Empath Support Circle (Zoom Meeting)
Join in our monthly online Empath assembly to support those who identify as energetically sensitive beings and share in sanctuary space!
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Meeting
$5 Donation Requested
Calling all Lightworkers, Empaths, and High Vibrating Souls... Join in our monthly assembly to share space and support one another, as well as do our part to raise the vibration of the collective!
Now more than ever, we need the support of an understanding spiritual community. Our mission is to set aside this time to come together with like-minded individuals and share. Being an empath is a gift and a strength. And sometimes it’s confusing. The Empath Support Circle is a fun and loving monthly gathering of energy sensitives who understand, share, and support the empath experience.
This is a free-flowing group with no fixed agenda. When appropriate, skills and techniques are recommended by members to facilitate expansion and growth!
$5 Donation Requested. Everyone is welcome.
If you are unable to pay for a ticket, you may reach out to us for a complimentary one. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
Please note: Because this is a support group format, we expect all participants to be able to be seen, so cameras must be on to foster the connection and feelings of safety of all members. We will limit the size of the group to ensure that all participants will be able to fit onto one zoom screen.
Meet Your Facilitators
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
Robin Clarke, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and writer. Her therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard, attuned presence, and developing safe spaces for clients to heal within. Robin has taught writing as a path of inner transformation for over fifteen years, both as a University writing instructor and as a workshop presenter for OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit. She holds master’s degrees in Social Work, Poetry Writing, and Literature and is an EMDR certified psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry, won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and an excerpt from her memoir won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award.
Embracing Your True Self: A Journey of Healing Through Surrender and Self-Love (Online Only)
Please join OMA for our December lecture with renowned TV Personality, Marci Hopkins
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Zoom Webinar (Virtual Only)
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
We are so excited to host this very special lecture with Marci Hopkins, a renowned TV Personality and the brilliant mastermind behind the captivating talk show, Wake Up with Marci that airs on CBS owned WLNY-TV 10/55 in the Tri-State area, CBS Palm Springs, and ABC Idaho Falls.
The focus of this lecture will be on transforming past traumas and dismantling limiting beliefs. In this journey of Self-Discovery, Marci will explore:
- Unlocking the power of self-love
- Recognizing your worth
- Establishing healthy boundaries
- Finding your voice
She will discuss the power of forgiveness to facilitate a true understanding of the significance of forgiving ourselves and others, as well as the importance of a mindset shift and transitioning from a lack mindset to one grounded in gratitude. Marci will also review practical tools, such as:
- Guided meditation for inner healing
- Affirmations to promote positivity
- Utilizing the power of positive language
Embrace your true self, realize your potential, and live a life filled with purpose and love!
This event will be recorded for later viewing. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
About Marci Hopkins
Introducing the incredible MARCI HOPKINS, a renowned TV Personality and the brilliant mastermind behind the captivating talk show, Wake Up with Marci, A Talk Show with A Heart, which has won the prestigious Telly Award three times. Marci is not only a talk show host, but also an accomplished author of the inspiring book “Chaos to Clarity,” a public speaker, and a recovery expert. Her expertise in recovery has made her a sought-after figure in the media, with appearances on Fox, CBS, NBC, and ABC, where she has left a lasting impact on viewers nationwide.
Don’t miss out on the thought-provoking Wake Up with Marci, a talk show that airs on CBS owned WLNY-TV 10/55 in the Tri-State area, CBS Palm Springs, and ABC Idaho Falls. If you can’t catch it live, don’t worry! The show is also available for streaming on Hulu Live and FuboTV every Saturday at 10 am. And for those who prefer podcasts, Wake Up can be found on all major platforms, ensuring that you never miss an episode.
Marci’s show is a beacon of inspiration and empowerment, where she shares incredible stories of triumph and transformation to spread hope among her audience. From featuring celebrity inspirations to industry leaders, Wake Up provides a platform for education and resources, empowering viewers to take action and live their happiest lives.
But Marci’s impact goes beyond her role as a TV host. She is deeply committed to changing lives as an authority on recovery. Through candid conversations and a genuine desire to give others a voice, she aims to show that healing is possible and that difficult situations do not define us. Marci’s personal journey of overcoming alcoholism has fueled her passion for helping others find strength, hope, and purpose through the stories shared on her show.
For more infommation, go to: https://wakeupwithmarci.com
The Wounded Healer: Becoming A Conscious Empath (3 Week Online)
Explore the intersection of suffering and healing as we examine the concept of a Wounded Healer and Conscious Empath.
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting December3rd
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
“As empaths, we are not here to be sponges or enablers. We are here to be helpers, guides, and supporters.”
— Aletheia Luna
In the realm of healing and spirituality, the concept of the "wounded healer" has long been a subject of fascination and introspection. Coined by the renowned psychologist Carl Jung, the term refers to individuals who, through their own experiences of suffering and healing, develop a profound ability to empathize with and heal others. At its core, the wounded healer archetype embodies the paradox of suffering and healing.
Central to the journey of the wounded healer is the concept of emotional intelligence and energy awareness. Our heightened sensitivity to the subtle energies that flow within and around us create a need to become a conscious empath, which begins with authentic knowledge of self. By understanding our own emotional triggers and patterns, we can better navigate the complex web of energies that we encounter. This requires a deep commitment to self-discovery and personal growth.
By embracing energy awareness and cultivating the skills of a conscious empath, the journey of the wounded healer is one of profound transformation and growth. By embracing our unique gifts, the wounded healer becomes a beacon of hope and resilience, inspiring others to embark on their own paths of healing and self-discovery.
In this third and final 3-week workshop, we have agreed to continue to discount this offering as a gift to our shared communities as a way to support your inner work and prepare us collectively for the major shifts ahead.
Class Dates:
12/3: Emotional Intelligence- The Role of Grief In Our Healing Journey
12/10: Energetic Awareness- Tuning In and Turning Up
12/17: The Conscious Empath- Living Empowered
This workshop is the final offering in a 3 part series that explores three aspects of our existence presented by Leza Vivio of Sacred. Centered. You. And OMA. Part One, Heart Below the Horizon explored Self-Development, and Part Two, SoulMating explored transformational and conscious relationships, are both available for purchase at the online Sacred Soul Mystery School.
NOTE: ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
Each class will be held via Zoom Meeting from 6:30-8:00 PM. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
The link for the course will be shared in the confirmation email, as well as prior to each class. All links will come from Eventbrite, so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS if you do not receive a confirmation after your ticket purchase.
About Leza Vivio
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered and co-founder of the Sacred Soul Mystery School. You. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical… She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
For the last two decades, her mission has been assisting individuals find their path to personal growth and wellness by improving their awareness, understanding, and adaptability to change. In addition to degrees in Philosophy and Counseling Psychology, Leza holds a doctorate in both Divinity and Sacred Music, and is a licensed professional counselor, a Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider, Certified Sex Informed Professional, and a Certified Gestalt Couples Counselor. Additionally, she specially trained in Vibrational Sound Healing, Mindfulness, Hypnotherapy, Yoga and Meditation, Integrative Medicine, Tai Chi, Qigong, Trauma-Informed Care, and is a practicing Reiki Master.
Learn More About Leza at: https://www.sacredcenteredyou.com or https://viviotherapy.com
Empath Support Circle (Zoom Meeting)
Join in our monthly online Empath assembly to support those who identify as energetically sensitive beings and share in sanctuary space!
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Meeting
$5 Donation Requested
Calling all Lightworkers, Empaths, and High Vibrating Souls... Join in our monthly assembly to share space and support one another, as well as do our part to raise the vibration of the collective!
Now more than ever, we need the support of an understanding spiritual community. Our mission is to set aside this time to come together with like-minded individuals and share. Being an empath is a gift and a strength. And sometimes it’s confusing. The Empath Support Circle is a fun and loving monthly gathering of energy sensitives who understand, share, and support the empath experience.
This is a free-flowing group with no fixed agenda. When appropriate, skills and techniques are recommended by members to facilitate expansion and growth!
$5 Donation Requested. Everyone is welcome.
If you are unable to pay for a ticket, you may reach out to us for a complimentary one. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
Please note: Because this is a support group format, we expect all participants to be able to be seen, so cameras must be on to foster the connection and feelings of safety of all members. We will limit the size of the group to ensure that all participants will be able to fit onto one zoom screen.
Meet Your Facilitators
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
Robin Clarke, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and writer. Her therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard, attuned presence, and developing safe spaces for clients to heal within. Robin has taught writing as a path of inner transformation for over fifteen years, both as a University writing instructor and as a workshop presenter for OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit. She holds master’s degrees in Social Work, Poetry Writing, and Literature and is an EMDR certified psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry, won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and an excerpt from her memoir won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award.
Introduction to Ayurveda with Molly Culleton (Online Only)
Please join OMA for our November lecture with our special guest Molly Culleton, Doctor of Ayurveda and Registered Yoga Teacher.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT
Zoom Webinar (Virtual Only)
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
Ayurveda, the “science of life”, is the oldest known healing system in the world. It is also Yoga's sister science as the two share common Vedic roots. Yoga teaches us how to balance our mind, while Ayurveda teaches us how to balance our body through things such as food, sleep and daily routine. Ayurveda's teachings around balance and tuning into nature are especially helpful for our modern day challenges including stress, anxiety, depression, isolation and chronic health concerns.
In this seminar, we will explore the foundations of Ayurveda and its unique approach to health and daily living. Each student will learn about their Ayurvedic mind-body type and how to use this information to improve well-being. We will also have fun!
Electronic handouts of class material will be provided. No prior knowledge of Ayurveda is necessary.
This event will be recorded for later viewing. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
About Molly Culleton
Molly Culleton is a Doctor of Ayurveda and Registered Yoga Teacher. She received her Doctor of Ayurveda degree from Sai Ayurvedic College in Miami, FL and completed her clinical internship at Vaidhyas Ayurvedic Hospital in Kannur, Kerala (India). She is board certified by the National Ayurvedic Medical Association.
Molly is the owner of Turiya Holistic Health, an integrative Ayurvedic wellness clinic based in Washington, PA. In her practice, she takes a special interest in cases of digestive disorder, mental and emotional health, hormone imbalance and forms of addiction.
For more infommation, go to: http://www.turiyaholistichealth.com/
You Are Not Alone: Managing Triggers During the Holidays (Webinar Panel)
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
In these monthly conversations, YANA panelists share stories of their own personal journey, as well as provide resources and tools to help individuals reclaim their lives after trauma. We believe that sharing our personal stories of survival and holistic techniques can support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so you will not be seen unless you request to be. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you want. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
All registered attendees will receive a replay within 48 hrs of the original broadcast.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Laura Kustaborder, Mai Nguyen, Anna Smith, Leza Vivio.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Healing Toward Prosperity(Level 2): The True Relationship Between Trauma and Financial Freedom with Katie Rubin (6-Wk Course)
Explore the True Relationship Between Trauma and Financial Freedom in this 6 week online course with Master Healer, Katie Rubin.
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting October 30th
Early Bird Special... $175 ending October 22nd!
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
This course is for individuals that have taken Money Level 1, otherwise known as Healing Toward Prosperity.
In this 6 week course, we will process your unprocessed pain, beliefs, traumas, and remove all attached spiritual energies that are keeping you from having ease with making, having and keeping money.
We will employ therapeutic, trauma-healing processes to release and integrate hidden roadblocks to financial abundance, and become more ready, willing and able to step fully into our correct alignment and financial freedom for ourselves.
Combining a basic understanding of our individual Human Design Charts with these trauma processes is a deeply powerful way to understand how to lean into our gifts and both lean away from and completely release our childhood, cultural and trauma-based conditioning.
Please come ready to process powerfully, and take excellent care of yourself while doing so. Please enter this class having already at least begun to look at your own Human Design Chart. Suggested websites to begin your Human Design journey: jovianarchive.com, or mybodygraph.com
Class Dates:
October 30th, 2024
November 6th, 2024 (Cancelled)
November 13th, 2024
November 20th, 2024
December 4th, 2024
December 11th, 2024
December 18th, 2024
There is no class on November 27th due to the Thanksgiving holiday.
NOTE: ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
Each class will be held via Zoom Meeting from 6:30-8:30 PM. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
The link for the course will be shared in the confirmation email, as well as prior to each class. All links will come from Eventbrite, so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS if you do not receive a confirmation after your ticket purchase.
About Katie Rubin
Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin spent 4 years at The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism releasing her own trauma, opening her Spiritual Channel, and developing her Healing Skills and Psychic Abilities.
She has since attended two other four-year-long Energy Healing Institutions including Lisa Barnett's Advanced Akashic Records Reading Training. Katie now uses the panoply of Divine Light Healing skills she's gained to serve her private and group healing clients, as she is directed to do so by the client's system, and The Divine itself.
Central to a private or group session with Katie is the opening of The Akashic Records. Through The Records, Katie transmits The Christ Light, Star Being Light (Pleadian, Lyran, Sirian, Arcturian, etc.), and Direct Source Energy, each of which create profound Healing, Integration and Spiritual Activation for her clients.
Additionally, from the Realm of The Akasha, she receives very clear guidance and direction for her clients on any topic at all, including but not limited to: past lives, trauma, karma, highest and best choices for your future in any area of life as encouraged by your team of Record Keepers, Angels, and Guides.
Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
Empath Support Circle (Zoom Meeting)
Join in our monthly online Empath assembly to support those who identify as energetically sensitive beings and share in sanctuary space!
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Meeting
$5 Donation Requested
Calling all Lightworkers, Empaths, and High Vibrating Souls... Join in our monthly assembly to share space and support one another, as well as do our part to raise the vibration of the collective!
Now more than ever, we need the support of an understanding spiritual community. Our mission is to set aside this time to come together with like-minded individuals and share. Being an empath is a gift and a strength. And sometimes it’s confusing. The Empath Support Circle is a fun and loving monthly gathering of energy sensitives who understand, share, and support the empath experience.
This is a free-flowing group with no fixed agenda. When appropriate, skills and techniques are recommended by members to facilitate expansion and growth!
$5 Donation Requested. Everyone is welcome.
If you are unable to pay for a ticket, you may reach out to us for a complimentary one. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
Please note: Because this is a support group format, we expect all participants to be able to be seen, so cameras must be on to foster the connection and feelings of safety of all members. We will limit the size of the group to ensure that all participants will be able to fit onto one zoom screen.
