OM January 2015 Issue #69 THE OPEN MIND CENTER ~ Starting Off Right ~ “You're off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So... get on your way!” - Dr. Seuss The beginning of every New Year is always full of excitement! The air is fresh and everyone is open and ready for change. We are motivated to become our best selves. Most importantly, we are setting ourselves up for the rest of the year. If you start with a positive attitude, you are more likely to succeed and accomplish our hopes and dreams. Start this year with enthusiasm! Create a list of goals and intentions for the year. They can be big or small, long term or short term. It’s important to have a mix of them. If you can cross a few things off your list easily, you will feel motivated to keep working on the more challenging tasks. Another important key for accomplishing your objectives is to make a plan. Don’t just say, “This year I’m going to better myself.” Instead, say, “This year I’m going to go to a yoga class once a week,” or, “This year I’m going to meditate everyday for at least 10 minutes.” The more specific we get with our intentions, the easier they are to accomplish. After making your plans, and setting yourself up for success, remember to check back in with yourself periodically. On your calendar, mark one day a month to reflect on what you’ve done towards your goals and intentions. Usually when we make New Year’s resolutions, we do really well for a month. Once the excitement of the new year has passed, we lose motivation and get caught up in other aspects of our lives. By planning ahead and dedicating a day to check in, you will be reminded why you made these goals in the first place and reenergize your enthusiasm. Sometimes it can be hard to jumpstart, or restart, our plans after we’ve made them. Maybe it’s the fear that we won’t succeed. Maybe our goals themselves seem scary. But try to get passed the fear and remind yourself of the positivity and love you were surrounded by during the holidays at the end of 2014. Don’t let the connections or reconnections you made slip away as the season cheers dissipate. Feeling love and supported by those around us can have a massive impact on our wellbeing. Good luck to you! You will do great! The Open Mind Center: A place to be, a way to be. 678.243.5074 THE OPEN MIND CENTER is a comprehensive holistic center offering programs intended to heal the body, nourish the soul, and awaken the spirit. 1575 Old Alabama Road, Suite 213 Roswell GA 30076 WWW.THEOPENMINDCENTER.COM OM Newsletter Classes and Events You Don’t Want to Miss See Calendar For a complete list of classes, see our calendar or catalog. Restorative Yoga Workshop Recover from the holidays and nourish yourself. Come relax and restore with a gentle healing form of yoga. Let stress and tension melt away while connecting with a deep sense of peace and well-being. All poses will be practiced with the aid of props to provide a supportive environment for total relaxation. You will move through a series of long held gentle poses supported with blankets, straps and blocks. Pamper yourself and find complete relaxation with the sounds of soft music and poetry. Practicing this way can reduce the effects of stress related illness and can benefit your overall health. This workshop is slow, deeply nurturing and suitable for all ages as well as anyone with chronic pain or physical limitations. Saturday, 1/17 from 2:00-4:00pm Investment: $40 Instructor: Kiva Ellison “My session was exactly what I needed! My practitioner is awesome!” -S.C. New Year New Vision A new year brings reflection of past goals and a desire for change. If another year has slipped by and you need to take action, certain essential oils can assist in the transformation. Whether it is for healthy lifestyle changes, a new career, or more family time, essential oils can help you achieve your goals in 2015. In this class you will learn how to create a vision board and use it as your personal roadmap as well as a transformational activity. You will incorporate key essential oils known to assist with focus, transformation, and personal growth. These oils will also help support the scent memory connection and turn your vision into reality with sensory support. You will create a vision board, a diffusing blend and an aromatherapy spray to support your transformation. Saturday, 1/3 from 3:00-5:00pm Investment: $25 Instructor: Jana Rife Products of the Month For House Clearing Past Life Regression Physical and emotional issues can have deep roots in your past lives, which can hold you back in this life. By beginning to gain clarity, healing can come. In this class, we will discuss the amazing healing power of remembering our past lives. A group past life regression will take place that includes guided imagery for an energetic clearing. This will start healing any negative karma that has built up. We will end by discussing our experiences with each other to expand our insight. By the end of class, you will have begun your journey and be ready to take the next steps for reaching your full potential and dreams. Saturday, 1/24 from 3:00-4:00pm Investment: $25 Instructor: Sonia Abel Release and Renewal: Activate Your 2015 Intentions with a Burning Bowl and Labyrinth Walk Join us on Saturday January 10th from 1:00-3:00 pm to release the energy of 2014 