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THE CRAZY WISDOM COMMUNITY JOURNAL ANN ARBOR’S HOLISTIC MAGAZINE Issue 52 FREE SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER 2012 The Spark that Started Blue Turtle Nature Program — An Ann Arbor Couple Integrates their Interests in Kids, Nature Awareness, Wilderness Skills and Breathwork Larissa Czuchnowsky, Frank Levey and their son, Isaac The New Left of the 1960s Turns 50 The Crazy Wisdom Interview with Malcolm Sickels, M.D. Hello World, Welcome to Ann Arbor Shamanism, Power Animals, and the Stretched Mind Brian Ashin on Group Therapy • Aura Glaser on Embodiment and Awakening • Karl Pohrt in Northern Alabama • Sue Salaniuk of Yoga Space • Andy Seiler on Contact Improv • Naturopath Diana Quinn • Elaine Economou on Conscious Family Fitness • Crazy Wisdom Kids Column • City Pets Vet Clinic • What’s New in the Community • and More The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal • September - December 2012 • Page 2 The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal • September - December 2012 • Page 3 The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal • September - December 2012 • Page 4 The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal has been published three times a year since 1995 by Crazy Wisdom, Inc. Copyright © Crazy Wisdom, Inc. — August 2012. No parts of this publication may be reproduced for any reason without the express written approval of the publisher. There is a token fee charged if you would like to use an article in this publication on your website, so make sure to contact us first. Back issues of this publication are available, for $8 per issue, and many interviews and articles from back issues are available on our website’s archive. Infrared Sauna • Massage Therapy • Bodywork Crazy Wisdom Bookstore was founded in 1982 by Aura Glaser. Jonathan Ellis helped the store’s transition to new ownership in 1989, and since 1989 it 734.761.8753 has been owned by Crazy Wisdom, Inc., WWW.TRANQUILBEING.COM which consists of Bill Zirinsky and Ruth Schekter, husband-and-wife. 320 MILLER AVE, SUITE 185, ANN ARBOR, MI 48103 Writers Nieka Apell, Jeanne Ballew, Mary DeLisle-Berry, Jen Eberbach, Richard Gull, Lynda Gronlund, Sarah Newland, Karl Pohrt, Maureen McMahon, Rachel Pastiva, Mary Runser, Sandor Slomovits, Syndy Sweeney, Rachel Urist Photography Senior Photographer: Linda Lawson Susan Ayer, Gregory Fox, John Fredericks, Sarah Neeley, Doug Russell, Joni Strickfaden, Rachael Waring Artwork Terri Myers What do you Sara Van Zandt get when Distribution:Paul Stehle you combine Editorial Crazy Wisdom Associate Managing Editor: Tea Room’s Maureen McMahon ambience Associate Editor: Amy B. Garber and the Associate Publisher/Advertising Sales People’s Rory Russell Food Co-op’s C a l e n d a r healthy and 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 delicious food? Assistant Calendar Editor: Martha Rhodes A Great Place to Eat, Sip Tea, Read and Relax! Design and Production Design and Production Editor: Carol Karr Crazy Wisdom Tea Room Calendar Design is now serving delectable delights and Production Editor: from People’s Food Co-op’s Café Verde Molly Nuzzo Publisher/Editor Crazy Wisdom Tea Room Bill Zirinsky 114 S. Main St. (over The Crazy Wisdom Bookstore) Ann Arbor • 734.665.9468 crazywisdom.net The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal • September - December 2012 • Page 5 The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal Ann Arbor’s Holistic Magazine Since l982, 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. ~ The Crazy Wisdom Kids Section ....................................Starts on Page 71 In This Issue Kids Book and Media Reviews The Business Card Directory ...……...............................…Starts on Page 6 by Sarah Newland .............................................................................Page 71 What’s New in the Community – Crazy Wisdom Kids in the Community by Lynda Gronlund .........................................................................