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I have completely connected with the whole of existence. I have experienced my own re-birth and re-conception on a gapé is an ancient Greek word for allnumber of occasions in a float tank. encompassing Love of all of reality, Other modalities in which I have including loving self, others, animals, experienced Oneness are: Kundalini things, energy, thoughts, feelings, etc. Yoga, Grofian Holotropic Breathwork the unconditional loving of Everything! and Ericksonian Hypnosis. All of these The early Greeks, including Plato, practices have a common thread. They believed in three forms of love: enable a person to become “HeartEros, affection of a sexual nature; connected” and stay in a state of bliss s s s e Philia, non-sexual affection for a or agapé. They are all good ways of n ll we friend, neighbour or colleague and; “re-charging” our Soul battery and smokin Agapé, affection for or attachment to learning how to STAY fully charged. frui a soul-mate, spouse, family member Recently CBC Radio featured a or Spiritual belief or tradition, etc. xie program in which a speech by ty There are numerous synonyms self Dr. Martin Luther King was -esteem for agapé used by Spiritual groups, rebroadcast.

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Bringing Grief out of the Shadows…

Grief and the Afterlife

By Vonne Solís, Angel Therapy Practitioner®

Spirituality teaches that we choose the circumstances of our birth, death and all our experiences based on the principle of free will. We share our greatest joys and deepest pain with those closest to us. It is through these relationships that we have the greatest opportunities to learn about love, which begins with birth and ends with our death. Some of our most profound lessons come to us through loss of loved ones, material comforts, jobs, relationships and health. We evolve into enlightened beings based on the choice we make to either suffer or heal.

We agree to our experiences prior to incarnating to balance karma and awaken to the responsibility we have to express fully as enlightened beings. We also agree to give Soul the opportunity to optimize specific experiences for soul growth. This optimization occurs as we in human form begin to surrender to healing, which sets in motion a ripple effect that brings about greater transformation for all.

Loss is one of the most important life experiences we go through to help us transform from suffering beings to ones that express through compassion, forgiveness and unconditional love. Loss pushes us to explore our foundational beliefs and the choices we make to heal, that when we do, fosters a powerful shift in energy that creates change on a scale much greater than what the individual can experience alone.

Spirituality teaches that death is the transition back to that perfect state of consciousness from which we originated and have never separated from; where we express as love. The circumstances of physical death have no meaning other than that of transition. Near death accounts suggest we experience a sequence of events common to everyone in transition and that we have the ability to create anything and go anywhere instantly through thought in the afterlife. What we hold in consciousness at the time of passing is what we experience in our rebirth as pure consciousness.

It is common for grievers to want to know deceased loved ones are okay and happy after death. They are.

Death takes us to the greatest love we’ll ever know.

Consider heaven all around us, simply vibrating faster and at a higher frequency than us and that the afterlife is a place of profound beauty to which we return at the moment of our design.

Spirit loved ones can teach us many things and give us glimpses of this love when we remain open to the idea of their ongoing consciousness. Scientific evidence points to the possibility, if not probability, of the existence of a universal consciousness or supreme intelligence; the state to which death returns us. From all my daughter has taught me from the other side, I agree it must exist. The greatest lesson she has taught me is that suffering is simply not part of the after death experience.

If we choose, bliss is all that we will experience.

If in doubt, take comfort knowing that love is the truest reflection of who we are and we can transform all pain and suffering to enjoy a higher state of peace, joy and love before our transition. While we may not be able to change all of our major life experiences, we can decide how we want to approach the lessons within them. It is in this that we find enlightenment.

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Did your New Year’s Resolutions Fail?

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By Sarah Ives, Raw food Coach and Starting Feb 10th 2:30 pm Instructor ’ve never been a big believer in New Year’s Resolutions, yet I haven’t exactly been against them.

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Resolutions. I believe that New Year’s Resolutions Change the way you think about willpower. get such a bad rap (i.e. FAIL) simply because we’re creatures of habit.

Willpower is a non-renewable resource (at least While you might be thinking up other excuses as when viewed on a daily basis). We only have so much to why your resolutions failed, (I don’t have time, willpower in a day, so you have to conserve it like it’s unanticipated overwhelm, I didn’t really want to, I got on the brink of extinction. sick), it can almost all be chiseled down to this simple Every decision you make that is not a habit, chips fact: we’re creatures of habit. And habits don’t form away at your daily willpower (like Should I have that overnight – not news, I know. cookie? Should I exercise? Should I cook something healthy Since New Year’s does happen overnight, most for dinner or just get pizza?), which is why new year’s resolutions are destined to fail without the proper resolutions go quickly out the window (especially at night when your willpower finally breaks). planning.

Compare this to your daily habits: morning coffee, shower, walking the dog, bathing the baby, these all get done – because they’re non-negotiables.

The key is to make your new changes non-negotiable so they’re not at the whim of your willpower (which is clearly hit or miss depending on mood, energy, atmosphere, etc.) by creating positive habits, not in the span of one evening (like Dec 31st to Jan 1st).

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2) Based on this, isolate the changes you want to make and and why (don’t skimp on the why!)?

3) Get out your calendar and map out - over the course of a few weeks or months – how – and specifically when – you’re going to build these new habits, day by day or week by week.

4) Take it gradual – nothing is going to happen overnight. If you have more than one major change, then stagger the other changes, so they’re not happening at once.

5) Be generous with yourself and know that, if you slip up, you jump right back on the wagon.

Quickly update your calendar goals and keep moving forward.

6) Put up your previously determined WHY in a place you can see it.

7) Schedule in some rest and relaxation. Contrary to popular belief, we are more productive – not less – if we simply allow ourselves to rest. Whether it is a 5 minute daily meditation or a day at the spa, we all thrive with this simple need.

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Are You in Sacred Marriage?

Are you ready to reclaim your Divine blueprint?

by Amâeil (Melinda Urban RIHR) Masterfully guiding you to your own inner wisdom to unravel the root cause of your limiting concerns, and help you reclaim your authentic power and freedom.

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acred marriage is the realization of your God-Self. It is a union unlike any other in that the primary focus in the relationship is spiritual alchemy through the creational power of Living Light. It cannot be considered a union through ego for there is no place for this. In fact, the ego is the uninvited guest that will always find itself being transformed to Divine love.

Many times, people participate in relationship from the ego self. This is a limited view, for the energies are looping in a bi-wave or polarity, closed system. In this case, the relationship is fed only by a siphoning of energy from one another, and the overall paradigm is often “what can I get?” This closed system is a distortion.

If one only has this limited perception of relationship, then it is challenging to be in an effective one.

The opportunity on Earth today is to transform the biwave/polarity system to a tri-wave with an eternal life force. This means that God-Source also enters into the relationship dynamic for mutual healing and balancing.

Yet it is more than just gender reference, it is creation mechanics at the particle level; when God-Source Light is present, the masculine and feminine principle energies coming together as polarities are regenerated through zero point, the Source of all creation. It is unification of the Mother God and Father God energies within each partner, and through the partnership, creating Christ consciousness, and the foundation for expansion.

When someone expresses to me that they wish to attract a spouse/partner who can meet their ego’s needs (generous, creative, established, etc.), my question to them always is, “Are you this?” You have to be that which you wish to experience. More importantly, applying this to Divine relationship, the question becomes, “What is your relationship with your Spirit/God?” Sacred marriage, first and foremost, exists within, and can express in a committed relationship, but this is not essential. Either way, personality is secondary

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to alignment with your pure, infinite consciousness.

Individually, the ego is intended as a vehicle for transformation and genuine soul expression. In partnership, the harmonization is much more meaningful than personality compatibility; it is purposed to serve Oneness. Your relationship is first with your Spirit. Your relationship with the other is with their Divinity.

When you are committed to Oneness, anything else will have to fall away, and this is your inner work. This is not to say that you have to be perfect in relationship with God, or with another Divine human being, but you are aligning with unity consciousness and service. This requires commitment to your spiritual ascension, and learning to be inner-sustained from your own Light.

Your intention shifts to “what can I offer?”, both to humanity, and perhaps a partner.

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Discover the Power of Your Subconscious Mind

“Hypnosis helps me to open my mind to new possibilities. Everything is easy from that perspective.”

Maureen M. t the core of all main contemplative traditions is that it’s essential to understand the nature of one’s mind. With that understanding, comes the realization that our mind often rules our life.

Through the gentle technique of hypnosis, you can become the master of your own mind, and thus the master of your own destiny. There’s no greater power than this: your mind is your life! Whatever you do, wherever you are, it’s the quality of your thinking that matters. Your laughter and tears, confidence and embarrassment, creativity and motivation: all of these are influenced by the very quality of your mind.

“You Are What You Think!”

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It isn’t always clear whether we control our mind or our mind controls us. If on reflection we come to realize that, in fact, we aren’t “running the show,” there is a way to turn this around—a natural means by which we can access our own deep inner wisdom and thus regain control.

How does hypnosis work?

How does hypnosis work and exactly what does a session entail? First and foremost, we discuss your objectives and how we might help you to achieve them.

A certified hypnotist has several tools and techniques at their disposal, thus in the first session we determine which avenue is best suited to you. Will regression be helpful— healing the past through the positive framework used in hypnosis—or do we simply need to find a way to move forward?

Having established an appropriate technique together, I guide you into a deeply relaxed state. Here we reach the subconscious mind, the wiser part of the mind that is capable of executing powerful changes with amazing ease. In this relaxed state, you can still hear and even

speak to me. Because hypnosis is all about regaining control, you decide how deep you want to go. Then you simply relax and follow my gentle instructions. Due to this level of comfort, the chosen technique gains momentum and the results become tangible, because they arise naturally from within you.

In a session we approach issues metaphorically, which is helpful on several levels. Because a metaphor appears different from the actual concern, it allows the superficial mind to relax. But at the same time, the subconscious mind makes the connection and uses the metaphor to invoke powerful changes.

What amazes me is that most people know what they must do in order to achieve their goals. They say things like, “The past is still affecting me. I need to let it go.” And yet we don’t know how. It’s true that from the superficial aspect of our mind, letting go is a difficult thing to do; the superficial mind is complex and can tend to sabotage its own efforts: “I really shouldn’t have this piece of cake, but . . . just this once . . .” Or, “I want to enjoy myself and have fun. I wish I could relax and let

go.” But how to relax and let go? Once we’ve established your needs and desires, we adapt the session towards achieving them.

When a client is highly motivated and open-minded, they experience remarkable and lasting results in a very short amount of time. With the right attitude, the mind relaxes and is open to its amazing potential to heal and move on. The goal of hypnotic techniques is to cause long-term beneficial changes. I just help the process along.

Lynne Cardinal is a Certified Hypnotist with the National Guild of Hypnotists, holding additional certifications in Hypnosis Innovative Techniques and Weight Loss. She has a PhD in Eastern Philosophy and is a Stress Management and Meditation Coach.

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Where Do We Go From Here?

The Shifting Sands Of Your Life

By Kerry Palframan RN

Sherry Harris, MSW, RSW, Cert. Spiritual Teacher, Coach, Counsellor

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o! December 21, 2012 has come and gone and we are still here. It’s not that I didn’t think we would be, I just thought there might be something a bit more dramatic to anchor us in the new light, the new transmission into the 5th dimension. I think the truth is that the energy has been ramping up daily for the last year to the extent that we are so used to feeling the effect of high voltage energies on our systems that December 21st really just felt like another day. I did all the things I could to maximize the experience including meditating for hours with several different groups focused on global unity and silence to bring in the new energies. It was all lovely, but I was very surprised not to feel anything big. Just shows how programmed we can be by the spiritual press. I still know that we live in the most amazing period of time in which our planet is making her transition along with us into the 5th dimension and beyond. Fear, anger, greed, corruption and war will become concepts of the past. Those in the future will shake their heads in amazement wondering what we were thinking to live in such a barbarian way.

Today is the 9th of January. I am still aware that the energies are very intense and very chaotic. Emotions are high, anxiety is high and bizarre and unexpected body reactions are still the norm. The truth is there doesn’t seem to be a normal anymore. Living in the moment is a necessity as the energies shift and change instantaneously. Staying grounded is a full time job.

Remembering to center, connect with your God Within and to love in trusting gratitude that all is unfolding for our highest good is the best way I know to keep positive and open to receive the intense transformative energies beaming to us now from the divine cosmos.

This opportunity for spiritual growth and advancement is so big it is hard to grasp its immensity.

As I have mentioned before, it is wise to take advantage of this healing, expanding vibration we are now living in by doing our part. Opening up to receive, cleansing on all levels is what we can do. Lighten up.

Do your work to release the heavy dense emotions that have kept you trapped in fear and contraction. Allow them to rise to the surface and stay with them in love so they may be released and not stuffed down again even deeper. Anything within us that is not of the light is burbling up to the surface to be released. Do your part.

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Abundant Life Coach Spiritual Counsellor Psychotherapist 2belight1@gmail.com www. sherryharriscounselling.com 613-236-8852 Insurance Receipts Available Meet it with love and let it go. Physically, keep your body as light as possible. Light foods, light thoughts, light behaviours. Prepare yourself to live the new light being vibration you are being readied for. Anything that is heavy and dense makes it harder for the higher light vibrations to anchor within us. And above all, be still. Take time to still your mind. In silence go within and receive your instructions. We are all being given what we need to move forward. Be still and listen. The busy mind cannot hear what is intended to heal, to love and to open you up to the grander self you have kept hidden inside awaiting the time on this planet when the vibrations would be harmonious for your awakening soul to fully express itself. Celebrate each and every day. We are here now and there is nowhere to go but within to a deeper, more peaceful, more loving way of being.

Sherry Harris is a psychotherapist and a certified spiritual teacher, counsellor and coach. You may reach her at 613-2368852 Sherry provides receipts for her work covered by most insurance packages.

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any people are experiencing huge shifts in their lives at this time. The acceleration will be felt by all but each will experience it in their own unique way.

What way are you experiencing the shifts and how do you balance and reconcile the changes happening in your life?

In order to understand the changes going on for you it would behoove you to know that this heightened time of shift is really an opportunity (often in disguise) for your own soul’s journey and mission.

The earth plane is a unique place in the Universe as we get to “see” the outcome of our thoughts, attitudes, beliefs, words and actions manifested in a concrete tangible way. In the realm of spirit or absolute there is only the conception and a knowing of an idea, but not an experience of it.

Here on earth we have the beauty of dichotomy or opposites to aid us on our journeys. This concrete manifestation helps us perceive our reality and gives us a “real”, tangible and undeniable experience. You cannot know hot until you know cold. You cannot remember Who You Are until you have forgotten (which is what happens when you choose to become embodied on the earth plane – you forget your own divinity).

So here is your opportunity to remember Who You Are and to see the patterns you have created in this lifetime in a concrete physical manifestation. This is done through the world of conflict, emotional upheavals and things generally not going as you had planned.

At this time of heightened acceleration on the planet, all the past patterns you have created are going to be put right in your face for review. It’s the benevolent Universe’s way of giving you an opportunity to see what you’ve created and decide whether you like it or not. You are here as children of the Creator and here to create and manifest what you truly desire.

If your life is topsy-turvy right now, then something is out of alignment. Something you have created (consciously or on auto-pilot) is not working for you.

It is your job to discern what is not working for you so that you can correct it.

Remember you cannot know hot until you’ve had an experience of cold. So if you are now experiencing the opposite of what you desire, then you are on the right track. For once you identify what it is you do not desire, you can set your intent and steer in a new direction.

Just as you cannot change the programming of the hard drive of your computer until you know what the programming is – so too do you need to dig deep to discover what your programming and resulting patterns are in order to correct and rebalance your life.

The answers lie within - if you would just be still for a moment and listen to your own inner voices. Mixed in with the daily mental chatter and your list-of-things-to-

do voice will be your wisdom and higher-self speaking.

Do not attempt to quiet the mind but rather listen and engage it and speak with the mind. I guarantee you will be very surprised to, not only hear or experience answers, but that your mind welcomes a conversation.

Give it a try just by turning off all distractions and finding some alone time. If you don’t think you have enough time to devote to such an exercise. I tell you that doing this devotional or alone time for 30 minutes a day will FREE up more time for you to do and accomplish what needs to be done (akin to defragging your computer!).

The sands of your life will continue to shift and you will not be able to stop this greater flow taking place. If you allow the flow to move you, even if it is unpleasant, it will take you to the place where your greatest opportunities lie and align you with your soul’s mission and purpose.

Kerry Palframan is a registered nurse by profession who now follows her true calling as a gifted visionary, intuitive life guide, healer and spiritual teacher. She offers personal readings as well as free teleseminars.

Her book, Spirit Talk, is a “must” for understanding messages from your higher self and spirit guides. She has also produced a valuable guided meditation CD, Meeting Your Angels and Spirit Guides. Learn more at www.indigowisdom.ca or www.indigodreamer.com

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Accessing Your Potential

A Personal Growth & Development Series presented by: Rob Anderson ECPC, MACP and Wilma de Zeeuw M.A.

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You are invited to a Celebration of Spirit at Tao Crystals

Saturday & Sunday February 9th & 10th 10 am to 4 pm

Admission: $20 per session Information & 15 min sessions will be available from our practitioners

ur current reality on Earth is a time of great change and considerable awareness. We are becoming increasingly sensitive to the overwhelming needs that our society faces and the delicate balance that lies in question with Mother Earth. With that awareness comes a need to do what is right which has shifted from “right for me” to “right for everyone”. This shift is an internal one and is being felt worldwide where race, color and beliefs come second to the need of understanding and loving each other for who we are, not what we have done. What is happening is being felt directly in our hearts and is causing us to follow our instincts and claim back what is rightfully ours. Although appearing to be individual it is translating into a force that many people on Earth are acting on, thereby reclaiming their freedom and individuality. Numerous people on Earth are now accessing this greater part of them, the ancient energy that unites as One. So how do all this? It starts with listening, but not in the way you are accustomed to. As it turns out in order to access your potential takes something our logical world has eliminated from its equation: Creativity. Since we have been hard wired to think, act and experience our world from our left brain, we often think in logic, steps, lists and processes that although helpful, cause us to think from one perspective. When we shift our perspective to the untapped areas of ourselves, we then get answers from a vast pool of awareness that is our right brain. Through guided visualisation, meditation, and art activities we begin to turn off our left brain and allow ourselves to become grounded in our creativity. To open up to your creativity and to tone down your inner critic gives you the freedom to listen from a deeper level. By taking these initial steps away from your logical mind you begin to build a foundation to explore what is keeping you stuck in current patterns from what you fear and to learn how to achieve the hopes and dreams you have. Inviting you to shift your perspective, to let go of what you think/believe you should do and to gently move you to the perspective of what and where you want to be. Through these various activities you will experience connection to your authentic self. That part of you that just knows when things are right and what you are meant to do. These exercises will help strengthen your intuition and your ability to trust as you move towards creating the life you desire.

Step by step you will discover your way to bring into being what it is you intend on being. We would like to support you to create a life that flows.

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Explore enlightened, healthy and harmonious living through an energizing series of expert speakers and professional workshops, along with exhibitors showcasing leading edge products and services.

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sychic, Healer & Teacher, Marlene Stevens, is pleased to announce, for the month of February, all on-line medical readings will be at the reduced price of $100.

Marlene excels in doing medical readings with accurate information to guide you on your healing journey. Whether you have a physical, emotional or spiritual illness, guidance from the spirit world can put you on the path to what you most need in order to heal.

It is not for sure everything can be healed but readings can assist in giving you comfortable lifestyle antidotes or give you steps you need to make a full recovery.

Marlene does not need to know anything about your illness. Only your name, birthdate, and in a deep trance state, the information you need will be given to her and then passed onto you in the form of written instructions.

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RI CHINMOY: Determination and strength we need in every sphere of life. In the spiritual life, too, at every moment we need abundant strength and willpower, for we have to fight bravely against fear, doubt, worry, jealousy and imperfection. Only a brave aspirant can conquer all his inner enemies.

In the spiritual life, we need strength in the physical, in the vital, in the mind and in the heart. When we have physical strength, when our physical body is full of dynamic energy, we do not fall sick. If we want to meditate early in the morning, the body is ready to help us. If we do not have a healthy, sound body, in spite of our best intention to meditate, the body will revolt and will offer us a stomach upset or a headache or some other ailment that will disturb us.

If we have strength in the vital, then we dare to hope, we dare to accomplish, we dare to conquer all negative forces within us and around us. The strength in the vital we can utilise either to build or to destroy.

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Two things are constantly trying to destroy our mind: one is fear and the other is doubt. When we have strength in the mind, we do not allow fear or doubt to enter into our mind. Real death comes to us only once in life. But, in a sense, death comes to us almost every day when we allow fear and doubt to enter into our mind. When we welcome or cherish doubt, it is like drinking poison.

Doubt negates all our divine possibilities and divine capacities. However, with our prayer and meditation, we strengthen our mind.

If a man does not have strength in the heart, he may have hundreds of friends, but he will feel lonely. He may be very wealthy, but he will feel insecure. But when one prays and meditates, he makes his heart strong and feels there the Presence of God. And when one feels the Presence of God in his heart, how can he feel lonely or insecure?

When we have strength in the body, in the vital, in the mind and in the heart, we become fully ready to realise the Highest. God has given the capacity to each and every one of us to discover the real Divinity, the real Reality within us. But we need regular prayer and meditation in order to bring our capacity to the fore and utilise it. If one likes to pray, he can pray. If somebody else likes to meditate, he can meditate. If one wants both to pray and to meditate, he can do so.

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n the December and January issues of Tone we explored the steps needed for couples to regain trust.

We talked about: 1. the importance of telling the truth; 2. allowing and encouraging feelings; 3. listening to the responses and feelings from your partner; 4. taking full healthy responsibility; and 5. reinventing your relationship.

The last step in regaining trust is forgiveness.

6. FORGIVENESS: Forgiveness cannot be willed or forced. It is not an event; it is a process. Both parties need to make a 360-degree turn away from blame, including self-blame. It includes a willingness to forgo using what happened as ammunition in future arguments.

Forgiveness rituals can assist. A person can identify what is needed to bring closure and ask directly for what they need in order to let go, and this will be different for each individual. For some people, doing some penance may be helpful, others may find that this reinforces the idea that one is person is the victim, or that one person is wrong, bad.

We may need to explore and understand our childhood experience of forgiveness. For many of us forgiveness meant denying our anger. Marlene has memories of being told to “kiss and make up” when she was still angry and hurt at what her brother had done.

In some cultures and families forgiveness is earned, and once the person has done what is necessary to earn it there is an obligation to forgive. In other families, grudges were held beyond death.

A person who is unwilling to forgive may need to explore their own desire to punish, their “punitiveness”.

This may have been learned in the family of origin.

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protect yourself from feeling the pain of loving again. It also may be an attempt to control the other person; if I forgive you, then you will think you can do it again. If I let go of this, I will have to be responsible for myself. A person may need to make a decision to trust again. We never forget; we let go and move on.

Forgiveness is NOT forgetting, denying, condoning, or excusing what happened. It is not about seeking justice or compensation. Forgiveness is happening as a person attempts to learn, understand, and build a way of life after the pain. It goes hand in hand with identifying and handling the source of breaking trust so it doesn’t repeat (as mentioned in step five). Forgiveness cannot be expected to end pain.

Forgiveness helps those who do the forgiving, not necessarily those who did the harm. Forgiveness is an attitude, a generous goodwill gesture, a gift we give our partners and ourselves. It is a new way of viewing the world for the sake of loving oneself and eventually the one who harmed us.

Forgiveness requires discipline and concentration; it requires active participation and self-motivation to decide to come out of victimization into wholeness.

Gradually, together you open up to trust again. You begin to create a new relationship story that includes what happened, how it happened, and the way trust is being re-established, and how you are healing and forgiving together. In fact, your relationship may be stronger and healthier than it was before. For a copy of the entire article “What to do when Trust is Broken” please see articles on our website.

Many of the ideas in this article come from a presentation by Janet Hardy from the Church Council for Justice and Corrections. Marlene & Bob Neufeld practice body-centered Coaching and Psychotherapy.

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Parenting With Wisdom

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ne of the greatest techniques I have experienced when feeling stuck, and witnessed my children, grandchildren and clients playing with when they are stuck is Creative Joint Play (aka The Crazy Dance.) It’s easy, fun, and loosens the grip of any pattern that no longer serves you.

Play with this for four or five minutes. See how many creative ways you can move.

After this activity talk about how you feel. You will likely be smiling or laughing along with your children, feeling relaxed and open to learning.

CONCEPT SUMMARY: You and your child(ren) experience the way creative movement can quickly and easily open the flow of vitality and a refreshed feeling.

CONCEPT: You and your child(ren) will learn how to open the Rabia Wilcox is a Certified Conscious Living Coach joints in your bodies with creative movement to increase with the Hendricks Institute www.hendricks.com. the flow of aliveness and feelings of vitality within your She specializes in Parents and Youth. 613-234-7561. bodies and beyond.

For upcoming events and workshops or to order the Conscious Kids’ Curriculum as an e-book for $27.95 (US) ACTIVITY: Stand and begin moving your wrists in ways that you please visit: www.rabiawilcox.com do not normally move them. As you continue to move your wrists shift into moving your elbows in creative ways too. Then your shoulders, neck and jaw. This begins to look and feel like a fun “Crazy Dance.”

Now begin moving your lower body and move your waist, hips, knees, ankles, toes and all the joints in your body in ways that you do not normally move them.

I encourage you and your child(ren) to break up your patterns of movement when you are getting used to a particular pattern. For example, if you are doing small movements, you can begin to do large movements. If you are doing fast movements, you can begin slowing your movements down. This may not look pretty, but it sure is fun!

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he New Year is traditionally a time when many people stop, take stock of their lives and resolve to make changes. I suppose the New Year is as good a time as any to do this although what’s to stop you at any other time of the year?

We tell ourselves we’re going to exercise, eat healthier, finally clean up the basement, finish the renovations, learn a new language and the list goes on.

Too many of us fail at keeping our resolutions and that’s because our new behaviours are not supported by new structures and perceptions that are sustainable.

Let’s say you want to exercise more to lose weight.

Are you going to schedule a time to exercise that will be easy to fit into your existing schedule? Are you going to rearrange your schedule to fit in the time to exercise?

If you don’t make the time, it’s not going to happen.

And if your schedule is not easy to follow day in day out, month after month, the chances are you won’t be exercising for very long.

When it comes to perception, how much of your new resolution is based on the stick and how much is based on the carrot? If your desire to exercise and lose weight is only based on “shoulds”, not liking the way you look, feeling obligated to exercise, then your motivation only has one leg to stand on.

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You need both the stick and the carrot to support your new behaviour. And I would suggest to explore both as much as you can. Ask yourself: What will happen if I don’t exercise, what will change? What will happen if I don’t lose weight? What am I going to feel like, look like in 1 year, 5 years, 10 years or 20 years if nothing changes? That’s the process of going into the pain (the stick).

To balance this out, it’s also good to explore the reward (the carrot): If you do continue to exercise, lose weight, and get fit and strong, what will your life be like then? How will you look and feel? What will others say about you?

The more detailed a picture you can outline for yourself of the stick and the carrot, the more balanced and supportive your perception will be.

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TAKING REFUGE:

The 7 Factors of Awakening

Where Practice Begins

A Weekend Retreat

Barry H. Gillespie

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n Theravaden Buddhist practice the first thing we do at the start of the day, or at the start of a practice session, or on the first day of a long retreat; is take refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha, chanting the Pali refuge chant.

The 7 Factors of Awakening is one of the central teaching of Buddhism. Over the course of the weekend, using a combination of sitting and walking practice in the Theravaden Buddhist form, we will look at each of the 7 factors, how they relate to one another, and how together they are a map to enlightenment.

Why do we do this? What does this mean?

First what do we mean by “refuge”. The dictionary defines refuge as “shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc.; a place of shelter, protection, or safety.”

So taking refuge means going to some place, either physically and/or mentally/emotionally where we feel safe, where we feel sheltered from the unpleasant things that might arise in the course of daily life.

Taking refuge in the Buddha could mean responding to the idea of the Buddha, this person who reached enlightenment through his own efforts, and then went on to teach what he had learned. He is an example of what is possible for all of us. Or we may mean our own “Buddha Nature”, that possibility within all of us to reach enlightenment just as the Buddha did. We can’t know or understand what this means on a rational level, we can only feel that it seems right. Taking refuge in the Buddha is an act of faith, faith in the Buddha himself, faith that he reached enlightenment, faith in our own potential to reach enlightenment.

By the Dhamma we mean the teachings of the Buddha, the record that has come down of the forty years of teachings that he gave after his enlightenment.

The Dhamma is a detailed map, a means, a way to enlightenment. This cannot be a passive process. It takes great effort. We need to study, to immerse ourselves in the teaching. Taking refuge in the Dhamma means that we commit ourselves to that effort, knowing that what we learn will help us along the way.

