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Inspiration • Wellbeing • Vitality
Festivals Inspiration Network Workshops & Concerts Raw Living Food
Sonia Choquette
The Power of Your Spirit
David Wells
Past Lives, Present Themes
Dr Jude Currivan
Healing Our People & Earth
Chloë Goodchild
Expect Miracles
The Singing Field
Dr David Hamilton
Gabrielle Bernstein ‘Check out the woman they call the young Marianne Williamson’ – Marianne Williamson
Change Yourself, Change Your World
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Hello and welcome to the new springy Tree of Life! Hope you’re enjoying the lovely and warm kisses of sunshine. Thank you to everyone who helped and came to the Lorna Byrne evening on 29 February at The ICC. Over 750 people attended the event and it was also live-streamed around the world to 20 different countries. It’s our biggest event so far and was a truly angelic evening! Thanks also to Seeyam, the Tree of Life photographer, who captured beautiful photos of this evening and many other Tree of Life events.
Enjoy the new exciting season of inspiring events. Discover the power of your spirit with Sonia Choquette, experience The Singing Field with Chloë Goodchild, recall your past lives with David Wells & expect miracles with Gabrielle Bernstein (beautiful cover photo of her meditating was taken by Sam Bassett). Come and celebrate at the 8th Tree of Life Festival on 14 April 2012 (see p19). Much love, joy & prosperity, Joginder, Markéta & Tree of Life Team xxx Editors: Joginder Bola & Markéta Bola Advertisement copy and enquires: t: 0121 4494086 e: editors@treeoflifemagazine.co.uk w: www.treeoflifemagazine.co.uk Summer/Autumn 2012 issue (out early July) Advertising deadline: 24 May 2012 See website for advertising rates or contact us.
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Tree of Life Events Calendar April - July 2012 Mon 2 Apr, 7pm
Resisting the Soul
Nick Williams
Backcover
Thu 5 Apr, 7pm
Divine Feminine, Sacred Masculine
Matthew Fox
Backcover
Wed 11 Apr, 7pm
Launch of the Inspirational Open Mic Night
Everyone welcome!
P4
Sat 14 Apr, 10am – 10pm
Tree of Life Festival & Party
Many speakers & stalls
P19
Mon 16 Apr, 7pm
The Awesome Power of Conscious Community
Joginder Bola
P5
Tue 17 Apr, 7pm
Making a Living Without a Job
Barbara Winter
Backcover
Mon 23 Apr, 7pm
The Power of Your Spirit
Sonia Choquette
P4
Sun 29 Apr, 11am – 4pm
Superfood Creations
Markéta Bola
P11
Mon 30 Apr, 7pm
Ling Chi Healing
Jason Chan
Backcover
Wed 9 May, 7pm
Inspirational Open Mic Night
Everyone welcome!
P4
Mon 14 May, 7pm
HOPE - Healing Our People & Earth
Dr Jude Currivan
P6
Sat 19 May, 10am - 5pm
Work as a Spiritual Path
Joginder Bola
P5
Mon 21 May, 7pm
Creating Happiness From the Inside-Out
John Whiteman
Backcover
Sun 27 May, 11am – 4pm
Gourmet Living Food for Everyone
Markéta Bola
P11
Sat 2 Jun, 10am - 5pm
The Singing Field
Chloë Goodchild
P7
Mon 4 Jun, 7pm
F**k It Works
John C. Parkin
Backcover
Fri 8 Jun, 7pm
Expect Miracles
Gabrielle Bernstein
Backcover
Mon 11 Jun, 7pm
Change Yourself, Change the World
Dr David Hamilton
Backcover
Wed 13 Jun, 7pm
Inspirational Open Mic Night
Everyone welcome!
P4
Sat 16 Jun, 10am – 5pm
Past Lives, Present Themes
David Wells
P9
Mon 18 Jun, 7pm
Invite a New Cycle into your Life
Dr Alla Svirinskaya
Backcover
Sat 23 Jun, 11am – 4pm
Raw Desserts & Delights
Markéta Bola
P11
Mon 25 Jun, 7pm
Raw Living Food for Spiritual Awakening
Markéta Bola
Backcover
Wed 27 Jun, 7pm
Keep Being Here Anyway
Alan Lowen
Backcover
Fri 29 Jun – Sun 1 Jul
The Tree of Life Transformational Experience
Joginder, Markéta & ToL Team
P4
Mon 2 Jul, 7pm
The Science Delusion
Rupert Sheldrake PhD
Backcover
Sun 15 Jul, 10am - 5pm
How to Manifest the Partner of Your Dreams
Joginder Bola
P5
Sat 21 Jul, 10am – 5pm
Change Yourself, Change the World
Dr David Hamilton
P4
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INSPIRING EVENTS Presents
The Power of Your Spirit An evening talk with SONIA CHOQUETTE
World-renowned six-sensory spiritual teacher. Her books have sold over a million copies including her New York Times bestseller ‘The Answer Is Simple’ When you truly make the connection to your Spirit, you will realize that it is the most authentic, lasting power you have in your life. In this enlightening talk, Sonia Choquette reveals the secrets to awakening your intuitive spirit and tuning into your inner wisdom and your ‘vibes’. She will show you that, no matter what is going on around you, with the power of your Spirit, you can create a sense of purpose within that brings about profound contentment and personal peace. THIS TALK IS LIKELY TO SELL OUT. ADVANCE BOOKING IS REQUIRED
Monday 23 April 2012, 7–9pm at the Tree of Life Inspiration Network. Tickets: £20/£15 concs Venue: Birmingham Buddhist Centre 11 Park Road, Birmingham B13 8AB
Change Yourself, Change the World A one day workshop with Dr David Hamilton In this workshop, based on David’s new book ‘Choice Point – Align Your Purpose’, you will learn practical tools for transforming yourself and discover in more depth how changing yourself can impact those around you and even the world at large. You will also work on being more open to change, understanding how reality has a flow, and explore the ways in which your own personal environment is a mirror of your heart and mind. You will also have the opportunity to set goals and learn powerful tools for achieving them.
