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September Events Registration 2010 If you are registering closer than 48 hours before an event, please call the store to register: 503-224-4929. Annual New Renaissance Labor Day Porch Sale! Sacred Journey of Your Soul: Through the Major Arcana of the Tarot Beginning Tarot: Knowledge of the Cards The Call of the Muse: Creativity and Spirituality Combined Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words Speaking the Soul: The Transformative Power of the Spoken Word Yok’hah Maya: Keys to Ancient Mayan Yogic Practices Your House is Talking: En’light’en Your Space with Feng Shui The Pool of Memory: Autobiography of an Unwilling Intuitive 3-Week Class Series Ask the Ghost Hunters! About Ghosts and Spirits Bridging the Gap Between You and Your Pet Visual Soul Journaling: Creative Arts as Medicine for the Soul Darshan with Mirabai Devi: An Evening of Love and Light 2012 Soul Stargate Activation 3-Week Class Series Fall Equinox Sound Meditation Full Moon and Equinox Drumming Circle: For Light, Love and Well Being Reincarnation and Karma: What is Cause and Effect? The Secret Language of Your Body: The Essential Guide to Health and Wellness Stop the Struggle: Join the FUN! Healing with Source: A Spiritual Guide to Mind-Body Medicine The Raven’s Gift: A Scientist, a Shaman, and their Remarkable Journey Through the Siberian Wilderness
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Tarot wisdom profoundly reflects where you are in life, your deepest potential, and offers guidance for your journey. Please join this lively talk to discover the power of Tarot as we look at the “Hero’s Journey,” the story in the cards. You’ll never look at the “Death” card the same way again! No Tarot knowledge is necessary and everyone is welcome! Katrina Wynne, M.A. is an international metaphysical teacher, writer, and personal counselor. She has studied Tarot for 36 years. Visit her web site for more information. 
Our creativity and spirituality are sourced from the same place, our personal connection with the Divine. Meet the muse, goddess of creativity, who is ever near, calling you to explore the mundane and the mystical, the sacred and the secular. She invites us to live life as a work of art. Ingrid Kincaid is a gifted teacher who weaves together creativity, spirituality and ancient knowing. As a facilitator for “Artist’s Way” classes for over 15 years, Ingrid encourages and supports individuals to go after their dreams. Get your creative juices flowing with provocative questions, fun dialogue and a playful spirit of inspired sharing. This presentation will give you a taste of what is possible when you answer the call of the muse. 
“You see, poetry is actually our most ancient form of prayer. In this world of iPods and e-mails and spam and traffic jams, the opportunities for fragmentation of awareness are thick and fast. A poem, like a prayer, can return you to a seamless place within that has never been broken.” Come join Kim Rosen as she shares the insights and “aha’s!” from her book Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words. Kim Rosen, MFA, combines her devotion to poetry with her background as a spiritual teacher and therapist. She gives poetry performances, lectures, and workshops in the U.S. and abroad. 
The ancient Mayas had yogic practices for controlling energy fields, seeking visions and influencing natural forces. The Yucatec Mayan word Yok'hah means "on top of truth," indicating mastery of inter-dimensional realities. Yok'hah Maya is a system of philosophy, cosmology and techniques based in traditional Maya knowledge, including hand signs, postures, breath control, chants and meditations. This workshop describes archeological evidence of these practices and keys to understanding Maya esoteric wisdom. You will learn and practice several Yok'hah Maya techniques. Leonide Martin is a Maya Solar Initiate and Fire Woman in the Itza Maya tradition through Elder Hunbatz Men, Shaman and Daykeeper. She writes, teaches and leads spiritual tours in Mexico. Her book Dreaming the Maya Fifth Sun reveals the significance of 2012 from Maya perspectives. 
Feng Shui and good design are intimately linked. Learn about the energy signature of your home as Bette shares Feng Shui insights that help you eliminate pesky angles and blocking walls that can trip your mind. Discover new secrets from Black Sect Tantric Buddhist Feng Shui that create a positive "mood contagion" and radiance throughout your space. These wisdom methods support the body, mind and spirit with remarkable accuracy and insight. Draw an 8.5 x 11 floor plan of your home, condo or apartment. Please honor the Red Envelope Tradition, bring nine red envelopes, place money (even a penny) in each envelope. (Available at NRB.) Your sincerity supports the effectiveness of using this information well. Since 1999 Bette Steflik of Shen Men Feng Shui, has solved environmental concerns for commercial and residential clients. She brings a unique way of seeing place and helps clients create inspired spaces that work and play. 