Due to popular demand, we are opening this up to an online forum to eliminate the barriers of transportation. This group meets in person regularly on the 3rd Friday of the month at Visions Reiki & Soul Spa in Strabane, PA.
Meet Your Facilitators
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
Robin Clarke, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and writer. Her therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard, attuned presence, and developing safe spaces for clients to heal within. Robin has taught writing as a path of inner transformation for over fifteen years, both as a University writing instructor and as a workshop presenter for OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit. She holds master’s degrees in Social Work, Poetry Writing, and Literature and is an EMDR certified psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry, won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and an excerpt from her memoir won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award.
CRAZYWISE: YANA Screening & Discussion (In Person & Online)
Join us in the Waterfront or online as we screen & discuss CRAZYWISE as a special presentation of our You Are Not Alone Panel discussion.
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm MONDAY. Doors open 6:15 pm.
WHERE: COhatch Waterfront
137 West Bridge Street Homestead, PA 15120
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM
COST: By Donation or VIP Tickets $12
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
Crazy...or wise? The traditional wisdom of indigenous cultures often contradicts modern views about a mental health crisis. Is it a ‘calling’ to grow or just a ‘broken brain’? The documentary CRAZYWISE explores what can be learned from people around the world who have turned their psychological crisis into a positive transformative experience.
This month, our discussion also will be held on Indigenous People's Day. Our featured panelist is Anna Smith (Lakota Sioux, enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe), will be moderating our discussion after the screening alongside several of our YANA panelists live from our screening location at COhatch in the Waterfront area of Pittsburgh.
COhatch Waterfront is located at 137 WEST BRIDGE ST, HOMESTEAD, PA 15120 in the heart of The Waterfront shopping center between Ethan Allen and Bath & Body Works. Parking is free throughout the shopping center. (see map below)
$5 Donation Requested for regular admission, in person or on Zoom.
Speicail VIP tickets are available if you would like to reserve a recliner on site for the viewing, there is a fixed fee of $12.
If you require any special accomodations, please message us at: events@omapittsburgh.org
Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
In these monthly conversations, YANA panelists share stories of their own personal journey, as well as provide resources and tools to help individuals reclaim their lives after trauma. We believe that sharing our personal stories of survival and holistic techniques can support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Gail Hunter, Laura Kustaborder, Mai Nguyen, Anna Smith, Leza Vivio.
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so you will not be seen unless you request to be. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you want. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
About Crazywise:
What can we learn from those who have turned their psychological crisis into a positive transformative experience?
During a quarter-century documenting indigenous cultures, human-rights photographer and filmmaker Phil Borges often saw these cultures identify “psychotic” symptoms as an indicator of shamanic potential. He was intrigued by how differently psychosis is defined and treated in the West.
Through interviews with renowned mental health professionals including Gabor Mate, MD, Robert Whitaker, and Roshi Joan Halifax, PhD, Phil explores the growing severity of the mental health crisis in America dominated by biomedical psychiatry. He discovers a growing movement of professionals and psychiatric survivors who demand alternative treatments that focus on recovery, nurturing social connections, and finding meaning.
CRAZYWISE follows two young Americans diagnosed with “mental illness.” Adam, 27, suffers devastating side effects from medications before embracing meditation in hopes of recovery. Ekhaya, 32, survives childhood molestation and several suicide attempts before spiritual training to become a traditional South African healer gives her suffering meaning and brings a deeper purpose to her life.
CRAZYWISE doesn’t aim to over-romanticize indigenous wisdom, or completely condemn Western treatment. Not enery indigenous person who has a crisis becomes a shaman. And many individuals benefit from Western medications.
However, indigenous peoples’ acceptance of non-ordinary states of consciousness, along with rituals and metaphors that form deep connections to nature, to each other, and to ancestors, is something we can learn from.
CRAZYWISE adds a voice to the growing conversation that believes a psychological crisis can be an opportunity for growth and potentially transformational, not a disease with no cure.
For more information, go to: https://crazywisefilm.com/
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Forerunners of the Light ~ Agents in Support of the Soul of Humanity ~ (In-Person + Virtual)
Presented by William Meader
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm TUESDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM (and recorded for later viewing)
COST: Early Bird $25
Regular $30, Door $35
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
At this time in history, humanity is facing a set of crises that are unparalleled. Yet simultaneously, there is a growing group of spiritually-minded people who are feeling an inner call to commit their lives in service to humanity. Known as the Forerunners of the Light, they are the hope of the future.
In this talk, William Meader will present a deep and meaningful overview of this group, and the skills and perceptual processes that will help ensure their success. Subjects such as recognizing one’s stream of service, conscious utilization of the third eye, and the cultivation of synthetic comprehension will be highlighted.
We hope you can join us!
This is a live event being held at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (5343 Kincaid St, Pittsburgh, PA 15224) and is also being livestreamed virtually via Zoom Webinar.
All registered participants will receive the Zoom information, as well as a replay of the live broadcast within 48 hours of the end of the event.
About William Meader
William Meader is an international teacher of The Esoteric Philosophy (Ageless Wisdom). He presents a variety of esoteric topics to audiences in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. His work—often described as a ‘next step’ in spiritual evolution—assists students in the refinement of the higher abstract mind in order that they might align with the soul’s creative intention, thereby coming en rapport with the One Life and the ashram (inner home of the soul). William’s gentle humor, sensitivity and deep understanding of the spiritual path is appreciated by dedicated students of the Esoteric Philosophy—also known as the Ageless Wisdom —worldwide.
Astrological Readings Available
While in Pittsburgh, William Meader will be offering esoterically interpreted astrological readings in two locations. Called the Astrology of the Soul, this form of reading is designed to reveal the Soul’s purpose. In addition, it indicates how the personality (ego) tends to inhibit the Soul and reveals the means to overcome such tendencies. Readings are one hour in length, and a recording is provided.
For more information on booking a reading, click here.
Soul Purpose and the Seven Rays Workshop
~An Adventure in Self-Discovery ~
Friday, October 11, 2024 in Mars, PA
According to the Ageless Wisdom, all of Creation comes into being through the interaction of seven great streams of divine energy (rays). These rays condition all life upon our planet and every human being is subject to their influence. When walking the spiritual path, an understanding of the Seven Rays is crucial, for it is said that every human soul is found upon one of them. There are, therefore, seven types of souls in the world today, and to know your Soul Ray is to gain profound insight into your spiritual purpose. Join other seekers in their quest for greater self-understanding and insight through the Science of the Seven Rays. Further details
The Upper Room
~ The Dwelling Place of the Christ Within ~
Weekend Seminar on October 12-13, 2024 in Mars, PA
Within the subtle realms of human consciousness is found The Upper Room. It is a dimension of awareness that transcends the mental, emotional, and physical perceptions of the personality, and is the place where the soul is inwardly found. Indeed, it is within this subtle realm where the carriage of the soul resides—a structure of angelic substance called the Causal Body.
In this two-day seminar we will deeply explore the origin, nature, and evolution of the Causal Body. Often symbolized as a twelve petalled lotus, we will consider the gifts of awareness that these petals give to the evolution of human consciousness, eventually leading to enlightenment. And, because the Causal Body is the custodian of the Christ Principle, we will closely consider the evolution of Higher Love as it evolves within us, both from an astrological and rayological perspective. Further description and details
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Soul Mating: Exploring Transformational Connections (3-Wk Online Course)
Join us as we take a journey through aspects of transformational relationships and consider what it is to be conscious within them.
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting October 3rd
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
“Connection is why we're here. We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.”
― Brené Brown
It is said that we are hard wired for connection. In today's fast-paced world, where technology often mediates our interactions, our relationships are evolving. This can put unnecessary pressure on our interpersonal and romantic interactions. Too often we are tempted to turn and run from soulful connections out of our fears, insecurities, and vulnerabilities. A balanced understanding of the significance of our relationships is paramount in our personal healing work and is a necessity to our growth.
Conscious and transformational relationships have gained significant traction in recent years for good reasons. We are hungry to find ways to go beyond the surface into the authentic in order to foster profound inner growth. The gateway is found in our ability to make deep emotional connections that hinge on trust and mutual respect. In this space, we can work on our personal expansion, as well as our collective evolution.
In this 3-part online series, we will take a journey through aspects of transformational relationships as we consider what it is to be conscious within them. This series will focus on:
- 10/3- The Foundation: Exploring Love & Soul Mating
- 10/10- Transformational Dynamic: The Narrative & The Mirror
- 10/17- The Pillars of Conscious Relationships: Connection & Communication
This course is suitable for individuals inside or outside of a current romantic relationship. It will be about learning aspects of relationships, as well as interventions. For our single persons, you will be able to utilize the information and improve your own awareness about relationships and needs within them, and not fall into the same pitfalls in future relationships, while persons in relationships can work on adjusting their understanding of their relationships and adopt improved communication skills and empathy.
This workshop is Part Two in a 3-part program over the next several months that explores three aspects of our existence. The final installment is tentatively planned for December and will review Vibrational Healing & The Age of Energy. Part One, Heart Below the Horizon explored Self-Development is available for purchase at the online Sacred Soul Mystery School.
NOTE: ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
Each class will be held via Zoom Meeting from 6:30-8:00 PM. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
The link for the course will be shared in the confirmation email, as well as prior to each class. All links will come from Eventbrite, so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS if you do not receive a confirmation after your ticket purchase.
About Leza Vivio
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical… She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
For the last two decades, her mission has been assisting individuals find their path to personal growth and wellness by improving their awareness, understanding, and adaptability to change. In addition to degrees in Philosophy and Counseling Psychology, Leza holds a doctorate in both Divinity and Sacred Music, and is a licensed professional counselor, a Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider, Certified Sex Informed Professional, and a Certified Gestalt Couples Counselor. Additionally, she specially trained in Vibrational Sound Healing, Mindfulness, Hypnotherapy, Yoga and Meditation, Integrative Medicine, Tai Chi, Qigong, Trauma-Informed Care, and is a practicing Reiki Master.
Learn More About Leza at: https://www.sacredcenteredyou.com or https://viviotherapy.com
Empath Support Circle (Zoom Meeting)
Join in our monthly online Empath assembly to support those who identify as energetically sensitive beings and share in sanctuary space!
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Meeting
$5 Donation Requested
Calling all Lightworkers, Empaths, and High Vibrating Souls... Join in our monthly assembly to share space and support one another, as well as do our part to raise the vibration of the collective!
Now more than ever, we need the support of an understanding spiritual community. Our mission is to set aside this time to come together with like-minded individuals and share. Being an empath is a gift and a strength. And sometimes it’s confusing. The Empath Support Circle is a fun and loving monthly gathering of energy sensitives who understand, share, and support the empath experience.
This is a free-flowing group with no fixed agenda. When appropriate, skills and techniques are recommended by members to facilitate expansion and growth!
$5 Donation Requested. Everyone is welcome.
If you are unable to pay for a ticket, you may reach out to us for a complimentary one. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
Please note: Because this is a support group format, we expect all participants to be able to be seen, so cameras must be on to foster the connection and feelings of safety of all members. We will limit the size of the group to ensure that all participants will be able to fit onto one zoom screen.
Due to popular demand, we are opening this up to an online forum to eliminate the barriers of transportation. This group meets in person regularly on the 3rd Friday of the month at Visions Reiki & Soul Spa in Strabane, PA.
Meet Your Facilitators
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
Robin Clarke, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and writer. Her therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard, attuned presence, and developing safe spaces for clients to heal within. Robin has taught writing as a path of inner transformation for over fifteen years, both as a University writing instructor and as a workshop presenter for OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit. She holds master’s degrees in Social Work, Poetry Writing, and Literature and is an EMDR certified psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry, won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and an excerpt from her memoir won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award.
Medical Intuition with John Michael Thornton (In-Person + Virtual)
OMA welcomes psychic and medical intuitive, John Michael Thornton, to discuss looking at our physical ailments from a spiritual perspective.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm TUESDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM (and recorded for later viewing)
COST: Early Bird $25
Regular $30, Door $35
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
In his work as a medical intuitive, John Michael Thornton offers direction and guidance to help people to identify healthy and productive treatments and therapies, as well as move beyond potential fears and prejudices to make ourselves healthier and more balanced.
We are Spirit made flesh, our physical condition is very much a part of spiritual experience. Medical Intuition is a way of looking at our physical ailments from a spiritual perspective and bringing healing and relief. Every pain is telling us something; Medical Intuition can help us find out what our pain is saying.
This is a live event being held at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (5343 Kincaid St, Pittsburgh, PA 15224) and is also being livestreamed virtually via Zoom Webinar.
All registered participants will receive the Zoom information, as well as a replay of the live broadcast within 48 hours of the end of the event..
About John Michael Thornton
John Michael Thornton is a psychic and medical intuitive with over thirty years experience honing his natural abilities. John’s parents met through a spiritual non-profit giving him a unique perspective on the importance of a strong spiritual community.
An engaging teacher, John has taught at the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Victory of Light, Lily Dale Assembly, and spiritual groups across the Northeast.
After receiving his BA in Religious Studies, John worked at a spiritually based non-profit in Virginia before moving to New York to work in state government. Upon returning Ohio he refocused his career on spiritual work as a yoga instructor and psychic.
A vibrant teacher, he has taught at the Association for Research and Enlightenment, Victory of Light, Lily Dale Assembly, and spiritual groups across the Northeast.
Beyond teaching in person, John has produced numerous guided meditation CDs, books and articles.
Learn More: https://johnmichaelthornton.com
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Sold Out ~ The Angel Event with Rev Marjorie Rivera (In Person ONLY)
OMA welcomes Rev. Marjorie Rivera as she connects with your Spirit Guide (Angel) to get a Divinely channeled message for you.
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Thursday. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: Persad Center
5301 Butler Street #Suite 100 Pittsburgh, PA 15201
THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE BROADCAST LIVE OR RECORDED FOR PRIVACY
COST: Early Bird $40
Regular $45, Door $50
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
This event is SOLD OUT!
In The Angel Event each guest will sit in a calm and embracing circle to receive information, guidance and a message from their Spiritual Guide.
Rev. Rivera will connect with your Spirit Guide (Angel) to get a message for the guest OR they can ask a question about their life. These circles will lift their vibration, provide healing and connection to the Heavenly realms. Prior to starting the message circle, the entire circle is provided an Angelic Healing as a group.
