MARLOW'S CALENDAR

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CALENDAR

February 21, Monday, 6:15-8:00PM, Nature As Healer Meditation Circle White Memorial Rt. 202, Litchfield, preregistration necessary: 860-491-2067 or MShami@aol.com. $15. Pre-register via Paypal

This gathering is for anyone interested in experiencing the simple power of nature's healing effects through guided meditation, natural energy touch, and the Natural Systems Thinking Process. No experience is necessary. Bring a blanket/mat if you prefer to lie down for meditation and wear comfortable clothes.

March 18-19 True Colors XII Over the Rainbow & Out of the Box.  Last year more than 2,200 LGBTQ and ally youth experienced two days of workshops, entertainment and left with a lifetime of memories along with new friends and old. Because of the overwhelming response to my workshop last year--this year's will be a double session with more experiential activity and a 20 participant limit. See details below...

March 19,  1:00-4:00pm Discover Your Authentic Self Through Nature's Wisdom: Learn more about your authentic Nature through outdoor experiential activity, guided meditation, journaling/drawing, and group discussion. Each participant will experience a natural-touch-healing by Marlow. You will learn the simple and powerful Natural Systems Thinking Process (NSTP) a cutting edge ecopsychological technique proven effective in treating stress related symptoms, depression and anxiety. In addition NSTP enhances your creative abilities in problem solving and play.

Location: Central Connecticut State University, New Britian, CT For details see www.OurTrueColors.org for details

March 21, Monday, 6:15-8:00PM, Nature As Healer Meditation Circle,  White Memorial Rt. 202, Litchfield, pre-registration necessary: 860-491-2067 or MShami@aol.com. Cost $15. See Feb. 21 for details.   Pre-register via Paypal

April 5 & 12, 6:30pm-8:30pm, meets Tuesdays both evenings,   Discover Your True Self Through Nature's Wisdom . A LifeLearn Program, Hall H. S. -- room E119, West Hartford. $14 residents of West Hartford, $19 non-residents. Registration: (860) 523-3535 http://www.whps/whce Cost: residents $24, non-residents $34

Do you have little time, low energy, and zero motivation—yet feel a deep longing to recover a sense of genuine value and health in your life? Receive a nature-based healing, discover a potent stress antidote just outside your front door, and transform your longing into healing guidance. This class can help you transform the constriction of a stress-filled life into spacious quality living through powerful information and innovative practices designed to connect you with your source of healing creativity and wisdom, Nature.

April 15 & 16 AEE (Association of Experiential Education) Northeast Regional Conference: Voices of--listening, learning, leading -- Experience. Camp Jewell YMCA Outdoor Ctr. Colebrook, CT. For details on full AEE conference see http://www.aee.org and click on "conferences" link.

April 15, Friday,1:00-5:00pm, Nature As Healer--A conscious relationship with Nature is essential for personal and global healing, guidance and wisdom. Humans have 53 natural senses, not just 5. You will learn to enliven your many senses through outdoor activities, guided meditation, journaling, and learn the Natural Systems Thinking Process. Each participant will receive a natural-touch-healing from Ms. Shami. Open to all. No meditation experience required. Cost for this one pre-conference workshop includes Friday's breakfast, lunch, & workshop materials. $90 professional, $75 Student

April 18, Monday, 6:15-8:00PM, Nature As Healer Meditation Circle  White Memorial Rt. 202, Litchfield, pre-registration necessary: 860-491-2067 or MShami@aol.com. $15. see Feb 21 for details. Pre-register via Paypal

Details on my workshop ... this session is for those interested in experiencing the simple power of nature’s healing effects through guided meditation, natural-healing-touch, and the Natural Systems Thinking Process. You will learn a simple yet profound method of connecting your inner nature with the web of life, and in the process you’ll validate your sensitivity and enhance a personal source of guidance. No meditation experience is necessary. Bring a blanket/mat if you prefer to lie down for meditation and wear comfortable clothes.

To learn more about HSPs visit Dr. Elaine Aron's very informative website http://www.hsperson.com/. She is a cutting edge researcher, author and therapist. She is a featured presenter at the East Coast Gathering.

May 7 & 14, 9:30am-12:30pm Discover Yourself Through Natures Wisdom-- both days of this two part workshop meet on Saturdays. Location White Memorial Preservation, Litchfield, CT. Cost $80 for members of W.M.C. $90 for nonmembers. Registration: (860) 491-2067 , email mshami@aol.com, on line www.anaturalsense.com See April 5 & 12 for workshop details.

May 23 Monday, 6:15-8:00PM, Nature As Healer Meditation Circle  White Memorial Rt. 202, Litchfield, pre-registration necessary: 860-491-2067 or MShami@aol.com. $15. see Feb 21 for details. Pre-register via Paypal

June 4, 11:00am-7:00pm 2005 Sustainable Living Festival & Renewable Energy Expo.  Marlow will be presenting one or two workshops focusing on Nature and healing -- the time & location TBA. This festival is a wonderful celebration of life, earth care, and filled with many educational opportunities. Don't miss it! Find out more about the festival and the Apeiron Institute for Environmental Living (producer of the festival) by visiting www.apeiron.org, Tel: 401-397-3430, e-mail info@apeiron.org. 451 Hammet Rd., Coventry, RI

RESOURCES AND COMMUNITY EVENTS

Learn more about how nature heals by visiting the International Community for Ecopsychology website. List of events, resources, essays, and links for more depth. www.ecopsychology.org, http://www.organicpsychology.com/

February 26, 1-4:30pm, Experiment with Light. Open your heart to find the Light within you, the wisdom and truth you need to guide your life; a deep meditation exercise, inspired by Quaker practice, designed to clear negative patterns. Lynn Johnson, facilitator, pastoral psychotherapist and teacher of meditation for over 25 years. Center for Serenity, West Hartford, CT. http://www.centerforserenity.org/index.html Fee: $20 - $40 sliding scale. Call 860-561-2343, Ext. 2 to register by Feb. 21

March 1, 8, 15, 22, & April 2, 4:00pm-7:00pm Hands-On Tools for Teaching Sustainability -- A FREE program for teachers. Times @ Academy, 50 Fillmore St, of Douglas Ave. in Providence, RI. In this training, teachers will acquire mastery over major themes of sustainable living, and learn available methodologies for teaching them. Strong focus will be placed on short term actions and long-term strategies for addressing current environmental problems, and the integration of these concepts into the classroom. Info: Tel: (401) 621-3800 or e-mail riearthinstitute@apeiron.org

March 14, 7:30-9:00pm, Earth Prayers is a monthly gathering of people of all faiths and spiritualities, to pray, sing, share and learn about the healing of the Earth. These programs are OPEN TO ALL. Location: First Baptist Church Chapel, 90 North Main Street, West Hartford, CT. Please call (860) 521-9460 or (860) 561-2343 for information. To start an Earth Prayers in your community contact: info@irejn.org Earth Prayers is co-sponsored by Center for Serenity, Inc. Check out their website: www.centerforserenity.org for details of events like Earth Prayers.