Explore CHA Magazine’s Calendar…your guide to workshops, classes, events & the local culture!

CLASSES, WORKSHOPS & EVENTS

December • January • February

off-cape

Reiki Clinic
Every Tuesday noon-2:00 , first Thursday 6:00-9:00
Reduce stress and heal your body!  Donations
accepted. Blue Angel Healing, 40 North Main St.
Suite 2 Carver MA   781-964-6606 www.freewebs.com/blueangelhealing/

barnstable

A Course In Miracles   FREE
1st & 3rd Wed of each month 7-8:00pm. Experiential study group.  Focus will be on finding our own internal teacher and as it applies to our lives. 275 Millway  Donations accepted. To reserve space/more info. Call Gina Potash 508-280-8417

Cape Cod Dharma Collective   FREE
1st and 3rd Sunday of each month 7pm-8:30pm at
56 Barnstable Rd (CIGSYA). A peer led, alternative Buddhist meditation and dharma discussion group. All are welcome regardless of background, tradition and level of practice. Questions? E-mail:
ccdharmacollective@gmail.com

bourne

Reiki Clinic   FREE
Fridays, 11am–1pm Come experience a 15-minute free Reiki chair treatment. ALL 4 Healing Wellness Center, 26A Herring Pond Rd. 508-888-1732  www.all4healingwellnesscenter.com

brewster

Nia Classes
Mondays and Thursdays 8:30-9:30 am.  Experience the joy of Nia, a blend of movement and concepts from yoga, martial arts and dance.  Everybody is welcome.  $12. Contact Sue Landers at sulanders@aol.com or (617) 872-0205 for more information.

Cape Cod Community Daré FREE
Last Sunday each month, 1pm-9pm. All ages, potluck food, calling of spirits, council discussion, hot tub, sauna, fire circle, singing, dancing, drumming, individual & group healing sessions. 508-896-9489, capecoddare.org.

Spirit Journey    FREE
Saturdays, 10am–11:30am. Philosophical/metaphysical discussion and meditation group at Winslow House of First Parish Brewster Church, corner of 6A & Rte 124. Joan, 508-349-0805.

chatham

Happy Hour Acupuncture
Kristin Whitfield, Lic. Ac. 46 Crowell Road, Chatham Wednesdays. Walk – in between 4:30 and 5:30pm. Plan to stay an hour. Great for relaxation, cravings & addictions, smoking cessation & PTSD. $15 Donation for Veterans Acupuncture Care 774-722-0423.

cotuit

Complete Wellness
1st Sunday @ month 4-5:30pm, 10 Main St. Cotuit & 3rd Sunday @ month, 4:00-5:30 Seaside Spa, Osterville. Reflexology/ Reiki/CranoSacral/Massage/Chakra Balancing. 20 minute/$20 per treatment. Open area/fully clothed. chair/table utilized. Register w/Kathleen Viola/Lucy Collins  508 790-1690  details/cancellations.

dennis

Zen Yoga & More
Yoga classes from gentle to advanced. Zen on Wed/Sat 9am & Kripalu Fri 9am; Qi Gong. Meditation. Workshops on yoga, meditation and nutrition. For class schedule/workshop times: 508-760-5339 or www.zenyogaandmassage.com. Sasha’s Yoga & Massage Studio, 23 Rt. 134, S. Dennis

Yoga for St. Jude
Join us Saturday, January 14 from 8 to 3pm – free yoga classes & free mini massages as fundraiser for St. Jude Children Research Hospital. More sun salutations – more funds! 508-760-5339, Sasha’sYoga & Massage Studio, 23 Rt.134, S. Dennis www.zenyogaandmassage.com

Open Door Mission   FREE
Centering Prayer, every Sat. 4-4:45pm, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 3055 Main St.(6A) Barnstable. Deepen your spiritual journey. Contact us at 617-650-6497, OpenDoorCapeCod@aol.com or TheOpenDoorMission.org

Community Acupuncture on Cape Cod  FREE
Free Acupuncture for new patients Jan. 3, Feb. 7,
March 6 & every first Tuesday of the month. Space is limited, call 508-398-7770 for an appointment. Return visits $20-$40 sliding scale 775 Main St, Rte 28, W. Dennis  acuforall.com

BeyondBarre
Our body-transforming cardio ballet barre program (see beyondbarre.com) provides body-sculpting, fat-burning, endurance-building barre work for muscle control, flexibility, and long, lean muscles. This is not your little girl’s ballet class! Single class $17, Ten classes $135 w/enrollment. JoesPlaceTruePilates.com. 508-385-8882

TRX Suspension Training System
Mondays 5:30 and Thursdays 8:30. This bodyweight exercise develops strength, balance, flexibility and your powerhouse simultaneously! TRX-authorized studio and instructors. Register online at JoesPlaceTruePilates.com. Single class 17, Ten classes $135 w/enrollment. Joe’s Place-True Pilates, 508-385-8882.

dennisport

Ongoing Wellness Classes
Qigong, Mondays 5pm, Yoga Wednesdays 5:30pm Check website schedule for Meditation and Aromatherapy classes at Cape Cod Body & Soul Day Spa, 11 Route 28. 508-760-5667.
www.capecodbodyandsoul.com.

Reiki Share
Dec. 6, Jan. 3,17, 31, Feb. 7,21 & Tarot Circle (Nov. 13, call for Dec. and Jan. dates). For schedule of all events and readers see website www.deborahannsrainbow.com or phone 508-398-8662; Deborah Ann’s Rainbow, 2 Telegraph Rd (Next to Dennisport Natural Market)

east dennis

Yoga Classes
Ongoing beginner- advanced classes:  Astanga, Wed 4pm; Hot Yoga, Wed 7pm; Beginner, Mon 8:30am;  Classes from early morning to late evening Check website: current schedule; special events & workshops www.yogacenterofcapecod.com  508-385-8034 1604 Route 6A East

Outer/Lower Cape Healing Arts Clinic FREE
1st & 3rd  Mondays: Hands on Clinic, to offer Alternative Healing options to Outer Cape Residents/Friends.   Reiki,  No two clinics alike. 2nd Monday: Planning Meeting. 180 Bracket Road. All Welcome. Free/Donations. Practitioners invited to join/share their skills. Facebook Janis Sommers,
774-722-9717, janis02642@gmail.com.

Conscious Serenity Guidance Group   FREE
Starting Wed., Jan. 11, 4:30 – 6:30 & continuing every Wed., Healing Arts Clinic,
180 Brackett Rd., Eastham, please call Oryane Magenn, 774-240-2334

Connecting With Kinesiology Group   FREE
Starting Thurs., Jan. 12, 4:30 – 5:30 & continuing every Thurs., Healing Arts Clinic, 180 Brackett Rd., Eastham, please call Oryane Magenn, 774-240-2334

Indoor Turf Facility Opening Soon
The Lower Cape’s first and only 10,000 square feet Indoor Field Green Turf available for Soccer, Lacrosse, Field Hockey, Football, Baseball, and Softball including 10 Cages with Iron Mike and Jugs pitching machines.  Coaches, Recreation Departments, School Groups and Individual rates are available.  www.willysgym.com; 508-255-6370.

Belay-Certification for Teens   FREE
Rock wall certification open to schools, parks and recreation departments and the general public.  September to May.  www.Willysgym.com 508-255-6370.

Willy’s East Swim Team
6:00-7:30  weekdays for ages 6-18, plus weekend ‘meets’. Develop your strokes in this lifetime sport.  Build camaraderie and develop life-long friendships.  This team is a member of the Southeast Massachusetts Swim League.  Evening practices start in September.  Meets begin in October. $40 per month with Club Membership. www.willysgym.com

Girls and No Go Yell Tell   FREE
Real strength is having the confidence to be who you are in the world. Tulen self-defense is offered free to our teens to build strength from the inside out.  Teens learn to set boundaries and to respond to any situation with calmness and confidence. www.WillysGym.com 508-255-6826 or 508-255-6370

Mind/Body, Aerobic & Group Exercise Classes
Unlimited classes Free with all Willy’s memberships, non-members welcome to drop in anytime; Gentle to Power Yoga, Pilates, Stretch and Meditation,  Aqua Fit Classes, Deep Water Jogging, Zumba, Step and Sculpt, Spinning, Healthy You!, Live 2 Dance, Hip Hop, Kick Box, Total Body Burn hundreds of classes offered monthly.

Tennis 10 Courts - Free 7 day trial
Plus 4 Racquetball and Squash Courts  Indoor and Outdoor Tennis Courts, Recreational Play, Private and Group  Lessons, Leagues, Round Robins, In House Ladders, Town Teams, Clinics, Travel Teams, Tennis Social monthly –  Newly Renovated Indoor Tennis Courts call for your free 7 day trial.

falmouth

Laughter Yoga   FREE
Laughing for the health of it.  No jokes!  All are welcome. Every Monday (except holidays) Gus Canty Center, 790 Main Street.  Starting promptly  9:27am. concluding at 10:07am. CapeCodLaughterYoga.com 800-990-8290  claregoodwin@me.com

harwich

Yoga Classes
Mondays 4:15pm, Fridays 8:45am & 5:30pm Powerful exploration of sacred self and connection.
MM Fitness Rte 181 Rte 137 East Harwich 508-292-6131 www.physicalwizdom.com   masjah.studio@gmail.com

Reiki Circle Meditation   FREE
Wednesdays 7-8pm   Sundays 4-5pm  Nurturing, healing space. Breathe into your authentic self with honor and gratitude, and with an open heart, send out to others.  Masjah Moving Fitness Rte 137 East Harwich 508-292-6131  www.physicalwizdom.com

Authentic Pilates Mat & Apparatus Classes
Call for a free introductory visit! Taught by Certified Authentic Pilates instructors. Classes throughout the week. Schedule & registration available online at JoesPlaceTruePilates.com. Mat classes $17 or 10/$135, Apparatus $30 or 8/$200. Joe’s Place-True Pilates, Dennis Studio: 508.385.8882, Harwich Studio: 508.432.4336.

