Squamish Wellness Directory

August 2011 Chants & Drums Events

Summer blessings, everyone!

Here are a few invitations for Chants & Drums events in the Sea-to-Sky Corridor in August. Please feel free to forward to your friends & contacts. You may also visit our website for frequent updates at http://www.chantsanddrums.com/. Please RSVP for all events by E-mail or by phone with MJ.

Chants & Drums will soon be travelling to Quebec and England to share the gifts of Meditative Concerts and Drumming workshops. Please note that Mj will be away from Aug. 24th to September 17th, so for those who want to book private sessions, you may call to set an appointment before this date.

Dean & Mj are preparing a CD recording at the moment & the website will be updated shortly - we are keeping busy, growing with the Chants & Drums vision and blessed with abundance of creativity. Loooooove it!

We wish you a wonderful summer, filled with laughter and deep joy.

Mj & Dean

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Marie Josée Vermette ("MJ")      1-604-848-9543
Chants & Drums Productions
 http://www.chantsanddrums.com / mj@chantsanddrums.com

Sound Massage, Bodymind, Taoist Acupressure & Energy Therapy Practitioner
Chants & Drums Sound Healing Concerts & Workshops / Creative Singing and Drumming Workshops

Listen to MJ on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcV36wAkRLY /  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NxYs_N4E1s&feature=related

***Individual sessions are also available, at the cost of $65 for 60 min. or $85 for 90 min.

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AUGUST 2011 CHANTS & DRUMS EVENTS

  

You are invited to join MJ, outside where the Mamquam and Squamish Rivers meet, for an

 

"Awakening Chants" Morning Meditations (participative)

 

Friday, August 5, 12 & 19 at 9:00 a.m. We will meet at 1059, Edgewater Cr. and walk together

 

Cost: BY DONATION

MJ  will guide you to relax into simple, soothing, sacred, intuitive chants, connected with the Elements.This unique, profound experience will fill you with joy and harmony, feeling energized.

• Fill your lungs with lots of fresh air
• Free your mind of daily worries
• Feel your heart pulse to the rhythm of Nature
• Let your Soul express its integrity
• Sing!

  Absolutely NO singing experience needed

 

Please arrive 5 minutes before, as we will be leaving 1059, Edgewater Cr. at 9:00 a.m. sharp (8 - 10 min. walk). Don't miss us!!!

RSVP with MJ by phone or e-mail: 604-848-9543 or mj(at)chantsanddrums.com

Min. 3 participants.

 

Creative Drumming Workshops for Teens & Adults

 

Dates: Wednesday August 10th & 17th, 2011

Time: 7:30 – 9:00 pm

Location: 1059 Edgewater Cr., Squamish, BC

Cost: $20 drop-in (please register 24 in advance at the latest) / $ 30 for the 2 workshops when paid before august 8th

 

RSVP with MJ at 604-848-9543 or by E-Mail: mj(at)chantsanddrums.com

Min. 5 participants

Here is a chance for your Soul to manifest itself through ludic percussion workshops. We will play African Djembe drums, as well as a variety of other drums and hand percussions.

Traditionally, hand drumming has been used in many cultures, to help create a conduit to the Divine. Group drumming allows us to experience worship with our bodies as well as our minds, and provides us with demonstrated biological and pscyho-social benefits. While facilitating Creative Drumming sessions, MJ's unique approach uses the drums as communication and personal expression tools She is passionate about empowering individuals by guiding them to open up to their highest good.

In a warm, friendly and non-judgemental atmosphere, you will be enabled to:

• Relax and let go of your internal dialogue & eliminate mental tensions
• Contact your inner rhythms
• Be encouraged to express yourself with creative impulse
• Acknowledge your possibilities and your limits, and be lead to transcend them
• Share, listen, dare
• Have fun!

By simple and colourfulexercises that respect your pace, you will:

Explore different warm-up exercises

• Be guided with visualisation exercises
• Explore multiple ways of creating your own patterns and rhythms
• Participate in spontaneous solo, duo, trio and group improvisations
• Create collective rhythmic songs
• Be given technical advice and practice tools when required

Blissful Sounds - A Chants & Drums Experiencial Sound Healing Circle

 

 

Thursday, August 11th, 2011 - 7:30 p.m.

