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Issue #50
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What’s New in the Community –
By Lynda Gronlund with Anne Duffy
Leaps of Faith: Tales of Newer Local Businesses
By John Fredericks
Ann Arbor 350 –
Taking on Climate Change, One Challenge at a Time
By Monica Patel
Sustainable Health Column ~ Rebel with a Cause
By Abbe Grossman
Occupy Yourself
By Bronwen Gates
Questions for Acupuncturist Cynthia Esseichick
Interviewed by Maureen McMahon
Allowing Your Best Self to Shine Through:
Marc Lerner on a Healthy Way to be Sick –
By Mary Runser
Drawing the Buddha’s Sublime Form — Buddhist Artist Rob Davis
on Internalizing the Image of the Buddha in Tantric Art
By Rob Davis
Siberian Buddhism, Siberian Shamanism and the Politics of Memory –
Anthropologist/Filmmaker Anya Bernstein
Interview by Karl Pohrt
Sreyashi Dey, Dancing with Tradition –
Recreating Ancient Indian Spiritual Dances for Modern Audiences
By Sandor Slomovits
Bearing Witness –
The Story of a Holocaust Survivor’s Journey from Escape
to Being a Forensic Psychiatrist Specializing in Homicide
Interviewed by Richard Gull
Bringing It All Back Home –
An Ann Arbor Songwriter, Musician, and Community-Builder Returns
to the Small Town of Her Youth to Sing Her Life Song
By Jeanne Mackey
Plus...
Three Ann Arbor Musicians — Laz Slomovits, Lori Fithian,
and Eric Fithian on Collaborating with Jeanne Mackey
and What It Means to “Come Home”
Laz Slomovits
Lori Fithian
Eric Fithian
All creatures great and small ~ Deconstructing “Dog Food”
By Alice Liberson
The Crazy Wisdom Kids Section
Kids Book and Media Reviews
by Sarah Newland
Conscious Parenting –
Sweet Journeys and the Grocery Checkout
By Bernadette S. Kovach, Ph.D.
Music and Parenting ~ Somewhat Like A Symphony
By Gari Stein
Storyteller Laura Pershin Raynor –
A Gift to the Community
By Karen Foulke Larson
The Power of Movement
By Karen Foulke Larson
Barb Christensen, Breaking Barriers (and Boards) in Karate –
How One of the First Female Black Belts in Shimabukuro Karate Went on to Lead Her Own Club in Ann Arbor
Interviewed by Bill Zirinsky
Crazy Wisdom Kids in the Community
By Karen L. Totten
Birth Story Nights –
Honoring All Experiences from All Mothers
By Kate Stroud
An Excerpt from Lorri Coburn’s
Breaking Free: How Forgiveness
and A Course in Miracles Can Set You Free
What Makes an Oil Essential?
By Nancy Harknett
Issue #49
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What’s New in the Community –
By Anne Duffy
Kids, Stress and Conversations around Town
Chasing Answers for 21st Century Parents
By Michelle Pafford Helms
Growing Roots and Branching Out ~ How TreeTown Murals Celebrates
Our Community’s Diversity Through Art
By Rachel Pastiva
Leaps of Faith: Tales of Newer Local Businesses
By Mary Runser
Go Eco-frugal! Being thrifty is a powerful “green” practice
By Sarah Rigg
The Women of Tapestries ~ Anita Rubin-Meiller, Dawn McCalla,
Karen Zokas and Hillary Baldwin
Working with Survivors of Sexual Abuse, and Witnessing
Small Miracles that Transform Lives
By Maureen McMahon
Emergence ~ By Bronwen Gates
Sustainable Health Column ~ Coby’s Farewell Gift
By Judy Stone
A Pathway Home ~
Walking the Labyrinth at Matthaei Botanical Gardens
By Lindsay Hitt Passmore
Music Reviews by Sarah Newland
An Excerpt from Psychic Psychology ~
The New Book by Local Author John Friedlander
All creatures great and small ~ What to Feed Your Dog and Cat
By Lisa Pearce
Acupuncture Comes of Age in Ann Arbor
Brodie Burris
Dr. Shan Kong
Dr. Qingchun Kong
Ellen Porter
A Guide to Local Acupuncturists
The New Face of Acupuncture in Michigan –
Carey Ryan Blends East and West in her Practice
By Jeannie Ballew
The Crazy Wisdom Kids Section
Kids Book and Media Reviews
by Sarah Newland
Crazy Wisdom Kids in the Community
By Karen L. Totten
Supporting Children’s Grieving
By Carrie Hatcher-Kay, PhD
One of a Kind ~
Steve “Oz” Osburn and his Music Environment
Inspire Musicians of All Ages
By Karen Foulke Larson
The Crazy Wisdom Calendar Section
The Calendar
Edited by Sarah Newland
Background Info on the Teachers
Also includes...