Traditionally the Sangha means all those over the last 2500 years who have reached enlightenment by following the Buddha’s teachings. On a more direct and personal level it could mean all the people we are practicing with regularly. When we practice with other people over a long period of time a special bond grows.

We know that they are there practicing, struggling, just as we are. Their energy and determination helps us to keep practicing. Taking refuge in the Sangha is taking refuge in the love we feel for those we are practicing with, and letting ourselves feel their love for us as well.

By taking refuge in the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha we are letting go into a feeling of safety and protection that arises out of faith, self effort, and love. All three of these are needed to be successful. To understand this we should look at what happens if one of these components is missing.

When: Saturday & Sunday, February 16-17, 9am - 5pm Where: Strathcona Studios, 222 Strathcona Avenue, Ottawa Led By: Barry Gillespie, from Boulder, Colorado Cost: $45 + teacher Dana.

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Barry Gillespie was introduced to formal meditation practice in 1978, through the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Ashram. After taking a combined Ashtanga Yoga and Vipassana retreat in 1999 he began exploring Theravaden Buddhist practice, sitting many long retreats at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, MA and Spirit Rock in Woodacre, CA. His primary teacher is Guy Armstrong. His teaching arises out of his desire to share what he has learned with others.

Barry will also be giving a talk titled "The Intersection of Yoga and Buddhism" the evening before the retreat, Friday, Feb. 15, 7:30 - 9:30pm at the Adi Shesha Yoga Zone, 99 Fourth Avenue, Ottawa. There will be a Dana Bowl. Everyone is welcome.

If we have faith and we make effort to study the teachings, but we aren’t grounded in love for all beings then we can easily veer towards fundamentalism, fanaticism, extremism. If we have faith and love, but we don’t make an effort to understand the practice/ teaching we have adopted, we can easily wander off into the excesses of the new age flower children. We can lose sight of the shadow side. If we have knowledge and love, but no faith, then we can easily fall “spiritual materialism”. Faith anchors us in a tradition, a form of practice. Without faith it is easy to adopt the smorgasbord approach to practice, something new and different every day.

Other practices have these elements; faith, effort and love within them. The genius of Buddhist practice is that it sees that we need all three, and that we need them right at the very beginning.

One other thing is necessary. We can’t simply understand all this on an intellectual level. We have to feel it, experience it. Refuge, that sense of being safe and protected, is something we feel deeply, not just an idea. That experience arises through diligent, intense practice.

Barry Gillespie was one of the original owners of Santosha Yoga in Ottawa. He currently lives and teaches in Boulder, CO. He is returning to Ottawa to teach the weekend of Feb. 15-17.

February 2013

Philosophical Discussions with Markam Wilson

The Interplanetary Nature of Linguistics

What is Linguistics? Linguistics can be broadly described as the study of language. It is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry that provides a framework for the understanding of all aspects of language, ranging from the theoretical and structural to the sociological and applied.

The Four Corners of the Kosmos

The diagram above is a schematic summary of what is called `the four quadrants’ of existence: intentional, behavioural, cultural and social. These four quadrants are a summary of a data search across various developmental and evolutionary fields.

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In the House of Aquarius

his mom, and then kill a whole bunch of innocent souls in an elementary school, along with some teachers, and he eleventh house is all about networking, then kill himself. conferences, friends, parties, hopes and wishes, What the hell is happening? Oh yeah. Uranus is and humanitarian causes, like saving the planet. It's squaring Pluto. Not once, but twice, thrice, four times, about community. Any place where friends, or people five times. Right about now - or… 2015 at the latest, looking for friends, gather. Think chess clubs, coffee when that fifth square occurs - all hell breaks loose. klatches, sewing circles, coffee houses, conference halls, When Uranus was conjoined to Pluto, back in the community centers, beverage rooms. Since Uranus rules mid-Sixties, there was the Cuban missile crisis, people the eleventh house, and Uranus rules anything weird started moving to California with flowers in their hair, and eccentric, like your Uncle Bill, also think community. LSD flooded out of Berkeley, the pill added thrust to the Particularly weird and eccentric communities.

Women's Movement, Viet Nam, etc.

At the very least, like some Poet Like Burning Man once said, kinda sorta, things will I was at Burning Man, just change. Because that's what things before the towers came down. do.

End of August, 2001. I remember Aquarius is ruled by Uranus. And it well.Especially the night of the Uranus says, rebellion and revolution penultimate parade, just before 'the will always rule the day. Saturn - a ka Man' went up in flames, when there the old king - will die and the new was this guy on a float with what he kid in town, as the Eagles once sang, called a Tesla helmet on his head. will have his day in court. Inevitably.

Fireworks were shooting out of it.

The eleventh house constitutes the He was twisting with a hoola-hoop future, and, being ruled by Uranus to an old Beach Boys song, "Help Me, as it is, it keeps changing. But that Rhonda". Something like that, you is where our hopes and wishes can never get out of your head, no lie, and the models by which we matter how hard you try. Kinda like graft and shape our personae stem those images of the towers coming from our dimly realized hopes and down, on all those TV sets in the aspirations, which we borrow from electronics store I happened to be the groups and classes and lectures in, in Vancouver, buying the brand and workshops we attend, the social new Dylan album, on the morning of Craig Grant, Author circles we move in, the friends we September 11th, 2001. find along the path.

Maybe, just maybe, it's just a pet WHY ASTROLOGY WORKS This month, in my readings, I'll be theory of mine, the eleventh house Grant has been an astrologer since the days when concentrating on how the Uranus/ he had to have a slide rule, a book of houses, and rules confessions. two hours to spare, in order to make a zodiac chart. Pluto square is affecting you, and I saw them in the COLLECTED your own particular, zodiac chart.

WORKS bookstore last week, three He is the author of one novel (THE LAST INDIA different books within a span of five OVERLAND @ google books; Coteau Books), and one book of prose poetry (THE GIRL WITH minutes. Confessions of a White To have a reading with EINSTEIN'S BRAIN, Lyricalmyracle). He has been House Intern, Confessions of an the astrologer-in-residence at GlobalPsychics.com Craig, contact him at Encyclopedia Salesman, Confessions grant207@gmail.com Info: mercuryrising1@live.ca of an Amsterdam Hooker.

There’s something in the zeitgeist, confessions are in the air.

Synchronicity is everywhere.Serendipity is everywhere else.

Which is why I started to write a memoir, called CONFESSIONS OF A PSYCHIC SPY. As I write, it’s the last waning days of the long, strange autumn of 2012. The end of the world - or, at least, the End of the Mayan Calendar - is but a day away.

The weather is SCARY. Hurricane Sandy is still a blistering memory.

And the world is as scary as ever, too. Some crazy guy in Connecticut thought it'd be a good idea to kill

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Sacred Space: Listening Well Is The Most Eloquent Sign Of Caring

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ost people report that they are hardly ever really listened to very deeply or for very long. Partners in Healing (clients) who come to my counselling practice often tell me that nobody has ever listened to them their whole life. Listening well is an art form. When we are young, there is very little emphasis put on learning how to physically, emotionally and spiritually listen. There are very few human models of listening well from which young people can learn. Listening is not just limited to hearing with our ears. Emotional listening is when we are “tuning in” to the energies and the frequencies of the other person. Some scientists believe that we can only really “hone in” on another when our pineal gland in the middle of our brain is in harmonic resonance with the pineal gland of the other person.

Sacred Space is born when two people or more are in sympathetic attunement with each other. Sacred Space can also be created by forming a spiritual cocoon around a person when one is imbedded in their environment.

The projections of “inside” and “outside” melt away leaving the individual in a state of ecstasy. Sacred Space can be created, sustained, nurtured and, unfortunately, sometimes pierced. Sacred Space requires that a “safe container” be established wherein the people involved feel secure and protected from spurious interventions.

Ground rules need to be followed to ensure this.

One of the most well-known techniques for learning how to listen well is the ALT, or Active Listening Technique. ALT is based on the idea that we must not separate the sender from the receiver.

In this “inter-subjective” technique there is no division.

There are two subjects fusing as one entity. In most successful listening methods it is generally recognized that the kinesiologists are probably correct when they hypothesize that 7% of human communication is through the actual words we use, 38% is through the way in which we express those words, and 55% is nonverbal, subtle and operates at the subliminal level.

This summer I went to a retreat seminar at Esalen Institute at Big Sur, California, called “Cortical Field Re-Education”. I also went to a retreat seminar at Assisi Institute, Assisi, Italy, called “Wrestling with Angels”. Both of these wonderful learning experiences were focused on how to train one’s Psyche to listen to the “total message” of what is going on in and around oneself.

At Esalen we practised visualizations for entering our body’s cortical field and changing and/or updating any out-moded dysfunctional default systems with new and life-affirming defaults and non-reactive operating systems. When our cortical field is aligned with our authentic Self, we are then able to “listen well”. Our director becomes our own Psyche, not someone else.

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Ian Prattis want to talk to you about children who are no longer here. They are dead. Twenty children gunned down at an elementary school in Newton, CT. Children killed as collateral damage in Gaza, Israel, Syria, Congo, Afghanistan and in world-wide violence. We are all grieving parents to the world. The question we all face is - What Now? In the face of grief we must feel it deeply, be hurt by it, taking time to feel the pain of the tragedy. Then come through, determined to make a difference.

STOP: REASSESS: ENTER THE BODHISATTVA. Stopping requires calling in the support of wise friends, counselors and Sangha so we can begin to see clearly and give ourselves the chance to find ourselves. Stillness is needed, not social media distraction - for we now have to look for a new direction and leadership. To reassess the 21st century, we must look deeply at the factors involved in the Newton, CT massacre.

We will see a complex, intertwined tapestry with the easy availability of guns and drugs, compounded by societal tolerance of violence through the worst that cyberspace and Hollywood have to offer. Plus the very serious common denominator shared by the killers stretching back to the Columbine massacre. This is the factor of mental illness in pre-adult white males who are caught in an identity trap that they escape from through violence and murder.

This is their five minutes of fame that enables them to be remembered. They occupy a toxic landscape of “not love”, “not connected.” And this is what requires the attention of our mindfulness. How do we begin?

The Christmas season has passed, yet we can begin there with a small reassessment that all of us can do.

We examine our habit energies around gift giving and learn to give gifts that really make a difference. Begin by participating less in the expected excess of mindless consumerism of Christmas buying. I have taken that small step and no longer buy Christmas gifts. Instead, present donations and gift certificates in the name of family and friends to provide education for a girl in Afghanistan, rebuild forests in Haiti, provide literacy packs and mosquito nets where most needed. This then leads to the greatest gift we can give to ourselves and others at this time of crisis, for it is already within us.

That gift is Freedom and it involves stepping firmly onto the Bodhisattva path made clear by the Buddha and other great teachers.

It is time for the Bodhisattva to enter the 21st century as a paradigm and archetype for individual and collective action. This enables us to be rooted in our

our energy field and re-aligning our Psyche to be in harmony with our dreams, our highest aspirations and the Archetypes of the Soul.

In Assisi we studied the emotional and spiritual lives of Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint Clare of Assisi and Hildegard von Bingen. All three of these highly religious individuals attained an extremely high level of Spiritual Enlightenment. All three seem to have moved well beyond any institutionalized, dogmatic religious precepts and to have ascended into the realms of angelic energy. They all had learned how to “listen well”. They had spiritually evolved into Sacred Space while alive!

I have had many discussions with Catholic friends, Jesuit scholars and Catholic priests in which I have challenged the concept that the Virgin Mary was indeed a virgin. In the Assisi seminars I received my first reasonable answer to this apparent conundrum.

Mary had “virgin ears” and could listen to the voices of Angels and could thereby spiritually conceive a “Golden Child”.

This article was written in August of 2012 by: Richard M. Haney, M.Ed., Ph.D. (Counselling and Mediation). Richard has been practising Wholistic Counselling, Coaching, Hypnotherapy and Mediation for the past 25 years in Ottawa. To contact Richard please call (613) 234-5678 or send an e-mail to: richard@ottawacounselling.com

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PINE GATE SANGHA

Engaged Buddhism in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh Nucleus of Friends for Peace Canada Teachings every Thursday 7.00pm - 9.00pm Pine Gate Meditation Hall 1252 Rideout Cr, Ottawa, ON K2C 2X7 Contacts: iprattis@bell.net chill.carolyn@gmail.com • 613 726 0881 www.ianprattis.com/pinegate.htm own sovereignty and deeply transform ourselves and our civilization. We nurture this paradigm by cultivating two aspects that presently lie dormant within us. The first aspect is Interbeing – knowing that we interconnect with everything – the earth, oceans, forests and mountains, all species and most of all – with all people. Interbeing creates harmony and unity and destroys the ego. The second aspect is Nondiscrimination, which carries the energy of compassion, and this combination threatens selfishness. Taken together these buried aspects, once they manifest from within us, open pathways and bridges to build a better world.

How do we do this? We cultivate the energies of transformation – Mindfulness, Concentration and Insight. Always – at every opportunity we bring Interbeing and Non-Discrimination to the forefront of our daily lives. In this way we shape the future of the 21st century as we begin to live differently – here and now. We are not intimidated by present crises. We are certainly shocked and hurt by such circumstances but are in fact much stronger than we think. Enter the Bodhisattva is the guiding paradigm for our lives. I allude to Bruce Lee’s classic – Enter the Dragon – which brings the fierceness of the warrior to the fore and the determination of a saint to overcome tragedy and set a new course. It takes practice, skillfulness and creative vision – but we are equal to the task. Nelson Mandela thought so. His 1994 inaugural speech laid out the territory clearly when he opened with: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our Light, not our Darkness, that most frightens us….

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Ian is the Zen teacher at Pine Gate Sangha in Ottawa since 1997, and has given talks and retreats all over the world. He now stays local with Friends for Peace Canada www.friendsforpeace.ca to help turn the tide just a little in his home city so that good things begin to happen spontaneously.

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What would it look like if you couldn’t wait to get to work every day? Can you really wake up joyful each morning? What if you had so many new ideas to contribute to your job that you didn’t know where to start? Is it possible to not take things personally? What if things were not right or wrong, or good or bad? What if they were just ideas with no judgment? Oh my!

Can we really allow co-workers and bosses to be who they are without resisting and reacting, or aligning and agreeing (all that polarity)? What would it take for your life to be easier?

I know, some of this sounds so “outside the box” doesn’t it? Well, it can actually happen by getting your Bars run. It’s so easy. How does it get any better than that? What else is possible? Get your Bars run and put the “joy” back in “job”. Or life. Or your family. Or whatever.

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he practice of Mindfulness as a tool to improve health and well-being has been getting increased professional attention especially within the last two decades. There is a clear convergence of findings in research which suggest that mindfulness is positively associated with psychological health and that training in mindfulness may bring about positive psychological effects ranging from increased subjective well-being, reduced psychological symptoms and emotional reactivity, to improved regulation of behaviour.

One of the most common definitions of mindfulness is the awareness that arises through paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally (Kabat-Zinn, 1994).

Professionals are now developing mindfulness-based interventions such as the Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and the Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) to deal with specific problems. The premise of Mindfulness-based intervention is that with repeated training in mindfulness meditation, individuals will eventually learn to be less “reactive” and judgmental toward their experiences, and more able to choose “actively”, ways of thinking or behaving that will improve all aspects of their lives. It is a simple practice but one that needs practice to overcome years of habitual patterns that keeps us in pain. It is not a field of competition, but rather a matter of intention: nothing to perform, just regular practice…

Studies on MBSR found that it reduces self-reported levels of anxiety, anger, rumination and general psychological distress including perceived stress. It has been found to improve positive affect, sense of spirituality, empathy, sense of cohesion, satisfaction with life and quality of life. As for MBCT, it has been found to improve a range of symptomatic and psychological outcomes among remitted depressed patients, such as residual depressive symptoms and quality of life. There is also evidence that MBCT is more effective than usual treatment in reducing depressive symptoms.

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Empowering People To Know That They Know

Scientists confirm today what Eastern wisdom and Buddhism have known for millennia…

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Really?? Absolutely! Why not? We can do it to our computers, why not our brain?

Our brains have been compared to computers, right? But what would it take? What would that look like exactly? Would it hurt? Is there a magic “button” somewhere on my head that I can push?

Well sort of. Actually there are 32 such places on the head and they are called “Bars” – energy Bars that is, and when they are lightly touched, they release electromagnetic energy. This is where the defrag takes place.

“OK, I’ll take some of that” you say. Great! Here’s how it works. About 25 years ago a guy named Gary Douglas came up with these energy Bars that run through the head. Each Bar pertains to some aspect of our life that we deal with every day: joy, sadness, money, control, creativity, creating connections, peace, gratitude, and more.

He found out that when we touch each of these Bars, the particular aspect of that Bar gets defragged.

By defragged, I mean that old habits and patterns surrounding that Bar are released. Poof! Gone!

How cool is that? So some of the things we learned from our parents, grandma and grandpa, teachers, TV, books, etc. that are stored in our brain (a lot of which is subconscious) and which inhibit us from performing at our optimum potential, or being the person we want to be, can be released.

Have you ever wondered why you keep choosing the same things in your life that don’t really work for you?

Why would you choose a job that starts early in the morning when you are not a morning person? Or why choose a job that is 100% working inside when you love being outdoors? Why would you work for a male boss when you know you work better with a female boss?

Why do certain attributes of your coworkers always get on your nerves? Does constructive criticism always leave you feeling “less than”?

“Getting your Bars run” describes a typical “defragging” session. This can be done in a reclining chair or on a massage table. Almost everyone falls asleep – a deep theta sleep. And it’s OK to snore. No one will care. This will be your time to totally receive, relax and renew. Sounds heavenly already doesn’t it? When was the last time you had a good night’s sleep? Restorative sleep is an absolute necessity to our well being. Or an hour to yourself with no interruptions?

All this happens in an hour! No more long hours on the psychiatrist’s couch (not that there’s anything wrong with that) trying to figure things out. You can relax and change at the same time. The session continues to work after getting your Bars run because more things continue releasing each day.

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Society has experienced tremendous technological development that has brought with it its own set of negative effects. As technology advances, humans disconnect more and more from their own nature and pay the price. We are part of the environment. We are “top of the food chain” but not outside the chain. This disconnect leads to more and more difficulties and at all levels: allergies increasingly present in our everyday life including chronic pain, feelings of emptiness, anxiety, depression, disorders of consumption, violence and suicide.

Mindfulness practice is not independent of our connection to nature. When asked to close their eyes and imagine a peaceful and safe place, a place of healing, people’s imagination invariably returns to nature, why?

Because it is our essence!

Soulful Nature Way offers the Mindfulness-based intervention 8 week program: Finding peace in a frantic world. We also offer workshops in a personal journey towards physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual wellness by incorporating nature psychotherapy, mindfulness and rituals.

Soulful Nature Way offers, through workshops in personal journey, the opportunity to discover and better understand ourselves, to reach new depths and develop the ability to live in harmony with our Self, Others and the Environment. The activities contain very little theory and awareness is attained through experiential work promoting visceral healing. Rituals from various traditions (including Native American, Zen and Celtic) are incorporated and different mediums are used in class and in nature: mindfulness, active meditation, rituals, dance, songs, music, drums, silence, council, and soon horses as partners in the process.

The Community of Soulful Nature Way believes in the people’s potential and inner powers that facilitate in-depth realization and change. It provides a structure conducive to self-work (listening to self and others, authenticity and responsibility) relying on personal experience, offers concrete ways to incorporate these processes in the day-to-day, giving then the freedom to pursue a natural journey, along one’s Path, Soulfully…

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Welcome to the New World

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t is 2013 a new year for many to set goals to eat healthier, lose some weight and make changes in their life.

Many clients complain about gas, bloating, heart burn, chronic inflammation, mental fog, lack of concentration, irregular bowel movements and difficulty loosing weight. In many cases these symptoms are linked to something you are eating that your body is not digesting properly. Most of the time you can alleviate these symptoms by eliminating major food allergens like gluten, dairy, soy, corn, egg, and nuts.

Finally Gluten Free Foods is a dedicated gluten, nut and peanut free kitchen located at 112 Nelson Street. With a team of two registered holistic nutritionists and a master baker. Finally Gluten Free Foods offers an artisan bakery that produces fresh, preservative free breads, scones, pies and sweets.

Also easy home made frozen meals to go that are ready in 15 minutes as well as many grocery items.

Everything in the store is gluten free, clients can shop with the peace of mind of knowing they can buy anything and not worry about cross contamination. Personalized nutrition counselling is available to help clients with rotational diets, meal planning and detox programs.

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now dear soul that you could have chosen to incarnate at any time and in any place, but you chose this time and this place. You could have come after the transformation was complete, and joined the Earth at her time of great peace, or you could have chosen to come earlier, and leave before the ride began to get rocky. But you didn’t. You are here now. You, dear master, have chosen to participate in this great awakening, and in so doing, to awaken and transform alongside -- we could even say within -beloved Gaia.

You have journeyed into your darkest corners, and have felt your heart’s magnificent light. You have come to Earth at this time to experience and embrace the wonder of polarity and the beauty of separation; to expand within this, and then to bridge it all together. The culmination of your work as bridgers and shapeshifters and the true expression of your power is upon you now. It is time to harness your knowledge and to embody your spirit fully. In short, it is time to shine!

As you have come to know the Oneness of All, so too you must also know we are creating this game together. This means that you are part of the process that is occurring. We are one unit, and you a sacred cell within this unit. The whole of Earth is dancing now, dancing in unison, vibrating as one being of unity and light. What will you do within this great movement?

For many years we chose to be in darkness. And now the light has joyously been discovered, unveiling the truth of who we are. “Who Am I?” has been the question most prominent amongst us. As we dissolved the illusions we created, we began our adventure home to union. We have bridged the conscious and the subconscious minds and cleansed much emotional residue. As the light has poured forth onto our planet we have learned to breathe again, and we have breathed and breathed the light, the spirit of who we are, back to life, back into the physical body, and into the collective body of Earth. In this purification process we have come to remember our unity and wholeness, our innate value and true worth. Now that you know, dear one, the truth of who you are, the truth of who we all are, now what will you do?

A climax has been reached. This climax is now. We are standing at the pinnacle. We have surrendered and released and by our own Selves been reborn. We stand together in the unknown in a way we have never stood before. This is a place unrecorded, unmapped, and unchartered. The shackles have been released. The healing has been done. It is time now to step into your sovereignty and to embrace your creatorship. What dear creator will you create? What will you choose?

In essence the game is the same game we have always played. You are the creator of your world and everything within it. Now, however, you are not following cues from your heart and your spirit. You ARE your heart and spirit, embodied.

Welcome, dear Heart. Welcome to the New World.

Julia Horvath is an artist and healer offering tools for awakening and self empowerment. For more information please visit her website: awakeningintoyou.weebly.com, or to book a session call 613-724-8228. Hugs of Light.

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Apologies And Conflict Resolution

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recent New Yorker magazine cartoon shows a sheepish man, bouquet of flowers in hand, carefully inching his way towards an angry, haughty woman, presumably his spouse. “Don’t you dare apologize to me!” she snipes.

Apologies, it seems, are everywhere, particularly when it comes to resolving disputes. The woman who suffered serious burns after scalding herself with McDonald’s coffee offered to settle early on for $800.00 and an apology. (McDonald’s head lawyer turned down the offer and the woman went on to obtain a judgment for several million dollars.) Several years ago, Japan’s demand for a formal apology for mistreatment of its people during the Second World War made front page news. The former head of the HelpLine organization representing victims of abuse at St. Joseph’s Training School for Boys in Alfred, Ontario said he would have settled his case for one penny and an apology from then Premier Bob Rae. An apology is obviously a powerful tool for resolving disputes. Why, then, is it usually so difficult for us to apologize?

An initial reason may be the concern, in our litigious society, that an apology will be considered an admission of liability. A deeper reason may be the fear that making an apology will diminish us, that we will lose power in the negotiation discussions, that our opponent will be “one-up” on us.

The reality is that, when offered sincerely in response to and in acknowledgement of someone’s injury or pain, an apology can break the negotiation process wide open and lead to viable settlements. Where the parties have an ongoing personal or business relationship, an apology is also valuable in repairing the harm to the relationship caused by the dispute.

Certain guidelines should be followed if an apology is to be effective: • Don’t negotiate the apology. The most effective apologies are those offered without any expectation of a concession, or even another apology, in return.

• Don’t qualify the apology. A recent newspaper article related the story of a family counselor asking a father to apologize to his teenage son after wrongly accusing him of lying. The father said, “Mark, even though you have lied and stolen from us many times, and you know we have usually been very patient and fair with you, I was wrong this time.” It took considerably more work on the counselor’s part before the father offered a genuine apology, after which he and the son were able to start the real process of rebuilding their relationship.

• Offer the apology in addition to, not instead of, money. An apology can be a useful part of a settlement package, but it rarely constitutes the

entire settlement. It should not be offered in the hope that financial claims will then disappear. Rather, it should serve to open the door to meaningful discussions and appropriate financial settlements.

After the 1982 Japan Air Lines crash in Tokyo Bay, the airline president promptly visited the crash victims’ families, extending formal apologies and financial compensation. No lawsuits were filed. (Interestingly, in Japan it is considered shameful to file a lawsuit, and honourable to apologize for one’s wrongs. For us, it is the apology that is often accompanied by shame, and lawsuits that proliferate.)

• Offer the apology at the right time. Sometimes, as with the woman in the cartoon, we’re just not ready to accept an apology. A “premature” apology may be perceived as pre-emptive and dismissive and may, in fact, do more harm than good.

More on apologies next month…..

Evita Roche was Canada’s first full-time lawyer-mediator.

Since 1979, she has helped over 5,000 couples mediate the issues arising from their separation. In the 1990’s Evita was a Professor of family law and mediation at the University of Ottawa Law School, where she received the first Excellence in Teaching Award. Her private practice is restricted to separation and divorce mediation, and she frequently delivers seminars on subjects related to family law.

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Ottawa Hypnosis for Running

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ypnosis has been used since memorial as an effective and excellent way of reducing stress while reinforcing positive ideas into the mind that are sure to guarantee a healthy life full of happiness. Ottawa hypnosis is sure to be with you all the way as you incorporate hypnosis as one of the essential programs in your day to day running programs. Hypnosis has been found to be an effective tool in improving ones physical abilities thereby preparing one psychologically and mentally before engaging in any form of running.

Drugs won’t do you any good when you want to engage yourself in marathon running or short distance running. They tend to come at high costs with detrimental effects to the general body health in the long run.

To be able to get a good running enhancement that comes at no cost’s with no side effects then hypnosis is essentially the way to go. Running through the first 3-4 miles usually act as the hardest hurdle with many beginners as the body tends to be depleted of energy and essential body fluids.

Hypnosis while running usually call for one to keep a highly focused mind that is only focused at the finishing.

In your mind, every step taken will need to be taken with utmost calmness as if you have finished the race.

Self motivational is the key as it would do you lots of justice throughout the running escaped.

How does one get through the first stage successfully without any stress ought to be the million dollar question putting the mind over the matter while yearning and keeping the end goal in sight ought to be the real target? Hypnosis is highly essential in preparing the mind when one wants to engage in any form of running be it for professional’s reasons or to keep fit.

Hypnosis has been found to be highly effective in eliminating any form of mental obstacles that might try to diminish the will of hitting strides after strides. This is essentially where Ottawa hypnosis comes into play by being able to impart the skills of controlling the mind through hypnosis. Here you would be taught how to initialize the initial push of starting to run and how to see through your target. You would all the time need to program your unconscious mind with the right amount of motivation that would keep you moving as you hit every step of the run way.

Relaxation is another essential key to any form of hypnosis as you would be able to give powerful and

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“I Can Make You Stop Smoking in One Hour” If you’re having trouble kicking the Evil Habit Dr. Luke Michael Howard can transform even the most ardent smoker into a healthy non-smoker IN JUST ONE HOUR.

Dr. Luke Michael Howard, PhD

Dr. Luke, owner of the LUKEnosis Complete Mind Therapy organization, is a Smoking Cessation Specialist, has a Masters degree in Hypnotherapy as well as a Doctorate in Psychology.

Dr. Luke has been studying Hypnosis for over 16 years now and has trained all over the world. After over a decade, Dr. Luke is still the youngest person

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Dr. Luke has been featured in all forms of media such as Tone Magazine, CTV Morning Live, and CBC Radio.

He has developed an advanced hypnotherapy technique that turns weak willed smokers into empowered Non-Smokers in just one hour. He says “This technique is so powerful we are achieving a 95% success rate. This is incredible when you think that patches are only about 16% successful.

We are so confident in the success of this treatment that we offer a free backup session for the remaining 5%.