Rev. Rivera has the gift to channel full "sacred visions". The visions are instantaneous downloads of full claircognizance/sentience. The angels send her a fully complete "knowing" of what to tell you. She will explain what she sees and FEELS while the Angels speak to her , along with a description of your Spirit Guide and their name. Your message wil be explained thoroughly and understandably.
Angelic Healing is a powerful – yet gentle, hands-on healing system that allows very high vibrational energies, Intelligent ‘Beings of Light’ to work upon your body to help release physical, ancestral, emotional and karmic imbalances across all times and incarnations.
These sessions are a true blessing to experience.
This is a live event being held at the Persad Center of Pittsburgh (5301 Butler Street, Suite 100, Pittsburgh, PA 15301). Due to the personal nature of this event, it will be in person only.
About Rev. Marjorie Rivera
Rev. Rivera is a Lily Dale trained Medium. She holds her ministerial and metaphysician’s degree through Fellowships of the Spirit in Lily Dale NY. Rev. Rivera is a professional Psychic Medium who has been a full time reader for about 30 years. Rev. Marjorie is Pittsburgh’s most professional and prolific reader. She leads message circles, lectures, teaches, is a published writer, a magazine columnist, a radio talk show co-host for years.
https://revmarjorierivera.com/
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You Are Not Alone: The Impact of Bullying (Webinar Panel Discussion)
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
‘We need to start identifying the triggers that aggravate mental health issues in our society – bullying, social media negativity and anxiety, gender based violence, substance abuse, stigma around issues such as maternal issues, etc., and we need to speak up about these more and get to the source of the problems.’ – Sanam Saeed
Throughout North America, there have been more and more reports of bullying. This includes instances of the suicide of bullying victims, and, occasionally, of bloody revenge taken by adolescents who have suffered ostracization. Three questions need to be asked: Who gets bullied? Who does the bullying? And what gives rise to this group aggression? The answers are to be found in the relationships — or non-relationships — of children with the adults in their world. Not so paradoxically, bullies are also disconnected from emotionally relevant adults. The fundamental source of their anger — what the U.S. poet and cultural guru Robert Bly has aptly called “the deepening rage of the unparented.”
For complex economic and cultural reasons, children in our society have become increasingly peer oriented over the past two or three generations. What is wrong with peer orientation? Emotional maturation can occur only in a context of unconditional love and acceptance. The dominant peer ethic is “cool” — emotional shutdown, a flight from openness and vulnerability. The peer culture is most unforgiving of “sissies,” of “babies” — of children, that is, who retain a capacity for emotional expression. A hardening takes place, underneath which powerful emotions are blocked, a veritable volcano of frustration. When it erupts, that volcanic rage will find its targets in the individuals who most clearly embody the very traits children are unable to accept in themselves: neediness, vulnerability, loneliness. The ultimate solution is to reverse the large-scale abandonment of our youth to the peer culture and, in every way we can, to rebuild children’s lost relationships with parents, teachers and the other adults in whose hands their future lies.
This month, our featured panelist is Mai Nguyen. Mai was born and raised in Hanoi Vietnam. With a Masters degree in Healthcare Management at Chatham University in Pittsburgh in 2013, she has directed her career toward social work and mental health. She has done profound research on trauma, particularly the approach Compassionate Inquiry which is developed and taught by Dr. Gabor Mate. For Mai, this approach has opened up a pathway to a better critical understanding on mental health problems and hence the significance of trauma-informed care. She desires to create educational programs for parents and families with the goal of raising awareness of trauma in parenting and supporting children through a traumatized stressful culture.
In these monthly conversations, YANA panelists share stories of their own personal journey, as well as provide resources and tools to help individuals reclaim their lives after trauma. We believe that sharing our personal stories of survival and holistic techniques can support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so you will not be seen unless you request to be. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you want. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
All registered attendees will receive a replay within 48 hrs of the original broadcast.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Laura Kustaborder, Mai Nguyen, Anna Smith, Leza Vivio.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Healing Toward Prosperity: The True Relationship Between Trauma and Financial Freedom with Katie Rubin (6-Wk Course)
Explore the True Relationship Between Trauma and Financial Freedom in this 6 week online course with Master Healer, Katie Rubin.
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting September 4th
Early Bird Special... $150 ending August 27th.
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
This series dives deep into the surprising connections between self-doubt, fear of judgment, past hurts, and achieving financial freedom. Are you ready to break free?
In this 6 week course, we will employ therapeutic, trauma-healingprocesses to release and integrate hidden roadblocks to financial abundance, and become more ready, willing and able to step fully into our correct alignment and financial freedom for ourselves.
Combining a basic understanding of our individual Human Design Charts with these trauma processes is a deeply powerful way to understand how to lean into our gifts and both lean away from and completely release our childhood, cultural and trauma-based conditioning.
When trauma and its attending dense energies leave the body, the heart relaxes and opens, the mind quiets, and more of our true, organic personal energy arises. When we have access to our own true energy, unencumbered by compulsion, we begin to align with our own, uniquely designed, correct-for-us prosperity and abundance - abundance of spirit, relationships, self-love and finances.
Let's deepen the release of your heavier energies to bring you closer to yourself, your fullest energetic expression, your authenticity, and the service you were built to be and bring!
This course will provide probing, intense and challenging questions for you to answer, alongside reminders/teachings about your Human Design chart, combined with energy healing processes to release your sticking points.
Please come ready to process powerfully, and take excellent care of yourself while doing so. Please enter this class having already at least begun to look at your own Human Design Chart. Suggested websites to begin your Human Design journey: jovianarchive.com, or mybodygraph.com
Class Dates:
Sep 4, 2024
Sep 11, 2024
Sep 18, 2024
Sep 25, 2024
Oct 2, 2024
Oct 9, 2024
NOTE: ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
Each class will be held via Zoom Meeting from 6:30-8:30 PM. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
The link for the course will be shared in the confirmation email, as well as prior to each class. All links will come from Eventbrite, so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS if you do not receive a confirmation after your ticket purchase.
About Katie Rubin
Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin spent 4 years at The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism releasing her own trauma, opening her Spiritual Channel, and developing her Healing Skills and Psychic Abilities.
She has since attended two other four-year-long Energy Healing Institutions including Lisa Barnett's Advanced Akashic Records Reading Training. Katie now uses the panoply of Divine Light Healing skills she's gained to serve her private and group healing clients, as she is directed to do so by the client's system, and The Divine itself.
Central to a private or group session with Katie is the opening of The Akashic Records. Through The Records, Katie transmits The Christ Light, Star Being Light (Pleadian, Lyran, Sirian, Arcturian, etc.), and Direct Source Energy, each of which create profound Healing, Integration and Spiritual Activation for her clients.
Additionally, from the Realm of The Akasha, she receives very clear guidance and direction for her clients on any topic at all, including but not limited to: past lives, trauma, karma, highest and best choices for your future in any area of life as encouraged by your team of Record Keepers, Angels, and Guides.
Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
Empath Support Circle (Zoom Meeting)
Join in our monthly online Empath assembly to support those who identify as energetically sensitive beings and share in sanctuary space!
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Meeting
$5 Donation Requested
Calling all Lightworkers, Empaths, and High Vibrating Souls... Join in our monthly assembly to share space and support one another, as well as do our part to raise the vibration of the collective!
Now more than ever, we need the support of an understanding spiritual community. Our mission is to set aside this time to come together with like-minded individuals and share. Being an empath is a gift and a strength. And sometimes it’s confusing. The Empath Support Circle is a fun and loving monthly gathering of energy sensitives who understand, share, and support the empath experience.
This is a free-flowing group with no fixed agenda. When appropriate, skills and techniques are recommended by members to facilitate expansion and growth!
$5 Donation Requested. Everyone is welcome.
If you are unable to pay for a ticket, you may reach out to us for a complimentary one. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
Please note: Because this is a support group format, we expect all participants to be able to be seen, so cameras must be on to foster the connection and feelings of safety of all members. We will limit the size of the group to ensure that all participants will be able to fit onto one zoom screen.
Due to popular demand, we are opening this up to an online forum to eliminate the barriers of transportation. This group meets in person regularly on the 3rd Friday of the month at Visions Reiki & Soul Spa in Strabane, PA.
Meet Your Facilitators
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
Robin Clarke, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and writer. Her therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard, attuned presence, and developing safe spaces for clients to heal within. Robin has taught writing as a path of inner transformation for over fifteen years, both as a University writing instructor and as a workshop presenter for OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit. She holds master’s degrees in Social Work, Poetry Writing, and Literature and is an EMDR certified psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry, won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and an excerpt from her memoir won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award.
The God Gene with America's Healer, Dr. Jim Roach (Online Only)
Please join OMA for our August lecture with our special guest Jim Roach, MD, founder of The Midway Center for Integrative Health in KY.
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Zoom Webinar (Virtual Only)
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
In Dr. Roach's 43 years of clinical experience, the last half focused on integrative, holistic, spiritual approaches, he's discerned a strong connection between a common gene mutation and intuitive capacity.
This gene “SNP” is associated with individuals with a strong “on” switch and a poor “off” switch, highly sensitive to people and energies, with hormone imbalance, and susceptibility to autoimmune disorders. Ability to metabolize adrenalin, dopamine, and norepinephrine is impaired. What is amazing is that these individuals instantly read the energies of others, typically know far more about an individual next to them than that individual would want them to know, and have a high propensity for premonitions, hearing voices and seeing visions, out-of-body experiences, dreams with meaning, and a greater knowing about a higher power.
Dr. Roach has had nearly 1000 patients in this category and he will share how to bring balance to their lives while being enriched by their insights. He will also share two other fascinating common gene mutations that he calls “The Dream Gene” and “The Happiness Gene” that interrelate, require tweaking, and help us optimally profit from the time in our humanness.
This event will be recorded for later viewing. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
Learn More About Dr. Roach at:
Integrative Health | Midway, KY | Dr. Jim Roach, America's Healer and http://www.themidwaycenter.com
His monthly newsletter are updates on the latest integrative health research and also shares a section on spirituality, plus a transformative spiritual story and special integrative health handout - info@themidwaycenter.com or jproach@aol.com.
A personally autographed book of God's House Calls, Vital Strategies in Cancer or Brilliance: The Pursuit of Hope, Wisdom, and the Divine can be ordered on my website, but books are also on Amazon.
About Dr. Jim Roach.
Dr. Jim Roach is America's Healer. His book on patients’ spiritual near-death experiences, God’s House Calls, was #1 on Amazon in 4 categories. His new book, Vital Strategies in Cancer, gives groundbreaking insight on how to offer cancer care and outcomes at a level above what conventional oncology can achieve alone. As described by 
multi #1 NY Times bestselling author Mark Hyman MD, "Dr. Roach leads you step-by-step up an all-embracing, spiritual pathway to healing. From start to finish, he guides you through this important book on your journey to an enlightened understanding of cancer."
Jack Canfield, multi #1 NY Times bestselling author of Chicken Soup for the Soul, said to Dr. Roach, “You have this amazing amount of knowledge… you are one of the most encyclopedic minds I have ever met.” See Jack’s interview of Dr. Roach about Vital Strategies in Cancer here.
The top integrative oncologist for the last four decades, Dwight McKee MD, calls the book “…the most important, practical, and comprehensive (indeed, encyclopedic) book to appear in the integrative cancer area that I have ever seen.” Donnie Yance, the top cancer botanical medicine expert in America, describes it as “an invaluable contribution.” Many other leading endorsers in the field of integrative medicine include Bob Anderson MD, Danny Friedland MD and Scott Shannon MD.
With one of the most comprehensive understandings of integrative cancer strategies in the world, Jim is a published researcher, national speaker and experienced practitioner with a national clientele. Recently, one of his cancer webinars drew 1000 registrants.
As one of the world's leading integrative medicine experts and #1 Amazon best-selling author in holistic medicine, Jim is also a national speaker and consultant, international medical educator, national media communicator, researcher and widely sought clinician with patients across the country. He has been interviewed 100+ times for national and international radio/TV programs.
Specializing in nutritional, botanical, functional, spiritual, integrative, genetic, and holistic medicine, Jim hosts, and is chief presenter, for a nationally attended practitioner integrative holistic conference and integrative cancer conference.
Jim is double-boarded in integrative medicine (ABOIM, ABIHM) and has presented on integrative cancer strategies in Connecticut, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Michigan, Los Angeles, San Diego, Houston, Tampa, Naples, Miami, Palm Beach and Lexington, KY. Jim’s other speaking venues include Boston, Chicago, Louisville, Mayo Clinic (Minnesota), Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Columbus.
You Are Not Alone: Restoring Choice in Trauma Recovery (Webinar Panel Discussion)
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another."
-William James, American Philosopher.
We make choices every day, with our thoughts and actions. The role of choice in trauma recovery is incredibly significant. When someone experiences trauma, they often feel a loss of control and a sense of helplessness. Reintroducing choice into their lives can help counteract these feelings and empower them in their recovery journey. Through practices such as meditation, mindfulness, positive affirmations, and self-care, we work to release the power of the heavy energies associated with trauma recovery and work towards resilience.
August is National Wellness Month
As summer winds down, let's choose to put some self-care on the calendar while still enjoying the summer vibe. Whether it is focusing on the positive, or taking small actions to benefit you and those you love, or even taking some time for an activity or to rest. Acknowledging how we feel, better knowing ourselves and what motivates us, and making positive choices for ourselves can be done in the present moment one step at a time.
This month, our featured panelist is Marilyn Carpenter. Her interest in holistic wellness, healing, and personal development have led down a variety of paths, some by foot and others through self-exploration and learning from others. We don’t know what we don’t know, so being curious, willing to explore, and also being able to ask for help, has amazing potential to enhance our lives and support us on our journeys.
In these monthly conversations, YANA panelists share stories of their own personal journey, as well as provide resources and tools to help individuals reclaim their lives after trauma. We believe that sharing our personal stories of survival and holistic techniques can support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so you will not be seen unless you request to be. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you want. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
All registered attendees will receive a replay within 48 hrs of the original broadcast.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Laura Kustaborder, Mai Nguyen, Anna Smith, Leza Vivio.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Heart Below the Horizon: Exploring Self & The Road Traveled (3-Wk Online Course)
Join us as we initiate a walk together exploring the road we have traveled by, moving you ever closer to a choiceful and empowered life.