Envisioning the Shift: Our Role in the New Paradigm
By Nina Howard
More than Bee Stings and Seasonal Sneezes:
Transforming the Conversation about Food Allergies
By Gary Merel
Tapping into the Healing Power of Yoga ~
A Nurse’s Healing Journey Leads to a New Career
By Janine Polley, RN, RYT
Kabbalah Miracles ~ By Karen Greenberg
A Tale of Two Worlds: Science and Spirituality ~
Physicist Teaches Meditation at the Sri Chinmoy Center
By Kapila Castoldi, Ph.D
endpiece ~ A Hedgewitch’s Thoughts on Halloween:
A Conversation with Misti Delaney-Smith
By Mary Runser
Issue #48
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What’s New in the Community – By Anne Duffy
Chi Running (and Chi Walking) Takes Off in Tree Town By Michelle Pafford Helms
Leaps of Faith ~ Tales of Newer Local Businesses By Mary Runser
Local Food Report ~ An Update on Washtenaw County’s Local Food Movement By Jen Eberbach
Sustainable Health Column ~ Pardon Me, Your Paradigm is Showing By Judy Stone
The Spirituality of Mediation: A Conversation with Zena Zumeta By Mary Runser
Music Reviews by Sarah Newland
The Hair Healers of Ann Arbor
Jeanne Adwani
Cynthia Reedy
Vicki Honeyman
Grace Morand
Issue #47
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What’s New in the Community –
By Jennifer Eberbach
Sustainable Health Column ~ The Road Less Traveled: Making Unconventional Medical Choices
By Judy Stone
Bringing Healthy Foods into Michigan’s Hospitals ~ Questions for Hillary Bisnett of the Ecology Center by Bill Zirinsky
Questions for Dr. Aditi Dave about Meditation, Medicine and Consciousness by Bill Zirinsky
Acupuncture for Dogs and Cats
By Dr. Monica Turenne
A Winter’s Solitude
By Diane Kimball
Birthing the New ~ Wonder and Delight
By Bronwen Gates
The Secret of Light - Crazy Heart Wisdom
By Robert Thibodeau of Mayflower
Remembering Paul
By Richard Gull
Music Reviews by Sarah Newland
Drumming Up the Gifts/Drumming Down the Blessings
By Mary Runser
Drum, Voice, and Breath ~ Three Paths to Wholeness
By Lindsay Passmore
Poetry Page
Gay and Lesbian Spiritual and Family Life in Ann Arbor ~
A Look at Evolving Attitudes and Practices at Local Churches, Temples, Dharma Centers and Spiritual Communities by Sarah Rigg
An Interview with Theresa Bassett on being a Lesbian Mom with Six Kids and a Fulfilling Spiritual Life in the Unitarian and Zen Buddhist Communities
An Interview with Debbie Zivan on being a Lesbian Single Mom and Returning to her Jewish Roots
An Interview with Craig Kukuk and AT Miller on the Evolution of their Spiritually Rich Life Together
Book Reviews
The Crazy Wisdom Kids Section
Kids Book and Media Reviews
by Sarah Newland
A New Fairy Comes to Town ~ A Talk with the Creators of the Locally Published Fairy Book, Aprilmae Gets Carried Away!
By Rachel Pastiva
Teaching Children about Nature through Faeries and Nature Spirits By Marcia Maria
Conscious Parenting ~ How to Connect to Your Child
(So They Can Connect to the World) by Annie Zirkel
The Best of Both Worlds ~ Local Doula and Author Cynthia Gabriel Empowers Women to Create Natural Birth Experiences Within a Hospital Setting by Rachel Pastiva
Crazy Wisdom Kids in the Community
By Karen L. Totten
From The Crazy Wisdom Calendar Section...
