Fall 2010

Artist Featured On the Cover: Cheryl Yambrach Rose-Hall

Cheryl Yambrach Rose-Hall paints Visionary and Neo-Mythic Art®. Her new book, Art Through the Eyes of the Soul, with a forward by Dr. Jean Houston, is available from New Leaf, Ingram, Amazon and at www.cherylrose.com, along with a new line of 12 fine art prints. The book explores the four Mythic lands where Cheryllives and paints – Lemuria, Bohemia, Narnia, and Avalon..

Astrology Forecast
August/September/October of 2010
by Tom Lescher, Astrologist

As I sit here the first week of July with the clean warm ocean breeze blowing gently through the door, life appears calm, beautiful, and serene. When I turn on the internet and connect with friends the atmosphere quickly changes to one of concern, stress, and anxiousness over personal financial and relationship issues, with stories of impending doom regarding the near and distant future. Indeed, to look at the coming planetary alignments and relate them to previous historical events, one could predict everything from total economic/governmental collapse to earthquakes and global war. To say that we, as a species, have evolved past creating these types of manifestations is to close our ears, eyes, and minds to what we see going on around us. However, the beauty of New Paradigm Astrology is not only that it gives us the timing and nature of external events but also the inner guidance on how to best evolve through these events.
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Thoughts and Ponderings
Befriending Who We Already Are
by Barbara Williams

Loving-kindness (maitri) toward ourselves doesn't mean getting rid of anything. Maitri means that we can still be crazy, we can still be angry. We can still be timid or jealous or full of feelings of unworthiness. Meditation practice isn't about trying to throw ourselves away or become something better. It's about befriending who we are already.
- Pema Chodron

I love that quote. It sums things up for me. Until it showed up in my inbox this morning, I had no idea what I would write about for this issue. I’d sat down a few times to put words to paper, never yielding anything that seemed insightful, inspiring or, for that matter, the least bit interesting. I was on a rat wheel and everything I did was feeding a state of frustration that I’d been walking through for the last month or better.
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Nature's Bounty
Burn Remedies
by Kami McBride

One of the main reasons I have taught herbal medicine for the past twenty years is because of my commitment to helping revive the civic art of home herbal care. There are so many simple herbal preparations that we can use to help ourselves and others to ease the pain of everyday ailments. One thing that every household needs to have on hand is a remedy for minor to moderate burns. Of course serious burns should be taken seriously and by all means, go to the hospital. But everyday burns like fingers on the stove, splashing oil from the pan, bumping up against the hot water heater, accidentally touching a hot iron; these kinds of burns don’t usually take you to the doctor, but they are painful and can take awhile to heal.
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Conscious Relationship
Happiness Is Your Birthright
by Allan Hardman

You came into this world happy. You were the very essence of joy itself. You laughed and cried and skipped and danced. You felt what you felt, liked what you liked, and wanted what you wanted. You were free to be exactly who you were—and your nature was happiness. Over time, of course, you learned to be afraid to feel what you felt, to like what you liked, and want what you wanted. You were taught it wasn’t okay to cry or to sing too loudly, you were annoying when you were hungry an hour before dinner, and someone told you not to run because you would surely hurt yourself.
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Peaceful Parenting
Who Are You, My Child? (Part Two of Two)
by Amy Edwards

Astrology as a tool for self-awareness and understanding your child. In Part One of this article, we explored the tendency of parents to unconsciously project expectations onto our children, attempting to steer them toward goals and activities that we feel are appropriate and/or in their “best interest”. While stemming from the most honorable of intentions, this behavior has the potential to seriously stifle a child’s personal journey. Instead, I encourage the importance of celebrating and supporting our children’s uniqueness and individuality, allowing for them to discover their own passions.
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"Say 'Yes!'  Simply meet each experience of life inside and out, body, feelings and mind,
with all the love and acceptance you can muster."
- Cheri Huber