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm EDT
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting August 8th
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
As we enter into this new age, many of us are looking to understand ourselves in more meaningful ways. It seems more important than ever to come to understand the uniqueness of the journey of our soul so we can authentically address what we are, as well as what we are not. Sometimes our biggest obstacles in letting go of what does not serve us is because we are not aware of where we end and where our projected self begins.
This 3-week workshop is being offered as we open the Lion’s Gate portal to lean into our inner work and prepare for the major shifts ahead. We have agreed to discount this offering as a gift to our shared communities as a way to support your journey of self-discovery and healing through these potentially auspicious times.
Together, we will explore the foundations of “an examined life” as told through philosophy, psychology, and spirituality. You will find the content to be practical and accessible, familiar and profound. It is truly for every seeker! Join us as we initiate a walk together exploring the road we have traveled by, moving you ever closer to a choiceful and empowered life.
Class Dates:
8/8: Foundations of Self: How Am I Defined?
8/15: Dark Night of the Soul: The Collapse of the Ego
8/22: Power & Choice: How Do I Use What I Now Know?
This workshop is expected to be Part 1 in an 3 part series that explores three aspects of our existence over the next several months. Part 2 will be scheduled in the Fall and will review Love & Soul Mates. Part 3 in the Winter will review Vibrational Healing & The Age of Energy.
NOTE: ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
Each class will be held via Zoom Meeting from 6:30-8:00 PM. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
The link for the course will be shared in the confirmation email, as well as prior to each class. All links will come from Eventbrite, so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS if you do not receive a confirmation after your ticket purchase.
About Leza Vivio
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical… She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
For the last two decades, her mission has been assisting individuals find their path to personal growth and wellness by improving their awareness, understanding, and adaptability to change. In her recent years, Leza has focused her work in the healing arts field serving through Vibrational Sound Healing, Past Life & Soul Regression, Spiritual Counseling, and Conscious Relationships.
In addition to degrees in Philosophy and Counseling Psychology, Leza holds a doctorate in both Divinity and Sacred Music, and is a licensed professional counselor, a Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider, Certified Sex Informed Professional, and a Certied Gesalt Couples Counselor. Additionally, she specially trained in Vibrational Sound Healing, Mindfulness, Hypnotherapy, Yoga and Meditation, Integrative Medicine, Tai Chi, Qigong, Trauma-Informed Care, and is a practicing Reiki Master.
Learn More About Leza at: https://www.sacredcenteredyou.com or https://viviotherapy.com
Empath Support Circle (Zoom Meeting)
Join in our monthly online Empath assembly to support those who identify as energetically sensitive beings and share in sanctuary space!
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Meeting
$5 Donation Requested
Calling all Lightworkers, Empaths, and High Vibrating Souls... Join in our monthly assembly to share space and support one another, as well as do our part to raise the vibration of the collective!
Now more than ever, we need the support of an understanding spiritual community. Our mission is to set aside this time to come together with like-minded individuals and share. Being an empath is a gift and a strength. And sometimes it’s confusing. The Empath Support Circle is a fun and loving monthly gathering of energy sensitives who understand, share, and support the empath experience.
This is a free-flowing group with no fixed agenda. When appropriate, skills and techniques are recommended by members to facilitate expansion and growth!
$5 Donation Requested. Everyone is welcome.
If you are unable to pay for a ticket, you may reach out to us for a complimentary one. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
Due to popular demand, we are opening this up to an online forum to eliminate the barriers of transportation. This group meets in person regularly on the 3rd Friday of the month at Visions Reiki & Soul Spa in Strabane, PA.
Please note: Becasue this is a support group format, we expect all participants to be able to be seen, so cameras must be on to foster the connection and feelings of safety of all members. We will limit the size of the group to ensure that all particpants will be able to fit onto one zoom screen.
Meet Your Facilitators
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
Robin Clarke, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and writer. Her therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard, attuned presence, and developing safe spaces for clients to heal within. Robin has taught writing as a path of inner transformation for over fifteen years, both as a University writing instructor and as a workshop presenter for OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit. She holds master’s degrees in Social Work, Poetry Writing, and Literature and is an EMDR certified psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry, won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and an excerpt from her memoir won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award.
Cellular Health: Don’t Complicate It Too Much.. The Earth Makes It Simple! (Online Only)
Please join OMA for our July lecture with our special guest, Dr. Emilio Galis DPT, on achieving wellness through accessible cellular health.
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Zoom Webinar (Virtual Only)
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
Cellular health is crucial for overall well-being because our cells are the building blocks of our bodies. There are many pathways to supporting cellular health that come from a variety of therapies and sources. These therapies aim to address imbalances in the body and promote the body's natural ability to heal itself at the cellular level.
In this educational seminar you will hear from Dr. Emilio Galis DPT on how improving your cellular health is vital to overall wellness and preventing all disease and pathology. He will discuss the most common ways to positively impact your cellular health and it is actually not that complicated. If we use what the earth has given us properly we can significantly impact the ways our cells function in a positive way.
This event will be recorded for later viewing. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
About Dr. Emilio Galis
Dr. Emilio Galis received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Health Sciences from Duquesne University in 2012 and his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in 2014 from Duquesne University. Dr. Galis previously worked in Rockville and Gaithersburg Maryland for 3.5 years as a physical therapist and clinic director. Dr. Galis has a primary focus on individualizing every treatment and plan of care to meet the specific needs of each patient and uses multimodal approaches of treatment to help patients improve their function and reach their personal goals. He strongly believes that increased time spent with each patient and hands on therapy is vital to the rehabilitative process. He is a strong advocate for getting to root causes of issues and believes that cellular health is the most important focus to improving all health and wellness. Dr. Galis is a native of the Mon Valley and credits his success and passion to his upbringing and strong tight knit family. Dr. Galis has over 10 years of experience treating a variety of orthopedic conditions and pathologies and has a definite interest in working with athletes of all levels.
You Are Not Alone: Raising Our Vibration in Trauma Recovery (Webinar Panel Discussion)
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
“We have the opportunity to choose whether we want to hang on or let go of emotional upsets. We can look at the cost of hanging on to them. Do we want to pay the price? Are we willing to accept the feelings? We can look at the benefits of letting go of them. The choice we make will determine our future. What kind of a future do we want? Will we choose to be healed, or will we become one of the walking wounded?”
― David R. Hawkins, Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender
Raising our vibration is a term that is tossed around quite a bit in our current world. In the context of trauma recovery, it is no easy task. To raise our vibration involves elevating one's energy levels and shifting to a more positive and healing frequency. Because experiencing a traumatic event leads to feelings of fear, disconnection, anxiety, and depression, we often struggle with the debilitating force of powerfully low energies. The truth of the mater is that until the nervous system perceives it safe to re-experience the world, we cannot digest the information from the trauma or feel truly whole.We feel stuck!
By raising the vibration through practices such as meditation, mindfulness, positive affirmations, and self-care, many of us have released the power of that negative energy and those emotions stored in the body. We and move on to become “wounded healers”, which is someone who has experienced trauma or suffering themselves, but uses that experience to help others heal. By being able to truly empathize with others who are going through similar struggles, guidance can be given based on their own personal experiences and that level of support is crucial to those in need. This panel is a collection of some of those individuals.
In these monthly conversations, YANA panelists share stories of their own personal journey, as well as provide resources and tools to help individuals reclaim their lives after trauma. We believe that sharing our personal stories of survival and holistic techniques can support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so you will not be seen unless you request to be. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you want. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
All registered attendees will receive a replay within 48 hrs of the original broadcast.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Laura Kustaborder, Mai Nguyen, Anna Smith, Leza Vivio.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Your Summer Self: Exploring Life Force Energy Holistic Wellness Retreat
Join us as we feel the energy and raise our vibration at the OMA Holistic Wellness Retreat in the beautiful Laurel Mountains!
Feel the Energy. Raise Your Vibration.
This year, we are excited to explore all sorts of aspects of Life Force Energy, whatever you call it Chi, Ki, Qi, Prana, Intuition, etc. This weekend is all about learning about it, connecting to it, and growing from that space so you can tap into your fullest potential!
We are thrilled to have some of the regions most thoughtful, caring, and experienced holistic practitioners to demonstrate techniques and guide us on a journey towards wellness for emotional, spiritual and physical health throughout this weekend immersion held in the heart of the scenic Laurel Highlands.
This retreat is a coed, intimate experience, and private event. Tickets will sell out quickly.
We so look forward to sharing this sacred time with you!
Registration Cost:
$250 VIP Pre-Sale for Former Participants Only (Until 5/23)
$275 Full Weekend Retreat with no Lodging (5/23-6/21)
$300 Late Registration (After 6/21)
Meals are included with every registration and are provided by Simply Good Gourmet. GF options always available. Please email leza.vivio@omapittsburgh.org if you have any special dietary requirements.
No animals are permitted, including Emotional Support Animals.
Weekend Lodging (Add on):
For the first time, we are including on site lodging as an add on option.
All weekend activities will be held at a private address in Donegal, PA. The location will given to attendees upon confirmed registration. These rooms are limited and are first come, first serve.
$200 Semi-private Twin Bed~Upstairs (Fri-Sat)
$300 Private Double Bed~Main Floor (Fri-Sat)
$100 Tent Camping On Site (Fri-Sat)
Please Note:
The cabin has a one full bathroom with shower and 2 additioanl half bathrooms. There is a full kitchen, but refrigerator storage may be limted. Please discuss your needs with us prior for any cold storage for food or medicines.
The cabin is in a secluded and private location that is accessed by a rather steep and 1/2 mile long private, gravel driveway. The owner drives a sedan up this driveway regularly, but it is more easily traversed with an.SUV. Please discuss your needs with us prior to purchasing your ticket.
For any questions or concerns, pease email leza.vivio@omapittsburgh.org.
Agenda:
Friday Evening
6:30pm-9:30pm: Opening Circle & Evening Fireside Meditation (weather permitting)
Saturday
8:30am-10am: Breakfast & Chat
10:00am-11:30am: You Know Everything You Think You Do…and More with Robin Clarke
12:00pm-1:30pm: What’s Your Element? with Angela Failor
1:30pm-3:00pm Lunch & Chat
3:00pm-4:30pm: Realigning Emotional Energy with Gail Hunter
5:00pm-6:30pm: Tuning In & Turning Inward with Leza Vivio
7:00pm-8:30pm: Dinner & Chat
8:30 pm: Fireside Reiki Circle with Anna Smith(weather permitting)
Sunday
8:30am-10:00am: Breakfast & Chat
10:00am-11:30am: Exploring Energy with Marilyn Carpenter
11:30am 1:30pm: Closing Circle
Our Presenters:
Marilyn Carpenter, Alexander Technique, Reiki, Seimei and T’ai Chi Ch’un
Robin Clarke, Certified Trauma & Resilience Practitioner, Psychotherapist, Writer, and Teacher
Angela Failor, Licensed Professional Counselor, Clinical Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner
Gail Hunter, Psychotherapist, Holistic Practitioner, OMA President of the Board, and Founding Member
Anna Smith, Reiki Master Teacher, Womb Keeper, Sound Reiki Practitioner, Death Doula
Leza Vivio, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider, Vibrational Sound Healer
Below is a link to Donegal area accommodations for your convenience:
Additional Lodging Options
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Donegal
More Donegal Area Accommodations
Highlights from our Spring 2023 Retreat!
Highlights from our Fall 2022 Retreat!
Empath Support Circle (Zoom Meeting)
Join in our monthly online Empath assembly to support those who identify as energetically sensitive beings and share in sanctuary space!
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Meeting
$5 Donation Requested
Calling all Lightworkers, Empaths, and High Vibrating Souls... Join in our monthly assembly to share space and support one another, as well as do our part to raise the vibration of the collective!
Now more than ever, we need the support of an understanding spiritual community. Our mission is to set aside this time to come together with like-minded individuals and share. Being an empath is a gift and a strength. And sometimes it’s confusing. The Empath Support Circle is a fun and loving monthly gathering of energy sensitives who understand, share, and support the empath experience.
This is a free-flowing group with no fixed agenda. When appropriate, skills and techniques are recommended by members to facilitate expansion and growth!
$5 Donation Requested. Everyone is welcome.
If you are unable to pay for a ticket, you may reach out to us for a complimentary one. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
Due to popular demand, we are opening this up to an online forum to eliminate the barriers of transportation. This group meets in person regularly on the 3rd Friday of the month at Visions Reiki & Soul Spa in Strabane, PA.
Please note: Becasue this is a support group format, we expect all participants to be able to be seen, so cameras must be on to foster the connection and feelings of safety of all members. We will limit the size of the group to ensure that all particpants will be able to fit onto one zoom screen.
Meet Your Facilitators
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
Robin Clarke, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and writer. Her therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard, attuned presence, and developing safe spaces for clients to heal within. Robin has taught writing as a path of inner transformation for over fifteen years, both as a University writing instructor and as a workshop presenter for OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit. She holds master’s degrees in Social Work, Poetry Writing, and Literature and is an EMDR certified psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry, won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and an excerpt from her memoir won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award.
What’s Your Element and Spiritual Gift? (Online Only)
Please join OMA for our June lecture with our special guests John Davies and Angela Failor on identifying your spiritual composition.
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Zoom Webinar (Virtual Only)
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
Please join John Davies, owner of God-Given Genius, and Angela Failor, owner of Shine Your Light LLC, for this workshop on identifying your spiritual composition.
Self awareness helps us to live in authentic alignment and shine!” - Angela Failor
According to Traditional Chinese Medicine theory, there are five elements that exist within nature and within us. These elements are: Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal. Discover with Angela what rhythm you align most with and what this means for your individual personality, emotions, and health.
“We are all uniquely created.” -John Davies“
Biblically, we all have 7 Motivational Gifts of: Perceiving, Serving, Teaching, Exhorting, Giving, Leading, Compassion. Understanding your motivational gifts is about knowing yourself better. Completing this assessment with John Davies will help you to recognize your individual combination of gifts, talents, strengths, abilities, and life experience. This will support you in living and working in alignment with your spiritual truth.
We are looking forward to assisting you in discovering your unique spiritual identity so you can shine your light!
