Flowing Movement T’ai Chi With Karin
Tuesday, April 29-May 20 $40 each
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.
Experiencing Fearlessness
Friday, May 2, 7-8:30 pm $18
Join us for a talk by Gary Renard, the bestselling author of The Disappearance of the Universe and Your Immortal Reality: How to Break the Cycle of Birth and Death. During his last few years of extensive travel, Gary discovered that people are ready for more than most teachers and the media give them. The truth is we have remained exactly as God created us, which is perfect spirit. It is possible to be free of all fear. Four years ago public speaking terrified Gary. Today he does so with no nervousness. By practicing advanced or “quantum” forgiveness, that can be applied to ANY life situation you can be free of fear and instead acquire a profound inner peace. For information about Gary’s Portland workshop on May 3: alchemical-transformation-guidance.com/renardworkshop.
The Soul Speaks: Connecting to Your Purpose, Power & Passion Through Evolutionary Astrology
Saturday, May 3, 10:30-1:30 pm $30
Evolutionary Astrology is unlike anything you’ve experienced. It is a profound tool for understanding your soul’s deepest intentions and desires, a quantum leap beyond personality characteristics. Understanding your soul’s nature and following its own uniquely crafted lesson-plan will unfold the richness and wonders of life for you. Bring your birth chart (or contact Paul for a free chart: www.PaulHRichard.com) and discover your • soul’s particular intention for this life • three individually unique keys for fulfillment and happiness • personal strategies to enhance your life-purpose, claim your power, and unleash your passion for life and love. Trained in archetypal psychology, astrology and spirituality, and certified by world-renowned astrologer Steven Forrest, Paul H. Richard, MDiv. has helped people for 30+ years through teaching, counseling, mentoring, ritual, shamanism and intuitive healing.
SoulCollage Intensive
Sunday, May 4, 11-4 pm $65 (includes all supplies)
Give yourself a day to play, discover yourself, be creative and oh, by the way, open up to a source of power and insight that will amaze you.You’ll have lots of time to make SoulCollage cards. And you’ll also “read” these amazing reflections of your Soul, gaining insights and action plans that may have taken months or years in therapy. It’s easy and anyone can do it. And it’s fun! Suzie Wolfer, LCSW has delighted in her work as a therapist for the past 22 years, as well as “working” as an artist. With SoulCollage, she integrated all the things she loves best: growth, creativity, community and spirituality. Please bring a sack lunch. For info: suziewolfer.com or SoulCollage.com.
Romance in Real Perspective
Monday, May 5, 7-8:30 pm $12
The fundamental goodness of love and romantic relationships is beyond question for most adults. But rarely do we see how we use these fundamentally good things with each other. So we suffer in the name of love and quietly expect the worst from romantic encounters. These attitudes keep us in conflict with our basic human needs. Join Barbara Emrys, teacher of Toltec Dreaming, as she discusses the ways we accept emotional pain as part of the price for being in relationship with another person and why we react in predictable ways to familiar emotional situations. She will also suggest ways to move out of this pain and suffering. Barbara is a colleague of don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements. She has guided hundreds of students out of suffering and into a permanent state of self-assurance and happiness. She conducts workshops in the US and Mexico.
Buddhist Meditation: Illuminated Natural Awareness
Wednesday, April 23, 30 & May 7, 7-8:30 pm $38
The foundation for Buddhist Meditation is a rare blend of open-minded attention, receptive mindfulness and relaxed, expansive presence. Focus and the ability to stablize attention set the ground for letting go into innate wisdom. Meditation practice develops and shapes the mind to easily open to one’s true nature. Refinement and clarity of mind are shaped by meditation practice. This meditation class is open to all and is shaped to those in attendance. There will be time for meditation, Q & A for meditation skills and understanding. Jacqueline Mandell has been authorized to teach in three Buddhist traditions. She teaches the fundamental practices of the “Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse.” Her biography is included in a number of books including Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America.
Chanting & Meditation For World Peace
Thursday, May 8, 7-8 pm FREE
To change the world, people need to change; to change people, we begin with ourselves. Join with others in chanting and meditation to inspire and uplift your own consciousness. Then, from that uplifted state, send out healing prayers to all those in need, and to help uplift all human consciousness. Includes 20 to 30 minutes of silent meditation. 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.
Medicine for the Earth!
