Practitioner Spotlights

Spotlight: Labyrinths for Walking Meditation

Labyrinths as MeditationI have to admit something embarrassing for a writer. Labyrinth, I recently learned, does not always mean a confusing maze with dead ends. Quite often it's a path that winds back and forth on itself, usually in a circular pattern. These labyrinths lead only one way, to the center.

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Spotlight: Helios Warriors

Helios WarriorsArmy Specialist, Sam Fain, returned from two tours in Viet Nam 42 years ago … at least in body. He says he was never again the same person as he was before the war. “You never can reintegrate into this society. Never.” But, he says, the promise ...

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Spotlight: Food as Medicine

Food as MedicineRaw food is just that, raw. Raw foodists believe that the human body is better adapted to eating vegetables, fruits, seeds, nuts and sprouted whole grains. It’s a vegan diet with no or low heat, and no alcohol or caffeine either. Depending on who you ...

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Spotlight: Meditation

Spotlight: Shambhala MeditationAn early clinical trial has linked mindfulness meditation with increased brain power. As reported in the journal, Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging from January 2011, scientists conducted a clinical trial with 16 non-meditators. The trial ...

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Spotlight: Mary Kathleen Rose

Spotlight: Mary Kathleen RoseTouch is elemental to human life. It’s a baby’s first experience. Hugs are the first line of defense for the scraps and scrapes of childhood. Even as adults most of us thrive on pats, hugs and squeezes. But somewhere in late adulthood, people ...

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Spotlight: Sarah Fredrickson

Spotlight: Sarah FredricksonI’m lying on a massage table, clothes on, face up. Sarah Fredrickson, massage therapist, Reiki master, CranioSacral Therapy (CST) provider and full-body spiritual empath has one hand under my back and the other on my abdomen. She ...

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Spotlight: Shelley Wallen

Spotlight: Shelley Wallen Sometimes the dog is your favorite person in the household. Not that you don't love your people family members with all your heart, but with the animals (even the cats) it's just so simple. Your relationship with your pet requires less wrangling ...

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Spotlight: Sage Holistic Health

Dee Koloski and Kathryn Plummer Sometimes “Aha!” moments creep up on you. Sometimes they strike like static shocks built up from your shuffling steps. Either way, the thoughts are so true; you can’t believe they didn’t occur to you before. Kathryn Plummer and Dee Koloski both ...

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