June 1 -3
“The Secret Power of Yoga”
A Woman’s Guide to the Heart
and Spirit of The Yoga Sutras
With Honored Guest, Nischala Joy Devi
Explore how The Secret Power of Yoga reforms a variety of previous translations and interprets them in a new light, using “English of the heart” rather than the more conventional offerings that rely on “English of the mind”.
Friday, June 1 • 6-9pm • $45
Saturday, June 2 • 9:30-11 • 12:30-5pm • $65
Sunday, June 3 • 9:30-12:30 • 2-5pm • $65
(pre-registraton $160 whole weekend)
This extraordinary one of a kind workshop provides a unique opportunity to gain knowledge of and reinterpret Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras from a heart-centered intuitive approach. We will explore how The Secret Power of Yoga reforms a variety of previous translations and interprets them in a new light, using “English of the heart” rather than the more conventional offerings that rely on “English of the mind”.
It is time to understand the secrets of this sacred text in ways that resonate with our experience in today’s world. You may have originally come to Yoga for its powerful health and strengthening benefits, it is now time to partake in the unfathomable sense of peace, emotional and spiritual enlightenment that is our birthright.
We will intuitively explore:
• An ancient way of learning from Vedic times in three parts Sravana (listening); Manaana (reflecting); and Nididhyasana (experiencing).
• How to rediscover the essential wisdom of the Yoga Sutras from a heart perspective
• The venerable paths of Bhakti Yoga (Devotion), Karma Yoga (Service), Jnana Yoga (Wisdom), Hatha Yoga (Physical) that are woven into the Yoga Sutras.
• How to use the great wisdom of the Yoga Sutras to develop meditations and simple practices inviting this sacred text to bring peace and joy into our daily lives
• Lively and insightful group discussion
• How to live from our hearts in harmony with others
Whether you are a long time student of the Sutras or this is your first exposure, you will revel in discovering your own inner wisdom.
NISCHALA JOY DEVI is a masterful and compassionate teacher, internationally renowned since 1974. Educated by masters in India and worldwide, she was a monastic disciple of Swami Satchidanandaji for over 20 years. Her landmark research in pioneering Yoga for life threatening diseases, Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease and Commonweal Cancer Help Program, culminated in the creation of her Yoga of the Heart® certification course for teachers and health professionals. Author of several CDs, The Healing Path of Yoga and The Secret Power of Yoga, A Woman’s Guide to the Heart and Spirit of the Yoga Sutras. NischalaDevi’s teachings reflect a heart-centered perspective of spirituality and scripture.
June 9, Saturday Evening 7:30pm $7 Suggested Donation
Poetry Slam
All are invited to Listen, Read or Judge ...or eat or laugh or
cry or yell! Starting with Open Mic - Slammers should have 3 poems
Drinks, Snacks and teas are available at the OM TEA BAR
What is a poetry Slam?
Its competition poetry; meaning humor, politics, enlightenment, sex, entertainment masquerading as literature, literature masquerading as entertainment. Poets will read, then judges will flash Olympic-style scoring to determine who goes on to the next round until there's just one poet left standing as the champion. It's a lot of fun!
Catch the full monthly listings at: www.poetrymenu.com
June 8-11 Japanese Acupuncture Sessions
with Dr. David Bole / Call OM for Appt.
Dr. Lama David Bole Ph.D.,A.P. is an acupuncturist and a former Tibetan Buddhist monk. He specializes in a painless, (non-insertive needle technique) Japanese Acupuncture called Toyohari along with Herbology.
Toyohari Acupuncture is a refined system of Japanese five phase meridian therapy. It is largely based on the practitioner's acute palpation,ability to feel Chi and specialized non-insertive needle techniques. Its theoretical foundations derived from the medical classics--Su Wen, Ling Shu and Nan Jing. Dr. Bole's teacher, in Japan, is blind and has developed an acute sensitivity to chi through this practice.