Location: OM Yoga Studio - 38833, Garibaldi Ave. (Dentville, Squamish)

Cost: Sliding scale contribution $10 - $20

Here is an opportunity to learn self-healing tools to create relaxation, releasing of tensions and recharging of positive energies. You will be experiencing sound resonance of voice and drums, along with singing bowls, chimes, rain sticks and other instruments played with conscious intent to raise your vibrations. Bring your singing bowls, drums & rattles if you have them - you will be participating!

RSVP needed 24 h in advance at the latest with MJ at 604-848-9543 or by E-mail: mj(at)chantsanddrums.com.

 
Be well and happy!

Sound Healing Concert this Weekend

Just a note to let you know that there are still tickets available for Saturday night's SOUND HEALING CONCERT, where I will be opening with Shamanic Chants & Drums, with Brad and Dean, grounding us. The second part of the concert will be offered by Jay Schwed, a Sound Healer from Arizona, passing through our Corridor at this time. He will be playing his magnificent crystal bowls (see attached poster for details). Don't miss this UNIQUE event. I am really looking forward to the evening...

On another beat, here is an invitation for my next CREATIVE DRUMMING WORKSHOP in Squamish, on Jan. 20th.

And... Next Chants & Drums Sound Healing Meditation in Squamish will be on Jan. 31st at my new home- detailed invitation to come.

Peace within,

Marie Josée Vermette ("MJ")  
Bodymind, Taoist Acupressure & Energy Therapy
Chants & Drums: Sound Healing Journeys, Concerts, Meditations & Workshops
604-848-9543

New Year 1-1-11, New Moon, Full Moon Meditations

Connecting, attuning and integrating the higher vibrational frequencies.

Hello to you all!

We just had a great meditation last night with a great group of individuals for the Winter Solstice, Full Moon, Lunar Eclipse.  And as we get nearer to the 2012 time-line, it feels important to take advantage of the energies and frequencies that are available to us during these windows of time.    So for the month of January, we will start the year with a 1-1-11 meditation where you can intensify your intentions during this powerful portal of time to set the tone for 2011 and leading up to 2012 (details below).

I will also be offering a meditation gathering for the new moon and the full moon.    The new moon is an opportunity to explore your wants and needs and to plant the new seeds for manifestation, while the full moon can be a time to let go of those things that you think you ‘should’ do but don’t really want to.

These gatherings are not just meditations but also the opportunity to sit in a high vibrational field which brings in new frequencies (information) while I work with the group energetically. 

It’s best if you have meditated before as we do sit quietly for 45 minutes to an hour but if you haven’t, you are still welcome, but expect to sit quietly for that amount of time : )

Also, a reminder that private one-on-one sessions are also available to bring you more deeply into the fullness of your being by transforming the old discordant energies and aligning you with your truth.

I look forward to sharing in the healing energies.

peace,

Tara

Dates:    

1-1-11 – New Beginnings for the Year 2011.  Saturday, January 01, 2011 at 10:45 - noonish  (that way we can be meditating at the pinnacle point of 11:11 am!)

New Moon – Tuesday, January 4th , 7 – 8:30 pm-ish

Full Moon – Wednesday, January 19th, 7 – 8:30 pm-ish

Cost:  $12

Location:

1005 Polewe Place, Garibaldi Highlands.   Directions:  Up the hill from the highway, turn right onto the Boulevard,  turn left onto Perth, turn left onto Pomona (one street before Pia), and left into Polewe Pl. into the cul-de-sac.  There is a ‘for sale’ sign on the front lawn. 

Please RSVP as space is limited with Tara at 604 892 4905   max 12 people    

Squamish Healing Event

Healing Event in Squamish

Alternative Healing

What's it all about?

Come and experience what each of these practitioners has to offer

Homeopathy    ~    Energy Healing    ~    Life Coaching ~ Craniosacral Therapy

October 20th 2010
7pm-930pm
Cost: By Donation (suggested $15.00)
Location: Cedar Valley Waldorf School
38265 Westway Ave. in Valleycliffe

Info & Registration

Group Healing Meditations with Tara Alain

Next Set starting October 28th. 

Only 3 spots left!

