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January 2011

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Mag a z i n e A forum for the consciousness-raising community in the Eastern Ontario / Western Quebec area

Happy New Year! Bonne Année

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Be UNIQUE

- LIVE a FUN and VIBRANT LIFE - DANCE for the HEALTH of it

Significance of a New Year

Numerology News for 2011

A Naturopathic Approach to Detoxification

Empower ME Yoga

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orgiveness is one of the quintessential linchpins for a happy, healthy and integrated personality. The vast majority of people do not even know the meaning of the word forgiveness. It means literally to be “for giving” something away. It is an act one does with oneself…not with another. One person cannot forgive another! That is the other person’s task. Obviously it is very difficult to give up a long held, deeply imbedded emotion such as fear, anger or revenge, etc. Usually the emotion is entangled and ensnared in all sorts of justifications, excuses, defenses, habits, addictions, etc. The pathway to love is forgiveness. Forgiveness dissolves resentments and jealousies, etc. Reluctance to let go of fear keeps people “stuck”, alienated from experiencing the present moment, and fully living life. If we learn to continually practice forgiveness we see each other and ourselves as blameless. Forgiveness is a powerful tool in our struggle to transcend “the blame and shame game”. Forgiveness is the solvent that we need to work through our “unfinished business” and to begin releasing our pain and letting the vulnerable part of ourselves shine forth. Relaxing body-mind therapies, including hypnosis, are an excellent adjunct to a successful “for giving”. Many of the memories that reinforce the dysfunctional behaviour that emotionally paralyzes the individual cannot be released without a very well balanced intervention which includes focussing, concentration and deep relaxation. Many hypnosis clients, for example, will report a “body shift” taking place when they get “unstuck” from a particularly painful memory or complex. A word of warning comes from Alice Miller, the author of the book, “Banished Knowledge”. She believes that we are all emotionally whole when we are very young and, through the influence of our parents, schools, churches, etc. we are banished from self-knowledge. It is then our job to re-member

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our whole selves & HYPNOTHERAPY CENTRE again. She asks Richard M. Haney us to beware Ph.D.(Counselling), Hypnotherapist and to be aware (613) 234-5678 (613) 726-3636 of “pre-mature Bank St. (in Centretown) Pinecrest Rd. forgiveness”. She www.ottawahypnosis.com believes we can www.ottawacounselling.com irretrievably hurt ourselves by “for giving” some aspect of ourselves before the time is right and the feelings are ready. For example, a client who has been sexually abused as a child by a parent, and who has a strong desire and hope to have a “redeemed parent”, may attempt to please and excuse that parent rather than clearly state their wrath and disgust. One of the most incredibly potent concepts that I have discovered while doing empowerment work with clients is that there is a place in the psyche or a point of consciousness where forgiveness, choice and anger meet! This is a very exciting discovery. When a client chooses to stay conscious with their anger, they can much more easily be “for giving” up their old “patterns of self abuse” and be for commencing and re-crafting new and functional patterns of self love. This concept applies to many of the other emotions besides anger; however, it is particularly powerful when applied to anger. Another emotion that is very difficult to be “for giving” with is guilt. The vast majority of people do not know the meaning of the word guilt. They certainly know how it feels though! Guilt is the self-punishment that we meter out to ourselves for not having known, or done, something in the past that we now feel we “should” have known, or done, then. How absurd…we weren’t aware then of what we didn’t know, or of what we were doing. We need to exonerate ourselves from the self-verdict of guilty of perceived past crimes. Also it is important not to be generating new guilt as we navigate our way through life. There is a Buddhist psychology technique that can be used to prevent the build-up of guilt. It is called “walking on the razor’s edge”. It means staying eternally present and fully conscious. It means being and doing exactly what we want in each moment. There is no place or space for guilt in this state. There is nothing to “for give”. Nothing is going wrong. We don’t fall either side of the razor’s edge if we stay fully balanced moment to moment.

A technique that works very well “for giving” anger away is writing a letter to the person that you believe “made you angry” and then mailing the letter to yourself. When you get the letter a week or so later, make believe it really is to yourself. It usually feels like one part of yourself dialoguing with another part of yourself. Couples can practice these “for giving” techniques together or with a psychotherapist or hypnotherapist. “For giving” is contagious. When one person experiences another being “for giving”, it encourages them to be more “for giving”. The more one gives emotionally, the more one receives emotionally. To have a friend one needs to be a friend Richard Merrill Haney, Ph.D. (Counselling Therapy), has been practising Wholistic Counselling, Hypnotherapy and Mediation for the past 25 years in Ottawa. He is now launching the Eleusis Healing Centres in Ottawa and world-wide. Each Eleusis Healing Centre creates Caring Circles, Wisdom Circles and Creativity Circles that you could join and participate in. If you are interested please call Richard at (613) 234-5678 or e-mail him at: richard@ ottawacounselling.com and explore the possibilities.

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The Platinum Rule By Marlene and Bob Neufeld

s couples therapists, we were offered an advance look at a book that is coming out this February. Kim Olver wrote Secrets of Happy Couples LOVING YOURSELF, YOUR PARTNER, AND YOUR LIFE after she surveyed over 200 respondents, who are in happy, satisfied partnerships, to find out what makes a happy, satisfied relationship. One of her points is that we apply the Golden Rule: “giving our partner what we would want in a similar situation, never realizing that what we are doing may be the exact opposite of what our partner wants and needs.” What is even more troublesome is that when we are upset or hurt, we may even do even worse – giving our partner the opposite of what we know he or she wants. We may do this unconsciously or consciously. We call this negative intent. Recently a couple sat in our office. Tearfully she told us that he had done the one thing she had begged him not to do. When we explored this further, it became clear that he knew how much it would bother her if he did it. But, he was so hurt and angry by her behaviour that he proceeded to do it anyway. As we have frequently heard people say, “I didn’t know what else to do.” Olver says that “One of the main Secrets of Happy Couples is learning to apply the new and improved Platinum Rule®, a registered trademark of Dr. Tony Alessandra used with permission, which tells us to Do unto others as they would have you do unto them. That’s quite different from the Golden Rule. Can you see how its use would be far more effective in relationships than using the antiquated Golden Rule? Most people don’t even realize that there are differences between them and their partner.” In a previous article, “What is Your ‘Good Will’ Level? The Five Languages of Love,” we explored the five different love languages that people have – five different ways they express love and would like to have love expressed to them. To read about these different ways, go to www.marleneandbob. com/articles.html Recently in our office, we saw a couple who were in deep conflict. She didn’t feel appreciated. It turned

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out that his love language was acts of service, and he did many of those. Her love languages were communicating verbally and offering quality time. She wasn’t getting what she wanted and neither was he. Olver continues, “People become so connected to their significant other that they often think they have the same minds; but this is not true. In order to engage the Platinum Rule, you must: 1. Recognize that there are differences between you and your partner. 2. Open up lovingly, without judgment, to explore what these differences are. 3. Determine if you have the inclination, patience, and resources to extend to your partner what he or she needs—instead of what you want to give in the situation. 4. Go ahead and actually engage in the behavior your partner would appreciate most.” So rather than treating your partner in the way you would like to be treated, or, worse, treating your partner opposite to the way you know he or she wants to be treated, try treating your partner as he or she would like to be treated. Kim Olver’s new book, Secrets of Happy Couples LOVING YOURSELF, YOUR PARTNER, AND YOUR LIFE, will be available from Amazon.com on Feb. 1, 2011. Marlene & Bob Neufeld practice body-centered Coaching and Psychotherapy. They are a couple who help couples learn life-changing skills and create closer, more loving relationships with one another. To learn more, see www.marleneandbob.com or call 613-5949248 to arrange a complimentary 1-hour introductory session.

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ThetaHealingTM for Releasing Self-Victimization in Patriarchal Domination

by AmĂ˘eil (Melinda Urban, RIHR) Energy Psychotherapist, ThetaHealing Facilitator, Sacred Sound Channel ThetaHealingTM quickly, gently and easily uncovers the root cause of your concerns and simultaneously releases energy from current life experiences, past generations, past lives and soul, to create deep and lasting change in your DNA! For previous articles explaining Theta/DNA Healing, visit www. MelindaUrban.com In Decemberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s article, I shared that the distorted male principle on our planet is being transformed at an atomic level, and the release of patriarchal domination is rising to the surface in the collective consciousness. This is shifting out of elitism, power mongering, abuse and victimization. While we witness the control structures tumble, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to remember that our responsibility to assist in this transformation lies in our own healing. Many people hold unconsciousness perceptions of themselves as powerless victims. In this way, they deny their authentic selves. This statement is not news because, for all of us, reclaiming our truth as self-sovereign, powerful beings is the ultimate purpose of our inner work for our ascension. Yet recently, for each of my clients, their healing uncovered a unique manifestation of the patriarchal, victimizer-victim architecture and its impact on their relationships with themselves. One of the most typical ways we see people victimize others is by usurping their victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s power through fear tactics such as aggressive intimidation. However, the moment controllers initiate this drama, they declare themselves a victim because they believe that they do not have authentic power of their own. Often in the process of ThetaHealingâ&#x201E;˘, we will find that the intimidators have a root belief that they are weak due to a painful, emotional wound. My client, Mark, was even more deeply entrenched in a reincarnational pattern of victimization; he experienced both intimidating and manipulating others, and being intimidated and manipulated himself. Unconsciously, his egoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategy was to experience the helplessness of the victim in order to perfect the art of victimization. As with many males who only know intimidation and aggression, Mark was unwittingly used to perpetuate the controllerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s agenda on this planet and felt trapped. Thankfully, his awakening provided an opportunity to liberate this patriarchal energy, restore his authentic power and contribute to rebalancing the collective energies. If you deny the victim consciousness in yourself and on the planet, you act as the enabler in this illusion that you are powerless. For my client, Sam, the denial of his shadow caused years of self-abuse. Sam became deeply wounded as a

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child when his father suddenly died. His mother felt she was a victim of circumstance and Sam unknowingly took on this energy. He coped by becoming a victimizer; whenever he felt hurt, he wanted revenge so others would feel his pain. This made him feel less vulnerable and more powerful. However, what you do to others is a reflection of how you relate to yourself. Despite his protests to me that he was not a victim, his limiting beliefs revealed that he was ashamed of being a victim. In a subconscious effort to erase the victim and shame in himself, he pushed to prove himself in countless, unhealthy ways. Unfortunately, he did not realize that in doing so he was only deepening his victim consciousness. Again, with ThetaHealingâ&#x201E;˘, we were able to shift the self-victimization. Taking full responsibility for yourself can put an end to this massive manipulation by the controllers. This polarity of victimizer-victim is brought into unity consciousness when you stop projecting blame on others or circumstances and drop justifications for your control dramas with others or yourself. ThetaHealingâ&#x201E;˘ can help you to uncover the limiting beliefs in your subconscious mind that keep you in resistance to owning your healing and can help you reclaim your authentic, powerful, Divine Self. Now is the time. Copyright ÂŠ 2011 MIND and SPIRIT. All Rights Reserved.

For more information on all healing services, case studies and testimonials, visit www.MelindaUrban.com or call 613-326-0428. AmĂ˘eil is an experienced, intuitive, energy psychotherapist working with committed individuals consciously participating in their ascension. She is a master at unraveling the confusion in your concerns to heal the root cause and teaches self-empowerment through your own inner wisdom. Appointments in person or by phone.

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A Healthy Body is an Alkaline Body by Donna Porteous pH Nutritional Microscopist

ust as our body temperature must be maintained at 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, our blood is ideally maintained at 7.365 pH, very mildly basic. Different areas of the body have different specific pH requirements, but the blood needs to stay within a very tight range. It is a reliable indicator of internal conditions in general. Maintaining the alkaline pH of the body’s fluids, including blood, urine and saliva is critical for good health. Our bodies and our life are a product of our dietary and lifestyle choices. Physiological so-called dis-ease is almost always the result of too much acid stressing the body’s pH balance, to the point where it provokes the body into the symptoms that we increasingly call “disease”. Symptoms can be the expression of that stress, but they can also be a sign of the body’s effort to balance it. Depending on the level and extent of the stress, symptoms may or may not be obvious or even noticeable. The kicker is that excess acid is something we do to ourselves, thanks to the choices we make. The good news is that once we recognize that fact, we can make different choices. But we must be ready to take responsibility for our acidic lifestyle and dietary choices before we’ll be able to make the healthy changes. An alkaline protocol as described in The pH Miracle Revised Edition by Dr. Robert Young recommends a lowstress lifestyle and a high-water content, high chlorophyll, plant-based diet including uncooked green vegetables and grasses, soaked nuts (preferably sugar free nut milks), sprouted seeds, un-fermented soy, polyunsaturated fats, cold-pressed oils, unprocessed salts, and low-sugar fruits such as avocados, tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers. Foods and liquids that should be used in moderation are high-carbohydrate vegetables such as potatoes, some grains, and fresh fish. The “acidic” foods and liquids to abstain from are natural or artificial sugar, pork, red meat, shellfish, eggs, dairy, processed and refined foods, cooked foods, yeast products, fermented foods, algaes, mushrooms, stored grains, artificial sweeteners, high-sugar fruit, alcohol, coffee, chocolate, black tea, canned foods, and sodas. Most often our dietary choices revolve around meat,

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n our highest potential, a perfected Divine Mind knows a continuous flow of peace and joy and does not experience death. Here on earth we are subject to negative thoughts thrown at us by what we could call fallen gods. These negative or corrupted thoughts clog our chakras and give rise to uncomfortable feelings of anger, guilt, jealousy, hatred, etc. Not only that, but our bodies are limited to a reduced form of healing, usually scar tissue, at best. We are in a special time when it is more possible to unclog our chakras, restoring flow to one’s thinking and accessing superior forms of spiritual healing. Our old mind and ways of thinking can take a step closer to that of a Divine Mind experiencing greater joy and healing potential. Physical healings and reduced pain may also result, though they cannot be targeted specifically and are secondary to a spiritual healing or cleansing. Negative thoughts fix themselves to us in such a way that we end up defining ourselves by them and developing a second personality or ego that defends itself from the pain of these thoughts. When these thoughts are triggered, we become very defensive and can get lost in a painful life of illusion. When the negative thoughts are released, we feel much better and have an expanded view of the world and our place therein. Our communal environment is being charged with the proper thoughts of a Divine Mind. We all have access to these thoughts, yet at some level we must each allow them to overtake our old personality. Allowing something to overtake us can be one of the most difficult things to do. We are conditioned to “doing” something, and “allowing” something to happen can be a very alien concept. Fortunately, “energy healers” are emerging who can help people release these thoughts and get some flow in our lives. Those old hangups can just vanish, along with the feelings of guilt. This is very difficult to achieve on our own, but working together as an enlightened community united with the common purpose of restoring our Divinity can accomplish much. So, where do you stand in this matter? By Don Carr – Beyond Healing: Activating Your Higher Potential - Re-igniting your inner spirit with new purpose. - Moving beyond old repeating thoughts and reactions. - Easing constant mind chatter and nervous discomfort. - Discovering an inner spirit that extends beyond our bodies. - Finding an inner peace beyond common understanding. www.beyondhealing.ca/page7.html

www.SpiritualFrontier s . c a PLEASE NOTE: SFC is giving away three, free books to each person attending the January talk and Special Event Thursday, January 6 (7:15 - 9 pm) Talk: Beyond Healing: Achieving Your Higher Potential - Don Carr - Re-ignite your inner spirit with new purpose, move beyond old repeating thoughts and reactions, and Awaken the Merkabah within. Location: Ottawa Citizen Building, 1101 Baxter Rd (Contributions welcome) Saturday, January 15 (1:00 - 5 pm) Workshop: Awaken the Merkabah Within - Beyond Healing - Don Carr - Re-ignite your inner spirit with new purpose, move beyond old repeating thoughts and reactions. Location: Hintonburg Community Center, 1064 Wellington Street ($20. fee) Monday, January 24 - Specific Mon Evenings (7:00 - 9:00 pm) FREE - ENERGY BALANCE EXCHANGE MONDAY EVENINGS hosted by Thomas M. Tegtmeyer Open to the general public for those who would like to give and receive energy balances. Good for people who have taken various courses and workshops as primary self-care providers and healthcare facilitators and others who would like to have opportunities to practice, e.g. Touch for Health, Brain Gym, Reiki, Results System, Body Talk, Colour Balancing, Natural Healing with other like-minded people. Location: Ottawa Citizen Bldg., 1101 Baxter Rd. Thursday; February 3 (7:15 - 9 pm) Talk: Love, Sex & Enjoying People: Mirroring the Divine - Patricia Wall Discover how challenges in your love life and friendships mirror subconscious issues with Divinity. Get ready to release these hidden issues to bring joy in both your personal and spiritual relationships. Location: Ottawa Citizen Building, 1101 Baxter Rd (Contributions welcome) Saturday, February 19, (1 - 5 pm) Workshop: Love, Sex & Enjoying People: Breaking the Limits - Patricia Wall Deeply hidden issues affect your sex drive, project subliminal signals to people around you, and dramatically affect your relationships. Whether your interest is a better sex life, or a happier relationship, or stronger connection to the Divine, you can discover new insights and tools to achieve your goals Location: Hintonburg Community Center, 1064 Wellington Street ($20. fee) There is a new Presentation Form available at the talks and workshops should you want to present at Spiritual Frontiers Canada in the new year. Please come and have a chat, chew over issues, digest new ideas. All are welcome. Join us at the restaurant after the talk or workshop. Invite your friends. For volunteering please contact jldube@rogers.com

Building a business that fulfills your soul purpose

re you still doing work that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fulfill you and wonder why you are so unhappy? When we know and are connected to our soul purpose, we thrive on a daily basis. In 1994, I changed my career from financial management to career counseling then coaching. Since then, I have been passionate about my work on a daily basis. Days were passing by with love and happiness in my heart. Would you like to discover you purpose and create work or a business that fits not only your personality, your innate gifts and talents, skills, your passions but also your soul? I would love to work with you to help you achieve greater fulfillment in your life. I have a few questions for you. 1. What makes you feel alive, not survive? 2. What do you naturally do without effort? 3. What are part of your work do you thoroughly enjoy? 4. What would you do if knew you could not fail? I have completed a purposeful entrepreneurship coaching certification to help women achieve great satisfaction in their work and shine. On January 29th, I will be offering a one-day program to help you achieve this. We will start by clarifying

Eva Jeannine Meloche, MCCC Do you truly want to create a career or business that fulfills your soul purpose? Will help you discover your soul type, purpose, gifts and talents, right-fit careers, past/current life fears & phobias that block you. Create a business with your own life story, purposeful signature system, tribe and brand personality and mindful marketing. Bringing you 16 years of passion as a Life & Career Coach, Astrologer and Past Life Regression Therapist

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your purpose, lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work, core story, purposeful signature system, tribe and brand personality, purposeful products, program and service matrix, and mindful marketing system. I want to work with women who are interested in building a purposeful business. If you are interested, please call me at 613-668-3865. Eva Jeannine Meloche, MCCC, CLTMC Master Certified Career Coach, Soul Purpose Coach, Certified Dream Coach, Certified Transformational Leadership Coach, MBTI & True Colors Facilitator, and Branding and Marketing Coach.

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radfield has spent a lifetime pursuing his artistic vision, striving to capture what he refers to affectionately as “fleeting glimpses of beauty”, those ephemeral moments many of us experience when we feel connected to the Divine Source. His creative potential seems to know no barriers, equally at ease in both the visual and sonic realms, drawing inspiration from everything that makes a heartfelt impression on his soul. Writing in a variety of musical genres from symphonic composition to modern day popular music and perhaps best known as the creator and producer of spiritual songstress Anael, Bradfield’s melodic, lyrical compositions have been attributed by Shelley Yates (Fire the Grid) as holding embedded tones to aid in the ascension of humanity to the next paradigm. He approaches creation with a rare innocence, allowing full receptivity to what the universal energy has to share, devoting equal time to both “sound” and “verb” aspects. Bradfield is a classicist by virtue of the refined nature of his technique but the very core of his personality demands that his creations stem from a questioning of the apparent reality of the universe, worlds he then shapes to correspond with his own inner spiritual logic. Aspiring to raise the collective consciousness all while granting unfettered expression to his creative muse, driven from one challenge to another by an impulse greater than himself, Bradfield is a devoted advocate of the purity of intention, relying predominately on his intuition to steer him and his listeners ever so gently toward the Light. You are invited to join us for a concert performance with Bradfield on Saturday 22nd Jan, 7:30pm @ the Westboro Masonic Hall 430 Churchill Ave, Ottawa, ON Take advantage of the ticket pre-sale on line 15% discount @ www.APSISMUSIC.com/live or call Maike @ Ottawa Sound Healing Conference 613- 614-1611 sonicspiritottawa@gmail.com to RSVP

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Liver in Traditional Chinese Medicine By Steve Ryu, L.Ac.

In the previous article, we talked about Kidneys in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Today, let’s see what the Liver does in Chinese Medicine.

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t is said in Chinese medicine that when energy is flowing Receipts for insurance coverage • Disposable needles • Gift certificates available smoothly throughout the body, we have no pain or disease. Affiliated with Riverside Acupuncture and Wellness The Liver is the organ that is responsible for ensuring Centre and Ottawa Fertility Centre for Infertility Treatment that energy, or Qi (pronounced “chee”), flows smoothly throughout the body – in all organs and in all directions. The Menstrual irregularities almost always have a Liver imbalance function of the Liver of regulating Qi is extremely important element due to the Liver’s function of storing Blood. Irregular to both our physical and emotional health. periods, painful periods, breast tenderness and PMS are common symptoms. The Liver is the most important organ in the body for storing Blood. By virtue of this function, the Liver plays a huge role Because of the Liver’s regulatory effect on the Qi of the in the regulation of the menstrual cycle. When the Liver is Stomach and Spleen, digestive complaints are common. working optimally, women will experience regular menstrual Acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome, nausea and abdominal cycles with very little discomfort. distention may be due to a Liver imbalance affecting the So, what can cause a disruption in the free flow of Liver energy? Stress, anger, resentment and repressed frustrations in life will do it every time. These emotions, when experienced for a prolonged period of time, will cause the Liver’s Qi to stagnate. Diet and lifestyle, in particular the excessive consumption of spicy or greasy foods and the use of alcohol and nicotine, will contribute to or aggravate a Liver imbalance by generating heat in the body. The phenomenon of Liver Qi Stagnation is probably one of the most common conditions that I see in my clinic. When the Liver energy is stuck, physically, we experience a feeling of distension in the chest, which the body attempts to relieve by sighing. Often there is discomfort just below the rib cage along the path of the Liver meridian. Hiccups may be due to the Liver Qi stagnating in the diaphragm. Because of the close relationship of the Liver and Gallbladder, neck and shoulder tension are common along the path of the Gallbladder meridian. Because a branch of the Liver meridian ascends to the top of the head, vertex headaches are common. Emotionally, we feel irritable and depressed or have pronounced mood swings when the Liver’s Qi is stuck. The Liver channel also flows to the throat, so the feeling of a lump in the throat that is worse when stressed, called plum-pit Qi in Chinese medicine, is attributed to Liver Qi stagnation. Because the energy is predominant in the Liver meridian between 1:00 and 3:00 a.m., according to the Chinese medicine body clock, people with a Liver imbalance often will wake up habitually during this time and will not be able to fall back asleep.

Stomach or Spleen. Tendon problems may be due to the Liver failing to properly nourish them. Many of my patients with carpal tunnel and plantar fasciitis have other Liver issues. Stiff neck and muscle cramps may be related to the Liver. Dry eyes, floaters, poor night vision or other eye issues may be related to the function of the Liver in Chinese medicine. In Chinese medicine the Liver has a relationship with wind. Not only does environmental wind worsen symptoms of a Liver imbalance, but also Chinese medicine believes that Wind may be generated internally due to a prolonged Liver disharmony. Clinical symptoms of Wind are tremors, tics, vertigo and, in extreme cases, stroke. Stress reduction is crucial to keeping the Liver in balance. Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years to relax the body and move the Liver’s Qi to maintain health. 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 the websites www.freewebs.com/newlifeacu or www. acupunctureottawa.com

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Hip Pain: A Case of BOS and Reconnective Energy Healing By Laurie Fraser

Painful left hip, female, age 72:

his woman’s energy led me (by muscle testing through options) to a healing method that’s come to me recently called “Reconnective Healing” (Eric Pearl). A very high frequency energy comes through me and to the client where it seems to reorganize the client’s energy. It is a blissful connection felt by both the client and me as unconditional love. I worked over her hip for about seven minutes. Next I was led to a BOS procedure for old hidden emotional scarring. In this case, it was a fear of “negative entity influences” from age 60. (It’s an unusual fear and I asked about it after the session. She remembered that at age 60, she’d been involved in a house swap for a holiday in England. Because of some unusual occurrences there, she believed the house was haunted, and she’d been quite frightened.) Next I was led to a NET procedure where three things are connected. In this case it was pelvis/hip + second chakra + changing space. The second chakra is often about honour in relationships, sexuality/reproduction and creativity. By asking some questions and learning that the block was created at age 50, we came to the correct connection that this was about menopause and aging. She felt this everywhere in her body as hip pain and as anxiety, anger and worry. I cleared the block by balancing her second chakra. I opened it to see a yellow-topped mountain, which I removed (it was a mountain of fears about aging), and I put in the frequency of the colour orange. Next I was led to façade healing. This is a prayer that calls in a Divine teacher who removes a façade (which looks like a grey body cast). In this case, the façade was fear of letting go. I learned this was fear of losing her husband who has had some health issues. This woman often prays to Archangel Gabriel, and it was he who came. Archangel Gabriel filled my treatment room with love and light, and I was grateful to be present for the healing.

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The client reports that the pain now comes and goes (meaning there are more causes to clear), so we continue our work. She is participating in her healing by following some leads from this session. (Meditating on orange, exploring fears of aging, writing a letter to her husband - not about her fear of losing him - but about how much she loves him, needs him and wants him around.) When healing, I communicate with the client’s energy by muscle testing (kinesiology). This gives me direction and sets priorities. I muscle test through lists (menus and submenus) of options: hundreds of BOS procedures, façade healing, holographic healing, Reconnective Healing and various hands-on techniques. The client’s energy leads the way and chooses the most appropriate healing path. BOS (created by Harvey Steel, 40 years ago) is based on the premise that the body can and will heal itself when energy is flowing harmoniously. BOS developed from the old and the new: acupuncture, Body Alignment TM, TBM (Total Body Modification) and NET (neuro emotional technique). It addresses physical, emotional, structural, chemical and spiritual issues. Muscle testing leads to present and past causes. I give thanks to my guides and teachers and to Archangel Michael, Eloheim, the violet flame and the power of the Holy Spirit for clearing that which is released. Laurie Fraser is a teacher, writer and certified BOS practitioner. A session is $45.00. Call 721-3781.

