2017Join us at the:Spring Festival of Awareness Sacred Music, Sacred Dance Wise Women's Festival Tai Chi Summer Camp

Johnson's Landing Retreat • www.JohnsonsLandingRetreat.bc.ca

Wonderful Events

Delicious FoodGreat Setting

Affordable Prices

West Kootenay Map

“It’s Worth the Journey”

Driving Time To The reTreaT CenTerFrom Kaslo .............................. 1 hour

From Nelson .......................... 2 hours

From Castlegar .................. 2.5 hours

From Spokane, Wash. ........ 6 hours

From Calgary, Alberta ..... 10 hours

From Vancouver, B.C. ..... 12 hours

For travel options go to our website and click Getting Here, it shows detailed directions

For more information or to register call us 1 (250) 366-4402

‘Invest in Yourself to help Change the World’

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Culinary DelightsWe lovingly serve delicious vegetarian gourmet meals using our own organic

garden vegetables and herbs when possible. We buy organic grains, dried

fruits, seeds, nuts and locally made sour-dough breads. We grind our own flour to make scrumptious-tasting baked good-ies with cold-pressed oil and free-range eggs. Wheat-free and special diets are

available upon request.

The Group Room holds 40 people and has a deck that doubles as an outdoor

classroom with a breathtaking view. We have a 24 foot Geodesic Dome

and a Sacred Space buildingfor meditation and personal reflection.

Retreat Center FacilitiesThe Lodge contains the dining facilities, a lounge/

common space for meeting, as well as a library area for quiet relaxation. It has a sauna and other amenities on

a large deck that overlooks majestic Kootenay Lake.

Workshop #02 Saturday afternoon 3 hours Men's Group

This process can be powerful healing modality incorporating the sacred ways of the ancients. Together we will explore the many paths using old and modern sciences including NLP, Hypnotherapy, Trans-personal Psychology Counsel and Shamanism. Being a tattoo artist I would also like to share why I believe this to be a sacred ritual.  

Workshop #03 Saturday afternoon 3 hours Woman's Circle Ceremony

A woman’s ceremony with Rituals of Earth Traditions dedicated to shared feminine wisdom and Living in Beauty and Balance on the Winds of Change, including: connective sharing and witnessing, deep expression, dance and sacred sound, gratitude, and celebration.  Bring your Authentic Selves, Open Hearts, and a sense of Courageous Adventure.

Workshop #04 Sunday morning 3 hours Sacred Empowering Language

Vince and Rebecca offer us an opportunity to dive into communica-tion and discover how effective communication can open our experience to what we truly desire. We work experientially with empathy, body language, words, vocal tone, and emotional integration, guided by theory based on Compassionate Communica-tion, NLP,  Indigenous Wisdom, and Transpersonal Psychology.

Spring Festival of Awareness • Kootenays

April 28-30, 2017 • 39 th annual

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THERESa LEERiondel, BC • 250 225-3518www.KootenaySoundHealing.com

Having a passion for learning and a natural curiosity about the inter-connectedness of all things led Theresa to the Acutonics® Institute of Integrative Medicine.  This dynamic and powerful system of vibrational medicine transformed her life and inspired her to become a Certified Teacher of Acutonics. In 2013 she developed the Kootenay Sound Healing Centre. With the addition of 17 Paiste Planetary Gongs, Theresa is now available for private or group gong meditations, festivals and events. 

Workshop #01 Saturday afternoon 3 hours

Music of the SpheresPaiste Planetary Gongs, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Acutonics Tuning Forks, Planetary Hand Chimes, drums, rattles, our voices and more! In this workshop we will use these sacred sounds to blend our intentions and prayers to create healing circles. Participants may simply meditate to these sounds or give and receive sound healing

treatments.  Please bring a mat and blanket.

VinCE WiSHaRT & REbECCa RuTHVancouver BC • phone 604 712-0036 www.LoveMedicine.ca

Vince and Rebecca both have a Transpersonal Psychology perspective, and have trained as Transformative Coaches learning modalities such as NLP, Hypnotherapy, Family Systems Analysis, Experiential Healing Processes, and Breath-work. Through these powerful techniques, Divine guidance, and deep listening, they are honored to custom create a transformational workshop so we can all lead thriving and loving lives.

