You are registering for a FREE INTRO on Tuesday, February 7, at 8pm. To sign up for the weekly course, see Breathing and Cognitive Therapy to Reduce Everyday Stress.

Jayme Albin, PhD

Living in a fast-paced city takes its toll on our bodies and emotions. Two of the main keys to managing stress and mood are deep, relaxed breathing and a positive mental attitude. In this highly practical experiential class we will learn powerfully effective breathing and cognitive techniques to help us manage stress and reduce anxiety. The material covered will include: understanding the mechanics of breathing; specific breathing techniques that can either boost or relax our mood as needed; how to develop a daily breathing practice; and the invaluable technique of practiced paced breathing (PPB), which leads to lower stress hormone levels and a more positive mood, reduces incidents of hyperventilation and panic attacks, and is also associated with better digestion, lower blood pressure and an enhanced immune system. We will also learn specific cognitive behavioral strategies that can help us combat stressful styles of thinking.

A WEEKLY COURSE
(4 sessions) Mondays, February 13–
March 12, 8–10pm
No class on February 20.
12WP15T For CEUs click here
Members: $120 / Nonmembers: $130

Jayme Albin, PhD
Jayme Albin, PhD, the managing partner of “Ask the Cognitive Behavior Therapist” and SculptNYC.com, is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in Cognitive Behavior Therapy, EMDR, kundalini yoga, biofeedback, and executive coaching. She has a private practice and a behavioral/wellness consulting firm in NYC.

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Other Classes Taught By This Teacher:

Breathing and Cognitive Therapy to Reduce Everyday Stress

You are registering for a FREE INTRO on Wednesday, February 8, at 6pm. To sign up for the weekly course, see Developing Your Intuition.

Stephen C. Robinson, CCH

Intuition is being increasingly appreciated as a key component of decision-making throughout our society, even in corporate and military settings. In this class, one of the nation’s most experienced intuitive consultants and teachers of intuition (with a 33-year track record!) will help us begin to develop a range of intuitive skills that we all possess in latent form but usually don’t know how to access and use. He will teach us meditation and visualization exercises designed to heighten our senses of seeing, hearing and touch, and activate our telepathic communication capacities. An attuned intuition empowers us and enables us to make far better decisions about every aspect of life from career to finances to romance to reaching our ultimate goals.

A WEEKLY COURSE
(6 sessions) Wednesdays, February 15–
March 21, 6-7:30
12WPS30T
Members: $145 / Nonmembers: $160

You are registering for a FREE INTRO on Wednesday, February 8, at 6pm. To sign up for the weekly course, see Jin Shin Jyutsu.

Alexis Brink, LMT

Jin Shin Jyutsu is an ancient Japanese practice that balances the body’s energy by using the fingers and hands to eliminate stress, create emotional equilibrium, relieve pain and alleviate acute or chronic conditions. It focuses on 26 key points (“safety energy locks”) on the body’s energy meridians that can be stimulated in precise combinations to unblock stagnation in our organs and restore balance and promote healing. In this course we will be introduced to these 26 sites on the body where energy is stored, experience hands-on practice and learn how to address the five main types of imbalances that stymie that energy. We will also learn to press on these points to achieve specific results, including how to: reduce stress; boost mental alertness and memory; fight fatigue; relieve symptoms of colds, flus and allergies; ease digestion; stabilize blood pressure; soothe back tension, menstrual pain and headaches.

A WEEKLY COURSE
(3 sessions) Wednesdays, February 15–29, 6-7:30pm
12WBM09T For CEUs click here
Members: $70 / Nonmembers: $80

To register by phone call 212-219-2527 x 2.

with Olivia Olkowski

Join us monthly to explore ourselves through shamanic drumming and journey work. Shamanic drumming has been practiced for centuries by indigenous peoples around the world, as a way to gain wisdom, healing, and information, to bring balance to their people and the community.

WHISPERS OF WIND— This February: Connect to the Elemental of the North Wind, to hear and gain insight for your personal spiritual path. Cleanse your mental body and allow clarity to manifest.

