The Awareness Center

December 2008
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Blissfully Alive
“When the time is on you, start, and the pressure will be off.” - Yogi Bhajan Dear Awareness Center Family, Every New Year we start off with a clean slate and fresh intentions for a healthy, balanced, prosperous life. But what happens around the beginning of February, when you haven't changed your diet, gone to the gym yet or added another yoga class to your week? You find yourself feeling depressed and overwhelmed. You have proof yet again that nothing ever changes and you just can't get to all of the goals that you set for yourself. Instead of setting goals this year, why not consider who you want to BE as you live your life? What inspired me this year was the thought of being blissfully alive no matter what was occurring on the physical plane of existence. That would mean that I could be sick or well, happy or sad, have my computer crash or win the lottery and still choose to be coming from a place of gratitude about how blissfully alive I feel. What it takes to get to bliss, is a certain surrender to the conditions of your experience. Letting go of what you think you need in order to be happy and just choosing happiness for itself. January events are all mainly about healing or starting your personal practice. We have several new healing workshops which I know you will enjoy. Please invite your friends and family to take part in an event with you this month. Happy New Year! Sat Nam, Wahe Guru Kaur and “Team Awareness” (AC Staff and Teachers)

EVENTS Dream Manifestors Circle with Haridass 1st Monday of every month Jan. 5th, 7:30 - 9:00pm $15 -Consciously create a new abundant reality! -Learn mantras, meditations and proven metaphysical tools -Apply financial Serenity Methods -Gain courage to manifest with ease! Upcoming dates: Feb. 2nd BodyFreedom with Tarnie Fulloon Experience Profound Healing Through Dance! Tuesdays, 7:30pm – 9:00pm NEW Time! Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Thursdays, 9:00 – 10:30am Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, Feb 5, 12, 19, 26, Mar 5, 12, 19, 26 $160 Series of 10 classes, purchase by 1/20 $20 Single Class Join Tarnie Fulloon, creator of BodyFreedom, and experience her unique method of healing movement blending physical therapy, spiritual psychology and dance as a modality for self-expression and deep healing. No experience necessary! Reiki Meditations with Reiki Master Haridass Sat. Jan. 10th, 4:00pm – 5:30pm $20 New Year’s Special! ($10 off the regular price) -Powerful self-healing meditations -Individual Reiki Energy treatments -First-timers and experienced healers welcome! Reiki is a unique hands-on healing modality that utilizes Universal life force energy and stimulates our innate healing ability. This event will be led by The Awareness Center Reiki Masters. They bring unique, yet complimentary healing styles that will provide you with a wonderful Reiki healing experience. This event is open to everyone. Journey deeper into Divine Love and experience peaceful abundance! Experience a flow of Reiki meditations and visioning that reveal your innate healing abilities. Gong, crystal bowls and vocal toning heighten your senses and clarity. Receive a mini individual energy treatment. Sat Nam Rasayan with Tom Takenouchi/Dharma Singh and assisted by Gillian Symonds/Atma Kaur Sundays 2:00 – 3:30pm Series of 6 workshops: Jan. 11th, 25th, Feb. 8th, 22nd, March 8th and 22nd $75 for series of six – by Jan 11th $15 single workshop Experience a profound and subtle healing art that transcends our separation as individuals. Sat Nam Rasayan means “deep relaxation in the True Identity.” It is an ancient art of healing, created with the purpose to serve humanity, allowing the healer to access and balance the five elements and the pranic body. In this workshop, you will: - Enhance awareness of your subtle body - Expand the capacity of your meditative mind - Open your compassionate awareness - Be sensitized and conscious of everyone and everything in your presence Tom Takenouchi/Dharma Singh is a Sat Nam Rasayan Level 111 Student Instructor and IKYTA certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher. Gillan Symonds/Atma Kaur is a Level 11 Sat Nam Rasayan practitioner and IKYTA certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher since 1998. Both study with Sat Nam Rasayan master Guru Dev Singh, who learned in silence from Yogi Bhajan. Soul Flow with Haridass Kaur Mon. Jan. 12th, 7:30 - 9:00pm $15 We are a body of souls, flowing within our abundance. It is time to fully claim this as your natural birthright. Through chanting and movement: -Trim excess weight from your body