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“GROOVE” Your way to Great Health and Happiness Jean Brazeau

or most all of my life I have steered away from any sort of structured individual or group activity for a host of reasons, all driven by dis empowering belief systems around the body and its willingness and ability to XPRESS itself. I had been studying and applying different healing modalities to regain my health and wellbeing for forever it seems and it was just over 1 year ago, I awoke to the words “It’s time to start living again”. Having been on a committed and intense journey of Personal Growth, Transformation and Awakening to heal a body and mind which had essentially been written off by the mainstream, I knew the time had come for me to re-engage with society. Unsure how “living” might present or what it might look like, the opportunity to start living again came in the form of an invitation to go out dancing New Years Eve (2009) with friends to the tunes of a terrific live band . Apprehensive about re-entering “society” for other than “spiritual and or healing” events I concluded the best approach was to have no expectation at all. I have no idea what went through my body that evening but a spark ignited and this body danced without so much as taking a break until 2:30 in the morning. What a blast! I remembered what “freedom” felt like in the body that evening and I knew it was mine for the taking. Throughout 2010 I attempted different structured dance/exercise classes but unfortunately my mind came along with me and I spent most of the time out of my body doing the two step with mind trying to figure out how to do it right at the same time as wondering if anyone was “watching” my ineptness. Towards the end of 2010, my quest for a dance class which supported flow and expansion in the body and allowed the mind to step right out of the way presented itself in the form of a GROOVE class I participated in Toronto. Imagine this, a dance class where there are no rules, no right or wrong way to do it, you can take as many steps in which ever direction you like...or not, there is no good or bad, just the freedom to allow you to fully X-Press yourself through your body and get comfortable with it in a safe, loving and supportive environment. When the instructor invited us to allow our bodies to “get” to the floor in their own way, a grace moved through this body that I had not experienced in that way before. I don’t know how it looked, nor did I care, it felt awesome . Everything about this GROOVE dancing felt awesome and equally important, the founders are conscious, loving, real, open and fun. Does it get any better than that? At the end of the class the Groove Facilitator casually asked “Why don’t you become a Groove Facilitator”? Every single cell in my being lit up! Never in my wildest dreams could I ever have imagined that one day I would be facilitating dance classes; the universe fulfilling a

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Laura’s Numerology News For Jan. 2011 See my ad for details on a longer version of this forecast 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 5 to your number. NOTE – If you’re 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. Your primary focus in Jan. should be closing as many doors as possible, as this is a year of endings. What can and should you excavate from your life this year? The month of Jan. will start off with a new short term project or unexpected surprise. It will lead you to a new path that will be made clearer next year. 2. Do you have your heart set on a new love or business partner? Start planting these seeds in the form of desire. Your main focus for 2011 should be fixing yourself, but you will start the year off working on relationship issues, as they are in your face, anyway. New relationships are formed and old ones bite the dust. 3. You will feel like a circus juggler this month. First of all, finish the commitments from last year, then weed out the junk, and only then, take on more stuff. It is normal if you feel like a nerve ending with legs this month. Some relationships will be very trying or even on the verge of ending. 4. Call your finance person and have them put you on a budge, ASAP. Left alone you might blow your wad on fun, and mindless pursuits. Make a decision to save your money now, so that you can try to take most of the summer off. Make a point to really try to do this in 2011 if you can, as 2012 will be a hard working one, and will not allow time for frivolous pursuits. 5. You will find that the fun stops here and now. This is a hardcore, serious rebuilding year, on all fronts. Make friends with work and lots of it in 2011. This year will be packed with lots of frustrating restrictions and you will find that nothing will come very easy. I do not mean to scare you, but this is the year to wear your nose off on the grindstone, and work harder than you have ever worked before. 6. You can expect some really big changes on the home front this month? Your life is in flux for the whole year, but these changes are in the area of “all things domestic” in Jan. Try to be like a leaf on the water, and not get messed up with all of the crazy changes, just bob around and go with the flow.

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7. You will need to fill your own personal tank first this year. This is a very busy influence and it will be all about the others in your life, as of Feb. If you go into the balance of the year with no juice, you will set yourself up for a big fall. Go to the spa, to a therapist, to the Doctor or whatever you need. You must prepare yourself, now for this demanding year. Next stop for gas is Nov. 8. The perfect use of 2011 would be to take a year long sabbatical, alone, and totally focus on resting and repairing yourself. Can you do this? Probably not, so why not go back to school, or get a job that stretches you way beyond yourself by learning something new. Try to find ways to fix your mind, body and emotions. The material rewards will come next year. 9. Use Jan. as an excavation or cleaning period to clear away the unfinished projects and chores that are clogging your world. All of your determination and fortitude will be required to eliminate the people, habits, attitudes, and your medical issues. Do it now, as it is full steam ahead in Feb. 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 consultation call 613-725-7232 or email lbaird@istar.ca

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Dear EarthTalk: I know that some people abstain from meat on Fridays for religious reasons, but what’s the story behind “Meatless Mondays?” -- Sasha Burger, Ronkonkoma, NY Meatless Monday—the modern version of it, at least—was born in 2003 with the goal of reducing meat consumption by 15 percent in the U.S. and beyond. The rationale? Livestock production accounts for one-fifth of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions worldwide and is also a major factor in global forest and habitat loss, freshwater depletion, pollution and human health problems. The average American eats some eight ounces of meat every day—45 percent more than the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recommended amount. An outgrowth of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center for a Livable Future, the Meatless Monday project offers vegetarian recipes, interviews with experts, various resources for schools, organizations and municipalities that wish to promote the initiative—and regular updates on Facebook and Twitter. “Going meatless

once a week can reduce your risk of chronic preventable conditions like cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity,” the group reports. “It can also help limit your carbon footprint and save resources like fresh water and fossil fuel.” The Meatless Monday concept actually dates back to World War I, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urged citizens to reduce their meat, wheat and sugar intakes, since such foods took more energy to produce than others. Americans willing to cut back—even just one day a week— would be supporting the troops and helping to feed starving Europeans. To encourage participation, the FDA coined the terms “Meatless Monday” and “Wheatless Wednesday” and published vegetarian cookbooks and informational pamphlets. The campaign was resurrected briefly during World War II, but then died down. But as Meatless Monday President Peggy Neu reports in a recent issue of E – The Environmental Magazine, today the initiative has transcended its war effort origins: “The focus for the first couple of years was health,” Neu says, but the movement has begun to grow in part because of increasing awareness of the environmental impact of meat consumption. Some of the municipalities and institutions that have signed on include the City of San Francisco, the Baltimore Public

School System, and Harvard and Columbia universities (along with some two dozen other colleges). Similar campaigns have sprung up in two dozen other countries, while the city of Ghent in Belgium, Oxford University in the UK, and Israel’s Tel Aviv University have also pledged to participate. In May of 2010, a Washington Post article reported that the meat industry is feeling the heat. “Over the past year, lobbying groups including the American Meat Institute, the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, the National Pork Board and the Farm Bureau have launched a quiet campaign to try to reverse the momentum,” reported the piece. The Animal Agriculture Alliance and the American Meat Institute have railed that Baltimore schoolchildren are being denied protein—and have urged citizens not to allow Meatless Monday to spread. But Neu says the movement is here to stay. “I want this movement to be sustainable prevention,” she says, “not just a health or environmental fad.” ��

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There’s A Price To Pay

’m sitting here at 2:15 in the morning thinking about how funny life really is. Knowing that your soul can only be fulfilled by its true destiny when you have a healthy mind and body that’s attached to it, you’re happy, confident and proud of whom you truly are to complete one of many missions in this lifetime; but my question is, how can someone always be “on” at all times? You can’t is the answer. You have your ups like you have your downs throughout your life, but what triggers your downs? Could it be your soul warning you to slow down you’re working too hard? Or could it be all part of the process? I say all of the above since it is part of the process; if you wouldn’t have your downs; this means you wouldn’t have your ups! When you look at your house, how do you know for sure it’s the one you want? What makes you believe that you won’t happily sell your home in the next ten years? Then you have your relationship; is he/she truly yours for life or are you only granted twenty years together? What else can you think about but to live day to day and wish it would last for a lifetime. What will this relationship teach you? Is it how love truly hurts in the end when your significant other is unfaithful, or live your life with your true love ? Some graduate from prestigious schools and finish what is necessary to function in this lifetime. Everyone is different just like the names people are being given, you can share the same name but you can’t share the same self. I work as a messenger, helping people in need and fulfilling their curiosity for some or give them a challenge to think about when they go to bed. Everyone has a price to pay eventually; except this price has nothing to do with money but emotional and physical bills with no due date. But it is wise to pay it forward sooner than later since you could close yourself and file bankruptcy with your life. You feel sheltered, alone and no one to bring you back up although there is, you just can’t see them. You’re blind so how can you find your passion you once had, the love you once had and how do you know what the cost will be to get it back. Do you need pills and therapy to get out of this personal bankruptcy with your life or do you start from scratch? Try to think of your main mission in life. Is it to share your life with someone and commit to a long lasting relationship? Are you a messenger or a listener? Are you a career person or are you a peacemaker? Think of what you are suppose to do in this lifetime, why do you think you were granted this life? There must be an answer to all of this and there must be a way to fulfill your true destiny. I believe letting everything go and trust that the universe will slowly bring you there. With time it will bring you the people you need, your emotion and your true you. If you are a listener you’ll find the people you need to listen to. You are a messenger; you’ll find the people you

need to give a message or support to. You are a career driven? I’m sure you’ll see the light once you believe the power of wanting and needing will commit to you. Without the soul there wouldn’t be a body, that’s how robots are made. There’s energy but there’s no soul. You remove someone’s soul, you have the person lost, empty and ready to give up their true mission. The only way you can remove a soul is to give the key to your car which is your life. You want someone to drive for you? If you’re lucky you’ll witness a miracle but if you’re not, you’ll end up in the ditch and the driver will leave you there. Some have patience and some don’t and this driver might not have any. You’ve given your soul, what should you do? Find your key and start driving, right? Sounds easy? It’s not. You now need to start studying yourself. What do you like/dislike, what are you interested in career wise, is it politics, business, fashion, a trade? What is it? B Your heart will tell you if you trust in it. Describe yourself and what would you change if you had all the power in the world? But what if you can’t go back in time and need to start from where you left off. This moment is called a soul search, a rebirth! You worked all your life and then retire, then what? Is your mission complete? Are you still alive? If you are reading this article then you are alive! There must be something else you need to do! You need to master an art? Or go back to school? Open your dream business or look at the clock wondering when it will all be done. Treat yourself and be kind to yourself! Lastly, create your own time frame. You might be a person who wants to go slow and efficient then go fast and fall. It’s true to say that risk takers could be more successful but that’s them, not you. So learn about yourself, question yourself why you are here but mostly, know that you are not alone. Everyone is different but we are all humans. When your car is wrecked bring it to the mechanic but remember to grab your key in the end. There is a price to pay but remember to wait for your receipt, since you’ve worked hard for it! Happy New Year! Marc Jade, www.mediummarc.com

Impermanence and the Planet Ian Prattis

nce we can accept that we have created the conditions for the present form of global civilization to die, then and only then can we find a respite from our fear and anxiety. During this respite, it is possible for insights to emerge that will bring radical change to our values, habits and mindset. It is very difficult in our western culture to accept death – whether of a loved one or of our civilization being denied a place on the planet. The usual response is fear and denial. We have to re-educate our minds to get past these two obstacles. When we can recognize that our present form of civilization is dying, we know for sure that despair and denial will do us no good. Such a loss presents great obstacles to our minds, but such obstacles can be the way through. We need only find the courage to surrender and rely on our practice of mindfulness to pull us through to something different. There will be a rough ride, but our deep practice provides a measure of safety. Instead of fear and denial, a space opens in our minds for lucidity and steadiness to enter, which could propel our species to live differently. Such a future on planet Earth requires a mass awakening of attributes that run counter to the bottom line of turbo-capitalism and the ecology of greed. It does require a candid acceptance, without fear, that our global civilization in its present form is coming to an end. Such an acceptance can free the mind from its chains, enabling a mindful mode of existence to naturally arise. Such a way of life, such an acceptance of our true reality on the planet, can be the springboard to alleviate the course of environmental collapse. The energy and power to avert the disaster facing us rests in our minds and in a new collective choice to live very differently. Thich Nhat Hanh brings this home to us in a direct and challenging way, making it very clear that a view not based on impermanence is a wrong view. He shows how the Buddha provided meditations on impermanence for his followers to recognize that the only thing that follows death is our actions, the fruit of our thinking, of our speech and of our acts during our lifetime. Specifically on global warming he is very blunt:

If we continue to consume unwisely, if we don’t care about protecting this wonderful planet…the ecosystem will be destroyed to a large extent and we will need millions of years to start a new civilization. Everything is impermanent…We are our environment, which is in a process of self-destruction. With the Buddha’s Son’s Flesh Sutra, he recounts the teaching that we are eating the flesh of our children and grandchildren. We are eating the flesh of our mothers and our fathers. We are eating the flesh of our planet. A couple with their little child were crossing a desert to seek asylum in another country. They ran out of food when they were only halfway across. They realized that all three of them would die in the desert, and they had no hope to get to the other country. Finally they made the decision to kill their little son. Each day they ate a small portion of his flesh, in order to have enough energy to move on, and they carried the rest of their son’s flesh on their shoulders so that it could continue to dry in the sun. Each time when they finished eating a morsel of their son’s flesh, the couple looked at each other and asked: “Where is our beloved child now?” The Buddha’s point with this graphic story was that we have to consume in such a way so we can foster compassion in our hearts. We must consume in mindfulness, for if we do not, we are eating the flesh of our own children. The application of the teaching to our present planetary circumstances is clear. Once we learn to accept the end of our civilization in its present form, we touch the truth of impermanence. This brings a certain peace and clarity to our minds, and just perhaps we can implement structures and technology to save this planet of ours. Fear, despair and nihilism are useless. The means exist – the required mentality is not there – yet. So we have a job to do in terms of cultivating a transformation in our consciousness to bring about a new way of living on planet Earth. Ian Prattis is the resident teacher at Pine Gate Sangha in Ottawa’s west end. Teachings are offered every Thursday from 7:00pm – 9:00pm. www,ianprattis.com/pinegate. htm. Qi-gong classes, hikes, retreats, pot luck suppers. Now on Facebook – search Pine Gate Sangha.

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Thinking Matters

hinking about our thinking is something we almost never do and yet our thoughts are the most powerful life shaping tools we have. They determine who we are in the world, what we believe is possible for us, as well as the choices we make and the meaning we attach to the results of those choices. Scientific research also shows that what we think actually impacts the structure and function of our brains. Every thought we have leads to a neuro-biological environment that either enables new beliefs and behaviors or inhibits them. So the question becomes how can we put a stop to the self-limiting thought patterns we repeat over and over? What can we do differently to get the results we want? The answer is: plenty. The first step is understanding how belief, biology and behavior are linked and mutually reinforcing. Every choice we make is a result of the thoughts we have about it. If we think we can, we do, but if we don’t think it’s possible, we don’t even try. It’s said that while the world won’t change overnight, our worlds can… if we change our thinking. We start the process by taking a close look at who we think we are. What beliefs make up our identity and where did they come from? Chances are, the thoughts we have today about our strengths and potentials are the same ones we had when we were children. Thing is, as children we

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have little influence over our environment and even less ability to interpret or verify the messages we get; our brains haven’t the hardware yet. As a result, everything we’re told and experience is unquestioningly internalized as fact. Were we encouraged to think for ourselves, to try new things, to take chances and to change or were we taught to obey the rules, live our lives according to the story we were told about ourselves and the world, and simply behave? Likely, it’s the latter we recall. The challenge arrives when we mature and discover none of this works; we’re stuck in a rut and unhappy about it. The good news is, once we understand how the messages we receive travel in our brains, we can change the route they take by critically questioning them. This modifies the information they hold, interrupts the story line and re-routes the information. It alters the chemical climate in our brain, stimulates the growth of new neural networks and recruits additional areas of the brain. We begin to think differently

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Jan.15th, 2011- THE HEALING ANGELS OF THE ENERGY FIELDInviting the Angels to help you on your selfhealing spiritual journey, 9am - 5pm, $80 with Miorita Pincu IET Master-Instructor Please reserve your place by contacting miorita.pincu@gmail.com

Thursday, January 6 (7:15 - 9 pm) Talk: Beyond Healing: Achieving Your Higher Potential with Don Carr Re-ignite your inner spirit with new purpose, move beyond old repeating thoughts and reactions, and Awaken the Merkabah within. Location: Ottawa Citizen Building, 1101 Baxter Rd (Contributions welcome) Saturday, January 15 (1:00 - 5 pm) Workshop: Awaken the Merkabah Within - Beyond Healing - Don Carr Re-ignite your inner spirit with new purpose, move beyond old repeating thoughts and reactions. Location: Hintonburg Community Center, 1064 Wellington Street ($20. fee) Thursday; February 3 (7:15 - 9 pm) Talk: Love, Sex & Enjoying People: Mirroring the Divine - Patricia Wall Discover how challenges in your love life and friendships mirror subconscious issues with Divinity. Get ready to release these hidden issues to bring joy in both your personal and spiritual relationships. Location: Ottawa Citizen Building, 1101 Baxter Rd (Contributions welcome)

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Jan. 29th-30th, 2011, SEXUAL ALIGNMENT INITIATION, Two-Day Intensive Residential Training. Align, Awaken, Expand. 8 am-6 pm with Miorita Pincu, $250(one night accommodation cost included) For more info, please visit: www. pleiadianportal.com. Please reserve your place in advance as workshops fill fast. miorita.pincu@gmail.com February 23rd –24th, 2011 SEXUAL ALIGNMENT INITIATION Two-Day Intensive Residential Training. Align, Awaken, Expand. 8 am-6 pm with Miorita Pincu, $250(one night accommodation cost included) For more info, please visit www.pleiadianportal.com. Please reserve your place in advance as workshops fill fast. miorita.pincu@gmail.com February 25th -28th, 2011 MANNA JOURNEY with Miorita Pincu Reactivate your natural ability to produce and ingest an energetic nutrition generated from the Light of the Self. Four-Day Intensive Residential Training 8 am –6 pm, $680 (four nights accommodation cost included). For more info, please visit: www.mannaconnection.com; Max: 3-4 people. Please reserve in advance at miorita.pincu@gmail.com Birth Circle Meet Professional Local Doulas to find the Best Fit for Your Birth. Learn Statistics about How Doula Support Improves Birth, Shoulder, Hand & Head Massage to Unwind Tension, Learn Comfort Measures for Your Birth. Relax with a Group Hypnosis Session Celebrating The Joy of Birth Thursday, January 20th Kneaded Touch 389 Danforth Ave Join Us 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Take home a resource package with gift certificates, helpful information & coupons from local merchants to support your pregnancy & birth. Free prenatal or mom & baby yoga class, savings from Milkface & Haute Momma ! Tickets are only $15- Space is Limited. Contact Johanna Lynn at 613.282.6001 Visit: www.empowerbirth.ca

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Visit www.pranashanti.com for more info Full and New Moon Meditations Join Alison/Devinder Kaur for these special classes that call upon the powerful energy of the full and new moons. Balance your mind, calm your spirit, and uplift your soul! Cost: Class Card or Drop in Fee. • Tuesday, January 4th, 5:45 PM – Double Gong for the New Moon • Thursday, January 20th, 5:45 PM - Full Moon Gong & Meditation • Thursday, February 3rd, 5:45 PM - Double Gong for the New Moon Candlelight Yoga & Meditation Class 1st Wednesday of every month, 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM, Warm your spirit with Candlelight Kundalini Yoga and Meditation. Cost: Class Card or Drop-In Fee. Group Sadhanas ~ By Donation “Sadhana means daily spiritual practice. Sadhana is a self-discipline that allows one to express the Infinite within one’s self. Sadhana is a discipline of the mind and body to serve the soul. Sadhana keeps the mind clear to accurately guide our actions.” The Aquarian Teacher. • Morning – Friday, January 7th, 5am to 7am • Evening – Sunday, January 23rd, 4pm to 6pm Create Your Personal Vision Board with Jennifer Stackhouse Sunday, January 9th, 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM The Law of Attraction says you increase your chances of attracting to you whatever it is you are focusing on. Use the power of the Vision Board to tap into your subconscious and attract what’s in your highest good. Cost: $30.00 per person, includes supplies. Healing Talks with Wendy Knight Agard, DMH, DHHP of True Health Holistic Friday, January 14, 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM Join Wendy for talks on a variety of health subjects. Bring your questions and learn about how to better care for yourself and your family. Cost: $20 per person in advance, $25 per person day of. Intro to Meditation – 8 week Series with Lynne Cardinal Mondays beginning January 17th, 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM This introduction to meditation class will teach you basic meditation, visualization and relaxation techniques. Lynne Cardinal has been teaching meditation for over 30 years, in Canada, the USA, Europe and India. Cost: $120.00 per person for the 8 week course. Pre-registration required. One time drop-ins are welcome to come and try the class for $20 per person.

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Conferences Meditation – 8 week Series with Lynne Cardinal & Jurgen Portz Tuesday beginning January 18th, 7:30pm-9pm FREE Intro Class - Tuesday, Jan. 11th - 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM This class is a multi-faceted approach to spirituality and personal development offered in a group setting. Learn more about meditation, including various meditation and breathing exercises as well as tools to deepen your meditation and develop regularity in your practice. Cost: $120 per person for the 8 week course. Pre-registration required. One time drop-ins are welcome to come and try the class for $20 per person. Stress Management with Richard Hudspith Thursday beginning Jan 20th, 4:30pm-5:30pm FREE Intro Class - Thursday, Jan. 13th 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM This series of classes will examine the effect of stress on both our bodies and minds and provide simple techniques for addressing its potentially harmful effects. You will learn what causes stress, what happens to the body when it becomes stressed and most importantly, you will learn a system to regulate your stress level, increase your flexibility, soothe your nervous system and improve the general health of your spine and muscles. Cost: $120.00 for the series or one time Drop-Ins are welcome to join for $20 per person. PranaShanti New Year Cleanse Program Begins Saturday, January 22nd FREE Info Session with Food Sampling Monday, Jan. 17th at 7:30 PM Have the holidays left you feeling heavy, sluggish, fatigued, or moody? The typical overindulgence of the holiday season, along with shorter days and grey skies puts many people in this state. Our program provides the body with optimal nourishment, while supporting the body’s own efforts to detoxify through the bowels, the kidneys and the liver. The result is a clean break from the foods and substances that we may have overindulged in during the holidays, (i.e. sugar, alcohol, and caffeine). Option #1: 3 Day Cleanse for $299 per person, Option #2: 5 Day Cleanse for $399 per person. Back to Basics Posture Clinic with Kim Ann Charest Saturday, Jan 22nd, 1pm-3pm “The Core II” Feel like you need to learn a little more about the poses you practice? Not sure if you are doing them right? Taught with simplicity and humour, these asana (posture) clinics will bring you a deeper understanding for some of the basic yoga postures and will bring your practice to another level. Time will be provided for questions. Cost: $20 per person per Posture Clinic. Introduction to Yoga – 6 week Series with Lia Pirili Saturdays, January 22 to February 26, 1-2:30 Learn the Basics from the Ground Up. This is suitable for the absolute beginner to the more experienced regular practitioner looking to learn the basics of Hatha Yoga. Cost: $80.00 per person for the 6 week session, or $15.00 Drop In Dee, or use your PranaShanti Class Card.

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Yoga for Your Personal Finances with Jacqueline Richards Saturday, January 22, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM Whether you are 19, 29, 49, or 79 years young, join us to balance your Health, Wealth, & Spirit. Jacqueline offers a unique blend of solutions to guide students through specific money and wealth management challenges and will teach how to balance the body’s seven energy centers called chakras. Cost: $50.00 per person. Please bring yoga mat and water, notebook and pen. Healing Meditation 4th Saturday of every month, 9am to 10:30am Create your healing message and meditate to the healing vibrations of sound and mantra during this class. Cost: Class Card or Drop-In Fee. Akara Numerology with Devinder Kaur (Alison) Sunday, January 23, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM What does your birth date say about you? Learn more about yourself or the people in your life by analysing the day, month and year of your birth. We look at the 5 basic calculations and 5 advanced calculations. Information package included for you to take home so you can do readings for your friends and family. Warming Yogi Tea served during the workshop. Cost: $54.00 per person. Hot 26 Postures Workshop with Wendy ChuTran Saturday, January 29th, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Hot 26 Yoga, our version of Bikram Yoga, aims toward general wellness. The heated studio facilitates deeper stretching, injury prevention, and stress and tension relief. In this workshop you will go through each posture in detail learning alignment, breath, benefits and modifications. With support from your teacher you gain new insights and reach new levels in your practice. After each posture is examined, you will then participate in a 90 minute Hot 26 class. Get ready to work hard, sweat and feel fantastic! Cost: $35.00 per person. Pranic Healing Introduction with Nicolaas Blaauw Saturday, January 29th, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM Pranic Healing is practiced actively in over 100 countries. Doctors, nurses, health professionals, massage therapists, and people from all walks of life are using Pranic Healing to help themselves, their patients and loved ones achieve greater health physically and emotionally. Cost: $30.00 per person. Yoga Nidra - Deep Relaxation with Devinder Kaur (Alison) Sunday, January 30, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM Yoga Nidra is a body-centered form of meditation that can be practiced for many reasons: to deeply relax and release stress; to promote healing of the body-mind and to rediscover a greater sense of wholeness and balance that is naturally ours. This method of guided self-inquiry is practiced in a comfortable lying down position, in which participants are guided into the deepest levels of relaxation and meditation. Cost: PranaShanti Class Card or Drop-In Fee.