Saturday 21 July 2012, 10am – 5pm Tickets £67/£57 concs or £47/£37 concs with Early Bird Booking by 13 May or £57/£47 concs with Advanced Booking by 10 June Location: Moseley, Birmingham
Weekend with Joginder, Markéta & Tree of Life Team Fri (eve) 29 June – Sun 1 Jul 2012 A powerful transformative weekend experience to help you find your own authentic self. During the weekend a safe and supportive environment is created in which you can step forward and take charge of your life. You will learn empowering tools and take part in transformational processes that will lead you to embrace your power within. It’s a deep, fun and comfort stretching experience!
Info & bookings: www.treeoflife-events.co.uk THE LAUNCH OF THE
Inspirational Open Mic Nights! on Wednesday 11 April 2012 at 7pm Inspirational talks, poetry, music, songs, dance and even jokes! Exciting evenings where you can share great conversations and laughter in the company of other conscious like-minded people. Everyone is welcome! Please register for your FREE ticket on the website. www.treeoflife-events.co.uk (Prior booking for each night is essential as spaces are limited.) Second Wednesday of each month, 7pm – 9pm Future dates: 9 May, 13 Jun & 11 July Venue: The Function Room of the Station Pub, 7 High Street, Kings Heath B14 7BB If you would like to give a talk or perform – just email us with details on: info@treeoflife-events.co.uk
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My friend asked me the essence of life and I smiled. - Mike Dolan
The Awesome Power
of Conscious Community
by Joginder Bola Joginder is a Director of Tree of Life and the CoEditor of Tree of Life Magazine. He gives talks and run workshops on self-empowerment. In the Spring of 1995 I read Louise Hay’s book ‘You Can Heal Your Life’. At the time I was living in London, working as a trainee solicitor in a large international law firm. I was deeply unhappy with my job. I can remember sitting in my big office one day, saying to myself ‘I should be happy now, I’ve achieved the dream job I always wanted’. But I hated it! I couldn’t wait until 5.30pm each day and lived for my weekends. My personal life was also very unsatisfying - I was 25-year-old-virgin and had never had a girlfriend. I can remember loving Louise Hay’s book as soon as I started reading it and very quickly read the whole book from cover to cover. I used her ‘I love and approve of myself’ affirmations and my life got better. This inspired me to read more self-help books – and very soon I had a large collection! Susan Jeffers, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Scott Peck, Dan Millman and many others. I also created an audio books collection which I could listen to on my walkman on the way to work and back! And life kept getting better & better – it was working. I healed myself enough to open up to relationships and had my first girlfriend in the summer of 1995! Thankfully the law firm I was working for fired me in the September of that year and released me from my misery. I decided to take some time out then and go travelling around India. I came back re-freshed and renewed in 1996 and found a job in a law firm in Birmingham. The new job was stressful and I was working 12 hours a day trying to impress my new boss. Reading the books and listening to the audios wasn’t helping me so much now and I knew I had to do something new to change things. In October of 1997 I went on my first personal development whole weekend seminar experience. It was one of the most powerful weekends of my life and a turning-point. I felt so supported during that weekend experience by everyone else on the course that I was able to make many big positive changes. Things that had been stuck for years finally shifted. I can remember coming back on Monday from the weekend and having the courage to stand-up to my boss and tell him that I wasn’t going to work the long hours anymore! This was something that I won’t have dreamed of doing before. The key to the breakthrough for me in that weekend was support – I wasn’t alone any more
on my journey. I had finally come out of the cave of ‘I want to do it all by myself’ and was allowing others in to help me. I then went on to attend many more different weekend workshops in London. They were wonderful experiences but most of the people I met at the workshops lived in London or other parts of the country and so the connection I could have with them after the event was limited.
You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
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Gandhi
In 2005, after the break-up of my first relationship, I can remember saying to myself that I wanted to meet people locally in Birmingham who were into personal development. I joined a local A Course in Miracles study group and attended the weekly 5 Rhythm’s dance classes in Moseley Village and very soon had a wonderful new circle of like-minded friends. One of them even lived on the next street to mine and we had never met before. God has a great sense of humour! There was one big difference between the people I was meeting now and the people I had met on the seminars in London – they lived nearby! The friendship, support and community were not just for a weekend but were long term. This was a very different experience. And from this local conscious community I met my wifeto-be, Markéta and together we met Maggy Whitehouse and took over the Tree of Life in 2008 - which has now grown into a vibrant conscious community here in the heart of the midlands. From my own life, I can see that on my own I can only go so far. But with the support and encouragement of like-minded people my selfawareness grows dramatically. When we gather together to support and help each other there is a magic – a co-creative alchemy that comes through. There is a strength that we all feel – that uplifts everyone. With people cheering us on we can go much further. With friends you can turn to for support you can reach much higher. Conscious community is the womb out of which we can all birth our true authentic selves. Where we can transform our awareness together. There are many things we experience when we consciously gather together in this way: - The spiritual journey can be a lonely one if you don’t have any like-minded people in your family, workplace or circle of friends. – We can’t see ourselves – we can’t see our own blindspots. We are just too close – but other people can. They can be the eyes – the mirrors – through which we see ourselves. – By giving and receiving unconditional love and support to each other we are able to heal ourselves. We hold each other accountable and experience our true interconnectedness.
- We no longer feel alone
- We raise our own self-awareness - We heal each other
Spread joy. Chase your wildest dreams - Patch Adams
-goWe are supported – On our own we can only so far. But with encouragement from people
who believe in us we can go much further. – Life is a continuous journey of self-discovery and growth. There is always more to learn. We all have so much wisdom and can be teachers and students for each other. – Through the conversations we have with like-minded people we discover ourselves – who we really are. Our authentic selves – free of the conditioning of the past. And in this place we birth new dreams and make a real difference in the world. The first Tree of Life Transformational Experience Weekend will be 29 June – 1 July and we are also launching community open mic nights starting on 11 April (see page opposite for details of both.) Joginder will also be speaking at the Tree of Life Festival on 14 April on how to Discover & Live Your Life Purpose (see p19).
- We continue to grow
- We discover our true selves
The Awesome Power of Conscious Community An evening experience with Joginder Bola Alone life can be hard and we can often feel like giving-up on our dreams. With support we are unlimited. We are unstoppable. This is the awesome power of conscious community. Experience this power directly for yourself this evening. By gathering together we empower each other and help each other to break free from anything that’s holding us back. Discover how this power can make a real difference to your own life and the lives of everyone you touch.
