TABLE OF CONTENTS
Spring 2023 — What’s Inside
PATHWAYS PROFILE Community Ecology Institute: Nature-Based Learning, People-Planet Connections ........................9 By Chiara D’Amore TO YOUR HEALTH Somatic Intelligence: Learning How the Body Stores Trauma and Emotion ....................................11 By Nyle MacFarlane BUILDING COMMUNITY Sweat Lodge as Community Ceremony ..............................................................................................13 By Kurt Griffith/Talking Stone GLOBAL VISIONS L.E.T.S. Support World Music ............................................................................................................15 By Matthew Montfort CULTIVATING COMPASSION Worse Things Happen At Sea .............................................................................................................17 By Mary Finelli; Edited by Cam MacQueen HERB CORNER Ask A Stoner: Can I Smoke Weed And Work Out? ............................................................................19 By Meghan Thompson ASTROLOGICAL INSIGHTS Spring 2023: Prepare for the Paradigm Shifts ...................................................................................21 By Misty Kuceris YOGA TODAY Three Reasons to Integrate Ayurvedic Wisdom Into Your Yoga Practice .........................................23 By Anjali Sunita WASHINGTON GARDENER Groundcover Revolution ....................................................................................................................30 By Kathy Jentz ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL JUSTICE Higher Still, an Environmental Awakening at the Grassroots Level .................................................59 By Bruce Johnson, PhD SEASONAL INSIGHTS Pre-Bloom: A Spring Reawakening ....................................................................................................61 By Lindsey Haldeman and Lindsey Van Wagner TO YOUR HEALTH Sleep Disordered Breathing: A Children’s Health Concern ..............................................................67 By Sheri Salartash, DDS PATHWAYS SPRING EXPO & ONLINE MARKETPLACE ~ SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 2023 An Invitation From Your Pathways Team Please make your calendars for the Pathways event of the season — the Spring Natural Living Expo and Online Marketplace! Our booths are almost sold out and workshop slots are filling quickly. See the preliminary program in this issue for the early confirmed participants. The virtual marketplace of seasonal specials is open NOW! Our exhibitors are giving you the chance to sample products and services with great deals and discounts. And we are using Eventbrite for easier advance ticket purchasing. Overall, we hope you’ll spend your money and time with purpose and intention to keep resources in the communities where we live and work. The spring is already bubbling and blossoming, and our content reflects the excitement and renewed energy that comes with this season’s reawakening. After winter’s rest, we are ready to spring into action on behalf of ourselves, our communities, and our planet. There’s work to be done. Please join us!
The Wheel of the Year, a solar-based agrarian model, is in the Spring Cycle. How will your garden grow? Page 27
Like Kintsugi & the philosophy of wa- bi-sabi, we must honor & tend the flaws to heal the earth & ourselves. Page 65
ON THE COVER: LUCY IN THE SKY, By Jesi V. Lundy. Artist profile, page 77
MORE RESOURCES FOR CREATIVE LIVING • Inflammation and Its Manifestations, by Helena Amos - pg 25 • Rediscovering Pleasure, by Elena Khaz- anova - pg 63 • Book review by Alyce Ortuzar: Getting To Green, Saving Nature: A Bipartisan Solution, by Frederic C. Rich - pg 70 • Gaia and Psyche: The Spirit of Place, by Denise Horton - pg 73 • “Imagine With Me”, by Rev. Trish Hall - pg 75 • Pathways Spring 2023 Natural Living Expo Preliminary Program - pg 40 • Spring Events Calendar - pg 50 • Advertiser Index - pg 78
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