Conscious Living Radio

When an Idea has You - Ruth Mendelson

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:00:00 -0800

Ruth Mendelson, both a Grammy-listed composer and multi-instrumentalist, has been composing award-winning scores for film, HBO, A&E, Discovery Channel, Disney, Animal Planet, The Learning Channel, PBS, CBS, and NBC (among others) for 18 years. She is the only woman in the history of Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA) to teach in the Film Scoring Department, which she enjoys part-time to this day. Ruth is also a guest lecturer, producer, music director/arranger, and author. She has performed at the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, with the One Human Family Gospel Choir, and is currently collaborating with renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall on a variety of youth empowerment projects. Her deepest commitment is to be of service, encourage youth, and help to bring love, compassion and positive change to society via the arts. Ruth is Founder and Creative Director of Eagle Vision Initiatives, a non-profit arts organization dedicated to serving society through a broad spectrum of innovative/compassion-based programs.

Download Ruth's Film/Television credits

More Info -
http://eaglevisioninc.org/
http://wellwishesandblessings.com/

Water - more then just a drink - Charles Holmes & Dr. Emoto

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:00:00 -0800

Charles N. Holmes

Charles is a catalyst and has been involved in holistic healing, sustainable business, alternative energy and raising consciousness for 20 years. He began this life work after his personal disease symptom experience triggered an intense desire to understand the cause and removal of disease and integrate consciousness. Charles and his loving family are also entrepreneurs and founders of a hemp seed food manufacturing facility and Living Harvest Conscious Nutrition... North Americas premier hemp seed food company. Charles is supported by his wife and sacred relationship life partner Wind. Charles’ role as President of Conscious Planet Enterprise Solution is to focus on product discernment and development, education and stewardship of the company vision. more info - http://consciousplanet.net

Introduction to Conscious Planet with Charles Holmes
Aug 13 7pm	Introduction and Training with Founder Charles Holmes Host: Marlene Louch, Kelowna, BC, Library, 1830 Ellis St.
Aug 19 7pm	Introduction and Training with Founder Charles Holmes Host: Glenny Whelan, Courtney BC, Zen Zero 407-5th Street
Aug 20 7pm	Introduction and Training with Founder Charles Holmes Host: Veronica Von Conruhds, Nanaimo BC, 3030 Keighly St.
Aug 21 7pm	Introduction and Training with Founder Charles Holmes Host: Richard Larkin, Victoria BC, Chateau Victoria Hotel, 740 Burdett St.,
Aug25 7pm	Introduction and Training with Founder Charles Holmes Burnaby BC, #100-7152 Curragh Ave. - Conscious Planet Headquarters

Masaru Emoto and his work

Masaru Emoto was born in Yokohama in July 1943. He is a graduate of the Yokohama Municipal University´ s department of humanities and sciences with a focus on International Relations. In 1986 he established the IHM Corporation in Tokyo. He received certification from the Open International University, Sri Lanka, as a Doctor of Alternative Medicine in October of 1992. He is currently the head of I.H.M. General Research Institute and President Emeritus of the International Water for Life Foundation, a Non-profit Organization.

He undertook extensive research of water around the planet not so much as a scientific researcher but more from the perspective of an original thinker and now is one of the most famous water specialists in the world.

As a therapist he used micro cluster water and MRA ( Magnetic Resonance Analyzer) in his sessions. MRA puts certain information into the water in form of HADO (which means “ vibration “ in English). The successful results of his therapy convinced him that water can hold and carry information. Already for long time this hypothesis has been believed by certain people such as homoeopaths or those who are religious, although it is not yet scientifically proved and even has been ignored or laughed at by most of the scientists.

Inspired from a snow crystal, he realized that it was in the frozen crystal form that water showed us its true nature through. In 1994, after many trials and errors, his laboratory in Tokyo succeeded in taking the first water crystal photograph. Since then a couple of ten-thousands crystal pictures have been taken. Many examinations and experiments have been done with different themes like „ water quality“, „ the effect of negative and positive words on water“, “ influence of music, pictures, letters, or texts”, or “ power of prayer in different forms”. The results show that music, words, thoughts, or prayer influence on the structure of the water crystal; this indicates that they actually affect our physical reality. Crystal photography succeeded to make the hypothesis, that water can hold and carry information, visible for every one. Moreover the beauty of water crystals in stable and harmonious form is like a great artwork which touches many peoples heart.

With the support of his wife, Kazuko he published in 1999 at their own expense, “Messages from water”, which is a collection of the water crystal pictures and results of the water crystal investigations. “Messages from water” got to be an international million-seller and has been translated into more than twenty languages in short time.
Since then he travels with his wife all around the world to give seminars and speeches about water and HADO. Some of the highlights ware speeches at “The 3rd and the 4th International Water Forum” in Kyoto (2003) and in Mexico City (2006), at the United Nations in New York (2005), an interview with Princess Irene of the Netherlands, and the 1st International Spiritual Festival in Mexico City (2008).

