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Fall classes at Loris Natural Foods

I am excited to announce two upcoming classes this October at Lori's Natural Foods: one about holistic healing, and the other on forgiveness and how to use it to live in the present.

You may register online at the Loris website, or call them at 585-424-2323. Loris is located at 900 Jefferson Road at the Regional Market in Henrietta, NY. If you have any questions, shoot Marjorie an email or call 585-244-6210.  

Holistic healing as spiritual recovery 

Wed. Oct. 22, 2008 (6:30pm-8:00pm)

$25.00 fee includes materials and a self-healing audio product

This class explores the foundation of spiritual recovery through the twelve-step program and the two fundamental laws of the universe, being "all actions have consequences" and "like attracts like", as the core elements of integrative holistic healing practice.

The healing power of forgiveness

Sat. Oct. 25, 2008 (10:30am- 12:00pm)

$25.00 fee includes all materials and a complimentary self-healing audio

Forgiveness comes through acceptance, which is the final stage of grief.  It is a serendipitous response that produces multidimensional healing, and restores the power of letting go and freedom to be whole and present again.  This interactive workshop offers the key steps to forgive and complete healing in a small, nurturing group through simple spiritual inner journeying and journaling processes. Focus on the realistic use of forgiveness for instigating a full spiritual recovery and on methods to resolve woundedness.

Full Circle

That which Supports and Completes the Greater Whole

Healing is about completing and extending a circle of beingness.  It is about restoring greater balance that brings real resolution, peace, and acceptance - elements that form the end stage of grief. 

It has been said that all core healing is about completing the stages of grief.  There are no missing pieces in a full circle.  Everything present supports and completes the greater whole. 

Listen to What's Missing

That is why we're so bothered when we feel a sense that something is missing in our lives.  That sensation is a thing to listen to, and to honor. 

A shortcut to identifying what is truly missing from our lives is to dare to bring forth your heart's desires.  Late this spring I was excited to go away with a friend to Niagara-on-the Lake, a pretty little Victorian town near Niagara Falls in Canada, which hosts a world-renowned Shaw plays festival every year, lasting from April through November. 

The Real Meaning of the Bucket List

My friend and I went for some wonderful spa treatments and much accompanying ambiance at a perfect setting to "get away from it all".  We were most successful in meeting this much-needed goal, which, as happens in full circle reality, brought us right into our spiritual centers to explore, through watching a popular movie in our most comfortable hotel room, called The Bucket List, with two of our favorite actors, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman.

They both play older men who end up being most unlikely roommates in a hospital, from very different walks of life,  who are informed that they are dying.  This news becomes a catalyst to catapult them into becoming soul brothers, who well facilitate each others' transformations into whole, expanded, courageous human beings who are free and empowered to live in just in the moment, their fully adventuring lives. 

The Only Choice We Have

They make a "bucket list", which is a list of what their heart's desires are that have been missing from their lives that they commit to completing before they "kick the bucket".  Thanks to the character Jack Nicholson plays, they have virtually unlimited financial means to complete their lists, critically supporting each other's ability to carry this out.

Is this not multidimensional healing and spiritual development?  We really only have one choice in life - to live it courageously or to turn away from it.

Becoming Greater Than We Have Been

The times particularly demand living courageously.  I think we are so far gone today, as the world reveals the depth of devastating impact we've had on it, that we can no longer get away with turning away. 

As I think about it, turning away unravels circles, and our primary spiritual healing and development directive says we are meant to  "come full circle", becoming greater than we have been through finding that which otherwise we know is missing.  Have you made a "bucket" list?

Dare to Create Your Full Circle of Heart's Desires

My bent is to call that a "Full Circle" list, and, on that note, invite you to settle back, take a couple of deep, cleansing breaths, and imagine how easily your light, opening breaths can carry your freed consciousness right into your heart.  Ask your heart center to tell you what it sees is missing from your life, and then take a few moments and record your ensuing "list".

Then draw a very large circle on a blank sheet of paper, and put every item on your list wherever it seems to want to fit anywhere inside the circle.  When you've finished, settle back once more and gaze at your drawing.  How are you feeling?