Monday 16 April 2012 at the Tree of Life Inspiration Network
(see backcover for venue details)
One Day Workshops with Joginder Bola Sat 19 May - Work as a Spiritual Path Sun 15 July - How to Manifest the Partner of Your Dreams See website for full workshop details £67/£57 concs (or £57/£47 concs if booked 1 week in advance) Location: Moseley, Birmingham
Info & Bookings: www.treeoflife-events.co.uk info@treeoflife-events.co.uk 0121 449 4086
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HOPE -
Healing Our People & Earth: 2012 and Beyond how powerfully our collective choices really do co-create our realities.
By Dr Jude Currivan
I’ve observed and experienced in the eight years or more since, how the cosmic energies that I believe are the bigger unseen aspect of what’s come to be called the Shift have been ramping up the scale of the implications of our choices – and directly mirroring back to us their consequences.
Dr Jude Currivan PhD is a cosmologist and previously the most senior businesswoman in Britain. She now works world-wide as a planetary healer, internationally acclaimed and award-winning author and inspirational speaker. Jude has researched the nature of consciousness since childhood, holds a PhD in Archaeology from the University of Reading researching ancient cosmologies and a Masters Degree in Physics from Oxford University specialising in cosmology and quantum physics. From the age of four she has experienced multidimensional realities and guidance. She has journeyed to nearly 70 countries, worked with a multitude of wisdom keepers from many traditions and led many sacred journeys worldwide. She is the award-winning author of The Wave, The 8th Chakra, The 13th Step, CosMos coauthored with Dr Ervin Laszlo and most recently HOPE - Healing Our People & Earth. She was presented with the 2010 CIRCLE award for Business and Science by Won Buddhism International and sponsored by the United Nations, cited for her ‘outstanding contribution towards planetary healing and expanding new forms of consciousness.’ www.judecurrivan.com
So, what’s going to happen in 2012? Or ‘What’s going to happen after 2012? As the notion of 2012 being somehow important began to become more widely known over the last few years and with a great deal of confusion around its significance, I’ve been asked these questions numerous times. Until recently, I’ve tended to answer both questions something along the lines that whilst I believe we are in a transformational time, I don’t know what the transition of 2012 will entail or what it may lead to, but that whatever it is depends on the choices and decisions we make now. I started to speak about the implications of our choices ‘now’ as far back as 2003 or thereabouts when I was undertaking a series of thirteen global pilgrimages to serve the activation of Gaia’s planetary grid and to support our collective evolution of awareness that I then wrote about in The 13th Step. These transformational journeys helped me realise our profound inter-connection with each other, Gaia and the wider Cosmos and
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The holographic nature of our realities means that the same issues we play out on personal levels, we also experience on familial, national and collective scales. As I’ve written about in The 8th Chakra the past traumas that we still embody, such as the archetypes of abandonment, abuse, betrayal, denial and rejection give rise consciously and subconsciously to our fearbased behaviour patterns. During these years and having journeyed to nearly 70 countries around the world, I’ve seen how when our choices are made from such fear how they’ve dramatically worsened our collective social, economic and environmental situation. Whereas when we’ve had the courage to make our choices based on love, amazingly positive and transformational changes have occurred. If we’re going to undertake the Shift of awareness that cosmic influences and spiritual guidance is facilitating for 2012 and beyond, we urgently need to heal from within our fearbased behaviours and the causal traumas from which they arise and transform our choices into being based on love. The Mayan Elders whose ancestors devised the 5125 year-old calendar that ends on the December Solstice of 2012 concur. They see this time as the end of an unsustainable era of fear-driven greed and abuse of both people and planet and the possibility of a new era of lovebased peace and justice. Crucially, they also say that “the choice is up to us.” By that they mean everyone! The Shift is empowering us to really wake up and see the unfairness and unsustainability of the current global situation. We’re becoming ever more aware of the huge gap between the 1% and the 99% of our human family – and realizing that fundamental change is urgently needed. As we move forward through 2012, our choices of love or fear, both personal and collective will matter as never before. We have enormous spiritual and cosmic support for the journey ahead and the change that needs to take place. In my latest book HOPE: Healing Our People & Earth I share my understanding of the multidimensional bigger picture and higher purpose behind the turbulence of 2012. I reveal the underlying traumas within nations and our collective psyche, show how they’ve occurred and how we can now heal and release them. And I show how powerful astrological and cosmic alignments and influences are energetically shaking us all into wakefulness and an expanded awareness. But to ultimately heal the traumas within
our collective psyche that drive the fearbased behaviours that have resulted in the 1%/99% rift, we need to understand that in reality ‘we are the 100%.’ There is no them and us; ultimately there’s only us all. Our global societies need radical reform and in many ways a fundamental re-set and a new beginning – and crucially we’re beginning to understand how together, we can co-create such re-soul-utions. However only by transcending the apparent duality that divides us and engaging everyone in the global Shift will we be able to heal our relationship with each other and with Gaia and achieve the amazing potential that is our cosmic destiny. This is I believe our essential choice and transformational promise of 2012 and beyond.
HOPE - Healing Our People & Earth: 2012 and Beyond An evening talk with Dr Jude Currivan As a cosmologist, healer and business leader Dr Jude Currivan has journeyed to nearly 70 countries around the world. This evening, she explores how on scales from individuals to nations to our entire collective, the traumas of the past are still embodied in our fear-based behaviours and crucially how we now have the opportunity to heal and release them and undertake a global Shift of consciousness that the Mayans and many other indigenous elders prophesy for 2012 and beyond. Jude will also share her understanding of the energetic connections between people and places, the cosmic connections between astrological influences and the hopeful and empowering ‘bigger picture’ behind unfolding world events, their higher purpose and how they affect every one of us in supporting the cosmic destiny of our collective Shift. Crucially HOPE explores what every one of us can do to make a difference.
