Change is in the air!  The season is changing.  The colors on the trees are changing. Students are adjusting to a change in courses and teachers. And our consideration about a potential political change is at hand. And, in keeping with the theme, I am making a change as well...

Over the past decade+ of teaching meditation and facilitating self-help/wellness/stress-management workshops, it has become abundantly clear that, without a seemingly miraculous quantum leap, a.k.a. moment of grace (usually at the hands of overwhelm), we need create our own "higher power" in order to make a profound change. 

Clients come to me seemingly under the spell of a Power they cannot overcome.  Eager if not desperate for change, they are willing to try something new. Intellectually they understand and agree with what they learn. However, what I teach them is a total paradigm shift.  They have just entered a new and very uncomfortable dimension where the pain of their old ways is or is becoming greater than the pains of changing. I have the dubious honor or welcoming them to what I call 'The Precipice Club." Life experience has delivered them to this life-changing awakening and now the choice is theirs. Will they hit the snooze button again or endure a bit of discomfort transitioning to full consciousness?  

A fairly significant majority of my clients dearly want to get up and get going. They want to live this new, beautiful and promising vision for their lives - at peace, content, on purpose and belonging. Their biggest problem is that every time the 'alarm' goes off, they are too comfortable in the moment (attached to the comfort of the known - no matter how uncomfortable it is at the moment). So they forget the consequences of rolling over. It is for this reason I am restructuring my courses.  

My meditation course will remain intact with the same content at the same price. In addition I will include significant support - a 'higher power' to help gather up momentum. This will be offered on line and/or via telephone conference and is limited to nine participants per class. I have also created a new on-line program, Building Momentum, for those who wish to continue the connection, expand their awareness, integrate the fundamental principles and benefit from the immense synergisyic potential of a fairly intimate community with a common purpose. 

If you are camera shy, there are options for disguising your face or removing your image as you participate.  Don't let this or technology woes prevent you from participating.  I am able to walk you through the process until it is easier than making a phone call. I have limited this to 9 people per course for many reasons and this type of assistance of one of them!

In keeping with the metaphor, both courses are designed to remind you why you want to get up and out of your slumber until it becomes automatic. This is an opportunity to use the power of a group until the force of your own momentum makes the new paradigm your path of least resistance. More information about each program is included in this newsletter. Please forward the information to anyone that may benefit from this new approach to training and mentoring.  And by all means, sign-up if you are looking for a kick-start this Fall.  Feel free to call or email me with any questions.  Many thanks. 

The other day I received a phone call that gave me pause.  Someone I know quite well was pleading with me to vote for the presidential candidate of their choosing.  They had seen videos and heard expert testimony about the perils that will befall our country if the other guy wins the election.  I have seen this sort of projection on myriad topics, many of which fall within the purview of a candidate's platform. Topics ranging from healthcare, to global economics, to environmental policies, education and morality are a wellspring of catastrophic predictions on either end of the spectrum.  I gave my usual response:

• The act of noticing the relationship between cause and effect is called realization.
• Paying attention to cause and effect with strong emotion and/or absolute certainty (belief) is the process of real-ization.  WE make it real.  Our attention transforms potential to actual.  Knock and the door will open.  Seek and ye shall find. 
• This is the fulfillment of The Law of Attraction.  What we call 'reality' is actually bundles of like energy & information vibrating at the speed of light held together by a force we call electromagnetism. 
• We attract our experiences. Like attracts like. The expectation of the observer determines the outcome. That is why science uses double blind studies and placebos. It is also why they cannot get a certain predictable outcome...ever.
• Paying attention to what is not wanted is equivalent to asking for it. 
• We are not here to fix.  We are here to CREATE. 
• Let it be.  Accept.  Contribute with a positive, loving vision with unwavering faith in the goodness of all.  It is possible to be of service and value in EVERY situation without having to denigrate what is or who is doing what! You will like what you see.  I promise.

These Truths are undeniable and inescapable.  They agree with every religion, philosophy, science, tradition, experience, etc.  They require as much belief as electricity.  Having awakened to this reality, I marvel at how I can ever fall back to sleep!  Having once been blind, why do I ever choose not to see again for a time?  It begins when I puff with the pride of 'righteous' thinking.  It is my old nemesis, that ignorant perception, which urges me to judge captiously making me think I know better or am better than another.  It is always followed by a faint twinge, a constriction, or uneasiness. 

Thankfully I know now that my discomfort is my IGS (Inner Guidance System) alerting me to the fact that I am real-izing what I do not want.  I need to stop fault-finding and recognize that my thinking is wrong.  I am at once profoundly appreciative of the fact that I can never be permanently lost again.  I know the way out of my messes now.  Fortunately, I no longer remain in the discord and can re-awaken. Then, if I have taken my ignorance to the point where an apology or amends is necessary, I do so promptly and get back to the business of joyously creating my vision.

The individual that placed that persuasive phone call to me replied with a very familiar caveat explaining that after years of listening to me sing this refrain, finally embracing these Truths was life-changing; BUT this political situation is scary, urgent, and it is a reality!  That is like saying gravity applies to small items and not large ones.  Many of my clients are 'successful' individuals who know these Truths and revere the great masters and agree whole-heartedly with that which is undeniable and yet they defend 'justifiable resentments,' embrace a sweatshop mentality with regard to work, believe in competition, compromise themselves and their hearts desire for 'security,' and beat themselves up for missteps, etc. 

