MEDITATION

Morning Meditation

Dates: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Ongoing

Times: 7:00 - 8:00 am

Cost: A donation to the Still Water MPC is appreciated.

Course Description:
We sit, we walk, we sit, we do a short reading, we greet each other, and we go on with our day. Newcomers and experienced practitioners are always welcome. No registration is required.

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Mindfulness and Daily Life Practice Evening

Instructor: Stillwater Mindfulness Practice Center

Dates and Times: Dates and Times: Thursdays, 7:00 - 9:15 pm (An orientation to the Still Water MPC and basic mindfulness practices is offered the first Thursday of each month beginning at 6:30 pm).

Cost: There is no set fee, however, a donation to the Still Water MPC of $10 or more is suggested.

Course Description:
Taught by the Still Water Mindfulness community in the tradition of Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hahn

Each Mindfulness Practice Evening begins with an hour of sitting and walking meditation and continues with a short program, which is different each week, and a discussion about living our lives more mindfully. Newcomers and experienced practitioners are always welcome. No registration is required.

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Ten Session Introduction To Mindfulness Meditation / Smiling Like a Buddha

Instructor: Mitchell Ratner

Dates: FREE CLASS Wednesday, January 13
Wednesdays, January 20 – March 31

Times: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Cost: $250

To register, please go to the Still Water website www.StillWaterMPC.org, . For more information, please email Mitchell@StillWaterMPC.org or call (301) 270-8353

Course Description:
Mindfulness meditation is surprisingly simple and remarkably subtle. Over time one develops a relaxed state of awareness that allows for the moment-by-moment direct observation of sensations, feelings, and mind-states. When mindfulness is firmly established, joy, compassion, equanimity and loving-kindness arise.

Intended for both new and experienced practitioners, the workshop will explore conscious breathing, developing/deepening a sitting practice, walking meditation, mindfulness in everyday life, recognizing and accepting feelings and emotions, transforming anger, nurturing love, developing compassion, and hugging meditation.

Participants will be able to share experiences, progress, and challenges within a supportive workshop environment.

Instructor Bio:
Mitchell has been a lay member of the Teip Hein Buddhist order since 1993 and in 2001 received the dharmacariya (meditation teacher) transmission for Vietnamese Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh. An applied anthropologist and a founder of the Still Water Mindfulness Practice Center, since 1994 he has taught classes and workshops focused on practicable methods of integrating mindfulness meditation with work, meaningful relationships, and challenges of everyday life.

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MOVEMENT / DANCE

Cloud Hands T’ai Chi

Instructor: Michael Ward, LCSW

Dates: Tuesdays, January 19 - April 20 (no class March 30 & April 6)

Times: Beginners: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Intermediate: 7:30 – 8:30 pm
Corrections/Advanced: 8:30 – 9:30 pm

Cost: $205

Course Description:
T’ai Chi is a series of 37 gentle, flowing movements that have been practiced as a health exercise for centuries. As a "moving meditation" T’ai Chi teaches relaxation in the midst of activity. Rather than sitting motionless, students learn to stay centered and relaxed while flowing, uninterrupted through the movements. People are frequently confronted verbally and emotionally by the pressures of daily living. Learning to stay centered and calm in the normal activities of life reduces tension, increases energy and allows us to develop the skills needed in more acute circumstances. "Sensing Hands" or "Tui Shou", allows further development of these skills, as well as a deeper understanding of the functional applications of T’ai Chi form. New students are welcome to join, but must first talk with the instructor.

Instructor Bio:
Cloud Hands T’ai Chi instructor, Michael Ward, LCSW, is a senior student of Robert Smith, the first western student of Professor Cheng Man-ch’ing, a renowned master of T’ai Chi Chuan. Mr. Ward has been studying and practicing Professor Cheng’s Yang style of T’ai Chi for more than 25 years. Mr. Ward’s background as a licensed clinical social worker, who has worked with children, youth and families in wellness programs, provides unique insight into both the challenges and the value of “slowing down" in our fast paced society.

To Register:
Please call Michael at Cloud Hands T’ai Chi at 301/562-0992 for registration and information.

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Meditation and Qigong

Instructors: Yinong Chong, Ph.D. & Shawn Cartwright, Traditional Chinese Culture Institute

Date:Mondays, January 4 - April 26

Time: 7:00 – 8:00 pm

Cost: $60 for four classes ($20 per session drop-in)

Course Description:
Qigong is not only an effective form of exercise for maintaining health, it can also be used to help heal yourself and others. Join us as we explore the depths and mystery of Qigong through a variety of ancient Taoist movements and meditations.

We will learn to use Qigong techniques to enhance the body’s own natural healing mechanism. You will learn mediation, visualization, and breathing techniques. You will see how simple movements can help open the body and remove blockages.