Winter Solstice Vinyasa with Petra Ledkovsky
Tuesday, December 20, 6:00-8:00pm. Come celebrate this joyous and sacred day with an invigorating vinyasa flow followed by an extended restorative sequence for reflection on the true meaning of the holiday season for you.  www.poweryogaofcapecod.com

Rock Your Asana! with Jenny Ravikumar
Saturday, January 7, 1:30-3:30pm. Begin your year with a rocking playlist and a challenging vinyasa! Join Jenny and “rock your asana” back into shape after the holidays! Remember: sweaty is sexy!! www.poweryogaofcapecod.com

Lectures on the 1st Mondays   FREE
Harwich Health Center is offering free lectures on the first Monday of each month on various topics of good health and healing. Future topics to be announced. Contact Harwich Health Center at 508-432-7855.

hyannis

Community Yoga   FREE
Every Wednesday 8-9am, year-round. Beginners welcome! We provide yoga mat if you don’t have one Hyannis Youth and Community Center 141 Bassett Lane, Hyannis www.KindYoga.com

Community Acupuncture   FREE
Free acupuncture session for new patients every 1st Thursday, therefore on October 6, November 3, December 1, and so on. Call for an appointment: 508-775-0099. Regular prices $20-$40 sliding scale. 81 Bassett Lane #B, hyannisacupuncture.com

Metaphysical Movies   FREE
Friday’s at 7pm, Dec 2, Jan 6, Feb 3. Come enjoy
consciousness-raising films featuring leading spiritual teachers who are helping to change the world. Unity on Cape Cod, 147 Walton Ave, 508-775-8400.  Visit www.UnityonCapeCod.org for more info.

CIGSYA Monthly Dances for Teens
Usually the 4th Friday of every month. ($7) 7:00-10:30pm Dances: March 25, April 22, May 27 Check our calendar for other events! The Cape & Islands Gay & Straight Youth Alliance, 56 Barnstable Road. www.cigsya.org

CIGSYA House Program   FREE
Every Wednesday 4-6 pm drop in hours with computer and internet access. 6:15 pm -7:30 pm Power Hour Discussion Meeting. 8-9:30pm Identity Based Gender Discussion Series. Check our calendar for other events!  The Cape & Islands Gay & Straight Youth Alliance, 56 Barnstable Road. www.cigsya.org

lower cape

Women International League for Peace and Freedom   FREE
Cape Cod branch of WILPF meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the Harwich Community Center from 6:00-8:30pm. Potluck at 6:00, meeting begins at 6:45. For more information, please go to: wilpfcapecod.org/.

BPW of LCC
Business & Professional Women of Lower Cape Cod Monthly Networking/Dinner Meetings 5:30-8:30 PM  Meet others that advocate for working women. We are women helping women through advocacy, education and information. We welcome guests, the 2nd Tuesday of the month.  Rita 508-945-1119, bpwlowercapecod.org, facebook.

mashpee

Gong Meditation
One evening a month in various locations, you can experience the bliss of meditation with the gongs Check our website for time and date near you. Cost is $20 AcupunctureCapeCod.com Presented by Arlene Myers from Acupuncture & Associated Therapies, Mashpee.  508-539-0299 www.AcupunctureCapeCod.com

Center for Healing Light   FREE
Reiki clinic 3rd Friday of each month from 10am–1pm, The Mashpee Senior Center, e-mail
junerobillard@comcast.net or call 508 477-4508.

Siddha Yoga Chanting & Meditation    FREE
1st & 3rd Thursdays, 7:30pm–8:30pm Refresh and uplift your spirit. Please call 508-477-2104 for directions and more info.

Beginning Yoga Class
With Dr. Debra Babcock Mondays, 11:30am-1:00pm. Suitable for those new to yoga as well as continuing yogis. $15 for single classes, $72 for series of six. Harmony Network Chiropractic & Yoga, Deer Crossing. 508-419-7070 harmonychiroyoga.com.

Wellness Workshops    FREE
1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 12:15pm–1:45pm Various Topics – Examples: What’s Stress Got to Do With it? What’s the Single Most Important Thing I Can Learn to Increase My Strategies for Health and Wellness? How Do I Detoxify? Dr. Debra Babcock Harmony Network Chiropractic & Yoga, Deer Crossing. Reservations 508-419-7070, harmonychiroyoga.com.

Sanctuary for Healing    FREE
Every Fri., 10am–3pm, by appt. Sanctuary for Healing offers a range of supportive mind-body therapies for those in treatment for cancer. My Secret Garden, 103 Meetinghouse Rd. Donna Jean Lopez, 508-477-3361.

orleans

Say, “Yes” to stress-free holidays
Soothe your Mind, Body, & Spirit at our Writing, Yoga, & Meditation workshop during the full moon eclipse on Saturday, Dec.10, 9am–4pm. $75. Beginners
welcome!  Info & Registration : dunehollowwriters.com or Joan 255-5838, Linda 776-3734.

Couples Groups/Workshops
Call for schedule. Life Center for Health & Complimentary Medicine. Kathy Davis, PhD, LICSW, 508-237-9940, kathy@doctorkathy.com

Emotional Wellness For Cops and Their Families
Workshop.  Call for schedule.  Kathy Davis, PhD, LICSW, 508-237-9940, kathy@doctorkathy.com

Young Veterans:
A Different Kind of PTSD Workshop Call for schedule.  Kathy Davis, PhD, LICSW, 508-237-9940, kathy@doctorkathy.com

Open Mic for Stories, Poetry,   FREE
Music & Art
*Story Slam, Friday, Dec 9, 7pm. Based on the format used by “The Moth” storytelling slams heard on NPR. The theme will be “Home for the Holidays”.
*The Art of Dissent, Friday, Jan13, 7pm. Open mic for musicians, writers, and performers. Visual artists may also bring a “show and tell”. All ages welcome.
*Story Slam, Friday, Feb 10, 7pm. “Fellow Travelers”. Let your brain go off Cape for a couple of hours as you settle in listening to travel tales from around the world.
*The Art of Dissent, Friday, March 9 at 7pm. Open mic for musicians, writers, and performers. Visual artists may also bring a “show and tell”. All ages welcome.
*Events are held at the Oddfellows Hall, corner of Main Street and Namskaket Road. Sponsored by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. For more information or to sign up to perform, please call (508) 360-5866 or email: kristin@outermostpottery.com.

Apple Macintosh Seminars   FREE
Join us every Saturdays at 9:00am at Core Computers for our FREE Mac Seminars on multiple topics. Visit our new website for the full schedule www.MyCoreComputers.com for details. Core Computers, Inc. 56 Main St (adjacent to Post Office Sq.) 508-255-7800

Restorative Yoga
Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:45am
Gentle, appropriate for beginners. Taught by Kathie, join us for this wonderful hour of “just being” not doing. www.fitrevs.com Fitness Revolution 5B Namskaket Road 508-247-8100

Kid’s Yoga
Kid’s Yoga with Genie Wednesday mornings 9:30 – 10:30 and Wednesday nights 4:30 – 5:30. www.fitrevscom Fitness Revolution 5B Namskaket Road 508-247-8100

Quiet Mind Yoga with Zack Dixon
Wed., 8:00am at Life Center for Health and Complementary Medicine. 47 Main St. Also daily classes at Quiet Mind Studio, 95 Commercial St., Wellfleet, quietmindstudio.com 508-349-2429. Quiet your mind.

From Isolation to Intimacy
Workshops for managing a painfully busy life in a go-it-alone world —Isolation to Intimacy. Mid month in Jan/Feb/March Starting Fridays 6pm, through Saturdays 10-5 & Sundays 9-12. More information call Deborah Ullman, Gestalt coach and family systems constellator. Sliding Scale.  508-240-3398.

Reiki Clinic for Adults with Cancer  FREE
Thursdays, 12:30-2:30pm Offered through Harbor for Healing. Church of the Holy Spirit, corner of Rte 28 & Monument Rd.  508-945-0747.

Health Education Classes
Lose fat & keep muscle! Simple Detox plan! Women’s health conditions, digestive issues, child wellness, nutrition and dietary supplements and many more classes offered.  For course information, call Arnold Natural Medicine, Inc., 508-255-9141

Community Acupuncture
Tues & Thurs, 1-4:00. Year round at Yoga East, 43 Race Point Rd, Provincetown. (near Connie’s Bakery) Sliding scale 20-40 dollars. 774-722-3700. Please call for an appointment. www.outercapeacupuncture.com

Reiki Clinic   FREE
Cape Reiki Healing. 1st Tues. of the month, 7-9pm. All Welcome. Hands-on healing promoting well-being for the body, mind and spirit. At Yoga East, 42 Race Pt. Rd. No reservations needed. capereikihealing.com, 617-429-8025 for more info.

Art Reach for Teens   FREE
After school program for youth, grades 9-12. Work with teaching artists in a variety of media including music, digital media, painting, drawing, printmaking, and creative writing. Program meets 3 afternoons/week. PAAM, 460 Commercial St. paam.org 508-487-1750

Support Group for Women   FREE
Chronic Illness support Tuesdays, 12:30pm–2pm Sponsored by Helping Our Women, St. Mary of the Harbor Church, 517 Commercial St. Free & confidential. 508-487-4357, info@helpingourwomen.org.

