the gravel pit there’s a bike/ped path that keeps you away from the Highway 89 traffic. Take this till it ends, then hang a right at Eagle Ridge Dr, through the roundabout and onto Orchard (on your left). This will take you through the neighborhoods of North Salt Lake, Woods Cross, etc, up into Centerville. It’s quiet and pretty, with good views of the valley and the lake. Near 1000 North in Centerville, Orchard ends at Chase Lane. Take a left on Chase, go down the hill and make a right on Main. A couple miles up Main Street there is a gravel path that heads downhill on the left (keep an eye out on the right for Lucky Star Way, which is opposite this path—if you hit Glovers Lane, you’ve gone too far). Take this pleasant, wooded path west to the I15 frontage road, then turn north for a few hundred feet to the bridge that crosses I-15. buzzed by a local along the Legacy Parkway. Once across the freeway, you can immediately get onto the the removal of a whole lot of trash and waste. So Legacy Parkway bike path. The path will take you far, the scenery isn’t much, but it’s obviously in the all the way back to North Salt Lake. Use Center works, and it’s a lot better than riding Highway 89. Street to easily come back east and hook up again The Parkway itself is made of “quiet” pavement, with Highway 89 and the path past the gravel pit. and has a 55 mph speed limit. This actually works: This ride is quite scenic with lots of little ups and When riding along the bike path that accompadowns. A good afternoon workout, about 38 miles nies the road (usually about 50-100 yards apart), round trip. traffic noise is a minimum. The bike path itself is Check out the online version of this story for a very well made—smooth, flat pavement with a link to a detailed map of the northbound part of clearly marked center dividing line. Every so often this ride. Unfortunately, Google Maps has yet to the path passes a park/trailhead (the possibility of incorporate the Legacy Parkway. ◆ bathrooms and/or water fountains at these parks Pax Rasmussen is a full-time CATALYST staffer, Agent for Change and a is under discussion), and frequently winds lieutenant in the H.E.A.D. Revolution. When he’s not out agitatin’, you through wetlands with pretty wooden bridges over can usually find him bumming around a local coffee shop, most likely the streams. Nostalgia. Fnord. http://paxattack.blogspot.com area. As part of the agreement, 2,225 acres of land along the west side of the Parkway has been set aside as a nature preserve (closed to the public except for volunteer events: contact Eric McCully at EMCCULLY@UTAH.GOV for info on getting involved). Much of this preserve along the road is awaiting “mitigation,” including the restoration of oxbows, elimination of unnecessary roads, ditches, fences and canals, reshaping of natural land contours, restoration of native plantlife and

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Morality plays and mysterious street celebrations I was in no frame of mind to join another communal meal in a noisy restaurant after the cemetery, so decided to wind my way back through the city. I visited Oaxaca years ago, and found this elegant, colonial city with its large central plaza, or zocolo, to be completely safe. In June 2006, however, the city was the site of demonstrations that began with the teachers camping out in the zocolo and staging rallies and ended with bus burnings, occupation of a radio station, and several shooting deaths. President Vicente Fox sent federal troops to Oaxaca in October to clear out the protesters and keep peace long enough for the locals to clean up their streets, scrub off the graffiti, and get El Dia de los Muertos underway. But the graffiti persists. I was distressed at the damage to these lovely stucco buildings since my last visit. In fact on this trip, one of our group witnessed a celebration/demonstration between the haves and havenots, where graffiti-spraying hooligans went beyond edgy. However, this night was chaotic but not tense. Small groups paraded through the zocolo carrying outsized papier mache characters—a grinning, horned demon towering over his handlers. Young boys dressed as friars carried a coffin containing an upright skeleton with glowing red

eyes, wearing a powdered wig and blue robes like a judge. I followed a moveable play with a cast of disparate masked characters. They included a gypsy-looking woman with exaggerated breasts, a sexy nurse, a friar, a masked bishop wearing a mitre, and a red devil with a giant head who was clanging brass bells. They and a dozen more characters paraded down the street behind a small brass band. Once they found a suitable spot, they laid down a woven grass mat and began what looked like a morality play or mystery play. The bishop gave a reading, and the devil swaggered around intimidating people. At one point a character goes down onto the mat and another character in white robes holds a wooden cross at his head. The crowd, obviously familiar with this play, was delighted. When it ended, the players joined the audience in a fandango, encouraged by the brass band. Then they packed it up and marched along looking for a fresh audience. I returned through the zocolo in time to see a pair of creepy demons with huge, arching horns and hundreds of tiny bells sewn onto their red costumes. They shivered with sound at every move and menaced onlookers with their fangs and long tongues. They were a little too much like the demons of my childhood. I headed for the hotel and a night of dynamitefueled dreams. ◆ Kim Hancey Duffy is the author of the 11-part drug series that ran in CATALYST last year.

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BY TIFFIN BROUGH

Sallie Dean Shatz or three consecutive years, Salt Lake has violated federal standards for air quality and received a designation from the EPA of “nonattainment” covering Salt Lake County and the northern Wasatch front region. Sounds bad, but what does nonattainment look like? Take a quick hike up any of the foothill trails on a “clear” afternoon in mid-winter, gaze out at the haze, and it’s obvious: Nonattainment in the Wasatch Front means very dirty air. The majority of that sepia sludge hanging over the valley comes from our cars, and luckily there’s one way to easily cut down a fair bit of those emissions: Avoid excessive idling time. A number of government agen-

cies, including Salt Lake City, have enacted measures in recent years to improve air and environmental quality in just this way. In August 2007, Mayor Anderson signed an executive order to limit city-owned vehicle idling, and this August, Mayor Ralph Becker amended that order to eliminate even more idle time emissions from city vehicles. The amended order reduces the idling time limit, to increase the effectiveness of the rule and help reduce fuel costs. The newly amended Salt Lake City executive order drops the time limit for idling a vehicle based on research and input from air-quality groups. After 10 seconds, cityowned engines go off. Obviously,

this has some common sense guidelines exempting stops at traffic lights and allowing engine use to operate safety equipment and other times when it is necessary to keep the engine running. Other health and environmental quality groups are also working to affect positive changes in air quality. This September, a partnership coalition of groups including Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County and other concerned agencies kicked off the Idle Free Utah program. The initial phase of the Idle Free Utah campaign asks local schools to participate in idle-reduction efforts in their pick-up and drop-off areas. Some schools have been working to reduce idle emissions for a few

years already, and have seen success in asking parents to turn off their cars while they park. The schools enlist parents, teachers, and students to get involved and get the word out. These school anti-idle zones in particular will have a high health impact if idling behavior changes, since children are more susceptible to the effects of high emission concentrations. By now, most people are aware that air quality affects asthma and respiratory health, but less known is the fact that air quality and pollution levels affect children more acutely than it does adults. Pound for pound, four-year-olds, for example, breathe more air for their size than they do as adults. Parents dropping

off kids typically idle their cars out of habit, and schools with idle reduction efforts have seen up to 100% compliance. Once the word gets out (often with the help of enthusiastic kids), driving habits change. Many states have ordinances in place making idling illegal in certain circumstances, and often school buses are a main focus. One agency involved in idling reduction efforts, Utah Clean Cities, has worked over the last year to help secure government funding to retrofit buses and keep emissions from entering the bus. Also, bus drivers have signed a pledge to reduce their idle-time. This is not a legal ordinance, but a successful voluntary effort to protect air quality and public health. Schools aren’t the only idling hotspots. The Idle Free Utah campaign program hopes to change everyday behaviors outside school zones, and get drivers thinking about their engine impact in other situations as well. On a day-to-day level, many people idle when they should just be turning off their engines. Parking the car and walking in for that morning cup of coffee or to make that bank deposit will likely

take about the same amount of time as inching through the drive-up while burning expensive fuel and adding pounds of emissions in the air. Idle Free Utah hopes that by educating the public, more people will choose to turn off their cars whenever possible, saving their gasoline for driving. Recently they have launched a public-information website, WWW.IDLEFREE.UTAH.GOV, which provides facts and figures on the importance of turning that key off. They also distribute stickers for the back window of vehicles, serving both as a pledge to be idle-free as well as a suggestion for other drivers. When should you turn off your car? There is an average tipping point between the amount of emissions produced while a vehicle is idle and the those produced by stopping and restarting the engine. Studies have been done suggesting 10 seconds as a good average point—after which more gasoline is spent and more emissions are produced than if you were to just turn off the car and restart it when you are ready to move. I grew up with old cars, and my family would start and let them run

a bit in the mornings before going out. So I was wondering about this—were we horribly misguided? Familar old habits make people run their engines when they do not need to, but cars today are more efficient, with fuel-injected engines and higher performance across the board: These machines are designed to be driven. Letting your engine run idle burns fuel less cleanly than operating it at full capacity and builds up more engine-deteriorating grit when left idling over extended periods. To warm up your engine, start the car and drive it gently at first. It takes less than a minute for the fluid levels to be ready, and all parts of the car warm up faster with use rather than sitting idle. With all these emissions on the road, some motorbike and scooter drivers wear masks or scarves over their nose and mouth to ease the fumes. Perhaps surprisingly, though, enclosed cabs of running vehicles collect more emissions than being outside on the “open” road. Turning your car off while you are waiting protects the people riding inside your car as much as it

does our clear blue skies and the scooter riders. Breathing a little easier is worth a minute without idling. The Idle Free Utah effort is a volunteer effort for each school involved in reducing their idle vehicle times. Volunteers speak to drivers and hand out window decals to anyone willing to make the commitment to keep emissions down while picking up and dropping off kids.Window decals that remind drivers to “turn the key” are available at libraries; at the information desk. Citizens are encouraged to adopt the habit to protect their own health, the health of people in the car, and to keep the Wasatch clear and beautiful. ◆ Tiffin Brough is an advocate for constructive, community service-oriented projects.

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“Cancer is costly— wellness will be free” Amy Conn’s yoga class helps cancer patients heal BY SHEENA GOSS

efore November 2006, Julia Kuznetsov hardly practiced yoga. But after a breast cancer diagnosis, a close friend encouraged her to attend Quality of Life, a 60minute yoga class for people whose lives have been touched by cancer. Held at a downtown yoga studio, the class invites cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and loved ones to attend free of charge. After her diagnosis, Kuznetsov faced physical and emotional challenges. The range of motion in her shoulder was limited as a result of an operation. Emotionally, she was unsteady. “I could not talk to people about my disease without crying. In fact, I didn’t tell many people about my cancer at all. But when I walked into class for the first time I felt so calm and warm, so much positive energy in the air. It’s hard to describe,” says Kuznetsov.

Amy Conn understands Kuznetsov’s experience. Every Thursday at 7:15 p.m., she’s teaching Quality of Life at Kula Community Yoga Center. After successful completion of her breast cancer treatment, Conn began this weekly yoga class to honor the mind-body connection crucial to the healing process. Because Conn knows how quickly medical bills can add up, she does not charge her students for attending. “Cancer is costly,” says Conn. “Wellness will be free.”

During treatment, the yoga studio was the one place Conn felt normal. “I could still practice, and see myself reflected strongly in the other students’ eyes.”

Starting the class After her diagnosis, Conn continued taking classes—all through her chemotherapy and even when her white blood cell count was zero. During treatment, the yoga studio was the one place Conn felt normal. “I could still practice, and see myself reflected strongly in the other students’ eyes.” Six months later, Conn’s treatment concluded and she went into remission. But she wanted to maintain the environment she and her bandana buddies— other yoga practitioners undergoing chemotherapy— had cultivated. She began teaching Quality of Life at a yoga studio in Salt Lake City. During that time, she met Adam Ballenger, a yoga practitioner battling

a brain infection who had undergone a series of operations. “Amy and I connected on that level,” says Ballenger. “We both had a survivor story and quickly became friends.” Ballenger eventually opened his own yoga studio, Kula Community Yoga Center at 823 East 400 South in Salt Lake City. At the studio’s one-year anniversary, he invited Conn to teach Quality of Life there. According to Conn, Kula’s philosophy is in direct alignment with the purpose of the class. Kula is the first completely green yoga studio in Salt Lake City, and possibly in Utah. Ballenger has a strong commitment to positively impacting the environment and the community. And based on his personal survivor experience, Conn felt he understood the intention behind Quality of Life.

A collective experience Conn begins each class by encouraging her students to share their cancer experience. They discuss diagnoses, treatments, emotions, and the impact the experience has on their families. “In a way,” says Kuznetsov, “it’s like a support group, only better, since we also get to do yoga.” After introductions, Conn determines the types of asanas (yoga postures) and breathing exercises that will be most beneficial for the class. If a student has breast cancer, Conn demonstrates stretches that target muscles in the chest. “We do a lot of chest-openers,” says Conn of

the postures. “The heart is guarded when your body is attacked. Often times the shoulders curl in.” Conn centers each class on the heart, “letting life, collective love, and collective energy engage in a person’s healing process.” Communal efforts have a significant impact on the students. Kuznetsov remembers, “Some of us were very weak and sick from our chemotherapy. But we were doing [the exercises], impressed and inspired by each other’s strength.”

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“The heart is guarded when your body is attacked,” says Conn. Therefore she centers each class on the heart, “letting life, collective love, and collective energy engage in a person’s healing process.” with that fear and gives them tools to move past it. Through breathing exercises, students increase the oxygen in their systems. According to Conn, this helps inhibit cancer cell growth. And focusing on breathing calms students, which in turn facilitates the healing process. Kuznetsov experienced first-hand the benefits of practicing yoga. After weekly attendance, the range of motion in her shoulder was restored to 100%. “My surgeon could not believe it. Quality of Life

to massage therapist, students come from all walks of life. Conn, in her day job, is a fourth-grade teacher. “We’re all so different. If not for the class, we wouldn’t know each other.” Some months ago, another yoga instructor encouraged Conn to journal her experience with cancer and Quality of Life. Conn’s assignment was to write at least 12 pages. Initially reluctant, Conn saw that the 12 pages easily turned into 400. Now she’s working with an editor to publish a book on her experience. The book, like her class, identifies another way of healing. She chronicles her decision to take control of her hair loss by hosting a head-shaving party. She examines the challenges of explaining cancer and chemotherapy to her two young children. Drawing on her experience as a hospice worker, she reflects on how individuals cope with their own healing process. And throughout, she explains how yoga, meditation and a positive attitude helped make sense of it all. Conn’s perspective is that a cancer diagnosis is not the end. “You need to take the film off, make the issue more clear, and identify a new perspective. It’s about living life—finding things that are truly important.” ◆ Sheena Goss is a writer and former Salt Laker now living in San Francisco.