In fact, if after the session any one should need an extra session, it’s theirs, FREE OF CHARGE.” Dr. Luke explains, “This powerful breakthrough technique combines the latest discoveries in hypnosis and the new science of personal achievement known as Neuro Linguistic

Programming. This takes the power of hypnosis to a new level in helping people take back control of their lives.”

Many local doctors are so impressed by the power of hypnosis that they are now referring many of their patients to Dr. Luke for his Accelerated Change Stop Smoking Programme. Dr. Luke says, “I am currently building a Doctors Referral Network to keep local GP’s informed of my developments and to keep them informed of their patients’ progress.

Many celebrities, professional business people, nurses and housewives have benefited from stopping smoking with hypnosis, SO CAN YOU! The good news is that this incredible method of stopping smoking is available locally. The bad news there usually is a two or three week waiting list for an appointment – but even the medical profession believes it’s worth waiting for.

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“I walked out a nonsmoker!”

Caroline had been a smoker for the majority of her lifenearly 30 YEARS! She had tried every type of stop-smoking aid possible, tried using ‘will power’ to quit cold turkey but to no avail-that is until she met Dr. Luke. She recently sent him this follow up email: “I promise I will totally do a video testimonial for you in the future though, as the hypnosis TOTALLY worked...not only have I not smoked...I have not even WANTED to!!! It really is amazing” Check out more testimonial videos on: www.lukenosis.com and you can contact Dr. Luke at LUKEnosis to arrange an appointment at 613-8785874.

Chinese Medicine and Common Cold

By Steve Ryu, L.Ac.

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he common cold really hit hard the entire Canada this winter. You’ve seen that almost everybody around you, including yourself, got sick for few days to weeks.

From the previous articles, I’ve emphasized on effectiveness of acupuncture on common cold as preventative medicine by enhancing immune system; however, what does Chinese medicine have to offer in the way of cold relief once you are already caught?

Well, it’s true that there really is no cure for the common cold, but in the Chinese system of healing there are some ways to help shorten the duration of your cold and make you more comfortable while you tough it out.

Your cold has some distinctive characteristics that can help your acupuncturist determine how best to treat it. First of all, a common cold is considered an illness of the exterior of your body. That means that it’s fairly superficial in nature, compared to a deepseated disease of, say your kidneys or heart. Your cold is also external because you caught it from some outside funkiness, like someone sneezing into your coffee or hanging out at a daycare center.

In Chinese medicine, your cold is considered a kind of pathogenic wind. Pathogens, or stuff that makes you sick, is a little like bad weather in your body.

You can have pathogens in the form of heat, cold, damp, and in the case of your cold, you have wind hassling your exterior. Wind tends to affect your upper body with changeable symptoms that come and go, and those symptoms tend to move around–all characteristics of your average common cold.

So, to your acupuncturist, your cold is considered external wind. But there’s more, and this is where some diagnostic skills come into play. Your cold can be associated with symptoms of heat or cold. Heat symptoms include running a fairly high temperature, positive suggestion to the brain of wanting to finish the race while shunning away the thoughts of quitting or slowing down. Hypnosis would also be able to offer positive suggestions on ones innate aptitudes that would act as the driving force throughout the period of running.

Hypnosis is able to achieve high levels of success due to its ability to redirect the positive messages directly to the subconscious part of the brain effortlessly thereby guaranteeing ultimate results in the long run. Hypnosis can at times be carried out by listening to smooth gentle soft music that is highly able to caress the brain and develop positive thoughts. Visit Ottawa hypnosis and rediscover many more essentials of hypnosis for running.

New Life Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Center Steve (Eun Kyu) Ryu

, L.Ac., Herbalist Pre-Med at McGill University (B.Sc.), MPA, Licensed Acupuncturist (NY); NCCAOM Diplomat in Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine

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www.freewebs.com/newlifeacu www.acupunctureottawa.com

Receipts for insurance coverage • Disposable needles • Gift certificates available

Affiliated with Riverside Acupuncture and Wellness Centre and Ottawa Fertility Centre for Infertility Treatment

more fever than chills, a really sore throat, thirst, yellow phlegm when you cough or blow your nose, and painful or red eyes. Cold or cool symptoms include clear phlegm when coughing or blowing, more chills than fever, a mild sore throat, losing your voice, and achiness that tends to move around.

Acupuncture can be helpful in speeding your cold on its way. Your acupuncturist would choose points to clear the pathogen from the exterior of your body, points to warm or cool as needed, and points to resolve your specific symptoms.

There are also a few things you can do at home to help resolve your cold. When you feel like you’re coming down with something, or even the first day of your cold, you can try to sweat it out. At home, make a broth of grated ginger and scallions (you can add chicken or vegetable broth), drink it down, bundle up, go to bed and sweat.

If you can’t fight it off, and actually come down with a cold, there are some things you can do, too. If you have wind plus cold symptoms, you will want to warm things up and disperse the pathogen. Common household herbs like cinnamon, basil, cayenne pepper, fennel, mustard seed, as well as ginger and scallions are warming and help relieve your symptoms. If you’re unlucky enough to have a wind plus heat type of cold, the path to feeling better is cooling the heat and dispersing the warm pathogen. Some cooling herbs that you may have around the house that can help include mint and chrysanthemum flowers (as a tea).

We all agree that having a cold is a miserable thing.

However, with a little Chinese medicine, self care, and taking it easy, you can speed up your recovery time and minimize your symptoms.

Steve Eun Kyu Ryu, L.Ac. is a licensed acupuncturist (NY) and certified herbalist at New Life Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Center in Ottawa. He is affiliated with Ottawa Fertility Centre and Riverside Acupuncture & Wellness Centre for infertility treatment. For further information or to make an appointment call 613-863-6906 or visit website http://newlifeacu.webs.com or www.acupunctureottawa.com

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Everybody is a Hypnotist!

by Grace Joubarne, Clinical Hypnotherapist

H

ypnosis is such a natural feature of our being that we routinely go in and out of the hypnotic state throughout the day. Most everyone can learn, in just a few minutes, how to hypnotize themselves and willing others, technically making them a ‘hypnotist’. But does that also make them an effective therapist?

Few people who have learned to hypnotize others have the verifiable skills in therapy required to assist others to heal themselves of emotional issues, unwanted habits and physical ailments. Qualified hypnotherapists on the other hand, can provide verifiable credentials of specialized hypnotherapy training and demonstrate advanced skills in the therapeutic aspect of their work; the use of hypnosis facilitates their therapy.

Being in the state of hypnosis means that a person has narrowed their focus to a single thought or feeling and allowed other mental functions to fade into the background of their mind. Although the brain is not evaluating new data when one narrows their focus to a specific stimuli or set of stimuli as it would if in the fully alert state, it is not comatose, asleep or anesthetized - it is still operating ‘in the background’.

Therefore, hypnosis is merely a state of mind during which a person has suspended reality. Often it involves relaxation, but we can also be in a deep state of focused concentration when panicked, fearful, obsessively washing our hands, or apprehensively waiting on our doctor to share test results.

Why is it Important to Understand Hypnosis?

Because it’s so easy to induce hypnosis in a willing person, we see thousands of ‘hypnotists’ claiming that they can also help people with all sorts of personal issues.

While hypnosis is not harmful, its allure can separate you from your money if you do not keep in mind that it is the ‘therapy’ undertaken while a person is in a focused state of concentration that will help you achieve your goals, not the state itself. To be an effective therapist, one must have not only advanced training in how to use the state of hypnosis effectively, but relevant experience and skills with life and the specific issues to be resolved; these a practitioner does not acquire in a weekend course on how to induce hypnosis.

Many hypnotists incorrectly claim that hypnosis has a 90-95% stop-smoking success rate, while failing to define ‘success’. Hypnotists who are unable to recognize and address the underlying root-cause of the habit may well leave behind a non-smoking client with heightened anxiety or a new, equally undesirable coping mechanism to handle ‘stress’. It is very common for a person to stop smoking only to become an emotional eater when the underlying reason for the anxiety and stress reactions are not first dissolved – or worse, to return to smoking more heavily.

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Similarly, there are so many variables to be considered in safe weight management that hypnotists without significant experience and knowledge of root-cause issues, GMO’s, nutrition, medication side-effects, depression, anxiety and physical conditions may unwittingly lead a weight-loss client to believe that their weight problems will resolve with hypnosis scripts designed to reduce food intake, even though food intake may well not be the problem.

It is not uncommon to hear of hypnotists, with little more than a few hours training in how to induce hypnosis in another, string all manner of unrelated titles behind their names, hoping to appear to be qualified in the medical and dental use of hypnosis. Many even claim they are ‘hypnotherapists’ despite having no therapy skills and experience whatever. Ethical hypnotherapists do not engage in exaggerated credentialing.

Titles such as Doctor of Divinity, Ph.D of Philosophy, and so on, have no bearing on a hypnotists’ ability to help clients resolve emotional hardships, unwanted habits and health issues and are entirely irrelevant to the field of medical and dental hypnotherapy. No real ‘bricks & mortars’ educational facilities offer doctorates or Ph.Ds in hypnosis or hypnotherapy. As seen in many other professions as well, millions of Ph.Ds and doctorates are acquired from on-line diploma mills by the unprincipled.

So while it is exciting that hypnosis can be easily induced by most people, confusion can result about which practitioner is best for the prospective hypnotherapy client. Thus the need to question more!

What is their training in medical and dental hypnotherapy exactly; have they completed their Master Hypnotist and then Hypnotherapist training, or are they simply taking a few hypnosis courses, getting a handful of diplomas from poorly trained ‘instructors’ and joining one of the several organizations that take a membership fee and cavalierly proffer an important-sounding title without any formal testing or supervision? Have they been supervised by a qualified instructor before being unleashed on the public? Did their instructor have a successful hypnotherapy practice prior to instructing, or did they too just take a few courses and then offer to teach others?

As you can see, practically anyone can be a hypnotist, and any hypnotist can claim to be a hypnotherapist, or appear to have magical powers, but only those who can demystify the hypnotherapeutic process, prove their medical and dental hypnotherapy credentials and support their claims, deserve your patronage if you are seeking to heal yourself physically and emotionally.

Grace Joubarne, CCHt, LAPHP Offices in Ottawa and Belleville, ON Contact: 1-888-390-3553 or 613-422-7027 info@graceplacewellness.com Verifiable credentials: www.graceplacewellness.com

February 2013

Calendar ... Conferences ... Workshops

Visit www.pranashanti.com or call 613761-9642 (YOGA) for more information PranaShanti Kirtan with Greg Kaps – February 1, 8:00pm The primary musical feature of kirtan is the use of call and response. The form is simple: a lead calls out the melodies and the mantras, the rest of the group responds. Join the chanting fun! All proceeds to Ottawa Heart Institute.

Breath is Life with Greg Kaps – February 2, 1:00pm Known as the Big 3’s - a human being can survive 30 days without food, 3 days without water and only 3 minutes without air! We will explore a variety of breathing methods based on the practice of Pranayam.

Community Yoga Class with Ruth Norfolk – February 5, 7:30pm Each month PranaShanti donates 100% of the proceeds from a Class to a local charity. This month, the proceeds of the Yoga Class go to the Ottawa Heart Institute.

Back to Basics! with April Hope – February 7, 5:45pm This 4-week intro series is suitable for the absolute beginner to the more experienced practitioner looking to get back to basics. Take a detailed look at Sun Salutations, Standing Postures, Seated Postures and Relaxation.

PranaShanti 40 Day Challenge – February 9, 11:30am Get ready to beat the Winter Blues and boost your immune system with the PranaShanti 40 Day Yoga Challenge! The Challenge runs from Saturday, February 9th to Wednesday, March 20th, 2013 with 3 optional team gatherings. Everyone is a winner.

GRAND PRIZES too!

Yoga of the Heart® with Ruth Norfolk – February 9, 2:00pm Yoga of the Heart® is based upon the findings of Dr. Dean Ornish’s Lifestyle Heart Trial. The session includes a 30 min discussion/explanation of the program followed by a 60 min gentle yoga and relaxation session.

2 Hour Yin Yoga Master Class with Joe Barnett – February 9, 7:00pm Yin Yoga is the practice of surrender; the surrender of muscles to allow a stretch to sink deep into the knotted ligaments binding hips and spine; the surrender of the breath’s restrictions and holding patterns; the surrender of the mind and heart to allow the inner observer to naturally arise.

Intensive Law of Attraction Workshop with Marlene Keys – February 10, 11:30am Spend the day with Marlene, Certified Law of Attraction Trainer, and learn a simple three step process that will have you deliberately attracting the life you wish to lead using the Law of Attraction to your advantage.

Double Gong New Moon Meditation with Devinder Kaur – February 10, 4:00pm Two Gongs played at the same time! Every New Moon, we have the opportunity to manifest a new beginning and when we come together with such an intention our efforts are enhanced.

How to Meditate with Devinder Kaur – February 24, 1:30pm Practiced on a daily basis, meditation produces profound results on all levels of your being—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. It connects you with your own inner powers of vitality, clarity, and peace.

Live Music Sadhana with Dev Suroop Kaur of New Mexico – February 15, 5:00am 1 hour of yoga followed by 1 hour of meditation in the Kundalini Yoga tradition. Join Dev Suroop Kaur as she provides live music for this sadhana practice. Dev Suroop is an accomplished musician, recording artist, and teacher of Kundalini and Naad Yoga.

Full Moon Gong Meditation with Devinder Kaur – February 26, 5:45pm Learn the astrology for the Full Moon and do a short yoga set (kriya) and meditation. Class concludes with a deep relaxation with the healing sounds of the Gong and Crystal Singing Bowls!

Valentine’s Yoga and Chocolate with Melissa Delaney – February 15, 7:30pm Forget about dinner reservations or line-ups for flowers; let that special someone know you really want to be with them. Partner yoga is a great idea for a date, reconnecting with your spouse or having fun with a loved one!

Forrest Yoga with Louise Cameron – February 16, 1pm Forrest Yoga teaches you to go deeper to find your truth, and encourages you to take these gifts you have earned beyond the mat and into the rest of your life.

21 Stages of Meditation with Gurucharan Singh – 3 Weekends – Begins March 23-24 Meditation is both a skill and an experience.

Gurucharan Singh was guided through the stages of meditation at the feet of Yogi Bhajan. The 21 Stages of Meditation are grouped into three ‘journeys’. Each journey lasts one weekend and takes you through seven stages of deep meditation. This course is for anyone who wants to enhance the joy of their meditation experience.

Meditators from all traditions and ranges of experience are invited!

Let Your Chanting Voice Blossom with Dev Suroop Kaur – February 16, 7:00pm Over many years of training yogis, chanters, and teachers, Dev Suroop Kaur has developed and refined ‘The Ten Facets of a Good Chant’. Creatively and joyously explore these elements and allow your own unique and true voice to come forward.

From the Ground Up with Laurie Howe – February 17, 1:30pm Learn how to establish a solid foundation. Whether you are asked to come in to Tadasana (Mountain), Virabhadrasana II (Warrior II) or Trikonasana (Triangle), your connection to the ground is key.

Vinyasa Flow & Zumba with Maria – February 22, 7:30pm Zumba is a fun and effective way to lose weight and tone up. It’s a cardio workout based on a mix of Latin American and international dances that will keep you smiling while you sweat!

Living Meaningfully, Dying Joyfully with Kelsang Rabjor – February 23, 1:00pm Kelsang Rabjor of the Joyful Land Buddhist Centre will share a Buddhist Perspective on Death and Dying.

We are alive, therefore we will die. Discover how to make the most of human life and how to face death without fear.

Potluck Dinner with SimplyRAW – February 23, 6:30pm The Potlucks are open to all — you don’t have to be raw vegan to attend and enjoy. We ask that everyone brings a home-prepared dish enough to feed 8-10 people. It can be as simple as a green salad, guacamole, or a lovely cut-up bowl of juicy fruit. We look forward to seeing you there!

February 2013

Free Workshop on Dreams and Messages From Spirit Sat. Feb. 23rd, 2:00 to 3:30 pm Dreams tell you Who You Are but your higher self, guides and angels actually send you more guidance during the day than at night! Learn how to easily recognize and understand these messages as a whole new level of reality is revealed. Instructor: Kerry Palframan. Register for this free Teleseminar at www.indigowisdom.ca.

Listen in by phone or watch online.

This is My Story”, a silent weekend retreat led by Rev. Glenda Meakin, sponsored by Ottawa Area Christian Meditation, March 15-17 at Maison Notre-Dame-de-la-Providence, 1754 St Joseph Blvd, Orleans, ON. For further information and to register, contact Reta Hamilton (613) 838-2401 meditation.r@gmail.com. Registration deadline: February 28, 2013

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Calendar ... Conferences ... Workshops February 11: FREE Demonstration of The Yuen Method™!

340 Gladstone Ave. 613.234.7974 ottawayoga.com Foundation for intuition, wisdom and transformation Not quite ready to become a Kundalini Teacher? But want to broaden your experience and knowledge of Kundalini Yoga...Then this workshop is for you.

February 2nd from 12:30 – 4:30pm. 108$+hst Kripalu Let Your Yoga Dance Kripalu – Let Your Yoga Dance® is a unique approach to movement, combining the time honored traditions of yoga and dance in a 90 minute class.

February 2 11am-12:30pm $12+hst in advance $20+hst day of Sadhana Approx. 1-hour yoga/postures plus 1-hour beautiful chanting meditations. Challenging and exquisite, it gives you victory and strength in your life.

February 3 5-7am, Free The Art of Happiness February 3, 1-3pm This workshop is suitable for those seeking to create self change. Reverse the toxic effects of stress, fatigue, anxiety and depression. $25+hst Yoga for the Nervous System: Healing Anxiety & Depression Through Yogic Practices This workshop is designed to offer you tools to experience relief both on and, most importantly, off the mat. $75+hst . Students receive 30% off with valid student ID. February 3rd 1-6pm

Quantum-Touch® therapy Introduction & Demonstration February 22nd, 2013 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

RA Centre, Courtside “A” 2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario Information from Aileen McKenna Aileen’s Oasis www.aileensoasis.com www.quantumtouch.com Come to hear what this new work is all about and experience the feeling of energy, share stories, ask questions, feel relaxation and energy flow through your being Quantum-Touch therapy Level I Certificate Training weekend Saturday and Sunday, February 23rd and 24th, 2013 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario Information from Aileen McKenna Aileen’s Oasis www.aileensoasis.com www.quantumtouch.com 613-228-2272, cell: 613-795-3751 Or toll free at 1-866-493-0236 In a few short hours you will learn how to run energy using meditation and special breathing techniques that will allow you to heal yourself, your friends, family, plants and animals.

You will be learning from the first Canadian Quantum-Touch Instructor

Yoga for the Senses - Yoga for Two! Join Tara Porter and Friends as we combine partner yoga, Thai massage and chocolate ‘yoga’ into one unforgettable Friday night for your senses!

February 15 7:45-9:15pm $35+hst Advance Registration Only Kirtan! with the Bhakti Connection Create blissful vibrations with voice and instrumentation to open the heart.

February 16 1-3pm. By Donation Ask the Pros!

Every month Sage Wellness and Rama Lotus host a panel discussion and Q&A with in-house wellness experts. This month’s topic is Family Wellness.

February 26 7-8pm $5 donation

Sunday, February 24: Open house - choral singing classes with Lawrence Harris.

Dominican College, 96 Empress Ave, Room 210, 1:30 pm. Join us for a lively hour of music making, and find out all about our winter and springtime classes! Learn to read music and develop your voice through choral singing and Gregorian chant. Information, 613-567-7729.

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Do You Struggle with Pain & Discomfort? Are You Ready for Instant Relief?! Shift Into Infinite Potential with The Yuen Method™. Feel Instant Relief from Energetic Blocks Preventing You from Achieving Total Health! Bring in an issue & experience how the Yuen Method™ delivers...Instantly! Hosted by Certified Yuen Method™ Practitioner/Instructor Colette Stefan.

Date & Time: February 11, 6:30pm. Location: Serendipity Books, 1337-B Wellington St West.

613-722-3400. Cost: FREE. February 13: FREE Demonstration of the Yuen Method™!

Do You Struggle with Pain & Discomfort? Are You Ready for Instant Relief?! Shift Into Infinite Potential with The Yuen Method™. Feel Instant Relief from Energetic Blocks Preventing You from Achieving Total Health! Bring in an issue & experience how the Yuen Method™ delivers...Instantly! Hosted by Certified Yuen Method™ Practitioner/Instructor Colette Stefan.

Date & Time: February 14, 7:00pm. Location: The Crystal Dawn, 217 Dalhousie St. 613-241-2262.

Cost: FREE. February 16 - 17: Introductory & Level 1 Yuen Method™ Seminars!

Accredited Towards Dr. Kam Yuen’s Practitioner Certification Program. Enhance the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of yourself and others by becoming proficient at eliminating energetic blockages from all of the energy systems of the body, mind and spirit. The quantum effects of the Yuen Method™ corrections travel faster than the speed of light to deliver lasting results that are often immediate.

Date & Time: February 16-17, 9am-5pm (both days).

Location: Macies Hotel, 1274 Carling Avenue. 613728-1951. For more info: www.CrystalineVision.com

May 4th and 5th, 2013 – Ascending the Spiral of Light At long last, world-renowned author and new world visionary, Patricia Cori, returns to North America offering a weekend of accelerated teachings, the merging of new science and ancient spirit, for the ascension process we are moving through, as guided through her by the exceptional Sirian High Council.

The weekend intensive includes revelations of the Atlantean secret codes, the activation process for full 12-standed DNA consciousness and pineal gland awakening, connecting with the new hyperspace elementals, cellular rewrites in the sacred languages of the Cosmos, shamanic astral journeys to the altars of Agharta and beyond and, exceptionally, a live channeling session from the Sirian High Council.

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Toronto Airport 655 Dixon Rd, M9W1J3 Toronto

May 11th and 12th 2013- The Sirian Star Seed Tarot Join Patricia in a fun-filled, mystical investigation into the tarot, brought to a new interpretive level through the visionary Sirian Starseed Tarot, created together with Alysa Bartha, a local Toronto artist! For beginners and experienced tarot practitioners alike!

REGISTER HERE: www.lighthinterseminars.ca

February 2013

• Groups ISUL GROUP INTERNATIONAL. RON CHAPMAN. Meditation classes and seminars.

232-1160.

PATHWORK® Practical spiritual wisdom that lays out a step-by-step journey into personal transformation and wholeness. A challenging yet compassionate voyage of discovery to the Real Self through the layers of our defenses, denial and fear, guided by our own inner authority.

Ottawa info: www.ottawapathwork.ca

• People RON CHAPMAN. Classes and seminars, meditation all levels, private consultations 232-1160.

JENNIFER CLARK, Spiritual Success Coach, certified Risk Manager, certified Angel Therapy¨ Practitioner (ATP), certified Angelspeakeª Facilitator, Reiki Master, Professional Spiritual Teacher, Integrated Energy Therapyª MasterInstructor, NLP Practitioner, Jennifer Clark, provides in depth strategic coaching sessions for people who want to live with passion and purpose. To learn more, visit www.jenniferclark. ca or call 230-4869 ext 1.

RICA GERHARDT, www.wellbeingisyours.com Spa Days, Reiki, Health Kinesiology, Brain Gym Integration, Self-Empowerment workshops, FlowerEssences, AquaChi DetoxFootbath, Private sessions (Insurance),OneDayRetreats, 613-257-8362; rica11@sympatico.ca NADINE LA BELLE, M.A. Body, mind, spirit Integrative Healing®. 613-258-7492.

THOMAS M. TEGTMEYER, BA (Hons Econs), TPN, CEnKP, RTFHI, RBGI/LPC. If distance is a factor, I will come to your house via: balance@ thomasMtegtmeyer.com; Phone: 613.769.5575; SKYPE-video: display: sky_imb; ID: KJI_IMB; ichat; or remote session.

SANDIE MCARDLE, Transformational Healing Sessions. I am a catalyst for healing energy and patterns that no longer serve you and will help you to move into a new sense of balance, wholeness and clarity.

This might include addressing emotional, spiritual, physical or intellectual issues. I use an integrative blend of techniques, as well as guided intuition, to serve you. I have over 20 years experience in the healing arts. Sandie McArdle, B.A., HSC. 613-741-3117 or 613617-5588. sandie.mcardle@gmail.com SHERRY HARRIS, MSW, RSW, CHt, LM is a heart-focused psychotherapist, spiritual coach and counsellor, and energy therapist who specializes in teaching people to live with passion, joy and trust in the process of life. Sherry works with individuals from three to a hundred and three. In addition, her unique approach to family and couple counselling has proven over and over again to be highly successful. She may be reached at 613-236-8852 or by email at

harris.sherry@gmail.com. Her website is www. sherryharriscounselling.com. Insurance receipts covered by most benefit packages are provided.

Weekend and evening hours are available as well as regular business hours. Home visits or phone sessions may be arranged if you are unable to come to me.

SONJA MULLER, R,N. The Dance of the Butterrfly, Yoga Therapy, Ashtanga Yoga By The Sea True Self Process. Inquiries at White Wind Clinic 613 600-9089 sliding scale, insurance.

• Places FIRST UNITARIAN CONGREGATION. 30 Cleary St. 613-725-1066.

Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness (MSIA) (an ecumenical church), Ottawa-Morin Community. Weekly, Thursday, 7:30 pm services, followed by fellowship, at 103 Westpark Drive, in Ottawa: call to reserve. Marriages and spiritual counselling by appointment. Peace Theological Seminary Courses: as scheduled locally, by correspondence and by internet. For information or to reserve: msia@rogers.com or 613-841-1458

• A Course in Miracles COURSE OASIS. Courses, support and study groups, spiritual gatherings, individual mentoring, books. Mary Anne Buchowski and James Gregory, 613-726-0195. Email: courseoasis@ primus.ca; Website: www.courseoasis.org

• Access Consciousness THE BARS - Opening up to receiving!

Release blockages and create the life you want. Private session or class, contact certified Bars Facilitators; Suzanne Camire (bilingual) 613-745-5898 suz.camire@ sympatico.ca Carol Sheehan 613-249-8418 csheehan52@gmail.com.

• Acupuncture CAPITAL ACUPUNCTURE HEALING CLINIC. Ya-Zhen GUO, a certified traditional Chinese acupuncture specialist & former chief physician with 29 yrs clinical experience in China & Canada. Disposable needles, free consultation & parking. 69 Spencer St. Ottawa (Between Holland & Parkdale). 613-798-0595.

CHINESE TRADITIONAL ACUPUNCTURE & NATURAL MEDICINE CENTRE. TCM.DAC. Jia Jun Huang & Annie Huang. Graduate of Shanghai Medical University (1960). Over 45 years experience. Member of Chinese Acupuncture Association of China & Canada.

Acute & chronic pain, Accident. Sports injuries, Arhtritis, Fibromyalgia, Depression, Insomnia, Stop smoking, Menopause, etc. Disposable needles are used. Insurance coverage. Free parking. One of the largest herb stores in Otawa. 613-235-5504. 867 Somerset St. W. Ottawa.

February 2013

Lori Mackay Rmt, Cama – Trained in Medical Acupuncture at McMaster University. Providing treatment for acute and chronic Musculoskeletal Disorders and injuries such as, joint, neck, shoulder and back pain, headaches, tendonitis, carpal tunnel, arthritis, and more. Acupuncture can be performed alone or in conjunction with massage therapy treatment. 2 convenient locations: 418 Rideau St. Please call: (613)241-3434. Please call: (613)-727-7246 for more info contact Lori at lorirmt@gmail.com or www. lorirmt.ca HARMONY ACUPUNCTURE, Rural Kanata location, Alice Kwasniok, Dr. Ac. and TCM, MSc, member of CMAAC, graduate of ACOS, Nelson, BC. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine for prevention and treatment of a variety of acute and chronic conditions. Weight loss and detoxification, anti-aging facial rejuvenation.

613-832-0658. www.harmonyrevival.com CENTRE OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE. Dr. Gasan Askerow, C.M.D., Ph.D., Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine, Pain & Sports Related Injuries, 125 Somerset W (Suite 202), 613 569-8947.

PAIN RELIEF; correction of chronic conditions; addiction relief; weight loss; pro-active tune-up for health maintenance. Meridians Clinic (613) 728-2579 www.naetottawa.com COSMETIC ACUPUNCTURE for Facial Rejuvenation. For a more youthful and beautiful YOU, using acupuncture and the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine. A natural, enjoyable and more effective solution to the signs of aging. Kecia Lee, Dip. Ac. 613-282-6217 keclee@hotmail.com

• Addictions SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (SAA). A 12 step group to stop compulsive behaviour. Phone 786-1060.

• Akashic Records PATRICIA V. LACROIX, Akashic Records Consultant, Clairvoyant Medium, Certified Hypnotherapist. Akasha is the fundamental energy at the very core of creation. All that is created emanates from and returns to the energy of the Akasha. Held within the Akasha are the individual records of each soul from the time it leaves its point of origin until its return.

