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If you are registering closer than 48 hours before an event, please call the store to register: 503-224-4929. Astrology Calendar Reading Chanting is Half the Battle: Tapping the Power of Spiritualized Song Visioning the New Year with Soulcollage Flowing Movement T’ai Chi With Karin Buddhist Meditation: Enlightened Mind Strengthen Your Light with Reiki The One Thing Holding You Back: Unleashing the Power of Emotional Connection Being Real with Ourselves, Our Children and Others Chanting Kirtan: Healing Ecstatic Celebration How Do You Welcome What Is? Marketing Your Truth: Transforming Passion Into Profit Zen Lifestyles Divine Guidance: Getting Clear on Your Clairs! Voicing the One: Voice as a Meditative Discipline and Spiritual Path Our Ancestors Ourselves: Healing Our Collective History Uncovering Your Life Purpose Psychic Investigations: Trusting Your Intuition Healing the Ancestral Lines The Cards of Destiny and the New Year Energy Protection Learn To Meditate Sound Awakening Evening Altar Your Space Soul Development Through Handwriting Coming Home: Finding the Way Back to Our Essential Nature Shopping with us is guaranteed 100% safe. Read our Guarantee and Privacy Policy |
Mark Dodich designed this workshop because so many friends and clients had questions about changing astrological signs and planetary direction. His friends didn’t want to have to understand a lot of technical astrology. Tonight, you will learn what he taught them–how to read and get maximum use from Jim Maynard’s Celestial Influences 2009 Astrological Calendar–Pacific Time Zone (available at NRB). Mark will offer basic tips to help plan important events, meetings and ceremonies. Learn to prepare for Mercury retrogrades, eclipses and other major planetary happenings of 2009. Mark has been a professional astrologer since 1980, specializing in spiritual and relocation astrology. He appears regularly on TV, is past president of the Oregon Astrological Association and publishes his own quarterly newsletter. No astrological knowledge is necessary. Info: 
Learn to keep your consciousness and energy moving upward toward divine realization instead of outward into entanglement with the bewildering world of manifestation. Learn practical ways to experience the power of sound as a path to inner communion and divine joy, and through them the healing of body, mind and soul. We will deepen our individual spiritual practice by tuning into the divine power of spiritualized chants and the vibration of Aum, behind all sound. Select chants to develop specific spiritual qualities, to overcome difficulties or to deepen your attunement with the Divine. Durga Smallen is a founding member of Ananda. She spent the last two years serving in India and has recently moved to Portland. Chanting with harmonium has been one of her lasting joys in 35 years of teaching and playing, both in groups and alone.
Do your good intentions for the New Year dissolve when faced with busy schedules, others’ priorities, or just plain weariness and overwhelm? Let SoulCollage help you identify and energize your priorities, and identify shadow parts who disrupt your plans with their good intentions. Invite soul and your archetypes to help you bypass the dizzying priorities of the analytical mind, to find what is good and true and noble in your life. Take home tools to last a year and perhaps even a life time. It’s easy. Anyone can do it. Suzie Wolfer, LCSW delights in her 23 years as a psychotherapist, integrating her training in traditional therapy as well as metaphysics and mindfulness into her workshops. She offers SoulCollage at Providence Hospital. 
T’ai chi is an internal art. Though the flowing movements can be learned just as one learns a dance, its beauty emerges through the discovery of deep inner principles. This discovery is always a transforming and holistic “Aha,” awakening one, step-by-step, ever more fully into the present. For improved balance, blood pressure, calmness and vitality, t’ai chi is hard to beat. This is a class for experienced and self-motivated t’ai chi players. All previous students of t’ai chi are invited, whether you have forgotten everything or not! The class will support students’ progress through Yang Style simplified form. Wear loose, comfortable clothing. Beginners can join this class by adding an extra half-hour and coming at 6 pm. Please specify that you are a beginner when you register. Karin LaBriere fell in love with t’ai chi in 1978 and has taught in Portland and Vancouver for many years. She is also an NRB manager and long-time buyer.
