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CFP Hosts Shopping Day and Workshop December means gift

shopping at the Cen-ter for Peace, the Seymour, Tennessee, holistic spiritual center whose annual Holiday Shopping Day has become popular with people seeking reasonably-priced, one-of-a-kind gifts. This year’s event

will be held December 13 from noon to 6 p.m. The follow-ing Saturday, the CFP will host David Arms’ workshop, “Your Role in Your Spiritual Growth,” followed by individual heal-ing sessions. The Holiday Shopping Day will feature quality pen-dants, bracelets and earrings (mostly silver and semiprecious gemstone combinations); massage wands and healing tools; Native-American-type feather fans and rattles; rocks, minerals and crystals; pottery and drums. “Only a few stores around here carry what we offer, and our prices are typically half of theirs.” says CFP co-founder Jeanne Robinson. On December 20, Arms, known as “That Energy Guy,” will speak from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., discussing how individuals can find their own spiritual path and purpose. “The reason you came into this incarnation is to re-find that spiritual being that you came in as,” he says. “Your path determines what role you play in with the growth of others. We’ll delve into this topic as I share what I can about the steps you need to take to get moving on your journey.” The presentation fee is $25, and individual sessions of 45 to 60 minutes are $50. Sessions should be scheduled ahead of time if possible. (Contact Patti MacFee at 865-250-1988 or [email protected].)

The CFP is located at 880 Graves-Delozier Rd., about 45 minutes from downtown Knoxville. For more information, call 865-428-3070 or visit CenterForPeace.us. See ad, page 7.

CHEO Volunteers Honored at 2014 Annual MeetingThe CHEO annual

meeting was held at the new location of Paul Kelly’s Temple of Hu-man Performance where volunteers were hon-ored with certificates of appreciation for all and special gift certificates to Eddie Reymond’s Health Shoppe for those who donated 20 or more hours in 2014. Norman Lawhorn received an engraved plaque of special recognition as CHEO’s Volunteer of the Year. Volunteers are the heartbeat of CHEO. They help at monthly educational program meetings, distribute program flyers and holistic health resource directories throughout the year, arrange special events like movie nights, staff the booth at The Healthy Living Expo, organize special projects and perform all the other many little details that make the organi-

zation run smoothly. Honorees include Debbie Ashton, Steve Barbour, Sandy Barker, Kathy Beckett, George Bruss, Mary Beth Bruss, Mary-Ann Collins, Jacqueline Culp, Bob Eklund, Robin Galick, Phillis Gardino, Kevin Haney, Terry Hult, Ed Koziara, Jim Lumpkins, Renee Mathies, Teresa McKee, Kathy McMilin, Phil Minch, Bette Purvis, Tricia Ritter, Barbara Rose, Hugo Schielke, Emily Ward, Charles West, and Sue Wickstrom.

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Knoxville Company Reduces Styrofoam Waste Stream It’s a “win-win-win relationship,” says

Gina Kelly, the managing owner of Hidden Gems Recycling, LLC. The UT graduate and hometown entrepreneur has come up with a way to keep Ex-panded Polystyrene (EPS)—better known as Styrofoam—out of East Tennessee’s landfills. While no one knows how much EPS ends up in landfills, Americans use a lot of it, Kelly says. In 1994, the EPA estimated our annual use at 2.7 mil-lion tons a year, with predicted annual increases of 2.5 to 3.5 percent. But there have been large leaps in EPS recycling technology over the past decade, she says. “There are now processes in place where we can densify the product and ship it to companies who can reuse it without having to put more demand on oil reserves.” Hidden Gems Recycling can recycle non-food-grade EPS (number 6 recycle symbol), and in October it began offering its services to East Tennessee businesses. “Our company has a positive impact on their bottom lines,” Kelly says. “Since they can schedule pickups or drop off their EPS at our warehouse, that volume of waste no longer exists, which results in fewer garbage truck pickups. Fewer trash hauls means lower overhead.” Once she gets a solid footing in the local business community, Kelly plans to expand her impact on the residential waste stream by building relationships with local municipal convenience centers and the general public. “We encourage everyone, regardless of business size or homeowner need, to call or email us so we can come up with the best solution for recycling their Styrofoam,” she says.

Hidden Gems Recycling’s warehouse is located at 2810 Hoitt Ave., Knoxville, just a few blocks from the I-40 Cherry Street exit. EPS in clear bags can be dropped off on Mondays and Fridays (call 865-742-1151 or email [email protected] for drop-off times). Call to schedule pickups Tuesday through Thursday. Fed-eral holidays are observed. See resource guide listing, page 30.

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Dreams are messages from your unconscious that offer insight into many aspects of your life. Knoxville Trauma Connection will

be offering a dream group once a month that will teach dream recall and working with dream figures to solve issues in your

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New Advent Focus for Unity Transformation During the Advent weeks before Christmas, Unity

Transformation’s Sunday lessons will focus on the classic Unity book The Trip to Bethlehem by Hypatia Hasbrouck. “Unity teaches that everyone is a spiritual being,” says Rev. Lora Beth Gilbreath. “It also teaches that everyone has an indwelling divinity that it refers to as ‘the Christ within.’ As a positive path for spiritual living, Unity invites indi-viduals to delve more deeply into the experience of the

indwelling Christ. The depth of this inner contact is a precious gift of this season.” During the holiday season of Christmas and New Year, Unity traditionally observes three special services. Unity Transformation will celebrate both its Christ-mas Eve service (6 p.m.) and its New Year’s Eve “Burning Bowl” service (7 p.m.) at Shanti Yoga Haven at 12 Forest Court in Knoxville. Unity will celebrate its “White Stone” service on January 4 at 10:55 a.m. at its new location, Open Chord, 8502 Kingston Pike, directly across the street from Books-A-Million.

Unity Transformation, which is branded through Unity Worldwide Ministries, meets every Sunday at 10:55 a.m. at Open Chord. Unity is known for its inspirational magazine Daily Word (DailyWord.com) and for its 24/7 prayer ministry Silent Unity (1-800-NOW-PRAY or SilentUnity.org), which has been in nonstop prayer since 1890. For more information, call Gilbreath at 865-809-5207 or visit UnityTransformation.org. See ad, page 17.