Moving Through the Winter Blues by Dr. Marnie Burkman
Local Space Astrology by Nancy Bahlman
Spotlight on Jackson Kaguri and his new book The Price of Stones: Building a School for My Village
Background Info on the Teachers
Issue #46
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What’s New in the Community – By Jennifer Eberbach
The Art of Touch ~
Profiles of the 5 Women Healers of Complete Chiropractic
& Bodywork Therapies by Mary Runser
Chiropractor Linda Berry
Chiropractor Kathleen Dvorak
Craniosacral and Polarity Therapist Renée Rutz
Massage Therapist Lisa Fox-Del Zoppo
Trager® Practitioner Kirsten Mowrey
From Our Hearts to Our Hands: How Handiwork has the Power to Transform Us by Rachel Pastiva
Questions for Oran Hesterman of the Fair Food Network about the Good Food Revolution by Bill Zirinsky
Sustainable Health Column – Food Fight in Lansing by Judy Stone
The Crazy Wisdom Interview with Karen and David Ufer on the Gifts of a Lifelong Practice of Yoga by Bill Zirinsky
Barbara Brodsky’s Healing Journey Continues
Musings… by Bronwen Gates
Poetry Page
Crazy Wisdom Kids Section, which includes...
Crazy Wisdom Kids in the Community
by Karen L. Totten
Singing Peace into the World:
The Mindful Music of Joe Reilly
Questions for Rob Byas about the
Ann Arbor College of Martial Arts,
and Teaching Self Defense to Kids
Innovative Natural Playground is in the Works
by Karen L. Totten
Spotlight on Annie Burnside, Author of
Soul to Soul Parenting: A Guide to Raising a
Spiritually Conscious Family
Spotlight on Annie Zirkel, Author of You’ll Thank Me Later:
A Guide to Nurturing Gratitude in Our Children
and Why That Matters
From the CW Calendar Section...
A Christian Mystic’s Path by Rev. Lela Iduna
Celebrating Peaceful Dragon School’s 20 Years by Wasentha Young
Spotlight on Cynthia Pomerleau, Author of Life After Cigarettes
Spotlight on Paul Quinn, Author of Tarot for Life
Issue #45
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What’s New in the Community –
By Jennifer Eberbach
Celebrating the Flowering of Tsogyelgar,
the Buddhist Community on West Liberty
Sustainable Health – Thinning Facts, Thinning Bones
By Judy Stone
Bringing Healthy Meals To Your Table ~ Local Options for Cooking Classes
By Sarah Rigg
At Home with Esoteric Energy Healing ~ A Profile of Laurie Akerros
By Mary Runser
Heart-Driven Relationship Building through Massage Therapy ~ A Visit with Ann Zalek
By Mary Runser
The Crazy Wisdom Interviews with Carole Lapidos and Sally Wisotzkey
on Raising Strong and Confident Daughters
By Bill Zirinsky
Swaying in the Sangha of Trees
By Leonard Bass
Fish Returned To Its Water Life
By Diane Kimball
The Crazy Wisdom Kids Section
Kids Book Reviews by Sarah Newland
Kids Yoga ~ Questions for Adele Kieras
Crazy Wisdom Kids Summer Camp Guide ~ Compiled by Kimberly Didia
Kids Media Reviews by Sarah Newland
Music Reviews by Sarah Newland
Mindfulness for Depression and Anxiety ~ Questions for Psychotherapist Lynn Sipher
Soul Essence Evolving: Revelations from the Universe to You
By Deb Foggio
New Movements Bring Relief, Surprise… Joanna Myers on the Feldenkrais® Method
Questions for Tahnahga Myers about her Native American Ancestral Teachings
by Jonathan Ellis
Issue #44
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What’s New in the Community –
By Jennifer Eberbach
Questions for Therapist Carole Kirby on Counseling Gay and Lesbian Couples
By Bill Zirinsky
Complementary Health and Healing for our Animal Companions and Friends
by Mary Runser
A Visit to the Clean Energy Outlet -
An Innovative New Storefront Offers One-Stop Shopping for Energy Efficiency
By Sarah Rigg
Sustainable Health –
Forgotten Research, Buried Truths
By Judy Stone
Powering the Future –
A Talk with Ann Arbor Energy Programs Manager Andrew Brix on the Work of the City’s Energy Commission
By Rachel Pastiva
These Times of Great Transformation
by Helen Slomovits
The Crazy Wisdom Interview with Karen Kerns on Healing, Polarity Therapy and Craniosacral Bodywork
By Bill Zirinsky
Questions for:
Spiritual Director Jonathan Ellis
Prayer in Motion Director Janene Ternes
Yoga Instructor Christy DeBurton
Music Reviews
by Sarah Newland
Issue #43
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What's New in the Community
by Jennifer Eberbach
Kids in Motion - A Look at Martial Arts Programs for Young People in the Ann Arbor Area
by Mary Runser
Sustainable Health: Creating Your Own Health Reform
by Jody Stone
Green Living: Skilling Up for the Power Down
by Rachel Pastiva
Finding Judy
by Debbie Eisenberg Merion
Questions for Tom Egan about the For Generations To Come Project
by Bill Zirinsky
What’s Doing at Jewel Heart Tibetan Buddhist Center?