The mind of enlightenment is a natural expression of all encompassing presence, equanimity and compassion. Meditation practices cultivate the ground of Bodhicitta: the awakened mind of innate wisdom. Expansive awareness, calm clarity and wise empathy are natural, reflective expressions of Bodhicitta. Meditation skills to develop the mind of enlightenment will be imparted along with quality instruction and time for understanding thru Q & A. Each meditation session is shaped to those in attendance and the pertinent topics of meditation practice. Jacqueline Mandell is the president of Samden Ling, Inc. She has been authorized to teach in three Buddhist traditions. Her focus emerges from “Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse.” Jacqueline’s biography is included in a number of books including Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America.
Strengthening your light with Reiki can increase your ability to see clearly in many situations. If you are empathic, this light can absorb the fluctuating energies of people and places in your daily life. This allows your personal light inside to stay constant and strong so you are not so easily affected by your empathy. Participants will learn techniques to create a field of divine light inside and all around their bodies. Reiki experience is not necessary to attend this presentation. Colleen Benelli teaches Reiki as a lifestyle to help people create their lives with joy. See her article, Strengthen your Light with Reiki, in the Fall 08 Reiki News Magazine.
Do you have an unrealized dream? Are you bogged down by addiction, compulsion, procrastination or other sabotaging beliefs and behaviours? Almost always, what prevents us from reaching our full potential is a reservoir of unfelt emotion. Resisting this emotion is what hampers prayer, affirmations or other spiritual techniques. Discovering and feeling this emotion is what makes those techniques finally work, and makes us truly unstoppable. Raphael Cushnir’s new book, The One Thing Holding You Back, presents a fast, easy to learn, simple way to release emotional resistance. He’s taught it with amazing results worldwide. Raphael is a popular contributor to O, The Oprah Magazine, is author of Unconditional Bliss, Setting Your Heart on Fire and How Now: 100 Ways to Celebrate the Present Moment. For info: 
Bruce Scott, author of Free the Children and Being Real, asks “What if it’s our learned beliefs, not our true beliefs, that drive us to do what we do, and then impose those beliefs on others in our lives. Could it be so simple that what causes so much tension, stress and disconnect in the world, is simply ‘background,’ unaware thoughts?” We’ll shake up our beliefs about parenting, children and our own personal history, and remember what we “know in our heart to be true” Begin to apply these skills to work with ourselves, to be free of the need to blame, judge or hold anger. These skills are great to connect with children and others in softer, more respectful ways. Bruce is also a parent, psychotherapist, teacher and storyteller who lives in Santa Cruz and Portland.
On this full moon, remember, feel and celebrate the beauty of presence through chanting, the ancient and universal spiritual practice that engages the whole being: body, mind, emotion and soul. Experience the joy that radiates as inner judgments and inhibitions are eased and we allow ourselves to sing love–for others, for the divine, for our own heart! A diversity of easy-to-learn and moving chants in a lively and welcoming atmosphere, independent of vocal technique or religious tradition. David Ronen is passionate about loving and celebrating our being through singing, poetry and individual and group heart Satsang. He is the author of Your Face Is A Kiss. “David’s chanting carries a wonderful blend of devotion and joy. A delight!” says Gina Sala. More info at: 
The simple, heart-centered, spiritual practice of Samyama helps you to be present in the now for sacred witnessing of yourself, others and life itself. Deep concentration on an object, sustaining that concentration into meditation, then experiencing deep absorption where the mind transcends itself, leads to liberation of the mind and an opening of the heart. Practitioners experience a deep psycho-spiritual healing, transmuting personal pain into universal love. This experiential workshop will teach students how to begin their own Samyama practice. For over 30 years as a shaman, psychotherapist and meditator, Jacke Schroeder has helped individuals and organizations create transformational change within themselves. She has been practicing Samyama since 1996.
