 810 W 36th Street
Baltimore, Maryland, 21211
410-235-7323
hours: Monday - Saturday 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
www.breathebooks.com
Susan L. Weis, proprietress
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010
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| Hello All! | Author Ruth Kassinger will be at breathe tonight, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., talking about her memoir Paradise Under Glass. This witty and absorbing memoir is about Ruth's
unlikely desire to build, stock, and tend a small conservatory in her
suburban home, as an antidote to an empty nest, personal losses and changes of middle age. Ruth, a Baltimore native, joins us from her home in Bethesda.
On Thursday, life coach Maria Klusewitz is offering a free introductory group coaching session from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., blending spiritual and psychological techniques. Psychotherapists Stephen and Yeshe Clarke will offer their monthly class on Saturday, May 1 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. This month's focuses on Loving-Kindness and Compassion. Then, on Sunday, May 2, our (new!) A Course in Miracles study group will have its first meeting from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., and Ty Ford is offering his Chakra Balancing and Lucid Dreaming class from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. See below for full details on these and all of May's events and classes.
Come see author Bruce Feiler at the Owings Mills JCC next Thursday, May 6. He'll be talking about his new best seller Council of Dads. Find out about ticket sales here.
And did you know that breathe books hosts a monthly IONS (Institute of Noetic Science) gathering? Join us for discussions on a wide variety of metaphysical topics on the second Monday of the month (May 10) at 7 p.m. See our facebook page for more details. All are welcome!
I just want to mention some really exciting things coming in the fall...
Check out our upcoming trip to spend four days with Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Dr. David Simon and others, at Journey Into Healing in California. I'll be taking a group to partake in this immersion into Ayurveda, September 10 - 14. Click here for more details. Come with me to Carlsbad!
And in October, I'm so excited to be hosting my Ayurvedic Cooking guru Amadea Morningstar. We've created a weekend retreat at a beautiful farm house in Frederick. (Space is limited). Read all the details here and call or email if you want to sign up. The retreat is already 1/2 booked by word of mouth, so if you are interested, please don't hesitate to reserve your space!
Hope to see you soon!
love,
susan
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susan weis, proprietress
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Ayurvedic Consults with Susan
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Now Available! Individual Ayurvedic Life Style Consultations are available with Susan.
Susan Weis
 | We discuss your dosha and any imbalances you may have and create a plan to restore you to full harmony and balance. Learn how to come back to your natural mind-body constitution through food choices and nutrition, daily routine, behavior, exercise, career choices and more. Cost: $150 for one and a half hours. Please call to schedule your appointment!
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LATE APRIL & MAY 2010 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!
See details for our practitioners, ongoing events,
and
psychic readings the end of the email.
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Wednesday, April 28, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Meet the Author Ruth Kassinger: Paradise Under Glass
 You will love meeting Ruth and hearing her witty and absorbing memoir about her unlikely desire to build, stock, and tend a small conservatory in her suburban Maryland home. Paradise Under Glass describes Kassinger's journey from brown thumb to green, as she studies myriad conservatories and plans her own. Cost: Free |
Thursday, April 29, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Personal Coaching with Maria Klusewitz: Free Group Coaching Class
Maria Klusewitz | Join us for this free introductory class to step through the Pathways coaching process. We blend science with spiritual practices, using Enneagram personality-typing combined with goal-setting, meditation, journaling and more. We'll help you clarify where you are, what you want and how to get there.Life Coach Maria Klusewitz uses her 15+ years as an analytical chemist to demystify spiritual practices such as meditation, breath work, yoga, and mindfulness so you can understand and use these practices to peel away the layers that you currently use to define yourself - to find out who you truly are and map out a plan to get you where you want to be. Please visit us on the web at: pathwayspersonalcoaching.com and feel free to call with questions at 443-827-0273. We will hold group coaching sessions every other Wednesday from May 5th at 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., $50 per class. Cost: Free Friday, April 30, 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Nichiren Buddhist Discussion GroupLearn the basics of Nichiren Buddhism! See www.Sgi-Usa.org. More info call Kristin at 410-340-8431. Cost: Donation
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MAY 2010
Saturday, May 1, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Meditations on Loving-Kindness & Compassion with
Stephen & Yeshe Clarke
Using the ancient mind training practices of Buddhist meditation, we
will learn to develop loving kindness and compassion for ourselves and
others. Learn mindfulness practice to stabilize our minds, followed by
Maitri (loving-kindness) practice and Tonglen (sending and taking)
practice. Workshop is appropriate for beginner and advanced. Cost: Free
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Sundays, Mondays & Wednesdays, Psychic Readings
with Aurora
 Aurora receives and conveys messages from energies,
angels and spirit guides to help you more clearly define and understand your
path, goals, relationships, and past lives. Aurora can to do phone sessions as
well as animal readings. Come prepared with questions or ideas about what you
would like to explore. Cost: $55, 1/2 hour; $95, 1 hour
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Sunday, May 2, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. A Course in Miracles
Discussion & Study Group w/ Pamela Silberman. (This new group will meet once a month, on the first Sunday of the month)
 A Course in Miracles is a complete self-study spiritual
thought system. As one of the premier influences within the self-help
movement, its three-volume curriculum consists of a Text, Workbook for
Students, and Manual for Teachers. Overall, ACIM teaches that the way
to universal love and peace is by practicing forgiveness. The Course
focuses on the healing of relationships and translating our interactions
from hurt to healing.
