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January Newsletter
2010
Project
SMILE TRAIN
January and February Project
We will contribute all
donations from January and February meditations to the Smile Train organization. Smile Train surgically repairs cleft pallet in children of
foreign countries. All the doctors and medical
assistants volunteer their time and expertise for these children, so the majority of the money
donated to this charity goes to the children.
Children in these foreign
countries who are born with cleft pallet and cannot get surgery are destined to a life of
rejection, poverty, prostitution, exploitation and abuse. At this time Smile Train has a wealthy anonymous donor who will
be matching all donations to Smile Train, so we thought this will be a great time to raise money
for this worthy cause. Every $100 will help one child
get surgery, therefore with the matching donor if we raised two hundred dollars together as a
community these next couple months we can help alter the lives of four children.
If you have an idea for our
next charitable project please contact Bonnie 801-694-0787. Remember we are a 501 C 3 organization so we can create our own
projects for causes we are passionate about or people we know who are in need.
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2009 Wrap
Up
For those who particpated
with us in 2009. Next time someone asks you what you made happen in 2009, you can tell them
you helped feed and clothe a village in Costa Rica, you brought school supplies to a school
in Costa Rica, you helped a family whose suffered a house fire, you helped two women in the
Congo with an entire year of services, you got fourteen grandparents at the YWCA winter
shoes, you made a huge difference for two families this Christmas and you brought $200 worth
of food to the Utah food bank during the holidays.
Thank you to all of you
who are a part of this community and making a huge difference in the world. All of you who have
supported Center for Awakening through attending meditations, yoga classes, Reiki courses, yoga
nidra or simply volunteering your valuable time and energy, you have contributed to the above
causes and projects in 2009 to help make the world a better place one person at a
time.
Special
Thanks
Thank you to the
many, many people who volunteered their time and donated their used treasures for the yard
sale fundraiser for Costa Rica. Thank you Diane for the inspiration for the fundraiser, your
time and donations and keeping us on track. Thank you Rolf, Carla and Mark for donating so
many treasures including exercise, camping and electronic equipment to the yard sale as well
as your time the entire day during the sale.
Please forgive me if I
forget you but I would also especially like to thank and acknowledge, Blake, Syndi, Annette,
Jean, Judy, Sandra, Char, Carol, Beau and Bethie for their huge contributions of time and
donations for the yard sale and the Costa Rica project .
Thank
you to all of you who
volunteered with taking the grandparents to the shoe store and helping them choose their
shoes. Thank you Jean, Dianasue, Carla, Gracey, Blake and Jean’s brother. We couldn’t have
done it without you!
Thank
you for everyone who
helped with making the dream pillows so we could raise money for the grandparents shoes and
to help families this Christmas. Thank you Jean, Syndi, Siannah, Gracey, EM, Carol, Char and
several ladies from the YWC .
Thank
you for all of you who
attend meditations each month, contributing your love, energy, yummy food, donations for
projects and heartfelt support. There are too many people to mention but you all know who
you are and I love and cherish you all in my heart and soul.
Thank
you Garyfor your endless website updating and continuous
computer support, and most recently fixing the CD burner so we can have music for our music
meditations.
Thank
you Sharleen for
setting up a blog for Center for Awakening and introducing us to
Hemi-Synch.
Thank
you Tammy for
donating all the Avonsupplies for the girls we helped this
Christmas.
Thank
you to all of you who
participated and volunteered at the Reiki courses to support the ongoing projects we
support. In particular Syndi, Matt, Michelle, Shannon, Cheryl, Karen, Cindi, Judy, Diane,
Tammy, Sharon and Sarah.
Thank
you Diane for your idea
for the Costa Rica project, Carol for your idea for the Women to Women project, Asia for
your idea for the family with a house fire project, Jean for your idea to purchase shoes for
the grandparents, and Syndi for finding a family for us to help at
Christmas.
THANK YOU ALL
whether you were mentioned here or not you are an important part of this community and your
love and presence makes a huge difference. You are loved and always embraced and welcome to
every meditation and every event we offer. New
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Costa Rica Retreat
As many of you know I have been
exploring options for a spiritual retreat in Costa Rica, this has been in the planning for
several years initially inspired by Jim Sorenson at a board meeting a few years ago. Many of you
have put down deposits on the retreat. With the intended property donated to us by Jim Sorenson
not coming through it would be very expensive for us to have our own retreat, costing around
$2,500 per person for one week, not including airfare.
Therefore I will be organizing a retreat to Costa Rica for everyone who is
interested through Omega. An all inclusive week long retreat with a personal tent, all meals,
all workshops, daily yoga, evening events, use of all the facilities including library, pool,
beaches etc. is $1,195 per person.