Please wear comfortable clothes, bring a note pad and pencil, bandana or eye covering.  Open to all levels and traditions. Please note, no previous experience is necessary.

Thursday, Feb 9, 2011 • 12:30-2:30pm
Suggested Donation $20

Please RSVP in advance, space is limited.
For further information, RSVP, please contact:
Olivia, oolkowski@mac.com 917.215.4866

UPCOMING HEALING CIRCLE DATES: March 29 & April 26.

Olivia Olkowski is a powerful shamanic healer, a Peruvian Pachakuti Mesa holder (Shaman). She is initiated as a lineage holder of Mayan traditional medicine, a Curendera. Olivia transforms people's lives through her circles, workshops, sacred teachings and private healing sessions. Olivia opens sacred space by working with her Master Teachers, Spirit Guides, the Elementals, crystals, sacred geometry and sound—to manifest healing for our souls. For more information, please visit: http://www.spiritrockshamanichealing.com

You are registering for a FREE INTRO on Thursday, February 9, at 6pm. To sign up for the weekly course, see The Four Paths of Abundance.

Constantina Rhodes, PhD

According to classical Hindu teachings, a life well lived encompasses four essential areas, called caturpurushartha, or the Four Paths of Abundance—Harmonious Relationships, Material Prosperity, Spiritual Connection with Source, and Savoring the Journey. Drawing upon that ancient model, this course will offer  inspiring teachings and guided contemplative exercises to help us evaluate our lives in new ways, identifying where things are working and where they are stuck. Constantina will lead in us writing exercises and guided meditations that that will help us gain insight and clarity into what’s holding us back in our lives and how we can move forward into greater abundance and fulfillment.

A WEEKLY COURSE
(4 sessions) Thursdays, February 16–March 8, 6–7:30pm
12WSI21T
Members: $90 / Nonmembers: $100

Or register by calling 212-219-2527 x 2

You are registering for the free Introductory class on Friday, February 10, 7-9pm. To sign up for training program, see Coaching for Transformation.

With Leadership That Works Faculty
Program Leaders: Steven Filante, PCC & Sharon Brown, MS, CPC

A 9-Month 140-Hour Coaching Certification Program

An International Coach Federation (ICF) Accredited School

Would you like to join of one of America’s fastest growing professions? This certification program will help you develop a successful coaching practice—imparting the skills and tools to create lasting, effective change in yourself and others. Utilizing a holistic approach, coaches create an awareness of body, mind and spirit that gives clients access to their inner wisdom and unleashes their creativity. While psychotherapy is primarily healing-focused, coaching is learning and action-oriented, moving clients toward fulfillment of their life purpose, vision and goals.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

This program will give you the experience and skills to empower people to awaken creativity and wisdom, move towards their fullest self-expression, and tap into their spiritual core to manifest their vision and goals. If you are committed to catalyzing positive change and social responsibility in business, government, education, and individual people’s lives, this training will deepen your effectiveness. You will dis­cover how to leverage your strengths and develop your distinctive coaching voice. After graduating you will continue to draw from a community of coaches committed to mutual support.

WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS TRAINING?

Therapists, Social Workers, Counselors, Managers, Executives, Consultants, Facili­tators and Teachers, Nurses, Physicians, Clergy, Yoga Teachers, Wellness Practi­tioners, and Entrepreneurs. The coaching skills you will learn in this program will enhance and complement your practice or business. Individual and small group practice coaching sessions will allow you to integrate skills you can apply to your work and life from day one.

EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAM:

*65% in person training; 35% via teleclass

*12 classroom training sessions

*34 teleclasses (90 minutes each)

*14 hours of peer coaching

*10 hours of mentor coaching

*Coaching competencies demonstration and final evaluation

To support your learning, the course requirements include having your own certified coach for at least 3 months during the course, and four or more clients (not required upon entering training). Upon successful completion of this program, participants receive a certificate for 140 hours of study as a Certified Professional Coach. This exceeds the 125 hours of coaching skills training required to apply or the International Coach Federation ICF) coaching credential.

