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December 2012 Events at East West
 Saturday, December 1Creating the Life of Your Dreams 1-5pm • $75 thru Nov. 30, $85 day of In this in-depth workshop, visionary author and New World Library co-founder Marc Allen offers a short and magical path for making your dreams a reality. He’ll share effective, easy-to-apply practices, including affirmation, visualizations, and guided meditations that have the power to change your life for the better. See lecture Nov 29 Buy tickets online or call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP   Saturday, December 1The Last Frontier 7:30pm • Free, but call to reserve a seat Tonight, Julia Assante, Ph.D., professional intuitive and medium, will explore the subjects of near-death experiences, after-death communication, ghosts, telepathy, reincarnation, the death process, and what happens after we die. She’ll empower attendees to connect directly with their departed loved ones and discuss how our inborn authenticity naturally rises to the surface when we overcome the fear of death. Her new book, The Last Frontier, presents a unique investigation of where we go after we die. See workshop Dec 2 www.juliaassante.com To reserve tickets, please call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP Sunday, December 2 How to Be Your Own Medium 1:30-6pm • $75 thru Dec. 1, $90 day of Have you ever talked to deceased friends and relatives without knowing whether it was just your imagination? Did you ever feel their presence? Professional medium Julia Assante, Ph.D., will show you how to turn those mental conversations and felt presences into real two-way contact with the departed. She will also demonstrate mediumship for those who deeply need to connect. Communication with the other side is a life-changing event, instantly turning grief into euphoria and bringing us face-to-face with immortality. See lecture Dec 1 www.juliaassante.com Buy tickets online or call 650-988-9800  Monday, December 3Yoga Integration for Creative Harmony 7:30pm • Free, but call to reserve a seat We all desire to be in harmony and to be balanced physically, emotionally and mentally. Wandering yogi Swami Maheshananda Saraswati shares simple practical tools to celebrate the joy of life in every moment. You’ll reconnect to your full creative potential and feel lighter, stronger, revitalized, rejuvenated, happier, and more connected to the world around you. Come and explore the integrated techniques that have been passed on in the tradition of yoga for thousands of years. wanderingmahesh.blogspot.com To reserve tickets, please call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP  Tuesday, December 4Neuro-Emotional Anti-Sabotage Technique 7:30pm • Free, but call to reserve a seat Can you imagine being able to stay calm in the face of adversity? Learn how to overcome your fears, eliminate your phobias, and change anything that you choose! With NEST: Neuro Emotional anti-Sabotage Technique, you’ll discover the best way to change how you react to stress and people who are rude and bothersome. Sharyn Abbott has appeared on Oprah as well as hosted her own radio programs guiding people towards a more purposeful life while being able to manifest an ideal reality. To reserve tickets, please call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP  Wednesday, December 5Prosperity Book Club 6-7pm • Free, but call to reserve a seat Set your intentions for your personal Fall harvest: the group is currently reading The Game of Life and How to Play It by Florence Scovel Shinn. The book is one of the classic prosperity books from the early 20th Century, and teaches through concrete example and humor. Come find out the original thought that still rings true today. Pick up the book, and jump right in! The club will also meet Wed, Oct 3 and Wed, Nov 7. To reserve tickets, please call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP  Wednesday, December 5Christmastime for Yogis 7:30pm • Free, but call to reserve a seat Many of us have spent our lives in a culture where Christmastime is commerce-time, and spirituality is crowded out by materialism. But the power of Jesus as a true yogic master still infuses this season after two millennia, and we can experience that presence as we learn to attune ourselves to it. Join Asha Praver, spiritual counselor and teacher in the yogic tradition of Self-realization, as she illuminates Christmas and the life of Christ as unique expressions of Sanatan Dharma, the Eternal Truth. To reserve tickets, please call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP  Thursday, December 6Mudras of India 7:30pm • Free, but call to reserve a seat Join Cain and Revital Carroll, authors of Mudras of India, for a fascinating exploration of traditional hand mudras. Mudras are powerful tools for healing, concentration, emotional expression, and expanding consciousness. They are an essential component of Indian dance, yoga, Taoist alchemy, and Buddhist meditation. Discover this simple and powerful way to access your core being, transform body and mind, and bring a new element of beauty and devotion to your spiritual practice. www.shaktibhakti.com To reserve tickets, please call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP  Friday, December 7Sound Healing, Healthcare and Higher Consciousness 7:30pm • $10 Steven Halpern’s annual program is always a highlight of the season. Informative and entertaining, you’ll hear some great music while learning how to reduce stress and enhance meditation, health and creativity. First 50 registrants get a free CD from Steven’s archives; all get 10% discount on Halpern titles in store. Steven is a pioneering sound healer, master musician and bestselling recording artist and researcher who is a founding father of New Age healing music. Buy tickets online or call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP  Saturday, December 8Beginning Meditation 11:30am-2:30pm • $25 Is stress an issue in your life? Lack of sleep? A restless mind or anxious heart? Meditation is the practical answer to many common troubles. It begins with mastering the breath. If you can breathe, you can meditate! You’ll learn specific techniques, options for sitting in proper alignment, exercises to relax and quiet the mind, guided visualization, use of a mantra, and more. Instructor Santosh LaMarche has taught stress management and meditation classes at community colleges, at Ananda Palo Alto, and in Silicon Valley companies such as Symantec and Applied Materials. Buy tickets online or call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP  Saturday, December 8Global Drum Circle Much more than a drum circle... an immersive musical experience to energize the mind, body, and spirit. Marianne Williamson calls David DiLullo’s drum circles “the perfect way to get out of your head and into your heart.” No experience is necessary, and drums are provided. You can also bring your own percussion instrument, or just enjoy the healing vibrations, and guided meditation. Ages 16 and up welcome. See a video at: www.GlobalDrumCircles.com To buy tickets, please call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP  Sunday, December 9Soul Power Series Soul Language Translation 11:30-6:30 • $99 thru Dec 8, $119 day of Your Soul Language connects you directly to your soul. Divine Channel Master Peggy Werner guides you in translating anyone’s soul language in order to understand the wisdom and guidance being offered and to gain an understanding of a soul’s likes, dislikes, past lives, and more. You will also learn practices to develop your foundational energy centers to power your spiritual channels. See events Oct 20 & 21—Nov 8 & 11. Buy tickets online or call 650-988-9800 ACK TO TOP  Monday, December 10Copying the Heart Sutra 7pm • Free, but call to reserve a seat Copying the Heart Sutra, considered the essence of the Buddha’s teaching, is an ancient Zen practice that calms the mind, leading to an experience of deep inner peace. Rev. Val Szymanski, a Zen priest with Bamboo in the Wind, will guide us in this meditative writing ritual that is said to reveal one’s true nature. Come and try your hand with pen or brush, in English or Chinese. No experience necessary. Supplies will be provided. To reserve tickets, please call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP  Tuesday, December 11Tarot for the New Year 7:30pm • $25 thru Dec 10, $35 day of Would you like a peek at what 2013 might bring you? Join Sue Wilhite, author and Master Voyager Tarot Consultant, for two fun and useful spreads to get a head start on the New Year. One spread gives general information about what the year as a whole might bring up; the other dives into the various aspects of your life such as home, relationships, finances, and more. Sue is the author of 21 Templates that Run Your Life and Setting Up Your Psychic Practice, as well as the co-creator of The Ultimate Oracle Deck. See East West Readers www.positivelysuccess.com To reserve tickets, please call 650-988-9800  Wednesday, December 12Twelve Around One 7:30pm • $20 thru Dec 11, $25 day of Join us for an evening of energy transmission with the power of the triple digit 12-12-12. This triad is a sacred number and geometric symbol which is soothing and healing for our mind, body and soul. Vibrational Healer Melissa Chee, 12 alchemy crystal bowls and 3 crystalline grids will guide the experience of Divine healing frequencies and vibrations. We will journey within to release old patterns, beliefs, and energies, and we will celebrate by sounding in the new vibrations of love, peace, and compassion for self, for those around us and for Gaia. www.crystallighttemple.com To reserve tickets, please call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP  Thursday, December 13Inspired and Unstoppable 7:30pm • Free, but call to reserve a seat You have the dream. You want to take it to the next level. What stops you? Do you feel on fire one day, and then defeated? What if you knew you were meant to succeed in the work you love? Harvard lawyer turned career coach, Tama Kieves is the author of Inspired & Unstoppable: Wildly Succeeding in Your Life’s Work! Tonight she’ll explain how to make “follow your bliss” a reality, and why the path to success isn’t linear—it’s inspired. To reserve tickets, please call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP Friday, December 14 T  he Dharma TypesSecrets of the Five Vedic Archetypes 7:30pm • Free, but call to reserve a seat There is something you do better than anyone else: find that, and everything follows from there! Join us tonight to decode your dharma, your life purpose, using the ancient wisdom of the Dharma Types. You’ll learn the secrets of how to use your Dharma Type to obtain lasting fulfillment in every area of life, from romance to religion. Simon Chokoisky teaches Sanskrit and Jyotisha (Vedic Astrology) at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, and is the author of The Dharma Types: Secrets of the Five Ancient Castes that will Transform Your Life! To reserve tickets, please call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP  Saturday, December 1510th Annual Broceliande Winter Solstice Concert 8:00pm • $15 thru Dec 14, $20 day of Wassail! For the tenth year running, Celtic/Medieval Ensemble Broceliande will welcome in the Winter Solstice with a joyous concert of traditional and early music of the season. Broceliande is three stellar musicians: Margaret Davis (vocals, flute, harp, recorders), Kristoph Klover (vocals, guitars, octave mandolin) and Kris Yenney (cello, vocals, hardanger cello d’amore, gamba). Join us for dances, carols, ballads, and the traditional drink of wassail after the show! www.broceliande.org To reserve tickets, call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP  Friday, December 21 CANCELLEDSolstice Celebration Talent Show 7:30pm • $5 thru Dec 20, $10 day of BACK TO TOP  Saturday, December 22Birth 2012 Celebrating a new Era of Light 7:30pm • $20 thru Dec 21, $25 day of December 22, 2012, the first day of the next Mayan calendar, has been dubbed our “planetary birth day” by Barbara Marx Hubbard. On this auspicious day, we will set our intentions for this new era of light and welcome the birth of our unique evolutionary contributions to global oneness. Cynthia Starborn will facilitate the evening, including sacred rituals, guided meditations, and of course, a planetary birthday celebration! Cynthia is a Soul Mastery© practitioner and intuitive reader at East West. See East West Readers www.StarbornEnterprises.com BACK TO TOP Sunday, December 30Dharma Type Private Readings with Simon Chokoisky Customized, one-on-one Dharma Type assessments based on your date, time, and place of birth. To reserve an appointment please call 650-988-9800 BACK TO TOP |
