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This regular column features new happenings within our Ann Arbor holistic community, including new practitioners to the area, new and interesting work being done, special opportunities offered or items otherwise of note to folks like ourselves. If you would like to submit something to be considered for this column, please email to sarah@crazywisdom.net or mail to the store attn: Sarah Daher, 114 S. Main St., Ann Arbor, 48104. The deadline for entries for the upcoming issue of the Crazy Wisdom Community Journal is March 30, 2006.

Kaizen Healing Arts is a new healing arts center in downtown Ann Arbor. Kaizen is a collaboration of practitioners aspiring to bring vibrant health and wellness to the community. They provide an array of treatment modalities including Acupuncture, Massage Therapy, Bodywork, Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine with a primary focus on health maintenance and disease prevention. They can address many health concerns, including headaches and migraines, depressed energy and fatigue, chronic pain, musculoskeletal conditions, gynecological and reproductive health and gastrointestinal health. They strive to educate and empower their clients to make better lifestyle choices and to find their own unique path to well being. For more information, contact Sara AlRawi, ND, MPH Naturopathic Doctor at 645-8424; Kelly Kempter, Massage Therapist at 223-4156; or Alyssa Schreiber, Massage Therapist at 657-1765; www.kaizenhealingarts.com.

Ann Arbor School of Yoga is moving and expanding into new space at 420 West Huron Street! A new reception area will hold dressing rooms and ample equipment storage, with the offering of books, yoga props and other gear in a small yoga retail shop. Study materials, including books, videos and dvds, will be available in a yoga library. AASY currently offers classes in the Iyengar method at 212 N. Fourth Ave. Director Laurie Blakeney says, “I plan to open the last week of February after renovations are complete. At the new location, we’ll have a larger class room with wood floors, lots of wonderful windows, high ceilings and greatly improved heating, ventilation and air conditioning. We will have large new bathrooms with showers! The new space inspires lots of new programming ideas in addition to more classes, regular social events, visiting teachers and more.” Teaching since 1977, Laurie welcomes serious as well as recreational students for the practice and study of Yoga. For more information, call 663-7612; info@annarborschoolofyoga.com.

Mindfulness: Day-by-Day is a workshop that will be given at the Michigan Friends Center in Chelsea with leader and psychoanalytic counselor Peter Wood on March 25, 2006. The workshop will teach different modes of mindfulness from both Thich Nhat Hanh and Christian traditions, including watching the breath, walking meditation, mindful eating (in silence), lectio divina, with instruction, discussion and practice. Peter Wood is a member of Red Cedar Friends Meeting in East Lansing. Times are from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with continental breakfast and lunch provided. Wear loose, comfortable clothing. $25 or as able. Register early. For more information, contact dfn@journey.com.

Catherine Hilker, MTIA, is offering a new Feng Shui Certification training through Creating Sanctuary. Become an interior alignment feng shui and space clearing practitioner. Courses being offered in winter and spring. For more information, call 248-547-4965; www.CatherineHilker.com.

Ellen Bogard of Sunnyside Learning Center is offering a unique new group for homeschool parents. “Learning Journeys” is a facilitated discussion and development group for home educators. As a participant, you will be challenged to deeply consider essential questions and issues relevant to the homeschooling experience, and to uncover your own unique set of beliefs and truths about homeschooling. You will gain insights and clarity that can be directly applied at home, empowering you to actively create a homeschooling journey for yourself and family that is rich with joyful intention. Participants will receive a resource pack and personal journal. Group meets for six Thursdays beginning Jan. 12, 7-9 p.m. Cost is $75. To register, call Ellen at 995-0875; www.SunnysideLearningCenter.com.

Joe Kort, MSW, has a second book coming out titled 10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Find Real Love to be released in January 2006. By showing how to look closely at the deepest sources of your wants and needs, this book will help you achieve the kind of lasting, close relationships you deserve. Best-selling author and gay-affirmative therapist Joe Kort reveals his own top ten list on how you can make the best possible choices in finding and keeping a partner. Crazy Wisdom hosted a book signing with him for his first book, titled 10 Smart Things Gay Men Can Do to Improve Their Lives. For more information about his work, visit www.joekort.com.