Friday, May 9, 7-8:30 pm $12
Miracles are within our reach with Medicine for the Earth, a new practice for transmuting physical toxins through spiritual practices. Experience your divinity and learn how embodying your sacred self, right here and now, purifies our bodies and our Gaia-home of pollutants we’ve created. It’s time to use the spiritual powers that are our birthright to remember who we are, and bring ourselves and our beautiful, imperiled earth back into balance and wholeness. Lenore Norrgard, MA, Harner Method Shamanic Counselor, has provided shamanic healing, empowerment, and instruction since 1992. She also midwives healers through her Shamanic Healing Apprenticeship Program, in which she includes Medicine for the Earth practices. Info at CircleLivingEarth.org.
Finding the Love of Your Life
Saturday, May 10, 11-2 pm $35
In our quest to find the perfect mate we may go down many healing roads or, possibly, complain to our friends that there are no “good” men or women out there. In reality, there are wonderful people, both men and women, who are wishing, hoping and searching for their ideal partner. This workshop begins with how we may sabotage our relationships, how we get caught in relationship patterns, the concept of soul mates, the reality of good relationships and reality vs. expectations. We’ll end by creating our own luck rather than waiting for something to happen. Please bring a sack lunch. Linda Cahan is a psychic counselor and healer. She has been working in retail design since 1971 and palmistry and intuitive counseling since 1975. She was single for 17 years between her first and second marriages and found the love of her life in 1999 after many trials, errors and interesting therapies!
Trauma Stewardship
Saturday, May 10, 7-8:30 pm $12
When we are out in the world trying to make it a better place, we’re often exposed to the hardship, trauma or suffering of others. How does such exposure take its toll on us personally, professionally, within our communities and as a society? We may feel exhausted, irritable, hopeless, cynical or completely maxed out. How do we create sustainable lives for ourselves in which we can continue to care for ourselves, each other and the planet. Through humor and age-old wisdom, we will find that a path is waiting for us. In this workshop, appropriate for all in helping roles in their personal or professional lives, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky shares her practice of Trauma Stewardship. Her workshops and gatherings happen across the US and around the world. Laura collaborates with others to develop sustainable work practices, maintains a private counseling practice for individuals and is the author of Trauma Stewardship.
Mother’s Day Labyrinth Meditation
Sunday, May 11, 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.”
Affirmations for Self-Healing
Wednesday, May 14, 7-8:30 pm $12
Health care professionals know that our thoughts influence our physical, mental, and emotional health, for good or for bad. We routinely enlist the help of psychologists and receive medications to overcome our deeply rooted negative thoughts. But we also have the power to change our thoughts ourselves, in ways that complement or offer an alternative to these often only marginally effective treatments. Affirmation is a proven method of influencing the subconscious mind, replacing negative thoughts with positive statements of well-being. Daiva Glazzard, the director of Ananda Portland, has been exploring and sharing principles of well-being for 28 years. He invites you to join the adventure of positive personal change through the power of affirmations.
The Art and Science of Meditation
Thursday, May 15-29, 7-8:30 pm $65
This course takes you step-by-step through the art and science of meditation. Learn techniques you can begin to use immediately to develop and maintain a daily meditation practice. The results of daily practice include peace of mind, release of physical tension, mental clarity and the ability to concentrate more deeply, increased energy and vitality, calmness and serenity in all situations. Classes include time for guided practice and questions. The price of the class includes Lessons in Meditation, a book and 2-CD set by John Novak ($24.95 value).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.
A Journey into the Chakra 12 Points of Light
Friday, May 16, 7-8:30 pm $12
In this talk, Anna Abraham unveils the 12 visions that inspired her journey into the chakra 12 points of light. These 12 realms of higher consciousness hold the wisdom of the masters of light and the potential to align your vibration and consciousness with your higher purpose. The opportunity for self-discovery or mastery is limitless. Anna was given the chakra 12 points of light in 12 visions within 12 hours. They are the foundation for her book, The 12 Points of Light Chakra Visions, a work in process. Anna is a Master Energy Practitioner and healer specializing in chakra healing and chakra intuitive readings.
Developing Powerful Intuition
Saturday, May 17, 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.
First Degree Reiki
May 18-19, Sunday, 10:30-5:30 pm Monday, 10:30-6 pm $150
Reiki is quantum healing brought forth from ancient wisdom, rediscovered over 150 years ago by Mikao Usui in a 2500- year-old sutra written by a disciple of the Buddha. Reiki is a simple yet elegant system of healing. It is always handy and can be learned by anyone of any age. It is an equal opportunity energy that faultlessly connects us to source energy and allows it to both fill us and flow through us. Reiki is a transformational energy that heals body, mind and spirit and helps us move forward on our life path. After this class you will be able to do Reiki for yourself and others as well as for plants, animals, food and water. (16 Continuing Education hours.) Sheila King is a Portland-area Reiki Master who has practiced and taught Reiki internationally since 1986. Bring pillow and blanket.
