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Coming Workshops & Events 2011

Sustainable food
March 21st - 7:00 - 9:15 pm.,Ecclesiax, 2 Monk Street, Glebe, Ottawa
Film/speakers: Pamela Scaiff for BUGS
Break-out Groups focusing on a variety of food themes

Year Round Growing
Explore what a bit of glass and plastic can do - we can grow so much more of the year than we think!
Wednesday, March 23rd, 7:00 - 9:30 pm, $25, Sacred Place, Centretown.
This workshop will showcase an inexpensive greenhouse made of recycled windows that grows delicious fresh salad year round.. Basic, inexpensive ideas and principles for extending your growing season.. Angles of seasonal sunlight, expanding the growing area in a greenhouse, year round gardening - what you can grow and when. This workshop assumes you know the basics of container gardening. Click here to register


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Been and gone. . . .
Check this page for updates.
If you have a group of people interested in one of these workshops, contact Kaia to arrange a workshop time..

Inspiring Actions towards Sustainability
Feb 7th - 7:00 - 9:15 pm., Ecclesiax, 2 Monk Street, Glebe, Ottawa
Why Transition? Introduction to transition towns
Thought provoking short film - examining our assumptions
Breakout groups for discussion and sharing
Inspiring action: sharing transition actions.

2012 : A Global Picture
Monday February 21,7:00 - 9:30 pm, Maclaren St., Centretown, $15
Shifting magnetic poles, climate change, Mayan calendar, peak oil, channelled prophecies, economic instability: What is going on? How we can prepare; how we best move towards positive change?.

Building Sustainable Community
Feb 28th - 7:00 - 9:15 pm.,Ecclesiax, 2 Monk Street, Glebe, Ottawa
Speakers Rebecca Aird of SLOEast and Bill of SLOWest present projects initiated on the East and West sides of Ottawa. Find out how these citizen grassroots community groups have made a significant difference in their neighbourhoods.
Envisioning a sustainable Centretown: Themed breakout groups facilitated to envision how the centre of the city can also be a sustainable neighbourhood. Be part of a group that can make a difference!

Energy PowerDown
Monday , March 7, 7:00 - 8:45 pm, Maclaren St., $10 Sacred Place, Centretown
Save killowatts effortlessly, help the environment and save money!
Slides, demonstrations, discussion.

 

Container Vegetable Gardening
Grow delicious vegetables on any driveway, patio, deck or rooftop!
Wednesday. March 16th, 7:00 - 9:30 pm.

Green your driveways, decks, rooftops, and enjoy the produce! Learn the ins and outs of various containers, how to make a plastic bucket into a growing area, find out how to make your soil light and water retaining, how to create maximum nutrition into a small space, and how to capture and reuse your nutrition-rich water run-off
Sacred Place, 472 Maclaren St., Centretown, $25 including tax and refreshments.Click here to register

 

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Other workshops offered:

Cultivating peace of mind 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Most suffering is a result of our thinking. The good news is with a good tool or two, our internal world can be a much happier place. All materials provided. $18


Exploring chakras 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Learn valuable diagnostic dowsing skills. See for yourself the movements in these energy centres. Explore how your thought and intent changes your energy field at each layer in the field.
Dowsing pendulums and list of chakra rotation 'vocabulary' supplied $25
To register for this chakra workshop, click here


Joyous chanting and drumming circle 7:00 - 8:45 pm
Vibrant chants of love and union interspersed with short meditations; drumming circle.
Kaia will accompany with dotar, guitar and harp. Drums and percussion are available. Lyric sheets provided. $15


Shri Yantra Meditation: 7:00 - 8:30 pm
A powerful combination of Gayatri Mantra and Shri Yantra meditation. We'll start by exploring the evocative Sanskrit words in this prayer, introducing a traditional Eastern melody, then mediate and chant gazing at a 3' sq gold shri yantr until our eyes close and we dissolve in deep peace.
The Shri Yantra is considered by both Tibetan and Indian traditions to be the most powerful mandala for transporting our awareness into deeper layers of consciousness. For many people the Shri Yantra literally pulses when they meditate on it. The Gayatri mantra is an ancient prayer inviting spirit to enlighten our minds. Large lyric sheet provided. $12

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PowerDown!
Part of spiritual transformation is aligning our lifestyle with our awareness. Climate change, pollution, peak oil all inspire the need to transition to a more sustainable lifestyle. We know we need this change - how should we go about it? In this workshop, we'll focus on low cost, long-term money saving ways to reduce our footprints happily.
Sunday November 16th, 2;00 - 5:00 pm $30

Emotional and mental clearing
Part of Being the Change we wish to see
is clearing the old, that which we'd like to move on from (or not see!)
Explore some powerful transformation tools for your freedom
Sunday October 12, 2:00 - 5:00 pm, $35

Sound healing & Meditation
Bask in beautiful sound - harp, singing bowls, voice. Tone, chant, heal, balance energy and dissolve into deep, peaceful silence
2:00 - 5:00 pm $35

