A LTERNATIVES Talks Seminars Workshops Concerts Summer 2015
Hosting leaders in spirituality, personal growth, wellbeing and conscious business
JOE DISPENZA Monday 18 May
MATTHIEU RICARD Wednesday 27 May Carl Studna
ARIELLE FORD
MARIANNE WILLIAMSON
Saturday 6 June
Saturday 20 June
BRANDON BAYS Saturday 19 September
NEALE DONALD WALSCH Saturday 31 October
WELCOME About Alternatives Alternatives explores world spirituality and personal growth through events and online resources. Based at St James’s Church,Piccadilly since 1982, Alternatives is an independent not-forprofit organisation serving a global audience.
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Welcome to our Summer programme and our rich abundance of events which we hope will inspire, nourish and support you to live well. We have some great events lined up. In May, we are hosting Matthieu Ricard, a French Buddhist monk who lives in the Himalayas. Matthieu is internationally renowned for his work on happiness and he will be speaking on his new book Altruism. It’s rare that we host a talk with a father and son. As I am father of two young boys and concerned about the world they are growing into, I was delighted that the scientist Rupert Sheldrake accepted our suggestion to speak in June on The Rebirth of Nature with his son Cosmo who is a musician. I am writing this after our two inspirational talks with Marianne Williamson in early April. The first talk sold out in four days, our fastest ever sell-out. Marianne is an exceptional speaker who brings passion and deep wisdom to every event. She is back in June for a day seminar Living a Miraculous Life. Unmissable, I would say! Richard Dunkerley Co-director
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As much as I love my role at Alternatives and being a part of hosting the most incredible spiritual and personal growth teachers around, I realised I was starting to disconnect, becoming slightly tired, sometimes only able to catch 5 minutes of an event in between running around making sure everyone was settled and happy, not always the Zen event I anticipated. Despite all these years of 'working on myself' I had started to dismiss the fact that working in a spiritual organisation doesn't suddenly make you more spiritual! I still needed to 'do the work' and it is more than just acquiring knowledge, skills and tools! So now I have started to make sure each morning I go for that walk or jog, I reconnect with nature and sit in the park, I meditate even if it's only for ten minutes and I complete my Daily Prep journal (9 questions), and recently a gratitude prayer. Whilst it sounds a lot, I know those 30 - 45 minutes makes a huge difference between a connected more blissful day and a disconnected chaotic day! This ‘stuff ’ only works if we actually do something with it! Mary Daniels Co-director
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TALKS Our Talks
Our talks are in St James’s Church unless stated otherwise. Doors open at 6.30pm. The talks start at 7pm and end at 8.30pm. Vegetarian food and books are available afterwards.
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We take great care in selecting our speakers and equally we ask you to use your discernment regarding opinions and information presented. We recognise that quick solutions to some issues are not always possible. Although St James's Church, in its openness of heart and mind, includes Alternatives, the ideas in this programme are not necessarily representative of the church itself.
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Monday 11 May Fully Human, Fully Divine FRANCIS BENNETT In 2010, whilst in the middle of mass, hospice chaplain and former Trappist monk Francis Bennett had ‘a radical perceptual shift in consciousness’. It became clear that what he had been seeking outside himself for so long was no longer a mystery. He realised that God’s presence, the pure, spacious awareness, is always there at the centre of our being. Join Francis as he shares an inclusive mystical approach to Christianity a following of Christ that embraces the diversity of all the spiritual paths with deep openness and reverence. Francis Bennett offers spiritual direction and guides people in their spiritual quest. He has a deep practice in Vipassana, and Japanese Zen and is author of I Am That I Am and Fully Human, Fully Divine. findinggraceatthecenter.com
Monday 18 May Make Your Mind Matter JOE DISPENZA For the past 3 years Dr Joe Dispenza has scientifically measured and quantified how the subjective mind produces objective changes in a person’s life. In this talk, he will present his cutting edge findings and correlate the results to the significant changes demonstrated in physical health, mental well-being, and life circumstances of his participants. Through these scientific tests, Dr Joe will demonstrate how awareness, meditation, and different states of being can be refined into a skill. Thereby proving that we all have the ability within us to heal by thought alone, and to also create our future destiny. Dr Joe Dispenza DC was featured in the award-winning film What the BLEEP Do We Know!? His latest book is You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter. www.joedispenza.com