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340 Gladstone Ave. 613.234.7974 ottawayoga.com Sadhana Sunday, January 2nd 5:00-7:00am Please join us for an early morning one-hour practice of yoga, followed by one hour of chanting and meditation. Please note Sadhana is for students who have practiced at least five Kundalini classes. Arrive by 4:45am for Japji – doors are locked at 5:15am. Kirtan! with the Bhakti Connection Friday, January 7th 7:30-9pm Join the group for an interactive gathering - creating blissful vibrations with voice and instrumentation to open the heart. All voices welcome, no experience is necessary. Children and babies are encouraged to come! Bring a drum, shaker or other instruments if you play. Donations are accepted for various charities in the community. Double Gong Immersion for Blissful Relaxation with Meherbani & Annie Friday, January 7th 7:30-9pm The sound of the gong leads the participants into a state of deep relaxation, healing, blissful consciousness and subtle connection of body, mind, and soul. Cost: Drop-in fee or class card. Mother & Daughter Yoga with Jamine & Remi Saturday, January 8th 11am-12:30pm Join 12-year old Remi and her mom, Jamine, for an hour and a half of yoga especially for mothers and daughters. We will do poses as a group and some as pairs. Come ready to stretch and have some fun! Open to mothers and daughters of all ages, especially daughters ages 8-16. Price: $15+gst a pair per session $5 per additional person. Better Memory with Meherbani Desrochers Saturday, January 8th 1-3pm The brain is flesh and blood just like the rest of the body. It also needs to exercise to remain vital. Your brain can regenerate itself. Whether currently experiencing memory loss or not, using an integrative approach, learn practical steps to maintain your memory with age. $54 Goal Setting/Coaching & Vision Board Creating Saturday, January 8th 1:30-4pm We invite you to start 2011 by reflecting on dreams, our goals, and any needed changes to make this year your best year yet. In this workshop you will: Х Discover your core values and goals Х Create a Vision Board to depict your dreams Х Learn techniques to achieve your goals Х Get a discount on one on one coaching Your Investment: $30+hst Detox & Digestion Workshop with Thomasina Larkin Sunday, January 9th 3:30-6pm The workshop will introduce the effects of toxins on our body’s various systems, with a particular emphasis on the digestive system. Part lecture, part class! Cost: $20+hst Family Yoga with Viviane Ouellette Sunday, January 9th 11am-12:00pm Enjoy a creative, interactive blend of yoga poses, meditation, relaxation and games. This class is for children ages 4 to 8 and their parents. Cost:

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$15 for one parent and two children, $5 for additional family members. Chakra Yoga with Shelley Harrison Sunday, January 9th 4:30-6pm Take your knowledge of chakras from book learning, to a felt experience in your body and learn how to feel and perceive your own chakras. Through movement, yoga postures, visualization, guided meditation, mantra chanting and sound, you will enter into your own energy dimensions and become more conscious of the state of your own chakras. Cost: $20 +hst per session Laughter Yoga with Sophie Terrasse Friday, January 14th 7:45-9:15pm Tickle your funny bones, release stress and get a taste of “Laughter for no reason” with this fun, relaxing and rejuvenating workshop – your inner child will take days to settle down... Laughter YogaTM is a new revolution in bodymind medicine, which combines simple laughter exercises and gentle yoga breathing to enhance health and happiness. Cost: $15+hst Kripalu Yoga Dance with Tara Porter Friday, January 14th 8-9:30 Kripalu Yoga Dance is a unique approach to movement, combining the time-honoured traditions of yoga and dance, in a 90 minute class. Born from Kripalu Yoga, it is meditation in motion as it uses the joy of movement to tone muscles, build flexibility, endurance and cardiovascular fitness. The class begins and ends with a yoga based foundation, with guided and freestyle movement and exploration throughout. Cost: $15+hst Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras: Collection of Lecture Viewings Fridays from 7:30-9pm January 14th & 28th Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras contain the aphorisms on practical and philosophical wisdom regarding the practice of Yoga. This course encapsulates the talks by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in 11 videos. Cost: $15+hst drop-in or $120 for the entire 11 talks Introduction to Restorative Yoga with Tara Porter Saturday, January 15th 1-3pm Join Tara Porter for an hour and fifteen minute restorative yoga sequence which will teach you how to incorporate this practice into a home practice; learn several simple breathing techniques to ease mental and emotional strain, as well as guided visualizations/meditations for relaxation. Dress to move with ease and comfort - practical and beneficial for beginners to advanced yogis alike! Cost: $10 in advance or $16 at the door Yoga Off the Mat: Embodying Your Yoga with Tara Porter 4:30-5:30pm on Sundays January 16th – February 27th This 7 week series will offer an introduction to the first two limbs of Patanjali’s 8 Limbs through brief lecture, discussion, activities and with yogic practices such as asana, pranayama & more. Commit to this one hour a week program to commit to yourself and your potential. Cost: $75+hst Partner Yoga with Jamine and Karina Ackert Friday, January 21st 7:30-9pm Yoga for two! Enjoy this fun and interactive class with your partner, friend, workout buddy everyone is welcome to attend! Cost: $30+hst

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Movie Viewing/Discussion: The Peaceful Warrior Friday, January 21st 7:30-9pm The Peaceful Warrior DVD is based on Dan Millman’s best-selling autobiographical book, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, and is a moving story about the power of the human spirit. Cost: $5-$10 in Support of Hopewell Eating Disorder Clinic Shakti Creative Birthing Course with Amanda Porter Sat & Sun, January 22nd/23rd from 1-6pm An ideal birth preparation course for couples exploring natural childbirth. A holistic and yogic approach to birthing and preparing for parenthood. Discover easy techniques to enhance and empower your birthing experience. This course is ideal for first time parents and provides a great refresher for couples already with children. It is a creative alternative to conventional birthing and parent preparation. Cost: $150+hst /couple before Jan. 12th or $200+hst/couple after The Art of Blissful Being: Transforming Winter Blahs to Peace Filled Aahs! Saturday, January 22nd from 1-3pm The winter season can leave us feeling drained, restless, unmotivated and fatigued. Whether you are challenged by a case of the post holiday blues or SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) this workshop is for you. Join Monika Murray in this two-hour workshop to learn methods that help reduce and eliminate the negative effects the season has on both body and mind. Cost: $40 Learn to Meditate with Jamine Ackert Sunday, January 23rd from 11am-1pm Meditation is possibly the most important thing you can do to improve the overall quality of your life! If you’re new to meditation or even if you’ve been away from your practice for a while, this workshop will serve as an introduction. Company is stronger than willpower, so come and learn to meditate with a group and then be able to practice on your own! Cost: $25+hst Intro to Thai Massage with Devin Johnstone Saturday, January 29th from 1-5pm In this fun, interactive workshop you will be introduced to the basics of Thai Massage, while learning a short bodywork routine that you can practice among family and friends. Anyone with a reasonable level of mobility can participate. Thai massage is received fully clothed (dress to stretch), at floor level. Cost: $30+hst per Person, or $50+hst per Pair Celebrate & Liberate your Hips! A Journey of the Yogini Workshop Sunday, January 30th from 10am-12pm Throughout the class we will explore the movement in our hips, our connections to this area as women, and the associated chakras. We will be working on stimulating weak muscles but also gradually releasing physical and emotional tension that can get trapped in the hips. And as with all ‘Journey of the Yogini’ workshops, there will also be time for discussion, journaling, and a guided meditation, so by the end of the class you will have a new sense of appreciation for your hips! Cost: $25+hst

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Sundays 08:45 am • FALUN DAFA (Falun Gong) - a classical Chinese meditative exercise for people of all ages. Free to learn, free to practice. #226 Simard Building, University of Ottawa. (613)789-0819, ottawa@falundafa.ca, www.falundafa.ca 09:00 am • DROP-IN ASTANGA3 Astanga Yoga Ottawa 09:00 am • FAMILY ABSOLUTE BEGINNER YOGA (bring your children) with (Derek/ Angie Kendrick) OrleansYOGAShala 8302224 oys.ca 09:00 am • IYENGAR YOGA, Yoga for Kids, Cathie Lewis. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 09:00 am • CHURCH OF PERFECT LIBERTY 999 Arnot Rd.; Rev. Takashi Goto; 225-1850. 09:00 am • KUNDALINI YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 09:00 am • HATHA Intermediate at Rama Lotus 234-7974 09:00 am • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 9:15 am • YIN YOGA Ichih Wang. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 9:15am • Ashtanga Yoga. Rama Lotus 09:30 am • ASHTANGA YOGA All Levels – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 9:30 am • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION. Parkdale United Church (Ladies parlour) 429 Parkdale Ave. (corner Gladstone).Jennifer Payne, 613692-0876 10:00 am • SITTING MEDITATION PRACTICE. Meditation instruction is available Tuesday evenings or on request. All instructors are trained senior students of Ch gyam Trungpa, Rinpoche. Please call 725-9321 for an appointment. There is no charge. 984 Wellington St. near Bayswater. Everyone welcome! 10:30 am • HOT VINYASA FLOW - Coreelation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 10:30 am • MEETING FOR WORSHIP Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) - 91A Fourth Avenue 232-9923 10:30 am • OTTAWA INTERFAITH SPIRITUALIST CHURCH, 430 Churchill Ave. (new location). Healing and Messages. Rev. S. Hill 613-820-8231 10:30 am • UNITY CHURCH OF OTTAWA Celebration Service. 312 Parkdale Ave. N.. Info. 613-723-5852. www.unityottawa.org 11:00 am • HATHA YOGA Tania Frechette. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 11:00 am • DROP-IN ASTANGA1 Astanga Yoga Ottawa 11:00 am • ASHTANGA Yoga (Derek Kendrick) OrleansYOGAShala 11:00 am • HOT YOGA. Rama Lotus 234-7974 11:25 a.m. Holistic Belly Dance (beginner and intermediate) Glebe & Bank 613.265.4048 Divineimagedance.com 11:30 a.m. Holistic Belly Dance (beginner and intermediate). Glebe & Bank 613.265.4048 Divineimagedance.com

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11:30 am • HATHA YOGA - All Levels – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro 12:00 pm • YOGA FOR TEENS - preregistration. - core-elation.com 12:30 pm • A MOVING EXPERIENCE ‘MindBody-Spirit’ dance workshops 864-HEAL (4325), DancingHeals@cyberus.ca, www.Tipi. byregion.net 12:30 pm • PRENATAL YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 02:00 pm • BEGINNERS TEMPLE DANCING Anjali 745-1368 gaston@cyberus.ca) www. culturalhorizons.ca 02:00 pm • STUDY A COURSE IN MIRACLES Bilingual. Lucille @ 819-777-8437. 02:30 pm • HATHA BEGINNER YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 02:30 pm • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 02:30 pm • OTTAWA SPIRITUALIST TEMPLE, C.S.M. Inc. 888 Byron Ave. Service every Sunday. www.iamspirit.org 02:30 pm • SPIRITUALIST’S CHURCH. Rev. R. Nowakowska. Service and Clairvoyance. Unitarian House- Yellow Room, 20 Cleary Ave 02:30 pm • INTRO TO YOGA David Jewitt. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 03:00 pm • PRE_NATAL YOGA with Michelle Schubert OrleansYOGAShala 03:00 pm • RUNNERS YOGA - Pre Registered Class. Santosha Westboro 04:00 pm • EGYPTIAN BELLYDANCE Professional Coaching at Dance Oasis 04:15 pm • VINYASA FLOW - with meditation. Core-elation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 04:30 pm • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 04:30 pm • HOT FLOW Kate Little. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 05:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION 7 pm in summer. St. Patrick’s Fallowfield, 15 Steeple Hill Cr., Barrhaven, Eva Hegmann 613-5969480 05:00 pm • HARE KRISHNA TEMPLE . Meditation, Yoga and Vegetarian dinner. 212 Somerset St. E. 565-6544. 05:00 pm • GROUP MEDITATION An evening of meditation with music, dinner and video lecture. Free of charge. In Hull. French and English. For info 1-866-433-3833 06:30 pm •HATHA AllLevels Rama Lotus 2347974 06:30 pm • SOMAYOG Rama Lotus 234-7974 06:30 pm • YIN YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 06:30 pm • POWER VINYASA YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 07:00 pm • A COURSE IN MIRACLES gathering for practice, meditation, prayer, and sharing. For more information, call 613-7260195. 07:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Blessed Sacrament Parish, 194 Fourth Ave. George Brown 613-614-0539

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07:00 pm • FELDENKRAIS classes at Glebe CC. Jill Ogilvie 742-8262. 07:15 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION in Kemptville, Holy Cross Parish, 505 Clothier St. West. Peter Collins 613-258-5720 07:30 pm • BAHA’I PERSPECTIVES For more information Please call 746-5498 07:30 pm • BAHA’I PERSPECTIVES. Vanier - Call Al at 746-5498 07:30 pm • CANADIAN PHILOSOPHERS SOCIETY. Bethamy Cultural Centre, 1803 St. Joseph Blvd., #113, Orleans. 830-6836. 07:30 pm • RADHA HOUSE - SATSANG. 617 Cooper St. 236-3545. 08:45 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA - Mysore. Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown

Mondays 05:45 am • POWERFUL WOMAN BOOT CAMP – Pre Registered Class. Santosha Westboro. 06:15 am • PRE-BOOKED MYSORE Astanga Yoga Ottawa 06:30 am • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 07:00 am • HATHA YOGA All Levels – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 09:15 am • VINYASA FLOW - Core-elation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 09:30 am • HATHA YOGA Sivananda with (Angie.Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 8302224 oys.ca 09:30 am • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION St. Joseph’s Church, 151 Laurier Ave. East, RoseMarie Morris or George Martin, 613-7300108 09:30 am • IYENGAR YOGA, Lvl 1, Donna Forelli. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 09:30 am • BONES FOR LIFE - NEW - program to strengthen bones. Metta Massage and yoga Clinic, 421 Richmond Rd. Ottawa 724-4747. For information call R. Murnaghan 820-2546. 09:30 am • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 09:30 am • YIN/YANG YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 09:30 am • HATHA YOGA - All Levels. Santosha Centretown 10:00am • PRE-SCHOOL YOGA. Rama Lotus 10:15 am • FELDENKRAIS Awareness through movement classes. Rockcliffe Park. Lisa Woolnough. 744-0868. 10:15-11:45 am • WALK & STRETCH. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www.mettamassage. com 11:00 am • POWER yoga with(Julie Lefebvre) at OrleansYOGAShala 11:45 am • POWER YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 12:00 pm • DROP-IN MIXED LEVEL ASTANGA Astanga Yoga Ottawa

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12:00 pm • HOT VINYASA FLOW - Coreelation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 12:00 pm • GENTLE LUNCHTIME YOGA. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www. mettamassage.com 12-1pm • HATHA FLOW Various Teachers. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 12:00 pm • KUNDALINI YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 12:00 pm • PILATES – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 12:15 pm • ASHTANGA LUNCH – New – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 01:30 pm • FELDENKRAIS Awareness Through Movement (ATM) class. Dovercourt Comm. Ctr. Rosa Murnaghan 820-2546. 02:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION St. John Chrysostom Church, 295 Albert Street, Arnprior, Jean Anderchek 613-832-3436 03:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION St Richard’s Church, 7 Rossland Ave, (at Merivale) Marg Dumbrille 613-225-0806 Gayle Ascah 613-226-8161 03:30 pm • HATHA I - JOYYOGA at Blue Crane Studio - 297-8456 03:30 pm • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 03:30 pm • HATHA - EASY YOGA – New – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 4;00 pm YIN YOGR YOGA (Derek Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 4:00pm • YIN YOGA. Rama Lotus 04:15 pm • HATHA hour Sivananda (Angie Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 04:15 pm • HATHA YOGA Loren Crawford. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 04:30 HOTBASICS Ramalotus 04:30 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Apt. 911, 100 Empress Ave, Yvette Fournier 613-230-2618 Cecile Dumouchel 613-2342562 05:00 pm • DROP-IN ASTANGA2 Astanga Yoga Ottawa 05:00 pm • FELDENKRAIS Classes. Ottawa Hospital 738-8400 x2227. 05:15 pm • HATHA II WITH YIN - JOYYOGA at Blue Crane Studio - 297-8456 05:15 pm • BELLYDANCE CARDIO-FIT with Johara at Dance Oasis 05:30 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION First United Church, 347 Richmond Road Joyce Hardman 613-729-2647 Cathy Nobleman 613-244-0728 05:30 pm • POWER YOGA. Rama Lotus 2347974 05:30 pm • KUNDALINI YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 05:30 pm • HATHA All Levels – Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 05:30 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA - Level 2 Santosha Centretown 05:30 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA - Level 1. Drop in class. Santosha Westboro

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05:30 pm • BEGINNERS YOGA. Essential Services, Batya Winer 567-7522. 05:30 pm • Centering Prayer at St Luke’s 5:30 pm 760 Somerset Street West 05:45 pm • VINYASA FLOW - Core-elation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 05:45 pm • IYENGAR YOGA, Lvl 1, Donna Forelli. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 05:45 pm • KRIPALU YOGA/MINDFUL YOGA, in Sandy Hill. Call Catherine Matthews 521-5634 or www.mindfulyoga.ca. 05:45 pm • HATHA BEGINNER YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 05:45 pm • HATHA FLOW at Rama Lotus 2347974 5:45 pm • POWER YOGA Leona Alexander. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 5:45-7:15 pm • PRENATAL YOGA. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. 421 Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www. mettamassage.com 06:00 pm • BELLY DANCE Beginner with Johara at Dance Oasis 06:15 pm • FELDENKRAIS Awareness Through Movement (ATM) class. Brookfield H.S. Rosa Murnaghan 820-2546. 06:30 HOT FLOW Rama lutus 06:30 pm • BEGINNERS TEMPLE DANCING Anjali 745-1368 gaston@cyberus.ca) www. culturalhorizons.ca 06:30 pm • SELF ESTEEM / FAMILY THERAPY (visitor night), Satir Learning Centre of Ottawa, 3427 Greenbank. Dr. Janet Christie-Seely, 613-823-0366; satirinfo@ satirottawa.ca; www.satirottawa.ca. 06:30 pm • FELDENKRAIS Awareness through movement classes. R.A. Centre. Lisa Woolnough. 744-0868. 06:50 pm • JOYFUL EXPRESSIVE DANCE Joyful Expressive Dance. Creative dance for healing and relaxation. West End. Julie 2548469 07:00 pm • EGYPTIAN BELLY DANCE Intermediate 2 with Denise Enan @ Dance Oasis 07:00 pm • SELF HELP GROUP FOR SCHIZOPHRENICS Carlington Comm. Ctr. Info 737-7636. 7 pm • GNOSIS, new weekly classes (in English), James Street Wellness Centre, 20 James St., 3rd floor, near Bank, behind James St. Pub. For French classes call 613-299-0029. Contact 613-864-7687 or e-mail: gnosis. ottawa@ageac.ca. 07:00 • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION St. Margaret Mary, 7 Fairbairn St. (at Sunnyside) Flora Benoit 613-789-7138. Joan McGuinness 613-731-4041 07:00 pm • LAUGHTER YOGA- THE OTTAWA SUNFLOWER LAUGHTER CLUB Routhier Community Centre, 172 Guigues av, Ottawa - Fees : 5$ Sophie Terrasse, CLYT 842-9771 terrasse@rogers. com

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07:00 pm • GROUPE D’ƒTUDE DU LIVRE D’URANTIA, tous les mardi, ouvert ˆ tous, appeler Bernard au 523-3558 07:15 pm • HATHA YOGA (Angie Kendrick) OrleansYOGAShala 07:15 pm • VINYASA FLOW Intermediate Core-elation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 07:15 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA Level 1 Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 07:15 pm • PRE-NATAL Yoga– Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 07:15 pm • HATHA All Levels – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro 07:15 pm • ADULT CHILDREN ANONYMOUS Brewer Park Complex, 100 Brewer Way (the swimming pool building), near south-east corner of Bronson & Sunnyside. Free Parking. OC Transpo Buses # 4, 7, 117, O-Train (Carleton station). (Inner Peace Group / Courage to Change Group) 07:30 pm • BAHA’I DEVOTIONAL MEETING. Bethamy Cultural Centre, 1803 St. Joseph Blvd., #113, Orleans. 830-6836. 07:30 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION St. Matthews Anglican Church (Chapel), 217 First Avenue. Kevin Flynn 613-236-1393 x2427 07:30 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION St. John the Evangelist, 154 Somerset St. W. at Elgin Cynara Desbarats 613-594-5713 07:30 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Emmanuel United Church, 961 Smyth Road, Ron Dicks 613-739-1046 07:30 pm • IYENGAR YOGA, Lvl 2, Donna Forelli. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 07:30 pm • BONES FOR LIFE - NEW - program to strengthen bones. Brookfield H.S. For information call R. Murnaghan 820-2546. 07:30 pm • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 07:30 pm • HATHA BEGINNER YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 07:30 pm • YIN YOGA. Rama Lotus 234-7974 07:30 pm • INTERMEDIATE YOGA. Essential Services, Batya Winer 567-7522. 07:30 pm • ASHANGA Daniel Mendoza. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 7:30-9:00 pm YOGA FOR EVERY BODY. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. 421 Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 07:45 pm • POWER YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 08:00 pm • ADVANCED TEMPLE DANCING Anjali 745-1368 gaston@cyberus.ca) www. culturalhorizons.ca 8:00pm Rama LutusHot loga 08:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Holy Redeemer Church, 44 Rothesay Drive, Kanata, Archie Boyd 613-828-4718 Rita Leduc 613836-5324 08:00 pm • ISUL CLASSES. Meditation & Associated Processes. Ron Chapman (advanced). 232-1160.

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08:00 pm • Meditation Group. Free of charge.Ê West End. Julie 254-8469. 08:15 pm • EGYPTIAN BELLY DANCE Intermediate 3 with Denise Enan at Dance Oasis

Tuesdays • ISUL CLASSES - Meditation et Processus Relies. Gatineau: Lise 663-5692; Hull: Lucie 770-6263. • ISUL CLASSES - Meditation and Associated Processes. Ottawa South: Mary 730-4833; Smiths Falls: David 565-3458; Ottawa East: Natalie 565-3458; Brockville: Dianne 3483165; Ottawa West: Mary Lou 225-4675; Centretown: Diane 232-9045; Orleans: Victoria 596-5227 05:45 am • POWERFUL WOMAN BOOT CAMP – Pre Registered Class. Santosha Westboro. 06:15 am • PRE-BOOKED MYSORE Astanga Yoga Ottawa 06:30 am • ARISE ANS SHINE - Core-elation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 06:30 am • IYENGAR YOGA, Open Practice. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 06:30 am • KUNDALINI YOGA at Rama Lotus 234-7974 06:30 am • POWER EXPRESS YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 09:15 am • FELDENKRAIS classes at Glebe CC. Jill Ogilvie 742-8262. 09:30 am • GENTLE SOUL. Drop-in 613-7306649 www.surroundcircleyoga.com 09:30 am • HATHA YOGA (Angie.Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 830-2224 oys.ca 09:30 am • IYENGAR YOGA, Lvl 2, Donna Forelli. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 09:30 am • BONES FOR LIFE - NEW - program to strengthen bones. St Basil’s Parish Hall, Maitland N. of Queensway. For information call R. Murnaghan 820-2546. 09:30 am • HOT FLOW YOGA. Rama Lotus 234-7974 09:30 am • ASHTANGA YOGA All Levels – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 10:00 am • HATHA YOGA - Tania Frechette. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 10:00 am • MEREDITH MATTHEWS GETS YOU SINGING. Men’s group. Level ONE. 175 Richmond Rd. Register Ottawa Conservatory of Music 613-722-1010. $289 11:00 am • POWER yoga with(Angie Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 11:00 am • PILATES with Lorraine Chamas at Greta Leemings Studio of Dance, 1460 Merivale Road 2288215 jalilah@rogers.com 11:45 am • YIN YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 11:45 am • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 11:45 am • ASHTANGA YOGA - Level 1 Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 12:00 pm • HATHA FLOW - Tania Frechette. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447.

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12:00 pm • DROP-IN MIXED LEVEL ASTANGA Astanga Yoga Ottawa 12:00 pm • FREE YOUR HIPS - Core-elation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 12:00 pm • HATHA BEGINNER YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 12:00 pm • POWER Yoga Lunch – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 12:00 pm • GENTLE LUNCHTIME YOGA. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www. mettamassage.com 12:15 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION. Ottawa Hospital Riverside Campus, 1967 Riverside Dr., Prayer Room, Jeanette Deyell 613-7336755 12:30 pm • A MOVING EXPERIENCE ‘MindBody-Spirit’ dance workshops 864-HEAL (4325), DancingHeals@cyberus.ca, www.Tipi. byregion.net 01:00 pm • IYENGAR YOGA, Special needs, Donna Forelli. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 01:00 pm • BONES FOR LIFE - NEW program to strengthen bones. Soloway Jewish Community Centre. Info: R.Murnaghan 613.820-2546. Register: 613.798-9818: 01:30 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Marguerite Centre, 700 Mackay Street, Pembroke, Margaret Conroy 613-623-2963 03:30 pm • KRIPALU Rama Lotus 234-7974 03:30 pm • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 04:00 pm • HOT YOGA at Rama Lotus 2347974 04:15 pm • HATHA hour (Derek Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 04:30 pm • HATHA YOGA Intermed. Scaravelli Approach – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 4:30pm • HOT YOGA. Rama Lotus 5:00 pm • DROP-IN ASTANGA1 Astanga Yoga 05:00 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA - Level 1. Drop in class. Santosha Westboro 05:15 pm • BELLYDANCE CARDIO-FIT with Jocelyne Khan at Dance Oasis, 05:20 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA - Mysore. Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 05:30 pm • STRENGTH & SOUL. Drop-in. www.surroundcircleyoga.com 613-730-6649 05:30 pm • KUNDALINI YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 05:30 pm • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 05:30 pm • HATHA YOGA - Level 1 Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 05:30 pm • INTERMEDIATE YOGA. Essential Services, Batya Winer 567-7522. 05:45 pm • YIN YOGA Ichih Wang. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 05:45 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA (Derek Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 05:45 pm • HOT VINYASA FLOW - Coreelation YOGA studio - core-elation.com

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05:45 pm • IYENGAR YOGA, Lvl 2, Cathie Lewis. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 05:45 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA Basics Rama Lotus 234-7974 05:45 pm • HATHA YOGA. All levels. Rama Lotus 234-7974 5:45 pm • THERAPEUTIC YOGA. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www.mettamassage. com 5:45 pm • CENTERING PRAYER GROUP at Church of the Epiphany 1290 Ogilvie Road. 06:00 pm • TUESDAY NIGHT YOGA @ 6 Small classes, kundalini yoga & Meditation to open your heart And to clear your head. www. downtownbb.com 613-563-4399 06:00 pm • BELLY DANCE Beginner with Gilane Yassa at Dance Oasis 06:00 pm • PRE-NATAL YOGA. Drop in class. Santosha Westboro 06:30 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Private Home, Jockvale near Tartan, Peter Collins 613-258-5720 06:30 pm • INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION Philosophy and Practice. Everything you need to know to add meditation to your life. Free of charge. In Hull and Ottawa. French and English. 1-866-4333833 (small groups) 06:30 pm • EVOLUTIONS: The Unfolding of Greatness. A process designed to move you to full expression of the authentic self. Partners in Renewal. 692-1211, nlp@ottawa.com www. partnersinrenewal.com 6:30pm • POWER LEVEL 2 YOGA. Rama Lotus. 06:45 pm • DROP-IN FULL VINYASA Astanga Yoga Ottawa 7:00 pm • CENTERING PRAYER GROUP at St John the Evangelist 154 Somerset Street West. 07:00 pm • COUPLES IN RENEWAL. Relationship program 8 weeks beginning Oct 26. Sereinity Counselling 224-0445. 07:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Marguerite Centre, 700 Mackay Street, Pembroke, Barbara O’Reilly 613-732-9523 07:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION 324 McLean St. Arnprior, Mary Sue McCarthy 613-622-7783 07:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION St. Barnabas Anglican Church 70 James St. at Kent. John Miller 613-225-8768 07:00 pm • SITTING MEDITATION PRACTICE. Meditation instruction on request. All instructors are trained senior students of Ch gyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Call 725-9321 for an appointment. No charge. Ottawa Shambhala Centre, 982 Wellington near Bayswater 07:00 pm • KUNDALINI YOGA AND MEDITATION. Sat Hari Kaur Khalsa, 727-0147 07:00 pm • EGYPTIAN BELLY DANCE Advanced 2 with Denise Enan at Dance Oasis 07:00 pm-08:30 pm • WOMEN’S YANUMOJA YOGA, Nikki, 770-6734.

