http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/ en-us Copyright 2004-2010 Refresh Web Development LLC http://www.HeliosCalendar.com http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=rss Upcoming Event Information From The Integrative InSight Meditation Schedule http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4029 You are invited to 'Healing with the Masters' a teleseminar series hosted by acclaimed author, healer and speaker, Jennifer McLean. This 12-week series provides you exclusive access to 24 of the world's leading experts in spirituality, wellness and healing. Renowned leaders such as, Neale Donald Walsch, Gary Zukav, Chunyi Li (spring Forest Qu Gong), Carol Look (EFT Master), Caroline Myss plus 19 more, are providing an intimate portrait of how they achieved success in their respective fields as well as giving you personal insights on how you can easily accelerate your own consciousness and evolution. This intensive will be one of the most talked about online events of 2010 -- Lock in your F.R.E.E access right now while remaining open spots for the calls!Register here ... If you cannot attend a call, it will be available for 48 hours for you to listen. You will also have a chance to purchase downloadable recordings or a CD set of the entire series if you decide that you want to revisit the talks on your own.  Even if you can only listen to one call, it would be worth it.  Click here to sign up.    http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4029 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4021 Join Susan Smalley and Diana Winston for a daylong workshop on mindfulness, including the science of its effects on health and wellbeing and 'how-to' exercises to bring mindfulness into your daily life. This daylong is great for beginners and suitable for all levels.The course is based on the new book: Fully Present, The Science,Art, and Practice of Mindfulness by Susan L. Smalley, Ph.D., founder and director of MARC, and Diana Winston, Director of Mindfulness Education at MARC.Participants will receive a copy of the book Fully Present.Click here to register.  About the InstructorsDiana Winston is the Director of Mindfulness Education, and brings a gentle, gradual,and secular approach to teaching mindfulness across the age spectrum. She has been teaching mindfulness since 1993 and has brought mindful awareness into schools, hospitals, and nonprofits, as well as to adolescents, seniors, leaders, teachers, activists, and health professionals in the US and Asia. Prior to coming to UCLA, she has been a nationally known Buddhist teacher and writer. She is the author of Wide Awake: A Buddhist Guide for Teens (2003). Diana is a member of the teacher's council at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in California. She spent a year as a Buddhist nun in Burma and has been practicing mindfulness meditation since 1989. Susan Smalley is founder and director of MARC.  Parking & DirectionsThe pay and display option may be more costly per hour than purchasing a full day permit. Please allow ample time to arrive and navigate the campus. Seating is provided but you are welcome to bring your own mat, blanket or cushion to adjust to your own comfort level.    http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4021 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3987 I had the great pleasure of hearing Alan Wallace speak in 2009. He is a former interpreter for the Dalai Lama, and provided background on His Holiness' upcoming live talk. Alan is a rare teacher who has the ability to translate complex spiritual concepts into easy to digest experiences. Fortunately for us, he is based is our back yard at the Santa Barbara Institute! Under his guidance, the Santa Barbara Institute has formed a study group, led by Vidya Gauci, that meets monthly. Each month, a section of a chosen book is read and discussed as a group. The meeting includes 2 meditation practice sessions, and a chance to ask questions. The group is currently reading Genuine Happiness, Alan's most recent book.SBI Study Group is free and open to all dharma students; no registration is required. The next meeting will take place on Saturday, July 3rd, from 10-1 p.m. The following Saturdays are also scheduled for SBI's Study Group meetings in 2010: Aug 7th, Sept 11th, Oct 2nd, Nov 13th, and Dec 4th, from 10-1 p.m.For the next meeting of July 3rd, the suggested reading is pp. 1-46, Part One 'Refining the Attention.' Please bring your text with you. Light snacks and tea will be provided. Please bring your own bottled water and meditation cushion or yoga mat. For any further questions, please contact Vidya Gauci at vidyagauci@cox.net.Directions* Exit off the 101 at Winchester Canyon, and make an immediate left at the gas station onto Calle Real which parallels the 101N. Go up several blocks and make a right onto Vereda Leyenda where you will see the adobe sign 'Rancho Embarcadero.' Midway up the block is #224, an historic Spanish adobe building. There is a small adjacent parking lot to EMID, and lots of street parking on the right hand side. http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3987 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4030 You are invited to 'Healing with the Masters' a teleseminar series hosted by acclaimed author, healer and speaker, Jennifer McLean. This 12-week series provides you exclusive access to 24 of the world's leading experts in spirituality, wellness and healing. Renowned leaders such as, Neale Donald Walsch, Gary Zukav, Chunyi Li (spring Forest Qu Gong), Carol Look (EFT Master), Caroline Myss plus 19 more, are providing an intimate portrait of how they achieved success in their respective fields as well as giving you personal insights on how you can easily accelerate your own consciousness and evolution. This intensive will be one of the most talked about online events of 2010 -- Lock in your F.R.E.E access right now while remaining open spots for the calls!Register here ... If you cannot attend a call, it will be available for 48 hours for you to listen. You will also have a chance to purchase downloadable recordings or a CD set of the entire series if you decide that you want to revisit the talks on your own.  