Monday 14 May 2012 7.15pm – 9pm (doors open 6.30pm) £15 (or £10 Early Bird if booked by 7 May) Tree of Life Inspiration Network Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 11 Park Rd, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8AB THIS TALK IS LIKELY TO SELL OUT. ADVANCE BOOKING VIA OUR WEBSITE IS RECOMMENDED. Info & Bookings: www.treeoflife-events.co.uk info@treeoflife-events.co.uk 0121 449 4086
Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you. - Frank Tyger
By Chloë Goodchild
Chloë founded The Naked Voice after a transformative experience in Northern India. Deafness in childhood catalysed Chloë’s fascination with inner sound and the singing voice as the most intimate vehicle for spirit, unhindered by the limitations of social conditioning. She records and performs with many world-leading composers, poets and musicians including Coleman Barks, poet-translator of The Essential Rumi. Her albums include Devi, the Grammynominated Sura and Fierce Wisdom. www.thenakedvoice.com I coined the word ‘Singing Field’ after an experience I had in North America about 10 years ago. I was singing in concert at the Thomas Berry Hall off the coast of Seattle. I had decided to improvise freely around the words of the Rumi poem, translated by Coleman Barks which he called, Field. “Out beyond ideas of right and wrong doing, there is a field, a singing field, I’ll meet you there.” The melody line, simply appeared – out of nowhere - as I was improvising different musical phrases accompanied by a wonderful world percussionist. Suddenly everyone was joining in and singing it with me, as if we had been singing it for years! The melody established itself inside me from that moment on and has since become an anthem for our work. ‘Singing Field’ has been sung all over the world, from local to global gatherings. The Singing Field has since been used to describe the unique meeting place in which our Naked Voice workshops take place. It is the invisible conduit for our work. It is created wherever ‘two or three are gathered’ to practice the principles of The Naked Voice, that is to say: deep nonjugdemental listening, as well as a creative and compassionate attention to our own, and each other’s authentic voice. The Healing Power of Chanting & Shared Sound – Everyone can do it. The Naked Voice shared sound is unlike social entertainment singing. It offers a way of sounding that is so simple - both melodically and rhythmically - that anyone can do it no matter what their story-line is about ‘being’ or ‘not being’ a singer. Its impact is so immediate, accessible and unthreatening to participate in that it literally en-chants even the most
The Singing Field defended or diverse groups of people to let go of their opinions, relax, and discover new ways to listen to each other without judgement or fear. Chanting releases core emotions too often hidden from our lives, like a frozen music inside us. It then draws our attention inwards, enabling us to let go of our outer pre-occupations, as we find ourselves being touched more deeply from the inside-out . Chanting is a healing experience. It calms our nervous system, gathers our reactive mind and brings us home to silence. It awakens a wondrous power inside you -enabling you to reach deeper inside yourself to a place where your heart, of its own volition bursts wide open, and for a moment in time - or forever - is sheer joy, unfettered, spontaneous and free. In this place anything is possible. A Scientific Field of Intelligence Most compelling to me now is that our Singing Field has strong links as a concept, with the expanding work being carried out by scientists who are starting to acknowledge the vibration or presence - also detected numerically within the ancient alphabets, and sacred languages of our world religions – of a new ‘field’ or ‘intelligence’ in the universe. Scientists such as Stephen Hawkin, are even referring to this new field of intelligence as “the mind of God”. They have even gone so far as to say that this ‘new’ intelligence is – and has always been encoded in the cells of our DNA. Yet for the most part, it has remained hidden from our consciousness like a frozen music, or a forgotten wisdom, patiently awaiting a new time for its recognition and re-emergence. It is becoming increasingly clear that NOW is that time, and that our practice of these sacred chants and love songs can be instrumental in activating this resonant consciousness and with it the special ‘field of energy’. Of course that field is always there, its just that we are developing the skills to strengthen and commit ourselves to becoming more aware of ‘the field’ as a force for healing and awakening consciousness. Mantras as Sonic Formulae - Building a Conscious Community Chanting sacred mantras or ‘spiritual words of power’ is of course an ancient as the hills to the indigenous communities of the world, who still uphold these essential sound practices at the heart of their community life. The beauty of it is that it is so simple that every member of a family, group or community can access and share the sound. You can choose to sound simple melodies, or ‘mantras’, devotional love songs or hymns. The melodies often spiral around the home or tonic note of the musical scale. Mantras are essentially sonic formulae drawn from the ancient religious alphabets of the last 5000 years, and before. These sonic formulae have the capacity to awaken our consciousness catalysing intuitive flashes, that open the heart,
bypass the rational mind and bring us into a state of presence, beyond separateness, into a state of unity and equilibrium within ourselves. When this happens, the ‘field of intelligence’ becomes very apparent. The Singing Field is the conduit within which this deeper communication is made possible, for either small or large numbers of people at once. A commitment to non-judgemental listening, by everyone present, lies at the heart of this wisdom singing experience.
The Singing Field Experience A one day workshop with Chloë Goodchild A ‘Singing Field’ is a place where individuals and groups can gather and create community together. It is a place to sing together, beyond the boundaries of creed and culture. It is an unconditional field of listening, similar to that of indigenous communities, in which both the individual and the collective wisdom is expressed, heard and honoured. At this uplifting sound and voice event, we will create a beautiful singing field that will provide nourishment and support for all who are present. You will gain a clear understanding about ways to sing and chant – using both structured and spontaneous vocal practices – including simple vowel sounds, mantras, words of power, personal and ancestral songs, simple improvisations, unison and multi-part harmonies, as well as movement and meditation practices to support your everyday life. In this inspiring one-day workshop, you will rediscover the true or naked voice of your soul. Your voice is the ‘muscle of your soul’. It is a vehicle for spiritual practice enabling you to discover new and unimagined ways to live and to love yourself, your family and the wider community. No previous singing experience is necessary.
Saturday 2 June 2012 10am – 5pm Tickets £67/£57 concs (or £57/£47 concs with Early Bird booking by 20 May) Location: Moseley, Birmingham
Info & Bookings: www.treeoflife-events.co.uk Info@treeoflife-events.co.uk O121 449 4086
Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. - Ludwig van Beethoven
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Past Lives, Present Themes there’s an opposite or equal reaction and that’s that and all about it! If you choose to hurt me that’s your Karma, if I choose to respond that’s mine. Create positive Karma by making positive choices. It’s not rocket science, unless you work for NASA in which case it might be.
By David Wells
So, back to you and past lives. Are you having funky, repetitive dreams where you’re playing the same scenario out all the time and you can’t seem to find an ending? Maybe you’ve been on holiday and just felt as if you’ve lived there before? Sometimes people come into our lives and we have an instant love or dislike to them without any rational reasons?