Urbain sustainability
Eat tasty and nutritious as fresh picked food, increase your connectedness with the earth, reduce your footprint and increase resilience in one step!.
Explore the options of container vege growing,optimizing space through layering, composting city-style, water catchment and inexpensive DIY greenhouses
2:00 - 5:00 pm $30


WorldChant ~ 7:00 - 8:45 pm
Chant ~ native, Indian and English. Inspirations drawn from Shamanic teachings
Drums, percussion and lyric sheets provided.
$15 Students and low income $10


2012 ! ~ 7:00 - 8:45 pm
2012 - what's all the hype about? Are the prophecies true? How can we best prepare for the coming times.
The Mayan calendar, the potential of this time
$15 Students and low income $10


Transitioning to the New Time ~ 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Where spirituality joins forces with innovation and practical solutions. $12


Power chants - full moon 7:00 - 8:45 pm
Vibrant chants from around the world to celebrate the coming Summer months. $15

 

Meditation

Introducing meditation into your life - skills for home practice
No previous experience needed
Techniques to: release tension, rebalance, energize, calm the mind, increase focus, and find inner peace.
$25

Call (613) 565-6336
or e-mail contact @ kaia.ca (remove spaces before and after @)

 

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Sunday afternoon Workshops
Fall, 2008

Urbain sustainability
Eat tasty and nutritious as fresh picked food, increase your connectedness with the earth, reduce your footprint and increase resilience in one step!.
Explore the options of container vege growing,optimizing space through layering, composting city-style, water catchment and inexpensive DIY greenhouses
Sunday September 28th, 2:00 - 5:00 pm $30

Sound healing & Meditation
Bask in beautiful sound - harp, singing bowls, voice. Tone, chant, heal, balance energy and dissolve into deep,peaceful silence
Sunday October 5th, 2:00 - 5:00 pm $35

Emotional and mental clearing
Part of Being the Change we wish to see
is clearing the old, that which we'd like to move on from (or not see!)
Explore some powerful transformation tools for your freedom
Sunday October 12, 2:00 - 5:00 pm, $35

PowerDown!
Part of spiritual transformation is aligning our lifestyle with our awareness. Climate change, pollution, peak oil all inspire the need to transition to a more sustainable lifestyle. We know we need this change - how should we go about it? In this workshop, we'll focus on low cost, long-term money saving ways to reduce our footprints happily.


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Afternoon workshop
Exploring Chakras
Sunday September 9th, 2007,
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

If you'd like to know more about chakras and see for yourself how the energy fields moves, come to this fun workshop!

* I'll first describe the chakras if needed, and then we will learn how to dowse chakras using a pendulum. I'll show you how - we can all do it. We'll then explore chakra rotations - in the different layers of the energy field if you would like to explore further.
* After laying this basis, we will then explore the affect of your attitudes on your energy field so you can visibly see the affect of thought and intent.
* If we have time, we can move on to explore an application of this for any chakra you would like to clear or strengthen.

PS 'Non-believers' welcome

$35, including materials and refreshments. To reserve, call Kaia 565-6336 or e-mail info@kaia.ca.
Registration starts August 15th. Earlybird $30 before September 2nd

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Evening workshop
Introducing Meditation Part One
Thursday, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m., Sacred Place Meditation Room, Maclaren St.
TBA -(will happen when there are a few people interested.
Most people who call me are looking for intermediate sessions these days)

This workshop will introduce you to the art of relaxing and letting go while sitting, breathwork and cultivating mindfulness.
$30 course fee includes spring water, and half-time refreshments.
To reserve, call Kaia 565-6336 or e-mail info@kaia.ca.
Registration starts September 6th, Earlybird $25 before September 22nd $25. Registration closes October 3rd.

Evening workshop
Shri Yantra Puja
Sunday February 13th, 7:00 p.m., The Dome, 341 Lyon St.
Please arrive at 6:50 so we can be settled when we start. Doors will close at 7:00pm

We will chant the Gayatri mantra, which you'll be introduced to before we start. This is a powerful Sanskrit prayer asking that the light please illuminate our minds. While chanting we will gaze at a large Shri Yantra, painted in gold. As we chant the yantra will shimmer and draw us into a deeper place of meditation. A short ritual will follow. If you feel to, bring an offering to the Shri Yantra - symbolic of something you would like to release, or symbolic of your gratitude.

To reserve, call Kaia 565-6336 or e-mail info@kaia.ca.
Registration starts September 20th, Earlybird $25 before October 6th $25. Registration closes October 17th.

Evening workshop
Introducing Meditation Part Two
Thursday, TBA, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m., Sacred Place Meditation Room, Maclaren St..

This workshop will introduce you to resonance, sound and mantra to enhance and deepen your meditation.
$30 course fee includes spring water, and half-time refreshments.
To reserve, call Kaia 565-6336 or e-mail info@kaia.ca.
Registration starts October 4th, Earlybird $25 before October 20th, $25. Registration closes November 1st.



