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Meditation in Community: A Circle for Peace, Connection and Contemplation
Join Clarus Center facilitators the
first Sunday of the month from
7 - 8PM
No experience necessary. Dress comfortably and bring a blanket or cushion to sit on, or if you prefer, use one of our chairs.
Schedule:
7:00 - 7:15-gather and chat
7:15 - 7:25-pre-meditation warm up*
7:25 - 7:45-silent meditation
7:45 - 8:00-closure**
A $5 donation is requested, but not required. There will be a basket on a counter for discrete and anonymous collection. Funds will be used to support our mission to provide low cost and free public events.
Clarus Facilitators: Nancy Ging, Lucia LiCavoli, BJ Sadtler, Josie Evans, Kim Irle-Kaiser, Julie Zakutansky, Rima Imburgia, and Susan Francis.
*Pre-meditation: this will be led by one of the rotating facilitators and may include gentle movement, music or guided imagery.
**Closure: the evening will end with silence that we will carry with us out the door and into our homes. Facilitators will be available at 7:45PM in break-out rooms to privately respond to any questions or concerns that arise for participants.
Clarus Center: 28379 Davis Parkway #801 Warrenville, Il. 60555. WWW.ClarusCenter.Com. 630-393-9800 x204-Dr. Lucia LiCavoli.
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Private yoga sessions for Integral Health
Practice Customized for
Your Mind, Body and Spirit
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Host Your Event at Clarus Center
Located in Cantera Office Park, Clarus Center offers meeting space for up to 45 persons. Enjoy views through floor-to-ceiling windows of the surrounding wetlands and trees.
Visit http://worktopia.com/
for pricing and availability of our meeting Space
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DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY GROUP
Tuesday evenings, 6:00 - 7:30 at Clarus Center
Participants learn skills to:
* Regulate Emotions
* Increase nterpersonal Effectiveness
* Cope with and Tolerate Distress
* Enhance Mindfulness
For more information, please contact Janet Levitt, 630-393-9800 ext. 206
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Sacred Middle Eastern Dance
A Joyful and Spirit Filled Journey 
New Locations and New Days in the Greater Chicagoland Area
For more information on this and other Healing Movement events, contact Francine Passias at mindfulmovement @earthlink.net or call 847.332.1766 | |
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Basic Tools:
A series of three classes, on Sunday January 10th, 24th and February 7th, from 1-5 pm.
Have you been described as "too sensitive"? That is often how the people that I work with are described, but in fact what they are is "very" sensitive, and that is an important distinction for people who have been invalidated all of their lives for the powerful gift of sensitivity. Our society does not give us good tools to help us handle energetic or spiritual sensitivity. I am happy to announce that I will be offering the "Basic Tools" class series in the Chicago area for the first time. "Basic Tools" is designed to give you simple, easily accessible tools to help you create an entirely different experience of your life as a being in an energetically capable body. We will use meditation as an arena for the exploration of the energy system that is the foundation of your life in a body. We will focus on making your space in the body safe so that you can bring more of your awareness as spirit into all the aspects of your self and on clearing the energies that make being home in your body painful instead of delightful. Your experience of life as a being in a body is entirely what you make of it and this class is designed to give you a set of tools and a language to describe your experience that can profoundly change your life.
The class is entirely focused on practical experience. There are no textbooks or handouts. Instead, we will spend most of our time actually creating as spirit in our own bodies with plenty of time for questions. This is a process of doing, seeing and knowing as opposed to understanding and thinking. While I have been teaching an evolving form of this class for 25 years, this format will be an experiment for me in learning how to teach as a traveler. While I will record the classes, because of the amount of ground that we will cover each week, it is not recommended that you miss any of the classes.
The cost for the series will be $295; which can be paid in three payments but if it is pre-paid in full by January 5th there is a $50 discount. I am limiting this class to 20 students so that no one gets lost in the crowd and pre-registration is required.
You can register with Garrett Walters via email at info@garrettwalters.com; cell: 847-477-0444; landline: 608-205-0246; mailing address: 3448 County Road A, Stoughton, WI 53589.
For more information about Garrett Walters and his work, please consult his website www.garrettwalters.com
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Embracing the Deep Feminine
Join us in this joyful and spirit filled journey
SUNDAY ~ January 31, 2010
1:00 ~ 5:00 p.m. Please arrive at 12:45 p.m.
In this gathering Sacred Middle Eastern (Belly) Dance is used as a vehicle for the journey into the deep feminine. Women come together in common unity through this ancient form of dance. The dance originated as ritual in fertility rites and modeled the movements seen in nature. This was at a time when women and men were both honored and respected for their unique gifts. Women were in their fullness and this journey into the Deep Feminine is simply a remembering and exploration of that knowing. Throughout time women have gathered together and danced with each other all of their life events...falling in love, birthing their children, mourning a death, and expressing their joy in the sisterhood. . . . all while entering the Mystery.
Included in this retreat are a mindful learning of the dance, the telling of stories, and exploring our connection and disconnection with the Deep Feminine. Cost is $90.