David is an author of five books on spiritual and psychic development as well as a broadcaster with experience on television and radio and a columnist in newspapers and magazines. The Qabalah is his source of inspiration, the ancient Mystical Qabalah and not the version popularized by Madonna and his formal study of over a decade was undertaken in Portsmouth where happenstance placed him after a career in the Royal Navy. David has specialized in Astrology and Past Life Regression, two disciplines that he very much puts together, and has helped many students and clients uncover their own lost and hidden truths through these ancient and magical tools. Have you really lived before? Could it be possible that you’ve been someone else? Its seems incredible but at the same time it can feel as if it could answer a whole load of questions, questions like: Why do I feel drawn to another country? How can your child pick up an instrument and play it without any tuition? Why does your best mate behave like royalty? Astrology for me is the first indication that we do come back, to purify and learn, to interact and to have the opportunity to make different choices - a birth chart is way too complicated for just one incarnation. That of course means so does everyone else and there begins the wheel of Karma that’s at the core of past lives and your present themes. A word on Karma. People often use it with a reverent tone, sometimes followed by a face, the kind of face that denotes suffering and perhaps turmoil. But Karma can be good too, it simply comes down to how you live your life and the choices you make. For each action
By now you will have more questions than I have space to answer, my advice is to read the books, do the regressions, attend the workshops and keep your journal filled with even more questions because that way big answers and revelations await. Become your own psychic and past life detective.
If you’re interested in the subject I always take that as a sign that there’s something from your past lives that would help you figure out why you’ve chosen the life you have now. Yes you will have chosen it, and for many reasons not least to work out that Karma with those around you. So what can you do next? A good place to start is with your feelings about individuals in your life, places you have been and listening to your hunches or those visuals you get when you dream or meditate. Write them down, putting them in a journal may not make sense as you start this journey but pretty soon a theme will appear and it will make perfect sense as you put the pieces together. A visit to the Akashic Records is something that most of my students love to do too, they like the imagery of the library, the record halls, and the book with their name on it. A book that holds all their past lives and the stories that again illuminate their theme, their reason for being in this time right here right now, it’s something that’s easily accessed and is a very popular meditation at workshops. Soul Mates will make an appearance too, they will show themselves through the eyes, the windows of the soul, and you are likely to recognise them immediately. They have chosen to incarnate to help you and you to help them. Remember soul mates are best friends, family members, a boss, the postman they can be anyone who has an influence on your life or watches over you and they can also be those who challenge you the most. If someone has known your soul for centuries they may have chosen to be an antagonist to help you learn valuable lessons. Not a pleasant task for them perhaps but they love you enough to take it on?
The purpose of life is a life of purpose. - Robert Byrne
Past Lives, Present Themes A one day workshop with David Wells In this workshop you will go on a journey, a journey that uncovers the story or your soul, or at least part of it. This is time for you to uncover who you truly are, the experiences you’ve had along the way and what gifts you have brought into this incarnation. You also have time to look at what you would prefer to leave behind, acknowledged, healed and ready to bring new experiences into your life. You will also have the chance to connect with those in your soul group as well as your Past Life Guide and take a magical journey to the Akashic Record to read from the book that holds everything your soul has ever seen or done. If you have phobias, unrealistic fears or obsessions as well as a passion for another country, another time in history or anything in your life that you’re convinced is a past life memory this could be the way to uncover those links. Once you know how to access your past lives you can go back time and time again to find information that will help you in your current incarnation and you can piece together the journey of your soul. With practice you will become more adept at making those connections and recognising those who have travelled with you when you come across them in this life. Let go of the physical restraints of time and space, complete karmic cycles and start new positive ones that could transform your life.
Saturday 16 June 2012 10am – 5pm Tickets £67/£57 concs (or £57/£47 concs with Early Bird booking by 13 May) Location: Moseley, Birmingham THIS WORKSHOP IS LIKELY TO SELL OUT & ADVANCE BOOKING IS RECOMMENDED. Info & Bookings: www.treeoflife-events.co.uk info@treeoflife-events.co.uk 0121 449 4086
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Tune-IN with Juice Fasting Markéta is a natural nutritionist and raw living food chef who runs raw food workshops, classes and dining experiences in the UK. Her enthusiasm and passion for the living food lifestyle is an inspiration to many. Her gratitude belongs to her journey from being an unhealthy child to growing into a beautiful dancing queen in the kitchen! Her teaching is a delightful cocktail of self-empowerment through the creative expression of many sensual live food dishes. She loves sharing her exciting ideas and transformational insights that will give you a recipe for how to move from theory to practice ‘Prayer brings us halfway to God, fasting takes us to the gateway of heaven.‘ Muhammad The benefits of juicing are many – it provides nutrients, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and important living enzymes. After having my daily morning juice my whole body feels revitalised, fulfilled and full of life. I’d love to imagine that daily juicing is a piece of cake for most of us. But it’s not the reality and wasn‘t even for me. I had my great twin-gear juicer sitting on my kitchen table for almost a year before I started using it regularly. It looked really good sitting there but it didn’t improve my health! You may be experiencing the same kind of resistance. Here are my four juicy tips for overcoming this: 1. Make a commitment to yourself to juice Start with a commitment you can definitely stick to – it could be just to juice once per week and then gradually increasing to each day. 2. Experience the benefits – When you have your fresh juice and experience the great feelings in your body, mind & spirit – it will inspire you to keep going with your commitment. 3. Create a good habit – As you continue juicing regularly you will develop good habits for buying your fruits & vetegables and efficiently cleaning the juicer afterwards. 4. Have fun while juicing! – Try different
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combinations of fruits, vegetables and herbs to juice. And play your favourite songs while you‘re doing it! A day of fasting once per week (or per month if you prefer) just on vegetable juices can literally purify your soul as well as cleansing and detoxifying your body. It really gives you the finest, freshest and fullest supplementation of much nutrition. Not only are we protecting our body from dis-ease but nowadays it can be a fast track to recover and overcome diseases, from cancer to addictions. It also helps with balanced weight loss. Fasting creates a break in eating and stuck emotional patterns - it takes us on a regenerative retreat so-called ‘holy-days’. Firstly it slows us down but secondly it speeds up our ability to be in touch with ourselves on all levels – physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. Thousands of years ago many religions used fasting as a therapeutic process to purify the mind, body & spirit. Many spiritual leaders (incl. Jesus, Buddha, Gandhi) and great artists found their divine guidance through a longer period of fasting. ‘Humans live on one-quarter of what they eat; on the other three-quarters lives their doctor.‘ Egyptian pyramid inscription, 3800 B.C. My Tune-IN Juice (see recipe) has become my awakening mantra: ‘Thanks for every new morning’. It’s like having an extra inner shower. I also have discovered that fasting on juices one day per week helps my body to rest, opens my mind to intuitive ideas and my energy is ligther. It’s a calming experience on all levels. A fast ‘Tune-IN Juicing‘ day is a fantastic way to uplift your energy and enhance your creativity. Hear Markéta speak at the Tree of Life Festival on Sat 14 Apr (see p19) and at the Tree of Life Inspiration Network on Mon 25 Jun on ‘Raw Living Food for Spiritual Awakening‘ (see p20 for venue and time details). On that evening she will share how raw food living can support and deepen your own spiritual practice.
