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The unforeseen consequences of a fast-paced worldWhy does modern technology promise efficiency, but leave us constantly feeling pressed for time? Anthropologist Kathryn Bouskill explores the paradoxes of living in a fast-paced society and explains why we need to reconsider the importance of slowing down in a world that demands go, go, go.
4Inuit throat singing is half performance, half game, and wholly mesmerisingIn traditional katajjaq, also known as Inuit throat singing, two women stand face to face and perform a duet that doubles as something of a musical battle. Chanting in rhythm, they attempt to outlast one another, each waiting for any crack in the pace of her opponent – whether in the form of loss of breath, fatigue or laughter. In this short from the Canada-based First Nations film initiative Wapikoni Mobile, Eva Kaukai and Manon Chamberland, two throat singers from the remote Inuit village of Kangirsuk in northern Québec, face off in a friendly katajjaq duel. With sweeping imagery of the duo’s Arctic home, the short, which screened at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, is a transfixing melding of music and landscape.
6She lives | An interview with Jean Shinoda Bolen - The MOON mJean Shinoda Bolen, M. D, is a psychiatrist, renowned Jungian analyst and an internationally respected author and speaker, who has written thirteen books in over eighty translations. These include The Tao of Psychology, Goddesses in Everywoman, Gods in Everyman, Ring of Power, Crossing to Avalon, Close to the Bone, The Millionth Circle, Goddesses in Older Women, Crones Don’t Whine, Urgent Message from Mother, Like a Tree, Moving Towards the Millionth Circle and her most recent Artemis: The Indomitable Spirit in Everywoman.
6Opinion | The Wisdom Your Body KnowsYou are not just thinking with your brain. This has been a golden age for brain research. We now have amazing brain scans that show which networks in the brain ramp up during different activities. But this emphasis on the brain has subtly fed the illusion that thinking happens only from the neck up.
6You are a flower blooming in your own gardenYour first form arrived as one cell known as the heart. A spark of Life, initiated by giving and receiving the union of opposites, the catalyst of nurturing, your spirit took form and the source became seen. This one cell is the portal to absolute nurturing reality, mother source. Poetically it is t
4Mountain Girl - Building a CommunityMountain Girl - Building a Community On November 23, a new company was launched at MAP Brewing Company in Bozeman, Montana. Torrin Daniels of the Kitchen Dwellers and some special guests provided the tunes, cold drinks were shared, and new backcountry partners were made. We filled MAP to the brim with lovers of the outdoors, mountain bikers, hikers, and skiers. What is Mountain Girl? Marketing in the outdoor industry tends to highlight the extreme athletes, giving the impression that the outdoors is only for the ones who hike to the top of the mountain, careen down the slopes on their snowboards, and spend weeks in the wilderness. The peakbaggers, extreme adventurers, and through trailhikers. There are so many who long for the outdoors but aren’t sure of where to go, what equipment they need, or what the “rules” are. So, they stay home. This is particularly true of women. Many women lack confidence, fear judgement from others, and aren’t sure how to get started. Mountain Girl is building a community of women of all backgrounds, ages and skill levels. A community of women that long to get into the outdoors. By hosting ladies retreats, day hikes, photography workshops, and Mountain Girl get togethers, skills will be gained, confidence built, and backcountry friends made. “Montana Intimidates Me” I talked to all kinds of women that night. Women who told me they go to the mountains, but they go with the male figure in their world (husband/boyfriend/dad). Or they have been to Yellowstone but that is all. Women who said all kinds of things: “Montana intimidates me.” This from a gal who just moved to Montana from Colorado. In Colorado she mountain biked, skied, and climbed. How can this girl be intimidated by anything? “I’m the only one in my family that likes the outdoors.” She told me she and her husband have 5 kids, 3 still at home. She is the one who did boy scout camp with her sons and girl scout camp with her daughters. Her family just moved to Montana and she is so excited about the outdoor opportunities that come with living in Bozeman. Only one catch, no one in her family wants to go with her. In fact, they sent her to the Mountain Girl launch party specifically so she could find new friends that would get outside with her. “We just moved to Montana and I don’t know where to go.” To those of us who grew up in Montana or have lived here for a very long time, the outdoor opportunities seem endless, the mountains are literally right out your door. To someone who has just moved here, they aren’t sure where to go, how to navigate legal access and what the “rules” are in Montana. “I’ve never lived where there are bears and mountain lions.” Girl you have got to be aware, you have got to be educated, but please do not use this as the reason you are not enjoying those beautiful mountains. Educate yourself, get some safety equipment (aka bear spray), and get outside! We can do it! Listening to the stories and obstacles (both perceived and real) that night, I saw something else. Something in the smile shared between two friends as they related the story of a recent adventure, something in the determination of one who came alone, hoping to become a part of something more, something in the energy of the crowd. We can do it. Mother Nature welcomes us all with open arms and shares herself unselfishly. There is no dress code. No necessary skill level. No age requirement. All you have to do is grab your backback and let’s go. For more information about Mountain Girl, you can find us on Facebook, Instagram and the web at www.themtngirl.com.
3What is a Teacher - Yoga BloomThis practice of Yoga has transformed life in many ways, and the most of which is to move with the breath, to allow life to flow. This year I listened to my own advice and took some time off of teaching, and gave myself permission to take time and rest. To not teach, or blog, or spend any time telling people where and what to move their bodies Ive now spent more than half my life teaching yoga. That is a lot of time to commit to something.
3Brewing your own kombucha is easier—and cheaper—than you may thinkKombucha first came to the U.S. as a hippie-health fad in the ‘70s, made its comeback into hipster cafes a couple of years ago, and now you can find it in pretty much any major convenience store. But you’re not here to figure out where to buy a bottle—you’re here to learn how to make it. And you’re in luck: It’s easy, cheap, and you’ll get to witness the bacterial magic of fermentation happen right before your eyes.
6How Peruvian Potatoes Might Be Key to Feeding the PlanetWhen climate change inevitably causes widespread devastation, displaces millions of people and leads to mass extinction, at least we might still have potatoes. Scientists in the Peruvian Andes are trying to find genetic strands of potato that would be able to grow in extreme weather events, according to the Guardian, in the hope of fending off a food crisis when climate change makes growing other crops untenable. Agronomists are doing this work at a “potato museum,” called the Potato Park, which claims it has one of the highest diversities of native spuds. Alejandro Argumedo, the founder of the NGO that
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