Women with Cancer Support Group   FREE
Mondays (excluding holidays), 11:30am–1pm. Women diagnosed with any type of cancer are welcome. Sponsored by Helping Our Women, 26 Alden St. Confidential. 508.487.4357 info@helpingourwomen.org.

sagamore beach

Tong Ren & Healing Clinic
Thurs. 5:30pm; Crystal Fair Dec. 11 & Mar. 25; Crystal Healing course Dec 2-4 or Feb 17-19; Reiki 1, 2, 3 Jan. 6-8; IET Jan 13-15; Hypnotherapy  March 2-April 1; NLP April 13-30.  Cape Cod Center for Whole Health 508-539-2885 ccwh@comcast.net  www.capecodcenterforwholehealth.com

sandwich

Health Education Classes
Lose fat & keep muscle! Simple Detox plan! Women’s health conditions, digestive issues, child wellness, nutrition and dietary supplements and many more classes offered.  For course information, call Arnold Natural Medicine, Inc., 508-255-9141

Cape Cod Movie/Live Food Potluck    FREE
Monthly. 3rd Saturday of the month 5:45pm. Inspiring raw, live food (organic if possible) and movie that nourishes and awakens our consciousness. 4 Fort Hill Rd., East Sandwich. www.pathtovibranthhealth.com
508-888-6677

wellfleet

Inner Motion Ecstatic Dance
Every Wednesday night, 6:30 to 8pm A time and a place to dance your heart out!  Join your community in a drug and alcohol free celebration of authentic movement. No experience … just your desire to shake things up!  Wellfleet Preservation Hall, Info 805-451-5008

Open Mic Night   FREE
Come perform in the beautiful downstairs stage at Wellfleet Preservation Hall. 4th Thursday of every Month. Sign up @6:30pm. Showtime 7pm. WellfleetPreservatioHall.com

Siddha Yoga Chanting and Meditation  FREE
1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesdays at 7:30.  Experience the peace and joy within. Call 508 349-1195 for more info.

Yoga with Lee
Classes with Lee Wotherspoon; Thursday 5:30pm, & Saturday 8:30am. 508-349-2429 Quiet Mind Studio 95 Commercial St. www.quietmindstudio.com.

Quiet Mind Yoga with Zack Dixon
Sun 8:30am, Mon 8am, Tue 5:30pm, Wed 8:00am (Orleans), Fri 8:00am. Daily classes for every level, in a beautiful waterfront studio. Certified Iyengar teacher. 95 Commercial St., 508-349-2429, quietmindstudio.com for times & dates.

Reiki Clinic for Women with Cancer   FREE
Fridays, 1:30pm–3:30pm Offered through Harbor for Healing. Wellfleet Methodist Church. 508-349-2678 for appointment.

Siddha Yoga Chanting & Meditation   FREE
1st, 3rd & 5th Tuesdays, 7:30pm–9:00pm Refresh and uplift your spirit. South Wellfleet. Call 508-349-1195

yarmouth

Special Meditation Classes
Meditation Teacher Tina Gurupashna Vaughan. Friday January 20, 6pm, Friday February 3, 6pm, Cost is $15.00 per class.  Please call to register. The Moving Meditation Yoga Studio, West Yarmouth 508-775-9600.  or visit www.TheMovingMeditation.com

Yoga For Athletes WorkShop
With Petra Ledkovsky at The Moving Meditation Yoga Studio, West Yarmouth. Saturday February 11, 1-3pm.  Cost is $25.00 if Pre-paid or $30.00 the day of the Workshop. Call to register 508-775-9600 or visit www.TheMovingMeditation.com

Mama Baby with April Tesson
Session to begin in January 2012. For mommy and baby 8 weeks to pre-crawling.  We suggest a doctor or mid-wife permission. Please call for start date, time and cost at The Moving Meditation Yoga Studio, West Yarmouth. 508-775-9600 www.TheMovingMeditation.com

Open Forum: Dr. Geralyn Leone      FREE
Save the date.  Thursday January 19 at 6pm   ‘Hormonal Changes Throughout the Years.’ Join us at The Moving Meditation Yoga Studio in West Yarmouth,   Limited to 20  Please call to reserve a seat. 508-775-9600. www.TheMovingMeditation.com

Couples WorkShop
Join Fri. 10-12, or, new times developing – what works for you?  Interested in reconnecting and deepening your relationship?  Tried traditional therapy without great results?  This IFS workshop is for you – it will lead to tangible and long-term results!  Call Kathy Davis, PhD, LICSW, DAPA; IFS Certified Practitioner. 508-237-9940  kkdavis10@comcast.net

Special Meditation Classes
with Meditation Teacher Tina Gurupashna Vaughan. Friday, Jan. 20, 6pm; Friday Feb 3, 6pm Cost is $15.00 per class. Please call to register at The Moving Meditation Yoga Studio, West Yarmouth 508-775-9600 or www.TheMovingMeditation.com

Yoga For Athletes WorkShop
with Petra Ledkovsky Saturday February 11th 1-3pm.  Cost is $25.00 if Pre-paid or $30.00 the day of the Workshop. Call to register 508-775-9600. The Moving Meditation Yoga Studio, West Yarmouth or visit www.TheMovingMeditation.com

Mama Baby with April Tesson
Session to begin in January 2012. For mommy and baby 8 weeks to pre-crawling.  We suggest a doctor or mid-wife permission. Please call for start date, time and cost at The Moving Meditation Yoga Studio, West Yarmouth 508-775-9600

Monthly Womens Group    FREE
January date TBA. Presenter Dr. Geralyn Leone, M.D. GYN. Topic to be discussed: Menopause: Approach it with an attitude that is self-valuing, not self deprecating.  Please call Maureen at The Moving Meditation Yoga Studio for more information. 508-775-9600

One Light Services   FREE
2nd & 4th Sunday each month, 10am–11am Open to all. Peaceoncapecod.org.

yarmouth port

Holistic Cardiovascular Talks   FREE
7:00pm last Thursday of the month Kristine Soly, MD, FACC presenter
Jan. 5: Control Blood Pressure Holistically Jan. 26: Lose Weight and Overcome Chronic Disease Naturally Feb. 23: Exploring the Cholesterol Myth March 29: Preventing, Managing, or Reversing Diabetes Naturally April 26: Prevent and Reverse Coronary Artery Disease Naturally May 17: Lose Weight and Overcome Chronic Disease Naturally Reservations required 508-362-5925  www.drsoly.com  ksolymd@gmail.com

Looking at Addictions & Compulsive Behaviors
through a non-pathological eye. Wed., Jan 4 and 23, 6:30 pm. The disease model has dominated our culture.  How might another perspective open our minds and hearts to the human experience which includes imbalance and suffering? Bring questions/concerns. Jackie@CorsoYogaTherapy.com 508-362-4435

Q & A on Yoga Therapy   FREE
Thurs, March 1, 6;30pm  Please attend an open dialogue discussing the differences amongst Yoga, Yoga Therapy and Counseling/Psychotherapy. RSVP Jackie@CorsoYogaTherapy.com  508-362-4435

CommunityConnect

House Share Looking for mature responsible woman to house share.  Bedroom in sunny cape
contemporary. Spacious kitchen, fireplace, deck, private yard. Bedroom furnishing avail. Rental includes all utilities. Marston Mills (near Rte. 6/28) References. Call 508-420-2346

Holistic Health and Yoga Business for Sale Main Street, Orleans. Includes 6 treatment rooms 2 waiting areas and Studio Space. Current Practitioners include Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Massage, Yoga.  Plus Investment returned in 3.5 years. Incredible opportunity for growth! Arthur 508-360-3287 www.lifecentercapecod.com

Yoga Studio: Quiet peaceful yoga studio located on 6A Barnstable. Ideal for private & small group classes. Blocks, mats & blankets included. Reasonable rates, flexible hours.To visit and explore a clean space to offer your clients please call Stephanie 508-776-2114.

Books for your holiday gift list

“You can’t get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
– C. S. Lewis

To bring this list to you, several independently owned bookstores on the Cape were polled for their suggestions on the latest books that are currently receiving good customer reviews. We asked for books that would be about Cape Cod, set on Cape Cod, or written by Cape Cod authors. Here are some of the top choices, in no particular order.

A Cape Cod Notebook
by Robert Finch
This collection of essays is culled from the award winning (Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in radio writing) WGBH radio show of the same name. The book is a delightful read divided into four seasons’ worth of gems.  Finch has written several other renowned essay collections about Cape Cod, such as The Primal Place, and lives in Wellfleet.

Morning of Fire
by Scott Ridley
The story of Captain John Kendrick, a sea captain born in Harwich, Massachusetts. In 1787 Kendrick made the first American voyage around Cape Horn into the Pacific to discover the Northwest Passage, establish an American outpost, and set up trade with China.  The book will satisfy any history buff’s longing for maritime adventure and knowledge about this lost chapter of the Nation’s early years.

Pieces of Eight
by Joshua Blair Delaney
In April 1717, pirate Sam Bellamy and his treasure ship and crew washed ashore in a storm off what is now Marconi Beach on Cape Cod. This thoroughly researched and well written fictional account transports the reader back to colonial Cape Cod–an era when pirates, natives, colonists, clergy and suspected witches were all part of the local scene.  Recently optioned by 6A Productions for a Hollywood movie.

Eva & Henry: A Cape Cod Marriage
by Irene M. Paine
A novel set in the nineteenth century fishing village of South Wellfleet, based upon the actual lives of a young couple and their community as they are caught up in the death throes of the sailing fishing fleet which had sustained the Cape Cod economy for many decades. While Eva and Henry face the inevitable conflicts that arise in a marriage, they must also face life-altering choices in order to survive in a changing world. Winner of the 2011 Independent Publisher’s Silver Medal Award for Best Regional Fiction.

Caleb’s Crossing
by Geraldine Brooks
A novel about the life and times of the Martha’s Vineyard Wampanoag who attended Harvard College and graduated in 1665.  How did it come to be that Caleb Cheeshahteau-mauk attended college with the sons of Puritans and at what costs to his people? Well researched by Pulitzer Prize winner Brooks, and intricately set into the stratified seventeenth century mindset, a very good story, based upon the scant facts available about Caleb and fleshed out with believable fictional characters.