There is never a time when your life is not ‘this moment’ – Eckhart Tolle
Wednesday 27 May Altruism MATTHIEU RICARD Altruism – a genuine concern for the well-being of others - could be the saving grace of the 21st century. It is the vital thread that can answer the main challenges of our time: the economy in the short term, life satisfaction in the mid-term, and environment in the long term. Join Matthieu Ricard as he makes a robust and passionate case for cultivating altruistic love and compassion as the best means for simultaneously benefitting ourselves and our society. It's a fresh outlook on an ardent struggle - and one that just might make the world a better place. Matthieu Ricard is a Buddhist monk who has been living in the Himalayan region of Tibet for the past 40 years. He is the author of many books, including Happiness and his latest Altruism – The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself, and The World. matthieuricard.org
Monday 1 June Reincarnation, Karma and the Meaning of Your Life WILLIAM BLOOM Whether or not it is real, the philosophy of reincarnation is an inspiring vision of the human journey and the purpose of existence. Tonight William will explain how it gives profound and useful insights into the human condition and why it sits at the heart of so many spiritual traditions and eastern religions. What is your karma? Your destiny? What is predetermined? What role has free will? This talk will transcend the often shallow and thoughtless interpretations. It will draw on the uplifting teachings of Buddhism, Hinduism, theosophy and western transpersonal psychology. It promises cosmic and personal insights. William Bloom PhD is one of
Britain’s leading educators in modern spirituality. He cofounded Alternatives and is founder of the Spiritual Companions Trust. williambloom.com
Monday 8 June The Rebirth of Nature: New Science and Evolutionary Creativity RUPERT SHELDRAKE In this talk, Rupert Sheldrake will show how 21st century science is pointing toward a new understanding of nature as alive. The cosmos is like a developing organism, and so is our planet, Gaia. The laws of nature may be more like habits. The creativity of the evolutionary process is more than a matter of chance, and all self-organizing systems, from atoms to galaxies, may have minds and purposes. Rupert is joined by his son Cosmo whose songs and nature-based music will help to illuminate these ideas. Rupert Sheldrake is a biologist who is best known for his hypothesis of morphic resonance which leads to a vision of a living, developing universe. He is author of 11 books, including The Science Delusion. sheldrake.org Cosmo Sheldrake is a songwriter and musician. cosmosheldrake.com
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TALKS Monday 15 June Mindfulness: How to Live Well by Paying Attention ED HALLIWELL When we start to pay attention through mindfulness, we develop a more embodied understanding of life – of our inner and outer world, and how we relate to it. Through attuning to the feedback we receive from our minds and bodies we can develop a connection with the world that can guide us through it more wisely. Join Ed as he shares the difference between attention and awareness, why mindfulness might be better known as bodyfulness, and how mindfulness can help you to live more happily in tune with the changing reality of your life. Ed Halliwell is a teacher of
mindfulness and author of Mindfulness: How To Live Well By Paying Attention and co-author of The Mindful Manifesto. He leads public mindfulness courses, workshops and retreats in the UK. edhalliwell.com
‘I have felt welcomed, valued and very happy to participate in all Alternatives events I have attended and found them to be high quality and high frequency. Thank you!’ Workshop participant
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Monday 22 June The Forgiveness Prayers
MIRABAI DEVI This evening, Mirabai Devi will speak about karma cleansing to transmute causes of physical, emotional, mental illness. Karma cleansing through the Forgiveness Prayers will bring about the removal of obstacles and burdens which result in an open heart, greater ease, inner peace, and healing in our relationships. You will learn how to make peace with yourself, your family, and all of your relations using the Forgiveness Prayers. Mirabai Devi is an interna-
tional spiritual teacher, facilitator for healing, conduit for the divine feminine and the Founder of the Mirabai Devi Foundation. mirabaidevi.com Mirabai is leading a workshop The Art of Forgiveness on Saturday 27 June – see page 12.
