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Contents 4 5 Editors letter Sammie – A Gentle Maori Spirit 11 NoticeBoard 13 Model Henny 17 Jamie – Gods' Gift to Women 19 Charissas' Diary 22 Beauty Tips 23 Monthly Alternative 28 Erotic Joy of The Month 31 Steve – Coaching Life 35 Poetic Thoughts and Feelings of Readers Editor's letter Dear Gals, Welcome to the March 2008 edition of Eden & Elle, the magazine which combines eye opening, true to the heart articles with timely information on a multitude of different subjects and features the "everyday" woman - women of all shapes, size and ages in a photoshoot showing that they can look just as beautiful posing for a glamour photographer as the latest centerfold. There have been some changes this month. Firstly, and most importantly, our magazine is now available for free! We received so many wonderful responses from readers who bought Eden & Elle, but also many emails stating that they just simply couldn't buy the magazine because they didn't have a paypal account or a credit card. We mulled over the possibility of offering bank transfers, e-gold, etc. but that would have caused challenges with banking costs and currency exchange rates. As we didn't want anyone to feel left out in the cold, and give everyone the opportunity to read to what has become a magazine that many wait in anticipation for, we decided to offer the magazine free of charge. We truly hope that all our readers have felt it was worthwhile and can now reach a much larger scale of 'everyday' women like us. The second major change is that Eden & Elle magazine no longer needs an internet connection to be read. It is now easy for you to download in pdf format so that you can store it, print it out, or simply read at your leisure without the necessary online access. Due to this we had to make choices into what would remain in the magazine and finally it was decided that the recipe and destination of the month would be left out. Our interview of the month sadly didn't make it on time to be added to the layout, but we'll be back with another heart warming interview next month. We do however have Jamie, Sammie and Steve with us again this month and they have wonderful views and thoughts to share with you of which we are sure will provide you with ideas you can incorporate into your own lives. Our 97% model of the month now is accompanied by a small interview in which Henny, this months model, tells you a little about herself and why she posed for Eden & Elle. The Erotic Joy of the month was such an overwhelming success last month that we made good on our promise and have delved deeper into the world of bondage and S&M for you, giving you the possiblity to try it out for yourselves. Of course, Charissa shares her diary with you, there are the beauty tips, the monthly alternative (by Rebecca Fine!), noticeboard and other treasures for you – Enjoy! Yours warmly, Désirée Deul Chief Editor Sammie – A Gentle Maori Spirit Sammie Lariviere is a New Zealander of Maori and European decent. Her wandering heart beckoned her to travel extensively throughout the world before settling down with her husband in England. Yet her biggest journey was one within herself with the rediscovery of her inner wisdom. She has written internationally published short stories, poems and articles and enjoys her life as a full figured woman happy with her body. Dyslexia being a challenge academically, she developed her creative skills and trained to be an artist. This lead her into careers as a Medical and Forensic Artist. On retiring from there, Sammie set up a small Art company. Her hobbies include teaching yoga, making perfumes and beauty products using essential and organic vegetable oils and playing tribal/African drums. To One Who Worries About Being Found Does the flower fret That the bee Might forget To buzz by? Ah, no. One concern Has she, And she tends It well; Her own smell. Carol Lynn Pearson. My Maori family raised me to believe that we each have more than one Soul mate in our journey through life. They enrich our lives as animals/pets, best friends, siblings we are the closest to. Favourite Aunts and Uncles, Grandparents and as lovers and/or partners. It was said to me once, by my Maori Great Grandmother, that a walk in nature and a prayer to our Gods and Goddesses was another way of connecting with ourSoul mates. My travels around Europe in my 20s, experiencing western culture unlike the western culture of home, was in some ways, an uncomfortable eye-opener. The women friends I had become close to and socialised with on these travels, would often talk of how difficult it was to find their "Soul mate" and "Was so and so really 'the one'?" "How would they know when they'd met 'the one' ?" In the old cliche, your eyes met across a crowded room, instantly know you were soul mates and going to get married to that person. So what if you decided not to go out with your girlfriends that weekend, but instead pampered yourself and relaxed at home. Did you miss out on meeting your Soul mate? Of course not! The truth is we have several great potential loves in our lives from childhood onwards. Soul mates are deeper connections to our souls, hence the name. A soul mate is complementary and reflects our energies, life path, hopes, desires and frustrations. As a potential partner he may not be the greatest looking or most popular guy, yet he makes you laugh until your sides hurt and he always remembers the little, most important things that matter to you, but may seem insignificant to other