He has also written “The Hidden Messages in Water”, “The True Power of Water”, “Love Thyself”, and “The Shape of Love” and is now an international bestseller author, whose name also appeared in the best-seller list of New York Times.

In May 2005, he announced EMOTO PROJECT at the conference called “The Spiritual Dimensions of Science and Consciousness Subcommittee on Spirituality” held at United nations Headquarters in New York City. EMOTO PROJECT is the project, as part of United Nation’s International Decade for Action; Water for Life, to provide “The Message of Water” children’s book to all the children in the world at no cost within a decade. “The Message from Water” children’s book was published in the beginning of 2006 and in next ten years 650 million copies should be donated to children all over the world.

In March 2008, he established OFFICE MASARU EMOTO, LLC. to aim at bringing peace in the world. It’s a Limited Liability Company that defines; Not owned by anybody and Citizen participation type of company as “a company for the people and by the people to accomplish all the goals that this company has.”

more info - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaru_Emoto

http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/e_ome_home.html

https://www.hado.net/

Thoughts Affect Water with Dr. Masaru Emoto

Fri., Aug. 15 2008, 6:30pm, Open doors at 5:30pm
Unity of Vancouver, 5840 Oak st. (Near 41st)
Advance tickets: $20, Door tickets : $25
Ayurveda 604-228-1537 Banyen Books 604-737-8858
Balance 604-873-3717 Utopia 604-984-8782
Japanese info 604-274-8962 lightcityfromvancouver@gmail.com

Peace Begins With Me with Ted Kuntz

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:00:00 -0800

Ted Kuntz is a psychotherapist in private practice in Vancouver, Canada and the author of Peace Begins With Me. Ted has a Master's Degree in Counselling Psychology and more than 25 years of clinical experience.

Much of the wisdom that Ted shares in his counselling, workshops, and book didn't come from his formal training. Rather, it came from his personal journey as the father of a child with disabilities. This journey taught Ted how to make peace with life.

Ted's best selling book, 'Peace Begins With Me' is a summary of the wisdom he acquired on this journey. This deeply personal story is an inspiration to those who are challenged by life and wish to move past pain and anger, and experience more peace and joy.

Ted is recognized internationally for his work in assisting individuals, families, organizations, and corporations manage the challenges and opportunities of life more effectively and joyfully.

More information - http://www.peacebeginswithme.ca

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A national non-profit educational organization dedicated to the prevention of childhood vaccine injuries and deaths through public health education.

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The Keys to Transformation and Personal Growth with Duane O'Kane

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:00:00 -0800

You are invited to join us as part of a celebration of Clearmind's 10th Anniversary on Wed. July 30, from 6-7pm. Tune in to Conscious Living Radio on 102.7FM CFRO, Co-op Radio, to hear Duane O'Kane being interviewed live! This will be a call-in show. We'll be asking listeners to phone in with questions or to relay powerful experiences of transformation they've undergone. So tune in, call in, and celebrate the great work that goes on at Clearmind!
Duane O’Kane is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, workshop facilitator, teacher and a dynamic and entertaining public speaker. He has a lengthy background in mental health and social services, with 18 years in the field before forming Clearmind in 1990.

Duane discovered A Course in Miracles in 1990 while mired in a deep depression triggered by a personal crisis in relationship, which nothing in his professional repertoire could adequately address. It opened him to a revolutionary way of thinking and being that allows him to tap into the joy available in the present rather than reproduce pain from the past. Duane transformed his pain into an inspired pathway to love; a path where he now leads thousands worldwide.

Clearmind International Institute Inc. is a company offering innovative educational and psychotherapeutic programs using an experiential spiritual/transpersonal paradigm. Our mandate is to help people pioneer a path through areas of personal struggle, discover meaning and purpose in their own lives, and through that to contribute in their own way to the well being of others. Difficult emotions like sadness, fear, and anger can transform into compassion, excitement and passion when we are pointed in the right direction.

Clearmind Vancouver Canada
22778 72nd Ave, Langley,
B.C. Canada V2Y 2K3 604-513-9001
Full list of Clearmind Contacts

Clearmind Celebrates 10 Years!

On Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 Clearmind is celebrating 10 years of residence at Springbrooke Retreat Center.

We are planning a gala event to commemorate this anniversary. There will be live music from the percussion band Kutapira, major dancing, speeches, barbeque salmon bake, slide shows, an outdoor stage, tiki lights, reunion tables, an emcee, and all the excitement of bringing the people who represent Clearmind's glorious and adventurous history together again. (Download PDF of Party Poster.)