June 8-11 Cosmetic Facial Acupuncture
with Yvonne Woodson
The Benefits of Cosmetic Acupuncture: -Skin becomes more delicate and fair
-Reduction of wrinkles -Erasing of fine lines and reduction of deeper lines
-Reduction of sagginess -Lifting of droopy eyelids
-Clearing or reduction of age spots -An overall rejuvenation of face, body and mind
NOTE: With one or two treatments, facial acupuncture invigorates and illuminates the skin. Since it treats the whole person, not just the face, it uplifts the spirits and psyche, as well. To get the "cosmetic" results, you would need to repeat the treatment over time to retrain the skin and forces of nature that have been accumulating over years.
The treatments are usually done over a period of 5 weeks to establish the skin in a new pattern and those results need to be maintained every 2-3 months with 1 maintenance treatment to continue the re-routing of energy, etc. One treatment will be great for an experience and balancing treatment. Not so very different from a healing facial with massage.
Any questions? Email Dr. Yvonne: ywoodson@gmail.com
Yvonne R. Woodson, RN, AP, is licensed in the State of Florida as an Acupuncture Physician and a Registered Nurse. She specializes in Women's Health, offering a holistic approach to health and healing. Trained in the classic art of Five Element acupuncture and the latest approach to cosmetic acupuncture known as the Mei Zen™ Cosmetic Acupuncture System, Yvonne brings years of health care experience and professionalism to her practice.Yvonne has also been teaching T'ai Chi for over 20 years, and currently teaches T'ai Chi classes with David Bole at Sanctuary in Gainesville. www.cosmeticacupuncturegainesville.com
June 9, Tai ChiGong Saturday 10-12am, $15adv/$20 door
Principles and Movement with Dr. David Bole
Tai Chi helps to reduce stress, increase circulation promote mental clarity and a healthy body. Tai Chi is also a vehicle for the realization of body-mind-spirit awareness.
June 10, Sunday 10-12 noon $15 adv $20 door
Tibetan Tranquility Meditation
Beginning Class with Lama David
A how-to, teaching on Tibetan meditation techniques
that Buddha taught, a method for learning how to rest and
stabilize the mind, necessary for insight meditation. This is
a method for directly seeing the mind's true nature. Buddha
would often compare himself to a physician and the teachings
to medicine. (All welcome, no previous training needed!)
June 23, 24, Sat/Sun Workshop $150 adv. $175 door
Acupressure For Common Ailments
With Dr. David Yoo This class is great for the lay person as well as practitioners. Learn: -Traditional Chinese Medicine Theory -Acupressure Point Choice-Treatment Protocols -Stimulation Techniques –Moxibustion (24 Hrs. CEU Approval Pending)
JULY
July 12, 7:30-9pm
Series (4 weeks) “Opening The Door
Practice and Remembrance” (Take all four classes OR any separately)
Sufi Zikr & More Spiritual Practices of Remembering
First Class Opening the Heart: with Sufi Zikr
Richard & Jan Potter
We will explore spiritual practices designed to awaken and open our hearts. Practices using breath, visualization, and sound will lead us in exploring a distillation of teachings from Sufis and other traditions. The evening will close with a generous portion of Sufi zikr (the practice that stimulates remembering who you truly are)
Instructors and Authors Richard and Jan Potter Authentic Spirituality: The Direct Path to Consciousness and Spiritual Development for Beginners. Join Richard and Jan Potter for the four week series or drop in for one or more evenings. (Pre-register $40 for 4-weeks or $12 door)
July 26, 7:30-9pm $10 adv / $12 door
Second Class: Qualities of the Heart: with Sufi Zikr
With Richard & Jan Potter
Qualities of the Heart such as wisdom, mastery, magnetism, compassion, depth, and sensitivity are at the center of spiritual growth. The Sufi tradition sees these as qualities of the One that are latent in humans. We will use visualizations and sound practices to stimulate the growth of these qualities within us as well as their manifestation. The evening will close with a generous portion of Sufi zikr.