JOIN OUR FREE INTRODUCTORY TELE-CLASSES: There are one-hour free calls that give a taste of the program and a chance to ask questions. The easiest way for people to register for the monthly free call is via the leadership that works website. The link is: http://www.leadershipthatworks.com/Public/Courses/Free/index.cfm

REGISTRATION AND FEES

Register early, as class size is limited to 36 and fills quickly. To register or if you have questions, please contact our Professional Training Department at 212.219.2527 ext. 110.

Join this training beginning in March 2012:
Saturdays and Sundays, March 2012–November 2012, 9am-6pm
March 3–4, April 14–15, June 2–3, July 21–22, September 8–9 and November 3–4

Full Payment: 11FP77TAI $5,485

The program now includes ten hours of mentor coaching which are contracted with our faculty and are not included in the above tuition. A total of $1,200 is due and can be made in 2 payments (March and June).

$145 materials fee for course manual and other resources (payable at the first class).

Read two articles on Coaching by Richard Michaels & Martha Lasley

For more information, see www.coachingfortransformation.com.
Individual coaching is available from certified professional holistic coaches. To set up a free introductory phone session, call 212.219.2527 x196.

What graduates of Coaching For Transformation are saying...

"When I made the decision to become a coach, I began looking into training programs that were available. I found most programs offered a path to certification, group and individual work as well as in person and tele-class sessions. I sat in on several 'intros' to experience first hand, the feel of the classes.

"What drew me to CFT, was how uniquely it stood apart for the other offerings. The CFT difference was, first, the passion, experience and intentions of Richard and Martha. From the very beginning, the richness of the demo coaching was striking. The word transformation is key. I knew if I could study with them, I too, could support others in transforming their lives to achieve their goals.

"They have built an extraordinary team of coaches, experts and instructors to demonstrate every facet of becoming a coach and what you need to know to build a coaching business.

"The program itself has masterfully evolved over time with one lesson leading to the next. Each topic layers on the one before so I feel at every moment i have grasped the learning and can easily flow to the next. Each in-person weekend has a beautifully designed agenda that allows for full participation from students questions and discussion.

"I have had the distinct privilege of watching each and every person in my group transform before my eyes. So whether a person's intention is to develop a coaching business or integrate coaching into their current practice or work, I can guarantee, they will walk away with all the skills needed to become a transformative coach in any desired field.

"I LOVE this program!"
- Deborah O'Rell

"The supportive community and experiential focus was so valuable. There's nothing better than learning by doing. There was a tangible sense of non-judgmental, unconditional acceptance, and a holistic approach to human existence taking into account the soul and the spirit as well as the everyday physical reality.

On a professional level, as a psychotherapist, this course has added a new dimension to how I practice, not only in using many of the new skills I've learned, but also in how I see my clients as whole and resourceful.

On a personal level, I have my own sense of wholeness and most importantly more self-acceptance. I'm more open with myself, more willing to take risks to put myself out there, and very excited about that."
-Sharon Taub

"In a word: wow! My experience with Coaching for Transformation has been, well, transformative. The way in which I work with people and the way I see myself has completely transformed as a result of this course.

I've seen such exponential growth in my intuition, awareness of the body, and my ability to see the perfection, elegance and beauty in every situation and in all people no matter their appearance. The skills I learned have shifted the way I interact with my clients, my friends and family and especially myself. Without a doubt, I owe a large part of my success today as a coach to my work with Coaching for Transformation."
-John Dulworth

"I liked that your program gives us BOTH in person and phone experience. This is one of the reasons I did CFT- the two experiences are SO different that I'm happy to have both under my belt. Also, I liked the continuity - same classmates, same teachers, throughout the program. This made for a wonderful, and safe, learning environment.

I have changed the way I am asking questions, and the way I perceive things. Things that would anger me, now form questions for me, and looking at these questions, I am able to realize 'hings are not always as they appear.' I've gotten to know myself more, what matters to me, and learned how to take care of me.