Diamond Approach with John Davis

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:15:00 -0800

John Davis has been a student of the Diamond Approach since 1975. He heard about A. H. Almaas (Hameed Ali) through a friend and initially signed up for a 3-month training. During a time in his life when he was trying a great many different paths and systems for personal growth and transformation, John found a quality of genuineness and clarity which encouraged him to study more with Almaas. Over the next few years, John’s sincerity and openness to this path deepened quite naturally, he undertook training with Almaas, and in 1983, he was ordained as a teacher of the Diamond Approach.

The work of Almaas is rapidly gaining recognition. A review of his most recent book, INNER JOURNEY HOME (Shambhala Publications), begins: “Hameed Ali, writing under the pen-name A. H. Almaas, is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential spiritual teachers of our time. His presentation of [the Diamond Approach] is distinguished by a thoroughgoing effort to bring modern Western concepts and understanding of the traditional work of spiritual development and realization. And, judging from the schools, groups, and many students now practicing this work in the US and Europe, the effort appears to be yielding impressive results. Furthermore, a wider public, going far beyond the immediate circle of his students is coming to appreciate Almaas’ unique contribution.”

The Diamond Approach is unique among spiritual systems in its understanding of the full spectrum of human development from infancy through the development of a sense of individuality and a unique, integrated, and personal sense to self, and on to the lived realization of our nonduality with the ground of being. This understanding, its integration of methods for working with emotional and somatic phenomena, mental images, beliefs, and psychodynamic issues, and its insistence on direct exploration of one’s immediate experience makes the Diamond Approach a particularly effective method for self-realization. This interview with John Davis introduces the Diamond Approach with a focus on what it means to be ourselves as essence or true nature, rather than as a product of the conditioning of our pasts.

John wrote the first introductory overview of this work, THE DIAMOND APPROACH: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TEACHINGS OF A. H. ALMAAS (Shambhala Publications, www.shambhala.com). Currently, he teaches several Diamond Approach groups in Vancouver and Colorado, and he teaches an online course on the Diamond Approach through Naropa University (www.naropa.edu). The father of three, John lives with his wife near Boulder, Colorado.

An evening with John Davis introducing the Diamond Approach will be offered Monday, July 28, 2008 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Canadian Memorial Centre for Peace 1825 West 16th Ave, Vancouver (at Burrard) In Room 201
For more information contact Carole Finnegan at 604 254 2225 or cefinnegan@yahoo.ca

VISIT www.ridhwan.org OR www.ahalmaas.com

Spiritual Activism with Velcrow Ripper & Darcy Riddell

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:00:00 -0800

Spiritual Activism is the application of spiritual practices and principles to humanitarian projects. Based on the understanding that all people are connected by a shared humanity, it promotes action based on compassion to find sustainable solutions to regional and global issues that preserve human dignity through teamwork and individual service. (Wikipedia)

Velcrow Ripper is a Genie Award winning filmmaker, writer, and sound designer who's powerful, cinematic documentaries deal with the central issues of our times. His over 30 films include the multi award winning feature documentary Bones of the Forest (1996) about elders and the struggle to save the ancient forests; Golden Gate Award Winning Open Season (1998), about hunters and the activists who "hunt the hunters"; and In The Company of Fear (1999), about non-violent resistance to the dirty war in Colombia. Velcrow is the acclaimed sound designer of such films as Eve and the Firehorse (Best sound, Leo awards) The Corporation (Best Sound, Leos) and A Place Called Chiapas (Best Sound Hot Docs/Leos).

His critically acclaimed feature documentary, ScaredSacred (2004) has played to audiences around the globe, and is the winner of nine major awards, including the Special Jury Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival, a Hugo Award, and the 2006 Genie Award for Best Documentary. ScaredSacred is currently in the midst of a highly successful release in Canada by Mongrel Media, in the U.S. by Zeitgeist Films, and in Australia and New Zealand by Gil Scrine Films.

He is currently in production of his next feature documentary: Fierce Light http://www.fiercelight.org/: When Spirit Meets Action, produced by Cher Hawrysh and executive produced by Mark Achbar, director of The Corporation. Fierce Light is scheduled for release fall 2008. link to Filmography

Darcy Riddell lives in Vancouver British Columbia, and works as a Program Consultant for the Hollyhock Leadership Institute (www.HollyhockLeadership.org) - a social change focused training and consulting organization that weaves contemplative practices and leadership development with strategic convening. Darcy develops and facilitates programs on personal development, campaign strategy, and capacity-building for environmental and social change organizations.

