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Victim No More: Living a Life Free of Judgment :: The EDGE Interview with author
Lori Rekowski
by Tim Miejan
Lori Rekowski, a mother of three and an entrepreneur for more than 18 years, also
has lived with the label "victim" for many years while encountering incest,
sexual assault, domestic abuse, rape, bulimia, depression, poverty, homelessness
and attempted suicide. No more. Years of private healing sessions, seminars, classes,
workshops, self-study, a devotion to maintaining a personal connection to God and
personal relationships with people who were angels in disguise put her on the path
upon which she steps now. A Victim No More is more than the title to her new
book. It is her identity. |
Make
a difference -- hug someone you love and tell them how you feel
From the
Editor
| by
Tim
Miejan
WThe state of the
outer world -- as you see it, from your eyes -- is a reflection of your inner world.
It's what you see and how you react to it, perhaps with compassion, perhaps with
judgment, that speaks volumes about who you are and where you are on the infinite
path that your soul leads you on, lifetime after lifetime, here on Earth or somewhere
else. |
Karma
and Politics
by
Bill Herbst
Beyond academic
debates about government and markets, what are the spiritual underpinnings of liberalism
and conservatism? What do those in each camp really believe deep down about life
for themselves and others on this small and shrinking planet? |
HOLISTIC
BUSINESS OUR
FEATURED TOPIC in MAY
Happy
and Hungry: An excerpt from Mr. Everitt's Secret: What I Learned from the World's
Richest Man
From
the Heart
| by Alan Cohen
Leading
with Integrity
by
Margaret A. Lulic
Business
& Spirituality: An Oxymoron?
Life
S.O.S. (Secrets of Success)
| by Maryel McKinley
Step-by-Step
"How To" for Creating Life Purpose
The Light
Page
| by Suzie Black
Business
Partnerships promote healthy living in KC
An interview with Dr. Ryan Shelton
by
Doug Crandall
Spiritual
Business Practices
Lake
Harriet's Soul
| by Lynn Woodland
It's
Not in My Job Description!
In Our
Spirit of Unity
| by Jeanette Monterio
INSIGHT | Columns
& Guidance
An
Interview with Dan DeMuth: The Golf Whisperer -- Part 2
by
Wes Hamilton | First of a seven-part series
This winter I spent
a lot of time at the "Better Golf -- Better Business" school with Dan DeMuth
learning about possibilities. While I was working with Dan, there was a saying that
kept running through my mind. "We keep doing something over and over again the
same way, expecting a different result." I believe the observer in us sees this
experience as a sign of insanity.
The
Golf Whisperer -- Part 1
Advice
to Loner: Affirm Your Worth
Dear
Louise |
by Louise Hay
I'm a bit of a loner,
and the last few years I seem to have lost my ability to smell. No one can tell me
why this has happened, and for some reason, I tend to keep to myself. What do you
suggest I do to regain my sense of smell and overcome my self-imposed isolation?
-- T.S., St. Paul, Minn.
Finding
Your Inner Self with The Healing Energy of Stones
by
Mary Baxter
My love affair with
stones truly began with an encounter with the Spirit of the River Stones in southern
Missouri. Canoeing with my husband and daughter on the White River, eagles flying
overhead, it was a sparkling day in early spring. My husband spotted a cave opening
in the cliffs rising from the riverbank. We paddled the canoe to the shoreline of
a pebbly stretch along the river's edge. My husband and daughter went to investigate
the cave. Claustrophobic and newly pregnant, I stayed at the water's edge, sifting
through the beautiful rounded river stones. |
EXPRESSION
| Spirituality
in the Arts
Eternal
Sunshine of The Spotless Mind: A Review
The Movie
Mystic
| by Stephen Simon
Someone offers you
the chance to literally erase that relationship -- that person -- and everything
about it and them--from your memory forever. Would you do it? Should you do it? COULD
you do it?.
An
Interview: Joy
of the Soul -- Cosmic Chants from the Paramahansa Yogananda Tradition, by Alan Pritz
Alan L. Pritz, who
has trained in and taught Eastern disciplines for more than 30 years, has created
a full-length CD in which he leads the listeners in chants to assist you in entering
the meditative state of mind.
