REIKI 1 Training, Quarterly - Lauren Mas, RMT
2 Sundays, September 12 & 19, 9 AM – 12:30 PM. REIKI (ray key) is a simple, yet profound healing technique that can be learned by everyone. In this one day class you will be introduced to the history, theory and practice of REIKI and receive your attunement as a Level I Practitioner, allowing you to give healing to your self and others. Class size is limited; pre-registration is required. Cost: $150 includes written and recorded materials for follow-up practice. Register with Lauren at 860-202-9981 www.morningsunreiki.com one week in advance.
YOGASM - Cat Guthrie
Sunday, September 19, 2-5 pm. Come and have some fun exploring the Divine Feminine within in this Women Only workshop. Learn specific breathing and asana practices to deepen your connection to your inner Goddess and to increase responsiveness and enjoyment. For more information on Cat: www.catguthrie.net. Fee: $45. Register with Cat at catguthrie@gmail.com by Monday, September 13.
BEGINNER'S
GUIDE TO CULTIVATING QI - George Hoffman, Silver Dragon Tai Chi &
Qi Gong
Friday, September 24, 6-8:30 PM. Cultivating Qi is one of the most widely known yet least practiced arts in the Qi Gong practitioner's repertoire. Standing Meditation is a simple yet intense technique for building and cultivating our life force energy (Qi) and can produce profound results in our overall health and well being. Standing, walking and seated Qi Gong exercises are easy to learn and can have a significant positive impact on our overall health and enhance benefits we receive from Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Yoga and other practices. This workshop includes history and benefits of Zhan Zhuang practice, stance and breathing postures to facilitate Qi cultivation, Yi Chuan standing and walking Qi Gong exercises, Small Circulation seated meditation exercise, and tips on beginning or improving your own practice. Fee: $35. Contact George to register at (860) 742-5892 by Wednesday,September 22.
VIBRATIONAL HEALING MEDITATION - Lisa Burch, LCSW
& Marna Walter, RN, RMT
Thursday September 30, 7-8:30 PM. Wind down your week with a unique blend of guided imagery and sound healing with the Tibetan singing bowls, bells and tingshas, the Himalayan sacred sound instruments. Build your ability to experience the present moment fully, releasing what no longer serves you. Reiki may be offered during the course of this session as time allows and Spirit guides. Bring a mat, pillow and blanket if you wish to lie down. Fee: $15/eve. Register 72 hours in advance with Lisa at 860-871-9295 x2.
SHAMANIC JOURNEYING - Dr. Marian Vitali, DC
Wednesdays, Oct
6, Nov 3, Dec 1, 7:00 - 8:45pm. Come with your drum or rattle to call
your spirit teachers, angels, power animals or helping guides to come
along for your journeying experience. These sessions help you access
spiritual wisdom for your own transformational growth and health.
We come together in a supportive group to build our medicine power
and refresh our skills. This is for those with some journeying
experience. Please bring a drum or rattle, eye cover, and notebook.
Fee: $12 per class or 3 for $30. Call Marian at 860-918-8703 to
register in the week prior to class. www.wholelifewellnessshaman.com.
CONSCIOUS COMMUNICATION - Cary Bayer
Saturday, October
9, 11am-1pm. This class teaches vital techniques to speak and listen
effectively. In a relaxed and even playful manner, Conscious Communication author
Cary Bayer shows how to speak in an empowering manner and let go of
disempowering ways of speaking. He also shows how to safely
tell the truth quickly and kindly, and stop withholding communications
that you really need to make. It offers regular exercises that
enable you to get closer to the important people in your personal
life, as well as to colleagues at work. Lastly, it will teach
a powerful technique of forgiveness, that can bring life back to virtually
any relationship. See Zen Teachings for registration details.
ZEN
TEACHING OF CATS AND DOGS - Cary Bayer
Saturday, October 9, 2-4PM. There are more than 171 million
cats and dogs that Americans have taken into their homes to raise.
These little buddhas, who demonstrate many of the qualities that the
world's great teachers have taught about the nature of Enlightenment,
have, in turn, taken us under their wings…um, make that paws.
