April 2008 Newsbrief

Yoga of Energy Series

Dr Anne-Marie Derouault, PhD, owner of Emergence Resources, is excited to announce a Yoga of Energy series. The six-session series works with energy polarities of the sun and the moon through awareness and visualizations during postures. Each session focuses on a different aspect that includes an introduction to the five bodies: strengthening the physical body, recharging energy, calming the mind and emotions, accessing intuition, and being the witness. Dr. Derouault explains, "It is complete, gentle and balanced yoga which addresses the whole being through postures, breathing and relaxation practices."

Dr. Derouault trained for four years with the founder of the Academy of Yoga of Energy in Paris, France and has been practicing yoga for over 25 years. She is certified in Kripalu Yoga and Amrit Yoga Nidra. She holds a Master degree in Psychology and a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Paris, France.

Classes start April 9 and 10 at three locations in Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island and Cocoa. Call 321-431-5054 for details. $10 per session or $50 for the series.

Marital Happiness Seminar

An Intimacy Retreat will be held at the Hampton Inn and Suites on Vilano Beach, St. Augustine in April. "Marital happiness can be improved without therapy," say Richard and Diana Daffner, M.A., relationship experts and founders of IntimacyRetreats.com. Participants are introduced to ancient teachings and modern understandings of sexual love and emotional presence. The Daffner’s developed and teach Tantra Tai Chi and other easy exercises that inspire and enhance intimacy. Couples return to their homes or hotel rooms for private home-play assignments, allowing them to personalize the teachings in an intimate setting. There is no nudity or sexual activity in the group sessions.

Intimacy Retreats focus on the joy and spiritual fulfillment that a happy, passionate relationship can provide. The Daffner’s have dedicated their lives to helping couples enjoy their relationship on a deep and rewarding level. Their workshops have been featured in national magazines and television shows.

For information or a brochure about the dates and locations of Intimacy Retreats in Florida and Mexico, visit www.IntimacyRetreats.com or call 941- 349-6804 or 877-282-4244.

Qi-Gong Instructor Certification Training

The Vero Beach Qi-Gong Society is now offering a bi-annual instructors certification training course in The Cloudwalker Mind/Body Healing System© for those who want to learn, train and teach the Qi-gong arts and other energy body/mind exercises. The prerequisite for the class is experience in Qi-Gong or attendance at any beginner class sponsored by the Vero Beach Qi-gong Society for 6 weeks or 50 classes, which can be completed before, during or after the instructor’s class. There are 22 classes taught in the Vero Beach, Sebastian, Micco, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach and Melbourne area on a weekly basis.

The course takes place on eight Saturdays and additional four weeks of free training will be available. The Level I Certification includes student teaching and home study following the mandatory reading/video list. The total time for the Level 1 Beginner Teacher Training course is 110 hours and is the first of four levels of certification.

The society also offers a six-week certification training for The Little Immortals Qi-Gong program for those interested in teaching children. The class curriculum will involve history, philosophy, and technique, which includes exercises for training bone, muscle, breathing, and concentration.

Class begins mid-April and is limited to 12 participants. For more information call 772-589-0787, email johnwalcott@bellsouth.net, or visit www.thecloudwalker.com.

Green Montessori Pre-school in Palm Bay

The Montessori Village Green is excited to offer pre-school classes based on the educational philosophy of teaching children the values of self-respect, appreciation of uniqueness, and the recognition of dignity within each person. Classrooms are made up of children 3-5 years old. The mixed age grouping corresponds to Maria Montessori’s theory of child development which is based on a three-year cycle. Learning is on an individual basis with each child progressing at his own pace. All lessons (practical life, sensorial, language, math and geography) are sequenced from concrete, hands-on, to abstract.

The classroom is a thriving community where children are treated with respect and dignity. Maria Montessori believed that from birth to six a child’s mind absorbs effortlessly and quickly. She states, "Impressions do not merely enter the mind; they form it."

Classrooms are located in Odyssey Charter School which was built specifically with a healthy environment as its focus. The facility offers nature trails, natural lighting, energy efficiency, healthy air quality, and was built with non-toxic materials.

