The Evolution of Coco Newton: Functional Nutritionist, Tenacious Advocate
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THE CRAZY WISDOM COMMUNITY JOURNAL SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN’S CONSCIOUS LIVING MAGAZINE MAY THROUGH AUGUST 2015 - ISSUE 60 FREE The Evolution of Coco Newton: Functional Nutritionist, Tenacious Advocate Ann Arbor Kirtan – Chanting to Open the Heart Laura Robinson and Citizens for Oil-Free Backyards Family Yoga Comes of Age • Dances of Universal Peace • Truly Render on Kids & Religion • Psychotherapist César Valdez on Listening for the Cries from Deep Within • Farmer John • Kombucha • Gaia Kile • Herbalist Mary Light • Gary Merel’s Choose Your Health • 826michigan • The Art of Mandala • Poet Claire Skinner • Renee Robbins Returns to the Vienna Her Parents Escaped • Events Calendar • And More Bloom! GARDEN CENTER & BOUTIQUE LANDSCAPE DESIGN · INSTALLATIONS MAINTENANCE · HORTICULTURAL SPECIALISTS UNIQUE PLANTS · WATER GARDENS GARDEN ART & GIFTS! LANDSCAPE DESIGN & BUILD EXCITING NEWS! 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Life Learning Center • 3121 Rochester Road • Royal Oak, MI 48073 There will be no admittance after 7:30 pm so as not to break the continuity of the workshop. Please park in back and use the back door. For more information or to register, Contact Mo: (734) 523-8566 [email protected] www.hai.org The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal • January - April 2015 • Page 4 THE CRAZY WISDOM COMMUNITY JOURNAL SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN’S CONSCIOUS LIVING MAGAZINE Since 1982, Crazy Wisdom Bookstore has served as a center of information in the subjects of conscious living, holistic health, bodymind therapies, psychology, Buddhism, spiritual development and consciousness. The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal is intended to provide information about the terrific array of opportunities for persons seeking psychological and spiritual growth and physical well being. CWJ Features Getting to Know Poet Claire Skinner Page 37 ~ Interview by Julianne Linderman ............................................................Page 6 Great Tastes in Local Food — Morgan & York Alone, Suddenly and Then For Too Long by Crysta Coburn by Gala Mukomolova ..........................................................................….Page 8 Fishing for Papa by Joshua B. Kay .....................................................................................Page 9 Page 43 God’s Kid is Named a Swear! And Other Religious Observations Dancing Along the Way from the Children of Secular America — One Woman’s Path by Truly Render .....................................................................................Page 10 to Sacred Dancing by Heather Burcham Dancing Along the Way — One Woman’s Path to Sacred Dancing by Heather Burcham ..............................................................................Page 43 Dances of Universal Peace — Gathering Locally to Experience a Collective Movement Meditation Tradition Page 47 by Heather Burcham ..............................................................................Page 44 Ann Arbor Kirtan — Our Ten Year Anniversary Ann Arbor Kirtan — Our Ten Year Anniversary by Dennis Chernin and by Dennis Chernin and Glenn Burdick .................................................Page 47 Glenn Burdick The Whole Eater — An Interview with Coco Newton on Nutrition for Individualized Health Interview by Kirsten Mowrey ...............................................................Page 53 An Interview with Psychotherapist César Valdez — Page 74 Listening for the Cries from Deep Within Allergies in Pets — Interview by Bill Zirinsky .....................................................................Page 64 A Functional Perspective by John B. Smith, D.V.M Too Close for Comfort — Citizens for Oil-Free Backyards by Rachel Urist ......................................................................................Page 68 CWJ Columns What’s New in the Community ~ In This Issue This In Page 78 by Lynda Gronlund ................................................................................Page 12 Yoga for All Ages — How Peachy Fitness Crysta Goes Visiting Introduces Family Yoga by Crysta Coburn ..................................................................................Page 26 to Ann Arbor by Karen Foulke Larson Sustainable Health ~ Plant-Based Nutrition — Reviewing Recent Research by Gaia Kile ..........................................................................................Page 28 Page 110 Green Living ~ Sparking Your Divine A Local Treasure — The Scrap Box Passion and Direction by Karen Foulke Larson ........................................................................Page 40 with Moonstone by Carol Clarke-Tiseo Namaste, Roshani! Our Yoga Column .................................................................................Page 42 Conscious Travel ~ Renee Robbins Returns to the Vienna Her Parents Escaped in 1938 by Sandor Slomovits .............................................................................Page 66 On the Cover All Creatures Great and Small ~ An Interview with Allergies in Pets — A Functional Perspective Coco Newton on Nutrition by John B. Smith, D.V.M. .....................................................................Page 74 for Individualized Health Cover Photo crazywisdomjournal.com by Linda Lawson — This issue will be posted on our website as of May 1, 2015 — The deadline for free calendar submissions for the September thru December 2015 issue is Wednesday, July 15, and the deadline for paid advertising is Thursday, July 30. The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal • January - April 2015 • Page 5 CRAZY WISDOM BOOKSTORE & TEA ROOM CRAZYWISDOMJOURNAL COM . CWJ 114 S. Main St, Ann Arbor Conscious and Tasty Eating and Nutrition 734.665.2757 Love, Health, and Possibility — The Kombucha of Unity Vibration by Chelsea Hohn ...................................................................................Page 30 Celebrating 32 Years of Serving the Community! Our Family Farm — Health from the Farm, Not the Pharmacy Established on the equinox by Samantha Hart ..................................................................................Page 32 in March 1982 and going strong! Spring Cleaning — It’s an Inside Job! by Beth Barbeau & Juliana Sutton ........................................................Page 34 Tea and Wisdom The Crazy Wisdom Community Questions for Gary Merel ...................................................................Page 35 Journal has been published three Material Treasures times a year since 1995 by Crazy and Ethereal Pleasures Wisdom, Inc. Copyright © Crazy Nutritive Herbalism — Strength, Toning, and Vitality 14,000 Book Titles with Our Local Herbs Wisdom, Inc. — April 2015. by Mary Light ........................................................................................Page 36 No parts of this publication may be Art, Jewelry, Music and Scents reproduced for any reason without Great Tastes in Local Food — the express written approval of Live Music on Weekends by Crysta Coburn the publisher. There is a token fee Morgan & York ......................................................................................Page