Theresa Lee will play the gongs Friday evening after the introduction of workshop leaders as a bedtime meditation.

TySon baRTELWinlaw, BC • 250 226-6826

www.ThaiTouch.ca

Tyson has been practicing meditation and yoga for a quarter century since living 2 ½

years in Asia exploring Eastern spiritual traditions. For many moons he enjoyed his

teaching career and Thai massage practice in Kamloops while completing a Feldenkrais teacher training in the USA. Tyson moved

to the Kootenays 10 years ago to deepen his relationship with nature and live simply. He loves gardening, community, ecstatic dance, and going on adventures with his

partner Courtney. Thai massage, Feldenkrais and Yoga offered in Kamloops, Nelson and

Slocan Valley.

SunRiSE CEREMoniES with Tyson: SaTuRday morning 7 -7:45 in the GRoup RooMYOGA • Easy restorative stretches to start the day

CouRTnEy WREn-MabbuTTWinlaw, BC  • 250 226-6826

www.courtneywrenmabbutt.com

Courtney has her master’s in Clinical Social Work and provides therapy to individuals, couples, children and families. She uses a

somatic embodied approach to working with the nervous system. Courtney has also

followed her own spiritual path in Sha-manism, incorporating ceremony, ritual,

the medicine wheel and connection to the land into her life and work. Love, connec-

tion, and adventure are important in her journey. Her dream of learning to garden

is coming true with her partner Tyson and her new life in the Kootenays.

Workshop #05 Sunday afternoon 3 hours

The Medicine Wheel of the nervous System

How do we embody spirituality on the earth walk? How do we join in the stream of life while reconciling with our individual life challenges? This will be an experiential process of learning how to join with the stream of life in an embodied way. This requires creating a new relation-ship with your nervous system. Through the use of the medicine of the sacred circle, we will gather in ceremony to explore connection with the self, the earth, and each other.

Yoga of Love • Workshop #06 Saturday evening 2.5 hours

“When love first tasted the lips of being human, it started singing”- Rumi.

Join Tyson and Courtney for an experiential journey of remembering that life is a love story. We remember this love through the experiences we cultivate.  Calling upon indigenous and yogic traditions along with present moment awareness and healing touch, we’ll create an experiential ground for embodying and coming into the heart. This workshop is for anyone and everyone.

Workshop #07 Saturday morning 3 hours

awareness through Movement: Explorations of being Embodied

Since ancient times human beings have explored move-ment practices for health, wellbeing, and spiritual awakening. Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais studied the evolution-ary potential of neuromuscular repatterning through movement in a revolutionary way to teach himself to walk after crippling knee injuries. He called the essence of these amazing exercises ‘Awareness Through Movement’ (ATM). Tyson will offer a sampling of ATM, inviting heightened senses of embodiment for present moment awareness, self healing and, potentially, Awakening. “I move, thus I am”.

Workshop #08 Saturday morning 3 hours

The Science of Heart intuition Anxieties? Self-doubt? Come explore how your own

heart has the remedies! We play with simple and powerful tools and techniques, from scientific

research from the HeartMath® Institute, to access our clear thinking, as well as our heart intuition! Through

fun games, art, sound and breath, we learn how to transform anxieties and doubts into peace and pres-ence. We complete with a Heart meditation, offering

Peace to the World.

dania EdWaRdSNelson, BC • dania@netidea.comwww.heartmath.com/listing/dania-edwards

Dania has been a Certified HeartMath® Coach since 2012, as well as an Authorized Facilitator of Healing with the Arts. She is a Certified Dance Leader for the Dances of Universal Peace, drumming and leading the Dances since 2008. She is a Registered Jin Shin Do Bodymind Acupressurist, Licensed Stopping Emotional Eating Program Coach. “Sharing informa tion about the heart, from my heart, facilitating ah-has and witnessing shifts into expanded consciousness is a JOY!” HeartMath is a registered trademark of Quantum Intech, Inc.