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Talking about change The Utah Society for Environmental Education’s Community Discussion Courses offer a creative alternative to just hanging out

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Here’s how it works: get together a group of your friends, colleagues, neighbors or co-workers and give the USEE a call. Nancy Carruthers, USEE’s Education and Outreach Coordinator will meet with your group and bring all the materials. Then, you meet again as often as you’d like to discuss each section of the course (10-20 pages of material per section). Nancy will attend your meetings as often or as seldom as you’d like, to help facilitate the discussion process. Originally developed by the Northwest Earth Institute in 1993, over 95,000 people nationwide

House leaves no child inside he House of Representatives last month passed legislation that would provide new funding for environmental education, including a national grant program for teacher development and student programs. These new resources will ensure that teachers are trained to provide high-quality, engaging lessons and will expand environmental learning opportunities across the country. The No Child Left Inside Act of 2008 passed with strong bipartisan support. The No Child Left Inside Act creates grants for environmental education, to be given to states after approval of K-12 environmental literacy plans by the US Department of Education. It also allocates funds for teacher professional development and student programs.

have participated in these courses. As a partner with the Institute, USEE helps small groups in homes, workplaces, churches and community centers explore important environmental and sustainability issues in a relaxed and creative way. According to USEE, the discussion groups “help participants examine their opinions and ideas and create discussion, not consensus, around personal values and personal habits in relation to the Earth.” If you’re more interested in getting outside your usual social circle, USEE frequently conducts these discussions themselves (usually held at their offices), and are open to the public. The course Menu for the Future starts in October.

Discussion courses offered: Menu for the Future, the newest course launched in April, 2008, is a six-session course exploring the connection between food and sustainability. Global Warming: Changing CO2urse is a foursession course exploring the history and science of global warming, personal values and habits as they relate to climate change, and personal actions to curb the effects of global warming. Choices for Sustainable Living is a seven-session course exploring the meaning of sustainable living and the ties between lifestyle choices and their impact on the earth. Voluntary Simplicity is a seven-session course addressing the distractions of modern society that keep us from caring for ourselves, our relationships and our environment. Healthy Children-Healthy Planet is a sevensession course addressing how the pervasive effects of advertising, media and our consumer culture can influence a child's view of the world. Discovering a Sense of Place is a seven-session course focusing on knowing and protecting our place. Exploring Deep Ecology is an eight-session course addressing core values and how they affect the way we view and treat the Earth. PDFs with detailed information about these courses along with a list of the materials included is available at WWW.USEE.ORG, under Programs— Community Discussions.

The cost for each course, including materials, is $20 per person. If you’d like to get a group involved in one of these courses, or to join a course, contact Nancy Carruthers as USEE: 328-1549, nancy@usee.org.

his workshop, presented by the EarthRight Business Institute, focuses on helping Sustainability Managers develop valueadded Environmental Sustainability Programs. Hosted at Salt Lake City’s Hotel Monaco, the Institute faculiy will guide participants through the key elements of a successful sustainability program. The workshop includes a manager’s guidebook and handson exercises provide the understanding and tools needed to lead an organization's green efforts and produce results. The workshop will cover the overall understanding of environmental sustainability, current and future green market conditions, the business case for environmental sustainability, how to conduct a carbon and ecological footprint analysis, steps to developing a sustainability program and more. $485. HTTP://WWW.EARTHRIGHTINSTITUTE.COM/INDEX.PHP/TRAINING-COURSES or 750-4380 for details. The workshop will be held October 15, 7:30a-5p.

City & County now work together for sustainability On September 18, Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker and Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon announced that their governments will work together on issues of sustainability. Both mayors have been pursuing ambitious sustainability goals. This agreement amps up the commitment several notches. The goals of their agreement are to develop new sustainability programs and improve those that are already in place. They are looking at air quality initiatives, renewable energy programs, and advanced recycling programs. The City and County are already partnering on a number of projects. Together they received a Solar America grant to investigate ways to promote investment in solar power in our region; they are working with two energy performance contractors to find energy reduction opportunities in their buildings; and, along with the Department of Environmental Quality, will be promoting air quality initiatives such as the Idle Free Utah campaign (see article this issue). Additionally, the City and County collaborate on Open Space land projects and projects to improve the Jordan River Parkway.

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Evergreen House Café 755 S. State. 328-8889. Exclusively vegan, Evergreen House Café creates authentic Chinese and Vietnamese delicacies like black pepper soybean szechwan w/mushroom stem. The informal atmosphere and inexpensive menu are great for families and starving grad students alike. The $6.55 lunch menu includes your choice of 14 entrees, spring roll and brown rice. Hours: Mon-Thur 12-5p. Fri-Sat 12-9p. Carry Out 5-6p. $, CC, V, TO.

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This favorite fall treat is no Stingy Jack BY REBECCA BRENNER

utritional health is not only about the vitamin and mineral content of particular foods. When we slow down and take notice of which foods we’re eating and how we’re preparing them, we may see a long lineage of tradition and folklore enlivening our meals. This lineage gives us the opportunity to connect to place, community and Self. Every September, as I wander through farmer’s markets and grocery stores, the bright orange pumpkins remind me of the Irish tale of Stingy Jack, my mom and Halloween. As a holistic nutritionist and chef, I have come to appreciate the pumpkin beyond its festive cultural understandings. However, culturally and personally, the folklore will always be a part of my earliest memories.

Each Halloween my Irish mother, Patricia Catherine Mary McDonald, would retell the tale of the Jack O’Lantern. As I carved into my pumpkin, spooning out the gooey pulp and seeds, my mom would introduce Stingy Jack—an old drunk man from a tiny Irish village who played mean pranks on everyone. Stingy Jack was so much of a trickster that he even played a few on the devil. Most of my mom’s tales of Stingy Jack were fabricated. But many folklorists agree that Stingy Jack did get out of the tricks he played. They also believe, unfortunately for Stingy Jack, that when he died neither heaven nor hell would have him. As my mom and I set our Jack O’Lanterns on the porch, she’d light the candles and describe how Stingy Jack still wanders the earth

THE ALCHEMICAL KITCHEN lighting his way with a hollowed-out turnip and piece of burning coal. And still, many years later, as I set out my own Jack O’Lantern, I imagine Stingy Jack wandering the earth.

Nutrition When grown, selected and stored properly the pumpkin becomes a vehicle for lively nutrition, localism throughout the winter, and a connection to cooking traditions of the past. Nutritionally, pumpkins are known for their high fiber content and antioxidant load. These synergistic nutrients strengthen the immune system and ward off illness. One of the simplest ways to enjoy the flavor of this fall fruit is to hollow out the pulp and seeds, cut the outer pumpkin into chunks or strips, drizzle with a bit of olive oil, salt, and sage, and slowly bake. When the smell of pumpkin fills your house and the flesh falls easily from the skin, gather your family and friends and enjoy! Enjoy the seeds as well. In October, many families roast the seeds from their Jack O’Lanterns. However, it is the raw pumpkin seeds that are packed full of essential fatty acids, iron and zinc. Even though roasting brings out the nutty flavor, it destroys the nutrients which are important for immune, heart, and brain health. Once cleaned, dried and refrigerated, raw pumpkin seeds will keep all winter, connecting you to local sources of protein, vitamins and minerals. Toss them into salads and casseroles. If you’d like to go one step further in seed preparation and storage, try sprouting. Sprouting is the most nutritious way to enjoy pumpkin seeds. Sprouting raw pumpkin seeds enhances the vitamin and mineral content by15-35%.

Raw pumpkin seeds will keep all winter, connecting you to local sources of protein, vitamins and minerals. Sprouting also creates a live food which is full of digestive enzymes, helping your gut to assimilate all of the nutrients. Sprouting becomes a way, in our cold Utah winter, to obtain a live, nutrient-dense food— and one that you’ve grown yourself!

How to sprout What you’ll need: One-quart Mason jar Cheesecloth big enough to fit over mouth of Mason jar Metal jar ring Raw pumpkin seeds Fresh filtered water 1. Fill jar1/2-full with raw pumpkin seeds. Cover with water and allow to sit for 24 hours. 2. Drain jar and rinse seeds. Keep damp seeds in jar, place cheesecloth over the mouth of jar, and secure metal jar ring. Place jar upside down, on rack, in direct sunlight. 3. For the next three days, rinse and drain seeds twice a day, placing them back on rack in sunlight. 4. On the fourth or fifth day you should begin to see sprouts. Allow sprouts to grow for two to three days, continuing to rinse twice a day. 5. Enjoy pumpkin seed sprouts on salads, sandwiches or as a small snack.

Selection When possible always choose local, organic pumpkins. This month at the Farmer’s Market, you’ll see piles of pumpkins. Talk to the farmers and learn what variety of pumpkin you are choosing and how it was grown. And then share this information with your friends and family while cooking. This simple process creates a network of people and story, which in turn creates community. For cooking purposes, look for smaller pumpkins with a soft, dull outer flesh. The stems should still be present and a good pumpkin should feel heavy for its size. (For Jack O’Lantern purposes, I say go for the funkiest shaped globe you can find!)

Storage Autumn is a busy time for the Alchemical Kitchen. Canning, freezing and storing are meditations that will nourish you through the colder months. When you store your pumpkins properly, you’ll you be able to enjoy the soul and spirit of

local Utah food all winter long! Clean and dry the pumpkins completely. Place on a piece of cardboard in a cool room (45-65 degrees). These pumpkins can be kept for three to four months. You can also refrigerate whole pumpkins for up to five months. Also, try creating a homemade pumpkin puree for pies, breads and muffins. You can freeze a puree for up to eight months.

How to prepare pumpkin puree What you’ll need: One baking pumpkin

Planting Next spring—late May/early June—plant your raw, dried pumpkin seeds from the previous fall in your garden. They take three to four months to grow. The flowers that will bloom on your pumpkin vine are edible, so toss some of them on your spring greens. Be sure to leave enough to grow into pumpkins, though! Pick your pumpkins in late September or early October and enjoy the process all over again! But in the meantime, pull out your pumpkin puree and try this Pumpkin Bread Cheese Pudding recipe.

I used the cheese pudding recipe from “Home Cheese Making: Recipes for 75 Home Cheeses” by Ricki Carrol as my base. We’ll explore the health benefits of home cheese making in coming articles. What you’ll need: 2 T. organic butter 6 slices homemade pumpkin bread ½ t. apple butter 2 c. cream cheese 4 eggs 2 c. milk ½ t. salt 2 T. sugar

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1. Preheat oven to 350°. 2. Butter the bottom of a baking dish and cover with a few pieces of pumpkin bread. Lightly cover with apple butter. 3. Cover with a third of the cheese. Repeat bread and cheese layers two more times. 4. Beat together the eggs, milk, sugar and salt and pour over bread and cheese. Bake for 20 minutes. Serve very hot. My mom was a bit of a drinker and a prankster, but the bulk of her story is what her Irish ancestors brought with them to America. The turnip has become a pumpkin and Stingy Jack a Jack O’Lantern. My mom’s full expression of lineage through food in story has encouraged me to take these qualities into the kitchen. I explore the health benefits of nontraditional (which ironically most times end up being traditional) practices and uses for nutritious food. My monthly nutrition column—The Alchemical Kitchen—for Catalyst Magazine will be an exploration of the lineage, nature and spirit of food, as well as its potential to create change. Rebecca Brenner, PhD, is a holistic nutritionist and owner of Park City Holistic Health. You can also find her teaching yoga at Park City Yoga Studio and Lotus Leaf Yoga Studio. She looks forward to sharing her experimental and symbolic food practices through the Alchemical Kitchen.

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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. Cut pumpkin in half from top to bottom. 3. Remove seeds and pulp, scraping any extra pulp out with a metal spoon. 4. Wrap both pumpkin halves in aluminum foil and place face down on cookie sheet. 5. Bake for 1-1½ hours, or until flesh “melts” away from the skin. 6. Remove from oven, let cool. Remove skin and cut into pieces. 7. Place bakes pumpkin pieces in a food processor and blend until smooth. 8. Measure puree into freezer bags in 1- or 2-cup portions. Use throughout the winter for cakes, muffins, breads, and pies.

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SLAC: “A Slight Discomfort,” by Jeff Metcalf Oct. 1 - Oct. 19. A special presentation in the Chapel Theatre. A oneman piece based on writer Jeff Metcalf’s experiences as he went through the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Metcalf approaches the sobering topic with great wit and humor, offering up a frank and insightful tale of a man at a life-altering crossroads. A storytelling marvel, commissioned and developed by the Salt Lake Acting Company.

Dance Church Oct. 5, 6-8p. Worship the way your soul wants to, and dance the way your body wants to: without choreography or judgment! Get out of your head and into your body, discover-

337 Project’s Art Installation Unveiling Oct. 3, 6-9p. Unveiling by Mayor Corroon at 7pm sharp, The 337 Project and Neighborhood House will give a gift to the residents of Utah: an Urban Gallery that may be viewed by anyone, at anytime, free of charge. This event honors the good work done by Neighborhood House, which is now celebrating the 30th anniversary of its adult day services program and the 114th anniversary of its child daycare program. 337 Project’s Urban Gallery will consist of eight site-specific paintings (the largest of which is approximately 12 feet high and 20 feet wide) that will be “hung” inside the frames of the garage doors at Neighborhood House, as well as two sculptural pieces and a wood panel for interior display. Works displayed at Neighborhood House will be periodically painted over by new artists, ensuring that 337 Project’s Urban Gallery will remain a vibrant landmark for years to come. Free and open to the public. Neighborhood House 1050 W. 500 S. For more information contact Amy Coady at 328.2329 ext. 244.

ing the innate body wisdom you possess. Ecstatic Dance is an authentic, spontaneous, expressive, meditative movement practice inspired by various people and practices (Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms, Osho’s moving meditations, Rumi, vibrational medicine, etc.). No experience needed, just a willingness to move and be moved. It’s about putting your soul in motion and giving yourself permis-

Seed Collecting Class Oct. 11, 9a-12p. The Go Green Team at Red Butte Garden invites you to join them on an excursion through the Garden to learn how to propagate plants from seed as part of the Garden’s Native Seed Collecting class. Collect seeds from a variety of perennials and annuals growing in Red Butte Garden, and grow them in your own garden. We will provide a list of plants and envelopes for seed collection, and you bring a pair of sharp pruners. $12 members, $15 non-members, and registration is required as space is limited. Call 581-8454 to register. Red Butte Garden, 300 Wakara Way. For more information call 581-4747 or visit www.redbuttegarden.com sion to dance without holding back. Bring water, willingness, and curiosity, and be prepared to sweat! $10 suggested. FlowYoga, 2065 E 2100 S. For more information contact Jill at jill@radiance4life.com or visit WWW.DANCECHURCHSLC.BLOGSPOT.COM.

