ABOUT the COVER
Inside Outside watercolor by Lauralee Sikorski Intention is truly a dance between the inside and the outside. Lauralee Sikorski is a muralist and award-winning multimedia fine artist in Michigan City. She has exhibited her work in Indiana, Michigan, and Illinois, and at the Candid Arts center in London and Gallery 24 in Berlin. Lauralee also is a yoga teacher (yogawithlauralee.com) and is finding the balance in creating art on the canvas and on the yoga mat. One of her works graced the cover of Branches in March-April 2009. CONTENTSThese feature articles and poems are available in the print edition:
Living with Intention
Follow your bliss.
TED NOTTINGHAM
Breathing with Intention
It only takes five minutes to change your life.
DONA ROBINSON
Feminism: Repairing the Ruts
Did the sexual revolution just make things worse?
HOLLY M. CEDAR
Gather the Women
We need new guides at the helm.
KELLEY KELSEY
Exceed Your Grasp
Avoid living a life of “common greyness.”
JOHN SNETHEN
What’s Essential?
Something besides money.
RAYMOND GREINER
5 Ways to Become More Intentional
Conscious living fosters resilience and happiness.
ELAINE VOCI
Gentle Liberty
A poem.
ERIC HAWKINS
The Highest Good
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
JEANNE MELCHIOR
Dirt Farmer
A poem.
MARK TRELA
Global Intentions for Inspired Action
Our reach extends throughout the world.
JENNIFER SEFFRIN
Choosing to Live in the Field of Manifestation
Focused energy results in conscious evolution.
ROSE MARY O’MALLEY
Intention
A poem.
LIZA HYATT
On Contemplating the Afikpo Onye Ocha Mask
A poem.
JOHN SHERMAN
Intention
A poetry excerpt.
MEG COYLE IRSAY
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