Ginia’s staff pick for practitioners and readers

Out of the Woods: Healing Lyme Disease–Body, Mind & Spirit
by Katina I. Makris, CCH, CIH
A finalist for the USA Book of the Year Award 2011. Part recovery memoir and part resource guide, this book provides vital emotional and spiritual support. Rooted in the author’s personal experience, deep understanding of alternative medicine, and poetic
connection to nature, the book transcends the boundaries of any one disease to reaffirm the power of hope for anyone grappling with illness.

FICTION

House on Oyster Creek by Heidi Jon Schmidt
A contemporary novel set in Wellfleet.

Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
A contemporary novel by local author of NY Times best seller Still Alice.

The Rebellion of Jane Clarke by Sally Gunning
Historical novel set during the Revolutionary War. And now all three of Gunning’s Satucket, Cape Cod novels are packaged in a trio, including Bound and The Widow’s War.

Cape Cod Noir by David L. Ulin
20 darkly menacing stories by various authors, collected by LA Times book critic Ulin.

NON-FICTION

Cape Cod National Seashore, The First 50 Years by Daniel Lombardo
A pictorial history of the national park, new from the Images of America series.

The Whale: In Search of the Giants of the Sea by Philip Hoar
Recently arrived on this side of the Atlantic. . . Winner of  the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize, Britain’s most prestigious award for nonfiction- a biography of the whale.

Why Don’t Woodpecker’s Get Headaches?
by Mike O’Connor
Comical yet authoritative book which answers many great questions about wild birds, and how to attract them, feed them, and enjoy them.

Away Off Shore, Nantucket Island and Its People by Nathaniel Philbrook
A must-have readable reference book for the home library of anyone connected to Nantucket in any way. Philbrick’s 2006 best-selling history of Plymouth Colony, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community and War is still a favorite choice.

Mornings with Mailer: A Recollection of Friendship by Dwayne Raymond
A moving memoir of a lion of a novelist, Norman Mailer, as he faces the twilight of his life.

CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?
by Susan A. Shay, illustrated by Tom Slaughter
A delightful rhyming book that builds knowledge about words
and sets up surprising comparisons. A fun brain teaser! Ages 4-8

Cape Cod ABC’s
by Leslie Hatton, illustrated by Kate Walls
A delightful rhyming collection of Cape Cod’s summer activities
and traditions sure to be a timeless favorite, Any age

Chickadee & The Whale: A Baby Chickadee’s Adventure
Written and illustrated by Catherine Clark
A lost chickadee gets a lift home from a whale. Ages 4-8

Pirates Go to School
by Corinne Demas, illustrated by John Manders
Pirate kids go to school and like it!  Very humorously illustrated,
and great rhyming prose. Ages  4-8

Cape Cod Bog Dog
Written and illustrated by Kate Walls
Dogs help with the cranberry harvest. Ages 4-8

Wave
by Suzy Lee
A wordless picture book conveying the story of a perfect day
at the beach. K-grade 3

Captain Mac: The Life of Donald Baxter Macmillan, Arctic Explorer
by Mary Morton Cowan
Bibliography for grades 5-9, also interesting to adults.

 

Support your Cape Cod Bookstores!

Annie’s Bookstop, Orleans
www.anniesbooks.com

Barnes and Noble, Hyannis
www.barnesandnoble.com/store/2092

Books by the Sea, Osterville and Yarmouth
www.booksbythesea.net

Booksmith/Musicsmith of Orleans, Skaket Corners

Brewster Book Store
www.thebrewsterbookstore.com

Bunch of Grapes, Vineyard Haven
www.bunchofgrapes.com

Eight Cousins, Falmouth
www.eightcousins.com

Herridge Books,  Wellfleet

Main Street Books, Orleans
www.mainstreetbookstore.com

Market Street Bookstore, Mashpee Commons
www.mashpeecommons.com

Mitchell’s Book Corner, Nantucket
www.mitchellsbookcorner.com

Nantucket Bookworks
www.Nantucketbookworks.com

Now Voyager Bookstore, Provincetown
www.nowvoyagerbooks.com

Recovering Hearts Bookstore, Provincetown
www.recoveringhearts.net

Salt Pond Visitor Center Book Store
Eastham

Titcomb’s Bookshop, Sandwich
www.titcombsbookshop.com

Wellfleet Market Place, Main Street, Wellfleet

Where the Sidewalk Ends, Chatham
www.booksonthecape.com

Yellow Umbrella Books, Chatham
www.yellowumbrellabooks.com

Have your cake & eat it,too!

Chances are if you haven’t gone gluten-free in your diet yourself, you know someone who has. At one time it was thought you had to have celiac disease to have issues with gluten;­ now we know better, and folks who are “gluten sensitive” are also eschewing it as well.

What exactly is gluten?  It’s a mixture of proteins that are found in wheat, rye and barley, which are not soluble in water and give wheat dough its elastic texture. For people who have celiac disease, or are gluten sensitive, their bodies react to gluten as an invasion, gearing up their immune systems to fight against a perceived toxin. For those with this sensitivity it can cause digestive, heart and liver problems, and everything from joint pain to fertility challenges.

Since gluten is in everything from bread to soy sauce, eating out can be quite a challenge. Some restaurants offer gluten-free options, but it can be a bit of a minefield for folks to navigate.

It was for this very reason that Debbie Collins decided to open her South Yarmouth restaurant, IDGY’s. Open since May 1, IDGY’s has become the go-to place for people seeking delicious meals, breads, desserts and snacks. A cozy little place right on White’s Path, you can eat in or get your food to go.

“I’m not gluten sensitive, nor is anyone in my family,” says Collins. “People expressed frustration to me at the cross contamination in restaurants, and the lack of options in eating away from home. I wondered if there would be enough demand for it, and so far it’s been great.”

Collins says the absolute best advertising they’ve had is word of mouth from satisfied customers. People who are part of celiac groups have been spreading the word and letting people know there’s a place where they can actually get pizza! And bagels! And mac and cheese!

“It’s a very rewarding feeling,” she says. “Sometimes I have a hard time getting baking done because people want to talk about how glad they are to have a place to go to. That’s a great feeling.”

It’s hard enough to have dietary limits as an adult, but it’s even more challenging to be a child who can’t eat what all their friends are having. That is something IDGY’s has done their best to fix.

“We’re trying very hard to meet the needs of kids and teens and giving them options for all the things they see friends ordering like cookies and pizza.  Kids are thrilled to be able to have pizza again.”

IDGY’s has a commitment to buying local and makes everything from their English muffins to their marinara sauce in-house. For people who haven’t been able to have a sandwich for perhaps years, having a place to get something as simple as an egg sandwich is a huge treat.

“At breakfast French toast and waffles are very popular,” Collins says. “And they get really excited about being able to have an actual egg sandwich on a homemade gluten-free English muffin. At lunch people love the paninis. We created a recipe that really enhances the flavor; it’s not like a bread substitute that tastes like cardboard.”

Right now there is only one IDGY’s, but Collins has high hopes that before too long she will be able to expand. She’s mindful however that she wants to keep the purity and commitment to the quality that is so important to her and her team.

“I want to only serve real food, nothing processed. We even make our own breadcrumbs,” she says. “People respond to fresh food more than processed. What we offer is much healthier than a fast food place.”
After having been gluten-free for four years, Mary Lou Foley of Brewster was ecstatic to find a place she could eat without worrying about what might be lurking in the food.

“When I sit down with my husband at IDGY’s it’s refreshing to be able to order whatever I want on the menu. When I go to most restaurants I have to be a detective and try to figure out what I can have, and sometimes it just ends up being a hamburger without a bun. It’s so nice to be able to go out and feel like everyone else. And the good thing is it’s so delicious even family members who aren’t gluten sensitive love it, too. There’s no sacrifice of texture or taste, and that’s a rare find.”

Deb’s latest venture includes extending her delicious foods to a gluten-free catering business. You can now book IDGY’s for your own personal party or event.

Collins has been inspired by the support and word-of-mouth passion for IDGY’s that she’s found. It’s something she doesn’t take for granted, and she wants to keep providing her customers with delicious food they can eat without worry and enjoy.

“This is hard work; I put in a lot of hours. But every day I love coming here and giving people something I feel so good about, that they can feel good about eating. The support I feel from the community and our customers who want to see us succeed makes it all worth it.”   -cha

IDGY’s Restaurant, 23 South White’s Path, South Yarmouth, MA
508-694-7451

- Written by Candace Hammond, Winter 2011

Here we are on the threshold of the warily awaited mega-year 2012, counting down to December 21, 2012. This date and its mystique have captured the public’s imagination like no other. With misinformation, speculation, fear, hope and hype abounding, many are fearing cataclysmic Apocalypse, while others are envisioning a seamless transition into a golden age of paradisal bliss in the twinkling of an eye, and others are rolling their eyes at all the nonsense over yet another world expiration date.

So what’s all the hubbub about? A host of factors contribute to all “the end of the world” buzz, not the least among them are the deeply disturbing realities we face environmentally, economically, politically and socially, which seem to be escalating so exponentially that only an end to our mad, mad world would seem to remedy. However, the primary factor is the Mayan one, most widely promulgated by José Argüelles in the 1980’s with his promotion of the Harmonic Convergence in August of 1987 and his book The Mayan Factor, which introduced the Mayan Calendar and its end date of December 21, 2012 to the general public. While most Mayan scholars and independent researchers are not in agreement with the artistic license he took with the number crunching of the Mayan Calendar, or his extraterrestrial take on it all, most do agree, “with a couple of exceptions”, with the date of December 21, 2012 which was established by Mayan researchers in the early 1950’s. One thing they all agree on, however, is that nowhere in the Mayan’s calendar or artifacts do they predict the end of the world on this date. The Mayan Calendars are based on cosmic cycles. Cycles begin and end without end.