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Save Our Canyons. Brewvies Cinema Pub (Must be 21 years or older, bring ID), 677 South 200 West. WWW.SAVEOURCANYONS.ORG

Plan-B’s Radio Hour Oct. 24 – Nov. 2. Be prepared to be scared at the Plan-B Theatre

A special presentaion in the Chapel Theatre

Patagonia presents the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival at Brewvies Oct. 9, 6-10p. Cinema, beer and great environmental causes converge for an evening. Live musical performance by The Radio Rhythm Makers from 6-7pm and a very special keynote by Doug Scott from the Campaign for America’s Wilderness, and of course food, great inspirational films, raffle, and more. Tickets are $10 online, $12 at the door. Visit the website to buy tickets, read up on the featured films, and learn more about the work of

Company’s 4th annual Halloween Radio Hour. This year’s feature is Mary Shelley’s horror classic Frankenstein, adapted for radio by playwright Matthew Ivan Bennett. Join our live studio audience for this spooky tale with Doug Fabrizio as Dr. Frankenstein. Shows run on

A one-man piece based on writer Jeff Metcalf’s experiences as he went through the diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. Metcalf approaches the sobering topic with great wit and humor, offering up a frank and insightful tale of a man at a life-altering crossroads. A storytelling marvel, commissioned by the Salt Lake Acting Company.

Epic Poetry Reading Oct. 9, 12-2p. Come witness the Latin language as you’ve never heard it before (“quid pro quo,” “carpe diem,” and “vice versa” are small potatoes). Westminster College Presents an Epic Poetry Reading: Mark Miner to recite Book 1 of Vergil’s “Aeneid” in Latin, from memory, using the restored classical pronunciation. In period attire, no less. Miner performs as a vocation and has taught twice at the Claymont Poetry retreat sponsored by the Society for the Oral Reading of Greek and Latin. Miner is touring 25 states performing epic poetry before embarking on a world tour. He performed Ovid’s Metamorphoses earlier this year and Homer’s Iliad Book I in 2005 and 2007. His readings are exclusively featured on the Wheelock’s Latin Series website, and now you have the opportunity to experience this legend at our very own Westminster College. Free and open to the public. Malmsen Amphitheatre, Westminster College, 1840 South 1300 East. Info: WWW.WESTMINTERCOLLEGE.EDU/CULTURALEVENTS.

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Sugar House starts to feel like itself again The first Sugar House stroll: October 3 BY AMIE TULLIUS

MEC & UMFA Workshop: Markets and Monuments: Bazaars of the Middle East BOOGIE MAN: The Lee Atwater Story Oct. 10, 7p. Get ready for one of the most politically charged documentaries in recent years. “Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story” is a gripping political thriller about Lee Atwater, a blues-playing rogue who’s rambunctious rise from the South to Chairman of the GOP made him a political rock star. This showing is free and open to the public. Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E. 300 S. For more information visit www.slcfilmcenter.org. Tues. and Thurs. evenings with matinee shows every Sat. and Sun. at 2. Tickets are $20 801-355-ARTS. Info: WWW.PLANBTHEATRE.ORG/RHF. Rose Wagner Studio Theater, 138 W. 300 S.

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Oct. 25, 9a-3:30p. Looking for something a little bazaar? Join us for a workshop on the great bazaars of the Middle East where diverse cultures came together and learned from one another. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event sponsored by the Middle East Center Outreach Program and UMFA. To register call 801-581-5003, or for more information visit WWW.MEC.UTAH.EDU/OUTREACH. Utah

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Utah Humanities Book Festival Oct. 22-25. Set down your book and join us for the Utah Humanities Book Festival, a celebration that brings readers and writers together. Activities include bookmaking, writing workshops, and panels by keynote authors Richard Peck, Honor Moore, Thrity Umrigar, Terry Tempest Williams, and Steven Trimble. Panels on Wed. and Fri. run from 6-9p with Sat. events running all day. Call 801-359-9670 for more information or visit www.utahhumanities.ORG/BOOKFEST IVAL.HTM. Salt Lake City Public Library, 400 S. 200 E.

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ately Sugar House has just not been its usual cheerful self. Like a good friend going through a tough time, it has been lying a bit low. With a big fenced-off construction pit smack-dab in the middle of the business district, it’s just not as, well, fun as it used to be. But Sugar House is finally coming out, scars and all, and throwing a party you won’t want to miss. Friday, October 3, 5-9 p.m., your favorite neighborhood will be decked out in local art, live music, poetry readings, dance, food and special art installations for the first Sugar House Stroll. In front of and within the shops in the Sugar House business district you will find improv dance by Movement Forum, the alt rock of RavenHorse, the Gypsy Singers at Sprague Library, artistic fashions at Solissa’s Boutique, open artists’ studios at Rockwood Studios, and the music of Phillip Bimstein in Sugarhouse Coffee, to name a few. Where did this come from? The stroll is the result of a collaboration between Brolly Arts and TRASA Urban Arts Collective who worked to commission artwork for the event. David Ruhlman will be installing 2D work at Fats Grill, Colour Maisch will have an installation in Hidden Hollow, and Davina Pallone will create a fiber arts installation directly abutting the big construction pit. Pallone’s installation, “Fence,” which will be a 20’ x 5’ fabrictextile fence, directly converses with the state of the Sugar House neighborhood. In placing a large art installation on a public sidewalk, she is negotiating “community, space, control, ownership, and how these concepts take form in relation to public vs. private properties.” Pallone created a 40-person “human knitting machine” to implement the early stages of the commission. The endeavor utilized the support and assistance of more than 20 students from City Academy, their parents and friends, as well as local artists. “The human knitting machine embodied so many metaphors about community, interconnectedness, strength and

effectiveness in numbers,” Pallone says. Building the structure of the artwork became about building and being a part of community. “As we all held the twine and [the fence] grew taller, one row building on the next, we could immediately sense the tension, pressure, and give-and-take of the hands holding the stitches next to us. When a stitch was dropped, we could all feel the structure loosen, and everyone immediately focused on helping fix the problem.”

A giant fence may seem an ironic commentary, but there’s something deeper going on with the work. “When we were first talking about the point of the project,” Sonia Woodbury, director of City Academy says, “we were talking about change —how change happens and we can choose to be a part of it.” It’s so easy to disengage in tough times, wait until the dust settles, and then decide if we want to be involved or not. But what if we actively create what we want our community to look like? And what better way to knit our community than with a neighborhood-wide celebration. ◆ Amie Tullius writes about the arts for CATALYST. For more information visit WWW.BROLLYARTS.ORG

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World Food Day(s) Oct. 13-17. The aim of World Food Day is to heighten public awareness of the world food problem and strengthen solidarity in the struggle against hunger, malnutrition and poverty. On October 16, participating restaurants around the Salt Lake City area will be offering a “special” in small, medium and large portions that you price yourself before the bill is presented. A portion of whatever you spend on your meal will be donated to the restaurant’s favorite food-related social charity. Denise Cerreta, founder of One World Everybody Eats, has organized these local restaurants joining together on World Food Day to offer meals that could be ordered in reduced portion sizes that the patrons could price themselves, similar to what is offered daily at OWEE community kitchens. Her hope is to raise awareness of Food Security locally with the intention of this model being replicated in other cities around the world. She asks, "Imagine if we created a day worldwide where everybody could eat. Wouldn't we want that every day"? Food security is world-wide problem—and one Utah faces as well. Nearly 10% of Utahns live in poverty, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that 5.1 percent of Utahns deal with hunger and 14.5 percent are food insecure. The problem only threatens to worsen, too: During the past year: the price of cheese has increased by 14.7 percent, the price of eggs increased by 23.2 percent, and bread prices increased by 15.9 percent.

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Oct. 16 World Food Day. Eat at a participating restaurant. Oct. 17 Food Security Panel at the local Bioneers conference. Held at Westminster College, 2pm.

World Food Day Participating Restaurants Squatters Pub Brewery 147 West 300 South Mill Creek Coffee Roaster 657 South Main Street One World Everybody Eats Community Kitchen 41 South 300 East Café Niche 779 East 300 South Tin Angel Café 365 West 400 South Alchemy Coffee 390 East 1700 South Living Cuisine 2148 South Highland Drive Nobrow Coffee and Tea 315 East 300 South Sages Café 473 East 300 South Vertical Diner 2280 South West Temple Cedars of Lebanon 154 East 200 South Stoneground 249 East 400 South Oasis Café 151 South 500 East Faustina 300 South 345 East Free Wheeler Pizza 150 South 400 East Andrus Sales and Service 730 West 900 South Luna’s Italian Ice Café 928 East 900 South Curry in a Hurry 2020 S. State street

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Oct. 14 A Walking Tour Noon -1:30. Starting at Crossroads Urban Center, Wasatch Community Gardens, Hildegard's Pantry, One World Everybody Eats, and The Good Samaritan Program. Tour these nonprofits that deal with food security and spend 5 minutes at each location hearing about the features of their contribution to our community.

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It’s thrilling Odyssey Dance Theatre creates a Halloween tradition with the everything-but-thekitchen-sink horror movie parody “Thriller” BY AMY BRUNVAND ack in 1998, the Salt Lake Tribune reported that a small, recently formed dance company called Utah Contemporary Dance Theatre was facing financial ruin. But by 2008 the same company, now known as Odyssey Dance Theatre, had 24 dancers including a touring company. It was doing European tours and performing in New York City; it was invited to perform in Beijing for the Summer Olympics; and it was all over the national news when two company dancers made it into the top 20 on the hit TV show “So You Think You Can Dance.” (Matt Dorame and Thayne Jasperson, for those of you who watch). What happened to turn things around? For one thing Derryl Yeager found his “Nutcracker.” Yeager, ODT’s artistic director who founded the company in 1994, was formerly a principal dancer in Ballet West so he was well aware that the Nutcracker is the money-maker that keeps many dance companies afloat. “I did my share of Nutcrackers,” says Yeager. “But it’s the one show all season that provides a healthy income. I knew I needed to create a financial base to enable us to hire choreographers and create new pieces. So my intent was to create a financial juggernaut.” With the Christmas niche already occupied by the Nutcracker, Yeager decided to go with the nightmare before Christmas and develop a Halloween show. He says, “Originally I was thinking of doing something like a full-length Dracula, but someone suggested small vignettes and I started jotting things down. There are tons of Halloween characters to create something unique and different.” Yeager says that he is not a big fan of horror movies himself, but he really enjoys the way that audiences react to them, and that made him think people might respond well to a Halloween dance production. The idea developed into “Thriller,” a ballet/ modern/jazz/hip-hop/tap/ballroom spook-alley extravaganza featuring hip-hop mummies, tapdancing skeletons, cavorting horror-movie baddies like Jason and Chuckie, a romantic pas-de-deux between Frankenstein’s monster and his bride, and a spoof of Riverdance titled “River of Blood.” Yeager booked the first four Thriller shows at Kingsbury Hall in 1997, and at first it looked like nobody would come.

DANCE As Yeager tells it, “I remember the guy called me and said, ‘Derryl, you’ve only sold like 50 tickets to this thing and maybe you should cancel,’ but I knew it was something special. I thought it would grow by word of mouth. We didn’t do terrifically well. We had two or three hundred but attendance built with each performance. It was probably two years after that we had our first sold-out show; that was the moment we realized we have turned the corner. Last year we did 14 performances in Salt Lake City and sold out every one. In the end I was justified in throwing caution to the wind.” The show has become a tradition for Utah dancers as well as audience members. Just as some kids dream of dancing at Clara’s Christmas Nutcracker party, others dream of being Chuckie, the homicidal doll. “We had auditions last week for the Chuckie kids,” says Yeager. “We had nineyear-olds dancing around with a knife. We had over 110 kids show up for auditions and we put together six different casts.” “Thriller”has become the financial juggernaut Yeager envisioned. He says that 80% of the company budget comes from ticket sales, and it has enabled him to carry out his vision for Odyssey Dance Theatre. “My mission is to bring dance to the masses,” he says, “Not just the symphony and opera crowd. We have created a whole new audience for dance.” “Thriller” has also become a genuine tradition, and one thing Yeager

The ballet/modern/jazz/ hip-hop/ tap/ballroom spook-alley extravaganza features hip-hop mummies, tap-dancing skeletons, cavorting horror-movie baddies like Jason and Chuckie, a romantic pas-de-deux between Frankenstein’s monster and his bride, and a spoof of Riverdance titled “River of Blood.”

loves about it is the way people respond. He says that a clinical psychologist who came to the show is writing an article called “Deconstructing Thriller” explaining what it is about the show that helps people release. Yeager thinks it helps people cope with horrors in the news: “At the end of the show is ‘River of Blood’—Riverdance turns into a shooting gallery and the girls are getting picked off one by one by a sniper. I had people telling me, ‘Derryl, you shouldn’t do this piece’ because shootings were going on back East. I didn’t want a madman to dictate my performance but nonetheless I was worried. The shot was fired, the girl went down and people started laughing, and I said Whew!!!” Another time Yeager recalls doing numbers from “Thriller” at a treatment center for kids with behavioral problems, and “as things loosened up we had an audience participation moment and the dancer shouted “Stand up!” and the counselors were like “No, it’s against the rules! Sit down!” But when we did Jason Jam at the end, the kids were laughing their heads off. You could see the whole change in their demeanor. What a wonderful thing to be able to see kids with such problems smiling and laughing. If the whole world could laugh, it changes everything. “Halloween takes the political correctness out of our lives and allows us to do whatever makes us laugh,” says Yeager.

“I’ll get letters every year from someone who thinks this is horrible, and I think, you guys need to lighten up and have fun.” ◆ Amy Brunvand is a dance enthusiast and librarian at the University of Utah.