Kirk Laman, DO, FACC, of Ann Arbor has written a new book titled How to Heal Your Broken Heart. This book teaches people how to heal troubling issues of the heart, including anxiety, depression, heart trouble or a broken heart. Dr. Kirk Laman is a board certified cardiologist who helps people heal the physical, emotional and spiritual illness of their hearts. Spirituality and Health magazine will publish an excerpt of the book in their February issue. To receive a free excerpt of the book, or to join in a free teleseminar and hear Dr. Laman’s thoughts on true heart healing, visit www.drlaman.com.
 Jacqueleen Magon, MD, has been in the community as a yoga therapist and educator. Certified in Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy, Thai Yoga Therapy, Integrative Yoga Therapy and Ayurveda Health Education, she has also been an Internist for nearly 20 years. She has opened a new holistic medical practice encompassing the essence of her combined learning experiences, including bioresonance – the use of electromagnetic wave forms to stimulate the body’s own healing mechanisms. Energetic patterns are measured to determine where there are stress areas and can be correctively applied. Stress patterns can be detected early before any manifestation of a disease process. Her practice is near the Downtown exit off M14. For more information, call 929-9797.

Dana Gramprie, RN, MA, Certified Conscious Relationship Coach, is delighted to announce the opening of her coaching practice, Solutions. She is certified by the Hendricks Institute. She helps her clients move beyond any stuck places while learning how to develop a conscious, loving relationship with themselves and to experience more clarity, lightness, fun and joy in daily life. Dana offers individual and relationships coaching by phone or in person. For more information, call 476-7411; danagramprie@mac.com.

Kate Mehuron, Ph.D., is a Philosophical Counselor at Inner Wisdom Philosophical Counseling in Ypsilanti, opened in Fall 2005. Philosophical counseling is an alternative to psychotherapy. There are many life issues that can be discussed and resolved by using reasoning, mutual exploration of values and beliefs, the use of ethical principles or alternative interpretations of the meaning and purpose of life. If you are interested in a mutual dialogue about problems in your life, the meaning of life or an ethical issue of concern to you, call 481-1200; www.philosophypractice.com.

New Options Counseling expands! Created in 1989, New Options was founded for women in transition. Now, founder Phyllis Perry also offers career coaching and lifestyle transitions with a twist. She uses animals, nature and photography with her clients to enhance authenticity and creativity. By tapping into these natural resources, women are better able to tap into their own truth and purity of heart and mind. Thus, they are able to make better choices for their careers and their lives. For more information, call 973-8699; pepstar27@yahoo.com.

Diane Thal Gluck is now offering the Emotional Freedom Technique. Working out of the Center for Sacred Living, Diane works with clients on any issue from emotional, traumatic or physical to reach client-specified goals. She is also planning new weight loss workshops involving EFT to begin this winter. To learn more about this process, visit www.emofree.com. To reach Diane, call 821-0364, extension 3; thalgluck@aol.com.

Laurie Krauth, MA, and Ann Arbor psychotherapist has been certified in the practice of Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing. EMDR is used for unresolved traumas, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other concerns. She also specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders and relationship issues, with straight and LGBT individuals and couples. She has moved her office to 2002 Hogback Road, Suite 15. Her new phone is 973-3100; www.LaurieKrauth.com.

Julie Frick, LMSW, BCD, CBT and longtime Ann Arbor psychotherapist is expanding her practice. She is now working with children using the modality of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. EMDR is a powerful technique that helps to quickly resolve childhood fears, nightmares or trauma. She has also developed a Life Coaching practice. Differing from psychotherapy, life coaching is co-created with the client to help her/him move from the present toward any important goal. She specializes in the area of financial planning, for example helping couples resolve differences when approaching their financial life. Coaching can take place in person or by phone. For more information or a sample session, call 665-2397; jukaco@comcast.net.

Simply Organized Life is a new company providing professional organizing, event planning and relocation services. Owner Carolyn Anderson-Fermann works with her clients to help eliminate stress that comes from a cluttered life, bringing balance and peace of mind by organizing physical spaces, and sometimes electronic spaces, too. For more information, call 646-4177; www.simplyorganizedlife.com.

As a correction to this column from the previous issue of the Crazy Wisdom Community Journal, Anne Duffy is the owner of The Connecting Bridge. (I had unfortunately misspelled her company as The Connecting Bride.) Designed for folks looking for clarity, wellness and balance, Anne is a spiritual advisor utilizing intuitive readings, muscle testing and channeled Christ consciousness in her work. She offers herbal and food supplement programs, holistic therapies and specializes in environmental illness lifestyle modification. She has four years training with spiritual response therapy as well as personal experience with overcoming a disabling condition. For more information, call 765-5830; the connectingbridge@yahoo.com.
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