Every thought, word, deed and intent generated by each soul’s experience is recorded within ßthe Akasha in one’s personal Akashic Records as well as in a collective recording of the experience. Accessing information from the Akashic Records gives us divine insight as we create and manifest our desires. Expect information to continue to filter into your consciousness through your dreams and in the form of sudden insights in the days and weeks following a consultation. Gift Certificates available. patriciavlacroix@sympatico.ca

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DIRECTORY • Alexander Technique ELENA CALVO. Certified teacher(England) Personalized mind and body work.

English, Spanish, and French spoken.

Health Insurance covered. (819) 771-0110.

THE OTTAWA-HULL SCHOOL FOR THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE, Richard Albert, Director. Health insurance covered. I now offer Alexander lessons in my office or at your home 819-456-3484 alextech@magma.ca; or visit www.beingcarefulwhatwewishfor.ca BRIGITTE CARON fully bilingual, certified teacher (also speaks Spanish). 317 Chapel (@ Laurier). 789-7972.

• Allergy treatment ALLERGY & CHRONIC CONDITIONS. 10th year serving Ottawa-Outaouais. Judy Spence’s Medical background assures your program is tailored to your individual health needs. NAET is excellent for treatment of allergy & infection as well as Autism, CFS, FM, MCS, ADD & other chronic and conditions including pain. Doctorate of Natural Medicine (DNM), Acupuncturist., Advanced Level 2 NAET, Advanced 2 BioSet, Laser Acupuncture Detox & Lymphatic Drainage. Western medicine meets Eastern medicine to correct persistent and acute health issues. State-of-the-art computerized testing. The NAET Clinic of Ottawa is a full service, full time practice and also offers Hypnosis, Homeotoxicology, Auricular Medicine, Ion Detox Foot Baths, Sauna Detox, Weight Loss and Stop Smoking Programs.

613-728-2579. Quebec location: 819-6611061. www.naetottawa.com. On parle francais.

• Angel therapy ANGEL THERAPY PRACTITIONER® Diane Lanthier incorporates various modalities, including family constellation work, into a unique and compelling Emotional Freedom Techniques session. EFT is gentle yet powerful energy work that allows you to release any negative memories and feelings that are blocking you from moving forward in life. 613 297 8293, diane@ reiki-light.com, reiki-light.com JENNIFER CLARK was Ottawa’s first Angel Therapy® Practitioner and Professional Spiritual Teacher certified by Doreen Virtue working in Ottawa. Visit www.jenniferclark.ca or call her at 613.297.2850 and see what your angels and guides have to say!

THREELIGHTS HEALING INC I am a Certified Angel Therapy Practitioner/ Certified Intuitive Life Coach/Usui Reiki MasterTeacher/Certified Magnified Healer/Clairvoyant Medium. Integrated Healing Therapy Sessions with messages from your angels. Contact: 613.271.8775 or www.threelights.org VONNE SOLIS. www.vonnesolis.com.

613-258-3550

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• Aqualead AQUALEAD ENERGY - Healing water, environmental healing. Level I, II and Master classes. Free of charge, donations accepted.

Sabine Blais, Aqualead & Reiki Master. email aqualead1@gmail.com for schedules, www.aqualeadinstitute.org (819) 230-6638.

• Aromatherapy EARTHLYESSENTIALS. Organic essential oils, custom formulas, diffusers & blends, organic handmade soap, organic massage oils. 984 Notre Dame, Embrun, 613-443-9635. www. earthlyessentials.ca PLANET BOTANIX fills all your pure essential oil needs! We carry over 100 oils and other supplies. Purchase products from our line of all natural bodycare. 301 Bank (Somerset) 567-4444, www.planetbotanix.com

• Art / Art Therapy SCULPTURE FROM THE HEART: a powerful creative process. Hilde Paz, Qualified Steiner Sculpture therapist (UK).

Contact hildepaz@gmail.com JOURNEY THROUGH THE RAINBOW: Participants gain a greater understanding of themselves by exploring the seven colours of the rainbow through art, visualization, sound and food. A “sense”-ational experience! Tammy Smith 613-799-1022 Tammy_reiki@hotmail.com

• Ascension ASCENSION HEALING Full-time Healing Practice Offering: Crystal Crystal Healing, Crystal Healing Classes and Workshops, Full Shamanic Healing Services, Clearing of Homes and Business Space, Crystal Retail, Ceremonial Plants, www.ascensionhealing.ca, karen444osborne@yahoo.com, 613-798-2828.

ASCENSION & LIGHT BODY ACCELERATION. Cathryn Green. Reconnection of DNA Blueprint www.cathryngreen.ca 613-479-0299

• Art Classes/Workshops OPENING TO THE FLOW art classes & workshops. Hedda Sidla 613-445-5613, heddasidla@gmail.com

• Astrology JACQUES GIASSON: Professional Astrologer with a background in psychological counseling and 28 years of experience. Become aware of your path and take advantage of your challenges and opportunities, natal, actual and future.

Call: 819-770-9259.

JUDY JIBB, Astrologer CertFAstrolS 613 304 4255, personalreadings@gmail.com CRAIG GRANT has studied with Noel Tyl, Jeffrey Green, and Philip Sedgwick. He’s the

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author of WHY ASTROLOGY WORKS. He can be contacted at mercuryrising1@live.ca

• Aura Photography Aura Photo & Chakra Balancing Aura pic & interpretation, Colour therapy, Clear blockages, Healing. Rina Soucy 613-841-8651

• B. O. S. LAURIE FRASER, certified B.O.S. practitioner.

Excellent results: emotional issues (depression, anxiety, grief), pain, disease, allergies, mould, menopause, infection, insomnia, etc. Spiritual development, chakra work. 613-721-3781

• Beauty and Health NATURAL BODYCARE by a certified aromatherapist. Natural makeup, cleaning products: Planet Botanix, 301 Bank (Somerset) 567-4444 FREE HOME DELIVERY of hundreds of top quality green products available from www.

ECOOTTAWA.com on orders over $35.

• Bed & Breakfast LA GRANGE COUNTRY INN & YOGA STUDIO – Historic barn converted into spectacular 4-star inn and studio. Located on the edge of Gatineau Park in the village of Wakefield, only 20 minutes from downtown Ottawa. www.lagrangecountryinn.com (819) 459-3939.

• Birth Doula BIRTH DOULA offering 3 educational prenatal sessions, continuous birth support & 1 postnatal home-visit. Offering a wide range of holistic resources, including Hypnotherapy, Massage & Aromatherapy for pregnancy, birth & beyond.

Visit: www.empowerbirth.ca 613.282.6001 empowerbirth@gmail.com

• BodyTalk KRISTIN PETERSON: Registered Massage Therapist, Certified BodyTalk Practitioner & Certified Acupuncturist kristin_peterson6@hotmail.com or http://kristinpeterson.weebly.com LORI HOLLOHAN, M.A. Advanced Certified BodyTalk Practitioner, Yoga Teacher and Reiki II. Tel: (613) 866-7091; Email: info@lorihollohan. com; Web: www.lorihollohan.com WENDY PHILPOTT, Certified BodyTalk Practitioner, wendy@harmonyflow.ca. For more information see www.bodytalksystem.com

• Books PLANET BOTANIX, 301 Bank (Somerset) 5674444, www.planetbotanix.com: Gardening, self help, spiritual, cards, cds, dvds RAMA LOTUS YOGA CENTRE. www. ottawayoga.com/ 342 Gladstone Ave 613.234.7974. Yoga & Lifestyle, Meditation, DVD’s and More

FORCES IN THE AIR. An Autobiography of a Canadian Air Force Brat. A great little read of 108 pages, contact crowecreations.ca or gayelouise@rogers.com for info and a copy

• Bowen Therapy CHRYSALIS THERAPIES / Christine Follows. www.chrysalistherapies.ca Certified Bowen Therapy Practitioner (advanced). Call (613) 523-0640 after 5 pm. or e-mail follows0640@ rogers.com BowenTherapy Ottawa Bette Madigan. www.

BowenTherapyOttawa.ca Certified Bowen Therapy Practitioner (advanced) 376 Churchill Ave. Suite 203 (Westboro Clinic) insurance receipts available. Call 613-722-4249 or e-mail bettemadigan@hotmail.com MARIANNA MEDVID, Registered Bowen Therapist, Homeoplus Outaouais Clinic, Hull.

Pain relief and body balancing. 819-777-1818 (w) or 613-291-6651(c) info@bowentherapyhealing.ca; bowentherapyhealing.ca.

CAROLYNNE DOUCETTE - Professional Bowenwork Practioner. Effective for chronic and acute conditions and injuries.

Carolynne@bowenkemptville.ca 613-799-3315. www.bowenkemptville.ca

• Buddhism PINE GATE SANGHA - www.ianprattis.com/ pinegate.htm - Engaged Buddhism in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. 1252 Rideout Cr; 613 726 0881. Thursday meditation and study class 7:00pm; First Saturdays of each month - dharma talk and pot luck supper 5.00pm. Nucleus of Friends for Peace www.friendsforpeace.ca Resident teacher: Dharmacharya Ian Prattis True Body of Wisdom RODUCTION TO AUTHENTIC ZEN TRAINING through instruction in zazen (sitting Zen) and kinhin (walking Zen). First Saturday of each month, 2-4 PM. Pre-registration required: info@ wwzc.org or 613-562-1568. Zen Centre of Ottawa www.wwzc.org

• Career Consulting FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, JENNIFER CLARK has successfully navigated career transitions, mapped out career turning points and strategies for her clients. Get back in the flow! Visit www. jenniferclark.ca or call\CATER your small to medium event tailored to your specific dietary needs and liking ie. Vegan,Vegetarian, Living Food, Low Fat, Ciliac, etc Eager to learn more about cooking? - ask me about some theme cooking classes. tel 613 668 4223. e-mail.: thefitnesschef@rogers.com

• Ceremonies CARRIE RATHWELL, CEREMONIALIST. Personalized ceremonies created for and with you: weddings, funerals, baby and family ceremonies, rites of passage, pet funerals, shamanic journeys for ceremonies, and more. 613-2371473. www.carrierathwell.com

• Chakra Balancing with HOTSTONE, SOUND, AROMATHERAPY, REIKI www.wellbeingisyours.com. Rica Gerhardt 613-257-8362.

• Channelling DONNA KINNIBURGH, Internationally Renown, Deep Trance Medium (Edgar Cayce Style) Is now accepting Limited Appointments – 613 649-8245 donna@rainbow-lady.com www. rainbow-lady.com

• Children JENNIFER CLARK is a Child and Youth Coach offering unique coaching and simple healing experiences to shift anxiety, fear, depression and physical conditions. Visit www.jenniferclark. ca or call 613.297.2850

• Chiropractic ACTIVATOR CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC. Restore proper spinal balance safely and comfortably with the precise low-force activator analysis and instrument. Dr. Stephani S.Dunk 613-226-9800.

Baseline @ Prince of Wales SAGE WELLNESS 340 Gladstone www.sagewellness.ca. Book online or call 613-235-7243, Pain Relief, Headache, Injuries, Performance improvement, Arthritis, Health & Well-being

• Cleaning GREEN CLEANING since1988. Completely insured and bonded. We clean both homes and offices. Personalized friendly service with all healthy products. www.beauclean.ca 613-7311532 or email beauclean@gmail.com

• Clinics PLANET BOTANIX, 301 Bank (Somerset) 5674444: visit our website for a list of practitioners www.planetbotanix.com KILLENS REID PHYSIOTHERAPY CLINIC now offering TCM with acupuncture practioner. Other services, Osteopathy, Vodder Lymphatic Drainage, Vestibular Rehab, Urinary Incontinence Rehab, Massage Therapy, Orthopaedic and Sports Physiotherapy. www. killensreid.com (613) 594-8512.

PHYSICAL DYNAMICS PHYSIOTHERAPY CENTRE now offering cranio-sacral therapy and somato-emotional release with Mélanie Mainville RPT, CAFCI. Other services include orthopedic and sports physiotherapy, acupuncture, dry needling and massage therapy by RMT. Covered by most extended health care plans. By appointment 613-741-0923.

• Clutter FROM CHAOS TO ORDER - bring on the Flow. Edie Lane Feng Shui Consultant, DeClutter Specialist. 613-565-1919 abundantlivingbydesign.com GAIN FREEDOM FROM CLUTTER and save precious time and energy. Let me help you get

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organized so you can find exactly what you need when you need it. Jobs may be as small a linen closet or as large as a garage. It is said that 25% of what we buy is spent on things we already own but can’t find them. Increase your peace of mind. Call for a free consultation: 613762-1704 or gsmetta@gmail.ca

• Co-dependence Issues YOU CAN RECOVER FROM CODEPENDENCE. Your guide and spiritual counsellor, Deanna Rutherford, invites you to call for a consultation – 613-829-9102.

• Coaching ACADEMY OF PERSONAL AND RELATIONSHIP COACHING www.ottawacounselling.com Coaching concentrates on healing and empowerment and de-emphasizes being clinical and helping. Richard Haney is a wholistic coach who brings a wide range of skills, techniques and modalities to each coaching interaction. He provides warm, heart-connected and empathetic coaching. Please contact Richard Haney to enhance your life and make the most of each moment. Listening well is the most eloquent sign of caring. Richard Merrill Haney, Ph.D. (Counselling Therapy), 234-5678 or 726-3636.

BERYL ALLPORT, MCC, TRC, Master Coach, Facilitator, Author, Certified Retirement Life Coach. Mid life transition coaching, workshops and speaking. Finding a deeper meaning of self and life. 613-421-3042 www.beallucanbe.com Thomas M. Tegtmeyer. Kimaya Joy International (KJI) Information Medicine Balancing (IMB) at: Mother Earth Natural Health 747 D Richmond Road (at Cleary). By appointment only. Phone: 613.769.5575; http://thomasmtegtmeyer. energyk.org/interview.html; http://www. energybalanceexchange.org/; http://www.cicricrc.ca/; http://www.adrontario.ca/; http://www. imimediation.org/ ANNA MARANTA: Coaching, Counselling, and Spiritual Direction from an Integral Perspective.

Call: 613.867.5505 or email: maranta.anna@ gmail.com MARLENE NEUFELD, MSW, RSW, AND BOB NEUFELD, M.ED., help couples create closer loving relationships. We specialize in two-on-two couples coaching/psychotherapy. Experience our life changing approach which will help you learn skills and techniques that facilitate lasting personal change in a faster and easier way than traditional talk-therapy. We each have over 37 years experience in helping couples/people create more satisfying relationships/lives. For more information or to arrange a one-hour no-chargeto you initial consultation see www.marleneandbob.com or phone 613-594-9248.

FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, JENNIFER CLARK has been an Intuitive Life Coach combining the concrete and the esoteric offering you “soul solutions” that work. Visit www.jenniferclark.ca or call 613.297.2850

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DIRECTORY • Counselling CAROLINE ELSON a Wholistic Lifestyle Counsellor. B.Sc M.Ed,CCC 613 282 7905, caroline.elson@gmail.com Starting where you are, moving to create the life you want. Explore the physical, mental and emotional through traditional and alternative forms of counselling.

Individual and Couple.

ACADEMY OF COUNSELLING. Richard Merrill Haney, Ph.D. (Counselling Therapy) Specializing in individual and couple counselling and in comprehensive family mediation.

Also specializing in bereavement, career and stress counselling. Richard is an empowerment counsellor who is heavily influenced by Roberto Assagioli (Psychosythesis), C.G. Jung, Fritz Perls (Gestalt Therapy), Alfred Adler, Milton Erickson, Ken Wilber and Stanislov Grof (Holotropic Breathwork). 234-5678 or 726-3636.

Web: www.ottawacounselling.com KATHY GLOVER SCOTT M.S.W., professional, experienced Reiki Master/Teacher (Ascended Levels). www.ReikiOttawa.com. Reiki to the 21st degree, 5th Dimensional Consciousness Program, Reiki and Crystals and Root Cause Release Work. Classes and individual appointments (some covered by extended benefits).

613-271-8636 MARY O’KEEFFE, MA., MSc., Clinical member, Ontario Society of Psychotherapists.

Mindfulness & Compassion-Based therapy, for emotional balance, anxiety, stress, burnout, grief, relationship and childhood issues. Experienced therapist, Integrative & Holistic...613-608-7809 www.mindfultherapyottawa.com SHERRY HARRIS, MSW, RSW, CHt, LM is a heart-focused psychotherapist, spiritual coach and counsellor, and energy therapist who specializes in teaching people to live with passion, joy and trust in the process of life. Sherry works with individuals from three to a hundred and three. In addition, her unique approach to family and couple counselling has proven over and over again to be highly successful. She may be reached at 613-236-8852 or by email at harris.sherry@gmail.com. Her website is www. sherryharriscounselling.com. Insurance receipts covered by most benefit packages are provided.

Weekend and evening hours are available as well as regular business hours. Home visits or phone sessions may be arranged if you are unable to come to me.

ROSEMARY MURRAY-LACHAPELLE, M.L.S., M.A., Dipl. Analyt. Psych. Jungian Analyst and psychotherapist. Individual therapy to address your unique concerns. (819) 568-0282 ALYCE SNOW - M.Psy. (over 40 yrs exp.)

Grandir ensemble au rythme des saisons ..

Developing one’s feeling of wholeness/harmony Famille - couple - individuel - mini groupes Growing pains -relationships -life transitions Mieux traverser les moments imp/ difficiles Stress relief through artistic self-expression ..

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Vers une meilleure contribution sociale *daytime or evenings (613) 741-5632 LUC DUMOUCHEL, MA, CCC. INDIVIDUALS/ COUPLES. Anxiety, ACoA, communication, depression, emotional dependency, infidelity, loss, separation, sexual problems, GLBT issues, self-care, spirituality. Ottawa/Hull. Insurance/ sliding scale. Bilingual. 613-235-9813 counselling@lucdumouchel.com NURTURING A LOVING RELATIONSHIP with your embodied wisdom thru Focusing, NVC & Yoga. Phone/Skype, in person. Shulamit Day Berlevtov 613-868-9642 www.shula.ca SONJA MULLER, R.N, Pastoral Healing, Spiritual Healing, and Marian Faith Healing Vocation Ministry of Healing. Guided by Father Joe Kane, OMI, and the Roman Catholic Church and the Holiness of the Pope. White Wind Clinic, Ottawa, Rose Mountain Retreat Quebec. Meditation Weekends, available in the “Sanctorum of the Heart” tradition. 613 795-4583 GET RESULTS @ www.SpiritualCounselling.ca FREE COUNSELLING AVAILABLE for people dealing with death and dying. 613-828-2836

• Couples MARLENE AND BOB NEUFELD help couples who want to create a closer, more loving relationship with one another. Learn how to avoid the common relationship problems of criticism, defensiveness, or just drifting apart. Experience Bob and Marlene’s life changing approach, which includes their ability to bring a couple’s perspective to helping other couples. We each have over 37 years experience in helping couples/ people create more satisfying relationships/lives.

For more information or to arrange a one-hour no-charge-to you initial consultation see www. marleneandbob.com or phone 613-594-9248.

SHERRY HARRIS, MSW, RSW, CHt, LM is a heart-focused psychotherapist who helps couples learn to respect and love each other again after falling out of love and losing their genuine concern and appreciation for each other. Her unique techniques encourage couples to find the value and goodness, not only in each other, but in themselves. Sherry may be reached at 613-236-8852, by email at harris.sherry@gmail.com. Please check out her website at www.sherryharriscounselling.com.

Sherry is available evenings and weekends as well as regular business hours. Insurance receipts covered for most benefit packages are provided.

• Cranio-Sacral Therapy JOAH BATES, D.O.(UK) Biodynamic Osteopathy. Creating a space for self-healing through structural balance. Over 25 years experience. 613-742-0011.

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Denise Gaulin, B.A., CST Since the early 1990’s, Denise offers individual CranioSacral Therapy (CST) and SomatoEmotional Release (SER) sessions; she also has a specialization and a vast experience in pediatric CST and Visceral Manipulation (Barral). Denise is a certified CranioSacral therapist and certified teaching assistant for all levels of coursework (Upledger). Tutorials are offered to students of CST and SER. By appointment. Tel. 613-738-9080 WELLNESS WITH MOIRA: CranioSacral and SomatoEmotional Release Sessions.

Specializing in self empowerment for healing and health. Insurance Receipts. www.

WellnessWithMoira.com 613.432.1239 AVIVA COHEN, Happy Body Works on Main Street, happybodyworks@gmail.com, 613-6975644. Receipts available. Light-touch soft tissue and nervous system therapy. Targets dysfunction and honours body’s own intelligence for healing. Also decreases depression, anxiety, stress. Increases range of motion, longevity, quality of life.

• Crystal Consultations DISCOVER WHICH CRYSTALS WILL BENEFIT YOU the most! Enjoy a complimentary crystal consultation with Linda Energy Healer, Tuesdays 7 pm – 9 pm Mambo Restaurant, 77 Clarence St, and on Veggie Wednesdays 7 pm – 9 pm at Kinki Restaurant, 41 York St in the Byward Market. Beautiful healing crystal jewellery also for sale. www.lindaenergyhealer.com lsteele1122@rogers.com 613-868-8468

• Crystal Singing Bowls & Intuitive Voice DEEP SOUL ENERGETICS Pamela Holm.

Intuitive voice and Crystal Singing bowls sessions. Group and individual. Music Therapist, Karmic Master. Also DNA/karmic healing. www.

PamelaHolm.ca 613-829-1556 pamela_holm@ yahoo.com

• Crystals ASCENSION HEALING • Full-time Healing Practice Offering: Crystal Classes and Workshops — Full Crystal Healing Services — Full Shamanic Healing Services including Soul Retrieval, Extractions, Protection and Space Clearing — Crystal Store selling: tumbled stones, rough mineral specimens, clusters, geodes, cut and polished wands, pendulums, eggs, pyramids, obelisks, spheres and a wide variety of jewelry, ceremonial grade plants, smudging supplies, beeswax candles & Himalayan bath salts, Space Clearing, Spirit Crossing and Crystal Gridding of home and business space — Group Healing Circles Karen Osborne is a Crystal Healer and Shamanic Practitioner certified in several modalities. She has been operating her Ottawa based business for almost 10 years. www. ascensionhealing.ca For appointments or more information call or email: 613.798.2828 or karen444osborne@yahoo.com

DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE: Join us in simple, meditative multi-cultural circle dances that use sacred phrases from the many sacred traditions of the earth to touch the spiritual essence within ourselves and others. For more information call 613-594-9248, checkour schedule at www.marleneandbob.com or email info@ marleneandbob.com ANJALI ACADEMY, DANCE AND YOGA: Asana Adavu and Mantra: a unique synthesis of yoga postures and Indian temple dance, mudras, facial expressions and tala set to mantras.

Also traditional Indian Classical Temple dance classes. www.culturalhorizons.ca gaston@ cyberus.ca 613 745-1368 MOVEMENT ARTS OTTAWA STUDIO, at 111a Rideau, offers classes and a space for bodyaware practices like Contact Improvisation, Body Mind Centering, Authentic Movement, Yoga and Dance, etc. and for moving artists exploring creation. See www.movementartsottawa. blogspot.com BELLY DANCING FOR FUN! Awaken your own Goddess of Dance. Tracey @ 613-241-3397 or www.bellydancingforfun.com PEACOCK DYNASTY DANCE STUDIO: Specializing in Bollywood, Indian Classical Dance Style-Bharata Natyam, Indian Folk, & Persian/Bollywood Fusion. Please contact Sem at peacockdynasty@gmail.com or 613-286-6484 or visit www.peacockdynasty.com

• Dementia AN ALTERNATIVE, UNCONVENTIONAL, AND HOLISTIC approach to Memory Loss. Mark Andrews 613-257-0003 www.karmaiskarma.com

• Dentist DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

• Detoxification

• Distance Healing LINDA ENERGY HEALER—Highly effective energy healing sessions available distantly for physical & emotional pain such as childhood issues, abuse, grief, divorce, & accidents.

Current distance healing clients range from Toronto and Montréal to Australia and Asia. For further info, please visit www.lindaenergyhealer. com email lsteele1122@rogers.com or call 613868-8468. Serving people & pets. PayPal option

• DNA/Karmic Healing/Sound Healing DEEP SOUL ENERGETICS Refresh the spirit & progress on ascension path through releasing problems at the root, within the DNA, from this and other lifetimes, and throughout the existence of the soul. Intuitive sound work with Crystal Singing bowls & voice with Music Therapist, Karmic Master. www.PamelaHolm.ca 613-829-1556 pamela_holm@yahoo.com

• Dowsing Ottawa Dowsers, 2nd Wednesday of the Month Routhier Community Centre 172 Guiges St.(Cumberland/St. Patrick) 7-9:30pm.

Pendulum, L-rod, Y-rod, bobbers and more. www.ottawadowsers.org 613-596-0260 LEARN THE ART OF DOWSING using various tools and techniques. Individual and group classes. Nancy 613-596-0260 stonetreehaven@yahoo.com

• Doula Death Doula and End-of-Life Shaman, Oneon-one consultations, workshops, mediumship.

Trained to aid and support individuals in their dying processes. Debbie Dharbonneau, 613823-0384, www.debbiecharbonneau.ca

• Dreams ROSEMARY MURRAY-LACHAPELLE, M.L.S., M.A., Dipl. Analyt. Psych. Jungian Analyst and psychotherapist. Therapy practised with sensitivity to material from the unconscious such as dreams. (819) 568-0282

AQUA CHI FOOTBATH, easy+effective detox Rica Gerhardt 613-257-8362 rica11@ sympatico.ca www.wellbeingisyours.com check Spa Days

DREAM INTERPRETATION: Using Jungian approach and method of working with dreams.

Eleanor Ann Rowan 613-746-6778.

ION CLEANSE” Foot Bath Detox, fast, easy, effective way to detox the body in 30 min.

ADORIT BOUTIQUE. Fair Trade Eco-fabric Boutique. Tarot Readings every Saturday 12:00 - 6:00pm. 153 York St. Ottawa. (613) 241-8354

Also offering “CHI MACHINE and FAR INFRARED DOMES’ sessions. Insurance coverage. Christianne Akyna-Foley 613-842-3337 cakyna@rogers.com OTTAWA WELLNESS & DETOX CLINIC.www. ottawawellness.com IONCLEANSETM FOOT BATH with full nutritional support for the ongoing process of detoxing. Nancy 613-596-0260 stonetreehaven@ yahoo.com

• Eco-Friendly

• EMF Balancing P.W. EMF BALANCERS, Home, Work, Auto.

Steve Priebe (613) 842-4758, spriebe@sympatico.ca, www.emffreezone.ca

• Emotional Freedom Technique EMOTIONAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL PAIN AND STRESS can lead to physical pain and illness. Life is too short to live with pain of any kind! EFT is an important tool in getting rid of pain - and also in removing the negativity that

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blocks you from manifesting and attracting the positive and allowing for fullness of self and your divine plan. Tap into emotional freedom - try it on EVERYTHING! Diane Lanthier (613) 2978293 www.reiki-light.com VIOLETTA BOROWSKI, BEd, CHt, EFT Cert-1, SPHE-RE Through this gentle tapping technique, release emotional, mental, spiritual blockages and im-balances on all levels that were preventing you from experiencing peace, happiness and success in your life. A healthy emotional state, will immediately activate physical healing and well being. 613-808-4822 www.SacredPeaceHealing.com

• Energy ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONAL FACILITATOR The Art of Neutrality - sessions available by phone, distance or in person Yvette Marie-Claire Guy 819 771-8858 EXPLORE THE USE OF ARCHETYPAL ENERGY FREQUENCIES to clear-change-enhance patterns-take action rather than reaction.

Nancy 613-596-0260

• Energy Healing LAURIE FRASER, B.O.S., holographic healing, Reconnective, facade healing, past life.

Excellent results: anxiety, depression, insomnia, hormones, disease, allergies, pain, addiction, spiritual blocks. 613-721-3781.

MARTIN DESLAURIERS – Physical and emotional healing. From injuries to chronic diseases, pain, burnout, grief. Grounding and self-healing group sessions. 819 965-0108 ext 101 – www.