Brave and brilliant minds are taking their passion, ideas and dreams and turning them into successful careers. Marketing is the public and personal expression of your work that has to be clear, strong and effective. Erin Donley is passionate about marketing that ignites creative flow and generates word-of-mouth enthusiasm. In this talk you’ll gain ideas that spark media, community and customer support. You’ll learn how to advertise your work with more impact, so that your truth rings true with others. Erin worked in sales and marketing in Portland radio and is now a marketing consultant, a manager at NRB and the editor of New Renaissance News (the weekly email update). Learn more at 
This interactive presentation reviews basic principles of Zen Buddhist thought, including emotionality, behavior and spirituality; and how these principles impact our capacities to lead healthy, peaceful, compassionate, joyful and creative lives. Emphasis is placed on the destructiveness of dualistic, judgmental, conceptual ideas and the associated energies and emotions that create and maintain suffering in ourselves. These often are projected onto individuals and social situations. Meditative and mindful practice is stressed, with brief experiential exercises to demonstrate the power and love of deepened spirituality. William Eldridge, PhD, a professor and psychotherapist with 40 years of experience, founded the Center for Peace Studies. He studied in Ohio with Lama Wesley and the Portland Buddhist Priory with Zen Master Meiko.
The song on the radio that has just the right lyrics for you at just the right time. The vivid dream about a stranger whom you then meet. These are forms of divine guidance, which all of us have the ability to receive! This evening focuses on the four clairs–clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience, and claircognizance–and how you can become “clear on your clairs.” Learn the difference between true and false guidance. Discover your own communication style and learn techniques to improve your divine reception with all four clairs. Susan Marek is a certified Angel Therapy Practitioner®, certified by Doreen Virtue, PhD. A life-long intuitive, Susan works with angels, ascended masters and elementals to provide guidance and healing. Learn more at 
Speaking or singing beautifully is our birthright, but fear induces us to speak and sing with a false voice manufactured from a preconceived notion of how we should sound. Come experience your authentic voice, a perfect mirror of your true nature, and that of Source. The authentic voice emerges by being at one with physiology and physical laws that affect respiration and voice. Vocal meditation explores voice within a silent center in which breathing is communion with Source and voicing is prayer. Portland-based voice teacher and speech coach Linda Brice, MM, leading expert on spirituality and voice as well as artistic and vocal recovery, is founder of Transformational Voice Training. For 27 years she has taught voice privately in colleges and has consulted on speech for numerous Fortune 500 companies. Info: 
Our country is blessed with an abundance of wealth and people of good will, yet we are stuck in cycles of violence at home and abroad. Our nation was born in suffering for most beings involved, and this traumatic legacy continues to haunt the globe. The good news is we can heal history, releasing the gifts of our ancestors to bless the world. Join us for an uplifting, shamanic experience of healing the past and shifting our destiny as a people. Lenore Norrgard, MA, founder of non-profit Circle of the Living Earth, is a pioneer in applying shamanic approaches to social healing. She has worked to bring peace to the Middle East, New Orleans, and Northeast Portland. Info: 
What better way to spend your time than by discovering your true life purpose, the mission of your soul? Your life purpose is who you must be, what you must do and how you must live if you want to experience peace, joy and fulfillment. While most people never know their life purpose, there is a simple way to uncover your soul’s mission and articulate a clear life purpose statement to use in creating a thrilling, purposeful life. Join us and learn some valuable tools to help you discover your own life purpose. Imagine what might be possible! Susanna Maida, PhD, is a transformational life coach who helps people respond to the unanswered longing in their soul and claim the life that truly calls them. She is also an educator, a vision quest guide, a workshop and retreat facilitator and an author.
Join Suzanne Jauchius, one of Portland’s favorite psychics, as she shares enthralling accounts of her work with police and search and rescue. It has been, for her, both an amazing and an agonizing process learning to trust the pictures she “sees” while working between that mysterious realm of intuition and the need for facts. Suzanne also hopes to read from her soon-to-be-published book You Know Your Way Home, an intimate account of her personal path of authenticity. Suzanne is featured in Portraits of Guilt by well-known crime artist Jeanne Boylan, and has been the topic of several magazine and television articles. Suzanne has been a guest reader at NRB for nearly 16 years. 
Your vitality and well-being may be blocked by the unresolved issues of your ancestors. Blocks manifest as family patterns of mental, emotional or physical dis-ease. To free your energy, you must free the ancestors. This lesser known but essential element of shamanic healing requires cultivating a strong working relationship with your ancestral helping spirits, “mapping” the patterns of unresolved energies and clearing the counterpart of these patterns in your life. A lively discussion of the shamanic techniques used to free your vitality and innate well-being will follow with safe demonstrations. Shaman and author, Christina Pratt, is the director of the Last Mask Center for Shamanic Healing. Christina is a skilled healer and teacher of exceptional clarity, humor, practicality and inspiration. Her book is An Encyclopedia of Shamanism.
