Dr. Judith Orloff, Tues. Nov. 12, 7-8:30pm, $20 Event Sold Out!

Join Judith Orloff, MD for a night dedicated to nurturing your inner Empath.  Empaths have so much to offer as healers, creatives, friends, lovers, and innovators at work. Yet highly sensitive and empathic people often give too much at the expense of their own well-being―and end up absorbing the stress of others. Dr. Orloff knows this all too well. In her new book, Thriving as an Empath: 365 Days of Self-Care for Sensitive People, Dr. Orloff takes her most important self-care lessons, meditations, and guidance and shares them with the world in an easy-to-follow guide, with one entry per day of the year. Dr. Judith Orloff is a leading voice in the fields of medicine, psychiatry, and intuitive development. A psychiatric clinical faculty member at UCLA and New York Times bestselling author, her books include The Empath’s Survival Guide, Emotional Freedom, Positive Energy, and Second Sight. 

DrJudithOrloff.com

John Gladen, Every Wednesday, 5:30-6:15PM, FREE!

New Renaissance is sponsoring a meditation group every week to provide a supportive environment to enliven and enrich your practice. Drop by after work and recharge in a dynamic space of joy and peace with like-minded people. Bring your pillow, bench, shawl or other meditation supplies. If you would also like instruction in a simple yet powerful meditation technique, please arrive at 5:15pm.  John Gladen is a manager and Music Buyer at New Ren, and has been a meditator for over 12 years. 

Stephen Hetrick, MA, Thurs. Nov. 14, 6:30-8:30pm, $30

Learn the Allergone Allergy Correction Method®™: a natural, non-medical method of correcting allergy symptoms without needles, drugs, herbs, inhalants, or medications of any kind. Developed by Dr. Hugh Harmon, the Allergone method involves tapping specific energy points on the body to stimulate the immune system to neutralize its reaction to specific substances erroneously identified as harmful to the body (allergies). This method helps immediately with common allergies such as foods, pollens, dust, dirt, grass, pets, cosmetics, cleansers, medicines and herbs. In this class, you will learn how to perform this method on friends and family members. We will also correct up to three allergies per student during the class. Please bring up to three items you are allergic to in a resealable plastic bag. Stephen Hetrick is a Spiritual Coach and Energy Healer who specializes in helping you discover more inner peace, balance, self-confidence, self-love, and joy in life.

Claire Potter, Date Changed!  See Mon. Nov. 25, 7-8pm, Free!

Join us for an evening of devotional call and response chanting.  Repeating ancient Sanskrit mantras calls upon sacred energies, which help us get into our hearts and remember the presence of the Divine.  Find your bliss, reconnect with yourself, and have fun with others through the ancient practice of kirtan.  Lyric sheets provided.  From a young age, Claire Potter has been passionate about Sanskrit, Harmonium, and Kirtan.  She loves sharing this practice with the Portland community.  She is also the marketing and event coordinator at New Ren.

Michael Sheehan, Sat. Nov. 16, 11-1pm, $30

We are constantly creating whether we know it or not, whether we choose to or not. There is one law that governs how our thoughts and feelings create our experiences. We can learn it and navigate our course or ignore it and drift with the tide. Michael Sheehan has been navigating his course, consciously using the Law Of Attraction for 35 years. With clear language and deep insight, Michael will share true stories of conscious manifestation. He will explain the subtleties and nuances of using the Law Of Attraction, giving examples that make them clear. A true metaphysician, Michael Sheehan’s broad education and experience include shamanism, mysticism, eastern and western philosophy, world religions, astrology and over thirty years experience with Tarot. Michael has been a professional spiritual advisor and co-founded the Langley Mystery School with astrologer Gretchen Lawlor. He has taught many Tarot classes and seminars in Oregon, Washington and online. MichaelSheehanTarot.com

Palynn Earven, Sat. Nov. 16, 2-7pm

*In-store event!*

$10/10-min small design

$20/20-min medium design

$30/30-min whole hand

Receive a beautiful and inspired henna design from intuitive henna artist Palynn Earven! Palynn imbues each session with creative joy as she works with all natural henna paste infused with scents of lavender and the earthy tones of henna. As a decorative art, henna offers a space for self-care and adornment. Come take time for yourself to celebrate and honor the processes of life you are currently experiencing with a decorative henna piece tailored to you — or choose from an array of unique designs!  Palynn Earven is an aritst, Reiki practitioner, crystal and herbal enthusiast, and massage therapist.