AUGUST
August 2, 7:30-9pm $10 adv / $12 door
Depth of the Soul: with Sufi Zikr
With Richard & Jan Potter
Using powerful spiritual practices designed to direct our awareness to the deepest aspects of Self, we will explore the journey of the soul into and beyond manifestation. We will seek to experience the qualities of profound peace and vast, eternal being. The evening will close with a generous portion of Sufi zikr.
August 11 Saturday 9:30-5pm $108 before July 30 after $125
Clearing Your Blocks to Money; The Science of Wealth
with Sondra Ray A powerful one day seminar!
• Unravel and Transform sabotaging thoughts and beliefs about Money
• Increase joy and aliveness in every area of life
• Experience a profound doorway to your intuitive and creative power
We invite you to:
- Get clear on Your own personal money case, beliefs, patterns and thoughts
that block you from receiving
- Learn how your birth affects your ability to generate the money and abundance
you most want
- Experience Conscious Connected Breathing (Rebirthing) which
facilitates the release of limitations.
- Open to Abundance by exploring special processes and prayers that help you
become a powerful and joyful "cash flow generator" in your own life!
- Connect to the Divine more and to your own innate abundance
- Connect prosperity, money and spirituality
.......and much more!!
Includes group Rebirthing
*(Rebirthing is a gentle and powerful breathing process that renews and rejuvenates
the body, mind and spirit, clears negative energy/thoughts from the cells of the
body and mind, connects you with the Divine/God, and opens you to experience
and create greater and greater levels of clarity, peace, health, joy and abundance .
Sondra Ray is a devoted student of spiritual disciplines, she is one of the founders of rebirthing movement, a healer, a spiritual teacher, seminar leader, and the author of more than a dozen books, including I Deserve Love, Healing & Holiness, The Only Diet There Is, (Fasting From Negative Thoughts), Loving Relationships and Pele's Wish, her latest book. Sondra has helped millions throughout the world with her popular seminars and lectures.
Sondra has a B.S. degree in Nursing from the University of Florida College of Nursing and a Masters Degree in Public Health and Family Sociology from the University of Arizona. She was trained as a Nurse Practitioner in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Early on she worked in the Peace Corps and was stationed in Peru
See more at: www.sondraray.com
August 11, 7:30pm, $7 suggested donation
Poetry Slam
All are invited to Listen, Read or Judge ...or eat or laugh or
cry or yell! Starting with Open Mic - Slammers should have 3 poems
Drinks, Snacks and teas are available at the OM TEA BAR
What is a poetry Slam?
Its competition poetry; meaning humor, politics, enlightenment, sex, entertainment masquerading as literature, literature masquerading as entertainment. Poets will read, then judges will flash Olympic-style scoring to determine who goes on to the next round until there's just one poet left standing as the champion. It's a lot of fun!
Catch the full monthly listings at: www.poetrymenu.com
August 23, &:30-9pm $10 adv / $12 door
Freedom of the Soul: with Sufi Zikr
With Richard & Jan Potter
The desire of every soul is freedom, and the road to freedom for the soul leads through mastery, expansion of the heart, and transformation of the consciousness. This evening we will work with advanced spiritual practices that lead to spiritual freedom. Practices using breath, visualization, and sound will be topped off with advanced zikr.
August 23-24 $200
(12 NCBTMB approved contact hours)
Where Soul Meets Body: Adrenal Burnout & Prevention with Dr. Janine Lex
Burnout is a physiological phenomenon associated with low cortisol levels and an inability to adapt to stress. Do you have clients who suffer from chronic inflammation, fatigue, chronic low back and neck pain, anxiety, frequent colds, premature aging?
The first day is lecture presenting the current mind-body research and physiology of the adaptive response. A short review of basic hormonal physiology as it relates to stresswill follow. We, then, will look at lifestyle choices, supplements, treatments and exercises that are used to restore the body and soul's ability to adapt to our ever stressful lives.
The second day is spent learning massage techniques and creating environments for replenishing the adrenal essence. Acupuncture point stimulation through essential oils, massage and Bach Flower Remedies are complemented with Taoist exercises. The weekend closes with a focus on terminology and communication with other practioners. Knowing when and how to refer will create a healing environment for the struggling client.