The basics on the Mayan Calendar and the 2012 date break down something like this: The Mayans had highly advanced and intricate time-keeping systems with, not one, but many interlinking calendars. The calendar that is completing is their  “long-count” calendar consisting of five cyclic World Ages called Suns, each 5,125.36 years in length. We are now at the end of the Fifth World Age, which began on August 11, 3114 BC and is due to end on Winter Solstice, December 21, 2012 with a simultaneous reboot and recreation of a new World Age. According to John Major Jenkins, an independent researcher of the Mayan culture (the first to discover the significance of this date both astronomically and cosmologically), the big deal about December 21, 2012 is that it’s not only the end of the fifth and last World Age, but it coincides with the end of a much greater 26,000 year precession cycle, caused by the wobble in the earth’s axis which causes our view of the celestial backdrop to slowly shift over time. A very rare galactic alignment will occur on this date between the Winter Solstice sun and the galactic equator, in the dark-rift area at the center of the Milky Way. Actually, the winter solstice sun has been incrementally aligning with the galactic equator at the center of the Milky Way since around 1980 and will continue to until 2016. It was, in fact, closest to the midpoint in 1997-98, but according to Jenkins, the Mayans were more interested in the sun’s conjunction, specifically, with the dark-rift area which played a central part in their creation mythology.

In the Mayan creation mythology, the dark-rift of the Milky Way, called Xibalba be, the road to the underworld or the black road, is also considered the birth canal of the Cosmic Mother, or First Mother. The Winter Solstice sun signifies the Mayan deity Hunahpu, also called First Father. According to Jenkins, this once-in-26,000-years alignment of First Father and First Mother, symbolizes the rebirth of the First Father from the womb of the Cosmic Mother, initiating a vast cosmic renewal and new World Age. Jenkins describes this galactic alignment as a “transformative nexus in time, a still point, a turn about, inviting us to reconnect with our cosmic heart and eternal source.”

A fascinating new light was shed on the Solstice sun and dark-rift galactic alignment event when  one year ago, in November 2010, astrophysicists discovered two huge gamma-ray bubbles radiating 50,000 light years above and below the galactic plane at the center of the galaxy, shaped like a massive figure eight. The photon energy being emitted is equivalent to 100,000 supernovas exploding! Scientists do not know the origin of these gamma-ray structures, but one theory is that they may have erupted from the super massive black hole at the center of our galaxy.  As far as I have been able to determine, none of the Mayan Calendar researchers or 2012-ologists have weighed in on the significance of this discovery.

Although highly intriguing, just what the endings and beginnings of the Mayan Calendar’s vast cosmic cycles ultimately signify remains, for now, a mystery yet to be revealed.  The 2012 phenomena, with its imagery of mass destruction and chaos, and  mass awakening and transformation of consciousness, couldn’t be more illustrative  of  the  Uranus and Pluto square whose approach  I have been writing about here for a number of years. (Check out past articles at chamagazine.com) Although we are already in the midst of the accelerated change; chaos, upheaval and uprisings that ensue when Uranus and Pluto make contact, there’s lots more at the door, as this transit won’t be exact until June 2012, but once it does hit precisely, it will occur a whopping seven times between June 2012 and March 2015!  My professional opinion is whoa! That’s a lot of shakin’ and shiftin’ going on!

This is the first time these two mover and shakers have confronted in a major way since the Sixties. Uranus and Pluto are both potent agents of radical change. Pluto, the mover, signifies from the bottom-up, slow-moving, deep, inexorable, cathartic, evolutionary change, while Uranus, the shaker, signifies the lightning bolt out of  a blue sky, now-for-something-entirely-different, sudden, chaotic, revolutionary, and liberating variety. When these two planets make contact they galvanize life, ushering in fundamental and sweeping transformations from earth to sky, both literally and figuratively. Their influence is in evidence around the world in extreme weather patterns, earthquakes, volcanic activity, in the outbreak of worldwide economic and political instability and volatility, the Arab Spring, tyrants toppling, the Tea Party and the Occupy Wall Street movement that has swept the globe, to mention only a few of the most obvious examples. Another is the explosion in all directions of information technology which is transforming and revolutionizing our lives in more ways than we have time to reflect upon. These energies do not just manifest as outer events in our lives, but their greater significance lies in the changes sparked within. These are consciousness-raising energies that ignite quantum leaps in consciousness, shifting and transforming our views of reality.

We live in “interesting” times, to say the least. I will continue writing about these times and the 2012 phenomenon in more depth and detail in the Spring issue of cha. Stay tuned…  - cha

Written by Colleen Holden

Colleen Holden has studied, practiced and taught astrology for over 30 years. You can visit her website at www.celestialnavigation.info and reach her by phone at 774-722-2449

Cocodrillo

I have no idea where my house keys are.
I’m sure they’re somewhere but I don’t care to lock
the world out.
I tell you this because what could anyone
possibly steal?
Forty two dollars in my sock drawer?
The kids drawings off the fridge?
Thieves would get lost in the mire of a modern life,
the laptops we peek over to make sure
we’re still married.
“Are the kids setting any fires?”
We used to run drunk and naked
around this neighborhood.
I felt alive, howling and falling over laughing.

This is stupid.
Come with me and we’ll strip off these clothes,
walk into the woods,
live on blackberries and small mammals,
toadstools off rotten pine logs.
“These are okay, the ones with the ridges and spots,
I think. You go first.”
We’d bed in the rushes by the cranberry bog,
wake to the sound of birds, swat at mosquitos,
put our hands in the ochre and paint signs to hang
in the treetops:
“Leave us alone.”

In Costa Rica, the sign by the river said
“PELIGRO – Cocodrillos en el rio.”
“That’s just for the tourists.” Carlos explained.
“Gives them something to take a picture next to.”
I laughed and jumped in.
Later, walking, we saw him sunning: frozen,
eyes fixed, a plastic replica.
Then the barely perceptible movement of his tail.
“You let me swim in a river with a crocodile?”
Carlos grinned at my horror, “We leave him alone.
He’s too small to bother you.”
Being bothered wasn’t on my mind.
He knows these things.
He is connected to this place.

In America this animal would be dead or caged,
his journey to the sea creating fear to be pacified,
his part in the landscape we simply cannot abide.

Today my country will kill men like Carlos,
with toy planes flown by our children from bunkers
in Nevada, scanning foreign landscapes of mud
and straw houses on the virtual battlefront,
signs painted on each roof:
“Leave us alone.”
They drop bombs
to pacify, to justify,
to pay for our obese lifestyle,
erase perceived threats,
lock them out or lock us in.
Are the keys for them or us?

When they ask “What did you do in the war, Grandpa?”
I’ll say “I sighed and shook my head at the stupidity of it all. And I didn’t lock my door.”

–Thomas Fettig

Tom Fettig is a writer and lyricist, tile contractor, crackpot farmer, and the inimitable voice of the Bitter and Broken Men’s Chorus. The former frontman for the punk band Philthshack, he now lives in Orleans with his 30-year mortgage, tolerable wife, two miraculous children, two bedhog mutts, and five hens conspiring to take over the property.

Home

Trust only one sky
and yesterday will not
bleed brilliant poison
or haunt present magic.

Let God question eternity
and we but live, linger, dazzle
in the night, morning, day.

Our poetry is the child
born of dark sacrifice
and the sacred embrace
of change.

Listen, laugh, dance
and remember:
perhaps there is joy
in the learning.

– Kristin Knowles

Kristin Knowles is an artist, writer, performance poet, political activist, educator, and ambitious thrift shopper. She lives in Orleans with her husband, Tom Fettig, and the whole cast of characters listed in his bio.

The Story isn’t Over Yet

A giant can slip on a marble.
A mountain can split from a single crack.
A smile or a frown, an act of kindness
can save the world or cause it to drown.
The hard-hearted forces are many and huge.
The story that is written is written in blood.
But the story that is whispered from ear to ear,
the small, indestructible gift of love
that passes from hand to hand
has time and gravity on its side.
And the story isn’t over yet…

– Chuck Madansky

Chuck Madansky, who co-hosts the Cape Cod Daré (see page 37) along with his wife, Wilderness Sarchild, lives by Rafe Pond in Brewster, where he recovers his tenderness by long looking.

Kristin Knowles on creating “The Art of Dissent” Series

My activism began as a reaction to feeling powerless to do anything about the multitude of things happening in the world – which disturbed me deeply. As someone who has always struggled with depression and maladaptive ways to deal with inner turmoil, I turned to the more positive outlet of writing. I wrote for myself, for personal catharsis. Over time I timidly began to share my work with others. What I discovered is that I was not alone. My words resonated with many people, more than I had ever imagined. Then, I summoned up the courage to read my work in public. Soon people started asking me to perform at events for causes related to the words I had written. All of a sudden I realized I was no longer powerless. I had become a voice.

“Be a voice, not an echo.” – Rev. William Barber, President of the N.C. NAACP

The “Art of Dissent” open mike series was conceived with the hope of fostering activism and community by creating an accessible public forum where our voices can be shared and heard. It is also a rare opportunity to be inspired and informed by the work of others whose art speaks of and to the human condition and the world in which we live.

Democracy requires participation. Molly Ivins, a personal hero of mine, asserted that “Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.”  If we want adequate representation, we must first represent and advocate for ourselves, our families and our communities. If not now, when? If not you, who?  As one of my poems suggests:
“We all have a voice and the ability to speak in all the colors of the spectrum. Paint your words with passion. Please, speak.”

Visit the Calendar for the next scheduled “Art of Dissent” event.