with a Burning Bowl and then imagine and feel into your 2015 intentions, as you invoke your inner wisdom and call down the powers of heaven while walking the Santa Rosa Labyrinth. You’ll go forth renewed and blessed to being your joyous new year! Offered: Saturday, 1/10 from 1:00-4:00pm Investment: $15 Instructors: Sharlyn Menard and Melody LeBaron Start this year with positivity by clearing out all of the negative energy from 2014. Don’t just cleanse yourself, cleanse your home as well. We carry many products that you can use to get rid of all the bad energy that has built up. Start by smudging your house with white sage or cedar sage. In between smudging, burn nag champa or lavender incense, or light a white candle. Keeping crystals in your house is also very helpful. Quartz, amethyst, black tourmaline, and smoky quartz are great for both cleansing and protection. There are plenty of ways to protect yourself and your home and we would love to help! OM January 2015 Issue #69 Our Great Services Coaching A problem in one area of your life tends to have an effect on all areas of your life. Are you ready to do the work to change that? Coaching will help you explore the path that feels appropriate for you. Once you get to the core of the problem and are able to heal and release it, your entire life begins to change. Our philosophy is that although goal-setting is an important part of your progress, real, long-term change only occurs when you examine and become consciously aware of your limiting thoughts, behaviors and patterns. It is time to reconnect with who you really are and find your best and highest path! Chakra Balancing The Chakras govern nearly every voluntary and involuntary reaction we experience. In order to maintain good health, each chakra should be balanced and able to function independently. Health concerns can often be related to an imbalance in the chakras which then manifests into a physical illness. Chakra balancing not only promotes physical well-being, but also emotional, mental and spiritual wellness. Whether you are in need of healing, trying to prevent conditions from occurring, or simply need clarity, Chakra Balancing therapy can help. Call us at (678) 243-5074 to schedule your appointment! Spicing Things Up in 2015 Every year we say to ourselves that we’re going to expand our horizons and try new things. Sometimes we do, but usually we don’t. Make this year different and take initiative. Not only will you be adding some excitement by changing things up, but you may discover new hobbies and passions along the way. You’ll never know until you try! In 2015, try focusing your new adventures around health and wellness. There are so many options that will enrich your life physically and mentally. Experiment with expressing yourself through creative outlets. Try painting, drawing, or photography. Any art form that resonates with you can open your eyes to a whole new world. For those that are hesitant about visual art, try writing. Start by keeping a journal. You can write anything in it, from to do lists to your dreams. Maybe something you jot down will inspire you to write a novel or short story! To make things easier, we offer a ton of classes and services that can change your life. Give a meditation or yoga class a try to tap into yourself physically and mentally. Book a Reiki session to start unfolding your energetic history and heal from the inside out. You can’t go wrong with any of our classes or services! “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” - Leo Tolstoy OM January 2015 Issue #69 Website We are very excited to announce we will be launching a new website very soon! Follow us on Facebook and stay tuned for the launch day! Classes and Events (Continued) Tarot 101 Interested in Tarot? Curious to learn this ancient system? Want to be able to give readings for yourself and others? Well, come learn all this and more in Tarot 101! This 6 week, highly interactive class will cover not only the basics, but will allow you to immediately begin working with the cards. By the end of the first class you will be able to read a basic spread! We will cover: Quick History of Tarot – where did this all come from?, Major Arcana – the heavy hitters, Minor Arcana – the daily tool kit, Court Cards – the motley cast of characters, and so much more! All you need to bring is your interest, willingness to have a grand time, and a Tarot deck (Raider-Waite based). This class is primarily for absolute beginners but is also a great class for those with experience who want to review and learn even more. Thursdays, starting 1/15 and ending on 2/19 from 7:00-8:00pm Investment: $120 Instructor: Linda Sherer-Horton Yin Yoga Workshop Yin Yoga is a perfect complement to our active lifestyles, and is appropriate for all levels. This practice will develop new depths in your postures with deeper ranges of motion and increases the flow of energy by focusing on the deeper tissues of the body. You will practice slowing down and opening up the deep fascial layer of the body with long holds of supported poses. Fascia builds up over time and causes stiffness, inflexibility, and decreased energy flow. It responds differently than muscle, and therefore requires this slow approach to begin to open. You will end with a short, faster paced yoga sequence to maintain balance of the body