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Stick to your own fashion true north BY AURETHA CALLISON efore you pick up a fashion magazine this season, beware. Frightening and horrific fashion awaits you! Ridiculous shapes, mismatched items or clothing that doesn’t match at all is what is being sold to you as style. Ucght! My boyfriend is always a great litmus test of whether fashion is beautiful or not. I ask him his opinion just to laugh hysterically at his reactions to the crap in magazines. He is amazed and horrified and so am I this season. I’m not even going to waste your time describing it to you. Let’s discuss style versus trend. Stylish people have a clear sense of their essence and have found a way to express it. They are always in style. Creating a sense of personal style is my goal with my clients. I am chipping away at the diamond in the rough. Your own style should leave you relaxed and slightly excited. It should be comfortable and feel flattering to your body and your intellect. A trend, on the other hand, is a tool to create sales of clothing. Changing the hemlines and cuts of pants and lengths of skirts is a normal trend. Weird clunky shoes, Capri pants, and ’80s fashion are examples of my least favorite trends. You can make trends work for you by finding what cut of skirts and pants look best on you and stocking up when they are on the market. One other way of avoiding trends is to find a designer you like and wear their work, which will nearly always stay in style. One great example of a local stylish chick is a gal named Josie at Solissa’s boutique in Sugar House. Josie has a classic French look. She expresses it with her hair, her makeup, her clothing, her coat and her accessories. She always looks fabulous and timeless and you never feel nervous around her because she is at home in her own skin. She doesn’t seem pretentious; it doesn’t feel like she’s trying too hard. It just works for her. I don’t get the sense that she spends a fortune to express her look but she probably picks up items here and there that are right for her. She doesn’t lose her way with the trends of distraction but stays on course with chic! People like her inspire me. I inspire myself when I show up in my own glamorous auburn classic feminine style. This season, like the last few, I will be including fake fur in my repertoire because it is my style—opulent, sensuous, and a bit over the top. Lace and fur are a couple of the few good trends this season. This magazine’s editor has an essence style that I call Boho (short for Bohemian) Chic. Mix Stevie Nicks with Elegant Ethnic. She has many other style personae, but this is the one that I think is her true north. Spiritual but playful, her style is all-girl but wise at the same time. Open and flowing, nothing is stiff about Greta. My friend Carlos is extremely stylish and communi-

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cates “masculine” without trying. Always a gentleman, his essence is warm and relaxed and although his clothes are mostly Banana Republic, he has a way of wearing them softer. Another person you naturally feel comfortable around, he has a classic style and avoids trends. You will see him in slightly fitted stylish tshirts with aviators and slim cut jeans or a nicely pressed dress shirt with no tie and flat-front pants with classic Italian shoes. Nice!

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Your own style should leave you relaxed and slightly excited. It should be comfortable and feel flattering to your body and your intellect.

1. What metals do you connect with? What elements? Earth, water, wind, fire? 2. What stones feel the most “you?” Pearls, turquoise, buckshot pellets? 3. Do you have any favorite superheroes? (I’m wearing Wonder Woman emblazoned on a bottle cap these days and she is my truth-lassoing queen!) 4. Do have favorite animals/guides? Do they have feathers or fur? 5. What are your favorite prints? Chain mail, polka dots, or paisley? 6. What did you love

when you were a little kid? 7. What are your favorite textiles/textures? Chamois, silky, wool plaid? 8. Are there any people that you emulate that had a signature style? Hepburn, James Dean, Pee Wee Herman? 9. What are your favorite places in the world? Morocco, Milan, Taos? 10. What do you want to be when you grow up? Pilot, sailor, ballerina? I could go on and on. Everything we like and love gives us clues to our own style. Expressing personal style is the way that we all can be performance artists. We are the painting. Every time we put energy into our style we make ourselves shine a little brighter in the world. Bring a smile to someone’s face today with style—your own! ◆ Auretha Callison is an image and essence consultant in Salt Lake City. Visit her at WWW.INTUITIONSTYLING.COM.

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Carl Rabke LMT, GCFP 671-4533 Somatic Education and Bodywork. Feldenkrais®, Structural Integration and massage. Offering a unique blend of the 10 sessions with Awareness Through Movement® lessons. Discover the potential for learning and improvement at any age, as you come to inhabit your body with ease, vitality and integrity. WWW.BODYHAPPY.COM.

BODYWORK massage, chiropractic, structural integration (SEE ALSO: Energy Work & Healing) Alternative Health Care 533-2464. Ardys L. Dance, LMT Practicing the art of therapeutic healing since 1988. Specializing in visceral manipulation: organ-specific myofascial release of scar tissue around internal organs damaged through surgeries, illness or accident. Craniosacral therapy, neural mobilization of the brain, an amazing new therapy. Advanced Visionary and Biodynamic Craniosacral work 801-414-3812. Linda Watkins, BFA, MEd, LMT. Going beyond still point to find the dynamic and profound stillness that resides there. Visa, MC, Amex. www.LINDA-WATKINS.COM. Body Alive! 801-414-3812. Linda Watkins, BFA, MEd, LMT. Offering the very real possibility of release from chronic or acute pain resulting from injury, illness or the aging process. Specialized work in deep tissue full body sessions, structural and visceral work, craniosacral therapy (Milne certified), Jin Shin Jyutsu. Tailored to meet your specific needs. “The pain of everyday life” does not have to be your reality! Visa, MC, American Express. www.LINDA-WATKINS.COM. Michelle Butler, LMT 801-879-5411. At Paradise Massage, 8006 South 1300 East. You wish you were here! Feel the magic. You deserve it. Your body needs it. Walk-ins accepted: Mon, Wed & Fri, 11-8; Sat 1-6. By appointment only: Tue & Thur. HEALING TOUCH MASSAGE, 801.973.7849 Price roll-back! First visit and senior discounts.Professional Massage Therapy with or without energetic modalities: Reiki, Angel Gate Tuning Forks, Chakra Balancing, Stem Cell Rejuvenation, Immune System Strengthening, DNA-ThetaHealing, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Quantum-Touch. MC/Visa. Taylorsville. Utahna Tassie, LMT , EFT-ADV, Reiki Master-Teacher, Workshop Facilitator. Holistic Chiropractic & Wellness 230-0166. Dr. Bob Seiler. 454 E. at 1440 S. (near Liberty Park). Integrating eastern & western approaches to healing by gently & effectively using my hands to relieve aches & pain from auto & sport injuries; neck-back-leg pain; headaches-stress-insomnia-depression. Focusing on life-style changes & better nutrition to improve one’s well-being! Auto & selected medical insurances accepted.

Rocky Mountain Rolfing® Becki Ruud, Certified Rolfer. 671-9118. “Expanding your potential for effortless living.” If you can imagine how it feels to live in a fluid, light, balanced body, free of pain, stiffness and chronic stress, at ease with itself and gravitational field, then you will understand the purpose of Rolfing®. Located in Riverton. WWW.ROCKYMOUNTAINROLFING.COM. Rolfing® Structural Integration Certified Rolfers Paul Wirth, 638-0021 and Mary Phillips, 809-2560. Rolfing improves movement, eases pain, and brings about lasting change in the body. Addressing structure together with patterns in movement and coordination, we help people find ease, resilience, efficiency and comfort. Free consultations. WWW.ROLFINGSALTLAKE.COM. Sensate Tools for Body Knowledge Ever wonder how you can influence the way your body feels? I combine myofascial/structural manipulation with Laban Movement Analysis to help you feel, understand, and re-pattern the movements that form your body every day. Matthew Nelson, CLMA, CMT, 897-7892 THEWNELSON@VERIZON.NET.

BOOKS, GIFTS, CDS, CLOTHING books, gifts & jewelry, imports, music stores Ken Sanders Rare Books 521-3819. 268 S. 200 E. Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, B. Traven. Utah and the Mormons. Modern First Editions. Out-of-Print Books. American West; Travels, Explorations, Wilderness, the Environment, National Parks & Western Americana. Antique Photography, Prints, Postcards, Posters—All Kinds of Paper Ephemera. Out-of-Print Searches. Hours: M.-Sat. 10a-6p. Blue Boutique. 982-1100. WWW.BLUEBOUTIQUE.COM Dragon Dreams. 989 E. 900 S. 509-1043. WWW.DRAGONDREAMSGIFTBOUTIQUE.COM The Vug Rock & Gem Jewelers. 521-6026. 872 E. 900 S. Twigs and Company. 596-2322. 1616 S. 1100 E.

Soma Libra, LLC Ingrid Bregand, LMT, KMI. 801-792 9319. Innovative Kinesis Myofascial Integration. Unfold into greater innate balance and alignment via a systemic manipulation of your body Anatomy Trains (groundbreaking myofascial meridians theory). Dynamic and attentive structural therapy. Lasting significant work with anatomical precision. WWW.ANATOMYTRAINS.COM SpiritWolf Healing Arts 870-5613. 1390 S. 1100 E., Ste. 107. Margaret Miller, LMT, Transformation Catalyst. Ignite your inner work! Create more joy now. Experience major shifts and lasting change through a full spectrum of body work, innovative energy work, and shamanic healing. Each session tailored and aligned to your needs. Utahna Tassie, LMT, EFT-ADV, Reiki Master, Energy Therapist 801.973.7849 Nurturing, deeply healing massage with or without EFT, Theta, Quantum-Touch, give you fast, easy relief from chronic pain, anxiety, dis-ease, injuries, addictions, and depression (in 3 sessions or less!). Intuitive healing classes available. Mon-Sat by appointment. Taylorsville area. Bill Wagner, LMT 582-2275, Bill Wagner, LMT. Therapeutic massage & bodywork integrating various modalities such as shiatsu, craniosacral, acupressure, reflexology & injury massage. Relax...repair...rejuvenate. Reasonable rates & discount packages available. Dr. Michael Cerami, Chiropractor. 486-1818. 1550 E. 3300 S. WWW.DRCERAMI.COM Healing Mountain Massage School. 355-6300. Time Out Associates. 530-0633.

CERTIFICATION, DEGREES & SCHOOLS education/schools, vocational, massage schools A Voice-Over Workshop Scott Shurian, 359-1776. The Salt Lake City voice-over workshop teaches the art of voicing commercials and narrations for radio, TV, multi media and the World Wide Web. Personal coaching and demo production also available. WWW.VOSCOTT.COM Healing Mountain Massage School 355-6300. 455 South 300 East, Suite 103, SLC, UT 84111. Morning, evening, & weekend programs. Graduate in as little as 7 months. 8 students in a class. Mentor with seasoned professionals. Practice in a live day spa. ABHES accredited. Financial aid: loans/grants available to those who qualify. WWW.HEALINGMOUNTAIN.ORG Sego Lily School. 274-9555. WWW.SEGOLILYSCHOOL.ORG Elaine Bell. Art Instruction. 201-2496. Red Lotus School of Movement. 355-6375. WWW.REDLOTUSSCHOOL.COM

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Lilli DeCair 533-2444 or 577-6119. Holistic health educator, certified Thought Pattern Management practitioner, coach, shamanic wisdom, Medicine Wheel journeys, intuitive consultant, mediator, minister. Usui Reiki Master/teacher offers all levels complete in 10 individual classes, certification & mentoring on request. Visit at Dancing Cranes Friday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons for psychic sessions. Cafe Alchemy and Mayan Astrology, nutritional nudges, stress relief hospital visits, fundraising. Send a psychic telegram. On the board of directors, Utah Mental Health Assn.

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Center C enter ffor Enhanced Wellness lness 2681 E. Parleys Par Way #203, Salt Lakee City City Tel: T el: (801) 5 596 9998

Dynamic Touch Healing Arts Center 486-6267. 1399 S. 700 E. Elizabeth Williams, RN, MSN. Traditional Usui Reiki Master. Reiki is a gentle, easy technique with remarkable results. Offering a safe environment for healing/balance on physical, emotional, spiritual levels. Everyone can learn Reiki. Classes & sessions available. Supervised student sessions available for reduced rates.

Pioneer Comprehensive Medical Clinic 12433 W. W. Fort Street, Draper T el: e (801) 576 1086 Tel:

New to Salt Lake City

Integrated Quantum Healing 801-252-1556. Lynne Laitinen RMT, ECRT, MC. 25 years of experience. Access to unparalleled key guidance into your spiritual, emotional and physical challenges; releases stress naturally. Offering core emotional release techniques, cranial-sacral, polarity, Quantum-Touch, Reiki and workshops. Credit cards accepted. Reiki & Karuna Reiki Master Teacher; Sound Healing and Meditation Teacher Carol A. Wilson, Ph.D., CHES. 359-2352 or INFO@CAROLWILSON.ORG. Registered, International Association of Reiki Professionals (IARP) and International Center for Reiki Training. Individual Reiki, Karuna Reiki and sound healing sessions. For more info or Reiki I, II, III/Master and meditation class schedules, see WWW.CAROLWILSON.ORG

KNIGHTGODDESS presents an exciting 2-hour seminar for couples and singles

The Healing Power of Intimate Loving from a Spiritual Perspective

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Theta Healing with Darcy Phillipps 916-4221. Are you free to be who you really are? Changing your beliefs changes your life. Doors open to instant healing. Love is unconditional. Dreams to reality. Come and play. DARCYPHILLIPPS.COM.

Call 801-583-1763 or email Spiritco98@aol.com Evening & Saturday seminars offered at multiple locations in the Salt Lake Valley

LIGHT...revealing it through LOVE....expanding it with

Sheryl Seliger, LCSW, Cranio-Sacral Therapy 556-8760. 1104 E. Ashton Ave. (2310 S.) Powerful healing through gentle-touch energy work. Infants and children: sleep issues, feeding difficulties, fearfulness, bonding, birth trauma, pre- and perinatal therapy. Adults and teens: head injuries, accident recovery, PTSD, chronic pain, stress reduction. Enjoy deep relaxation and peace. Mon-Fri 8:00a12:30p. SELIGERS@GMAIL.COM Theta Healing & EFT 435-843-5309 Theta DNA I & DNA II certified by Vianna’s Nature’s Path. Resolve physical & emotional pain. Limiting beliefs dissolved quickly. Leave your pains from years past & create lasting peace in your mind and body, call or e-mail today! HEALINGSWITHGENNA@COMCAST.NET

Theresa J. Knight PhD(c) and L. Challis Jensen Innovators in the Art of Love

($20/person)

Discover a process to enhance health, deepen love, elevate spiritual consciousness and bring more passion and pleasure into your life.