Her life passion is to work at the cross-roads of spirituality and social change, and support others to do so with increasing depth and wisdom. She has designed and delivered several conferences and intensive leadership trainings per year for the last 5 years, bringing change agents from business, philanthropy, community groups, First Nations, and environmental organizations together to develop collaborative strategies to address deep-rooted social problems. Her current clients include VANOC: 2010 Olympic Games, where she is facilitating dialogue between Environmental NGOs and the Games Sustainability Group, and Canada's favorite outdoor giant, Mountain Equipment Co-op to launch a wilderness advocacy program for their 2 million members in partnership with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. Darcy has an MA in Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness from the California Institute of Integral Studies (www.ciis.edu/pcc/ ), where she researched integral leadership models and studied whole-systems change.

During this time, she as one of the first facilitators of Spirit-in-Action's Circles of Change program (www.Spiritinaction.net ). In the last 10 years, Darcy's work has included various campaign, strategic communications and capacity-building roles in the decade long campaign to protect the Great Bear Rainforest, as a forest campaigner with the Sierra Club and with ForestEthics. She is currently a graduate advisor at Prescott College, Arizona, in their Environmental Studies M.A. program. Darcy is a co-founder of Drishti: Centre for Integral Ecology (www.drishti.ca ), and she serves on the board of PLAN Institute.

Interesting Links on Spiritual Activism:

www.feminist.com/activism/spiritualactivism.html

www.earthlight.org/essay40_deboer.html

http://www.tikkun.org/

http://www.spiritualprogressives.org/

http://www.resourcesforspiritualactivism.com/

www.joannamacy.net

http://www.fiercelight.org/

A Planetary Vision of Shamanism with Gretchen Andersen and Monyca Bouras

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:00:00 -0800

MONYCA BOURAS
Monyca has been a student and practitioner of Shamanism since 1993. She has shared her passion and depth of knowledge of this path with students which has inspired many to study and explore the realm of Shamanism. She has specialized in area of healing, harmonizing and counseling for more than 13 years; which has been supported by her continuous studies with masters from different shamanic traditions around the world. Monyca has also studied and worked with Carlos de Leon since 1994; where she has studied and trained in chi kung, psycho-corporal therapy, healing and meditation.

She is also a student of the Apache Shaman Morgan Eagle Bear and has combined and deepened her experience with other tools such as muscle therapy from the Organity School, created by Ma Satya Puja,. Monyca has been appointed one of the two qualified instructors to continue this teaching in México. Since 1995 she has studied, practiced and translated for great masters from important spiritual lineages. Amongst which the most prominent Teachers are: H.H. Drukchen Rinpoche, Lopon Tenzin Namdak, Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, Lama Tharchin Rinpoche and Ma Satya Puja.

Monyca has been teaching a full ‘One Year Shamanic Training Program’ since 1994; while she has been actively doing therapeutic healing work with personal clients. Her individual work in Mexico and other countries includes; cleansings, space healings and for individuals, healing from a distance working through photos, assisting families in the death and dying process through Phowa and a Ceremony of Light. Monyca also offers general spiritual development counseling, and performs fire ceremonies for spiritual cleansing of complex family (or other) very difficult situations. She is fully bilingual in English and Spanish.

Gretchen Andersen
Has been sharing her gift as a teacher in Mexico and other parts of the world for the last twenty-eight years. During this time she has researched, studied and practiced with profound teachers from around the world; a multi-disciplinary paths of healing and spiritual development for growth in consciousness and energy management.

In the field of Shamanism and Healing, she has studied with prominent teachers such as Carlos Castenada and Carlos de Leon, and trained in meditation techniques from the Tibetan schools of Dzoggchen, Mahamudra, Tantric Shaivism and Kabalah. She has also studied with Chinese Masters in Martial Arts and Chi Kung, and she practices and teaches a sequential plan of Chi Kung, the 7 Lotus Form. Gretchen is a Psychotherapeutic Body Workers trained in Psycho-Energetics Therapies, Postural Integrations, and Hypnosis, and is a member of the Ontogonic School of Psychotherapy. Gretchen Andersen is a graduate in Aesthetics and Art Education, from the University of Santa Cruz, California. She found herself on a magical journey, which brought her to Mexico over thirty years ago, which she now calls home.

The Shamanic Healing Journey with Gretchen Andersen and Monyca Bouras July 13 – 20, 2008

8 Days / 7 Nights Intensive Residential Retreat

White Pines Dojo, Slocan Valley, BC

Open to Everyone ~ No Pre-Requisites Required!

Space in this retreat is limited to 40 participants.