Pamela is the
author of the book Simply Being: One Year with Spirit and has
been studying A Course in Miracles for over 15 years. Her websites www.simplybeing.net and www.bethelove.us offer practical
application of basic Course principles. Cost: donation
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Sunday, May 2, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Chakra Balancing
& Lucid Dreaming with Ty Ford
 Ty is a recent graduate of Arlyn Kline's Chakra Balancing class at
the Tai Sophia Institute. Join him for a guided meditation using his Chakra
Soundscapes CD. These Soundscapes have been created as the result
of new information concerning which sound frequencies specifically
affect each of the seven chakras. Ty will also guide you through some
basic lucid dreaming exercises so you can begin to learn to steer your
own dreams. Wear comfortable clothing, and be prepared to sit on
cushions or lie down. Cost: $15
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Mondays, May 3 - 24, Sound/Energy Healing and Aura
Cleansing with Tibetan Singing Bowls, Individual Sessions with Margit Willems
Singing bowls purify your system and bring you into
alignment, relieving stress, removing blockages in the chakras, and triggering
self-healing. Margit also offers aura work with singing bowls, in which
the sounds are used to protect, strengthen, and heal the aura. Please wear
comfortable clothes. Cost: sound massage $95, 1 hour; $75 Students;
sound massage with aura work $125, 90 min; aura work, only $55, 45 min.
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Wednesday, May 5, 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Personal Coaching with Maria
Klusewitz
In Pathways Wellness & Personal Coaching we blend science with
spiritual practices. Using enneagram personality-typing combined with
goal-setting, meditation and journaling. We'll help you clarify where
you are, what you want and how to get there.
Life Coach Maria Klusewitz uses her 15 + years as an
analytical chemist to demystify spiritual practices such as meditation,
breathwork, yoga, and mindfulness so you can understand and use these
practices to peel away the layers that you currently use to define
yourself - to find out who you truly are and map out a plan to get you
where you want to be. Cost: $50
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Thursday, May 6, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Meet the Author: Bruce Feiler: Council of
Dads
 In
2008, Bruce Feiler, writer-presenter of the PBS miniseries, Walking the Bible,
learned he had a life-threatening tumor in his left femur. Confronting the
possibility that he may not be around to help his daughters grow up, he reached
out to six men from all passages in his life and asked them to be pres�ent
through the passages in his daughters' lives. He called this group of men The
Council of Dads and wrote a book about the experience. This is a deeply hopeful
book, a story of enduring love between a husband and wife and between a father
and his daughters. But most of all it's a celebration of friendship and a
testament to the profound power of human connections.
Off-Site event at the Owings Mills JCC, 3506 Gwynnbrook Avenue � Owings Mills,
MD 21117. $5, JCC members; $8, non-members
For more information or to register, call Eileen Berman at 410-356-5200 ext.
324 or email: eberman@jcc.org.
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Friday, May 7, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Open Your Heart to Love! Singing Bowl Meditation
with
Margit Come join us for a meditation to help open up your heart to self-love
and love for others in your life. Create a life of love, a positive
attitude, and space for great things happen! Please be sure to arrive no
later then 7 p.m. as the doors will be closed when the meditation
begins. Cost: donation
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Tuesday, May 11, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Meet the Author Laurie Ann Levin: God, The Universe,
and
Where I Fit In Author and clinical psychologist Laurie Ann Levin,
Psy.D. she shares her incredible spiritual journey chronicled in her
memoir God, The Universe, and Where I Fit In. A child of
high-functioning alcoholics, Dr. Levin knew she had intuitive abilities
but with no one to talk to about it was unable to grasp the full meaning
of this gift. Later, as a Hollywood agent and producer she honed her
intuition, earning a reputation for her ability to discover talent in
actors before anyone else recognized them. But still she didn't feel
spiritually complete.
The turning point in her life came when she was
able to use her intuitive gift to help her mother, who was losing her
battle with cancer, transition to the other side. She understood her
true calling as a spiritual healer, and went back to school to get her
doctorate in psychology. In the process, she pioneered a new approach to
psychoanalysis called Soul Communion(TM). Dr. Levin also helped to create a new protocol for mental health,
founding a holistic, transformational institute called Moonview
Sanctuary which blends ancient healing practices with modern
medicine, psychology and neuroscience. Cost: Free |
Friday, May 14, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Sacred Circle Trance
Dance with Sharon
Manifest your desires and dreams through the ancient trance
dancing of our Shamanic and Aboriginal ancestors. Connect the beat of your
heart with the universe and experience oneness and well-being. Movement includes
anything and everything from seated motion to full dancing. Hands on healing
will be conducted by Rev. Sharon Kay. Cost: $10
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Saturday, May 15, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. An Emerald Earth
Ziraat Retreat with Sharifa Norton and Muinuddin SmithZiraat, begun by the Sufi master Inayat Khan, is a spiritual
path, which uses the symbology of farming for mental purification and to bridge
the material and spiritual worlds. In this retreat we will seek to cultivate
the seeds of awakening on all levels of our being. Explore new ways of opening
fully and consciously to life's alchemy, regaining intimacy with the sacredness
of all of life. Through teachings, poetry, stories, songs, movement, meditation
and sacred ritual we will cultivate our hearts, our souls and our minds.
Teachers Sharifa Norton and Muinuddin Smith co-founded the
Light of Guidance Center for Sufi Studies in New York City and serve as
senior teachers and retreat guides within Sufi Order International. They are
the authors of the book An Emerald Earth: Cultivating a Natural
Spirituality and Serving Creative Beauty in Our World. Sharifa serves
as head of Ziraat in Sufi Order North America www.ziraat.org. Sharifa is a
professional dancer and Muinuddin is a university professor. Email Mumtaz Kammerer or call 410-323-6883
to register. Cost: $60 |
Sunday, May 16, 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. Breathe into Ahhh: An
Introduction to Breathwork with David Allen (co-ed) All day, every day each of us breathe. But how many of us
fully maximize this activity? When used with intention, breathwork can help you
feel more peaceful, come into alignment with your most authentic self, and be a
valuable tool in dealing with stresses related to your job, relationship(s) or
other life situations. David Allen will introduce you to this mind/body
modality that uses conscious, connected breathing to have an impact on the
physical body as well as the emotional, mental and spiritual bodies. David is a
graduate of the Power of Breath Institute. Visit him at www.breathworkworks.com
for more information. Please bring pillows, a blanket, and water and wear
comfortable clothing. Registration is limited to 10 participants for this
exciting event. Cost: $45 |
Tuesdays, May 18 & 25, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Healing
and Chakra Clearing with Stephanie Tarr, Individual Sessions Experience the intense rush of healing energy and the subtle
shifts that occur through the healing techniques of Stephanie Tarr. Channeling
divine energy, she connects to your etheric system and subtle-body energies and
applies specific methods to remove blockages to promote healing. Cost: $77
one hour; $55 students |
Saturday, May 22, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. books and bagels
book club with Susan Weis This month we'll read Little Bee by Chris
Cleave. Way before it was an NYT bestseller, I read the advanced readers copy
and couldn't put it down. This mesmerizing story involves two women whose lives
intersect on a beach in Nigeria and collide in London two years later. The
authenticity of the voices and the enthralling storytelling makes this one of
the best books of 2010. Join us for bagels and coffee and a compelling
discussion. Cost: $9 + 20% off book purchase |
Saturday, May 22, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Your Calling:
Numerology Workshop with Craig Wright While everyone's purpose may be unique we all have a
calling. This class is designed to enable participants to determine their
calling and to be empowered by the resulting increase in focus and
clarity. Facilitated by Dr. Craig Wright,
an author, teacher and Morgan State University Radio personality with over 25
years experience as a professional numerologist. Cost: $30; books will be
available for sale |
Thursday, May 27, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Introduction to
Tantra and Sacred Sexuality with Dr. Michael Mirdad Tantra and Sacred Sexuality integrate both Tantric and
Taoist perspectives and practices in a loving, passionate, and respectful
framework. This workshop, which is for singles and/or couples, opens you to
experience levels of ecstatic bliss and unconditional love and, most
importantly, brings these experiences into your daily life-for yourself and
others. This ecstatic vibration translates into consistently feeling
unconditional love for all people and things, which is why it is called "the
path of living bliss." You will receive insights into how to awaken and
experience your sensual self, moment-by-moment. Cost: $35 Thursday, May 27 & Friday, May 28, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Individual
Sessions with Dr. Michael MirdadReceive insights into how to awaken and experience your
sensual self, moment-by-moment, withworld-renowned teacher Michael Mirdad. He
performs an intuitive read on every person to start the session so that they
are aware of their challenges, strengths and souls purpose. Each session will
be oriented to fit your personal situation, and may include energy work as well
as counseling and guidance. Mirdad has worked as a Healer and Counselor for
nearly 30 years and is a best-selling author. Call for times. Cost: $150, 1
hr. Sessions will take place off-site. Saturday, May 29, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Exploring Spiritual
Tantra with Dr. Michael MirdadSpiritual Tantra is unique in that it can be as sensual as
any other form of Tantra but asks that there first be certain guidelines
including: loving respect, safety, responsibility, communication, and trust.
Spiritual Tantra is also unique in that it includes healing and spirituality as
part of its primary curriculum or primary focus. The goal of this workshop is
to teach healing through energetic bodywork, intuition, emotional release, and
spiritual refilling. This workshop also offers insights and methods for
enhancing love and intimacy, awakening vitality and passion, as well as how to
find and release trauma and/or inhibition stored in the body. See
www.grailproductions.com. Cost: $100 |
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 (pet) Reader. Her abilities allow her to 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. Times: Sunday: 12 p.m. - 5p.m.; Monday & Wednesday: 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. |
Mondays, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Sound/Energy Healing and Aura Cleansing with Tibetan Singing Bowls, Individual Sessions with Margit Willems
 Imagine the bowls purifying your system and bringing it back into alignment, easing tension, removing blockages in the chakras, working in harmony and triggering self-healing. Margit also offers Aura Work with Singing Bowls, in which the sounds of the singing bowls are used to protect, strengthen, and heal the aura. Please wear comfortable clothes. Cost: Sound massage $95 1 hour; $75 Students; Sound massage with aura work $125, 90 min; Aura work, only $55, 45 min.
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. All are welcome! |
Last Two Tuesdays of the Month, 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. Must schedule in advance! Cost: $77 1 hour; $55 students |
New Practitioner! Third Thursday of the month, Angel Readings and Soul Coaching with Christine Schreibstein
Christine Schrebstein | Mixing soul coaching with assistance from the angels allows the truth of what you truly desire, and what is holding you back, to unfold. Angel readings are meant to be insightful, joyous and healing. The angelic realm works through the both of us to offer guidance as well as empowering exercises for you to take your power and sense of worthiness back that directly relates to the areas that you are inquiring about. A coaching session presents a variety of ways for you to embrace your loves, your life and lets doors that are already opened to become more visible. This allows you to walk through those doors with greater ease, grace and wisdom about yourself and the world around you. Most sessions result in a combination of soul coaching and angel reading. Christine is a certified Soul Coach, Archangel Therapist and Licensed Crystal Therapist. She has been trained in the healing modalities of Reiki, IET, Kwan Magnified Healing.Cost: 30 minutes, $50; 60 minutes, $90; 90 minutes, $140 |
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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