Flautist, Trance Guitarist Team on Harmonic WayWhen Dean Evenson, owner of music label Soundings of

the Planet, first heard trance guitarist Scott Huckabay perform 20 years ago, he knew Huckabay needed to record music for the label. In the years since, the two have worked together on a number of top-selling albums, and they continue that collaboration with the recent release of Harmonic Way. Evenson, an award-winning flautist and a pioneer in sound healing, produces “earth music” designed to support people in their quest for health and inner peace. On Har-monic Way, Evenson again teams with Huckabay to touch on the soul of musical healing. “Harmonics are a key to healing with sound,” Evenson says, “and Scott is a true master of guitar harmonics. He creates pure, bell-like sounds by gently tapping the strings on the neck of his guitar in a perfect ratio.” Evenson says the album’s harmonics and innovative guitar effects resonate with the vibrating frequencies of the Tibetan singing bowls he plays with his wife, Dudley Even-son. (She performs on flute, harp and keyboards, as well.) The album also features exotic viola stylings by Soundings’ longtime recording engineer, Phil Heaven. “The result is an

interplay of harmony and bliss,” Evenson says, “the perfect soundscape for a massage, yoga session or romantic date.” For deeper relaxation and to enhance brainwave synchronization, Alpha frequen-cies and the Earth Resonance Frequency of 7.83 hertz are included under the mix. Evenson also adds his signature field recordings of subtle natural sounds.

For more information or to order a copy of Harmon-ic Way, visit Soundings.com or call 800-937-3223.

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Bamboo Bamboozle‘Green’ Clothing Made with Toxic ChemicalsBamboo is rapidly renewable and requires few pesticides to grow. How-ever, bamboo fabric manufacturing is a chemically intensive process that doesn’t provide clear and legitimate product labeling. Misleadingly using the terms eco-friendly and green be-comes greenwashing when applied to items such as bamboo clothing. As the Fair Trade Commission describes the overall process, “Most bamboo textile products, if not all, are actually rayon, which typically is made using environmentally toxic chemicals. While different plants, including bam-boo, can be used as a source material to create rayon, there’s no trace of the origi-nal plant in the finished rayon product.” This example points out the public vigilance required to secure more sus-tainable, environmentally friendly prod-ucts. Third-party verification of all claims is recommended. Products made of the bamboo stalk itself, such as poles for furniture or planks for flooring, remain true to their naturally sustainable source.

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Youth ActivistsWorld Peace Caravan to Travel in the Middle East in 2015The World Peace Caravan, founded by the nonprofit D. Gary Young Founda-tion, is a global peace movement scheduled to conduct a 12-day camel caravan from Petra, Jordan, to Jeru-salem, Israel, from December 15 to 26, 2015. It will be spearheaded by a delegation of 12 youth ambassadors, ages 16 to 24, selected from a world-wide pool of candidates. Their goal is to foster an online youth community to provide young people everywhere a platform to share ideas, voice opinions and educate and learn from their peers. The youths intend to collaborate on solutions-centered projects to help eradicate poverty and hunger, ensure environmental sustainability and at-tain healthy lives for all. Inspired by a recurring vision, D. Gary Young, CEO of Young Living Essential Oils, chose the ancient Frankincense Trail upon which the Queen of Sheba once journeyed to bring peace offerings to King Solo-mon. This modern-day journey for peace invites people of all cultures, faiths and backgrounds to retrace the steps of that pioneering peace move-ment, culminating in a blockbuster World Peace Caravan Concert for Peace in Jerusalem.

For more information, visit WorldPeaceCaravan.org.

Feeding HopeRecognizing Restaurants that Support the Homeless

Food Recovery Certified is a new program that rewards restaurants that donate their extra food to those in need with a sticker on their front door. It’s a project of The Food Recovery Network, a national system of college students that takes caf-eteria leftovers to homeless people. Founder Ben Simon started the group in 2011 at the University of Maryland, and the network has saved more

than 320,000 pounds of food from the dump in its first three years. If a restaurant donates unsold food to the hungry at least once a month, it can apply for the certification. Then Food Recovery Certified verifies with local nonprofits that the donations actually occur before awarding its approval. Simon states, “Every food business should be donating its extra food.”

For more information, visit FoodRecoveryCertified.org.

Bye-Bye Birdie230 Avian Species on the National Watch ListScientists from 23 organizations, including the federal government, universities and conservation groups, have spent years on the State of the Birds Study, looking at 230 species of birds from different habitats compiling its watch list. Peter Marra, a migratory bird specialist at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Zoo, in Washington, D.C., attributes the population drops of the birds in the most trouble to disappear-ing habitat or reduced range. Some coastal birds are doing better, and previously endangered wetland birds are recovering due to laws that are protecting them. Marra says, “These popula-tions come back when we create the habitat. The report emphasizes that it’s better to focus on birds that aren’t yet in decline and keep them that way.” Ken Rosenberg, a bird biologist at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, in Ithaca, New York, and an author of the report, says that hunters, as well as conservation-ists, deserve credit for preserving ducks. He acknowledges, “We’ve put a tremen-dous amount of resources and money into wetland and waterfowl conservation because of the hunters that contribute financially.” But lots of songbirds are in trouble, and Florida, where bird habitat is disap-pearing fast, is a crucial stopover for migrating birds. It’s the kind of place that birds both common and endangered urgently need to survive.

Source: National Public Radio

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Knotweed and Hawthorn Outperform Lovastatin in TrialChinese researchers recently discovered

that two herbal extracts may treat ath-erosclerosis, the hardening of the arteries, as well as or more effectively than the pharma-ceutical drug Lovastatin. Sixty-four patients with atherosclerosis of the carotid artery were studied. For six months, half the patients received 20 mil-ligrams of Lovastatin per day, while the other half took an herbal extract combination of Japanese knotweed and hawthorn. After six months, tests showed artery plaque thickness and inflammation were significantly lessened among both groups. However, the herbal extract-treated group showed a greater reduction of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels, a marker of risk for cardiovascular disease. Relatively high levels of hs-CRP in other-wise healthy individuals are predictive of heart health crises even when cholesterol levels are within an acceptable range. People with lower values have less of a risk.