Sustaining
Your Practice
Writing as a Spiritual Practice -- Part 3
by
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
I started writing
when I was 14. My parents were getting divorced, and I needed words as a lifeline.
During the last 30 years, I've continued writing -- through heartbreaks and losses,
celebrations and breakthroughs, serious illness and emotional black holes, and over
hill and dale. Whatever I've given to writing is nothing compared to what writing
has given me: illumination and connection, a tunnel toward the light and comforts
in the dark, understanding and entertainment, my own history and a clearer glimpse
of the future, and most of all, a way to be right here, in the intimate light of
the page, right now.
Getting
Started: Writing as a Spiritual Practice -- Part 1
Integrating
Past, Present & Future -- Part 2
On
the Shelves: Reviews
Mom's
View: Children's Books, by
Paula Behr |
HEALING | Integrative
Healing
Blending
Traditional Workouts with Yoga and Meditation
by
Shannon Leavitt
Yoga has been my
salvation, both physically and spiritually. As a personal trainer for 15 years, I
trained both myself and others in the traditional fashion of focusing on building
strength and endurance. When I discovered the power of adding yoga to workout regimes,
the experience was like...eureka! I felt that I had stumbled upon the missing link
to creating wholeness in fitness-- albeit a 5,000-year-old missing link. Where had
I been?
The
Express YogaLift® Workout
Don't despair
if you don't have hours every week to put into fitness training. Working toward inner
and outer strength is a worthwhile pursuit, even if your time is limited. You can
achieve results in as little as 10 to 20 minutes a day. The following is an example
of an express YogaLift workout.
Coping
as a Tool of Enchantment
by
Barbara Becker Holstein
Many of my readers
write to me about the tensions of everyday life. Not only do people wonder how to
relax, but people often ask, "How do I learn to better cope with what faces
me? Can The Enchanted Self help with the overwhelming frenzy of everyday life? Can
it help when I am really down or something really goes wrong?" Absolutely! |
THE MOMENT |
News from the
edge
SPRING
& SUMMER EVENTS
MINNESOTA
& UPPER MIDWEST
KANSAS
CITY & HEARTLAND
NEWS
FROM MINNESOTA
Echo Bodine
on the airwaves
Echo Bodine, a noted psychic, author and ghostbuster in the Twin Cities, explores
healing, ghosts, reincarnation, meditation, spirit guides, psychic abilities, life
after death and much more. She has written books, lectured publicly and has appeared
on television. Now, she is reaching the public via the airwaves. Her new radio program,
"Intuitive Living with Echo Bodine," can be heard from 7-8 p.m. on Saturdays
on FM 107.
The focus of Echo's show is how to live from our intuition. Each week Echo has conversations
with guests and listeners who share intuition stories. At the end of every show,
Echo channels healing to the listening audience.
NEWS
FROM THE HEARTLAND (Kansas City)
Midwest Institute of Bodywork now called Midwest Institute of Natural Healing
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- To better reflect its expanded course offerings, the Midwest
Institute of Bodywork and Somatic Therapy has announced that it has changed its name
to the Midwest Institute of Natural Healing. Carmelita Davis Beets, founder and president
of the school, says the name change takes effect immediately.
Carmelita says that the new name more accurately describes the wide range of natural
healing methods taught at the school.
"When I started the school in 1992," she says, "my focus was on teaching
students my unique method of bodywork, called body somatics. In recent years, however,
our students have expressed great interest in learning other forms of healing, as
well -- so we are in the process of adding certification programs in Shiatsu and
Eastern Medicine, and Energy Healing.
Since its founding, there have been 60 graduates from the Institute, and the school
currently has about 125 students. The school is certified by the Missouri Department
of Higher Education. Students may take classes to increase their knowledge of alternative
medicine, or work toward certification.
The school teaches students to become natural healers by looking at the body, mind,
spirit and emotions, Beets says. "If there are problems in one of these areas,
those problems will impact the other areas. Our methods make a significant difference,
and I can't think of anything more satisfying than helping people feel their very
best."
The Midwest Institute of Natural Healing is located at 5518 N. Antioch Road in Kansas
City, Mo. More information about the Midwest Institute of Natural Healing can be
found at the school's website, www.naturalhealingschool.org or call (816) 453-3577.