men. Take the time to explore him a little more deeply, you may be surprised at the hidden treasures you'll find. Soul mates as our best friends (animal or human), or our closest siblings, or partners instinctively 'know' when we need to chat, a hug or just hang out enjoying each others company. Unlike the fairytale romances where we're lead to believe in the 'happily ever after', this sadly isn't always the case. Growing up, we come to realise that the reality of life doesn't parallel fairytales. Real life hurts and so do our love lives at times. We can be the most focused in our jobs, hobbies, families and dreams, but why then, can love be so heartbreaking? Simple! We have opened ourselves up, becoming emotionally naked to the man we have entrusted to cherish, honour and protect our hearts. We have allowed him to see us at our most vulnerable, at our most angry, at our proudest and happiest.We will cry and scream till we nearly make ourselves sick for whatever the reason for the betrayal, yet we gradually move on with our lives, taking the time to heal from the pain and again, with time, we tentatively open up to our next soul mate. As we gain the wisdom of loving and sharing our lives, hearts and souls intimately with others, we see that maybe fate wasn't so cruel to us after all, but instead gave us exactly what we needed at that time in our lives. Be it friendships and/or lovers, husbands or partners. Then comes the realisation that we have more than one love in our lives and each of these loves becomes a higher spiritual connection to ourselves, the universe and all living things. Women are more intropsective than men, naturally there are exceptions. Women have a need to feel the deep connections with everyone and everything in their lives. Soul connections are also there for men, but they define it in different ways. It's not wrong, just their perspective on it. As I said in a previous article, men and women think differently. Do men believe in the notion of soul mates? It's a tricky one. . .they do and they don't. In western culture 'soul mates' are considered a feminine concept. A man won't say to his friends about his gorfriend, he's found his soul mate. He will say that he's happily in a committed and deeply connected relationship/marriage. Niether will he say to his best friend that he thinks they are soul mates, what he will say is "That his best mate is like a brother to him." While dating a man will use the chat up line 'looking for his soul mate' to reel in the women. Sad but true, and for the most part it works every time. So how do we, as individual unique women go about being open to all the various soul mates who will enhance our lives. . .? Being happy with yourself, who you are as a person. Accepting and being comfortable knowing you have your own unique talents, abilities, strengths, weaknesses, vulnerabilities and insecurities the same as every other woman. Knowing you are enough as a unique woman and you are happy with all of your achievements, no matter how small or large. Being independant, yet, knowing when to ask for help, difficult I know, but understanding your limitations is the key to asking your friends and family for advice and suggestions on situations in your life. This doesn't go against your strengths and weaknesses, it works with them. Be gentle with yourself, you are perfectly imperfect, which makes you all the more interesting as an individual, and embrace your idiosyncrasies, don't fight them. It's OK if others don't like them, you may not like theirs. There is no shame in it. It's easy to say when we all fear rejection. Yet is it really rejection when we are so unique? Another perspective is. . .you are standing at a Buffet trying to decide which of all the tasty canopes you want to fill your plate with. Some flavours will go better with others. Some you've already eaten before and either like or dislike and some you've not tried before. On trying you discover new and tastier foods you want to eat again and again, along with ones you never want to eat or smell again. There is another factor that is equally as important. Do you want someone because you need them or do you need someone because you want them?! A great man will 'know' when a woman is happy with who she is. He will be very atrracted to her, wanting to explore more about her and let himself open up to her. As the flower in the opening Poem to this article, a woman never stops being herself and never stops doing the healthy and fullfilling activities in her life, even when she has found her soul mate.The flower must be nurtured, watered and nourished daily to maintain it's bloom. Choose the man who is best suited as your soul mate, who calls you beautiful, instead of HOT. Who calls you back when you hang up on him. Who will stay awake just to watch you sleep. Who kisses your forehead, just because. . . Who thinks and feels you are beautiful and wants to show you off to the world, even when your in your sweats. Who holds your hand in front of his friends. He is the one who will constantly remind you of how much he cares about you and how lucky he is to have you. He is the one who proudly turns to his friends and says,"Yes!...........that's her." So what about being open to meeting your soul mate on the internet? Type in 'dating sites' on any search engine and it will bring up hundreds, if not thousands of such sites. You've checked out a few, added your profile with just enough of an introduction to wet the mens' appetites. You do a bit of browsing of the men's profiles and