Tara is bringing to you the same high vibrational frequencies that she brings into her private sessions as a healer. This allows you the opportunity to connect, attune and integrate these frequencies into your own field of consciousness so that you can begin to raise your own vibration.  As your vibrational level increases, the older, denser energies naturally and organically move out of your experience, allowing you to begin to experience yourself and your world in a different ‘light’.

Please click link below for more information.

Download Meditation PDF

Tara Alain
www.divinematrix.ca
Energy Healing
Consciousness Transformation

Free Event ~ Alternative Healing

Alternative Healing

What's it all about?

Come and experience what each of these practitioners has to offer

Homeopathy    ~    Energy Healing    ~    Life Coaching

Wednesday, May 26th 2010
7pm - 9:30pm (sorry, doors locked at 7:05pm)
Elaho Medical Clinic - Chieftain Centre

Please use link below for more info or to register ~ space is limited

http://www.owningyourvoice.com/squamish-healing-event.html

Yoga, Ayurveda & Thai Massage Retreat | April 30 - May 2, 2010

Expand and deepen your experience of yoga through Thai massage and Ayurveda, yoga's sister science of holistic wellness.

April 30- May 2, 2010

$480.00

Come and experience the rugged elegance of BC's coast, while you relax your body, quiet your mind and open your heart

Your 2-Night Yoga, Thai & Ayurveda Retreat Includes:

• 2 nights accommodation at The Sea to Sky Retreat Center
• West Coast Cuisine featuring fresh vegetarian fare
• Morning and afternoon daily yoga and meditation instruction
• Thai Massage simple treatment exchange
• Practical Ayurvedic principles and theory
• Hiking in a Coastal Rainforest amongst the Thai Buddhist Monastery
  

This program is suitable for:

• Anyone seeking knowledge and practical tools for a deeper integration
  

       of wellness in all aspects of daily living for yourself and your family.

• Yoga Teachers, wishing to enrich their instruction for their students.
• Health Care Providers looking to expand their knowledge of diet and
  

       lifestyle as seen through the Thai Massage Practices, Ayurveda and Yoga.
 
The Sea-to-Sky Retreat Centre
 
 The retreat will be held at the beautiful and rugged Sea-to-Sky Retreat
 Centre (SSRC) just south of Whistler, B.C. The SSRC was founded in 1993 by
 Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. The site is secluded on 40 acres on the east
 side of Daisy Lake in the beautiful British Columbia coastal mountains. The
 centre was been hosting a range of events since 1995 including group and
 personal retreats for both Buddhists and non-Buddhists.
 
For more information regarding the Retreat and for Registration please visit our website at www.whistlerhealingarts.com
Email at info@whistlerhealingarts.com Colleen @604-905-0771 

A New Vision and New Connection with Body/Mind/Soul

IT ALL BEGINS WITH A NEW VISION AND AWARENESS

How many of you reading this blog had an epiphany at least once in your life time, a vision perhaps, to activate the parts of yourself in unison with the Universe and with blessings becoming ever so present in every living moment, supporting you, confirming you, and leading you onto the new path that was clearly unfolding for you? I hope so many of you had the blessings of such a KNOWING in your heart, at least once in your life time. That knowing which may have lead you to your purpose; as the purpose leads you onto a meaningful life lived with passion and vision.

When we see something so clearly and in our minds eye, when we feel it in the depth of our spirit and know it in our cells, this magnificent knowing gives BIRTH to our ability to access such phenomenal power, which is embedded in our original make-up of creation, to move forward with gusto and in steadfast motion to manifest all that our inner truth resonates with. Sometimes the discovery may take certain attachments to various conditions all depending on our road map and how many pit-stops we decided to make along the way as those A-HA moments are often the result of an experience we are given to endure the challenges, all to realize and to discover our true potential and power to create a change within and externally.

Our connection with NATURE goes way back in our cellular memory. All the answers to all the secrets and all the remedies to all ailments had already been in co-existence with us since the second we decided to materialize in the human body. We are all born with this immaculate and innate knowledge of truth before we manage to forget about it all and start searching for it for the rest of our lives. And the whole time it is sitting right in front of us, while it is held in the depth of our cellular memory as we are trying to re-invent the wheel ~ once again!