Satsang Evening • Workshop #09 Sat evening 2 - 2.5 hours

Learn simple, devotional songs and chanting in Sanskrit, the ancient and sacred language of India. Through sacred music we attune to the frequency of unconditional

Love of Universal Motherhood, as embodied by ‘Amma’. We complete with a short meditation for World Peace. Musicians with instruments are welcome!

Dania will lead the Dances of Universal Peace for Opening Cermonies Friday at 7pm and Closing Ceremonies Sunday at 4:45

Workshop #16 Saturday evening 2.5 hours

Workshop #17 Sunday afternoon 3 hours

Change your Writing, Shift your ThinkingEasy to grasp, not so easy to implement. It is good to know what the basic symbolism means as the dot moves through space to express our brain's agenda. What does a circle or a line represent, how much slant is good? Did you know there is no such thing as messy writing? The hand

can only depict what the brain knows.

anGELE oRTEGaJohnsons Landing, BC • 250-366-4402

Angèle became a certified Graphologist in 1990. It did not take her long to realize she could not make a living doing this so she started Issues Magazine to promote herself, the Spring Festival of Awareness and all the people she knew who had talent. Since then she has learned many tools for understand-ing herself and the bigger picture called life.

RiEL MaRquaRdTVernon, BC • 250 718-8484www.cultureunplugged.com/play/7134/The-incomappleux Riel has a passion for applying ancient teachings to present-day challenges. His education in electronic engineering and training in Shamanism led him to understand ancient cultures, harnessed technologies that we are only re-discovering now. He believes humanity is on the cusp of an evolutionary leap propelled by the wide-spread adoption of these life-affirming insights.

Workshop # 10 Saturday morning 3 hoursWorkshop # 11 Sunday morning 3 hours

ancient Future – a Signpost for Evolution

Supported by renewed scientific research, it appears ancient cultures possessed advanced technologies that were based on unifying prin-ciples. Learn what hints were left behind, the growing awareness of these technologies and the amazing implications a unified worldview allows for our planet. The key to a successful collective transition is held by each one of us.

Workshop # 14 Saturday morning 3 hoursWorkshop # 15 Sunday afternoon 3 hours

Live Life Limitless with TappingLearn the basics of Emotional Freedom Techniques (Tapping) and allow yourself to experience its power to transform pat-terns, cravings and beliefs. Tapping combines the ancient wis-dom of energy meridians, a concept long known by the Chinese acupuncturists. Exposure Therapy is a modern approach to rapidly accelerate the healing and growth process through your own conscious awareness. We will be tapping as a group and all who participate will benefit from the group energy of melting

limitations, whether the specific issue pertains to you or not.

Workshop #12 Saturday afternoon 3 hours

Workshop #13 Sunday morning 3 hours

Energetic Chi Kungactive transformation of life energy

Experience a holistic system of aligning the physical and energetic body by explor-ing the energetic principles of breathing, body alignment, sitting, standing, sleep-ing, stretching, food, meditation, walking and martial arts. We will also explore self healing methods and how we can assist oth-ers to heal themselves and their loved ones. Wear comfortable clothing. Bring a yoga

mat if you have one.

SunRiSE CEREMoniES with Fred: Sunday morning 7- 7:45 in the GRoup RooMEnergetic Chi Kung morning movements, an energizing way to start the day.

FREd SHadian

Saturna Island, BC • 604 725-8897www.FredShadian.comwww.VibrationalGreens.com

Fred is an Energetic Chi Kung teacher/healer, Nutri-tional Microscopist, Martial Arts and Firewalking In-structor, and the author of Energetic Questions: Life’s Simple Answers. He holds three blackbelts in three Martial Arts and has been teaching professionally since 1989. His speaking, training and healing abili-ties have guided thousands of individuals worldwide to become more aware of, and confident in awakening their own energetic healing abilities. Fred has appeared on BCTV, Chek TV, Canada A.M. and CBC Radio.

