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.

Skulls & Roses: Healing the Ancestral Masculine— This month we will be working on healing deep patterns of both ancestral and karmic issues surrounding the masculine, with Skulls & Roses. With this profound connection to our masculine ancestry, we can discover aspects from our lineage, that has impacted the seven generation that came before us. A pattern will emerge, and we will bring healing to the deep wounds, of our inherited lineage soul.

You are invited to bring copies of photos of your male family lineage members, if you work with skulls please bring them, and for each attendee to bring a bunch of roses (which you will be bring all items back home with you).

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, June 28 • 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 DATE:   July 19

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

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.

Roses & Skulls: Healing Ancestral Feminine— This month we will be working on healing deep patterns of both ancestral and karmic issues surrounding the feminine, with Roses & Skulls. By working on ourselves, we can heal aspects from the seven generation that came before us, and the seven generations that will follow us—find profound healing to understanding your ancestral lineage.

You are invited to bring copies of photos of your female family lineage members, if you work with skulls please bring them, and for each attendee to bring a bunch of roses (which you will be bring all items back home with you).

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, May 17 • 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:  June 28 & July 19

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

Experience outstanding programs from anywhere in the world with Open Center Online Learning webinars. This season, the Open Center is launching a compelling new initiative: live webinars with distinguished faculty, accessible from the comfort of your own home. It’s time to take the Open Center’s work worldwide via the Internet! To participate in any of these events, only a computer and broadband connection to the Internet are needed. Each webinar is an interactive, two-hour experience with an intimate feel. We encourage you to let friends and family outside the greater New York area know that these new programs are now available.

This class is part of a series of 3 classes that can be taken individually or as a whole. To register for the complete series click here.

Christopher Titmuss

The Worldly and the Spiritual
There is an important discourse to develop between the spiritual and political owing to the spiritual vacuum in political and corporate leadership. What gives rise to consumerism, competition and war? We will explore how skilful ways might bring the Four Noble Truths into the heart of public life.

By registering for this live webinar, for each webinar event you will receive the following:

• 90 minutes of live, interactive webinar content.
• 30 minutes of question-and-answer time with the teacher.
• Access to download a recording of the complete webinar, after the event. (Free software provided to view.)

Computer System Requirements
No matter where you are on the planet, as long as you have a computer with a broadband connection, web browser, and sound capabilities (microphone and speakers or headset), you will be able to participate and engage in the question-and-answer period. If you can watch YouTube videos, you can attend this webinar online. Recommended System Requirements: Windows XP (PC) or Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, and browsers version Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome 11 or higher. ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTERED STUDENT A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

Sunday, September 9, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWSB101C
$29
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Experience outstanding programs from anywhere in the world with Open Center Online Learning webinars. This season, the Open Center is launching a compelling new initiative: live webinars with distinguished faculty, accessible from the comfort of your own home. It’s time to take the Open Center’s work worldwide via the Internet! To participate in any of these events, only a computer and broadband connection to the Internet are needed. Each webinar is an interactive, two-hour experience with an intimate feel. We encourage you to let friends and family outside the greater New York area know that these new programs are now available.

This class is part of a series of 3 classes that can be taken individually or as a whole. To register for the complete series click here.

Desire and Love
Who do we love? What do we love? Love and desire are two distinctly different movements—it requires mindfulness and vigilance to know the difference. Using mindfulness practice we can enable the movement of love to take place without the problematic features of desire.

By registering for this live webinar, for each webinar event you will receive the following:

• 90 minutes of live, interactive webinar content.
• 30 minutes of question-and-answer time with the teacher.
• Access to download a recording of the complete webinar, after the event. (Free software provided to view.)

Computer System Requirements
No matter where you are on the planet, as long as you have a computer with a broadband connection, web browser, and sound capabilities (microphone and speakers or headset), you will be able to participate and engage in the question-and-answer period. If you can watch YouTube videos, you can attend this webinar online. Recommended System Requirements: Windows XP (PC) or Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, and browsers version Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome 11 or higher. ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTERED STUDENT A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

Saturday, August 25, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWSB101B
$29
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Experience outstanding programs from anywhere in the world with Open Center Online Learning webinars. This season, the Open Center is launching a compelling new initiative: live webinars with distinguished faculty, accessible from the comfort of your own home. It’s time to take the Open Center’s work worldwide via the Internet! To participate in any of these events, only a computer and broadband connection to the Internet are needed. Each webinar is an interactive, two-hour experience with an intimate feel. We encourage you to let friends and family outside the greater New York area know that these new programs are now available.