The Art of Gourmet Living Food One day workshops with Markéta C ome and discover how living foods and superfoods can boost your physical vitality, improve your mental clarity and increase your energy. Learn how to create delicious and beautifully prepared raw food dishes yourself. It‘s fun, simple and good for your health and wellbeing. At the end of these workshops you’ll be able to make your own gourmet living food creations!
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Superfood Creations Gourmet Living Food for Everyone Raw Desserts & Delights Gourmet Living Food for Everyone
11am – 4pm in Moseley, Birmingham Tickets: £67/£57 concs. (or £57/£47 concs with Early Bird booking at least 1 week before the workshop) Gourmet raw food lunch included
‘Markéta is the Michelin of raw food chefs.’ Lynne McTaggart, international bestselling author of ‘The Field’ and editorial director of ‘What Doctors Don’t Tell You’ – one of the worlds’s most highly praised health newsletters.
Tune-IN Juice Cut into small pieces, juice and drink straight away while it’s full of alive and kicking enzymes: 1 cucumber 4 celery stalks A handful of sprouts A handful of fresh herbs 1 inch piece fresh ginger 1/8 lemon with peel 1 or 2 apples (optional)
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Raw Food Living Magic Inspiration & support on your Live-Food journey. Each month learn new exciting living cuisine recipes, enrich your healthy eating and increase your vitality! Monthly Wednesday classes 7.15 - 9pm: 4 Apr, 2 May, 6 Jun, 4 Jul, 1 Aug in Moseley, Birmingham £12/£10 concs per evening (prior booking essential)
Raw Food Experience Experience the delicious taste of a four course gourmet living food dinner! Monthly evenings, 7pm: Wed 18 Apr: Fri 25 May: Fri 22 Jun: Fri 13 Jul: Fri 3 Aug:
Superfood Supper: ‘Super You!‘ Crazy Sexy Raw Dinner Raw-some Italian Cusine Fields of Golden Taste Rejuvenation Dinner
in Moseley, Birmingham £27/£21 concs per evening (booking essential)
‘The quality, richness, texture, wonderful colour and most of all taste of Markéta’s Raw Food creations has to be experienced to be believed.‘ Mel Eves, The Elite Performance Specialist
Info & bookings on-line: www.treeoflifemagazine.co.uk or send a cheque made payable to ‘Tree of Life‘ to Tree of Life, 99 Blenheim Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9 UA. For further info email: editors@treeoflifemagazine.co.uk or call Markéta T: 0121 449 4086 M: 07875 225544
A recipe has no soul. You, as the cook, must bring soul to the recipe. - Thomas Keller
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The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. - Author Unknown
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Darshan this Easter with Holy Mother Starlight, in Birmingham. Details Www.avatara.co.uk 0121 477 0495. One-to-one consultations also available.
Holistic Yoga Holidays on Gower We offer affordable week and long weekend holidays incorporating Dru Yoga, Breathwork, Sound Healing, Meditation, African Drumming and much more 01792-386626 www.TrustAndFlow.co.uk
Clinical Hypnotherapist & NLP Practitioner:
Chrysalis Christine Levy CMH, DHyp, CPNLP A wonderful way to make natural positive changes 30% off Normal Price (Hypnotherapy can support many issues in life)
Lose Weight, Stop Smoking, Past Life Regression, Pain Relief, Healthy Emotions, Confidence Telephone: 07832298119 Email: christinelevy66@hotmail.co.uk Reiki Courses also available
Bringing balance and harmony in partnership with spirit guides * Soul Retrieval * Removal of Spiritual Blockages/Intrusions * Power Animal Retrieval * Past life Regression Contact Liz: 0121 247 4469 liz3adie@yahoo.co.uk www.shamanspath.info
THE COMPLETE ACCOUNTANCY & TAX SERVICE FOR THERAPISTS
Rolfing速 Structural Integration
Roots & Wings Centre
Self Assessment and all accountancy services for the self-employed, partnerships and limited companies. Prompt and reliable service at a reasonable cost.
is a form of hands-on manipulation and movement education which works on the connective tissue to release, realign and balance the whole body, resulting in better posture, fewer aches and pains, greater flexibility and more energy. Contact details: Vivien Tel: 01543 433082 E-mail: vivien@rolfingmidlands.co.uk
New daytime Yoga classes starting on 18th April & New Free Weekly Vipassana Meditation Class
For free appointment, please call Abraham Achiampong of Abraham & Co: 0121 353 5425 or 07805276695 Aachiampong@aol.com Evening appointment not a problem
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Starting 18th April : evening (Donations towards costs welcome) For beginners or advanced meditators For more information call Shambhavi Mob: 07952 018315
Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires, a touch that never hurts. - Charles Dickens
Classifieds Birmingham Institute for Psychodrama • 4 yr. Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychodrama Psychotherapy (a UKCP qualification) • 1 yr. Post-graduate Certificate in Creative Counselling and Psychodrama Techniques • Open weekend workshops • Psychotherapy groups Find out more:
SUFI MEDITATION Looking for a path to Realisation, knowledge and well-being? Open to all faiths ages and backgrounds? Built on the core practise of Meditation? Uncomplicated and practical within the context of today’s hectic lifestyle? With Direction from an easily accessible Spiritual guide versed and authorised in the disciplines of this beautiful lineage
www.sufischool.org Tel: 0121 733 1350
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(All instruction is given Free of charge)
Compassion * Integration * Living Deliberately
Affordable Acupuncture
THE AVATAR® COURSE How to create the life that you really want Free introductory workshops Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Please contact Juliane 0121-444 4682 07930 368 163 JS-Avatar@GMX.Net www.theAvatarCourse.com Avatar® is a registered trademark of Star’s Edge, Inc. All rights reserved.