maybe send out some flirts or messages of interest. Everything seems to be going smoothly. You've got a few returned messages or received some replies. You exchange a couple of emails and progress to instant messaging.You think things are going great when suddenly. . .he types that he has a strong sex drive and that is where the conversation starts heading. At first you go along with it, thinking he is being playful. More and more the conversations turn to a sexual nature with the things he'd like you both to do together. He asks you sexual questions on what you like. He tells you what he likes. You become unsettled, uncomfortable and distant towards him because of this. You begin to dislike yourself for continuing this, yet you don't want to say anything for fear of hurting his feelings. But what about your feelings and dignity? Aren't they just as important, too? You bravely tell him how you feel. His reaction will depend on what he is looking for. Some men will be smooth and charismatic purely to get cyber sexual pleasure, other men are splashing about in the pool of cyber dating much like we are and haven't got a clue what to say to someone they are getting to know on the other end of the computer screen. So they blurt out the first thing that come into their heads. A man's approach to women is more primal in nature, where as a woman's approach is with her heart. Neither are at fault, again it's just different. Now it can be said that men are more forward with regards to sex, by the very nature that the internet leaves a person somewhat anonymous. You have to go on trust and faith that a person's photo and who they say they are true. There are men you meet in clubs that will ask to test the merchandise on the first date. There are men who will appear gentlemanly while getting to know you via the internet, that when you meet them in person, are only interested in sex. They have no personal interest in you other than that.These encounters happen to many of us. As the saying goes. . ."Been there, done that and got the T-shirt!" It may feel as though these men are the only one interested or will be interested in you, but that is not truth. The man who will be your soul mate is the Bee about to buzz by. People come into your life for a Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime. When you know which one it is for a person, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a Godsend, and they are! They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrong doing on your part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered, and now it is time to move on. Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season. LIFE TIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons: things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant. Leave your gentle footprints on the souls of yourself and those in your life for other spirits to read. Aroha, Sammie Sammie can be reached at thoughts@edenandelle.com or gentlemaorispirit@btinternet.com JOKE FOR YOU ! MY LIVING WILL Last night my sister and I were sitting in the den and I said to her,I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle to keep me alive. That would be no quality of life at all, If that ever happens, just pull the plug.' So she got up, unplugged my computer and poured my wine down the toilet.. She's such a bitch NOTICE BOARD FOR OUR READERS !! Travel suggestion !! from Cherie Adler, Phoenix, AZ. DREAM(S) RESORTS FOR COUPLES WITH CHILDREN Dreams Resorts & Spas, an upscale resort chain offering Unlimited-Luxury® to couples and couples with children, plans to quickly enter the Dominican Republic and open an additional six properties in Mexico by fall 2009. Dreams Riviera Cancun Resort & Spa, which recently broke ground, will be the fifth Dreams property in Mexico. Slated to open late 2008, Dreams Riviera Cancun is located between the breathtaking Nichupte Lagoon and the turquoise Caribbean Sea in the Riviera Maya area. Designed to reflect the charm of the Mexican Caribbean with a contemporary twist, the luxurious Dreams Riviera Cancun Resort & Spa will feature 485 lavish suites in a unique octagonal layout, complete with in-room Jacuzzis, full marble bathrooms and more. Other resort amenities include seven à la carte themed restaurants, nine bars, a state-of-the-art fitness center and lavish fullservice spa. Four additional Dreams Resorts & Spas are scheduled to open in Mexico over the next two years. Property highlights include: Dreams Nuevo Vallarta Resort & Spa (mid 2008) located on famed Banderas Bay Nearby attractions include golf courses, a dolphin facility and a Turtle Protection Reserve. Dreams Huatulco Resort & Spa (late 2008) located in an unspoiled area where the foothills of the Sierra Madre and the Pacific Ocean magnificently blend into one. Dreams Pearl Sands Riviera Cancun (early 2009) located in the beautiful Petempich Bay area of Puerto Morelos Dreams Punta de Mita Resort & Spa (late 2009) located in Mexico’s Nayarit region, this 320 room property will boast an on-site dolphinarium, a Greg Norman 18-hole golf course and an upscale shopping center. !! MODEL QUESTION !! from Eden & Elle We are currently looking for women who would like to take part in a photo session for our magazine. Or, if you are a photographer who would like to see their work published, please contact us at info@edenandelle.com If you have any tips or questions you would like to share with our readers, please send an email to info@edenandelle.com
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