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June Events Registration 2009 If you are registering closer than 48 hours before an event, please call the store to register: 503-224-4929. Learn to Meditate The Reconnection: Healing Ourselves, Healing Others, Healing Our Families Exploring the Astrological Trends of 2009 Sacred Journey of Your Soul: Through the Major Arcana of Tarot Beginning Tarot: Knowledge of the Cards Explore Becoming Fearless Power of Premonitions The Living Matrix Film Premiere Creative Evolution A Celestial Evening with Govinda Voicing the One: Voice as a Meditative Discipline and Spiritual Path Rattle Making Flowing Movement T’ai Chi With Karin Uncovering Your Life Purpose Demystifying Soul Retrieval: A Community Gathering SoulCollage Summer Solstice Sound Meditation Labyrinth Meditation Shamanic Healing for Today 2012: The Mystery of The Maya Are You Too Sensitive? Meditation: The Inner Journey Home Awaken, Unburden, Create
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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
Discover why hospitals, universities and researchers around the world are investing time and money in an attempt to explain miraculous healings from cancers, AIDS-related diseases, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, cerebral palsy and other serious afflictions, and how you too, can master this extraordinary work! This new level of healing has been taught to over 50,000 people in more than 65 countries and is the subject of the international bestseller, The Reconnection: Heal Others, Heal Yourself, by Eric Pearl. This presentation will share and 
demonstrate mastery of healing beyond anything you’ve read about, thought about, dreamed about! Christine Upchurch, MS, (upper) Reconnective Healing® Instructor, is a former research statistician who founded the Northwest Reconnective Healing Center in the Seattle area. Karen Keeney, BBA, JD is an associate instructor with The Reconnection having helped introduce this work to Asia, Africa and Latin America. She resides in Portland.
Love, money, luck, another round of mother issues or a cool peace of mind. What are the major astrological patterns of 2009? What will these trends bring to your life? How can you harmonize with the astrological weather and start thriving right now? These are the questions that Shon Clark, MA will explore in this fun-loving and informative talk. Shon is a spiritual guide and astrologer with over 12 years of professional experience. His specialty is helping you to use your own divine gifts during times of challenge or difficulty. Shon’s advice is always practical and clear. If you can, please bring a print out of your astrological chart. 
“Follow your bliss,” exclaimed Joseph Campbell on describing the hero’s journey. The fool’s journey, cleverly depicted in the major arcana of the Tarot, represents the archetypal journey we experience in life. If you have ever been curious about the hidden power of Tarot to accurately reflect where you are in your life and your deepest potential, come join this lively talk. No Tarot knowledge is necessary and everyone is welcome! Katrina Wynne, MA is an international metaphysical teacher and personal counselor. She has studied Tarot and other metaphysical traditions for over 30 years. Visit her web site for more information: 
Badeish Lange’s workshop is designed to assist with the speed of life changes and new era happenings in our culture today. Learn mindful-skills concerning the new vibratory patterns of human evolution. Attention will be directed toward your sensory receptivity and towards regulating patterns of fear-based thoughts. Discover how to shift the thought process to establish new brain chemistry. Learn how your conscious and unconscious thoughts influence your future and how an expansion of consciousness creates a different relationship with time. This workshop creates the opportunity to shift perceptions and receive clarity from inner-guidance. Please bring pen and paper with you. Badeish is an accomplished psychic/medium and life coach and workshop facilitator for over 26 years. She is also a certified hypnotherapist. See Badeish’s readings in the 
Along with jaw-dropping case studies, The Power of Premonitions, Dr. Larry Dossey’s newest book reveals the scientific evidence that demonstrates the human capacity for knowing the future. Experiments consistently show that human beings are as wired to know what’s coming next as we are to what we see, feel, hear and think. Larry uses cutting-edge evidence to prove what has long been considered the province of mystics, and tonight he will share with students how to cultivate these natural abilities. This is a talk is for the skeptical mind, but it’s also for the believer’s heart—because Larry possesses the rare gift of having both. Larry is one of the first medical doctors who began to explore the impact of the power of prayer on health.