How We Teach
All workshops are open to students of all levels. At each class, we work on classic Tai Chi and Qigong exercises designed to build a solid foundation and improve Qi flow. You will learn basic drills and advanced techniques in a progressive fashion. You will strengthen and deepen your practice with authentic internal Qigong forms. Experienced students will have the opportunity to fully develop their Qigong practice through higher level training.

Students may join at any time. No prior experience is required.

Instructor Bio:
Dr. Yinong Chong and Mr. Shawn Cartwright are lineage trained, certified Qigong, Tai Chi and Internal Kung Fu instructors with decades of experience. They specialize in teaching the authentic Chinese internal arts in a way that is relevant for a western audience. From beginner to instructor level, they can help you reach your highest potential. Find out more at www.tccii.com

Shawn Cartwright, Executive Director of TCCII, is co-author of the guided meditation CD Touched by the Tao:Classical Chinese Meditation for Health and Healing. He is a certified instructor in Qigong, Chinese Internal Kung Fu and Tai Chi. Mr. Cartwright teaches authentic technique and application for health and realistic self-defense. He can clearly explain how to do the movements and the internal theory behind them. A practitioner of both the martial and healing arts, he teaches students how to apply internal training to both. His understanding of classical Chinese internal arts and western culture allows him to build a bridge between East and West. He is a 26th Generation indoor student of Wudang Longmen Pai and a 20th Generation indoor student of Chen Style Tai Chi Chuan. His many years of intensive training includes Qigong, Tai Chi, Hsing-I, Pa Kua, Wing Chun, Fukien White Crane and Kai Sai Kung Fu. Mr. Cartwright earned his MBA and BS from Vanderbilt University.

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Applied Qigong for Holistic Healing Certification Course

Instructors: Yinong Chong, Ph.D. & Shawn Cartwright, Traditional Chinese Culture Institute

Dates:
Saturday March 27: 9 am -5 pm
Saturday May 22: 9 am - 5 pm
Saturday July 17: 9 am - 5 pm
Friday October 22: 2 - 9 pm
Saturday October 23: 9 am - 9 pm
Sunday October 24: 9 am - 3 pm

Cost:
Complete 36 hour Certification Program
Register by January 31, 2010: $890 + we will include the course materials (Save $120)
Register by February 28, 2010: $890 (Save $70) (Course materials additional)
Call TCCII at (301) 785-7505 for more information.

Individual Courses
Course I: Five Elements for Balance and Harmony: $155
Course II: Harmonizing Yin and Yang: $155
Course III: Integrating the Three Treasures: $155
Optional Course Materials for Course I, II, III: $50 (CD and DVD)
Course IV: Cultivating the Spirit: Internal Alchemy: $495

Course Description:
The Applied Qigong for Holistic Healing Certification Program is a 36 hour professional development program designed for those who wish to learn the healing and cultivation methods of traditional Chinese Qigong.

Students will learn the theory and application of Qigong for healing themselves and others. They will learn how to establish a daily Qigong practice. One unique aspect of this program is that students will have the rare opportunity to study Internal Alchemy, the highest level of Qigong training. The program consists of four parts:

• March 27 – Five Elements for Balance and Harmony: Foundations of Sustainable Holistic Healing (6 hours)
• May 22 - Harmonizing Yin and Yang: Growing with Nature (6 hours)
• July 17 - Integrating the Three Treasures: Healing Others (6 hours)
• October 22, 23, 24 - Cultivating the Spirit: Internal Alchemy (18 hours)

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Gentle and Meditative Dances

Instructor: Evelyn Torton Beck and Judith Walton

Dates: Fridays, January 22, February 12 & 26, March 12 & 26, April 9 & 23

Times: 7:30 PM - 9 PM

Cost: $80 for series, $15 per class

Course Description:
These gentle dances have special meditative qualities and ancient roots. Powerful in their effect, they evoke a spiritual dimension leading to harmony and balance. Dancing together, we create community, connect to ourselves and each other. Dances for each session are organized around a special theme.

No dance experience is needed: ALL DANCES will be taught each time. Our philosophy of dance, "there are no mistakes, only variations."

Instructor Bio:
Evelyn Torton Beck, Ph.D, is Women's Studies Professor Emerita at the University of Maryland as well as an experienced dancer in the tradition of circle dancing as a healing practice. She lectures on the healing power of art and teaches dancing at area institutes of life-long learning including the University of Maryland's community outreach programs.

Judith Walton, Ph.D, has been teaching Sacred Circle dance for more than 15 years and is interested in using the power of the dance as a means to achieve integration and wholeness. She learned many of the dances at the Findhorn Community, a spiritual/educational community in Scotland. She is a trainer and organization development consultant.

