Flowing Movement T’ai Chi With Karin
Tuesday, May 27, June 3, 17 & 24, 6:30-7:45 pm $40
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.
Summer Yoga Intensive
Wednesday, June 4-25, 6-7:30 pm $50/4 wk. session
Summer is a wonderful time to renew your energy and build momentum towards health, strength and flexibility. Join Defne Suman for this introductory class designed to empower you with a basic understanding of yoga postures, meditation and breathing exercises of the ancient art of Hatha Yoga. During these classes we will also discuss yoga philosophy, life style and diet. In this small group, personal attention will be directed to each student’s needs with an emphasis on discovery and joy. Defne has taught yoga classes and workshops around the world since 2002. She uses a combination of techniques inspired by the Astanga Vinyasa System, Iyengar Restorative Therapeutics and Peter Sterios’ Gravity and Grace Yoga to help her students explore their personal path.
Four Foundations of Mindfulness
Thursday, June 5, 7-8:30 pm $14
This evening will focus on the Buddha’s teaching of developing insight through present time awareness. A step-by-step explanation of the four levels of mind training will be offered as well as a guided meditation to explore these teachings. Noah Levine, author of Dharma Punx and Against The Stream, is a Buddhist teacher, author and counselor and he was trained to teach by Jack Kornfield. Noah is the founding teacher of Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, with a center in Los Angeles and over 20 affiliated groups around North America. He teaches meditation classes, workshops and retreats internationally. Noah holds a Masters degree in counseling psychology and is on the board of directors of the Buddhist Recovery Network.
Teresa of Avila: 16th Century Woman, 21st Century Influence
Friday, June 6, 7-8:30 pm $12
St. Teresa of Avila was born in Spain in the 16th century. 500 years later her influence on the spiritual life and mystical experience continues unabated. A prolific writer, her body of work provides a tantalizing look at the life, personality and spiritual transformation of an extraordinary woman. The most human of saints, Teresa was a lively, intelligent, droll and practical observer of the journey of the soul. She experienced the bumpy road of life we all travel, and left a legacy that encourages and inspires us on our own spiritual search. Your guide, Uma Macfarlane, an astute counselor and teacher of yogic philosophy and spiritual science for over 30 years, brings wonderful wit and charming warmth to her classes, as well as an obvious depth of experience.
Intentional Creation of Reality
Saturday, June 7, 1-4 pm $35
Margaret Ann Lembo will help you to deliberately create your reality by shifting your vibrational field. Our thoughts create our reality, so come change your mind and change your life. Understand the principles of vibration matching and the Laws of Attraction. Attract wealth, your soul mate, your unborn child, a different career, new friends... whatever your heart desires can be yours. Experience a guided meditation to integrate the new reality. Bring a journal, pencil or pen. Margaret is the creatress of The Crystal Garden, a bookstore and spiritual center in Florida since 1988. Margaret is a renowned teacher and reader on the East Coast. She has six guided meditations CDs and is an author, spiritual healer, ordained minister and Angel Therapy Practitioner®.
Meet Your Guides and Angels
Saturday, June 7, 7-8:30 pm $12
Learn about your invisible helpers and develop skills to use them in your daily life from Margaret Ann Lembo. Communicate with your angels and spirit guides. Get to know the different types of invisible helpers that you can access and learn the difference between spirit guides, angels, Ascended Masters, fairies, plant spirits, crystal guardians and muses. Everyone has the gift of help from the angels. Allow yourself to have a more charmed life with their help. Experience a guided meditation to meet your master guide or guardian angel. Margaret’s websites are thecrystalgarden.com and margaretannlembo.com.
Spiritual Care of Your Heart
Sunday, June 8, 1-5 pm $40
Awareness of heart disease, especially in women, has increased. But one aspect of this killer is still being overlooked: the impact of emotions on the health of the heart. Learn awareness, understanding and tools to begin taking care of your heart on an emotional and spiritual level. Individual assessments will show participants emotions held in their hearts. Learn solutions and tools, such as heart chakra sound therapy, to help release these heart-unhealthy emotions. This workshop is experiential and includes LOTS of handouts. Teaching Radionics in the 1970s led Gloria Burrell to develop her visionary work based on the principles of quantum physics. Besides teaching self-love, Gloria produced a radio show in Los Angeles called Heart-Mind Conversations. Currently she has a private practice working with clients and she is writing several books.
Coyote Wisdom: Native American Medicine & Healing Practices
Tuesday, June 10, 7-8:30 pm $14
This talk will be filled with Native American wisdom, story, practices and rituals. Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, author of Coyote Medicine, Coyote Wisdom, Coyote Healing and his new book Narrative Medicine, will share his wisdom as a Native American healer pioneering the blending of traditional native healing with modern medical practice. We will explore how Native Americans view health and disease, who is a healer and how healing is supported. Lewis will share lessons from Native American medicine and spirituality for healing and personal growth, creating the sacred and miraculous in a richly informative experience. Lewis graduated from Stanford Medical School, then completed residencies in family medicine and psychiatry. He has studied geriatrics and has a PhD in clinical psychology from the Psychological Studies Institute in Palo Alto. His Website is mehlmadrona.com.