Montessori is located at 1755 Eldron Blvd SE, Palm Bay. For more information call 321-733-0442 ex. 205 or visit www.odysseycharterschool.com/PreK.html.

All Natural Cleaning Course

National Summer Institute is a five-day training course designed to provide prospective business owners with the knowledge and tools they need to start and maintain a successful natural cleaning company. Louisha Barnette, owner of All Natural Cleaning Services, is hosting the course in Raleigh, NC. The mission of Summer Institute is to educate, empower, and create change. "We desire to educate leaders of research institutions, schools, churches, and corporations on the importance of reducing exposure to toxic chemicals found in conventional cleaning products, empower them to make better informed decisions about their health and the environment, and create change by expanding the number of natural cleaning companies in the U.S," says Louisha. The three goals of Summer Institute are to get pledges from 100 leaders to begin receiving cleaning services from natural companies, help 100 individuals throughout the U.S. start and maintain natural cleaning companies, and help 50 current natural cleaning companies expand.

Course runs June 2-6 in Raleigh, NC. For more information, visit www.allnaturalcleaning.com/Summer_Institute.html.

Shamanic Healing in Indian Harbour Beach

Suzanne Schoemer, graduate of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, has opened a new practice in Indian Harbour Beach. Shamanic healing is a worldwide phenomenon more than 35,000 years old. It is practiced on all continents, underlies and precedes all religious traditions, and addresses the spiritual and emotional aspects of disease. When the shaman headliner unites with the power and compassion of the spirits, an integration of mental, emotional, and spiritual harmony occurs within an individual; a person becomes power filled and powerful. The results are often a miraculous easing of physical symptoms.

Suzanne’s practice includes extensive experience with soul retrieval, depossession, shamanic counseling and working with those who are dying. Suzanne’s training as a clinical chaplain and as a shamanic healer gives her a unique opportunity to relieve the suffering of the dis-spirited and dis-eased. A graduate from the Foundation for Shamanic Studies’ Three Year Program in Shamanism and Shamanic Healing, Suzanne has 21 years of experience as a shaman.

For more information or to schedule a healing, call 406-443-6478.

Van Gogh’s Reopens in New Location

The owners of Van Gogh’s Creative Café, Leigh and Richard Hendry, are happy to announce that they have re-opened the café in a new location at 1285 Cypress Ave., Melbourne. "You can actually see our new place from the old location," says Leigh. "The move gave us a chance to refocus our vision. Our focus is on the food and catering and now we have a kitchen almost three times bigger than our old location." Van Gogh’s has expanded their menu and expects their beer and wine license in a few months.

"As before, we serve only fresh, wholesome food made from scratch, including hot and cold subs, wraps, sandwiches, salads and soup of the day," offers Leigh.

For more information or to learn about the catering service, call 321-259-9434 or visit www.vangoghscreativecafé.com. New hours are Monday-Saturday from 10am-4pm. Van Gogh’s is located at 1285 Cypress Avenue just west of US 1 off of Eau Gallie Blvd. Cypress Avenue is the side street that runs between the Bank of America and the Cypress Ave shops (including the House of Shoes).

Relax with Meditation Workshop

The Yoga Center is offering the third in its series of meditation workshops. All new material will be presented making it suitable for those who have attended the previous workshops, yet still be perfectly appropriate for those new to meditation. Participants will learn about the health and wellness benefits that can be gained from the practice of meditation and several difference methods will be taught including ways of integrating mindfulness into daily life.

Linda Morse, director of the Yoga Center, will be leading this session. Her approach to meditation is based on the mindfulness meditation of author Jon Kabat-Zinn. Linda is a lifelong practitioner of yoga and meditation and has been studying and practicing mindfulness meditation through the Kripalu Center for 10 years. No prior experience is needed.

Workshop is Sunday, April 20 from 10am-12noon. Cost is $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Call the Yoga Center to register at 321-728-0300, visit www.YogaCenterMelbourne.com, or stop by the Yoga Center at 1540 S. John Rodes Blvd., Melbourne.

