of Canadians has expanded its horizons
when intense effort will be required on
other activities. The Chapter has
formed a Timber Supply Review
Committee to examine and com-
ment on the data
package put out by
the Ministry of For-
ests, Lands and Natu-
ral
timber supply analysis."
The Committee in-
tends to provide com-
mentary on the timber sup-
ply analysis for the Williams Lake
Area. The commentary is important in a
time when consideration is being given to
expanding cutting permits in areas that
have been withheld up until now.
The Committee members are George Ata-
manenko, Michael Atwood, John Dressler,
Rodger Hamilton, and Keith Monroe. They
have met with several Ministry officials
and with a representative of the Steelwork-
ers Union, which represents many forestry
workers. The deadline for a submission to
the Ministry is June 30.
The Chapter has just been informed that
the Panel Hearings for the Taseko mine
application will begin on July 22. This will
require some determined effort by the
operating with other organizations in
presenting information to the three-
member Panel. Other organizations are
hearings will be completed in 30 days.
Chapter of the Council of Canadians is on
July 8 at 10 a.m. in the Cariboo Arts Cen-
ter. For more information about the Wil-
liams Lake Chapter, please call 250-392-
9580 or email
sidered medical advice. Presented here is
a yogic and energetic perspective on de-
pression.
lation 18 and older, will have a depressive
disorder during their lifetime. (See more at
reoccurring bouts of a debilitating depres-
sive disorder. Many of us know the feeling
of depression all too well: depression can
bring on feelings of sadness, and we can
feel unmotivated, disconnected, helpless,
and like we have no energy. When we are
depressed, we can't think of a reason to get
out of bed in the morning (or in the after-
noon) and our lives feel meaningless.
Sometimes depression affects our every-
day lives to the point where we can no
longer carry out our responsibilities and
we feel compelled to retreat from others.
emotion. We tend to trap our emotions
inside our bodies, just like dolphins swim-
ming wild in the beautiful ocean can get
trapped in a fisher's nets. Our nets are
woven from our personal stories, our at-
this charged energy trapped and vibrating
in us is such an uncomfortable feeling that
we repress it. Sadly, repression simply
removes the experience of the emotion
from our conscious mind while our being
is still experiencing the trapped emotion
24/7. This causes stress. The trapped emo-
tion is also vibrating inside us, attracting
experiences of a similar vibration to us.
This causes disharmony in our lives.
and to experience them in their raw ener-
getic state. Here in their energetic form we
experience them as energy moving through
our bodies. The energy is not good or bad;
it simply is. By shining our awareness on
the raw energy of the emotion, we free the
energy to complete the process it began at
some former time in our life. With contin-
ued attention, curiosity, and awareness, we
can love and feel grateful for this energy
and allow it to release itself. This process
is not about revisiting old stories and pain
from our past; this process is about allow-
ing energy we have trapped in our being to
move, to integrate, and to become free.
The experience is peaceful and expansive.
and the incredible stress they produce. By
reducing the interconnection in the body,
depression helps us to calm our nerves.
state, the electromagnetic field around our
hearts is weakened, which in turn weakens
our auras. When we are weakened in this
way, we are more susceptible to our own
psychic attack and toxic emotions. In addi-
tion, our immune system and digestive
system slow down, which can cause us to
get sick and experience weight gain. De-
pression is not a state that we should linger
in.
it is time for us to begin a spiritual process
of self-discovery. A depressed state is an
invitation for us to go within, to become
introspective, and to become active partici-
pants in our own evolution. We are called
to take the next step in our journey of self-
signed to free repressed emotions from the
many levels of our being. Classes will in-
clude some physical exercise, some rhyth-
mic movement, breathing exercises, man-
tras, and meditations. Beginners are wel-
come.
from July 2 to July 30. Contact Satya Yoga
Studio at
contact Kate Lines at 250-267-3066.