This event will be recorded for later viewing. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
About Angela Failor
Angela Failor, owner of Shine Your Light! LLC, has a passion for empowering others to holistically heal from the physical, emotional, and spiritual consequences of trauma. Angela is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner. Angela credits God, energy medicine, and other holistic modalities with healing her life.
https://shineyourlightllc.weebly.com/
About John Davies
At a young age, I desired to understand how everything in the world works. That desire led me to pursue a degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University. Throughout my successful entrepreneurial career, I started and managed various companies, focusing on strategic planning and process improvements.
In 2012, I experienced a health crisis that changed the course of my life; I survived a stroke that could have killed me. I knew that God was calling me to something different. I shifted my learning to people. I had always naturally coached and guided people in business and in life. I decided to lean into my strengths and became a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, helping people discover and understand their God-given gifts. I believe everyone should understand what they are naturally gifted to do. And, that people should use their gifts to create the life they were meant to live.
Living Your Human Design with Katie Rubin (5-Wk Online Course)
Explore healing what stands between you and living your human design in this 5 week online course with Master Healer, Katie Rubin.
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting June 19th
Course Fee: $175
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
What is holding you back?
Living your human design is all about becoming you, fully.It is about coming to know and embrace your unique traits, talents, and characteristics. It is about understanding and honoring your individuality and using it to create a life that is authentic and fulfilling for you.
When we live in alignment with our design, we are able to tap into our true personal energy which allows us to create authentic, personal fulfillment.
In your previous work with Katie, you have explored the foundations of Human Design and have begun to explore your chart. You’re starting to live into your strategy and authority. You’re practicing a bit of passenger consciousness.
But there are pieces of your design you struggle to grok, accept and adopt.
In this 5 week follow up course, we will explore what you’re needing help leaning into (in your chart) and use powerful healing techniques and tools to help you let go of resistance, release old habits, and recondition into your TRUE SELF because when we are living authentically as ourselves, magic and synchronicity arise organically.
Please come to this class if you:
Have taken any previous Human Design Class with me at OMA, or have a basic working familiarity with your strategy/authority, type, profile and incarnation cross.
Living In Alignment
The right people show up at the right times to take us to the right places. Money flows easily. Friendships blossom. Romance arises.
You have the power to shape your own destiny and live a life that is authentic and fulfilling. And your design is the road map for getting there.
As we journey into the energy and spirit of the Summer... Let’s align you with your inner truth, joy, and freedom!
Class Dates:
June 19th, 2024
June 26th, 2024
July 3rd, 2024
July 10th, 2024
July 17th, 2024
NOTE: ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
Each class will be held via Zoom Meeting from 6:30-8:30 PM. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
The link for the course will be shared in the confirmation email, as well as prior to each class. All links will come from Eventbrite, so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS if you do not receive a confirmation after your ticket purchase.
About Katie Rubin
Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin spent 4 years at The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism releasing her own trauma, opening her Spiritual Channel, and developing her Healing Skills and Psychic Abilities.
She has since attended two other four-year-long Energy Healing Institutions including Lisa Barnett's Advanced Akashic Records Reading Training. Katie now uses the panoply of Divine Light Healing skills she's gained to serve her private and group healing clients, as she is directed to do so by the client's system, and The Divine itself.
Central to a private or group session with Katie is the opening of The Akashic Records. Through The Records, Katie transmits The Christ Light, Star Being Light (Pleadian, Lyran, Sirian, Arcturian, etc.), and Direct Source Energy, each of which create profound Healing, Integration and Spiritual Activation for her clients.
Additionally, from the Realm of The Akasha, she receives very clear guidance and direction for her clients on any topic at all, including but not limited to: past lives, trauma, karma, highest and best choices for your future in any area of life as encouraged by your team of Record Keepers, Angels, and Guides.
Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
You Are Not Alone: The Intersection of LGBTQIA+ and PTSD (Webinar Panel Discussion)
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
“Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by the one held captive. When someone enters the pain and hears the screams, healing can begin.”
– Danielle Bernock, Emerging With Wings: A True Story of Lies, Pain, and the LOVE that Heals (2015)
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) impacts individuals from diverse backgrounds and transcends socioeconomic status, ethnicity, identity and culture. Not only can this lead to a range of debilitating symptoms that impair one's daily functioning and quality of life, the stigma surrounding mental health issues can further exacerbate the challenges faced by those struggling with these conditions.
Since June is both PTSD Awareness Month and LGBTQIA+ Awareness Month, this webinar aims to bring awareness to these two vital aspects of identity and experience, recognizing the intersections and unique challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ individuals living with PTSD. LGBTQ+ individuals are disproportionately affected by trauma due to experiences of rejection, violence, and discrimination based on their sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression. This compound trauma can exacerbate the symptoms of PTSD and CPTSD.
Through insightful discussions, personal narratives, and insights, YANA panelists will delve into the complexities of trauma within the LGBTQIA+ community, shedding light on the often overlooked nuances and disparities in mental health care. As the world continues to grapple with societal stigmas and systemic barriers, this webinar stands as a testament to the power of unity and understanding in driving meaningful change and fostering healing for all.
YANA panelists will share their own personal journey and provide resources and tools to help individuals reclaim their lives after trauma. We believe that sharing our personal stories of survival and holistic techniques can support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so you will not be seen unless you request to be. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you want. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
All registered attendees will receive a replay within 48 hrs of the original broadcast.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Laura Kustaborder, Mai Nguyen, Anna Smith, Leza Vivio.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Empath Support Circle (Zoom Meeting)
Join in our monthly online Empath assembly to support those who identify as energetically sensitive beings and share in sanctuary space!
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Meeting
$5 Donation Requested
Calling all Lightworkers, Empaths, and High Vibrating Souls... Join in our monthly assembly to share space and support one another, as well as do our part to raise the vibration of the collective!
Now more than ever, we need the support of an understanding spiritual community. Our mission is to set aside this time to come together with like-minded individuals and share. Being an empath is a gift and a strength. And sometimes it’s confusing. The Empath Support Circle is a fun and loving monthly gathering of energy sensitives who understand, share, and support the empath experience.
This is a free-flowing group with no fixed agenda. When appropriate, skills and techniques are recommended by members to facilitate expansion and growth!
$5 Donation Requested. Everyone is welcome.
If you are unable to pay for a ticket, you may reach out to us for a complimentary one. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
Due to popular demand, we are opening this up to an online forum to eliminate the barriers of transportation. This group meets in person regularly on the 3rd Friday of the month at Visions Reiki & Soul Spa in Strabane, PA.
Please note: Becasue this is a support group format, we expect all participants to be able to be seen, so cameras must be on to foster the connection and feelings of safety of all members. We will limit the size of the group to ensure that all particpants will be able to fit onto one zoom screen.
Meet Your Facilitators
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
Robin Clarke, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and writer. Her therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard, attuned presence, and developing safe spaces for clients to heal within. Robin has taught writing as a path of inner transformation for over fifteen years, both as a University writing instructor and as a workshop presenter for OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit. She holds master’s degrees in Social Work, Poetry Writing, and Literature and is an EMDR certified psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry, won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and an excerpt from her memoir won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award.
Sacred Energy Technology of The Full Moon Taijiquan (3 Part Series/Hybrid)
Join OMA for this unique exploration of esoteric wisdom through an Ascended Masters Mystery School series with Sifu Eric Randolph.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM (and recorded for later viewing)
COST: $50 to $150 (click Buy Tickets for options)
Next Session: Thursday May 23rd
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
Join us for a deeper dive into Sifu Eric Randolph’s esoteric wisdom on consciousness, sacred geometry, planetary movement, and alchemy, as he uses the alignment of the full moon to facilitate total connection with the astral plane and use channelled insights for activations and Tai Chi movements to aid you in your spiritual transformation.
Take advantage of this opportunity to get up close and personal with a great Tai Chi master of our time. Sifu Eric Randolph will discuss the physics of Tai Chi and how it can facilitate the Law of Attraction. He will explain its true purpose, which can help heal and transform our mental, emotional and physical states.
Through his years of teaching and perfecting his practice, Sifu Eric Randolph began to realize the health benefits of the art, for himself and others. While watching people embrace the most beautiful aspects of themselves, turning their despair and illness into transformation, Master Eric derived a powerful healing formula that he now offers to those who quest relief from chronic illness.
Taijiquan, commonly known as Tai Chi, is a meditative integrative learning system of universal physics which specializes in the ability to absolve all opposites so one can become one with the source to consciously perpetuate the advanced evolution of the human experience.
This is a live event being held at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (5343 Kincaid St, Pittsburgh, PA 15224) and is also being livestreamed virtually via Zoom Webinar.
Each event will be on the evening of the Full Moon on the following dates:
Monday, March 25th * Tuesday, April 23rd * Thursday, May 23rd
All registered participants will receive the Zoom information, as well as a replay of the live broadcast within 48 hours of the end of the event.
About Sifu Eric Randolph
2023 Hall Of Fame Inductee Senior Master of The ICMAC International Chinese Martial Arts Confederation has taught Tai Chi through the Yang Family style 108 over 30yrs. 20 - 25yrs Gold medalists with his school Head Master of The Way Of Chi School of Internal Integrated Medicine and Esoteric Martial Arts and Transcendental Studies. He has taught and lectured at the collegiate level at Pittsburgh University, Carnegie Mellon, as well as taught and lectured at Forbes Metropolitan Hospital, taught at Washington D.C Integrated Medicine, and facilities with Dr. Ilana Seidel, Deloitte and Associates, and many more. His specialty is in Healing Chronic Illness and The practical practice and study of Immortality.
https://taoofwellbeing.weebly.com
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Art in the Garden Spring Festival 2024
Presented by OMA's Art In the Garden Program
12:00 pm -3:00 pm Sunday
WHERE: Borland Garden
527 N Beatty St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
This is a FREE event
Save the Date!
Join Art in the Garden for our annual Spring Festival in Borland Garden on Sunday, May 19th, from 12-3 pm.
This event is FREE, but you are welcome to make donations at the checkout to support our ongoing Youth Programs.
Activities include the unveiling of two beautiful collaborative murals that Art in the Garden families created with artist Sandra Moore, a Flow Class with Princes Gonzalez and Jodi Iddings, music with GLO-TREE, Origami Fidget Pops with Takeela Washington from Sensory Superpowers, brick oven hot pretzel making, Felting Pebble Wishes with Julie Strang-Tryc, Storytelling with Scott Buchanan, planting in the garden, Sweet_Shop with Shaniqua Stribling, Native Plant Sale with Phyto Bello, free books from Reading is Fundamental, and more!
This event is supported by OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit, Borland Garden, Spak Brothers Pizza, Grow Pittsburgh, Reading is Fundamental, and Allegro Hearth Bakery.
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You Are Not Alone: Challenging Mental Health Labels and Stigma in Trauma Healing (Webinar Panel Discussion)
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
“If we look at this man’s behaviors without knowing anything about his past, we might think he was mad. However, with a little history, we can see that his actions were a brilliant attempt to resolve a deep emotional scar. His re-enactment took him to the very edge, again and again, until he was finally able to free himself from the overwhelming nightmare of war.”
― Peter A. Levine, Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental health labels can be both helpful and harmful. On one hand, they can provide a framework for understanding and treating mental health conditions. However, they can also lead to stigma and oversimplification of complex issues. Misunderstood symptoms of trauma in mental illness can include flashbacks, dissociation, hypervigilance, and emotional dysregulation. These symptoms can often be misunderstood or misinterpreted by others. Misdiagnosed PTSD is all too common and can lead to improper treatment and further distress for the individual.
Join us for this exploration of how mental health labels and stigma play out for those who have survived trauma. It is important to challenge these stigmas and promote open conversations about mental health to reduce the shame and discrimination associated with trauma and mental illness.
In this webinar, YANA panelists will be discussing their own journey through mental health and the challenges with stigma that have limited many of us from seeking help earlier. We will be sharing personal stories of resilience and growth, and providing resources and tools for individuals to reclaim their lives after trauma. We believe that sharing our personal stories of survival and holistic techniques can support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so you will not be seen unless you request to be. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you want. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
All registered attendees will receive a replay within 48 hrs of the original broadcast.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Laura Kustaborder, Mai Nguyen, Anna Smith, Leza Vivio.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
The Illumination Code: Unlock Your Intuition with Kim Chestney (In Person & Zoom)
Unlock Your Intuition + Experience the Magic of Your Quantum Intelligence with Kim Chestney as she discusses her book, The Illumination Code
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM (and recorded for later viewing)
COST: Early Bird $17.50 ENDS MONDAY
Regular $20, Door $25
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
Join us as Kim discusses an all-new program revealing intuition as a quantum function that is revolutionizing the world. Her forthcoming book, "The Illumination Code", addresses the undiscovered realities of our intuitive potential and offers a series of practices to tap into "the part of you that knows everything."
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic” goes a famous saying. We live in an age of great technological progress, but the human mind remains the most magical technology of all. Our minds have an untapped capacity for quantum thinking — the ability to transcend linear thought and decode the hidden signals of the cosmos. This faculty is the “universal law of insight,” the principle that every person can intuitively access all the knowledge of the universe if they simply look within.
Drawing on the latest findings in quantum physics, this event will present a multidimensional model of consciousness that accounts for the whole spectrum of intuitive experience — from everyday occurrences such as hunches and gut feelings to “impossible” phenomena such as telepathy, remote viewing, and precognition. Through a series of exercises and case studies, I can show attendees how they can activate their latent power for greater awareness, creativity, and problem-solving.
Attendees will learn how to: • access the universal archive of information containing the psychic imprint of all past and future events, also known as the Akashic Records • use their quantum intelligence to gain meaningful personal insight and guidance • enter into the deep dimension to explore past lives, parallel realities, and alternate universes • personally experience quantum phenomena like nonlocality, foresight, entanglement, and synchronicity
This event will take attendees on an excursion to the frontiers of knowledge, touching on an array of topics ranging from superstring theory to Jungian psychology. "The Illumination Code" practices clear a path toward a brighter, more expansive future for humanity, a time when the age of information gives way to the age of illumination.
This is a live event being held at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (5343 Kincaid St, Pittsburgh, PA 15224) and is also being livestreamed virtually via Zoom Meeting.
All registered participants will receive the Zoom information, as well as a replay of the live broadcast within 48 hours of the end of the event..