New
Healing Center opens in St. Anthony, MN
ST. ANTHONY, Minn. -- A new healing center and nutritional supplement
store opened in April in St. Anthony, featuring a retail store
carrying herbs, vitamins and nutraceuticals, personal-care products,
healing-music CDs, books on health, spirituality
and independent living, and a clinic featuring practitioners
of alternative healing modalities.
Midwest Herbs & Healing is located in the St. Anthony Shopping Center at 2919
Pentagon Dr. It is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9 a.m.
to 6 p.m. on Saturday.
Healers practicing in the center offer herbalism, shiatsu, therapeutic massage, and
others. The center hopes to attract an experienced homeopath, nutritional consultant,
or aromatherapist.
Midwest Herbs & Healing also offers an education program through its Midwest
School of Herbal Studies.
"I opened the center to provide Minnesotans with a true holistic-healing center,
where a healing plan is adapted to the individual needs of visitors as whole persons,
as opposed to a doctor-oriented center where diseases/conditions are treated and
holistic healing is not fully appreciated or utilized," said owner Matthew Alfs,
MH, AHG, a clinical herbalist, practitioner, educator and writer in the field of
herbal therapy.
"Our desire has also been to provide Minnesotans with quality, practitioner-tested
supplements as opposed to the myriad of supplements of questionable quality available
at many discount and drug stores.
Alfs said the center also is committed to providing education.
"We offer hundreds of books on health, fitness, self-sufficiency and self-help,
including out-of-print titles," he said. "We also house the administrative
offices of the Midwest School of Herbal Studies, which offers a two-year certificate
program in herbal studies, largely through home study."
Alfs was educated and trained in a variety of botanical traditions, including Native
American herbology, contemporary Western herbology (at the Wild Rose College of Natural
Healing, in Calgary, from which he graduated with a Master Herbalist's diploma),
Traditional Chinese Medicine (at the American Academy of Acupuncture & Oriental
Medicine), and several others. He is one of fewer than 100 nationally peer-reviewed,
professional members of the American Herbalists Guild, as well as being a professional
member of the American Botanical Council. He teaches herbal therapy at several community
colleges and lectures regularly to hospitals, botanical associations, garden clubs,
and other associations. He is author of Edible & Medicinal Wild Plants of Minnesota
and Wisconsin (2001) and 300 Herbs: Their Indications & Contraindications (A
Materia Medica & Repertory) (2003).
Other practitioners at the healing center are:
-- Thomas Vize, AOBTA, is a practitioner of shiatsu, which is a non-invasive, bodywork
therapy developed in Japan and derived from Traditional Chinese Medicine. This healing
art utilizes finger pressure, stretching, and exercises along meridian pathways and
acupuncture points to encourage the body to access its own healing potential. Vize
graduated from the Minnesota Center for Shiatsu Study in 1998 and has been practicing
since that time on a wide variety of age groups and in several locations throughout
the country. Among his specialties are Jin Shin Do. He has achieved a nationally
peer-reviewed certification from the American Organization for Bodywork Therapies
of Asia.
-- Jennifer Swedberg, CMT, SMP, IMI, is a certified massage therapist specializing
in sports massage, stress-and-muscle release techniques, Russian massage, foot reflexology,
prenatal massage, and infant massage. She also uses La Stone therapy. She graduated
from the Minneapolis School of Massage & Bodywork in 1994 and did additional
study in Russian medical massage with the Kurashova Institute for Studies in Physical
Medicine, from which she received her diploma in 1997.
-- Jodi Baglien, CHA, is a clinical aromatherapist and holistic practitioner whose
private consultations focus on identifying imbalances at the emotional and energetic
levels to target healing using a customized blend of essential oils and other holistic
applications. She is certified in Holistic and Clinical Aromatherapy from the Australasian
College of Herbal Studies and is a 1998 graduate of the Mikel Institute, A Program
for Intuitive Living. She is the creator of Inner Scents, an array of essential oils
and blends as well as unique aromatic jewelry.
For more information on Midwest Herbs & Healing, call (612) 781-3006 or e-mail
MHMinn@aol.com. For information on its education program through the Midwest School
of Herbal Studies, call (612) 781-2038. |
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