Even if you can only listen to one call, it would be worth it.  Click here to sign up.    http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4030 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4082 For years I have been sharing how the practice on nonviolent communciation has supported me in:connecting with my intuition; honoring my feelings and what is being communicated to me by them;deepening intimacy and connection in my already strong marriage; finding the courage to speak up and participate in life, rather than withhold. I've shared workshops and conferences with you and while those are wonderful as a kick-start or a deepening process, a regular practice group is the only way I know to develop fluency in this mindful, compassionate way of relating with yourself and other people.Finally, here is a local group that is available to all. Led by certified NVC trainer, Anne Walton, the group will meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month in a private home in Pacific Palisades. A separate group will meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month in a private home in Ventura. Contact Anne to register.Don't despair if the timings or location do not work for you. Phone in practice groups are available too. Just ask Anne and if her group doesn't fit your schedule, she can direct you to phone in groups led by other certified trainers. http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4082 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4031 You are invited to 'Healing with the Masters' a teleseminar series hosted by acclaimed author, healer and speaker, Jennifer McLean. This 12-week series provides you exclusive access to 24 of the world's leading experts in spirituality, wellness and healing. Renowned leaders such as, Neale Donald Walsch, Gary Zukav, Chunyi Li (spring Forest Qu Gong), Carol Look (EFT Master), Caroline Myss plus 19 more, are providing an intimate portrait of how they achieved success in their respective fields as well as giving you personal insights on how you can easily accelerate your own consciousness and evolution. This intensive will be one of the most talked about online events of 2010 -- Lock in your F.R.E.E access right now while remaining open spots for the calls!Register here ... If you cannot attend a call, it will be available for 48 hours for you to listen. You will also have a chance to purchase downloadable recordings or a CD set of the entire series if you decide that you want to revisit the talks on your own.  Even if you can only listen to one call, it would be worth it.  Click here to sign up.    http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4031 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4032 You are invited to 'Healing with the Masters' a teleseminar series hosted by acclaimed author, healer and speaker, Jennifer McLean. This 12-week series provides you exclusive access to 24 of the world's leading experts in spirituality, wellness and healing. Renowned leaders such as, Neale Donald Walsch, Gary Zukav, Chunyi Li (spring Forest Qu Gong), Carol Look (EFT Master), Caroline Myss plus 19 more, are providing an intimate portrait of how they achieved success in their respective fields as well as giving you personal insights on how you can easily accelerate your own consciousness and evolution. This intensive will be one of the most talked about online events of 2010 -- Lock in your F.R.E.E access right now while remaining open spots for the calls!Register here ... If you cannot attend a call, it will be available for 48 hours for you to listen. You will also have a chance to purchase downloadable recordings or a CD set of the entire series if you decide that you want to revisit the talks on your own.  Even if you can only listen to one call, it would be worth it.  Click here to sign up.    http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4032 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4070 For years I have been sharing how the practice on nonviolent communciation has supported me in:connecting with my intuition; honoring my feelings and what is being communicated to me by them;deepening intimacy and connection in my already strong marriage; finding the courage to speak up and participate in life, rather than withhold. I've shared workshops and conferences with you and while those are wonderful as a kick-start or a deepening process, a regular practice group is the only way I know to develop fluency in this mindful, compassionate way of relating with yourself and other people.Finally, here is a local group that is available to all. Led by certified NVC trainer, Anne Walton, the group will meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month in a private home in Ventura. Contact Anne to register.Don't despair if the timings or location do not work for you. Phone in practice groups are available too. Just ask Anne and if her group doesn't fit your schedule, she can direct you to phone in groups led by other certified trainers. http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4070 Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4033 You are invited to 'Healing with the Masters' a teleseminar series hosted by acclaimed author, healer and speaker, Jennifer McLean. This 12-week series provides you exclusive access to 24 of the world's leading experts in spirituality, wellness and healing. Renowned leaders such as, Neale Donald Walsch, Gary Zukav, Chunyi Li (spring Forest Qu Gong), Carol Look (EFT Master), Caroline Myss plus 19 more, are providing an intimate portrait of how they achieved success in their respective fields as well as giving you personal insights on how you can easily accelerate your own consciousness and evolution. This intensive will be one of the most talked about online events of 2010 -- Lock in your F.R.E.E access right now while remaining open spots for the calls!Register here ... If you cannot attend a call, it will be available for 48 hours for you to listen. You will also have a chance to purchase downloadable recordings or a CD set of the entire series if you decide that you want to revisit the talks on your own.  Even if you can only listen to one call, it would be worth it.  Click here to sign up.    http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4033 Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3991 I had the great fortune to hear B. Alan Wallace speak the night before hearing the Dalai Lama in 2009. I honestly don't know which opportunity I enjoyed more. Dr. Wallace used to be the personal interpreter of the Dalai Lama, and now heads the Santa Barbara Institute. All of the programs sponsored by SBI educate the mind, body and soul. This particular retreat focusing on the Heart Sutra will be led by the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi.The following is the retreat description from the Santa Barbara Institute's website: The Heart Sutra is perhaps the most popular text in the Buddhist world. Known both for its profundity and brevity, this text quickly made its way from India to China, Japan, Korea, and Tibet. It is recited daily in an array of languages around the world.The principal theme of the Heart Sutra is 'sunyata' or emptiness. This retreat, led by Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi, will focus on the study and practices that emerge from this profound discourse on sunyata. What insights arise from this text? How can this text help us to transform our minds and hearts, recognize our potential for enlightenment, and help us to liberate ourselves from samsara?Retreat Leader:The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi is the Founding Director of The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his undergraduate degree (summa cum laude) and was also an Integral Honors Scholar (studying Philosophy and Physics), and has a graduate degree in Comparative Philosophy of Religion from Harvard University. At the age of ten years, he entered a Buddhist monastery in Rajgir near ancient Nalanda University and was subsequently ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who is his spiritual mentor.He has been interviewed by National Public Radio and articles on him and his work have appeared in the New York Times and the Boston Globe. He also speaks at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and various institutes of learning.Venerable Tenzin lectures internationally and is also President of The Prajnopaya Foundation, a worldwide humanitarian organization. Click here for more information on him and his work.Please click here for information on prices and registration. Retreat begins on Friday with an orientation at 5 PM followed by dinner and an evening talk. It ends after lunch on Sunday. All meals are included for both residents and commuters. http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3991 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3994 In recent years scientists have become interested in the effects that various Buddhist practices have on an individual's physical and mental well being. Their findings parallel what Buddhist practitioners have observed for centuries. Where do the world views of Buddhists and physicists intersect?This public lecture by the Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi explores what these two intellectual and philosophical disciplines can tell us about our current state of living and the different paths to improve it.The Venerable Tenzin Priyadarshi is the Founding Director of The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his undergraduate degree (summa cum laude) and was also an Integral Honors Scholar (studying Philosophy and Physics), and has a graduate degree in Comparative Philosophy of Religion from Harvard University. At the age of ten years, he entered a Buddhist monastery in Rajgir near ancient Nalanda University and was subsequently ordained by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who is his spiritual mentor. He has been interviewed by National Public Radio and articles on him and his work have appeared in the New York Times and the Boston Globe. He also speaks