Michal Levin is an extraordinary spiritual teacher who sees and understands energy. She is one of the very few teachers in the world capable of affecting real transformation in her students, which she does by the transmission of her energy. Once a BBC journalist, she underwent a dramatic and life-changing conversion. At the same time, using her inner guidance, she identified a near-fatal brain tumor and saved her life. Her story is gripping, terrifying and carries a message of extraordinary hope. Now students are bringing her to a wider public with the US publication of her inspiring autobiography. Please join her for a compelling evening of life-changing inspiration. Michal Levin is a spiritual teacher, intuitive and author. After an incredible, unsought awakening, more than sixteen years ago, she is now a sought after international teacher and expert on energy. She is based in the United Kingdom. 
The foundation for Buddhist Meditation is a rare blend of open-minded attention, receptive mindfulness and relaxed, expansive presence. Focus and the ability to stabilize 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.
Have you always wanted to know the truths behind the common myths and realities of paranormal activity? In this fun and informative lecture, the Pacific Northwest’s only psychic and scientist team, Todd and Martina Baker, will answer your questions and cover such topics as ghost psychology, ghost behavior, and how to distinguish between various entities and types of hauntings. They will also share many of the chilling phantom voices they’ve captured on tape from past investigations. The Bakers are the founders of the Pacific Paranormal Research Society, and have been investigating haunted locales for over 10 years. They are known nationally for their expertise, and have spent many years educating the general public with their enlightening classes, lectures and workshops. 
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, and • 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. 
Use the creative/expressive arts process of journaling for self-discovery and finding your bliss. Karyn helps you find your unique way of accessing information and intuition. Awaken the timeless wisdom known to our ancestors through drumming and images as a method for inner dialog. Learn a fun and simple process for pain management, addictions, depression and PTSD. Visual Soul Journaling® for recovering lost parts of yourself and reclaim your spiritual power. Take control of your own journey and awaken the “shaman” within. Karyn Armstrong, entrepreneur, integrated shamanic teacher and practitioner, is a graduate of Sandra Ingerman’s Teacher Training and Michael Harner’s Foundation for Shamanic Studies program. She teaches internationally and is recognized for her ability to bridge the world of spirit and bring it into everyday life. Info at 
Renowned international spiritual teacher Mirabai Devi will be offering an inspirational evening of meditation, teachings, and a transmission of divine light, referred to as Darshan, in this introductory evening program. This transmission of divine light activates and awakens consciousness and deepens our experience of inner peace and bliss. Her mission is to help people expand their hearts and live from their deepest true nature, which is love. Originally from Johannesburg, South Africa, Mirabai is the author of Samadhi: Experiences of the Divine. 
This activation is preparatory for the 2012 shift. This shift will be supported with a combination of Metaform Sacred Geometry structures and TPI (Transpersonal Integration). Utilizing spheres of light we will shift patterned belief systems that keep us from reaching our true potential. We will expand the core light to deepen your connection with spirit, enhance your intuition, clear blockages and release density from the physical body. This is an experiential event you won’t want to miss! David Michael Hash experienced an awakening 10 years ago and currently does healing work with sacred geometry tools for awakening. L’aura Grace DeVeny a practitioner of Angelic Light Reiki and an Intuitive Reader is a facilitator in Divine Relationship (Getting to know the True Self).
Have you noticed that at the end of a yoga session you feel perfect peace in body, mind, and spirit? Well, this is the perfect time to meditate! This class will help beginning and more advanced meditators enhance their meditation practice by preparing the body and mind for stillness using pranayama (breath), yoga postures, and energetic awareness. In the second portion of each class, we will learn and practice together a beginning meditation technique based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda and the ancient science of yoga. Sandi Goodwin, registered yoga teacher and certified yoga therapist, will teach the yoga portion of the class. She has been practicing yoga and meditation for over twelve years. Darlene Potter, co-founder of New Renaissance Bookshop, a 30-year meditator and meditation teacher, will teach the meditation portion of this class. 
