IONS Community Groups Network Newsletter                                                   May 2015


 The Marin IONS Community Group

by Pat Palmer, Leader

 

The Marin IONS Community Group was birthed at the 2013 IONS Holiday Open House, when I talked with Cathy Coleman and discovered that there was no group in Marin. I had thought we didn't need one, since we are blessed to be so close to the main campus (about 20 miles, if that.) However, as we talked, I realized that if we had local speakers and discussion groups, right in central Marin, it would enable many more people to know about IONS and noetic sciences.
 

Our first invitation was sent to IONS' Marin County members calling for interest in starting a group. Five of us gathered in a centrally located coffee shop to talk, and we were off and running!  We met several times and gradually made some good decisions. We offer two events a month, one a speaker/discussion presentation by an outside speaker, and the other a monthly Gnosis gathering at which structured, in-depth discussion about a given topic has become a vehicle for getting to know ourselves and each other in a greater way.

 

I continue to monitor everything and help with speaker arrangements; others share in welcoming, handling the finances, dealing with the sound equipment, and providing water and/or tea. We usually have between 20 and 50 attendees and have 190 members now who receive email invitations to the events.  

 

I believe I can speak for all of us if I say that the Marin Community Group continues to be a totally positive experience. I always learn something, very much enjoy the people who attend, and get a kick out of meeting these icons of consciousness-raising, right here in our own area.  It's all good! Contact Pat at: everevoliving@aol.com. 

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IONS 16th International Conference

Oakbrook Hills Resort

Chicago, IL

July 22-26, 2015

 
Community group leaders and members will hold a community group meeting and dinner Wednesday evening and also daily gatherings between the afternoon sessions and dinner to network and get to know each other. There will also be two-day training programs prior to the conference in Worldview Explorations and Conscious Aging. Conference brochures are being sent out to community group leaders for distribution to their members. For details about the conference, and to register, go to http://noetic.org/conference2015/.

Add your name now to this growing list of registrants who have signed up for the Wednesday Community Group meeting and dinner:

 

Bill and Susan Alcorn, Cleveland, OH Leader

Ana Lia Alvarez, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Leader

Jim Baker, Alpharetta, GA

Rainbow Belberol, Diamond Bar, CA

Bob Blackstone, Sacramento, CA, Co-Leader

Tahdi Blackstone, Los Angeles, Leader

and husband Laurie Sumner

Blythe Bohonos, Calgary, Canada, Leader

Jim Baker, Alpharetta, GA

Marty Cole, Placentia, CA, Leader

Michelle (Mit) Cortright, Boyne City, MI, Leader

Harold Cottrell and Marcia Hays, Louisville, KY, Leaders

Christine Dahl, Bettendorf, IA (Quad Cities IONS), Leader

Rosa Maria Diaz, Halladale, FL Leader

Elaine Emory, Nashville, TN

Pamela Gianni, San Francisco, CA

Mary Giesige

Mary Gordon, Kauai, Hawaii

Robert and Joan Hunter, Charleston, WV, Leaders

Dottie Koontz, Vancouver, WA Leader

Lynda Ellis, Durham, NC

Marcia Hays, Lake Oswego, OR

Lee and Judi Kaiser, Akron/Cleveland, OH, Leaders

Ruthie Landis, Chicago

Ed Letchinger, Chicago, Leader

Nancy Lonstein, Westborough, MA

Bob and Christi Meyer, Wooster, OH

Laura Nasi, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sjoshanna Strand, Thornton, CO

Sarah Tapp, Edmond, OK

Sandy Tofflemire, Lawndale, CA

Amelia Sloan-Mitchell, Hattiesburg, MI Leader and         husband Charles Mitchell

Stephanie Valle, France
Janet Walden, Sacramento, CA, Co-Leader

Walter Weisenburger, Flathead, MT, Leader

Rose Welch, Big Sur, CA, Leader

Sandy Wiener, Ann Arbor, MI, Leader

Barbara Winters, Dolores, CO

 

Janet Walden, co-leader of Sacramento (CA) IONS, is the Community Group Leadership Council's Conference Planning Liaison: JEWalden@aol.com.