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Feldenkrais® • Structural Integration • Yoga • Massage Check website for upcoming classes, workshops and information about private sessions

Feldenkrais and Bodyworlds An Experiential Anatomy

Todd Mangum, MD • Aymi Bennhoff, FNP

Weekend Workshop Oct 4th and 5th

for the treatment of:

stress • fatigue • toxicity weight issues • sleep disorders hormone imbalances anxiety & depression gynecological concerns 989 East 900 South, Ste. A1, SLC tel. 531.8340

www.weboflifewc.com

(Includes ticket to Bodyworlds exhibit)

Discover Your Skeleton Sat Oct 18 Visit our new website for audio downloads, articles and videos on the rich world of somatic education. www.bodyhappy.com

Erin Geesaman-Rabke 801.898.0478 Carl Rabke LMT 801.671.4533

CLARITY COACHING When you’re ready for the change that changes everything.

801-487-7621 ClarityCoachingInstitute.com Transformation couldn’t be simpler, more powerful, and yes, even more fun!

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Universal Abundance Reiki Master-Teacher: Distance Attunement 313-0692. Karen Burch, Reiki Master/facilitator. Specialized Reiki helps release limitations, promotes prosperity, insight. Easy to facilitate. No touch positions. Entire being activated, not just hands. Flows through intention, travels any distance. Only one Attunement needed. Manual/ certificate. $40. UA Reiki phone sessions also available. Kathryn Wallis 394-4577. Evenings 4-7. Be healthy regardless of your age and what you hear. Your body is a chemical lab reflecting formulas by thoughts, illnesses, aging, mindsets, lifestyle. Just living offsets chemical balance. I change your balance by remote only. 30 years experience. WWW.WHOLEBODYBALANCETUNING.COM

CLARITY COACHING with KATHRYN DIXON

& The Work of Byron Katie

GETAWAY

“The root cause of suffering is identification with our thoughts. ‘The Work’ is a razor sharp sword that cuts through the illusion and enables you to know for yourself the timeless essence of your being. This is the key. Now use it.”

outdoor suppliers, lodging, spas, outdoor education

Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now

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Canyonlands Field Institute 1-800-860-5262. P.O. Box 68, Moab, UT 84532. Authentic nature and culture. River and hiking trips and camps for schools, adults and families. WWW.CANYONLANDSFIELDINST.ORG Cliff Spa 933-2225. Cliff Lodge, Snowbird, UT. Relax, refresh, recreate. The Cliff Spa at Snowbird offers massages, wraps, facials, manicures, pedicures & a full service salon. Also a rooftop lap pool, whirlpool, eucalyptus steam room, dry saunas & exercise facility. WWW.CLIFFSPA.COM

Byron Katie

Voted Best in Utah Since 1989

HEALTH, WELLNESS & BODY CARE Ayurveda, beauty supply, birth services/ prenatal care, Chinese medicine/acupuncture, colon therapy, dentistry, health centers, health products, homeopathy, naturopaths, nutritionists, physical therapy, physicians, women’s healthcare

TWIGS FLOWER CO. 801-596-2322

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A.I.M: Frequencies – Balance – Self-Healing DaNell 801-680-2853, David 558-9340, Dixie(Ogden) 458-1970. Everything is energy, therefore everything has a frequency. Imbalances have a frequency that can be brought into balance and neutralized by applying a balancing energy 24/7. Sanctuary, The Path to Consciousness, by Stephen Lewis tells of this technology – here now. Self-heal inherited predispositions, physical & mental illnesseses & environmental toxicity–24/7 using this tool. Pets too. www.infiniteconsciousness.com.

Almarome® Organic Essential Oils 1.866.392.6909. Based in Sugar House and Provence, France. Home of The SHIELD™, unique blends of 100% certified organic essential oils to protect your health all winter long, reduce exposure to bugs and maximize immunity. WWW.ALMAROME.COM Lori Berryhill, L. Ac. MSTOM Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine 670 7th Avenue 355-3076 / 554-5913 Offering a full range of health/wellness care. The philosophy of my clinic reaches for healing, restorative and preventative therapies including all acute and chronic diseases, sports injury, pediatrics, and emotional issues. Cameron Wellness Center T.W. Cameron, BSN, ND. 486.4226. 1945 South 1100 East #202. You can enhance your healing potential! Naturopathic medicine with emphasis on treatment of chronic illness. Services include: education in mind/body connection, thyroid, adrenal and hormone balancing, diet and lifestyle counseling, neural therapy and intravenous nutrition treatment. Colon Hydrotherapy—Massage 541-3064. Karen Schiff, PT. Licensed physical therapist, certified colon hydrotherapist, I-ACT member, FDA approved system. Clear out old toxins & create the environment within you to realize your health goals. Gently soothe, cleanse, hydrate & tone your body’s primary elimination channel. Enhanced results with nutritional guidance & abdominal massage. This ancient work is a gentle, external method to relieve digestive distress, PMS, menopause, infertility, more! WWW.KARENSCHIFF.COM Dragon Dreams, a New Age Gift Boutique In the Web of Life Wellness Center, 989 E 900 S, 509-1043. Meditation and chakra CDs, ORGANIC skin care products and incense, books, crystals, local artist consignments and mystical things like magic wands, fairies and dragons. DNFT Chiropractic With Lacey Picard, DC. 505-8189 Directional Non-Force Technique offers specific, gentle adjustments for long-term correction. No cracking or popping. TMJ, knees, shoulders and spine are addressed as well as previously hopeless concerns. This technique focuses on minimal visits. Enjoy your life now! POWERFULLIFECHIRO.COM. Five Element Acupuncture LLC Pamela Bys, RN, BSN, L.Ac. (Dipl Ac.) 2670 South 2000 East, SLC; 256 Historic 25th St., Ogden. (801) 920-4412. Five Element Acupuncture focuses on getting to the root cause of all problems. It treats symptoms as well as causes. Live Healthy and Live Long. WWW.ACUPUNCTURE5E.COM Forever Fit - Mind & Body 707 W. Genesee Avenue, SLC, UT 84104. (801) 355-0137. Combine the elements of nutritional cleansing, exercise, and meditation to create a lifestyle of health and wellness. Free classes on nutritional cleansing and natural weight loss. Free meditation instruction. For more information, call or visit our website at: WWW.FIT.ORG Uli Knorr, ND Eastside Natural Health Clinic 474-3684. Dr. Knorr, with 12 years of clinical experience, offers comprehensive naturopathic medical

care. Focus on gastrointestinal health, endocrinology, detoxification and the cardiovascular system; Bio-identical hormone therapy along with adrenal and thyroid function support. Natural medicine/ herbal medicine focus. RBCBS/ ValueCare. EASTSIDENATURALHEALTH.COM.

Maharishi Ayurveda 801.446 2999. Maharishi Invincibility Center of SLC. Enjoy Better Health Today. Maharishi Ayurveda herbal supplements are ancient, authentic, time-tested formulas for promoting health and well being, without negative side effects. Produced with naturally organic wildcrafted herbs, these supplements are manufactured according to the highest international standards of purity. WWW.MAPI.COM Todd Mangum, MD, Web of Life Wellness Center 531-8340. 989 E. 900 S., Ste. A1. Dr. Mangum is a family practice physician who uses acupuncture, massage, herbs & nutrition to treat a wide range of conditions including chronic fatigue, HIV infection, allergies, digestive disturbances and fibromyalgia. He also designs programs to maintain health & wellness. WWW.WEBOFLIFEWC.COM Leslie Peterson, ND Full Circle Women’s Healthcare 746-3555. Offering integrative medical care for women of all ages. Natural hormone replacement therapy; annual exams; evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of many gynecological health concerns; natural medicine preferentially used. Gentle, safe, whole-person care. WWW.FULLCIRCLECARE.COM Planned Parenthood of Utah Call 1-800-230-PLAN to reach the Planned Parenthood nearest you. Affordable, confidential health care & family planning services for women, men & teens. Abstinence-based education programs for children 532-1586. Many volunteer opportunities 532-1586. Precision Physical Therapy 557-6733. Jane Glaser-Gormally, MS, PT. 4568 S. Highland Dr., Ste. 140. Licensed PT specializing in holistic integrated manual therapy (IMT). Safe, gentle, effective techniques for pain and tissue dysfunction. This unique form of therapy works to identify sources of pain and assists the body with self-corrective mechanisms to alleviate pain and restore mobility and function. BCBS and Medicare provider. Wasatch Vision Clinic 328-2020. 849 E. 400 S. in Salt Lake across from the 9th East TRAX stop. Comprehensive eye care, eye disease, LASIK, contacts and glasses since 1984. We accept most insurance. WASATCHVISION.COM Acupuncture Associates. 359-2705. Natalie Clausen. Center For Enhanced Wellness 596-9998. 2681 E. Parley’s Way. Millcreek Herbs, LLC. Merry Lycett Harrison, RH, CAHG. 466-1632, WWW.MILLCREEKHERBS.COM Millcreek Wellness Center WWW.MILLCREEKWELLNESS.COM 486-1818. 1550 E. 3300 S.

MISCELLANEOUS H OURLY SPACE AVAILABLE Dhanyata Life Center, West Jordan. Available for life enrichment classes, weekend workshops, creative workshops, small yoga/meditation groups, client and group meetings, life coaching etc. Early A.M. P/T subleases also available. FREE WIFI. DHANYATALIFECENTER.COM Space Available 596-0147 Ext. 41, 989 E. 900 S. Center for Transpersonal Therapy. Large plush space. Bright & comfortable atmosphere, available for workshops, classes, or ongoing groups. Pillows, yoga chairs, & regular chairs provided, kitchenette area. Available for hourly, full day or weekend use. Tracy Aviary 322-BIRD, WWW.TRACYAVIARY.ORG. An oasis in the heart of Salt Lake City with 350 birds and 150 species. Many are endangered or injured in the wild and unfit to be released. Guests enjoy Utahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s oldest standing industrial building â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Mill, used for event rentals and year-round bird programs. Volunteer Opportunity Adopt-A-Native-Elder is seeking office/warehouse volunteers in Salt Lake City every Tuesday and Friday 10:00 am - noon. Come and join a wonderful group of people for a fascinating and gratifying experience. Contact Joyce 801-4740535 or MAIL@ANELDER.ORG, WWW.ANELDER.ORG. Catalyst 363-1505. 140 McClelland, SLC. CONTACT@CATALYSTMAGAZINE.NET. KCPWâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;88.3 & 105.1FM. 359-5279 KRCLâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;91 & 96.5FM. 359-9191 KUEDâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;TV 7. 581-3064 KUERâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;FM90. 581-6777

MOVEMENT & SPORT dance, fitness, martial arts, Pilates, yoga AquaNia 801-455-6343 Jacqueline Fogel, Certified Nia Instructor. Experience the joy of movement in the water of a warm pool. AquaNia is movement that awakens body awareness and body wisdom to promote health and well-being. Adaptable to meet the needs of all fitness levels. JLFOGEL@COMCAST.NET Bikram Yogaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Salt Lake City 488-Hot1 (4681) 1140 Wilmington Ave. (across from Wild Oats) Bikram certified instructors teach a series of 26 postures affecting every muscle, ligament, organ & all of the body, bringing it into balance. 36 classes each week. All ages & ability levels welcome to all classes. The room is warm by intention, so come prepared to work hard & sweat. Check for new classes in Catalyst calendar. WWW.BIKRAMYOGASLC.COM

Bikram Yogaâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Sandy 501-YOGA (9642). 9343 S. 1300 E. Our south valley sanctuary nestled below Little Cottonwood Canyon provides a warm and inviting environment to discover or deepen your yoga practice. All levels encouraged, no reservations necessary. Certified teachers. Classes 7 days a week. Call for schedule. Introductory package is 10 consecutive days of unlimited yoga for $20. WWW.BIKRAMYOGASANDY.COM

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Centered City Yoga 521-YOGA. 918 E. 900 S. and 625 S. State St. Centered City Yoga is often likened to that famous TV â&#x20AC;&#x153;hangoutâ&#x20AC;? where everybody knows your name, sans Norm (and the beer, of course.) We offer more than 60 classes a week to keep Salt Lake City CENTERED and SANE. www.centeredcityyoga.com.

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guides. Offering soul retrievals and assists people in building and bringing awareness to their connection with their souls (higher selves) so as to develop their chosen soul paths. WWW.SOULINTERCONNECTION.COM;

PSYCHIC ARTS & INTUITIVE SCIENCES astrology, mediums, past life integration, psychics All About Your Life: Readings, Psychic Tarot 575-7103. Margaret Ruth. Listen to Margaret Ruth on X-96 FM on Friday mornings or book a private appointment or party. WWW.MARGARETRUTH.COM April Olas: Psychic, Medium, Channeling & Theta Healing 801-644-1975. Gain a deeper understanding of your life and a greater sense of clarity and direction about your situation through a reading with April. Heal physical, emotional, relationship, career and spiritual issues and shift into a new empowered direction through Theta Healing, which is enhanced greatly by April's psychic abilities. To book a private appointment or group/party, call or visit WWW.APRILOLAS.COM Astrological Compatibility Dating Local author Koda announces the launch of www.astro-dating.com. Search by astrological compatibility, print compatibility reports and more. First 1,000 members pay just 99¢ a month. Channeled Full Spectrum Readings Direct From the Masters 347-5493, Marie. Tap into your highest potential by having readings brought forth in the highest vibration possible. Receive wisdom, counseling, life path, career, and love advice, entity healings, prayer work, ascension and path acceleration. Become the light. Channeled Readings through Spiritual Medium 968-8875, 577-1348. Deloris, as heard on the Mick & Allen Show (KBER Radio, 101.1), can help you with those who have crossed over and other paranormal activity. She can help bring understanding regarding past lives, life purpose and relationships. Available for parties and night clubs. DELORISSPIRITUALMEDIUM.COM

Lilli DeCair: Inspirational Mystical Entertainment 533-2444 and 577-6119. European born professional psychic, holistic health educator, reiki master /teacher, life coach, Mental Health Association in Utah Board Member, serves on Mayor’s Diversity Speakers Board, ESL I instructor, party entertainer. Featured radio magazine personality. Available at Dancing Cranes Fri-Sun, 486-1129 and Cafe Alchemy Sundays 5-9 p. One of 2005 Governor’s Commission on Families Women of the Year recipiants. Poet, singer, dancer, wedding planner/official, Shamanic 9 Day Medicine Wheel Journeys. Alyse Finlayson, Spiritual Artist & Psychic 435-640-6042. Trained artist uses her psychic gifts to paint portraits of your angels and

Free Horary Charts: Practical Astrology Avani Vyas. 288-9354. Quick answers to your specific questions relating to day-to-day matters (relationships, purchases, job changes, relocation, travel etc.). Excellent aid to your decision making. No medical questions please. Horary: The Art of Cycles & Timing Victoria Fugit. 435-259-9417. Horary can answer questions about lost articles or animals, buying new cars or houses, signing contracts; it helps you decide about changing jobs, moving, getting married. If you are wrestling with a question, horary can probably shed light on it.