Celebrate the balance between night and day through the power of the harmonics. Utilizing the Frequency Keepers™ meditation practices we will embrace the moment with the Voice, sound the Creation and surf the echo into Stillness. All are welcome regardless of experience - all that is required is the desire to dissolve the Dream and to awaken into the presence of Unified Consciousness. Judith Kahealani Lynne is an internationally known sound practitioner, moving Heaven and Earth with the Voice. Currently living in the Portland area, she offers spiritual counseling, mentors developing sound healers and leads a monthly sound meditation via conference call. 
Drumming helps clear and shift energy, and helps release what is no longer needed in our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies. We will clear our personal energy and then focus on how to replace what was released. Last, we’ll act as conduits for planetary healing. Join Connie Hill who has taught rattle and drum making and led drumming circles for more than 20 years. For 12 years Connie was NRB’s event coordinator. Now, in her private practice she offers astrology readings, spiritual coaching, ceremonial tool making and ritual classes to help people in their personal transitions. Bring a drum, rattle or other percussion instruments. A few extra instruments will be available. 
Why do we reincarnate? How do we resolve our karmic issues? Enjoy an evening with Marie Friend, psychic, workshop facilitator and author as she guides you through a meditation in order to reach the deepest recesses of your subconscious. Her mind-expanding workshop will teach you how to access that part of the brain that has lain dormant in mankind for centuries. As she believes and often states “You don’t need a guru to access your own spirituality.” Marie Friend was born with a caul, which denotes a psychic, and was raised in England in a family of Welsh gypsy heritage that considers psychic phenomena to be the norm. She has specialized in reincarnation and karma for over 20 years. Her latest book Star covers 3000 years of one group of souls traveling through time to heal their Divine Selves. 
In this workshop Inna Segal unveils the messages of the body and reveals the underlying energetic, emotional and mental causes of pain, illness and problems in your body. • Learn how easy it is to communicate with your body and increase your intuition. • Be inspired by Inna’s extraordinary story of healing herself from severe back pain, anxiety, psoriasis and stomach problems, to complete health and vitality. • Discover how you too can begin to heal your body and transform your life. • Experience powerful healing processes, guided by Inna. Inna Segal is the creator of Visionary Intuitive Healing® and the best selling author of The Secret Language of Your Body: The Essential Guide to Healing. She is an internationally recognized healer, professional speaker, author and television presenter. 
Unleash your Divine Magical Child in this uproariously funny, energy-boosting and profoundly indigenous community building experience. Utilizing Laughter Yoga, Sound & Movement Healing Techniques, Meditation and Earth-based Shamanic Ceremony, Jane will help you have more fun, feel more alive in your body and express yourself fearlessly. If you’re ready to explode out—laugh a ton, move your body, and release your inner child from adult-role-playing, join Jane as she shares her gift of synthesizing and weaving together a multi-dimensional approach to creative ceremonial play. Jane E. Latimer, M.A., performance artist and psychotherapist, brings her twenty years of experience in designing and facilitating healing workshops for the purpose of unleashing the indigenous soul. 
Learn how to use the Healing with Source symbol, and listen to a reading from Dave’s new book, Healing with Source: A Spiritual Guide to Mind-Body Medicine! Dave will also do intuitive readings on volunteers and suggest time- and cost- efficient ways of reversing your symptoms at the causal layer. Experience mind-body medicine in a more empowering way than ever before, and hear how to open up the divinity channels toward joyful, healthy, and abundant living. Dave Markowitz is medical intuitive, and channel of Source energy and information. He’s followed Deepak Chopra on stage, and currently hosts weekly Power Groups and monthly Healing Circles in Portland, Oregon. 
Join Jon Turk, who is carrying a message from Moolynaut - a 100 year old Siberian Shaman. Framed by high adventure across the vast and forbidding Siberian landscape, we will gather for an evening of self discovery, a life altering vision of the ties between the natural and spirit realms, informed by one man’s awakening and guided by the ancient Spirit Bird with wide black wings and the power to heal. Jon Turk has traveled in remote areas for forty years by kayak, ski, and mountain bike. The Raven’s Gift chronicles five expeditions to visit a 100 year old Siberian shaman.