Some news for you…..
I was excited to read this article in the Huffington Post about Michelle Obama’s advocacy on behalf of furthering research to help identify effective treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Much of the current advocacy concerning finding effective treatments comes from the awareness that many of our soldiers returning from combat are struggling with what they experienced during that time. Regardless of which side of the fence you fall onto when it comes to whether we should be fighting these various fights, we could all agree that helping soldiers living with the effects of these experience is important. My hope is that some of this research will highlight some of the effective psychotherapy protocols already developed that can help people heal from traumatic experiences.
I also found an interesting article on 3-Card Tarot Spreads written by Christin Sander, Tarot Editor for BellaOnline. The part of the article I liked the best had to do with the Body-Mind-Spirit spread and her interpretation of what each card position meant. A neat variation to experiment with related to what she writes about is to integrate an awareness of the classic correspondences of the Tarot into this kind of spread. To do this, when placing the card in the Body position, continue to flip cards until you come to your first Pentacles card. Do the same with the Mind card position by flipping cards over until you come to your first Swords card. Finally, to do this with the Spirit card position, flip cards over until you come to your first Wands card. Interpret each of these cards for the various positions. If you try this out adaptation, let me know your thoughts about how it goes. Check out the article here!
Events, events…..
Just a quick reminder that tonight (Tuesday, 1/17) I will be teaching my ongoing Tarot Practice Class at Peaceful Inspirations in Delmar, NY. The class runs from 6:30pm to 8pm. Peaceful Inspirations asks, if possible, that you call ahead to help them get a sense of how many people are coming. You could contact them at 439-7039.