Julie Sudbury Latter, Master Astrologer 25 years in practice. Personal readings by phone, in person. Relationship compatibilities, career options, life crisis and lessons, life direction. Readings for loved ones passed on. Understand what your loved one experienced in the death process. 801-539-0539. Soul & Psyche 293-0484. Cynthia Hill, PhD. Astrological readings focused on energetic & cellular memory patterns of the ’mind-body’ system, personality strength & challenges; current & past life patterns & habits, relationship & family dynamics, soul purpose & spiritual intent, current & future cycles of growth, healing & empowerment through self-knowledge & understanding. 30 years clinical experience. Call for appt. & class info. Transformational Astrology Ralfee Finn. 800-915-5584. Catalyst’s astrology columnist for 10 years! Visit her website at WWW.AQUARIUMAGE.COM or e-mail her at RALFEE@AQUARIUMAGE.COM Amy Megan West, Professional Astrologer WWW.MOONGLIDE .COM. Astrology, Tarot and Psychic reader with over 20+ years experience. Astrologer for WWW.MYSTARLINES.COM. Call for appointment: 550-5353.

Anne Windsor, Professional Astrologer 888.876.2482. 1338 S Foothill #182 Salt Lake City UT 84108. KNOW NOW. Invest in a session with Anne Windsor and draw on her extensive experience to crack your own life’s code. Discover winning strategies to attract healthy relationships, establish financial security, achieve professional success, and find contentment. Private tutoring, gift certificates available. Visa/MC. WWW.ANNEWINDSOR.COM The Windswept Center 560-3761. We offer classes and workshops that teach you how to access your own clairvoyance and healing abilities. Learn simple tools to bring your life together—manage your job, family, future, relationships, creativity, health and spirituality. For more information about us, classes and workshops, please visit our web site or call our office. WWW.WINDSWEPTCENTER.COM Intuitive Therapy Suzanne Wagner, 359-2225. Trish Withus 918-6213. WWW.THEREISONLYLOVE.COM

your response to stress with effective self care strategies. Increase your relapse prevention skills and enhance your recovery. Mindful psychotherapy for relief from acute and post traumatic stress, addictions, disordered eating, chronic pain or illness, mood disorders. New book clubs starting in June. Check out info at WWW.MINDFULSLC.COM

PSYCHOTHERAPY COUNSELING & PERSONAL GROWTH coaching, consulting, hypnosis, integrated awareness, psychology / therapy /counseling, shamanic, sound healing Avatar 244-8951. Avatar is a consciousness training course that teaches us to live deliberately. It gives us tools for experiencing compassion and true cooperation on our planet and opens doors unimaginable. Rebecca Hunt is a new Avatar Master. Call regarding a free introduction. Barbara G. Babson, L.C.S.W. 567-3545 370 E. South Temple, #550. Psychotherapy for individuals, couples, and adolescents. Specializing in EMDR (eye movement desensitisation reprocessing). Barb uses EMDR from a position of empathy and understanding in treating trauma, loss, and relationship issues. Jeff Bell, L.C.S.W. 364-5700, Ext. 2, 1399 S. 700 E. Ste. 1, SLC. Specializing in empowering relationships; cultivating hardiness and mindfulness; managing stress & compulsivity; alleviating depression/ anxiety/grief; healing PTSD & childhood abuse/ neglect; addictions recovery; GLBT exploration as well as resolving disordered eating, body image & life transitions. Individual, couples, family, group therapy & EMDR. Center for Healing Arts 209-4404. Carol Littlefield, APRN/PP, psychiatric nurse specialist with prescriptive practice. 18 years offering natural alternative care. Awaken the soul by applying new science and technology to ancient wisdom practices. Metatronic healings. Soul therapy, the highest healing! Group meditation Thursdays 7-8:30. 1210 Princeton Ave., by appointment, insurance accepted. WWW.OURCOMMUNITYCONNECTION.COM. Center for Transpersonal Therapy 596-0147. 989 E. 900 S. Dana Appling, LCSW, Denise Boelens, PhD; Chris Robertson, LCSW; Lynda Steele, LCSW; Sherry Lynn Zemlick, PhD, Wil Dredge LCSW. The transpersonal approach to healing draws on the knowledge from traditional science & the spiritual wisdom of the east & west. Counseling orientation integrates body, mind, & spirit. Individuals, couples, groups, retreats, & classes.

Steven J. Chen, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist 718-1609. 150 S. 600 E. Healing techniques for depression, anxiety and relationship issues. Treatment of trauma, abuse and stress. Career guidance. Sensitive and caring approach to create wellness, peace, happiness and contentment. WWW.STEVENCHEN.COM. Sue Connor, Ph.D. 1399 South 700 East #10. 583-7848. Improve

Stephen Emerson, LCSW 487-1091. 150 S 600 E, Ste. 7B Offering a transpersonal approach to psychotherapy that facilitates access to innate inner wisdom, strength, creativity and potential for individuals, couples and families dealing with life transitions, stress, emotional difficulties, low self-esteem, relationship issues, addictive behaviors and abuse issues. Treatment of performance anxiety for musicians, actors and other public presenters.

Emotions Anonymous Need a 12-step group? Call 359-HEAL (4325). Marianne Felt, MT-BC, LPC 524-0560, EXT. 3. 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C. Licensed professional counselor, board certified music therapist, certified Gestalt therapist, Red Rock Counseling & Education. Transpersonal psychotherapy, music therapy, Gestalt therapy, EMDR. Open gateways to change through experience of authentic contact. Integrate body, mind, & spirit through creative exploration of losses, conflicts, & relationships that challenge & inspire our lives. Some lower fees available.

Robin Friedman, LCSW 599-1411 (Sugar House). Transformational psychotherapy for making lasting positive change. Discover effective ways of finding and expressing your deeper truth and authentic self. Relationship work, sexuality, depression/ anxiety, addictions, trauma recovery, and creative explorations of life-purpose and self-awareness. Individuals, couples, groups. Trained practitioner of Expressive Arts Therapy. Jeff Grathwohl, MA 403-5171. 336 E 900 S. The Synergy Center. Illuminate the luminous body! A luminous energy field surrounds us and informs our body and life. Release the wounds and contracts that keep you from choosing your own destiny. WWW.THESHAMANNETWORK.COM. Teri Holleran, LCSW Red Rock Counseling & Education, LLC 5240560. 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C. Transformational therapy, consultation & facilitation. Discover how the investigation of loss, trauma, body symptoms, mood disturbances, relationship conflicts, environmental despair & the questions related to meaning & purpose initiate the transformational journey. Hypnosis: Jolene Shields, C.Ht. 801-942-6175. Hypnosis is a naturally induced state of relaxed concentration in which suggestions for change are communicated to the subconscious mind, making change seem effortless and easy. Jolene is a medically certified hypnotherapist with 18 years of experience. Weight loss, HypnoBirthing®, stress reduction, smoking cessation, etc.

In-Home Mental Health Therapy 244-9049. Frank Clayton, LPC. Ideal for people who won't or can't leave the house, including teenagers shutting you out, claiming they are "fine" (when you know they aren't) and people too busy to keep office appointments. Some insurance accepted.

Suzanne Wagner Law of Attraction Lynn Solarczyk 801.510.0593 or LYNNSOLARCZYK@MAC.COM. Teaching the law of attraction—what it is, and how to apply it to your life. LIVINGLOA.BLOGSPOT.COM Jan Magdalen, LCSW 582-2705, 2071 Ashton Circle, SLC. Offering a transpersonal approach to the experiences and challenges of our life cycles, including: individuation-identity, sexuality and sexual orientation, partnership, work, parenting, divorce, aging, illness, death and other loss, meaning and spiritual awareness. Individuals, couples and groups. Clinical consultation and supervision. Marilynne Moffitt, PhD 266-4551. 825 E. 4800 S. Murray 84107. Offering interventions for psychological growth & healing. Assistance with behavioral & motivational changes, refocusing of life priorities, relationship issues, addiction & abuse issues, & issues regarding health. Certified clinical hypnotherapist, NLP master practitioner & EMDR practitioner.

Sunny M. Nelson, MSW CSW 801-755-1229. Healing with the Higher Self. Interventions to assist Autistic and Indigo children and adults. Healing with assistance from the Higher Self to resolve trauma, addictions, grief/ loss, women’s issues, emotional pain, gay/lesbian /bisexual issues. This approach teaches the concept that one chooses life events for the purpose of soul growth and spiritual mastery. NeuroFeedback Associates 801-428-3178. Donna J. Salmen, Ph.D. 4001 S 700 E Suite 500, SLC. Specializing in neurofeedback and biofeedback computer interactive treatments for anxiety, depression, behavior disorders, attention problems, support for smoking and addiction treatment. Facilitates self regulation without drugs or side effects. Introduction at no cost. privateREVOLUTIONS 232-6162. Online Coaching. Success Soundtracks. Strategic Plans. Revolutionize your life or business in 2008. We help you cross the finish line, mixing powerful right-brain tools like visualization with strategic coaching. Goal-focused packages or custom soundtracks – available completely online. Credit cards accepted. WWW.PRIVATEREVOLUTIONS.COM. Stephen Proskauer, MD, Integrative Psychiatry 631-8426. Sanctuary for Healing and Integration, 860 E. 4500 S., Ste. 302. Steve is a seasoned psychiatrist, Zen priest and shamanic healer. He sees kids, teens, adults, couples and families, integrating psychotherapy, meditation and soul work with judicious use of medication to relieve emotional pain and problem behavior. Steve specializes in creative treatment of bipolar disorders. STEVE@KARMASHRINK.COM. Blog: WWW.KARMASHRINK.COM. Jon Scheffres, MA, LPC 633-3908. 1550 E. 3300 S., SLC. Every life is a call to adventure. Offering an awareness-based approach for treating depression, anxiety, marital/relationship issues, adolescent behavior problems, domestic violence and addictions. Individual, family, couples, and groups. Stress reduction through yoga and meditation. Clinical consultation and supervision also available. Mike Sheffield, Ph.D. 518-1352. 1104 E. Ashton Ave (2310 S.) #112. Coaching and psychotherapy with adults and

youth. Integrative approach to personal transformation, emphasizing process work with selfawareness, pattern change, transitions. Workshops and groups on mindfulness, creativity, emotional intelligence, transformational journeys, relationships, parenting.

Sierra Earthworks Foundation 274-1786. Holladay, Utah. Ramona Sierra, MSW, LCSW. Providing clinical services through integrated approaches utilizing traditional and indigenous healing practices to health/mental health and complementary medicine. Most insurances accepted. SIERRAEARTHWORKS@QUEST.NET Steve Seliger, LMFT 661-7697. 1104 E. Ashton Ave. (2310 S.) #203. Specializing in helping people develop healthy loving relationships, conflict resolution for couples, developing powerful communication skills, resolving parent-teen conflicts, depression, phobias, ending & recovering from abuse, conflicts & issues related to sexuality & libido in men & women, sexual orientation issues. Sarah Sifers, Ph.D., LCSW Shamanic Practitioner, Minister of the Circle of the Sacred Earth 531-8051. Shamanic Counseling. Shamanic Healing. Mentoring for people called to the Shaman’s Path. Explore health or mental health issues using the ways of the shaman. Sarah’s extensive training includes shamanic extraction healing, soul retrieval healing, psychopomp work for death and dying, shamanic counseling and shamanic divination. Sarah has studied with Celtic, Brazilian, Tuvan, Mongolian, Tibetan and Nepali Shamans.

Spiritual Coaching Marlise Cromar, Oceans Consulting. 815-3658; (MARLISE33@MAC.COM). Spiritual life guidance using a refreshing combination of wisdom traditions including Buddhism, the Tao, Shamanism, Mayan Calendar, A Course in Miracles, Numerology, Christian mysticism, and Eastern Indian consciousness. Focus is on bringing balance to life by harmonizing masculine & feminine energies and embracing your unique, creative role in the collective transformation. Outdoor sessions welcome! Naomi Silverstone, DSW, LCSW 209-1095. Psychotherapy and shamanic practice, 989 E. 900 S. #B5. Holistic practice integrates traditional and nontraditional approaches to health, healing, and balance or “ayni.” Access new perceptual lenses as you reanimate your relationship with nature. Shamanic practice in the Inka tradition. SoulCentered Coaching LLC 801-440-1752 Sara Winters, MA, Spiritual Psychology. Find balance in your life by connecting with your Soul’s Desire to live your life consciously through Self-Awareness, gratitude and forgiveness. Matt Stella, LCSW Red Rock Counseling & Education, LLC 5240560 x1. 150 S. 600 E., Ste. 7C. Psychotherapy for individuals, couples, families and groups. Specializing in relationship work, mens issues, depression, anxiety, addictive patterns, and lifemeaning explorations.

Daniel Sternberg, PhD, Psychologist 364-2779. 150 South 600 East, Bldg. 4B. Fax: 364-3336. Sensitive use of rapid release meth-

Psychic, Lecturer and Author Psychic Questions and Answers session at the Golden Braid Bookstore

Oct 22nd & Nov 19th

$15.00/person 6:30-9:00 PM Each person will be allowed to ask two to three questions of Suzanne For information or to register: 322-1162 To schedule a private session with Suzanne or to order books, call (801) 359-2225 Email suzanne@suzwagner.com Or visit www.suzwagner.com

Call (801) 359-2225 for more information. Integral Integral Numerology Class Palmistry Class Nov 1-2, 2008 Oct 4-5, 2008 INTEGRAL TAROT BOOK

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PSYCHIC FAIR Melanie Lake (801) 451-8543 Tarot, Kinesiology, Essential oils.

