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The Gathering Inn
Women Helping Women October 27, 2011
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Greetings!
This month when you gather to enjoy Thanksgiving with friends and family, take a moment to reflect on all the things for which you are grateful.
The most important practice you can develop for your health--body, mind, and spirit--is an attitude of gratitude. When you are focused on the blessings and beauty around you, your heart is open to receive the love and support the Universe and everything in it stands ready to shower upon you.
And while you are at it, have an extra piece of pumpkin pie! (We've heard the calories don't count on Thanksgiving.) |
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MELISSA HARRIS! GOOD NEWS!
MORE OPENINGS! PSYCHIC READINGS ADDED!
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'Anything is Possible' by Melissa Harris
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The Saturday, October 29th, art-making workshop will not be held, so that opens many new opportunities for Spirit Essence Portraits. Melissa will also be available for individual psychic readings on both Saturday and Sunday. And now that she has some extra time, she is offering either another portrait time slot OR 1/2 hour Psychic readings between 9:30-10:30 Sat. morning, again after 3 PM on Sat., and possibly Sunday morning.
DISCOVERING YOUR INTUITIVE PSYCHIC AWARENESS
Friday, October 28th at 6:30pm
With her quick wit, Melissa will share stories that will amaze and entertain you, while she teaches you how to develop your own natural abilities. Melissa has been a professional psychic for 30 years and will discuss how she came to develop and enhance the natural tendencies she discovered as a child.
Fee-$30 - Still room available.
SPIRIT ESSENCE PORTRAITS Saturday & Sunday, October 29th & 30th, starting at 9:30am Melissa tunes into you and in a 90 minute session does a watercolor painting of your unique essence as it appears to her in a semi-trance state. Learn what Melissa "sees" and own a Melissa Harris original painting. Fee- $225, Limited to 5 people, call for your appointment. PSYCHIC READINGS Saturday and Sunday, October 29th & 30th Perhaps you have a question regarding your life's journey. Let Melissa tune into you and share what she sees. She says: "A reading with me is a unique experience. I will connect with some or all of the following: Your spirit guides, my spirit guides and your totem animals." Fee - $65 for 1/2 hour reading. Pre-registration required. Call 978-820-1139. Want to do it all? Stay the weekend! Call us for overnight accommodations. (978-820-1139)
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Making Strides Against Breast Cancer
 The Gathering Inn Team raised over $600 and had a wonderful time walking in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk on Sunday, October 23.
Our Team consisted of: Merry Cole, Sharon Strzalkowski, Cheryl Thompson, Beverly Heath, Kathy Cole, and Shari Fife. Thank you to everyone who donated.
We are already looking toward next year for more walkers and more donations. |
FREE Events:
Movie Night ~ November 4, 7:00pmLiving Proof- With Harry Connick Jr. and Angie Harmon - "This gut-wrenching true story explores one doctor's difficult struggle to find a breast cancer treatment that can save thousands of lives while giving meaning to his own life."
Potluck & Guest Speaker: Nov 9, 6:30pm
Come on over with a dish to share and meet The Rev. Sam McCartin. We'll be learning about EFT, a.k.a. Tapping, a technique that relaxes the body and allows you to release pain, anxiety, grief, trauma, stress, and even illness. Holiday Potluck ~ December 14, 6:30pm Our potluck this month will be a Holiday Party to enjoy some yummy holiday foods, great conversation, and festive fellowship!
Bring your favorite holiday dish, dress in your most festive... or in your most comfortable... or in your reindeer costume.. whatever will put you in a celebratory mood. If you can't be there by the start time of 6:30pm, then come anyway and just bring a dessert. While all of these events are FREE, a donation to the Inn would be greatly appreciated. And tax-deductible!
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Night Sky Stargazing Series
Meteor Shower, Wednesday,
November 16, 7:00-8:30 PM Winter Solstice Celebration and Solstice Spiral Ceremony, Wednesday, December 21, 6:30-9:30 PM
Are you fascinated with the stars? Would you like to be more knowledgeable about the constellations? Do you know the mythology connected to the stars?
This exciting series, facilitated by Gathering Inn regular, Tina Morin, provides two more opportunities to get out under the night skies and experience the magic and power of the stars while learning a bit more about our universe.
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Reiki Certificate Training - Level 1
November 5 - 6 
Receive 8-hours of certificate training from Jacqueline Sullivan, LMT/RMT, of Red Fern Reiki and Massage Therapy of Shrewsbury, that will allow you to help increase overall health for yourself and others. Reiki is now the most widely used & fastest growing complementary therapy in the U.S. Find out more and get registered. |
Open House and Craft Sale
Saturday, November 19, 2011 ~ 9:00am to 3:00pm 
Take a tour of the Inn... do some holiday shopping... have a snack and something hot to drink.
Jewelry ~ Woven items ~ Original Artwork ~ Quilted items ~ Baked Goods ~ Journals ~ Greeting Cards ~ Tote bags ~ Bookmarks ~ Mugs
Purchase Gift Certificates for the Inn, a Massage or a Reiki session!
