TABLE OF CONTENTS
Spring 2024 — What’s Inside
PATHWAYS PROFILE Community Forklift: A Vital Resource for the Home and Community ..............................................9 By Heather Bien GREEN NEWS & VIEWS The Dao of Nature: Daoist Principles for a Sustainable Future .........................................................11 By Gregory Ripley MIND-BODY-SPIRIT When East Meets West: Reiki Energy Healing Methods Evolve and Flourish .................................13 By Annie Larson CULTIVATING COMPASSION Sustainability? Don’t Sustain What We Do to Animals — End It ......................................................15 By Jeremy Loeb; edited by Cam MacQueen ASTROLOGICAL INSIGHTS Spring 2024: Navigating This World to Discover the Real You ........................................................19 By Misty Kuceris GREEN NEWS & VIEWS Seed Libraries and the Importance of Seed Sovereignty ...................................................................25 By Ciara O’Brien TO YOUR HEALTH Treating Seasonal Allergies with Functional Medicine .....................................................................28 By Helena Amos, M.AC., L.AC., Euro. Physician HERB CORNER Spirit, Plants, Animals and the Amazing World of the Patuxent River .............................................31 By Grandmother Rabiah Nur SEASONAL INSIGHTS Embracing the Cool Kapha Season ....................................................................................................36 By Anjali Sunita WASHINGTON GARDENER How To Be A GREEN Gardener .........................................................................................................66 By Kathy Jentz MIND-BODY-SPIRIT A Deeper Understanding of Sustainability .........................................................................................71 By Judith Polich MIND-BODY-SPIRIT Nurturing Self-Esteem ......................................................................................................................78 By Patricia Spranger, LCSW SPRING OPPORTUNITIES ARE BLOSSOMING AT PATHWAYS! NEW ISSUE • NATURAL LIVING EXPO & ONLINE MARKETPLACE • RETREATS A Message From Your Pathways Team This season, Pathways is all about sustainable solutions for mind-body-spirit-environment. We are sustaining our Pathways Community with resources for better health and wellness, for eco-friendly practices, and for self- care and self-discovery, thanks to our amazing article contributors and the incredible upcoming retreats being hosted at the Pathways Retreat Center. We are sustaining the businesses in our network with a presence here, online, and at our Spring Natural Living Expo happening this April in McLean, VA. Please join us! We are also sustaining the legacy of Pathways founder and publisher, Lou DeSabla, by celebrating him with trib - utes from some of his colleagues and friends whom he impacted personally and professionally. We honor Lou by continuing to do his good work, and invite you to share in our joy, and support our efforts.
Celebrating the legacy of Lou DeSabla, Pathways founder and publisher, with tributes from long-time colleagues and friends. Page 81
Recent news from NIH confirms use of complementary health practices for pain management, heart health is on the rise; by Michelle Alonso. Page 34
ON THE COVER: OUR WORLD IS A TREE’S DREAM, By Neha Misra. Artist profile, page 80 MORE RESOURCES FOR CREATIVE LIVING • Men and Relationships, by Barry & Joyce Vissell - pg 64 • Five Ways Fish Farms Are Like Factory Farms, from Farm Sanctuary - pg 68 • Book reviews by Alyce Ortuzar: Natural Healing, Mother Earth News Special Edi- tion; My Zero Waste Kitchen: Easy Ways to Eat Waste-Free , by Kate Turner - pg 74 • A Wild Hope: Imagination as Liberation and Healing, by Carol Burbank - pg 76 • Rewild Your Inner Child: How Connect- ing with Earth Can Balance Our Mind, Body, and Spirit, by Lindsey Van Wagner - pg 79 • Reclamation, by Emily Vierthaler - pg 80 • Pathways Spring Natural Living Expo Preliminary Program - pg 40 • Spring Events Calendar - pg 52 • Advertiser Index - pg 86
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