Suzanne Wagner (801) 359-2225 Numerology, Palmistry,Tarot, and Channeling

Ross Gigliotti (801) 244-0275 Tarot, Past Life Regression, Intuitive Coaching, NLP, Hypnosis.

Wade Lake (801) 451-8543 Numerology and Tarot.

Adam Sagers (801) 824-2641 Tarot, Numerology, Astrology Art. Shawn Lerwill (801) 856-4619 Channeling, Intuitive Arts, Clairvoyant. Krysta Brinkley (801) 706-0213 Horary Astrology, Tarot Palmistry, Numerology. Larissa Jones (801) 424-1217 Tarot, Intuitive Essential Oil Readings, Healing with Essential Oils.

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Oct 21, Nov 18, & Dec 16

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ods and EMDR to free you from unwanted emotions to allow you more effective control and happiness in your life. Individuals, couples, families, groups and businesses. Treatment of trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, tension, stress-related difficulties abuse and depression.

Western Sand Play Associates (801) 356-2864. Jungian-oriented sand play therapy--children and adults. Training for healthcare professionals. Offices in Salt Lake and Utah Counties. Directors: Drs. Cliff Mayes and Pam Blackwell Mayes, C.G. Jung Fellowship of Utah. WWW.WESTERNSANDPLAY@COMCAST.NET.

Jim Struve, LCSW 364-5700 Ext 1. 1399 S. 700 E., Ste. 2, SLC. Mindful presence in relationship-based psychotherapy. Specializing in life transitions, strengthening relationships, fostering resilience, healing from childhood trauma & neglect (including male survivors of sexual abuse), assisting partners of abuse survivors, addictions recovery, sexual identity, empowerment for GLBT individuals/ couples. Individual, couples, group therapy. Flexible times. www.mindfulpresence.com

Elizabeth Williams, RN, MSN 486-4036. 1399 S. 7th E. #12. Lic. psychiatric nurse specialist offering a safe environment to heal inner wounds & process personal & interpersonal issues. Specializing in relationship issues, loss & grief work, anxiety, depression & selfesteem. Adolescents & adults, individuals, couples & group therapy.

The Shaman’s Cave John Knowlton. 263-3838. WWW.THESHAMANSCAVE.COM TalkingWithChuck.com 542-9431. Chuck Davidson, M.A. Through a series of conversations I offer insight into helping you find rational, effective ways to set new direction for your life, and to help you find ways to reduce the barriers standing in the way of reaching your desired destination. POB 522112, SLC, UT 84152. CHUCK@TALKINGWITHCHUCK.COM, Patricia Toomey, ADTR, LPC 463-4646, 1390 S. 1100 E.,Ste.202 The Dance of Life—Transformation within a psychotherapeutic process of healing and spiritual growth using somatic movement analysis, dreamwork, psychoneuroimmunology, guided imagery & EMDR to support the healing process with stress, depression, trauma, pain, eating disorders, grief, addictions & life transitions. Individuals (children, adults), couples, groups, consultation & facilitation. Shannon McQuade, LCSW, LMT 712-6140, Comprehensive Psychological Services, 1208 E 3300 S, SLC. Shannon uses body psychotherapy, hypnosis, EMDR, art therapy and Jungian personality analysis to address the simple to the very complex issues we confront in life. For articles, podcasts, discussion forum and more, visit WWW.THERAPYWITHSHANNON.COM .

The Work of Byron Katie 842-4518. Kathy Melby, Certified Facilitator of The Work of Byron Katie. The Work is a simple way to access your own wisdom and lead a happier life. Specializing in developing loving relationships, relieving depression, and improving your outlook on life. Individuals, couples, families, groups and retreats. WWW.THEWORK.COM Barbara Jenson—Sound & Light 466-8944. Clarity Coaching. 487-7621. WWW.KATHRYNDIXON.COM.

SPIRITUAL PRACTICE meditation/study groups, churches/ministry, spiritual instruction, workshops Antelope Island Spiritual Foundation 364-0332, 150 South 600 East Suite 1A. A community-based developmental spirituality program. Beginning level group support encouraging internal exploration, challenging the individual’s attachment to personal history; intermediate

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The Agape Movement Help start The Secret’s Michael Beckwith’s Agape Spiritual Community in Salt Lake, which embodies not only a theoretical understanding of our oneness with God, but consciously practices this truth in our everyday lives through New Thought-Ancient Wisdom teachings & unconditional love. Call Leslie 531-0600, drleslie99@aol.com. Leslie Reynolds-Benns ASCENSION WORKSHOP Saint Germain presents his 3-day Dreamwalker Ascension workshop in S.L.C. June29-July1, Sept.7,8,9. Discover myths and facts of ascension from a Grand Ascended Master, informative, intense, class you’ll never forget. $495 registration www.shaumbrashoppe.com questions call Colleen Sory 801-581-9444 Yvonne Jarvie 435-840-1096 Goddess Circle 467-4977. Join us second Monday of every month for Wiccan ritual. Free, open, women & men, beginners, experienced & curious all welcome. 7:30pm at Central City Community Center, 615 S. 300 E. Rm. 35-36. Inner Light Center Spiritual Community 268-1137. 4408 S. 500 E., SLC. An interspiritual sanctuary that goes beyond religion into mystical realms. Access inner wisdom, deepen divine connection, enjoy an accepting, friendly community. Events & classes. Sunday celebration & children’s church 10am. INNERLIGHTCENTER.NET Kanzeon Zen Center International with Zen Master Dennis Genpo Merzel. 1268 E South Temple, 328-8414, WWW.GENPO.ORG. Salt Lake Buddhist Temple 363-4742. 211 West 100 South. Shin Buddhism for families. Rev. Jerry Hirano and the sangha welcome you to our services Sundays, 8:30 a.m. tai chi /qi kung, 9 a.m.meditation service, 10 a.m. dharma school service, 11 a.m. study class. Naikan (self-reflection) retreats for everyone. Please check our website for calendar of events.

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Salt Lake Center for Spiritual Living 307-0481. Elizabeth O’Day, Minister. A home for your spirit. 870 E North Union Ave. (7150 S at 900 E), Midvale. Sunday celebration Services at 9:30 and 11am; childcare at both services, Youth Church at 11. “Empowered people sharing in spiritual growth.” WWW.SPIRITUALLYFREE.ORG.

Transcendental Meditation Program 635 8721 or 446-2999, WWW.TM.ORG. The easiest and deepest meditation, automatically providing rest twice as deep as sleep, most researched and recommended by physicians, for improved IQ, enhanced memory, better coordination, normal blood pressure, and reversal of aging, TM greatly deepens happiness and calmness, and is the bullet train to enlightenment. Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa Tibetan Buddhist Temple 740 S. 300 W. 328-4629. Urgyen Samten Ling Gonpa offers an open environment for the study, contemplation, and practice of Tibetan Buddhist teachings. The community is welcome to our Sunday service (puja), group practices, meditation classes and introductory courses. WWW.URGYENSAMTENLING.ORG

Vedic Harmony 942-5876. Georgia Clark, certified Deepak Chopra Center educator. Ayurveda is the oldest continually practiced wellness enhancer in the world. Learn how it can help you harmonize your lifestyle and well being. Primordial sound meditation, creating health workshops, Ayurvedic wellness counseling, Ayurvedic oils, teas and books, Jyotish (vedic astrology). Georgia has trained in the US and India. TARAJAGA@EARTHLINK.NEt Work, Live and Practice Buddhist Community, Northern CA. Work-Study opportunity includes housing, vegetarian meals, living allowance, free classes in meditation, Tibetan yoga, Buddhist psychology and more. Work with projects of benefit to all humanity. Learn about us at WWW.NYINGMA.ORG or call 510981-1987. KnightGoddess Productions Salt Lake City 801-583-1763

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How are you casting your vibrational vote? BY JEANNETTE MAW I’m asking you to believe. Not just in my ability to bring about change in Washington . . . I’m asking you to believe in yours. n online audience recently heard one of my most embarrassing truths of late, which is that… em, err, ugh… my boyfriend doesn’t vote. Typing the words here is still uncomfortable, even after outing myself online. Undoubtedly, the reason it’s so troubling that my sweetie doesn’t vote is because my Vietnam vet dad so strongly ingrained that this is what we do—we vote. We’re Americans whose forefathers sacrificed greatly to ensure this privilege; voting is simply what we do. Also having worked in the political arena several years with folks passionate for politics makes it inconceivable to me that a responsible citizen would deliberately abstain from voting. And yet, Law of Attraction teaches me better than my real world training on this topic. Since we live in a vibrationally based Universe, and it is through our vibration that we create, I know it isn’t so much a cast ballot that makes the difference as it is our thoughts, feelings and energy. What we vibrate is what matters—not what box we punch on a ballot. For instance, there have been times I punched my ballot not so much for one candidate as against another. And we all know what we get when we “push against”—more of exactly what we don’t want. It’s that persistent resistance thing. It’s why Mother Theresa was very wise to say she would attend pro-peace rallies but not anti-war demonstrations. In those cases where I cast my vote to ensure a particular candidate didn’t make it to office, it would have served my intentions better had I abstained from voting altogether. (Because I wouldn’t have added energy to what I didn’t want. Honestly, how else could Bush have ended up in office a second term?) This understanding sheds new light on my boyfriend’s habit of not voting. Maybe his indifference to politics doesn’t need changing. Perhaps his complacency actually serves not only him, but all of us.

to—and the way I sometimes still do. A dear friend used to assert, “You can’t complain if you don’t vote,” Which may very well be the best argument ever made for not voting. If it keeps us from complaining, that would be a vibrational step up for many of us, myself included. By no means am I suggesting we abstain from voting. But I absolutely encourage each of us to

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I absolutely encourage each of us to pay closer attention to the vote we’re really casting—our vibrational vote.

Supporting the opposition? He says the reason he doesn’t vote is because the finger-pointing and mud-slinging campaigns leave a bad taste in his mouth. Plus he doesn’t believe his vote makes a difference anyway. Since he’s liberated himself from the political drama, he feels much more peace. He doesn’t rail against politicians and their scandals the way he used

habitual focus on what we want rather than what we don’t want. Because whatever we spotlight with our attention we create more of. Perhaps if it’s too challenging for someone to release resistance the better approach would be “blissful ignorance.” I suspect that’s why so many Law of Attraction-savvy folks no longer watch the news or read the paper. To some citizens that feels better than trying to maintain a positive vibration on topics that send them reeling.

pay closer attention to the vote we’re really casting—our vibrational vote. That same friend of mine regularly engaged in arguments with colleagues and family members about highly charged political topics. It got to the point where people would groan when an email arrived from him. I’m sure he thought he was supporting the issues he fervently cared about, but the fact is we add power to whatever we rail against, ensuring the continued existence of the very thing we don’t want. This is why making peace with what is is key to allowing change. By giving up the fight, we release negative energy and align more closely with what we truly want. Some say it’s not realistic to “get okay with” what’s going on in the world these days: the war in Iraq, an economic recession, global warming, spiraling health care costs. Some argue there are certain things that can’t —indeed, shouldn’t—be ignored. Others believe it’s a sign of apathy to not take up arms on the important subjects of our time. While I don’t advocate ignorance of current events (although it’s easy to see how lack of negative energy would be an improvement over any observation that creates anger, frustration, or resentment), I do believe it’s important to create

At any rate, even if you’re not casting your ballot into the box, you still contribute to the changes and unfolding future of our world. You do it in every moment of every day, not just once every election year. You do it with your vibrational vote. After watching Barack Obama’s Democratic nomination acceptance speech, a member of Twitter (internet social networking site for sharing short thoughts) wrote, “Obama, I SO want to believe you. With tears in my eyes, I SO want to believe you.” With those two sentences she reveals (and amplifies, by sharing with a listening audience) her vibrational vote of doubt mixed with a hint of despair. Maybe traces of hope are present that she could breathe life into, but with the overriding vibration of doubt and disbelief, her vibrational vote probably isn’t contributing to positive change. On the other hand, former Salt Lake resident and activis, Wendy St. Cyr shared that watching Obama accept the Democratic nomination gave her incredible joy and felt like participation in the fulfillment of a dream. St. Cyr says: “This, on the very day that Martin Luther King Jr. said the words ‘I have a dream’ is the manifestation of the intention King set into action 45 years ago. It is a testament to the power of words and the truth behind what you wish for…you get.” St. Cyr calls this event “one of the biggest reality checks that I’ve witnessed in a long time” and calls it “proof we can change everything and create anything.”Now that’s a vibrational vote that serves us, no matter how it was inspired! Not just this November 4, but every day, pay attention to the vote you cast. If your thoughts and feelings are in the toilet, perhaps it’s time for a mental cleanup. Recognize that your every thought and feeling contributes to the creation of what happens next in our world. If your energetic focus is good and getting better, thank you for helping to make this world an enjoyable experience for all of us. We appreciate your vote. ◆ Jeannette Maw is a Law of Attraction coach and founder of Good Vibe Coaching in Salt Lake City. WWW.GOODVIBECOACH.COM

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The Saturn/Uranus opposition is the talk of the town t will take a clear mind coupled with spiritual dedication to ride the waves of conscious living this month. The Wheel of Life is moving quickly and most of us are going to spend a lot of time trying to figure out not only where we stand on this mobile mandala, but also what the best direction might be for all of us. Pay attention. This is not a Ferris wheel ride at a carnival or the county fair. The decisions we make and the stands we take during October, as well as November and the months to follow are pivotal for Earth and all her dwellers. No matter how insignificant you may think your day-to-day choices are, those choices make a vital contribution to collective destiny. So best to practice Karma Yoga —the yoga of action— where everything done is done in the service of others, with a deep devotion to universal love and without attachment to reward. There is only one astrological subject to talk about this month: The Saturn/Uranus opposition. It begins as the month begins and it continues into November—for the first round. It is the primary source of turbulence. Saturn signifies the status quo, Uranus

represents the rebel with or without a cause, and oppositions symbolize confrontation. Translation: Rebellion, resistance, and eventually, but generally not without a struggle, transformation. Oppositions between Saturn and Uranus occur approximately every 45 years and each time they take place, the structures and foundations of the status quo, individual and collective, undergo an overhaul, especially structures that no longer serve. An opposition cycle takes place over a two-year period, during which the actual exact opposition occurs anywhere between two and five times. The current cycle begins this month and ends July 2010. The first of its five exact oppositions takes place on November 4th, Election Day Every opposition cycle begins with a conjunction, which sets the tone for what follows. The current cycle began in 1988 with a series of three conjunctions at 29, 28, and 27 degrees of Sagittarius. These are the very degrees Pluto has been revisiting since it began its retrograde back into Sagittarius in June, and Pluto’s current presence at these points deepens the resonance of the cycle. (Pluto’s goes back into Capricorn on November 26th.)