by Bill Zirinsky
Visiting “Pick Your Own” Farms in Washtenaw County
by Sarah Rigg
Questions for:
Ayurvedic Practitioner Sandra Moss
Breathwork Practitioners Pat and Dave Krajovic
Career and Transitions Counselor Melanie Fuscaldo
Music Reviews
by Sarah Newland
Issue #42
What’s New in the Community
By Jennifer Eberbach
Sustainable Health –
Path to the Garden: The Truth about Vitamins and Anti-Oxidants
By Judy Stone
Co-housing – A Look at Ann Arbor’s Three Thriving Cross-Generational Intentional Communities
By Sarah Rigg
Photo Coordination by Susan Kravitz Ayer
Amazing Grace –
Barbara Brodsky’s Healing Journey Continues
by Barbara Brodsky
Reading Tea Leaves — Dabbling with divinity in a tea cup
By Colette Gehr
Music Reviews by Sarah Newland
Questions for:
Pediatrician Susan McCreadie
Chiropractor/Naturopath Andréa Brisson
Dancer Stefanie Cohen
Roughhousing Coach Chris Barbeau
Issue #41
• What Your Family Medicine Doctor Is Thinking About
By Carol Ways, MD
• What’s New in the Community
By Jennifer Eberbach
• Green Living – Capturing Sunlight
• Sustainable Health ~
Viruses, Fevers, and Colds, Oh My!
By Judy Stone
Hands On Healing -- Crazy Wisdom Interviews
Seven Up-and-Coming Massage Therapists
Photography by Linda Lawson
Interviewed by Bill Zirinsky
• Introduction and Photo Spread
• Billie Wahlen
• Kelly Kempter
• Brian Cochell
• Jennifer Giacomelli
• Tohfa Khabir
• Gillian Udrys
• Eril Andes
Questions for:
• Singer Tammy Corwin-Renner
• Drummer Lori Fithian
• Homeopath Mary Tillinghast
Issue #40
The Crazy Wisdom Interview with Dr. Jay Sandweiss
on Synergizing Western and Eastern Approaches by Bill Zirinsky
Green Living ~ The Agrarian Adventure
by Rachel Pastiva
Barbara Brodsky on the Nature of Healing
Michigan in the Raw – The Living Foods Scene By Petula Brown
Elizabeth Alberda on Holy Sound
Coming into My Years: Preparations for the Last Third of Life ~
By Jeanne Mackey
Sustainable Health ~ By Judy Stone
Questions for Jocelyn Granger of AAIMT, Sondra O’Donnell of Sun Moon Yoga
and Jenni Flowers
Issue #39
Green Living ~ Growing Hope for the Future
by Rachel Pastiva
Catching Up with John Friedlander ~
Author, Meditation Teacher, and Psychic by Bill Zirinsky
The Short Good-bye ---
Creating a Ritual to “Send Off” a College-Bound Daughter
by Sabrina Gross
Issue #38
An Interview with Jeanne Adwani ~
Tarot Storyteller, Craftswoman, Poet and Hair Healer by Bill Zirinsky
Turning Darkness Into Light ~
My Story of Living with Cancer
by Sara Schreiber
Anthroposophic Medicine in Ann Arbor ~ A Visit with Dr. Molly McMullen-Laird & Dr. Quentin McMullen
by Lani Kwon Meilgaard
If You Could See Her Through My Eyes ~ A Journey of Love and Dying in the Fall of 2007, by Bill Zirinsky
Questions for:
Gari Stein
Michele Bond
Issue #37
A Story of Healing ~
Barbara Brodsky shares her story of her quest for healing with
the Brazilian shaman known as “John of God”
Rumi: Poet of the Heart
by Laz Slomovits
Questions for:
Herbalist & Healer Mary Light
Drummer & Performer Ryan Edwards
Tai Chi Teacher Genie Parker
Issue #36