In this class, Zen Teachings of Animals author Cary Bayer provides
tools that we can practice daily--call it Pet Yoga--to master five
important qualities of Enlightenment they show us. Pet Yoga
helps transform our consciousness from low levels of fear where our
tail is between our legs to the place where it's wagging all the time,
the state of consciousness called Feline Groovy. Call Cary at
845-679-5526 to register. To register by credit card, call 845-679-5526.
Early registration $20. if paid by October 2, regular $30.00
for each program. Sign up for both: early registration $35.00
if paid by October 2/regular $50.00
HOW TO TAP INTO YOUR INTUITION,
Monthly - Gloria Amendola, RMT
3 Wednesdays, October 13, November 10,
December 8, 7-9 PM. Gloria Amendola, spiritual intuitive, shamanic
practitioner, author and researcher of the Mary Magdalene mysteries
facilitates. Learn the basics of the Tarot deck and how
to do a Celtic Cross Spread. Learn how to clarify questions
and pull cards accordingly. Learn to use a pendulum to scan 7 major
chakras for answers. Learn how to interpret cards correctly. For more
information on Gloria see www.gloriaamendola.com. Cost: $25/evening.
Contact Gloria at chalice4444@yahoo.com or 203-876-9936 to register.
THE
PASSION TEST - Cathy Ewing-Rinker, LCSW, MDiv
Saturday, October 16,
9 AM – 1 PM, at Manchester Community College, (Repeated) Friday, November
12, 6:30 – 9:30 PM, at Heaven on Earth, 270 Washington St. @ Utopia
Place, Pembroke, Ma 02359. Passion is the key to your destiny.
We'd all like to feel that our life is purposeful. We'd like
to live a life with passion. Yet four out of five Americans
feel unsatisfied, unhappy or unfulfilled. The Passion Test is
a simple yet powerful tool for discovering your passions and living
your destiny. It will help you uncover layer by layer the things
that are most important to you in your life so that they will begin
to become alive inside of you. Investment: $45.
For the Manchester Community College workshop, register call 860-512-3232 or online http://my.commnet.edu or in person at the Lowe Building, CRN#31835. For the Heaven on Earth workshop register with Cathy @ spiritmatters@snet.net or 860-871-9295.
Alliance
for Holistic Living Sponsored Workshop…
INTRODUCTION TO SHAMANIC JOURNEYING
Thursday, October 21, 7-8:30 PM. Learn to connect to your power animal and spirit guides to access spiritual wisdom for your own personal growth and health. Marian Vitali, DC, shamanic practitioner, WholeLife Wellness & Shamanic Services, 860-918-8703, www.wholelifewellnessshaman.com facilitates. As part of a community education monthly series East of the Connecticut River to introduce integrative and complementary healing modalities, centers and practitioners in the region, this workshop is free of charge. www.afhlnow.org No advance registration.
SHAMANIC JOURNEYING: BEGINNER'S INTENSIVE -
Dr. Marian Vitali, DC
Saturday, Oct 23, 1:00 - 5pm. Welcome newcomers to the journeying experience where we will explore the beginning yet essential practices to access the world of spirit. Shamanic journeying helps you connect to spiritual wisdom for your own transformational growth and health. This class provides an introduction to the journeying process, experiential journeying to both the lower and upper worlds, and retrieval of both your power animal and a helping spirit teacher. Suggested book for preparing: Shamanic Journeying: A Beginner’s Guide by Sandra Ingerman. Please bring a drum or rattle, eye cover, and notebook. Fee: $40. To register, call Marian at 860-918-8703. www.wholelifewellnessshaman.com.
THE PASSION TEST TUNE UP: Tools For Staying Aligned with Your
Passions - Cathy Ewing-Rinker, LCSW, MDiv
Saturday, November 6, 9 am-12
noon, at Manchester Community College, “Whenever you are faced with
a choice, a decision or an opportunity, always choose in favor of
your passions.” In this class, participants will work on further
defining their top five passions and learn more about the various
tools and techniques for staying aligned with their passions.
Students will be instructed on five techniques and will have the time
to play with at least two specific tools. Those wishing to work
on their Vision Board should bring whatever materials they need.
You will leave class with concrete materials for supporting your passions.