Fred offers a 2 day workshop Mon & Tues, May 1 & 2 • Cost is $250 for registered participants. • More details on the page 9

LuiSa SCHRoEdERproctor, bC

Luisa studied Tapping and Matrix Reim-printing with the EFT Master Trainers Alina Frank and Craig Weiner, DC in Langley, WA. Her certification as an Advanced EFT Practitioner was pursued with a strong com-mitment to give back to the world by helping others release their limitations on who they are, or could become. She started her private practice several years ago.

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On-site registration starts at noon ~ Dinner happens ~ 5:15 to 6:30Arrive early, walk the labyrinth, get familiar with the land and buildings.

7:30 pm - Dania will lead an interactive and inspiring ceremony in the Dome.   8:00 - Greeting from your hosts, then introduction of the instructors. 9 - 10 pm - Uplifting Sounds • Theresa Lee will play the gongs. These vibrations ground and stimulate the various chakral centres and resound through our emo-tional, psychological, physical, and spiritual bodies so healing can happen easily.

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DormCabin Tipi Room in Lodge Tree House

We have 5 cabins, 2 tipis, 5 beds in the dorm, 5 rooms in the lodge, 2 tree houses.

To register for any of the workshops, festivals or programs please phone: 250-366-4402

Vegetarian Meals include dessert and beverage. If you have dietary restrictions let us know. meal paCkages Friday dinner to Sunday lunch $90 • Saturday breakfast to Sunday lunch $75 inDiviDual meals Breakfast $ 12 • Lunch $ 17 • Dinner $ 17

Spring Festival of Awareness • April 28-30 $135 before April 15 includes free CAmping • late $150

Wise Women's Festival • September 15-17$135 before september 1 includes free CAmping • late $150

UpgrADe AccommoDAtion rAteS WithoUt meALS • 2 singles -or- 1 double bedShared Cabin or Dorm 2 people $ 50 ea.Shared Tree House - 2 people $ 45 ea. Shared Room in the Lodge - 2 people $ 40 ea.Shared Tipi - 2 or more people $ 40 ea.

Private Cabin $ 75 Private Tipi or Tree House $ 70Private Room in the Lodge $ 60Private Tent Cabin $ 40

ALL rates are per person, per day plus taxes

ALL rates are per person, per day plus taxes

uP-gRADeS ARe AvAiLAbLe iF you Don'T enJoy CAMPingfor the following Programs

Spring Festival of Awareness • Sacred Music, Sacred Dance Meditation for Peace • Tai Chi Summer Camp • Wise Women's

AccommoDAtionS With meALS • 2 singles -or- 1 double bed

Shared Cabin or Dorm $ 100 ea. Shared Tree House $ 95 ea. Shared Room in the Lodge or Tipi $ 90 ea.Camping (Bring tent and linen) $ 70

Private Cabin $125Private Tree House or Tipi $120Private Room in the Lodge $110Private Tent Cabin $ 90

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Learn Energetic Chi Kung principles Body Alignment, Communications, Self-Defence as you learn to ground and root yourself in every situation. Let's transform your dis-ease and discomfort into ease and comfort by focusing on wellness by explore self-healing methods, Energetic Breathing, sitting, standing, walking, sleeping, eating, stretching, body alignment, meditation and some martial arts that balance your physical and energetic body.

Fred Shadian, Energetic Chi Kung Teacher/Healer, Nutritional Microscopist, Martial Arts and Firewalking instructor, author of Energetic Questions: Life's SimpleAnswers

Fred holds 3 blackbelts in 3 different martial arts styles and has been teaching professionallysince 1989. His workshops have guided thousands of individuals worldwide in awakening their own energetic healing abilities. Fred has appeared on CBC Radio, BCTV, ChekTV and Canada AM.For more Information visit www.energeticchiKung.com or phone Fred: 604-725-8897

energetic chi KungActive transformation of life energy

May 1 & 2 - 2 day • Interactive Workshop

Cost: $250 if attending the Spring Festival of Awareness • otherwise $350 plus meals and accommodation • please call to register 250-366-4402