Monday 29 June The Age of Conscious Evolution NICOLYA CHRISTI Nicolya Christi will speak deeply on the profound times in which we are living and the fundamental and divinely timed evolutionary trajectory towards personal and global integration, evolution and awakening. We are rapidly and radically evolving through self-awareness to self-realisation to self-actualisation to self- transcendence. Nicolya will share various psycho-spiritual maps and models for psychological integration, conscious evolution and spiritual awakening. Nicolya Christi is a visionary, spiritual guide and author of several books including Contemporary Spirituality for an Evolving World. nicolyachristi.com
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin – William Shakespeare
TALKS Monday 6 July The Calm Centre STEVE TAYLOR Welcome to an evening of spiritual reflections and meditations to inspire you and gently bring you back to the bedrock of peace and joy of your essential self. By encouraging you to see the limitations of your conditioned personality, Steve will empower you to step outside of it. He will lead meditative exercises helping you to experience the inner harmony, which arises when we step aside from our own ‘story’, and release ourselves from psychological attachments. Steve Taylor is the author of Waking from Sleep, Out of the Darkness and The Fall. He has featured annually in the Watkins list as one of “the world’s 100 most spiritually influential living people”. stevenmtaylor.com
Friends Membership Good Friend - £60 a year. You have priority entrance to our busiest talks and you receive free entrance to three talks and one Life Lounge and 15% discount on workshops. Life Friend - one payment of
£1,250. Free entrance to our talks for life plus 3 free workshops per programme for life plus one Life Lounge. Please visit our website to join.
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Monday 13 July Light is the New Black REBECCA CAMPBELL We are all born with an inner light that yearns to shine bright, but somewhere along the way we learn to dim our light in order to fit in. In this inspiring, soul-stoking talk, Rebecca shares how when the Universe turned off all the lights she had no choice but to follow her own. She invites us to join her by courageously answering the deepest callings of our soul so that we can light up the world with our own presence. Using guided meditation, story and self-inquiry, a space will be held for you to listen and answer your unique soul callings in a way that is completely authentic to you. Rebecca Campbell is an intu-
itive, spiritual mentor, inspirational speaker, teacher and author of Light is the New Black. rebeccacampbell.me
Monday 20 July A Meditative Musical Adventure TOM FORTES MAYER This event will be a unique opportunity to explore how combining meditation with beautiful music can be used to unlock your deepest knowledge and your highest potential. Tom will share his passion about this powerful technique which is prominently featured in his book The FreeMind Experience.This evening you will be given the opportunity to journey on some inspirational meditative visualisations whilst listening to exquisite live music played by world class musicians. As we break for summer we hope you will join us for this uplifting send off. Tom Fortes Mayer is a Harley Street hypnotherapist, international speaker and creator of the FreeMind 3 pillar approach to happiness. He is the author of The FreeMind Experience. freemindproject.org
The most direct route to happiness is in service to others – Matthieu Ricard
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WORKSHOPS Saturday 9 May
Numerology: Uncover Your Destiny MICHELLE BUCHANAN Learn how to access the incredible world of numerology and discover how it can reveal your life purpose, your future potential, and assist you in manifesting your dreams. During this workshop you will receive an excellent introduction into numerology so that you can gain a deeper insight into yourself, others, and the world around you. Using only your name and birth date, you will be able to uncover your destiny and the blueprint of your life.You will also learn how to forecast your future so that you can take advantage of the opportunities coming your way. Michelle Buchanan
is an internationally renowned numerologist and author of The Numerology Guidebook michellebuchanan.co.nz 10.30am-5pm Heythrop College 23 Kensington Square, W8 5HN
Sunday 3 May
Healing Mastery MAS SAJADY Change your frequency, change your life! From his own remarkable journey in healing, Mas designed the Healing Mastery programme to activate, instil and optimize frequencies that will rapidly elevate your healing abilities and transform your healing practice to a whole new level. All you have to do is relax into a receptive and meditative state and allow Mas to facilitate your transformation. Mas Sajady is a healer who was gifted,after 2
Near Death Experiences, with Oracle-like abilities. mas-sajady.com 10.30am–5pm Colet House 151 Talgarth Road, W14 9DA