MartinDeslauriers.com LINDA ENERGY HEALER - Highly effective energy medicine for healing emotional & physical pain at the root level. In person or distance, people & pets. Please call 613-868-8468, email lsteele1122@rogers.com or visit www.lindaenergyhealer.com QUANTUM HEALING -Past Life Regression; Any health issue, Any Question -Dolores Cannon Hypnotherapy Method - Contact Nancy McColl 613-237-4904 email: namccoll@hotmail. com VIOLETTA 613-808-4822 www.EFTottawa. ca The goal is for you to reduce or eliminate your pain rapidly & effectively. Let’s work on you using EFT along with other tools for your mental, emotional, and physical well being. EFT Certified HEALING FROM WITHIN. Energywork and Bodywork through Inner Knowing. Contact Jim Holland at 613-824-1181 THREELIGHTS HEALING INC Experience the amazing healing benefits of integrating your Healing Sessions with messages from your Angels. Private treatments & Classes/ Workshops for all levels. Contact: 613.271.8775 or www.threelights.org

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• Energy Kinesiology THOMAS M. TEGTMEYER. Information Medicine Balancing since 1995. For personal bests and gentle transformation through many ways by weaving coherence, focusing awareness, balancing priorities, mapping energy. If distance is a factor, I will come to your house via: E/M: balance@thomasMtegtmeyer.com; Phone: 613.769.5575; SKYPE-video: display: sky_imb; ID: KJI_IMB; ichat; or remote session.

By appointment only. http://thomasmtegtmeyer. energyk.org/interview.html www.canask.org/ class_listings.htm www.braingym.org/ www. energybalanceexchange.org/

• Energy Medicine Combining the power of Donna Eden Energy Medicine and Emotional Freedom Technique to release blocks and empower you to step into your magnificence. Catherine McLenaghan, certified Donna Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner and certified Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner. Call 613-730-0411. Private sessions and ongoing. classes.www.energywellspring.com

• Face Massage FACE MASSAGE (REJUVENATING) The Canadian Centre of Indian Head Massage. Two day course with Debbie Boehlen. Certification available. 905.714.0298 www.indianheadmassagecanada.com

• Facial Rejuvenation Burnham Systems Facial Rejuvenation is a powerful AntiAging Holistic Therapy.

Realignment and toning of facial muscles; Release of physical and emotional blockages; Deep renewal of body and spirit • Jurlique Organic Skin Care. Gayle Mickelson 613.830.5764

• Feldenkrais Method KAREN MEREDITH, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practioner, www.beyondmovement.ca or 613-761-6200

• Feng Shui BALANCE - HARMONY - ENERGY Enhancing spaces that transform your life. Registered Interior Designer and Certified Feng Shui Consultant. Specializing in Space and Clutter Clearing, Space Planning, Design and Decoration, Colour and Light, Renovation and Construction. Pamela Burns, ARIDO, IDC, Reiki Master (613) 741-4055 CLEARING THE ENERGY OF YOUR HOME can be magical. Move to the next level of your healing. Contact Edie 613-565-1919 abundantlivingbydesign.com FENG SHUI OTTAWA. Maggie Huang, Feng Shui Master practitioner and Consultant, have been providing professional consultations for homes and business-es since 2001, with a proven track record of success. She also offers workshops at East Wind in Westboro in

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the 4th Saturday of each month. Maggie has studied under Lillian Too, the world’s foremost Feng Shui Master from Asia. She applies her expertise using a combination of traditional and contemporary technique, practical on uplifting and envisioning your life. E-mail: fengshuiottawa@rogers.com, or visit 361Richmond Rd. 613 729-8813

• Feng Shui Workshops PRACTITIONER/FACILITATOR LINDA THERRIEN from Life Health Healing Center provides two workshops. Introduction to Feng Shui with compass and Advanced Feng Shui with crystals both include certificates. Let Feng Shui in your home and in your life help you achieve Harmony, Abundance, Happiness and more. Workshops are held on the third Saturday or Sunday of each month from 1pm to 5pm. Preregistration required. Linda is the founder and teacher of Dimensional Meditation with crystals.

Call: 613-824-4548 or visit www.lifehealthhealing.com FAMILY PLANNING CONSULTING using the highly successful Lunar Phase Method. One time fee of $100.00 includes personalized profile and follow up. Nancy at 613-324-4458 or fertility-wheel @hotmail.com.

“WOMEN UTILIZING MIND/BODY TECHNIQUES such as hypnosis have a 42 –55% increased rates of conception” Engage the power of your subconscious mind to enhance fertility with hypnotherapy. Visit: www. empowerhypnosis.ca 613.282.6001 johanna@ empowerhypnosis.ca

• Flower Essences FLOWER ESSENCES can support you through all phases of life. Gentle release of blocks and patterns, healing of old wounds, assistance with acute or chronic issues. Californian, Pacific and Bach essences. Will treat animals. Barbara Schuster, FES-certified practitioner; 613-8204303 or barbaraschuster2000@yahoo.ca

• Foot Orthotics Dr. Jean-FranCois Gauthier B.Sc., D.C., C Ped (C) is a certified pedorthist, a trained foot health specialist. Providing solutions for conditions such as plantar fasciitis, metatarsalgia, etc.

Restore proper foot, knee, hip and lower back balance with confortable custom-made foot orthotics. Conveniently located near Rideau Center, free parking: 418 Rideau St. Please call 613-241-3434. For more information contact us at dr.gauthier@sympatico.ca or www.spineandfoot.com

• Frequencies of Brilliance Christine Follows / CHRYSALIS THERAPIES. Call (613) 523-0640 after 5 p.m. for appt. or email follows0640@rogers.com

• Gifts Planet Botanix, 301 Bank (Somerset) 567-4444: eco friendly, recycled, unique and inspirational ideas!

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• Gluten Free SOUPE, HÉ! SEASONAL SOUPS -- delicious gluten-free, vegetarian soups and potages finally! Sold in fine food and health food stores in the Outaouais. www.soupehe.com

• Gum Disease DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

• Hadoscan HADOSCAN Sessions available by phone, distance or in person Contact Yvette Marie-Claire Guy 819 771-8858

• Head & Neck Pain DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

• Healing From The Core AVIVA COHEN, Happy Body Works on Main Street, happybodyworks@gmail.com, 613-6975644. Receipts available. Tools for whole body presencing, pain and trauma releasing.

• Health and Well-Being Consultant BELINDA ROUSSEL HOWES, Health and Well-Being Consultant, Connecting you with the people and tools for your well-being journey Tel: 613 720-6355; www.wellbeingottawa.com

• Healthy Bra HEALTHY BRA - Orthopaedic and Post-Surgical Bra (Medical Device License). No wires. No elastic. Custom-fit. Where health, comfort and shape matter most – Sizes 28A to 44KK. Comfy Posture Solutions 613-521-9100

• Health Kinesiology RICA GERHARDT, Specialized Holistic Health Kinesiologist. Treat causes, not symptoms.

Install empowering beliefs. Nutrition. Detox.

Private sessions.(Insurance). Workshops. Spa Days www.wellbeingisyours.com 613-257-8362 rica11@sympatico.ca

• HeartMath® 1:1 Coaching BREATHE THROUGH THE HEART AND STOP REACTING UNCONSCIOUSLY. Self Regulation, Energy Management, Optimal Performance. Contact Robbin Zrudlo at healandevolve@gmail.com. www.healandevolve.ca

• Heart Interpreter WOULD YOU LIKE ASSISTANCE SAYING what`s really in your heart and putting it on paper? Support offered for writing greetings, letters and preparing messages to friends, partners, colleagues, family or anyone else you need to communicate with. From $20.00, 1/2 off special until Feb.28, 2012. Contact Cera at (613) 227-4497 or heartinterpreter@gmail.com

• Herbal Healing JUDY HENRY is a skilled herbal practitioner and healer with 25 years of experience in holistic healing. She combines knowledge, intuition and guidance, as she weaves together the sacred wisdom and spirit of the plants, as well as many ancient & modern healing modalities. Health Coaching program: In-depth Individual coaching, personalized protocols &custom-blended herbal formulas. Single consultations are also available. www.earthmedicine.ca 613- 832-8241

• Herbalism KATHLEEN LEESON RH, is one of two registered Clinical herbalists in the region with the Ontario Herbalists Association, a professional regulating body. We have developed educational standards, a Professional Scope of Practice, a Professional Code of Practice and a Professional Code of Ethics. See www. herbalists.on.ca. I has been studying, working, growing, sharing, teaching, journeying and playing with the plants since 1982. I specialize in the Art and Science of natural healing and am available for one-on-one appointments in downtown Ottawa at (613) 237-1473. I also teach The Wisdom of Plants Herbal Apprenticeship Program (See its Facebook page) starting yearly in May. www.kathleenleeson.ca ANNE DRISCOLL R.H. is a traditional herbalist wise in the healing ways of plants. In her practice she blends the wisdom of herbcraft with modern scientific knowledge. She works with individuals to restore the innate balance and strength of the body. All remedies are custom created to address each person’s unique health needs. For both chronic and acute conditions - let plants walk with you on the journey to wellness. Call the Avalon Herbal Clinic at 613-6121181 or drop by on Saturday to Mother Earth Natural Health (747 D Richmond Road.)

• Herbs JUDY’S ORGANIC HERBS Canada’s favourite source for medicinal herbs & health items. Huge selection of highest-quality organic bulk herbs, tinctures, oils & more including vibrant premium herbs from our gardens. Mailed to your home or office. www.earthmedicine.ca 613-832-8241

• Holistic Dentist DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

• Homeopathy J.B. HOMEOPATHIC DISPENSARY. Jo-Anne Bazinet, homeopath. Member of S.P.H.Q., C.S.H., H.M.C.C. 2062 St. Joseph Blvd., Orleans, ON, K1C 1E6. (613) 830-0487.

Consultations & products available.

M. AYUB KHAN, B.A, DHM (UK), HD (Home of affordable, safe and alternative Health care System for acute & chronic diseases) Telephone: (613)746-6248 (R), (613)282-2660 (B) E-mail: khanhomeopathy@rogers.com

ELIZABETH WIGGINS, Reg. Hom., -- for your acute and chronic health concerns. I also offer Nutritional Counselling, Life Coaching, Reiki, & The Lifeline Technique (613) 222-6922 or visit www.elizabethwiggins.com MARILENA GAVRILA - NUTRIHOM D.I.Hom(Pract.), RNCP, Registered Homeopath for acute and chronic conditions and Registered Nutritional and Lifestyle Consultant; www. nutrihom.com; nutrihom@gmail.com; (613) 842-9328

• Hotstone Healing JOIN HOT STONE ENERGY THERAPIST and Reiki Master Pauline Brown A.N.N. member for the utmost in healing, relaxation, and a wonderful state of well-being. call: 819-684-7885 or visit: www.healinghandswithpauline.ca. Receipts provided and gift certificates available

• Hydromassage Therapy RELAXATION STATION 613-299-1370.

Rejuvenating Mind and Body. Become totally relaxed and rejuvenated with the revolutionary (dry) hydro-massage machine called the SpaCapsule. Nobody will touch you, you keep your clothes on and you don’t get wet. Oxygen therapy, aromatherapy, and relaxing music/ video is included. Also used for lymphatic drainage, cellulite reduction and body slimming.

Perfect treatment for people with chronic pain, fibromyalgia, arthritis, and diabetes. www. relaxationstation.ca, info@relaxationstation.ca

• Hypnotherapy AVOID THE MEDICATION ROULETTE! Advanced Clinical Medical/Dental Hypnotherapist successfully treating anxiety, stress, depression, addictions, unwanted habits, fears, pain, smoking cessation, weight mgmt, obsessivecompulsive behaviors, low self-esteem, self-sabotage and more. Specialist in Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Fibromyalgia, Migraine Headaches. Visit www.graceplacewellness. com for info, verifiable credentials & free Tranquility recording- Grace Joubarne, CCHt, LAPHP 613-422-7027 Toll-free 1-888-3903553 info@graceplacewellness.com RID YOURSELF OF OLD HABITS AND ADDICTIONS. Hypnosis and HypnoAcupuncture. SLEEP despite your partner’s snoring thanks to hypnosis. Weight loss, Drug, Smoking, Sex, Food and Gambling addictions. Age regression to correct decades old influences. Hypnosis by Judy Spence (CH), National Guild of Hypnotists-certified. Ottawa 613-728-2579 OR Gatineau: 819-661-1061.

1st session: $100. Subsequent $80. Insurance receipts. www.naetottawa.com FOR WEIGHT LOSS, TO STOP SMOKING, confidence and much more. Lynne Cardinal NGH certified. (613) 721-7888 or www. kaivalya.ca Martine Brisson, hypnosis and alternative therapies. REDISCOVER THE JOY OF LIFE with

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the help of hypnosis, EFT, NLP, Eye movement Integration therapy, Psych-K, Reiki and IET. I get to the source of the problem to eliminate it.

Only certified 5 Path (5 phase advance transformational hypnosis) in the region. Teacher of 7 Path self-hypnosis. Stress reduction, remove fears, anxiety, self-esteem, traumas and more.

Insurance receipt available. Gatineau . 819918-6670 www.martinebrisson.com WENDY ARMSTRONG, CHt, MHt, Master Consulting Hypnotist, CCIr. You can create the life you desire NOW! 613-823-3316 wendy@ wellness-centre.com www.wellness-centre.com MOIRA HUTCHISON CTACC DHP Acc. Hyp.: With a blend of Hypnotherapy and Coaching, the focus is placed upon what YOU want and together we make it happen in the right way for you (613) 432-1239 www.WellnessWithMoira. com ACADEMY OF HYPNOTHERAPY www.ottawahypnosis.com When talking therapy is just not enough to dissolve old emotional blocks...

Create new pathways by trusting and following fresh images, empowering suggestions and inspiring visions. Become whole again by re-membering and re-connecting forgotten parts of yourself. What inside! What outside!

Consider the Whole... Richard Merrill Haney, Ph.D.(Counselling Therapy) Hypnotherapist, 234-5678 or 726-3636.

SOUL INTEGRATED HYPNOTHERAPIST. “You are already perfect. You have everything you need… you just don’t see it yet!” Shelley G. Rector. Contact Shelley to discover your soul’s perfection. 613-857-6674 shelley@ shelleyrector.com All calls & appointments are held in the strictest of confidence.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE? Do you need help doing it? Holistic hypnosis guides you to your unique solutions and a better life! Priscilla Corcoran, Radiant Changes, in west end at Vitallife (613) 798-9994; east end at (613)859-3902, www.radiantchanges.com

• Indian Head Massage THE CANADIAN CENTRE OF INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE. Two day course with Debbie Boehlen, Certification available. 905.714.0298 www.indianheadmassagecanada.com AYURVEDIC HEAD MASSAGE certification with Jackie Cave, Fusion School of Natural Health.

613-389-4344 or info@FusionNaturalHealth.com Experience the rejuvenating power of REIKI & INDIAN HEAD MASSAGE (IHM) with Juane, Reiki Master and IHM Certified Practitioner Available Thurs., Fri. & Sat. at Classy Nails & Spa Inc., 260 Centrum Boulevard.

613-834-9922 $40/60 minutes, $25/30 minutes.

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• Infrared Sauna SAGE WELLNESS 340 Gladstone www.sagewellness.ca. Book online or call 613-235-7243, Detoxify, Treat injuries, Pain relief, Weight loss, Reduce Stress, Improve Skin

• Intuitive Life Coach HELPING GUIDE YOU to live your best life!

Kerry Palframan RN www.indigodreamer.com THREELIGHTS HEALING INC I am a Certified Intuitive Life Coach/Usui Reiki Master-Teacher/Magnified Healer/Certified Angel Therapy Practitioner/Clairvoyant Medium. Take control of your Life now. Contact: 613.271.8775 or www.threelights.org SHARRON A. COSGROVE MPM PC Personal Life and Business Coaching -a powerful partner to help you achieve greater levels of success, happiness and fulfillment.

Have a big dream, want to get to the next level on your journey, come work with an experienced professional, interested in your success. www.sharroncosgrove.com 613 850-3980

• Intuitive Numerology A NEW SCHOOL OF THOUGHT. Psychic Consultation. Laura Young 725-7232 lbaird@ istar.ca

• Intuitive Psychic Readings LINDA THERRIEN World Known Medium Clairvoyant. Using Crystals, Chinese Astrology and Channeling Cards, my Readings consist of guidance in your work, health, love and Spiritual Healing. I am accurate, dependable and gifted.

I am Founder of Dimensional Meditation with crystals, Past Life Regression Channeling Facilitator and a Reiki Master Teacher Practitioner. (613-824-4548) www.lifehealthhealing.com

• Intuitive Readings MARLENE STEVENS 819 483 9915 Intuitive readings & tarot. Medium & Angel card readings.

Marstevens@sympatico.ca MOIRA HUTCHISON CTACC DHP Acc. Hyp.: Connect to your Higher Self and your Inner Wisdom. For insight, guidance, validation, inspiration and support. On-line, by phone and in person (613) 432-1239 www.

WellnessWithMoira.com ENJOY, LAUGH, GROW, discover, develop self-understanding, raise your consciousness, balance your body, mind, heart and spirit. An intuitive reading or counseling session can be the additional support you need to bring balance and greater happiness into your life. Over the phone or in person! Choose the type of session that suits you. An amazing journey begins again, in this moment…visit www.intuitivelight.com 613-261-9128 Cheryl FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, JENNIFER CLARK has been a powerful Intuitive guide offering you insight about your spirit guides and helpers

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offering you divine direction and guidance. Visit www.jenniferclark.ca or call 613.297.2850 GAIN INSIGHT, Guidance, Clarity, Direction, Validation and more. Kerry Palframan RN www.indigodreamer.com MICHELLE VEZEAU spiritual guidance to your life’s questions - insightful, profound clarity.

Michelle.Vezeau@sympatico.ca 819 827-0705

• Journey JEAN BRAZEAU, Ottawa’s first Accredited Journey Practitioner. Give yourself the gift of freedom, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Reclaim the truth of who you are. Works with children, teens and adults. Energy Medicine (Reiki Master, Shamanism, Universalis) NLP, WEL-Systems TM Institute Master Facilitator. JeanBrazeau@sympatico.ca Phone: 613-295-2756.

EVELYNE LEMIEUX-NAULT, Accredited Journey Practitioner/Visionary Leadership Coach. Address the root cause of emotional and physical issues. Open to the wisdom, freedom and love within yourself. English and French.

613-824-3368. evelyne.lemieux-nault@rogers. com

• Jungian Analysis ROSEMARY MURRAY-LACHAPELLE, M.L.S., M.A., Dipl. Analyt. Psych. Jungian Analyst.

Depth psychology to address your unique concerns. (819) 568-0282

• Kinesiology CHECK Health Kinesiology / Rica Gerhardt

• Labyrinth ST. JOHN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH, Parish of March, 325 Sandhill Road, Kanata offers an outdoor, 11 circuit, paver Chartres design labyrinth open to the public at all times. We also offer an indoor, 7 circuit Petite Chartres permanent,painted labyrinth in the church hall. Contact the Parish Office for availability of our indoor facility. ( 613) 592-4747 or www. stjohnskanata.ca HEALING CIRCLE LABYRINTH Set amid 1,000 evergreen trees surrounded by a garden sanctuary overlooking the St. Lawrence River.

Paths are lined with chakra coloured plants and stones. Now scheduling workshops and candlelit evening walks. Call Liz at 613-925-1278 or healingcirclelabyrinth@hotmail.com QUIET GARDEN, includes an 11 circuit replica of Chartres Labyrinth. St. John’s Anglican Church, Richmond, 65 Fowler St. 838-6075. http://members.eisa.com/~ec088706/ ARCHETYPAL DOUBLE ENERGY LABYRINTH learn the benefits and processes to utilize the emanating energy from two and three dimensional double labyrinths. Nancy 613-596-0260

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• Laughter/Happiness Coaching WWW.LAUGHWITHME.CA LAUGHTER is the best medicine! Learn the skills to make yourself HAPPY! For individuals, groups, work places, clubs EVERYONE DESERVES TO BE HAPPY! Contact Suzi 613-878-4235 or laughwithme@ rogers.com

• Life Between Lives This is the space between your current life and the one before. The times between death and re-entering the womb for another life. But what goes on in that time-space? What happens to the soul? This is journey to the other side to better understand the reason for which we came on earth. The process is profound, the session itself last up to three hours. Martine Brisson, hypnosis and alternative therapies Gatineau, 819-9186670 www.martinebrisson.com

• LifeLine Technique ELIZABETH WIGGINS, Certified Lifeline Practitioner. The Lifeline Technique changes lives. Let me help you change yours. Any symptom can be addressed. For real change, call 613-222-6922 or visit www.elizabethwiggins. com MASTERY UNLIMITED The LifeLine Technique™ offers you the opportunity to view symptoms of Pain, Fear, and Challenges as gifts for self-healing using the power of Infinite Love and Gratitude. To learn more visit: www.masteryunlimited.ca and call Graham Wiseman: 819-483-0667 email: graham@ masteryunlimited.ca or Judy MacLeod: 613-8507780 email: judy@masteryunlimited.ca

• Lifestyle Wellness THE ZEN FOR YOU HOLISTIC APPROACH to health combines nutrition and lifestyle counseling, bodywork and yoga packages tailored to your body’s true needs. Zen for You stresses the importance of identifying the client’s lifestyle issues and trains/teaches them to connect better with themselves and acquire a more positive and healing attitude towards a healthier, fitter and balanced life. To know more Zen for You ervices and programs please visit www. zenforyou.ca

• Light Body Acceleration LIPHE DESIGN.COM. pH Nutritional Microscopy. Donna Porteous 613 253 7467

• Low Impact Yoga LOW IMPACT HATHA YOGA www.zenforyou. ca The Zen for You Hatha Yoga classes are easy to do for people who have never tried yoga before. Manali Haridas, Certified Yoga instructor progressively teaches the yoga postures and different relaxation breathing techniques in a period of 10 weeks.

• Lymphatic VODDER METHOD. Effective treatment for acute & chronic conditions. Judy Spence, DNM, RN. 613-728-2579 www.naetottawa.com

NATURAL HEALTH THERAPEUTIC CENTRE. Lymph drainage (Vodder), Reflexology, Shiatsu, Massage. Twenty years experience.

Receipts for extended health plans. Free parking. By appointment only: 613-798-8385. Lincoln Heights Rd. www.naturaltherapeutic.ca

• Magnetic Resonance Stimulation A UNIQUE AND EFFECTIVE APPROACH TO WELLNESS! Energize your cells with natural frequencies. Complimentary session available with the new iMRS. Exceptional business opportunity for spas and clinics. Anne Riopelle 613-744-5679 anneriopelle@hotmail.com

• Massage MOVEMENT HARMONY MASSAGE. Spinal alignment work, employing osteopathic techniques, attunement, Swedish & acupuncture massage. 33 years experience treating injuries and chronic back challenges in Orleans. Contact Heather Brown (613) 878-6480. ANN receipt available for insurance.

SAGE WELLNESS, 340 Gladstone www.sagewellness.ca. Book online or call 613-235-7243, Swedish Massage, Sports, Prenatal, Myofascial, Bowen

• Massage Therapy LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS Effective treatment of many chronic conditions. Judy Spence, DNM RN. 613-7282579 www.naetottawa.com CALM CONNECTIONS Massage Therapy, 42 Holland Ave. Cathy Chatham RMT, Kirsten Greenleaf RMT. Tel: 613 792 3223 www.calmconnections.ca JENNIFER PRESLEY, RMT. Treatment & relaxation, deep tissue, craniosacral, Reiki.

Injuries, pregnancy, migraine TMJ. Vibrant Health, 20 James St., Top Fl. 613-237-4400 www.vibranthealthmassage.ca Lori MacKay RMT, CAMA – Feeling stress, pain, or just need to relax? Therapeutic massage can help. Providing treatment for acute and chronic conditions and injuries. Also trained in Acupuncture and Thai Yoga Massage. Receipts issued. 2 Convenient locations: 418 Rideau St. Please Call (613)-241-3434. Please call: (613)727-7246 For More Info Contact Lori at lorirmt@ gmail.com or www.lorirmt.ca BODY POETS MASSAGE THERAPY, Registered Massage Therapists providing care for pain and injury, wellness and relaxation.

Deep tissue, TMJ, myofascial, sports, pre/ post natal, lymphatic, hot stone, and more.

Convenient downtown location near the Queensway, free parking, online booking, buy gift certificates online. 504 Kent Street (at Arlington). Please call 613-222-0465 or visit bodypoets.com. Enjoy your healthy body!

KAREN MUNRO-CAPLE, RMT. Providing Healing, Relief, Joy! 1105-85 Albert St. between Elgin & Metcalfe. (613) 230-3527. www.kmc-rmt. com

RE - SELF - ING, a Journey to Wholeness, orthotherapie, swedish massage, reiki.

Insurance coverage. Christianne Akyna 613842-3337 cakyna@rogers.com NATURAL BALANCE MASSAGE THERAPY CENTRE Located in downtown Ottawa.

Specializing in deep tissue / sports massage, pre / post pregnancy care, relaxation / stress reduction, headaches & chronic conditions. Gift certificates available. B6 - 130 Albert Street (between Metcalfe & O’Connor) Phone: (613) 566-3000 www.naturalbalancemassage.ca YONG KAI, RMT, Registered Massage Therapist. Stress & Tension, Back & Neck Pain, Stress & Tension, Muscle Strains, Headaches & Migraines, Sciatica, Tendonitis, Sport Injuries (613) 435-6988, cell (613) 852-4852. Insurance Accepted. yongcai.rmt@gmail.com MULLER TECHNIQUE FOR MIND BODY CORRECTION. Expert Nurse, Mind Body Rehabilitation Therapist, Sonja Muller, R.N., White Wind Clinic Ottawa 613 795-4583

• Matrix Energetics MATRIX ENERGETICS - Facilitator in the Art of Transformation Certified Practitioner since 2007 sessions available by phone, distance or in person Yvette Marie-Claire Guy 819 771-8858

• Medical Intuitive MANUELA WERTHWEIN 613-231-4575. www.

VisionofSpirit.com. Medical Intuitive, Medium, Spiritual and Emotional Counsellor. Soul rescue. Reiki Master & Teacher. Colour healing.

Teaches intuitition skills (private or classes).

Releasing blockages and stagnated energy grids within the Human Energy Fields takes place regardless of hereditary, environment or inherent factors that may endure. Manuela will access the information in your biology and soul using clairvoyance as well as energy scanning with healing and Past Life Information. www.

WindowtotheSoul.com KNOW ROOTS OF ILLNESS; Shift; Change; Heal.

Kerry Palframan RN www.indigodreamer.com

• Meditation CHRISTIAN MEDITATION COMMUNITY – There are about 40 groups in the Ottawa area that meet weekly to practice a way of silent, contemplative prayer using a prayer word or mantra, as taught by the late Benedictine Fr. John Main. For more information contact the Ottawa Area Coordinator at 613-841-2894 or christianmeditation2011-ottawa@yahoo.ca or consult www.wccm-canada.ca COSMIC MINDFULNESS, Meditation in the Tantra Tradition. Ongoing classes and guided meditations given by Chris Simmonds including, chakra awareness, and Sahaj Meditation techniques in the Tantra tradition. Attend an ongoing class or practice group. Advanced personal instruction is also available. Call Chris at 613730-2622 or contact@ottawameditation.ca. Visit www.ottawameditation.ca for more info.

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TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION (TM) — A completely effortless meditation technique revived by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi from the ancient Vedic tradition of knowledge.

Transcendental Meditation is taught by highly trained instructors in a standardized 7-step course, with ongoing followup. Transcendental Meditation allows your mind to settle inward beyond thought to the most silent and peaceful level of consciousness, your innermost self. It is deeply restful and is backed by hundreds of published studies. See www.doctorsontm.com or www.tm.org. Ottawa center: 613-565-2030; email: Ottawa@maharishi.ca DYNAMIC MEDITATION. Learn the lifechanging techniques of deep mantra meditation and mindfulness for peace and wellbeing. Introductory and advanced classes for individuals, groups, workplaces. Courses on mastering thoughts, healing emotions, self-care and empowerment, consciousness expansion, development of chakras. Call Jennifer Bernius at 613-721-3787; jenbernius@gmail.com.

OTTAWA DHARMA PUNX is a peer-led meditation group. We offer a casual space to meditate in community, explore Buddhist teachings, and share personal experience. Meet 3:30 Sundays at 57 Lyndale, Hintonburgh. 25 minute meditation starts at 3:45 pm and discussion after, bring your own cushion. dharmapunxottawa@hotmail.com THE SILVA METHOD. Lise Blouin, Certified Silva Method Instructor. silvamethod@bellnet.ca 1 800 226 4428 GROUNDING AND SELF-HEALING group sessions. Emotion integration and transmutation. 819 965-0108 ext 101 – www.MartinDeslauriers.com DOROTHY ALLEMANG offers Sonic Meditations For You. Four guided meditations for relaxation and healing. Gongs, crystal bowls, waterphone and ocean drum enhance the deep meditative state. Music by Johannes Welsch. www.sonicmeditationsforyou.com or phone 613-864-3520 MEDITATION CLASSES: Explore great philosophical traditions and various meditation techniques. Contact us at (613) 721-7888 or www.kaivalya.ca A FORMAL INTRODUCTION TO AUTHENTIC ZEN TRAINING through instruction in zazen (sitting Zen) and kinhin (walking Zen). First Saturday of each month, 2-4 PM. Preregistration required: info@wwzc.org or 613562-1568. Zen Centre of Ottawa www.wwzc.org LEARN TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES that will bring the meditative process into daily living...