Calcium Supplements Raise Risk of Brain Lesions

A Duke University study published in the British Journal of Nutrition this summer found that

calcium supplements taken by elderly persons may increase the risk of brain lesions that are identified as hyperintensities on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scans. The researchers studied 227 adults over the age of 60. The patients were assessed for supple-mental calcium intake and received brain scans via MRI. Those taking calcium supplements had more lesions of a volume typically associated with hypertension. They noted no dose-dependent relationship between lesion size and the amount of calcium being supplemented. The scientists com-

mented that other studies have found calcium supplementation also associated with greater risk of artery disease. Hyperintensities are observed in normal aging, plus several neurological, psychiatric and autoimmune disorders that affect the brain. They constitute dam-age to brain tissue caused by restricted blood flow and have been linked to mild cognitive deficits and disturbances.

CELL PhoNES AND RoutER MiCRoWAVES StRESS PLANtSEvidence of the effects of wireless

technologies on human health con-tinues to be controversial, with agree-ment on results remaining elusive. Now a new study published in the Journal of Plant Physiology found that human-generated microwave pollution can potentially be stressful to plants. Researchers from Romania’s Esto-nian University of Life Sciences tested three common garden plants—parsley, celery and dill weed. They exposed each to the types of microwave radia-tion equivalent to those produced by cell phones and wireless routers. Then these radiation-exposed plants were compared with identical plants not exposed to the radiation. The scientists noted that the irradi-ated plants had thinner cell walls; smaller chloroplasts (cellular sites of photosynthe-sis); smaller cell mitochondria (centers of energy production); and greater emis-sion of volatile compounds, particularly monoterpenes and green leaf volatiles, which are protective, life-promoting com-ponents of the plants’ essential oils. The effects were stronger for the type of radiation produced by wireless routers. While essential oil production overall was increased by the frequency of the microwaves produced by cell phones, it was decreased by the fre-quency emitted by the routers.



Food, Fitness, FunHealthy Living Expo Has It All

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The Healthy Living Expo—the larg-est health, fitness, nutrition and green-living event in the Knox-

ville area—will return to the Knoxville Convention Center January 23-24, and it is free to those who get tickets before the doors open. “This year the expo of-fers visitors several new ways to get fit, a variety of fun demonstrations and many fabulous deals,” says event organizer Karen Ray. Expo hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Some of the features of the 2015 expo will be the Natural Awakenings Natu-ral Health Pavilion, the Chiropractic Care Pavilion, various important health checks, healthy food sampling booths and more than130 companies exhibiting wellness products and services. Hun-dreds of prizes will be given away both days. Employee Wellness OpportunityRay says Cigna Healthcare will take the lead in promoting employee wellness by sponsoring expo tickets for any company that registers at TheHealthyLivingExpo.com. “Whether you have a handful of employees or are one of the largest em-ployers in our region, registration only takes a few minutes online,” she says. Once a com-pany has registered online, it can offer free expo tickets to its employees and their families and access

electronic programs to share with all employees, she says.

Get Fit and HealthyFrom natural health products and ser-vices to a variety of fitness companies, expo visitors will find a plethora of new ways to get fit and healthy, Ray says. The Natural Health Pavilion, spon-sored by Natural Awakenings magazine, will showcase products and services that have a natural health aspect. “Everything from household products and nutritional supplements to local green suppliers can be found in this pavilion, which pro-motes a healthy mind, body and planet,” Ray says. She says the Chiropractic Care Pavilion is in keeping with the expo’s mission of promoting a natural approach to wellness. “Three top chiropractic health professionals will host this section with information about whole-body wellness using natural-health solutions,” she says. “We purposely choose doctors from different locations in the Knoxville area, so that all expo visitors can have easy access to their chiropractic services.”

This year’s hosts will be John Edwards, DC, with Cornerstone Chiropractic; Scott Cortley, DC, with Cortley Chiropractic; and Michael Sulack, DC, with Sulack Chiropractic.

Fun, Food and Free ScreeningsBecause outdoor recreation—tak-ing walks and hikes or visiting local parks—is a big part of healthy living, the City of Knoxville will sponsor an area where visitors can find out about the green spaces available for public use. A number of organizations and businesses will also be offering information and products that can be used for outdoor family fun. On the Eat Right stage, Knoxville’s Chef Walter and other nutrition experts will prepare great-tasting, healthy dishes and share samples with visitors, Ray says. After each segment, prizes will be drawn for those attending. “In addition to the stage presentations, numerous exhibitors will offer samples of healthy products,” she says. The Eat Right stage will also feature the Fort Sanders Health & Fitness Center, which will demonstrate new ways to get active. “These demonstrations are excit-ing to watch,” Ray says. “Visitors are welcome to participate, as the activities are created for people of all ages. Music fills the area for two days.” Visitors are encouraged to take ad-vantage of the expo’s free health checks. More than a dozen tests, including allergy screenings, blood pressure read-ings, and many other simple tests, will be available for no charge. See the list of tests at TheHealthyLivingExpo.com (click on the Health Check tab).

Popular Prizes Prizes are always a popular part of the Healthy Living Expo, Ray says. “Exhibi-tors, stage presenters and the expo itself give hundreds of prizes away,” she says. “While there is no guarantee you’ll win a prize, it certainly adds to the fun.” Free tickets to the expo will be available in the January issue of Natural Awakenings. “We encourage readers to make unlimited copies and share them with ev-eryone they want to live a healthier life,” Ray says. Tickets will be $10 at the door. For more information, visit TheHealthy LivingExpo.com. See ad page 31.

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OASIS InstituteTwenty Years of Attitudinal Healing

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What is an oasis? “I like to think of it as a place where weary travel-

ers stop to rest and be refreshed,” says Stephen Anthony, executive director of OASIS Institute: A Center for Attitudinal Healing. He says his mission, and that of the other leaders and members of the OASIS community, is to provide such an environment in Knoxville. That mis-sion—and OASIS—will turn 20 years old next April.