It is important to discern and make choices.  That is why we are alive.  In order to experience the joy of creating, it is necessary to make choices - that make us feel loving, open, inclusive and expansive.  Any sense of physical or emotional constriction is your indication that you are momentarily on a path to destruction.  Let go for a moment.  Release what you are resisting.  You will be creating/contributing again in an instant.  You can create the life of your choosing...adhering to this simple formula. If you make a habit of shifting your perception from positive to negative, denigration to elevation, destruction to creation, etc. and observe the results, you will know that this Truth is self-evident.  

I will enter the voting booth in November and make the choice that seems to be most in line with my vision of joy and peace at the time - knowing the only thing that really matters is that I elevate all that I behold and nurture a vision of joy and peace and love regardless of who is "in charge!"  How reassuring to know that this is not wishful, Pollyanna thinking...that the science is there to back it up.  The Beatles are absolutely correct.  All you need is love.

BUILDING MOMENTUM

 The Secret to Sustainable Success!

Seminar Spanning 12 Mondays & 12 Wednesdays From October 15 2012 thru January 21, 2013 ~ noon - 1:00 p.m. 

*plus 12 private consultations with Laura Nash

Included in Your Seminar:

• Weekly Instruction Mondays ~ Lecture format ~ Interactive.  
• Group Q&A every Wednesday following the Monday class 
• Weekly 30-minute private consults with Laura 
• 2 1/2 hours per week with Laura live
• Access to conference audio recording
• Access to workshop video recording
• Your copy of the course companion book/workbook: "Building Momentum ~ The Secret to Sustainable Change" by Laura Nash, Jennifer Connell and Donna Visco

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why this program?

• How often have you attended a seminar, heard a motivational speaker, read a self-help book or become inspired by a friend/aquaintence that caused you to resolve to change a behavior, which keeps you from being your best?  
• Have you also found that maintaining your resolve becomes increasingly difficult as time passes and/or as pressures mount?
• If you have experienced these phoenomena, congratulations!  You are self-aware and honest!  You know you could use some fine-tuning and you are strong enough to admit that you haven't been able to sustain the changes you seek.  
• This is what most people experience without a consistent, impartial support mechanism in place as they set out to make changes. 
• We are not meant to 'go-it-alone' in life.  We are interdependent products of our environment.
• It is not enough to know we need to change.  It is not enough to learn how to change.  It is not enough to try to incorporate those changes in our life on our own. We must remain connected to the material and like-minded individuals as we go through the process in order to sustain our success.
• It takes 90 days to break a habit or start a new one. 
• When we put ourselves in an environment designed to maintain the enthusiasm and build momentum as we implement the changes during this time - synergy kicks in and we experience a quantum leap in consciousness, behavior and our resulting life-experience. 
• At the end of 90 days, we are like the butterfly out of the chrysalis...transformed - never to return to our old form.  

GIVE YOURSELF THAT OPPORTUNITY!  

Make the comittment to Build Momentum with Laura Nash beginning October 15, 2012.  Feel empowered, joyous and free through the holdiays.  

Start 2013 on super-sure footing!

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How Does the Program Work?

This program is unlike any other because it fulfills the most import aspect of sustainable change...ongoing support with great frequency, and availability. 

Change is very difficult to maintain because our conditioning creates overpowering momentum that is almost impossible to overcome alone.  

It is very important to connect with a resource that will expand our consciousness, boost our energy and build enough momentum so that the new attitude and behaviors have a chance to become the current operating conditioning. 

Live tele-classes and webinars 3 days a week for twelve connecutive weeks assist you with your commitment to change.  This is an invaluable tool offering accountability and encouragement as you begin to bulid the momentum that fuels you once you are on your way. Cultivate focus, enthusiasm, peace of mind, a sense of connection & belonging, meaning and purpose, and a profound appreciation of yourself and your life. From this beautiful vantage point you will see your vision unfold with seemingly effortless certainty.  

The group is limited to 9 participants so members can be sure to get the attention they need. This format offers enough familiarity to effectively assess what you are thinking/saying/doing to sabotage your current dreams and what you might change in order to make your life flow much better!

You will receive EXPERT advice on ANY topic under the sun because you will learn how to uncover the answer within YOU! You will be lead to your own internal expert. Only you have the answer that is right for you.  It is essential for you to learn how to uncover what was there all along and trust the guidance you receive.       

 You will receive assignments, guidance, coaching and camaraderie with like minded people who really care.  

course description

introduction to the basic principles

Each week we will meet for an hour for a live presentation illuminating  basic principles of Natural Law. You will be given exercises and tools to faciltate integration of the principles in your life.  

group Q&A

Every week we will meet for one hour to discuss our experiences to date. There is significant benefit to be gained from hearing the experiences, questions and perspectives of the other participants.  This is also an opportunity to follow-up on any or your own questions that were not fully adressed during the lectures due to time constraints.  

private consultations

You will have the opportunity to meet with Laura for a thirty-minute private consultation 12 times throughout the course.  This is an excellent time to discuss personal issues that you prefer not to share with the group. After registering for the class, you will be sent a schedule to make your appointments. If you have extenuating circumstances every effort will be made to accomodate your schedule.  

It is important that you attend all sessions. If that is not possible, you will have the recordings available for you to view as soon as possible so that you may keep current with the group. The recordings will be available for review for the duration of the course....by understanding the basic principles of meditation now you will have years of happiness and success in the future!