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Biodanza Weekly Class

Instructor: Paola Bolzan

Date: Mondays, January 11 – June 28

Time: 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm

Cost: $90 for five classes & $170 for 10 classes – first class is FREE

Course Description:
Biodanza® means the dance of life. Dancing our life means living it in all its aspects, the ones that we know and the ones which for some reason –stress, work, lifestyle, lack of time- are left apart. Biodanza® is a system made of movements, music and emotions which all together help us discover and live all our potentialities, thus we feel wholly alive.

Through the enhancement of our vital responses we increase our resistance to stress and we improve our health stimulating our immune system. We do a great variety of exercises which make our movements dynamic, relaxed and free from constrictions.

Biodanza® facilitates meeting the other and sharing our emotions and improves our communication skills and creativity so we feel better with ourselves as well as with the others. Biodanza® is a path towards happiness and the joy of living.

The founder of Biodanza® is Rolando Toro, a Chilean psychologist, anthropologist and poet. The theoretical basis of Biodanza® can be found in Biology, the science of life.

If you are willing to experience all your potentialities in a protected, caring and fun environment come to a class with Paola, you will love it and you will have a lot of fun.

Biodanza® is for everybody, men and women of any age. You don't need to know any prior dance. Please come dressed with comfortable clothes.

Instructor Bio:
PAOLA BOLZAN: She is Italian and she arrived in Washington a few months ago. She is a foreign language teacher but most of all she loves Biodanza® and she feels the best thing she can do in the US is teaching and spreading this wonderful activity that has totally and positively changed her life.

She started practicing Biodanza® in 1991 and later attended the Model School of Biodanza® Rolando Toro in Milan – Italy during the years she spent in her home country and started teaching Biodanza® in 2001. She lived in several countries in Africa and in Vietnam and this variety of experiences gives a special touch to her classes – the capacity to easily relate with every single person, the understanding of the specific necessities of every participant and the great pleasure of letting people encountering the extraordinary possibility of feeling well, sharing their experiences with other people and making friends.

For more information please call Paola: 202 629 8303 or email her: paolabolzan@hotmail.com

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Biodanza Workshop

Instructor: Michelle Macek

Date: Sunday, January 17

Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Cost: $25

Course Description:
Biodanza is a system of human development that fuses music, emotion and authentic movement providing a safe space for the expression of our many potentials.

Biodanza will allow you to:

• Expand your creativity, vitality and ability to love
• Feel the fullness for life
• Open your sense of joy, self-esteem and self-confidence
• Tenderly integrate feelings, mind and actions
• Improve your health and organic harmony

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YOGA

Yoga Nidra

Instructor: Melissa Lindon

Date: Sunday, January 24, February 21 & March 28

Time: 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm

Cost: $20 per class

Course Description:
Yoga Nidra ("yogic sleep") is the yogic tranquilizer, a rejuvenating practice for reducing the stresses of daily life. In a place between the waking and sleeping states, students relax deeply on the physical, emotional and mental levels, and the practice sows new seeds of positive change in our minds. Yoga nidra guides students through awareness of sensations, emotions, and beliefs using a systematic method developed thousands of years ago. This meditative class is conducted with students lying down and requires no previous yoga experience.

This meditative class is conducted with students lying down and requires no previous yoga experience.

Please bring a blanket, a pillow (optional), and wear warm, loose fitting clothing.

Instructor Bio:
Melissa Lindon, RYT500, fell in love with the practice of yoga nidra five years ago and is a firm believer in its profound benefits for mind and body. She completed 500 hours of study with Jenny Otto and Lynn Matthews at Golden Heart Yoga in Annapolis, and continues her studies with Rod Stryker and Moses Brown. Melissa draws inspiration for her teaching from the rich traditions of Anusara Yoga and Para Yoga, and teaches at The Yoga Center of Columbia and Riverhill, and at Awaken Wellness: Columbia's Center for the Art of Healing.www.melissalindon.com

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Women's Yoga

Instructor: Bahiyyah Parks

Date: Wednesdays, January 6 – February 24

Time: 7:30 – 9:00 pm

Cost: $96

Course Description:
Coming soon!

Instructor Bio:
Bahiyyah Parks offers individual and group nutrition and lifestyle coaching for women. She is an expert in the areas of diet and nutrition, yoga, personal relationships, career guidance, sustainable lifestyle changes and spiritual development. She has highly developed counseling and listening skills and is effective in the science and art of personal transformation in the lives of her clients, family and friends. Bahiyyah has been trained by the most well respected leaders in the field of nutrition, i.e. Dr. Oz, Deepak Chopra, Marion Nestle and Andrew Weil, among others. She received her certification in Holistic Health from Columbia University's Teacher's College. At the Atmananda Yoga Center in NYC, she completed her Yoga Teacher Training. Bahiyyah recently graduated from graduate studies at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Journey with her. Your life will never be the same.

