Issue 276 - July 7, 2012   
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SPIRIT CARD

Starwishing
by Marti Fenton

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Spirit Card Center!




FEATURED WEBSITES
Awaken Wellness Fair

Sunday, November 11, at the Doubletree Hotel in Tarrytown, NY 10591
This is the BIGGEST body-mind-spirit-green expo north of NYC with nearly 1,000 guests! We�re cruising into our 11th year with well over 100 inspiring speakers, gifted practitioners, amazing vendors & intuitive readers. Awaken to Your Best Self! Early bird prices for exhibitors available now! Details for sponsors and exhibitors at ThePractitioners.com.



Activate Joy:
Live Your Life
Beyond Limitations

Once in a great while, a special book comes along that you just KNOW is truly remarkable and gives you goose bumps when you read it! Activate Joy: Live Your Life Beyond Limitations is one of those books. In Activate Joy, AlixSandra delivers, in her bright and cheery style, a powerful and fun series of practical methods designed to make our journey to joy easy! From the Universal Laws of Attraction and Resonance, to taming our �Yabbits� (the pesky voices in our minds), into the arts/processes of basking, blessings and goodness, the reader receives a series of teachings that assist in activating joy into their lives. AlixSandra helps the reader gain practical ideas for building a new, prosperous and joyous reality. Drawing on her own inner guides and resources, through Activate Joy she presents us with the fundamental how-to guidebook for the new paradigm of JOY. For more info or to order: Send an email or see ActivateJoy.com.



New Book Seeks to Enlighten Readers to Their Greatness

The website for Journey to the Heart, author Ernesto Ortiz�s organization dedicated to spiritually inspiring others, defines Akashic Records as �the individual records of a soul from the time it leaves its point of origin until its return.� Helping individuals to understand this concept, Ernesto delivers his new book, The Akashic Records: Sacred Wisdom for Transformation. With his deep connection to the Akashic Records, Ernesto guides readers on a sacred journey into their own Akashic Records. �The Akashic Records� provides a thorough map of the energetic territory designed to help readers explore the many ways they can utilize the Akashic Records and the guidance of the masters and teachers. Ernesto was first introduced to the Akashic Records by Edgar Cayce, a renowned figure in the realm of body, mind and spirit health. Ernesto went on to devote much of the next 25 years of his life to the field, eventually becoming a teacher. Ernesto�s The Akashic Records is a book he hopes will have a profound effect on readers. The book is available at amazon.com, balboapress.com and journeytotheheart.com.



Retreats at the
Prama Institute

• Ananda Marga Yoga Teacher Training July 18-Aug 7
• Yoga Detox Camp Sep 21-23
• Yummy Yoga Nov. 2-4

The Prama Institute is a non-profit, holistic retreat center located on 130 beautiful acres in Marshall, NC, about 25 minutes outside Asheville. Our scenic and peaceful surroundings create the perfect place for educational workshops, yoga retreats, yoga workshops, spiritual retreats, workplace seminars, and other events. Besides the high-quality retreats and workshops that the Institute organizes all year round, the facility is also available for rent to all types of groups, organizations, businesses, and individuals for personal retreats. Let us help you in creating your own successful workshop or seminar. For more info call (828) 649-9408 or visit pramainstitute.org

Traditions of Herbalism
by Susun S. Weed / Herbalist, Author, Founder of the Wise Woman Center and Ash Tree Publishing
Herbalism, the use of plants for health and healing, is as old as humanity, if not older. In hunting/gathering societies, women are naturally the herbalists. This connection between women and herbs continues today. At the turn of the Century, herbalism in America is undergoing a renaissance. Throughout most of the rest of the world, especially in countries where women's wisdom has traditionally been honored, herbalism remains, as ever, the treatment of choice for many acute and most chronic health problems. Herbal medicine is a complex and daunting study; yet it is the medicine of the people and so simple that children safely apply it.

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Holding a Healing Space
by Nancy Lankston / Healer, Coach, Intuitive, Channel, Teacher and Facilitator
Holding space is more meditation or prayer than traditional somatic therapy. No locating the tight muscle and working it over until it releases. No prodding and rocking and rubbing. No finding the blocked meridian or chakra and opening the energy. Just hold the body�s space, the energy around a tight or injured spot. Focus on what you feel beneath your hands and sense with your heart. What exactly is there beneath your hands? Beneath your hands is sacred space. This body under your palms is more beautiful, more miraculous than any Gothic cathedral.