Our Workshop Prices unless stated otherwise are: £65 Standard / £55 Good Friends £50 Concessions – full-time students, over 60s, job seekers and DLA
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Sunday 10 May
Deep Writing for Authors ERIC MAISEL Ideal for authors of every level of experience, get your writing practice back on target with this intensive one-day writing workshop. A genuinely safe environment is provided where participants’ writing is neither shared nor critiqued. Explore the unique challenges that writers face: issues around committing, achieving a centred presence, mastering anxiety, completing projects, and maintaining a writing life. Fall back in love with your writing as you learn important lessons that will keep you writing long after the workshop ends. Dr Eric Maisel is the author of more than 40 books. He trains creativity coaches and provides core trainings for the Creativity Coaching Association. ericmaisel.com 10.30am-5pm Park Crescent Conference Centre 229 Great Portland St, W1W 5PN
The more clearly you experience the truth of something, the less you can say about it – Adyashanti
WORKSHOPS Saturday 16 May
Soul Healing through Sacred Oils FELICITY WARNER Working with sacred oils is an 8,000 years old mystery school tradition. These oils are nothing to do with modern aromatherapy oil but are powerful tools for deep transformation, healing and consciousness. Many of them are rare and obscure. This experiential 4-hour workshop offers a rare glimpse of the potential of this work to heal soul wounds, heal the light-body, and to work as soul midwife, psychopomp and shape shifter. Felicity Warner is the founder of SOUL MID-
WIVES™ a pioneering movement in holistic and spiritual palliative care. She is author of Gentle Dying, A Safe Journey Home and The Soul Midwives' Handbook. soulmidwives.co.uk 1pm-5pm £50/£40 concs Unitarian Church 112 Palace Gardens Terrace, W8 4RT Saturday 23 May
The Awakening of Your True Self SIDRA JAFRI Have you tried everything to shift those issues; the relationship problems, family drama, money woes or health concerns, and yet it still feels like life hasn’t changed? Whatever the challenge you are facing in life, the real problem is the illusion of separation.The tools that you will learn at this workshop will not only affect your life, but also those around you. Through a shift in your state of being your friends, family and work colleagues will appear to react differently to you.You will be in alignment and flow with life. Sidra Jafri is a medium, awakening facilitator and author. Her gifts go beyond the five senses with which she facilitates people to shift issues. sidrajafrilive.com 10.30am-5pm Columbia Hotel 95 Lancaster Gate, W2 3NS
Sunday 24 May BUSINESS MASTERCLASS
Switch On Your Enterprise NICK SENECA JANKEL One of the hardest challenges, without becoming overwhelmed or stressed, can be to create or build a strong, profitable, conscious/ ethical career, project or enterprise In this Masterclass, Nick Seneca Jankel will demonstrate the basics of a conscious business model - one that balances and aligns both profit, people, planet and purpose. Over the course of the afternoon he will introduce a great tool to help you design a business model that will hopefully support your dreams and ambitions for a more conscious, connected world. Nick Seneca Jankel is the creator of Breakthrough Dynamics and author of Switch On: Unleash Your Creativity and Thrive. nickjankel.com 1pm-5pm Park Crescent Conference Centre 229 Great Portland St, W1W 5PN
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf – Jack Kornfield
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Saturday 30 May
Free Your Heart PRAJNA GINTY When we move from habitual mental and emotional patterns of fear, doubt and overwhelm to an embodied acceptance we transform our relationship to life. Join Prajna as she shares her compelling journey from the mountaintop of bliss, through a catastrophic dark night on the edge, to deep peace and fulfillment. How through allowing life to be as it is she opened up to a deep seeing and inner voice of wisdom. Through a guided process of “deep listening” that reveals your true heart and vital capacity for self-love, Prajna will help you to tap into your own wise inner knowing. Prajna Ginty is a teacher, therapist, and author of Edge of Grace, A Seeker’s Path to the Heart of Liberation. prajnalivingawake.org 10.30am-5pm Heythrop College 23 Kensington Square, W8 5HN
Sunday 31 May
Your Can Heal Your Pet ELIZABETH WHITER & ROHINI SATHISH Learn how to integrate complementary health with veterinary treatments for your pet. Covering the variety of pet conditions, pet nutrition, simple plant remedies, holistic lifestyle changes and behavioural management you will learn how to take charge of your pet’s health, including how to vet your vet. This experiential workshop covers healing from all angles, including an in-depth step-by-step energy healing session with Dr Sathish’s dog, an acupressure massage you can give to your pets to maintain health, and connecting telepathically with our animals to listen to their needs. Elizabeth Whiter & Dr Rohini Sathish are the co-
authors of You Can Heal Your Pet. healinganimals.org 10.30am-5pm Columbia Hotel 95 Lancaster Gate, W2 3NS
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Saturday 6 June
The Soulmate Secret ARIELLE FORD Are you ready to meet and spend the rest of your life with your soulmate? More than 16 years ago Arielle manifested her husband with powerful but amazingly easy techniques. This is a highly experiential and fun day that will show you how to: * Utilise proven, powerful prayers, rituals and processes for manifesting a soulmate * Experience healing techniques to let go of past heartbreak and blocks to love * Clarify your needs and desires to powerfully manifest long-term romantic fulfillment * Open your heart through the power of 'feelingizations'™ and connect with the partnership energy of the divine * Incorporate transformational rituals and other energetic shifting processes that will empower you to create and attract the partner of your dreams * Prepare your body, mind, spirit, and home for the arrival of your perfect life partner Arielle Ford has been living, teaching, and pro-
moting consciousness for the past 25 years. She is the author of nine books including the international bestseller The Soulmate Secret: Manifest The Love of Your Life With The Law of Attraction. soulmatesecret.com 10.30am–4.30pm £75/£64 Good Friends/£55 Concs St Columba’s Church Hall Pont St, SW1X 0BD
Joy is what happens when we recognise how good things really are – Marianne Williamson
WORKSHOPS Sunday 7 June
Writing to Awaken MARK MATOUSEK Every life is a work of fiction. Awakening to this important truth, using writing as a tool for self-realization, we are liberated from the myth that our stories are us, and freed of the limits that self-created narratives impose on who we actually are. By putting our feelings down on paper, and learning to shape life’s raw materials into art, we discover that our challenges are also our greatest sources of wisdom, and that even our darkest (or most unexpected) interludes carry within them the seeds of redemption. When we learn to tell the whole truth about our own soul’s odyssey, we come to understand the mythic dimension of our life. Mark Matousek is a coach and author of five
books including When You’re Falling, Dive and Ethical Wisdom: The Search for a Moral Life. markmatousek.com 10.30am-5pm Columbia Hotel 95 Lancaster Gate, W2 3NS Saturday 13 June
Improve Your Conversations ROB KENDALL Conversations so often leave people feeling frustrated, confused or misunderstood. In this highly practical 4-hour workshop, Rob will share simple steps for life-enhancing conversations, so you may: * Understand how to stop conversations becoming destructive arguments. * Review how to prepare for and conduct challenging conversations. * Develop strategies to reduce defensiveness in others. * Learn how to adapt your communication style for different situations and people. Rob Kendall has used the techniques of his book Blamestorming to help tens of thousands of people including chief executives, sports professionals and teenagers. robkendall.co.uk 12.30pm–4.30pm £50/£40 concs Unitarian Church 112 Palace Gardens Terrace, W8 4RT
Sunday 14 June
The Light Body Effect and the Divine Next Human WILLIAM HENRY In this beautifully illustrated workshop, William Henry will take you on an exciting journey into the sacred art and teachings of the ancient Egyptians, the Essenes, early Christians, the Gnostics and Tibetans that reveals the life-changing secrets of the inner human light body. Learn how to shift to a higher level through the sacred art of transfiguration, resurrection and ascension. Access new levels of personal spiritual power that transform your life. Experience the ‘Light Body Effect’ and tap a source of light and love you have always known existed and always wanted to master. William Henry has authored 18 books and is a trusted voice on human transformation and ascension. He stars on the hit History Channel show Ancient Aliens. williamhenry.net 10.30am-5pm Park Crescent Conference Centre 229 Great Portland St, W1W 5PN
Look lovingly upon the present, for it holds the only things that are forever true – A Course in Miracles
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Start Your Healing Journey KATRINA LOVE SENN
Saturday 20 June
Living a Miraculous Life MARIANNE WILLIAMSON Join Marianne Williamson today to learn the basic principles of miracle-mindedness. By becoming what in A Course in Miracles is called a ‘miracle worker’, you will transform your life and the lives of those around you. By allowing the love of God to channel through your consciousness, you break down all barriers to the healing of the world. Marianne teaches that a thought system based on fear may be transformed into one based on love. This shift into radical forgiveness provides a miracle-minded perspective that transforms all situations, from our relationship to the divine to our relationship to ourselves to our relationships to others. Marianne Williamson is one of the worlds’ most