Energy Interior Design Workshop

Kandi Phillips, owner of Awaken Your Space, is offering a nine-week Intentional Life Workshop to teach participants how to tap into the energies of their home or office. "Textures, shapes, placement, colors, lighting, and furniture density all play a key role in our environment and how they can affect one's life purpose or for that matter everyone living in the environment," states Kandi. Each meeting will focus on a certain area in the home or office with a different plan of action for the particular area discussed that week.

Presented in a home setting, this fun and interactive workshop can be used over and over again in any space. Kandi suggests bringing a floor plan of the space you wish to work with and the willingness to invite new, abundant energies into your life. Floor plan drawings of your home will be available for an additional cost and Kandi will be available to discuss any challenges during the meetings.

Two sets of nine weekly workshops begin April 15 and are limited to ten participants. For more information about additional workshops, location, and dates visit www.awakenyourspace.com or call 772-299-0705.

New Technology Combats Super Bug

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterium responsible for some difficult-to-treat infections in humans. Recent outbreaks of MRSA in many school districts around the country have school administrators and parents concerned. Joyce Rizzo, an independent business owner for EcoQuest International, now has a new system available to businesses, schools systems, and individual home owners in an effort to slow down and stop the deadly strain.

Joyce explains, "A new technology known as ActivePure (RCI), developed by Tennessee-based EcoQuest International has proven in pre-reviewed, published university studies to reduce Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus on inoculated surfaces." Mike Jackson EcoQuest founder adds, "ActivePure safely inactivates germs in the environment 24 hours a day, without sprays or wipes." Testing has shown the units reduce other bacteria, viruses, yeast, mold and fungi on surfaces by up to 99 percent. Products using ActivePure (RCI) have been installed in schools, day cares, nursing homes and restaurants and this technology is now available to consumers.

For more information or a free home trial, contact Joyce of Healthy Home Products at 321-637-1924 or visit www.TryFreshAir.com/rizzoair.

John Douillard Conducts Sebastian Workshop

Master Ayurvedic Doctor, teacher, and author John Douillard is giving a workshop on the Ayurvedic approach to anxiety and depression. Ayurveda is an ancient system of medicine developed in India that treats the whole person; mind, body and spirit. Participants will discover how cycles of anxiety and depression work in the body and what they can do to free themselves from this cycle. Dr. Douillard will share tools to alleviate anxiety, stress, depression, cravings, fatigue and weight gain.

Douillard attributes depression in part to the cultural isolation in American society. In addition, he believes we allow our state of being to be determined by what happens during the course of the day. "Live life in the eye of the hurricane, where you're not affected by the storm," Douillard says.

Dr. Douillard holds a PhD in Ayurvedic Medicine and is the author of the 3-Season Diet, Body, Mind and Sport, Perfect Health for Kids, and The Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Massage.  He co-directed Deepak Chopra’s Ayurvedic Center for eight years and has trained more than 1,000 western doctors in Ayurvedic medicine, natural health, fitness and nutrition.

Workshop held Saturday, April 26, 9:30am-4pm at Kashi School of Yoga, 11155 Roseland Road, Sebastian. Cost is $85 including a vegetarian lunch. To register call 772-589-1403 ext. 112 or visit www.kashi.org.

New Book Aims to Unify Thought

Valerie Van Haltern’s new book, Across the Phantom Divide, was written to cross the world’s cultures and bring people together in unity and mutual understanding, as we move toward a shared consciousness of peace for our planet.

"Each of us can bring this consciousness to the frontlines of our everyday world," says Van Haltern. "We are given daily opportunities to explore the meaning of our existence in ways that broaden understanding and harness our capabilities for peace." In so doing, we step across what she terms "the phantom divide" to a place where visions are realized in the light of the eternal universe.

The author bases her writings on her experiences as a writer/producer/director, investigational reporter and research writer working many frontlines around the world, where she’s observed unconscionable wrongs and inhumane abuses. Along the way, she’s studied numerous philosophies and religions, traveled nations and experienced her own spiritual awakening while visiting the barrios of Granada Nicaragua.

