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THE CRAZY WISDOM COMMUNITY JOURNAL Ann Arbor’S HOLISTIC MAGAZINE Issue 51 FREE MAY THROUGH AUGUST 2012 Paul Tinkerhess Opens Up About His Activist Youth, Founding Fourth Ave Birkenstock, and His Vision for the Water Hill Music Festival Karl Pohrt Interviews Rev. 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The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal • May - August 2012 • Page 6 The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal • May - August 2012 • Page 7 The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal Ann Arbor’s Holistic Magazine Free photographic Since l982, Crazy Wisdom Bookstore has served as a center of information in the subjects of conscious living, holistic health, bodymind therapies, value up to psychology, Buddhism, spiritual development and consciousness. The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal is intended to provide information session $100 about the terrific array of opportunities for persons seeking psychological and spiritual growth and physical well being. Treat yourself to a totally with this ad! delightful and personalized ~ The Crazy Wisdom Kids Section ....................................Starts on Page 60 In This Issue Kids Book and Media Reviews portrait experience. The Business Card Directory ...……...............................…Starts on Page 8 by Sarah Newland .............................................................................Page 60 Joni Strickfaden creates artful family photography What’s New in the Community – Crazy Wisdom Kids in the Community by Lynda Gronlund ........................................................................….Page 12 by Nieka Apell ..................................................................................Page 62 and individual portraits. The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal Enjoy a photography session in has been published three times a year since 1995 by Crazy Wisdom, Inc. Leaps of Faith: Tales of Newer Local Businesses Conscious Parenting Column ~ the comfort of your home, park Copyright © Crazy Wisdom, Inc. — by Mary Runser ..................................................................................Page 20 Teaching Children to Tame Technology location or special event. April 2012. (Formerly Known as “Turn That Thing Off”) Professor Jane Dutton’s Passion for Compassion by Annie Zirkel .................................................................................Page 66 No parts of this publication may be by Michelle Pafford Helms .................................................................Page 24 reproduced for any reason without the Planting a Seed ~ Students at Two Local Charter Schools express written approval of the publisher. There is a token fee charged if you would Pianist, Athlete, Patient ~ A Respected Ann Arbor Piano Teacher Benefit from EMU’s Southeast Michigan Stewardship Coalition like to use an article in this publication Reflects on the Rewards of Teaching Music, Community Building, by Karen Foulke Larson ...................................................................Page 67 on your website, so make sure to contact and Staying Active and Proactive throughout his Journey with Cancer us first. Back issues of this publication by Rachel Urist ...................................................................................Page 28 Sustainable Health Column ~ Reforming the Norms of “Kids’ Food” are available, for $8 per issue, and many A Nutritionist Reflects on her Family’s Legacy interviews and articles from back issues are available on our website’s archive. Community and the Way of the Heart ~ and How You Can Impact Yours Karl Pohrt Interviews Rev. Joe Summers .......................................Page 30 by Cindy Klement ............................................................................Page 70 Crazy Wisdom Bookstore was founded in 1982. It has been owned since l989 Green Living ~ Designing Our Stuff As If Our Health Matters The Crazy Wisdom Kids Summer Camp Profiles ~ (734) 769.2795 by Crazy Wisdom, Inc., which consists Four Summer Camps, Unlimited Possibilities of Bill Zirinsky and Ruth Schekter, by Tracey Easthope .............................................................................Page 34 husband-and-wife. by Kimberly Didia ............................................................................Page 71 [email protected] Healing from PTSD: Rebuilding Veterans’ Lives with Dignity ~ Publisher/Editor Syndy Sweeney Talks with Neuropsychologist Dr. Eric Amberg, Spring/Summer Events Calendar for Kids ..................................Page 75 Bill Zirinsky Occupational Therapist Karen Jones, and Stiggy’s Dogs Founder www.StrickfadenPhoto.com Jennifer Petre about Changing Views of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder The Crazy Wisdom Calendar Section ............................Starts on Page 77 Design and Production and New Methods for Healing our Soldiers ........................................Page 35 The Calendar Design and Production Editor: Edited by Sarah Newland…….........……................................…….Page 78 Carol Karr This Little Light of Mine, I’m Gonna Let It Shine . Background Info on the Teachers ...............................……........Page 105 Calendar Design and Production Editor: by Barbara Brodsky ............................................................................Page 40 Molly Nuzzo Vipassana Meditation: Dorothy Ann Coyne Speaks from Forty Years Front Cover Design: Carol Karr of Practice About the Method and Benefits of Vipassana Meditation Calendar Cover Design: Molly Nuzzo “Is Your Head on Straight?” by Dorothy Ann Coyne .....................................................................Page 79 Probably Not, but Chiropractor Rob Koliner Calendar May Be Able to Fix That — and More An Excerpt from Regina Elkhatib and Angela Christensen’s C a l e n d a r E d i t o r : S a r a h N e w l a n d by Amy B. Garber ..............................................................................Page 43 New Book, Families of Children United in Spirit ~ Assistant Calendar Editor: Spiritual Journeys of Families After the Loss of a Loved One ......Page 88 Martha Rhodes Surprised by Love ~ Combining Subconscious Belief Attunements with Reflexolo-Chi™ A Love Story about How Falling in Love with a Very Good Dog ~ How Erasing Negative Thoughts and Trapped Tension Associate Publisher/Advertising Sales Allowed Me to Open My Heart to a Very Good Man Creates Lasting Mind-Body Results Rory Russell by Helen Weingarten ..........................................................................Page