respected spiritual teachers who has helped millions re-connect to their spirituality and find inner peace. In 2014, she stood as a candidate in the elections for the US Congress. Her many books include A Return to Love, The Age of Miracles, Illuminata, The Gift of Change and A Year of Miracles. A section from A Return to Love “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure..." is considered an anthem for a generation of contemporary seekers. marianne.com 10.30am–4.30pm £75/£64 Good Friends/£55 Concs Institute of Education 20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL
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In this experiential workshop, you will learn heart-based and intuitive healing tools. These gentle but powerful tools can help you transform pain, struggle and challenge in your life. This workshop is perfect for anyone who wants: to lose weight naturally and permanently (without diets or deprivation); to feel more connected to their intuition and inner power; to feel more self-confident and courageous; to intuitively explore mind-body healing tools; to release old, stuck emotions such as fear, stress and anxiety. Katrina Love Senn is a yoga teacher, healer and author of Losing Weight is a Healing Journey: A Woman’s Guide to Losing Weight Naturally. katrinalovesenn.com 10.30am-4pm Swiss Church 79 Endell St, WC2H 9DY
Saturday 27 June
The Art of Forgiveness MIRABAI DEVI Learn how to make peace with everyone in your life, most importantly yourself in order to clear the root causes of illness and imbalance that come from personal and family lineage belief systems, emotional reaction and unresolved conflict. Join Mirabai Devi as she guides you through the Art of Peacemaking and Forgiveness Practice. Learn a unique technology called the Forgiveness Prayers that will help you to release and transform your personal and family lineage karma. Raise your vibration and to open your heart to be filled with divine love and peace. Mirabai Devi is an international spiritual teacher and founder of the Mirabei Devi Foundation. mirabaidevi.org 10.30am-5pm Colet House 151 Talgarth Rd, W14 9DA
We all have a part to play in the healing of the world – Marianne Willaimson
Saturday 4 July
Sunday 5 July
Crop Circle Trip FRANCINE BLAKE
Conscious Relationships JAN DAY
Crop circles continue to amaze and baffle as they appear each year in more exciting formations.They have appeared around the world in ice, sand, sunflowers, corn and even tree tops. This day trip will visit locations in Wiltshire or Hampshire depending on the best available circles. Francine Blake will give an illustrated talk to help unravel some of the mysteries of crop circles. She will explore how the circles may have been formed, their effects and their possible meaning. After lunch, Francine will guide us in visiting nearby crop circles
Relationships are one of the most powerful crucibles for our growth, giving us the opportunity to be able to see ourselves more clearly, to love more deeply, to communicate and show ourselves transparently to someone we trust. Explore some of the patterns that hold us in unhealthy relationship patterns, and learn skills to help bring consciousness to relating including understanding each others wants, needs and expectations, and how to communicate clearly. This will allow you to experience fulfilling, supportive, loving and expansive relationships. Singles and couples are welcome. Jan Day has been leading workshops since 1999 and draws from a journey of healing and self-growth that spans more than 40 years with many different teachers. janday.com 10.30am-5pm Colet House 151 Talgarth Rd, W14 9DA
Francine Blake is one of the world’s leading authorities on crop circles and founded the Wiltshire Crop Circle Study Group in 1995 wccsg.com Coach leaves St James’s Square at 9am and returns at around 9pm £75/£64 Good Friends/£55 Concs
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WORKSHOPS Saturday 18 July
Living Awakening ARJUNA ARDAGH This day will offer you a deep immersion in awakening and teach the tools that you can integrate immediately to live from here in every aspect of your life. You will: * discover how to bring feelings of love from the meditation cushion to intimate relationship and to parenting; * experience how absolute presence is the foundation of your effectiveness as a bodyworker, therapist, or any service work. * learn how decisions can be made from pure knowing rather than a place of indecision and rediscover your unique gifts. Wednesday 9 September BUSINESS MASTERCLASS
The Suitcase Entrepreuner NATALIE SISSON Natalie Sisson is a global adventurer and digital nomad who has been based out of her suitcase for over four and half years, running her 6-figure online business from her laptop while travelling the world. In this four hour workshop you will discover: * The four things it really takes to be free and which of these is the most overlooked for living life on your own terms * How you can actually get paid to do what you love, are good at and turn that into a real business * The #1 mistake people make when designing a business online that keeps them stuck, under-earning and tied down * Natalie's unique three-stage plan she's developed to build her multi six-figure location independent business Natalie Sisson is author of the The Suitcase En-
