New this Issue:

HAPPY SPRING Everyone! With the vibrant green shades of spring returning, being reborn, re-created into new manifestations of life, I am reminded of the heart charka color, green. We hear time and time again that fear and love cannot coexist, what does that mean? If I am afraid can I not Love? Is life an either/or proposition? In this issue "Heart Stories" we will delve into the concepts of these questions, hopefully stirring new heart energy to allow us to find "our" meanings of what life and living of the heart is.

Spring has brought new growth to the journal, we have expanded the journal another eight pages and have some new writers joining us. Rita Lang and Aaron Hoopes will be writing for us on a regular basis. This issue features an article "The Essence of Healing" from Rita, and their new column will begin next issue.

Karen Rider who has contributed feature articles in the past has agreed to be our Southern New England counterpart in destination healing, joining Kevin Pennell who will be continuing to cover Northern New England. We are all really excited that we will have the opportunity to connect to more destinations of healing.

With our new growth we are welcoming Helen Warren to our Inner Tapestry family as someone who will be adding her many talents to the creation of the journal, and her help with our many advertisers.

Spring brings the Whole Health Expo to the Portland and Portsmouth areas during the month of April. We are able to bring you a partial list of the vendors who will be at the shows and hope that you will take the time to connect with those who are offering presentations, services and products at the events.

We will be hosting the showing of the movie The Moses Code, by James Twyman as well as the World Wide Peace Vigil the weekend of April 4th-6th. (see page 25)

April will also kick off Dr. Kevin Ross Emery's Serenity Tour and information on the tour is on the inside back cover, thank you Circles of Wisdom, Andover, MA, Silo Seven in Bangor, ME and Leapin' Lizards in Freeport, ME for hosting this tour.

May 17th is bringing the Midcoast Maine Women's Health Conference to Belfast and information can be found on the back cover. They are featuring Ianna who are always a pleasure and a must to hear any time you can.

July 11th is also the date for the New England Holistic Practitioners & Energy Healers Convention 2008, with a day of great speakers, seminars, practitioner connections, dinners and then a holistic fair on Sunday for the public. More information will be on page 22. Thanks to everyone who continues to bring new opportunities for everyone to meet the practitioners in our area.