History of HealingOASIS Institute was formed as a non-profit corporation in February 1995 by Richard and Buffy James. Richard had been inspired by the work of Dr. Jerry Jampolsky, a founder of the first Center for Attitudinal Healing in California. “Dr. Jampolsky was a psychiatrist practicing in the San Francisco area in 1975, when he was introduced to the teachings of A Course in Miracles by his friend Judith Skutch, the book’s publisher,” Anthony says. “Jampolsky later wrote that, in his view, A Course in Miracles was a form of spiritual psy-

chotherapy.” The Center for Attitudinal Healing developed a self-help support-group process with 12 principles inspired by the teachings in the book (ACIM), which was written by Helen Schucman. The original supporters and vol-unteers of OASIS Institute in Knoxville were members of Richard James’ ACIM study group, Anthony says. They formed the organization in April 1995, rented a storefront office in Homberg Court in June 1995, and after six months of training and orientation, began provid-ing attitudinal healing support groups in January 1996.

Fostering Inner Peace“Attitudinal healing is a philosophy based on the belief that it is not people or conditions outside ourselves that cause us to be upset—that we’re not victims of the world we see,” Anthony explains. “Rather, our perceptions, beliefs and attitudes are the source of our conflict, pain and unhappiness. We are not only responsible for our own thoughts; we are responsible for the

feelings we experience. By exploring these feelings, we can eventually heal them.” Attitudinal healing defines health as “inner peace” and healing as “let-ting go of fear,” he says. The goal of an attitudinal healing group is inner peace. The founding members of OASIS were grounded in the philosophy of ACIM (also known as “the Course”), which has served as a lodestar to the board of directors, Anthony says. It is always available to inform the board’s day-to-day decisions and shape the services provided to the members of the OASIS community. “My wife Susan and I have been students of ACIM for 23 years,” he says. “For us, and for many friends and fel-low students, the Course has become our spiritual guide, and its teachings have helped us heal our perception of the world and its purpose. Over the years, OASIS board members, attitudi-nal healing group facilitators and other teachers have volunteered to serve the community by creating a spiritual center where the mission is to join with others in a safe physical and emotional environment that can facilitate the well-being of people of all backgrounds.”

Ecumenical OutreachEven though they are devoted students of ACIM, Anthony and other board

Attitudinal healing

defines health as “inner

peace” and healing as

“letting go of fear.”



members realize that, as with all spiri-tual paths, it’s not for everyone. “The leadership of OASIS decided early in our history that as part of our intention to be truly helpful, we should open the center to other forms of expression,” he says. Some of the groups who have met at OASIS (in addition to the attitudi-nal healing groups and ACIM groups) include the OMA group; Smoky Moun-tain Women of Wisdom; Explore Life’s Journey; David White’s “A Meaningful Life” seminars; Peter Calhoun’s and Astrid Ganz’s shamanic workshops; various energy healing workshops and demonstrations; the Knoxville Institute of Noetic Sciences Community Group; and, most recently, the Manifesting Group. Anthony says OASIS has estab-lished a rich tradition in Knoxville. An activity that the community has hosted for years is Cinema OASIS, which com-bines a potluck supper and an inspira-tional movie. That tradition is also reflected in

day morning at OASIS since January 1998. And Diana DePugh Bradley, a licensed clinical social worker, has pro-vided professional counseling services to individuals, couples and families at the OASIS office for more than 10 years.” For Stephen and Susan Anthony, being part of the OASIS community for more than 19 years has been “the most gratifying experience of our lives,” Stephen Anthony says. “Every being who has come here to participate in the learning and teaching, and in the service and support, has contributed in their own unique way to help fulfill our mission.”

OASIS Institute: A Center for Attitudi-nal Healing is a Tennessee 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation located at 4928 Homberg Dr. Ste. A-4, Knoxville. For more information about the services and activities of OASIS, visit OasisIn-stitute.org or contact OASIS at [email protected] or 865-588-7707. See resource listing page 30.

the service of its longtime members. “Two of our founding board members are examples of exemplary service,” Anthony says. “Bob Childers, a retired UT physics professor, has lectured on the teachings of ACIM each Sun-

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over-the-counter body care products are required by law to list ingredients, with the exception of the chemical soup often hidden under the term “fragrance”, the loophole for salon products is large. Jamie Silberberger, with the Women’s Voices for the Earth’s National Healthy Nail & Beauty Salon Alliance, reports, “Products sold for professional use in spas and salons are not required to be labeled with ingredients.” Fortunately, healthy alternatives are available, either by patronizing a green salon or using natural beauty treatments at home.

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Nail PolishWhen getting a manicure or pedicure, beware of the toxic trio of dibutyl phthal-ate, formaldehyde and toluene. Used to help nail products hold color, they’re linked to reproductive and development problems, plus dizziness and eye and lung irritation, according to the Environ-mental Working Group. Facing pressure from consumer groups and salon workers, some polish companies are now producing so-called “nontoxic” nail polish, although their labels aren’t verifiable. California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control recently tested 25 nail polishes sold to sa-lons, 12 of which claimed to be toluene-free, including seven said to be free of the toxic trio. The researchers found toluene in 10 of those, and one or more of the three ingredients in five out of the seven. Solution: Customers should bring their own safe nail polish and only pa-tronize well-ventilated salons.

Find a Green SalonMany conventional body products like shampoos and massage oils contain a litany of ingredients that add to our chemical exposure. Ask ques-tions to ensure all of a salon’s products are nontoxic or

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As the daily sunshine waned and

the shortest day of the year approached, the ancients would honor the gods of agriculture and light with a festival to entice the return of their beloved sun and welcome prosperity and abun-dance in the coming year. Pagans would decorate their homes with evergreens and mistletoe to guard the life essences of the plants, and they would light extra candles during that darkest time of the year in an attempt to bring back the sun. Most important, friends and family would celebrate with food, drink, dance and merriment. At the center of the feast were bloodless offer-ings: honey, olive oil, mushrooms, spiced wine, cheese, fruits, and breads and cakes baked from the fruits of the field. It was a veritable vegetarian feast. If you don’t like to think of yourself as a pagan, don’t worry—this tradition lives on as a Christmas Eve meatless meal, which is standard in the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches and other religions. These traditions are still alive and well in many countries, harkening back to a simpler time when families would gather harvest from field and forest espe-cially for a winter feast. Fruits, vegetables and fungi would be carefully strung to dry, or fermented and tucked away for the winter fete. A cold winter’s day spent by

a warm fire, enjoy-ing the preserved harvest with loved ones, makes for a perfect winter cel-ebration. In Pittsburgh, for example, friends celebrate Polish Wigilia, which is a meatless Christmas Eve vigil supper. Mushroom soup (see sidebar) is served along with pierogies, sauerkraut and other traditional foods. The Inter-net is full of these traditional recipes, which I have found very helpful, since over the years more and more friends and family with alternative diets join us for the holidays.