About Kim Chestney
Kim Chestney is the author of three leading-edge intuition books, including The Illumination Code, Radical Intuition and The Psychic Workshop. She is the founder of IntuitionLab, a global school for cultivating intuitive ability. She is known for her unique, contemporary perspective on intuition as a learnable, universally-accessible, defining force for the evolution of humanity.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says she "is on the vanguard of a movement to unearth the genius within." Before starting IntuitionLab, Kim worked for two decades as an innovation leader in the tech sector, researching and pioneering advances in culture as the founder of the CREATE! Festival. Her work has been supported by world-class organizations including ABC News, Women’s World Magazine, Carnegie Mellon University, the Shift Network, SXSW Interactive, the Omega Institute, Coast to Coast AM, The Edgar Cayce Center, and Americans for the Arts, among others.
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Empath Support Circle (Zoom Meeting)
Join in our monthly online Empath assembly to support those who identify as energetically sensitive beings and share in sanctuary space!
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Meeting
$5 Donation Requested
Calling all Lightworkers, Empaths, and High Vibrating Souls... Join in our monthly assembly to share space and support one another, as well as do our part to raise the vibration of the collective!
Now more than ever, we need the support of an understanding spiritual community. Our mission is to set aside this time to come together with like-minded individuals and share. Being an empath is a gift and a strength. And sometimes it’s confusing. The Empath Support Circle is a fun and loving monthly gathering of energy sensitives who understand, share, and support the empath experience.
This is a free-flowing group with no fixed agenda. When appropriate, skills and techniques are recommended by members to facilitate expansion and growth!
$5 Donation Requested. Everyone is welcome.
If you are unable to pay for a ticket, you may reach out to us for a complimentary one. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
Due to popular demand, we are opening this up to an online forum to eliminate the barriers of transportation. This group meets in person regularly on the 3rd Friday of the month at Visions Reiki & Soul Spa in Strabane, PA.
Please note: Becasue this is a support group format, we expect all participants to be able to be seen, so cameras must be on to foster the connection and feelings of safety of all members. We will limit the size of the group to ensure that all particpants will be able to fit onto one zoom screen.
Meet Your Facilitators
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
Robin Clarke, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and writer. Her therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard, attuned presence, and developing safe spaces for clients to heal within. Robin has taught writing as a path of inner transformation for over fifteen years, both as a University writing instructor and as a workshop presenter for OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit. She holds master’s degrees in Social Work, Poetry Writing, and Literature and is an EMDR certified psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry, won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and an excerpt from her memoir won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award.
Healing Trauma With Reiki (In Person ONLY)
Join Anna Smith as she tells her personal story and explains the connection between Reiki and the healing of the physical and emotional body
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Wednesday. Doors open 6:15 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE BROADCAST LIVE OR RECORDED FOR PRIVACY
COST: Early Bird $17.50
Regular $20, Door $25
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
Join Anna Smith as she tells her personal story of healing trauma through holistic modalities, and explains the connection between Reiki and the healing of the physical and emotional body.
Anna has experienced generational trauma, childhood trauma, and domestic violence. She was diagnosed with Complex PTSD and Fibromyalgia. Anna discovered Reiki while searching for a holistic alternative to manage her chronic physical pain. She found that it helped heal so much more than the physical discomfort, reducing stress, allowing her to sleep, and easing the emotional wounds. Reiki had begun to improve every part of her life, and her journey began. She hopes to help others in their own personal healing journey, knowing the peace of mind, spirit, and body.
This talk will end in a group reiki experience.
About Anna Smith
Anna Smith is the Healing Arts Director at Mind Dojo, Reiki Master Practitioner, Reiki Master Teacher, Sound Healing Practitioner, Certified Sound Reiki Practitioner, Death Doula, Oma Board Member, Womb Keeper, Founder of GreenWitch Village, and Co-Author of The Art of Healing.
As the Healing Arts Director of Mind Dojo, she helps individuals connect the mind, body, and spirit through offering holistic modalities to clinical clients who attend IOPs as well as individual sessions. Providing understanding, accessibility and experiences to some who may have not had the opportunity to be empowered to assist in their own healing, is her passion.
Anna attained the Third Degree Master Practitioner Level Certification and the Master Teacher Level in the Usui System of Natural Healing, and practices and teaches Trauma Informed Reiki. The healing of trauma through holistic modalities has been the life changing shift that has motivated her to share it with others, especially those who have experienced trauma.
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You Are Not Alone: Sexual Assault Awareness (Webinar Panel Discussion)
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
This April, during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, we will learn how to take steps to build connected communities and enhance our knowledge of sexual assault, harassment, and abuse. In addition, we invite you to explore how to create safe communities where everyone feels safe and supported. We’re asking you to join us in building connected communities that promote equity and respect, as our connections to one another have an impact more significant than just ourselves. We can start here, together.
Wear the color, Teal!!!
Sexual violence happens in every community and affects people of all genders and ages. Sexual violence is any type of unwanted sexual contact. This includes words and actions of a sexual nature against a person’s will and without their consent. A person may use force, threats, manipulation, or coercion to commit sexual violence.
- Consent must be freely given and informed, and a person can change their mind at any time.
- Consent is more than a yes or no. It is a dialogue about desires, needs, and level of comfort with different sexual interactions.
“We Believe you. We Are Here for you. It is Not Your Fault.”
Choosing to violate another person is not about “drinking too much”, “trying to have a good time,” or” getting carried away,” nor is it about the clothes someone was wearing, how they were acting, or what type of relationship they have with the person who abused them. Violating another person is a choice. It is not the choice of the person being harassed or abused.
National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) https://www.nsvrc.org
In this webinar, YANA panelists will be discussing their personal experiences, path to healing, and resiliency that supported the reframing of the distorted beliefs that may have kept them from knowing they are always welcomed in community and sexual violence is a violent act against another not caused by the victim and chosen by the perpetrator/abuser. We will be sharing personal stories of resilience and growth, and providing resources and tools for individuals to reclaim their lives after trauma. Panel members also share personal stories of survival and holistic techniques to support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so you will not be seen unless you request to be. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you want. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
All registered attendees will receive a replay within 48 hrs of the original broadcast.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Laura Kustaborder, Mai Nguyen, Anna Smith, Leza Vivio.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Art in the Garden Spring 2024 Flow Club
Presented as part of OMA's Youth Programming
Every Wednesday, April 3rd-May 8th from 5:00-6:30 pm
WHERE: Borland Garden
527 N Beatty St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
This is a FREE program. Donations are welcome and appreciated.
Join the Art In The Garden Flow Club!
We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust. Stars form a circle and in the center, we dance. – Rumi
en español
Dirigidos por Jodi Iddings y Princes González, los estudiantes de Flow Club tienen oportunidades de conectarse con sus cuerpos físicos y energías internas. La misión de Flow Club en Borland Garden es brindar un espacio para que los estudiantes se expresen a través del movimiento consciente y la poesía, al mismo tiempo que profundizan su aprecio por la naturaleza y su comunidad. Los jóvenes tienen el poder de aprovechar quiénes son realmente y convertirse en líderes y creadores de cambios positivos. Nuestros estudiantes se irán con una comunidad muy unida, que saben que realmente se preocupa por ellos. Flow Club se ofrece en español e inglés.
Puede encontrar más información e información de registro AQUÍ *Se agradecen las donaciones para apoyar el Flow Club y la futura programación de Arte en el Jardin ; ¡Dona lo que te trae alegría!
QUIEN: Adolecentes 9-15
CUANDO: Miercoles 3 de Abril de Mayo 8,2024.
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Empath Support Circle (Zoom Meeting)
Join in our monthly online Empath assembly to support those who identify as energetically sensitive beings and share in sanctuary space!
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Meeting
$5 Donation Requested
Calling all Lightworkers, Empaths, and High Vibrating Souls... Join in our monthly assembly to share space and support one another, as well as do our part to raise the vibration of the collective!
Now more than ever, we need the support of an understanding spiritual community. Our mission is to set aside this time to come together with like-minded individuals and share. Being an empath is a gift and a strength. And sometimes it’s confusing. The Empath Support Circle is a fun and loving monthly gathering of energy sensitives who understand, share, and support the empath experience.
This is a free-flowing group with no fixed agenda. When appropriate, skills and techniques are recommended by members to facilitate expansion and growth!
$5 Donation Requested. Everyone is welcome.
If you are unable to pay for a ticket, you may reach out to us for a complimentary one. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
Due to popular demand, we are opening this up to an online forum to eliminate the barriers of transportation. This group meets in person regularly on the 3rd Friday of the month at Visions Reiki & Soul Spa in Strabane, PA.
Please note: Becasue this is a support group format, we expect all participants to be able to be seen, so cameras must be on to foster the connection and feelings of safety of all members. We will limit the size of the group to ensure that all particpants will be able to fit onto one zoom screen.
Meet Your Facilitators
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
Robin Clarke, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and writer. Her therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard, attuned presence, and developing safe spaces for clients to heal within. Robin has taught writing as a path of inner transformation for over fifteen years, both as a University writing instructor and as a workshop presenter for OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit. She holds master’s degrees in Social Work, Poetry Writing, and Literature and is an EMDR certified psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry, won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and an excerpt from her memoir won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award.
You Are Not Alone: The Physical Manifestation of Trauma (Webinar Panel Discussion)
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
“Trauma is not what happens to you. Trauma is what happens inside you as a result of what happens to you.” - Dr. Gabor Maté
The long-term consequences of trauma can manifest in numerous ways that affect your physical health. Sadly, a history of trauma is correlated with many chronic physical ailments. The unfortunate reality is many medical professionals are ignorant of these connections and the root causes of our ailments can go untreated, leaving us in both physical and emotional pain.
The journey of healing is unique to each individual. With the appropriate support, healing is possible. In this webinar, YANA panel members will be sharing personal stories of survival, resilience, resources, and holistic techniques to support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing.
This month, our featured panelist is Angela Failor, owner of Shine Your Light! LLC, has a passion for empowering others to holistically heal from the physical, emotional, and spiritual consequences of trauma and to say “No More” to all forms of abuse. Angela has a powerful story of healing from the physical manifestations of trauma in her life and is writing a book about her amazing journey to inspire others to never lose hope!
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so you will not be seen unless you request to be. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you want. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
All registered attendees will receive a replay within 48 hrs of the original broadcast.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Laura Kustaborder, Mai Nguyen, Anna Smith, Leza Vivio.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Clearing All Limiting Energies and Beliefs Using Human Design and N.E.T. with Katie Rubin (5-Wk Course)
Explore the healing power of using the NeuroEmotional Technique and Divine Light Transmission to clear limiting beliefs in this 5 wk course
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting March 7th
Course Fee: $175
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
Profound Healing in 5 Weeks
Using NeuroEmotional Technique (N.E.T.)and Divine Light Transmissionto Clear All Limiting Energies and Beliefs
This course will require students to have access to their birth TIME to the minute, birth city and state, and birth date. Before Day 1 of Class, each student will create their Human Design Chart for free using a link provided once they register. Then based on that information, we will work, over the course of the class to understand, quite specifically, which parts of self to listen to when attempting to make decisions for ourselves in our lives.
We will learn if we each, individually are here to experience: satisfaction, peace, surprise, or success. We will learn the 3 key questions YOUR DESIGN teaches us that YOU need to ask when trying to get clear for yourself about next steps. We will also learn where the "not-self" or the unconscious negative mind "has you" trapped in listening to it's lies, and teach you how to FREE YOURSELF from them.
Lastly, we will use N.E.T. and Divine Light Transmission to process a large portion of your pain from the past that keeps you trapped in the energies of the negative mind or lying "not-self." When we are pulled, in our lives, by the voices of the Not-Self, we are distracted from our real purpose in this incarnation. Let's get you clear on YOUR purpose and set you on the path of ONLY listening to what is truly YOU within yourself.
For more information on N.E.T.: https://www.netmindbody.com/more-information/what-is-net/
Class Dates:
March 7th, 2024
March 14th, 2024
March 21st, 2024
March 28th, 2024
April 4th, 2024
NOTE: ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
Each class will be held via Zoom Meeting from 6:30-8:30 PM. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
The link for the course will be shared in the confirmation email, as well as prior to each class. All links will come from Eventbrite, so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS if you do not receive a confirmation after your ticket purchase.
About Katie Rubin
Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin spent 4 years at The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism releasing her own trauma, opening her Spiritual Channel, and developing her Healing Skills and Psychic Abilities.
She has since attended two other four-year-long Energy Healing Institutions including Lisa Barnett's Advanced Akashic Records Reading Training. Katie now uses the panoply of Divine Light Healing skills she's gained to serve her private and group healing clients, as she is directed to do so by the client's system, and The Divine itself.
Central to a private or group session with Katie is the opening of The Akashic Records. Through The Records, Katie transmits The Christ Light, Star Being Light (Pleadian, Lyran, Sirian, Arcturian, etc.), and Direct Source Energy, each of which create profound Healing, Integration and Spiritual Activation for her clients.
Additionally, from the Realm of The Akasha, she receives very clear guidance and direction for her clients on any topic at all, including but not limited to: past lives, trauma, karma, highest and best choices for your future in any area of life as encouraged by your team of Record Keepers, Angels, and Guides.
Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
Empath Support Circle (Zoom Meeting)
Join in our monthly online Empath assembly to support those who identify as energetically sensitive beings and share in sanctuary space!
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Meeting
$5 Donation Requested
Calling all Lightworkers, Empaths, and High Vibrating Souls... Join in our monthly assembly to share space and support one another, as well as do our part to raise the vibration of the collective!
Now more than ever, we need the support of an understanding spiritual community. Our mission is to set aside this time to come together with like-minded individuals and share. Being an empath is a gift and a strength. And sometimes it’s confusing. The Empath Support Circle is a fun and loving monthly gathering of energy sensitives who understand, share, and support the empath experience.
This is a free-flowing group with no fixed agenda. When appropriate, skills and techniques are recommended by members to facilitate expansion and growth!
$5 Donation Requested. Everyone is welcome.
If you are unable to pay for a ticket, you may reach out to us for a complimentary one. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
Due to popular demand, we are opening this up to an online forum to eliminate the barriers of transportation. This group meets in person regularly on the 3rd Friday of the month at Visions Reiki & Soul Spa in Strabane, PA.
