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The  Grounding Cord
Developing Awareness
with John Friedlander
 
February 2008  
Quick Links
:: New Ann Arbor Classes
:: Level I in Boston
:: Dalai Lama in Ann Arbor April 19-20
:: All Region Schedule for Intensives and Teleconferences
:: Southeast Michigan Schedule
:: Cincinnati & Kentucky Schedule
:: Minnesota Schedule
:: Wisconsin Schedule
 

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Winter is here, and we settle into a quiet pattern of cozy evenings and unpredictable weather. It is rewarding to think of the pilot light of nature still burning--the life brimming beneath layers of ice and snow. Be gentle with yourself and others in this time of self-improvement, reflection, and clear cold starry nights. Happy Chinese New Year-- It's the year of the rat!

 
 
Please join us at one of our community events or workshops!
 
New March Ann Arbor Classes!
Join us for Level I and Level III

Level III
March 1-2: Foundations in Psychic Development 3: Seeing Auras
:: Saturday and Sunday, 9 am - 5 pm
:: Home of Donna Davison, Pinckney, Michigan
:: Teacher John Friedlander
:: $195 new students, $87.50 repeat students. $175 if $75 deposit postmarked by Feb.18 to: John Friedlander, 7026 Suncrest Drive, Saline, MI 48176
:: To register contact Donna at (734) 218-0249

Level I
March 15-16: Foundations in Psychic Development I: Boundaries and Flow
:: Saturday and Sunday, 9 am - 5 pm
:: Ann Arbor location to be determined
:: Teacher Violeta Viviano
:: $175 new students, $87.50 repeat students

March 16: Level I extended practice
:: Sunday, 1 - 4 pm
:: Ann Arbor location to be determined
:: Coordinated with Violeta Viviano's Level I Class
:: $15

Contact Violeta to register for classes or practices: (734) 677-2761 or violetaviviano@ameritech.net.

NEW!
Level I Monday Evening Series

March 31 through April 28
:: Five consecutive Mondays
:: 7 pm - 9:30 pm
:: Limited to five students
:: At the home of Violeta Viviano, Ann Arbor
:: $175 new students, $87.50 repeat students
 
April 20: Level 1 Extended practice
:: 1 - 5 pm
:: At the home of Violeta Viviano, Ann Arbor
:: $15

Contact Violeta to register for classes or practices: (734) 677-2761 or violetaviviano@ameritech.net.

Level I in Boston

:: February 23 -24
:: 9 am - 5 pm
:: Boston location to be determined
:: Teacher Violeta Viviano
:: $175 new students, $87.50 repeat students
Contact Violeta at (734) 677-2761 or violetaviviano@ameritech.net for details.
 

Dalai Lama in Ann Arbor!

 

 

His Holiness the Dalai Lama will be in Ann Arbor on April 19 -20, 2008. He speaks in conjunction with the Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability, on environmental issues.

 

 

For suggestions, article submissions, or schedule submissions contact any member of the editiorial committee.
 
Submissions are due the 5th of each month. Thanks!
 
All Region Schedule
for Intensives and Teleconferences!


2/20
Planes of Consciousness Teleconference(Practice is held the 3rd Wednesday of each month)
8 p.m.
 
To participate, call 712-775-7000, and follow the first prompt which tells you to enter 139522#.  Be sure you hit the # sign. Ignore the next prompt that tells you that you may hit the 4 button to get further instructions. John will mute all participants during the session.
$12.50
 
Note: If you have attended an Intensive, and want to be on the reminder list for these teleconferences, click Update Email/Profile at the bottom of this newsletter and select the appropriate check box.
5/2 - 5/4
Spring Intensive in Ann Arbor
 
Save the date! The Spring Intensive is booked for the first weekend of May. Friday evening is the first, optional, session. Full day sessions are held Saturday and Sunday. More details to follow!

There is an opportunity for inexpensive housing with the Anthroposophical Society of Ann Arbor which is located at 1923 Geddes, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.  Space is limited to 11 people. There are two double rooms available, each containing two twin size beds. There are also seven single rooms. The housing also includes a shared bathroom with a couple of showers and an industrial-sized communal kitchen.

The cost for a person staying in a double room is $20/night. The cost of a person staying in a single room is $30/night.

Please contact Cynthia directly at Cynthia@anthroposophical.org if you are interested in reserving a room. If you don't have access to email, call Cynthia and leave a message at (734) 662-9355, Ext. 14. Confirmation and directions are made via email. Please express our gratitude for the opportunity to use their facilities if you do take advantage of this great deal.