The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

The “Art of Dissent” series is sponsored by the Cape Cod branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), an NGO (non-governmental organization) that has sections in 40 countries on every continent, consultative status at the United Nations, and offices in Geneva and New York. WILPF is the oldest women’s peace organization in the world. It was founded in April 1915 by some 1300 women from Europe and North America who came together in a Congress of Women to protest the killing and destruction of the war then raging in Europe.

Today WILPF’s ultimate goal is the establishment of an international economic order founded on the principles of meeting the needs of all people and not on those of profit and privilege. WILPF works to analyze, educate, inform, and mobilize people locally, nationally, and globally on issues of peace, human rights, universal disarmament, conflict prevention and resolution, eliminating all forms of discrimination, and environmental stewardship toward sustainable development.

The Cape Cod branch of WILPF meets on the second Tuesday of each month at the Harwich Community Center from 6:00-8:30pm. Potluck at 6:00; meeting begins at 6:45. For more information please visit fwilpfcapecod.org

Much has been said about the torturous aspects of writing. Ernest Hemingway joked, “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” Oscar Wilde lamented, “I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”  Virginia Woolf agonized, “For it would seem that we write, not with the fingers, but with the whole person. The nerve which controls the pen winds itself about every fiber of our being, threads the heart, and pierces the liver.”  So why do writers begin to write at all if the act was perceived by such giants to be so frustrating?

Thankfully, people do write and produce the books that mean so much to us. My mother banished the television from our house in the early sixties, and so my escape was found in books. My siblings and I grew up reading what had been my mother’s favorites: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Little Women, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Diary of Anne Frank and everything by Charles Dickens. I know all my childhood reading helped me to become a writer—a secret writer for many years. But the real fun began in 2006 when, at fifty years old, I decided to devote myself to penning the first draft of a novel, Eva and Henry, A Cape Cod Marriage.  My self-given assignment was to honor my own great grandaunt for the challenges she endured in the 1880’s as the wife of a mariner. I researched the coastal village and the greater world in which my characters had lived and began to write.

To my delight, the discipline of writing quickly became an enjoyable experience. I looked forward to immersing myself in another place and time when I sat down to write, and was soon living a double life.  I discovered that once a character is fully drawn and present in the work, I could depend upon surprises. At any time, the character might seize control and bend the plot to his or her own purposes. Eva became so strong a force that she declared to me,  “ I want to write it,” and the novel swung over from being written in the third person (she cried)  to the first person (I cried).

I found the five-year writing process to be very healing. The inspiring lives of long dead ancestors challenged me daily to be a braver person myself. It was impossible not to knead my own fears, hopes, and moral dilemmas into the work, and I was quite often relieved at how the answers were delivered back to my questioning mind through the tips of my own fingers.

There are many writers who live here on Cape Cod, and I presented several with the question, “Why write?” Here are some answers from a variety of writing disciplines.
Eastham poet Barry Hellman, who enriches our community by hosting poetry readings and workshops, shares his experience of writing a poem.  “There’s a lot of pleasure in writing a poem— experiencing where it wants to start, where it goes, where it ends up. The initial draft is full of preliminary ideas and feelings, raw material. I love the combination of clarity and mystery in a poem—the contrast between what’s tame and what’s wild. The way a poem leaves room for the reader or listener to go on their own trip in terms of memory or feeling.”

Writing Workshops to get you going

Cape Cod Writers Center
www.capecodwriterscenter.org

Joan Flynn, Dune Hollow Writers, Orleans
www.dunehollowwriters.com

Valerie Sullivan, Writing from the Heart, Brewster Ladies Library vsullivanart @gmail.com

And ask at your local library!

After practicing psychotherapy for many years, Hellman finds similar elements in the process of revision. “When writing a poem, it feels like I’m involved in an intimate conversation where both of us are paying attention to what’s going on in our lives. In the revision process you go deeper, find out something about what you really think and feel. There’s movement between conscious and unconscious, familiar and unfamiliar, between what’s said and what’s unsaid.”     Hellman’s new book, The King of Newark, a collection of 26 of his poems, has just been published, right on time for holiday gift giving.  It can be found at www.finishinglinepress.com.

Orleans bird-commentator Mike O’Connor, whose tongue-in-cheek newspaper column, Ask the Bird Folks appears weekly in the Cape Codder, feels compelled to write for the sake of the birds. “The rewards of writing are a little different for me,” he says. “I do it to answer lots of questions and correct the misinformation people have about birds.  A lot of my customers seem to be people who don’t like nature in general. They might be happy to provide food for their own favorite species of birds, but they complain that crows are noisy, jays are mean, and squirrels are hogs. I try to set the record straight and throw in the wisecracks to make it interesting. There’s 350 species of birds that show up here on Cape Cod on a regular basis. I write so people will be less stressed about nature and look at birds from a more relaxing point of view. I mean, someone has to stick up for the cormorants and the piping plovers.”

O’Connor has written an informative and entertaining book: Why Don’t Woodpeckers Get Headaches?  Of course, it’s a best seller at his Bird Watcher’s General Store. You may contact him with your own bird questions: birdwatchersgeneralstore.com

Laurie Higgins, a freelance journalist who tackles assignments for the Cape Codder and the Cape Cod Times as well as several local magazines, has always loved to write. You may have read profiles on your Cape Cod neighbors by Higgins, or arts and entertainment features. She enjoys writing a recipe-testing column, That’s Not What the Recipe Says. She does not take these assignments lightly.

“When I was a child, I was painfully shy,” Higgins explains. “Speaking in public at school or even family gatherings was painful.  One of the things that I love the most about writing is that it gives me the opportunity to think deeply about what I want to say, and it allows me to express exactly how I feel or what I think.  Writing offers me the freedom to go wild and stray off on different tangents to explore ideas, and then during the process of editing, I can really refine my thoughts so they reflect exactly what I meant to say.  In that regard, I think writing offers me a means to find my voice and the courage to share it with others.”

Higgins challenges all writers with this last thought: “And finally, there is nothing more satisfying than writing one true sentence or finding the exact perfect metaphor or image to convey the essence of what you are trying to say on a level that goes much deeper than words.” Next time you see an article by Higgins, don’t skip it, it’ll be worth reading.

Cape author Scott Ridley sat down to a task that would be impossible for most of us. For four years he researched and sorted out the story of Captain John Kendrick, a sea captain born in Harwich, Massachusetts. In 1787 Kendrick made the first American voyage around Cape Horn into the Pacific to discover the Northwest Passage, establish an American outpost, and set up trade with China.  The book will satisfy any history buff’s longing for maritime adventure and knowledge about this lost chapter of the nation’s early years.

Morning of Fire, John Kendrick’s Daring American Odyssey in the Pacific has drawn crowds to readings both on and off-Cape for more than a year now, and when Ridley completes a session, he is reminded of one of the reasons he writes. “It is so gratifying to be there with people intent on hearing the story and to see how it affects them, how they become engaged with it.”

But what of the historical writing process itself, which can take many years?  Ridley remarks in his own contemplative words on that:

“There is a process of journey and discovery in writing that I have always found to hold a kind of enchantment.  As most writers will explain, you enter the landscape you’re working on and become absorbed in what is unfolding.   If you’re lucky enough to be able to carve out large blocks of time, you sit down and start working and look up, and hours have passed.  On the pages before you is what you have passed through, the people you’ve seen, the voices you’ve heard speaking, the emotions that flared up, and the moments of surprise.

“If it works, the reader is also transported along on the journey, with an immediacy in which their own imagination and experience light up what the words are saying.  It’s a small light we strike in the darkness.  And illuminating some missing piece of history that enriches understanding of who we are, and how we got to where we are, makes every dead end and cold night more than worthwhile,” Ridley finishes.

The oft repeated quote by English playwright Edward Bulwer-Lytton, “The pen is mightier than the sword,” has always moved me. How marvelously powerful to convey from one human mind to countless others (and by the concise depositing of little marks onto paper) concepts, intentions, emotions, human experience, and—illumination! Such is the nature of the practice of writing.   – cha

Written by  Irene M. Paine, Winter 2011

Irene M. Paine is author of Eva and Henry, A Cape Cod Marriage – winner of 2011 Silver Independent Publishers Award for Best Regional Fiction.  She holds a B.A. from Rivier College and an M.S. from American University. Irene is from Wellfleet, MA and can be reached at irenepaine@gmail.com

Most people don’t expect to gain a deeper understanding of their whole health from a visit to the dentist. They don’t expect to be treated in a comfortable office setting with picture-window views overlooking a gentle river, or have complementary health services available on-site. But then, most people haven’t been to Herring River Holistic Family Dentistry, 129 Route 28 in West Harwich.

Dr. Ralph Tomasian has practiced in Harwich since 1972 with his recently retired brother Dr. Thomas Tomasian, Jr., who was instrumental in developing this unique oral health center. The two had been at the Herring River location since 1980. After Thomas retired, Ralph sold the dental practice about a year ago to Dr. Jairo Patino, a native of Colombia, who has practiced in Chicago and Boston. Dr. Tomasian still works with Dr. Patino, and the two share a passion for helping people improve their oral health in as toxin-safe an environment as possible. It’s a match that works ideally for one dentist edging toward retirement and another on his way up in the field.

“We were looking for a specific dentist when we decided to sell the practice, one with a holistic approach,” Dr. Tomasian says. “You treat the whole person.  You’re not just teeth walking in. What we do in the mouth affects the whole body.”

For Dr. Patino, the Herring River practice was just the opportunity he was looking for to return to Massachusetts and utilize the holistic protocol he had discovered in his own care a few years ago. At that time, he found relief for longstanding health problems when he went to an alternative doctor who noticed he also had an infected root canal, for which he suggested dental extraction. “It changed my life,” Dr. Patino says. “I got better in three weeks.”