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John Brehm, Sat. Nov. 16, 2-3:30pm, $15 

Come enjoy an evening of mindful poetry and guided meditation, and learn how poetry can support your spiritual practice. Poetry can be regarded as something to be analyzed, a problem to be solved, a code to be cracked. But what if we dropped all that and approached poems as spiritual friends and teachers, offering us wisdom, compassion, clear seeing, and a heightened awareness of our human predicament? Our experience of poetry would be much richer—and much more enjoyable! This evening program will begin with a guided meditation, followed by a reading from The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness, and Joy—with poems by Chuang Tzu, Han Shan, Basho, Issa, Pablo Neruda, Denise Levertov, Billy Collins, Ellen Bass, and others—and a period for questions and discussion. John Brehm is the award-winning author of two books of poems, Sea of Faith and Help Is on the Way, and the editor of The Poetry of Impermanence, Mindfulness and Joy.  JohnBrehmPoet.com

Kelly Lynn Glab, Sat. Nov. 16, 6-7:30pm, $20

Explore the creation of Love and Abundance in our lives with a Reiki Medicine Wheel Circle and Abundance Meditation. We will remove all blocks to love’s presence thus revealing our natural inheritance as Spirit and our true state of peace, wholeness, and perfection. All are welcome! Kelly Lynn Glab is a Reiki Master who graduated from the only Certified Reiki Training Program in WA State, studying under Eileen Dey.

Clark Strand and Perdita Finn, Sun. Nov. 17, 11-12:30pm, $15

Discover the power in a string of rosary beads and how having something, and someone, to hold on to can infuse your life with rest and renewal, courage and compassion. The rosary is a symbol of Catholic faith, yet hold it from the loop with its cross dangling down and it reveals the first of its many secrets: The rosary forms a symbol for woman that is far older than Christianity. Bead practices, ubiquitous around the world, lead back to the spiritual ways of ancestral grandmothers. The rosary invites you to tell your story, listen, bear witness to others’ joys and sorrows, and reopen the channel of conversation with plant and animal allies in the natural world. In this workshop, you’ll explore pagan roots of the traditional rosary and its origins in rose garlands once offered to the Great Mother. In almost every one of Her modern apparitions, the Lady has invited everyone, regardless of religious background or belief, to pray the rosary with Her. Together, holding on to each other and to Her, you can fi nd your way back to the garden of the earth. Clark Strand and Perdita Finn are co-founders of The Way of the Rose, an inclusive fellowship of rosary friends dedicated to the Earth and to the Lady “by any name we wish to call Her.” Strand is the author of numerous books and articles on spiritual practices, including Seeds from a Birch Tree: Writing Haiku and the Spiritual Journey and Waking Up to the Dark: Ancient Wisdom for a Sleepless Age. Finn is a children’s book author and former high school teacher.

Shalom Mayberg, Sun. Nov. 17, 6-7:30pm, $20

Join us for an evening of high vibrational crystal bowl sound healing! These bowls, made from pure crystal quartz, will leave you feeling nourished, balanced, radiant, and bright. Crystal bowl sound baths help promote deep relaxation, relieve stress, and allow the mind and body to let go making room for healing and rest. Relax on your back while Shalom plays his bowls and other calming instruments to take you on a journey like no other. Please arrive on time and bring your personal mat and whatever you need to be comfortable (blanket, pillow, etc. Shalom is a sound and energy healer who teaches yoga and meditation to assist others in removing blockages for a more fulfilling life. He has trained throughout India and Asia in yoga, meditation, and the healing arts. Shalom’s CD, I’mperfect, is available for purchase at NRB. Shalom360.com

“You can always begin again.” — Jack Kornfield

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Sandra Hetzel & David Wood, Tues. Nov. 19, 6:30-7:30pm, FREE!