Meditate With Baba Shivarudra Balayogi
Wednesday, May 21, 7-8:30 pm FREE
Baba Shivarudra Balayogi Maharaj is a master of meditation from the foothills of the Himalayas. Following a short talk by Baba, we will sit together in the silence. Afterwards, Baba will answer spiritual questions as time allows. Ordained as a monk and established in the ashram of his guru, the renowned Yogi Shivabalayogi, Baba spent twenty years in meditation and service before the physical passing of his master in 1994. Then Baba began an intense period of austerity lasting five years, in which he became immersed in complete inner silence. In these years Baba did not leave his room, remaining in samadhi for up to 21 hours per day. At the end of this period of Tapas, Baba was ordained by God and guru to continue the teaching mission of his master.
Soul Retrieval
Friday, May 23, 7-8:30 pm $12
Soul loss is a spiritual illness causing emotional and physical disease. From a shamanic perspective, one of the major causes of illness is soul loss. Today, we find soul loss result from such traumas as abortion, abuse, accident, addiction, illness, incest, loss of a loved one, miscarriage, surgery or the stress of combat. In this informational and experiential evening learn how we unconsciously look for lost parts of ourselves. Karyn Armstrong’s training was with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and she is a graduate of Sandra Ingerman’s Teacher Training in Advanced Shamanic Healing practices. She was one of the shamanic practitioners in a clinical trial of shamanic healing funded by The National Institute of Health’s research grant carried out by researchers at Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon.
Listening to Wildflowers
Saturday, May 24, 2-4 pm $25
Flowers awaken our sense of beauty and creativity. Come experience the magic and healing of the Devas of the Columbia River Gorge wildflowers. Listen to their poems and sample their flower essence medicine. Flower essence maker and flower whisperer Camilla Blossom will share stories and photographs of the flowers and ways to use the Columbia River Gorge flower essences for deepening your awareness and finding greater peace within. Bring your questions and your sense of wonder. Camilla sings and dances with the fairies and devas in Hood River, Oregon. Her new book is Listening to the Wildflowers: A Flower Whisperer’s Guide to the Columbia River Gorge Flower Essences. She is the founder and owner of 3 Flowers Healing.
Between Whales and Humans: Interspecies Communication
Saturday, May 24, 7-8:30 pm $12
For more than 20 years, Doug Thompson has visited the Gray whale birthing lagoons in Baja and has witnessed the unique and unprecedented interspecies communication between whales and humans. Why do whales, living free and wild in the ocean, seek encounters with humans in these remote lagoons in Baja? Doug explores this phenomenon and the transformative relationship between whales and humans. He will also show excerpts from his DVD on interactions between whales and humans, footage Jane Goodall describes as “enchanted and glorious.” Doug has been a marine naturalist for more than 30 years. The Los Angeles Times describes Thompson as an “environmentalist extraordinaire.” His book with DVD, Whales: Touching the Mystery, explores interspecies communication between gray whales and humans. Doug is the Director of Expeditions for the SummerTree Institute, a nonprofit environmental group. For info about Doug’s book: newsagepress.com.
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. karin1.tif
Clear Vision, Naturally!
Friday, May 30, 7-8:30 pm $12
This evening talk is based on the time-honored research of Dr. William H. Bates, noted ophthalmologist. Participants will begin to learn to discover the causes and cures for poor eyesight, find out how to retrain the minds, and eyes to no longer need those “readers” or bifocals and do some of the Bates Method exercises. Using whole brain learning, laughter and relaxation accelerate your return to the clarity you once had in your eyesight. All you need to bring is an open mind! Gene Younger used this method to heal his own progressively worsening eyesight in 1985, so he is living proof that the Bates Method works. Gene is a certified Vision Educator and a member of the Association of Vision Educators. He presently teaches in Portland.
Come Be Answered
Saturday, May 31, 7-8:30 pm $12
In a diamond light at the end of thought, the Godword enthralls the angels with divine truth. As we stand near to that, the teachings will pour through, heightening your inner vision and knowing, and preparing you for the great lighting of consciousness. Welcome to this miracle! From age 7, Elle Collier Re was already somewhat awake to the divine inner word. At 17 she had a profound spiritual awakening which increased this capacity and began her lifelong commitment to God-centered awareness. Come with an empty cup and a willingness to have God fill it up! Info.: INEI-RE.org.
