Dear Natural Awakenings Readers and Friends,
Going Green, Being Conscious, Living Balanced and Awakened are so many terms that we hear over and over again nowadays. What I hope to bring you in this issue is that these terms are not radical changes or some bandwagon that you have to jump on but simply a mere thought to question each action that you take in daily life. How it affects you, others, and the world. Almost like the green holy trinity.
Dear Natural Awakenings Readers & Friends,
Dear Natural Awakenings Readers & Friends,
This month I would like to focus on something called Innovation in Bloom. We are at the lovely time of year when the birth of our warmer months is about to erupt. New growth, new life and what I am seeing right now is new innovation. What better a time to seed and fertilize that idea you have been sitting on or to cross-pollinate your creative forces with others on the same open-minded mission as you. No great achievement comes easily and requires the time and nurturing that you would give any garden or life source.
Dear Natural Awakenings Readers and Friends,
Do you share the same passion as I do for Natural Awakenings Magazine? This month I am intrigued with the concept of love and all the forms it takes in your daily life beyond the shallow concept of "does someone else love me"? The energetic essence of Love can be experienced through many forms… from another person, from a pet, from an experience, or even from your career mission. It always amazes me how people put so much focus on a partner instead of putting that focus on themselves.
Dear Natural Awakenings Readers and Friends,
Dear Natural Awakenings Readers and Friends,
Psst, are you awake? This month, we explore the far-reaching, yet fundamentally personal, topic of “Awakening Humanity.” At its foundation, awakening humanity is about making the shift of our individual focus from “me” to “we.” In our feature article, “It’s All About We” (page 18) Linda Sechrist explores this topic as it relates to several recent literary works. You’ll learn how thought leaders such as Jack Canfield and Lynn McTaggart can help us see through the “what’s mine is mine, what’s yours is yours” mentality into a “me-we” way of thinking that can help inform wise decision-making about everything from environmental stewardship to economics to health and spiritual development.
Sitting here after days with no power assessing what has happened. A crazy time to be a New Yorker, or a resident of the NorthEast for that matter for the widespread destruction we have encountered. Some lost lives, some lost everything, some lost nothing and are operating normally and some are half way in between. It really is hard to know what to say in a time like this, when almost everyone you know is facing some type of hardship. In this moment, we are seeing what the bare necessities of life are and we feel abundant when we have heat, warm food and shelter. Our daily lives prior to this disaster were truly over-indulgent.
Dear Natural Awakenings Readers and Friends,
"Does one have the power to change the course of their path or is it preset before us?" This is the conversation I had recently with a good friend. I told her this…I started the NYC Edition of Natural Awakenings Magazine 3 years ago and stood in the middle of Times Square with a paper magazine blowing in my hand, looked up at the sky and said…how am I going to do this in the media mecca of the world?
Dear Natural Awakenings Readers and Friends,
What a glorious way to head into fall as pictured on our cover with your arms open to possibility, inspiration and freedom with a sense of fashion and fun. This is the energy with which we wish you re-shape or build upon your future. In this great October issue we bring you many topics that cover various areas of life, from food, our global future, our children, and our selves. The fantastic thing about this issue and every issue is that the people you see pictured in our pages and mentioned in our articles are all passionate about leading a better way of life and helping you do the same. We have an abundant overload of resources to help you pave a new way in your future and all you need to do is connect with those you see in our magazine that spark a sense of inquiry within you.
Dear Natural Awakenings Readers and Friends,
It is the start of the new season in New York and it usually brings on an onset of new goals and projections for the future months of inward time spent during the colder months ahead. There are many exciting events going on in New York this month and in the months ahead that are outlined in this issue. May you use this magazine as a creative tool to outline and fill your calendar with a chock full of exciting and inspiring events to keep your vitality alive and ever growing.