Join Sandra and David of New Renaissance for a welcoming and supportive mindfulness meditation group for people of all experience levels, belief systems, and backgrounds. Together, we’ll practice two brief guided meditations, with room for discussion in between, and end with a short walking meditation. Bring your questions or your curiosity, or simply come to enjoy meditating in a group setting.  Sandra has been meditating for over 20 years and is a graduate of Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program.  David first began his study and practice of Buddhist meditation in 2007. He enjoys facilitating guided meditations, teaching mindfulness and astrology classes, and performing in children’s storytimes for New Renaissance’s events program.

Kaye Silver, Weds. Nov. 20, 7-8pm, $20
Do the holidays usually result in a house crowded with new possessions, a much slimmer bank account, and unhappy feelings of social obligation? Do you wish you could recapture the joy of gifts and gatherings that you experienced in your youth? Professional organizer Kaye Silver will share some methods to help you to purchase with purpose, reduce overspending, give more meaningful gifts and remember what the holidays are supposed to be about. She will also share some marketing techniques to watch for so you don’t get tricked into feeling like you have to buy something.  Kaye Silver is a former librarian and master recycler who helps people to rediscover their interests and reconcile their past through their possessions. She also has been trained to use the Marie Kondo-inspired KonMari Method™. TidyPDX.com

John Gladen, Thurs. Nov. 21, 6:30-8pm, FREE!

Come sing your way to stillness, dance your way to devotion, or listen your way to love. We’ll be chanting mostly in Sanskrit, with the occasional English or Bengali Chant thrown in for fun. John will tell a few stories from the vedic scriptures so you can get to know the aspects of divinity we are chanting to as well. Lyrics are simple and repetitive so you can go deep, lyric sheets will be provided. Hope to see you there sweet souls!  John Gladen is New Ren’s music buyer. He is a classical guitarist and has been a musician all of his life.  NewRenBooks.com

Nadi, Fri. Nov. 22, 6:30-8:30pm, $25

Sacred Geometry is an infinitely fascinating subject that can satisfy your inquiry into just about anything; cosmology, physics, spirituality, free energy, nature, time travel, Merkabas, consciousness, ancient civilizations, mystery schools, crop circles, mathematics and even dolphins.  We will only have two hours, but we will actually touch on all of those subjects and more!  The only thing better than learning about it is DRAWING it and we will get to do both!  We will learn to draw the Seed of Life, Toroidal fields and Metatron's Cube.  In addition to the heady stuff, these beautiful patterns also show us how we are all connected and can activate a sense of unity consciousness within us.  Sacred Geometry is infinitely fascinating and totally transformational!  Drawing it can promote a sense of harmony and alignment within oneself and support expanded states of consciousness.  Class is limited to 14.  No experience is necessary, drawing supplies are provided and you are welcome to bring your own as well.  Nadi Hana is a Portland-based artist and teacher. She has been sharing her knowledge about Sacred Geometry, Crop Formations and Human Consciousness through public presentations since 2015.  She offers Sacred Geometry drawing classes at Portland Community College, New Renaissance and private instruction.  

Shalom Mayberg, Sat. Nov. 23, 12-6pm, $179

Join Shalom Mayberg for a carefully curated, full-day of sound healing. A typical, 90-minute sound bath offers participants physical and emotional healing and can also bring on spiritual clarity. Participants of Shalom’s events have said they experienced energy clearings, physical healing, emotional release, and a profound sense of self. Come participate in this  immersive experience of unraveling, deep healing, and new beginnings as we move through a sacred, sound healing journey together. During this intimate class of eleven people, we will support each other in our unfolding, healing, and growth by playing the crystal bowls and help to hold a container for our collective wellness. Please arrive on time and bring your personal mat and whatever you need to be comfortable (blanket, pillow, snacks etc.) Shalom is a sound and energy healer who teaches yoga and meditation to assist others in removing blockages for a more fulfilling life. He has trained throughout India and Asia in yoga, meditation, and the healing arts. Shalom’s CD, I’mperfect, is available for purchase at NRB. Shalom360.com