This class is part of a series of 3 classes that can be taken individually or as a whole. To register for the complete series click here.

Christopher Titmuss

Risk, Change and Wisdom: A Buddhist View
There are many forms of risk-taking that garner attention in our culture. In fact, the courage to take risks is a valuable quality, and in dharma life we learn to take risks to grow as human beings. How do we do this productively in a way that enables us to make substantive changes in our lives and reach our potential?

By registering for this live webinar, for each webinar event you will receive the following:

• 90 minutes of live, interactive webinar content.
• 30 minutes of question-and-answer time with the teacher.
• Access to download a recording of the complete webinar, after the event. (Free software provided to view.)

Computer System Requirements
No matter where you are on the planet, as long as you have a computer with a broadband connection, web browser, and sound capabilities (microphone and speakers or headset), you will be able to participate and engage in the question-and-answer period. If you can watch YouTube videos, you can attend this webinar online. Recommended System Requirements: Windows XP (PC) or Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, and browsers version Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome 11 or higher. ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTERED STUDENT A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

Saturday, August 18, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWSB101A
$29
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You are registering for a FREE INTRO on Thursday, May 24, at 8pm. To sign up for the weekly course, see Shamanic Paths to Balance, Healing and Wisdom.

Olivia Olkowski

In this class we will explore a range of Peruvian and Mayan shamanic practices designed to: help us remove physical, emotional and psychic blockages; let go of outmoded thought patterns and behaviors; balance and build up our internal energy; and discover sources of deep inner wisdom and healing. The material covered will include how to: contact spirit guides and ancestors, connect with and draw from the energies of nature to heal our bodies and center our minds, cleanse auric fields, build our luminous energy body, develop our intuition, read other people’s energy, go on inner journeys, and get the most out of powerful rituals and ceremonies.

Note: No previous shamanic experience necessary. Two sessions (June 7+July 12) will be held outdoors (locations TBA upon registration). Please bring your own seating for outdoors sessions.

Free introductory class on Thursday, May 24, 8pm.

A WEEKLY COURSE
(5 sessions) Thursdays, May 31–July 12, 8–10pm
(June 7 & July 12 field trips)
No class on June 28 & July 5.
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Members: $160 / Nonmembers: $180

Experience outstanding programs from anywhere in the world with Open Center Online Learning webinars. This season, the Open Center is launching a compelling new initiative: live webinars with distinguished faculty, accessible from the comfort of your own home. To participate, only a computer and broadband connection to the Internet are needed. Each webinar is an interactive, two-hour experience with an intimate feel.

Awake Beyond Your Dreams: Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming
Stephen LaBerge, PhD

Lucid dreaming, in which we realize we are dreaming while fully engaged in the dream world, is an extraordinary and exhilarating altered state of consciousness available to us while we sleep. Scientific research has established the reality of lucid dreams, and by developing new methods of induction and stabilization has made lucid dreaming into a learnable skill, a powerful tool for self exploration. In this three-part interactive webinar, you will learn how we  construct our experience of reality, how to become lucid in your dreams and guide them wisely, and how to use lucid dreaming to awaken more fully to the miracle of being, bliss, and awareness.

Learn More about Lucid Dreaming:
Stephen Laberge: Lucid Dreaming (excerpt) - A Thinking Allowed DVD with Jeffrey Mishlove
Stephen LaBerge, PhD, on Lucid Dreaming (video excerpt)

By registering for this live webinar, for each webinar event you will receive the following:

• 90 minutes of live, interactive webinar content.
• 30 minutes of question-and-answer time with the teacher.
• Access to download a recording of the complete webinar, after the event. (Free software provided to view.)

Computer System Requirements
No matter where you are on the planet, as long as you have a computer with a broadband connection, web browser, and sound capabilities (microphone and speakers or headset), you will be able to participate and engage in the question-and-answer period. If you can watch YouTube videos, you can attend this webinar online. Recommended System Requirements: Windows XP (PC) or Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, and browsers version Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome 11 or higher. ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTERED STUDENT A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

A WEBINAR SERIES
(3 sessions) Saturdays, June 2–16, 1–3pm EDT
12OLWPS102 • $80 (No Member Discount)
$70 Early Bird rate by May 19
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Experience outstanding programs from anywhere in the world with Open Center Online Learning webinars. This season, the Open Center is launching a compelling new initiative: live webinars with distinguished faculty, accessible from the comfort of your own home. It’s time to take the Open Center’s work worldwide via the Internet! To participate in any of these events, only a computer and broadband connection to the Internet are needed. Each webinar is an interactive, two-hour experience with an intimate feel. We encourage you to let friends and family outside the greater New York area know that these new programs are now available.

Early Church Spirituality of the Heart

Robin Amis

Author Robin Amis draws from his recent book Kardia: A Christian Psychology, the fruit of nearly 60 visits to the monasteries of Mount Athos, Greece, where monks put into daily practice the centuries-old teachings of the early Church Fathers. This webinar series, first, delves into St. Paul’s two kinds of knowledge, which allow one to observe interior elements of the psyche; secondly, the Prayer of the Heart, the awakening of kardia (the spiritual heart), the struggle of distraction, and the role of nous; and, in the final webinar, psychological methods of the early Church, including the two forms (linear and circular) of gaining control of attention.

By registering for this live webinar, for each webinar event you will receive the following:

• 90 minutes of live, interactive webinar content.
• 30 minutes of question-and-answer time with the teacher.
• Access to download a recording of the complete webinar, after the event. (Free software provided to view.)

Computer System Requirements
No matter where you are on the planet, as long as you have a computer with a broadband connection, web browser, and sound capabilities (microphone and speakers or headset), you will be able to participate and engage in the question-and-answer period. If you can watch YouTube videos, you can attend this webinar online. Recommended System Requirements: Windows XP (PC) or Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, and browsers version Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome 11 or higher. ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTERED STUDENT A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

A WEBINAR SERIES
(3 sessions) Sundays, July 15, August 5 & 26,
1–3pm EDT
12OLWSC101 • $80 (No Member Discount)
$70 Early Bird rate by July 1
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Experience outstanding programs from anywhere in the world with Open Center Online Learning webinars. This season, the Open Center is launching a compelling new initiative: live webinars with distinguished faculty, accessible from the comfort of your own home. It’s time to take the Open Center’s work worldwide via the Internet! To participate in any of these events, only a computer and broadband connection to the Internet are needed. Each webinar is an interactive, two-hour experience with an intimate feel. We encourage you to let friends and family outside the greater New York area know that these new programs are now available.

The Transformative Power of Mindfulness

Christopher Titmuss

A senior Dharma teacher offers wisdom from the Insight Meditation tradition for contemporary life.

Risk, Change and Wisdom: A Buddhist View
There are many forms of risk-taking that garner attention in our culture. In fact, the courage to take risks is a valuable quality, and in dharma life we learn to take risks to grow as human beings. How do we do this productively in a way that
enables us to make substantive changes in our lives and reach our potential?
Saturday, August 18, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWSB101A

Desire and Love
Who do we love? What do we love? Love and desire are two distinctly different movements—it requires mindfulness and vigilance to know the difference. Using mindfulness practice we can enable the movement of love to take place without the problematic features of desire.
Saturday, August 25, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWSB101B

The Worldly and the Spiritual
There is an important discourse to develop between the spiritual and political owing to the spiritual vacuum in political and corporate leadership. What gives rise to consumerism, competition and war? We will explore how skilful ways might bring the Four Noble Truths into the heart of public life.
Sunday, September 9, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWSB101C

By registering for this live webinar, for each webinar event you will receive the following:

• 90 minutes of live, interactive webinar content.
• 30 minutes of question-and-answer time with the teacher.
• Access to download a recording of the complete webinar, after the event. (Free software provided to view.)

Computer System Requirements
No matter where you are on the planet, as long as you have a computer with a broadband connection, web browser, and sound capabilities (microphone and speakers or headset), you will be able to participate and engage in the question-and-answer period. If you can watch YouTube videos, you can attend this webinar online. Recommended System Requirements: Windows XP (PC) or Mac OSX 10.5 or higher, and browsers version Internet Explorer 6, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Chrome 11 or higher. ACCESS INFORMATION WILL BE EMAILED TO REGISTERED STUDENT A FEW DAY PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

A WEBINAR SERIES
(3 sessions) Saturdays, August 18 & 25,
and Sunday, September 9, 1-3pm EDT
12OLWSB101Z
$80 (No Member Discount) for series
$29 for individual webinars
$70 Early Bird rate when registering for
entire webinar series by August 4
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Thomas Amelio and special guest musician Nacho Arimany

Kirtan is the ancient practice of communal chanting, a powerful and profound way of elevating the spirit, expanding consciousness and awakening the heart. Join Thomas Amelio (Shivanand), who has led Kirtans for over 25 years, for an inspiring evening of devotional music and song.

Saturday, June 23, 8pm
12SAP45N
$15 (No Member Discount)
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