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Last Chance to Register for What's Next?!
What's Next?! Workshop 2009 will begin January 10th in Lexington, MA. There are still a few spaces available, but class size is limited and open registration is closing on January 5th. Interested? Sign up today!
What's Next?! Workshop is a forum for personal exploration and empowerment. If you can't imagine what might be next for you, or you have an idea in mind, but don't know how to make that dream a reality, What's Next?! is designed to help you connect with your personal truth.
Through guided exercises, discussion, active meditations, emotional release work, and journaling, this progressive six-day workshop (over the course of six months) introduces you to concrete methods to access the "core" within you, identify and work with the "stuck" places that get in the way, and consciously choose to move forward trusting your personal wisdom.
If this is could be a fit for you and match your New Year's Resolution, check out the workshop schedule and Register on-line!
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TheCCsite.com has Improved!
To ring in the new year, we're making a few changes of our own! Check out the transformations happening at The Consciousness Collaborative website. You'll now find the "Meditation of the Month" for current and past months. We've added an easy access class schedule for upcoming workshops, medtiations, movement classes, etc., in addition to news and special offers from our members.If there's something else you'd like to see on the site, or perhaps a class or service you wish was available, speak up! Contact Joanne Lutz at 617-827-0803. |
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Greetings!
Happy New Year! Tomorrow the sun will rise on a new day and a new year, and change feels like it's on the horizon. Twelve years ago, the night before we were married, my husband, Mark, and I began a New Year's Eve ritual. At the suggestion of our beloved friend, Bunny Duhl, we held a burning ceremony. The intent of the burning was to offer the flames anything we felt ready to leave behind, making room for the new. For the inaugural ceremony, we were joined by the four people we were closest to, the adults who would be witness to our private ceremony the following day. It was a powerful experience for each of us, and Mark and I have continued the tradition nearly every year that has followed. Through the years, we've expanded upon the theme to also include an offering of intentions. For example, one of my intentions for this year will be to welcome abundance! For the ceremony, I will jot this down on a piece of paper, and offer it to the flames, and to the universe, extending the energy out beyond me, and welcoming whatever may come back through the year. Mark and I have been honored to share this ceremony with many friends and family members over these past years, and I am sending out this January newsletter a day early, so that I might also share it with you. If I take a peek at Google Earth tonight and see teeny tiny grills lit up all over New England (and beyond), I'll know you're giving it a try. Wishing you well for 2009! Warm regards,Joanne LutzCoaching~Consulting~Referral ResourceFounder of The Consciousness Collaborativewww.TheCCsite.com ~ www.WhatsNextWorkshop.comJoanne@TheCCsite.com ~ ph. 617-827-0803 ~ fax 781-777-1899
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Meditation of the Month - Morning Laughter
Looking for something to add a little spark to your meditation this new year? Try this one for the next month. It's a hoot of a way to start your day!
As you are waking up in the morning, before you even open your eyes - laugh!
You may begin with a few forced "Ha, Ha, Ha's" or giggles the first couple of days, and then...the laughter just begins to come, as though it's bursting out of you. You'll feel your body fill with the sensation and freedom of laughing.
Try not to be put off by the first couple of days when you wonder why you are doing this...feeling like an idiot...and wondering what the point is to doing such a ridiculous thing before you even get out of bed! After a few days, you'll laugh because it's so absurd, because there is no point, except to experience the bubbling throughout your whole being.
Wondering what your housemates might think? I'll bet they'll laugh, after all, it's contagious! |
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Women's Support Group
Interested in participating in a monthly gathering of women supporting women? Such a group may be forming in 2009, lead by Joanne Lutz, founder of The Consciousness Collaborative. If you are interested, please contact Joanne at 617-827-0803. And watch for an announcement in a future newsletter or check out The Consciousness Collaborative website for updated information.
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January Meditation Class
Interested in meditating? Looking for others to share the experience with?
Consciousness Collaborative member, Samantha Cail, LMT of Body Fusion Muscular Therapy is hosting a monthly meditation class at 366 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 101, in Arlington.
The class is facilitated by Jamie Thurber, another member of The Consciousness Collaborative and a co-facilitator of the What's Next?! Workshop series.
January's meditation practice will be "The Elements." Class is scheduled for 7-8pm Tuesday, January 20th.
No previous meditation experience is required; however space is limited. If you would like to participate, please reserve your space by contacting Samantha Cail at 781-962-8580. |
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