Satyen Raja - How to experience - Sex, Passion & Enlightenment

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:58:00 -0800

Satyen Raja, A remarkable living synthesis of Eastern wisdom and of Western practicality, Satyen Raja combines the power of the Warrior and the wisdom of the Sage to inspire audiences worldwide.

Satyen is a unique blend of power and of heart. He is a Kung-Fu Master and a trainer of the renowned Illumination Intensive. He has taught thousands of students in Canada, the United States, Australia and Europe the art of 'true power'.

For more info - http://warriorsage.com

There is a part of you…that is longing for more dynamic sexual passion in your life. Whether you are single, yearning to meaningfully share your life with a partner, or you are already in a relationship, something inside of you KNOWS that MORE SEXUAL AND INTIMATE FULFILLMENT IS POSSIBLE.

Goals -

Literally learn to open your heart in the midst of fear and beyond the bounds of old wounds.
Learn to receive the love you long to feel.
Energize your intimate relationship with ever-lasting spark, sizzle and passion.
Create the quality of life you long to live simply by learning how to deeply connect with others, possibly for the first time.
Draw the partner of your secret longing and of your deepest desires.
Serve your relationship with unprecedented generosity and depth.
Realize the potency of awakened sexual fire in your life and with your partner.
Free up whatever feels stuck in your life simply by completing practices designed to bring your own truth to the surface.
Gain understanding, humor and reverence for the true nature of both the masculine and the feminine.
Live with more pleasure, joy, success and ease by surrendering to your true nature through the exercises and teachings.

Sex, Passion & Enlightenment Introductory Workshop are happening soon!!

Seattle, WA

Thursday: Registration @ 6:30 pm
Thursday: Workshop - 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Date	Location	Event
Thursday, June 26, 2008	Comfort Suites Tukwila, 7200 Fun Center Way, Tukwila, WA	4 Hour Workshop Seattle, WA Click Here to Register

Vancouver, BC

Saturday: Registration @ 12:30 pm
Saturday: Workshop - 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Date	Location	Event
Saturday, June 28, 2008	Holiday Inn - Vancouver Centre, 711 West Broadway, Vancouver, BC	4 Hour Workshop Vancouver, BC Click Here to Register

Victoria - Thursday, July 3rd
*new location!!
Church of Truth
111 Superior Street
Registration: 6:30 pm
Event: 7:00 - 11:00 pm

to activate your free tickets click here - http://warriorsage.com/cmd.php?af=682914

or email request to - Andrew@ConsciousLivingRadio.org

What is The Oneness Movement?

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:00:00 -0800

About The Oneness Movement

The founders of the Oneness University, Sri Bhagavan and Sri Amma, have said, 'The solution to humanity's suffering can only be found through each individual being awakened to a state of Oneness' - a level of consciousness wherein we awaken to higher levels of love and joy. It is the mission of the Oneness Movement, in cooperation with the Oneness University, to help in bring this awakened state to the world. This is being done via a practice called the Oneness Blessing, wherein the Divine reaches out to mankind to dissolve the illusion of separateness. Each day this Divine energy is being transferred to individuals around the globe and thousands of people are awakening to the grace of Oneness. We invite you to be one of them... The Oneness Movement has over 14 million supporters globally.

Sri Raniji Kumra,

is the leader of the Oneness Movement (Deeksha-sanskrit word which means initiation, or benediction.) in North America and Canada.

She is one of the most prolific humanitarian leaders living today. It is her mission to help bring the gift of love and peace to the people of the United States and Canada. Sri Rani ji has dedicated her life to healing, uplifting and transforming the lives of others.

Sri RaniJi was appointed to this position by Sri Bhagavan, founder of the Oneness Movement and whose Oneness University, originating in Golden City, India is five times the size of The Taj Mahal and has 14 Million supporters globally. Often compared to mother Teresa for her unconditional love and compassion, Sri Rani Ji is a wife and mother that understands family issues and right relationships as a foundation for lasting spiritual transformation. Sri Rani's mission in the United States is to teach positive life patterns along with Mind & Body Health and healing through oneness, self-discovery and meditation.

Sri RaniJi's warmth and compassion have touched and transformed the lives of millions. She has dedicated more than half of her life- day after day without a break to helping those who are suffering and in need. Her humor and loving kindness make her a teacher capable of transforming and healing students, though her precious gift of a divine love and connectedness. Sri RaniJi has traveled, given lectures and conducted workshops throughout the world to millions of people. Many of her workshops have been hosted at major universities, conventions, unity churches, conferences and more. In addition she has worked with or shared the stage with other spiritual leaders such as Tony Robbins, Ron Roth, Steve Ross, Gay Hendricks

(Spiritual Cinema Circle) and Arjuna Ardagh. She has shared her work with celebrities including Lindsay Wagner, Rick Allen (Def Leppard), Catherine Oxenburg, Muriel Hemmingway more. Sri Rani Ji welcomes spiritual seekers of all faiths; those who simply wish to enhance their existing beliefs and help free humanity from suffering .