Push Hands

meditation for peace and compassionwith Robert Tessier • June 10 - 15More than ever before in our history, our world is calling out for healing and an end to suffering. Fortu-nately, the Buddha spoke of an end to suffering in the third of the four Noble Truths. Beginning with the technique of Shamatha, or calm abiding, we will explore how we can practice for the benefit of all beings. From a foundation of openness and awareness, we will extend compassion to our planet through Metta practice, and Tonglen meditation which is based on the Mind Training Slogans of Atisha. Walking medi-tation will create in us a profound appreciation of the clarity of mindfulness while we take in the beauty of the forests and mountains of eastern British Columbia. Bring your singing voice as we join together to chant the Medicine Buddha Mantra, and the Mantra of Avalokiteshvara, Bodhisattva of Compassion. We

will wrap up the week with a “retreat within a retreat,” a sustained focusing of intention that the benefit we have received from the teachings would be shared with all of creation. During the week, there will be time for sharing and discussion, as well as quiet time for personal practice, reflection, and enjoying the tranquillity of the Retreat Center.

robert Tessier For over twenty years, Robert has been a world explorer and a student of the workings of human potential. He found his direction in the teachings of Gautama, also known as The Buddha, and in the promise of The Buddha that there is a path to liberation available to all of us, wherever we are, right now. Robert has been influenced by many of today's Buddhist teachers, including Pema Chodron, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, and Ajahn Brahm. He is interested in the truth that we can all find our path out of suffering while learning to love ourselves, and all of creation, with boundless compassion, and joy at the boundless gift of life.

sTrawBerrY eXTravaganZa & open house, sunday June 25th, 2-5pm, Free strawberry dessert, Tours of the Center, Free Yoga Class at 4 pm

Yard Sale of books and treasures • Everyone Welcome!

$250 for 5 days of meals and free camping (upgrades available see page 8)In keeping with Buddhist tradition there is no instructor fee for this retreat.

Donations can be made directly to the teacher.

Majida Myriah Pazereckas Roy is a certified Dances of Univer-sal Peace leader, and has led the Dances in several countries. She is in the twelfth year of co-lead-ing the Dances in her community of Colville, Washington, and feels it is a privilege and honor to share these beautiful and sacred dances with the world. She looks forward to extending her love of dance, music, and joy in yet an-other beautiful Canadian venue!

Sacred Music, Sacred Dance~ dances of universal peace ~

June 28 - July 2 • $275 for 4 days (early rate)

includes Free cAmping & meALS (after June 14 • $290)if you don't enjoy camping, up-grades are available.. rates on page 8

~ 2017 DANCE LEADERS ~Tom Halim Schmeling & Diana Mariam Schmeling are certified dance leaders of the Dances of Universal Peace from Corvallis, Montana. An accomplished guitarist and originator of several dances and Zikrs, Tom Halim is known for his gentle and good humoured leadership that invites people to experience the full depth of the Dances. Diana Mariam has a deep attunement to beauty and joy that brings forth sweetness in her dance leading and her presence. Together, Tom Halim and Diana Mariam are engaging and welcoming ambassadors of peace.

Certified Dance mentor Phil Murad Notermann has lead dances since the early 1990s.   He has served as president of the board of Oneness Project from 2006 to 2010, among other activities support-ing the Dances.  Together with his wife (Helen Gabel) of 45 years, Murad lives in a sustainably fo-cused intentional community north of Seattle, WA. He has practiced and taught within the Buddhist path for decades.

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Sacred MuSic, Sacred dance

Festival Schedule thUrSDAy Starts with dinner at 5 pm followed by evening Dances at 7 pm

FriDAy- SUnDAy ScheDULe 7:00-7:30 am • Morning Practice7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast9:00 am - noon • Morning Dances12:15 - 1:15 pm Lunch 1:15 - 5:15 pm • Free Time5:30 - 6:30 pm Dinner 7:00 - 9:30 pm • Evening DancesThursday evening Zikr (Practice of Remembrance)

monDAy ScheDULe 7:30 - 8:30 am Breakfast9:00 am - noon • Morning Dances12:15 - 1:15 pm Lunch

Clean-up, pack up and say our good-byes.

