In Person Options
Nov 4-6, 2011 In Person Jade Goddess Workshop with Saida Desilets
I’ve now done Saida Desilets’ workshop twice, and have signed up to take it again. She definitely fits my definition of a master teacher who walks her talk! For the Overworked Overwhelmed Overachiever woman, Saida’s Live Your Bliss: Jade Goddess workshop and associated practices are a wonderful antidote to the stress that we accumulate in our bodies. Saida teaches ancient Qi Gong healing practices that involve breath, movement and focused awareness (that’s the parallel with yoga therapy) with a compassionate, playful, present-moment attitude (that’s the parallel with meditation). Saida has a deep academic, experiential and intuitive understanding of women as...
Read MoreOct 19, 2011 In Person Workshop: Building A Strong CommUnity
You already know about my passion for the Social Justice Fund for Ventura County (SJF), which led to my husband and I creating a matching gift challenge earlier this year. Face it, I’m a solution seeker, who gets fed up of hearing about the same problems repeatedly from the media. I seek out innovative thinkers, approaches, and solutions that strive to fix the problem at the source, rather than apply larger and larger bandages. I never dreamt that I would discover a network of organizations, with that same perspective, right here in my backyard. With each live encounter, I leave energized and inspired, having learned some cold hard facts, while hearing from people...
Read MoreNov 5-6, 2011 In Person Seminar with Jack Kornfield
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of hearing Jack Kornfield speak live. In a room full of both therapists, psychologists and meditators (and some who are all three), Jack held us spell bound for a full day as he described the bridge between mindfulness meditation, neuroplasticity and psychotherapy through experiences, examples and information. I would not have dreamt it possible, had I not experienced it for myself, but you could hear a pin drop as people who were skeptical were able to drop into that meditative quiet. Jack Kornfield is another one of those master teachers who serves as a well-informed bridge for people who think they cannot meditate. Well-informed...
Read MoreSept 3, 2011 In Person Talk by Thich Nhat Hanh
I had the profound joy of hearing Thich Nhat Hanh live in September 2009. I feel so excited to be able to share that another opportunity to hear him speak live is right around the corner. If you have not yet encountered his teachings yet, Thich Nhat Hanh is a writer, speaker, peace activist, human rights advocate and above all, a simple monk. Why do I even add that? Because there is a serene well of peacefulness that exudes from him, despite the turmoil and violence that he has seen in his life. This is someone who lives what he teaches, which is the type of teacher that I seek to learn from. It is that state of grounded, breathing compassion that I seek to make the core...
Read MoreI want to, but … (the real reason behind the “but”)
Come on! Admit it! If you are like me, you frequently find yourself with thoughts like, “I want to take that class, but I don’t have time” or “I want to make more healthful choices when I eat, but I can’t end meal without dessert”, etc. We each have our own versions of that tune … you have the best of intentions which begin with “I want to” and somewhere along the way, they get interrupted with the “but”. In the past, when I woke up and realized that I was living the “but” instead of the “I want to”, I would get really defensive about the “but”. “Here are all of the reasons why I DON’T have time!” “I don’t have...
Read MoreThe Secret Is Out! I Can Read Energy!
While I haven’t intentionally kept this a secret, I haven’t been actively sharing this news either. Since November 2010, I’ve been apprenticing with David Morelli, learning to read and transform energy using the tools that he uses. Self-growth leaders like Gay Hendricks, Marci Shimoff and Rev Michael Beckwith have been introducing David to their followers because he is the real deal. So why haven’t I been actively sharing what I’ve been doing? I could say that I’ve been buried in my lengthy wrestling match with technology as I sought to launch my Mpowerment Meditations course and my revamped website. Valid, but that’s not the whole story. Honestly,...
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