Love to Laugh? Certified Laughter Yoga Leader Training Develop yourself, develop others. No experience required.
Birmingham April 2012
Patients complete a consultation sheet (provided) Booking time and charges are significantly reduced. Traditional 5 Element Treatment Kings Heath area
‘This course has worked profound Miracles in my life. It has blessed everything in its path.”
Solihull Natural Health Group
Birmingham Breathes...
29 March ‘Soul Astrology‘ Margaret Koolman Held at The Solihull Cricket and Tennis Club Marsh Lane B91 2PF
Breathe your way to a new level of freedom, clarity and wellbeing with
17 April ‘The Law of Attraction‘ Michael James
19 June ‘Voice Alchemy‘ Stewart Pearce www.solihullnaturalhealthgroup.org.uk
Angel Meditation & Awareness Class
GODDESS TAROT
Angel Card Readings: Bookings available to suit
Every Thursday 7.30-9pm Birmingham venue Facilitated by Martin Boland and Rev Cheryl Ford Tel: 07968 313003
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07828 413 484
Telephone: 07832298119 Email: christinelevy66@hotmail.co.uk
A Course in Miracles Study Group
0121 458 6015/07901 953546
Contact Clare Cook LicAc. BA(HONS) MBAcC.
Oliver Bird Hall, Churchill Road, B91 3RQ 7:30pm
Dates: 12th April, 10th May, 14th June 12th July
Call 07951789763 www.usuireiki.co.uk
martin@recreatesuccess.com The course offers a path to awakening: offering profound peace, healed relationships and a joy not of this world. Come and meet some new friends to walk with you to help discover your True Self.
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Time: 7.30 – 9.30pm
With Audrey Morrison UK Reiki Federation Master & Teacher
Traditional and Professional
15 May ‘Mind Detox’ Sandy Newbigging
with Christine Levy based @ Meridian Centre Birmingham Monthly sessions everyone welcome allows you to access your spiritual gifts and angel guidance.
Usui School of Reiki Healing PRACTITIONER COURSES All Degrees of Reiki Five Element Reiki Reiki & Crystals Egyptian Reiki Reiki Drum
Transformational Breath® See our website birminghambreathes.co.uk for workshops and 1:1 sessions in South Birmingham and the Jewellery Quarter. Phone 0121 449 7705
DIAMOND COUNSELLING ...time to reflect Relationship problems? Stress? Anxiety? Depression? Feeling overwhelmed? Like you might explode? Qualified counsellor
Online Tarot readings with
INANNA Upload your photo Prompt readings via email Visit
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Appointments south Birmingham Tel: 0121 444 6578 Diamondcounselling.co.uk sjwathall@hotmail.com You don’t have to cope alone!
‘ all you’ve ‘ got. - Janis Joplin Don’t‘ compromise yourself. You’re
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Nourish your mind, heart, body & soul at the
Inspiration Wellbeing Vitality
Birmingham Saturday 14 April 2012 10am – 5.30pm (doors open 9.45am) St Columba Hall, corner of Chantry Rd / Alcester Rd, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8DJ Entrance £9/£7 concs on the door
FREE GOODIE BAGS FOR THE FIRST 100 VISITORS! Many vibrant holistic exhibitors & FREE inspiring talks Raw living gourmet food from the Tree of Life Cosmic Café Live music, dance & performances Followed by the Festival Party! at 7pm
FREE Inspiring Talks Programme Time
Room 1
Room 2
10.00am
Opening Ceremony in the main stalls hall
10.15am 10.55am
Healing With ‘The Light’
Recovery from Chronic Fatigue Fibromyalgia & M.E.
Jason Chan, International Tai Chi & Chi Kung Master
Stephen Allen, Founder of the Clinic of Natural Medicine
11.00am 11.40pm
New Beginnings
A Course in Miracles
11.45am 12.25pm
What in the World am I Supposed to Eat?
Laughter and relaxation session - Feel the difference
Kyle Vialli, Vitality Coach
Charlotte Eaton, Laughter Yoga Teacher & Trainer
12.30pm - 1.30pm
LUNCH BREAK
LUNCH BREAK
1.30pm 2.10pm
The Alchemy of Voice
Stewart Pearce, Acclaimed Sound Healer & Voice Alchemist
Jill Swyers, Hippocrates Health Educator
2.15pm 2.55pm
Mary Magdalene & the Divine Feminine
Transformational Breath®: An Enquiry
3.00pm 3.40pm
Raise your Energy, Transform your Life
The Sexy Raw Secrets to Longevity
3.40pm - 4.00pm
BREAK
BREAK
4.00pm 4.40pm
Raw Magic
What is Naturopathic Nutrition?
4.45pm 5.15pm
Discover & Live Your Life Purpose
How You Can Use Plants to Heal Yourself
Sandy Newbigging, Creator of The Mind Detox Method
Maggy Whitehouse, Author & Mystic
Caroline Shola Arewa, Yoga Master & Founder of Energy 4 Life
Kate Magic, Raw Food Pioneer & Author
Joginder Bola, Director of Tree of Life
Martin Boland, ACIM Teacher
The Nutrition of Hippocrates Living & Raw Foods
Val Jenner, Transformational Breath® Facilitator
Markéta Bola, Tree of Life Cosmic Café Living Food Chef
The College of Naturopathic Medicine (CNM)
Peter Pure, Raw Food Nutritionist
Festival Party! 7pm
Concert with Angelman, Richard Keogh & Chakra Dance with Markéta Bola
Fun * Music * Dance Connection * Celebration Entrance £7/£5 concs on the door
The next Tree of Life Festival in Birmingham will be on Saturday 20th October 2012 ‘The Tree of Life Festivals touch people’s hearts, open their minds & awaken their spirits. They uplift people’s vibrations, support conscious living and radiate with love, light & joy’
Info & Tickets: www.treeoflife-events.co.uk or 0121 449 4086
Lorna Byrne speaking at Tree of Life in February 2012
Inspiration Network At the Birmingham Buddhist Centre | 11 Park Road | Moseley | Birmingham | B13 8AD (please note that the postal address for Tree of Life is 99 Blenheim Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9UA)
We are honoured and grateful to the Buddhist Centre for the use of its beautiful facilities in order to help these events happen.