Southeast Michigan Schedule

Meditation Practice (Level I & II) is held the second Tuesday of every month.

Reading Practice (Level III) and Channeling Practice (Level IV) is not being held this month due to low participation. Please contact John with concerns or questions.

3/1 - 3/2

Basic Psychic Development III

Instructor John Friedlander

Contact Donna Davison (734) 218-0249 to register.


3/11
Meditation Practice
Details above
$10

3/15 3/16
Basic Psychic Development I
Instructor Violeta Viviano
Contact Violeta to register (734) 677-2761

3/16
Level I Extended Practice
Details above
$15

3/21 - 4/28
Monday Level I Evening Series
Instructor Violeta Viviano
Details above
Contact Violeta to register (734) 677-2761

4/20
Level I Extended Practice
Details above
$15
 
Snow Policy

If there is inclement weather (or it is predicted) you can find out whether practices are being held  by calling John at (734) 429-6008 after 4 p.m. the day of the practice.

Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky Schedule
 

Seminar II : Deepening Clairvoyance

Instructor:  Gloria Hemsher

February 16, 17, 2008

(February 16) 9 - 6PM

(February 17) 9 - 4PM

 Jill Werhmeister's Home in Cincinnati, OH

(Directions sent upon registration)

To register contact: 

Gloria Hemsher

Hemsherglo1@yahoo.com 

(513) 561-2113

First time:  $225

Repeats:  $97.50

Preregistration deposit: $75

 

Join us to work with God of the Heart Communication,

8 - 12th Chakras/Layers, Resistance, Space and Neutrality

For a complete description see the website at

http://psychicdevelopment.cc/workshops/descript.htm.

 

Please avoid wearing perfumed products for the comfort of those with allergies.

 

Seminar III: Boundaries and Identity: Reading Energy

Instructor Gloria Hemsher

March 29-30, 2008

Times 

(March 29) 9 - 6PM

(March 30)  9 -  4PM

Clifton, Cincinnati, OH

(Directions sent upon registration)

To register contact:

Gloria Hemsher

(513) 561- 2113

Hemsherglo1@yahoo.com

 

For a reduced rate of

$195 send $75 deposit by March 8, 2008

(Repeats: $97.50)

Payment plans available

For the normal rate of $225

register by after March 8, 2008

In this 2 day interactive seminar we will continue to explore the deeper subtlety and discernment of energies; the underlying anatomy of relationship; how to continue to cultivate and empower our perceptions, and deepen our understanding of our relationship to ourselves and how we relate to our soul and each other.  

 

For a complete description see the website at www.psychicdevelopment.cc

 

Please refrain from wearing perfumes or oils due to heightened sensitivities.

 
 

To register make check payable to Gloria Hemsher and send to:
Gloria Hemsher
6134 Cherokee Drive
Cincinnati , OH   45243
Minnesota
Schedule
 

Level I:  Energy Awareness, Boundaries and Flow
C. Carole Morning Smiley
Mondays.  Feb 4, 11, 25 and March 3
6:30pm to 9:00pm
Normandale Community College, Bloomington MN
Registration through Normandale's Continuing Education Department,
www.normandale.edu/continuingeduation
Call C at 952-897-1847 for more information
Single, new registrant:  $190
New registrant with 1 friend (registrations must arrive together):  $350
Person repeating Level I:  $95
For a complete description see the website at
www.creapresents.com.


CREA Monthly Mediation Practice
Facilitator:  C. Carole Morning Smiley
Mondays.  Jan 14, Feb 11, March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9
6:45pm to 8:00pm
Room 330 in Opus Hall
University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis MN
NO CHARGE
INFORMATION FOR TELECONFERENCING

1.  Please call about 2 minutes after 7pm
2.  Please call this NEW number:  712-775-7100 and use this NEW access code:  1048469# (please do not forget the # symbol!!).
3.  To mute your phone, please enter "6".
 


Check out the Minnesota schedule at : http://www.creapresents.com/current.htm
Wisconsin Schedule
 

Basic Psychic Development I

Instructor John Friedlander

March 29 - 30

March 29, 9am to 6pm 

March 30, 9am to 3pm

Doubletree Hotel, 18155 W Bluemound Rd, Brookfield, WI 53045, 262-792-2320

Contact Judy McFadyen, ev298@aol.com or Judy@currentelectricco.com, 414-315-3919 to register

For a reduced rate of $225

register by February 29, 2008

For the normal rate of $250

Register by March 17, 2008

For complete description see www.psychicdevelopment.cc

If you plan to stay at the hotel the group rate is $99/night

Foundations in Psychic Development I: Boundaries and Flow
 

Learning how to be aware of, and how to transform our aura transforms our love and life experiences. In this seminar, every exercise furthers the development of at least one of the two basic abilities: finding one's own psychic energy (one's own authentic impulses); and clearing blocks to progress. Students learn how to ground and run energy, how to clear blocks, how to find, clear, and repair the chakras, and how to explore deeply the entire volume and frequency range of the aura (called the layers of the aura).