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Laughing Yoga

Instructor: Nira Berry

Dates: Sundays, January 17, February 21, March 14 & April 25

Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Cost: $96

Course Description:
Want to laugh off all of your stress? Ready to have a great laugh?
Experience the stress reduction, health benefits, & joy of laughter.

Learn to use laughter techniques to handle stressful situations, and how to bring laughter to your everyday life with no jokes, sense of humor or prior experience needed. No Yoga poses.

Hundreds of scientific studies have shown how laughter can:

reduces blood pressure	reduces stress hormones
Boosts immune system	increase endorphins (happy hormones)
Great for lungs	overall sense of well-being

Instructor Bio:
Nira Berry leads laughter workshops for corporate events, private groups and interactive key-note speaking nationally, and internationally. Nira discovered the power of laughter eight years ago, while healing from a serious illness. Since then, Nira enjoys bringing laughter to everyone in a variety of settings including the corporate world. Nira was certified as a Laughter Yoga Leader/Teacher, in Switzerland, by Dr. Madan Kataria, founder Laughter Yoga. Nira is the author of a Laughter Yoga Exercise DVD: Laugh Off Stress Laughter Yoga Exercises.
"People connect to each other in an enjoyable, personal way in LaughingRx that can't be recreated in any other format" . . . . Nira Berry

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ENERGY THERAPIES

Acupressure for Stress Relief: the SEVA Stress Release

Instructor: Cathy Miller, LMT, ABT

Date: January 31, March 21

Time: 1 PM - 8 PM

Cost: $100

Course Description:
SEVA/Stress: A one-day class that teaches an acupressure protocol (SEVA/Stress) that can be used for a wide range of needs, including general relaxation and well being or extreme shock and stress. Anyone can learn this simple but effective way to help themselves and others. Teaches a unique touch method, various effective acupoints, chakra tai chi with demonstration and hands-on practice.

CE Hours: 6 NCBTMB and AMTA. PDAs now available for NCCAOM licensed Acupuncturists and Diplomates of Asian Bodywork Therapy.

Nurses (AHNA). "This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the American Holistic Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Approval for contact hours through the AHNA is based on an assessment of the educational merit of this program and does not constitute endorsement of the use of any specific modality in the care of clients."

Instructor Bio:
Cathy Miller is a Certified Massage Therapist and a Diplomate of Asian Bodywork Therapy of the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She is also a certified Process Acupressure Therapist and a certified instructor of Basic Acupressure. She draws upon aspects of Five Element and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zen Shiatsu, Swedish Massage, and Process Acupressure in the spirit of creative partnership with her clients, to assist them in moving toward health and balance.

After working for twenty years as a professional musician, music librarian, and graphic artist, Cathy is thrilled to have the opportunity to be of service in a different way, through the practice and teaching of acupressure. She presently practices acupressure and massage at Crossings, and at the Center for Integrative Medicine in Easton, Maryland. Cathy enjoys teaching acupressure workshops nationwide.

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Acupressure for Stress Relief: The Seva Stress Release for family and self care

Instructor: Cathy Miller, LMT, ABT

Date: Sunday, February 21

Time: 1 PM – 4 PM

Cost: $50

Course Description:
This simple acupressure formula was prepared by the teachers of Process Acupressure following the events of September 11, 2001. Anyone can give or receive this work. It is designed for body workers and laypersons alike, and is an excellent tool for the widest range of needs, including general relaxation or extreme shock and stress.

This three-hour workshop includes grounding meditation, instruction for special "interface" touch, how to locate and access acupoints, SEVA/Stress Release demonstration, opportunities to learn the Seva/Stress release for self-care, Chakra Tai Chi and printed materials to take home. For more information please visit www.SoulLighteningAcupressure.com. No previous experience required.

Instructor Bio:
Cathy Miller is a Certified Massage Therapist and a Diplomate of Asian Bodywork Therapy of the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. She is also a certified Process Acupressure Therapist and a certified instructor of Basic Acupressure. She draws upon aspects of Five Element and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zen Shiatsu, Swedish Massage, and Process Acupressure in the spirit of creative partnership with her clients, to assist them in moving toward health and balance.

After working for twenty years as a professional musician, music librarian, and graphic artist, Cathy is thrilled to have the opportunity to be of service in a different way, through the practice and teaching of acupressure. She presently practices acupressure and massage at Crossings, and at the Center for Integrative Medicine in Easton, Maryland. Cathy enjoys teaching acupressure workshops nationwide.

