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Learn How To Meditate

TeleClass

June 3, 10, 24 and July 1st

7 - 8 p.m.

All you need is a phone!
No computer is necessary!
Classes are recorded every evening so that if you miss a session you will be sent the link to listen in the next day.

If you have always wanted to learn to meditate or have been frustrated because you just can’t seem to get the hang of it then this class is for you.

Ideal Class for Beginners

Those already Meditating that are stuck in their Meditation Practice

The physical, medical, psychology and spiritual effects of meditation are phenomenal. If you are new to meditation or interested in learning how to meditate, this weekly meditation group is for you.

This Class will Review:

The Basics of Meditation
Finding Comfortable positions for Meditation
How to Find the Quiet Mind
Learning about different Meditation techniques
Spend time practicing meditation.
Easy Ways to incorporate Meditation into a commitment and Ritual
Different Breathing Techniques
The Use of Mantras

You will also learn:

· Learn the health related benefits to adding meditation in your life.

· Learn how meditation can help Attention Deficit Disorder, lower blood pressure and help with various other medical and emotional conditions.

Diane has been practicing meditation for over 25 years. She has worked with two meditation teachers in the New England area and studied Transcendental Meditation.

Advanced Registration Needed $50

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A Step Forward Is Honored To be Hosting Sue (Carrigan) Graywolf and her Husband Jim this June. See information below and come and Join us for this event on Friday, Saturday. and Sunday. Or just come of one of the days.

A Step Forward LLC Hosts:

Sanctuaries of the Earth Mother present: A Two-Day Teaching Circle facilitated by Jim and Sue Graywolf Petruzzi of Santa Fe, New Mexico and Sedona, Arizona

Focus of Teaching Circle: To provide a two-day workshop for people wishing to deepen their understanding, experience and practice of the spiritual ways of Native American and other indigenous people. These teachings have been given to Jim and Sue as they have traveled in North & South America. These two one-day workshops are complete, independent, stand-alone experiences and when taken back-to-back create a profound personal and collective experience. Most of their work together is based around the Earth Mother and nature, so ample outside time is always allowed for.

June 15th: 6:30 – 9:00 PM

Sacred Pipe - Chanupa - Gratitude and Prayer Ceremony

The Chanupa, or Sacred Pipe, Ceremony is one of the seven sacred ceremonies of the Lakota people. It is a ceremony adopted by many Native American tribes as a way to give thanks and a way to pray for all the people. Jim Graywolf has been a Chanupa carrier for the past twenty years, gifted the teachings and the pipe by his Lakota teachers.

As a pipe carrier, Jim never charges for leading any sacred ceremonies with his Chanupa, as is the way and teaching of his elders. When the Graywolves do workshops, Jim always offers to lead a ceremony in the evening for whomever in the group might wish to attend as well as friends who have not been in the workshops.

June 16th 8 AM- 5 PM

Native American and Indigenous Spiritual Teachings

Primary areas of concentration will include:

· Hoop of many colors - Drum sessions

· Introduction to the Medicine Wheel

· Spiritual teachings from the Red Road

· Setting sacred space with drums, rattles & flutes

· Indigenous Prophecies and Meanings

· Journeying in spirit (Lakota)

· Immersion in nature

June 17th: 8 AM – 5 PM

Plant and Animal Medicine - The Native Way Day

Primary areas of concentration will include:

· Hoop of many colors - Drum sessions

· Healing with plant energy (Mayan)

· Animal totems: meaning & choice

· Shape-shifting – myth, reality & practice

· Purpose & meaning of medicine bags

· Closing circle: talking stick and share learnings from the workshop

About: Jim and Sue Graywolf

Jim and Sue have been travelling all over the U.S. and parts of Europe offering teachings and understandings gathered during their years of immersion in indigenous cultures and the natural world. They have created and joined circles around the globe, sharing and receiving in each. Their community drum, Hoop of Many Colors, travels with them to allow for healing drumming and journeying as part of their offerings - pieces that are always requested. Jim’s 25+ years of working with Native American, Mayan, Australian and other indigenous teachers, and the titles and roles they have assigned him, bring ceremony and understandings seldom acquired by non-native people. His books, White Man, Red Road, Five Colors and Walking With the Earth Mother will be available for sale for those wishing to know more about his road with ‘the people’. Their work with Sanctuaries of the Earth Mother will also be shared and an invite to participate extended. Proceeds from their workshops and book sales go to support this worthy, timely non-profit. Mitakuye Oyasin - we are all one.