I coached a colleague recently on something that, 5 years ago, I forcefully TOLD her how to handle over a period of time, but nothing changed. By listening to her deeper needs, SHE came to the realization she needed to take better care of herself, and in 3 short weeks, has completely remodeled herself, and actually willingly making time to do all the stuff I tried to force on her 5 years ago!"
-Heather Markel

"I'm now a full-time coach so I think it's fair to say that it's changed my professional life completely. While I entered the program with a few coaching clients, the truth is I was going on intuition, instinct, and my life-experience up to that point. Because of the program, I was able to integrate those things (instinct, intuition, and life experience) with powerful skills and heightened awareness of the way the human heart unfolds to become an excellent coach. Today, I have a thriving practice and work in precisely the way I had hoped...a mix of phone and in-person sessions with some heavy days and some lighter days. It's a successful business and, more important, the fulfillment of my own deepest yearning.

And therein lies the personal life changes. I often speak of my own transformation into a professional life coach as an example of stepping into my "sacred dance." It's rare to find and succeed at doing the thing you were born to do. And I define that as having the honor to hold someone's heart for an hour or so and witness their own transformation and unfolding into a more fully-actualized human."-Jerry Colonna

Program Director: Joanna Crespo, MBA, Reiki Teacher

To register call 212-219-2527 x 2

Reiki 3- Advanced Professional Training
A 100-Hour Certificate Program in 4 Modules

This is an advanced training for students who seek to professionalize their Reiki practice. It is offered in 4 two-day modules. Students must complete Reiki 1 & 2 and have 3 months of Reiki practice after the completion of Reiki 2 to take this training. Prerequisite: Reiki 2 (all lineages)

Module 3: Clinics and Supervision (Pre-requisites Module 1 & 2)
This weekend we learn how to practice in a professional setting, exploring such issues as time management, boundaries, client documentation, and the ethics of touch. Our second day will be a clinical experience immersion in which we perform three back-to-back professional sessions and get feedback and mentoring.

A TWO-DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday & Sunday, Feb. 11 & 12, 2012
11FRE21SC • 9:30am–6pm • $315
To register call 212-219-2527 x 2

Module 1: Japanese Healing Techniques
Module 2: 12 Chakras and Mind-Body Symbolism
Module 4: Attunement

Joanna Crespo, MBA, Reiki Teacher, a graduated teacher with Margaret Ann Case and Reiki Arts Continuum at the Open Center since 2005.  She has a private practice in Montclair, NJ.  www.reikirhapsody.com

James Gordon, MD

Dr. James Gordon, one of the great pioneers in Integrative Medicine and a groundbreaking figure in treating depression without drugs, believes that depression is a wake-up call that can be the start of a journey toward wholeness. Today, Dr. Gordon will present a seven-step approach that those of us suffering from depression, whether mild or severe, can use to exert control over our own lives and find hope and happiness. He will share  inspiring examples from patients he has worked with; practical advice about mood-healing food and nutritional supplements; and how to use meditation, guided imagery, spiritual practices, prayer, movement, and exercise to combat depression. Come discover how you can take control of your own healing process and begin a transformative journey out of depression.

A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
Saturday, February 11, 10am–5pm
12WP23M For CEUs click here
Members: $120 / Nonmembers: 130
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Do we live in a world that values and promotes happiness and well-being? Are we in the midst of a happiness revolution? What can the new science of positive psychology teach us about happiness? This film by the director of the Academy Award nominated “Genghis Blues” sets out to answer those questions, and explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion.

Saturday, February 11, 8pm
12WAN00N
Members: $11 / Nonmembers: $13
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or call 212-219-2527 x 2

Claude Stein

Called “life-changing” by past participants, this class will free your emotions and creativity and improve the quality of your voice. Come sing like you’ve always wanted to—with all your heart and soul. You’ll conquer inhibitions and develop the ability to move others with the power and beauty of your voice—even if you never thought you could sing! With supportive personal coaching and group exercises, the voice and heart open as the “mask” of self-consciousness falls away. Absolutely no previous experience or skill is needed. All levels are welcome.

Note: Enrollment is limited; please register early.

A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
Sunday, February 12, 10am–6pm
12WAM01S For CEUs click here
Members: $135 / Nonmembers: $145
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or call 212-219-2527 x 2