You can register for the retreat directly through Omega, however in our next newsletter I will let
you know which week this winter the Center for Awakening will be attending Omega as a group.
For all those who put a deposit on the retreat, (I have a list of all of your names), regardless of
how much you paid, as promised, I will pay $100 towards your 1010 Costa Rica retreat at Omega. Go
to www.eOmega.org/winter for more details
Costa Rica Retreat
Week four won the most votes!
Everyone is invited to the Costa Rica spiritual
retreat on January 23 to 30th 2010. We will be staying
at the gorgeous brand new Blue Spirit Omega retreat center in the lush jungle on the edge of
the Pacific Ocean in Nosara Costa Rica.
This is an all inclusive retreat where we will
enjoy classes with some of Omega’s top teachers (described below), also included are three
delicious healthy meals a day, a range of elegant accommodations (price varies), miles of white
sandy beaches, daily yoga and tai chi classes, evening events and concerts, a salt water infinity
pool, library and café.
Classes and workshops
available on week four:
John Perkins
Achieving Peace Through Higher
Consciousness
Before writing and teaching about shapeshifting, shamanism, and ecology, John Perkins worked
for the World Bank and the United States government. He left when he realized he was part of a
system that was transforming the once respected American republic into a feared empire. Having
worked with shamans and indigenous populations around the world for four decades, Perkins, author
of the best-selling Confessions of an Economic Hit
Man, shows us how to achieve personal and global peace and prosperity by expanding our
consciousness and shapeshifting our institutions.
Alan Lowen
The Art of Being®
Learn to love the life you are living with The Art of Being®. Created by Alan Lowen, The Art
of Being is a down-to-earth way to restore full connection with your nature, heart, being, and
soul. Through dynamic meditations, trance journeys, music, inner explorations, and sharing, we
bring healing to the wounds of our childhood, transcend self-limiting beliefs, and open our way
into living vibrantly in an ever-deepening and expanding state of presence.
Judith Ansara, MSW, and Robert Gass, EdD
Relationship as Spiritual Practice
Do you long to create a loving and satisfying relationship? Join internationally-known
consciousness teachers and creators of Sharing the Path workshops for couples, Judith Ansara and
Robert Gass, for an enlivening and practical training in the art of embracing relationship as
a spiritual practice. As you learn to bring your heart, mind, body, and spirit into your
relationship, you will delight in increased intimacy, connection, and joy in your union.
Judith Ansara, MSW, and Robert Gass, EdD
Sacred Chant Celebration
Come sing your heart open, dance your prayers, and let your spirit soar! Judith Ansara and Robert
Gass, creators of the best-selling chant CDs Om Namaha Shivaya and Ancient Mother, lead us in the
deep, ecstatic practices of sacred chant, movement, and meditation. As we chant in joyful communion
together, we each open to the possibility of directly experiencing bliss, devotion, and inner
peace. Beginner and experienced chanters alike are welcome.
Jane Fryer, RYT 500
Inward Bound Yoga
Are you ready to take your yoga practice deeper? Join Jane Fryer, creator of Inward Bound, for an
active and deeply restorative yoga and meditation practice in the tranquil setting of Nosara, Costa
Rica. With her extensive background in Kripalu, Iyengar, Sivananda, and Anusara yogas, Fryer guides
us to personalize our yoga practice and discover our sacred inner essence. Beginner and experienced
yoga practitioners alike are welcome. Bring your own yoga mat.
Annette Knopp
The Free Heart
As human beings living in a conditional world, we tend to look outside of ourselves for perfect
love, freedom, and peace. Guided by spiritual teacher and counselor Annette Knopp, we use
meditative inquiry, experiential exercises, and deep communion to rediscover the natural love,
clarity, and space that is already present at the core of our being. As we discover our free heart,
we make peace with all aspects of reality and let go into “present-moment-openness” and authentic
connection with ourselves and others.
Steven Michael Pague
Easy Qigong & Tai Chi
At Play in the Fields of Elixir
With Steven Michael Pague, longtime codirector and host of Omega’s winter programs, we work,
cultivate, and play in the wonderful mystery of qi. Through easy-to-learn yet profound movements
and meditations of qigong and tai chi, we begin to discover how to access “the elixir within,” our
inner medicine. Together, we cultivate a foundation of practices that can be readily duplicated at
home to increase vitality, strengthen immune function, enhance creativity, and achieve more harmony
and balance.