Drs. Tomasian and Patino believe the connection to people and what’s going on in their lives is the first step in guiding them toward health. Consequently, an initial visit for a new patient at Herring River Holistic Family Dentistry can take two to three hours. The visit includes a comprehensive dental exam, including a history and assessment of the teeth, gums, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and occlusion – the way in which upper and lower teeth come together. The exam looks not only at the mouth but also its connection to the rest of the body.

Dr. Tomasian explains that there’s a link between each tooth and another organ based on the acupuncture meridian it’s on. For instance, he cites a Swiss study by Dr. Thomas Rau that found a strong correlation between breast cancer and having had a root canal on an upper molar or lower bicuspid. Dr. Rau and his followers attribute the cancer connection to microbes hidden in the root canal, which they say suppress the immune system along the meridian.

The dentists discuss diet, nutrition, exercise and environment with their patients, too. “The whole key is to get the body in balance again,” says Dr. Tomasian. “We try to give them information about their general health that affects their teeth.”

Dr. Tomasian describes the dental practice as “a resource center,” and offers patients reading lists and details about improving their health through modalities such as “oil pulling,” in which coconut oil is swished in the mouth for 10 minutes at a time to reduce inflammation in the gums; chewing or cooking with xylatol, which changes the surface of tissues so microbes can’t attach; and “Earthing,” which grounds the body in a harmonious connection to the Earth and is considered to relieve stress, chronic fatigue and inflammation.

Patients who want to pursue these and other alternative treatments can also do so right in the same building with a visit to ayurvedic physician Dr. Linda J. Reynolds or acupuncturist Carin Trainer, who practice upstairs from the dentists.

Another hallmark of the holistic dental practice is its commitment to being mercury safe and to the extent possible, mercury free. The dentists use plastic composite fillings instead of silver amalgams, which contain mercury. Dr. Tomasian says the mercury is absorbed into the bloodstream and can cause depression, anxiety, loss of memory and other problems. “The mercury in silver fillings doesn’t belong in the mouth. It’s a neurotoxin,” Dr. Tomasian says.

The health effects of mercury in silver amalgams is a matter of debate in the dental world, but Dr. Tomasian and Dr. Patino are among those who believe it’s safest to minimize exposure. When they remove silver fillings, they use high-speed suction, a rubber dam in the mouth and high-speed filtration to contain the mercury as much as possible. Mercury levels are monitored in the mouth to assess any changes.

Drs. Tomasian and Patino believe comprehensive risk reduction and prevention help their patients heal directly, through nontoxic dental treatment, and indirectly. “Our patients have usually been looking for health everywhere when they come to us,” Dr. Patino says, describing how oral health often seems to be the missing piece of the health puzzle.

“It’s a holistic approach,” Dr. Tomasian concludes: “You don’t want to just treat the tooth.” – cha

 

Herring River Holistic Family Dentistry
129 Rte 28, West Harwich, MA 02671
508-432-4196

Written by Susan Spencer  |  Photography by Doug Macomber – Winter 2011

Susan Spencer is a writer, editor and photographer who lives in Whitinsville and Brewster, Mass. Doug Macomber is an award winning television news videographer/editor and photographer.

Momentum is building as the first dozen businesses to go through Cape & Islands Green Level I verification share their experience and more businesses join the movement. “We’re trying to create a ripple effect,” says Amanda Converse, who oversees the program and provides technical assistance to businesses pursuing verification.

Structuring the program with achievable steps has proved helpful to organizations making eco-friendly changes. “We’re so busy doing our daily things, we don’t always realize our impact on the environment,” says Dawn Lucier, a physical therapist and neuro-education coordinator at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Cape Cod in Sandwich. Lucier co-chairs the hospital’s Green Team with physical therapist and outpatient manager, Sharon Gale.

The challenge for hospitals’ energy-saving efforts is that they run 24/7, Lucier says. Spaulding staff members now turn off equipment that’s not in use. Working with vendors, the hospital has reduced supply shipments and catalogs, and switched to green cleaning products. Kitchen waste is composted. And when staff became aware of the state’s anti-idling statute through Cape & Islands Green, they contacted their primary ambulance company to request that waiting vehicles be turned off.

Cape Cod Five, which has for some time implemented green practices including recycling, reducing energy use and using electronic transactions, was eager to lead the way when Cape & Islands Green was launched. “As a relatively prominent business, it was appropriate for us to get in there right away,” says Chief Operating Officer Robert Talerman. “The only way it works is if everybody does their piece. This offered us the opportunity to do more.”

Talerman says Cape & Islands Green’s tiered progress levels make it business-friendly. “The hurdle of getting in isn’t that daunting.”

Besides working across the bank’s multiple sites, Cape Cod Five demonstrates commitment to sustainability through its charitable foundation. For instance, it supported a green building program at Cape Cod Regional Technical High School and a recycling project by CHAMP Homes.
While some businesses face more challenges than others to go green, Ellen Brady’s Cheap Chic Interiors in Hyannis is green by its very nature. “I use what people already have,” says the certified interior home redesigner and stager.

Still, she’s seen improvement since participating in Cape & Islands Green. Brady says, “The energy audit was especially revealing because my business is out of my house. We didn’t have any insulation in our walls.”

Brady plans to insulate her home and make it more energy efficient. She’s incorporating more sustainability into her work, too, like giving clients a list of how to recycle anything. “I definitely want to move on to Level II verification,” she says.

Dorothy Torrey, an alkaline food and lifestyle educator in Sandwich, says connecting with Cape & Islands Green is one way businesses can act locally to change the world. “It’s not just insulating the house and changing light bulbs: it’s changing a lifestyle.”

Torrey is using less paper and cutting waste in her home business. She’s also reducing solid waste from plastic water bottles – only 12 percent are recycled – by introducing people to healthy water from their tap.

Cape & Islands Green is going Cape-wide through a new collaboration with the Lower Cape’s Community Development Partnership (CDP). On March 11, the initiative, called “Smart Energy for the Lower Cape” will host a sustainability conference at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, along with Cape Light Compact and Cape & Islands Self-Reliance Corporation. The event will offer tools for small businesses to make significant changes in reducing their energy consumption. The Lower Cape CDP will offer their workshops beginning in mid-March. Visit capecdp.org/info/workshops.php for dates and time.

Another Cape & Islands Green Level I workshop will be held April 5 at Spaulding Rehabilitation of Cape Cod in Sandwich.

Visit www.capeandislandsgreen.org or the group’s Facebook page for news and events. – cha

Written by Susan Spencer, Spring 2011

animals

Dr. Mark E. Russo
Healthy Veterinary Alternatives

Acupuncture and other natural & holistic treatments to
promote healing, wellness and longevity
Dogs •  Cats • Horses

Appointments available
 on Cape Cod and in Kingston.
Mark E. Russo, V.M.D., Kingston Animal Hospital
192 Main St., Kingston, MA 02364 • 781-585-6525
www.healthyveterinaryalternatives.com

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career education

spatech institute
Massage I Aesthetics I Polarity I RYSE

You deserve an education that honors who you are and who you are becoming.
A great education is spiritually transforming: You overcome your limitations and realize your highest potential. At the same time it provides the foundation and skills to succeed.

As a leader in energy based education since 1980, Nancy Risley recognizes that education is a transformational healing process. As a successful massage and polarity therapist, author and teacher, her vision is to help you realize your dream of doing work that is creative and supports all aspects of who you are. As a highly skilled massage or polarity therapist, or aesthetician, you can experience the joy of helping people to lead healthier and happier lives. Whether you work in a spa or create your own business, you will have levels of satisfaction as well as increased flexibility, control and income.

Excellent education is not by chance; it comes from years
of listening to employers, graduates and students to find the best way to teach the most valuable information to make you successful.

You can be a Massage Therapist or Aesthetician in as little as 6 months full time, 9 months in the Mother’s Hours program or 12 months in the part-time evening program. Or you can take RYSE or Polarity to add to your present skills.

The next step to fulfilling your future is to call for a no obligation, informational interview with our Career Advisor. We look forward to meeting you and hearing about your future.
Accredited. Licensed. Financial Aid available for qualified students.

Plymouth, Westboro and Ipswich, MA
800-262-8530 
spatech.edu

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holistic healing

Janis Sommers, BS, LMT, CT, CVD
Professional, Experienced, Licensed, Insured
Alternative Healing and Education

Massage, Lymphatic Drainage, Reflexology, Colon Hydrotherapy, Inner Cleansing, Dietary Detoxes, Chemical Free products, Rife Frequencies, Reiki, BodyTalk, Qigong, Vibrational Healing and Aquatic Bodywork in a warm pool

All modalities that are considered to be Alternatives and Complementary to Western Medicine. Complementary because they work to support medical doctors and alternative because they are non-traditional in that support.

I provide these services because they have worked for me for 26 years, and for others throughout history, for relief from chronic pain, headaches, digestive issues, fatigue, stiff joints, stress and more.
Are you one who desires to feel better and have more options in health care?  Empower yourself. I offer individual sessions and group education. Sliding scale rates.

The Healing Arts Clinic at 180 Bracket Rd,
N. Eastham  774-722-9717  janis02642@gail.com

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trauma therapy

Dick Morrill
Certified Professional and Trainer
Tapas Acupressure Technique™, TAT™
Healing stress should not be stressful

TAT is a simple, easy to learn, yet powerful stress reduction technique.

TAT connects the body’s healing intelligence to the area of the brain where we hold stress. It gently allows the body to naturally release the stress and anxieties that we hold onto from current and prior issues and traumas, including PTSD, without having to relive or talk about it.

Dick has been in private practice for over 12 years. He has personal experience with PTSD from his years in Vietnam. In 1996 Dick was introduced to TAT by Tapas Fleming; experiencing complete and permanent healing from his PTSD symptoms, in one session.  He is inspired to devote his career to sharing this technique with others.

