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Dec 09
21
2009
6:30 AM
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4 attended (est.) –
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Winter Solstice occurs when the sun is at its southernmost point, thus it is the shortest day of the year. On this darkest day of the year, we gather together to celebrate the light beginning its return. We will incorporate our knowledge of Mayan culture and tradition in the Sunrise and Sunset Ceremonies. It is obvious the Earth changes are moving rapidly at this point. We will pray and meditate throughout the day for peace and balance to be restore to our bodies, community and planet. If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. ~Anne Bradstreet Sunrise to Sunset
Solstice Celebration
Monday December 21
gathering begins at 6:30 am in the garden
(622 N Thornton Ave, Orlando)
Sunrise at 7:14 am
Solstice at 12:47 pm
Sunset at 5:34 pm Sunrise Ceremony
meditation * music * breathwork * prayer.
In Sunrise Ceremony I will share some traditional Mayan mantras I have learned to greet, honour and work with the power of the Sun in our bodies for healing and balance. We will also learn and practice some Mayan Yoga and breathing exercises for building chi or power in the body.
Earth Work - Energy Work Day
Throughout the day we will work with the Earth by preparing the garden for the coming season and plant seeds for spring. Yoga and meditation breaks will occur throughout the day./center]
Sunset Ceremony
fire * music * releasing exercises http://photos-g.ak.f bcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs043.snc3/13045_206548068323_38707163323_3013622_534197_n.jpg
Join us at Sunrise or throughout the day for a time of reflection, celebration, and community. Bring an instrument to share in music making massage/reiki/healing/reading exchange throughout the day.
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Florida School of Holistic Living - Community Herb Garden
Orlando,
FL, 32803
28.551863,-81.365692
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4 Yes
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Nov 08
20
2008
7:00 PM
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300 attended (est.) –
5.002
Renowned ethnobotanist and author of Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice, Dr. Mark Plotkin will be speaking next Thursday at Rollins College. This event is open to the public and will be our Meetup for the month of November. The event starts at 7pm and is scheduled to last until 9pm. Mark will speak to the group and then there will be an open question and answer session. If you don't know about Mark Plotkin and have never read his book 'Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice you should check out his bio below and find or buy a copy of the book to read. http://www.erowid.org/library/books/images/tales_of-slotkin.jpg
A spellbinding orator and storyteller, Dr. Plotkin has been hailed by Time magazine as an environmental “Hero for the Planet.” For much of the past 20 years, Dr. Mark J. Plotkin has worked with and learned from the ancient shamans in the rainforests of Central and South America, providing him with incomparable knowledge of healing plants and shaman traditions. Plotkin was educated at Harvard, Yale and Tufts. He formerly served as Research Associate in Ethnobotanical Conservation as the Botanical Museum of Harvard University, Director of Plant Conservation at the World Wildlife Fund and Vice President of Conservation International in Washington, D.C. Plotkin currently serves as President of the Amazon Conservation Team, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting biological and cultural diversity of the tropical rain forest. Plotkin was recently named by Smithsonian magazine as one of "35 Who Made a Difference," along with other luminaries such as Bill Gates, Wynton Marsalis, and Steven Spielberg. In 2008, Mr. Plotkin was named one of the Social Entrepreneurs of the Year by the Skoll Foundation. The author of numerous scientific papers and reports, Dr. Plotkin received the 1994 San Diego Zoo Gold Medal for Conservation, one of the top awards in the environmental field (previous winners include Jane Goodall, Sir David Attenborough, and His Royal Highness Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh). Dr. Plotkin’s book, Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice (Viking-Penguin) is currently in the eighteenth printing and has also been published in Dutch, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. A children’s version, entitled The Shaman’s Apprentice - A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest co-written and illustrated by acclaimed author Lynne (The Great Kapok Tree) Cherry, was published by Harcourt-Brace in the summer of 1997. Smithsonian magazine hailed it as “the outstanding environmental and natural history title of the year.” Dr. Plotkin’s critically acclaimed new book, Medicine Quest: In Search of Nature’s Healing Secrets, was published by Viking-Penguin. Join us next Thursday at the Rollins College Bush Science Center to hear from and meet Mark Plotkin.