Jane de Forest, Sat. November 23, 7-8:30pm, $25

Have you ever walked into a beautiful room yet oddly felt uncomfortable?  Have you visited a much plainer room and yet felt reverent? Good or bad, buildings have an energy which effects our happiness, creativity and health especially when we live or work in them. In this entertaining and informative class, Jane de Forest will discuss how placement, light and color, past inhabitants and events, pyramids and electromagnetic pollution have powerful effects on you. You will learn how to clear and protect your space, how to connect with your land and building, and how to make an altar or spiritual focal point to create a positive, powerful and healing environment.  Jane de Forest is a professional artist, author, Reiki master, intuitive, and teacher.  She has studied with Lakota Shaman, Buddhist meditation teachers, and at the Rhode Island School of Design, and has journeyed to sacred sites in Peru, Bali, Sedona and Egypt. Her multiple-award winning book, Love Never Dies: A Psychic Artist Illustrates True Stories Of The Afterlife, is an entertaining first-hand account of people reunited with loved ones and animals in the afterlife. Jane’s pro bono work includes facilitating communication for children with special needs, her “save the bees” project in Ecuador, and Director of Portland IANDS.   JanesInspiration.com

Robin Friedman, Sun. Nov. 24, 11-1pm, $20

Join Energy Practitioner Robin Friedman and create the energetic foundation to have the best holiday season ever!  Come learn EFT, a simple but powerful technique to help you release stress.  EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Technique and is sometimes also called Meridian Tapping.  EFT  can help you to Release Negative Emotions, Increase Self Esteem, Reduce Food Cravings, Reduce or Eliminate Pain, and to Implement Positive Goals.  EFT has been proven successful in thousands of clinical cases and many research studies. It is easily learned  even by children, has no negative side effects, and is inexpensive and self-empowering.  You will leave with full knowledge of how to do this technique for yourself!  Robin Friedman is a Certified EFT Practitioner and Emotion Code/Body Code Practitioner. Her passion is sharing self-empowering tools, to help people change their energy, to change their life.

RobinFriedmanEnergy.com

Jennifer Lovejoy, Sun. Nov. 24, 2-4pm, $20

Your sensitivity is your greatest gift! Have you ever felt overwhelmed because you have a sensitive nervous system? Have you felt isolated or paralyzed by feeling too much? Do you get stuck in your life because you are not sure what to do with everything that you feel? Come learn how to access the gift of this beautiful nervous system from someone who has spent a lifetime developing techniques for finding the greatest strength at the heart of the sensitivity. You will leave this workshop with great tools to begin your adventure as a sensitivity superhero.  Jennifer Lovejoy is the founder of the Embodied Presence Work and Practitioner Training where she teaches about bridging the split between our thinking processes and our deep experience of living in the body. 

LoveJoyEmbodiment.com

Heatherash Amara, Sun. Nov. 24, 5-7pm, $20

In this two-hour workshop, you'll learn HeatherAsh Amara's Warrior Heart Practice, a simple process that transforms confusion into clarity and pain into peace.  The Warrior Heart practice is one of the most efficient, practical, and doable methods of inner cleaning you'll find. It centers around four distinct chambers, which are like the four vital chambers of the heart. It takes both the courage of a warrior and the vulnerability of an open heart to step into each of these “rooms” and witness all of yourself, including and primarily your emotions, thoughts, truth, and wisdom.  Together we will learn numerous ways to ascertain the often subtle or hard to see differences between the truth and a story. Learn how to stop the drain and misery of suffering and self-limitation and start creatively living your best life. We'll also explore the importance and skill of how to harness your individual intent and allow the power of Intent, or Life, to move through you.  As you incorporate the Warrior Heart practice into your life you'll find that you no longer wonder why you are upset, or get stuck trying to avoid or mentally understand your emotional body. You'll learn how to stop taking things personally, be able to release the weight of your past traumas and experiences, and quickly clear out old beliefs and reactions that no longer serve you so you can get to the truth.  HeatherAsh Amara is the Warrior Goddess Mama and creatrix of the Warrior Heart Practice. She is dedicated to inspiring depth, creativity, and joy by sharing the most potent tools from a variety of world traditions. Raised in Southeast Asia, HeatherAsh has traveled the world from childhood and is continually inspired by the diversity and beauty of human expression and experience. She brings this open-hearted, inclusive worldview to her writings and teachings. HeatherAsh is the author of numerous books, including the bestselling Warrior Goddess Training, Warrior Goddess Wisdom, The Seven Secrets to Happy and Healthy Relationships with don Miguel Ruiz Jr, and the upcoming Warrior Heart Practice (January 2020).  HeatherashAmara.com

