I AM A TATTOO SHAMAN. I call my “medicine gift” sacred tattooing. A sacred tattoo is created with an intent for the healing and transformation of the wearer. The tattoo becomes a rite of passage and the client and I work in sacred ceremonial space to create it. I guide my client to create a strong intention with their design that will connect them to a positive future, whether that […]
Rev. Ross Foti | Always be growing
“WHO AM I?” is the greatest question any of us will ever answer and is as challenging for me – a minister, counselor, and teacher – to answer as perhaps it is for you. Some basic information about me: I hold a B.A. in non-western civilizations from Allegheny College and a master’s in consciousness studies from Holmes Institute. I was licensed as a Minister of Religious Science in 2011 and […]
Judy Piazza | The best job in the world???!
Well, right off the bat I’ve got an issue here—“issue” translated as an opportunity to explore. I’ve always had an aversion to the word job! Being fascinated by language, I found that the etymology of the word job is unclear at best, but the definition generally has to do with either a body of work, or regularly paid work. There is nothing regular about my life as a musician except […]
Robert Iulo | A Good Day at Work
IT WAS JUST GETTING LIGHT when I got the call early on a Sunday morning in February 2003. Someone from the New York City Office of Emergency Management was telling me that Thirty-Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue adjacent to the Empire State Building were closed because of falling ice. As the person in charge of emergency operations for the Department of Buildings I sleepily wondered aloud what that might have […]
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