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Acupressure Study Group

Dates: Sundays, January 31, February 28, March 28, April 25
Times: 1 PM - 4 PM

Cost: $15 suggested donation

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Reconnective Healing

Instructor: Joan Fowler

Dates: Saturday, January 9
Times: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
7-8 pm Introduction to Reconnective Healing with stories from practitioners and clients.
8-9 pm Meet with local area Practitioners as they demonstrate the Reconnective frequencies and answer questions

Cost: sliding scale $2 to $5

Course Description:
Area Practitioners of theReconnectiveCoop.com are hosting an introduction to Reconnective Healing.

Who should attend?
Anyone interested in "experiencing" their own inherent healing abilities. No healing experience necessary. You are born with these healing frequencies. They are your birth right. Discover them! You have only to open. You are Love; you are Light; you are Source!

What is Reconnective Healing?
Reconnective Healing is a form of healing that is here on the planet for the very first time. It reconnects us to the fullness of the universe and to the fullness of our being. It reconnects us to the universe and to our very essence.
These healings and evolutionary frequencies are of a new bandwidth brought in via a spectrum of light and information. It is through The Reconnection that we are able to interact with these new levels of light and information, and it is through these new levels of light and information that we are able to reconnect. This is something new. This is different. This is real-and it can be entrained in each of us.

For more information on Reconnective Healing see: theReconnectiveCoop.com

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OTHER

Shamanic Journeying

Facilitator: Monica Cain

Date: Saturday, January 9

Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Cost: $25

Course Description:
Are you adventurous? Want to learn how to journey to the Otherworld at will to meet wise and compassionate spirits who will help you live more fully in this world? Then this is the workshop for you! I was trained by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies to teach people how to journey.

Please wear comfortable clothing and bring something to lie on, something to cover you eyes and a notebook and pen.

Instructor Bio:
Monica Cain is a native of Washington, DC. She earned an M.S. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi, studied spiritual healing at Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, and studied shamanic healing with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and with Celtic shaman Tom Cowan. She is an experienced author, psychotherapist, shamanic healer and teacher. Her spiritual healing sessions and spiritual development workshops are conducted, primarily, from an Irish/Celtic orientation. Contact info: SpiritWalkerCain@aol.com; (202) 365-9214.

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Celebrating the Feast of the Goddess Brigit

Facilitator: Monica Cain

Date: Saturday, February 13

Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Cost: $25

Course Description:
The purpose of this workshop is to experience the goddess Brigit at the time of her feast day celebration (Feb. 1, Imbolic) and to become familiar with how the Irish worshipped her. I present an introductory lecture about Brigit, then the client undertakes a transformation exercise, an inspiration exercise, and an information-seeking exercise. The process will be facilitated by a relaxation/imagery technique.

Please wear comfortable clothing and bring something to lie on, something to cover your eyes, and a notebook & pen. Also, please bring an unused candle with secure holder to receive the flame that burns in Brigit’s sanctuary in Kildare.

Instructor Bio:
Monica Cain is a native of Washington, DC. She earned an M.S. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Southern Mississippi, studied spiritual healing at Takoma Park Metaphysical Chapel, and studied shamanic healing with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and with Celtic shaman Tom Cowan. She is an experienced author, psychotherapist, shamanic healer and teacher. Her spiritual healing sessions and spiritual development workshops are conducted, primarily, from an Irish/Celtic orientation. Contact info: SpiritWalkerCain@aol.com; (202) 365-9214.

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The Artist’s Way, Rediscovering Your Creative Self

Facilitator: Elena Khazanova, Holistic Psychotherapist, Life Coach and Practicing Artist

Dates: Tuesdays, January 26 – April 20

Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Cost: $200 for 12 classes
Please purchase the Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron before the first session. To register, email ekhazanova@gmail.com or for more information visit GrowWithEase.com

Course Description:
This class is about discovering and recovering your creative Self. It is based on Julia Cameron's classic book that has helped millions of people overcome creative blocks and build their artistic confidence.

Through a variety of easy, inspiring practices, you will learn how to nurture your Inner Artist and reduce self-criticism, procrastination and fear. As creativity is healing to the soul, students often report feeling more joyful, easier on themselves and more enthusiastic about life.

No previous experience required. You don't have to be a practicing artist, or even think of yourself as a creative person, to benefit from this class.

Instructor Bio:
Coming Soon!

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Kivah: Sacred Circle of Men

Facilitator: Rev. Anthony Farmer – Black Eagle

Dates: Thursdays, January 7, February 4, March 4, April 1

Time: 7:30pm-9:00pm

Cost: Suggested donation $15

Course Description:
Kivah~Sacred Circle of Men, is a circle of men, were we take a spiritual journey to reconnect and reclaim the sacred masculine within, especially needed in these rapidly changing times. Kivah~Sacred Circle of Men is a space to connect to and with our divinity within. On the 1st Thursday of each month, we engage in discussion, guided meditation, spiritual truth and wisdom, mythology and personal ritual in a spiritually guided and supported community. Each gathering is a journey unto itself, and builds on the overall life journey.