and mind. This is a deeply meditative practice and leaves the body and mind feeling energized, balanced and refreshed. Saturday, 1/31 from 2:00-3:30pm Investment: $35 Instructor: Kiva Ellison Reiki I Certification Class Reiki is both a spiritual practice and healing modality as it focuses on moving the universal life energy to support a healthy body, mind and spirit. If you have any energetic imbalances or blockages due to stress, trauma, anger, fear, or illness, Reiki can help. Anyone who is willing to learn can find the connection to Reiki energy. In this class, you will learn how to tap into that connection. You will be amazed after your first class how quickly you can “feel” the energy flow from your hands. This class will include an overview of the chakra system while learning hand positions that target each one. You will also be guided through a meditation as part of your own self healing. At the end of our Reiki Level 1 Training, you will be certified to give Reiki to yourself and others. Preregistration is required by Tuesday, 1/20. Class includes: history of Reiki, hand positions for giving Reiki to yourself and others, you first attunement, Reiki manual, and Reiki certificate. Saturday, 1/24 from 10:00am-3:00pm Investment: $150 Instructor: Charmaine Taylor Intro to Energy Medicine & Healing Circle You will be given an overview of Integrative Energy Medicine and benefits of energetic healing followed by guided meditation and hands on energy healing. Please dress comfortably. Gentle touch may be provided to naturally redirect energy to areas requiring healing. Spontaneous dialogue and sharing are encouraged. Monday, 1/12 from 6:00-7:15pm Investment: $20 Instructor: Lydia Jankovic The Open Mind Center: A place to be, a way to be! Join our online community and receive the latest information on new products, specials, and discounts only available to our Facebook community. WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/OPENMINDCENTER WWW.THEOPENMINDCENTER.COM HTTP://THEOPENMINDCENTER.BLOGSPOT.COM January 2015 OM Issue #69 The Art of Attraction-Creating Aphrodisiacs In preparation for Valentine's Day, we will discuss essential oils helpful in dissipating the many outside factors that keep us from enjoying intimacy to the fullest. In this class you will use a variety of oils known to open and comfort the heart, arouse sexual desire and attract others. During class you will blend these oils to make an aphrodisiac massage oil, an alluring body spray, and a romantic herbal bath tea. This will make the perfect gift for someone special on Valentine's Day, or just to pamper yourself. Saturday, 1/24 from 3:00-4:30pm Investment: $25 Instructor: Jana Rife Guest Reader: Matthew Sekunna We are honored to have Matthew Sekunna as a guest reader. His gifts include psychic, medium, and scientific palmistry abilities. As a psychic, he sees, hears, and/or feels vibrations emanating from an energy source, either your own or from a spiritual plane around you. As a medium, he brings messages from your loved ones, or guidance and information that is important to your soul’s purpose on this earth. Using scientific palmistry, he interprets your character and nature from the size and shape of your hand, and can read the events of the past, present, and future. Schedule a reading with him today! Monday-Wednesday, 1/5, 1/6 & 1/7 from 12:00-8:00pm Monday-Wednesday, 1/19, 1/20 & 1/21 from 12:00-8:00pm Investment: $75 for 30-45 min; $100 for 1 hour Recommended Books to Inspire You This Year Enrich yourself and get inspired this year with these great reads! They are full of great quotes that are sure to get you thinking! Evening Meditation Release the stresses of the day, promote relaxation, and enhance your personal and spiritual growth. Join us for guided meditations and an hour of relaxation as you allow the world to float away and you find calm and inner peace. The meditation techniques will vary from concentrated focus on a sound, object, visualization, breath, movement, or attention itself. All practice levels are welcome. Every Mondays and Wednesdays, from 7:00-8:00pm Investment: Donation ($5 minimum) Instructor: Kimberly Bolden Zen Doodle If you are seeking to awaken your inner artist and learn a calming, meditative hobby, Zen Doodle is the class for you! You will learn a simple drawing style that uses deliberate lines and shapes to create patterns. When different patterns are combined, the results are elegant and unique works of art. This technique embraces living in the moment by working without a plan and celebrates mistakes by banning erasers. As you progress, a continuous and simple rhythm will form and allow your mind to relax and your inner creativity to flow freely. By the end of class, you will have a 5”x5” creation ready for framing. Once you have started, you won’t want to stop! Saturday, 1/17 from 2:30-4:00pm Investment: $20 Instructor: Madison Best The Open Mind Center 1575 Old Alabama Road, #213 Roswell, GA 30076 678-243-5074 WWW.THEOPENMINDCENTER.COM 6 The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho Eastern Body, Western Mind by Anodea Judith Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian L. Weiss, M.D. Ask and It is Given by Esther & Jerry Hicks Conversations with God by Neal Donald Walsch The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz