Zinta Aistars's Blog, page 18
April 7, 2014
Human Rights Journey
by Zinta Aistars
Published in LuxEsto, Spring 2014
Corrine Lewis with her husband Bruce Dresbach ...
Published in LuxEsto, Spring 2014
Corrine Lewis with her husband Bruce Dresbach ...
April 4, 2014
Making Hearts Stronger
by Zinta AistarsPublished in LuxEsto Spring 2014Kalamazoo College alumni magazine
LuxEsto Spring 2014 Issue
When the mind and the spirit are in pain, the body often expresses that pain in a physical ailment. Heal the mind, heal the spirit, and, often, the body follows suit.
Sue Johnston ’78 understands this mind-body connection in her private psychotherapy practice and as a cross-cultural mental health consultant in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She works with Karen women, an ethnic group from Myanmar...
LuxEsto Spring 2014 IssueWhen the mind and the spirit are in pain, the body often expresses that pain in a physical ailment. Heal the mind, heal the spirit, and, often, the body follows suit.
Sue Johnston ’78 understands this mind-body connection in her private psychotherapy practice and as a cross-cultural mental health consultant in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She works with Karen women, an ethnic group from Myanmar...
April 3, 2014
At Arts in Motion Studio, art is the great equalizer
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Rapid Growth Media
April 3, 2014
Delight Lester
At Arts in Motion Studio in East Hills, Delight Lester provides the young -- and the young at heart -- space to create, learn, and perform. Zinta Aistars finds out what's so unique about a delightful little studio that serves budding creatives of all abilities with individualized instruction.
Delight Lester, 53, sits comfortably spread out in the corner of the soft couch, her long pale blonde hair draped over her shoulde...
Published in Rapid Growth Media
April 3, 2014
Delight LesterAt Arts in Motion Studio in East Hills, Delight Lester provides the young -- and the young at heart -- space to create, learn, and perform. Zinta Aistars finds out what's so unique about a delightful little studio that serves budding creatives of all abilities with individualized instruction.
Delight Lester, 53, sits comfortably spread out in the corner of the soft couch, her long pale blonde hair draped over her shoulde...
April 2, 2014
The Dancing Man
by Zinta Aistars
Published April 2014
Michael Lamb with his wife Carri and their daughter
The Dancing Man
Michael - Parkinson's Disease
When Michael Lamb’s neurologist, Ashok Sriram, MD, asked him to walk down the hospital hallway after his surgery, Michael didn’t walk. He danced.
He danced for joy, and he danced because he could. It had been years since Michael could dance, let alone walk normally.
In 2005, Michael, age 51 at the time, was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s dise...
Published April 2014
Michael Lamb with his wife Carri and their daughterThe Dancing Man
Michael - Parkinson's Disease
When Michael Lamb’s neurologist, Ashok Sriram, MD, asked him to walk down the hospital hallway after his surgery, Michael didn’t walk. He danced.
He danced for joy, and he danced because he could. It had been years since Michael could dance, let alone walk normally.
In 2005, Michael, age 51 at the time, was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s dise...
April 1, 2014
Heart of the Littlest Warrior
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Women's Lifestyle Magazine
April 2014 Issue
This story was part of a series written for the American Heart Association of West Michigan.
When Lindsay and Bob Tawoda went to their doctor’s office, filled with the anticipation of new parents at finding out their baby’s gender, the news was far from what they expected. In March 2012, Lindsay was 20 weeks into her pregnancy, and they found out that they were having a son. They also found out that their son had a heart de...
Published in Women's Lifestyle Magazine
April 2014 Issue
This story was part of a series written for the American Heart Association of West Michigan.
When Lindsay and Bob Tawoda went to their doctor’s office, filled with the anticipation of new parents at finding out their baby’s gender, the news was far from what they expected. In March 2012, Lindsay was 20 weeks into her pregnancy, and they found out that they were having a son. They also found out that their son had a heart de...