and mind -Learn to duplicate the nature of Spirit through your natural rhythm -Mindfully move through the "Enchanted Labyrinth" -Relax with healing sound meditations Bring your crystals, intentions and inner child! Six-Week Beginner's Series with Dr. Santokh Singh Khalsa Six Wednesdays, Starting Jan. 14th, 7:00-9:00 pm. $69 Each week includes a set focusing on the specifics of postures, breath work, hand positions, and a lecture on one of the following subjects: history of Kundalini Yoga; mantras, mudras, and breathing techniques; relaxation & stress reduction; chakras; yogic diet; and healing. Pathways to Healing with Dev Avtar/Helen Huber Four week series Thursdays Jan. 15th, 22nd, 29th, and Feb. 5th, 7:00-9:00 pm. $65 for 4 week series – by 1/15 $20 single class As each New Year comes upon us, we naturally turn to thoughts of renewal, fresh chances and new beginnings. Pathways to Healing, does just that. Healing the ghosts of the past so we can move forward, dealing with our current life in new and fresh ways so our future is how we have always wanted it to be. Come join the many people who are ready to heal and expand themselves. Each week you will learn pathways to: - Heal past negative events in your life - Heal your true identity so you can “just be you” - Heal yourself and relationships by looking at your family of origin - Heal daily stress through moment to moment living This series will include enlightening experiential exercises, as well as yoga kriyas and meditations that promote specific healings. Come prepared to do yoga. Dev Avtar Kaur is an alumni of The Awareness Center’s Teacher Training. She has been a psychotherapist for over 25 years as well as a psychology college instructor. She is a Reiki Level II practitioner and a certified hypnotherapist. Intro to Constellation: Movements of the Soul with Sheri Sutton/Sat Jiwan Fri. Jan. 16th and 30th, 7:30 - 9:00pm $20 Come share this magical approach to freeing up the love in your family. The Constellation Work will help you get past the stories and images that have prevented healing in the past. You will learn how to use what the Native Americans call the ‘knowing field’. Using this approach you can access a view of your issue at a soul level. When you change the current image you hold of your family, it affects everyone in your system. Sheri Sutton/Sat Jiwan has been an Awareness Center yoga teacher and community member since 1993. Her passion for Constellation Work began in 2000. In 2006 she began a series of trainings in group/circle work with a Native American trainer. Sheri is also a member of Dragonfly Constellation Group facilitating family, business, organizational and environmental constellations. Healing Massage with Guru Darshan/Timothy Birnschein, CMT Call in advance for an appointment. $108 – 80 minutes Treat yourself to a therapeutic massage in the comfort of the Awareness Center healing space. Guru Darshan uses a massage form derived from Tai Chi Ch’uan, which engages the core, the entire physical body, and the life-force energy which animates all living things. He also uses aromatherapy essential oils and Reiki, to release energy blockage, and promote extended healing, restoring the balance of the body, mind and spirit. The result is a powerful, flowing, and delicious sensory experience, which will leave you feeling both relaxed and invigorated. Guru Darshan studied massage at IPSB, and has been practicing for over ten years. Healing Breath - Private Sessions with Wahe Guru Kaur Appts. available Tues. and Thurs. 11:00am, 2:15pm and 4:00pm $108 – 1.25 hour session “I feel like we just unwrapped my heart.” -Janice Duellman, Manager- Car Max A private “Healing Breath” session with Gisela is a life-altering event, to say the least. Each session is unique. The basic format is; talking briefly and setting your intention, then doing the three-part “Healing Breath”, a pranic healing technique. She will guide you through a clearing of the seven major energy centers of the subtle bodies. During this process she will use her gifts as a clairaudient (communicating with your subconscious self), sound, chanting, mantra, channeling healing energy through her hands, essential oils, crystals and whatever else is needed for you to remove blocked energy, pain and fear. You will leave feeling peaceful, connected and often with a completely altered way of looking at your life. Please call for an appointment. Healing Treatments with Haridass Kaur/Basia Tacik, MaEd $108 - 1.25 hour session Reiki Energy Sessions and Soul Readings Haridass is a Reiki Master/Sekhem energy practitioner, teaching Kundalini Yoga and Meditation since 1999. Healing treatments include essence remedies, sacred breathing affirmative prayer and vision guidance to empower your health, wealth and happiness.		