Effective, knowledgeable communication with other care givers can make for creative solutions and protocols for your clients. This seminar is a must for anyone who wants to maintain their adaptive abilities themselves and help others stay healthy and vibrant throughout their lives.
August 25-26, $200
(12 NCBTMB approved contact hours)
The Energy of Intimacy: Ethics and Beyond with Dr. Janine Lex
Too often the work of being in close contact with people and their problems takes a toll on a practitioners' energy level and emotional vitality. This happens because the practitioner is empathizing with the patient and entraining to their energy system. Symptoms of this drain manifest in a variety of ways in the therapist's life: fatigue, depression, lack of enthusiasm about work, adrenal burnout, unclear emotional and sexual boundaries with clients, taking on the clients' symptoms, and often an eroding of natural professionalism.
Come and explore the energy body and its use through breath, touch and focus.
Learn to keep your energy high and maintain good boundaries without compromising intimacy. Supercharge your touch and stamina while developing your intuition and sensitivity.
This will add to your longevity and the power behind the skill you practice.
Saturday is spent exploring breath and prana (chi, vital energy) in a variety of ways.
Diagrams and maps of our energy system as presented by ancient and modern depictions will be used as we invigorate our own energy fields.
Sunday, we will use the techniques to work with others.
You will leave this weekend with tools to use in practice and with practices to plug into your personal routine that will accelerate inner growth and vitality.
September
September 8, 7:30pm, $7 suggested donation
Poetry Slam
All are invited to Listen, Read or Judge ...or eat or laugh or
cry or yell! Starting with Open Mic - Slammers should have 3 poems
Drinks, Snacks and teas are available at the OM TEA BAR
What is a poetry Slam?
Its competition poetry; meaning humor, politics, enlightenment, sex, entertainment masquerading as literature, literature masquerading as entertainment. Poets will read, then judges will flash Olympic-style scoring to determine who goes on to the next round until there's just one poet left standing as the champion. It's a lot of fun!
Catch the full monthly listings at: www.poetrymenu.com
September 14,15,16,
Tai Massage Workshop 14 Massage CEU’s
Presented by Brent Bloom LMT and Certified Yoga Instructor
Thai Massage is an ancient mind body practice that integrates massage, acupressure, active and passive stretching, yoga, energy work, and meditation. As with yoga, and other Eastern disciplines, it is designed to stimulate the healthy flow of energy in the body, so as to achieve a healthy balance. It is healing for both the practitioner and client. Historically, Thai massage is rooted in yoga, Buddhism, and Ayurvedic Medicine.
Brent Bloom has been a yoga teacher for over eight years, and an LMT for over seven. He has studied Thai Yoga therapy ™ with Saul David Raye at the White Lotus Foundation, and is a certified Thai Yoga Therapist. He has also been a teaching assistant for Mr. Raye.
Brent has also been a teaching assistant for Thomas Michael Fortel at the Esalen Institute, and for the teacher training program at the Omaha Yoga and Bodyworks Center. He has been practicing and teaching Thai Massage since 2000.
This seminar is excellent for massage therapists, yoga students and teachers, and anyone who wants to learn an ancient therapeutic way to touch and heal others.
$265.00 for the entire class, by August 14 /$295.00 after August 15
Includes workbook.
Fri, Sept 14th 6 - 10 pm, Sat, Sept 15th , 8:30 - Noon, Sat, Sept 15th 2 - 6 pm
Sunday, Sept 16th 8:30 – Noon Please Bring 2 Blankets and your Yoga Mat
September 21,22,23 Sat/Sun. Call Rose to Register
Pranic Healing Level One With Rose Homan
PRANIC HEALING® is a comprehensive system of energy based healing techniques that utilizes prana (vital energy, chi) to facilitate the body’s innate ability to heal and repair itself. The Pranic Healing System was developed by Master Choa Kok Sui and is being taught worldwide in over 60 countries.