Introducing Ann Arbor Kirtan ~An Ancient Yoga Tradition Combines Satsang, Sacred Music and Chanting by Glenn Burdick and Dennis Chernin
In Memoriam - Barbara Linderman (1934 - 2007)
Carpentry as a Hallucinogen by Will Balice
Why We Are So Passionate About Transformational Breathwork by Julie Wolcott and Marcia Bailey
Issue #35
A Profile of Cécile Green and Daniel Little: Bringing Heart and Soul to Landscaping and Natural Building by Lani Kwon Meilgaard
How to Heal Your Broken Heart - A Cardiologist’s Secrets for Physical, Emotional, and Spiritual Health Excerpts from the New Book by Ann Arborite, Dr. Kirk Laman
Thinking Inside-Out of the Box by Debbie Merion
A Visit with Local Acupuncturist Gary Merel By Mary Ledvina
Practitioner Spotlight: Nia™ Teacher Robin Okun by Sarah Newland
Issue #34
The Crazy Wisdom Interview with Richard Miller, Tai Chi and Bagua Teacher by Dennis Chernin, MD, MPH
A Profile of Renaissance Acres Organic Herb Farm by by Lani Kwon Meilgaard
Issue #33
Interviews with the Next Generation of Holistic Physicians by Bill Zirinsky
Issue #32
The Crazy Wisdom Interview with Peter Fleming on Gestalt Therapy and Contribution Training by Bill Zirinsky
Life with My Two Little Girls by Bill Zirinsky
Practitioner Spotlight: Victoria Silks and Aura-Soma by Sarah Daher
Practitioner Spotlight: Marsha Traxler by Sarah Daher
Reiki Thrives in Ann Arbor by Matthew Muth
An Interview with Ann Arbor Attorney and Activist, Molly Reno, on Cancer, Photography and Healing by Jonathan Ellis
Music, Healing, and Transformation by Jeanne Mackey
The Crazy Wisdom Bookstore Salon Meets the World Café: Shaping our Future through Conversations that Matter by Lucinda Kurtz
Issue #30
Call to Compassion - Excerpts from Aura Glaser's New Book
My Grandmother's Spirit is Showing Me Her Pearls by Debbie Eisenberg Merion
Contemplating Unity in Divisive Times by Helen R. Weingarten
Yoga and Meditation, from Macedonia to the United States by Ema Stefanova
Getting Started: Overcoming Obstacles to Meditation by Sandra Finkel
Issue #29
Iyengar Yoga's 30 Years in Ann Arbor by Yoga Instructor Lynlee Sky
Issue #27
The Crazy Wisdom Interview with U-M Professor Richard Mann by Bill Zirinsky and Claire Crevey
From Issue #26
Merri Walters on Healing, Flower Essences and Spiritual Timing by Claire Crevey
From Issue #25
The Crazy Wisdom Bookstore Salon on Miracles: An Experiment in Community and Inquiry By Lucinda R. Kurtz, Salon Facilitator
Issue #24
The Crazy Wisdom Interview with: Chetana Florida of the Lighthouse Center & Jain Leader Gurudev Chitrabhanu by Bill Zirinsky
Issue #23
Building the Bridge Between Conventional Medicine and Holistic Healing by Lucinda Kurtz
Hildegard and Healing Chants by Norma Gentile
Issue #17
Tibetan Buddhist Lama Gelek Rinpoche Talks About His Years in Tibet and India, American Politics, and the Evolution of Jewel Heart by Bill Zirinsky
Healthful Hideaways by Petula Brown
Creative Health Insitute: Sharing Living Foods with the World
The Inn at the Rustic Gate: R&R in Balance with Nature
Healthful Hideaways:The Kerr House
A Visit to the Cottage Retreat Center in Jackson