trepreneur, and is renowned in the business world for inspiring thousands of others to design a profitable lifestyle business they love. suitcaseentrepreneur.com 1pm–5pm £50/£40 concs Unitarian Church 112 Palace Gardens Terrace, W8 4RT
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Arjuna Ardagh is an awakening coach, who has trained more than 1300 people to become facilitators of awakening. arjunaardagh.com 10.30am-5pm Columbia Hotel 95 Lancaster Gate, W2 3NS
Saturday 19 September
Liberate Yourself from the Limitation of Ego BRANDON BAYS The ego is our mistaken identification as a separate self, as an individual ‘someone’. Our ego identity is shaped very early in life by our deepest fears, is concretised by the way we are conditioned by life’s events, and is the root cause of our human suffering. Begin your exploration of how your ego traps you in automatic self-sabotaging behaviours and prevents you from living in true fulfilment. With practical and deeply revealing teaching, deep meditations and profound guided introspection work you can take your first step towards undoing the knot of the ego and living a life of liberation. Brandon Bays is the pioneer of The Journey
Method and one of the most inspirational and innovative teachers in personal growth and cellular healing. thejourney.com 10.30am–4.30pm £75/£55 concs Colet House,151 Talgarth Rd, W14 9DA
To thine own self be true – William Shakespeare
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Sunday 20 September
Activate Your Inner Healer ABBY WYNNE Unlock your potential as a healer, and bring healing into your every day life. Learn how to create a regular Energy Healing practice to release your blocks, manage and clear overwhelming emotions, and connect you to your source of power. In this workshop you will receive a healing from Abby to clear anything in the way of you being a healer, and you will leave with a framework for healing that you can use on yourself right away, and others, for the rest of your life. Abby Wynne is a shamanic psychotherapist, energy healer, author and teacher. She blends psychotherapy, shamanism and healing for a powerful and unique experience. She is the author of Energy Healing Basics. abby-wynne.com 10.30am-5pm Columbia Hotel 95 Lancaster Gate, W2 3NS
Weekend 17/18 October
The Artists Way JULIA CAMERON
Join Julia Cameron for an intensive two-day trek through your creative kingdom.Tools will include Morning Pages and Artist Dates, and the workshop will be a mix of talks, Q&A, and experiential work in small groups. Expect this course to jump-start your creative process, refresh your own thinking around creativity, and introduce you to a supportive creative community. Julia Cameron is the author of more than 30 books, both fiction and non-fiction. Best known as the author of The Artist’s Way, her bestselling works on the creative process have been translated into more than 30 languages. juliacameronlive.com 10.30am–5pm £150 /£110 concs Cecil Sharp House 2 Regent’s Park Rd, NW1 7AY
Saturday 31 October
God’s Message to the World: You’ve Got Me All Wrong NEALE DONALD WALSCH Is it possible that everything we think we know about God, and what God wants, is wrong? Could humanity’s ideas about all of this be one of the greatest inaccuracies … ever? Does it truly matter? Neale Donald Walsch, author of the multi-million-selling Conversations with God series, places these questions squarely before us in a one day seminar helping to move our species closer to a true spiritual revolution on Earth, changing humanity’s future for the better, forever. Neale Donald Walsch is the author of nine
books in the Conversations with God series, which have sold over ten million copies in 37 languages. He is one of the major authors in the new spirituality movement. nealedonaldwalsch.com 10.30am–4.30pm £75/£64 Good Friends/£55 Concs Conway Hall 25 Red Lion Square, WC1R 4RL
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The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit – Moliere
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Venue: Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre Tickets: £75/£65/£55
Venue: Cecil Sharp House, 2 Regent’s Park Rd, London NW1 7AY Fee: £65
Don’t miss this opportunity to be in the presence of globally renowned spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle. His profound yet simple teachings have already helped countless people throughout the world find inner peace and greater fulfillment in their lives.
Join Kim Eng, partner and associate of Eckhart Tolle, as she guides you on a journey to experience the joy of being a state of vibrant aliveness and inner peace - realized through inner alignment with the present moment.