Women’s Chanting Circle: “So Purkh” with Nimrita Kaur/Marcia Mon. Jan. 19th, 7:30 - 9:00pm FREE – Love Donation Accepted What is SO PURKH? It is the meditation for ALL Women in Kundalini Yoga. What does chanting SO PURKH do? Yogi Bhajan spoke glowingly about the tremendous power and potential of reciting SO PURKH. He said a woman could use this shabd to: - Attract a child to you who will become a man of God - Heal a man - Transform a man into a man of God - Attract a man of God to be your husband - Make God appear before you You are invited to join other women in healing, transforming and elevating their relationships with men and removing any negativity within such relationships in a safe, sacred space dedicated to the highest potential of feminine group consciousness. Check out the blog: www.chantsopurkh.typepad.com Nine-Breath Method with Carolyn and Martha Fri. Jan. 23rd, 7:00 – 9:00pm $20 -Join like-minded people as we generate a High Energy State through a powerful breathing technique. -All it takes is nine breaths to generate this state. -Holding hands in a circle, we will set intentions to send love and well-being to family, friends and the world. It is time to break free of the consciousness that has held the people of the planet in a state of polarity. All is One. . . Unity Consciousness. . . what does that feel like? This healing circle provides such an experience! Please arrive 15 minutes early. Sacred Breathing Circle Theme: “Blissfully Alive” with Wahe Guru Kaur Sat. Jan. 24th, 7:00 – 9:30pm $35 by 1/21 $40 thereafter The Sacred Breathing Circle is a journey into the Self. It allows you to identify and release mental, emotional and physical blocks and bring light to areas that need healing. Experience Kundalini yoga and an ancient pranic technique, called the “Healing Breath,” that promotes healing and regeneration on all levels. Please wear comfortable clothes that you can move in. Reiki Share/ Healing Circle with Haridass Kaur Mon. Jan. 26th, 7:30pm – 9:00pm Last Monday of the month FREE Join us for a meditative visualization with sound vibration, followed by Reiki energy treatments offered by Haridass and Reiki Practitioners. Experience peace as dormant energies are stimulated and released. Give and receive a heart centered flow of life force energy in a supportive and nurturing environment. “Healing Breath” Technique With Wahe Guru Kaur Sat. Jan. 31st, 3:00 – 5:30pm $40 by 1/28 $50 thereafter This workshop will be an introduction to the “Healing Breath” technique and how it can serve as a regular part of your daily practice. We will look at how we can go from having an experience with the Pranayama (as we do in a Sacred Breathing Circle or a private session) to how we can integrate it into our lives. “Healing Breath” Technique will be offered to advanced students and practitioners only. You must have attended at least two Sacred Breathing Circles or done private work to qualify. If you do not meet the requirements but still wish to attend, please see Wahe Guru directly. Healer Training begins in March 2009. This workshop will be a pre-requisite for the training. Healer Training with Wahe Guru Kaur March 28, 2009 – Jan. 31, 2010 Healer Training is a complete immersion into the healing arts. We will explore Pranic healing techniques, mainly through use of the “Healing Breath”. We will also delve into Celtic Shamanism, the five elements, guide work, channeling and sound healing. You will be trained in techniques to develop your intuition and access/or expand your psychic gifts. Learn how to set up an altar, choose your healing tools, work with “Animal Spirit Medicine” guides, communicate with your personal guides, understand and master the Chakra System, psychic protection and shielding and the protocol and ethics of being a healer. All living beings and life forms are connected. We are linked to the Mother Earth and all her inhabitants. In Healer Training we will explore this connection through an experiential process of journeying through the Elements of Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit. At each point along the journey you will receive an initiation. We will work with interactive solo and group exercises, journaling and personal tests. In order to heal yourself and eventually become a healer you must develop a mastery of the elements and have the tools to work with them to evoke change in your internal and external environment. Pre-requisites: - Attendance at a minimum of three Sacred Breathing Circles - Attendance at one Healing Breath Technique workshop - At least one private Healing Breath session If you do not