Tonight Amit Goswami, PhD will discuss his new book, Creative Evolution. Creative evolution is an evolutionary theory built on a biology which has a primacy of consciousness that explains the fossil gaps, includes purposiveness, gives substance to the idea of intelligent design and retains parts of Darwinism. The presentation has three parts: * the origin of the universe and the origin of life; * how creative evolution reconciles Darwinism and intelligent design; * how to delve into the future of our evolution and expounds on the ideas of Teilhard de Chardin and Sri Aurobindo. Dr. Goswami is a pioneer in using quantum physics to articulate the paradigm shift from a materialist to a consciousness-based world view. His work includes The Visionary Window, Physics of the Soul and The Quantum Doctor. He was a featured speaker in What the Bleep Do We Know?! and Down The Rabbit Hole. 
Join Govinda Miller for an inspiring astrological exploration of the cosmic energies affecting you, humanity and the world in 2009 and beyond. Topics include: the call for mastery, chaos and contrasts, awakening of the divine feminine, Jupiter in Aquarius, Saturn in Virgo and much more! Govinda brings 36 years experience as a professional astrologer and teacher of astrology and meditation. His writings on spiritual astrology have been published internationally. He travels internationally teaching astrology and meditation. His method of teaching is gentle and affirming with emphasis on creating and developing personal happiness and wholeness. See Govinda’s readings in the 
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:
Rattles are ceremonial tools used to call in the spirits and to manifest “new energy, experiences and things” in your life. Join Connie Hill and make and decorate your own hand-made rattle from natural materials--you’ll know what went into making this tool; that the pieces were put together in a loving, honorable way with your own hands. You’ll help bring out the voice the way a sculptor brings the spirit out of the wood or clay. Connie has taught rattle and drum making for nearly 20 years. She also has a private practice which includes astrology and coaching and writing and re-writing your life story and tools to help you make major life transitions. Connie has been responsible for NRB’s event program for 12 years. All supplies provided, but bring feathers, stones, beads or other personal items to personalize your rattle. Registration limited; signup early.
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. 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. 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. 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.
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.
Soul loss is a spiritual illness that causes emotional and physical disease and major illness. Today, we find soul loss as a result of traumas like abortion, abuse, accident, addiction, illness, incest, loss of a loved one, miscarriage, surgery or the stress of combat. PTSD is often a sign of soul loss. We unconsciously spend tremendous amounts of energy looking for lost parts of ourselves and searching for meaning in our lives. Participate in a live soul retrieval. Karyn Armstrong trained with Michael Harner and Sandra Ingerman, pioneers of modern-day soul retrieval practices. Karyn was one of the shamanic practitioners that worked on the first National Institutes of Health research grant through Kaiser Hospital. She teaches internationally and is recognized for her ability to bridge the world of spirit and bring it into everyday life. 
Want to awaken your creativity? Breathe new life into your spiritual practice? Then try SoulCollage. You will use images from magazines to create your own “tarot-like” deck of cards, rich in personal meaning. You will meet your inner “Board of Directors”: your guides and allies, your shadowy parts and your delightful parts, your animal guides and archetype with whom you’ve made a sacred contract. Once made, you will learn a simple method to read your cards, tapping into a deep well of knowledge and wisdom. It’s easy and fun and anyone can do it! All materials are provided. No experience necessary. Suzie Wolfer LCSW, has delighted in working as a therapist for 23 years. She is the one who loves to integrate holistic and traditional practices to help clients not just feel better, but get better. Learn more at 
Celebrate the illumination of the light on this longest day of the year. Sound in the blessings of divine grace for the self, our community and the world. Using only our voices, we will sing in the “language that is before language,” connecting with the creative force of the universe before it becomes the word. Stepping out of the mind and letting go of worldly concerns, from the place of the pure heart we will sound the divine symphony as it wishes to manifest through us. With a lifetime of experience in music and 40 years in metaphysics, Judith Kahealani Lynne applies Huna to her sound in order to move heaven and earth. Her CDs include Lay-oo-esh and Deep Duets – Judith Lynne sings with the Humpback Whales.