ISUL method...Nancy 613-596-0260

• Meditation on CD JENNIFER BERNIUS guides you through 5 soothing and inspiring meditations to calm your mind, relax your body and uplift your spirit. This CD, Into the Silence, with gorgeous musical accompaniment, will revitalize your daily meditation practice, helping to open your chakras and

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awakening you to the healing power of light.

Cost: $20. 613-721-3787; jenbernius@gmail. com

• Mind Kinetics ANNY TENBULT coaches physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually to groups or individuals. Science has proven that habits and behaviors’ will only change if there is a physiological shift in our thinking cells. Mind Kineticsª means putting the brain into action. Call Anny @613-745-1274 or goalsgal@sympatico.ca or www.powerfocuscoaching.com

• Migraines DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

• Music & Healing FOR 29 YEARS have helped clients 2-82yr. with health concerns including ADHD, dyslexia, depression, cancer etc. Hands on approach using musical instruments. Call Shirley Schober @ 613-729-7758

• Music & Meditation FOR CHILDREN & TEENS, including those with autism, emotional challenges; adults for personal growth & healing, palliative care, with Pamela Holm, Accredited Music Therapist and healing intuitive. 613-829-1556, pamela_holm@ yahoo.com, www.PamelaHolm.ca

• N.A.E.T. ALLERGY & CHRONIC CONDITIONS. 10th year serving Ottawa-Outaouais. Judy Spence’s Medical background assures your program is tailored to your individual health needs. NAET is excellent for treatment of allergy & infection as well as Autism, CFS, FM, MCS, ADD & other chronic and conditions including pain. Doctorate of Natural Medicine (DNM), Acupuncturist., Advanced Level 2 NAET, Advanced 2 BioSet, Laser Acupuncture Detox & Lymphatic Drainage. Western medicine meets Eastern medicine to correct persistent and acute health issues. State-of-the-art computerized testing. The NAET Clinic of Ottawa is a full service, full time practice and also offers Hypnosis, Homeotoxicology, Auricular Medicine, Ion Detox Foot Baths, Sauna Detox, Weight Loss and Stop Smoking Programs. 613-728-2579.

Quebec location: 819-661-1061. www.naetottawa.com. On parle francais.

• Natural Foods SOL NATURAL FOODS. 186 Ave de la Colline, Aylmer, QC. 684-0512.

WHEAT BERRY. 206 Main St. 235-7580.

• Naturopathic doctors ANN LAWRENCE BSc, ND Licensed & Registered Naturopathic Doctor in Ontario.

We offer services for the whole family! Bowen Therapy, chronic or adrenal fatigue, pediatrics, ear infections, women’s & men’s health, fertility,

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menopause, diabetes, allergies, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, insulin resistance, weight loss, digestive disorders, heavy metal testing, detoxification and STRESS! Covered by extended health insurance plans. The Dragonfly Family Health Centre @ 171 Old Colony Rd. in Kanata Free parking and extended hours available.(613) 831-2661 www.dragonflynaturopathy. com, www.kanatanaturopath.ca

• Naturopathic Medicine DR. KANDIS LOCK, ND. Licensed Naturopathic Doctor. Digestive Disorders, Allergies, Headaches, Womens Health, Chronic Disease, Cancer. Come in for free 15 minute consult to find out how naturopathic medicine can benefit you (no treatment provided). 300 Preston St. 613-728-9100, kandislocknd@gmail.com

• Non-Violent Communication COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION Non Violent Communication is a communication model developed by Marshall Rosenberg to provide a means for families, colleagues, neighbours and everyone everywhere who wants to have more meaningful relationships in their lives to focus on the feelings and needs as a way to remove the pain and aggravation from our communications. I will be offering a 3 hour per month 12-month support group for learning. practicing, and sharing about our experiences with Marshall’s work as we spend this time together. Beginning in September, we will come together to begin this process, and then have an experienced instructor spend a weekend with us, as we move forward leaning and feeling how amazing it is when we have the skill set to create more meaning, and less pain in our lives. Information from Aileen’s Oasis, Aileen McKenna. www.aileensoasis.com or 613-2282272, by cell at 613-795-3751 or toll free at 1-866-493-0236

• Nutrition MARILENA GAVRILA - NUTRIHOM RNCP, D.I.Hom(Pract.), Registered Nutritional Consultant and Homeopath; Nutritional and lifestyle consulting for your individual and unique health concerns. nutrihom@gmail.com; (613) 842-0373. www.nutrihom.com BODY CHEMISTRY TESTING & BALANCING for optimal nutrient absorption & vibrant health. Physical & Emotional healing begins at the cellular level. Sensible, Sustainable, Effective Nutritional & Lifestyle recommendations. Iridology, testing for Heavy Metal Toxicity, Adrenal Function, & Free Radicals. 613-7259013; www.magma.ca/~PerfectBalance

• Oral Health DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

• Orthodontics DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

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• Osteopathy JOAH BATES, D.O.(UK) Biodynamic Osteopathy. Creating a space for self-healing through structural balance. Over 25 years experience. 613-742-0011.

DILEEP KORAH, BSc, BEd, ND. Classical osteopathy. Naturally treating the cause of pain and imbalance in order to re-establish optimal health. 200-2211 Riverside Dr. 613-521-5355

• Past Life and Spiritual Journeys ALLAN GREEN, Master Past Life and Spiritual Journey Facilitator since 1982. Has the ability to see what you see and to feel what you feel.

Eliminate Fears, Blockages, Pain from Past Life wounds. Find your Mission/Purpose. Meet Spirit Guides. Talk with People crossed over.

Clear up people issues, that holds you back. www.allangreen.ca journeys@allangreen.ca 1-877-213-7576.

• Physiotherapy MELANIE MAINVILLE RPT, CAFCI. Offering an integrative practice which weaves traditional orthopedic physiotherapy with craniosacral therapy, somato-emotional release and acupuncture. Gently guiding self-correction of the nervous system to facilitate maximal recovery from injury and chronic ailments.

Covered by most extended health care plans.

By appointment 613-407-3449. www.iahp. com/MelanieMainville

• Pranic Healing NO-TOUCH HEALING that works on the energy body (the blueprint of the physical body). Treats physical injuries & diseases, emotional, & mental ailments. (Broken bones, migraines, poor vision, liver disease, muscle pain, general fatigue, stress, anger, PTSD, neurological disorders, etc. as well as blocks to career, relationships, & financial success, and for maintenance of good health. The list is endless.) Email or call Faye Healey to book a session: faye@pranichealingontario.ca, 613-282-0801. Visit pranichealingontario.ca

• Qigong LAMAS QI GONG exercise classes are held at 2 locations - McNabb Community Centre at 180 Percy St. (Sat. 9:20-10:15 am) and Plant Recreation Centre at 930 Somerset St. W. Thurs. 8:00-9:00 pm & Sat. 10:30-11:30 am).

The classes are led by Master Philip Lai (a certified naturopath therapist) who has 30 years of experience teaching Qi Gong, Kung Fu and traditional Chinese medicine and associates.

Qi Gong helps to reduce your stress, control pain and allergies, strengthen your self-healing ability and increase your energy level. Training to become a certified instructor, as well as private training and consultation sessions, are also available. For more information, contact Catherine at 613-737-0553 or visit www.lamasqigongcanada.com

CHOW QIGONG. Chow Medical Qigong exercises and meditation classes held at McNabb Community Centre, 180, Percy Street since 1986. Tuesdays 9:15-10:45am, Wednesdays 6:00-7:30pm. Chow Qigong is taught by certified instructors and helps to relieve stress and promote self-healing. Complementary 1st class. For more information contact OttawaChowQigong@gmail.com NIANLI Mind Power Healing (Taiji Five Element Self Recovery System): ancient Chinese meditative qigong by Master Binhui He. No steps to remember. Teaching individually or in small groups. For information: www.nianli.ca or info@ nianli.ca or call Katherine 613-828-3236

• Quantum TouchTherapy THE POWER TO HEAL Aileen M. McKenna, Certified Quantum-Touch, Instructor/ Practitioner since 2004, first instructor in Canada improve physical strength, release physical and emotional stress, improve sleep, increase creativity, remove pain. Information on personal appointments and classes: Aileen’s Oasis 613-228-2272, 613-795-3751, out-of-town enquiries at 1-866-493-0236, or by e-mail aileen.mckenna66@gmail.com and check out. www.aileensoasis.com. www.wellnessunlimited.ca

• Radio OTTAWA’S ONLY SPIRITUAL TALK SHOW “The Namaste Show: Good News For A Change” on CKCU FM 93.1 or www.ckcufm. com Tuesdays from 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST airing live since 2001.

• Raw Foods & Hemp EAT RAW, CREATE HEALTH. Share Raw, Create Wealth! Try our hemp Pulse, 26 raw and clean whole foods in one sacred geometry, tasty treat! www.healthy-income.ca.

• Reconnective Healing PATRICIA V. LACROIX, Reconnective Healing Practitionerª. The Reconnectionª and Reconnective Healing¨. Gift Certificates available. patriciavlacroix@sympatico.ca For additional info: www.TheReconnection.com JACKIE LOGSDAIL, RECONNECTIVE HEALING PRACTIONER, and Reconnection™.

Allow the universe to give you an energy healing through the mind, body or spirit. For an appointment or information call 613-440-1204 or email, logsdailja@bell.net ALEXIS NICOL – Reconnective Healing® Practionner and the Reconnection since 2005.

613-263-7925 www.firstlighthealing.com

• Reflexology Valcron Reflexology - the healing touch providing holistic reflexology to clients for over 13 years. Home-based practice in Orleans.

Hospital, retirement & nursing home visits provided. RAC certified reflexologist, RN, SCM, MA, CCRP. For more information contact valerie cronin at 613 837 9435 valcronin@rogers.com

BALANCE RELAXATION THERAPY. Reflexology, Ayurvedic Yoga & YOGA MASSAGE FOR BETTER HEALTH. Lori Chamberland, 613-255-7934 balancerelaxationtherapy.com NATURAL HEALTH THERAPEUTIC CENTRE. Reflexology, Shiatsu, Lymph drainage, Massage. Twenty years experience. Receipts for extended health plans. Free parking. By appointment only: 613-798-8385. Lincoln Heights Rd. www.naturaltherapeutic.ca DEB DESJARDINS 613-435-2100. Homebased in Kanata. angelwingreflexology.ca REFLEXOLOGY ASSOCIATION OF OTTAWA offers Individual sessions (foot, hand or ear reflexology), private or corporate events, as well as fund raising events are available. We offer training towards certification as well as membership for professional Reflexology practitioners and students of Reflexology. Contact: www. ottawareflexology.ca ALEXIS NICOL – RCRT – Foot reflexology, receipts provided 613-263-7925 www.firstlighthealing.com ENJOY AN HOUR OF HEAD, FEET & HANDS REFLEXOLOGY. Great for stress, relaxation and general well-being. Nancy 613-596-0260

• Reiki VISION REIKI- CATHERINE BASTEDO Holographic-Usui Reiki Master. Personalized Reiki classes in English or French; individual sessions, daytime/week ends. Online Healing Your Chakras clas­ses; Bird Vibes meditation decks. Nature Retreats in Muskoka. www. visionreiki.com. cbastedo@visionreiki.com Call 819-778-2590 RAINBOW OASIS: Usiu Master / Teacher / Practitioner. Experience the natural healing, relaxing and balancing effect of Reiki Energy.

For personalized sessions, contact Dianne at rainbowoasis@rogers.com or call 613-733-9481 LIFE HEALTH HEALING CENTER Linda Therrien, Usui-Tibetan Reiki Master/ Teacher.

Weekly classes and treatment sessions.

Founder of Dimensional Meditation with crystals, weekly private classes. Call: 613-824-4548 www.lifehealthhealing.com MANUELA WERTHWEIN, Reiki Master/ Teacher. USUI system of Natural Healing.

Private treatment & classes, Level I, II & III. Spiritual and Emotional Counsellor. Medium.

Medical Intuitive. Soul Rescue. Body/Mind/Soul Intuitive. Past-life Information. Colour healing.

613-231-4575 www.VisionofSpirit.com www.

WindowtotheSoul.com WENDY ARMSTRONG, CRA-RT, Usui & Karuna Reiki Master. Sessions & training for all levels. 613-823-3316 wendy@wellness-centre. com www.wellness-centre.com iHealing Connection: Usui & Karuna Reiki Master, Lightarian Reiki, QuantumTouch, Intergrative Energy Therapy, EFT and Magnified

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Healing. These holistic therapies will help you to relax, relieve stress and heal on a physical, emotional and spiritual level. Roger, 613 322 7585, email; rlrivera1111@yahoo.ca REIKI EXCHANGE/HEALING GROUP is held every Thursday from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. for World Peace, situationsand individuals. Those who wish toparticipate or have requests, please call Vera or Pesi at (613) 829-0224 or email: divinelight21@hotmail.com BRING BALANCE BACK INTO YOUR LIFE. Melt away stress. Nurture your soul. Reiki is an ancient alternative therapy used in the treatment of many conditions. Reiki will balance the chakras and eliminate blockages to help you reach the road to full health. Call today and begin the journey to healing. Elsy David, RP, IARP tel: 613-798-6865 or www.samsarareiki.com REIKI MASTER: I have been trained in the Usui method and have been practicing since 1989.

Eleanor Ann Rowan 613-746-6778 WHAT A JOURNEY! Discover the great gift of Reiki! It is there…waiting to be expressed through you! Private training is available or come with a friend. All levels. www.intuitivelight. com 613-261-9128 Cheryl HEALING HANDS FOR THE BODY AND SOUL JOIN USUI REIKI Practitioner Pauline Brown, for a 90 minute combination Reiki treatment and relaxation massage for $50.00 or 90 minute combination Reiki treatment with a Hot Stone Massage for $75.00. Taking time to pamper yourself today, makes for a better tomorrow!

Call: 613-858-0039, 819-684-7885 or healinghandswithpauline@hotmail.com ALEXIS NICOL – RMTT, Reiki Master Teacher Trainer. Private sessions and training, receipts provided. 613-263-7925 www.firstlighthealing. com ANNA GREEN, MA - SPIRIT WELL HOLISTICS – www.spiritwell.ca - 613-729-2775. Bodycentered Process Work, Spiritual Care, Reiki & Training, Chakras, Aromatherapy, Bach Remedies, Muscle testing, SET, EFT, Meridians/ Qigong. Assisting your journey toward an energy-filled life. Daytime - Civic Hospital Area.

BRING BALANCE BACK INTO YOUR LIFE. Reiki is an ancient alternative therapy used in the treatment of many conditions. Reiki will balance the chakras and eliminate blockages to help you attain the road to full health. Call today and begin the journey to healing. Elsy David, RP, IARP tel: 613-798-6865 or www.samsarareiki.com UNIVERSAL LIFE FORCE-MASTER REIKI CLASSES 3 in 1 based on Usui Method...individual and small classes. Nancy 613-596-0260 REIKI IN THE WEST END Stressed out?

Aches and pains? Reiki can help you relax and feel better. Flexible sessions from 10 to 60 minutes. Contact Barb at 613-228-9176 or barbmartin2010@gmail.com

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• Restorative Yoga RESTORATIVE YOGA. Are you challenged by everyday stress, limited mobility, suffering from chronic fatigue or recovering from illness or injury? Although the principles are the same as in classic yoga (moving the spine in all directions), the practice is different. Here the body is fully supported by bolsters, blankets, straps, blocks and eye pillows. Come and experience ‘active relaxation’ and be guided into a deep state of bliss! Two group classes to choose from at Surround Circle Yoga: Tuesday evenings 7:30 – 9:00pm & Friday afternoons 2:00 – 3:30pm. www.surroundcircleyoga.com * 613-730-6649 PATHWAY YOGA, Wednesday 1-2:30pm, Ease, Soothe mind and body through a series of supported postures nourished by the breath. This Iyengar yoga class is a haven if your energy is low, your stress is high, or you just want to be quiet and go inward. www.pathwayyoga.ca 613 806-9642 346 Richmond Road, 2nd floor

• Retreats TARA SHANTI RETREAT CENTRE Near Montebello, Qc. Large property, quiet location.

Open year round. Max 5 persons. Yoga, polarity and Esalen massage. Also silent retreats. m_dekking@yahoo.com MAPLE KI FOREST * SPIRIT WATERS Unwind, Unfold, and Emerge Renewed. Secluded lakefront/woodland setting. Restorative, soothing atmosphere. Beautiful accommodations. Superb whole foods / Veg. cuisine. Yoga / Healing Bodywork / Infrared Sauna / Jacuzzi / 700 sq.ft.

Yoga space, Workshop Studio. Welcoming individuals, couples & groups. 2 1/4 hrs. S.W. of Ottawa, near Tamworth. (613) 379-2227 info@ mapleki.com www.mapleki.com BEAUTIFUL LOG CABIN by a pond in a wooded area, private, ideal for retreat or peaceful getaway. Located near Killaloe, close to Algonquin Park. For rent all seasons call 613-625-2200. www.lindenpondcottage.com THE GODDESS & THE GREEN MAN CYRSTAL EARTH RETREAT - ALLAN & CATHRYN GREEN Personal customized Uplevelling Retreats for people using our services, on the Canadian Shield in OMPAH, 45 minutes North West of Perth. www.allangreen.ca www. cathryngreen.ca www.crystalearthhealingspa. com 613-479-0299 ascensionportal@xplornet. com iamthatiam@xplornet.com RADIANT PINES ECO-CABIN RETREAT - Lanark Highlands! Runs on solar energy; located on 23 acres of tranquil woodlands. Sleeps 4; open year round. BodyTalk Energy Medicine and possible yoga sessions. www.lorihollohan. com

• Rolfing JULIA BERG, Certified Rolfer and Rolf Movement Practitioner. 69 Holland Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 0X9. (c) 613-894-3663.

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• Room for Rent Workshop space and therapy rooms available at Planet Botanix, 301 Bank (Somerset) 567-4444

• Schools THE 8TH FIRE - School for professional training and development in Algonquin Medicine Work (Shamanism), Spiritual Healing, and Energy Medicine. 2.5 year professional training program and certificate offered, among the most comprehensive Medicine Work Training programs in the world, taught by a Traditional Algonquin Medicine Person. Phone 613) 274-3708 or www.The8thFire.com.

• Shamanism ALGONQUIN MEDICINE MAN - Spiritual Healing & Energy Medicine, offering a comprehensive listing of services and ceremonies to help facilitate healings on the physical, emotional, and spiritual levels. Traditionally trained Algonquin Healer available at (613) 274-3708 or www.The8thFire.com.

JENNIFER CLARK has completed the 2 year program with the 8th Fire School of Shamanism and combines her shamanism training with her other healing expertise to offer you safe inner healing experiences. Awaken your destiny and live the life you were meant to live. Space clearing also available. Visit www.jenniferclark.ca or call 613.297.2850 KATHLEEN LEESON RH, is a Shamanic Healer and Clinical Herbalist, since 1995 treating physical and energetic-based problems. I offer Shamanic processes in order to alter unwanted experiences or memories at the root of disease.

If needed, we may do Extraction, Soul Retrieval or other types of repair work to restore balance.

I also design appropriate light-and life-filled botanical formulations for your health, if needed.

I am available for one-on-one appointments in downtown Ottawa at 613-237-1473. I also offer the Wisdom and Happiness Program: Fulfilling Your Life’s Purpose, in order to aid soul growth. Visit www.kathleenleeson.ca Facebook: Kathleen Leeson RH ASCENSION HEALING — Full Shamanic Healing Services including Soul and Power Retrieval, Extractions, Protection, Journeying, and Space Clearing — Smudging Supplies — Karen Osborne is a full-time Crystal Healer and Shamanic Practitioner certified in several modalities. She has been operating her Ottawa based business for almost 10 years. www.ascensionhealing.ca, 613.798.2828 or karen444osborne@yahoo.com LINDA ENERGY HEALER. Combining natural healing & intuitive gifts along with 8th Fire School of Algonquin Shamanism training, my healing sessions clear emotional & physical pain from childhood issues, abuse, anxiety, grief, divorce & accidents at the root level.

In person or distance with clients worldwide.

Serving people & pets. Please call 613-8688468 or email lsteele1122@rogers.com or visit www.lindaenergyhealer.com

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• Shiatsu NATURAL HEALTH THERAPEUTIC CENTRE. Shiatsu, Reflexology, Lymph drainage, Massage. Twenty years experience. Receipts for extended health plans. Free parking. By appointment only: 613-798-8385. Lincoln Heights Rd. www.naturaltherapeutic.ca

• Skin Care Natural bodycare by a certified aromatherapist.

Natural makeup, cleaning products: Planet Botanix, 301 Bank (Somerset) 567-4444 JURLIQUE - The Purest Skin Care on Earth Organic, Biodynamic, Australian. Holistically formulated, preserving the life force and vibration of natural herbs, enhancing potency to rejuvenate your skin. Luscious aromas. Gayle Mickelson 830-5764

• Soul Integrated Hypnotherapist “YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED… YOU JUST DON’T SEE IT YET!” Shelley G. Rector. Contact Shelley now to create the life you want. 613-857-6674 shelley@ shelleyrector.com All calls & appointments are held in the strictest of confidence.

• Spa Days HEALING SPA DAYS with Rica Gerhardt incl.

Aqua Chi Detox footbath. 613-257-8362 www. wellbeingisyours.com

• SPHE-RE NEW TO OTTAWA! In Pain? Experience this new Divine healing energy. www.SacredPeaceHealing.com

• Spiritual Centre OTTAWA SPIRITUAL PATHWAYS CENTRE, Weekly services, Sundays 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Nicole Moronval, President and Founder, Westboro Masonic Hall, 430 Churchill ave. N. ottawaspiritualpathways.com

• Spiritual Counselling FACILITATOR & GUIDE: ConstellationWork, Soul Talk, creative meditation practices., reiki. Workshops/individual sessions Diana ClaireDouglas. dianaclairedouglas@bell.net 613-820-8850.

YOU CAN RECOVER FROM CODEPENDENCE. Your guide and spiritual counsellor, Deanna Rutherford, invites you to call for a consultation – 613-829-9102

• Spiritual Direction A ONE YEAR ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAM for spiritual directors. The program is grounded in the Jewish wisdom tradition with an integrated interfaith component. Visit our website trainingforspirituality.ca or email us at trainingforspirituality@gmail.com

DIRECTORY • Spiritual Medium FIND OUT HOW LOVED ONES ARE DOING on the other side and more. Kerry Palframan RN www.indigodreamer.com

• Stress Management COUNSELLING AND LIFE COACHING: 819455-2397; www.waterfrontwellness.ca

• Systemic Constellation Work CONSTELLATIONS WITH SPIRIT: personal, family, & soul transformation individual & group sessions Diana Claire Douglas. www. inspiritworks.com dianaclairedouglas@bell.net 613-820-8850

• Tai Chi Weekly Tai Chi (Yang style) classes at PranaShanti (PS) Yoga Centre. Every Sunday from 1:30-3 pm. Suited for intermediate and advanced practitioners. For more info call Jurgen Portz at 613-721-7888 or PS at 613-761-9642.

• Tarot TAROT AND CARTOUCHE READINGS: I have been reading cards since 1986 and use the Mother Peace Tarot deck as well as the Cartouche deck. Eleanor Ann Rowan 613-746-6778 PERSONAL READINGS Tarot-Astrology Judy Jibb 613 304 4255, personalreadings@gmail.com TAROT CARD consultant/educator/entertainer.

This time-honoured art enhances the understanding of life’s mysteries with integrity. Perk: readings are notoreous for bringing happy tears and smiles! Individual/group consultations; lectures; workshops and private tutoring available. Gift certificates. Katherine is back! (613) 421-0743 TAROT INTERPRETATION BY SUZANNE DUC. Private consultation and party readings available. Home page at www.facebook.com/ sdtarot. Contact (613) 841-2597 or suzanne. duc1@gmail.com to arrange an appointment.

TAROT READINGS with DAVID CLOUDS. If you’re looking for a Reading, it’s a good indication that you would benefit from having one. I no longer . Read at Oh So Good Cafe but have moved to a home practice & house calls. Please visit my website, davidclouds.com, or ring 613 619 5977

• TFT A NON-INVASIVE, DRUG-FREE simple therapy, to resolve once and for all problems of: Grief, anger, anxiety, phobias, traumas, fears of all kind, love pain, depression and much more. Phone Pauline Natural Health Consultant 613-446-4434

• Thai Massage Lori MacKay RMT, CAMA - Looking for a way to reduce stress and relax? Thai massage stretches the whole body and helps remove deeply held tension in the muscles. Convenient downtown location: 418 Rideau St. Please Call (613)-241-3434. For More Info Contact Lori at lorirmt@gmail.com or www.lorirmt.ca

• Therapeutic Touch THERAPEUTIC TOUCHª - profound relaxation, effective pain relief, supports healing on any level. For acute, chronic or emotional conditions. House calls, hospital visits available. Will also treat animals. Barbara Schuster, TTNORecognized Practitioner, 613-820-4303 or barbaraschuster2000@yahoo.ca

• Therapeutic yoga THERAPEUTIC YOGA. If you have hips, shoulders or knees that prevent you from doing things you used to do; if you are suffering with pain that won’t simply go away; if you are an athlete with a desire to improve your personal performance; or if you simply want to learn how to move better and get on with your life in a healthier more fluid way ~ this form of yoga is for you! Improving mobility, flexibility, increasing stability and strength in the body are the focus of these private Therapeutic Yoga sessions. Call Maureen Fallis for a free consultation. www.surroundcircleyoga.com * 613-730-6649 yogaTHRIVE© is a Therapeutic Yoga program designed specifically for people (men & women) who have an experience with cancer (on & off treatment). This gentle style of yoga, offered weekly on a drop-in basis, will help improve body mechanics, breathing, ease, flexibility and strength. www.surroundcircleyoga.com * 613-730-6649

• Theta Healing FILOMENA LAVIGNE is a spiritual - intuitive, advanced certified Theta Healing Practitioner, Reiki-Master and IET Master-Instructor: She believes wherever you are is always the perfect place to start uncovering, healing and evolving into the song of your truest heart. The song that declares your divinity and wholeness and brings forth into your life the beauty that is residing in your truest brilliant-self. Appointments in person or by telephone at 613-596-9249 or email at aura.bella@hotmail.com

• Vegetarian Cooking and Catering VEGETARIAN, SUGAR-FREE AND GLUTENFREE FOODS, Made Locally In Ottawa.

Catering For Home/offices. Wholesale For Health/Good Food Stores And Cafes. www.vegetariantreasures.com 613-241-4822.

• Visceral Manipulation

She is a certified CranioSacral therapist and has a specialization in pediatric CST and VM. By appointment. Tel. 613-738-9080 AVIVA COHEN, Happy Body Works on Main Street, happybodyworks@gmail.com, 613697-5644. Receipts available. Gentle hands-on abdominal treatment dialogues with body’s proprioceptive awareness, facilitating physical and emotional trauma release. Improves structure and function. Complements conscious eating, exercise and supplementation for optimal health.

• Visionary Art SPIRITPAINTING® – using the Lightwolf method. Offering workshops, exhibitions, books, reproductions, and originals on paper and larger pieces on canvas. Commissioned spiritpaintings® and readings are also available. For more information contact: Jen 613-266-8063 spiritpainting2002@yahoo.com or see www. spiritpainting.com

• Web Design A WELL-DESIGNED WEBSITE will help spread your message and grow your business.

Contact us, and get an effective online presence today! www.dewpoint.ca, info@dewpoint.ca, 613-236-5758.

• Weddings WEDDING CEREMONIES. Rev. Evelyn Richter 613-596-2817; revev@sympatico.ca; www. revev.ca CO-CREATE THE GOWN OF YOUR DREAMS! Wedding, handfasting, commitment ceremony attire for all - bring your ideas to life for your special day. Tracey at 613-241-3397 or email tracey@tav-creations.com. Online portfolio: www.tav-creations.com MARTINO ‘S BRIDAL ALTERATIONS AND TAILORING. 30 years experience Tailoring for the whole family .by app. 613-739-5034 Martino2527@hotmail.com

• Weight Management IDEAL PROTEIN WEIGHT LOSS METHODDOWNTOWN OTTAWA. Quick & healthy protocol with proven long-lasting results. Oneon-one coaching helps you reach your goal & teaches you how to keep the weight off forever.

Marilee Kennedy, Coach. James St. Wellness Centre. 613-898-3937. marileekennedycoaching@gmail.com. www.idealprotein.com LOVE YOUR BODY WORKSHOP ~ discover the power of proven hypnosis techniques to easily re-pattern your thoughts, beliefs, habits about food, your body & yourself. Imagine what it would feel like to make friends with your body - forever. Visit: www.empowerhypnosis.ca 613.282.6001 johanna@empowerhypnosis.ca

Denise Gaulin, B.A., CST offers visceral manipulation sessions for adults, children and infants.

