Guided Meditation 55+Bowmanville January to April 2017

  • Guided Meditation  55+
  • Wednesdays January 18-April
  • 1:00 – 2:00 pm (12 weeks)
  • 26 Beech Ave., Bowmanville
  •  Phone: (905) 697-2856
  • $50.40 members
  • $65.50 non-member
  •  Bowmanville Older Adult Association    
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This class is for everyone (who) want(s) to  quiet their mind, stop worrying, and relax. Instruction will focus on learning deep breathing and  relaxation techniques, combined with guided mental imagery, in a peaceful and comfortable atmosphere.Guided meditation is as an effective tool for reducing stress and restoring health and vitality. Meditation can improve memory, increase energy and improve sleep. It helps to create a positive perspective and enhance an overall sense of well-being.

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Sunday and Holiday Hours

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Sunday and Holiday Hours

The Central Library and Brooklin Branch will be closed on the following Sundays:

December 18, 25 and January 1.
 
Sunday hours will resume on January 8, 2017.
 
All Library locations will be closed December 24-27, inclusive and January 2.

You may search the Library’s catalogue and reserve library materials at http://whitby.bibliocommons.com/.

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To view upcoming Library programs and events, and to register online, visit www.whitbylibrary.on.ca/events.

Mercury Retrograde in Virgo 8/30-9/21 2016… In his storm until the 25th of September

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Oh hey, It’s that very special time again! Mercury Retrograde is upon us. Mercury, the planet of communication, intellect, and expression has been in its home sign of Virgo since July 31. Whe…

Source: Mercury Retrograde in Virgo 8/30-9/21

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Mercury the planet of communication and technology has been in Retrograde motion since the end of August 2016. He turns direct again on September 22nd. However, he is still in his “storm” until September 25… this means the effects of the Mercury retrograde are still in effect until that day… it is therefore advisable to put of starting anything new until after the 25th… :) 

From our inbox to you from: DailyOm; on “The Gift of This Journey”

 


Why We Don’t Remember?

The Gift of this Journey

by Madisyn Taylor

 

There is a gift in not remembering who we are when we are born into this lifetime; the gift is the journey.Many of us wonder why we do not remember who we were before we were born. We wonder what it was like to be a soul without a body and what it will be like to be one again.

Many of us have a strange sense that we do remember, as if we did experience a bodiless existence, but we can’t quite recall the details. We may remember feeling as if we were flying, or as if we were just incredibly light and unrestricted in our movements. Still, most of us do not recall anything in detail about the time before we incarnated into a human body.

There are many possible reasons for this deep forgetting, one of which is that remembering would probably impinge upon our ability to fully commit to this life. Experiencing life on earth without any memory of an alternative existence allows us to be here completely, and that is what is required in order for us to learn much of what we must learn here.

Most of us are not meant to spend our time here preoccupied with concerns beyond the realm of this lifetime. Instead, it is our job to occupy our bodies and our planet with a fullness that would not be possible if we were constantly aware of another, and extremely different, realm of existence.

There is no doubt that life on earth is difficult in ways that life outside of a body is not. As we modulate our energy to move into a body, our consciousness changes, and this is a necessary change. Forgetting other levels of being protects us from a confused and divided experience. Soon enough, we will be back where we started, so thinking too much about it now is a bit like being on a fascinating journey and spending the whole time thinking about going home. It is more in alignment with our purpose here to be fully present in the gift of this journey, unreservedly offering our energy to the experience we are having right now.

From our inbox to you from DailyOm: on “Trying to please others”

August 9, 2016
Trying to Please Others
Living for Ourselves

by Madisyn Taylor

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We may not realize until we are adults that we are living our life to make our parents happy.

 

Most of us come to a point in our lives when we question why we are doing what we are doing, and many of us come to realize that we may be living our lives in an effort to make our parents happy. This realization can dawn when we are in our 20s, our 40s, or even later, depending upon how tight a hold our family of origin has on our psyche. We may feel shocked or depressed by this information, but we can trust that it is coming to us at this time because we are ready to find out what it would mean to live our lives for ourselves, following the call of our own soul, and refusing any longer to be beholden to someone else’s expectations.

One of the most common reasons we are so tied into making our parents, or others, happy, is that we were not properly mirrored when we were children. We were not honored as individuals in our own right, with a will and purpose of our own, to be determined by our own unfolding. As a result, we learned to look outside of ourselves for approval, support, and direction rather than look within. The good news is that the part of us that was not adequately nurtured is still there, inside us, like a seed that has not yet received the sunlight and moisture it needs to open and to allow its inner contents to unfurl. It is never too late to provide ourselves with what we need to awaken this inner being.

There are many ways to create a safe container for ourselves so that we can turn within and shine the light of awareness there. We may join a support group, go to therapy, or start a practice of journaling every day for half an hour. This experience of becoming is well worth the difficult work that may be required of us to get there. In whatever process we choose, we may feel worse before we feel better, but we will ultimately find out how to live our lives for ourselves and how to make ourselves happy.