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Reminder: Calling All Community Groups to Send Pictures!

 

The Community Group Leadership Council is still creating a slideshow of pictures of IONS Community Groups from around the world--and wants your pictures. Send your pictures and the name of your group to Blake Paysse at earthrisers@gmail.com. 

 

Community Group Updates

Arlington (TX) IONS hosted speaker Tom T. Moore who explained how he became a telepath and how it's possible for you too! Leader: Joanne Stewart, joanne-stewart@tx.rr.com 

 

North Atlanta IONS hosted David B. Center, PhD, (Professor and Chair Emeritus, Georgia State University - Atlanta) will be showing and commenting on the "The Neuroscience of Yoga." Leader: Cathy DeAnne, 2badancediva@gmal.com

  

Borderland (TX) IONS hosted Sobha Podila M.D., who presented on medical acupuncture. Leader: Jerry Kurtyka, jerrykurtyka@hotmail.com.

 

Chattanooga/North Georgia IONS hosted Richard L. Dube who presented on "Nature as Metaphor- Using the Human Emotional Response in the Design of Landscapes." Leader: John Rennie, nrandyjr@comcast.net 

 

Chicago IONS hosted "Greenheart Transforms"  including IONS presenters President Cassandra Vieten, Chief Scientist Dean Radin, and Executive Director of Education Katia Petersen. Leader: Ed Letchinger, ed@chicagoions.org

 

Chicago Loop IONS showed the film Death Makes Life Possible. Leader: Karen Feil, info@loopions.org 

 

Dewey-Humboldt (Prescott, AZ) is looking for new leadership to replace Carolyn Hartoonian. They will host Linda Kavak in June, who will facilitate a sound ad energy healing session with alchemy crystal bowls. They will have a closing party with Carolyn in August. Leader: Carolyn Hartoonian, 

chartoonian@cableone.net

 

Knoxville IONS hosted Dr. Quinton Wacks who reviewed Kathleen Dowling Singh's book The Grace in Aging: Awakening a You Grow Older. Leader: Stephen Anthony, 

Oasis_Institute@mail.vresp.com

 

Los Angeles IONS will host a Sunday brunch on June 7th featuring Lisa Garr presenting her book Becoming Aware. Leader: Tahdi Blackstone, 

tahdi@juno.com

 

Marin (CA) IONS hosted IONS President Cassandra Vieten who presented "Consciousness as a Major Force". Leader: Pat Palmer, everevolving@erthlink.net  

 

Petaluma (CA) IONS hosted Shaman Francis Rico who spoke on practical dreaming. Leader: Colette McMullen, colette@satoristudioz.com 

 

Quad Cities (Iowa) hosted Dr. Conrad Spainhower who discussed his book, The Path of the Golden Heart, and also gave a workshop. Leader: Christine Dahl, IONSQC@aol.com 

 

Santa Rosa IONS: The Monthly Gnosis Salon topic of discussion was divination. Co-leaders Janice Bradshaw, janicebradshaw4@gmail.com and John Wendell, dad94928@yahoo.com

 

Sarasota (FL) IONS will host its third meeting June 8. SCIONS (Suncoast Florida) leader Douglas Bonar will present "The IONS Transformational Model." Leader: JP Khordoc, jpkhordoc@gmail.com

 

Twin Cities (MN) hosted Colleen Mauro presenting her new book Spiritual Telepathy. Leaders: Ann Thompson, athompson@sagecommunication.com and Mikki Morrissette, mikki@be-mondo.com

 

Tucson IONS hosted Jay Dee Kramer who presented, "EFT: An Exprssion of Energy Psychology. Leader: Janie Herr, Janie@TucsonMoves.com 

 

Central Virginia IONS hosted Annie Pane who presented "The Dance of Balance: How Quantum Physics Affects the Modality of Feng Shui in Creating Life Balance in body, mind, and spirit." Leader: Ray Rust, rayrust1@verizon.net.

 

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