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• Wholistic Dentist DR. PAUL GREENACRE. tel: (613) 234-5758; info@dolphindentistry.com; 100-152 Gloucester Street, Ottawa

• Workshops GROUNDING AND THE ART OF CREATING SACRED SPACE A two-day workshop about creating boundaries, clearing the aura, learning how to clear a space, how to be present and secure in your own energy field. Ideal workshop for energy workers, massage therapists, lawyers, social workers and anyone anywhere who works with or lives closely with others. For information and registration call Aileen’s Oasis at 613-2282272, or by e-mail at aileen@aileensoasis.com QUANTUM-TOUCH: The Power to Heal Certificate workshop in Quantum-Touch therapy, a powerfully simple modality that will transform your ideas about your health and your life. This wonderful modality can be used with other modalities and is very helpful for self-healing, distance healing, working with clients, friends, family, pets, water, and gardens. For information, call Aileen’s Oasis at 613-228-2272, aileen@aileensoasis.com and www.aileensoasis.com.

Check out www.planetbotanix.com for a full listing of upcoming workshops/certifications! 301 Bank (Somerset) 567-4444 KERRY PALFRAMAN RN offers a wide variety of esoteric, metaphysical, spiritual and personal growth topics, including: angels, spirit guides, past lives, intuition, dreams, chakras, your soul’s purpose and much more. www.indigodreamer.com

• Yoga ASTANGA YOGA OTTAWA Traditional Astanga Vinyasa Yoga as taught in Mysore, south India.

200-1/2 Bank Street Ottawa 613-722-6860 astangaottawa.com HEALING YOGA, GENTLE YOGAª: For those seeking healing postures, peaceful meditation, flexibility and inner balance, an intimate class environment, and the healing vibration of the Symphonic Gong. 10-week packages available.

To reserve, call: Wendy Saunders, Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher and Certified Kundalini and Yin Yoga Instructor, 613-435-0750, wendysaunders@rogers.com, Stittsville.

MOUNTAINGOAT YOGA CENTRES serving Nepean and Kanata. Over 25 classes per week.

Hot Power, Hatha, Yin, Prenatal, Basics and All Levels. Workshops and teacher trainings. Start today. www.mountaingoatyoga.com SURROUND CIRCLE YOGA A delightful place to practice and receive the healing benefits of YOGA! Classes are small enough for individual attention and diverse enough for all levels of fitness and abilities. New students are always welcome. We offer a variety of classes on a drop-in basis: from a slower-paced gentle class to a more challenging flow-style of vinyasa

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yoga. We specialize in classes that are aimed at restoring the body and refreshing the soul.

Private instruction for Therapeutic Yoga and Shiatsu & Lymphatic Massage are available by appointment. www.surroundcircleyoga.com *613-730-6649.

PRANASHANTI YOGA CENTRE A clean, fresh, beautiful and healing environment for your Yoga practice. PranaShanti offers one of the largest selections of yoga classes in Ottawa. Located near the Parkdale Market, 52 Armstrong St., PranaShanti offers over 70 yoga classes and workshops per week: Anahata, Ashtanga, Children’s, Dharana, Flow, Gong Meditations, Hatha, Hot, Hot 26, Kundalini, Meditation, Power, Pre-natal, Yin, Yang, Yoga Basics, specialty workshops, Hatha and Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Programs and more. Featuring an eco-friendly professionally designed environment with 3 large yoga rooms, spa-like change rooms with ample showers, yogi tea/juice bar, full service boutique for all your yoga lifestyle needs, over 100 free parking spaces and easy bus access. Complimentary tea served all day, every day. Relax, take your time, leave feeling renewed. Drop in for a visit.

Free eNewsletter, 613.761.9642 (YOGA) www. pranashanti.com RAMA LOTUS YOGA CENTRE. www.ottawayoga.com/ 342 Gladstone Ave 613.234.7974.We have been providing yoga classes in a beautiful and nurturing environment since 1994. Choose from over 100 drop-in classes per week, plus several weekly workshops and a diversity of yoga teacher training opportunities. Practice the following styles of yoga: Ashtanga, Baptiste, Baby & Mom, Bikram, Hatha, Hot, Kripalu, Kundalini, Power, Prenatal, Sivananda, Therapeutic, Vinyasa Flow, Yin, Yin/Yang and Yoga Nidra. The Rama Lotus Yoga Centre is one of the largest studios in Canada. There are 4 spacious yoga rooms, and seven changing rooms for your comfort.

Come relax and connect with others in our dedicated community space, and have a cup of complimentary tea. Our boutique offers a full line of yoga accessories, yoga clothing, related books, DVDs, CDs, meditation props, jewelry, snacks and other lifestyle items. We offer yoga with the intention of uplifting the global community. We invite you to become part of the Rama Lotus Yoga Centre!

RADHA YOGA CENTRE, www.radha.org/ 617 Cooper St. at Bay/ 613.236.3545. Hatha, Kundalini, Dream Yoga, Noon Meditation, Hatha Yoga and Reflection, weekly Satsang, Monthly Karma Yoga, fall workshop: Discover Yourself through Karma Yoga.

ADI SHAKTI YOGA CENTRE IN ORLÉANS/ OTTAWA EAST serving with gratitude since 2003. Director/Owner: Lise Ram Das Latulippe.

Specializing in KUNDALINI Yoga: humanity’s most ancient yoga. Begin. & Interm. drop-in classes of uplifting, fun & highly informative Kundalini Yoga taught by professionally certified teachers. Enjoy our healing ambiance, heavenly music, a cup of tea & community

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spirit. Private classes; Personalized HealthLongevity-Vitality Program; Yogic Numerology readings; professional Nutrition & Homeopathic consultations; Reiki treatments & training; Vedic cooking classes; Yogic workshops; Annual Women’s Yoga Retreats; Concerts; Gong relaxation evenings; Pre-natal friendly yoga; Sunrise Kundalini Sadhana; Eng. & French classes; Books, CDs, DVDs, soaps, teas, mats, clothes. We are the Yoga gem of Ottawa East - Come Feel Great... One Breath at a Time!

1445-A Youville Drive, 2nd Fl., Orléans. www.

AdiShaktiYogaCentre.com Call 613 824-9189.

Free Report on-line. Sadhana monthly; Bhangra dance classes; English & French classes; Yoga books, CDs & DVDs; Bath products; Yoga mats/ bags. The Yoga Gem of Ottawa East. www.

AdiShaktiYogaCentre.com Call 613 824-9189 SHANTI YOGA - Infinite time and no ambition; based on the work of Vanda Scaravelli, Shanti yoga is a process of reverent awareness, making strong connection with the earth, following the natural breath and allowing the body to release in it’s own wisdom. Beginner, Intermediate and Prenatal classes at Santosha Westboro (235-5378) and Dovercourt (798-8950). Anne Pitman, Namaste and Yoga Alliance certified. www.annesyoga.com SATTVA YOGA - A Kanata Yoga Experience Classes taught integrating a variety of yoga styles (Kripalu, Viniyoga, Structural Yoga, Vinyasa)as well as Somatic Movement & Pilates. A practice of balance, integration and compassion is offered: centering, breath work, warm-ups, flowing & static poses, relaxation, meditation and reflection. All levels welcome.

Jo-Anne Stasiuk, MA. Professional Level Yoga Certification. 592-5936 or sattvayoga.ca MAITREYA YOGA STUDIO offers you an amazing atmosphere where you can take a break from everyday life and find your own authentic mind/body experience. Over 25 classes weekly on our Open Class Schedule. Visit us online for our Registered Classes and Workshops at www.maitreyayoga.com or contact us at 613-692-1515.

• Yoga Party (Private) IMAGINE HAVING A YOGA CLASS DESIGNED JUST FOR YOU and your friends. Sounds like fun, doesn’t it? Whether you need or want to s-t-r-e-t-c-h your body or bring a sense of ease and calm to your mind, whatever you desire, whatever you need ~ you will surely receive! To arrange a private yoga party call Maureen Fallis 613-730-6649. www.surroundcircleyoga.com

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LIVE-IN HELP WANTED LOOKING FOR AN INDEPENDENTLY MINDED PERSON needing a safe haven to pursue a project of passion (writing, painting, research...) I would offer you room, board and a reasonable stipend in exchange for a few hours of your time daily in helping me care for my handicapped husband. Essentially, I need assistance when moving him to and from his wheelchair and adjusting his position in bed, about 6 times a day. Our home is comfortable and situated in a quiet neighbourhood in eastern Ottawa near a library, a pool and shopping centres.

You would have your own private space (a bedroom and a small studio) and lots of freedom and time to finally pursue that project you hold dear. If interested, please call to set up a meeting.

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YOGA & TEA STUDIO. LOCATED ON 10 ACRES OF LAND in the beautiful village of Carp. Offering over 20 classes a week, located in West Carleton and conveniently close to Kanata, Stittsville and Almonte! Beginners, Hatha, Yin, Kundalini, Gentle, Power, Nia Dance, Prenatal, Baby&Me, Family Yoga and more! Monthly Gong meditations, Laughter Yoga, workshops and special events. Come experience yoga in the country fresh air just minutes from the urban outskirts! Complimentary tea and cookies after each class as part of our country charm! Beautiful drive, lots of free parking, why go downtown? 613-304-6320, www. yogaandtea.com PATHWAY YOGA. A beautiful, welcoming studio in the heart of Westboro. Learn how Iyengar yoga can lead body and breath, heart and mind along a brighter, healthier pathway. www. pathwayyoga.ca 613 806-9642 346 Richmond Road, 2nd floor

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Send me an email with birthday and I will send you a free yearly numerology forecast for 2013. Offer good until the end of February, 2013.

Laura’s Numerology News for February 2013

How to calculate your personal monthly number.

Add the day of your birth to the month of your birth. Then you will add the number 8 to your number. NOTE – If your final number adds up to double digits, add the numbers together again, and again, if you have to, until you get a single number. If you still have trouble, email me at lbaird@istar.ca

1. Are you looking for a new career or money making opportunity? Do not miss the boat as this is the perfect month to throw your hat in the ring and go for it. It is all about ACTION! Full steam ahead, NOW!

What can Numerology do for you?

Numerology is a study of numbers. There is evidence that numerology was in use thousands of years ago in China, Greece and Egypt even before the time of Pythagoras, who is generally accepted as the "father" of numerology. Why is numerology still in use and of interest to so many? It is because it works, that is why.

• Are you currently at a major cross-road in your life? Should you make a decision or move forward now or wait?

• Numerology can help you uncover hidden talents and turn them into a career.

• An analysis of partners, children, friends or co-workers can help you deal with them more efficiently.

• Numerology can help you heal from past issues and move on.

• Help you understand how you can use the current year, month and day for its best influence.

• Be more aware of your own areas of weakness and learn how to turn them into strengths. Stop repeating history once and for all.

Laura Young is an intuitive numerologist/life coach living in Ottawa. She has written “Laura’s numerology News” in Tone Magazine for over 8 years. To book an appointment or receive Laura’s monthly newsletter please email L.BAIRD@ISTAR.CA or call 613-725-7232

2. There should be new relationships drifting into your world this month, or may decide to finally close the 6. Are you in the process of building or renovating a house or relationships? This is the month to get door on some that are finished, too. Clear away the organized, committed, and focused. You also need to old projects, legal matters and taxes. Plan to stay on spend more time with loved ones. Do all this and you the eliminative path all year. will rock this month. It is all about work and duty.

3. This is a seed-planting year and some of the seeds that you plant in Feb. will manifest into a beautiful 7. Major changes are coming at you this year. Lubricate your hips and be prepared for sudden twists, turns garden by the end of the year, so get busy. Try to and slaps in the back of the head. Use this slower factor in any healing you need, as you are probably month for preparing yourself. Education, healing, still emotionally raw from issues of last year. whatever you need.

4. You may be overwhelmed as situations connected to your home, career, health and relationships are 8. Does your house or home life need some TLC? Is there a big purchase that you have been considering? all in your face, now. You must first refuel and take You can buy a new home now, and move into it now care of yourself. Make sure that all of your personal or later in the year. All things “domestic” are the foundations are rock solid or else. focus in 2013.

5. If you are in a rut, of any kind, this the time to make a major decision and take action to get out of it, or 9. You will find yourself doing much more soul searching and thinking, than you normally do, this year. Can it will be much deeper and tighter by the end of the you take a sabbatical or a good part of the year off? year. Promote yourself, your gizmo, or your specialty.

Try to focus on yourself more and you will do well this year. Depression can creep in, so beware. If you are flailing call a healer of some kind.

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LAURA YOUNG IS AN INTUITIVE NUMEROLOGIST AND CORE BELIEF MODIFICATION COACH. SHE IS LOCATED IN OTTAWA, BUT CAN CONDUCT PHONE OR SKYPE CONSULTATIONS ANYWHERE. FOR PERSONAL CONSULTATIONS PLEASE EMAIL: HYPERLINK lbaird@istar.ca OR CALL 613-725-7232.

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thousand blessings upon the master of life is received by those who are in charge of the Sangha. The Sangha is a tribute to the Way. The truth of the Way is a path of non being. We do not know what this is. It is not being and we are not known. We simply do not exist. We are now existing in the world. In the world no one is allowing us to exist. We are existence. We are an existence of life. We exist to live. We are life.

We are the life of the Sangha and the dharma and the Buddha. In this method we will attain to self enlightenment. The self is enlightened by self.

The self is self. This is self and mind is self. The self is mind and form. I am mind and form and this is the self of self. Self is a habitual process of thinking and we think this way now. So now in this process of Being, we will attain to self enlightenment and teach the rule.

The rule of our Sangha is a path of not knowing.

We do not know what the Sangha is. We are not complaining of what we know not of. So no one is known. There is nothing to do. We did not know this until now. So now I know what to do.

Nothing is done and we did not do it. So now in not doing, we are undone. In the undone methods of the Sangha we have nothing left to do. We did not do this now. We are not known now. So now I am not known and now in not knowing, I am unknown. So now unknown in Canada and in the world, we are unknown in the Sangha of the rituals of Zen mind no mind. So men and women are allowed to begin to train alone.

So they do. They will allow this in their own path. The path is a middle path and I am awakened to this path. The path is one self awakened. I am path and teacher and path of no mind awakening of no mind Zen mind. So no mind Zen mind, is no one’s mindful business. There is nothing to do but wait. We wait for one idea. The idea of my being. I am the being who is in the middle path. I am being a person. I will attain to self enlightenment. I am self enlightened. I am awake. I am the awakening of the work at hand.

I am a hand that is awakening to this message. I will be re-birthed into the land of the lotus. The lotus of life is a land of life. I am the land teaching.

I am a broken vessel and we are broken by men. So men will breach this land treaty and teach. The land is unbroken promises to men who are not known. They do not know the land of lotus of life. I am not known. I am unknown. So now I know. I am now knowing of this and that. So now in this true teaching, we are White Lotus of Life Teachers who are allowed to exist in Canada. I am Canadian. I am a white woman. I am white woman and I am Zen. I am Zen and we are white women in Canada.

In Canada we know Zen mind no mind is a Canadian proverb. I am Canadian and Zen. So now I am white middle class proverb. I will live upon the land. I am the land teacher of Canadian women who are Zen. We are Zen mind no mind and we know. So we know what I am. I am Zen no mind kung fu training. I am white and I am Asian. I am Asian white Zen no mind kung fu mind. I am white kung fu. So that is what I am. I am the longest living Canadian in history to wait to make this announcement. I am in touch with kung fu. You are the one who is not.

Sonja Muller, R.N, The Lotus Of Life Campaign, Canada. Lotus Of Life Sangha Of The White Wind Community Ottawa

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A Thousand Blessings

February 2013

February 2013

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Bowenwork® the original Bowen Technique

Introduction to Bowenwork® (four hour course) will be offered on March 2, 2013 at 380 Forest St., Ottawa. Course fee is $50. Manual included. Please email to register and receive the course prospectus.

The seven module training program will be offered in Ottawa starting April 20-21, 2013. 14 days of training are offered on weekends over a period of 6-8 months.

Please go to the website below to register. Inquiries should be directed to janet@bowentrainingacademy.com Janet E. Riley, RN ~ 613 848-2083 Licensed Bowtech® Instructor www.bowentrainingacademy.com janet@bowentrainingacademy.com

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row a little or grow a lot, grow in the earth or in a pot, but grow organic herbs and vegetables with us and enjoy the many benefits of organic gardening!

The Ottawa – St. Lawrence – Outaouais Chapter of Canadian Organic Growers (COG OSO) is increasing its many offerings to the people of this region. In addition to its established Growing Up Organic program (farmto-school education) and Farmer Outreach services (learning resources for organic farmers), as well as its many regional events (e.g. Eco Farm Day, Organic Farm and Garden Tours, and more) COG OSO is adding the new Senior Organic Gardeners (SOG) program after a very successful pilot project in a retirement residence and a long term care facility. COG OSO is also doubling its spring workshop offerings.

The eight Organic Gardening In The City Workshops 2013 will be held through the month April in a new location: the National Archives building on Wellington Street. Prices are reduced, discounts are available for students and seniors, package deals are offered, and registration and payment are easier (choose, register, and pay on- line through the COG OSO web site: http:// cog.ca/ottawa/organic-gardening-workshops/ ).

The workshops address urban organic gardening from planning and planting to harvesting and winterizing.

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he Bowen technique is gaining recognition as a gentle, innovative technique for balancing the body.

This therapy began with Thomas Ambrose Bowen, who from the 1950’s until his death in 1982 developed the technique in Australia and became well known for treating up to eleven patients per hour and an astounding 13,000 patients per year. Oswald Rentsch, an Australian manual therapist, and his wife Elaine Rentsch studied with Tom Bowen in his clinic for several years learning and documenting his work. They began teaching the technique worldwide and established the Bowen Therapy Academy of Australia in 1987. The technique is known as Bowenwork® or Bowtech, the original Bowen technique.

Bowen is indicated for musculoskeletal pain anywhere in the body as well as symptoms common to diminished organ function whether it is respiratory, digestive, reproductive, gynecological or conditions related to the endocrine system. A series of carefully demonstrations, and advice to the beginning gardener who would like to make a start, and to the experienced gardener who might like to try a new organic technique or solve a niggling garden problem.

Workshop contents cover in-ground gardens, raised beds, and container gardening and offer timely advice on the “dos” and “don’ts” to help urban organic gardeners make informed choices. Topics include using plants to protect plants, principles of organic gardening and soil management, vegetables and herbs in containers suitable for small spaces, backyard and community gardening (from choosing seeds to storage of produce as well as organic solutions to weeds and bugs), the benefits of growing organic herbs, the why and how of composting, and organic yard management.

Urban, organic vegetable and herb gardening is easy and affordable, and leads to many benefits: fresh and nutritious food, healthy activity, relaxing therapy, and personal satisfaction – to name a few!

Get a pot or a plot and grow your favourite vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, berry bushes, fruit or nut trees – here in the city! Try a rooftop, balcony, patio, backyard, or community garden space. Improve the view, the fragrances, the tastes, the soil, and your health – and do it all organically.

Please visit www.cog.ca/ottawa and explore the 2013 offerings provided by the COG OSO volunteers.

Rob Danforth -- COG OSO Supporter/volunteer

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placed sets of “Bowen moves” are done over muscles, ligaments and tendons gently displacing the structure and the associated fascia and stimulating the nerves.

This “signal” is transmitted to the central nervous system. The lymphatic and immune system is also stimulated through the ground substance that exists between layers of fascia. The Bowen move appears to stimulate an increase of circulation, improve neural functioning and increase nutritional supply and toxin removal.

The length of Bowen treatment depends on the patient’s history and number of health problems that they present. Many issues can be addressed simultaneously so, as the lower back pain is addressed so are the migraines or digestive problems. Some patients will get relief with one visit while others require a series of treatments with the average length of treatment being from 3-10 appointments. Often fewer moves will result in better effects with the common approach of Bowenwork® being “less is more”. The single aspect that sets this technique apart from other therapies is the pause between sets of moves. During this pause the patient may report sensations in areas of the body remote from where the Bowen move was done.

This illustrates the interrelation between the fascia and the ability it has to transmit signals. During the pause, the practitioner leaves the room enabling the body to register and process the information. Indications for use include back pain, sciatica, digestive and bowel problems, IBS, migraines, fibromyalgia, CFS, infant colic, knee, ankle and foot problems, menstrual and hormonal irregularities, infertility, sports and accident injuries, frozen shoulder, bedwetting, groin pain and pelvic tilt, leg length discrepancy, prostate problems, respiratory problems, carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis or golf elbow, PTSD, autism, depression and any condition where pain or imbalance exists.

Certification as a Certified Bowenwork® practitioner is done over 14 days of training over a period of at least six months. Each module is two days with a total of seven modules.

Each module includes: • demonstration of procedures with explanation of anatomical landmarks • explanation and discussion of the procedures and indications for their use • detailed notes with photographs and anatomical diagrams • extensive supervised hands-on practice, with feedback from the instructor • ample review of procedures taught in previous modules Any one regardless of their background or education, can learn this hands on modality. The program teaches easily identifiable landmarks to determine placement of the Bowen moves. Parents, for instance, after Module one will be able to address their children’s minor complaints and injuries reducing compensation patterns before they start. I warmly invite you to investigate this innovative and compelling technique.

Given the opportunity, the body can and often does respond through its innate ability to create balance. We apply the signals and witness the effects allowing the patient’s body to guide the process.

Janet Riley is a Registered Nurse, Registered Bowenwork® Instructor and Director of the Bowen Training Academy www.bowentrainingacademy.com, She has been trained in all levels of Bowenwork® with Ossie and Elaine Rentsch.

Module One will commence on April 20-21, 2013 at 380 Forest St., Ottawa. Prospectus is available by emailing janet@bowentrainingacademy.com or calling 613 848-2083.

Bowen Training Academy is a registered educational institution with Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.

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A Pathway to Soul Encounter: Guided Imagery and Music

“I felt something being released from my body. I feel cleansed.”

“That one image was so powerful it changed the

by Tamara Franz, Soul Coach and Spiritual Guidance Mentor whole course of my life’s vocation.”

“I feel so affirmed. I know now that I am exactly who “That was amazing! I would never have expected the I need to be.” music to take me where it did.” hese are some typical responses to Guided Imagery and Music (GIM), a gentle, yet powerful method of self-exploration that can lead to insight and clarity, empowerment, deep affirmation, and transformation.

Music has the power to reach into a place deep inside and to stir us in many ways. How many of us have heard the opening notes of a familiar song and immediately experienced a rush of memories, images or emotions?

GIM harnesses this powerful interconnection of music, imagery, emotion, and even physical sensation, to take listeners on a journey of exploration. This journey can be intentionally used to shed light on personal issues, find clarity and meaning around life decisions or challenges, trigger new vision, access inner wisdom, guidance and Thursday Feb 7 (7:15-9:00 pm) Talk: Accessing creativity, or attune to the song of the Soul. At times Your Own Deep Wisdom and Inner Guidance one may even experience the Great Mystery through a Through Music and Imagery With Tamara Franz spiritual encounter.

Music has the power to reach deep within and move us in What makes the GIM journey so powerful? It offers unexpected and astonishing ways. When this power is intentionally a holistic experience, engaging mind, heart, soul, combined with the ability of the imagination and the inner life to bring forth personal imagery, great potentials for insight, healing and body, and spirit. This is why it is often experienced as inner growth can be unleashed. Come learn about and experience a homecoming. We are welcomed back into parts of Guided Imagery and Music, a gentle yet powerful method of ourselves that we don’t fully inhabit on a daily basis. self-exploration. Discover how music and imagery, natural languages Reclaiming these parts of ourselves is both deeply of the soul, can connect you with your own deep wisdom and inner powers of guidance, healing and transformation. empowering and healing. And yet, GIM is also gentle Tamara trained in the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery at and non-invasive, never forcing the traveler where he or Capilano University, North Vancouver. She also holds a Master’s she is not ready to go. Through a series of GIM sessions, Degree in Transpersonal Studies through Atlantic University, founded there is often a progression from curiosity, delight and

by Edgar Cayce. She is a Soul Coach and Spiritual Guidance Mentor who finds her greatest passion and joy in helping others connect wonder, to deeper exploration, insight, growth, and lifewith their deepest meaning and highest purpose. Please bring a yoga altering changes. Along the way there is an increase in mat/or extra blanket, a pillow and a light blanket. personal power and self-trust as the traveler learns that ( Location: AT THE OTTAWA CITIZEN, 1101 BAXTER ROAD) his or her inner life is a trustworthy compass, pointing (donations welcome) the way to a soulful and fulfilling life. continuing on from the Talk: Music and imagery are natural languages of the Soul.

Saturday Feb 16 (1-4 pm) Workshop: Accessing We often get in our own way when we over-think or try Your Own Deep Wisdom and Inner Guidance to apply logic where a deeper wisdom is needed. GIM Through Music and Imagery With Tamara Franz takes us out of the “monkey-chatter” of our minds and This 3 hour afternoon workshop will provide a chance to invites us into a more expansive reality out of which experience in more depth the power of Guided Imagery and Music. new possibilities emerge. The power and beauty of The workshop will give participants an opportunity to take a music and imagery journey, and to explore some creative ways of working music, and the images and symbols our inner life offers with their own imagery to draw out insight and guidance. up in response, combine to lead us to an awareness of Please bring a yoga mat/or extra blanket, a pillow and a light the fullness and power of who we really are. blanket.

As a Soul Coach and Spiritual Guidance Mentor, I Location: Hintonburg Community Centre, (1-4 pm), 1064 Wellington St. ($20.) am pleased and excited to introduce the Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music to the National Capital www.SpiritualFrontiers.ca Community. Please visit my website to learn more about GIM and other services I offer. ~ Let us continue to grow spiritually together!

Tamara Franz is a Soul Coach and Spiritual Guidance All are welcome to our events. For volunteering Mentor. She holds an M.A. in Transpersonal Studies, as well please contact jldube@rogers.com or phone as degrees in Music, Languages, and Education. For more 613-724-6021 information, visit http://tamarafranz.wix.com/singingsoul or Dora Joseph, Article and Program Coordinator, SFC Volunteer email: the_singing_soul@hotmail.com

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Breaking the Procrastination Barrier

–Trevour Strudwick CH, MNLP hen hearing the word ‘procrastination’ people generally give one of 2 responses. They tend to smile and giggle and start making jokes, or they promptly admit that procrastination is a problem for them in their lives and in business. Of course there is a fortunate minority for whom procrastination is not an issue, and these are the people that procrastinators admire as ‘gogetters’, ‘powerhouses’ and ‘success stories’.

The real problem with procrastination is that it is the single biggest obstacle for achieving the desired level of success that we all want so much! People are largely unaware just how pervasive and self-destructive procrastinating behaviours are, let alone what to do about it. Because it is often laughed off and not really understood, procrastination can actually be a heartbreaking pattern of behaviour which robs people of the joy and success they so desperately crave and deserve.

In the book It’s About Time: The 6 Styles of Procrastination and How to Overcome Them, Dr. Linda Sapadin identifies 6 different approaches to procrastination:

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• The Perfectionist – “If I can’t get it perfect, I’m not finishing it.”

• The Dreamer – “I would rather play and have fun!”

• The Worrier – “What if I do this and something bad happens?”

• The Defier – “I’ll do it when I’m good and ready.”

• The Crisis Maker – “I like the rush of waiting until the last minute.”

• The Over-Doer – “I have so much on my plate - there’s no way I will ever get it done.”

Beyond one’s personal preference for procrastination, there are some other things to consider - it is actually an insidious form of self-sabotage because it is an internal blockage that we use to prevent ourselves from moving forward. Fueling the self-sabotage is generally a Fear of Failure or Fear of Success and the underlying message behind these two culprits is “I don’t deserve happiness, success, love, money...”

Procrastination is also part of several mental health profiles including depression and anxiety and when left unchecked can lead to a profound feeling of hopelessness.

But breaking free from this self-destructive pattern is not as hard as it may seem! With the right coaching, different strategies can be put in place to make progressive steps towards ‘getting it done’. Using Hypnosis and NLP we can revise our self-image into one of being worthy and deserving of success and tap

Your Life and How to Change it Permanently

By Jaime Pallen – Certified Hypnotist, Member of the National Guild of Hypnotists “The world we have created is a product of our thinking: it cannot be changed without changing our thinking” -Albert Einstein ow we know and experience the world seems like fact to each and every one of us, at each age and stage in our development and life. But, stop for a moment and consider when these facts about how the world works, your place in it and when who think you are first began to form.