Investment: $35. This class is appropriate for anyone who has
completed The Passion Test, either on their own, 1-1 with the instructor
or another PT Facilitator, or in Passion Test class taught by a certified
PT facilitator. For this Manchester Community College workshop,
register call 860-512-3232 or online http://my.commnet.edu or in person
at the Lowe Building, CRN#31836.
CONNECT WITH YOUR ANGELS
& RECEIVE DIVINE GUIDANCE - Karen Paolino, Angel Messenger
& Hypnotherapist
Sunday, November 7, 1-3:30 PM. Come and be open to inviting the angels into your life and allow their ever-present love to support you in all aspects of your life. Learn how you can connect with your angels messages of divine guidance. Receive a transformational and healing “Angel Attunement” which is a meditation and blessing from the angelic realm. Expect miracles and leave with a feeling of peace and a knowing that you are never ever alone. Investment: $44. Karen will also have her books "The Everything Guide to Angels" and "What Would Love Do" available for purchase. Register with Karen by November 4 @ heavenonearth444@aol.com
VIBRATIONAL
HEALING MEDITATION - Lisa Burch, LCSW & Marna Walter, RN, RMT
Thursdays, November 11, December 9, 7-8:30 PM. Wind down your week with a unique blend of guided imagery and sound healing with the Tibetan singing bowls, bells and tingshas, the Himalayan sacred sound instruments. Build your ability to experience the present moment fully, releasing what no longer serves you. Reiki may be offered during the course of this session as time allows and Spirit guides. Bring a mat, pillow and blanket if you wish to lie down. Fee: $15/eve. Register 72 hours in advance preferred with Lisa at 860-871-9295 x2. Walk-ins as space allows.
THE GIFT OF BALANCE ~ STRESS MANAGEMENT
WITH CHINESE QI GONG - George Hoffman
Friday, November 12, 6-7:30 PM. Stress and how to manage it are all too common problems in our fast-paced daily lives. Too much to do with too little time in which to do it leads to an accumulation of tension, stress and associated physical and emotional impacts. Conquer your stress with relaxed breathing techniques, optimized body posture and focused intention that can help you rebalance your body's energy and release stagnant energy, stress and tension. Fee: $25. Call George, Silver Dragon Tai Chi & Qi Gong, www.silverdragontaichi.com, at (860) 742-5892 by November 10 to register.
Ongoing Groups
Alliance 2010 Workshops - click here for link
Alliance Event - Heal the Healer Exchange September 23 - click here for link
TAI CHI FOR ADULTS - George Hoffman,
Silver Dragon Tai Chi & Qi Gong
New Morning 8 week session beginsTuesdays, September 14, 9:30-10:45 AM. New Evening 8 week session
begins Wednesdays, September 22, 5:00-6:15 PM. Discover the secret
of how this ancient Chinese exercise system can help you manage stress,
reduce blood pressure, decrease pain associated with arthritis, improve
balance and reduce falls. The gentle movements of this soft flowing
meditative exercise system direct the life force, “Chi”, to increase
flexibility, provide more efficient breathing and enhance circulation. Its slow motion movement, inner focus, and health benefits make it
an ideal, low impact, health enhancing exercise system for people
of all ages. See separate flyer for more details. 8-Week Session Fee:
$72. Contact George to register at (860) 742-5892 or silverdragon@silverbirds.com
SOUND HEALING, Monthly - Edie Jemiola, RMT
1st
Fridays, September 10, October 8, November 5, December 3, 7:00-8:30
PM. Everything in and about our bodies resonates to sound. Sound
used with intention can shift the energy in and around the body to
help reestablish physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
Experience the purity and passion of Edie's voice and quartz crystal
bowls, which will stimulate healing at a very deep level. Come
and soothe your spirit. Bring a mat, pillow and blanket if you
wish to lie down. Cost: $15.00.
LAUGHTER PLAYSHOP - Mylene Poitras, LMT
REIKI SHARE, Monthly - Lauren Mas, RMT
Saturday, Sept 18, 1:30-4 PM. Join us for a session of sharing healing energy and spiritual conversation with Reiki practitioners of all levels and schools. Give and receive in a nurturing, healing atmosphere. Cost: $10. RSVP’S ARE A MUST. Call Lauren Mas, www.morningsunreiki.com, at 860-202-9981 by Wednesday prior to the share.