Sri Rani Ji has appeared on network television, in daily and weekly newspapers across the nation and on national radio including USA Today Magazine & People Magazine. Sri Rani Ji and is one of the most celebrated female modern day spiritual teachers and alternative healers in the world.

http://www.onenessmovement.org http://www.onenessmovement.org

http://www.newbrainnewworld.com/?Science_of_Awakening:Deeksha_and_the_Brain

Kathie Scott was inspired to be initiated as a Oneness Blessing Giver for her 50th birthday gift to herself last March during Easter Sunday and two days after Spring Solstice and her journey into Oneness brought her to the inaugural week of the Fiji location of the Oneness University - the only Oneness University other than India's - created by Anthony Robbins in order to facilitate Oneness for Westerners and join in the Enlightenment of Humamkind, One and All. Living Vision is honoured to be able to bring this extraordinary gift of Grace to our community and grateful to have the Divine Energy of the Blessing to assist us, One and All, in our on-going Vision of raising consciousness for Mother Earth and all her Children.

more info - http://www.livingvision.ca/onenessblessing.html

The Mindful Brain: Shaping our neural circuits to cultivate well-being - Dr. D. J. Siegel

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:00:00 -0800

"Our childhood shapes our brain in many ways—and so it determines our most basic ways of reacting to others, for better and for worse. Daniel Siegel has done years of research to support these conclusions. Siegel, a psychiatrist at the University of California, Los Angeles, founded the field of "interpersonal neurobiology," which explains the brain basis for our habits of bonding with others. His research shows how we can overcome emotional disadvantages that might have arisen from difficult childhoods. And just as our relationships with our parents shape our neural circuitry, so too can our adult relationships help rewire us for connection and security." Dan Goleman on Dr Dan Siegel

Daniel J. Siegel, MD received his medical degree from Harvard University and completed his postgraduate medical education at UCLA with training in pediatrics and child, adolescent and adult psychiatry. An award-winning educator, Dr. Siegel is currently an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine where he is on the faculty of the Center for Culture, Brain, and Development (cbd.ucla.edu) and is Co-Director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center (marc.ucla.edu). Daniel Siegel is the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, an educational organization that focuses on values and development of insight and compassion and empathy within ourselves and our community

Dr. Siegel is the author of the internationally acclaimed text, "The Developing Mind: Toward a Neurobiology of Interpersonal Experience" (1999)., "Parenting from the Inside out: How a Deeper Self-Understanding Can Help You Raise Children Who Thrive "(2003) with Mary Hartzell, M.Ed., His latest book is The Mindful Brain: Reflection and Attunement in the Cultivation of Well-Being (2007).

More information - http://mindsightinstitute.com/

Books by Daniel J Siegel

DALAI LAMA CENTER FOR PEACE AND EDUCATION and the UBC INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH PRESENT- An Evening with Daniel J. Siegel - The Mindful Brain: Shaping our neural circuits to cultivate well-being

Date: Wednesday June 18 Time: 7pm - 9pm, doors open at 6:30

Venue: Ridge Theatre 3131 Arbutus Street, Vancouver

Tickets: $15 (including GST) in advance from Banyen Books & Music (604) 737-8858 or $20 at door

Is this the right relationship? Should I stay or should I go?

Wed, 28 May 2008 18:00:00 -0800

We often ask ourselves and everyone Is this the right relationship? The real question is; is this the right time to work on me? Because all the things that are troubling you in relationship are essentially pieces of yourself that need attention.

What is preventing you from authentic connection?

Learn how to consciously choose to be the best you can be.

There are patterns and behaviors that are stopping you from living a peaceful and connected life, become aware and learn how to make small changes that can transform relationships.

Lisa deLusignan

Lisa de Lusignan has a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology and has been coaching singles for over 10 years. She is a teacher and facilitator and a mother of a teenage son.

After a challenging and painful divorce she was determined to learn and heal from the experience and create a passionate fulfilling life. She brings her experience of being single in her thirties to this work, inspiring singles with hope and knowledge to have a fabulous life and relationship.

Contact Lisa 604-312-3942
Visit Lisa's website at ParadigmTransformations.com

Laura Bradley

Laura Bradley has a thriving counselling practice in North Vancouver; she is a Registered Professional Counsellor with the Canadian Professional Counsellors Association and a Certified Group Facilitator. She has developed and facilitated personal growth workshops, and has considerable experience doing relationship, family, and individual counselling.