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07:00 pm • QIGONG CLASS. Aylmer. Exercises (8 Brocade) and Meditation(5 Elements). For more info call Claudette. 684-8414. 07:00 pm • MEDITATION using the self-inquiry practice (Who am I?) as taught by Ramana Maharshi. Call Saroja 596-2857 07:00 pm • MEDITATION COURSE (8 Weeks) – Pre Registered Class. Santosha Westboro 07:00 pm • URANTIA BOOK STUDY GROUP, every Monday, call Bernie at 523-3558 07:00pm • Centering Prayer Group at St John the Evangelist 154 Somerset Street West 07:15 pm • HOT VINYASA FLOW - Coreelation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 07:15 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA - Level 1 Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 07:30 pm • ASHANGA INTRO Daniel Mendoza. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 07:30 am • HOT YOGA. Rama Lotus 234-7974 07:30 pm • BEGINNERS TEMPLE DANCING Anjali 745-1368 gaston@cyberus.ca) www. culturalhorizons.ca 07:30 pm • WIDOWED and DIVORCED CLUB. Bethamy Cultural Centre, 1803 St. Joseph Blvd., #113, Orleans. 830-6836. 07:30 pm • HATHA MEDITATION (Michelle Schubert) at OrleansYOGAShala 07:30 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Resurrection of Our Lord Church, 1940 Saunderson Dr. Rita Kuiak 613-739-4020 07:30 pm • MEREDITH MATTHEWS GETS YOU SINGING. Men and women’s group. Level ONE. 175 Richmond Rd. Register $289. Ottawa Conservatory of Music 613-722-1010. 07:30 pm • GENTLE SOUL. Drop-in. 613-7306649 www.surroundcircleyoga.com 07:30 pm • IYENGAR YOGA, Lvl 1, Cathie Lewis. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 07:30 pm • FELDENKRAIS Awareness Through Movement (ATM) class. West-end. Rosa Murnaghan 820-2546. 07:30 pm • NICOTINE ANONYMOUS smoking-cessation support-group. Dalhousie Community Centre, 755 Somerset West at Empress Avenue. Smokers are most welcome – just bring your desire to quit smoking. Richard 859-1210. 07:30 pm • HATHA & MEDITATION. Rama Lotus 234-7974 07:30 pm • YIN YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 07:30 pm • HATHA YOGA – Beginners Scarvelli Approach –Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro 07:30 pm • BEGINNERS MEDITATION. Essential Services, Batya Winer 567-7522. 7:30 pm YOGA UNWIND. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www.mettamassage.com 07:45 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION St. Mark’s Catholic Church, 160 Main, Aylmer, Quebec, Lise Brooks 819-827-2943 07:45 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974

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8:00pm • FORREST YOGA. Rama Lotus 08:30 pm • BELLY DANCE Intermediate 2 with Farida at Dance Oasis

Wednesdays • ISUL CLASSES - Meditation et Processus Relies. U. d’Ottawa: Lise 663-5692; • ISUL CLASSES - Meditation and Associated Processes. Nepean (Parkwood Hills): Sallie 225-7279; Calabogie: Barbara 729-4842; Kingston: Ron 232-1160; Montreal: Ron 2321160; Ottawa U.: Marlene 232-1160; Ottawa West: Mary Lou 225-4675; Manor Park: Suzanne 748-7064. 05:45 am • POWERFUL WOMAN BOOT CAMP – Pre Registered Class. Santosha Westboro. 06:15 am • PRE-BOOKED MYSORE Astanga Yoga Ottawa 06:30 am • IYENGAR YOGA, Lvl 1, Barbara Young. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 06:30 am • BIKRAM YOGA. Rama Lotus 2347974 08:00 am • MEDITATION Bethany Quinn $5 donation. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 2377447. 08:00 am • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus, 1053 Carling Ave., Prayer Room, Mary Power 613-722-0302 08:15 am • HOT VINYASA FLOW - Coreelation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 09:00 am • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Holy Spirit Parish, 2 Lazynol Court, Stittsville. Marian Charbonneau 613-836-7109. 09:00 am • KRIPALU YOGA/MINDFUL YOGA in Elmvale Acres. Call Catherine Matthews 521-5634 or www.mindfulyoga.ca. 09:00 pm • Centering Prayer at St John’s 325 Sandhill Rd. 09:30 am • POWER YOGA (Derek Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 830-2224 oys.ca 09:30 am • IYENGAR YOGA, Gentle, Barbara Young. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 09:30 am • YIN/YANG YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 09:30 am • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 09:30 am • HATHA YOGA - All Levels – Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 009:30 am • ARISE & SHINE YOGA Communaute Chretienne St.Medard rue Vanier, Aylmer- south of Lucerne, Eileen Scully 613-858-8177 10:00 am • MEREDITH MATTHEWS GETS YOU SINGING. Women’s group. Level ONE. 175 Richmond Rd. Register Ottawa Conservatory of Music 613-722-1010. $289 10:00 am • GENTLE SOUL. Drop-in. www. surroundcircleyoga.com 613-730-6649 10:00 am-12:00 pm • QUANTUM-TOUCH HEALING CIRCLE (2nd Wednesday of each month 7 - 9 pm) For more information, please contact Aileen McKenna 228-2272 aileen@ aileensoasis.com 1-866-493-0236

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10:00 am • BABY AND MOM YOGA. Rama Lotus 234-7974 10:30 am • HATHA YOGA All Levels Anusara Approach – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 11:00 am • HATHA yoga with(Angie Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 11:00 am • SALLY MORROW Awareness Through Movement (ATM) classes at St. Laurent Complex (Vanier).Tel: 613-241-4665. 11:00 am • FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT for fibromyalgia. Don Gamble Comm. Ctr. Winnifred Platt 7455549. 11:45 am • HOT YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 12:00 pm • GENTLE LUNCHTIME YOGA. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www. mettamassage.com 12:00 pm • HATHA FLOW - Tania Frechette. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 12:00 pm • DROP-IN MIXED LEVEL ASTANGA Astanga Yoga Ottawa 12:00 pm • PILATES PLUS w/ Leona Alexander, RMT at Metta Massage STUDIO 421 Richmond Rd 724-4747 12:00 pm • HATHA BEGINNER YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 12:00 pm • KUNDALINI YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 12-3pm & 6-9pm Quantum-Touch Healing Circles: First Wednesday of month for Quantum-Touch therapy students Call for information and registration: 613-228-2272, 613-795-3751 12:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION St Matthews Anglican Church (Chapel) 217 First Ave. Susan Rayner 613-233-8380 12:20 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION. St. Paul University Room 245, Laframboise Bldg (2nd floor across hall from main chapel) 223 Main St., Kevin Flynn 613-236-1393 Ext 2427 12:30 pm • PILATES – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 01:00 pm • IYENGAR YOGA, Lvl 1, Barbara Young. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 01:00 pm • CENTERING PRAYER at St James Carp 613-839-3195 2:15 pm BABY & ME YOGA. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www.mettamassage.com 03:30 pm • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 04:00pm • YinYang Rama Lotus 04:00 pm • IYENGAR YOGA, Teen, Nancy Dutaud. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 04:15 pm • HATHA hour at OrleansYOGAShala 04:15 pm • ASHANGA INTRO Daniel Mendoza. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 4:30pm • HOT FLOW. Rama Lotus 04:45 pm • FREE YOUR HIPS - Core-elation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 05:00 pm • DROP-IN MYSORE Astanga Yoga Ottawa

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05:30 pm • POWER YOGA. Rama Lotus 2347974 05:30 pm • HATHA BEGINNER YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 05:30 pm • HATHA YOGA - Level 1 Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 05:30 pm • POWER HATHA Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 05:30 pm • HATHA YOGA All Levels Anusara Approach – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 05:30 pm • INTERMEDIATE YOGA. Essential Services, Batya Winer 567-7522. 05:45 pm • HOT YOGA Ichih Wang. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 05:45 pm • HATHA YOGA (Derek Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 05:45 pm • YOGA FOR RUNNERS. Rama Lotus 234-7974 05:45 pm • HATHA INTERMEDIATE YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 5:45 pm • GENTLE STRENGHTEN & BALANCE. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www.mettamassage.com 06:00 pm • FELDENKRAIS AWARENESS THROUGH MOVEMENT at Don Gamble Comm. Ctr. Winnifred Platt 745-5549. 06:00 pm • FELDENKRAIS Awareness through movement classes. Rockcliff Comm. Hall. Lisa Woolnough. 744-0868. 06:15 pm • VINYASA FLOW Intermediate Core-elation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 06:15 pm • BELLY DANCE Beginner 2 with Marie-Eve at Dance Oasis 06:30 pm • INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION Philosophy and Practice. Everything you need to know to add meditation to your life. Free of charge. In Hull and Ottawa. French and English. 1-866-4333833 (small groups) 6:30 pm • HOT FLOW. RamaLotus 6:30 pm • FELDENKRAIS classes at Crichton Cultural CC. Jill Ogilvie 742-8262. 06:30 pm • EVOLUTIONS: The Unfolding of Greatness. A process designed to move you to full expression of the authentic self. Partners in Renewal. 692-1211, nlp@ottawa.com www. partnersinrenewal.com 06:30 pm • SELF ESTEEM / FAMILY THERAPY (visitor night), Satir Learning Centre of Ottawa, 3427 Greenbank. Dr. Janet Christie-Seely, 613-823-0366; satirinfo@ satirottawa.ca; www.satirottawa.ca. 7:00 p.m. HEALING YOGA, GENTLE YOGA 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.

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07:00 pm • GATHERING OF MEN Beyond Anger and Addictions, 8 week program beginning Nov 3. Sereinity Counselling 224 - 0445 07:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION 84 Sprucedale St., Barry’s Bay, Zophie Zawidzka 613-756-2552 07:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION SacreCoeur, 591 Cumberland St. at Laurier Ave. E., Florence Marquis-Kawecki 613-523-1309. French group. 07:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION 434 Moffatt St., Carleton Place, Terry Skillen 613253-2651 07:00 pm • IYENGAR YOGA, Lvl 3 & 4, Donna Forelli. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 07:00 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA - Level 1 Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 07:00 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA All Levels – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 07:00 pm • HEALING YOGA, GENTLE YOGAª, for those seeking calmness and healing, a deeply meditative experience, and a small, intimate class environment. Packages available. Powers Enclave, Stittsville. Register with Wendy Saunders, Registered Yoga Alliance Teacher and 3HO Certified Kundalini Yoga Instructor, 613-435-0750 07:00pm • CENTERING PRAYER GROUP at All Saints Westboro 347 Richmond 07:15 pm • BELLY DANCE Intermediate 1 with Marie-Eve at Dance Oasis 07:15 pm • PILATES – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 07:15 pm • ASHTANGA Introductory Course– Pre Registered Class. Santosha Centretown 07:15 pm • TAOIST YOGA (Yin & Yang) – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 07:15 pm • TAOIST YOGA (Yin & Yang) – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 07:15 pm • Intro to ASHTANGA Vinyasa - Pre Registered Class. Santosha Westboro. 07:30 pm • YIN YOGA Mark Laham. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 07:30 pm • BEGINNERS TEMPLE DANCING Anjali 745-1368 gaston@cyberus.ca) www. culturalhorizons.ca 07:30 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA (Derek Kendrick) OrleansYOGAShala 07:30 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION St. Pauls Anglican Church, 20 Young Rd. Kanata Marg McGowan 613-599-1326 07:30 pm • ASHTANGA BASICS YOGA. Rama Lotus 234-7974 07:30 pm • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 07:30 pm • HATHA All levels. Rama Lotus 234-7974 07:30 pm • BEGINNERS YOGA. Essential Services, Batya Winer 567-7522. 7:30 pm • PRENATAL YOGA. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www.mettamassage.com

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07:45 pm • YIN YOGA. Rama Lotus 234-7974 08:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION St. Patricks Basilica, 277 Nepean St. side entrance Jack Murta 613-314-7628 08:00pm • Hot Yoga Rama Lotus 08:00 pm • HATHA YOGA. In a peaceful Glebe home. 237-4375. 08:30 pm • BELLY DANCE Beginner 1 with Marie-Eve at Dance Oasis

Thursdays 05:45 am • POWERFUL WOMAN BOOT CAMP – Pre Registered Class. Santosha Westboro. 06:15 am • PRE-BOOKED MYSORE Astanga Yoga Ottawa 06:30 am • KUNDALINI YOGARama Lotus 234-7974 06:30 am • POWER XPRESS YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 07:00 am • GENTLE SOUL. Drop-in. 613-7306649 www.surroundcircleyoga.com 07:00 am • VINYASA FLOW –Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 07:45 am • HOT VINYASA FLOW - Coreelation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 08:00 am • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION St. Bartholomew’s Anglican Church. 125 Mackay Street (Promptly starts at 8 am; approx. 30 min. duration) Rev. David Clunie/Ruth Honeyman 613-745-7834 09:30 am • YOGA 55+. Drop-in. 613-730-6649 www.surroundcircleyoga.com 09:30 am • HATHA YOGA (Derek/Angie Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 830-2224 oys.ca 09:30 am • IYENGAR YOGA, Lvl 1, Cathie Lewis. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 09:30 am • POWER YOGA. Rama Lotus 2347974 09:30 am • HATHA YOGA - All Levels – Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 09:30 am • BABY AND ME –Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 10:00 am • HATHA YOGA - Lauren Crawford. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 10:00 am • MEREDITH MATTHEWS GETS YOU SINGING. Women’s group. Level TWO. 175 Richmond Rd. Register Ottawa Conservatory of Music 613-722-1010. Must have completed level ONE. $289 10:00 am • MINDFUL YOGA for Arthritis/ Pain Management in Fisher Heights. Call Catherine Matthews 521-5634 or www.mindfulyoga.ca 10:15 am • THERAPEUTIC YOGA. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www.mettamassage. com 11:00 am • POWER yoga with(Derek Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 11:00 am • PILATES with Lorraine Chamas at Greta Leemings Studio of Dance, 1460 Merivale Road 2288215 jalilah@rogers.com

11:30 am • BEGINNERS YOGA. Essential Services, Batya Winer 567-7522. 11:45 am • EGYPTIAN BELLYDANCE BEGINNER with Denise Enan at Dance Oasis 11:45 am • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 11:45 am • ASHTANGA YOGA - Level 1 Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 12:00 pm • HATHA FLOW - Lauren Crawford. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 12:00 pm • DROP-IN MIXED LEVEL ASTANGA Astanga Yoga Ottawa 12:00 pm • GENTLE LUNCHTIME YOGA. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www. mettamassage.com 12:00 pm • BEGINNER BELLY DANCE with Jalilah at Greta Leemings Studio of Dance,1460 Merivale Road 2288215 jalilah@ rogers.com 12:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Apt. 708-470 Laurier Avenue West, Paul Harris 613-236-9437 12:00 pm • VINYASA FLOW - Core-elation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 12:00 pm • FELDENKRAIS (Awareness Through Movement) Glebe Community Centre. Sally Morrow 241-4665 12:00 pm • HATHA BEGINNER YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 01:30 pm • ISUL CLASSES. Meditation & Associated Processes. Nepean Library, Emerald Plaza Branch. Sallie 225-7279. 02:00 pm-03:00 pm • FELDENKRAIS Awareness Through Movement Classes. Ottawa Hospital 738-8400 x2227. 02:30 pm • HATHA YOGA All Levels –Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 03:30 pm • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 04:00 pm • YIN YOGA at Rama Lotus 234-7974 04:15 pm • HATHA hour (Derek Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 4:30pm • HOT BASICS. Rama Lotus 05:00 pm • DROP-IN ASTANGA1 Astanga Yoga Ottawa 05:15 pm • BELLY DANCE CARDIO-FIT with Jocelyne Khan at Dance Oasis 05:15 pm • KRIPALU YOGA/MINDFUL YOGA in Sandy Hill. Call Catherine Matthews 521-5634 or www.mindfulyoga.ca 05:30 pm • BEGINNER BELLY DANCE with Jalilah at Studio Oasis, 200 St.Joseph, Hull (819) 7765033 05:30 pm • HOT YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 05:30 pm • ASHTANGA Level 2/3 – Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 05:30 pm • HATHA Introductory Course- Pre Registered Class. Santosha Centretown 05:30 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA Level 1 –Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 05:30 pm • INTERMEDIATE YOGA. Essential Services, Batya Winer 567-7522. 5:30 • HATHA BEGINNER. Rama Lotus

05:45 pm • POWER YOGA (Brandi) at OrleansYOGAShala 05:45 pm • HOT VINYASA FLOW - Coreelation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 05:45 pm • IYENGAR YOGA, Lvl 1, Barbara Young. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 05:45 pm • BONES FOR LIFE - NEW - program to strengthen bones. Dovercourt Comm Ctr. R. Murnaghan 613.820-2546 5:45 pm • HEALTHY BACK YOGA. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www.mettamassage.com 05:45 pm • PRENATAL YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 05:45 pm • POWER VINYASA. Rama Lotus 234-7974 05:45 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 05:45 pm • POWER YOGA Mark Laham. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 06:00 pm • PILATES with Lorraine Chamas at Dance Oasis 06:30 pm • INTERMEDIATE BELLY DANCE with Jalilah at Studio Oasis, 200 St.Joseph,Hull (819)7765033 06:30 pm • FELDENKRAIS Awareness through movement classes. Sandy Hill CC. Lisa Woolnough. 744-0868. 6:30 pm • HOT FLOW. Rama Lotus 06:45 pm • DROP-IN MYSORE Astanga Yoga Ottawa 07:00 pm • beginners Indian Classical Dance (tel 745-1368, gaston@cyberus.ca) www. culturalhorizons.ca (intermdiate 8-9) 07:00 pm • BIOLOGICAL SLEEP THERAPIES, Healing for chronic insomnia beginning Nov 23. Sereinity Counselling 224 - 0445 07:00 pm • SITTING MEDITATION PRACTICE. 725-9321. 982 Wellington St. near Bayswater. Everyone welcome. 07:00 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Paroisse Sainte Marie, 4831 Innes Rd.. Darquise Poupart 613-830-3156 (French Group) 07:00 pm • BELLY DANCE Beginner 2 with Jalilah at Dance Oasis 07:00 pm • KRIPALU YOGA/MINDFUL YOGA, in Sandy Hill. Call Catherine Matthews 521-5634 or www.mindfulyoga.ca 07:00 pm • BELLY DANCE FOR FUN & FITNESS Intermediate Almonte call Julie 254-8469 07:15 pm • DANCING WITH CHI - Core-elation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 07:15 pm • ASHTANGA Level 1 – Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 07:15 pm • Intro to HATHA (6 weeks) – Pre Registered Class. Santosha Westboro. 07:15 pm • BACK CARE YOGA Core-Elation Yoga Studio 418 Richmond Road, Ottawa Eileen Scully 613-858-8177 07:30 pm • HOT YOGA Louise Sattler. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 07:30 pm • ANGER RESOLUTION WORKSHOP. Bethamy Cultural Centre, 1803 St. Joseph Blvd., #113, Orleans. 830-6836.

07:30 pm • ADVANCED BELLY DANCE with Jalilah at Studio Oasis, 200 St.Joseph,Hull (819)7765033 7:30 pm • YOGA BASICS. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www.mettamassage.com 07:30 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Good Shepherd Parish, 3092 Innes Road, Blackburn Hamlet, Barry Dunn 613-830-9545 Gail Lussier 613-830-4221 07:30 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Holy Spirit Parish 1489 Shea Road Stittsville. Deborah Poitras 613-831-2658 07:30 pm • IYENGAR YOGA, Lvl 2, Barbara Young. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 07:30 pm • CHURCH OF MSIA Services, followed by fellowship, at 103 Westpark Drive, in Ottawa: call to reserve. 841-1458, fax 841-3578, e-mail: msia@rogers.com 07:30 pm • KUNDALINI YOGA. Rama Lotus 234-7974 07:30 pm • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 07:30 pm • YIN/YANG YOGA. Rama Lotus 234-7974 07:30 pm • MEDITATION SATSUNG. Essential Services, Batya Winer 567-7522. 07:45 pm • HATHA CORE Rama Lotus 2347974 08:00 pm • ABSOLUTE BEGINNER YOGA (Julie Lefebvre) OrleansYOGAShala 8:00 pm • HOT YOGA. Rama Lotus 08:00 pm • ISUL CLASSES. Meditation & Associated Processes. Ron Chapman (advanced). 232-1160.

Fridays 05:45 am • POWERFUL WOMAN BOOT CAMP – Pre Registered Class. Santosha Westboro. 06:15 am • PRE-BOOKED MYSORE Astanga Yoga Ottawa 06:30 am • HOT YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 07:00 am • HATHA YOGA - All Levels – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro 08:00 am • MEDITATION Bethany Quinn. $5 donation. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 2377447. 08:15 am • MEDITATION - no pre-registration Core-elation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 09:00 am • HATHA Beginner Scaravelli Approach – Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 09:15 am • VINYASA FLOW - Core-elation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 09:30 am • STRENGTH & SOUL. Drop-in. www.surroundcircleyoga.com 613-730-6649 09:30 am • HATHA YOGA (Derek/Angie Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 830-2224 oys.ca 09:30 am • HOT YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 10:00 am • KUNDALINI YOGA AND MEDITATION. Sat Hari Kaur Khalsa, 7270147 10:00 am • PILATES with Lorraine Chamas at Dance Oasis

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11:00 am • POWER yoga with(Julie Lefebvre) at OrleansYOGAShala 11:15 am • FELDENKRAIS classes at Beacon Hill CC. Jill Ogilvie 742-8262. 11:30 am • MEDITATION IN MOTION. Dropin. www.surroundcircleyoga.com 613-7306649 11:45 am • YIN YANG Rama Lotus 234-7974 11:45 am • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 11:45 am • ASHTANGA YOGA - Level 1 Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 12:00 pm • HATHA FLOW Tatiana Nemchin. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 12:00 pm • DROP-IN MYSORE Astanga Yoga Ottawa 12:00 pm • POWER YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 12:00 pm • HATHA GENTLE YOGA at Rama Lotus 234-7974 12:00 pm • GENTLE LUNCHTIME YOGA. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www. mettamassage.com 12:30 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Good Shepherd Parish, 2170 Auburn Ridge Drive, Ron McRae 613-841-4698 12:30 pm • PILATES Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 02:00pm Community Class 01:00 pm • IYENGAR YOGA, Lvl 2, Cathie Lewis. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 01:30 pm • RESTORATIVE YOGA. Drop-in. www.surroundcircleyoga.com 613-730-6649 03:30 pm • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 4:30Rama Lutus Hot Flow 04:15 pm • POWER YOGA Tania Frechette. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 04:15 pm • HATHA hour Sivananda at OrleansYOGAShala 05:00 pm • DROP-IN ASTANGA2 Astanga Yoga Ottawa 05:15 pm • HATHA BEGINNER YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 05:30 pm • PILATES with Lorraine Chamas at The Studio School of Dance 74 Jamie Avenue 2256820 05:30 pm • IYENGAR YOGA, Open Practice. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 05:30 pm • HOT YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 05:30 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA - All Levels – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro 05:30 pm • HATHA YOGa Level 1/2 - Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 05:30 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA Level 1- Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 05:30 pm • KUNDALINI YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 05:45 pm • HATHA FLOW David Jewitt. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 05:45 pm • HOT VINYASA FLOW - Coreelation YOGA studio - core-elation.com

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05:45 pm • YING/YANG YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 06:00 pm • HATHA (intermediate) Alison Finney OrleansYOGAShala 06:15 • Power Yoga Rama Lotus 7:00 pm • Sex & Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) meeting info www.SLAA-ontario.org or 1 877 486 8261 07:30 pm • AA STUDY MEETING. Joy of Living. Bethamy Cultural Centre, 1803 St. Joseph Blvd., #113, Orleans. 830-6836. 07:30 pm • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION St. Joseph’s Church 151 Laurier Ave. E., Francie D’Annunzio 613-236-0155 07:30 pm • GONG PERFORMANCE at theDunrobin Sonic Gym 1-877-863-6544 07:30 pm • BIKRAM YOGA. Rama Lotus 2347974 07:45 pm • HATHA YOGA (Jamie Reardon) OrleansYOGAShala 830-2224 oys.ca

Saturdays 07:45 am • FREE YOUR HIPS - Core-elation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 08:00 am • IYENGAR YOGA, Mixed, Patricia Fernandes. 761-7888. www.iyoga.ca 08:30 am • ASHTANGA YOGA - with Yin – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro 08:45 am • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 09:00 am • DROP-IN ASTANGA2 Astanga Yoga Ottawa 09:00 am • HATHA YOGA (Derek/Angie Kendrick) at OrleansYOGAShala 830-2224 oys.ca 09:00 am • SATURDAY MORNING YOGA. Drop-in. www.surroundcircleyoga.com. 613730-6649 09:00 am • PRENATAL YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 09:00 am • ASHTANGA YOGA. Rama Lotus 234-7974 09:00 am • KUNDALINI YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 09:00 am • HATHA All Levels – Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 09:00 am • PRE-NATAL YOGA. Drop in class. Santosha Westboro 09:00 am • INTERMEDIATE YOGA. Essential Services, Batya Winer 567-7522. 09:15 am • VINYASA FLOW - Core-elation YOGA studio - core-elation.com 9:30 a.m. • 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, mailto: wendysaunders@rogers.com , Stittsville. 09:30 am-11:00 am • OPEN YANUMOJA YOGA CLASS, Nikki, 770-6734.

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09:45 am • CHRISTIAN MEDITATION Our Lady of Fatima Church 153 Woodroffe Ave. Eva Hegmann 613-596-9480 10:15 am - 11:45 am : KUNDALINI Yoga with Sandy, drop-in classes. Centretown. 613-6682375. 10:30 am • HOT FLOW Kate Little. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 10:30 am • BELLY DANCE Beginner with Farida at Dance Oasis 10:30 am • HATHA YOGA - All Levels – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro 10:45 am • POWER YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 11:00 am • ASHTANGA Yoga (Janice Roscoe) OrleansYOGAShala 11:00 am • YIN Yoga at Rama Lotus 234-7974 11:00 am • HATHA beginner at Rama Lotus 234-7974 11:00 am • PRE-NATAL Yoga– Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 11:00 am • ASHTANGA Level 1/2 – Drop In Class. Santosha Centretown 11:00 am • BEGINNERS YOGA. Essential Services, Batya Winer 567-7522. 11:30 am • EGYPTIAN BELLYDANCE BEGINNER with Denise Enan at Dance Oasis 12:00 pm • beginners Indian Classical Dance Taught by ANJALI 745-1368 www. culturalhorizons.ca 12:00 pm • YOGA FOR EVERY BODY. Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Richmond Rd near Churchill. 613-724.4747 www.mettamassage. com 12:15 pm • YIN YOGA Kate Little. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447. 12:30 pm • BELLY DANCE IntermediateAdvanced with Denise Enan at Dance Oasis 01:45 pm • ASHTANGA YOGA All Levels – Drop In Class. Santosha Westboro. 02:00 pm • POWER VINYASA YOGA. Rama Lotus 234-7974 04:00 pm • YIN YOGA Rama Lotus 234-7974 04:00 pm • BIKRAM YOGA Rama Lotus 2347974 04:00 pm • ASHTANGA Bethany Quinn. Santosha Yoga, 298 Elgin, 237-7447.

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An Invocation of Unity

Sam’gacchadhvam [Rg Veda X.191.2, 4] Sam’gacchadhvam sam’vadadhvam’ Sam’ vo mana’m’si ja’nata’m Deva’ bha’gam’ yatha’pu’rve Sam’ja’na’na’ upa’sate Sama’nii va a’ku’ti Sama’na’ hrdaya’nivah Sama’namastu vo mano Yatha’ vah susaha’sati Let us move together; let us sing together; let us come to know our minds together. Let us share like sages of the past that all people together may enjoy the universe. Unite our intention; let our hearts be inseparable. Our mind is as one mind as we, to truly know one another, become One.

In all of the scriptures of the human race, there may not be found a more deeply and beautifully expressed hymn to human unity than Sam’gacchadvam. First sung more than 10,000 years ago by a people living in Central Russia, where it became included in the Rg Veda, this mantra is now commonly used by people around the world as a prelude to collective meditation that effects the coming together in a common spiritual intention. The affirmation of unity in the Sam’gacchadhvam Mantra is not only timeless, but has heightened relevance for the fragmented humanity of today. Humanity should perhaps embrace Samgacchadvam as the once and future anthem of the human race. This mantra is an inspiring invocation for groups of people coming together to join in meditation; a “Dharmachakra”. Literally a “circle of Dharma” a Dharmachakra is a group of people who are following their spiritual Dharma. By coming together to meditate, people on the spiritual path create inspiration for each other and energy to overcome their obstacles to growth. Trying to follow a spiritual path and persuing a daily meditation practice is very difficult without the inspiration of such gatherings. They form an integral part of a meditator’s life.

Cosmic Mindfulness is a group of people in Ottawa practicing meditation in the yogic tradition. Weekly Dharmachakra gatherings consist of guided group meditations and are held at Wednesday evenings in Ottawa. Chris Simmonds Chris Simmonds is an ordained meditation teacher in the Ananda Seva meditation lineage. (www.anandaseva.org). Beginners and experienced meditators are welcome to attend the Wednesday evening meditation group at 7:30 pm, 253 Echo Drive starting in the new year on January 19, 2011.

Monthly workshops for people wanting to begin or to deepen their meditation practice are being held at Roma Lotus Yoga Centre on February 5, March 5 and April 2nd at 2pm For more information or for advanced personal instruction see www.ottawameditation.ca or email contact@ottawameditation.ca

Flas h i n g L i g h t s a n d B i n a u r a l B eats B r a i n w ave t e c h n o logy for self-transformation

inaural beats were discovered in 1839 by German experimenter, H. W. Dove. When signals of two different frequencies are heard in each ear, the brain processes this information and integrates the two signals to produce a third â&#x20AC;&#x153;beatâ&#x20AC;? ie the binaural beat. For example, if a tone of 200 Hz is presented to the right ear and a tone of 210 Hz is presented simultaneously to the left ear, the brain detects the variation and tries to reconcile them by creating a frequency of 10 Hz. The brain will then resonate at 10Hz, which puts it effectively into an Alpha state. If the tones presented to the ears are 200Hz and 205Hz respectively, the frequency created by the brain will be 5Hz, which is Theta. Why is this so significant? Because, both Alpha and Theta brain waves represent states of deep relaxation and meditation, enhanced creativity, greater insight and stress relief. Alpha and Theta levels are reached when we meditate, exercise, get absorbed in a good book or movie or go for a long walk in the woods, because we stay in the present moment and dissociate from all our daily and future problems, worries, anxieties and the resulting frantic mental chatter. Unfortunately, we are usually unable to stay in Alpha and Theta for long, as we get easily distracted. Brainwave technology that uses binaural beat frequencies to drive brain activity into specific states is becoming increasingly popular as a way of reaching and remaining at these levels. Typically, this technology is delivered through sound recordings, which need to be listened to through headphones to be effective. Alpha and Theta levels are reached very quickly and the sound frequencies also start to balance, or entrain the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Most people are dominant on either the right or left side and this causes a splitting between analytical type functions and creative/intuitive type functions. When the two sides are balanced and working together there is an increase in mental fitness and cognitive functioning. It is thought that geniuses are people who have a more balanced brain than the ordinary individual. The results of whole brain functioning are higher intelligence, creativity, intuition, focus, motivation, purpose, and willpower, among many others.