Whether they are pagan, Christian or Jewish, or their diets are vegan, vegetar-ian, gluten-free or all-organic, I always try to make my guests feel cherished and included by providing delicious food that they can enjoy without straying from their normal lifestyles. I’ve found that mushrooms are a per-fect staple for just that reason. They are special enough to serve for the holidays and also provide a healthy and delicious source of protein for alternative dieters and omnivores alike.

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Ingredients3 oz dried porcini mushroomsolive oil1 large onion, diced1 cup diced carrots3 cloves garlic32 oz vegetable broth2 bay leaves2 sprigs parsley½ cup sauerkraut (I prefer the bagged brands found in the deli section)1½ cup long-grain ricesalt and pepper to taste1 cup half-and-half (omit to make this recipe vegan)

DirectionsPlace dried mushrooms in a large, glass measuring bowl. Add cold water to 8 cups total. Soak for 4 to 24 hours, stirring occasionally.

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Animals Homeless dogs in shelters learn leash manners while participating in the Walk a Hound, Lose a Pound program at South Carolina’s Aiken County Animal Shelter. Leashes and treats are supplied to encour-age volunteers to walk dogs at least once a week. It’s healthy exercise for both dogs and humans. To calculate the calorie burn, visit Tinyurl.com/WalkOffCalories. Shelter cats need socialization, too. Visits that include playtime and gentle petting make them more adoptable.

Environment New York Cares has family projects avail-able with no minimum age requirement (NYCares.org). Either on an ongoing or a one-day basis, volunteers improve parks, plant community gardens and refresh public spaces. Trails require refurbishing after bad weather. Streams and waterways need a good cleanup after floods. Check with the park ranger for more informa-tion. With a little research, volunteers can find the right activity, whatever their location, interest, age or abilities. Another good place to start is VolunteerMatch.org, which is easy to search by zip code and personal interests. A perfect opportunity to help others awaits.

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There’s one truth, and it is silence. All truths come from, exist

as and return to silence. Silence is behind every holy thought, word and act. All holiness is silent. This is what all sages know and say: Enter silence and we leave behind the rubble of self and no-self, time and death. Enter silence and we see the world that God created; that we are the created. God, the world and being are one. Life is suddenly real—beautiful and perfect in each curve and angle. This awakening into truth hap-

pens as we surrender everything to silence. We must give away our inventory of unreleased thoughts and cherished beliefs, undigested experi-ences and dogma, disap-pointments, fears, worries, resentments and sorrows; even personal desires and

joys. If it’s difficult to do: throw it away, fling it off, kick it out. Just don’t let it stay. We must empty our storehouses of past, present and future, and then burn them down so that nothing can ever accumulate again.

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Hymn to Living in Silenceby Robert Rabbin

Celebrate the dawn of the

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Now give more. Let go of ego, will and humility, ignorance and knowledge, the body and its faculties. Surrender what is and is not yourself. Give away meaning, purpose and happiness, even precious life itself. Nothing can remain. Then, by letting everything go the second it occurs, we return to clarity, freedom and eternal openness. We live in silence. For it is in silence that God is working, play-ing and loving. In silence, we become perfectly one with that divine working, playing and loving. When absolutely all has been given up and only emptiness remains, even then, take one more step towards silence. Give away the emptiness. Hold back nothing. Even the giver is given away. In silence, we transform and are reborn. We become real with more joy, pleasure, peace and contentment than we ever hoped for. Our highest purpose is fulfilled, our greatest longing is real-ized in ways we know not. In becoming nothing, we become everything. We need nothing, and thus have everything. With nothing to pro-tect, only peace remains. It cannot be controlled or fathomed, only lived. We love this about the holy ones, the sages. No one knows how it happens, only that it does. In silence, we are moved by what moves all else without knowing how, why or when. This is freedom, love and

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The holiday season is ripe with an array of spiritual, cultural and family rituals. We celebrate,

reflect, give gifts and, of course, feast. Fortunately, the media also teems with tips on how to avoid high-calorie holiday goodies, says Dr. Michelle May, author of Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat. For our diet-driven culture to resolve its struggle with food, she says we must learn to honor its intrinsic value. Ritualized eating can help; a recent study published in the journal Psychological Science found that engaging in food rituals evokes mindfulness that enhances the enjoy-ment of eating.

PauseHunger, the body’s fuel gauge, mani-fests in physical symptoms like a growling stomach or low blood sugar, says May, citing a useful analogy. “You wouldn’t drive around and pull into every gas station you see; you’d check your fuel gauge first. Before filling up with food, pause and check your fuel gauge. Am I actually hungry, or is this desire coming from something else?” May suggests practicing FEAST-ing: First, focus on physical sensations, thoughts and emotions; perhaps we’re thirsty, rather than hungry, rational-izing that holiday foods are special, or

feeling stressed or lonely. Next, ex-plore why the feelings or thoughts are present, and then accept them without judgment. Strategize ways of satisfying the need and take a small step toward change.

SavorComplex preparations for a major holiday can provoke anxiety and

HAPPY FEASTING TO ALLTasty Rituals that Deepen the Holiday Spirit

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impatience, and likewise, feelings of longing or disappointment when it’s over. Sarah Ban Breathnach, bestselling author of Simple Abundance and Peace and Plenty, recommends allowing Christmastide to unfold at its own pace and celebrating all of December with a homemade Advent calendar. Craft a tree-shaped tower of tiny boxes or a garland of burlap mini-bags clipped with clothespins. Place an almond covered in organic dark chocolate in each container and use the treat as a daily mini-meditation. “Drop into the present moment, fully savor the luxurious, small bite and experience the pleasure of eating,” sug-gests May. Consider it symbolic of the season’s sweetness.

Connect“Food connects us with one another, our heritage and our culture,” says May. Heather Evans, Ph.D., a Queen’s University professor and a holiday culinary history expert in Ontario, Canada, suggests creating a food diary of traditions to reinforce a connection with the past and support a holiday food legacy for the future. Ask grand-parents about their childhood culinary memories, peruse family recipe books or discover new dishes that honor everyone’s ethnic heritage. Then create an heirloom holiday cookbook with handwritten recipes arranged alongside favorite photos and stories.