Perhaps it is fun to know, then forget, and then trying to re-member. Perhaps this is the only remedy for learning the art of living in the now. See, some spend life times trying to find the truth and then life gives up on them before they are able to reach their a-ha moment. Some are luckier, born with a sense that there is more to life, maybe with some awareness about their part in the history, and they are given the tools to dig deep enough to receive the gift of enlightenment at some point in life. For some, discovering their truth and receiving their activation from the Universe happens through a challenging condition such as an illness, accident, or death of a loved one. Either way it is a journey, a chosen one, as we shape and shift the way of our journey and try to make the best out of it all.

When truth is received and it is standing ever so clear in front of you, you are immediately given a responsibility. Choice often determines how you perform your part and honor your responsibility, but once it is felt in your heart through accessing the layers of the unknown and it is looking at you right in the eye, you have to step up to it to dance your part, and then gather up your courage and go right through that portal of transformation, not only for yourself but for the betterment of the humanity.

We each contribute to the evolution of the planet with our own unique cellular signature and vibrational frequency. When you realize the importance and the significance of your part, the need to heed the call becomes a necessity, a mission; and a vision on wheels, to get you and the humanity onto the next level. We are all children of the same truth in our core and we all have incredible things to do, to make a difference and contribute to the planet's evolution in our own way. 

 

With the new year approaching, I invite you to go within, bless your HEART and see the divinity and the light you hold in your sacred body, mind, and spirit. I wish you the most aware and blessed YEAR to help you connect with your original power, and to give you the courage to shine your light  and be who you are where ever you are, always in truth and beauty.

 

May you always inspire and awaken the giant within.

 

Namaste.

 

ISHIL

 

http://soulpurposealignmentandactivation.blogspot.com

www.ishil.com

 

 

 

 

Soul Purpose Alignment = New Beginnings

If the New Agreements you are about to make in 2010 are listed down below, YOU ARE called for activation and Soul Purpose Alignment to help you get there with gusto!

 

You are ready to claim your original power and know your divinity;

You are ready to see and embrace your part in the big picture;

You are willing to step out of the illusion and claim your purpose;

You are ready to reveal who you truly are to the rest of the world;

 

You are now willing to take responsibility in creating your own reality;

You realize there is so much more to your EXISTENCE and to all the connections surrounding you.

 

You are ready to DO what you LOVE, and LOVE who YOU are!

 

Soul Purpose Alignment is an extremely beneficial and spiritual therapy designed to help transform your life with direct guidance from within. It is created with the intention of empowerment and offered to anyone who is ready to embrace “change” within and outside of themselves and willing to look at the layers that come up as an opportunity to move forward because it is simply TIME.

Soul Purpose Alignment Sessions are delivered by ISHIL in person or via the long distance method as they both create equally powerful outcomes resulting in change and much needed transformation.

The long distance readings are NOW offered and available for anyone in the world as your reading will be recorded and e-mailed to you as a sound file or sent in a detailed e-mail after your clearing is initiated and completed. You will resonate with and feel the shift instantly followed by the new reality you have created. You will be able to apply the new perception of who you are to all levels of your life where ever you reside on the planet with powerful manifesto, and feel your original power in all you do as a result. Be the catalyst and the inspirational voice to help activate the giant within by gifting yourself and your loved ones.

Contact ISHIL for your New Year/New YOU/New Reality Activation.

@

ishil@shaw.ca

 

(604) 638-6971

 

http://soulpurposealignmentandactivation.blogspot.com

 

 

 

 

Reiki Level 1 in Squamish

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Tap into your own healing ability by learning Reiki! It is easy to learn and has powerful results. Reiki brings relaxation, calm and natural healing. Anyone can learn Reiki without any previous experience. 

Join Reiki Master/Teacher Marissa Schiesser for a dynamic, interactive and fun class. Walk away with the ability to give Reiki to yourself, friends, family and pets.

Learn how to channel healing energy, what Reiki is and how it works, the chakra system, grounding and clearing and how to give yourself and others Reiki.

Includes a 2-day class, Reiki 1 attunement, practice sessions, manual, certificate and snacks.

Dates: January 16th and 17th, 10-4 downtown Squamish

Cost is $190 +gst

Space is limited to 6 people to provide you with a personal and experiential learning experience.

More info on Reiki and the teacher here...