Laura specializes in relationship building work; that is, she guides singles and couples towards more passionate, purposeful, and connected relationships. In all of her counselling and coaching work, her goal is to help people to live the best lives that they can live. Laura is also a community trainer and educator.

Some other areas of expertise are relationships, post partum adjustment, family dynamics and parenting. She has appeared on City TV, was an expert guest for C-Fun radio, and has contributed to articles in The Globe and Mail and Today's Parent in regards to post partum and parenting issues.

Contact Laura 604-612-4142
Visit Laura's website at SteadfastCounselling.com

Singing for Harmony

Wed, 21 May 2008 18:00:00 -0800

Nearly every culture has ways for people to come together and join their voices in song. This may be for social or political purposes but very often it is to honor, rejoice or praise the divine in one form or another. Tonight's show will look at ways that singing communally can heal, reduce racism, create harmony and unity and open the heart to spirit. The directors of two of Vancouver's popular multi-faith, multi-cultural gospel choirs will be our guests.

Eric Dozier bio highlights: Formerly the arranger for the world famous Harlem Gospel Choir and Musical Director for the award winning Children's Theatre Company of New York City, Eric Dozier now resides in Victoria and leads choirs both on Vancouver Island and in Vancouver. A man of many talents, he also holds degrees in Public Policy Studies and Divinity from the esteemed Duke University. Eric devotes his musical, spiritual, and intellectual talents to eradicating social, religious, racial, gender, and cultural discrimination. Eric Dozier and the One Human Family Gospel Choir.

The One Human Family Gospel Choir is well-known for its inspirational music composed and arranged by Eric Dozier and drawn from traditional African-American spirituals. Dozier, a former arranger and musical director of the Harlem Gospel Choir, chose to make Victoria home almost three years ago bringing his characteristic fusion of traditional spirituals, jazz and gospel to choirs in British Columbia with a shared repertoire and shared vision to ‘unite the world, one song at a time.

Celebrating the release of the Pilgrimage Project CD, recorded live. The One Human Family Gospel Choir of Vancouver is the new Gospel Choir in Residence at the Canadian Memorial Church & Centre for Peace. Its motto is "Uniting the World, One Song at a Time."

Upcoming concert - Canadian Memorial Church & Centre for Peace (15th & Burrard), Saturday May 31st, 7:30 PM. Tickets $10. Highlife Records, 1317 Commercial. FMI: 604-224-7322

OHF INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE: http://www.onehumanfamily.org/

VANCOUVER CHAPTER: http://www.ohf.dreamhosters.com/category/ohf-vancouver/

INQUIRIES?? Send them to OHF in Vancouver: ohfvancouver@gmail.com in Vancouver Island: taylortunes@shaw.ca

Universal Gospel Choir - This multi-faith, multi-cultural community choir has been bringing the healing and uplifting power of the world's sacred song traditions to diverse audiences since 1985. The UGC has established a reputation for engaging audiences with its passion, commitment to musical authenticity, and dedication to the community-building power of shared song. The choir’s eclectic repertoire reflects African-American, Cuban, African, European, Asian and Native American influences.

The Universal Gospel Choir is delighted to welcome Kathryn Nicholson as their new Music Director. An irrepressible singer and accredited music therapist, Kathryn has often witnessed and experienced the extraordinary power of voice and song in promoting health, healing and happiness. Over the years, her extensive career in health care has been consistently interwoven with the joy of music-making. She studied at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto for many years and has enjoyed singing in both amateur and professional musical theatre and choral groups – the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, National Arts Centre Choir–in-Residence and, locally, with Pandora’s Vox women’s ensemble. She directed the Goulbourn Jubilee Singers for 6 years in Ottawa and, in Vancouver, was employed as the Music Director at the North Shore Unitarian Church for 14 years. In this position, she conducted both adult and children’s choirs, created and directed intergenerational pageants, vocal workshops and family music camps. A vocal instructor at Capilano College for several years, Kathryn has also been a guest soloist at various local events, most recently a major fund-raising concert for the BC Cancer Foundation, an International Multifaith Conference featuring the Dalai Lama, and a concert production of ‘The Armed Man’ at the Chan Centre. Kathryn says that this latest musical adventure, directing the UGC, is proving to be “a wonderfully joyful experience”. “I experience gospel music as very exhilarating and uplifting…..I believe the secular world can benefit greatly from its universal message of peace, hope and love. The UGC is an enthusiastic multifaith choir community, committed to excellence, musical authenticity, respect for cultural and spiritual diversity, charitable public service – and having fun! It is a great privilege for me to lead them in their singing.”

