Conscious Community Magazine

By Lori Daniel Falk –   Our beloved pets are so much more than just furry little friends. The bond we share with them is deep and profound. Their unconditional love and lack of ego, enables our relationship with them to often run deeper than that of our human loved …

By Kasia Szumal –  I’ve recently heard many conversations about consciousness, being awake and aware, and having the sensation that there is something more to people’s lives than the situations that they’re in. When I overhear that kind of conversation, I just want to give them a huge hug, and …

By Janet Thompson –   Sweating is a great way to burn calories and rid your body of unwanted toxins. But how do you sweat when you’re injured, or unable to exercise? An infrared sauna! Why is an infrared sauna superior to the traditional steam saunas? Because it heats the core of …

By Sue Odland  Birds are singing, tulips are in bloom, the garden is ready to be worked. However, many people find themselves as busy as springtime rabbits at this time of year. For gardeners short on time or energy, explore the Stout method of no-work gardening this season. This ingenious technique …

By Joyce and Barry Vissell – Do you ever feel unworthy to receive good things in your life? It’s not an easy question to answer. Some of you are in touch with your feelings of not deserving. Some of you are not. I daresay that feelings of unworthiness are present in most of us, although we might …

By Shannon Chada –  When we look within ourselves to ask the question “who am I?” a process of peeling back the layers begins. First, we release the obvious labels, “I am a mother, a wife, a Reiki Master Teacher, etc.,” then we dive a bit deeper, seeking a more meaningful depiction. In my own journey, as the layers unraveled, I found myself exploring notions of being …

By Mary Herter –  We’ve all heard the proverb, “April showers bring May flowers.” This is quite apt, as I looked to the tarot cards to see what they wanted me to focus on for this month’s Numerology article. Four out of the five cards drawn were the suit of Cups. Cups hold water or collect the raindrops from the April …

by Kayla Hancock –  The Ride, the Rose, and the Resurrection: A True Story about Crisis, Faith, and Survival by David Charles Stieler (iUniverse, $22.95, Paperback)   This memoir tells the story of a hit-and-run accident that forever changed the lives of David Stieler and his wife, Carole. They enjoyed adventuring together …

By Mary Montgomery  I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts, NPR’s TED Radio Hour (online or on your podcast app) the other day, when I heard podcast host, Guy Raz, ask evolutionary biologist Mark Pagel why humans are the only ones who developed language. Pagel’s answer: “It boils down to the fact that other animals don’t really have …

By Kaye Berjot –  April Overview:   April can have you feeling like you’ve just signed up for Kaleidoscope, a social experiment in living like someone else. (trykaleidoscope.strikingly.com.) This month the rules change, grow, and expand, allowing you to feel freer, and perhaps like a newbie on your journey. With Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury retrograde this month, things are bound …