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Looking at our Defenses
by CJ Martes / Healer, Author and Creator of Akashic Field Therapy (AFT)
We all have defense mechanisms and different ways that we try to subconsciously protect ourselves from perceived harm in our daily lives. Our defenses are the natural way that we try to keep ourselves from being hurt. These defenses simply spring into action long before we can have a conscious thought about it from our subconscious mind. This can make it much harder for us to conquer our fears. It is important for our personal growth to understand when and why we are triggered by life circumstances. This allows us to learn about ourselves so that we can make more positive choices based on love rather than fear. If we don't understand, we can spend our entire lives simply acting and reacting to life rather than living it.

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 FEATURED SACRED JOURNEYS
Visit the World's Oldest and Largest Pyramid - in Bosnia!

Presented by
Body Mind Spirit Journeys


It has been said that the discovery of pyramids in Bosnia that are older and larger than Egypt's Great Pyramid will force history to be re-written. Now you can visit the Bosnian Pyramids with the man who discovered them, Dr. Semir "Sam" Osmanagich. The September 4 - 12 group tour includes attendance at the third International Bosnian Pyramids Conference and more. After the conference, Marta Thomas will lead you to see Medjugorje and its "weeping Madonna," Mostar and Sarajevo.

Body Mind Spirit Journeys is a leader in spiritual and wellness travel. Our small group tours are led by authors, teachers and other experts in their fields worldwide. For example, here is another great BMSJ tour coming up in August...

Annica Frantz is a psychic healer and past life therapist. Annalena Mellblom is a self- development coach. Their August 5 - 14 tour of Sweden can help you open your senses and increase your consciousness. We'll do meditations and ceremonies in picturesque villages with ruined churches, ancient graveyards and Viking rune stones.

For more sacred sites and wellness tours, please visit our website at BodyMindSpiritJourneys.com.

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for personal growth and
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Alchemical Hypnotherapy provides deep healing tools, not "bandages" for symptoms. The training is supportive, professional, experiential and in addition to the 250 page workbook, you'll receive supervised hypnotherapy sessions almost every day throughout the program, gaining not only an understanding of the workings of your own subconscious mind, but actual contact with all of the inner resources you need to permanently change your life, your relationships, and help heal the body with Somatic Healing. Graduates of the 200 hour CHT program are prepared to deal with the core issues that underlie their clients' symptoms. Students experience past-life regression to heal phobias, explore creative abilities, heal relationships, discover spiritual purpose, and learn how to organize the various voices in the inner world to unite the will and achieve goals. Alchemical training offers profoundly effective and advanced methods including regression and conference room technologies applied to smoking, weight loss, addictions and phobias, and sub-personality work. Thorough instruction in establishing and maintaining a successful professional practice is included.

Your primary instructor is David Quigley, the creator of Alchemical Hypnotherapy and Director of the Alchemy Institute of Hypnosis in Santa Rosa, CA. Tuition includes membership, certification and ongoing professional support from the National Guild of Hypnotists. The Alchemy Institute is approved by the BPPE to offer post secondary vocational education in California; continuing education units are available for therapists, nurses, hypnotherapists, massage therapists and others.

Receive a free mp3 download and see the free web library on our website: alchemyinstitute.com

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Ask Guidance

Do you need healing?
Do you have questions about
• your life purpose?
• what are the blocks keeping you from manifesting your life purpose, vibrant health & abundance?
• how to clear those blocks quickly and with ease?
• relationships, past lives, your future or 2012?
Guidance is a non-physical group of healers, angels, ascended masters, Awakeners and teachers who work together as One to heal with source energy and to answer your questions from the perspective of your Highself. Guidance is channeled through Dr. Aaron, board certified NMD with 30+ years in natural medicine. Their work is always based in Love and never has any judgment. Distance channeled healings, channeled readings, and other services available to assist you on every level of your spiritual journey.

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Have you always wanted to become a certified hypnotist as an adjunct to your current profession? Ten-day intensive trainings in Sedona, AZ and Wisconsin. Our unique & expert course is fast-paced, nurturing, thorough, highly experiential, and often life-changing. Mary Elizabeth Raines, author and teacher, is recognized by the National Guild of Hypnotists as "one of the leading practitioners of the art and science of hypnotism."

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 FEATURED ARTIST
The Visionary Art of Francene Hart
Francene Hart was summoned by spirit in 2001 to the Big Island of Hawaii and is now painting, swimming and living her bliss in bless'ed Hawaii. All of her images, including "Catch a Falling Star" (pictured) are available as Full Color Prints or ArtCards.

Also available are: Blessings Journals, Coloring Pages, Seeking Balance ~ an Artist's Journey into Sacred Geometry, and the Sacred Geometry Oracle Deck. Please see this page for more information or to order.