Sharlene Inglis will lay out her portable labyrinth for you to walk this open walk–drop in anytime. She’ll answer questions to help you begin your walk. Sharlene is a Veriditas-trained facilitator who facilitates labyrinth walks and workshops in the Portland area. For a transformative and reflective experience, everyone is invited to walk this ancient meditative symbol’s circular path with its twists and turns. Walking the labyrinth offers renewed awareness, guidance and clarity for our busy lives. Labyrinth educator Robert Ferre says, “on the labyrinth unlike the maze, you have to walk every step in order to get to the center. If you are on a maze you might accidentally stumble into the center by luck and not do the whole thing. But in the labyrinth there are no short cuts. You have to walk your talk.” 
How can shamanism heal your life? How can our most ancient approach to Spirit help us with our most urgent contemporary problems? Whether created by trauma, ill expressed thoughts and emotions, or the unraveling of relationship, spiritual imbalances can be healed through shamanic practice. All of life first is dreamed in the spirit realm: this is where our power lies to make ourselves and the Earth whole. Through accessing the unseen web we can rebalance all things, creating wholeness in our lives, families, communities, and our world. Come learn how. Lenore Norrgard, MA, CSC, was called to the shamanic path in 1987. She has provided shamanic healing, consulting and instruction since 1992, founded Circle of the Living Earth in 1999, and is best known for healing trauma, training healers and shamanic social healing.
“2012” has become a buzz-word, but what is hype and what are the real opportunities facing us? Join author Eden Sky as she presents an overview of the 5,125 year Mayan World Age cycle we are closing, and explores a larger context for contemplating this time of prophecy. Eden has researched the revelatory time science of the ancient Maya since 1995, and has studied directly under Dr. Jose Arguelles. As an Emissary of Galactic Culture that affirms “Time is Art,” she has produced an annual 13-Moon Natural Time Calendar for the past 14 years. In a recent journey to Guatemala, Eden had the honor of partaking in ceremonies and teachings with the living Maya. Her passion is sharing insights she has discovered on her path that they might be pieces in others’ cosmic puzzles! 
How many times have you heard the words, “You’re just too sensitive” used as a negative comment about your feelings? Marcy Calhoun, sensitive and author of Are You Too Sensitive? and Do You Really Have A Choice? feels that we can’t be too sensitive. Marcy feels that our ultra-sensitivities, as she calls them, can at times be our worst enemy, but with simple training these sensitivities can be our positive and powerful allies. Through many years of research Marcy has discovered that there are at least 16 sensitivities we can have, which include visual, feeling, knowing, auditory, weather and negative potential-positive potential. Each sensitivity has its characteristics, issues and talents. Come find out which one you are and how to work with these energies. 
Each of us is divine in nature and part of the essence of God. Through meditation each of us can traverse our inner landscape back to our source, our true home. This interactive talk and demonstration will introduce participants to a simple powerful meditative practice. Meditation helps us awaken to our higher purpose, develop the power of moment to moment awareness and transform every moment into a joyous celebration of what is. It provides unfailing insight into the nature of ones’ own consciousness, uplifts us into the transcendent realms of pure light and reveals to us the source of our own being which is love. Dr. Andrew Vidich is an author, educator, international speaker and has his own communication, leadership and contemplative practices consulting firm, The Leadership Institute. His books include Love is a Secret and his newest, Light Upon Light: 5 Master Paths to Awaken the Mindful.
Jan Engels-Smith, author of Becoming Yourself: Journey from Head to Heart and founder of LightSong School of Shamanic Studies, has taken ancient shamanic rituals that have powerful healing effects and contemporized them into a healing, guided meditation. This enables individuals to benefit from these rituals energetically without the need to understand shamanism. Jan’s intention is that people receive tangible, experiential results by listening and participating in this guided mediation. Listeners tap back into an innate joy within them and perceive life fully from a place of divine radiance and brilliance. During the afternoon you’ll find that lost soul parts are retrieved and new dreams created. CDs will be available to continue the healing at your convenience. Jan, who is a shamanic practitioner, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist and Reiki Master, has a thriving healing practice of 14 years. Jan has conducted 100s of group healing seminars and performed nearly 3,000 soul retrievals. For info about Jan: