 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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Hi Everyone,
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For the first time this year I find myself in one place for five weeks straight -- beginning on Tuesday, July 6. The significance of this is that I'm able to teach our signature Chopra Center course Perfect Health Through Ayurveda.
I urge you to take 5 weeks this summer to really learn how to incorporate Ayurveda into your life. Think of it as your personal once-a-week summer camp!
As many of you know, I began learning about Ayurveda, the 5,000 year-old Indian science of life, in September 2007. Since then so many changes have happened to me that I can only attribute to my Ayurvedic lifestyle.
The first thing that happened was the weight loss -- 45 pounds. And my cholesterol fell by 80 points. Once the extra weight fell away, other clutter in my life began to clear up -- physically (my house), mentally and spiritually. I began to see more clearly and relate to the world in a new way. So much so, that I decided to get married and then the most perfect man in the world -- for me -- showed up. He walked right through the front door of breathe books and we are getting married this fall! Coincidence? I think not. For me, it all has to do with Ayurveda! And that's why I want to share it with you.
So with that I encourage you to take a look at your life to see what's not serving you and to think about what you want to put in that space once you let go of whatever it is that is keeping you from perfect health, perfect harmony, balance. Come to class this summer.
You can read details of the class on the website.
We also have some other classes in June that will help you find your unique energy and the power to tap into Universal energy. Debra Greene will be here this weekend with her Endless Energy workshop (free talk Friday night, workshop on Saturday). She was here last year and people were just blown away by her class! She's also offering personal Inner Clarity sessions on Sunday.
And one of our favorite people, Brett Bevell, has generously agreed to offer a one-day workshop in his energy technique Magical Awakening, at the end of the month. This powerful teaching is illuminating.
Lots of other great things happening including: Somatic Centric Dialoguing; Deep Journaling and Yoga Nidra.
See July events at www.breathebooks.com.
Stay cool and healthy. And remember to drink lots of fresh water throughout the day.
with much love,
susan
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books & bagels July pick
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The Glass Castle:
A Memoir
Saturday, July 24
12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Cost: $9
20% off book price for club members
Facilitated by Susan Weis
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Individual Ayurvedic Life Style Consultations
Susan Weis
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these private consultations, we determine your dosha and any imbalances
you may have in order to 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 410-235-7323 to schedule your appointment.
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Travel with us to Journey into Healing. Immerse yourself in Ayurveda with Deepak Chopra and Wayne
Dyer in San Diego!
September 10 - 16, 2010
Dr. Wayne Dyer
 | Journey Into Healing is a rare opportunity to expand your
understanding of the field of integrative medicine and Ayurveda with some of the
world's most renowned experts, including Drs. Deepak Chopra and David
Simon, and a team of guest experts. They will guide you on a powerful
journey into healing that fuses the ancient wisdom of the East with the
discoveries of modern Western medicine. Learn practical tools for
letting go of stress, healing emotional and physical illness, and
restoring balance .
Explore Mind-body Healing in Southern
California
The Journey into Healing workshop, will take place in the
luxurious accommodations of the Sheraton Dr. Deepak Chopra
 | Carlsbad Resort & Spa.
Overlooking the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean, the Sheraton is a
newly built resort with light-filled Mediterranean architecture,
gorgeous guest rooms, and a tranquil seaside atmosphere.
September is
one of San Diego's most beautiful months, with the ocean waters and air
still warm with the summer's sunshine. Each day you will enjoy sunrise
and sunset meditations surrounded by tropical flowers, natural beauty,
and the sound of ocean waves that have crashed upon the shores for
thousands of years.
Conveniently located just 30 minutes from the
San Diego Airport, the Sheraton Carlsbad Resort & Spa is also only
minutes away from the area's renowned boutiques, golf courses, pristine
beaches, and fine restaurants.
You can learn more about this wonderful event here.
Because I am a Chopra Center teacher, if you register through me you will receive a significant discount.
Cost for this event (not including air fare or hotel) is: $1,375 (August 1 deadline). You will save $500 - $1,000 off the enrollment price!
Call or email me: 410-235-7323; susan@breathebooks.com,
for information or to sign up! We will all fly together to San Diego
and stay at the Sheraton. Room rates are $169 -- and you can share a
room to save on costs!
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breathe deep residential retreat
with Amadea Morningstar
Ayurvedic Cooking and Lifestyle Weekend
Join us on Friday - Sunday,
October 8 - 10 in Frederick, Maryland for this weekend Ayurvedic workshop with the leading Ayurvedic Cookbook author Amadea Morningstar.
Enjoy
a relaxing weekend of deep HEALING WITH AYURVEDA with Amadea, author of The Ayurvedic Cookbook and other works. Learn how
to cook  directly from Amadea using Ayurveda to balance your life and
health. Understand more about your constitution and how to work with it
skillfully, in a beautiful retreat environment. The weekend will include:
Ayurvedic Polarity Yoga; Ayurvedic self care methods; meditation, yoga
nidra; chanting and spending time in the organic garden; as well as some
free time to rest, relax and explore. Private consultations with Amadea
are also being offered throughout the retreat. Some sessions will be co-taught by Susan Weis.
** Cost: Paid in
full before August 1, $425. After August 1, $465. Cost includes six
meals and light snacks; double room in our 150-year-old farmhouse or
near-by sister house; access to organic garden and surrounding land,
stream and spring house. Retreat begins Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. and
concludes Sunday at 3 p.m.
** Non-resident (commuters) Cost: $340 before
August 1; $380 after.
We require a $200 down payment to secure
your space in the retreat. Please indicate if you want to attend as a
resident or if you will be commuting. The balance must be paid off by
August 1 for the early bird price.
Please call 410-235-7323 or
email Susan@breathebooks.com to register.
**The residential retreat is full, but we are taking a wait list and we have a list of near-by hotels. The commuter program has space for 15 students.
Amadea Morningstar,
MA, RPP, has been working with food, energy and healing for 30 years,
and with Ayurveda for over two decades. She is an internationally
recognized author, teacher, and registered polarity educator (RPE) and
registered polarity practitioner (RPP). Her books on Ayurvedic healing
have been published in a variety of languages. She holds a BS in
nutrition and an MA in counseling. Her most recent book is The Ayurvedic
Guide to Polarity Therapy. Amadea has a private practice in Santa Fe,
New Mexico, offering Ayurvedic Polarity Therapy and nutrition education.
Susan
Weis, owner of breathe books, is a Chopra Center Certified Instructor
of Ayurveda and has taken two Ayurvedic Cooking intensives with Amadea,
at Kripalu and in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Susan offers cooking classes,
Ayurvedic Perfect Health classes and well as private consultations.
Susan is currently in training with The Chopra Center to perform
Ayurvedic diagnosis in addition to Life Style consultations.
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June 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 at the end of the email.
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Wednesday, June 16, 7 p.m. Meet the Author:
The Tao of Tarot & Sacred Serpent Spiral Universal Symbolism with
Christine Bjergo
Christine Bjergo  | Author Christina Bjergo, Lac, reveals the tarot as
keeper of the secret Taoist practice of Qigong and "the Way" to
health, happiness and spiritual truth. Encoded in the cards is Eastern wisdom
to spiritual ascension through a body-focused practice working with central qi
or sacred serpent spiral life force energy. Discover ancient arcane knowledge
and learn empowering techniques to promote dream guidance, intuitive wisdom,
health and harmonious living. www.taooftarot.com. Check out her recent interview on The Dr. Pat Show. Cost: free |
Thursday, June 17, 12 p.m. - 6 p.m. Angel
Readings and Soul Coaching with Christine Schreibstein. Your Soul Knows the
Truth!
Christine Schreibstein  | Mixing soul coaching with assistance from the
angels allows the truth of what you truly desire, and what is holding you back,
to unfold. 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. 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 |
Friday, June 18, 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Nichiren Buddhism Discussion
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
410-340-8431. Cost: free |
Friday, June 18, 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Energy
Mastery Intro: Want to Live a Vital Life? with author Debra Greene
In this intro to Saturday's workshop you will
learn about the tools and skills you can attain to revitalize in any situation.
See details in Saturday's event listing. Cost: free
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Saturday, June 19, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Energy
Mastery Workshop with Debra Greene
Debra Greene  | Your energy is the single most important aspect
of your health and your life. With diminished energy it's hard to function on
any level. Learn how to rejuvenate at any time and to shift your energy to
clear your mind and stay focused. Discover what steals your energy and how to
replenish it. Distinguish between what gives you real energy and what produces
false energy. Reveal habits, emotions, and thought patterns that rob your
energy. Debra Greene, PhD, is a practitioner, speaker, trainer and energy
health specialist who has worked with thousands of clients and taught hundreds
of workshops. Author of Endless Energy: The Essential Guide to Energy
Health, Debra also is the founder of Inner Clarity (IC), an integrative
balancing method that uses energy kinesiology to pinpoint hidden limiting
beliefs and a variety of energy based techniques to facilitate conscious
transformation. Debra lives on Maui island in Hawaii. Visit her online at www.JoyfulEnergy.com. Cost: $75 |
Saturday,
June 19, 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. Ayurvedic Cooking with Susan...in Vienna, Va. Cooking to Pitta (Summer) SeasonAyurvedic cooking is an integral component
of the ancient
Indian science of Health and Healing. According to Ayurveda, food is
medicine -- but it's a delicious medicine! Learn how to use the Indian
spices, beans and grains to create nutritious vegetarian meals which are
just as pleasing to the eye as they are to the palate. Your body will
delight in being fed food that is so healing to the system. Susan
teaches recipes that are easy to re-create on your own. An overview of
the Ayurvedic lifestyle will be offered.
Susan Weis is the
proprietress of breathe books. She is a Chopra Center
Certified Teacher of Ayurveda and has studied Ayurvedic cooking with
Amadea Morningstar, the author of the definitive Ayurvedic cookbooks.
See our website for more information. This class will be held in Vienna in a private
home. Call to sign up and for directions. |
Sunday, June 20, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Inner Clarity (IC) Sessions with Debra Greene
An
Inner Clarity (IC) session is like Feng Shui for the mind. The human being is
an energy being with many layers forming our personalities and spirits. These
energy layers are subject to disturbances created by stored emotions, limiting
thought patterns or belief systems. When these disturbances remain in the
energy system, they can cause ripple effects into other aspects including the
mental, emotional and physical bodies.
In an IC session, light-touch
kinesiology (muscle testing) is used as a sensitive feedback tool to access
information from the body-mind system
to uncover hidden limiting beliefs.  Because muscle testing responds to words,
questions are asked and answers given in a way that disassembles defenses and
old thought patterns. Debra uses a variety of energy-based techniques to re-set
old programming and transform automatic reactions for a new and improved
you. IC is a powerful opportunity for
self-discovery, transformation, and healing. You can expect amazing insights
and energetic help for making the major shifts your life path calls for.
Clients are fond of saying that one session is like a year's worth of
conventional therapy. Come prepared to
look at your stuff and come prepared to let it go-for good! Cost: $125 an hour |
Tuesday, June 22, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Insightful
Body Healing with SomaCentric Dialoguing with Julie McKay
Julie McKay  | SomaCentric Dialoguing is a multi-faceted system
of therapeutic dialoguing and techniques. Therapists of all types can easily
help their clients have an increased body-centered awareness, get information
about unresolved health problems, and learn life lessons. SomaCentric
Dialoguing utilizes communication styles and processing languages along with
easy to use techniques to get in touch with what is going on in the bodies.
Rather than just removing physical symptoms and "fixing", core physical,
mental and emotional healing can occur. Dialoguing can make a difference in a
therapeutic practice and used by a layperson for one's personal benefit. Cost:
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Wednesday, June 23, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Deep
Journaling with Christine Stewart
Christine Stewart  | In a quiet space, participants will respond to
questions, prompts, images, objects, or music through writing. The goal is to
pause to appreciate all that we've accomplished and consciously choose to
deepen the experience of the weekend ahead. We write in silence, in the same
way a group gathers to sit in meditation together. In this way, everyone will
leave more centered and ready to enjoy the coming weekend. We will always end
with a gratitude list. (This class may be extended for several weeks if
participants are interested).
Christine Stewart is program director for arts in education, literary
arts, and children's events with the Maryland State Arts Council, and director
of Maryland's Poetry Out Loud program. A former artist-in-residence with
Creative Alliance in Baltimore, Ms. Stewart is the founding director of the
successful Write Here, Write Now workshops and has taught at Carver Center for
Arts & Technology, the Odyssey Program at Johns Hopkins, and the Baltimore
Museum of Art. Some of her publications include Poetry, Ploughshares,
Blackbird, and The Cortland Review. Cost: $20
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Thursdays, June 24, 6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. Yoga
Nidra with Dr. Gina Sager
Yoga nidra means "yogic sleep", but is actually a
state of heightened wakefulness, of great potentiality and greater
consciousness. The deep physical relaxation induced by yoga nidra allows the
release of energy blocks that may be experienced as muscle tension and subtle
emotional blocks which are a result of unprocessed, suppressed or unwelcome
emotions and experienceYoga Nidra
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harmony and good health. You will be led to a state of deep physical
relaxation, followed by guided imagery designed to help release energy blocks.
Yoga nidra offers deep physical, emotional, mental, physiologic and metabolic
rest -- the perfect antidote for the way we live today! Cost: $20 |
Special Event with Omega's Brett Bevell
Learn the new energy modality, Magical Awakening
Saturday, June 26, 1 p.m. - 6 p.m. Magical
Awakening Workshop with Brett Bevell
Brett Bevell  | Magical Awakening is one of the most powerful
and yet playful forms of Divine energy healing available on the planet.
Practitioners who learn the first level of this eight level system gain skills
far beyond what even most Reiki Masters can do, running energy healings on
large groups of people simultaneously and at a distance. Based on an ancient
concept in Celtic Shamanism called the Three Cauldrons, or primary energy
wheels, the first level of Magical Awakening awakens these three energetic
wheels within our own energy system, allowing us to harness energy from them to
heal ourselves and others.
In this first level training you will receive an empowerment to activate all
three of these energy cauldrons, and learn how to use this Divine healing
magical force on yourself, in your life, and for healing others and the planet.
This energy is specifically designed to realign human beings with the natural
world, and release the illusion of being separate from the Divine intelligence
that is the root of all life. This spiritual healing system can work on both
physical, emotional and spiritual dis-ease, by awakening us back into knowing
our place of unity with the Divine and with all life that springs forth from
the Divine, including mythological aspects of Divine intelligence where often
our greatest power resides. Brett Bevell is a Reiki Master and author of
the recently released book Reiki for Spiritual Healing as well as The
Reiki Magic Guide To Self Attunement. Brett has taught workshops at Omega
Institute of Holistic Studies in Rhinebeck, NY and at Alex Grey's Chapel of The
Sacred Mirrors in Manhattan.
Cost: $200
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Tuesday, June 29, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Healing
and Chakra Clearing with Stephanie Tarr, Individual Sessions
Stephanie Tarr
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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 |
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books and bagels with Susan
The next meeting will be on July 24th, 12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. We'll
discuss Jeannette Walls' stunning book, The Glass Castle: A Memoir. Cost: $9, including bagels and coffee. 20% off book price for club
attendees!
Special Author Event! Meet the author of Yarn, Kyoko Mori, Wednesday, July 14 at 7 p.m. Yarn is a memoir of crossing cultures, losing love, and
finding home by this New York Times notable author. As steadily and quietly
as her marriage falls apart, so Kyoko Mori's unde rstanding of knitting
deepens. From flawed school mittens to beautiful unmatched patterns of
cardigans, hats and shawls, Kyoko draws the connection between knitting
and the new life she tried to establish in the U.S. Interspersed with
the story of knitting throughout, the narrative contemplates the nature
of love, loss, and what holds a marriage together. Cost: free |
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WEEKLY CLASSES, MEETINGS and SESSIONS
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 Gabriel
 | 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. |
Sundays, June 13 - 27, 6:30 p.m. Gay Women's
Alcoholics Anonymous
Meeting. (Meets in breathing space, carriage house
behind the bookstore)
 This is
an open discussion
group that is a safe space for all women. The meeting follows a
traditional AA format including reading from literature, no cross
talk
and self supporting through our own contributions. Come celebrate
sobriety and spirituality in the cute little house behind breathe books!
On-going meeting.
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Sundays, 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Recovery from Food Addiction
Recovery from Food
Addiction (RFA) is a fellowship of food addicts dedicated to physical,
spiritual and emotional recovery achieved by abstaining from addictive
eating and by living the twelve steps of recovery
to the best of our ability. We follow a food plan that eliminates
the addictive substances, volume eating, and stops the craving. Freedom  from the overwhelming sense of failure, from shame, from guilt,
and from excess weight can now be ours. We now have hope. We can live in recovery: physically, spiritually, and emotionally. Approved literature for this program is Food Addiction: The
Body Knows, by Kay Sheppard, From the First Bite, by Kay
Sheppard, Alcoholics Anonymous and Twelve Steps and Twelve
Traditions. For more information, call Sheri at
443-745-6970 or
Karen at 443-851-1326. Meets in second wind, side door entrance from the porch.
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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! |
Wednesdays, 7 p.m. - 8 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:
$40 per class |
PLEASE NOTE: There will be NO JUNE ACIM classes. The group will meet again July 11 & 25.
Select Sundays, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. A Course in Miracles Discussion & Study Group with Pamela Silberman (see our website for dates, www.breathebooks.com)
 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 Silberman 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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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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