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21 symbolizes the shared trust that warmth and sunlight will return. Eating warm foods provides physical comfort and eating seasonally and locally con-nects us to the Earth, observes May. Sync body and spirit with the season by stewing root vegetables, bak-ing breads, sipping hot cider and tea, and nibbling on nuts and dried fruits. “The repetition of predictable foods is reassuring,” remarks Evans, and it celebrates nature’s transitions.

PlayStir-Up Sunday is a Victorian amuse-ment filled with fun, mystery and mindfulness, says Ban Breathnach. Some December Sunday, have each family member help stir the batter of a special Christmas cake while stating a personal new year’s intention. Drop a clean coin, bean or trinket into the mix and bake. Serve it with a sprig of holly on Christmas Day, and the person with the piece containing the lucky charm will be rewarded with a prosperous, wholesome and positive new year, according to tradition. Evans remarks, “This is a wonderful ritual for nurturing the health and spirit of the family.”

GiveBoxing Day offers something far more meaningful to celebrate than post- holiday sales. Originating as a tradition that thrived during the 19th century, “December 26 was a chance for land-owners and homeowners to give back to household staff and local tradespeo-ple,” says Evans. “It’s a tradition worth reviving to pause, reflect on our own good fortune and contribute to others’ comfort.” Consider serving a meal at a local soup kitchen, collecting items for a food drive or offering a box of healthy culinary treats to community stewards at a fire station, post office or library. On Christmas Day, says Ban Breath-nach, “Our kids have the world lying at their feet.” Boxing Day, she says, provides a natural transition to reach out in charity.

Lane Vail is a freelance writer and blogger at DiscoveringHomemaking.com.

HEALTHY HOLIDAY TOPPERS

Creating a repertoire of delicious win-tery foods can help evoke health, mind-fulness and delight during the holiday season. Dr. Michelle May advises ap-proaching the entire process of eating, including the menu planning, shop-ping and food preparation, with a spirit of mindfulness, which adds a deeper dimension of pleasure to the experi-ence. “Cake becomes more than just cake,” she says. “It becomes something the family creates and enjoys together.” Savor these rituals and recipes with loved ones.

Memory-Making Christmas Cake This nontraditional, healthy Christmas cake is alcohol-, sugar- and gluten-free. It relies on fruit for sweetness, almond meal for moistness and vanilla, cinna-mon, nutmeg and orange essences for a perfect mingling of flavors. Prepare the cake with the whole family as a Stir-Up Sunday ritual, and keep it tightly sealed in the refrigerator until Christmas Day. Serve in small portions at room tempera-ture or warmed in the oven and along-side vanilla bean custard or plain yogurt swirled with orange blossom honey.

Yields 20 servings

2½ cups (600 grams) mixed and chopped dried fruit (raisins, prunes,

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Preheat the oven to 300° F. Line the sides and base of a 7-inch round cake tin with parchment paper.

Combine the dried fruit, spices, vanilla, orange zest and juice, olive oil and eggs. Mix in the almond flour and walnuts, then spoon the batter into the baking tin.

Bake for an hour-and-a-half. Insert a skewer or toothpick to see if it comes out moist, but clean; if not, bake for up to 30 minutes more. (Cover the top if necessary to prevent over-browning.)

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A Revitalizing Ritual for the New Year

Start the new year with a tabula rasa (clean slate) by hosting a New Year’s Eve Good Riddance Tea Party. Gather family and friends over warm ginger tea, spiced apple cider, hot chocolate and festive finger foods. Guests write down on slips of paper any mistakes, disappointments, regrets, hurts or failings they wish to be forgiven or forgotten. One by one, put them into a crackling fireplace or bonfire to symbolize surrendering of the past. “This ties the heart strings in a com-forting bow,” comments author Sarah Ban Breathnach. Then, inscribe fresh intentions for the year to come and tuck them away in a special place. “This is the most mystical part, because so many prayers get answered,” Ban Breathnach says. Lastly, toast the new year with optimism and joy.

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have pets sleeping on the bed with them. Plus, 53 percent said their sleep was disrupted to some extent every night. Twenty-one percent and 7 percent of their dogs and cats, respectively, snored. Yet, a British study of 420 UK cat owners conducted by the nonprofit Cats Protection revealed that 44 percent of respondents (including 51 percent of women polled) said they enjoyed a bet-ter night’s sleep with a cat in bed with them than with a human companion. Benefits listed included an absence of snoring, more space on the bed and soothing purrs. “The advantages of letting your pet share your bed include companionship, warmth and a sense of security,” advises Mahaney. Among the drawbacks, he notes lack of space for people to sleep, interruption of normal sleep patterns and the pet’s confusion about its ex-pected place to sleep.

Nip Problems in the BudTo break a pet of a bed-sleeping habit, Mahaney recommends apply-ing persistence, consistency and the following tips:

n Establish a separate area or bed for the pet to sleep. A cat or dog bed can be as simple as a clean, soft blanket placed nearby.

n Use positive reinforcement tech-niques. Offer a tiny training treat, “good-dog” clicker noise or praise when the animal is comfortably resting in its own bed, to reinforce this desirable behavior.

n Immediately address any territorial aggression when co-sleeping with a pet, such as growling or nipping. First, authoritatively say, “No!” Then put the pet on the floor or into its own bed and give the command to sit and stay.

n If problematic behavior persists, seek consultation with a veterinary behavior specialist.

Let Sleeping Dogs LieIf a family member decides to share a bed with a pet, Mahaney offers the following recommendations:

n Let it sleep on top of the covers, instead of under them.

n Be aware of the need to remove environmental debris, including fecal material, on its coat before bedtime.

n Give the dog an opportunity to void itself within a reasonable timeframe be-fore going to sleep. A typical healthy dog should not have to get up in the middle of the night to urinate or defecate.

n Allow a cat the opportunity to exit the bedroom throughout the night to play, eat, drink and use the litter box. Cats are nocturnal animals and are more likely to be active during lights out.

Erik J. Martin regularly contributes to WebVet.com, from which this was adapted.

A pet’s companionship can reduce levels of

stress hormones while enabling people to deal with their emotions and

stressful situations.