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Rollins College - Bush Science Center
Winter Park,
FL, 32789
28.592562,-81.348626
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Oct 08
9
2008
7:15 PM
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5 attended (est.) –
4.502
Well, it's been many months since we have met together as a group. I apologize for the wait, but it is time to meet again. I have come into possession of an old video named "Father Sun Speaks" that I would like to share with the group. The video documents a historic international pilgrimage to the ancient Mayan sacred sites of the Yucatan, Mexico. Filmed back in the early '90s, Mayan Elder Hunbatz Men delivers the “message of the Maya” that celebrates the end of the 520-year “hell time” and marks the beginning of the Age of Knowledge. It's a good video that documents our recent history and should be a great primer for conversation amongst ourselves about the current Earth changes we are facing. If you are like me, the last month has been particularly interesting and things seem to really be accelerating at an unprecedented pace. We will get the video started at 7:30pm. Feel free to come as early as 7pm to relax and visit with the group. The video is just over an hour long and we will stay with the energy for a discussion after the video. During this meeting we will also plan the dates and time for our next gathering.
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May 08
17
2008
7:00 PM
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15 attended (est.) –
5.001
Didgeridoo Sound Healing and Transformational Breath Work
facilitated by Robert Stewart and Jeremy Lembo 7:00 - 8:30pm This special "Breath of Life" healing session will blend altered-state breathing techniques, Qigong and energy healing to the live soundtrack of Jeremy Lembo's Didgeridoo sound theraphy. Be sure to wear comfortable clothes. Bring an open mind, a towel or mat to lay on, a blanket if you get cold easily and plenty of water to drink. What is Didgeridoo Sound Healing?
http://www.psychicnirup.com/files/article/Sedona%20healer%20John%20Dumas.jpg What is the "Breath of Life"?
http://www.crystalinks.com/rebirthing.jpg The Breath of Life goes by many names... "Transformational Breathwork", "Rebirthing-Breathwork" and "Conscious Breathing" to name a few. These are a branch of alternative medicine which postulates that specialized rhythmic breathing techniques may have therapeutic benefits. In these Breathwork practices, the client makes a connected breath without a pause between inhale and exhale or between the exhale and inhale. According to practitioners, this causes a build up of prana or life energy. A state of deep peace and relaxation is achieved fairly easily by most. Breathing sessions are done lying down and usually last one to two hours. The theories and assumptions behind altered-state breathwork include:
Humans never forget their birth - they just suppress the memory. Proponents posit that humans often access memories from prior lives as well as from the Collective consciousness through this process.
In addition to cerebral memory (based in the brain), humans also possess 'cellular memory', which is distributed amongst the body's cells, tissues, organs etc.
It is possible to gain recall of aspects of birth (also gestation and early childhood) and to release the accompanying emotions; such release usually becomes a decisive, influential and positive 'paradigm shift', often referred to as a 'breakthrough'.
Human breathing is almost universally inadequate; virtually all people are suppressing large amounts of emotional, physical and mental "tensions" and require relatively high levels of CO2 in their blood to keep these tensions suppressed.
The major causes of all human illness are these accumulated tensions; release of such tensions can cause physiological transformation to the point where permanent spontaneous remission from such illness becomes possible or highly probable.
The breathwork and awareness disciplines taught through Rebirthing practice can open a wide connection between the conscious and subconscious minds; and through this connection, a lifetime of trauma can be incrementally and permanently released from the mind and body
Through ongoing release of blocked tensions, and mastery of several disciplines of physical/emotional/spiritual purification, it is possible to arrest the mechanisms of human degeneration, with vast extension of lifespan, even physical immortality, becoming a viable possibility
Rebirthing provides a direct, replicatable, physical experience of Divine Love through the saturation of the body with prana
Conscious breathing releases physical toxins that are stored at a cellular level. Rebirthing advocates claim that those practicing rebirthing have experienced:
Deep and lasting inner peace
Heightened mental clarity. Greater insight into the human condition
Significant improvements in relationships - intimate, family, social and professional
Greater ability to manage the challenges of career and life in general
Elimination of negative patterns which had been limiting one's success in life
Significant and lasting benefits to health and general well-being
A sense of deeper insight into the purpose of one's existence; a greater sense of one's personal relevance to the world
Permanent physical healing
Direct connection with God-energy or Divine Love
Memories of past lives
Can lead to physical immortality. Many rebirthers are immortalists.