The sacred science of the cards, the cards of your destiny (book by Robert Camp, available at NRB) reveals secrets about you. This ancient oracle gives information about your past, present and future; your highest potential and what’s standing in the way. Learn to interpret the symbolic language of your birth cards and gain access to seeing your year ahead, knowing your cards and those of important people in your life can help you effect positive changes in any relationship. Join Raina Rowland for an evening of fun and leave with valuable insights you can put right to work. Raina, who is an NRB employee and a Magi counselor, has been studying this system for years and enjoys sharing it with everyone.
Energy protection is learning how to protect ourselves energetically, physically and psychically. We can prevent others from robbing us of energy and avoid giving energy away. It is essential for the work environment as well as your personal and social lives. Using the chakras, the meridians and other energy pathways for protection increases your vitality and promotes a sense of self empowerment. Once you learn these simple techniques you will feel confident and enjoy a sense of liberation. Anna Abraham has been in practice for 15 years. She is devoted to empowering people’s participation in their healing process. Anna specializes in emotional healing and counseling for individuals and couples and is a shaman, Reiki Master, hypnotherapist and reverend.
Begin a journey that can change your life and lead you to entirely new levels of inner peace, joy and clarity. We will learn to dissolve the layers of tension in body and mind that prevent us from relaxing completely. Experience the power of devotional chanting to open and soften the heart in preparation for meditation. Learn the importance of posture, or asana, and how to create an environment and routine that supports you in your practice. The ancient rishis of India knew that consciousness was linked to breath. They developed the science of breath, or pranayama, to calm the mind and open the way to higher states of consciousness. Through pranayama watch the mental chatter and restlessness give way to states of deep peace. Class is based on the ancient science of yoga and the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda. Jamey Potter, co-founder of New Renaissance, is a longtime member of Ananda. He has been meditating for over 30 years and is delighted to share these simple, yet powerful teachings of Yogananda with you.
Take an evening to slow down with a beautiful sacred sound journey. Soak in an evening of deep vibrations with Tom Lange and Jen Ervast. They will fill the room with didjeridus, singing bowls, gongs, flute and more. These instruments from ancient cultures around the world will be played throughout the room on and over people so you feel as well as hear the music. You are invited to relax and release into these sounds, allowing them to take you on your own harmonic journey. Tom has been playing music most of his life and the didjeridu for the past 12 years. He has focused on the healing powers of sound for most of that time. Jen has a scientific background but discovered a strong resonance with these instruments. Info: 
Join Jagatjoti Khalsa (whom many clients call the holy trickster), author of Altar Your Space, and learn how to make your home and office more sacred, restorative and calming. Discover more about yourself at the same time. He’ll explain how to design your office or home to express yourself, rather than impress others, how to create a place that feels like you are journeying to a special space each time you cross the threshold and how to live a life where you are the altar and never the alternative. Jagatjoti is a Portland-based designer, photographer and entrepreneur, who believes that “By joining spirit and purpose, a personal living space will become a sacred place, where form and function blend seamlessly into a unique, life-affirming haven.”
Using the Vimala Alphabet (taught in several Portland area schools and originated by Vimala Rodgers), everyone will leave with specific, individualized instructions on exactly how to change your handwriting to: • Support your desires instead of sabotaging them; • Take charge of your soul development; • Immediately and dramatically change your life. Jennifer Crebbin, certified hand-writing consultant and life coach, wrote Soul Development Through Handwriting for teachers and adults on how to use the Vimala Alphabet as a transformative tool.
We all long to feel real, at rest, intimately in touch with our essential selves. This evening introduces participants to the practice of inquiry and provides an experiential taste of what happens when one stays curious and open to the unfolding now. True inquiry brings us closer to our essential nature, helping us intimately to know the depth and mystery of the moment. Inquiry is a central practice of the Diamond Approach, a contemporary spiritual teaching that incorporates knowledge from depth psychology and timeless wisdom traditions, developed and taught by A.H. Almaas. Candace Harris is a long-time student of A.H. Almaas and his work, an ordained Diamond Approach teacher and core faculty member of Antioch University in Seattle.