….Page 10 by Nieka Apell ..................................................................................Page 72 Sustainable Health Column ~ A Naturopathic Approach to Conscious Parenting Column ~ Body/Mind Wellness: Identify and Treat the Cause Conscious Fitness and a Path to Family Wellness by Diana Quinn, ND ............................................................................Page 22 by Elaine Economou .........................................................................Page 78 Leaps of Faith: Tales of Newer Local Businesses by Mary Runser The Spark that Started Blue Turtle Nature Program ~ Bgreen Today: Healthy Homes, Sustainable Products ........................Page 24 An Ann Arbor Couple Integrates their Interests in Nature Awareness, Healing In Motion Therapy & Wellness Center ..................................Page 26 Wilderness Skills, and Breathwork into a Program and Day Camp for Kids by Rachel Urist .................................................................................Page 80 Touching the Earth: Embodiment and Awakening by Aura Glaser .....................................................................................Page 28 Fall Events Calendar for Kids .......................................................Page 84 Rebuilding the World in Northern Alabama ~ Small Animal and Exotic Pet Emergencies: How to Determine When Local Writer Joins an Ann Arbor Church Group Immediate Medical Attention Is Needed to Help with Disaster Relief in Alabama By Stacey Weinrick, DVM and Gretchen Hui, DVM ......................Page 86 by Karl Pohrt .......................................................................................Page 30 The Crazy Wisdom Calendar Section ............................Starts on Page 89 Shamanism, Power Animals, and the Stretched Mind The Calendar by Kate Durda .....................................................................................Page 34 Edited by Sarah Newland…….........……................................…….Page 90 Background Info on the Teachers ...............................……........Page 120 Brian Ashin on the Richness and Rewards of Therapy Groups ~ A Transformation (Yoga) Class Interview by Bill Zirinsky ..................................................................Page 37 by Sue Salaniuk ................................................................................Page 94 The Crazy Wisdom Interview with Malcolm Sickels, M.D. ~ Sahaja Meditation: Seven Lessons from a Personal Journey Integrating Alternative and Conventional Medicine to Find the Best of Both by Vic Divecha ...............................................................................Page 100 by Sandor Slomovits with Bill Zirinsky ..............................................Page 42 Archetypes: Our Empowering Companions by Paula Neys .................................................................................Page 111 Hello World, Welcome to Ann Arbor ~ I’m Here, Now What? Immigration in Ann Arbor Music Reviews by Sarah Newland ................................................Page 113 by Jen Eberbach and Maureen McMahon ...........................................Page 48 Spotlight on Scott Teitsworth, author of Krishna in the Sky with Diamonds: the Bhagavad Gita as a Spiritual Guide ....................Page 117 The New Left of the 1960s Turns 50 ~ An Interview with Howard Brick, Falling Into Contact Improvisation Louis Evans Professor of History at the University of Michigan by Andy Seiler ................................................................................Page 122 by Richard Gull ...................................................................................Page 59 Advertiser Directory ......................................................................…Page 126 Excerpts from Martin A. Lee’s New Book, Smoke Signals: A Social His- tory of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational, and Scientific.........Page 68 CW Staff Book Reviews ....................................................................Page 70 — Cover Photo by Rachael Waring — Shamanism, Power Animals, Hello World, Welcome to Ann Arbor - Page 48 and the Stretched Mind - — This issue will be posted on our website as of September 1, 2012 — Page 34 The deadline for free calendar submissions for the January thru April 2013 issue is Wednesday, November 14th and the deadline for paid advertising is Wednesday, November 28th. The issue will be distributed starting in the last week of December. 10,000 copies of The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal are printed, and they are available at our bookstore as well as at more than 195 other locations in and around Ann Arbor. Our phone number is 734- 665-2757, and we’re located at 114 South Main Street, Ann Arbor, All creatures great and small - Page 86 Michigan 48104. Our web address is: crazywisdom.net Rebuilding the World in Northern Alabama - Page 30 The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal • September - December 2012 • Page 6 Acupuncture Childbirth Astrology Chinese Medicine Bodywork/Massage /Healing Touch Green Products Herbal Gym Giovino “Build the Strength to Support Your life” Business Card Directory 734-276-7769 [email protected] www.GymGiovino.com Holistic Health Ann-Margaret Giovino Postural Alignment Specialist, trained by Egoscue Support for all the ways your being moves Caroline Charlesworth C ONSCIOUS B ODYWORK Massage • Energy Work Graduate, Barbara Brennan