Conscious Community Magazine

By Theresa Puskar Arche Meditation Center of Purpose and Joy Oak Park, IL – September 22, 2019 “Let’s dance, let’s shout…shake your body down to the ground.” — The Jackson Five For this month’s column, I attended Sandy Daliege’s one-day workshop on “Exploring Your Potential Through Mindfulness” at the Arche …

By Alan Cohen                        On March 9, 2015, pilot Andre Borschberg lifted his experimental aircraft Solar Impulse 2 from the Abu Dhabi runway. His bold plan: to fly a fully solar-powered airplane around the entire globe without using a drop of fossil fuel. In the stirring documentary, The Impossible Flight, …

By Sandy Daliege The Universe has a very giving nature. Have you noticed? Every day the Universe is providing you with opportunities to be grateful. People you meet, circumstances you encounter, the flower on the side of the road when you’re stopped in traffic. Beauty surrounds you all the time, …

By Bernadette Evans Overview The energies start off moving slowly in November. You could feel like you’re working away on one project while four other projects vie for your attention. Mercury began its retrograde phase in late October and is retrograde most of this month. This could be the reason …

By Donna Stellhorn This Full Moon in Taurus is a time to be both optimistic and pragmatic. This month, it feels like you’re reaching for the stars to touch wonderous Venus and Jupiter in Sagittarius. But, your feet are firmly planted in the practical energy of the day-to-day activities of …

Health & Wellness Fair Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019, 12 p.m. – 6 p.m. Join the Natural Center for Health (NCH) and the Journey to Wholeness Center for our inaugural Health & Wellness Fair. We are offering: Free Spinal Assessments and Weight Loss Consultations. $1 per minute Reiki, Acupuncture, Massage and Ionic …

By James L. Creighton, Ph.D. Couples fight. Sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. Sometimes these fights provide comic relief. At other times they threaten the very survival of the relationship. Ironically, the hardest person to use active listening with is your partner, particularly if they are upset with you. Someone …

By Phyllis Light, Ph.D Times are intense, in case you haven’t noticed, and have been, since late January this year. For those who know astrology, it has been a powerful “Pluto/Saturn” period and will continue for a number of months to come. For those who don’t know astrology, let me …

By Kayla Hancock Living, Healing and Tae Kwon Do: A Memoir to Inspire Your Inner Warrior, by Laura Di Franco, MPT (Brave Healer Productions, $12.95, Paperback) A common fear that many people share is the fear of failing or not being good enough. Laura Di Franco faced her fear head-on. …

By Betsy Bruns Giving thanks in November is an American tradition that dates back to 1621 when, as the story goes, a harvest feast was shared between the English colonists (Pilgrims) of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people, or the native people of North America, who were here in America before any of the …