Parvati Magazine February 2014 - Sobriety | Page 4

Welcome

Editors

Welcome to the February 2014 edition of Parvati
Magazine.

POSITIVE POSSIBILITIES

Sobriety is a word we hear usually in relation to those
suffering from substance abuse. Wikipedia describes
sobriety as “the condition of not having any measurable levels of, or effects from, mood-altering drugs”.
We think of addiction usually in terms of substances
such as alcohol and drugs. But any habit we have
that interferes with our quality of living may in fact be
an addiction. If we do not know how to moderate,
we may be a shop-aholic, work-aholic, rage-aholic,
gossip-aholic, fitness-aholic. We may even be a spiritaholic. We can be so focused on whatever the thing
may be, that we lose our sense of wholeness in it.
In this issue, you will find valuable tools that will help
you explore ways in which you can gain greater balanced living so that you can meet this New Year with
sobriety.
Enjoy!

In This Issue
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HELPING VERSUS ENABLING
Parvati Devi
Parvati Devi
Editor-in-Chief

YOGA

Pranada Devi
Managing Editor

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FITNESS

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AN ENGAGED WORLD

Parvati Magazine is your monthly source
for awakened living. The name of the magazine
is not about an individual person but a celebration
of the goddess Parvati in Her incarnation as the
awakened Earth.

Ella Isakov
Yoga Editor
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NUTRITION

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LEGACY OF THE HEART
The Spiritual Gifts
of a Painful Childhood

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BEAUTY

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COMMUNITY

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CONTINUING CARE IN RECOVERY
Nirmala Raniga

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SUGAR ADDICTION
Jacquie Robertson

BOOKS

FASHION

DISCIPLINED SELF-CARE
Kristen Ma

FINDING A HEALTHY HIGH
Sandra O’Brien

ARVA

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SOBRIETY IN FASHION
Renia Pruchnicki

HOLISTIC RECOVERY
Dr. Bill Jacyk

Parvati

MUSIC
SEX SELLS
Rishi Deva

THE DILEMMA
OF ECSTASY AND SOBRIETY
Catherine Rathbun
(Lama Jetsun Yeshe)
WELLNESS

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SMASHED
When Half A Couple Stops Drinking

TRUE SOBRIETY IS FREEDOM
Chantal Wade

MEDITATION

FILM

BUSINESS
HIGH ON CAPITOL HILL
Rishi Deva

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