All men are invited to experience connecting to their heart and reconnecting with their sacred masculinity within.

[Kivah is a play on the word, kiva, which is an underground chamber or above ground structure of the Pueople People used for religious ceremony and other communal purposes. Kiva is a sacred space.]

Instructor Bio:
Rev Anthony Farmer facilitates and participates in these circles. He is an Interfaith Minister, Spiritual Teacher and Guide, Shamanic Practitioner and Reiki Master Teacher. He has many years of experience in meditation and healing circles, spirituality workshops and classes, spiritual life coaching and group facilitation, and shamanic ritual and sacred ceremony. He brings all of these tools of his medicine bag as he creates a sacred space and community circle for each man to journey inward to their authenticity, truth and inner knowing.

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Celebrating Stories from the "Queer" Side of Life: Telling it from the Heart

Instructor: Rev. Elizabeth McCain

Date: Saturday, February 27

Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Cost: $45

To register contact Rev. Elizabeth McCain at (301) 520-8734 or email at EMcCainLPC@yahoo.com

Course Description:
The courage to tell and celebrate our personal stories is a source of healing and connection. As LGBTQ people, sharing our stories expresses the soul’s strength, inspires us to make changes in our lives, and helps us create an empowered spiritual community.

This storyshop will help you reclaim, reframe and celebrate your personal stories – the ones you have lived in the past and the ones you are creating now – whether you are:

• Coming Out
• Breaking Up
• Relocating
• Developing a Spiritual Practice
• Retiring
• Recovering from Illness or Grief
• Making a Life Change

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SUSTAINABLE LIVING

MOBI – Maryland Organic Backyard Initiative

Instructor: Joe Orlow

Dates: Thursdays, January 14, 21, 28

Times: 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Call Joe at (301) 761-1768 to register.

Course Description:
The Maryland Organic Backyard Initiative (MOBI) is seeking to create a community farmers markets where people who have organic gardens can trade their produce with each other. MOBI is holding a series of seminars to explore the creation of this community farmers market, and to offer an opportunity for organic backyard farmers, or those thinking of starting their own gardens, to meet. Each seminar will be based around topics found in the book "Deep Economy" by Bill McKibben. Come and learn how you can grow, eat and trade delicious, organic, fresh, locally grown produce, while spending less on food, and living more healthily.

Instructor Bio:
Joe Orlow is a locally grown educator. The house he grew up in Takoma Park is about a mile from Crossings. A graduate of Montgomery Blair High School, he studied engineering at the University of Maryland. For the past 20 years he has worked as an educator, tutoring and lecturing students of all ages, and developing techniques that assist students in reaching their highest potential. His work has been partially influenced by Johnson O'Connor's Human Engineering Laboratory and the Johnson O’Connor Research Foundation. He also runs a small media company, and produces and hosts a weekly radio show broadcast in New York City.

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HOLISTIC PARENTING

Mother Voyage

Instructors: Lisa Makstein, LCSW & Marla Zipin, Ph.D.

Dates: Tuesdays, Ongoing

Times: 10:00 - 11:30 am

Cost: $65 per session / Insurance reimbursable

Course Description:
Do you want to trust yourself and find more joy as you raise your family? With all its complexity and intensity, motherhood is a time of accelerated growth and personal transformation. In keeping with acupuncture principles, when mom is nourished her family flourishes. This group offers you a nurturing, safe place to grow, honor your authenticity and practice self-compassion. Come join us to pause, rejuvenate, listen deeply, and find delight in motherhood with a circle of kindred women.

To Register:
To register call Lisa Makstein, LCSW, 301/963-5696 or Marla Zipin, Ph.D., 301/899-4733, psychotherapists of over 20 years with much heart, and seasoned moms.

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FAMILY CONSTELLATIONS

Family Constellations Workshop – The Constellation Group

Instructor: Family Constellations Group

Date: Sunday, April 18

Time: 9:30 am – 5 pm

Cost: $125

6 CEUs available through NASW

Course Description:
Coming soon!
For more information visit www.theconstellationsgroup.com

Instructor Bio:
The four founding partners of The Systemic Constellations Group, LLC, came together in early 2005 to promote and facilitate systemic constellations for the understanding, healing and evolution of communities, families, and organizations.

They are among the leaders in introducing constellations in the United States and have facilitated many workshops in the Washington DC area. Attendees at their workshops have described their participation as astoundingly powerful.

The partners have had extensive training with world leaders in family and organization constellations in the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands. They are grounded in the Bert Hellinger approach to constellations and graduated from the Hellinger Institute USA year long program in 2002.