From birth to approximately six years of age, the human brain functions primarily in the Theta brain wave state (see below). New research suggests this may continue until closer to about 12 years of age.

This slower brain wave activity is recreated during a hypnosis session, when a client relaxes into a hypnotic state. During a child’s first years of life their mind is like a giant sponge; absorbing everything it sees, hears, feels, tastes and smells without any judgement or filter.

This information is then stored in the sub-conscious as beliefs. Your beliefs about the world, and about yourself, are now programmed for you to respond automatically without conscious thought. As a child grows, movement from the Theta and Alpha brain wave states to a Beta brain wave state occur.

After six years of age (perhaps older), the left or right side of the brain dominates and we move into Beta or thinking brain wave state. We begin to judge, compare, categorize, criticize and rationalize. The sub-conscious continues to record thoughts and feelings, reinforcing the beliefs already absorbed and embedded as fact. We are, in effect, adults operating from the belief system of a six year old child.

It is estimated that almost 95% of our thoughts are repeated unconsciously 24-hrs a day on an endless loop.

These thoughts, which for a lot of us are negative or disempowering, are based on core beliefs we developed as children.

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SO WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT FOR US TO CHANGE? When you decide as an adult to change or improve an area of your life, you decide this on a conscious level or Beta state. But, it is virtually impossible to change unless you step out of Beta thinking mode and re-enter levels of Alpha or Theta brain wave states where your current beliefs, often unconscious, were formed and stored. It’s similar to yelling at someone who is in a soundproof booth; unless you can communicate in way they can hear you, nothing will happen.

Through hypnosis and reaching those Alpha and Theta brain waves states, you can talk to your subconscious in a way it can hear you and re-write your core beliefs .This will in turn show up in your waking, conscious Beta state as thoughts, followed by feelings which will help you engage in new behaviours based on your NEW beliefs that reflect your true desires for yourself and your life. Hypnosis can help you make important changes in your life.

Cells in the brain called neurons communicate with each other by electrical charges. We can measure and see these brain wave charges on an EEG (electroencephalogram).

They are measured in Hertz.

Delta-0.5-4Hz-sleeping /unconscious Theta-4-8Hz-imagination/focused relaxation Alpha-8-12Hz-calm consciousness Beta-12-35Hz-focused/alert/waking consciousness Gama >35Hz-peak performance

those inner resources that propel us into action.

Action brings with it a sense of accomplishment which increases self-esteem and energizes your whole system! So what are you waiting for?

Trevour Strudwick, CEO of The INSIGHT Studio is a fully certified Life Coach, Consulting Hypnotist, Advanced PSYCH-K® Facilitator, Master NLP Practitioner, Advanced EFT Practitioner, Law of Attraction Practitioner and has been a Reiki Master since 2000.

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by Grace Joubarne, Clinical Hypnotherapist

“At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”

-Lao Tzu

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ith the guidance of a qualified regression hypnotherapist, one can find their way to their center, discover who they are, heal what ‘hurts’ and free themselves of unproductive past conditioning.

Our belief system regarding the safety of our world and our worth was established without our consent, knowledge or conscious input during the very early stages of development, typically before 6-7 years old.

We become hard-wired to a certain sense of self-worth and safety that continues to play a huge role in how we react to life in adulthood.

There is a clear absence of language skills and physical and mental proficiency in a young child – skills that adults take for granted. But children do have feelings and it is these feelings that guide them. If they feel safe and secure, they continue their activities; if they feel unsafe and not accepted, they develop adaptive behaviors to restore the preferred feeling. Thus, over time, a person’s personality becomes a reflection of their view of their world. Their brain’s responses to life are entirely consistent with the child’s belief (inner feeling) as to his level of safety and always seek to satisfy the instinctual drive for survival.

Using a successful, customized, regression hypnotherapeutic approach I developed many years ago, I assist my clients in finding their way back to pivotal childhood events in a safe, dignified, labelfree, drug-free manner. By guiding them through a subconscious course-correction of those events and a release of all unwanted issues and beliefs, my clients can finally resolve the inconsistencies between their actions and desires. PTSD, anger, anxiety attacks, panic attacks, depression, OCD all become a thing of the past.

Becoming free of unproductive childhood imprinting allows my client to proceed along their life’s journey free to be them and all that being them means. Clients enjoy a new sense of being equal to all others - unique but equal. My approach seeks to ensure that all clients fully believe, in the deepest part of their spiritual being, that nothing anyone can think, do or say - and nothing that can ever happen to them - can ever diminish their worth to this Universe. That’s freedom of the human spirit!

Grace Joubarne, CCHt: main office, Ottawa; p/t office Belleville ON. 613-422-7027, toll-free 1-888-390-3553 info@graceplacewellness.com www.graceplacewellness.com

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Neurofeedback Practitioner Neurofeedback is a technique in which the brain is trained to help improve its ability to regulate all body functions, stabilizing the central nervous system, thus allowing you to gain control over yourself in a way that was previously unavailable.

Neurofeedback helps reduce and often eliminates symptoms for many health issues such as ADD / ADHD, Anxiety/Panick Attacks, Dementia, Athletic Enhancement, Autism, Concentration, Conduct Disorders, Confidence, Depression, Learning Disabilities, Parkinson’s Disease, Stress Reduction, Strokes, and Students Achieve Peak Performance.

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Hap p y N ew V itality

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ere we are, one month into a new year. For many, the last month or so has included some time of reflection, scanning back through the past and considering the future: what worked, what didn’t work, and areas or qualities of life that should be changed to meet some sort of expectation.

Expectations suggested by family, friends, culture, society, movie stars…, and of course your-self. As well, some may even be feeling disappointment and frustration because those expectations for new habits, or behaviours have already been dropped.

This year, why not try something new? Bring all of your attention and awareness to where you are right now. We are alive, at the beginning of a new world age, with new energies, awareness, attitudes, and scientific discoveries about the nature of our energetic and multi-dimensional universe. Forget about the past, the expectations, the drama, and the future and instead be here, now. What a fantastic and exciting time to be!

Welcome!

And yet there it is, the challenge: “to be”. Can you remember the last time you simply were? A time when you let go of all the anger, judgements, fear, despair, loneliness and just were you? Truly and wholly you?

At a time when the setting of goals or resolutions was exciting and something to be passionate about?

Something even life changing?

So what is getting in the way? We live in a world where we have so many events, situations and people demanding our time, attention and energy that anger, fear, judgement, and despair seem to take up the majority of our being. Those four emotions represent our unconscious reaction to a given stimulus. Those unconscious reactions are based on our conditioned perceptions that reside in the brain.

What can be done? Stop living in the brain and start breathing through the heart. Your heart is such a powerful organ. It has over 40,000 neurons in it, it has a large bundle of nerves going to the brain in a one way flow of information, and has an electromagnetic field that is 50-60 times stronger than that of the brain and which is measurable four to eight feet outside of our bodies. Wow! Who knew? It is the source of the emotions we value most: care, appreciation, gratitude, compassion, non-judgement, love.

The results of living from the heart are incredible: a boost to our physical and emotional health, flooded with natural DHEA; the ability to think clearly and creatively, especially during a crisis; the ability to perform at optimal levels to meet and exceed challenges; to be in the “Zone”; and the ability to manage our energy and live with vitality. A change of heart changes everything!

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Consciousness Coach www.healandevolve.ca healandevolve@gmail.com ph. 613.263.2554 Heart Led Health Heart Led Business Heart Led Families Heart Led Athletes Reconnective Healing If you want to try something new and different, reconnect with Robbin

As a Consciousness Coach using easy to learn and use HeartMath® techniques, I will help you discover what is getting in your way, how to make a change, and sustain that change over time. CEO’s, entrepreneurs, hospitals, global and local businesses, as well as professional and Olympic athletes are using these techniques and are making significant changes in their lives.

Is this not what the reflections of a new year and a new world age are all about?

Robbin Zrudlo is a licensed 1:1 HeartMath® Provider and Reconnection Practitioner. For more information please visit www.healandevolve.ca, or contact him for a complimentary 30 minute consultation at healandevolve@gmail.com. Robbin can also be found at Vitallife Integrative Medicine in Westboro.

Gratitude At the end of each day I’m able to say: I’m graterful for a roof over my head, Delicious food, clean water, a comfy bed.

Nature’s exquisite beauty always delights me: Every sunset, animal, flower and tree!

Surrounded by friends and family, I’m in good health and I’m free To share, help, pray, dance and sing!

I’m optimistic about what the future shall bring!

Nicole Foucault is a retired teacher who takes the time to appreciate everyone and everything in her life.

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Positive thinking is “B.S.”

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icture this: you must have a crucial talk with Mr. Grumpy. There’s no escape. You’re nervous but it’s got to happen. Since you did read part of a (boring) book about Positive Thinking once, you now attempt to “visualize” your outcome: you’ll say your piece perfectly, positively, and profoundly. Then you and Mr. Grumpy will trade big warm hugs….

But a part of your mind objects! A vividly painful worry picture blooms in your mind: The Grouch doing his famous nuclear meltdown as soon as you open your mouth, and then you’re tossed out on your rear. Ouch.

What happened to the “Positive Thinking”? A battle occurs in your mind when you attempt to suddenly change an old, well-rehearsed thought pattern, such as I’M ALWAYS NERVOUS WHEN I HAVE TO SPEAK UP FOR MYSELF. You’ve frequently practiced that negative pattern. Your brain is quite comfortable with it. The nasty program is deeply installed in your biocomputer mind, at Alpha and Theta brain frequencies.

However, “Positive Thinking” happens in Beta frequencies. No wonder it doesn’t sink in! Changing means learning how to RE-PROGRAM your brainmind. It means going beyond simple “visualizing” and shallow positive thinking.

What’s it all about?

ScienceOfHappiness.com Merely thinking about it is just B.S.: Beta Stuff!

Modern research and ancient wisdom combined, make an incredible combination. What could you do in your life when you learn how to accelerate the power of your mind? What do you want?

Coming to Ottawa: Free Introductory seminar about DynaMIND® Sunday March 24.

-Janet MacDonald Kramer ScienceOfHappiness.com

Unfolding the Mystery!

Jennifer “Lightwolf” Jones Spiritpainting® helps us to experience a joyful awakening to the Great Mystery of Spirit.

I want to share with you my joyful experience of this painting, I have named, ‘Archangel Metatron’.

When I meditate on this painting, I have had the strong feeling of connection with Metatron, the Archangel of Archangels, and I am forever grateful for his presence during this time of change. During my meditations I see and feel the power and strength, which is only matched by the fullness of compassion and kindness and love. I SPI RI TPAI NTI NG. COM regret that the warmth of the copper and 6132668063 the brilliance of the pearl tones cannot be Eas t erWorks hops duplicated in ink on paper so I encourage FebruaryExhi bi t i on you to come to the show at the Green door atGreenDoor and experience it for yourself. Peace and Openi ngFeb4/ 13 Joy to you.

6: 008: 00 Spiritpaintings® by artist and counsellor, Jennifer “Lightwolf” Jones, who believes in using creative expression and spontaneity as a way to heal. She developed a way to use the Rorschach inkblot method for healing and not as a ‘test’. Instead, the painter lets go of the outcome while being in a meditative state and focuses on a Prayer of Intention for Healing.

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Ask a Naturopathic Doctor Katherine Willow N.D.

This month let’s explore healthy relationships in honour of Valentine’s Day...

As a naturopath I’m not trained in couple counselling, but over the decades there have been times when I’ve asked a patient to invite their other half in for a session as relationship stress is a common cause of illness and sometimes there are easy answers to even long-standing issues. If it’s obvious that the situation is too entrenched or complex, I refer to a counsellor.

My understanding about relationships in these times is that we are transitioning from getting and staying married as a result of social and religious rules and expectations to having the freedom to make our own choices and then learning and growing from experience as well as study and therapy.

From that perspective, I keep discovering new tools and principles for building good relationships that make me hopeful that we can emerge from our dismal track record of painful divorce and broken `families to developing creative, loving and growthful marriages, friendships, households and cooperatives.

The first point has to be clarity about the level of awareness we are living from. Whether from chronic anxiety and depression, anger and irritation, striving to grow and transform or general calm and contentment, we tend to project our internal state onto the person or people with whom we live.

When this is truly understood instead of defended or denied, one can start to resolve one’s own pain and a situation that was stuck can move forward. If the partner can be compassionate with the other’s wounds and realize that it is triggering issues of their own that can be healed, we have a process that can lead to honest communication and reconnection.

My role is to model compassion and kindness instead of blame while trying to understand each side; and I encourage both parties to undertake a healing path while supporting the other. I typically describe each of their body types and how they are genetically inclined to function so that expectations and support of each other can be realistic.

I explain physical influences on moods that can help people balance anxiety, depression , anger, fear, shyness and blocked feelings over time with various therapies.

It’s amazing how different a relationship looks when one is feeling healthy, energetic and happy oneself—or at least is on the way there!

If a couple is open to it, I recommend finding a spiritual practice, together or alone. Having a way into one’s own peace makes communing with others easier and takes the pressure off the relationship to fulfill needs that have to be met in other ways such as taking time in nature, meditation, prayer, readings, music and spiritual gatherings.

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FEBRUARY EVENTS! at Carp Ridge Natural Health Clinic OPEN HOUSE & FREE TALK D IA B E T E S

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Specific tools and books that can help: Non-Violent Communication (NVC) books and workshops; The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman; How to Be an Adult in Relationships by David Richo; co-listening; couples massage; Journey work; and of course, skilled couples counselling, retreats and workshops.

If nothing helps and people are unwilling to continue in a relationship for whatever reason, I support separating well instead of creating more traumas, especially if there are children involved. I have seen good results with the children of separating couples having their own counsellor to help them navigate the process. As long as we are learning and growing, there is hope for the future; in these turbulent times we sometimes do well just to remember this.

Katherine Willow N.D. is a fourth generation naturopathic doctor who directs the Carp Ridge EcoWellness Centre where individuals, couples and families can come for healing.

Third Stage of Life: New Life after 50

Transitioning from Adulthood to Elderhood

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s we enter a new year, this is an opportune time for us who are in this transition to stop and reflect upon what this particular stage of life brings us. It is a time to delve deeper into who we are at this crossroad in order to more authentically choose how we wish to live the rest of our life.

In his book: The force of Character and the Lasting Life, James Hillman talks about shifting from lasting to leaving. He talks about how we, as a society are mainly focused on how to keep the body and mind young: ‘keep active, walk uphill, eat yogurt,…don’t worry, laugh, think positive – try harder, do more, last! The transition from lasting to leaving is first of all psychological…it is not we who are leaving but a set of attitudes and interpretations regarding the body and the mind that have outlasted their usefulness and their youthfulness. …the need to hold on becomes a regressive resistance, spawned by fear of dying more than by the zest for living. Because our bodies and our minds are functioning in ways that our previous attitudes cannot comprehend, we see only dysfunction, decay and death.…we wish to set back the clock and keep lasting as our ruling principle…the more we try to last, the more afraid we become…trying to last produces the very conditions we are trying to hold off by lasting – a self-defeating strategy that leads to a selffulfilling prophecy: old age as slow decay. .. When the paradigm shifts, the question “what is healthy for my nature?” is transformed into “What is important for my character?” The transition in meaning of “inmost nature” from structures of physiology to structures of character makes more livable sense of later years.”

As we shift paradigm from lasting to leaving, our focus changes direction from outward to inward.

The quality of our ‘inside’ becomes more important than keeping busy. Excavating our character, heart, soul, as the context from which to live our life gives us a different outlook on our future. It brings us to what really matters, our authentic self. This may be

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Faculty Member, Foundation for Shamanic Studies During this Basic experiential workshop, participants are introduced to Core Shamanism, the basic methods used by shamans to enter non-ordinary reality for problem solving and healing. Particular emphasis is on the classic shamanic journey. Practice includes shamanic divination and healing. Participants are shown how to meet and study with their own individual spirit helpers, how the shamanic journey is utilized to restore spiritual power and health, and how shamanism can be applied in contemporary daily life to help heal oneself, others, and the Planet. This introductory workshop is a prerequisite for all advanced workshops offered by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.shamanism.org.)

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ne of John of God Crystal Beds is right here in Ottawa, try it out! The crystal beds were designed in Brazil by Jo Teixeira de Faria, known as John of God, for vibrational healing on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual areas of the body. He had it developed for practical use and incorporates it as an important healing modality at his healing center affectionately known as “the Casa” in a small town in Abadiania, Brasil. For visitors of the Casa, the crystal healing beds are available to all and are prescribed by the healing Spirit Guides of the Casa for rejuvenation, alignment and balancing of the one’s energy fields, which in turn aid in the process of spiritual and physical healing. John of God’s “Spirit Doctors” have promised to help anyone who will be lying under these crystal lights that pulse with various healing frequencies of energy.

Some of the health giving effects of crystal bed therapy results from the vibration of the crystals resonating with the water in our cells and tissues giving a similar effect to energized water as described by Dr. Emoto scientist and author of The Hidden Messages in Water.

Scientists and engineers have discovered crystals to have some of the highest molecular orderliness found in nature. Marcel Vogel was a cutting edge engineer working for IBM who spent his lifetime investigating quartz crystals. He designed high tech devices to measure crystal vibration output and their effects on physical processes.

Full spectrum light passing through the crystal will resonate with the structured patterns of the crystal, which can take on a variety of molecular patterns. When water forms in well organized, geometrically shaped molecule patterns, it has increased surface tension and bonding properties. This is the pure state of water found in healthy cell tissue, while non-geometric and disorganized water molecules are found in unhealthy cells and cancer cells. Thus, one explanation for the health giving effects of crystal bed therapy is that the well-organized vibration resonating from the crystals helps to organize the water in our tissues and cells.

At the University of Georgia they found that in every human body, all diseased cells, (no matter what the disease) were surrounded by what is called unstructured water, and that every healthy cell was surrounded by structured water. Water can be destructured not only by chemicals but also by the way it is transported, ie. when it moves through pressurized pipes it is forced to move in an artificial way instead of moving in its natural spirals. When water moves through pipes it forces its outer electrons to be removed creating unstructured water. This means that all water we drink or bathe in that comes from pressurized pipes

is associated with disease. Water the life blood of mother earth is a crystalline living entity which nurtures all life on earth. It is a powerful carrier of energy.

The experiments of Vogel and his associates established the following: A precisely cut quartz crystal produces a constant vibration of the same frequency as water in its purest state.

Moving water will pick up the vibration from the crystal through resonant interaction and this transferred charge will restructure the water.

A cut crystal can be charged with intent to structure water.

Since we are made up of primarily water, more than 75 - 90% of water, the Vogel cut crystal due to it’s resonance with water is a perfect means of transferring subtle energies to the physical organism and carries strong implication for how our health can be affected.

John of God reputation is now becoming worldwide due to massive media interest. There have been a handful of documentaries about Joao and his gifts. ABC Primetime has screened two shows and there has been a documentary on Irish television, English television as well as the Discovery Channel. There are many books to read about him. He will be visiting in Toronto Canada, in March of this year.

For more details on his upcoming visit or for a treatment with his Crystal Bed Therapy right here in Ottawa. Contact: 613 789-1318 or email crystalbedtherapy@yahoo.com

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ESSENTIAL OILS:

Love Potion Number 9?

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have talked about the therapeutic aspects of essential oils in several of my articles, but did you know they also act on an emotional level? And an energetic level? These gifts from nature are so versatile, it is hard to imagine anything they can’t help!

Since Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, I thought I would share some information to help you create blends for that special someone.

Ylang ylang, Cananga oderata, literally means flower of flowers. As well as lowering high blood pressure, general skin care and calming the central nervous system, it is also toted as an aphrodisiac. I find ylang ylang on its own is really overpowering. If you wish to balance out its intensity, it blends well with lavender and citrus oils. My favourite combination is with lime and black pepper!

Patchouli, Postemon cablin, is another oil of many talents. It is also useful in skincare, as well as repelling insects and feelings of exhaustion. Patchouli is indicated in cases of frigidity, and, as with ylang ylang can be a pretty intense aroma on its own. Patchouli blends well with lavender, orange and bergamot, to name a few.

I tend to think of frankincense (Boswellia carteri) primarily as a spiritual oil, although it is also excellent for pulmonary congestion and digestive aid. In terms of enhancing sexuality, frankincense lessens anxiety, tension and stress-all conducive to a romantic interlude.

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Geranium is a wonderful balancer: for hormones and for skin. Because of its hormonal effect, geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) may help to balance out moods, and so is included here.

Everyone knows lavender, a mood enhancer and calming oil. There are many different species: the two best known being Lavandula angustifolia and Lavendula officinalis. Lavender also has wonderful skin cell regenerating properties, and is antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, so useful with injuries.

The flower kingdom also gives us rose, jasmine and neroli. Rose is a heart-centered oil and, like geranium and lavender has an affinity with the female reproductive system. The best known species are Rosa damascena and Rosa centifolia. The florals are pretty easy to blend with other oils. Jasmine is considered an aphrodisiac.

Common species are grandiflorum and sambac. Jasmine Grandiflorum flowers bloom in the early dawn as opposed to Sambac which blooms in the evening.

Jasmine’s ability to be an antidepressant may help its reputation as an aphrodisiac. It is also wonderful for coughs and laryngitis, and is helpful for most skin types.

Clary sage is included because it is a good nerve tonic, as well as an antidepressant and sedative. It does have the reputation of being an aphrodisiac, and this may come from the aforementioned characteristics, as well as its ability to balance out the female reproductive system. Clary sage (Salvia sclarea) has an unusual scent that blends well with the citrus oils, among others.

I would be remiss if I did not mention sandalwood in this article, however, the East Indian sandalwood we know and love (Santalum album) is now an endangered species. There is an Australian variety that is cultivated, Santalum Spicatum, and is said to have better antiinflammatory and anti-microbial properties. It is well known as an aphrodisiac, helping with impotence and frigidity. Its scent is very gentle, and combines well with most other oils.

You may be beginning to see a pattern here: many of the oils are relaxing! Scent is very powerful on its own, but the advantage of the essential oils is that they have therapeutic properties as well. I welcome you to come in and experience the scent of these oils firsthand! ©2013 Heather Garrod is a Certified Aromatherapist and owner of Planet Botanix at 301 Bank St (Near Somerset). As well as providing the ingredients for DIY bodycare, she also facilitates monthly workshops. www.planetbotanix.com 613.567.4444

February 2013

Listening to Your Body

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aking the time to properly listen to your own body is one of the most important natural health self-help tools available. Yet, many of us do not take the time to listen to what our own bodies are trying to tell us. Some macho people incorrectly believe that the objective is to inflict as much self-abuse as possible without complaining.

• Listening to your body is an important self-help tool that is worth developing.

• Try ‘asking’ your body what it wants to eat or drink – this is an exercise in perceiving, not just ‘hearing’ (which could indicate the answer is coming from your mind rather than your body!).

• Do you know what is normal for your own body?

• Understand that this changes all of the time, due to emotional, mental and environmental stimuli.

• So many of us excel at ignoring important warning signs when we continue to abuse our own bodies rather than listening when the body starts complaining.

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• So what was that headache trying to tell you, or that twinge in your neck/back/hips, or ____________?

• Sudden radical changes in your body could be important enough to be worth discussing with a qualified health care professional.

• It is vital to reach out for help when necessary!

• When you are sick, listening to your body means finding out why you got sick. § I personally find that journaling and meditation are invaluable tools to help me figure out what is going on and help me make the necessary changes.

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The Dawn of a New Era ~ Stones for Awakening Heart Consciousness

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ain: physical, emotional, psychological... at some point, every one of us has been challenged with each of these conditions. Many of us have sought conventional and alternative methods to ease the pain. Now, thousands are turning to meditation, and experiencing significant results with a regular practice. I recently watched a CBC report that inspired this article. I listened to a young man with shingles in his eyes report that he is off of his pain meds and pain free using meditation. The report encouraged those coping with major pain to ask their doctor about OHIP coverage to learn meditation. This is exciting!!

I have taught meditation for over 15 years and could write a book on the amazing results of students who suffered from depression, fibromyalgia, migraines, arthritis, etc. once they establish a regular meditation practice.

I am eager to reach out to those of you who tried meditation and gave up, or who have never learned how to meditate. It’s easier than you think!!!

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ey everyone, we made it through solstice! The 26,000-year planetary alignment is complete, and we welcome the return of the Feminine Light to our planet. A new era in the evolution of human consciousness has begun.

As the planetary shift into Peace, Unity and Love gains momentum, we will find it increasingly easier to free ourselves from illusion. It will become easier to release pain, to let go of judgment, and to embrace states of enthusiasm and joy that are natural to our being. The process for this entire shift can, and must, generate from our heart.

The heart possesses an intellect that surpasses that of the brain. All true intelligence is generated from the heart. Only your Heart knows the truth about all things.

Only your heart knows the one great original truth – that we are all one - and it is only from the heart, that we can perceive the true beauty of our nature as infinite beings.

Do you best to quiet your mind. It is not capable of generating the answers you seek. Endeavour to live from the greater wisdom of your heart. Allow it to guide the thoughts, feelings and actions that manifest your life. You cannot do harm when you create from your heart, as the heart is a unified field. It is not bound by the laws of duality that govern the mind.

In this time when duality is collapsing and loosing purpose, it is to your heart that you must go. Move your consciousness there and feel the Original Light that lives inside of you. It has always been there, and it is stronger than anything else you have come to believe yourself to be. Let it bring you the courage to look other people in the eye and see the Original Light within them. Do this and feel the structures of duality dissolve. Feel the one great power of Love that exists beneath it. It is this truth that will bring us together as one.

Crystals that can help to fully activate and heal the heart are: Rose Quartz: Hailed as the quintessential stone of love, Rose quartz first teaches love of the self, which expands to love of others – partners, family, friends, community, the Earth, and all of humanity. Because it knows the way into the heart, Rose Quartz is one of the most important stones of our time. Rose quartz heals the heart and is said to help the bud of the heart to unfold into a thousand-petaled lotus of Light.

Morganite: Morganite attunes to the frequency of Divine Love, Cosmic Love and Angelic Love. It heals old

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The following helpful hints could make all the difference: 1) Comfort. When I teach meditation, I happily inform the students at every course that “Comfort is Key”. You may sit in your recliner for meditation if you so desire...I do.

2) Keep It Simple and Easy. The fallacy out there is that you must stop the mind chatter. Good luck! We teach a simple way to disengage the mind. It is never about forcing the mind to do anything.

3) Guidance. Many people attempt meditation from books or CDs, and then quit out of frustration. One of the hallmarks of this teaching is the ongoing support of the teachers for as long as you desire.

If you are among the thousands seeking more peace and less pain in your life, your search is over. Peace is a choice!

To view the CBC report go to www.ahauconnections.com

sorrows, forgotten traumas and emotional attachments that stand in the way of soul-mate relationships. Known as the ‘Pink Emerald,’ Morganite brings abundance of the heart and emotional prosperity. It helps one to surrender to the greater, Divine plan that the heart holds for us.

Kunzite: Kunzite opens the heart to loving all that is.

It brings awareness to the Divine essence of love that lives within each of us so that we can feel one with the Divine. Kunzite is a great healer for hearts that have closed as protection from emotional pain. It can open the heart to the full spectrum of joy, enthusiasm and love that life brings. Working with Kunzite instills a general state of compassion and serenity to one’s being.

If you want more heart stones, let the pink and green rays be your guide.

Blessings from my heart to yours, Karen Karen is a full-time Crystal healer and Shamanic practitioner. She operates her healing practice and Crystal store in Ottawa. Karen is also a teacher/trainer.

She teaches various Crystal workshops and a 2-year program that provides full certification training in Crystal Shamanism. For more information about services and events please go to: wwwascensionhealing.ca or call 613798-2828.

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Is It Love or Is It Sacrifice?

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If you consider the fact that you love someone a would you like to do if you suddenly had free resources limit on your choices, then you are in sacrifice – that’s – extra time and money?

If you don’t know what you’d do with free resources, unhealthy. If, instead, you acknowledge that the people you love are an influence on your decisions, you can you’re seriously into sacrifice programming. It’s time to take them into consideration. It’s a subtle, crucial learn how to know what you need and want – and how to have that without feeling like it would hurt other difference. people.

Here’s the difference: Practice having choices for one day. Every time you Sacrifice: I can’t do that because I love (someone.)

Caring: I could do that. It’s not the right choice for me have to do for others, pause and ask yourself what you’d do if there was no one else to consider except you. because I love (someone.)

Of course, it’s nice to have family and friends and loved ones – independence could be lonely. This is about loving happy, instead of loving with pain. Love without sacrifice removes resentment from relationships, making everyone happier. Ask yourself what you’d do if you had free time, then, ask yourself if it feels right to have your choice influenced by love. If it feels right, then you are loving without hurting – and that is a great joy.

If it feels wrong, it’s time to make some adjustments so you can balance taking care of you with healthy giving.

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