Upcoming Concerts - Soulstice 08 - June 6 & 7 - Come On Children, Let's Sing! The Universal Gospel Choir presents their season-end Soulstice '08 concert. Join the choir and its special guests, the St. John’s Children’s Chorus at 8:00 pm, June 6 and 7, 2008 at Vancouver's Canadian Memorial Church (Burrard St. and 15th Ave). Keyboardist Diane Lines, percussionist Rob Ferguson and bass player Danny Parker, join Music Director Kathryn Nicholson and the choir in this toe tapping, hand clapping presentation of Gospel, world spiritual music and social conscience R&B and Folk. We look forward to seeing you there! 8:00 PM Canadian Memorial Church corner of West 15th Ave & Burrard St, Vancouver, BC Canada
Admission: Tickets: $25, Seniors & Students: $20, Children 12 & under: $12.50, Groups of 10 or more: $20 each http://www.universalgospelchoir.ca

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Role of Teachers from the East in raising the Consciousness of the West

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:00:00 -0800

About Dhyan Vimal - Born in a small fishing village of the East coast of Malaysia, DV lived a childhood of simple means. His parents were traditional Indian, second generation immigrants. Throughout his childhood, DV was never interested in the normal pursuits of boys his own age. This situation left this child spending most of his time in solitude but also the complete centre of attraction because of his penchant for being a great storyteller, where he attracted and would be surrounded by the customers at his grandfather's shop. The first, most profound experience that he remembers was at this time, at the age of six, when an experience, a taste of the beyond was experienced. This DV later came to recognize as the first satori. However, his mother has related an earlier occasion at the age of four, when he had another experience. Never one for the academics, DV spent most of his time on his own; swimming, fishing the seas, away from the eyes of the ever watchful mother. Towards early adulthood, DV left the village to further his studies in the city of Kuala Lumpur where he was in a situation in which he was totally dependent on himself for a living.

From the age of 16 to 25, this was the time when he was really searching, a dark period of self-dependence. This period yielded a few interesting and important moments which DV has shared with me, which I feel must be put down. One was a meeting with an old rishi who had resided in the Himalayas for many years and had only come back because he was dying and his family wanted him to. DV didn't know or recognise the significance of his meeting with this kindly, old man. All that it meant at that time, was that this old man placed his hands on DV's head and said, "What I have, I pass on to you ...

Today, Master has created a simple system, The Four Disciplines, so meditation is for you and me, for us who live this life, in this world. For us who are here, now in this moment, in this mad, chaotic, exciting, crazy life. All I have written is just my observation and may I add that it has been a blessing and my privilege to have been around in this space and time with the Master.

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Sri Paramahamsa Nithyananda - An Enlighten Master and Modern Mystic. Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda, was born on January 1st, 1978 in Southern India and embarked upon his spiritual journey at a young age, enduring years of rigorous penance. Through intense meditation practices and in depth study of Yoga, Tantra, Vedanta, and Shaiva philosophies, he attained the ultimate state of consciousness, the State of Nithyananda (Eternal Bliss). Having emerged as an inspiring personality, Nithyanandaji transforms individuals around the globe through his simple teachings and powerful meditation techniques. Nithyanandaji's mission is to help each individual actualize his inherent potential. With a pragmatic and compassionate approach, and an enlightened insight into the core of human nature, Nithyanandaji continues to touch and transform the lives of millions across the world. His lucid explanation of practical issues and simple and dynamic meditation techniques help individuals to blossom at the physical, emotional and spiritual levels. By offering Himself as a subject for research, Nithyanandaji works with scientists across the globe to bridge the modern Western system of logic and evidence-based science and the ancient Eastern system of mysticism. These studies thus help bridge the gap between science and spirituality for the benefit of humanity.

Dhyanapeetam in the East and Life Bliss Foundation in the West were established by Nithyanandaji, work towards the goal of creating a blissful society, and currently serve through 1200 centers in 33 countries, in addition to 33 Nithyananda Meditation Academies, and continues to grow at a rapid pace. Thousands of volunteers (Ananda Sevaks ) work to support the mission world over.

Sri Dheera from Swami Nithyananda Mission will be taking part in the discussion. Sri Dheera - Maha Acharya (Senior Teacher) of Swami Nithyananda's Mission. Sri Dheera is an internationally known leadership trainer and expedition leader. He is the first person in the world to lead expeditions to the three extremes - Everest and the North and South Poles. Nithyananda Dheera has gone on to use his leadership skills to teach at the highest levels of business and non-profit organizations from Harvard to Tokyo.

He met Swami Nithyananda in 2005 and immediately recognized the amazing abilities of this Enlightened Master and since then has been teaching courses for the Life Bliss Foundation. He is a Maha Acharya (Senior Teacher), now an Ashramite in LA Ashram and Director of the Ananda Sevak Program.

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http://ivhu.edu

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