Join us for the most powerful process of opening to the healing power within. Infinite wisdom flows through your body, mind and soul, allowing the release of traumas, blockages, pain, judgment and negative emotions that have stresses the body, emotions and mind. Free yourself from all that limits, stresses and holds you back. -Robert Stewart, Spiritual Energy Coach
www.lifeworkswithrobert.com
Cost:
$20.00
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Florida School of Holistic Living - Education Center
Orlando,
FL, 32803
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1 Yes
0 Maybe
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May 08
10
2008
7:00 PM
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8 attended (est.) –
5.001
Helmtone Transformational Breath Work
facilitated by Robert Stewart and Buddy Helm 7:00 - 8:30pm This special healing session will blend the "Breath of Life" altered-state breathing techniques, Qigong and energy healing to the soundtrack of Buddy Helm's rhythm and prayer. Be sure to wear comfortable clothes. Bring an open mind, a towel or mat to lay on, a blanket if you get cold easily and plenty of water to drink. What is the Helmtone Drum Protocol?
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Helmtone Drum Protocols is a unique form of drumming meditation that enhances quality of life by releasing stress and trauma.
"Rhythmically create the world we want"
The Helmtone Healing Drum Protocols is a rhythmic reprogramming system that may possibly change a person?s belief system; alleviating fear, anxiety, trauma, dependency, depression, obsessive/compulsive behavior, grief and other conditions. This rhythmic energetic system may also enhance the quality of life for people with cancer, lupis, hepatitis, stomach ulcers, high blood pressure, ADD, depression, inappropriate anger, low self esteem and other conditions. This is a user-friendly process that even non-drummers can learn to do for themselves. The drum is needed but not essential. The rhythmic programming is a unique blend of many different modalities including Neuro linguistic programming, EMDR, affirmations, psychotherapy, zen, rhythm n blues, shamanic drumming, transactional analysis, basic computer programming logic, visualization meditation and other modalities. What is the "Breath of Life"?
http://www.crystalinks.com/rebirthing.jpg The Breath of Life goes by many names... "Transformational Breathwork", "Rebirthing-Breathwork" and "Conscious Breathing" to name a few. These are a branch of alternative medicine which postulates that specialized rhythmic breathing techniques may have therapeutic benefits. In these Breathwork practices, the client makes a connected breath without a pause between inhale and exhale or between the exhale and inhale. According to practitioners, this causes a build up of prana or life energy. A state of deep peace and relaxation is achieved fairly easily by most. Breathing sessions are done lying down and usually last one to two hours. The theories and assumptions behind altered-state breathwork include:
Humans never forget their birth - they just suppress the memory. Proponents posit that humans often access memories from prior lives as well as from the Collective consciousness through this process.
In addition to cerebral memory (based in the brain), humans also possess 'cellular memory', which is distributed amongst the body's cells, tissues, organs etc.
It is possible to gain recall of aspects of birth (also gestation and early childhood) and to release the accompanying emotions; such release usually becomes a decisive, influential and positive 'paradigm shift', often referred to as a 'breakthrough'.
Human breathing is almost universally inadequate; virtually all people are suppressing large amounts of emotional, physical and mental "tensions" and require relatively high levels of CO2 in their blood to keep these tensions suppressed.
The major causes of all human illness are these accumulated tensions; release of such tensions can cause physiological transformation to the point where permanent spontaneous remission from such illness becomes possible or highly probable.
Rebirthing provides a direct, replicatable, physical experience of Divine Love through the saturation of the body with prana
Conscious breathing releases physical toxins that are stored at a cellular level. Breathwork advocates claim that those practicing have experienced:
Deep and lasting inner peace
Heightened mental clarity. Greater insight into the human condition
Significant improvements in relationships - intimate, family, social and professional
Greater ability to manage the challenges of career and life in general
Elimination of negative patterns which had been limiting one's success in life
Significant and lasting benefits to health and general well-being
A sense of deeper insight into the purpose of one's existence; a greater sense of one's personal relevance to the world
Permanent physical healing
Direct connection with God-energy or Divine Love
Memories of past lives
Can lead to physical immortality. Many rebirthers are immortalists.