Their diversity of professional background and experience brings a rich variety to their perspective and facilitation of constellations.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Coming To Our Senses - Five Element Acupuncture Workshops

Instructor: Jane Grissmer, M.Ac., Katherine Dunn, M.Ac., & Mardi Campbell, M.Ac.

Date: Sunday, February 7

Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Cost: $175; patient consult $100 (Checks payable to "Crossings: 5 Element Workshops")

Course Description:
Become more deeply rooted in the theory and practice of this powerfully effective medicine.

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Mind Body Approaches to Healing Trauma Training

Instructor: Dr. Larry Heller

Date: Friday – Monday, February 12 – 15

Time: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Cost: $625 if registered by January 12, $650 thereafter, To register, call Crossings at (301) 565-4924.

Course Description:
Many people come for help who are suffering with histories of complex trauma. They have experienced both developmental/attachment issues and shock trauma and find themselves in dysfunctional relationships both at home and in the workplace. Sometimes complex trauma plays a role in personality disorders of different degrees of severity. Complex trauma is often a cause of medical/syndromal diagnoses such as migraine headaches, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome or irritable bowel syndrome

In this training we will focus on:

• The complex interplay between shock trauma, developmental trauma, and family systems dynamics -- and the pernicious feedback loops that develop in and among these factors.
• The inter-subjective therapeutic field; transference and counter-transference; splitting; traumatic reenactment; and secondary traumatization of the therapist.
• The functional unity of an impaired internal social engagement system (nervous system, bodily) with impaired functioning on an external systemic level (family, friends, intimate relationships) and how to work dynamically between these two factors.
• The significance of the relationship, the limbic dance, between the therapist and client with particular attention to relational or attachment disturbances.

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Spirit of the Points

Instructor: Debra Kaatz

Date:
Saturday, May 22 – The Eight Extraordinary Meridians & Spirit of the Points
Sunday, May 23 – The Spirit of the Points of the Twelve Ordinary Meridians

Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Cost: Students: $125 for one day or $200 for the weekend. Practitioners: $145 for one day or $260 for the weekend. Pending NCCAOM approval: 9 Points for one day, 18 Points for the weekend. For more information, please contact Aimee Centivany at acentivany@hotmail.com

Course Description:
Coming soon!

Instructor Bio:
Coming soon!

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Six-Week Creative Writing Workshop-Beginners

Instructor: Jill Rendelstein, MFA Creative Writing. Experienced College Writing Instructor, American University and George Washington University.

Date: Mondays, February 15 - March 22 (6 session)

Time: 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Cost: $305

Course Description:
Don't just say you want to write; do it!
In this Beginner's Creative Writing Workshop, participants will explore their own writing as text. You will write journals, short stories, and memoirs, while reading and discussing established works. Exercises completed in and outside of the workshop will focus on molding a creative idea into an actual piece of writing. Goals: loosening up, generating new material to shape, and finding your voice.
All sessions will involve discussion, a group exercise, and hands-on experience. This will not be a teacher dominated environment. There may be impromptu discussions on writing styles and techniques, as well as the distribution of unscheduled articles relating to writing, revision, and editing. The instructor will assign readings from established fiction to be discussed during each class. For more course information please e-mail Jill Rendelstein at
jren@jrwritingadvantage.com, or call 202-210-0513.

Website: www.jrwritingadvantage.com

Instructor Bio:
Jill Rendelstein graduated with a Master in Fine Arts from American University. She has taught college writing at George Washington University, American University, and Northern Virginia Community College, and tutored students for more than a decade. She has experience teaching ESL and advanced students.
Jill has also written for publications such as The World & I magazine and The Washington Times newspaper. She has worked as an editor and proofreader for various print and web publications.

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The Eyes, Vision, and Clarity

Instructor: Dr Miriam Wolf

Date: Friday, March 5, 2010

Time: 1 pm - 3 pm

Cost: $40

Course Description:
Although the eyes are often called the "windows to the Soul", most people have put up protective barriers between the outer world and their inner self. Whether corrective lenses or emotional distortions, we can relearn to see ourselves and our world more clearly. This class reminds us of the natural abilities of the eyes, and helps us to reclaim true vision and clarity of focus.

Instructor Bio:
Dr Miriam Wolf is visiting this area from Putney, Vermont in order to visit with her many telephone clients, and to help empower their healing in a different format.
She has used her healing hands on others since her youth. She was a dance and theater major at Wesleyan University; worked for a chiropractor for two years while fulfilling prerequisite coursework in the physical body sciences; and then went on to become a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) at Northwestern College of Chiropractic, graduating in 1987. She worked as a chiropractor and primary health care provider in Vermont for seven years before changing her role to that of a Health Consultant, dealing with the emotional, mental and spiritual bodies in addition to the physical and chemical bodies. She gradually developed a practice as an Intuitive working over the telephone, and 16 years later, has clients all over the U.S. She is currently downsizing her work in order to teach more through the spoken and written word, and through movement and self-healing touch. Miriam was last here at Crossings in May 2008. Anyone interested in taking these classes may attend. For more information, or to register, contact Miriam at 802-869-1844, prior to Feb 28th. You may also register by email at healthyself@vermontel.net.