Our True Spiritual Contract

Record your sensations, and any insights which occur.  I would additionally refer you to a book written by Stephen Levine over a decade ago called A Year to Live, which is a how-to guide and spiritual commentary inviting the reader to commit to spend a year carrying out a  spiritual contract to live as if that was the last year of their life.

Each moment we are given is a shining moment, a literally "once-in a-lifetime" gift that will never come again, to be honored and savored.  We own our moments, and are meant to express courageously, and with maximum possible consciousness, our corresponding desires, understanding them as each exquisitely full circles of completion.      

Everything Happens for a Reason

Partner with Synchronicity to Manifest Your Dreams

It is a cliche, to be sure, and it also happens to be a foundational metaphysical and holistic principle.  It integrates two primary laws of the Universe, on those notes - the law of attraction and the law of consequences - which are, consecutively, Like Attracts Like and Every Action Brings Corresponding Reaction, or consequences.

Here is my understanding of the requirements to partner with this fundamental law of synchronicity, and experience all corresponding opportunities to more easily and greatly flow with its extended, multidimensional and resonant integrative benefits:

Seven Rules for Mastery

1.  Detach enough to see the greater overall picture of what is going on to the maximum stretch of your currently unfolding consciousness.

2.  Dare to be ruthlessly honest in reporting to yourself what you see, without deluding yourself into having to come up with any analysis or conclusion.

3.  Be courageously responsible for yourself and all the choices you make, which are simply how you respond, think  and reflect in any and all situations.

4.  See yourself as the only co-creator, with the spiritual universe, of all your experience.

5.  Clarify the source of your beliefs and values as coming from either unhealed grief, faulty conditioning that is delusional (it always is, in that it is not the nature of what is real), or your own authentic integrity.

6.  Find a way to be compassionate towards yourself and the world you live in.

7.  Return to center from a place of letting go and letting be.

Spiritual Meanings for Spiritual Power

The number seven is an amazing vibrational frequency.  It associates with mysticism, spiritual completion, and all corresponding healing and evolution through one's own uniquely unfolding archetypal journeys as one's full, rich life. 

There are seven notes to our scale in music.  The story of creation in the Bible says it took God seven days to create the earth "and all its inhabitants thereof".  Seven has long been considered to be the number of extreme good luck - being successful within the laws of chance.

Transcend the Limits of Old Consciousness to Support New Beginnings

To translate these three sentences for synchronistic spiritual partnership . . . explore and practice the full range of resonance as you play through the unfolding course of your life, and make corresponding "music" . . . co-creating through all present dimensions  . . . trusting in all positive outcomes as they endlessly unfold in their matching rhythms.

This is the template and philosophy that I offer you in these intense, peaking, profoundly opening times, to truly go, as Mr. Spock would say, beyond what was before.  That is the final law of the spiritual universe - everything is in a constant state of expansion, or development.  So be it.

Ten Empowerment Tricks to Profoundly Center Yourself and Transform Your Life

 

Spiritual Tricks for Empowerment Success

As spiritual beings of multidimensional consciousness experiencing ongoing healing and development to extend and support the greater whole through centering, I thought you'd appreciate these ten tricks of empowerment that emerged through some work I did last week through a spiritual retreat with clients.  Why should our egos be the only tricky part of us?

I invite you to enter into your own gentle deeper reflective space to restore your innate capacity to listen attentively to yourself, and follow the directions times 10 below.  Love to hear the results of your experiments!  Ready ... begin ... .

Ten Pivotal Steps to Greater Empowerment

1.   Check in with the quality of your breath ten times a day and allow it to regulate itself, and deepen.

2.   Stand up straight while continuing to be relaxed.

3.   Look at yourself fully in the mirror and say, "I forgive and understand you" in a clear, even voice.

4.   Admit being helpless in some way, and don't look for any answers.

5.   Admit being hurt in some way, and don't look for any answers.

6.   Admit being scared in some way, and don't look for any answers.

7.   Admit being angry in some way, and don't look for any answers.

8.   Admit you don't know in some way, and don't look for any answers.

9.   Write a detailed, simple description of your sense of integrity, and how it manifests in your daily life.

10.  Find within yourself a sense of open space where there is no attachment or focus - "be blank" - and stay in that space for at least one full minute with your eyes closed and your body resting comfortably.

More Rules to Live By - A Guided Meditation and Journaling Empowerment Exercise

Rules from Your Center Guide and Uplift You

Yesterday in my monthly memoir writing group I was moved to offer the following journaling exercise that I wanted to share with you on considering how your unfolding life has gifted you with its own unique "Rules to Live By", and how to expand these rules to further support your ongoing healing,  empowerment and development.  We all have them, and they are intrinsic to who we are and what we are at our essence.  When we believe in our heart of hearts that the rules we live by must occur primarily through a sense of obligation, these are not really spiritual rules - they are fear-based conclusions coming from earlier woundedness and the energetic imprints they leave at our core, as well as faulty conditioning, wherever it comes from.

On that note I invite you to settle back, close your eyes, and take 10 full, deep, regular breaths.  Observe how your sense of inner space opens rhythmically inside you and spreads everywhere throughout your being.  This is your soul's quiet, clear reflective space rising to speak to you and enfold you.

The Meditation and Its Gifts

Ask your soul to communicate to you its rules to live by, and when you feel complete with this communication, easily and natrually return to full waking consciousness, open your eyes, and record all the rules your soul revealed.  Then record your impressions of all you experienced through this guided meditation.

Now review your list and write the following questions, noting the answers which emerge:

1.  What rule(s) came from innate knowing?

2.  What ruls(s) came through being supremely challenged in your life?

3.  What rule(s) seemed to come as a surprising gift?

Make a Commtiment

Feel free to journal additionally all that comes up inside you in further exploring your thoughts and feelings regarding these questions, and in relationship, to further add to and/or edit your list.  Then consider how your rules inspire and ground you to commit to complete your soul's choice for healing and development in your lifetime, and extend your journaling to express all that presents as additional insights and spiritual direction.

Which means . . . you do what, going forward?  Write down your plans, keep to your divine experiment, and continue to create light miracles in your multidimensionally cohesive, unfolding life.  Happy travels!

Transcending Impulses for Insight and Empowerment

Its a Bad Combination

I am impulsive.  I used to have hair-trigger responses that have not completely gone away despite my ever-advancing age, including a temper.  It is an odd combination with being extremely shy as a child, which also has its residuals, as well as quite sensitive; and carrying lots of old imprints of being pretty significantly traumatized, even terrorized, as well, on not one, but several key fronts that go back a long ways. 

Of course, all of these factors could well fuel impulsivity, as would playing what at times can feel like an endless waiting game, with the haunting accompanying image of standing patiently at the back of a line, expecting at some point to make my way to the front regarding whatever my individual needs are that do deserve to be met, only to discover that somehow I don't ever change my position.   And then there's the quality of passion in this mix - creative passion, physical passion, and really loving the adventure and excitement of a well-lived life.

All that being said, I do get reminded on a fairly regular basis by the universe that impulsivity does not have its uses, other than leading to addiction, entanglement and, speaking of the original translation of the word "sin" from the Hebrew, "missing the mark".  Impulsivity is an acting-out behavior reflecting anger, fear and hopelessness regarding trusting and effecting complete outcomes.

Setting the Stage for Further Complications

As I've not written a journaling entry for quite some time, I wanted to explore this common quality that does get us in a whole lot of trouble and sets the stage for even more complications than those that may already understandably exist, thus making life challenges worse.   Who among us is not impulsive?  To be completely devoid of this quality is to deny the creative passion and presence of life, but the key differences lie in impulsivity also including the elements of immaturity, impatience, entitlement and separating oneself from reflective mindfulness.

So here is my related journaling exercise for you to try to reveal and resolve impulsiveness.  Believe me, I'm trying right along with you!

A Healing Journaling Exercise to Recover Your Greater Self in 5 Key Steps

Settle back, take several deep cleansing breaths, close your eyes, and imagine that your guide, higher power, or sense of the divine joins you to answer the following questions and move you to write down all the responses which emerge:

1. List 3 memories you have of behaving impulsively.  Describe the situations involved and the outcomes.
2. Now for each situation list what you learned from it.  Consider if the learning you believe occurred stopped the particular kind of impulsive behavior going forward, and record these assessments.
3. Go back to each memory, once more settle back and take several deep, cleansing breaths, and close your eyes.  Experience each memory again, only this time, let the circumstances play out with you not behaving impulsively - instead, see yourself behaving reflectively and mindfully, while being fully, passionately present.   What happens?
4. Once more record these experiences.  Then, taking your time, read through all that you've written and record any additional insights that occur.
5. Ask yourself what you've learned through these different responses and outcomes that extend and improve your capacity to trust yourself, and become more empowered and successful in the world.  Consider three choices you can make now to express this trust in whatever aspects of your life you choose.