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The Studio at the Inn: 
Schedule Changes
& New Offerings
New times, Free classes and New Mixed Men's & Women's Class!
ALL LEVEL HATHA MIX YOGA: Jen's ever popular Hatha Mix Yoga Class continues at 7PM on Mondays. Any student is welcome. Explore a variety of postures that will help teach your body to relax and begin to build flexability and strength. $10 drop in fee.
MOVING MANTRAS IS MOVING DAYS: Phyllis's Tuesday morning Moving Mantra class is changing to Thursday mornings at 9AM beginning Nov. 10th. The first class is FREE. Come and try it. If you like it, the fee for the remaining 7 weeks is $75. This class will strengthen and stretch your body while getting you in touch with your soul. Moving to the rhythms of sacred chants and songs from varied spiritual traditions. A participant of the current 8-week program commented: "This mixture of gentle, repetitive movement and music allows me to close my eyes and turn off my brain and just let my body sink into harmony with my breath and the rhythm of the universe. I look forward to it every week.. it's what grounds me and it's simple enough that I can do it at home."
MEN & WOMEN'S CLASS: In response to several requests, Phyllis is offering a mixed Men & Women's Yoga Foundations class on Thursdays (beginning Nov. 10th) from 5:30-6:30. Stop in on your way home from work and let go of the stress of the day
Phyllis says: "In this class we will learn basic yoga postures, breathing and relaxation techniques. Attention will be given to correct form, with gradual introduction of new postures while refining those already learned. Variations and modifications are given, making the poses accessible to all abilities. Through these foundational aspects of yoga come increased strength and flexibility while also providing tools to relieve chronic stress."
Fee: class card: 5 classes /$50 * 10 classes/$90 * Drop -in /$12 YOGA FOR HEALING: Thursday nights is Phyllis's on-going Yoga for Healing. Integrating restorative yoga postures, gentle movement, breath work, imagery and meditation, we will create an environment that supports body, mind and spirit in the experience of deep relaxation where natural healing can take place. Give yourself this weekly opportunity to relax, refresh and renew! Class Card: 5 classes /$60 * 10 classes/ $110 * Drop-in/$14 SPECIAL HOLIDAY CLASSES: Set aside Thanksgiving morning for Jen's 9-10 AM repeat of her "now the turkey is in the oven, the squash is peeled, and I need a little 'me' time before the relatives get here" yoga class. This is a FREE class but a donation of canned good for the Wachusett Food Pantry is requested. What a great way to get in touch with what you are truly thankful for and to help someone in need. Jen will also be offering a two-hour restorative Yoga class on Dec. 19th. Watch for the details in next month's newsletter. |
| Free Holistic Health Fair
Saturday, November 19, 2011 ~ 10:00am to 3:00pm
Offered by Dr. Smith and Associates at 2 Narrows Rd, Suite 101A, Westminster, MA
- Keynote Address, by Dr. Linda Smith, MD
- Nutritional Healing: Eating Yourself to Better Health
- Shifting Out of Stress with BioMetric Feedback
- Mindful Movements: Qi Gong & Tai Chi Easy
- Weight Loss (And Other Habit Changes): It's A Mental Thing!
- Body Mechanics 101: Repetition without Repetition
- Understanding Energy Medicine from the Reiki Perspective
- How does Acupuncture Work?
- Chair Massages
- Qi Gong Demonstrations
- High Quality Local Food
- Much more!
Contact for more information call 978-874-1180 or visit their website: http://www.yourintrinsichealth.com/
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| The Gathering Inn is available for retreat leaders and practitioners to offer their programs. And of course, don't forget that our primary mission is to provide individual women like YOU a place to retreat from the world, be in stillness and tranquility, and re-connect to your spiritual core.
We can't wait to see you at the Inn!
Sincerely,
Barbara Leclerc
The Gathering Inn |
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Merry's Musings
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You would have to have been living under a rock the last few weeks to not know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In fact, it seems we are being buried under a mountain of PINK! Pink ribbons, pink clothes, pink Styrofoam coffee cups, pink water bottles, pink everything--in fact, a local hair salon was offering pink hair extensions. At the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk this past Sunday (The Gathering Inn's team walked), there were even pink trash barrels. (Could it be so overdone now that it's gotten to be a cliché and lost it's meaning?)
As a 6-year breast cancer survivor myself, I am grateful that the world has awakened to the need to eliminate this dreadful disease, but there is so much more to living with, living through, or dying from breast cancer that all the pink merchandise and all the walks can't begin to get in touch with.
There is the phone call that says "Yes, even though there have been many scares in the past that have proven false, THIS time it IS cancer", followed by overwhelming and confusing prognosis and treatment options, which often lead to surgery, chemo, radiation, and the accompanying loss of privacy, dignity, and all that is familiar. A "new normal" becomes your way of life... doctors, hospitals, medications, wigs, nausea, fatigue, and uncertainty.
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