Claire Potter, Mon. Nov. 25, 7-8pm, Free!

Join us for an evening of devotional call and response chanting.  Repeating ancient Sanskrit mantras calls upon sacred energies, which help us get into our hearts and remember the presence of the Divine.  Find your bliss, reconnect with yourself, and have fun with others through the ancient practice of kirtan.  Lyric sheets provided.  From a young age, Claire Potter has been passionate about Sanskrit, Harmonium, and Kirtan.  She loves sharing this practice with the Portland community.  She is also the marketing and event coordinator at New Ren.

Cancelled!  Check back in December

Bodhi Shuddhaanandaa, Mon. Nov. 25, 6:30-8pm, FREE (donations appreciated)

The urgency to do, do more (or to be stymied about what to do) in response to today’s stresses can be overwhelming. But true solutions emerge naturally in One who witnesses, from the state of being arising from Non-Doership. Becoming present to our breath, we consciously and non-judgmentally, patiently witness what is happening in our mind and body. Gradually, our mind and emotions calm. We begin to experience the deeper wells of our existence. Insight and inspiration flow as we witness; the state of the Non-Doing and pure Being flourish. This is Sakshibhav: Bathing in the light of awareness…creating space for peace to take root and abide, whatever our external circumstances. A time for question and answers will be made available after the witness meditation. Bodhi is a universal teacher and author promoting unity and consciousness and love to unite humanity beyond all man-made religions and sectarianism. He has practiced meditation for 40 years. 

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Mary Wagstaff, Tues. Nov. 26, 6:30-8:30pm, $20

Optimize your energy through intuitive, cyclical living which means less stress and more success in 2020. In this digital age, our attention is the hottest commodity there is. To reach our goals, kick undesired habits, and live the life of our dreams, we must find a way to purposefully direct our attention in a way that aligns with our core values.  This manifestation workshop will help you tap into your own deep feminine wisdom of cyclical living. We’ll look at what inspires you using sacred practices unique to your heart, gifts, and personal pleasures. We’ll also look at the energetic implications of the phases of the moon/ womb, both in the body and sky, at any phase in life. This manifestation workshop will guide you through: setting a monthly intention with actionable practices, developing a deep interconnectedness with the moon phases, everyday ritual guided meditations and movement practice for each of the four, sacred sisterhood connection by providing a safe space to share and explore! *This workshop is open to all who identify as women or feminine.   Please were comfy clothes you can move with ease in, as well as stay warm. All participants will receive a companion guide and calendar of the Everyday Ritual practice that Mary teaches.  Mary Wagstaff is a practitioner, teacher, priestess and coach of personal development and sacred ritual practices for almost two decades. Her mission is to create a more peaceful world, one empowered woman at a time through intuitive and cyclical living.  MaryWagstaffCoach.com

Michael Sheehan, Sat. Nov. 30, 11-1pm, $30

Learn step-by-step what it takes to do energy healing, how to begin to feel energy, how to interpret that feeling, and how to bring healing where it is needed.  Most people wash themselves every day, regularly cleaning and attending to their outer body - but neglect to care for their inner energy body. The energy body is the foundation of health! In this class you will learn how to care for your aura and chakra system, and how to give others a chakra tune-up.  Physical injuries often break or misalign energy “veins” in the body, which then cause continued pain from misdirected, built-up energy pressures. By redirecting the flow of your client’s energy into its natural flow-pattern, you can reduce or eliminate pain and promote much faster healing times.  You will learn to identify and remove unhealthy cords, clean and dress psychic wounds, and remove debris from psychic attacks. You will learn the secret of healing at a distance.  A true metaphysician, Michael Sheehan’s broad education and experience include shamanism, mysticism, eastern and western philosophy, world religions, astrology and over thirty years experience with Tarot. Michael has been a professional spiritual advisor and co-founded the Langley Mystery School with astrologer Gretchen Lawlor. He has taught many Tarot classes and seminars in Oregon, Washington and online.  MichaelSheehanTarot.com  

Eve Sparrow Fox, Sat. Nov. 30, 2-3pm, Free!