 

Foundations in Psychic Development II:

Space, Seniority, Neutrality and Spiritual Fuel
 

In this two-day workshop, we will develop a deep understanding of how we use our own aura space to create our reality. We begin with psychic explorations that familiarize us with our space, and how we subdivide it through resistance to others. We can then learn to create our aura space through awareness rather than resistance.  In the resulting neutrality, we become able to create our reality less and less through resistance to another, and more and more from our own spiritual fuel.

 
Prerequisite: Level I
 
Foundations in Psychic Development III: Seeing Auras
 

In this two-day workshop we will explore the psychic anatomy of clairvoyance, or seeing auras; how to activate and empower this perception; and several ways to use this ability in making decisions, in healing oneself and others, and in deepening one's understanding of oneself and others.  We will then move to actually doing comprehensive, systematic psychic readings in partnership with fellow students. Participants usually find they can easily increase their ability to perceive genuinely useful aura energies in just this one weekend, and that they are well started on the adventure of a lifetime.

 
Prerequisite: Level II

Foundations in Psychic Development IV: Channeling

Learn the clairvoyant mechanics of skillful channeling -- how to prepare your space for channeling by running an ever clearer white light vibration while still owning and governing who and what occupies your space. This requires clearing psychic agreements, karma, and thought forms that distort both ordinary awareness and channeling.

Prerequisite: Level III
Health and Happiness: Connect with Your Body!
"Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood," said baseball great, Satchel Paige.  This amazing athlete was so in touch with his body that he could actually sense the health, or lack of health, of his blood stream.  We also can begin tracking aspects of our body not normally available to conscious awareness such as: where in our body do we have imbalances of heat, cold, damp, etc. as spoken of in Chinese medicine; where is a there a blood vessel that could use a healing; or what "hormones" can we mentally increase or decrease for better health or mood, and how we can, in fact, influence their flow and amount.
 
Developing such an awareness allows us to heal ourselves and others more effectively.  Great healings can be done without this kind of physical awareness by using energies of higher planes, and in other seminars we study how to access and use those higher plane energies.  However, something unique and richly meaningful is added when we stretch our awareness and gain that intimacy and direct experience of the body in its own realm.
 
As part of this overall exploration of the body in its natural realm, we will explore how different emotional states like sadness, hunger, joy and happiness arise in the brain and body, and begin to explore how we can alter these states, to some extent, intentionally.  One benefit of developing such an awareness is that we become less rigid in responding to emotional states, we become more creative, appreciative and playful with our emotions.
This seminar will allow you to begin to develop a skill set over time to connect with and benefit your body in ever deeper, more meaningful and more joyful ways.
 
Prerequisite: Level I
The Grounding Cord, teachers and affiliates of John Friendlander and Gloria Hemsher will never share, distribute or sell your name, email address or other contact information. We are committed to your online privacy.
 
 
We encourage recipients of the newsletter to pass it on to anyone who might find the information valuable. It is our hope to find more people and their energies to include in our practice mediations. Not only will it be of benefit to the new members, it will add to the group energy as a whole. We welcome you to join us!
 
 
 

Instructor

Region

Contact Information

Website

C. Carole Smiley

Minnesota

952-897-1847

www.creapresents.com

D'Lynn Chandler

Central Ohio

d-lynn@earthlink.net

 

Dennis Drake

All

ogoodie@yahoo.com

 

Donna Davison

Southeast Michigan

ddavison0249@charter.net, (734) 218-0249

www.psychicdevelopment.cc

Gloria Hemsher

Cincinnati

hemsherglo1@yahoo.com

www.psychicdevelopment.cc

JoAnn Wess

Northern Kentucky

bwess@fuse.net

www.psychicdevelopment.cc

John Friedlander

All

fried2sahi@aol.com

www.psychicdevelopment.cc

Karen Ditrapani

Boston/New England

kditrapani@hotmail.com

 www.SapientiaRosa.com

Violeta Viviano

Southeast Michigan

violetaviviano@ameritech.net

www.psychicdevelopment.cc

Instructors teaching in this system can be listed here, for students' convenience. Please contact Rion at amyc@infotronics.com  if you need to be listed.