KARMA yogA: Participants are requested to do 3 clean-up tasks over the four days. Karma Yoga allows us to keep registration fees at a minimum and it involves all in the creation and celebration of community through co-operative, mutually beneficial work in the spirit of selfless service. The sign up sheet will be outside the Lodge.

WoRK TRADe 1/2 price of Festival Fees

Exchange 10 to 12 hours of time helping to run this event.

The afternoons are free time, if you wish to offer an activity please contact Richard.

Deposit

The easiest way to reserve your space is to pay the workshop fees using etransfer, credit card or paypal. The balance for ac-commodations with meals and taxes is due upon arrival by cash or credit card. Debit cards and personal cheques are not ac-cepted at the Center.

Prices are in Canadian dollars.

Booking a retreatPlease register early to ensure a place in both your chosen work-shop and the accommodations of your choice. 1-250-366-4402

• Plan to arrive between 2 and 6 pm the day of the work-shop. Most programs start after dinner which is usu-ally served around 6 pm. Most programs finish after lunch on the last day of your workshop or retreat.

What to Bring: flashlight and extra batteries, hiking footwear, beach towel and bathing suit, notebook/journal, water bottle and slippers or indoor footwear suitable for hardwood floors (outdoor footwear is not worn inside the buildings). The weather varies a lot here, so bring clothing for all possibilities. Please note that there are no stores or restaurants in Johnson’s Landing.

Seclusion Retreats We have cabins which cost $742 per week including meal delivery.

Facility Rentals for group gatheringsIf your group would like to rent the facility, please contact us: 250-366-4402. We offer group discounts.

please bring a travel mug

"It was a pleasure to take part in a workshop with a great, skilled facilitator. Made me feel alive,

peaceful, connected and relaxed. My body is happy with all the exercise. Loved energy, the quietness, nature, the atmosphere, awesome food and friendly staff." ~ Margurita, England

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minke de Vos is a Medical Qigong Master Therapist and teacher of Qigong and Tao Tantric Arts. She has worked along-side Taoist Master Mantak Chia for over 30 years. She is a dancer and creator of EnChant Dance based on Eurythmy, the etheric movement of sound. Minka creatively integrates intention, awareness, visualization, breath, healing sounds, chanting, self-massage and movement into the practices of Inner Alchemy Meditation, Taoist Sexual Energy Cultivation, Tao Yoga and Qigong. She inspires people to live with passion, love and compassion, honouring their body, chi and relationships and the world around them. Come and benefit from her vast re-sources of healing and self-transformation methods. She is the author of Tao Tantric Arts for Women, Feminine Treasures Playbook, Heart Qigong and many DVDs and CDs. More details at...www.femininetreasures.com or www.silentground.com Dave gyurkovics, Universal Healing Tao Instructor, has studied and practiced Taoist internal arts for 20 years. He is a Medical Qigong Therapist, Chi Nei Tsang Practitioner and Acutonics Sound Healer. He teaches people how to breathe as the basis for healthy living.

Qigong Teacher Training

July 9 ~ August 6 • 4 weeks at the Johnson's Landing retreat center in the Kootenays

Weekly Practicum: you will have a chance to teach a class in Meditation, Tao yoga and Qigong and receive feedback on your teaching. Practice teaching in small groups will be on Saturdays.

intimate group: Only 12 students will be accepted for optimal personal support.

Certification: You will be certified by Tao Alchemy Arts (formerly Silent Ground) If you have sufficient personal practice you will be internationally recognized by the Universal Healing Tao system founded by Grandmaster Mantak Chia.