March 28, 2014
Encore Magazine, April 2014 Cover Story: A Different Way of Knowing
Cover story by Zinta Aistars
April 2014 Issue of Encore
April 2014 Issue of Encore
Area awareness of and efforts to aid those with autism gaining groundBy Zinta AistarsPhotos by Erik HolladayWhen Bruce Mills, an English professor at Kalamazoo College, speaks about the experience of having a family member with autism, one of the first words he uses to describe that experience is “isolation.” In part, that isolation once came from the choices Bruce and his wife made about their family’s social life. It was diffic...
March 27, 2014
A revolution that can change the world, one backyard at a time
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
March 27, 2014
Tom Small (Photo by Erik Holladay)
As the world changes at a pace that is impossible to keep up with, a grassroots movement wants to help communities cope with what's ahead. Zinta Aistars has the story on the Transition Movement.
Even fans of snow say this past winter has been a bone chiller. In fact, it's been one of the warmest winters on record.
"It's been the fourth warmest January on record for the...
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
March 27, 2014
Tom Small (Photo by Erik Holladay)As the world changes at a pace that is impossible to keep up with, a grassroots movement wants to help communities cope with what's ahead. Zinta Aistars has the story on the Transition Movement.
Even fans of snow say this past winter has been a bone chiller. In fact, it's been one of the warmest winters on record.
"It's been the fourth warmest January on record for the...
March 25, 2014
Last Hula: Poems of a Father's Last Aloha (My radio interview with Elizabeth Kerlikowske)
by Zinta AistarsRadio interview at WMUK 102.1 FMKalamazoo, Michigan's NPR affiliate station
Elizabeth Kerlikowske
Kellogg Community College professor and local poet Elizabeth Kerlikowske will be reading from her chapbook Last Hula on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Parchment Community Library. It’s a look back at the last few months of her father's life.
Kerlikowske says the title of the chapbook comes from the sort of hand motions her dad would act out while lying in his bed."Like...
Elizabeth KerlikowskeKellogg Community College professor and local poet Elizabeth Kerlikowske will be reading from her chapbook Last Hula on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Parchment Community Library. It’s a look back at the last few months of her father's life.
Kerlikowske says the title of the chapbook comes from the sort of hand motions her dad would act out while lying in his bed."Like...
March 20, 2014
Roses are red, violets are blue; when you think of poetry, think Kalamazoo
by Zinta Aistars
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
March 20, 2014
Marsha Meyer and George Martin (Photo: Erik Holladay)
A lot of poetry is being created in the Kalamazoo area. The Kalamazoo Poetry Festival was created to make sure everyone knows about it. Zinta Aistars talks with the organizers about the area's first festival for poets, poetry lovers, and the poetically curious.
Think poetry and thoughts may wander to big cities, the east or the west coast. Think poetry, and the...
Published in Southwest Michigan's Second Wave Media
March 20, 2014
Marsha Meyer and George Martin (Photo: Erik Holladay)A lot of poetry is being created in the Kalamazoo area. The Kalamazoo Poetry Festival was created to make sure everyone knows about it. Zinta Aistars talks with the organizers about the area's first festival for poets, poetry lovers, and the poetically curious.
Think poetry and thoughts may wander to big cities, the east or the west coast. Think poetry, and the...
March 9, 2014
One of Many
by Zinta Aistars
My favorite church, the one I hold most sacred, can be found right here at Z Acres, my 10-acre farm in southwest Michigan. When my heart is full and brimming over, and I need to spill my concerns to a higher power, I head out back into the meadow, or up the hill into the woods. I see and feel Him there. He's everywhere, but when I see the hawks soar through the blue overhead, or hear the whisper of a breeze in the leaves of the forest trees, I feel the connection, unobst...
My favorite church, the one I hold most sacred, can be found right here at Z Acres, my 10-acre farm in southwest Michigan. When my heart is full and brimming over, and I need to spill my concerns to a higher power, I head out back into the meadow, or up the hill into the woods. I see and feel Him there. He's everywhere, but when I see the hawks soar through the blue overhead, or hear the whisper of a breeze in the leaves of the forest trees, I feel the connection, unobst...
