Q: You'll need to be in the right space and mood in order to connect with your spirit guide. Create a quiet space by cutting out distractions (computers, phones, television, etc.). You can even hang a "do not disturb" sign on your door if you want to be alone. Dimming the lights, wearing comfortable clothes, and lighting incense or candles can also help. Once you have prepared your space and are sitting comfortably in an upright position, start by taking a few slow and deep "grounding breaths." This will increase your alertness and focus. You can use any of the various meditation techniques to relax and focus your mind and body. This will help you enter the right mental state to connect with your spirit guide. Try this simple mindfulness meditation exercise as a start to help relax and open your mind: Sit down in a comfortable position, such as on a pillow or mat. Close your eyes. Take a few deep breaths, exhaling slowly each time. Turn your attention to your breathing cycle. Think and feel each time as you breathe in and out. If your attention wanders, just bring it back to focusing on your breathing. Keep your mind open. Don't stop to judge any thoughts that you have. When you feel that your mind has cleared and you are relaxed, you can try to connect to your spirit guide through visualization or other techniques. Try meditating for a minimum of 5-10 minutes at least once a day. Don't get frustrated if you can't connect with your spirit guide right away. The regular practice of meditation will help to open your mind, if you are patient. While you will connect with your spirit guide on a mental and spiritual plane, you may find that certain tangible objects help you reach it. Many believe that certain crystals hold spiritual powers, for instance. Likewise, you may also like to prepare for meeting your spirit guide by starting with a tarot reading. Connecting with your personal spirit guide can take time and practice. Often, it requires techniques that go beyond what you can learn from a book or self-study. If you are serious about connecting with your spirit guide, consider working face-to-face with a spiritual advisor. Spiritual advisors can take a variety of forms, depending on one's beliefs and practices. You may find help from a guru, priest, shaman, psychic, medium, or similar individuals. You can connect with a spiritual advisor in your area by asking for recommendations from friends or a spiritual center. You may also find some that advertise their services online or in print media.
A: Create the right environment. Breathe. Meditate. Try using aids. Consult a spiritual advisor.

Article: Choose the area of ground from which you'll be taking soil and cultivate the area. Remove any dead leaves, weeds, plant trimmings and other debris. Rake through the soil and smooth it out so that it is level. Do not use areas that contain pesticides, chemicals or other pollutants. This can contaminate your soil. The water should reach approximately 12 inches deep into the soil. This will improve how well heat will conduct through the soil, heating it up and solarizing it thoroughly. Seal in the soil under a plastic sheet; you can use a painter's tarp, which is readily available at home supply stores. Place rocks or line soil along the edges of the sheet to hold them down. There will be a good deal of heat generated and trapped under the plastic sheet, which will work to solarize the soil and kill unwanted pests, pathogens, and weeds. Summertime with hot and sunny weather is the ideal time to solarize soil. Leaving the tarp on longer than 4-6 weeks will result in a disintegrating tarp. You can rotate the areas of your garden that are being solarized , devoting a section of the garden to solarizing soil while another section has growing plants. Covering the ground like this in the colder months will actually create better conditions for weeds by warming the soil. Only do this during warmer months. Fill glass or metal baking pans full of soil. Cover tightly with tin foil and bake at 200F (93C) for about 30 minutes. Stir the soil every 5 minutes as it bakes. Allow to cool completely. Your house will smell earthy when you use this method, which can be off-putting to some people.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Rake through the soil. Water the soil thoroughly. Cover the soil with a clear plastic sheet. Let the soil area sit for 4-6 weeks. Alternately, sterilize the soil in your oven.

Problem: Article: Having something to read can make time pass during a long car ride. You can pack your favorite books or magazines, or an e-reader if you have one. Try to bring more than one book you might get bored with just one, and having more than one option can keep you entertained. If you're traveling with a group of people, having some car-friendly games on hand can entertain you and everyone else. Easily portable games include Trivial Pursuit (you can keep track of who's winning by tracking how many correct answers each person gets), Apples to Apples or Cards Against Humanity. Having portable technology with you can help keep you entertained, too. Bring a tablet or e-reader, or even a portable DVD player. You can also pack a music player (like an iPod) or portable gaming device, or even your laptop. Bringing your smartphone can also keep you occupied. If you bring the DVD player, remember to bring DVDs. Don't forget headphones! You might feel hungry when you're bored, and this is especially true on long car rides. Pack healthy snacks to keep yourself full without feeling heavy. A small bag of veggies that are easy to eat in the car - like carrots and peppers - are an easy and healthy snack. String cheese is easy to pack and a better option than fast food. You can also pack small bags of nuts like almonds and cashews.
Summary: Pack your favorite reading material. Bring car-friendly games. Pack your favorite technology. Pack healthy snacks.

Q: The drying process for a down jacket takes quite a long time, but you can help it along by removing as much moisture as possible from the coat. Run the jacket through two or three additional spin cycles after the second rinse is complete. If possible, increase the speed of the spin with each cycle. Squeeze the jacket by hand to remove excess moisture if you don't have a washing machine. Don't wring the jacket, as this could damage the feathers. Then, lay the jacket to hang on a radiator or hang it to dry. After the spin cycles, place your jacket into the dryer along with two or three clean tennis balls. As the tennis balls bounce around in the dryer with the jacket, they will fluff the feathers inside. This fluffing will prevent the feathers from clumping together, and help return their loft. Be warned that the drying process can take up to three hours, but do not increase the heat above low. Higher heat can damage or melt parts of the jacket. Tumble drying is the recommended method for drying down jackets, because air drying can take so long, and eventually the jacket can start to smell. However, if you don't have a dryer, dry the jacket over a radiator if possible, or hang it to air dry. As the jacket dries, remove it from the dryer every 30 minutes to shake the jacket vigorously and break up feather clumps. You know the jacket is dry when the feathers stop clumping together, and when it feels light and fluffy again. Even if you're radiator or air drying your jacket, be sure to shake it out every half hour to break up clumps. When the jacket is fully dry, give it a final shake. Hang it somewhere to air out for a couple hours before wearing or storing the jacket. Never compress a wet down jacket, as this can destroy some of its ability to insulate properly.
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Run the jacket through multiple spin cycles. Tumble dry on low. Fluff the jacket as it dries. Hang the jacket to air.