Please note: Becasue this is a support group format, we expect all participants to be able to be seen, so cameras must be on to foster the connection and feelings of safety of all members. We will limit the size of the group to ensure that all particpants will be able to fit onto one zoom screen.
Meet Your Facilitators
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
Robin Clarke, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and writer. Her therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard, attuned presence, and developing safe spaces for clients to heal within. Robin has taught writing as a path of inner transformation for over fifteen years, both as a University writing instructor and as a workshop presenter for OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit. She holds master’s degrees in Social Work, Poetry Writing, and Literature and is an EMDR certified psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry, won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and an excerpt from her memoir won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award.
Tai Chi & Secret Facilitation of the Law of Attraction (In Person & Zoom)
Join OMA for this unique exploration of Tai Chi and how it can facilitate the Law of Attraction with Sifu Eric Randolph.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM (and recorded for later viewing)
COST: Early Bird $17.50
Regular $20, Door $25
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
Take advantage of this opportunity to get up close and personal with a great Tai Chi master of our time. Sifu Eric Randolph will discuss the physics of Tai Chi and how it can facilitate the Law of Attraction. He will explain its true purpose, which can help heal and transform our mental, emotional and physical states.
Through his years of teaching and perfecting his practice, Sifu Eric Randolph began to realize the health benefits of the art, for himself and others. While watching people embrace the most beautiful aspects of themselves, turning their despair and illness into transformation, Master Eric derived a powerful healing formula that he now offers to those who quest relief from chronic illness.
Taijiquan, commonly known as Tai Chi, is a meditative integrative learning system of universal physics which specializes in the ability to absolve all opposites so one can become one with the source to consciously perpetuate the advanced evolution of the human experience.
This is a live event being held at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (5343 Kincaid St, Pittsburgh, PA 15224) and is also being livestreamed virtually via Zoom Meeting.
All registered participants will receive the Zoom information, as well as a replay of the live broadcast within 48 hours of the end of the event..
About Sifu Eric Randolph
2023 Hall Of Fame Inductee Senior Master of The ICMAC International Chinese Martial Arts Confederation has taught Tai Chi through the Yang Family style 108 over 30yrs. 20 - 25yrs Gold medalists with his school Head Master of The Way Of Chi School of Internal Integrated Medicine and Esoteric Martial Arts and Transcendental Studies. He has taught and lectured at the collegiate level at Pittsburgh University, Carnegie Mellon, as well as taught and lectured at Forbes Metropolitan Hospital, taught at Washington D.C Integrated Medicine, and facilities with Dr. Ilana Seidel, Deloitte and Associates, and many more. His specialty is in Healing Chronic Illness and The practical practice and study of Immortality.
https://taoofwellbeing.weebly.com
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You Are Not Alone: Healing with Self-Love (Webinar Panel Discussion)
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
"You owe yourself the love that you so freely give to other people." - Unknown
Self-love is an important aspect of our well-being, especially when it comes to healing from trauma. Trauma can have a profound impact on our lives, and practicing self-love can be a powerful tool in our recovery journey. Engaging in self-love practices can help individuals heal from trauma by fostering a sense of safety, self-compassion, and self-acceptance. It involves recognizing and valuing one's own worth and taking steps to prioritize one's own well-being. Self-love is not about being selfish or self-centered, but rather about nurturing a healthy relationship with oneself.
In this webinar, YANA panelists will be discussing their self-love practices, sharing personal stories of resilience and growth, and providing resources and tools for individuals to cultivate self-love in their own lives. Panel members also share personal stories of survival and holistic techniques to support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so you will not be seen unless you request to be. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you want. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
All registered attendees will receive a replay within 48 hrs of the original broadcast.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Laura Kustaborder, Mai Nguyen, Anna Smith, Leza Vivio.
Moderator: Callie Gropp
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Contemplating Our Endings with Helen Stickney (3 Wk Online Course)
A 3-week course contemplating the end of our lives and what might make it possible to “end well”.
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting January 18th
Course Fee: $150
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
Each of us knows that one day our body will die. But are we ready for that ending, and have we taken the time to consider what it means to us?
In this three part online series, we will contemplate the end of our lives and what might make it possible to “end well”. Through guided contemplation, writing, and group discussion, we will begin to bring both meaning and action into focus.
Class Dates:
January 18th- Part 1: Impermanence
January 25th- Part 2: Identity
February 1st- Part 3: Legacy
This course is intended to bring end of life issues into clearer focus. It is a step on the journey to ending well and it is a collaborative action. Guided contemplation and writing prompts will be offered. How we cover each topic will be guided by what each participant brings to the group.
Each class will be held via Zoom Meeting from 6:30-8:30 PM. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
NOTE: ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
The link for the course will be shared in the confirmation email, as well as prior to each class. All links will come from Eventbrite, so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS if you do not receive a confirmation after your ticket purchase.
About Helen Stickney
Helen Stickney is a meditation instructor, grief companion, and end of life doula. She is a founding member of Pittsburgh Community Deathcare, and also works part time in hospice administration and green burial. In addition to a meditation practice that spans four decades, she has a PhD in Theoretical Linguistics, is a certified mindfulness instructor, and has certificates in integrative thanatology, somatic healing, and compassionate presence. She is the former director of the Three Rivers Free Clinic for the People and she has worked with various meditation communities throughout the Pittsburgh area. She is currently studying with the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition. When not working, teaching, or studying, Helen spends most of her time in the woods.
Learn more about Helen at: pghdeathcare.com
Discover Your Five Elements Personality Type (Online Only) CANCELLED
Discover your Five Elements Personality Archetype utilizing The Eden Method with practitioner, Angela Failor, in OMA's January lecture.
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Zoom Webinar (Virtual Only)
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
**We regret to announce that this event has been cancelled. We hope to offer it at a later date. If you purchased a ticket, you will receive a full refund. Our apologies for any inconvenience that this may have caused and hope to see you at a future OMA event!**
It’s the beginning of a new year, and the perfect time to discover your Five Elements Personality Archetype!
In Chinese Medicine, the Five Elements represent the five energies of Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal. These energies are present in all things throughout nature- including you!
Learn how you uniquely flow and grow in alignment with the seasons, what supports you, what distresses you, and coping skills to help keep you emotionally balanced throughout the year utilizing The Eden Method.
This event will be recorded for later viewing. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
About Angela Failor
Angela Failor, owner of Shine Your Light! LLC, has a passion for empowering others to holistically heal from the physical, emotional, and spiritual consequences of trauma. Angela is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner. Angela credits God, energy medicine, and other holistic modalities with healing her life.
You Are Not Alone: Resets and Resolutions (Webinar Panel Discussion)
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
"The future depends on what you do today." - Mahatma Gandhi
Setting resolutions can be a powerful tool for personal growth and transformation. They provide us with a sense of direction and motivation to achieve what we desire. When we have a clear vision of what we want to achieve, it becomes easier to make decisions and take actions that move us closer to our goals. Resolutions give us a roadmap to follow, helping us stay on track and overcome obstacles along the way.
Trauma can have a significant impact on a person's ability to set and achieve resolutions. The need for safety can trigger avoidance behaviors and a desire to stay within one's comfort zone. This can make it challenging to step outside of familiar patterns and make the necessary changes to hit reset to begin again.
YANA panelists will be discussing the ways that they manage and cope with moving out their comfort zones and into new beginnings. Panel members will share personal stories of survival and holistic techniques to support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so you will not be seen unless you request to be. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you want. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
All registered attendees will receive a replay within 48 hrs of the original broadcast.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Laura Kustaborder, Mai Nguyen, Anna Smith, Leza Vivio.
Moderator: Callie Gropp
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Using NeuroEmotional Technique & Divine Light Transmission for Release with Katie Rubin (5-Wk Course)
Explore Profound Healing in 5 wks using NeuroEmotional Technique (N.E.T.) and Divine Light Transmission to Release Unprocessed Emotions
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting January 3rd
Course Fee: $175
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
Profound Healing in 5 Weeks
Using NeuroEmotional Technique (N.E.T.)and Divine Light Transmissionto Release Unprocessed Emotionsfrom the Organs, Glands, Heart, and Mind.
In this 5 week class, each week, we will get clear on what is up for you that needs release, integration, healing, or clearing.
Katie will then use Distance Muscle Testing to determine which N.E.T. protocol to apply to your system for the Healing that will occur during each class session.The group will then enter into a profound emotional release process that will blend Divine Light Transmission through the Akashic Records and N.E.T. (For more information on N.E.T.: https://www.netmindbody.com/more-information/what-is-net/)
On week 3, there will be an opportunity to ask any and all questions you might have about your life in The Akashic Records through Katie’s channel and direct connection with The Star Beings, Consciousness and The Divine Itself.Come to class with questions!
Let’s get the guidance you need!
Class Dates:
January 3rd, 2024
January10th, 2024
January 17th, 2024
January 24th, 2024
January 31st, 2024
NOTE: ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
Each class will be held via Zoom Meeting from 6:30-8:30 PM. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
The link for the course will be shared in the confirmation email, as well as prior to each class. All links will come from Eventbrite, so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS if you do not receive a confirmation after your ticket purchase.
About Katie Rubin
Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin spent 4 years at The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism releasing her own trauma, opening her Spiritual Channel, and developing her Healing Skills and Psychic Abilities.
She has since attended two other four-year-long Energy Healing Institutions including Lisa Barnett's Advanced Akashic Records Reading Training. Katie now uses the panoply of Divine Light Healing skills she's gained to serve her private and group healing clients, as she is directed to do so by the client's system, and The Divine itself.
Central to a private or group session with Katie is the opening of The Akashic Records. Through The Records, Katie transmits The Christ Light, Star Being Light (Pleadian, Lyran, Sirian, Arcturian, etc.), and Direct Source Energy, each of which create profound Healing, Integration and Spiritual Activation for her clients.
Additionally, from the Realm of The Akasha, she receives very clear guidance and direction for her clients on any topic at all, including but not limited to: past lives, trauma, karma, highest and best choices for your future in any area of life as encouraged by your team of Record Keepers, Angels, and Guides.
Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
You Are Not Alone: Healing With Seasonal Sadness (Webinar Panel Discussion)
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
“SAD is more than just “winter blues.” The symptoms can be distressing and overwhelming and can interfere with daily functioning. However, it can be treated. About 5 percent of adults in the U.S. experience SAD and it typically lasts about 40 percent of the year. It is more common among women than men.”
-APA
Seasonal Affective Disorder Awareness Month is in December.
A lack of sunlight combined with a busy holiday season can be a very triggering time for survivors of trauma. Statistics show that individuals who have experienced trauma may be more susceptible to seasonal depression. When it comes to the holidays, many individuals struggle with feelings of sadness, loneliness, and isolation. Pressure to be happy and cheerful during a time when you do are handling reminders of the past or the absence of loved ones who are no longer around to celebrate.
YANA panelists will be discussing the ways that they manage and cope with through self-care activities and support during these potentially stressful times. Panel members will share personal stories of survival and holistic techniques to support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so audience members will not be seen. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you desire. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Laura Kustaborder, Mai Nguyen, Anna Smith, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Gropp
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Hoʻoponopono Meditation for Healing & Forgiveness (In-Person ONLY)
Presented by Leza Vivio
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Saturday. Doors open 1:40 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE BROADCAST LIVE OR RECORDED FOR PRIVACY
COST: Early Bird $25
Regular $30, Door $35
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
Join OMA for this profound and deeply soulful journey using the Hoʻoponopono mantra in a guided meditation supported by a sound immersion!
Ho’oponopono is an ancient Hawaiian practice for forgiveness and reconciliation. It’s more than the prayer alone; it's a process of making things right in your relationships... with others, ancestors, the universe, the earth, and, most importantly, yourself.
This Hoʻoponopono guided meditation and cleansing sound immersion has always been a very powerful and moving for the participants. We will assist the group with deeper cleansing by opening the Akashic Records to facilitate healing across all time, space, and dimensions.
The roots of the word are hoʻo (to bring about) and pono (rightness)... Cleaning out the muck of our consciousness so we can begin to clear a path between us and the divine.
At the conclusion of the sound immersion and meditation, you will be invited to receive individual healing vibrations through the gong.
Participants often enjoy sitting or laying on the floor. The group meditation is about 45-55 minutes. Bring any comfy measures, such as a soft blanket, eye mask, or pillows to support your body. Please message us for any specific needs to enhance your experience.
This is a small group gathering with limited space, so it is subject to selling out. Please check with event organizer if you plan to pay at the door to be sure there is space.
About Leza Vivio
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
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You Are Not Alone Trauma Symposium (Online Only)
OMA is excited to be hosting a one-day Trauma Symposium including leaders in our region’s holistic trauma-informed healing work!
9:00 am - 5:00 pm FRIDAY
LOCATION CHANGE. NOW ONLINE ONLY
THIS EVENT WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE AND RECORDED FOR LATER VIEWING
COST: Early Bird $70-85
Regular $85-100
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
Trauma is pervasive. It is a leading global, public health issue, the extent of which is truly immeasurable. OMA’s mission and goal is to create collaborative conversations regarding the impact of trauma on one’s cognitive, emotional, and physical development as well as one’s interpersonal relationships and life choices. We believe that when we heal ourselves in the present, we heal the generations to come.
You Are Not Alone
Since 2020, we have devoted ourselves to supporting our world of trauma survivors by coming together on a monthly basis for an ongoing panel discussion on healing from trauma. This symposium will bring together several of those panelists to share their resources for healing and resiliency as they address them through complimentary, alternative, and holistic practices. Presentations will be from licensed therapists and certified practitioners who specialize in the following alternative treatments for trauma care: energy healing, EMDR, Brainspotting, movement therapy, and sound healing.
This Symposium is for everyone... Trauma-informed practitioners who are interested in learning more about alternative methods to support their clients in healing from trauma, as well as those on their own journey of healing.
6.5 CEU’s will be available for those in the field of counseling and psychology are available at additional cost.
Group Rates Available:
Contact events@omapittsburgh.org if you have a group of 3 or more attending for a discounted rate.
*** PLEASE NOTE: VENUE CHANGE***
Out of an abundance of caution and proximity to the upcoming holidays, we are now doing this event online only.
This event will be live broadcasted as a Zoom Webinar. Participants will not be on camera. Each registered participant will also receive a replay of the live broadcast within 48 hours of the end of the event.