Tuition: Early bird fee $2,490 payable to Minke • (deposit of $800 before May 9)

Accommodations & Meals: 28 days: Camping - $1,960 + tax • Shared - $2,520 + tax • Private - $2,996 + tax

Training a Learn the inner and outer structure of each movement a Learn the meaning, philosophy and healing properties of each practice a Ingrain movements into body memory and make them your own a Refine each movement to reflect fluidity, harmony and strength a Integrate proper, conscious breathing techniques a Learn how to creatively develop classes and private sessions a build your personal daily practice

200 hours CeRTiFiCATion TRAining Cultivate your practice to a new level

Each week has a progressive theme1 Tao Fundamentals, Self Healing

2 Five elements, Shamanic empowerment

3 Healing Love, Tao Tantric Qigong

4 inner Alchemy, Spiritual Qigong Training

40 annual kooTenaY lake Tai Chi summer CampAugust 12-18 • Saturday to Friday

Six Days for $635 (early rate) includes Instruction, Free CAmpIng and meALS!

(Rate after Aug 1 • $650)

Hajime leading the 2015 classTai Chi summer Camp insTruCTors

Tai Chi is the art of flowing body move-

ments to improve your energy levels

and bring the body into harmony while calming the mind.

Beginners Welcome

intermediate and Advanced students

will have form-improvement

sessions that are not style-dependent.

options include fan forms, weapons and

push hands.

Qi gong starts the day and an optional massage class ends

the evenings.

Hajime Harold naka is an Urban Daoist rebel with a cause... and effect. He has been studying, practicing and teaching QiGong - Tai Chi - Daoist philosophy and meditation for thirty-four years. Hajime is a certified senior Tai Chi instructor and double gold medalist at the Chinese Canadian Martial Arts Championships. Hajime teaches in Kelowna, BC.

sifu Bryan Knack began studying martial arts in the mid-70s, he then turned his studies to Tai Chi and Qi Gong. He had two training centers in Portland, Oregon, with 2 of his masters from China. In 2007 he was inducted into the USA Marshal Arts Hall of Fame as Chinese Martial Art Master of the year. Sifu Knack offers study in Tai Chi Yang Style, Tai Chi Chen Style, Qi Gong, Bagua, Push Hands, Weapons.

Arnold porter is a Jin Shin Do Acupressure teacher and lifelong student of the healing arts and Qi Gong. His flute music bring us gently out of our dreams in the morning.  His River Dragon Tai Massage teaches us to relax each night. Arnold is the producer of the DVD ‘Everyday Qi Gong’.

if you don't enjoy camping, up-grades are available, see page 8

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A few Work/Study options are available at 50% off. For details call the Retreat Center 1 (250) 366-4402

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kootenay lake TaiChi Camp

Tai Chi is a beautiful art of flowing body movements. It is a system of body/mind exercise that will improve your health, energy level and relationships. The slow graceful forms of this system bring the body’s functions into harmony and calm the mind, making your life more efficient and peaceful. Tai Chi practice promotes sensitivity and calm control in all situa-tions.

Tai Chi Forms: Beginners will be intro-duced to a simple Tai Chi short form that will give them the feeling of the basic principles, posture, flow and energetics.

Intermediate and Advanced students will have form-improvement sessions that are not style-dependent. They will also have the option to study fan forms, weapons and Tai Chi partner sets and Push Hands.

Qi Gong: All retreat participants can share in the morning and evening Qi Gong sessions. Qi Gong exercises are the foundation of a healthy, vital life. They are the core foundation of the Tai Chi practice.

river Dragon chi massage: Arnold will lead us through an easy, clothes-on, mas-sage form in the evenings to relax and re-plenish us at the end of the day.

In accordance with the healing aspects of Tai Chi, the camp provides healthy, deli-cious food and plenty of time for relaxing. Enjoy nature, friendships and swimming in the lake.

Hello Wise Women february was too early to get the program completed ~and~ to find women to lead the sweat.

if you have talents to share please let me know AsAp. i will post an updated schedule online JULy 1.www.issuesmagazine.net ~and~ Johnsonslandingretreat.bc.ca

The intention is set, as is the time and place... if you wish the event to continue it will need your participation. if you have an intention to show up as a participant or speaker please call 250-366-4402 or email Angele.

Below are those who have agreed to present so far.