To Be a Healer: The Shamanic Calling
Thursday, June 12, 7-8:30 pm $12
Are you destined to be a shamanic healer? People in tribal cultures may resist the shamanic call, while people in post-modern cultures may feel attracted to assuming the shaman’s role. What accounts for this difference, and how can we discern whether our call is authentic? Classic ways indigenous shamans may be called, and then trained, will be compared with ways shamans in modern societies are called, and the training options available. The crucial role of psycho-spiritual development in ethical shamanic practice will be discussed. Lenore Norrgard, MA, Harner Method Shamanic Counselor, received spontaneous healing from a compassionate spirit in 1987, and subsequently underwent extensive shamanic training with spirits, the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, and others. She has been midwifing effective, compassionate shamanic healers since 1995.
Palmistry as a Path to Health and Wholeness
Friday, June 13, 7-8:30 pm $12
Our hands reveal information about how we function and respond to life emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually. The challenges, the gifts, and the purpose point us in a direction for healing and wholeness. Judy Gardner will discuss ways your hands can assist you in becoming a healthier, happier being if you pay attention to what they are telling you. Judy is a Master Palmist. She founded the Gardner School of Scientific Hand Analysis and she currently teaches and gives talks and readings in California at East West Bookstore in Mountain View and at Los Ositos College in Livermore, and in Oregon at New Renaissance Bookshop. Join Judy for an evening of exceptional insight and personal discovery.
Song Writing Workshop: Sing Your Song
Saturday, June 14, 10:30-2 pm $35
Songwriting from the heart is healing and powerful, and everyone can do it! This workshop is for anyone who wants to experience how easy and fun it is to connect with yourself through song. You can bring an instrument if you have one, or just bring yourself - your greatest instrument is already built-in! Collaborating in small groups, creating on your own or one-on-one with Andrea Kennedy in front of the group, you will be well on your way to writing your first song! You will be uplifted, empowered and excited about your own unique voice and musical gifts, and inspired to share your heart with the world! It is Andrea’s greatest joy to share the love of her heart with people. She works privately and in groups, combining meditation, voice, singing, acting, movement, coaching and songwriting - whatever helps to have the most fun possible being ourselves!
The Last Adventure of Life
Saturday, June 14, 7-8:30 pm $12
Join Rev. Maria Dancing Heart as she introduces the new version of her book, The Last Adventure of Life: Sacred Resources for Living and Dying from a Hospice Counselor, printed by Findhorn Press. Dancing Heart’s work helps to build back the bridge between death and life while honoring the mystery of both. Come help us celebrate! Dancing Heart will share some of the secrets from hospice that have helped her expand and transform and will share selections from her book. Dancing Heart is an out-of-the-box Christian minister and spiritual & bereavement counselor. First and foremost, she considers herself a bridge builder who encourages more joy and awareness around the experience of dying.
Summer Labyrinth Meditation
Sunday, June 15, 1-5 pm Love Offering
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 to our busy lives. As Dr. Lauren Artress, author of Walking a Sacred Path, writes, “Most of the experiences that occur in the labyrinth are unexpected. They are guided by a sacred wisdom, a creative intelligence that knows more about what we need than do our conscious selves.”
Uncovering Your Life Purpose
Thursday, June 19, 7-8:30 pm $12
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.
Working With Your Guides: Living The Life Your Soul Intended
Friday, June 20, 7-8:30 pm $12
Have you ever sensed that your life has a deeper, more meaningful purpose - but you don’t know what it is? Ainslie Macleod has answers. He will share information from his new book, The Instruction, about how to uncover the life your soul has planned for you. Ainslie’s information encompasses ten doorways which include the doorway to perception, the doorway to acceptance, the doorway to balance and the doorway to creativity. Ainslie will lead you on a journey to help you unlock the secret of your soul’s purpose and the pathway to that point. Ainslie Macleod has devoted his last ten years to understanding the soul’s purpose and communicating with high-level spirit guides to help people live the lives their souls intended. Originally from Scotland, he currently lives on Vashon Island, WA. For info: soul-world.com.
Bridging The Gap Between You & Your Pet: A Beginner’s Guide To Animal Communication
Saturday, June 21, 10:30-1:30 pm $35
We will begin with an explanation of telepathy and how it works. Then, we’ll learn basic energy tools that help humans see, hear and feel what their pets are trying to tell them. We’ll cover •Aura healings •Body work to help keep your pets healthier •How animals communicate with body language, smell, taste •Seeing energies •Telepathy. Explore the dynamics of a pack, alpha energy, survival energy and what happens from the litter to a new home. Learn the difference between prey and predator. Shirley Scott crosses the veil to talk to pets and people on the other side - this has been a blessing in her work as a spiritual teacher, healing facilitator and grief counselor.
Summer Solstice Sound Meditation
Saturday, June 21, 7-8:30 pm $12
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.
Feng Shui of Abundance
Sunday, June 22, 10:30-1:30 pm $35 (includes supplies)
Would you like to understand the bagua (the feng shui energy map) and how to apply it to your home or office? In this workshop, Gigi Estabrook will suggest the use of design elements and object placement to eliminate blockages and bring in energy for positive change. She will teach you feng shui basics to apply to your space to create a balanced environment in which to realize financial prosperity, a supportive relationship and other personal and professional goals. We will end our session by creating vision boards based on feng shui principles so that your intentions are sent to the universe. Supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring personal items to include on your vision board. Bring a snack or sack lunch. Gigi is a certified feng shui and space clearing practitioner in the Black Sect tradition (gigiestabrook.com). Please honor the Red Envelope tradition by bringing a red envelope with a dollar inside. The money will be donated and the envelopes burned in a fire ceremony at the new year.
A Revolutionary Weight Loss Program: A Life Changing Experience
Monday, June 23, 7-8:30 pm $12
Discover if and why you are an emotional eater. Leave diets, guilt, denial and calorie counting behind. The Regenerate Lifestyles Program is a revolutionary natural approach to traditional diet programs. For those who want to develop a new relationship to food, their bodies and their mind, it is a holistic education that is life-changing. You’ll learn to •Lose weight while being professionally supervised •Keep 
weight off naturally, without chemicals • Learn how to combine foods to stop accumulating body fat •Feel healthy and good about yourself. Anna Abraham is a counselor and master energy practitioner/healer. She specializes in hypnotherapy, visualization EFT and chakra balancing. Barbara Rush, ND, LAc, specializes in cleansing & detox programs, weight loss and pain control and balancing hormones naturally with bio-identical hormones.
Power Up Your Midlife with Positive Psychology
Thursday, June 26, 7-8:30 pm $12
Positive Psychology focuses on what’s right with you, how to build upon your strengths and how to enhance your experiences of gratitude, pleasure, engagement and meaning. It offers concrete evidence that optimism, resiliency and a sense of purpose are among the most important attitudes for crafting a vital, healthy midlife vision and that the skills underlying these attitudes can be learned. Join us for an 
introduction to these skill-building practices and take home a toolkit for self-renewal. Stephanie Spak, LPC, and Kathleen Walsh, LMFT, are licensed therapists who practice in Portland. Both of them are certified graduates of the Authentic Happiness Coaching Program.
Exploring Your Life Vision with the Cards of Destiny
Friday, June 27, 7-8:30 pm $12
Tonight Raina Rowland will discuss how to use the Magi Oracle/Cards of Your Destiny (book by Robert Camp) to connect with the law of attraction and our personal destiny. You’ll learn how to look at the cards you were dealt at birth and see that you have unlimited choices. You will learn how to use meditation and create an ideal vision wheel to focus on what you want. Raina will also offer a few short demo readings for audience members. Raina was introduced to the Law of Attraction at the Agape Spiritual Center in Los Angeles and is a Magi Counselor. She combines the information of the Magi Oracle to help us understand our inherent nature and to attract what we want in our lives.
Beginning Tarot
Saturday, June 28, 10:30-5 pm $70
This workshop is designed to demystify the esoteric lessons represented in this ancient oracle while developing a deeper, intuitive relationship with the cards. Learn to explore the journey each of us travels in life with the cards as our guide. We’ll study the history of the cards, their symbolic roots and easy ways to remember their messages. All decks are welcome or you can purchase one at NRB. Katrina will have extras for you to try. All levels are welcome. Katrina Wynne, MA, has studied tarot and other metaphysical traditions for over 30 years.
Kirtan
Saturday, June 28, 7-8:30 pm $12
Chanting with John Conley is informal, fun and sometimes intense. Chants can take us deep into our inner stillness, but John says laughter is the most fundamental chant of all. He often sings ancient Indian chants, but is also likely to sing modern chants in English with a tinge of rock. His gatherings are about creating community and emotional healing through the power of sound and song. John says, “This is no-mistakes chanting! Meaning you cannot make a mistake. You don’t have to sing in tune or in time. Just sing!” An open heart and willingness is all that’s needed. John, the author of Letters to My Friends: A No Guarantees Guide to Awakening, loves to share the joy of chanting and regularly chants at Breitenbush. More info: mondaynightmeditation.com.
Developing Powerful Intuition
Sunday, June 29, 11-3:30 pm $45
Would you love to develop your intuition, trust yourself more and be able to follow your intuitive hits? This fun, empowering workshop will help you develop accurate, reliable intuition and increase and deepen your clarity and self trust. Learn about your unique intuitive signature and how it moves through your body. Learn to apply your intuition to health, wealth and relationships. Dawn Lianna, MA, has skills that were deeply enriched by three near-death experiences. She’s an empowering, loving, fun instructor with an understanding of how intuition works and an ability to help you open and empower yours. Please bring a sack lunch.