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Infusing the Soul Into the Body

Instructor: Dr Miriam Wolf

Date: Friday, March 5, 2010

Time: 4 pm - 6 pm

Cost: $50

Course Description:
This class helps bring the consciousness of the Soul into all parts of the body. It is a gentle, easy "moving meditation" for those who have difficulty with seated meditation, and includes quiet percussion and musical accompaniment. No dance experience is necessary. Wear loose, comfortable, layered clothing.

Instructor Bio:
Dr Miriam Wolf is visiting this area from Putney, Vermont in order to visit with her many telephone clients, and to help empower their healing in a different format.
She has used her healing hands on others since her youth. She was a dance and theater major at Wesleyan University; worked for a chiropractor for two years while fulfilling prerequisite coursework in the physical body sciences; and then went on to become a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) at Northwestern College of Chiropractic, graduating in 1987. She worked as a chiropractor and primary health care provider in Vermont for seven years before changing her role to that of a Health Consultant, dealing with the emotional, mental and spiritual bodies in addition to the physical and chemical bodies. She gradually developed a practice as an Intuitive working over the telephone, and 16 years later, has clients all over the U.S. She is currently downsizing her work in order to teach more through the spoken and written word, and through movement and self-healing touch. Miriam was last here at Crossings in May 2008. Anyone interested in taking these classes may attend. For more information, or to register, contact Miriam at 802-869-1844, prior to Feb 28th. You may also register by email at healthyself@vermontel.net.

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The Art & Practice of Muscle Testing: Communication with the Body

Instructor: Dr Miriam Wolf

Date: Saturday, March 6, 2010

Time: 1 pm - 3 pm

Cost: $40

Course Description:
Muscle Testing as a means of communicating with the body is introduced in this class. We witness how it is done on others, and learn how to talk with our own bodies using three different methods. We access the appropriate source of information needed, then allow intuition to guide the questions. Over time, this conscious communication with the innate wisdom of the body assists in its healing, and creates a life that supports the whole self.

Instructor Bio:
Dr Miriam Wolf is visiting this area from Putney, Vermont in order to visit with her many telephone clients, and to help empower their healing in a different format.
She has used her healing hands on others since her youth. She was a dance and theater major at Wesleyan University; worked for a chiropractor for two years while fulfilling prerequisite coursework in the physical body sciences; and then went on to become a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) at Northwestern College of Chiropractic, graduating in 1987. She worked as a chiropractor and primary health care provider in Vermont for seven years before changing her role to that of a Health Consultant, dealing with the emotional, mental and spiritual bodies in addition to the physical and chemical bodies. She gradually developed a practice as an Intuitive working over the telephone, and 16 years later, has clients all over the U.S. She is currently downsizing her work in order to teach more through the spoken and written word, and through movement and self-healing touch. Miriam was last here at Crossings in May 2008. Anyone interested in taking these classes may attend. For more information, or to register, contact Miriam at 802-869-1844, prior to Feb 28th. You may also register by email at healthyself@vermontel.net.

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Paradigm Shifts in Healing

Instructor: Dr Miriam Wolf

Date: Saturday, March 6, 2010

Time: 4 pm - 6 pm

Cost: $40

Course Description:
The traditional and alternative models of healing are being challenged by transformative ideas supported by quantum physics and by "miraculous" experiences. Come learn about several examples of this paradigm shift, and allow yourself to access the ability to heal and change old patterns quickly and easily! Demonstrations will be included as time allows.

Instructor Bio:
Dr Miriam Wolf is visiting this area from Putney, Vermont in order to visit with her many telephone clients, and to help empower their healing in a different format.
She has used her healing hands on others since her youth. She was a dance and theater major at Wesleyan University; worked for a chiropractor for two years while fulfilling prerequisite coursework in the physical body sciences; and then went on to become a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) at Northwestern College of Chiropractic, graduating in 1987. She worked as a chiropractor and primary health care provider in Vermont for seven years before changing her role to that of a Health Consultant, dealing with the emotional, mental and spiritual bodies in addition to the physical and chemical bodies. She gradually developed a practice as an Intuitive working over the telephone, and 16 years later, has clients all over the U.S. She is currently downsizing her work in order to teach more through the spoken and written word, and through movement and self-healing touch. Miriam was last here at Crossings in May 2008. Anyone interested in taking these classes may attend. For more information, or to register, contact Miriam at 802-869-1844, prior to Feb 28th. You may also register by email at healthyself@vermontel.net.

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