Evening workshop
Pranayama
Mastering the Breath

Thursday December 1st, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m., Sacred Place Meditation Room, Maclaren St.

An in depth exploration into the subtleties and powers of breath
A quiet, focused workshop cultivating and harnessing your life force
Explore greater depth and range in pranayama
Guided techniques alternating with settled meditation
Cycling the breath (Taoist style), cultivating the centres
Grounding the opened energy through specific Tai Chi practice

$35, including materials and refreshments. To reserve, call Kaia 565-6336 or e-mail info@kaia.ca.
Registration starts November 1st. Earlybird $30 before November 15th. Registration closes November 27th.

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Coming:

Symbols of Intention

Dare to dream, reach for the highest you would like to be.
Create an image, put it on your wall and notice the difference!Free form art, collage, sacred mandala – choose your style

Having set up our materials, we will first spend a few moments tuning in to our life direction, aspiration and spiritual intent. I will then help you put this aspiration into symbols that you can copy or work into your picture.

You don’t need artistic skill. Download an inspiring image, or take themes from a cherished birthday card or religious picture, copy or cut and paste it into your image. Simple geometry creates the basis of a mandala. Free form splashes of colour express feeling, energy flow and intuitive alignment. Add in your most meaningful sacred symbols, some light and colour, and you have a powerful communication that speaks to you in your own language.


Transforming the Monkey Mind
Thursday, June 9th, 6:30 - 9:30 p.m., Maclaren Centre
Do you sit to meditate to find your monkey mind is busy and full of thoughts?
This workshop will give you much to reflect on as we explore mind management, spiritual life-science and powerful mind-quieting techniques. $35 course fee includes personal mini-workbook to help you investigate your monkey mind, spring water, and half-time refreshments.
To reserve, call Kaia 565-6336 or e-mail info@kaia.ca.

 

Toning Chanting,
Drumming and Silence
Full moon meditation and chanting -
Thursdays May 26th and June 23rd, 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. $15
Chakra toning
Open up your voice
Easy-to-learn Sanskrit and other chants
All provided - song books, spring water & percussion - and great company
Previous meditation experience pre-requisite.

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Symbols of Intention
Afternoon workshopp - next one will be during August - e-mail if you are interested. I'll run this one on the back deck

Dare to dream, reach for the highest you would like to be.
Create an image, put it on your wall and notice the difference!Free form art, collage, sacred mandala – choose your style

Having set up our materials, we will first spend a few moments tuning in to our life direction, aspiration and spiritual intent. I will then help you put this aspiration into symbols that you can copy or work into your picture.

You don’t need artistic skill. Download an inspiring image, or take themes from a cherished birthday card or religious picture, copy or cut and paste it into your image. Simple geometry creates the basis of a mandala. Free form splashes of colour express feeling, energy flow and intuitive alignment. Add in your most meaningful sacred symbols, some light and colour, and you have a powerful communication that speaks to you in your own language.

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Pranayama
Afternoon workshop

Mastering the Breath

An in depth exploration into the subtleties and powers of breath
A quiet, focused workshop cultivating and harnessing your life force
Explore greater depth and range in pranayama
Guided techniques alternating with settled meditation
Cycling the breath (Taoist style), cultivating the centres
Grounding the opened energy through specific Tai Chi practice

 

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Afternoon workshop

Making Decisions

Saturday March 19th, 2005
1:30 - 5:00 p.m. Maclaren/Kent

We often need to choose between several options. Which do we choose?!
Our intuition knows, but we can't always access our knowing
By the end of this workshop you'll have four tools to access your intuition
We'll explore using kinesiology, vision, dowsing & tarot

Come with a decision you need to make!

Space limited. Register by March 16th.Call 565-6336
$35 includes refreeshments and all materials

 

 

 

Exploring Chakras

~ Delve into your subtle energy anatomy
~ Discover the keys to healthy chakras
~ Learn how to clear your chakras
~ Explore chakra dowsing ( – everyone can do it!) - and see for yourself how the energy fields moves
~ Tangibly experience how your thought affects your energy field
~ Heal your chakras through your findings

$30, including materials and refreshments.
Call 565-6336 to reserve your place

Watch this space for dates, times and places.

If you would like to be on a mailing list to be informed of future workshops,
indicate your area of interest and send to info@kaia.ca

 

 

 

The Mechanics of Spiritual Transformation

Afternoon workshop

How to maximize your beauty, potential and growth
while minimizing troubles
Pandora’s box – just what do you do with the contents when it opens?
Clearing mental patterns, past memories and traumas
Aligning energy, emotions and thinking
Aligning your life with your Spirit – practical methods
Grounding methods. Balancing groundedness with spiritual openness
Managing Kundalini fire and balancing powerful energies
Handling intense sensitivity
Time to answer personal questions

Includes handouts for grounding methods, managing Kundalini fire, local and international resources, tea and snacks.