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The more advanced brainwave technology, or entrainment products on the market, such as Pure Creation also use light frequencies to enhance the effects described above. Flashing lights embedded in eye glasses synchronized to the binaural beats pass through the optic nerves and reach the brain to achieve even deeper levels of relaxation. Blood flow to the brain increases, resulting in clearer thinking, better concentration, improved memory, and enhanced creativity. There is an increase in Serotonin levels, which calms the mind and body and creates an overall sense of well-being. Increases in Endorphin levels are also experienced resulting in heightened feelings of happiness. Endorphins provide the brain with alertness, are a natural anti-depressant, provide relief from pain, and create pleasurable and loving feelings. Coupled with binaural beats and light frequencies, Pure Creation has added creative visualization and music to place the body into a more profound state of relaxation and optimize healing, focus, and accelerated learning. A 20-min session simulates a sleep-cycle and is the equivalent of 4 hours of sleep. This has clear implications for people with a busy schedule who want to feel alert and refreshed on less sleep. Brainwave technology is a convenient and safe way to achieve profound changes in a relatively short time span. It promises self-healing, self-empowerment, self-improvement and rejuvenation. More information on Pure Creation can be found at www.mypurecreation.biz/caroline

DIRECTORY • Groups ISUL GROUP INTERNATIONAL. 232-1160. 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. Info: www.pathwork.ca THE AETHERIUS SOCIETY is a worldwide spiritual organization dedicated to help heal and uplift humanity. Founded in 1955 by the late Western Yogi Master Dr. George King, The Aetherius Society practices a powerful new form of Karma Yoga. This new yoga is based on the wisdom of the spiritual traditions of old as well as new wisdom released by advanced spiritual masters in response to humanity’s scientific advancement and today’s dire need. ~ For the first time the connection between the science of yoga, the theology of all major religions, the knowledge of radionics and the mystery of UFO’s is revealed. For more information please contact: Michael Hickey - Ottawa representative ottawa@aetherius.org - 613-679-4474 www. aetherius.org LECTORIUM ROSICRUCIANUM. What is Gnosis? True Gnosis, the Knowledge that comes firsthand from God, descended with us at the time of the Fall, so that those willing to “decrease” and letting the divine spark within “increase”, could return to Gnosis, the divine Life, God, www.lectoriumrosicrucianum.org; 613-353-7444; ontario@goldenrosycross.org • People RON CHAPMAN. Classes and seminars, meditation all levels, private consultations 2321160. 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 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. 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. 234-5678 or 726-3636. Web site: www. ottawacounselling.com

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. • Places FIRST UNITARIAN CONGREGATION. 30 Cleary St. 613-725-1066. HARE KRISHNA TEMPLE. 212 Somerset St. E. 565-6544. 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 SHAMBHALA CENTRE. Secular and Buddhist meditation practice and programs are offered, as well as events related to contemplative arts and traditions. 984 Wellington near Bayswater. Welcome! www.shambhalaottawa.ca. 725-9321. • 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 • 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. Lumina Health & Rejuvenation Clinic – Health Acupuncture, Cosmetic Acupuncture. www.luminaottawa.com, 613.216.2135. 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.

Convenient downtown location: 445 Cumberland St. For App. Please Call 613-241-3434. For More Info Contact lori @ 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 ACUPUNCTURE & HERB THERAPY CLINIC, Yumei Jin, T.C.M.D. Dr. Ac., Certified Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Doctor in Canada and China. 22yr’s experience Professor and Chief M.D. of Affiliated Hospital of Chinese Medicine University in China. For Cancer, various pains & Injuries, Arthritis, Allergy, Hay Fever, Asthma, Influenza, Cough, Insomnia, Depression, Fibromyalgia, Fatigue, Tinnitus, Gastritis, Ulcerative Colitis, Irritabale bowel syndrome, CRON’S Disease. Constipation, Sinusitis, Hypertension, Diabetes, Hyperthyroidism, Psoriasis, Eczema, Shingles, Stroke Paralysis, Dysmenorrhoea, Fibroid, Endometriosis, Menopause, Infertility, Impotence, quit smoking, lose weight and more. Disposable Needles, Herbal pharmacy, Individual Prescription. Insurance Coverage. 50 Mattamy Pl. Nepean(Centrepoint Area), (613)225-1938. DR. LI PAN ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC. Cancer, infertility, arthritis, stress, tinnitus, herpes zoster, stroke sequela, depression, sciatica, sports injuries, impotence, hepatitis, diabetes, asthma, quit smoking, various paralysises, pain, palpitation, headache, anxiety, dizziness, insomnia,aging,high blood pressure, facial paralysis, menopausal syndrome, fatigue. 2760 Carousel Crescent 613-569-7177. drlipanchineseacupuncture.com Claudette Viau, B.Sc., D.Ac., Medical QiGong Practitioner. Member of OAQ and OAATCM. Women’s health issues, pain relief. 26 years experience. www.allergyandpain.com. Orleans: 613-424-5585. • Addiction/Detoxification NUMEROUS DETOXIFICATION PROCESSES EMPLOYED. Super Charger Health Spa Light Beam Generator EPFX/SCIO Quantum Biofeedback Intermitent Hypoxic Therapy Essential Oils Aura Light Therapy Hypnotherapy Doug Henderson Phd 613-2333888 www.quantumru.com • Addictions SEX ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (SAA). A 12 step group to stop compulsive behaviour. Phone 786-1060. SEX & LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS (S.L.A.A.) A 12 step program for those who wish to stop living out a pattern of sex and love addiction. For information on Ottawa meetings go to www.SLAA-ontario.org or call the S.L.A.A. help line 1 877 486 8261.

• 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 the 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. 613-592-2520 patriciavlacroix@ sympatico.ca • Alexander Technique THE OTTAWA-HULL SCHOOL FOR THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE, Richard Albert, Director. Health insurance covered. 819-7717745 alextech@magma.ca; or visit www.magma. ca/~alextech ELENA CALVO. Certified teacher(England) Personalized mind and body work. English, Spanish, and French spoken. Health Insurance covered. (819) 771-0110. 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. DR. CARRI DRZYZGA, DC www. TotalWellnessSolution.ca. SUNRISE HEALTH CENTRE Sunrise uses a holistic team approach to wellness. Our services include naturopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, massage therapy and homeopathy. Ottawa’s original N.A.E.T. clinic. Allergy elimination and ADVANCED N.A.E.T. treatments for food and environmental sensitivities, pain, digestive problems, asthma and migraines. Computerized, BioEnergetic allergy testing. Call for details. Evening appointments available. Scent-free environment. 2211 Riverside Dr., Suite 104 (Bank and Riverside). 736-5200 www.sunrisehealth.ca

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DEBRA LOWE Canada’s most highly trained Advanced-2 NAET practitioner. (613) 526-9531. www.allergyandpain.com Currently certified NAET practitioners can be found at www.naet. com • Angel therapy DIANE LANTHIER, Angel Therapy Practitioner¨. Offering angel readings and angel reading parties. Author of On Loneliness: Angelic Messages to Comfort and Inspire. (613) 297-8293; www.reiki-light.com; diane@reikilight.com. ANGEL WELLNESS, Vonne Solis, Angel Therapy Practitioner¨, certified by Doreen Virtue, PhD. Receive amazing tools through channeled angel messages. Find out what’s holding you back, how to easily handle temporary challenges or discover what you really want. Read about on-going workshops, angel meditation audios and audio courses available online at www. angelwellness.ca or call 613-258-0524 for more information. • Aromatherapy EARTHLYESSENTIALS. Organic essential oils, custom formulas, diffusers & blends, organic handmade soap, organic massage oils. 870-A 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) 5674444, www.planetbotanix.com • Art ART AS MEDITATION: a journey of selfdiscovery and healing. Visit www.sylviakay.ca for more information. PAINTING WITH SPIRIT intuitivepainting/art as meditation.Workshops/individual sessions Diana ClaireDouglas www.paintingwithspirit. com; dianaclairedouglas@bell.net. 613-820-8850 ANA-KARYN GARCIA. 231-1162 UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY-Painting Workshops based on the Point Zero Method. Go to WWW.CRISTINADELSOL.COM BRUSH MEDITATION. Oriental Brush Painting. www.lilithohan.com 613-521-0041. • Ascension Ascension Healing Services Crystal Healing Sessions Algonquin Shamanism Crystal Boutique Courses on How to Use and Care for Crystals Also offering Crystal Elixirs, Therapeutic Crystal Jewelry and Crystal Gridding of home and business space. Karen Osborne is a crystal healer certified in several modalities. She has studied with - Katrina Raphael, Crystal Healing Academy, Hawaii - DaEl Walker, Crystal Awareness Institute, California - Naisha Ahsian, Crystalis Institute, Vermont, Marilyn & Tohmas Twintrees, Ahhhmuse, New Mexico, Robert Simmons – Heaven and Earth, Vermont Karen is currently training with Pete Bernard School of 8th Fire, Algonquin Shamanism. www. ascensionhealing.ca/ For more information call or email Karen Osborne at 613.798.2828 or karen@ ascensionhealing.ca

• Astrology 11TH HOUSE ASTROLOGY GROUP, open to all levels, is a gathering to exchange, learn and participate. 2nd Monday each month (except holidays) @ 61 Main St., Ottawa. Info: call 8214839 or 731-9844. CAROL A. THROOP, Astrologer. Call 613-8236103 or e-mail thepath2304@yahoo.ca for more information. www.empoweringspirit.ca CAROL KERWIN: Astrologer. Acquire insight into how you can work with the energetic potential of your birth chart. Appreciate how current planetary cycles are interacting with your chart. Call (613) 834-3461 or email carol_ kerwin@rogers.com for more info. 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. • Aura/Light Therapy REVOLUTIONARY THERAPY! Subtle energy balances the Auric Field And you feel great! Single or Group Sessions: $40.00/person/1/2 hr. session. Doug Henderson Phd 613-233-3888 www.quantumru.com • Ayurveda SHREE MA AYURVEDA INSTITUTE & WELLNESS CENTRE INC. Founder & director Vaidya H. Gupta, MD Ayurveda, DNM. Natural, complementary, Ayurveda promotes an art of living for health & longevity. Pulse reading for body-type evaluation and root cause of symptoms; balance through herbs, diet & lifestyle plan; education for prevention. New: student clinic under V. Gupta’s Supervision $25 per visit. Rejuvenation therapies: Shirodhara, Head massage, Abhyanga, Ayurveda facial, Sinus Care. Courses & Once a mth. free lectures. 2596 Carling Ave, Ottawa (Lincoln Heights) 613-422-0936 www.divineayurveda.org • B. O. S. LAURIE FRASER, certified B.O.S. practitioner. Excellent results: emotional issues (depression, anxiety, grief), pain, disease, allergies, mould, menopause, infection, arthritis, etc. Spiritual development. $45.00 613-721-3781. • Beauty and Health Natural bodycare by a certified aromatherapist. Natural makeup, cleaning products: Planet Botanix, 301 Bank (Somerset) 567-4444 NATURAL BEAUTY AND HEALTH CLINIC. The best personalized European aroma- and spastile Natural Face Lift programs. Healing restores skin’s innate wisdom and power of SELFREGENERATION. Our organic skin product without skin damaging, dehydrating glycerin or other unwanted chemicals. Call Natural Beauty & Health Clinic 613-526-1255 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. • Biofeedback Internationally Certified Quantum Biofeedback Therapist. Doug Henderson Phd 613-233-3888 www.quantumru.com • Biorhythms Your physical, emotional and intellectual cycles. an for the ups and downs in your life. $40 per chart. Call 819 684-4347 • BodyTalk LORI HOLLOHAN MA, CBP & YOGA TEACHER (613) 866-7091 lori.shakti@gmail. com • Books Planet Botanix, 301 Bank (Somerset) 567-4444, 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 FOOTSTEPS IN THE SANDS OF TIME – My Journey of Remembering, Self-Healing and Learning Through 4 Lifetimes. Available from www.sylviakay.ca. 819-983-1726 HARE KRISHNA TEMPLE. Books & tapes. 212 Somerset St. E. 565-6544 HEALTHY HEALING BOOKS. Learn how to prevent and maybe reverse any and all diseases? www.youngevitysecrets.biz • Bowen Therapy CHRYSALIS THERAPIES / Christine Follows. www.chrysalistherapies.ca Certified Bowen Therapy Practitioner (advanced). Call (613) 5230640 after 5 pm. or e-mail follows0640@rogers. com BETTE MADIGAN – Professional Bowenwork practitioner Bowen Therapy Ottawa. 376 Churchill Ave., Suite 203. Insurance receipts available. www.bowentherapyottawa.ca 613-7224249. bettemadigan@hotmail.com • Buddhism OTTAWA SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTRE. Meditation and free meditation instruction. On-going classes and events. Public welcome. www.shambhalaottawa.ca 725-9321 PINE GATE SANGHA - Zen Buddhist Community: www.ianprattis.com/pinegate.htm - practices Engaged Buddhism in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh. Pine Gate Meditation Hall is at 1252 Rideout Cr in the west end; 613 726 0881. Thursday meditation and study class at 7:00pm; First Saturdays of each month - dharma talk and pot luck supper at 5.00pm. Other activities: Retreats, Days of Mindfulness, pilgrimages, hikes, sweatlodges. Nucleus of Friends for Peace www.friendsforpeace.ca Dharmacharya Ian Prattis - True Body of Wisdom - is the resident teacher

INTRODUCTION TO ZEN WORKSHOP A formal introduction to authentic Zen training through instruction in zazen (sitting Zen) and kinhin (walking Zen). First Saturday of each month, 1:45-4 p.m. Pre-registration required. 613-562-1568 or info@wwzc.org. Zen Centre of Ottawa www.wwzc.org/ • Career Consulting ACADEMY OF CAREER COUNSELLING Richard Merrill Haney, Ph.D.(Counselling Therapy) Career Specialist. Do what you love to do and be who you really are and money and success will follow. Being radically present during the career planning process ensures access to your ideal career-life path. 234-5678 or 7263636. Web site: www.ottawacounselling.com • Catering WE WILL 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 you & with you: weddings, funerals, baby & family ceremonies, rites of passage, house blessings, pet funerals, shamanic journeys for ceremonies, personal ceremony consultations & more! 613237-1473. www.ceremonialist.blogspot.com/ • Childbirth Education LEARNING THE ART AND JOY OF BIRTHING in a comfortable manner. www. creatingbalancenow.com Contact Suzi 613-8784235 creatingbalance@rogers.com • Chiropractic DR. CARRI DRZYZGA DC, www. TotalWellnessSolution.ca DR. GINGER ANDREWS, DC Experience the gift of chiropractic...connecting mind, body & soul. Opening hearts to discover the magnificence within. Healing From The Heart. 356 MacLaren St. (at Bank) (613) 594-8576. 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 NETWORK HEALING CENTRE Network Spinal Analysis helps us let go and wake up. Dr. Michael Tucker, D.C. 725-0988 www. networkhealingcentre.com • Cleaning WE CLEAN HOMES. Using only healthy and earth friendly products. Relax and treat yourself to a natural home cleaning. Since 1988. Beaulieu Home Cleaning. 613-731-1532. Suzanne. 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. • Clutter ABUNDANT LIVING BY DESIGN. From Chaos to Order – Bring on the Flow. By clearing the energy of your home, removing your excess stuff, and moving things around you release an energetic block thus allowing you to move to the next level of your spiritual journey. It can be magical. Give me a call. I would love to work with you. Edie Lane - Feng Shui Consultant, Professional Organizer and De-Clutter Specialist. 613-565-1919 www.abundantlivingbydesign.com GAIN FREEDOM FROM CLUTTER and save precious time and energy. Let me help you get 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: 613-762-1704 or gsmetta@gmail.ca • 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. 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 36 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. 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.cicr-icrc.ca/; http://www.adrontario.ca/; http://www.imimediation.org/ MOIRA HUTCHISON CTACC DHP Acc. Hyp.: Blending her intuitive gifts with Life Coaching, Moira concentrates on awakening your true potential, inviting and supporting change for your highest good. To inspire your life and get on track (613) 432-1239 www.WellnessWithMoira. com

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 MYLÈNE SURPRENANT M.A, *bilingual, Life and Career Transition Coach, also assisting mothers returning to the workforce, OserSaVoie@gmail.com, 613-304-1369 GRAHAM WISEMAN, Coaching for LIFE. If you’re going round in circles, doing the same thing over and over and wanting a different outcome; If you’re Stuck or Confused; If you’re feeling like there must be more to life than this; I will offer you new perspectives, tools and assistance. Call or email me to set up your first complimentary session. (819) 483-0667 graham@masteryunlimited.ca LIFE COACHING: Speak your Truth! Specializing in teen and young adult coaching. 16 yrs and older. 11 yrs experience as a Mental Health Nurse. www.loulifecoaching.com or lou@loulifecoaching.com • Cosmetic Rejuvenation NUMEROUS QUANTUM THERAPIES employed. All non-invasive. Remove wrinkles, cellulite Improve skin condition. Enlarge/ reduce Breast size, Weight Management. Doug Henderson Phd. 613-233-3888 www.quantumru. com • Counselling 100TELEPHONE COUNSELLING/ COACHING. Johanne Guitard, M.Ed., C.C.C., *bilingual. Take action steps to transform your life. coach@jguitard.ca, 819-684-7360. ADULT DAUGHTERS’ OTTAWA COUNSELING AND HEALING CENTRE. For professional women, 40+, who have grown up with an alcoholic parent. Individual counseling, monthly group, with experienced addiction specialist. Day and early evening appointments. Central location. www.eftottawa.com. Marguerite Tennier, M.A., 613-744-1538 LINDA ADVOKAAT, MSW, RSW. Individual and relationship counseling. Feminist, lesbian positive. Learn to be more fully yourself, living from your own core wisdom. Enhance your connections with others through mutual relationships and building a sense of community. Sliding fee scale. www.advokaatcounselling.com 613-237-6127. ALISON KIAWENNISERATHE BENEDICT, MSW, RSW Wolf Clan, Mohawk Peaceful Living: Life Beyond Belief Individual, family and group counselling. Understanding and helping residential school survivors, people dealing with anger and stress, or childhood and relationship matters. 613 686-3731 peace@ myplace4peace.com www.myplace4peace.com ONE PRECIOUS LIFE is all that each of us has; why spend it on mental and emotional pain? You can get help to have happy relationships, selfesteem in your work, skills to cope with difficult moods, and make the changes you want in your life. Call Clea Derwent (M.Ed counselling, TA psychotherapy) at 613-695-0505.

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LUC DUMOUCHEL, BA(PSY), MA, CCC. INDIVIDUAL & COUPLE therapy. Anxiety/ stress, codependency, burnout/depression, grief/loss, self-care, sexual orientation/GLBT, spirituality. Communication, conflict resolution, emotional dependency, relational intimacy, sexual difficulties, separation, unfaithfulness. Ottawa/Hull locations. Insurance coverage. Bilingual. 613-235-9813 www.lucdumouchel. com counselling@lucdumouchel.com 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. 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 SHERRY HARRIS, M.S.W., CHt: Spiritual Psychotherapist specializing in all issues around anxiety and depression, anger management, grief and loss. Anger Management courses offered for individuals, couples, and families. Classes and counselling for spiritual development and using the Law of Attraction in your life. *613-2368852 * sherryharris@bellnet.ca Supporting you in transforming what is painful and difficult into meaning, ease and new life. By phone or in person. Shulamit Day Berlevtov 613-868-9642 www.shula.ca 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 .. Vers une meilleure contribution sociale *daytime or evenings (613) 741-5632 • 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 36 years experience in helping couples/ people create more satisfying relationships/lives. For more information see www.marleneandbob. com or phone 613-594-9248. • Courses CHAKRA BASICS, ONLINE. www. wisewomanuniversity.org. $49.95 for 4 classes. Start anytime. Covers the chakras, how they affect your physical, mental and emotional

health. Try fun exercises, assignments and meditations. Catherine Bastedo. www.visionreiki. com. Email: info@visionreiki.com LEARN ABOUT NATIVE SPIRITUALITY, Awaken your Psychic Self, Find your Spirit Guides and Angel Guardians using visualizations. Private sessions can be booked. Please call 613823-6103 to book an appointment. • 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. JOHN CARKNER, Advanced CST Practitioner and Intuitive Healer. Upledger Teaching Assistant, and Health & Wellness Educator. Any questions or concerns? Call for a clear understanding of how CST can make a difference. Receive an introductory session for only $40! 613-596-2210 or jcarkner@sympatico.ca 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 ELOISE GRAHAM regPT Craniosacral practitioner, centretown clinic or home visits. Insurance receipts. For more information please visit www.eloisegraham.ca info@eloisegraham. ca or call 613-234-3920 MICHELLE PERKOVIC RMT. CranioSacral & Massage Therapy Trained with Upledger Institute. Gift certificates available. Insurance receipts. Kanata 327-2105 WELLNESS WITH MOIRA: CranioSacral and SomatoEmotional Release Sessions. Specializing in self empowerment for healing and health. Insurance Receipts. www.WellnessWithMoira. com 613.432.1239 Stephan Giunta is a holistic therapist that relies on the understanding that the body is a unit and on the natural ability of the body to self heal and to self regulate. Through the use of physical techniques such as osteopathy, cranio sacral therapy and/or massage, removes tensions and restrictions in the body. This is done in order to encourage structural and physiological harmony, self healing and overall better being. 613 884 2331. • Creative Visualization Connect with your inner wisdom (intuition) through Visualization Techniques. Quiet the noise in your mind. Teacher Carol Throop 613823-6103 • 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 613-264-8671 pamela_ holm@yahoo.com

• Crystals Crystal Classes Namaste. Sandy Stewart, Founder, SoundCentres.com warmly invites you to participate in her 2010 Crystal Consciousness Classes. These introductory and advanced crystal classes are open to anyone interested in learning how to easily and effectively integrate crystal applications for personal use and/or into an existing health-care practice as a therapist or health and wellness coach (e.g. Reflexology, Reiki, Massage). The crystal and sacred geometry classes will also be of interest to anyone wishing to explore and expand their knowledge of subtle energy vibrations, vibrational healing, crystal grids, and ceremonial world work. This year, SoundCentres.com is introducing new sampler workshops. Please contact Sandy Stewart, Sandy@SoundCentres.com or check out www. SoundCentres.com to register for a class or for more information. Together, may we all celebrate the wonder of this Earth and all that dwells therein. BIO –Sandy Stewart, MSW, received her first crystal spirit stone while living at the Findhorn Spiritual Community and Eco Village, in Scotland in 1978. She has been working with crystals since 1984, and has been teaching crystal workshops locally and in the United States since 2004. Passionate about the endless possibilities offered by crystals, Sandy Stewart has studied crystals and crystal applications with international teachers Joy Gardner, Blue Eagle (d’Aigle Bleu), DaEL Walker, the late Marcel Vogel, and Ken Harsh. Sandy is an Ordained Minister in the Order of Melchizedek and a Certified Melchizedek Instructor with the Sanctuary of the Beloved, School for the Prophets, State of New York. ASCENSION HEALING SERVICES • Crystal Healing Sessions • Crystal Boutique • Courses on How to Use Crystals to Heal and Transform your Life and to Enhance your Healing Work (no experience with crystals required). Also offering Crystal Elixirs, Therapeutic Crystal Jewellery and Crystal Gridding of home and business space. Karen Osborne is a crystal healer certified in several modalities. She has studied with - Katrina Raphael, Crystal Healing Academy, Hawaii - DaEl Walker, Crystal Awareness Institute, California - Naisha Ahsian, Crystalis Institute, Vermont, Marilyn & Tohmas Twintrees, Ahhhmuse, New Mexico • www. ascensionhealing.ca For more information call or email Karen Osborne at 613.798.2828 or karen@ ascensionhealing.ca • Dance Divine Image Dance “The Future of Dance & Wellness” We introduce to you the power of Holistic Belly Dance. Dance and move with your feminity to transform your body and mind resulting in: Increased energy, Connecting with your femininity, Stay Fit, Meditate, Connect with other women. Release your full divine and feminine potential with us. Sessions offered weekly. Divineimagedance.com 613.265.4048 DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE: Joinus 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 OPEN (BODY) SPACE - a ongoing movement workshop with Ottawa’s creative somatic movement teachers. Every week a juicy exploration of finding and following our own movement. Thursdays 7:30-9:30 p.m. All welcome. Register with Dovercourt Rectreation Centre (613-798-8950 or www.dovercourt.org). 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 DANCE WITH ALANA STUDIOS: We offer FUN & FRIENDLY dance classes in: Swing, Tap, Dance Fusion, Zumba, Bollywood, Belly Dancing, Burlesque, Ballroom, Hip Hop and Salsa. Dance With Alana has a wide range of classes for adults, seniors, children & teens. The studio is at 858 Bank St @ 5th Ave. For more information call 613-233-3456 or visit our website at dancewithalana.com PAULINE BROWN’S SCHOOL OF STEPDANCING Learn the unique art of stepdance, classes available in Ottawa at the Bronson Centre, and Aylmer Quebec at Creation De Danse. Call 613-858-0039 or visit www. stepdancewithpauline.com JOURNEY DANCE OTTAWA - Creative dance workshops that are a celebration of body, mind & soul. www.journeydanceottawa.com YOGADANCE. Windhorse Yoga. 1338 1/2 Wellington St. 798-9642 www.windhorse-yoga. ca BELLY DANCING FOR FUN! Awaken your own Goddess of Dance. Tracey @ 613-241-3397 or www.bellydancingforfun.com • Detoxification DETOXIFICATION AND RELAXATION through our Far Infrared Sauna, Natural Aloe & Herb Body Wrap ad Dead Sea mineral Treatments Open Daily at 2900 Woodroffe Ave 613-823-9051 Your Wellness Your Way, Where It’s All About Balance DR. CARRI DRZYZGA DC, www. TotalWellnessSolution.ca AQUA CHI FOOTBATH, easy+effective detox Rica Gerhardt 613-257-8362 rica11@sympatico. ca www.wellbeingisyours.com check Spa Days Numerous Detoxification processes employed. Super Charger Health Spa, Light Beam Generator, EPFX/SCIO Quantum Biofeedback, Intermitent Hypoxic Therapy, Essential Oils, Aura Light Therapy, Hypnotherapy. Doug Henderson Phd 613-2333888 www.quantumru.com • 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 613-2648671 pamela_holm@yahoo.com

• Doula Death Doula and End-of-Life Shaman, oneon-one consultations, Circle and Workshops. Trained to aid and support individuals in their dying processes. Debbie Charbonneau, 613-8230384, 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 • Ear Candling EAR CANDLING - HYGIENIC. Fire-resistant head cover. Riverside Health Centre. Dina (613) 526-1255. • Effective Communication NON-VIOLENT per Marshall Rosenberg: www. cnvc.org Coaching, Mediation,Training, Families, Restorative Circles www.embodyingempathy. com. Gina 450-297-3799; gincen@sympatico.ca; http://oorcfn.blogspot.com. Lucie 613-324-3244 laroselmn@yahoo.com • EMF Balancing P.W. EMF BALANCERS, Home, Work, Auto. Steve Priebe (613) 842-4758, spriebe@sympatico. ca, www.emffreezone.ca • EMF Pollution ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM MIGRAINE HEADACHES, Having difficulty sleeping, thrown out of balance Wireless technology? Doug Henderson Phd 613-233-3888 www.quantumru. com • 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 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) 297-8293 www.reiki-light.com • Energy ENERGY TRANSFORMATIONAL FACILITATOR The Art of Neutrality - sessions available by phone, distance or in person Yvette Marie-Claire Guy 819 771-8858 • Energy Healing MAUREEN KELLERMAN – Uses Healing Touch to work directly with the energy of the body, mind & emotions. Compassionate, experienced practitioner. m.kellerman@rogers. com or visit www.innerspa.ca LINDA STEELE - Highly effective energy medicine for healing emotional, physical & spiritual pain at the root level. In person or by distance, people & pets. Please call 613-868-8468, email lsteele1122@rogers.com or visit www. lindaenergyhealer.com Insurance receipts available.