~ American Heart Association journal, Hypertension

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ber reading a book, The Boy Who Sang to the World, although I later learned it doesn’t exist. I read it in some other realm of con-sciousness and that’s what I became. I sang to the world, sun, moon, stars and all life. I sang in church and choirs and later took up guitar and piano. One day, a visitor to our house said, “You’re going to heal many people in this world with that voice.” When I attended the University of North Carolina, I discovered that neuro-physiology could be used as a language to explain mystical experiences. The whole time I was engaged in scientific training, I was also going deeper into the mysticism of the East, the yoga of India, Taoism of China, Egyptian

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alchemy and Tibetan Bud-dhism. I was practicing every meditation from ev-ery tradition, sometimes for five hours a day. Without realizing it, I was changing my neurophysiology.

Brain research shows that when we experience pure sound without lan-guage, the right side of the brain lights up like a Christmas tree. I’d worked in brain research for about 13 years when, while meditating, I received new information about brain geometry that I recognized as the geometry of con-sciousness in its relationship to sound and emotion. I understood that if I taught this to others, I would observe rapid change and improvement in brain function and creativity, which took place when I conducted beta testing at three sites. One day, I was in California doing a

workshop when these sounds just came through me. That’s what spawned my current sound work. I become like a tuning fork to the information that is coming to me. In shamanism, this is called being the hol-low reed. I step out of the way. In terms of brain frequencies, I go into an alpha state, in which I can attend to what I need to do vocally, but for that moment surrender my voice to the energy. When I work shamanically with drums, animal spirits come through my voice, as do beings from other tradi-tions. I feel like a doorway, or a chauf-feur looking in the back seat to see who I’m driving. I live in two diametrically opposed worlds. I’m logical in how I look at things and am fascinated by brain neurology. Then there’s this other side that’s off the charts. I never know when the whales are going to appear. As I operate in an altered state, I can see humpbacks psychically approaching until one of them enters my energy field. Subjec-tively, I become as large as a whale, at the same time I’m aware of my physical body. I have dual realities, and then the whale sounds emanate through me. In a visionary experience on my 40th birthday, the question arose, “Will you sing the song of the new Earth?” I believe that we’re not going to survive much longer as a species if we don’t change how we are living, and that’s what my work is about. Many people are having spiritual emergences, yet we don’t, as a culture, have a place to harness its potential. What I do with groups is a type of sound healing, working collectively with the energy of a large gathering. Each person responds in ways unique to them, breathing into some inner emotion and making a sound that matches how it feels inside. Something happens with people that attend these events. It’s about the transformation and beauty of being able to step into the unknown to commune with a knowledge and intelligence that’ll sing through my voice. Together, we’ll see what will come forward. A major message I’ve received is

Singing the World Awake

by tom Kenyon

Article adapted from the film, Song of the New Earth

Music and sound are the language and architecture of the cosmos.



season. This is a time of fellowship, when friends come together and new friends are made. Crystal Peace Center, 205 Court. St., Maryville, TN. Info: 865-200-9582 or [email protected].

suNdAY, decemBer 7Fire Ceremony – 6:45-7:45pm. Ceremonial fire is perfect for insight, releasing and transmuting what no longer serves you. Center for Peace, 880 Graves-Delozier Rd., Seymour, TN. Info: CenterForPeace.us or Katy Koontz at 865-693-9845.

tuesdAY, decemBer 9Write to Grow – 6:45-9pm. Writing workshop for women interested in developing a deeper sense of self through writing. The Write Place, 2611 E. Broadway, Maryville, TN. Info: JudyBingham.net or 865-660-4799.

wedNesdAY, decemBer 10Autoimmune Coaching & Energy Therapy Sup-port Call – 4-5:15pm. Anne Merkel, PhD, shares information and solutions for people experiencing autoimmune disorders, to naturally address their condition and support healing. Notes and past month recordings provided with registration. Free. Register: http://is.gd/autoimmunegroup. Info: 1-877-262-2276.

tHursdAY, decemBer 11Astrology Class – 6:45-8:45 pm. See website for specific class topics. The Oasis Institute, 4928 Hom-berg Dr., Knoxville. Info: RadiantLightAstrology.com or 865-719-2049.

fridAY, decemBer 12TN Massage Law and Practice Management: Documentation – 6-10pm. 2 CE hours each. At Massage Institute of Cleveland, Cleveland, TN. $40 for one if paid by 11/28/14 or $50 thereafter. $70 for both if paid by 12/01/14 or $90 thereafter. Charles West, LMT. Info: MassageWorksTn.com or 865-694-3144.

sAturdAY, decemBer 13Positional Release & Muscle Energy Technique: Upper Body – 9am-6pm. 8 CE hours. At Massage Institute of Cleveland, Cleveland, TN. $125 if paid by 12/01/14 or $150 thereafter. Charles West, LMT. Info: MassageWorksTn.com or 865-694-3144.

Sweat Lodge – 10:30am. Experience a deeper spiri-tual awareness through this ancient form of prayer and purification. Donation. Center for Peace, 880 Graves-Delozier Rd., Seymour, TN. Info: Center-ForPeace.us or 865-428-3070.

Holiday Shopping – Noon-6pm. Great prices on Native American items, jewelry, stones, rocks, crystals, books, pottery, etc. Center for Peace, 880 Graves-Delozier Rd., Seymour, TN. Info: Center-ForPeace.us or 865-428-3070.

tuesdAY, decemBer 2“Drumming, Meditation and Channeling” – 7:30-9pm. Weekly gathering. Donation. Center for Peace, 880 Graves-Delozier Rd., Seymour, TN. Info: CenterForPeace.us or 865-428-3070.

wedNesdAY, decemBer 3Write to Grow – 9-11:30am. Writing workshop for women interested in developing a deeper sense of self through writing. The Write Place, 2611 E. Broadway, Maryville, TN. Info: JudyBingham.net or 865-660-4799.

Write Now – 12:30-3pm. Creative writing work-shop following the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) Method. Learn about the craft. Gain perspec-tive on your writing and confidence in your voice. The Write Place, 2611 E. Broadway, Maryville, TN. Info: JudyBingham.net or 865-660-4799.

