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Natural Awakenings

September 2010 Issue

Natural Awakenings
More Green Crafting Ideas

Sep 02, 2010 04:02PM

 Art & Creative Materials InstituteCertifies safety and quality of crafting materials and helps teachers and consumers identify nontoxic cho...

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Seane Corn: Finding a Yoga Style and Making It Meaningful

Sep 02, 2010 04:02PM ● By Kim Childs

Seane Corn shares her advice on choosing a style of yoga and creating a home practice.

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Earth Music: Soundscapes of America's Quiet Places

Sep 02, 2010 04:02PM ● By Susie Ruth

Silence, he would concur, is not the absence of sound, but a way of living—an intention to make of one’s own ears, one’s own body, a sounding board that resonates with the vibrations of the world. Silence creates an opening, an absence of self, which allows the larger world to enter into our awareness. It brings us into contact with what is beyond us, its beauty and mystery.

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Savoring the Sun: Three Ways to Preserve Summer’s Goodness

Sep 02, 2010 04:02PM ● By Judith Fertig

The mounting desire to eat locally grown food, know what’s in our food and reduce our carbon footprint, as well as shrinking household budgets, are contributing to a renaissance in home food preservation.

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Step Up To Good Grooming: Proper grooming can help dogs not only look good, but feel better, as well.

Sep 02, 2010 04:02PM ● By Morieka V. Johnston

It pays to hire pros: Getting your dog groomed can be a costly investment, but the price includes more than a fluff and cut.

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Creative Computing: Programmed Software Composes Original Music

Sep 02, 2010 04:02PM

From Darkness, Light is the debut album of Emily Howell, a computer program with the ability to synthesize musical pieces resembling the works of history’s most renowned classical composers.

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Prized Junto: The Creativity Foundation Taps Top Talents

Sep 02, 2010 04:02PM

The Creativity Laureate Prize honors the most gifted thinkers and catalysts in all areas of human endeavor—the arts, sciences, humanities, technology and public service.

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Entrance Exam: College Applicants Leverage their Creativity

Sep 02, 2010 04:02PM

Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts, now invites prospective students to submit an optional, one-minute personal video to supplement their admissions application.

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Sound Play: Birds, like humans, sing just because they can.

Sep 02, 2010 04:02PM

Animal researchers like Gisela Kaplan, Ph.D. and Irene Pepperberg, Ph.D., have determined that birds not only sing to communicate daily needs, many engage in sound play, most often when they’re alone, but sometimes also when humans are present.

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Go Ahead, Daydream: Turns out it's an essential, beneficial human activity.

Sep 02, 2010 04:02PM

Daydreams help us generate our sense of self, hone social skills and serve as a font of creativity for those who pay attention to them, all of which make us feel vibrant, aware and engaged with life.

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