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30 July–2 August 2015
RESURGENCE SUMMER CAMP Inspiration, ideas, wellbeing, friendship Explore ideas, recharge and enjoy – join us for a weekend of sustainable living in action at Green & Away; with Satish Kumar, poet Matt Harvey and Joe Hoare, the laughing Buddha. Inspiring talks, discussions, performance, music, and workshops. Delicious vegetarian food. www.resurgence.org/summercamp Tel: 01237 441293 This event is a fundraiser for The Resurgence Trust, an educational charity no. 1120414
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Energy Flow for Health & Happiness The Shaolin Wahnam Summer Camp is an annual, international event that allows people to learn high-level Energy Arts directly from a lineage holder - Grandmaster Wong Kiew Kit (Sifu Wong). 27th June - 5th July 2015, Guildford, Surrey, UK. It is very di!cult on a piece of paper to get across how powerful and practical these courses are. It has always been the challenge of such things … like trying to describe the taste of a banana to someone who hasn’t tasted one."" The people in Fully Alive ar are e successful business people, mental health pr professionals ofessionals and health We We workers. W e have used these skills to change our lives and help the people we work with. W e have seen people from around from ar ound the world get well and live happier lives through through these arts. " So we try and pass them on - and one of the best ways we know is to get people with the genuine skills to teach as widely as possible. Grandmaster Wong people."" Wong Kiew Kit is one of those people. If there there is any way for you to attend these courses we heartily recommend recommend that you do. If it makes it any easier we will make a 100% refund refund to anyone who attends and isn’t isn’t completely satisfied
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Freeing the Clown Richard Dunkerley 6 week evening course – June / July
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Drawing on the Deep Feminine Drawing Femin nine for for World Action in the W Wor orld with Anne Baring and Dr. Scilla Elworthy | 18 - 22 May
Earth Pilgrim with Satish Kumar, Stephan Harding and Rosalind J. Turner | 6 – 10 July
W e Shall Dance with the Mo Mountains: We The Economics of Happiness with Helena Norberg-Hodge and Bayo Akomolafe | 14 - 18 July Tel: Tel: +44 (0)1803 865934 www.schumachercollege.org.uk www .schumachercollege.org.uk
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Making a Real Difference Join The Journey’s Practitioner Programme with Brandon Bays 7 courses that will forever transform your life! … your being is on a jet plane in enlightenment, your essence will become an inspiring, transforming presence that will ignite the fire of awakening in others ... Check: www.thejourney.com/become-a-practitioner/ “The Practitioners’ Programme opened me to the truth of who I am, exposing the lie of who I am not. It's like knowing yourself as a drop of water your whole life and then waking up to the fact that you are the ocean. What a gift that is!” Katrina McGilchrist
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Wee Do W Do Not Not Die Die Expanding Consciousness Through NearDeath and Other Mystical Experiences
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Hay House Events London 2015
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Many Many Liv Lives, es, Man Many y Masters
Angel World World Su Summit mmit
with Michael Neill, McTaggart LLynne ynne McT Taggart aggart & Reid Tracy T Trracy
A two-da two-day y workshop with Dr Brian W Weiss eiss
with Diana Cooper Cooper,, Kyle Kyle Gr Gray ay & Radleigh V Valentine alentine
16–17 May May 2015
30–31 Ma May y 2015
4 July 2015
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I Am Light
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An e evening vening with Dr Wayne Wayne Dy Dyer er
5–6 September 2015
1 October 2015
Raise Your Your Vibr Vibration ation and Empo wer Y Your ou and Empower our Spirit W orkshop Spirit Workshop with Sonia Choquette
21 No November vember 2015
Unlock y your our infinite potential!
Book tickets at www.hayhouse.co.uk or call 020 3675 2450
CALENDAR MONDAY TALKS pay on door / advance booking May 11 May 18 May 27 June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20
Fully Human, Fully Divine Make Your Mind Matter Altruism Reincarnation, Karma, Meaning The Rebirth of Nature Mindfulness: How to Live Well The Forgiveness Prayers The Age of Conscious Evolution The Calm Centre Light is the New Black A Meditative Musical Adventure
Francis Bennett Joe Dispenza Matthieu Ricard William Bloom Rupert Sheldrake Ed Halliwell Mirabei Devi Nicolya Christi Steve Taylor Rebecca Campbell Tom Fortes Mayer
SEMINARS advance booking June 6 June 20 Sept 19 Oct 31
The Soulmate Secret Living a Miraculous Life Liberate Yourself from the Limitation of Ego God’s Message to the World
Arielle Ford Marianne Williamson Brandon Bays Neale Donald Walsch
WILD WOMENS CLUB A monthly space for women who want to live courageously, dare greatly, connect, explore and share what it means to be a woman today. Thursdays at 7pm May 14, June 11, July 9, September 10
WORKSHOPS / MASTERCLASSES advance booking May 3 May 9 May 10 May 16 May 23 May 24 May 30 May 31 June 7 June 13 June 14 June 21 June 27 July 4 July 5 July 18 Sept 9 Sept 20 Oct 17/18
Healing Mastery Numerology: Uncover Your Destiny Deep Writing for Authors Soul Healing Through Sacred Oils The Awakening of Your True Self Switch on Your Enterprise Free Your Heart You Can Heal Your Pet Writing to Awaken Improve Your Conversations The Divine Light Body Start Your Healing Journey The Art of Forgiveness Crop Circle Trip Conscious Relationships Living Awakening The Suitcase Entrepreuner Activate Your Inner Healer The Artists Way
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