“Alice Walker is beloved for her ability to speak her own truth in ways that speak for and about countless others. Here she confronts personal and collective challenges in words that dance, sing, and heal…As Walker writes in her preface, the “empty” half of a glass holds “a rainbow that could exist only in the vacant space.” Musing on the role of dance, which gives this collection its title, she writes, “though we have encountered our share of grief and troubles on this earth, we can still hold the line of beauty, form, and beat. No small accomplishment in a world as challenging as this one.” “

Healing Themes in Astrology. The Intuitive Astrologer, Madeline Adams, writes about Chiron- which she emphasises as the wounded healer: “Since 1 November 1977 Astrologers have been working with the planetoid Chiron.. Chiron’s symbol is the key. The key to unlock the doors to understanding and healing which incorporates our 3rd dimension reality and the worlds beyond.”

From www.care2.com, Dr. Frank Lipman writes: Juice cleanses, juice bars, late night ads for juicing machines and the occasional celebrity endorsement all seem to be fueling a national juice-drinking craze. Fruit is healthy and fruit juice is a fast and convenient way to drink your nutrients, so what could possibly be wrong with a daily dose of orange, apple or cranberry juice or a trendy juice cleanse? More than you ever imagined! While I am a fan of green vegetable juices, most juices contain too much fruit and therefore sugar. Here are 5 thoughts on how fruit juice seriously undermines your health – and why you should quit the stuff…

Robert Moss writes, “True shamans are dreamers. They are typically called to their vocation in dreams, and dreaming strong — traveling in lucid dreams to help souls find their way, to diagnose and treat illness, and to scout out the future — is the core of their practice. Anyone who dreams, as the Kawahiv, an Amazonian dreaming people say, is ‘a little bit shaman’, so we stand on the brink of claiming this power when we remember our dreams and start to develop the practice of working with dreams and traveling with intention into the dreamspace.”

Sometimes, little things can make a big difference. Today’s topic is a perfect example. Savers know that strong muscles are crucial for healthy bones, and that muscle tissue is made of protein. So what else is new? A breakthrough study has shown that the timing of protein consumption matters tremendously in order to reap its maximum muscle-building benefits to increase bone density (and it’s not about a post-workout protein shake)….

Help Stop Monsanto — from Food Democracy Now: This is Monsanto’s worst nightmare! They said it couldn’t be done, but this month – because of you – the “impossible” has started to happen. Monsanto and big biotech’s control of our food supply is beginning to crumble…. This week in Oregon, a small band of farmers and citizens in Jackson County trounced Monsanto, Syngenta and the chemical cartel by a vote of 66% to 34%…. Two weeks ago the Vermont governor signed the first GMO labeling bill into law.

For me, the practise of Mindfulness refers to the process of taking a focus of attention inward so as to realise a non-conceptual consciousness which seems to exist in all space within and around us. This daily realisation can help us avoid becoming too wrapped up in our thinking and begin to know the Universe as the expression of a living consciousness field-organism which connects all of us as one being. Moving our attention inward allows us to know the presence of this consciousness and get an intuitive sense of it….

QuantumWorld.tv is a wonderful resource for education in the fields of alternative medicine, meditation, neuroscience and more. Check out this fascinating video with Dr. Joe Dispenza and Dr. Jeffrey Fannin: Brain, Mind and the Placebo Effect. The video explores the world of Brain, Mind, and the Placebo Effect through neuroscience and brain mapping. They also discuss the work these two esteemed doctors have done together and the research that they have collaborated on at Dr. Joe Dispenza’s conferences around the world will also be discussed. Dr. Dispenza also spoke about his book “You Are The Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter.”

Caroline Myss is a spiritual explorer, a leader in the field of healing and consciousness, and bestselling author of several books, including “Anatomy of the Spirit” and “Sacred Contracts.” She regularly holds classes and lectures and makes her essays available on her website www.myss.com and on her Facebook page. This week we were particulary struck by her essays on forgiveness, letting go of the need for justice and explanations for events in our lives.