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Check website for directions www.claruscenter.com
Gatherings are facilitated by:
Francine Passias
Mind-Body-Spirit Healing
Middle Eastern Dance Teacher
Creator of Moving into the Body ~ Mindful Movement ~ The Body as Resource ~ Embracing the Deep Feminine
Francine is Certified in Hakomi Experiential Psychotherapy, Advance Hypnotherapy, and is trained in Somatic Release for Resolving Trauma, Internal Family Systems Therapy and Matrix (Group) Leadership . She draws from Middle Eastern Dance, Continuum Movement, Living Dance, Tai Chi, QiGong, as well as other Healing Movement modalities. Francine acknowledges the body as vessel which carries spirit into the physical world.
To reserve your space on this journey, call 847.332.1766 or email mindfulmovement@earthlink.net Ma ke Checks Payable to Francine Passias and mail to: 719 Austin Street, Apt.1E, Evanston, IL 60202
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Mindful Movement
~ A joyful and spirit filled journey ~
A 'Moving Into the Body' movement group
SUNDAY ~ FEBRUARY 28, 2010
2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
COST: $45
We begin promptly at 2:00 p.m. so please arrive by 1:45
This is a movement group. No dance experience is necessary.
There is great joy in the knowing and healing of ourselves
when we experience a full felt-sense presence in our bodies - a coming home. We may have moved away from, or may have forgotten how to move into this space - this body - that is an essential resource. This movement journey invites us to remember, deepen,
and integrate our instinctual knowing.
IN THIS GATHERING WE WILL:
Establish mindfulness
Witness our inner experience through movement
Embrace the wisdom of our own dance
Embody our sense of self
Join in common unity
MOVING INTO THE BODY are individual three to four hour workshops or weekly classes, which will move us into our bodies utilizing several movement methods that acknowledge the power of self- healing and the body's capacity to reveal. We will engage in the practice of Mindfulness, which is the development of an alert inner quiet that allows us to witness our individual journeys gifting us with safety and a deeper awareness of our own inner truths.
Mindful Movement groups incorporate a number of movement methods and give us the opportunity to witness and track our inner experience in the present moment. In all movement groups we create an environment for each of us to respectfully explore and savor our experience.
Francine Passias, CHT is in private practice in Chicago. She is Certified in Hakomi Experiential Psychotherapy, Advanced Certified Hypnotherapy, and is trained in Internal Family Systems Therapy, Matrix (Group) Leadership, Living Dance Seminars, Continuum Movement, and Somatic Release in Resolving Trauma. She teaches Sacred Middle Eastern Dance. She created Moving Into the Body and Embracing the Deep Feminine retreats, The Body as Resource (a unique support group for trauma survivors) and Mindful Movement classes. Francine acknowledges the body as vessel which carries spirit into the physical world.
TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE CALL FRANCINE PASSIAS @ 847.332.1766 or Email mindfulmovement@earthlink.net
Make checks payable & send to: Francine Passias @ 719 Austin Street Apt. 1E, Evanston, IL 60202
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Book Corner
As newsletter editor, I am going to take the opportunity to write the occasional column on books that I find interesting that you might like too. Currently, the book that fascinated me was Michael Pollan's "The Omnivore's Dilemma." In it, Pollan follows four types of meals from beginning to the actual eating of the meal. He traces a bushel of corn from Iowa farm field to its various destinations, traces the evolution of organic food from movement to industry, checks out a local "grass farm," and learns to gather and hunt for his final meal. His wholistic perspective of what goes into what we eat, and how we got to this place is enlightening. Don't worry, it's not preachy. I guarantee you will see eating as a much more complex process than you ever imagined. And if you are interested in clean eating, this book is a MUST READ!!
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Join us for New Pilates Mat Classes at Clarus Center
Whether you are new to Pilates or are currently practicing, the small class size and professionally trained teachers will help you get more out of your sessions in a beautiful and welcoming atmosphere.
Maura Ludeke, Certified through PhysicalMind Institute in New York City, Maura has been practicing Pilates for over eight years. After experiencing first-hand how Pilates helped strengthen her core, relieve her lower back pain, and fundamentally improve her flexibility and over-all fitness she decided to become a certified Pilate's teacher. Maura wants to pass on the benefits of this low impact mind-body exercise to anyone open to improving the way in which they move through life. 
Karen Blecke has over 6 years experience practicing Pilates and Yoga. She has spent years exploring the fitness world and is amazed at the impact Pilates can make on a person's physical and mental well being. She is certified through PhysicalMind Institute in New York City and is a member of the Pilates Method Alliance. She has worked with a wide range of clients from tri-athletes to individuals recovering from injuries and enjoys helping clients achieve their personal goals and improve their quality of life.
One Hour Mat Class Schedule:
M T W Th F
6:45 am M W F
9:30 am M T W TH
12:30 pm M T W TH (1/2 hour express class)
5:15 pm M T W
To register please call:
Maura 312-203-3759
Karen 630-244-2202
Or email
MKStudio@claruscenter.com
$15 per class or $80 for eight - Pre-registration is necessary
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