Welcome to the Sangha.  Gather all ye to the gate, the supreme gate of your heart, compassion, and consciousness.  Bring your desire to share wisdom from spiritual literature and life.  Together we will explore the wisdom of the Buddha captured in The Dhammapada and other Zen and Buddhist literature*.  There will be a short seated meditation and a walking mindfulness meditation before we delve into the readings and discussion.  All perspectives are always welcome. *Other literature may include: Everyday Zen, Zen Mind Beginners Mind, and the writings of the Dalai Lama.  Eve Sparrow Fox is a practicing artist, poet, and seeker of life, love, and liberation for over 65 years.  

Sun. Dec. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 11-1pm

$244/5-week course

Would you love to read a map of your own soul’s journey? Above us, the cosmic mirror reveals a comprehensive portrait of our human experience. When we learn the true meaning of the planets, signs, and houses of astrology — and how to put them all together — we have access to a limitless field of information about the myriad dimensions of who we are, why we are here, where we have been, and what we are evolving toward. Join David Yarrow Wood for this 5-week course on the foundations of Evolutionary Astrology — the modality that bridges astrological study to the well of your own soul’s wisdom.

• Dec. 1: The Signs

• Dec. 8: The Planets

• Dec. 15: Houses, Aspects, & the Lunar Nodes

• Dec. 22: Reading The Chart

• Dec. 29: Reading Practice

Students will receive voluntary take-home assignments, membership to a course Facebook group for ongoing study and discussion with classmates, and a New Renaissance course certificate upon completion.

David Yarrow Wood first made conscious contact with all that he was before and beyond this life in his study of Evolutionary Astrology under Ari Moshe Wolfe. Originally channeled in a dream by Jeffrey Wolf Green from the Vedic sage Sri Yukteswar, this modality views Western (Tropical) Astrology from the perspective of our soul from life to life. David’s practice synthesizes Evolutionary Astrology’s framework with intuitive clairsentience, guidance from the Tarot, and energy work to share an experience of greater awareness, clarity, and peace in the lives of his clients.

For David’s private sessions, check the New Renaissance Reader Calendar, or schedule with David for readings remotely or in his office in downtown Portland. 

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Kaye Silver, Weds. Jan. 8, 7-8pm, $20

Are you resolved to have a home that feeds your soul, but instead the clutter just keeps growing? Try using the Marie Kondo-inspired KonMari Method™, an approach that focuses on the possessions that give you joy, rather than the things that you want to throw away. Kaye Silver, a professional organizer trained in the art of KonMari tidying, will lead you through a gentle approach to downsizing your possessions while including some grounding, centering, and house-clearing exercises. Using this method will turn your home into a sanctuary where you are surrounded by the things that make you happy and creativity abounds.  Kaye Silver is a former librarian and master recycler who helps people to rediscover their interests and reconcile their past through their possessions. She also helps people send things that no longer serve back into the world so they can be useful to someone else. TidyPDX.com

Darcy Molloy, Tues. Jan. 14, 6:30-8:30pm, $25

Despite our best efforts to master our inner guidance system, tapping into it consistently and trusting our gut can be a real challenge. Each of us has a unique way of knowing, and uncovering our own style is essential to recognizing when that Inner Compass is talking to us. This event will explore ways to build a vocabulary with your own inner navigation system and your “team”, followed by a guided meditation and activation to give you a more personal connection with this sacred and natural part of yourself.  Darcy is a dynamic channel, intuitive coach and mentor. She works with helpers and change makers to bring their unique gifts into empowered action, and to discover life’s harmony, rhythm and purpose. DarcyMolloy.com