BY RALFEE FINN

One of the benefits of astrology is its ability to delineate a specific time frame; looking back on 1988 might shed some light on what’s happening now: Gorbachev introduced sweeping reform in the Soviet Union, by allowing privately owned business—something that hadn’t occurred since Lenin took power in 1919, which by the way also happened during a Saturn/Uranus opposition, just like the one we are in now. Gorbachev initiated Glasnost, which created greater freedom of speech, and he freed political prisoners and dissidents. By the end of the year, the overhaul of the Communist party had begun in earnest. The Berlin Wall, the structure of the Cold War as well as the emblem of the staunch yet stagnant power of the Soviets, came down in November 1989. The message of the Saturn/Uranus conjunction in 1988 was clear: Communism didn’t work. In 1999, during the Saturn/Uranus square, the government repealed a piece of legislation from the 1930s that separated commercial and investment banks; it had been enacted in 1933 as a response to the practices that led to the Stock Market crashes of 1929 and 19301932. Nearly 10 years later, as the opposition moves into place, the banking

industry is evidencing the consequences of deregulation. Wall Street, the structure of the world economy, as well as the emblem of the free market is trembling from its free reign and threatening to trigger the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression. The message of the Saturn/Uranus opposition seems quite clear: Capitalism ain’t working either. While hindsight tends to be clear, current events tend to be confusing, which is why it is important to make a diligent effort to identify what structures of the status quo are or aren’t working. And while the specifics are important, more important is what value system those structures are actually supporting. Is the status quo, for example, the greed that underlies the entire system? Is it the doctrine of unbridled individualism that ignores or belittles the needs of the greater community and instead supports the notion of every person for his or herself? Or, is the status quo a blind acceptance, a sort of “well…that’s just the way life is…people will always be greedy and fail to put the concerns of others above the desires of their own”? Ecology is actually an idea that applies in all areas of life, not just to plant and animal systems. Most importantly, how are those of us paying attention to the devolution of a wide range of systems to tolerate the stress of things falling apart and still remain hopeful about the future? One of the primary undercurrents of all Saturn/Uranus contacts is uncertainty— when the economy is threatened, per-

If you know your Ascendant and/or your Moon sign, read that too.

Aries

March 21-April l9

Your personal Wheel centers on the issues of service and sacrifice. Part of the puzzle revolves around how you define service and sacrifice. Another piece involves examining your motivation so you can revolutionize your routines and responses.

Taurus

April 20-May 20

Foundations with friends and associates could be shaken, especially as the Wheel spins you into a different, deeper understanding of what you want those relationships to be. Keep an open mind as you go through the process, but also keep an open heart.

Gemini

May 21-June 21

While it is not as simple as pro-

fessional life vs. home life, the focus is definitely on how you divide your time. As the Wheel spins this issue, see where you are attached to a specific set of habits, and then, contemplate the benefits of letting go.

Cancer

June 22-July 22

The emphasis is still on words, only this month, it’s all about the words you utter within, especially as the Wheel of Life focuses on faith. Embrace this process and your internal clarity will become more precise.

Leo July 23-August 22 The Wheel of Life makes money a priority, and the best way to facilitate this focus is to undergo a thorough fiscal examine. Focus on balancing your budget, but also

concentrate on how to create a greater sense of internal worth.

Virgo

August 23-September 22

The Wheel centers on relationship, and the primary focus is how to revolutionize your partnership patterns without losing yourself in the process. Not an easy challenge, but if you assume a humble stance, you’ll find your way through.

Libra

September 23-October 22

It isn’t always easy figuring out how to apply personal creativity to the work place, but that doesn’t mean to two are mutually exclusive. As the Wheel spins, spend time assessing how you might merge inspiration with aspiration.

Scorpio Oct 23-Nov 21 The Wheel of Life dials up an intense emotional frequency, and while this new pitch may be uncomfortable at times, it could also catalyze a new level of awareness. So rather than resist, stay open to the possibilities of growth and transformation.

Sagittarius Nov 22-Dec 21 The Wheel focuses on the tension between your professional and personal responsibilities, and invites you synthesize rather than polarize. While that may seem impossible, if you discard outdated attitudes, you’ll create the potential for a new perspective.

Capricorn

Dec 22-Jan 19

You can consider it a failure to communicate, or you can frame

the problem as a difference of style. Either way, the Wheel of Life concentrates your attention on language, so pay attention and choose your words carefully.

Aquarius

Jan 20-Feb 18

On the surface, it looks like a financial issue, but if you look more closely, you’ll notice several layers of possible meaning. So as the Wheel spins, rather pay attention to the nuances—they will offer valuable information.

Pisces

February 19-March 20

The Wheel of Life revolves around an ongoing theme in your life: How to establish and maintain healthy boundaries in relationship. So rather than think you’ve got the issue completely figured out, give yourself permission to learn something new.

sonal security is threatened, and while we may think we are more advanced than our early ancestors, it is a conceit to think that our survival issues are any different. We still need food, shelter and clothing. Only now we also need “energy.” But central to that need is how we choose to meet it. Will we continue the same thoughtless squandering of resources regardless of the overall effect? Or will we challenge the status quo by insisting on alternatives that will do no harm even if we are more than moderately inconvenienced? Let’s do a little more history: The two most recent cycles of Saturn/Uranus oppositions (within the last 100 years or so) occurred from 1918-1920 and 19651967. During the 1918-1920 cycle, Mussolini founded Fascism in Italy, women in America and Britain got the right to vote, the Communist Party was born in China, Gandhi became India’s leader for independence, and Gertrude Stein coined the term “lost generation.” During the cycle of 1965-1967, Betty Friedan founded NOW, Chairman Mao launched the Cultural Revolution, Martin Luther King, Jr. led the march in Selma, 50,000 people marched on Washington to oppose the Vietnam War, Miranda rights became mandatory, Indira Gandhi became prime minister of India, and the counterculture revolutionized nearly every aspect of life. And these are just the highlights. Once again, hindsight makes it clear that the turmoil associated with this cycle plays out along the spectrum of human experience. On one hand, Saturn/Uranus can symbolize the utter authority of the totalitarian dictator, while on the other, it signifies the moral authority of basic human rights. What specific impact the current opposition will have won’t be clear until well after its cycle. And that cycle is extended by several other astrological configurations. As is always the case on the Wheel of Life, we make history by living it, choiceby-choice, word-by-word, act-by-act. The hub of the Tibetan While of Life is driven by what the Tibetans identify as the Three Poisons: desire, hatred, and ignorance, and life, driven by these negative forces, creates suffering. Life, driven by the antidotes to those poisons, nonattachment, compassion and wisdom, creates healing, and allows for the possibility of growth and transformation. As we ride this great mandala, each of us will contribute to the next direction, not just on Election Day, but everyday during the coming months. I pray each of us chooses what’s best for all of us. ◆ Visit Ralfee’s website at www.aquariumage.com or email her at ralfee@aquariumage.com.

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future that you could not have conceived of previously. As tumultuous as it has been, something within has solidified around the new you that you are becoming. With this fresh center, a great wave of relief and relaxation expands your perception. Past fears that kept you from moving toward this new possibility are finally behind, and there is a sense of understanding the whole picture. You can look with grace and humor upon the uptight pattern you used to be in. The storm clouds seem to have passed, and now you can see the stars and comets overhead clearly, indicating a calm and fresh viewpoint. This encourages you to take heart and have hope and faith in the days to come. The cobwebs of

the mind are clearing. This is a good time to contemplate your future. Some of you may need to be still and recognize that past unfulfilling relationships, projects or partnerships are ending. This emerging flow of energy makes it seem less stressful. It is finally the right time to jump. Hurt is healing, and the rainbows of hope are returning. Even though this is a month of expansion and progress, everyone must be aware of those who want to use trickery or corruption to divide loyalties and create unrest. This is also not a time to take unwise financial risks. Many things are in flux, so carefully weigh your options before deciding on new directions. Take the time to dream, sleep, and have a new appreciation for yourself and all of those who have assisted in this expansion that is happening. We all need each other. None of us can do it alone. We are all one heart. Yet learning how to share that heart deeply with others can be quite terrifying because deep vulnerability comes with expressing your deepest self. Others may not understand, but if you do not try to give all that you are to this planet and those you love, you will die feeling unfulfilled. So let go of the mind and open to the unknown potential within you. You will find the inspiration and ecstasy that you seek to embody while on this planet. You can find your center within the patterns of creative chaos, but you must let go of what you think you know and open to possibilities that have up to this point been beyond your awareness. There is so much knowledge and information available if you fully embrace the adventure that is possible with your life. In this domain we often mistake the masculine patterns of structure within the mind as the only way through which to have control. But there are other ways. Feminine, creative magic can make life amazingly wonderful if you will give it a chance. So enjoy this moment. Breathe into this new space and trust that it will lead you in a direction that will bring you more joy and love. â&#x2014;&#x2020; Suzanne Wagner is the author of numerous books and CDs on the tarot. She lives in Salt Lake City.

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downward, and frogs and turtles are heading into deeper water. Brine shrimp are laying their eggs in the Great Salt Lake.

OCTOBER 11 Average First Frost Date. The first frost usually hits this week, on a cloudless night. When a freeze is predicted, cover tender vegetables with lightweight blankets, sheets, newspapers, floating row covers or buckets.

OCTOBER 20 The Orionid meteor shower is at its peak now.

OCTOBER 12 Western rattlesnakes are slithering together to form communal hibernation knots in burrows and under cliffs. There are rattlesnake burrows all along the foothills of the Salt Lake valley.

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OCTOBER 1 The Sun rises today at 7:24 a.m. and sets at 7:11 p.m. October’s average maximum temperature is 66°; minimum is 40°. The average monthly rainfall total is 1.44 inches; average snowfall 2.1 inches. The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts above-normal temperatures and near-normal precipitation. OCTOBER 2 Clover contracts its leaves at the approach of a storm. OCTOBER 3 Dead plant material can harbor all sorts of bad bugs and diseases, so it’s a good idea to dig up and compost vegetables and annuals as soon as they finish flowering. OCTOBER 4 Look for Venus, high in the west, about 40 minutes after nightfall, and Jupiter, to the south.

decamp in the fall of their seventh year to mate. Once a receptive female is located (by scent), he lures her out of her den, then faces the classic male spider dilemma: how to mate without becoming lunch. Even if he’s lucky, he’s still toast; he won’t return to his burrow, and so ends up freezing. The female, conversely, retreats back underground and lays her eggs, and may live another 13 years. OCTOBER 8 Leave garden soil bare for a few weeks before spreading winter mulch or planting cover crops. This’ll give the birds time to dig through the soil and eat pests and their eggs. In a couple of weeks, lay

OCTOBER 5 Time to plant evergreens, garlic, lilies, rhubarb, roses, shallots, spring bulbs, trees and shrubs. Don’t fertilize new plantings; use root starter to encourage growth beneath the soil. OCTOBER 6 October is often windy, so secure the canes of climbing roses and other vining plants to their supports. Use nylon; it stretches as the plant grows and won’t cut into the stems.

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OCTOBER 22 Try planting next summer’s crops now. Weed, till, then plant tomato, squash, pumpkin and melon seeds three inches deep. OCTOBER 23 After harvesting, brush root crops clean of soil and clip the tops. Store in a Styrofoam chest or double cardboard box in a cool basement. Don’t store fruits with vegetables; fruit gives off ethylene gas which speeds up the breakdown of vegetables. OCTOBER 24 Bust out those pruners and trimmers and have a go at ornamental trees and deciduous hedges now that the growing season is over.

OCTOBER 13 Overseed lawns with Dutch white clover to choke out weeds, feed the grass and soften soil. Bacteria around roots of clover actually pull water vapor out of the air. Bees and butterflies like it, too, and it’s pretty. OCTOBER 14 FULL FALLING LEAVES MOON. The Moon is regularly shaken by small moonquakes, thought to be caused by the gravitational pull of Earth. Sometimes tiny fractures appear at the surface, and gas escapes. OCTOBER 15 Root crops can be left in the ground through fall. After the first hard freeze, mulch with a heavy layer of straw, and harvest as needed.

down a layer of chopped leaves or other mulch, or plant winter rye, to reduce erosion and nutrient leaching.

OCTOBER 21 LAST QUARTER MOON Transplant perennials, shrubs, strawberries and trees, and divide perennials that are overcrowded or growing in a ring with the center missing.

OCTOBER 16 Fall cankerworms are emerging from their cocoons, as adult moths, to mate. The dull grey, wingless females climb tree trunks to await the winged, striped males, then lay clusters of barrel-shaped eggs, which will hatch in midspring. Fall cankerworm larvae, called inchworms, are a favorite meal of orioles and other migratory songbirds. OCTOBER 17 Why rake? Shred fallen leaves on the lawn with the mower or a chipper/shredder and leave them there to act as fertilizer. OCTOBER 18 A spell of warm weather, known as Indian Summer, often occurs around this time. OCTOBER 19 Worms are migrating

OCTOBER 25 Store squash in a cool room with temperatures between 50º and 65º. OCTOBER 26 Time to winterize the pond: Discard annuals; trim back perennials; remove as much sludge and debris as possible; drain 50% and refill; move delicate fish inside. Take out the pump and install a floating deicer. OCTOBER 27 Look for brilliant Mercury to the left of the tender crescent Moon. OCTOBER 28 NEW MOON Try growing sweet alyssum, dwarf marigold, ageratum and nasturtium in a cool (60º), sunny window. OCTOBER 29 Time to clean, oil and store lawn mowers and tillers. OCTOBER 30 Mottephobia is a fear of moths. It was long believed that moths were the souls of the dead flinging themselves against the windows of the living. OCTOBER 31 The Sun rises at 6:56 a.m. today, and sets at 5:24 p.m. Halloween aka Samhain. Samhain means “summer’s end.” Doesn’t everything die at last, and too soon? Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? —Mary Oliver Diane Olson is a writer, gardener and bug hugger.