LAURIE FRASER, B.O.S. and hands on. Excellent results: addiction, inceat survvors, anxiety, infertility, infection, allergies, pain, diseases, spiritual blocks, past-life healing, other emotional, physical & spiritual issues. $45.00 613-721-3781. • 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 • Erectile Dysfunction HYPNOSIS WORKS! Call Suzi: 613-878-4235 www.creatingbalancenow.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 • Family FAMILY YOGA Windhorse Yoga. 1338 1/2 Wellington St. 613-798-9642 www.windhorseyoga.ca KIDS YOGA Windhorse Yoga. 1338 1/2 Wellington St. 613-798-9642 www.windhorseyoga.ca MOM & BABY YOGA. Windhorse Yoga. 1338 1/2 Wellington St. 798-9642 www.windhorseyoga.ca • Far Infrared Sauna Therapy DR. CARRI DRZYZGA DC, www. TotalWellnessSolution.ca • 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

January 2011

ABUNDANT LIVING BY DESIGN. From Chaos to Order – Bring on the Flow. By clearing the energy of your home, removing your excess stuff, and moving things around you release an energetic block thus allowing you to move to the next level of your spiritual journey. It can be magical. Give me a call. I would love to work with you. Edie Lane - Feng Shui Consultant, Professional Organizer and De-Clutter Specialist. 613-565-1919 www.abundantlivingbydesign.com

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

• 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. Pre-registration required. Linda is the founder and teacher of Dimensional Meditation with crystals. Call: 613-824-4548 or visit www. lifehealthhealing.com

• Grief Counselling NUMEROUS QUANTUM, Non-invasive Technologies Employed to reduce Stress and Rebalance Body, Mind and Spirit! Doug Henderson Phd Ordained Non-Denominational Minister 613-233-3888 www.quantumru.com

• Fertility THE MIND/BODY CONNECTION using hypnosis to help with fertility www. creatingbalancenow.com Contact Suzi 613-8784235 creatingbalance@rogers.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 fertilitywheel @hotmail.com. • 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 • Focusing With FOCUSING, no matter what you do, it will go better. Guided sessions by phone or in person. 613-868-9642 www.shula.ca • Foot Orthotics Dr. Jean-Fran ois 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: 445 Cumberland 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 • Functional Medicine DR. CARRI DRZYZGA DC, www. TotalWellnessSolution.ca

• Grief ANGEL WELLNESS, Vonne Solis, Angel Therapy Practitioner¨. Alternative grief therapy. Visit www.angelwellness.ca or call 613-2580524 for more information.

• Guided Imagery PERSONALIZED SESSIONS TO ADDRESS HEALTH CONCERNS OR LIFE TRANSITIONS. Promote healing, manage pain, connect with inner guidance. Email Maureen at m.kellerman@rogers. com or visit www.innerspa.ca • Hadoscan HADOSCAN Sessions available by phone, distance or in person Contact Yvette MarieClaire Guy 819 771-8858 • 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 • Herbal Healing AVALON HERBAL CLINIC. Anne Driscoll R.H. Traditional Herbalist. For both chronic and acute conditions - let herbs walk with you on the road to wellness. All remedies are custom blended to meet your individual needs. Located just east of Ottawa - minutes from the 417. For more information or to book an appointment call 613-612-1181. 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 certified 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 Ethis. See www.herbalists.on.ca She has been studying, working, growing, sharing, teaching, journeying and playing with the plants since 1982. Her specialty is in the art and science of healing and she is available for one-on-one appointments in downtown Ottawa at(613) 2371473. She also teaches The Wisdom of Plants Herbal Apprenticeship Program starting yearly in May from her garden. www.kathleenleeson.com

• 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 MOTHER EARTH NATURAL HEALTH, 747D Richmond Road, 613-321-3557 - large selection of bulk herbs, over 180 different organic and wildcrafted herbs, resins and spices. Ask us about special orders. Qualified / knowledgeable staff available to assist you. • Holistic Health Care DR. CARRI DRZYZGA DC, www.TotalWellnessSolution.ca • 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 ARCANUM WHOLISTIC CLINIC. Comprehensive Heilkunst and Homeopathy approach used with great success for all forms of chronic illness. Modalities include Sequential Therapy, Dynamic Nutrition, Medical Orgonomy, Anthroposophical Medicine, and CoRe-Inergetix assessment and treatments (radionics). Jeff Korentayer DMH, B.A. Psych; Allyson McQuinn, DMH, author of ThePathToCure.com; 234-4604 info@arcanum. ca www.arcanum.ca. Insurance receipts. RENAISSANCE HOLISTIC HEALTH Zosia Religa, RN. RCSHom New possibilities in your health can exist through trusted Classical Homeopathy. www.renaissanceholistic.com, Insurance receipts available. Parking, 235 King Edward Ave. (613) 667-7777 ELIZABETH WIGGINS, HD (R.Hom.), RNCP, for acute and chronic conditions. For complete health and wellness, I also offer Nutritional Counselling, Reiki, Life Coaching and Lifeline Techniqueª. (613) 222-6922 healing@ elizabethwiggins.com www.elizabethwiggins.com MARILENA GAVRILA - NUTRIHOM D.I.Hom(Pract.), RNCP, Registered Homeopath for acute and chronic conditions and Registered Nutritional and Lifestyle Consultant; gavrilamarilena@rogers.com; (613)842-9328 • HypnoBirthing® LEARN SELF-HYPNOSIS for an easier, more comfortable birthing. Visit www.innerspa.ca or email Maureen at m.kellerman@rogers.com • Hypnotherapy 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 Martine Brisson, hypnosis and alternative therapies. REDISCOVER THE JOY OF LIFE with 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 selfhypnosis. Stress reduction, remove fears, anxiety, self-esteem, traumas and more. Insurance receipt available. Gatineau . 819-918-6670 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 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. HELP FOR ORDINARY EVERYDAY PROBLEMS WITH HYPNOSIS Sandra Marian B.A., T.E.S.O.L., N.L.P,(3), Reiki, I.E.T., C.C.P., C.C.H.,(2), C.M.P.,n.d.,Lay School Theology & Pastoral Care certified. National Guild Hypnotists & New England Institute of Hypnotherapy certified. Credit cards accepted Naturopathic (extended) health insurance receipts. 2211 Riverside Drive-Suite 402. 613-866-8471 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 PATRICIA V. LACROIX, Certified Hypnotherapist. Member of The National Guild of Hypnotists and National Association of Transpersonal Hypnotherapists. Specializing in Suggestion and Regression Therapy. Gift Certificates available. 613-592-2520 patriciavlacroix@sympatico.ca RELAX, DE-STRESS, QUIT WORRYING! Rid yourself of anxieties and start enjoying life again! Adam Hacker, Consulting Hypnotist, can guide you down a better path to personal happiness and success in stress management, smoking cessation, weight control and self-confidence! Contact us for the beginning of a new and better you! Phone: 613-316-7575 E-mail: ajhacker@ mail.com. www.adamhackerhypnosis.com. Hypnosis. For life TAUGHT BY DOLORES CANNON One of the World’s Most Respected, Hypnotherapists. Author of Convoluted Universe -Books 1,2 & 3. Doug Henderson Phd 613-233-3888 www. quantumru.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 • Infrared Sauna YOUR SAUNA STORE where you can try Before you Buy! Open Daily at 2900 Woodroffe Ave 613-823-9051 Your Wellness Your Way • Intuitive Counseling and Energy Healing INTUITIVE COUNSEL AND ENERGY WORK is available to support individuals with compassionate and gentle processing for increased health of your body, mind, and spirit. Discover your inner conflicts through intuitive counseling, and then resolve these internal barriers to optimal health with energy work. Intuitive Development Workshops, Reiki training and Love and Light Workshops are also available throughout the year. I look forward to working with you. Please see my website for further details, www.intuitivelight.com Cheryl Jiala Driskell: 613-761-6773 • 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 OTTAWADIVINATION Ottawa’s favourite professional and intuitive psychic interpretors of guided messages through tarot card, palm and oriental face reading and through photographs and handwriting analysis . Individuals, groups, events corporate,workshops and seminars. Darklane and Rose Chalice Tarot. References available. 613-485-0260 or 1-613-433-3584 www.ottawadivination.com

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• 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 • Iridology WENDY ARMSTRONG, MHt, CCIr, Certified Clinical Iridologist 613-823-3316 wendy@ wellness-centre.com www.wellness-centre.com • Journey JEAN BRAZEAU, Ottawa’s first Accredited Journey Practitioner by Brandon Bays. Whether your issue is Physical, Emotional, or Spiritual, a Journey process coupled with energy work facilitated by me will help guide you to access and clear the cellular memories creating your disease, dis-comfort or self sabotaging behavioral patterns. Works with children, teens and adults, by phone or in person. Give yourself the gift of Freedom! Accredited Journey Practitioner, Reiki Master, NLP Practitioner, Wel-systems Quantum TLC Master Facilitator. Shaman in Training jeanbrazeau@sympatico.ca, 613-295-2756 PHYLLIS WEDDING, Accredited Journey Practitioner: Come fly with me, and discover the freedom in your soul, your Self. 819-4673800 phylliswedding@yahoo.ca. First process is donation only. • 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 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/ 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 • 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

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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, 819-918-6670 www. martinebrisson.com • LifeLine Technique ELIZABETH WIGGINS, Certified Lifeline Techniqueª Practitioner – get to the root cause of dis-ease and symptoms. If you are ready to experience change in your body and life, call 613-222-6922 or healing@elizabethwiggins.com 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: 613-850-7780 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 services and programs please visit www. zenforyou.ca • Live & Dried Blood Cell Analyses LIPHE DESIGN.COM. pH Nutritional Microscopy. Donna Porteous 613 253 7467 • Live Blood Analysis CRYSTAL KOZOWY, N.H.P., C.N.C., L.B.C.A., C.I., C.H., Holistic Nutrition Ottawa 613.762.7962, now is the time to take responsibility for your own health let us show you how!! www.holisticnutritionottawa.com crystal@holisticnutritionottawa.com THE BLOOD IS A MIRROR OF HEALTH! Portable microscopy at various locations, including your office or home! Giselle Rivest DHHP, DMH, DynBC, DynN, B.Sc. (613) 2850724 or gisellerivest@hotmail.com • 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 LYMPH DRAINAGE, MASSAGE. Detoxify body. Reduce cellulite, edema. Effective for fibromyalgia. Riverside Health Centre. Dina (613) 526-1255 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 • 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. ROSE B. CHAMPAGNE, Orthotherapy, Reflexology (RAC), Deep tissue work, Energy work, CranioSacral Therapy, Insurance receipts, located in Bells Corners. Therapies Sante/ Therapies for Health - (613) 596-5001 Stephan Giunta is a holistic therapist that relies on the understanding that the body is a unit and on the natural ability of the body to self heal and to self regulate. Through the use of physical techniques such as osteopathy, cranio sacral therapy and/or massage, removes tensions and restrictions in the body. This is done in order to encourage structural and physiological harmony, self healing and overall better being. 613 884 2331. BODY MASSAGE & Manual Lymph Drainage. Reiki. Insurance coverage available. Riverside Health Centre. Dina (613) 526-1255. Also in Val-des-Monts, Québec. • Massage Therapy BODY POETS MASSAGE THERAPY, Registered Massage Therapists providing care for acute and chronic pain and injury, wellnessoriented massage, and relaxation. Therapeutic massage, Thai massage, Rolf Method of Structural Integration, hot stone, craniosacral, lymphatic drainage, pre/post-natal, scar rehabilitation, and more. Free parking. 504 Kent Street (at Arlington). Call 613-222-0465 or visit bodypoets.com to book online. 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. Experienced in motor vehicle accident claims. Also trained in Acupuncture and Thai Yoga Massage. Receipts issued. Convenient downtown location: 445 Cumberland St. For App. Please Call 613-2413434. For More Info Contact Lori @ lorirmt@ gmail.com or www.lorirmt.ca/ LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS Effective treatment of many chronic conditions. Judy Spence, DNM RN. 613-7282579 www.naetottawa.com AT YOUR HOME MASSAGE. Glenn D. Bunting, RMT. Convenient, Gift Certificates, Weekend Availability. (613) 866-0215.

Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Specializing in therapeutic massage, prenatal, deep tissue, sports injuries, relaxation and many other massage techniques. Registered Massage Therapists: Karina Ackert RMT, Leona Alexander RMT, Christopher Boyd RMT, Craig Curran RMT, Angela Hayward RMT, Christine Liebregts RMT. 421 Richmond Rd, Suite 201, Call or book online: (613) 724-4747 www. mettamassage.com CALM CONNECTIONS Massage Therapy, 42 Holland Ave. Cathy Chatham RMT, Susan Alexander RMT. Tel: 613 792 3223 www. calmconnections.ca HEATHER CURRY, BSC., RMT Therapeutic, relaxation, pregnancy and deep tissue techniques, Hot Stone and Thai massage. Located at 2249 Carling Ave., near Woodroffe. 613-868-5228 or heather.curryrmt@gmail.com for an appointment. www.massagetherapyinottawa.webs.com KAREN MUNRO-CAPLE, RMT. Providing relief from stress, injuries & chronic pain. #230-171 Nepean St. (613) 230-3527. www.kmc-rmt.com NINOM ROUZE is a Traditional Brazilian Holistic Healer offering women Massage Therapies, Reflexology and Reiki. The following therapies are offered: Anti-Stress (Relaxes Muscles), Traditional Shiatsu & Tui-Na, Reflexology (Feet), Lymphatic Drainage, Reiki I & II and Flower Therapy (Dr. Bach). For a totally unique and spiritual experience, call or email for an appointment at 613-680-2558 or ninomrm@ rogers.com. See my display ad in this issue. MICHELLE PERKOVIC RMT. CranioSacral & Massage Therapy Trained with Upledger Institute. Gift certificates available. Insurance receipts. Kanata 327-2105 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 LOTUS HANDS. Massage therepy in the Glebe. 613 762-1274 RE - SELF - ING, a Journey to Wholeness, orthotherapie, swedish massage, reiki. Insurance coverage. Christianne Akyna 613- 842-3337 cakyna@rogers.com www.re-self-ing.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 • Matrix Energetics ALGONQUIN SHAMAN - Experience the wave of healing and transformation. This healing can help make instant, observable changes in a person or situation, and is based on the laws of subtle energy physics, consciousness, and focused intent, which is why it is called the science and art of transformation. Phone (613) 274-3708 or www.AlgonquinShaman.com. 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 JJ WALDEN - Over 30 years experience. Energy Medicine, Energy Readings, Counselling, Past Life, Diet 4 Blood Type, Brain Gym, Bodywork, Aroma-Touch, Ear Candling. Find and resolve the source(s) of your issues to enable healing. Office and phone appointments. 613-273 -7507 www.TheRanchRetreat.ca 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 • Meditation CHRISTIAN MEDITATION COMMUNITY – There are about 40 groups in the Ottawa area that meet weekly (see Daily Listings) 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 Flora Benoit, Ottawa Area Coordinator at 613-789-7138 or florab@sympatico.ca or consult www.meditatio.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 613-730-2622 or contact@ottawameditation. ca. Visit www.ottawameditation.ca for more information. ART-AS-MEDITATION intuitive painting with acrylics. Workshops/individual sessions Diana Claire Douglas www.inspiritworks.com inspiritworks@sympatico.ca 613-820-8850 LEARN TO MEDITATE, visualize your future now. Call Carol A. Throop 613-823-6103. 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 MEDITATION COURSE IN THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME (individual/groupe) facilitate by a Bouddhist-Priest of Mahajrya Tradition. Info: Sandra 613-327-2093 . akashatay@ akashatay.com MEDITATION and MOTION combines breathwork, gentle contemplative yoga movement, guided visualizations and meditation.

Drop-in classes are Fridays from 11:30 - 1:00pm at Surround Circle Yoga, a beautiful yoga studio located in Old Ottawa South. www. surroundcircleyoga.com * 613-730-6649 Dynamic Meditation. Discover the peace and joy you’ve always longed for through the timeless art of deep meditation. Introductory and ongoing classes offered to groups, individuals and corporations on the philosophy and practice of this life-changing technique. Workshops also given on cultivating intuition; self-care and empowerment; mastering thoughts; development of chakras and energy fields. Call Jennifer Bernius at 613-721-3787 jbernius1@hotmail. com. OTTAWA SHAMBHALA MEDITATION CENTRE. Meditation and free meditation instruction. On-going classes and events. Public welcome. www.shambhalaottawa.ca 725-9321. 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. The name Dharma Punx, coined by author and Buddhist teacher Noah Levine, stands for an international crew of counterculture individuals willing to look within their own hearts and minds for a path through the fear and confusion that comes with being human. Wisdom, compassion, kindness, and generosity aka freedom is the alternative and we all have the ability to attain it. Meet 3:00 Sundays at 174 First ave 2nd Floor. 25 minute meditation starts at 3:15 pm and discussion after, bring your own cushion. dharmapunxottawa@hotmail.com INTRODUCTION TO ZEN WORKSHOP A formal introduction to authentic Zen training through instruction in zazen (sitting Zen) and kinhin (walking Zen). First Saturday of each month, 1:45-4 p.m. Pre-registration required. 613-562-1568 or info@wwzc.org. Zen Centre of Ottawa www.wwzc.org/ • Meditation on CD KERRY PALFRAMAN offers Meeting Your Angels and Spirit Guides, a guided meditation journey on CD. Use to communicate with higher self, angels and spirit guides. www.kerryp.ca or 613-715-9411 • 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 • Movement/Shaking Medicine 7 ELEMENT BODY IN MOVEMENT CLASSES - Designed to delve deep into the body and spirit through guided free-form movement. Shake away habits, honour your body, be moved by spirit! Encourages creative and personal expression, no previous experience necessary. No moves or forms to remember. Each class invites the energy of a different element, allowing us to become an alchemy in motion. Visit www.tentshaker.com for latest class info in Ottawa and Wakefield or call 819.459.8864

• Music and 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 • Music Therapy & Sound Healing HEALING THROUGH MUSIC Enhance your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being. Music explorations in group or individual sessions for normal adults and those with special needs, guided by Beth Gordon, accredited music therapist. Contact: 613 8298536, HealingThruMusic@magma.ca, www. HealingThruMusic.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: 819-6611061. www.naetottawa.com. On parle francais. DEBRA LOWE Canada’s most highly trained Advanced-2 NAET practitioner. (613) 526-9531. www.allergyandpain.com Currently certified NAET practitioners can be found at www.naet. com • 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, 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

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how naturopathic medicine can benefit you (no treatment provided). 300 Preston St. 613-7289100, kandislocknd@gmail.com • Nutrition ELIZABETH WIGGINS, Holistic Practitioner. A ‘Whole’ Approach for your Health and Wellness. 613-222-6922 healing@elizabethwiggins.com www.elizabethwiggins.com MARILENA GAVRILA - NUTRIHOM RNCP, D.I.Hom(Pract.), Registered Nutritional Consultant and Homeopath; Nutritional and lifestyle consulting for your individual and unique health concerns. gavrilamarilena@rogers. com; (613) 842-0373. www.nutrihom.com • Nutritional Counselling CRYSTAL KOZOWY, N.H.P., C.N.C., L.B.C.A., C.I., C.H., Holistic Nutrition Ottawa 613.762.7962, now is the time to take responsibility for your own health let us show you how!! www.holisticnutritionottawa.com crystal@holisticnutritionottawa.com ELIZABETH WIGGINS, Holistic Practitioner. A ‘Whole’ Approach for your Health and Wellness. 613-222-6922 healing@elizabethwiggins.com www.elizabethwiggins.com • Organic Products ORGANICS DELIVERED by www. ECOOTTAWA.com. Sustainable and reliable service. Ethical products, great prices. Proudly serving Ontario since 2006. • Organizing ABUNDANT LIVING BY DESIGN. From Chaos to Order – Bring on the Flow. By clearing the energy of your home, removing your excess stuff, and moving things around you release an energetic block thus allowing you to move to the next level of your spiritual journey. It can be magical. Give me a call. I would love to work with you. Edie Lane - Feng Shui Consultant, Professional Organizer and De-Clutter Specialist. 613-565-1919 www.abundantlivingbydesign.com • Osteopathy JOAH BATES, D.O.(UK) Biodynamic Osteopathy. Creating a space for self-healing through structural balance. Over 25 years experience. 613-742-0011. Stephan Giunta is a holistic therapist that relies on the understanding that the body is a unit and on the natural ability of the body to self heal and to self regulate. Through the use of physical techniques such as osteopathy, cranio sacral therapy and/or massage, removes tensions and restrictions in the body. This is done in order to encourage structural and physiological harmony, self healing and overall better being. 613 884 2331. • Osteropathy/Ortho-Bionomy EFFECTIVE, GENTLE RELIEF for acute and chronic pain, stress, injuries and structural imbalances. Judith Miller,D.O., Osteopath, Reg’d Ortho-Bionomy Advanced Practitioner & Instructor. For sessions or training: 613 235 2687, ob@magma.ca Insurance receipts issued. • Palmistry LINDA, PALMS READER, Crystal ball scrying. Will also teach palm reading, tarot, scrying,

dowsing. For appts: Call (613) 898-3363 before 9 p.m. • Past Life and Spiritual Journeys ALLAN GREEN, Master Past Life and Spiritual Journey Facilitator since 1982. I have the ability to see what you see and to feel what you feel. YOU CAN Eliminate fears, Blocks and pain. Find your mission or purpose. Meet with your spirit guides, talk with people passed over. View your inner child, see and feel your Wings. Clear up people issues that originated in past lives. Travel to your home planet. Remove Curses and Vows that hold you back from Abundance and healthy relationships. www.allangreen.ca; email: journeys@allangreen.ca 1-877-213-7576 toll free. Sessions in Ottawa, Kingston, Carleton Place, Perth, Westport, my home in OMPAH and throughout Eastern Ontario, Phone sessions available. • Past-life Regression GO BACK to an earlier time to retrieve memories to help resolve current issues, unblock emotions, discover your purpose, develop yourself. Wendy Armstrong, MHT, Master Consulting Hypnotist. 613-823-3316. wendy@ wellness-centre.com www.wellness-centre.com OTHER LIVES REGRESSION: SOUL-MATE MATCHING. Through trance work we uncover the basic art of making ourselves who we really are. By the telling of the enchanting story we develop a strategic view of our issues and evolve plans to resolve them. Abuse- Stress- AddictionsSmoking- Weight. Richard Merrill Haney, Ph.D. (Counselling Therapy) 234-5678 or 726-3636. Web site: www.ottawahypnosis.com EXPLORE YOUR PAST LIVES with certified Regression Worksª facilitator Diane Lanthier. www.reiki-light.com. 613-297-8293 • People LINDA STEELE, SHAMANIC ENERGY HEALER – Trained in the 8th Fire School of Algonquin Shamanism. Utilizing a variety of powerful native healing ceremonies such as Energy Medicine, Journeys, Extractions, Past Life/Karma Clearings, and Power Retrievals to heal emotional, physical & spiritual pain. Protection services/Undoing sorcery also available. Sessions equally effective in person or by distance for people & pets. Please call 613868-8468, email lsteele1122@rogers.com or visit www.lindaenergyhealer.com Insurance receipts available. MANALI HARIDAS www.zenforyou.ca Owner and Founder of Zen for You is a Certified Nutritionist & Trainer, Certified Yoga & Reiki Consultant, with more than 10 years of work experience in the field of Clinical, Sports and Holistic Nutrition and Fitness. To know more about Manali please visit www.zenforyou.ca. For a free health assessment consult email at manali@zenforyou.ca or Call 613-276-3996 to book your appointment. MOIRA HUTCHISON CTACC DHP Acc. Hyp. Hypnotherapy, Life Coaching and Intuitive Guidance for personal development and support. www.WellnessWithMoira.com 613.432.1239 CAROL A. THROOP: Teacher. Please call: 613823-6103. Courses and Workshops available. www.empoweringspirit.ca

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• Permanent Makeup Centre for Permanent Makeup is looking for models. Training, Services & Products 613 447-5871. www.absolutelyfabulousfaces.com permanentmakeup.ottawa@gmail.com • Personal Care products Certified Vegan products; personal care, skin care, hair care, baby care etc. 100% botanicle, no chemically enhanced fragrance. contact Sue email sueieradi@rogers.com • Pilates PILATES SPACE, 208 Slater Street @ Bank Street (Above Suisha Gardens). Certified Pilates Trainers offering Private, Group Mat and Reformer classes. Now offering massage therapy. Energize your body, invigorate your mind & elevate your spirit! www.PilatesSpace.com; info@PilatesSpace.com; (613) PILATES (7452837)• Pregnancy PRE-NATAL YOGA. Windhorse Yoga. 1338 1/2 Wellington St. 798-9642 www.windhorse-yoga.ca • Products THREE WORLD FAMOUS CLASS 2 MEDICAL DEVICES. The Original Chi Machine, Hot House and Electro-Reflex Energizer. Visit www.chidvd.com/rob • Psychic Healer LET MY HIGHEST SELF, COMMUNICATE WITH THE LOVED ONES. I do a variety of powerful native and spiritual healing, crystal healing and heal through massage. Restore health through past life regression, balance chakras, card reading, clairvoyance and group seance. Carol 613-745-8672. • Qigong LAMAS QI GONG exercise classes are held at 2 locations - McNabb Community Centre at 180 Percy St. (Sat. 9:30-10:15 am) and Plant Recreation Centre at 930 Somerset St. W. (Wed. 6:00-7:00 pm, Thurs. 6:00-7:00 pm & Sat. 10:3011:30 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 Therapy

NUMEROUS QUANTUM, Non-invasive Technologies Employed by Elite Athletes To enhance performance and reduce stress. During the recent Beijing Olympic Games. China won 14 Gold Medals they did not expect. And have committed to purchase 20,000 units of this subtle energy technology! Over 200 healing modalities! Doug Henderson Phd 613-233-3888 www. quantumru.com • Quantum TouchTherapy THE POWER TO HEAL Aileen M. McKenna, Certified Quantum-Touch, Instructor/Practitioner since 2004, first instructor in Canada increase physical strength, relieve physical and emotional symptoms of 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 • Reconnective Healing CATHERINE GEE, The Reconnectionª and Reconnective Healing¨ practitioner. 613.296.6288, Email: cgee2013@gmail.com Let the universe give you what you need. Receive energy as vibration, light and information. PATRICIA V. LACROIX, Reconnective Healing Practitionerª. The Reconnectionª and Reconnective Healing¨. Gift Certificates available. 613-592-2520 patriciavlacroix@ sympatico.ca For additional info: www. TheReconnection.com Reconnection¨ and Reconnective Healing¨ sessions now available at 221, chemin Freeman, Gatineau. Bilingual services. Receipts available. Gis le Cossette. Naturotherapist and Life coach. 819-664-6642. www.thereconnection.com MICHELLE HAMELIN, The Reconnectionª and Reconnective Healing¨ Sessions. Reconnective Healing is healing by reconnecting to the grid system of light/energy of the body and the DNA. James Street Wellness Centre. Info: www.michellehamelin.com Tel: (613) 2952191. info@michellehamelin.com. www. thereconnection.com • Reflexology MARY THORNE, RRPr, RCRT is the Director of Reflexology Therapy/Orthotics Consultant for Ottawa-based, Family Physiotherapy Wellness Centers. Mary is a nationally certified and provincially registered Reflexology Therapist with over 10 years experience. Professional offices in Westgate Shopping Centre, Barrhaven Town Centre and Bank/Heron Sts For a consultation or to make an appointment, please call 613-715-9000. For further information, kindly visit our website www.familyphysio.com ALLIE FAIRFAX - RAC Certified Foot Reflexologist. Manotick - 613-692-3025 email: Foot_Reflexology@rogers.com HELP YOUR BODY HEAL WHILE YOU RELAX, Rachel Fournier, R.R.Pr. Foot Reflexologist. Mobile service available: home, office, hospital. Service: Centretown, Vanier, Orleans, Hull, Gatineau. Call 819-329-5198.

LYNNE LOISELLE, Certified Reflexologist, 16 years experience, clinic, home, office and hospital visits available, specializing in palliative care, insurance receipts, (613)294-3917 Valcron Reflexology RAC certified reflexologist with over 12 year’s experience. Evening and weekend appointments and home visits available. Practice is in the Orleans area. Insurance receipts provided. Contact: Valerie Cronin, RN, BA, SCM, MA, CCRP. 613-8379435 valcronin@rogers.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 PETRA ZANGERL-VAN VEEN, RCRT is a registered Reflexology Therapist and has been practicing Reflexology in Europe and Canada since 1992. Service available at - Noir Salon & Spa 613-688-6647 Lift! Stress Management Solutions. Reverse the stress response with reflexology. Lori Chamberland, R.R.Pr. 613-255-7934 www. liftstress.ca DEB DESJARDINS 613-435-2100. Home-based 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: ottawareflexology@yahoo.ca • Reiki VISION REIKI- CATHERINE BASTEDO Holographic-Usui Reiki Master. Personalized Reiki classes in English or French; individual sessions, daytime/week ends. Online Chakra Basics clas ses; Bird Vibes meditation decks. Nature Retreats in Muskoka. www.visionreiki.com. cbastedo@ visionreiki.com Call 819-778-2590 ALGONQUIN SHAMAN - Reiki Master offering private sessions and Reiki Training (613) 274-3708 or www.AlgonquinShaman.com. UNIVERSAL LIFE FORCE - MASTER REIKI CLASSES: 3 in 1 based on Usui method. All levels welcome, individual and small class size. Contact Nancy 613-596-0260 or email: stonetreehaven@yahoo.com 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 DINA. Usui Reiki Master. Harmonize body. mind and emotional system. Bring peace of mind. Sessions and training for all levels. Riverside Health Centre. 613-526-1255.

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 ERIC, CERTIFIED PRACTIONER IN REIKI, Quantum-Touch and EFT. Those healing therapies will regenerate, balance and heal your body and mind. Personalized consultations. 819 776 0374 eirikrrauda@gmail.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 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 ANGELIC REIKI Let the Energy of the Angels transform you into divinity! In this Hands on Healing Manner. BY: Rev. Gordon Olmstead. FREE OF CHARGE! My will is to serve humanity! gordonolmstead@yahoo.ca 613-7263385 (H); 613-323-0057 (C). Located in Nepean ANNA GREEN, Reiki Master/Teacher, RYT, BA Human Relations & Spirituality, MA Insight Mediation. SPIRIT WELL HOLISTICS. Healing Modalities & Classes: Reiki, Body-Mind Process Work, Shamanic Techniques, Meridian & Chakra Cleansing, Aromatherapy, Bach Flower Remedies, Acupressure, Muscle Testing, Spiritual Development, Insight Mediation &Yoga. Anna is experienced, genuine and present to your spiritual journey. www.spiritwell. ca for stories, classes and workshops. (613) 7292775 Civic Hospital Area. FLOWING EASE. Usui Reiki Master/ Practitioner: Let the soothling, gentle art of Reiki clear your mind, ease you into deep relaxation and restore your well-being. Call Sandra at 613820-6399. PATRICIA V. LACROIX, Reiki Master/ Teacher. Certified Hypnotherapist, Clairvoyant Medium. Divine healing for body, mind and spirit. Certified training in Reiki I, II, Advanced and Master Levels. Gift Certificates available. 613-592-2520 patriciavlacroix@sympatico.ca iHealing Connection: Usui & Karuna Reiki ¨ Master, QuantumTouch¨, Intergrative Energy Therapy, EFT and Magnified 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 HOLOGRAPHIC REIKI AND REFLEXOLOGY. Enjoy a relaxing, healing Holographic Reiki Treatment or Reflexology Treatment in Lincoln Fields. Parking available. On the transit route. Afternoon and evening appointments available. Holographic Reiki Level III. Women only. 613-667-9170

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MICHELLE HAMELIN, Reiki works on clearing energy blocks in the body, mind and spirit to restore your balance. Relax and recharge with an energy vacation. James Street Wellness Centre. Info: www.michellehamelin.com Tel: (613) 295-2191. info@michellehamelin.com REIKI Initiation I, II, III. Reiki treatments. Suzanne Patry B.A., B.A.Ed., M.A.Ed. At your convenience. Bilingual. (613)744-8612. Cell: 298-1023. Manor Park area. 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 T-LINE SERVICES offers Reiki for stress relief, relaxation, and healing. Maria Trumbach, Founder, has practiced Reiki since 1995 and is a Registered Master Teacher (Can. Reiki Assn. & Intl. Assn. of Reiki Professionals) of both UsuiTibetan and Karuna Reiki ¨. Regularly scheduled/ private classes & treatment sessions are always available. Info: 613-612-6581 or www.T-Line.ca • Relaxation RESTORATIVE YOGA Windhorse Yoga. 1338 1/2 Wellington St. 613-798-9642 www. windhorse-yoga.ca LEARN SELF-CARE SKILLS TO ADDRESS STRESS, anxiety and burnout. Visit www. innerspa.ca or email Maureen at m.kellerman@ rogers.com • Retreats THE RANCH RETREAT - Appointments and custom retreats for individuals and small groups. Beautiful 65 acres on the Canadian Shield provides a tranquil and personalised setting for those dedicated to their healing / spiritual growth journey(s). Meditation, Medical Intuition, Energy Medicine, Counselling, Bodywork, Brain Gym, Diet 4 Blood Type etc. Located near the scenic village of Westport, ON. 613-273 -7507 www.TheRanchRetreat.ca 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 RENDEZVOUS RUPERT in the beautiful Gatineau hills only a 40 minute drive north of Ottawa. Come and enjoy this year round, charming, self contained space on your own or with others. Perfect for individual, couple and team retreats - self led or facilitated. Contact us for more info at (819) 459-3580 www. rendezvousrupert.org 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 613625-2200. www.lindenpondcottage.com • Rolfing ANN OHLMACHER, “advanced practitioner, 28 years experience”, and for counseling, put “Ann Ohlmacher, MA Body Psychology; Individual and group Body Centered psychotherapy and trauma work.” JULIA BERG, Certified Rolfer and Rolf Movement Practitioner. 1142 Wellington St West. (w) 613-722-2929 www.renuspa.ca. (c) 613-894-3663. • Room for Rent Workshop space and therapy rooms available at Planet Botanix, 301 Bank (Somerset) 567-4444 FULL – TIME TREATMENT ROOM in the James Street Wellness Centre downtown Ottawa. For more information please contact Jenna at 613.237.4192. • Runes RUNECASTREADINGS BY LEONA. Groups or individual readings. Please email runecastreadings@gmail.com for information. • Schools THE 8TH FIRE - School for professional training and development in the Algonquin Healing Arts of Shamanism, Spiritual Healing, and Energy Medicine. Two-year professional training program and certificate offered, among the most comprehensive Shamanic Training programs in the world, taught by a Traditional Algonquin Medicine Person. Many teachings are unique and exclusive to this training alone. Phone 613) 2743708 or www.The8thFire.com for more info. BRITISH INSTITUTE OF HOMEOPATHY – CANADA www.bihcanada.ca director@ bihcanada.ca 6561 Harvest Grove Dr, Greely ON K4P 1E9. 613-821-9762. • Scrying SCRYING: Find Peace For Your Soul with crystal ball and Tarot readings and classes with Marilyn, kingstonpsychic.com 613-549-2438. • Shakuhachi SHAKUHACHI MASTER DEBBIE DANBROOK is offering private Shakuhachi flute lessons at Centretown United Church. No musical experience is necessary. Flutes available. Debbie also offers meditation sessions for individuals and groups. e-mail: info@ healingmusic.com tel: 1-888-MUSIC-38 • Shamanism ALGONQUIN SHAMAN - 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. AlgonquinShaman.com. EARTHWISE HEALING AND WELLNESS Shamanic healing facilitation for the release of emotional, mental and energetic blockages, limiting patterns, effects of trauma, physical symptoms and for moving through life’s transitions. Please visit www.earthwisehealing. com or call 613-234-8846 for more information.

JOE HISCOTT, Healing Artist offering facilitation in Shamanic Ceremonies, Energy Medicine, Spirited Healing, Private Retreats, Tipi Gatherings in Wakefield Qc. www. tentshaker.com, shaker@tentshaker.com or call 819.459.8864 SWEETGRASS HEALING – Gentle, noninvasive healing facilitation for physical, emotional, and spiritual healing. Shamanic Healing Ceremonies, Energy Medicine, Space Clearing in Centretown, Ottawa. Please call (613) 371-2688 for more information. KATHLEEN LEESON RH, is a Shamanic Healer and Clinical Herbalist, with 18 years of experience treating physical and energetic-based problems. I offer Shamanic processes in order to alter unwanted experiences or memories at the root of the 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-onone appointments in downtown Ottawa at 613237-1473. I also teach Wisdom and Happiness: Fulfilling Your Life’s Purpose in order to aid soul growth. Visit www.kathleenleeson.ca JEFF LANTZ: SHAMANIC COACH. Offering a variety of tools, techniques, and teachings to enliven and enjoy! Personal Ceremony, Power Animals, Drum Journeys, Dream Teachings, Assemblage Point work, Recapitulation, Medicine Wheels, and much more. Clients may also choose to participate in performances by the Fifth World Theatre. Trained and certified by the Institute of Shamanic Medicine. First session free. West End Ottawa. Please contact jeffrey. lantz@gmail.com

vibration of natural herbs, enhancing potency to rejuvenate your skin. Luscious aromas. Gayle Mickelson 830-5764

Therapy. Essential Oils. Aura Light Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Doug Henderson Phd 613-2333888 www.quantumru.com

• Soul Retrieval ALGONQUIN SHAMAN - Feeling separate from yourself, or that something is missing? Through journeying, discover the source of your wounding; understand the Soul promises that you have made, even before you were born; claim the source of your passion & bliss; & discover the Soul treasures that you can bring forth into the world. Soul Retrieval can accomplish in a few sessions what can sometimes take years to achieve in psychotherapy - (613) 274-3708 or www.AlgonquinShaman.com.

• Sufism SUFI ORDER OF OTTAWA. Phone: 613-7210863 email: johnmroberts@rogers.com website: www.sufiorderofottawa.webs.com

• Sound Healing KARIN JOY SCOTT – Let Joy be the guide to your Inner Light! Join me on a sacred journey into the healing power of sound. Bring your mind, body and spirit back into harmony and balance through the therapeutic application of sound. 613-526-9114 or visit www.karinjoy.ca

• Tapas Acupressure Technique Inner ease through energy-based healing. By phone or in person. 613-868-9642 www.shula.ca

• Shamanism/Energy Healing LINDA STEELE Combining natural healing & intuitive gifts along with 8th Fire School of Algonquin Shamanism training, my healing sessions clear emotional & physical pain at the root level. Sessions are equally effective in person or by distance. Serving people & pets... Call 613-868-8468 or email lsteele1122@ rogers.com or visit www.lindaenergyhealer.com for further info. Space clearing of homes and businesses also available.

• Spiritual Counselling Facilitator & guide: ConstellationWork, Soul Talk, creative meditation practices., reiki. Workshops/individual sessions Diana ClaireDouglas. dianaclairedouglas@bell.net 613-820-8850 SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE: Serving your personal journey toward enlightenment. Contact Rev. Robert Meagher at 613-204-0299 or rmeagher@ istar.ca. Visit www.servingyourjourney.com for more information.

• 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 RENAISSANCE HOLISTIC HEALTH Kasia Skabas- Certified Shiatsu Therapist. Needle-free acupressure work that will deeply relax your body & mind while balancing the energy within. www.renaissanceholistic.com. Insurance receipts. Parking. 235 King Edward Ave. 613 667-7777.

• Spiritual Growth Workshops JOSE SILVA ULTRAMIND ESP SYSTEM Let the Divine in You Blossom! Awakening your natural intuition & psychic abilities. Learn to manifest what you want. 2-day workshops. www. jillsilva.com Jilll@hotmail.com

• 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

• Spa Days HEALING SPA DAYS with Rica Gerhardt incl. Aqua Chi Detox footbath. 613-257-8362 www. wellbeingisyours.com • Space Clearing ALGONQUIN SHAMAN: Providing traditional ceremonial cleansing of spaces such as homes, property, or businesses to heal heavy or negative energies, creating sacred space for protection, and blessings to allow the energy of renewal to enter the space. Also offering a ceremony which brings new energy of the universe into a place. (613) 274-3708 or www.AlgonquinShaman.com

• Sprouting KARIN JOY SCOTT – Let Joy be the guide to your Inner Light! Come and learn how to grow your own delicious and nutritious sprouts. It is a fun and affordable way to improved health and greater vitality. Call for more information on upcoming workshops or to arrange your small group workshop. 613-526-9114 or visit www. karinjoy.ca • Stress Management NUMEROUS DETOXIFICATION PROCESSES employed. Super Charger Health Spa. Light Beam Generator. EPFX/SCIO Quantum Biofeedback. Intermitent Hypoxic

• T’ai Chi TAI CHI (Chen Style) - Qigong, forms, silkreeling, push hands. Ottawa Chen Workshop 730-7590, chenworkshop@yahoo.ca HUNYUAN TAIJI, Mondays 19:00-22:00, Hummingbird House, 255 MacKay St. 3rd floor, pierrehuot67@yahoo.ca

• Tarot MADAME MONIKA Astrological, Psychic, Tarot reading (613) 746-5455 TAROT READING AND TEACHING. Suzanne Patry B.A., B.A.Ed., M.A.Ed. At your convenience. Bilingual. (613) 744-8612. Cell: 298-1023. • Thai Massage UNFOLDING PATH THAI MASSAGE – Thai massage in the south end of Ottawa (Manotick, Greely, Riverside South). Deep stretching & acupressure for relaxing & healing. Leanne, 613-821-9789, leanne@unfoldingpath.ca, www. unfoldingpath.ca. 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: 445 Cumberland St. For App. Please Call 613-241-3434. For More Info Contact Lori @ lorirmt@gmail.com or www. lorirmt.ca BODY POETS MASSAGE THERAPY. Registered Massage Therapists providing care for acute and chronic pain and injury, wellnessoriented massage, and relaxation. Therapeutic massage, Thai massage, Rolf Method of Structural Integration, hot stone, craniosacral, lymphatic drainage, pre/post-natal, scar rehabilitation, and more. Free parking. 504 Kent Street (at Arlington). Call 613-222-0465 or visit bodypoets.com to book online. WELLNESS WITH MOIRA FOR THAI YOGA MASSAGE... Applied and deep stretching to relax, heal and balance you in mind, body and spirit. www.WellnessWithMoira.com 613.432.1239 • Therapeutic SOMAYOG (Therapeutic Yoga for the spine). Windhorse Yoga. 1338 1/2 Wellington St. 7989642 www.windhorse-yoga.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 Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Specializingin Therapeutic Yoga for people with limited mobility due to illness or injury. Small class size provides individualized attention. Begin with an Initial Assessment before attending a class by booking an appointment online or call (613) 724-4747. 421 Richmond Rd. Suite 201 www.mettamassage.com FUNCTIONAL FORM THERAPEUTIC YOGA combines principles of anatomy & physiology with the ancient wisdom of yoga to restore function, increase vitality & enhance an overall sense of well-being. Classes are arranged privately for individuals who suffer with pain, stress, injury or illness. Call Maureen Fallis at Surround Circle Yoga for a free consultation. www.surroundcircleyoga.com * 613-730-6649 • Trips SPIRITUAL JOURNEY through the Sacred Valley of Peru in the Heart of the Andes with Quechua spiritual messenger Willaru Huayta. www.elderswithoutborders.org or email: spiritualelders@hotmail.com • Vegan Products Certified Vegan products; personal care, skin care, hair care, baby care etc. 100% botanicle, no chemically enhanced fragrance. contact Sue e-mail sueieradi@rogers.com • Vegetarian Cooking and Catering I have several years of restaurant experience and have also taught cooking classes. Would like to cook in your home for any type of vegetarian dietary preferences. Also will cook for workshops, retreats, and get-togethers. Sutapa Adelman 614241-4822. • Vegetarian Restaurants GOVINDA’S. 212 Somerset St. E. 565-6544. PEACE GARDEN. Gourmet international coffee and tea house and catering. 47 Clarence St. 5622434. • Visceral Manipulation Denise Gaulin, B.A., CST offers visceral manipulation sessions for adults, children and infants. She is a certified CranioSacral therapist and has a specialization in pediatric CST and VM. By appointment. Tel. 613-738-9080 • Voice Movement Therapy A THERAPEUTIC JOURNEY through creativity and improvisation that uses voice and movement to explore the Self. Can also focus on vocal expression specifically. Sessions available in Ottawa and Cantley. Marie-Lynne Sauve, B. Mus, M.A., VMTR 819-827-2657 http://pages. videotron.com/mlsauve • 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

January 2011

• Weight Management BEEN DIETING MOST OF YOUR LIFE And just keep getting Bigger. Discover Why! And What to do About it! Learn how to lose weight safely Doug Henderson Phd 613-233-3888 www. quantumru.com DR. CARRI DRZYZGA DC, www. TotalWellnessSolution.ca IDEAL PROTEIN WEIGHT LOSS METHODDOWNTOWN OTTAWA. Quick & healthy protocol with proven long-lasting results. One-on-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 HEALTH AND WELLNESS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY. Johanne Guitard, coach@ jguitard.ca, 819-684-7360. • 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 • Yoga ASTANGA YOGA OTTAWA 200 1/2 Bank St. Traditional ashtanga vinyasa yoga. Morning, lunch & evening classes. www.astangaottawa. com 613-722-6860 CALM CONNECTIONS Massage Therapy Centre. Weekday evenings and Saturday morning Yoga classes. Sam Shortt, Certified Instructor. Small group classes. 42 Holland Ave, 792 3223 www.calmconnections.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. SURROUND CIRCLE YOGA S-T-R-E-T-CH your body, your mind & your spirit in this beautiful studio located in Old Ottawa South. Taught from a Kripalu perspective, weekly dropin classes are available for all levels - beginners,

seniors, and active athletes. Specialty classes include Meditation & Motion, Restorative Yoga, and Functional Form Therapeutic Yoga (offered privately at the studio or in your home/office). 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. Over 100 Weekly Drop-In classes, Teacher Trainings, Workshops and Community Classes. Styles: Ashtanga, Baptiste, Hatha, Hot, Kripalu, Kundalini, Partner Yoga, Power, Prenatal/Postnatal, Sivananda, Viniyoga, Vinyasa Flow, Yin Yoga, Yoga For Children. Specialties: Meditation, Private / Individual, Therapeutic, Workshops. The Rama Lotus Yoga Centre is one of the largest yoga studios in Canada. We have been providing yoga classes in a beautiful and nurturing environment for over 14 years. With five spacious yoga studios in our one location - including seven changing rooms for your comfort our classes are taught by over 30 professional and nurturing teachers. It is our pleasure to serve you Yogi Tea during our weekday classes. In the past 10 years, we have certified hundreds of students in our Teacher Training programs. To complement your yoga practice we host weekly workshops with Canadian and international instructors. Our boutique offers a full line of yoga accessories, several lines of yoga clothing, related books, DVDs, CDs, meditation props, snacks, jewelry and many other lifestyle items. We offer yoga with the intention of uplifting the global community. We invite you to become a part of the Rama Lotus Yoga Centre! ADI SHAKTI YOGA CENTRE IN ORLƒANS Feel Great... One Breath at a Time! Specializing in KUNDALINI YOGA. We’re at 1390 Youville Drive, 2nd Fl., Orleans (Wheelsport bldg). Beginner & Intermediate drop-in classes of uplifting, fun & informative Kundalini Yoga taught by certified teachers. Come enjoy our healing ambiance, heavenly music, a warm cup of tea & community spirit. Also: Private yoga consultations; Nutrition & Homeopathic consultations; Reiki treatments & training; Kirtan singing; Vedic cooking classes; Yogic workshops; Concerts; Gong relaxation evenings monthly; Pre-natal friendly yoga; Sunrise Yoga

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 (2355378) and Dovercourt (798-8950). Anne Pitman, Namaste and Yoga Alliance certified. www. annesyoga.com 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 Metta Massage & Yoga Clinic. Specializing in Therapeutic Massage & Yoga. We offer prenatal, therapeutic & drop-in yoga classes. 421 Richmond Rd, Suite 201 (613) 7244747. Visit www.mettamassage.com for more information. 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. 5925936 or sattvayoga.ca UNFOLDING PATH YOGA – Weekly yoga classes in the south end of Ottawa (Manotick, Kars, Greely, Riverside South), combining themes with posture, breath, relaxation & meditation to create space for reflection & rejuvenation. Leanne, 613-821-9789, leanne@ unfoldingpath.ca, www.unfoldingpath.ca. WINDHORSE YOGA STUDIO AND BOUTIQUE Classes for beginner and intermediate students: hatha, flow, yin, hot, restorative, therapeutic (Somayog), core, pre-natal, kids, family, Tai Chi and YogaDance. Yoga parties, corporate and private classes. Boutique offers yoga and meditation supplies, clothing, books, jewellery, giftware and more. Enrich your yoga practice and your life. 1338 1/2 Wellington St. 798-9642 www.windhorse-yoga.ca • 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

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Little Messages in Little Frames: Humility and the Job Search By Harry Valentine A visitor to the little messages group told an inspirational story about a South Korean executive named Rho, whose corporate management position had become redundant during an economic downturn. In many Asian societies, one’s job title determines one’s perceived status in the community. Many Asian people fear “losing face” should they have to accept a lower level job. Rho followed the teachings of the world’s great religions that tell us to be humble in our behaviour and not boastful when he took a job as a waiter in a restaurant. He recognized that he was more than his job title and found the courage and inner strength of humility to give up the false god of the image and status that a corporate executive could portray. Rho overcame his fear of the perception of what others might have thought of him. He knew of men whose devotion to the false god of the image led them to incur great debt to maintain their image, terrified of what they thought that others might think of them.

“I want courage and inner strength to persist through the job search.” She made many copies of that little message and placed them where she would frequently see them. A job-finding support group helped her identify businesses that could succeed during tough economic times. She planned to visit these businesses in person and meet a decision maker. Repeatedly seeing the little message in the little frames kept her mind focused on her quest. She visited many businesses where she could speak directly to a decision maker and advised as to how she could contribute to the operation of the business. She met rejection many times, and despite repeated rejection, the repeated sightings of the little message in the little frames gave her the courage and inner strength to persist in her quest. A chance visit to a second-hand store resulted in her meeting the owner of the business. She mentioned things she could do for a second- hand store. The owner seemed interested and advised that he’d be willing to try her out to see how things worked out. Harry Valentine writes and publishes on a range of issues. He may reached at harrycv@hotmail.com

The example of the former corporate executive who became a waiter serves as a beacon for people who are laid off during an economic downturn. A member of the little messages group, who had used a little message in little frames to overcome her fear of speaking before a large group of people, had been laid off from her job during a downturn. She faced the challenge of finding employment in a tough job market that offered few openings. She became fearful of remaining unemployed and of what people might think of her for being unemployed. Perhaps she had to seek and accept what she thought would be a lower level job. Upon hearing of her concerns, a fellow member of the group who knew of Rho’s story of humility remembered the scriptural teachings that tell us to ask for spiritual gifts. She promptly received a little message in a little frame that read: “I want the courage and inner strength of humility.” Upon receiving the little frame, she made several copies of the message that she placed at various locations where she would repeatedly see them. The alternative may be an out of control mind running amok on negative self-talk such as, “I can’t do this,” “I’ll never be able to do that,” “I’m no good at this,” “I’m no good at that!” Such self-talk could otherwise have kept her stuck and in a rut. Realizing the challenging journey of seeking a new job, another member of the group gave her a little message in a little frame that read:

January 2011

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The Soul World – Part 2 By Kerry Palframan RN Kerry describes herself as an Indigo Dreamer – an intuitive (Indigo) guide to the spirit world (Dreamer) who helps individuals find and hold a vision of their potential to fulfil their soul’s journey. She assists her clients and readers in creating peace within themselves, their family, and their community, and on the planet. She gently and expertly leads others toward personal enlightenment, clarity, direction, insight, validation and vision. Question: What happens in the Soul World? Life happens here. Not life like we know it here on earth, but life non-theless. Pure essence and pure vibration are the structures of this reality. There is soul intention, awakenings, evolving, growing, stretching of awareness, experimenting, creativity, relationships, love, conceiving of ideas and implementation of these ideas. Just because the soul does not have a physical body does not mean that it does not have goals or purposes or the desire to stretch its own awareness more. Indeed, the soul world is the place where the soul decides and makes the choices to incarnate on the earth plane. The Earth plane is considered the place of spiritual fast-tracking. Earth is the place where manifestation shows the soul exactly what it is creating in hard core reality. On earth, there is no escaping the reality of what you are creating. Whether you are creating your life consciously or unconscious (on auto-pilot), the earth plane will always show you what you are creating in a tangible, solid and physical format. Soul world is the place where souls make choices, just like we do here on earth. The soul has a mission and desires and ideals, not unlike the human but it is done with more consciousness and awareness and the guidance available is more readily understood, or at least accepted and validated. The soul may ask for and receive guidance (much like we do) but free will still resides and nothing is forced upon the soul. Watch for part 3 next month in this Soul World series. Kerry Palframan, a registered nurse by profession, began delving into the world of the unseen to help her overcome a life threatening illness. A gifted teacher, healer, intuitive and spiritual medium, she now offers the wisdom of the esoteric and sacred ancient teachings in a powerful series of workshops, book and a guided meditation CD. She brings forth information from Spirit as a service to all and offers readings online, in-person, by phone or webcam. See Kerry’s workshop schedule Free Your Neck & Back... online at www. indigodreamer.com ...Drop that STRESS 613-715-9411

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Deep Soul Energet ics

The Art of Savouring

us; we invite it and settle for it. My question is, why do we stand for it?

Our culture is not compatible with savouring life and spending time with family. I have never heard of anyone that was on their death bed wishing they would have spent more time at work. While working does give us a sense of worth and accomplishment, it is not what our life purpose is. Our belief system in this country has somehow forgotten how precious our time is with our loved ones, including ourselves.

It is time for us to reactivate our passions. It is time to take time for our family and ourselves, find the peace we desperately need, and be human. We need to believe in our ability to dream again and show that our love for life is important. It is so easy to reactivate your heart energy, as all you need to do is find those things in your life that make you happy. Find people in your life that make you happy and visit them more. Find clothes in your closet that make you happy and wear them. Find those moments in your day that make you happy and savour them.

In Germany, the value of vacations and time spent with family is so important that even the lowest paid street sweeper gets six weeks paid vacation. When the passion and the savouring of life is introduced it has huge financial benefits, including almost zero absenteeism, higher productivity, happier employees, lower health demands. Leo Buscalia said “We are stronger when we are loved and seek love in everything we do.” Why does this make such a massive impact on their lives? I can sum this up in one word; heart. The heart energy is the most powerful organ and energy centre we have. It is said that the heart chakra can emit more than 10 times the amount of energy than the brain. The heart is the passion centre of our existence. When we close our heart it has a devastating effect; it keeps us in fear, doubt and uncertainty. Is it really a coincidence that heart disease is the highest single health issue in this country?