Cost:
$20.00
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Florida School of Holistic Living - Education Center
Orlando,
FL, 32803
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2 Yes
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Feb 08
28
2008
7:30 PM
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6 attended (est.) –
5.002
Join us for an introductory discussion about the Mayan calendars. We'll get started with some basics and move into some interactive excerise. I have some charts to work with, so at a minimum we'll all figure out our birth date according to the Haab and Tzolkin calendars. This, and all the meetings, are an open discussion, meaning everyone is welcome to bring their knowledge, experience and background to the table so that the group can grow through collective insight and reasoning.
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Florida School of Holistic Living - Education Center
Orlando,
FL, 32803
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5 Yes
2 Maybe
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Feb 08
20
2008
6:00 PM
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1 attended (est.) –
No rating yet
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE COMMUNITY CIRCLE
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6:00pm Moon Rise Meditation led by Shine On Yoga
7-10pm Drumming
10:00pm Silent Meditation as Total Eclipse begins
10:15pm Quite meditation circle - Signing bowls, Native American Flute & Didgeridoo welcome. No drums after 10pm out of respect for neighbors and city sound ordinance. Eclipse Timeline:
6:00pm Moon Rise
8:45pm Eclipse begins
10:00pm Total Eclipse begins
12:00am End of Eclipse http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/image/TLE2008Feb21-EST.GIF
A total eclipse of the Moon occurs during the night of Wednesday, February 20/21, 2008. The entire event is visible from South America and most of North America (on Feb. 20) as well as Western Europe, Africa, and western Asia (on Feb. 21). During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon's disk can take on a dramatically colorful appearance from bright orange to blood red to dark brown and (rarely) very dark gray. An eclipse of the Moon can only take place at Full Moon, and only if the Moon passes through some portion of Earth's shadow. The shadow is actually composed of two cone-shaped parts, one nested inside the other. The outer shadow or penumbra is a zone where Earth blocks some (but not all) of the Sun's rays. In contrast, the inner shadow or umbra is a region where Earth blocks all direct sunlight from reaching the Moon. http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/lab/lunar_eclipse_diagram.gif If only part of the Moon passes through the umbra, a partial eclipse is seen. However, if the entire Moon passes through the umbra shadow, then a total eclipse of the Moon occurs. For more information on how, what, why, where and when of lunar eclipses, see the special web page lunar eclipses for beginners.
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Florida School of Holistic Living - Community Garden
Orlando,
FL, 32803
28.551718,-81.365456
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1 Yes
1 Maybe
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Jan 08
24
2008
7:00 PM
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7 attended (est.) –
5.002
I have not selected a specific topic for discuss and we will most likely spend time getting to know one another, our interests, and backgrounds. Fifteen Central Floridians just returned from a pilgrimage to the Land of the Sun where we visited many sacred Mayan Ceremonial Centers of the Yucatan and studied with the Calendar Day Keeper and Elder Hunbatz Men of the Itza tribe. We performed much healing and activation work on and around the Winter Solstice. We are all still processing our experiences so I'm sure these insights will be on the table for discussion.
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Jan 08
13
2008
10:00 AM
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5 attended (est.) –
5.002
Hey friends! Just wanted to invite you to a reunion next Sunday! Robert Stewart will be leading Qi Gong and Transformational Breathwork at You Health Center at 10 am - noon. We'll get grounded, clear our hearts, and ignite our spirits! Those who joined us in December are welcome to head over to Friends on Mills for their brunch and mimosa buffet, share stories and photos, and reconnect our Mayan energies. You Health Center: 511 Virginia Drive, Orlando, Florida 32803, 407-898-1059
Friends Restaurant (if you can't join us until lunch): 1326 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL 32803 We should be there by 12:30. Brunch here costs around $15 per person. It will a blessing to see each of you and I hope you can join us! Call us if you have any questions. be well,
Michael & Emily Florida School of Holistic Living (501c3)
Natural Health + Spiritual Arts + Sustainable Living
www.holisticlivingschool.org
407.595.3731
Cost:
$20.00
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