Stephan Rechtschaffen, MD
Living Fully in This Moment
Physician and cofounder of Omega, Stephan Rechtschaffen, teaches holistic approaches to time,
longevity, stress reduction, and well-being. Through visualization techniques, mindfulness
practices, and awareness exercises, the author of Timeshifting: Creating More Time to Enjoy Your Life and
coauthor of Vitality and Wellness, shows us how
to slow down and come into the authentic and natural rhythms that are the result of living fully in
the present moment.
Register for the
Costa Rica retreat by going
to www.eOmega.org/winter or call Omega directly at
800-944-1001.
Costa Rica
Project!
We had a very successful visit to the San Juan Dios village of Costa Rica.
This is a remote village with families of very little means. Our visit was timely as they were
close to being completely out of food. There were tears of joy and appreciation for the food,
clothing, school supplies and toys.
Because of all of your generous donations to the Costa Rica project and everyone’s help at
the yard sale you were able to make a huge difference in this small Costa Rican
village.
Thanks to Blake for being the photographer, he did a great
job.
Click for Pictures
Center for
Awakening Events
Sunday Meditation
Last Sunday of each month
Time: 6:30 PM
Coming Dates for Sunday Meditation
January Full Moon Music
Meditation
Featuring special
Hemi-Synch music
Sunday, January,
31st
191 East 7500
South
6:30
pm
Join us for a powerful
group music meditation that will take us into elevated states of joy and love where we
experience being one with all life and the
Divinity of our own true nature. The
transformative loving energy of the group and the music will create the space to experience
the unlimited peace and love that is infinitely within you. After meditation everyone is invited to a pot luck snack
celebration. Voluntary love offering goes to
charity.
Special Hemi-Sync music will be played during the half hour music
selection. Hemi-Synch music creates binaural
beats within the music that create a balance between the brain hemispheres and is
specifically designed to bring you into deep meditative brain wave states. I took a course on the Hemi-Synch technology this month and
was fascinated by the ability of the music to very quickly and effortlessly bring you into
deep states of meditative awareness.
I hope you all can be at this month’s full moon meditation
experience with Hemi-Sync.
NEXT MEDITATION
January 27th, 2010
February 28th, 2010
March 28th, 2010
Potluck Gathering afterwards
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Welcome
YOGA with Bonnie - A Path to Oneness and
Liberation
Monday yoga is a great way to start your week in a conscious way. Every yoga class includes a
kirtan, short meditation, pranayam/breathwork, yoga postures and philosophy and
savasana/relaxation. All levels welcome!
Each class will include;
- Opening Kirtan- raise energetic vibrations
- Warm-ups- Sun Salutation
- Asana- awakening flexibility, strength and balance of mind, body and soul.
- Practicing presence.
- Releases- releasing and relaxing lower back and hips.
- Savasana- Deep relaxation, integration of practice
- Closing song- Inspiring music
Monday mornings at 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Place: at 191 East (7500 South) Greenwood Ave, in
Midvale.
Click Here for directions
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Reiki Course
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Community
Events
Meditations at Cottonwood Heights
There is nothing like opening to
the indescribable joy and love of God. "Go to God" with us in our charismatic spiritual light
sessions. Wednesday evenings 7PM. Sunday mornings 9:30AM, 2174 Villaire Ave. Cottonwood Heights.
(801) 365-2422 or (801) 947-1871
Taize
Beautiful Meditation and musical chanting to Music at 1111 East Brickyard Rd. Salt Lake City,
Utah 84106.
Last Wednesday of each Month- 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Place: Salt Lake Spiritual Living Center 870 East North Union Avenue - Behind
Hoppers
Coming Dates for Taize
NEXT
February 30th, 2009
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"It is a place where you can clear your energy and connect with spirit self each
month. The candles make it a very special feeling being there. It is a sacred place of
contemplation, inspiring music, chanting, and feeling at peace with self."
Sample of an original Song by Ric Sharette at Taize
Deeksha Blessings
There are several locations, go to the
website www.deekshautah.com for weekly events.
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Kirtan
Kirtan ~ a call and response chant session led by Leraine. All ages welcome and no experience
necessary. Get Leraine Newsletter to Keep up to date with her wonderful concerts
and Kirtan music that you will love to hear and enjoy! Click Here Get current Info by going to website www.lerainemusic.com
Deeksha Blessings Every Tuesday at 7 pm SLCSL 870 East North Union Ave. Midvale, UT Love
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Dances of Universal Peace
The dance meetings are held on the second Saturday of each month. There is potluck snacks
following the dance.
Place: The Inner Light Center is at 4408 South 500 East, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Time: 7pm
Date: Every Second Saturday
Spiritual
Sessions
Every Wednesday Time: 7 pm
Every Sunday
Time: 5:30 pm
Place: 2174 Villaire Ave.
Phone: (801) 947-1871
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