Being happy is not the goal, but a state of mind throughout your journey. You cannot have a happy ending from a fearful and angry journey. Regardless where you are you can always expand to new levels of growth, but the happiness should be there every step of the way. Love your life now as it unfolds as the energies will constantly bring you more of what you love and focus on. By honouring yourself and loving yourself enough to get happy you will change your destiny; effortlessly. Tony Gyenis www.IWillWin.ca

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Nancy SantoPietro, an author of the book “Feng Shui For Your Health”, says “If everyone took care of themselves and their own issues there would be no need for healers”. By finding your own way within your spirit and connecting with your own source energy, you become the main driver of your life. Since this position is your natural state in life, your health will improve substantially to a point of freedom and harmony. It is the art of savouring life and stopping to enjoy the moments in your life, that most times, are over in a few seconds. Do you ever stop your car and just watch the beautiful sunset on an amazing summer day as it folds into the horizon? We are racing through life with a heavy heart; a heart which is crying for attention, joy, peace, and fun. We settle for a dead end job and complain about it. We settle for a lower standard of living thinking it can’t change and complain to the government that few changes are made to help. There is always something wrong when people are not happy, while our inner being knows that happiness is your responsibility and not the result of outside influences. We have been so exhausted in trying to keep up with work that we have simply stopped asking for joy, peace, and fun in our lives. Many people have settled with the fact that things won’t improve, so why try and be disappointed? It is easier just to give up on your dreams. Bad luck doesn’t follow

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A physical and mental workout With the cold creeping in it’s time to start thinking about what your exercise routine will be over the winter months. Why not try something that the whole family can enjoy? Martial arts is not just about high kicks and punches, it is a great mental workout as well as physical. The sport teaches numerous life lessons that can be applied to everyday life. Not many sports can claim to benefit those of all genders and age.

Mental Displine Everyday stresses can soon have you tearing your hair out and for children the demand of school can build up. Martial arts can help you learn how to re-focus, relax and stay in control. Randy Colingan, owner and instructor of Therien Martial Arts & Fitness Stittsville and Manotick, says “Martial arts is an activity where students learn that success does not happen in a day, but happens daily. Our students learn to set goals, how to plan to achieve those goals and finally (and most importantly) to take the action on their plan. When our students see the goal, and realize that daily actions take them closer to their goals, it becomes easy for the them to set daily habits and build the discipline necessary to accomplish anything they set their mind to.”

Respect Self respect and respect for others are huge assets. One of the principles of martial arts training is learning respect for those with greater knowledge and experience. Cooligan says: “Martial Arts begins and ends with respect. It is about working as a team with your class and instructors to get better than you could on your own and the only way that happens is to respect yourself and your team mates. At our school respect is built into our philosophy and etiquette and we teach our students to carry themselves the same way in whatever they do.”

Self defence Self defence is not just about protecting yourself physically, but also learning how to walk away. Cooligan says: “Martial arts has its roots in self defence. The reason why martial arts has lasted thousands of years is due to the need it addresses in providing self defence, fitness and personal development. Training in the martial arts gives our students a physical and psychological advantage in a confrontation because of the practical self defence application they learn and practice in class.

“This self defence application gives our students the confidence they need to handle a physical confrontation and, more importantly, the confidence to walk away if possible.”

Fitness You’ll be surprised by how martial arts can affect the body. It’s a great total body workout! “It is a fantastic way to stay in shape. In our classes we focus on all areas of fitness, namely cardio, flexibility, muscular strength and muscular endurance. The unique thing about the martial arts class is that the participants are constantly mentally stimulated as they exercise so the monotony of getting in shape is nonexistent. We also make sure to cultivate a positive atmosphere in our martial arts school to act as a real motivator for the students who need support in reaching their fitness goals,” says Cooligan.

Self-confidence The sense of accomplishment can send your self-confidence sawing! “One of the greatest benefits of martial arts training is the increase in confidence that participants receive. The martial arts uses belts to recognize achievement on a scheduled interval. Every time a student is recognized the confidence level of that student is increased. More importantly, our students learn awesome self defence techniques, get in great shape and develop social skills that overflow into every area of their life. We have many students who credit their martial arts training for their new found confidence and try new things, stand up for themselves, and live a fuller life.” Why not get your family together and give it a go?

About Therien Martial Arts & Fitness Therien Jiu-jitsu and kickboxing schools have been operating in Ottawa from 1968 and has built a reputation of the best schools across the world with top quality instructors and programs. The school runs a number of programs including a kids after-school program. Therien Martial Arts & Fitness, Stittsville, recently won the Best Martial Arts School Diamond Award – Readers Choice 2010. For more information visit www.jiu-jitsu.com

January 2011

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True Meditation The following is an excerpt from, The Way to the Kingdom by Joseph S. Benner. Joseph Benner published a number of channeled works anonymously such as, “The Impersonal Life,” “The Teacher,” “Wealth,” “Brotherhood,” “The Way Out,” “The Way Beyond,” “Good and Evil,” “Receiving and Giving,” “The Great White Brotherhood,” and “The Way to the Kingdom. These amazing spiritual works were published approximately 1914 – 1935. Not until his death in 1940 was it revealed who scribed these works. Benner, truly understood who is the Source of all. Also note, that these works were scribed about the time of the commencement of and during world warring activity. Little is known about Benner. He remains quite an enigma and is worthy of further investigation. I have just begun my personal investigation of Benner and his works and I can’t help but notice the similarities with “A Course in Miracles,” which was also a channeled work over a seven year period. At times, identical words are used. “A Course in Miracles was first published in three parts or volumes in 1976. It seems like the author is the same just the personality of the scribes are different. In the case of ACIM the scribe was Helen Schucman, who may not have been able to complete the task without the stabilizing influence of William Thetford, both Professors of Medical Psychology at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. Consequently “The Course” has the imprint of two Psychologists plus the imprint of its editor, Kenneth Wapnick. Although “The Course” does not focus on meditation but rather a change of mind or a change of thought, the reader might just notice a similar emphasis when Benner’s Source discusses, “True Meditation.” “True meditation is the simplest and most natural thing in the world, because it is but a retiring into the quiet of the soul, a letting go in the mind of all outer things and relapsing into a peace and a rest in which the Spirit can come forth and speak to the mind. If you only knew it, many times a day do you meditate – when your mind dwells upon things in which the personal self is interested. When that part of you is really concerned about a thing, your mind automatically obeys and dwells upon and ponders the thing until its interest is appeased (worrying, being anxious, grieving, and such are all negative, unconscious meditation). Thus you can see that meditation is natural and in no way difficult. It only appears difficult because the human mind, which has been accustomed to having its own way and to the thinking of only the personal things in which it is interested, rebels against restraint, particularly when required to think of impersonal and abstract things that you are interested in and wish light upon (purposeful thinking is positive and conscious meditation). We will try to indicate more clearly what we mean. In “The Impersonal Life” you are shown that it is really God who is living in your body and is your Real Self and that you are of no importance whatsoever, either to yourself or to the world at large, until you recognize this great truth in a more or less conscious and intelligent way. This of course is not easy to grasp by a mind that considers you and itself separate and apart from God. Now consider that the life that grew you and is living in you is the same life that is growing the grass, the flowers, the trees, the animals and all humanity, and is so wise and powerful a life that despite every obstacle it develops all to the maturity of that which it is their destiny to be. Did you or anyone of these others have any conscious part in the direction of or actual process of such growing? You know that you did not, and you know that this life and intelligence and will doing it all is God – Who is All in all. Now try and realize that this life that is growing you, this mind that is intelligently directing all, and this will whose power is accomplishing all, is actually God and cannot be you or anyone else. Try to perceive the great truth of this by imagining how it must be.

To do this you must lift your mind away from this page and meditate upon what has been stated, and if you are greatly interested, you will find your attention fixed upon this life within you, imagining it as God living in your body, a very wise and loving Consciousness filling and possessing it, moving it, and causing it to do what He wants it to do. And it will gradually dawn upon you that the part of you that is considering all this is only your mind, and then in a wondrously illuminating way it may flash into your consciousness that therefore you are not at all what you before thought was the you living in your body, but that it is a much bigger and wonderful you – that it is God! That God is the Real You!! And that the other you is but a part of His Mind – a center of His Consciousness that before had thought itself separate from Him. If you have truly followed this and actually caused your mind to consider and do everything suggested, some illumination must have resulted, for the God of you would surely respond to a heart earnestly desiring to know Him. The above would be a real meditation, and real inner work, as you will by this time have realized. All meditation is nothing more nor less than a pondering over or reflecting upon any subject to which, you direct your mind’s attention.

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The reason we urge the use of meditation is two-fold: that you can cultivate the power and ability to require your mind to consider thoroughly any subject you wish it to understand fully, realizing that as you hold the subject firmly before your mind’s eye, light will pour in, enabling you to see it from many angles. Also that your mind may gradually learn who you are – learn of your inner self – and that it, the mind, is your child, your instrument that you are teaching, training and disciplining so that it will serve you selflessly and efficiently. Until you have disciplined your mind, you cannot control your thoughts, and as by being able to control your thoughts you can control your emotions, you can then bring your body into harmony; for its health is largely controlled by the emotions or feelings harbored in the heart. When you become more or less master of your mind and dedicate it to the service of the Christ – your God-Self, your real work begins; for all such earnest ones are accepted and put to that work for which they have been fitted and prepared. But not until the mind is thoroughly under control can real work be given. Real work awaits, but it will be mental work – in the Silence and at night, when the brain minds of those who seek and need help are still, so their souls can hear and accept. Such Real Work will be given when you are ready.” Be Still and Know that I am God. Doug Henderson Phd, OM. Stress Management Consultant, Internationally Certified Quantum Biofeedback Therapist www.quantumru.com drdoug88@rogers.com 613-233-3888

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Separating With Your Values Intact

any people look upon the process of negotiating a Separation Agreement with their spouse with distaste and apprehension. It’s not just the depletion of resources (time, money and energy) they fear. Often they are afraid to engage in what they believe will be a process that brings out the worst in them, that doesn’t really let them negotiate in a way that feels right to them. Though they don’t usually say so in so many words, what these couples are really expressing is that they want to separate in a way that is in keeping with their values. Talking about values and Separation Agreements in the same sentence may seem surprising. Yet there are actually several ways to separate with your values intact. 1. Choose mediation. I wish I had a dollar for every couple who has said to me over the years, “We don’t trust each other right now. We don’t even like each other right now. But I still can’t see taking him/her to Court. There has to be a better way.” The mediation mentality of dealing with conflict in a constructive manner is completely different from the traditional adversarial process that can subtly encourage couples to fight each other in an unhealthy way, to take extreme positions on the issues, and to “posture” for the sake of the negotiations, rather than dealing openly, honestly and fairly with the questions they need to resolve. 2. Focus on your values. Some couples are already aware of their values when they come to mediation. But more often than not people have never taken the time to expressly identify their values. A mediator can help elicit a couple’s core values and then structure a process that is in keeping with these. Typical values that a mediator might draw out from a couple include their desire for openness and respect in the way they talk to each other, their deep need to be heard and understood (even if not agreed with), their wish to do what is “fair,” (even if they disagree on exactly what this means), their commitment to readily disclose all relevant financial information to each other, the desire to reach a co-operative settlement without resorting to Court, and the priority they place on their children’s well-being. 3. Improve the way you fight. As I often say to clients, mediation is not a polite tea party. Rather, it can be a very tough road. But as Ken Cloke, a pioneer in the field of mediation, says in his book Mediating Dangerously, it is possible to fight in a value-based way. He says that mediators need to consider not only how to stop people from fighting destructively, but actually how to improve the way they fight. Mediators need to support constructive ways of fighting, he says. Some of the ways this might be done include helping couples specify the values they want to uphold while arguing, deliberately dedicating part of every session for arguing, structuring cooling-off periods, and getting couples to agree to fight only in the safe confines of a mediation session. I’ll have more to say on this idea of improving how you fight in the February issue. 4. Write your Separation Agreement in a way that includes your values. A Separation Agreement is a legal document and, as such, must contain some clauses that seem dense and hard to

understand. But a Separation Agreement can also be more than just an impersonal legal piece of paper, and its language can, in parts, reflect a couple’s values. Along with the legal clauses dividing the pensions and RRSP’s, and the long “boilerplate” release clauses at the end of every Agreement, a Separation Agreement can also contain more “human” clauses, such as a statement of a couple’s values to be applied in dealing with any future disagreements, a statement of thanks for their years together and good wishes for the future, and perhaps even an agreement to disagree on certain issues while respecting each other’s views. These clauses, which a couple can write themselves if they like, can not only personalize an Agreement for parents; they can also be important if their children read them in the future. (Children should not be reading their parents’ Separation Agreements, but many are notorious for finding them and pouring over them.) The children can see that, whatever the difficulties between their parents, they conducted themselves in a respectful, co-operative fashion. In conclusion, there is definitely a place for values in the separation and divorce process. If 2011 is the year you and your spouse decide to separate, why not make a New Year’s resolution to do it in a way that is consistent with your values? 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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Empower ME Yoga

mpower ME Yoga is Ottawa’s newest Yoga hot spot. EMY is a collaboration between yogini entrepreneur Diane Proulx and celebrated yoga and fitness professional Marla Ericksen. The space boasts two beautiful, spacious studios with ample natural light and plenty of welcoming space to relax and enjoy a cup of tea. This recent addition to the Ottawa Yoga and wellness scene has many distinguishing features, but two in particular are worthy of mention. Empower ME Yoga operates as a regular community-based yoga studio, and it also houses a dedicated Yoga Teacher Training Academy. Although several studios offer teacher training programs, none are devoted to the on-going support through professional development for Yoga professionals. The EMY Teacher Training Academy will offer the only 500-hour professional designation curriculum as sanctioned by Yoga Alliance in the region. The owners want everyone to know that... “We will be hosting events, workshops and training intensives as well as bringing in master teachers from various traditions and from all corners of the world. Usually Yoga teachers have to travel (often at great expense) to study with master teachers in order to maintain their certification. Part of our vision is to make training opportunities much more accessible for Yoga professionals through a variety of programs.”

All this is possible because of the experience and credentials of Marla Ericksen – owner and Director of the EMY Teacher Training Academy. Marla has taught fitness and Yoga to packed classes and audiences in the Ottawa area and beyond for 25 years. She was awarded the fitness industry’s highest honour of Canadian Presenter of the Year on two occasions by the Canadian Association of Fitness Professionals, and she maintains the coveted credential of E-RYT 500 with Yoga Alliance. There are only a handful of Ottawa area teachers who are qualified to facilitate this level of teacher training. Marla has recruited Julie Salter and Anne Pitman, two wonderful yoginis and master teachers to complement the EMY Teacher Training faculty in bringing the most comprehensive yoga education to Ottawa. If you want to study yoga, you want to study with the best available – Empower Me Yoga is the place to be! Diane and Marla invite you to stop by and visit or enjoy a class at Empower ME Yoga. EMY is conveniently located just off the Queensway at 1712 Carling Avenue (close to Canadian Tire). There is plenty of parking at the rear of the building and many major bus routes drop you at the door. Please consult the web for more information at www. empowermeyoga.com or call 613-695-7211. Namaste...

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A Naturopathic Approach to Detoxification

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Vitamin D & Weight Question: Is it true that vitamin D in large doses (up to 10,000 mg for overweight persons) can help eliminate belly fat? How does this work? Could you take a large amount of vitamin D all at once or should you spread it out throughout the day? Gini Pratt Answer: Dear Gini, Thanks for your question. It is a very timely one as there is a big change in recent years in how practitioners are prescribing vitamin D. It used to be that vitamin D was seen mainly as a nutrient responsible for bone growth and maintenance through its role in calcium metabolism and that it was toxic to the liver in high doses, the recommended dose being 400 IU’s (international units) per day for an average adult. These days, one can read articles and studies recommending 1000’s of IU’s of vitamin D daily for everything from cancer to depression to multiple sclerosis. One of my favourite holistic practitioners, Dr Mercola, recommends 5000 IU’s of vitamin D3 per day for an adult. I personally take 3000 IU’s during the winter and often recommend that much to my patients in the understanding that it is virtually impossible to obtain enough vitamin D from the sun in our climate. It has totally eliminated my winter blues. On the other hand, I wonder about using such high doses. It’s not my usual style of practice. Shane Ellison, another favourite writer of mine—if you ignore his penchant for swearing—is adamant that we are not doing ourselves a favour with any artificial vitamin D at all, claiming that there are several healthy populations on the planet that have a lower than average level of vitamin D in their blood and that taking it in pill form will lead to imbalances in mineral metabolism. I use vitamins both for myself and my patients as a transition tool to a healthy lifestyle which includes regular exercise, early sleeping habits, a balanced diet for one’s body type, seasonal cleansing, emotional awareness and expression, nourishing relationships, purposeful work and a connection to soul in a personally meaningful way. Once a person is on the higher end of health, they often gravitate towards natural food concentrates rather than using chemical vitamins. In the modern world, this balance can take decades to achieve and for some people is virtually impossible for all kinds of reasons. I am aware that I see a select group of people in my practice that are able to make more choices than many. This is an important consideration when recommending treatments, as they need to be realistic. So in some cases, it may be helpful to take 10,000 IU’s of vitamin D daily for a while in order to help weight loss. In my opinion, it would be using the supplement temporarily as a drug to help a person rebalance from an extreme condition. In this case, I would make sure the excess weight is not due to an obvious cause that could be treated more directly, such as

hypothyroidism, adrenal exhaustion or insulin insensitivity. I would also make sure that the person’s mineral balance and vitamin K were in order through hair analysis and bloodwork so that they would be less likely to have side effects from the high dose. I would most certainly suggest taking the vitamin D throughout the day versus all at once and reassess the situation regularly to make sure it is actually working. In addition, I would address any other imbalances in the diet, lifestyle, digestion, nervous and endocrine system so that the patient could gradually continue their progress without the high doses. It is extremely beneficial to test each person for their supplements using applied kinesiology and /or biotesting through electromagnetic frequencies such as a Biotron machine. It can make all the difference in developing a balanced supplement regime for each individual and avoid most negative reactions from supplements and remedies. In many cases, the most important aspect of weight loss is the mental and emotional state of the person and for ultimate success, it is best to identify and resolve old traumas and negative beliefs in order to be comfortable at a normal weight. Strategies that can be used for this include Bach flower remedies, constitutional homeopathy, Journeywork, EFT (emotional freedom technique), cognitive therapy, body centred therapy and the good old 12 step program as in OA (overeaters anonymous) which is free and supportive. This is not usually a quick fix, so that we do our patients a big favour in encouraging them to settle down for the long haul in doing this deeper work for the best results. I know this from personal experience with an eating disorder and a weight problem. It took several decades to be able to eat normally and to have a comfortable weight, but was well worth the effort so far as I continue my own path towards better health after a life of much imbalance. One of my next strategies to survive this climate is to downsize into an off-the-grid home with a greenhouse on the south side where I can increase not only my dose of sun over the year, but also my contact with the ground after hearing that 80 minutes of bare feet on the earth offsets the negative effects of the electromagnetic fields attracted by my computer... Hope that helps! Katherine

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ow many times a day do you should yourself? You should finish something or start something or lose weight or work out or get up earlier or eat healthier or call someone or clean something… Shoulds can go on forever, the voice of criticism that never ends inside your own head. Every time you have a should in your head, it comes with a judgment of yourself that has a negative effect on your body chemistry and your relationships. Your body produces cortisol, adrenaline, and other nasty stress chemicals that cause weight gain, drain your physical and emotional energy, and accumulate as stress and anxiety. The vibe of negative chemistry affects how people treat you. You can’t stop shoulds with willpower because they don’t come from that part of your brain. The key to stopping the shoulds in your head lies in understanding and resolving the internal conflicts in your subconscious mind. As you quiet those conflicts, you quiet the shoulds – and actually discover positive thoughts and a return of physical energy and desires for activities and socializing. An internal conflict occurs when your subconscious experiences conflicting requirements. Sometimes you’re aware of those conflicts consciously, when different things vie for your time and attention and emotional energy. We live very busy lives, and it’s easy to feel overwhelmed with conflicting requirements. Conflicts of time are straightforward: you can only be in one place at a time. Text messaging, cell phones, and technology aggravate requirements as you try to multitask. You can be at the arena for your kid’s hockey and do email on your smart phone. You might have grandiose fantasies about how you could change your life to reduce your stress – while you’re warming up the car to drive your kid to hockey. Right now, let’s be practical and deal with the life you’re actually living, where you are busy and stressed. A practical reality about how you are actually living is that you have to schedule your time. One of the major causes of stress is that your subconscious mind doesn’t resolve requirements conflicts through scheduling because it doesn’t

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understand time management. You can do a major reduction of the physical effects of stress by teaching your subconscious that you are managing requirements in a language it understands. That can change your body chemistry and put positive vibes in your relationships. Have you noticed that you can feel stressed about an obligation even though it is scheduled, managed, and handled? That’s because your subconscious doesn’t understand that it’s handled. Here’s an effective trick for teaching your subconscious that you have some of the things in your life under control – a stress reducer than really helps get other things under control. Think of something that occupies your mind with shoulds even though it is handled. For an example, we’ll use your kid’s hockey practice. You know the schedule, you’ve figured out how to cram it into your life, and regardless of how hard that fit is, you’ve got it happening. Take a moment and let yourself feel that you have it under control. This Is not the time to think about how annoying the schedule is or how you pray for the end of the season. Right now, simply feel that you have the schedule and the commitments managed, and it’s fine. Imagine forming a ball of white light and putting your entire body in the ball. Set the ball spinning parallel to the floor, like a hula hoop, so the light is spinning through you and around you. Focus on the feeling that you have the hockey commitment under control, and let that feeling permeate the light and bring it through your body. Imagine the light calming your body with “it’s under control” and “it’s all fine.” It’s better to use this method for a minute or two regularly, rather than trying to prolong it. You’re tuning your body, teaching it to feel competent when it’s more accustomed to feeling overwhelmed. You’ll know you’re successful with this conflict when you think about hockey and feel competent – no shoulds. You can repeat this process with other conflicting demands, dramatically reducing the should traffic in your head, and changing your body and your relationships. This simple tool can make many things better in your body and your life. Enjoy. Osloda : The Art of Dealing with Everyday Life Osloda.com 613-831-8956

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Accepting what is is a tremendous gift of being. In every moment, I have choices. I can rail against circumstances or I can accept them, make the best of it, and seek understanding of the value presented by the occasion. Life is never unfair. It may seem hard, but it is never unfair. We are always given just what we need to take the next step in our evolution. We can scream injustice or we can take a deep look and see why the situation was presented to us. I truly believe everything comes to me for my highest good and the opportunity it presents me to grow if I so choose. Love, allow, accept, understand and move forward with the new learning is what I believe life is about. I have a choice to stay stuck or to do the inner work and progress. It is always my choice. No one can make that choice for me or do it for me. I am truly and completely the captain of my own ship. Things will happen in my life. Only I can decide how I will react to them. Brian Covey put out an email on the 90/10 principle. Ten percent of my life is what happens to me, ninety percent is how I respond to it. We, with intention, move from reacting to life to responding to life. Responding means reflecting and choosing how we will connect with a certain circumstance.

I am separating my self from God. If I feel separate from God, how can I grow into the loving, compassionate person I desire to be and I already really am.? Love, allow and accept is the easiest way to stay heartcentered. I learned from my Voice for Love course to extend love to every thought I experience. A thought is anything I notice, be it a feeling, an awareness, anything I see, hear, taste, or touch. By doing this I extend the love that I am into everything I perceive to be outside of my self and by doing so become one with all that is. Then there is no separation. There is only God/ Love/ Light. When I make the conscious choice to allow all that is to be the perfect expression of God no matter how it appears to me, I once again move beyond separation into Oneness. When I accept everything just as it is, knowing that there is only perfection in God’s world, I stay in my heart, feel the Oneness and Love of all life and feel peace. Choose to love, allow and accept all that comes your way. You do not have to like it, but you do have to work with it. It is what it is and the It is God being there for you so you can grow through the gifts and challenges that come. Celebrate the easy times, but really celebrate the tough times. That is where we go within, connect and find out who we are….God expressing.

My clients are hearing it so much from me they are beginning to say “I know, I know. It is what it is. So how are you going to choose to respond to it?” This reminds me of one of the most helpful sayings I have ever heard. It is the Serenity Prayer from AA and for any of you that don’t know it, it goes like this: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” Amen. It doesn’t get any better than that for a blueprint for living a peaceful, loving life. I put it right up there with the golden rule of do unto others as you would have them do unto you. And love yourself as God loves you and as the God Being you are.

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o retroflect means exactly “to turn energy back against oneself.” When person retroflects behaviour, he does to himself what originally he wanted to do to other person or an object. He stops directing inner self’s energies outward, in attempt to manipulate or make changes in the environment in order to satisfy his needs. Instead, he redirects activity inwards and alternate himself in place of environment as the target of behaviour. To the extent that, he splits the self into “performer” and “receiver.” When retroflection is controlled by being aware, that is when a person suppresses particular responses which if expressed, would be to his shortcoming and no one can challenge the dependability of such behaviour. It is only when the retroflection is habitual, chronic, out of control that it is pathological, and then it is not something done for the time being, but impasse continues in the personality and since this steady conflict does not change, it stops to draw awareness. This is suppression and neurosis. Neurotic behaviour is also as a result of learned maladaptive behaviour which becomes as a habitual functional behaviour of the individual. In this situation the self’s no longer make a contact, because this is nature of neurotic repression. One of the self’s attribute is spontaneity that self engages as (I, You and It). Spontaneity is feeling of acting the organism and environment which I consider as a growth process. This is not self directive or can be directed by any other element; it is self discovery process as the self engages with contact environment. The relation between retroflection behaviour and neurosis personality with Pornography from my point of view as I described briefly is clear yet, these are the foundation of regarded matter and there are some other elements involve in it that I cannot explain in a short article. Some people believe this is an addiction that some are suffering from it. As if involvement of the person in the pornography causes him, time distortion, disturbs his life in any perspective and becomes dysfunctional with all means in daily life, I consider as an addiction. On the other hand as if involvement of the person in the pornography controlled and causes no harm and interruption or any disorder in individual’s social and personal life and daily life goes as it planed then I do not consider as an addiction. In this situation I consider self’s behavioural conflict which falls under two mentioned categories, retroflection behaviour and neurotic personality. I do not want go on write about historical movement on this issue nor I want involve in the philosophy of sex and pleasure neither attempt to analyze our social issues in this regard. Although pornography was documented through the

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ancient history until now yet, it was always prohibited to talk about it openly because of religion, politics and so called morality. This is not new subject and it has been documented through history of human. At this point of time my analytic point of view includes the subject matters such as: Fear, anxiety, stress, rational and irrational thoughts and behaviour, relationship, marriage, family core value system, individual core value system, control issues, viewing women as a object of pleasure, impulsive behaviour, compulsive behaviour, feeling of loneliness, Isolation, social context, advertisement, internal drive, extreme desire for sex, fixated mind, deprivation and etc. Fear is element that can take over of our logical process and its function, although can be a motivation element too. It depends how you view it within yourself and self’s function. In anyhow this element could be consider the first element in the self’s growth progress. When an individual develops fear of rejection, incompetency and self doubt then it become challenging to the self to make contact with environment. The aroused feeling of anxiety and stress caused by fear, from feeling incompetent causes individual to suppress the need for contact to achieve the desired and needed pleasure within outside of the self. This is how the individual senses such as, hearing, feeling (touch) and seeing become associated with only imagination and virtualization rather than true sensing. This is misdirected behaviour for getting needed pleasure from virtual world in which virtual women exists. To get such pleasure the individual needs to adopt new belief system to excuse oneself from not being able to make a contact with environment then starts viewing woman as an object of pleasure which directly affecting self and his society. I will not ignore to mention that having such view is causing our society to see more violence against women in every perspective of their life especially in a sexual context. Even relationships and marriages are becoming violated with such view. Woman in the marriage and relationship are under pressure of sexual performance like porno stars, and as if they do not comply they certainly will be verbally, emotionally and physically abused. This is result of my evaluation based on my understanding and observation, this is what I believe and anyone might be disagreeing with, which is okay too.

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However, viewing pornography as dysfunctional behaviour or I could say misdirected behaviour causes to search conflict resolution in this regard. When an individual misdirect his attention to the pornography even for fraction of time that is when the self split is happening by suppressing the awareness. My approach and believe in this regard is to understand, distortion between Needs, Wants and Desire of individual that has to be carefully evaluated and result of such evaluation can form a therapeutic procedure that could guide the individual to understand oneself as a whole. Indeed I do believe Feelings of Fear, Anxiety, Stress, and Irrational thoughts and behaviour in contrast with logical thoughts, self acceptance and feelings are most often the foundation of self split which is absolutely necessary to understand the effect of these in the individualâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behaviour in regard to pornography.

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