A New Directive to Experience a Better Partnering with Reality

Happy experimenting!  You've made a new commitment to yourself from a place of greater understanding, acknowledgment and insight, to break out of the trap of impulsivity, and change outcomes to best support your heart's desires. 

Keep me posted, and trust in your power to well enjoy your unfolding life.   You deserve it!   

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Integrative Health conference this October

I posted this in news and events as well, but here is more detailed information about the Dr. Jeffrey K. Harris Memorial Integrative Health Care Series event. You may also download the PDF below - it contains both the registration form and the schedule of events/list of presenters.

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What (quoted from the 2008 brochure available as a PDF above)

Integrative Medicine focuses on the whole person, mind-body-spirit, with a strong emphasis on empowering patients to make long term and lasting changes that support healing and optimum health. Dr. Jeff Harris brought this tremendous spirit to all facets of his personal and professional life, as a profound gift of integrative healing for all who had the benefit to know him. He leaves this as his legacy for us all going forward, and we dedicate this conference to that model of astute, accepting caring. This seminar will introduce attendees to the current movement towards integration of traditional western medicine and various healing modalities with emphasis on patient centered and highly individualized care.

Marjorie will be presenting (two times) alongside others in the medical and integrative health community.  This is a phenomenal opportunity to witness expert presentations given by yoga teachers, reiki masters, and medical experts.

Some of the additional speakers/topics this conference will feature include:

• Lisa B. O’Shea
  Certified Qi Gong Therapist and Instructor.
  Private Practice in Qi Gong, Tai Chi, Meditation,
  Nutrition, and Qi Gong Healing.
• Sanford H. Levy, MD
  Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at SUNY
  Buffalo. Board certified in both Internal
  Medicine and Integrative/Holistic Medicine.
  Fellow of the American College of Physicians.
• Charlotte A. Wytias, RN, MS, FNP
  Program Manager, The Springs Integrative
  Medicine Center.

To see the complete list, simply download the brochure!

Where

 

Rochester General Hospital
TWIG Auditorium
Saturday October 18, 2008
8:00 A - 5:00 P
1425 Portland Ave.
Rochester, NY 14621

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When

Saturday October 18, 2008 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration/cost

**Make sure to register BEFORE October 1st.  Prices (USD) include two meals and snacks. Mastercard/VISA accepted.

 

Early Registration	No CME: $50.00 CME: $105.00 Mastercard/VISA accepted
After Oct. 1	No CME: $60.00 CME:$125.00 Mastercard/VISA accepted

 

To register, click the PDF download link above and fill out the registration form. Send the form to

MCMS 1441 East Avenue

Rochester, NY 14618 (Attn: Ginny Ruderman)

Dr. Jeffrey K. Harris Memorial Integrative Health Care Series

Dr. Jeffrey K. Harris Memorial Integrative Health Care Series

Saturday, Oct. 18th, 2008 (8 am - 5 pm)
Rochester General Hospital TWIG Auditorium
1425 Portland Ave Rochester, NY 14621
     (click here for a map of the area/driving directions)

intended audience: health care professionals, patients, and/or anyone interested in integrative medicine

how to register:

1. download and print the PDF form
2. fill out the requisite information
3. follow the directions on the first page of the PDF form

This is a wonderful opportunity to learn about developing trends within the exciting area of integrative health. There will be an emphasis on patient-centered approaches as well as lectures devoted to the topic of individualized medical care.  Marjorie Baker Price, RN, and certified hypnotherapist, will be presenting twice in this series: Spiritual Healing and Healing and Empowerment Through The Triangle of Transformation.  Other health experts will be presenting on topics ranging from reiki, yoga, and nutrition; that's just for starters!

Visit the University of Rochester's Center for Ethics, Humanities and Pallative Care newsletter for additional information or click the file below to download the PDF.

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Fees:

     CME: $125.00/No CME: $60.00