BREATHING AND MEDITATION BASICS
STARTING OCTOBER 1st, 2007

You have 20,000 breaths per day. But are you really breathing?

Most people have forgotten how to use the fullest capacity of their breath. Instead shallow breathing is commonplace in today's rushed living. And that creates stress on the body, mind, emotions and spirit.

Breathing deeply is the one of the greatest tools you have available to you for profound, whole wellness.


ACHIEVE PEACE OF MIND
ALLEVIATE PAIN OR ANXIETY
GAIN MORE ENERGY


THIS LEARNING SERIES IS IDEAL FOR YOU IF:

** you are new to meditation but have
difficulty making it a regular practice
(even if you've tried meditation before and found it challenging, know that we'll start with simple breathing)

** you suffer from high blood pressure, chronic pain, anxiety, insomnia, chronic illness, tension headaches

** you have trouble being still enough to hear your own wisdom or
follow a direction with clarity

** you wish to develop a spiritual practice that
enriches your connection to the Divine


IN SIX WEEKLY, ONE-HOUR SESSIONS:

** Learn how to breathe deeply and fully for optimum health, an open heart and a clear mind.

** Make the time to practice instead of distracting yourself with
other things to do.

** Use group energy to strengthen your ability to be still.

** Receive supportive facilitation to
deal with the discomfort, fears and difficulties that sometime arise.

** Focus your energies.

** Begin a practice for life-long wellness.


STILL THINKING ABOUT IT?
CONSIDER THE MANY BENEFITS:

Physical:

• Increase body awareness


• Melt body tension


• Over time, smooth out unstable and energy highs and lows


• Heal stress-related disease


• Resolve high blood pressure


• Improve heart health


• Reduce or eliminate any pain


• Improve athletic performance


• Eliminate toxins in the body and improve health of skin

Mental:

• Clarify and focus the mind


• Improve mental concentration


• Give pause to the negative thought patterns


• Suspend self-criticism and judgment of others


• Awaken and dissolve limiting beliefs and patterns

Emotional:

• Help you to notice when you are having a feeling


• Move through the resistance to painful emotions


• Clear sadness, anger, fear and hurt from the body

Spiritual:

• Enhance the present moment


• Deepen your mystical connection with infinity


• Hear your own intuition


• Clear the barriers to loving yourself


• Shift struggle to surrender


• Open to universal support

HERE'S WHEN YOU CAN START
YOUR JOURNEY TO GREATER WELLNESS:
Monday, October 1, 2007 - 7-8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007 - 7-8 p.m.
Monday, October 15, 2007 - 7-8 p.m.
Monday, October 22, 2007 - 7-8 p.m.
Monday, October 29, 2007 - 7-8 p.m.
Monday, November 5, 2007 - 7-8 p.m.

At the Maplewood Schoolhouse, Oxford Mills
(about 15 mins. east of Merrickville, between Merrickville and Kemptville)

Only $95 per person (+ GST).
Registration and full payment for all six sessions required in advance
(cheque or cash only, non-refundable).



Please note that a minimum number of registrants
is required to hold the class.

Directions to the school house are as follows:
Follow Highway 43 East toward Kemptville. You'll see a sign that says "Actons Corners", which will serve as your landmark only. There will be another sign on your right that indicates County Road 25 to Oxford Mills. There is a small church just before the road - turn right here.
Follow County Road 25 straight, past the railway tracks, to Oxford Mills, where the road forks. Turn left here. (There will be a sign on your left, up ahead on the sideroad onto which you will be turning.)
Follow this road for a few feet and at the first sideroad turn right. Street sign points right to "Oxford Mills".
Follow this road until the very end. At this intersection you'll will have just passed a gas station and general store on your left and the Brigadoon Restaurant is on the left corner. Street sign points right to "Bishops Mills". Turn right and drive over the bridge.
Follow the road for just a few seconds around the bend and you'll see two stone buildings on your right: the first is Maplewood School House and the next is the Public Library. Turn into the drive AFTER the library and follow the drive to your right, to behind the first building. Enter through the doors facing the parking lot at the back of the building. There will be a sign on the door.)