Van Haltern uses her work as a tool to aid orphans and homeless children around the world. She sees her larger role as helping to broaden the path of peace that belongs to all.

Van Haltern’s book will be released this month through Trafford Publishers and AcrossThePhantomDivide.com.

New Veterinary Hospital in Cocoa Beach

Dr. David Capraro is pleased to announce the opening of his new business, Ocean Animal Hospital. Full service pet health care will be provided including surgery, medicine, nutritional counseling, dentistry, x-ray, and full laboratory services. Dr. Capraro believes in limited vaccinations for pets, avoiding costly and unnecessary over-vaccination. "We customize the vaccination program to suite the pet’s needs," says Dr. Capraro. "After a certain age, your pet is better served with biannual blood testing, x-rays, regular dental health care, and a carefully selected nutritional program." Dr. Capraro offers house calls and his staff includes Office Manager Heather Bates and Veterinary Assistant Natali Ibarra.

Ocean Animal Hospital is located at 150 East Columbia Lane, Suite 1 in Cocoa Beach. For more information call 321-406-1618 or email drdavevet@cfl.rr.com.

Prayer Vigil Planned for Release of The Moses Code

The New Way spiritual community is excited to be included in a unique historical event: The release of The Moses Code spiritual film will be combined with a world wide prayer vigil. James Twyman (The Indigo Children) has written and produced the story of God giving Moses the most powerful manifesting tool in the history of humanity. This technique will be applied in a collective prayer vigil on April 6 to help create a shift in our world. Over two thousand showings of the film will take place in theaters, churches, and people's homes. The New Way will be showing a sneak preview of The Moses Code on Friday, April 4 at 7pm. It will show again on its regular release date of Saturday, April 5 at 2pm and 7pm as well as on Sunday, April 6 at 3pm. The venue will open at 5:30pm Sunday April 6 for those who would like to participate in the Global Peace Prayer Vigil.

Cost $10 donation. For more information call 321-759-5103 or visit www.doingabsolutelynothing.com/moses.php. Movie will be shown at The Aquarium Building, 238 Peachtree St., Cocoa.

Vibrant Women’s Conference

The second annual Vibrant Women’s Conference (VWC) created to inspire personal and professional growth includes speakers, workshops, connections, and resources for attendees. "The presenters and workshops are designed to help envision your dreams, empower yourself, and enrich your life," says Marty Ward, Sales and Marketing Director. Other incentives include connecting with like-minded women, getting new ideas about life, career, home, health, and wealth, acquiring tools and thought processes for success, breaking through inhibiting barriers, and enjoying uplifting, motivating messages from experts in various fields.

Admission includes VWC's Success Journal and Program Book, time to browse 65 exhibitor booths, goodie bag filled with exhibitor specials and gifts, gourmet lunch with live music performance by Sheryl Page, Dress for Success Style Show, and an opportunity to win one of the 65 door prizes and cash valued from $40 to $100.

Admission discount for early registration. Conference held April 19th at The Hilton, 200 Rialto Place, Melbourne. For more information contact Marty Ward at 321-848-4997, MartyWard@Rcn.com, or visit www.VibrantWomensConference.com

Yoga on the River

Yoga teacher Tammy Plauché is excited to announce a new location for her yoga studio. A river side studio enables her to have yoga classes indoors or out with a beautiful view. The building has a wide wrap around covered porch, which protects students from direct sunlight yet allows comfortable breezes with natural water and bird acoustics.

Tammy had fibromyalgia which affected her joints and chronic fatigue that was unbearable. She decided to treat her diseases by practicing yoga. At first, she could not use her hands, but after only four classes, she saw improvements. Tammy says, "Working through pain by practicing yoga was my motivation to become a teacher." She knows yoga makes a difference in the lives of others by offering them a mind, body, and spirit practice that is mentally and physically healing.

Tammy has been practicing and studying yoga for eight years. She has her yoga alliance consisting of over 200 hours of teacher training and currently teaches Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa style. Call for class schedule.

Yoga on the River is located at 5995 N Hwy. US-1, Melbourne. Website is www.yogaontheriver.com or call 321-890-7448.