at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and various institutes of learning. Venerable Tenzin lectures internationally and is also President of The Prajnopaya Foundation, a worldwide humanitarian organization. Click here for more information on him and his work. http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3994 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4007 Ojai Foundation is one of Ojai's well-kept secrets, but their programs are supporting the cause of peace worldwide. They are one of a handful of organizations to whom we regularly donate money, as we have personally experienced the power of their programs to bring more consciousness and peace into our lives. Here is my YouTube video on how the Ojai Foundation's practice of Council helped me. Just the chance to explore the land is spiritually uplifting, so this opportunity to combine an exploration with song and ecstatic dance will be remarkable. Click here to get more information about Ojai Foundation.      http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4007 Fri, 24 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3975 This is a spectacular free event held in Los Angeles on an annual basis. It unites yoga teachers, meditation teachers, students and practitioners from all over in a day of yoga and meditation in support of world peace. The following is the description from their website: The Global Mala Yoga for Peace Project belongs to the global yoga community and is a seed of a world-wide experiment into the power of meditation in action.The purpose of the Global Mala is to unite the global yoga community from every continent, school or approach to form a 'mala around the earth' through collective practices based upon the sacred cycle of 108 at Fall Equinox as the yoga world's offering to further the UN International Peace Day.The event spans the entire day from 9am-7pm, and features 4 hours of sun salutations and kirtan from noon to 4pm led by big name yoga teachers and singers, including my own Thai Yoga Therapy teacher, Saul David Raye. Having attended Sauls' kirtan during my trainings, I know that the celebratory energy will be extremely high. Quite an opportunity that is too good to miss!Click here if you would like to reserve a seat for a nominal donation that will be gifted to Yoga Health Foundation and Autism Speaks.It is my hope to offer something locally in conjunction with this event in 2010.   http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3975 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4094 For years I have been sharing how the practice on nonviolent communciation has supported me in:connecting with my intuition; honoring my feelings and what is being communicated to me by them;deepening intimacy and connection in my already strong marriage; finding the courage to speak up and participate in life, rather than withhold. I've shared workshops and conferences with you and while those are wonderful as a kick-start or a deepening process, a regular practice group is the only way I know to develop fluency in this mindful, compassionate way of relating with yourself and other people.Anne Walton, a certified NVC trainer based in Santa Barbara, has decided to bring more opportunities to learn and practice this transformative means of thinking, speaking and connecting to Ventura County. This workshop will be a wonderful introduction to the experience of NVC.Click here to register. http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4094 Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4022 As you know, I am a strong advocate of Nonviolent Communciation.  It has taught me how recognize my feelings and connect with my values and to articulate them in a way that deepens my relationship with my husband, family and friends.  I am constantly seeking new ways to share this transformative practice with more people. I am so excited that Santa Barbara-based Nonviolent Communication trainers, Rodger Sorrow and Anne Walton, are offering more workshops in Ventura County. Anne is leading this introduction to NVC right here in Ventura.  If you have had any interest in the topic, but aren't quite sure, Anne will bring skillfully bring alive the power and simplicity of NVC as a tool that will change your life. You'll get a personal taste of this as her workshops are full of exercises to allow you to experience, rather than just think about it.  Here's Anne's description from her website:'Everyone needs a good listenting to! Our newly designed basics of NVC workshop with a focus on listening to ourself and one another. The class is interactive and provides an abundance of opportunities to work with real life situations; it'll give you sufficient information and practice to start using NVC in your daily life. Plus it's challenging, moving, supportive and fun.'Click here to register. http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4022 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4034 You are invited to 'Healing with the Masters' a teleseminar series hosted by acclaimed author, healer and speaker, Jennifer McLean. This 12-week series provides you exclusive access to 24 of the world's leading experts in spirituality, wellness and healing. Renowned leaders such as, Neale Donald Walsch, Gary Zukav, Chunyi Li (spring Forest Qu Gong), Carol Look (EFT Master), Caroline Myss plus 19 more, are providing an intimate portrait of how they achieved success in their respective fields as well as giving you personal insights on how you can easily accelerate your own consciousness and evolution. This intensive will be one of the most talked about online events of 2010 -- Lock in your F.R.E.E access right now while remaining open spots for the calls!Register here ... If you cannot attend a call, it will be available for 48 hours for you to listen. You will also have a chance to purchase downloadable recordings or a CD set of the entire series if you decide that you want to revisit the talks on your own.  Even if you can only listen to one call, it would be worth it.  Click here to sign up.    http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4034 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4088 For years I have been sharing how the practice on nonviolent communciation has supported me in:connecting with my intuition; honoring my feelings and what is being communicated to me by them;deepening intimacy and connection in my already strong marriage; finding the courage to speak up and participate in life, rather than withhold. I've shared workshops and conferences with you and while those are wonderful as a kick-start or a deepening process, a regular practice group is the only way I know to develop fluency in this mindful, compassionate way of relating with yourself and other people.Finally, here is a local group that is available to all. Led by certified NVC trainer, Anne Walton, the group will meet the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month in a private home in Pacific Palisades. A separate group will meet the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month in a private home in Ventura. Contact Anne to register.Don't despair if the timings or location do not work for you. Phone in practice groups are available too. Just ask Anne and if her group doesn't fit your schedule, she can direct you to phone in groups led by other certified trainers. http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4088 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4019 Only 250 seats available for this up-close and personal talk by best-selling author, Marianne Williamson, in September.  Tickets can be purchased starting August 25th. http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4019 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4035 You are invited to 'Healing with the Masters' a teleseminar series hosted by acclaimed author, healer and speaker, Jennifer McLean. This 12-week series provides you exclusive access to 24 of the world's leading experts in spirituality, wellness and healing. Renowned leaders such as, Neale Donald Walsch, Gary Zukav, Chunyi Li (spring Forest Qu Gong), Carol Look (EFT Master), Caroline Myss plus 19 more, are providing an intimate portrait of how they achieved success in their respective fields as well as giving you personal insights on how you can easily accelerate your own consciousness and evolution. This intensive will be one of the most talked about online events of 2010 -- Lock in your F.R.E.E access right now while remaining open spots for the calls!Register here ... If you cannot attend a call, it will be available for 48 hours for you to listen. You will also have a chance to purchase downloadable recordings or a CD set of the entire series if you decide that you want to revisit the talks on your own.  Even if you can only listen to one call, it would be worth it.  Click here to sign up.    http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=4035 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3988 I had the great pleasure of hearing Alan Wallace speak in 2009. He is a former interpreter for the Dalai Lama, and provided background on His Holiness' upcoming live talk. Alan is a rare teacher who has the ability to translate complex spiritual concepts into easy to digest experiences. Fortunately for us, he is based is our back yard at the Santa Barbara Institute! Under his guidance, the Santa Barbara Institute has formed a study group, led by Vidya Gauci, that meets monthly. Each month, a section of a chosen book is read and discussed as a group. The meeting includes 2 meditation practice sessions, and a chance to ask questions. The group is currently reading Genuine Happiness, Alan's most recent book.SBI Study Group is free and open to all dharma students; no registration is required. The next meeting will take place on Saturday, July 3rd, from 10-1 p.m. The following Saturdays are also scheduled for SBI's Study Group meetings in 2010: Aug 7th, Sept 11th, Oct 2nd, Nov 13th, and Dec 4th, from 10-1 p.m.For the next meeting of July 3rd, the suggested reading is pp. 1-46, Part One 'Refining the Attention.' Please bring your text with you. Light snacks and tea will be provided. Please bring your own bottled water and meditation cushion or yoga mat. For any further questions, please contact Vidya Gauci at vidyagauci@cox.net.Directions* Exit off the 101 at Winchester Canyon, and make an immediate left at the gas station onto Calle Real which parallels the 101N. Go up several blocks and make a right onto Vereda Leyenda where you will see the adobe sign 'Rancho Embarcadero.' Midway up the block is #224, an historic Spanish adobe building. There is a small adjacent parking lot to EMID, and lots of street parking on the right hand side. http://www.integrative-insight.com/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=3988 Sat, 02 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0700