Uplifting talks at 7.15pm - Doors open at 6.45pm for 7.15pm start and ends at 9pm Tickets: £12/£9 concs (or £9/£7 concs Early Bird if booked 1 week in advance) except where otherwise stated Mon 2 Apr
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Divine Feminine, Sacred Masculine MATTHEW FOX He has written 30 books that have been translated into 43 languages & has received numerous awards The survival of our species requires a healthier balance between Yin and Yang, Feminine and Masculine, energies. You are invited to join in exploration of the divine feminine and sacred masculine. How can we invite this sacred marriage into our own lives and into the world at large. VENUE: SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS
GABRIELLE BERNSTEIN (a photo of her meditating is on the front cover) #1 bestselling author of ‘Add More ~ing to Your Life – A Hip Guide to Happiness’
‘Check out the woman they call the young Marianne Williamson’ – Marianne Williamson. Fri 8 Jun
Making a Living Without a Job – Self-employment as Your Next Career BARBARA WINTER Self-Employment Advocate & Bestselling Author Ready for the satisfaction, freedom and creative challenge of jobless earning? While the conventional wisdom may still be telling you, “Get a job,” this talk will show you new possibilities for working when you want, where you want and how you want. Whether you want to make the transition from employee to entrepreneur or create another source of income, don’t miss this one-of-a-kind evening talk. Come prepared to be inspired and informed! VENUE: SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS SONIA CHOQUETTE Mon 23 Apr
World-renowned six-sensory spiritual teacher. Her books have sold over a million copies including her New York Times bestseller ‘The Answer Is Simple’. See page 4 for full details of her talk. Ling Chi Healing Jason Chan International Tai Chi & Chi Kung Master Learn how you can heal yourself on a very deep level by connecting to the ‘Ling Chi Healing Light’ to clear away inner fears, so that we can heal our physical weaknesses, strengthen our minds and open our hearts to true love and joy. Jason will lead a meditation to initiate you Mon 30 Apr into a higher healing energy that is truly miraculous. HOPE – Healing Our People & Earth: 2012 and Beyond Dr JUDE CURRIVAN – See page 6 for full details of this talk.
Change Yourself, Change the World Dr DAVID HAMILTON Bestselling Author & Scientist We are at a Choice Point in history and many of us are facing personal choice points in our lives. A choice point is a moment in time when the choices we make have the greatest potency to affect our future. David will discuss how we are interconnected and how our actions Mon 11 Jun impact others and the world around us - that changing ourselves actually changes the world. How to Invite a New Cycle into Your Life Dr ALLA SVIRINSKAYA World Renowned Expert in Holistic Health, ‘Highly regarded with a waiting list for months’ The Sunday Telegraph Do you feel that you are stuck in life? Alla will reveal her secrets for saying goodbye to the old and for creating an invitation for Mon 18 Jun the new. She is famed for her practical approach to metaphysical knowledge and will show you how to be “in the flow”. You will be guided through simple time tested steps towards creating your life’s “make over”. Mon 25 Jun
Mon 4 Jun
Raw Living Food for Spiritual Awakening MARKéTA BOLA - See page 11 for full details of this talk. Keep Being Here Anyway – Self-realisation, spiritual awakening & Osho’s catch-22 ALAN LOWEN He has been leading personal growth workshops for 37 years & is founder of The Art of Being® Alan was for many years a disciple of Osho. He will discuss the
Wed 27 Jun blessings, challenges, the meaning of surrender, the paradox
in the master-disciple relationship and the extraordinary conclusion to his life as a sannyasin (disciple). He will explore the causal links between opening to our feelings, learning to love, experiencing total presence & awakening to the spiritual dimension. VENUE: SEE WEBSITE FOR DETAILS
Creating Happiness From the Inside-Out JOHN WHITEMAN Hay House Author of ‘9 Days to Feel Fantastic’ Imagine a life where you were able to self-manage how you feel, a life where by taking simple steps each day you could shift from feeling ok, to feeling good, to feeling fantastic. Well the simple answer is you can. Learn how to increase your energy vibration and Mon 21 May take the action you need to manifest your dreams. Happiness is an energy you can create from the inside-out. F**k It Works JOHN C. PARKIN Author of the bestselling F**k It books Saying ‘F**k It’ Works. 1000s of people would agree with that. Having taught the F**k It philosophy in his books, retreats and talks for 7 years, John knows that it works. He will talk about his journey into the discovery that this profanity can have profound and magical effects. And he will suggest the quickest ways to use the F**k It philosophy to transform your life. £15/£10 Early Bird.
Discover practical tools for creating miraculous change in all areas of your life. Awaken your authentic power in finance, health and relationships. Learn how to overcome fears, to clear space to the presence of love within you and become a magnet for miracles. VENUE: ST COLUMBA CHURCH, CHANTRY RD, MOSELEY B13 8DJ
The Awesome Power of Conscious Community JOGINDER BOLA – See page 5 for full details of this talk.
The Power of Your Spirit
Mon 14 May
Expect Miracles
Resisting the Soul – How to liberate your heart and become the person you’ve come to be NICK WILLIAMS - See website for full details of this talk.
The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry RUPERT SHELDRAKE PhD One of the world’s most innovative Biologists & Author of 10 books
Mon 2 Jul
The science delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality - it is based on the philosophy of materialism - that all reality is physical. Rupert will show how science is already transcending these assumptions. He transforms the dogmas of materialism into questions and shows how each question opens up new possibilities, pointing to a richer and more engaging view of nature and consciousness.
For more information and online bookings visit www.treeoflife-events.co.uk email: info@treeoflife-events.co.uk tel: 0121 449 4086 mob: 07833 358896