Wise Women's Festival September 15-17 • Kootenays

LauREL GLEnnPenticton, BC • 250 490-0871

At age 16 I discovered a book on Palmistry and quickly learned it. I soon realized interpreting the hand’s information was very accurate. It was fun and an easy way to make new friends. In my 20s while back-packing through Australia and New Zealand I read palms frequently but on return to Canada for some reason I stopped. Two years ago I returned to Palmistry as passionate as ever and wrote a workbook for my class.

Cindi ToMoCHKo Penticton, BC • 250 276-5308

Cindi certified as an art therapist in 1989. Currently she practices through

Wind in the Willow Creative & Healing Arts Studio with adults and

children as well as professional service providers. Her experience as a Dru

yoga instructor, visual artist, Buddhist practitioner and provider of mental

health services informs and supports this creative healing process.

dania EdWaRdSNelson, BC • dania@netidea.com

www.heartmath.com/listing/dania-edwards

Dania has been a Certified HeartMath® Coach since 2012, as well as an

Authorized Facilitator of Healing with the Arts. She is a Certified Dance Leader for

the Dances of Universal Peace, drum-ming and leading the Dances since

2008. She is a Registered Jin Shin Do Bodymind Acupressurist, Licensed

Stopping Emotional Eating Program Coach. “Sharing informa tion about the

heart, from my heart, facilitating ah-has and witnessing shifts into expanded con-

sciousness is a JOY!"

baRb duToTEnderby, BC • 250 838-6777www.wildrootshersbs.com

Barbara has over 30 years, experience as a Traditional Herbalist and is intimately acquainted with the plant communities of forest, field, stream, mountain and meadow. She teaches classes, workshops and offers certificate programs at her school, Wild Roots Herbal Learning Centre. She also completed the Restorative Justice program recently.

anGELE oRTEGa

Angèle became a certified Grapholo-gist in 1990. It did not take her long to realize she could not make a living do-ing this so she started Issues Magazine to promote herself, the Spring Festival of Awareness and all the people she knew who had talent. Since then she has learned many tools for under-standing herself and the bigger picture called life.

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$250 for 2 weeks +tax and includes meals and accommodations.Help out for 20 hours a week at the Retreat Center, the rest of time is yours to relax or explore the surrounding area. For details on the above programs check our website: www.JohnsonsLandingretreat.bc.ca/programs

or phone 1 (250) 366-4402 ~ or ~ e-mail info@JohnsonsLandingretreat.bc.ca

A Working Holiday in the Kootenays

CenTer liFe program Designed as an immersion experi-ence into Retreat Center life. Spend four hours per day working in various aspects of the center like helping in the kitchen or garden. We also have various projects that could use extra hands if you have talents to share. Participants will have time for meditating, hiking, reading and swimming. Please come with a will-ingness to participate and learn.

garDen assisTanTs Spend time planting, weeding, and harvesting the gifts from our gar-dens. Angele gardens using organic methods that enhance the soil. We grow fruit and vegetables to supply the kitchen.

healThY haBiTs Cooking

Want to learn more about vegetarian cooking? Spend time with our cook to prepare meals as you make the transi-tion to a healthier lifestyle.

Amazing food, fun and friends. Excellent host and hostess. Loved it all.

~ Debbie, Nelson

Exquisite beauty of the retreat center, great food, wonderfully dedicated spiritual attuned staff.

E.C.  Retired M.D. Bellingham, Washington

The Center is a Sacred Space, held in great care by it stewards and volunteers. Even the outhouses are won-derful! The statues radiate grace and intention and added to the high vibration. It was the best retreat ever. ~ Anna Lee, Oregon

I had an amazing personal journey of self discovery. Facilitators were all excellent, knowledgeable, dedicated, spiritual, personable and I would do it again for sure. ~ Merv, Creston

By weeks end I got to the point of relaxing and going deeper. Your property is gorgeous and so lovingly cared for! Got to eat delicious food and loved that it was grown in your organic garden. ~Jerry, Campbell River

How can you top perfection! ~ Susan, Summerland.