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A teenaged girl named Alicia, troubled by her parents’ divorce, sits anxiously in her counselor’s office, unable to talk about her feelings.

When she does try to open up, her anger builds. Her anxiety spikes. She ends up feeling worse leaving the session than when she had first come in.

Tibetan monks from the Gaden Shartse Monastery are on a two-year tour and will be visiting the Brewery Arts Center in Carson City and Minden's O2 Wellness & Yoga Studio to share their unique and deeply spiritual culture of Tibetan Buddhism.

Carson City Health & Human Services announced Thursday that it has achieved national accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board.

The national accreditation program works to improve and protect the health of the public by advancing and ultimately transforming the quality and performance of the nation’s state, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments.

Dozens of vendors are displaying their products and services in celebration of the Earth at the annual Earth Spirit Faire held this year at the Carson City Community Center today and tomorrow.

The faire runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Community Center located at 851 E. William Street.

Sacred Arts of Tibet Tour comes to the Brewery Arts Center on Sunday, April 3.

Sunday, April 3: Removing Obstacles
10:00 am Meditation- Patience & Compassion
12:00 pm Introduction to Buddhism
Brewery Art Center, 449 W. Kings St. Carson City

Events are by donation $10-$20 customary per event

Additional tour events will take place in South Lake Tahoe April 1 through 6, 2016. See event flyer for information.

The Carson City Fire Department has requested that the Board of Supervisors apply for a grant that would pay for a new ladder truck and a new ambulance for the department’s new Community Paramedicine Program concept.

Experience the "Reiki blast of healing energy" by multiple Practitioners and Masters. No appointment necessary. It is a first come, first serve basis.
There is no charge for these sessions, but a heart-felt donation is greatly appreciated for the Esperanza Foundation.

For more information you may contact Betty Franklin

Where: Gaia Wellness and Yoga
1475 Old Hot Springs Rd, Ste 1
Carson City, NV 8976
www.gaiawellnessandyoga.com

The Sierra Nevada Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America celebrated six individuals, four Silver Spike awards and a number of other awards during its 2015 Silver Spikes banquet, held Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino.

The 29th Annual Silver Spike Awards ceremony celebrated the PR and communications profession and professionals with the theme ‘Reimagine, Reinvent, Repurpose.’

The Fall 2015 Spiritual Wellness Expo & Conference continues November 7-8, 2015, Reno Convention Center.
For two decades, the Reno Psychic Institute (RPI) has been bringing speakers and exhibitors from around the region to present information and products to Northern Nevadans interested in spiritual wellness and psychic phenomenon.

If we share a weakness, it’s our perpetual optimism.

As free-market economists, we often reflect on the amazing achievements of the past 300 years, and doing so, grow sanguine about what people can accomplish when free to create, innovate, produce and exchange with each other mostly free of government interference.

The newly established Nevada Chiropractic Council (NCC) board invites the public to attend a launch party, Wednesday, May 13 in Reno.

Both beginners and experienced practitioners are welcome at this silent meditation retreat. In addition to guided meditations and instruction, there will be ample opportunities for personal exploration while sitting and walking. Supplemental practices will be suggested as needed.

There will also be opportunities for personal practice questions.

The peaceful setting under great pines offers a unique opportunity for silent meditation in a setting of stunning natural beauty.

The creation of Nevada Chiropractic Council is the realization of a years-long dream held by chiropractors throughout Nevada, whose mission is to protect the integrity of chiropractic, according to Dr. Brad Pastro, DC.

Pastro, whose practice, Advanced Chiropractic and Wellness Center located in Carson City, serves as NCC’s secretary, and after years of collaboration, is excited to see Nevada Chiropractic Council established.

Peter Hennessey, Ann Bedarski, Sandra Stotsky, James Milgram and the other anti-Common Core activists in attendance at PK O'Neill's symposium Tuesday night were there to stage a demonstration against the K-12 standards, which, it should be remembered, were adopted unanimously by the state board of education four years ago and enthusiastically signed off on by the Governor Gibbons.

WASHINGTON, DC — Richard L. Riley, a certified practitioner of prosthetics at Prosthetic Consulting Technologies LLC in Washoe Valley, will be inducted into the 2014 class of Fellows by the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists (the Academy) during the organization’s 40th Annual Meeting and Scientific Symposium on Friday, February 28 in Chicago. Riley is one of just 10 people in the nation to receive the distinction this year.

CVS announced Wednesday that it will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products at its more than 7,600 pharmacies across the U.S. by Oct. 1, 2014, making CVS the first national pharmacy chain to take this step in support of the health and well-being of its patients and customers. There are three CVS pharmacies in Carson City.

“A novel of grit, independence, and determination… An intelligent story, well told.” –Renée Thompson, author of The Plume Hunter and The Bridge at Valentine

“The thoughtful, intricate story Carroll relates is absolutely mesmerizing.” –Eileen Walsh, Ph.D., U.S. Women’s History, University of San Diego

Debuting author and former Nevada reporter Stephanie Carroll said she owes much of her novel’s success to the time she lived in Nevada where she was inspired with the initial story idea, conducted her research, and developed her writing.

As our legislators practice their compassion for homosexual marriage in what the unenlightened refer to as 'profaning our historic religious traditions', they will now consider overturning the laws of nature and biology to gratify the countless progressives who claim to be unfairly labeled by their detractors as deviants and/or Feminists. However, in the words of our President, perhaps we should also address the equally important issue of fairness.

by MOLLY MOSER and STEPHANIE GLANTZ