508-237-2243
dickmtat @yahoo.com
Special rates for vets and their families.

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yoga

Yoga Teacher Certification Program
Kind Yoga
200 hr. Yoga Alliance Registered School
Become a Certified Yoga Teacher

Have you dreamed of teaching yoga? Or do you just want to deepen your own understanding and practice of yoga?

Join us for an immersion into the foundations and therapeutic applications of Hatha yoga.
Focus: Alignment, Breath, Compassion and an Extraordinary Yoga Experience
Kind Yoga 4 month training begins September and March

Our Teachers:
Kumara Sidhartha, MD – Physiology, Anatomy
C. Patricia Fater, MD  – Energy Medicine
Diane Kovanda, M.Ed. – Teaching Methodology, Breath and Meditation • Olivia Miller, MS – Therapeutic Benefits of Laughter • Jack Adams, PhD – Yin Yoga  • …and more!

Also offering: The Healing Power of Meditation
and Meditation Teacher Training
www.KindYoga.com • 508-776-1990
Diane @KindYoga.com • Centerville, MA

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ayurveda

7 Spiritual Laws & Ayurveda
Balance. Transform. Integrate.

The Vedic texts state: health is derived from a balanced metabolic system, good digestion and releasing what is no longer needed.  All three of these relate to food:  what we eat, how we eat, how we prepare, and, how we perceive the food we eat.

Learn how to use all 6 tastes to make sensational sauces, savory dishes and sweet accents … balancing the meal promoting healthy digestion and gastronomic satisfaction.

Classes start Jan 18th/ 4 weeks  Wed. 5-7ish, 4 students per class. Final class will be on Paulette’s TV Cooking Show on Channel 17.  Leave message:  508-221-4288.

Chez Paulette of Paulette’ Red Kitchen is a Chopra Center Ayurvedic Consultant and Educator and has a rich culinary history.

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coaching

Deborah Ullman 
MA, Psychology

Deborah has 25 years of training and practice as a holistic Gestalt therapist. She offers counseling and coaching sessions forindividuals and couples, adults and teens experiencing difficulty with losses and life changes.

The more we learn to attend to our embodied experience while we are connected to our world, the greater our vitality and freedom to make healthful choices!

Deb’s work will:
• explore strengths you’ve forgotten or didn’t know you have
• encourage reconnecting with your own intuitive wisdom
• support learning to embody an energized and integrated stand in the face of overwhelming stress factors
• help you strategize how to bring more inspiration, joy and ease back into your daily life

scheduling clients using a sliding scale,
and MC/Visa/Discover.
at Wonderful Hands of Orleans
165 Route 6A
508-255-6693

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law enforcement/healthcare

Kathy Davis
PhD, LICSW, DAPA
Certified Forensic Consultant; Clinical Ethicist; IFS Certified
Emotional Wellness – It Matters!

Forensic Consultant:
• Ethical dilemmas in law enforcement;
• Trauma Response, CISM, PTSD
• What’s different about being a “Cop Family”?
• Make your marriage “bullet-proof”;

Clinical Ethicist:
• For doctors wanting to offer ethical options and manage
risk with complex patient cases;
• For families/Health Care Proxies overwhelmed by
information

Dr. Davis has been helping families and healthcare
practitioners since 1997. She is a Clinical Ethicist trained in hospital, hospice, and nursing home ethics.

508-237-9940 (phone); 508-375-6439 (fax)
kathy @doctorkathy.com; www.doctorkathy.com
Please see Display Ad for Couples Therapy and Workshops

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herbalist

Donna Wood Eaton B.S., Ch.H.
Chartered Herbalist
Gently opening doors to new perceptions integrating body, mind & spirit using:

• Flower Essences
• Teas
• Tinctures
• Herbal Applications
• Aromatherapy
• Cell Memory Trauma Release
• Kinesiology

19 Years Clinical Practice

Donna enters into an ongoing healing relationship with clients to create individual health plans focusing on wellness and system imbalances rather than symptom treatment. Her training in Psychology and with Native American Spiritual Healers unites treatment modalities and provides options for individualized care.

Cedar Spring Herb Farm
159 Long Pond Dr. Harwich, Ma.
www.cedarspringherbfarm.com
508.430.HERB(4372)

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therapeutic bodywork

Sarah Beals, LMT
Tai Chi, Chi Kung, Massage
Orleans & Wellfleet
Therapeutic Bodywork since 1994

Can you use relief from pain?  Increase in well being and ability to cope? Improved flexibility, balance and breathing?
Beals’ Therapeutic bodywork offers these benefits uniquely suited to your individual history and current needs.  You are an intuitive expert on your process.
Each session I ask

“What is your desired outcome from massage today?” We consider alignment, range of motion, painful areas, then treat just one zone or full body as indicated.
I utilize therapy modalities such as Esalen massage for relaxation, breathwork, deep tissue, medical chi kung, myofascial release and more.  With an eclectic treatment blend I strive to ease troubling symptoms, calm the body, and set the stage for optimal self healing.

Excellent Bodywork, Reasonable Rates.
www.taichicapecod.com • beals.sarah @gmail.com • 508 246 3591

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Yoga Therapy

JACQUELINE CORSO, MS, PD 
Premier Yoga Therapist 
of Cape Cod since 2002
Integrating Psychotherapy & Yoga

Individualized YOGA THERAPY integrates Rehabilitation Counseling, Psychotherapy, and Yoga/Meditation.

Yoga Therapy addresses: Anxiety, stress, compulsive behaviors, trauma, sleep concerns, disability, pain, “feeling disconnected,” overwhelmed. It also addresses  preventative care, health maintenance.
Personalized sessions combine relaxing, exploratory mind-body techniques AND reflective counseling. The process helps bring you quickly and directly to your concerns.

Personalized tools/techniques are facilitated, practiced and written out for you to follow. Life style suggestions and audio/visual supports offered.

Short-term. Results-oriented.

Individuals, couples, workshops – my studio OR YOUR SITE.

Business consultations and supervision available – in person, phone or email.

Check website for FREE & NEW workshops every season!
www.CorsoYogaTherapy.com 508-362-4435  Jackie @CorsoYogaTherapy.com

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cleaning

Advantage 
Carpet and Rug Cleaning

Natural & Hypoallergenic Carpet
, Rug & Upholstery Cleaning
Your Choice of Natural, Hypoallergenic, or Fully Biodegradable Cleaning.

Fast Dry Freshen Up • Floor Treatments • Upholstery Cleaning • Protection Treatments
Call Today for your Free Estimate
or Commercial Demonstration
Fully Insured • Prompt • Reliable • Experienced
…

Carpet Cleaning
Carpets and Rugs Deep Cleaned and Deodorized $45/room
Upholstery Cleaning
15% OFF Couch & Loveseats Deep Cleaned & Deodorized
These offers Expire: 8/31/11
Paul Zoino
Office: (508) 432-1040
Cell: (508) 367-5301

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counseling

Michele C. Wolfson, Ph.D.
Developmental Psychologist
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Specializing in Lifestory work

Sharing the stories of our life experiences is transformative. Our stories reflect who we are.

Narrating our life imbues our experiences with meaning that help us makes sense of life events.

Through telling our stories we engage in a natural developmental process of personal transformation.

The more conscious and active we are in this process, the more we shape our lives into a story in which we know our deepest selves, are more intimately connected in our relationships with others, and feel empowered to live our lives more fully and authentically.

Life Story as a model for counseling:
• supports reflection on life experience as story and self
as a story maker
• develops insight and strengths through difficult times
• nurtures a clearer perspective on painful events
• encourages reconnections with personal history & roots
• facilitates the accomplishment of life goals
• deepens a sense of connection and centeredness in life

Michele C. Wolfson, Ph.D.
Lifestorying Associates
P.O. Box 536, South Wellfleet, MA  02663
508 349-3790 • mwolfsonphd @comcast.net

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jungian analysis

Brian R. Skea, Ph.D.
Certified Jungian Analyst 
115 Bog Pond Road
Brewster, MA 02631
508-896-5430 • hamish43@aol.com

Brian Skea is a Jungian analyst, practicing on the Cape since 2004. Formerly he practiced as a psychologist in Pittsburgh, PA for 30 years. He is currently the President of the Boston Jung Institute, where as faculty he has taught courses on Jung’s life and work, Celtic mythology and alchemy.

At the Church of the Holy Spirit in Orleans, Dr. Skea co-leads an ongoing Caregiver’s Group and a men’s group. Jung is best known for his work on psychological types, complexes, and the spiritual search for meaning and purpose, which often occurs after a mid-life crisis. As a Jungian analyst, Dr. Skea works with clients’ dreams, journaling and art work in relation to life challenges such as retirement or divorce.

Sliding fee scale. Free initial evaluation session.

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astrology

Celestial Navigation
, Astrological Readings & Counsel
Colleen Holden

Your birth chart is a map of our solar system for the time and place of your birth.  Like cosmic DNA, or a code of your soul, your birth chart is made up of a unique pattern of planets, signs and houses  offering an illuminating language providing insight and understanding of your potential gifts, challenges and areas of life focus.

The timing for the unfolding of your birth potential is found in the cycles of the planets and their ever-changing relationship to your chart.  A birthchart reading describes the nature of the changes occurring in your life and what opportunities for actualization and growth are at hand. Astrology provides an uncannily accurate system of timing for navigating the twists and turns of your life journey.

Colleen has been a practicing astrologer for 30 years.  She holds a BA in Psychology and Sociology and has been a life long student of metaphysical and spiritual teachings. Colleen’s astrology column appears in CHA Magazine.

Colleen Holden
774-722-2449  
www.celestialnavigation.info
 Orleans, MA

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