 810 W 36th Street
Baltimore, Maryland, 21211
410-235-7323
hours: Monday - Saturday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday: 12 p.m. -5 p.m.
www.breathebooks.com
Susan L. Weis, proprietress
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009
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Hello All,
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Where did September go? I know this is a rhetorical question, but man, talk about time accelerating! There are only three more months left in the year. I look back now and think, wow -- we made it through. The economic situation turned many of us upside down as we adjusted our spending and saving habits. But somehow, this little shop made it and I only have you to thank for that!!
We celebrate our fifth anniversary on October 22. Five years is a milestone for any small business, but it's even more astonishing given the recession we've just been through. I can't even begin to tell you how grateful I am to all of you for supporting us. I hope to be here for many years to come, growing with the community and looking to meet your needs even more.
To that end, Jenn Northington, our new manager, has taken the lead on many new projects, including expanding our audiobook selection, creating a new bookclub (stay tuned for more details!), examining trends, and working with me on new directions for the bookstore. It's very exciting! If you haven't already met Jenn, please do come by to say hi.
Recently Jenn experienced a healing session with our newest on-site practitioner, Tanja Anderson. Here are some of her thoughts about the session:
"Tanja has a wonderfully soothing presence and a wealth of knowledge and compassion, and set me at ease from the moment my session started. Using a combination of music, scents, touch, minor adjustments, crystals, reflexology, and cards, she worked with our angels to unblock my energy and open channels for growth and healing. It sounds like a lot, doesn't it? In fact, it was a beautiful, simple, healing experience. Tanja gave me a lot to think about, as well as great advice -- on everything from nutrition to meditation -- that has helped me continue working with the flows she opened. I hope that many of you will take advantage of her presence here at breathe -- I know I will!"
Please give us a call to schedule a session with Tanja. She is here this Thursday and in October she will be on Fridays, See details below.
love and peace,
susan
p.s. Join me for meditation tonight at 7!
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September and October 2009 at breathe books
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* See all our regular classes, energy work, psychic readings and meditation classes at the end of this email.
Please call to sign up for all classes and to make appointments -- 410-235-7323. We want to make sure we are prepared and don't have to turn people away at the door, or cancel a class if less then four people are signed up. Thank you!
September 2009
Wednesday, September 30, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. The Art of Meditation with Susan Weis
In this on-going class, I teach basic meditation techniques
while offering more in-depth instruction for advanced students, including
readings, q & a and 30 minutes sitting meditation. Cultivating peace -- and peace of mind -- one hour at a time. Cost: $10 suggested donation. Classes continue October 14, with a special 3-week series exploring consciousness. Sign up now!
October 2009
Thursdays, October 1 - 29, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Individual Healing Sessions with Rev. Sharon Kay
Reverend Sharon Kay is certified in Shiatsu, Signature Cell Consciousness
Healing, and is a Matrix Energetics
Quantum practitioner. She works with clients using different modalities
for maximum healing benefits.
Cost: $80, 1 hour, $45, ½ hour session
Fridays, October 2 - 30, 1 p.m.- 5 p.m. Raphael Holistic Portal Individual  Sessions with Tanja Anderson
Services Offered include: Reiki (Energy) Therapy; Holistic Wellness; Lifestyle and Spiritual
Counseling. Tanja Anderson practiced traditional and alternative medicine in
Eastern Europe before coming to the states. See www.RaphaelHolisticPortal.com.
Cost: $90 hour; $120, 1.5 hour
Sunday, October 4 & 18, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Chakra Meditation with Liz
Draman
Through guided imagery, essential oils and crystal work, Liz
will take your through your chakras, helping to releases blockages to increase
your natural flow of energy.
Cost: $15
Mondays, October 5 - 26, 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. True Names Meditation
See details below under regular classes.
Wednesday, October 7, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Writing Our Lives -- Saving the Best for
Last: Creating Our Lives After 50
Renee, Joyce, and Jean relate their life experiences as a
song with three voices. Topics include dating and mating, spirituality,
breast cancer, memory, and fourteen other areas that matter in the second half
of our lives. Saving the Best for Last is the perfect book for
self-reflection, book club study, or just plain fun.
Cost: free
Saturday, October 10, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Dowsing with Montgomery Young
 Learn the ancient art of dowsing and tap into the dowsing
grid using a pendulum. You will get to practice and train your body to listen
for answers and go beyond the read-only nature of the dowsing system, using active
dowsing, to purposefully affect ourselves, others, and the world for the highest
good of all. Participants use dowsing to clear their bodies and energy
fields of negative entities and thought forms, reprogram water, and discover
other dimensional aspects of consciousness using advanced charts. This
workshop is for anyone curious about dowsing. No dowsing experience is
required. Instructor Montgomery Young is a stress reduction coach, a licensed
spiritual health coach, and a certified biofeedback specialist. In addition to
his spiritual health and quantum biofeedback training, Montgomery has a degree
in electrical and computer engineering. For more information about stress
reduction, please go to www.breathingspace.ws.
Cost: $80
Wednesdays, October 14 - 28, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. The Art of
Meditation with Susan Weis
This month I'm offering a special three-week session, looking deeply into the different states of consciousness we can access through meditation. All levels of meditators are welcome. Those who complete this session are invited to a three-week session in November, in which I will teach the Chakra Sutra meditations, which I learned from Deepak Chopra.
Cost: $10 suggested donation
Tuesday, October 13, 7 p.m. Meet the Author: Ghosthunting
Maryland with Michael Varhola
Just in time for the haunting season, the history-savvy
ghost hunter returns. Michael Varhola, along with his Dad -- also a paranormal
enthusiast -- deliver a healthy dose of skepticism and facts. Ghosthunting
Maryland examines more than 30 spooky haunts including neighborhoods, ships,
bridges and colleges!
Cost: Free
 Thursday, October 15, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Women in Transition
with Brianna Bedigian
This workshop focuses on shifting, transition, evolution and transformation,
putting forth the question: "How do I move through change?" This practice will
incorporate yoga, pranayama and guided meditation. Please bring a yoga mat.
Cost: $20
Thursday, October 15, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Mandala Movie
Night: Siddhartha,
based on the novel by Hermann Hesse
In this fictional story, a young Indian Brahmin leaves his
wealthy and protective home to seek the meaning of life. He joins the ascetic
Sadhus in the forest and meets the Buddha which leads to Siddhartha's self
realization. Dazzling cinematography and a great timeless story makes this an
unforgettable film.
Cost: $10
Friday, October 16, 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Vedic Astrology: The Destiny of a
Nation with Brendan Feeley
 Jyotish or Vedic
Astrology originated in ancient India more than 5,000 years ago and is an
integral part of vedic philosophy, yoga practice and ayurveda. Teacher Brendan
Feeley is an internationally recognized author, speaker, teacher and consultant
in Vedanga Jyotish. He is Chairman of Sri Jagannath Center, an international
organization dedicated to the teaching and promotion of this ancient science,
and particularly the classical teachings of the great Vedic Seers and Masters
of Jyotish Shastra, Maharishi Parasara and Jaimini. He also practices Ayurveda
and he has explored the affinity of these two subjects for more than 12 years.
He is a faculty member of the American Council of Vedic Astrologers
(ACVA), and a member of the National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA).
He began his study of the Vedas in 1975. His practice is based in Rockville.
Cost:
$20
Friday, October 16, 7 p.m. Nichiren Buddhist Discussion Group
Spend an evening learning everything you want to know about
Buddhism with Soka Gakkai International (SGI). Learn the practice of chanting
Nam Myo Ho Renge Kyo. See
www.Sgi-Usa.org. More info: call Kristin at 443-790-3190.
Cost: Free
Tuesdays & Saturday, October 17, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Crystal Energy Healing and Chakra Clearing with
Stephanie Tarr, Individual Sessions
Experience the intense rush of healing energy and the subtle
shifts that occur within through the healing techniques of Stephanie Tarr. Stef
uses incredibly powerful energy to provide the deepest healing possible.
Cost: $77; students, $55.
Saturday, October 16, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Meet the Author
Paul Bennett: Loving Grief
 When grief
is the form your love takes, where do you turn? Do you escape, or enter,
the loneliness, the emptiness, the pain? It's a blessing when someone can
help you feel your own way through what only your heart can process. That blessing is what author Paul
Bennett manages to pass along with Loving Grief -- shining a new light into the
fundamental nature of grief.
Loving Grief offers a glimpse into the emotional impact of the loss of
a loved one, and the slow process of recovery.
Cost: Free
Sunday, October 18, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Chakra Meditation with Liz Draman
See October 4 for full details.
Monday, October 19, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Spirit Essence Portraits with Melissa
Harris
 Internationally-known and published artist Melissa Harris is
now offering a unique opportunity to have her paint your inner self as she
intuitively perceives it, combining her background as a clairvoyant with her
artistic abilities to create your own spirit essence portrait. She says: "I
will tune into you and do a 7" x 10" watercolor painting of your
unique essence as it appears to me in a semi-trance state. I combine the
elements of what I find into your painting in a way that will be helpful for
you in your path of development. For example, this might include reminders of
issues you are working on, aspects of yourself that you may want to honor,
patterns of behavior that you are working on changing, etc. I never know. These
are just some examples." Melissa's sessions always fill up early. Please call soon to reserve your space!!
Cost: $225, 60 to 75 minutes
Monday, October 19, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Channeling the Great Mothers with
 Aurora
Aurora offers us messages given to her from the Great
Mothers, including, Gaia, Hera, Kwan yin and others. Come with questions or
just listen to the messages and call to action.
Cost: $15
Thursday, October 22, 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. breathe books 5-year anniversary
party!
Come by for a glass of wine or a cup of tea and some snacks
to celebrate our milestone. The party continues on Saturday with a huge sale
and surprises!
Friday, October 23, 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Reiki for Spiritual Healing Book reading and group energy healing with
Reiki Master Brett Bevell
 Reiki Master and author Brett Bevell will read from his book
Reiki for Spiritual Healing (Crossing Press 2009) and demonstrate
revolutionary techniques that are entirely new to the Reiki system such as: how
to access an amazing new tool called the Universal Reiki Healing Grid,
how to create a Reiki halo, and how to manifest Reiki holograms
for intensive healing. The evening will culminate with an intensive group
healing for karmic release, followed by Q&A. Brett
Bevell is the author of The Reiki Magic Guide To Self Attunement (Crossing
Press 2007), the recently released Reiki For Spiritual Healing (Crossing Press
2009) as well as the poetry books America Needs A Woman President and America
Needs A Buddhist President. Brett is also the founder of two other new
and amazing energy healing systems: Light of the Eternal One and Magical Awakening.
Cost: Free
Saturday, October 24, Special Anniversary Sale!
Come celebrate our anniversary! We opened our doors on
October 22, 2004. Five years later we are a thriving, independent bookstore
with so much to be grateful for, including YOU! Store-wide you'll find lots of
sale items and deeply discounted surprises and treats -- our way of saying thank you!! Here's to five more years!
Saturday, October 24, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Light of the Eternal One: Empowerment and Training with Reiki Master
Brett Bevell
Light of the Eternal One is a Divine energy form that
sustains all creation, including our universe. In the Bible it says that in
order to create the universe God first said, Let there be light. And it
was only after this light emanated from the Divine that creation did appear.
Regardless of your religious/spiritual beliefs, even science views the universe
as made of energy, or light, the quantum field that manifests things into
existence. In this workshop you will be empowered so that Light of the Eternal
One flows through your hands for life. And, you will also learn how to give
treatments of this energy to yourself and others. The benefits of this light
bring a deeper sense of seeing the Divine in all things, knowing inner peace,
and even occasional states of spiritual bliss and euphoria.
Cost: $40
Saturday, October 24, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. Drumming Circle with Beth Duncan
All levels of drummers are welcome to join this monthly
group. Bring a drum or instrument if you have one.
Cost: $5
Sunday, October 25, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Ayurvedic Cooking
with Susan Weis
Learn to cook tri-doshic Ayurvedic meals in my kitchen! See
what an Ayurvedic kitchen looks like, eat nutritious foods and take away new
ideas for healthy cooking. I will have just returned from a week-long class in New Mexico with Amadea Morningstar, author of The Ayurvedic Cookbook. I can't wait to share with you what I learn! This class fills up quickly. Please call soon to reserve your space.
Cost: $40
Sunday, October 25, 12 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. The Indigo Child: Ten Years Later with
author Julie B. Rosenshein,
LICSW, The Indigo Doc
 Are you an Indigo
Adult? Are you Teaching or
Parenting a Highly Sensitive Indigo Child? Come and learn about the sensitive, strong-willed
and wise soul that you are or have in your life. Ms. Rosenshein,
affectionately known as The Indigo Doc, will share the latest tips and tools
for helping you and/or your child. You will learn about the four types of Highly
Sensitive Souls and find strategies that work! Topics covered will be
nutrition, biochemistry, challenging behaviors, emotional balance and spiritual
life.
Julie is a
psychotherapist, Angel Therapy Practitioner™ and Public Speaker who works with
ADHD, Highly Sensitive and Indigo Children & Adults. Her
graduate training from Columbia University School of Social Work
and certifications from Doreen Virtue PhD enable her to help families
reach their highest potential. Julie has helped people from all walks of life
to connect with their angels and fairies. Visit her at www.indigochildcoach.com.
Sunday, October 25, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m. Indigo Soul Reading™
with Julie B. Rosenshein
Are you an adult Indigo or a Highly Sensitive Soul?
Are you parenting a Highly Sensitive Indigo Child? In an Indigo Soul Reading™ Julie channels
specific information from you and/or your child's angels to give you
information, support and tools that will help you and the highly sensitive soul
you are parenting. Using a blend of medical intuition and channeling, Julie
will bring you guidance about your child's biochemical, nutritional,
educational, emotional, and spiritual needs. You will leave the session with a
game plan for how you can best help yourself and your child/family in mind,
body and spirit.
Ms. Rosenshein has helped countless parents,
adults and children with the information received... don't miss out on this
priceless opportunity to work with her in person. (Your child need not
be present.)
Cost: $75, 45 minute session
Sunday, October 25, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Yoga Nidra with Sue Borchardt
 Come learn the "sleep of awakening:" yoga nidra.
Yoga nidra is a deeply relaxing guided meditation that works on all levels of
human experience, from the physical to the transcendent, to guide you back to
your true nature of pure presence. The practice is conducted lying down and so
requires no previous yoga experience or physical ability. Wear comfortable warm
clothing and bring a blanket or mat if you wish.
Cost: $10 suggested
Friday, October 30, 6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Deep
Relaxation with Josh
 Ease into your weekend the healthy and natural way --Josh
Rothschild, director of Stress Management Consultants, will be leading us in a
deep relaxation session to melt away tensions and give a sense of full
refreshment for the weekend. The session will include breathing techniques,
progressive relaxation, visualization, and sound currents to bring on a state
of peace and deep inner rest. Bring a yoga mat if you have one.
Cost: $8
For more events, visit our website!
Ongoing Classes, Readings, Healing,
and Meditation groups:
Sundays, 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Lotus Heart Meditation Group
Classes
in stress reduction via guided sitting and walking meditation followed
by short readings and discussion. Special emphasis on group support for
job seekers. Everyone is welcome!
Cost: $5 donation
Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays: Psychic Readings with Aurora
Aurora is a Psychic, Spiritual Gardener and Animal Reader. Her abilities allow herto receive and convey messages from
energies and spirits to help you more clearly define and understand your path,
goals, relationships, and past lives. Get direction in these uncertain times.
Cost: $55 for 1/2 hour; $95 1 hour. Call
for times and appointments.
Mondays, 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. True Names Zen Buddhist Meditation
True Names sits in the Vietnamese Zen tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, and
includes sitting mediation, both silent and guided, and walking meditation. A
dharma discussion follows.
Cost: donation
Tuesdays,
11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Energy Healing and Chakra Clearing with
Stephanie Tarr
Stephanie, Reiki Master and Light Worker, brings balance to your masculine and
feminine energies and purifies your being. She connects with you using her
intuition, channeled messages and crystals to balance your chakras and bring
peace and healing to your soul.
Cost: $77 one hour; $55 students
Wednesdays, October 14-28, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. The Art of
Meditation with Susan Weis
This on-going class is designed to teach you basic meditation
techniques while offering more in-depth instruction for advanced students,
including readings, q & a and 30 minutes sitting meditation.
Cost: $10 suggested donation
Sunday, October 25, 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Yoga Nidra with Sue Borchardt
Yoga Nidra is a deeply relaxing guided
meditation that works on all levels of human experience, from the
physical to the transcendent. The practice is conducted lying down and so requires no
previous yoga experience or physical ability. Wear comfortable warm clothing and bring a blanket or mat if you wish. Cost: Donation
Please
email oracle@breathebooks.com or call 410-235-7323 to make an
appointment or to sign up for classes. If less then four people sign
up, a class might be canceled. thank you!
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