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Crystal Bowl Healing With Laura Hackel

At A Step Forward LLC Candia NH

June 28th Thursday Night 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Register by June 15 and receive $5 off

Laura Hackel
Founder, Artful Healings

Sit back or lie down and relax as Laura lets the wisdom of the ages guide her to playing the crystal bowls in a way that releases our current patterns of running our life but no longer serve us. The crystal bowls will gently work their magic on you and help you to invite into your life a pattern that you have always wanted. Whether your concern is relationships, or abundance, these crystal bowls will open you up to a whole new way of being in the world. Individuals have reported tremendous releases and the return of hope and lightness after a crystal bowl session. Laura plays seven different crystal bowls that are attuned to align with each of your seven chakras. You will be able to tell when you have blocks because you will feel the vibration working in your body to release the stuck energy. Why might you be interested in this? Because what happens for all of us is that as soon as we come into this world, we start storing emotions and beliefs in our bodies. We often go back to the same place to store a certain kind of emotion. For example, feeling like you don't deserve something might get stored in your lower back. Then you might get a chance to experience something great but your back goes out because you have stored the belief that you don't deserve to have X. The crystal bowls and your intentions in this workshop will lighten your energetic load and leave you free to store beliefs that will better support you for the live you want to live now.

Energy Exchange $30

Register by June 15 for $5 discount

Advance Registration

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Laura Hackel

MY PASSION

Artful Healing, the power of it, the wonder of it and the freedom of it. I was a late bloomer in the field of “energy healing” but upon my first exposure I was hooked. I knew that it would play an important role in my life and my contribution to others. I especially enjoy working with people to uncover the unconscious beliefs that are not consistent with what they desire for their life and helping them to shift these beliefs to support a more powerful, fulfilling way of life.

MY PATH

I started my life on a conventional path with a BS in Computer Science from Northeastern University. 17 years later as an Executive in a high growth technology company with an impending Big Birthday, I was wondering “Is this all there is in life?” This started my mid-life journey of discovery to figure out my passion, my purpose and what makes my soul sing. I focused on developing my intuitive gifts and now my art and healing practice takes many forms including spiritual readings, space clearing, healing through crystal bowls and ceramic vessels that have been individually hand crafted and charged with healing intentions. Using my newly acquired art and healing skills I help others reconnect with what makes their souls sing. For more information, visit www.artfulhealings.com.

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Monthly Drum Circle

Totem To Tem

Drum Circles To Go

10:30 - 12 noon

The first Saturday of the Month ...

Just for the Month of June And July

Group normally meets Second Saturday of Every Month

10:30 - 12 noon

At A Step Forward LLC Candia, New Hampshire

Led by: Lon Michael Jackman - Musician/Healer

Open To Beginners - If you have your own drums bring them- If not we will supply them.

What Makes Drum Circle to Go unique:
Drum circle to go doesn't require the mastery of an instrument, but the open mind of connecting with people that come in all different levels of movement, sound and rhythm. Remember all humans have an instilled rhythm within us and when processed properly we manifest insecurity into security through rhythm or dance, through channeling song. Each circle that gathers, a different and new song evolves from the variation of people that the circle welcomes. Drum Circle to Go opens in collaboration with any percussion instrument and can provide up to 32 percussion instruments myself depending on pre-registration, relating the 32 drums to the 32 energy centers on the human body, also relating the 32 notes of music to theory and in relationship with the 32 colors that we as humans offer up in spirit.

Drum circle to Go starts with a grounding chant of the seven major chakras and an overview of the energy centers that when properly tuned create a grounding affect, a calming vibration, that will adjust the human body to perform.
Then Drum Circle to Go does an overview of area’s on the human body that store most problems that can be changed if an individual allows them self to detach from the problematic energy blocks that may be effecting the drummer.
Then Drum Circle ends in the writing of song, through which ever medium of music that we evoke. Not one Circle is the same and they have constantly evolved.
Energy Exchange $10 Advanced Registration
Walk-In Fee $15

Kids under 12 come free (voluntary donation for kids)

Discounts Available if you pay in advance for sessions. Registration In Advance Necessary

Reservations in Advance are required.

Class or events may be canceled if we do not have a minimum prepaid enrollment prior to each event.

Limited space is also available and classes/events may be full.

Your reservation is not complete until you have sent in a check or confirmed with credit card. You will then be sent Directions and a Confirmation Letter. If you can not make a drum circle you pre- paid for, your payment can be transferred to another month. “Walks Ins” are welcome, however, clients should check the web site on the day of each event to make sure there is space available in the event or to make sure it has not been cancelled. A 10% discount is available if you are interested in paying for four sessions in advance.

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Lon M. Jackman Bio: I am part Native American, (Klamath) from Oregon. I have my Masters in Mental Health and I work in substance abuse as a Counselor. I have been performing music now for over 20 years but Drum Circle to Go, like all circles; form a bond with more than one. The more the higher the power becomes, opens my own mind beyond anything that I previously learned in the last 20 years of performance. Drum Circle to Go started in August of 2008 as a community based project to help people with the many stressors that life can carry. Drum circle to Go also has become an effective way to combat the complications of mental health by teaching people how to use their own bodies as an instrument, like I stated the more instruments, the stronger the power becomes and the more healing happens. I call this a power greater than one. Drum Circle to Go has collaboratively worked with over 5500 people, working together towards a higher purpose to eliminate stressor's and provide grounding techniques for our bodies that most of us need. These circles help because we are all leading stressful lives because and we never know what tomorrow will bring.

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A Weekly Meditation Group

We will Be Posting the Next Time This Will Start Again. If you are interested in this group, please contact us. We will start a new group when we have enough people interested in meeting again.

This will be a Six week group to honor the spirit of group meditation practice. We will practice Walking Meditation in the labyrinth, Silent meditation, Jappa Meditation, Selected Guided Imagery and group support and discussion each evening. $10 per evening. Students will get discount rate of $50 if they pay for all six session in advance. Students will not have to pay in advance for all six sessions but are asked to pay two weeks in advance so we know who will be coming for the next week. Call for more information on the registration process.

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Do you receive intuitive messages or get images while you are giving a Reiki treatment and are unsure how and if you should share them with the client?

Are you developing your intuitive skills (apart from being a Reiki practitioner) and would like information about Ethical Guidelines on How, When and IF you should share information that you receive channeled from Spirit.

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Tapping Into Balance and Joy

Meridian Tapping Techniques

(Emotional Freedom Technique - EFT)

Call for individual appointments

Come learn about Meridian Tapping. We will discuss EFT and learn the basic tapping method. Will sill spend time tapping together and you will leave with written instructions so that you will be able to tap at home and do the basic series. This is an hour overview of Meridian Tapping and will provide you will good insight and some exercises you can take home and use. Energy Exchange $20.

Learn How To Meditate

Next class date to be announced soon

If you have always wanted to learn to meditate or have been frustrated because you just can’t seem to get the hang of it then this class is for you.

Ideal Class for Beginners

Those already Meditating that are stuck in their Meditation Practice

The physical, medical, psychology and spiritual effects of meditation are phenomenal. If you are new to meditation or interested in learning how to meditate, this weekly meditation group is for you.

This Class will Review:

The Basics of Meditation
Finding Comfortable positions for Meditation
How to Find the Quiet Mind
Learning about different Meditation techniques
Spend time practicing meditation.
Easy Ways to incorporate Meditation into a commitment and Ritual
Different Breathing Techniques
The Use of Mantras

You will also learn:

· Learn the health related benefits to adding meditation in your life.

· Learn how meditation can help Attention Deficit Disorder, lower blood pressure and help with various other medical and emotional conditions.

Diane has been practicing meditation for over 25 years. She has worked with two meditation teachers in the New England area and studied Transcendental Meditation.