Energy Therapy & EFT Practitioners’ Master-mind (Live Call) – 4-5:15pm. Join other health and wellness practitioners as Anne Merkel, PhD, leads powerful “Mastermind” sessions using energy therapy to enhance your life and practice. Monthly series of two live calls, Mastermind, notes and re-cordings, email support: $76. Register: http://is.gd/PractitionerMastermind. Info: 1-877-262-2276.

fridAY, decemBer 5Write Now – 9-11:30pm. Creative writing work-shop following the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) Method. Learn about the craft. Gain perspec-tive on your writing and confidence in your voice. The Write Place, 2611 E. Broadway, Maryville, TN. Info: judybingham.net or 865-660-4799.

sAturdAY, decemBer 6Positional Release & Muscle Energy Technique – Dec 6-7, 9am-6pm. 16 CE hours. $250 if paid by 11/24/14 or $300 thereafter. Charles West, LMT, 318 Erin Dr. #5, Knoxville. Info: MassageWorksTn.com or 865-694-3144.

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that if we are to survive, we must raise the feminine out of the ashes created by millennia of cultural traditions and have the male and female meet together, not one above the other, but in equal-ity, and with that union, create a new world. The boy who sang to the world has grown up to sing a space that al-lows people to create their hopes and dreams into existence.

Psychologist and musician Tom Kenyon is trained in Ericksonian medical hyp-nosis and whole brain learning. His 25 years of practicing psychotherapy led to the formation of Acoustic Brain Research to scientifically study neuropsychol-ogy and psychoacoustics. He teaches Tibetan Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Egyptian high alchemy and esoteric Christianity. He has authored Brain States, many CDs and the new docu-mentary about his journey, Song of the New Earth (SongOfTheNewEarth.com).

Sound opens consciousness.

If consciousness is higher, life on

Earth will change.

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

~Confucius

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wedNesdAY, decemBer 17Write to Grow – 9-11:30am. Writing workshop for women interested in developing a deeper sense of self through writing. The Write Place, 2611 E. Broadway, Maryville, TN. Info: JudyBingham.net or 865-660-4799.

Write Now – 12:30-3pm. Creative writing work-shop following the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) Method. Learn about the craft. Gain perspec-tive on your writing and confidence in your voice. The Write Place, 2611 E. Broadway, Maryville, TN. Info: JudyBingham.net or 865-660-4799.

Energy Therapy & EFT Practitioners’ Master-mind (Live Call) – 4-5:15pm. Join other health and wellness practitioners as Anne Merkel, PhD, leads powerful “Mastermind” sessions using energy therapy to enhance your life and practice. Monthly series of two live calls, Mastermind, notes and re-cordings, e-mail support: $76. Register: http://is.gd/PractitionerMastermind. Info: 1-877-262-2276.

fridAY, decemBer 19Write Now – 9-11:30pm. Creative writing work-shop following the Amherst Writers & Artists (AWA) Method. Learn about the craft. Gain perspec-tive on your writing and confidence in your voice. The Write Place, 2611 E. Broadway, Maryville, TN. Info: JudyBingham.net or 865-660-4799.

sAturdAY, decemBer 20David Arms – 10am-11:30am. Topic: “Your Role in Your Spiritual Growth.” $25 fee. Healing sessions to follow, $50. Center for Peace, 880 Graves-Delozier Rd., Seymour, TN. Info: CenterForPeace.us or Patti MacFee 865-250-1988.

wedNesdAY, decemBer 24Unity Transformation Christmas Eve Service – 6pm. Shanti Yoga Haven, 12 Forest Court, Knox-ville. Info: 865-809-5207 or [email protected].

Christmas Eve Candle-Lighting Ceremony – 7pm. Holiday songs, food, gift giveaway, candle lighting. Donation. Center for Peace, 880 Graves-Delozier Rd, Seymour, TN. Info: CenterForPeace.us or 865-428-3070.

suNdAY, decemBer 28 New Year Vision Board Party – 1-4pm. Join Theresa Richardson and Charlaine Jones in this delightful exercise to manifest in 2015. Snacks and supplies provided, but you are welcome to bring any special pictures to add. $22. Preregistration required. Theresa Richardson, 428 East Scott Ave., Knoxville. Register: 865-705-2525. Info: Theresa-Richardson.com.

moNdAY, decemBer 29Acupressure for Stress – 9am-6pm. 8 CE hours. $125 if paid by 12/15/14 or $150 thereafter. Charles West, LMT, 318 Erin Dr. #5, Knoxville. Info: Mas-sageWorksTn.com or 865-694-3144.

wedNesdAY, decemBer 31TN Massage Law and Practice Management: Documentation – 10am-2pm. 2 CE hours each. $40 for one if paid by12/17/14 or $50 thereafter. $70 for both if paid by 12/17/14 or $90 thereafter. Charles West, LMT, 318 Erin Dr. #5, Knoxville. Info: Mas-sageWorksTn.com or 865-694-3144.

New Year’s Eve Ceremony – 7pm. Live Music Mountain Laurel. Meditation. Refreshments. OA-SIS Institute, 4928 Homberg Dr., Knoxville. Info: OasisInstitute.org or 865-588-7707.

Unity Traditional Burning Bowl - 7pm. Unity Transformation will celebrate the Burning Bowl cer-emony where participants burn and release the old and prepare for the New Year. Shanti Yoga Haven, 12 Forest Court, Knoxville. Info: 865-809-5207 or [email protected].

save the datesuNdAY, JANuArY 4Unity White Stone Ceremony – 10:55am. Unity Transformation will host Unity’s traditional White Stone Ceremony at Open Chord, 8502 Kingston Pike, Knoxville. Participants prayerfully receive their new “word” or “name” for the New Year with a White Stone to write on as a reminder for the coming year. Info: 865-809-5207 or [email protected].

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Let our New Year’s resolution be this: we will be there for one another

as fellow members of humanity, in the finest sense of the word.

~Goran Persson

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Everything Mushrooms.........................................................32

Gentle Touch Therapeutic ..................................................... 13

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Hemp Monkeys ........................................................................15

Knoxville Trauma Connection &

Family Therapy Sevices .......................................................... 7

Lea’s Natural Health Solutions ............................................. 3

Rock and Pine Healing ...........................................................21

Unity Transformation ............................................................. 17

Well Being Conference Center .............................................. 7

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