meet these requirements but wish to be considered for the program, please make an appointment to see Wahe Guru. Please see the Healer Training brochure for more details and pick up an application at the front desk. Sadhana: 40-Day Group Practice Begins Thurs., Jan. 1st, 4:15-6:30 am. FREE Start the New Year off with 40 days of group morning sadhana. This daily spiritual practice consists of reading the “Jap Ji," practicing a short yoga set, and chanting the Aquarian Sadhana chants. Whether you decide to participate for one day or 40, you are always welcome. “We clean our house so we can use it. We do sadhana so we can use our life.” – Yogi Bhajan. New Classes: Kundalini Yoga – NEW CLASS Wed. 7:00 – 8:15pm with Dev Avtar Kundalini Yoga – NEW TEACHER Wed. 5:30 – 6:30pm with Dev Avtar Community Classes – NOW AVAILABLE Reduced price of $8 per class (cash only) Thurs. 4:00 – 5:15pm with Ginger Sun. 7:00 – 8:15pm with AC Teacher Training Alumni Little Yogis (ages 2 – 5 years) with Sat Mohine Fri. 4:15 – 5:15pm $10 per class The Little Yogis class is designed for the coordination-level and attention-span of children ages 2-5. The class is fast-paced and interactive, focusing on balance, individual and group postures and having fun! Sat Mohine/Denise began practicing Kundalini Yoga in 1999 at the Awareness Center. She is a Level 1 Kundalini Yoga Teacher (2004), and recently completed kid's yoga trainings at Karuna Yoga, MiniYogis Yoga for Kids, and Y.O.G.A. for Youth. She has worked with children and young adults for over 20 years. Prenatal Kundalini Yoga with Adi Shakti, Jai Jot and Seva Simran Sat. 10:30 – 11:45am Tues. 6:00 – 7:15pm NEW TIME with Seva Simran Regular class prices, $15 single or 10 for $120 Pregnancy is a sacred time of transformation and nurturance. A woman develops a deeper understanding of her mind and body, as well as the world in which she lives during her pregnancy. Prenatal Yoga encourages a woman to move her blossoming body in safe and simple ways, which results in both strength and relaxation. Prenatal yoga and meditation quiets the mind and helps develop a deep and peaceful connection between a mother and her child. Our Kundalini Prenatal Classes give women the opportunity to discover their authentic grace and power as they prepare to give birth and mother with awareness. Our classes are inspired by the wisdom of women throughout the ages and bring women together to stretch, strengthen, dance, chant, meditate and deeply relax. Wherever you are on your journey as a mother - whether trying to get pregnant or in your last few days before birth - come and experience the preparation and celebration of giving birth with a community of women at The Awareness Center. Hatha/Kundalini Classes with Seva Simran Tues. 7:30 – 8:45pm Sun. 11:00am – 12:30pm Hatha/Kundalini Yoga will bring us classical Hatha postures, a Kundalini Yoga Kriya Pranayam , Mantras, Energy work and Meditation. This class will allow for a deeper state of relaxation and awareness. We will focus on movement with the breath, utilizing the sound current to reach deeper states of relaxation and self-awareness. The class will end with a meditation to clear out the subconscious mind to reach a higher state of awareness of the self. Benefits include: heightened intuition, emotion release, increased physical strength and flexibility, better concentration, mental clarity and inner calm. Seva Simran Kaur/Susan Nishizawa-Hampton has taught classical Hatha Yoga for 5 years, is a Reiki/Tummo Master, certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher (Awareness Center Alumni) and Sound Healer. Kundalini Yoga – Intermediate Yoga and Lifestyles Series with Baba and Nimrita/Marcy Fridays, 7:00 – 8:30pm NEW TIME! ~ From our blog this month at http://yogalifestyle.wordpress.com Ayurvedic Treatments - Private Sessions with Dr. Jayagopal Weekly Sessions available $100 -1 hour session The ancient art of pulse examination is a comprehensive diagnostic tool. Through the pulse diagnosis, our Ayurvedic physician, Dr. Jayagopal is able to understand your body type, present state of health, family tendencies, state of mind, metabolic activity and many other intricacies. He will create a specialized program with respect to diet, lifestyle, breathing, yoga, detox, rejuvenation, herbs, gems and aromatherapy to balance body, mind and spirit for vibrant health. Each session of Pulse reading is 1 hour long and the record of your reading is documented for your reference. Other available treatments are: herbal oil massage, herbal steam, lower back therapy, neck treatment, and knee treatment. Please call a month in advance for an appointment.
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