$50 Advanced Registration Needed

A Weekly Meditation Group will start in the evenings on Mondays 7

Former Students who have taken the Learn How To Meditate Class are also welcome attend the class as a refresher course for a discounted rate of $25.

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The Alexander Technique

Next Workshop Date To Be Announced Soon

The Alexander Technique is not so much something you learn as something you unlearn. It is a method of releasing unnecessary muscular tension throughout your body which has accumulated over many years of stressful living. This excess tension often starts in childhood and, if carried through to adulthood, can lead to many common ailments.

Who Can Benefit From This Workshop?

· People suffering from Tension and Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Back Pain or Neck Pain. Parents who pick up children or do housework. Everyone!!!

Professions such as dentists, carpenters, computer operators, domestic cleaners: any occupations that can cause bad postural habits.
Athletes, musicians, dancers, and actors: professionals that need to use their bodies well.

In This Session We Will Discuss:

Balance, posture and coordination
How the head leads all movement.
Why Our shoulders become permanently hunched or our necks become stiff.
Why we sit either slumped or hold ourselves in a very rigid fashion.
How to let go of harmful tension so the mind quiets down and our senses become more acute just as they were in childhood.
How to stop and think before reacting allowing you to take better responsibility and control of your life.
How to recognize areas of tension and develop a new way of thinking that will restore the body to its natural coordinated state.
Through various activities including chair work and lying on a table, the teacher’s hands transmit information to the client that restores integration and coordination of the mind/body relationship. A Demonstration of this will be provided in this workshop.

$20 Energy Exchange. Advance Registration Suggested - Class Size Limited

Instructor:

Carol Kenney is a graduate of the Dimon Institute of the Alexander Technique in Somerville, Mass. She has been a certified teacher by the American Society of the Alexander Technique since 2001. She also holds an AA in Arts from Rivier College in Nashua, NH.

She teaches the Alexander Technique privately in her home and at the Seacoast Academy of Music in North Hampton NH. She also has been teaching the piano privately for 27 years and incorporates the technique in her lessons as well.

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Focus Your Attention and Thoughts and Create the Life You Want Whether if be Quitting Smoking, Losing Weight, Better Relationships, Health and Abundance.

This course simplifies the process of Manifesting. If you are confused as to why The Law of Attraction is not working for you, this course will clarify the process and give you valuable information on how you can apply it in your life. Learn:

· How to add more excitement, relaxation and fun in your life and at the same time get more things accomplished?

· How to live a life of spiritual and financial abundance that is talked about in the movie The Secret?

· What is the secret to waking up every morning feeling joyful and excited about the day?

Registration in advance and a check to confirm your registration, is necessary to reserve a space in this course. $80. Space is limited and early registration is recommended. Limited scholarships are also available. A confirmation letter and directions will be mailed upon completed registration.

Presenter: Diane Lynn Gelinas has her Masters in Social Work. In 1988, Diane received statewide recognition as the recipient of the New Hampshire Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, "Student of the Year" award. For over fifteen years she was a hospice worker where she was able to utilize Reiki and Therapeutic Touch to help clients transition during the dying process. Currently she is a college professor, and has been teaching for fifteen years at various institutions such as the University of New Hampshire, Springfield College, and New Hampshire Technical Institute. Her private practice includes a combination of motivational speaking and workshops, Reiki, Hypnotherapy, Emotional Freedom Technique, Meditation and Law of Attraction Classes and Death Education. She has been a Reiki Master since 1995 and is a certified hypnotherapist. Diane teaches Traditional Usui Reiki and Karuna Reiki and also runs a monthly Reiki Clinic/Healing Circle where complimentary treatments are offered.

Whether you need a break from school demands, works demands, or just a plain BREAK. Allow yourself some time to be with like minded folks for a healing day.

The Day will Start with a Meditation and Ceremony to Connect to the Sacred and different morning workshops are scheduled every year.

During the afternoon, participants will be scheduled for 15 minute sessions of Angel Card Readings, Massage treatments and Reiki treatments

There is limited enrollment/space for the Day Of Healing due to scheduling appointments in the afternoon segment.