All registered participants will receive the Zoom information in your email confirmation, as well as from Eventbrite prior to the start of the event. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE AN EMAIL CONFIRMATION, PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER.
Agenda
9:00 am: Welcome from OMA & Keynote Presentation—What is Trauma?
10:00-11:30 am: Harnessing the Power of Mind, Body, and Spirit: EMDR, Brainspotting and Energy Work as Holistic Treatments for Trauma
Gail Hunter, LCSW, and Robin Clarke, LCSW will provide an overview and interactive demonstration in which the audience will learn and personally experience techniques that help clients reprocess and reframe traumatic memories and transform negative core beliefs on the level of mind, body, and spirit.
11:45 am-1:00 pm: Vibrational Sound & Music in Healing
Leza Vivio is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Vibrational Sound Healer. Leza will be sharing information on the history of vibrational sound healing and why sound and music can heal us on every level of our being. She will also immerse us in a brief sound bath meditation. www.sacredcenteredyou.com
1:00 pm-2:30 pm: LUNCH (On Your Own)
2:30-3:30 pm: Healing from Trauma with The Eden Method
Angela Failor is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner. Angela will be teaching easy and effective energetic techniques to calm an overwhelmed nervous system. Home care videos will be shared with attendees. https://shineyourlightllc.weebly.com/
3:45-4:45 pm: The Power of Movement for Healing Trauma
Laura Kustaborder is a certified yoga teacher, meditation & mindfulness guide, Reiki master and physician assistant. She will delve into how movement and embodiment techniques foster our healing journey, as well as demonstrate practices you can adopt to calm your nervous system. www.approachableasana.com
Descent Into the Underworld: Death Meditation & Sound Bath (In-Person ONLY)
Presented by Helen Stickney & Leza Vivio
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Tuesday. Doors open 6:15 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE BROADCAST LIVE OR RECORDED FOR PRIVACY
COST: Early Bird $35
Regular $40, Door $45
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
Join OMA for this profound and deeply soulful journey through your own death experience in a guided meditation supported by a sound bath!
One thing is certain, each of us will die one day. The good news is that we can begin to face our own mortality in this very moment, using it as a way to transform and heal our lives.
Join meditation guide, Helen Stickney, and sound and energy healer, Leza Vivio, on a journey exploring the tender impermanence of our human existence. A combined sound bath and guided visualization will gently lead us through visualizing our own death process. Contemplating the end of our lives can help us live our daily lives more fully.
The guided journey will last about 45-60 minutes. There will be discussion and preparation beforehand and time afterward for processing, emotional support and energy clearing. Please bring a yoga mat, blanket, and/or whatever you need to feel comfortable lying on the floor for an hour. There will be chairs available for anyone who would prefer not to lie down.
Please bring a journal and a yoga mat, blanket, and/or whatever you need to support your body and feel comfortable if lying on the floor is your preference for the hour (or more) of the meditation. There will be chairs available for anyone who would prefer not to lie down.
This is a live event being held at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (5343 Kincaid St, Pittsburgh, PA 15224). This event will NOT be broadcast online or recorded.
SPACE IS LIMITED AND THE EVENT IS SUBJECT TO SELLING OUT.
About Helen Stickney & Leza Vivio
Helen Stickney is a meditation instructor, grief companion, and end of life doula. She is a founding member of Pittsburgh Community Deathcare, and also works part time in hospice administration and green burial. In addition to a meditation practice that spans four decades, she has a PhD in Theoretical Linguistics, is a certified mindfulness instructor, and has certificates in integrative thanatology, somatic healing, and compassionate presence. She is the former director of the Three Rivers Free Clinic for the People and she has worked with various meditation communities throughout the Pittsburgh area. She is currently studying with the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition. When not working, teaching, or studying, Helen spends most of her time in the woods
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
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Trauma Responses and Holiday Gatherings
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
"Why Do I Feel This Way??? "
For many of us, social/family gatherings can be triggering in ways we don't anticipate or recognize until we are experiencing the aftermath in our own bodies. Sometimes we don't know why we react strongly to social/familial events, and other times, we can name and understand our experience. In any case, we might be wondering: how can I prevent this reaction next time? Explore these questions and more as panelists discuss what collective gatherings have meant for them and how we can all learn more easeful ways of moving through difficult social spaces.
Join YANA panelists as we ask one another our questions and about how our own journey of healing and coping through social gatherings. Panel members will share personal stories of survival and holistic techniques to support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so audience members will not be seen. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you desire. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Gropp
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Art in the Garden Fall Festival 2023
Presented by OMA's Art In the Garden Program
12:00 pm -3:00 pm Saturday
WHERE: Borland Garden
527 N Beatty St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
This is a FREE event
Join Art in the Garden for our Fall Festival!
Come relax in the garden and join us for arts, activities, and snacks!
Located in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood, Borland Garden has a native food forest, small fruit orchard, rain garden with a cistern that collects rain from our roofs, lawn, annual vegetable beds, and herb gardens.
Join us for pumpkin carving, s'more & hot pretzel making, stone soup, Afro-Latin Percussion and Dance with Miguel Sague III, hula hooping and flow with Jodi Iddings, multi-lingual storytelling, free books from Reading is FUNdamental, sensory friendly activities with Takeela Washington of Sensory Super Powers, and more! Costumes welcome. If you like, bring a vegetable (any kind!) to add to the stone soup.
The event is FREE. ALL are WELCOME.
12-3 Pumpkin Carving with pumpkins from Soergel Orchards
12-3 Screen printing with the Andy Warhol Museum
12-3 Hazelnut planting and exploring fall seeds with Tree Pittsburgh
12-3 Mindful Eating and Positivity Board with the Hafeman Lab
12-3 Vendors: Stories Like Me, Sweet Shop, Didi Art Creations
12-2 Hot pretzel making in the garden’s wood fired oven
12-1 Bulb Planting with ecologist Sten Carlson
12-1 Stone Soup
12:30-1:30 Sensory Super Powers with Takeela Washington
1:30-2 Flow Class with Jodi Iddings and Princes Gonzalez
2-3 Afro-Latin Percussion, Dance, Song and Storytelling with Miguel Sague III
2-3 Campfire and S’mores
Sponsored by Tree Pittsburgh, Soergel Orchards, Spak Brothers, The Andy Warhol Museum, Whole Foods, Home Depot, and The Heinz Endowments.
The Heinz Endowments seeks to help our region thrive as a whole and just community and, through that work, to model solutions to major national and global challenges. We are devoted to advancing our vision of southwestern Pennsylvania as a vibrant center of creativity, learning, and social, economic, and environmental sustainability. Our work is supported by reliable data based on equitable, results-focused goals to cultivate a world where all are treated with fairness and respect and have the opportunity to reach their fullest potential.
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A Sacred Journey Into Past Lives (In-Person ONLY)
Presented by Leza Vivio & Robin Clarke of OMA
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY. Doors open 6:15 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE BROADCAST LIVE OR RECORDED FOR PRIVACY
COST: Early Bird $45
Regular $50, Door $55
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
Back by popular demand... Join OMA's own practitioners as they take us on a deep dive to explore our soul's journey through meditation and writing!
Past life and soul regression utilizes a form of hypnotherapy often used by clients as a way to investigate their memories of other parts of their soul’s journey. It is also designed to assist participants in answering questions about their life’s purpose and plan. This experience offers a psycho-spiritual journey through time and space, which can alleviate difficult anxieties and fears that are connected to various incarnations that defy our conscious awareness. Here we can not only discover information about our challenges, but also our soul mates and soul agreements.
Rooted in the teachings of Dolores Cannon, Leza and Robin will invite you on a sacred, guided journey into who you were before this earthly incarnation. By inducing a lucid hypnotic state and accessing the vibrational energy of divine consciousness, we will experience what it means to be a direct channel for oneself for the sake of deepest healing and development in this lifetime. You don’t need someone to tell you about your past—you need only the vibrational and psychic space to journey!
This is a live event being held at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (5343 Kincaid St, Pittsburgh, PA 15224). This event will NOT be broadcast online or recorded.
SPACE IS LIMITED AND THE EVENT IS SUBJECT TO SELLING OUT.
About Leza Vivio & Robin Clarke
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
Robin Clarke, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and writer. Her therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard, attuned presence, and developing safe spaces for clients to heal within. Robin has taught writing as a path of inner transformation for over fifteen years, both as a University writing instructor and as a workshop presenter for OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit. She holds master’s degrees in Social Work, Poetry Writing, and Literature and is an EMDR certified psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry, won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and an excerpt from her memoir won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award.
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Fall Into You, Holistic Health & Wellness Retreat
A Weekend to Reflect. Release. Restore. Connect. in the beautiful Laurel Highlands
Join us for a weekend of self-care! Fall is a time for reflection and restoration… A time to look inside and find peace.
Discover and experience a wide variety of Complementary and Alternative Healing Therapies, as well as explore your own spiritual awakening and personal growth.
Energy Medicine ~ Sound Healing ~ Movement Medicine ~ Writing ~ Spirituality ~ Meditation ~ Mindfulness
We are thrilled to have some of the regions most thoughtful, caring, and experienced holistic practitioners to demonstrate techniques and guide us on a journey towards wellness for emotional, spiritual and physical health throughout this weekend immersion held in the heart of the scenic Laurel Highlands.
This retreat is an intimate experience and private event, so registration may fill up quickly.
Registration Cost:
$275 Full Weekend Retreat (Ends 10/10/2023)
$300 Late Registration (Begins 10/11)
Meals provided by Simply Good Gourmet. Please email leza.vivio@omapittsburgh.org if you have any special dietary requirements.
Please Note:
All weekend activities will be held at a private address in Donegal, PA. The location will given to attendees upon confirmed registration.
Overnight Accommodations are not included in the ticket price. Each attendee is responsible for their lodging.
Below is a link to Donegal area accommodations for your convenience:
Donegal Area Accommodations
Our Presenters (see Bios):
Robin Clarke, Certified Trauma & Resilience Practitioner, Psychotherapist, Writer, and Teacher
Angela Failor, Licensed Professional Counselor, Clinical Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner
Gail Hunter, Psychotherapist, Holistic Practiioner, OMA President of the Board, and Founding Member
Leza Vivio, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider, Vibrational Sound Healer
Nicole Howells, Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Personal Trainer
Agenda:
Friday Evening
6:30pm-9:30pm: Opening Circle & Evening Fireside Meditation (weather permitting)
Saturday
8:30am-10am: Breakfast & Chat
10{00am-11:30am: Narrative Therapy with Gail Hunter
12:00pm-1:30pm: The Eden Method with Angela Failor
1:30pm-3:00pm Lunch & Chat
3:00pm-4:30pm: Primordial Purity 101 with Robin Clarke
5:00pm-6:30 Sacred Journey Into Past Lives with Leza Vivio
7:00pm-8:30pm: Dinner & Chat
8:30 pm: Fireside Circle (weather permitting)
Sunday
8:30am-10:00am: Breakfast & Chat
10:00am-11:30am: Movement and Breath-work with Nicole Howell
11:30am 1:30pm: Closing Circle
Highlights from our Spring 2023 Retreat!
Highlights from our Fall 2022 Retreat!
Eye of Vision ~ The Soul’s Organ of Perception (In-Person + Virtual)
Presented by William Meader
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm TUESDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM (and recorded for later viewing)
COST: Early Bird $25
Regular $27.50, Door $30
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
Walking the spiritual path requires that we recognize the changing nature of vision in our lives, particularly as it pertains to the use of the third eye. Sometimes called the Eye of Vision, this organ of the soul slowly opens over the course of many incarnations. By so doing, it gradually gives us the capacity to sense the deeper truths expressed through our individual lives, as well as outer events. In this talk, William Meader will present a deep understanding of the Eye of Vision and how to recognize its influence within our day-to-day perceptions. He will also discuss methods to further facilitate its opening.
This is a live event being held at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (5343 Kincaid St, Pittsburgh, PA 15224) and is also being livestreamed virtually via Zoom Webinar.
All registered participants will receive the Zoom information, as well as a replay of the live broadcast within 48 hours of the end of the event..
About William Meader
William Meader is an international teacher of The Esoteric Philosophy (Ageless Wisdom). He presents a variety of esoteric topics to audiences in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. His work—often described as a ‘next step’ in spiritual evolution—assists students in the refinement of the higher abstract mind in order that they might align with the soul’s creative intention, thereby coming en rapport with the One Life and the ashram (inner home of the soul). William’s gentle humor, sensitivity and deep understanding of the spiritual path is appreciated by dedicated students of the Esoteric Philosophy—also known as the Ageless Wisdom —worldwide.
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Healing After Domestic Violence
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.” — Carl Jung
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month. Domestic violence goes beyond physical abuse. Isolation, intimidation, insults, gaslighting, humiliation, stalking, and threats, as well as the minimizing or deflection of these behaviors, are also hallmarks of this type of violence. On a typical day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide. Unfortunately, several of us on the panel have witnessed and survived domestic violence abuse.
Our webinar also will be held on Indigenous People's Day. Native American survivors are twice as likely to experience rape or sexual assault, two and a half times more likely to experience violent crimes, and five times more likely to be victims of homicide in their lifetimes compared to all other races in the country.
Our panelist, Anna Smith (Lakota Sioux, enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe), will be speaking on how generational and cultural factors contribute to Domestic violence, as well as talk about the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society and Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women.
Join YANA panelists as we ask one another our questions and about how our own journey of healing from domestic violence. Panel members will share personal stories of survival and holistic techniques to support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
We will be donating proceeds to the White Buffalo Calf Women's Society, which is a 501c3 Native Non-Profit organization that provides services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. They offer safe shelter to victims of violent crimes on the Rosebud Reservation. https://www.wbcws.org
For those in need of help, the National Domestic Violence Hotline operates 24/7 in languages: English, Spanish and 200+ through interpretation service. 1-800-799-7233
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so audience members will not be seen. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you desire. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Gropp
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Spiritual Activation & Trauma Healing with Katie Rubin CANCELLED
Join us for this 5 week course that explores Spiritual Activation & Trauma Healing: A Path to Becoming Whole with Katie Rubin
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting October 11th
** THIS COURSE HAS BEEN CANCELLED **
Join us for the next course in tapping into the healing potential and divine light with Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin!
In this 5 week class, we will get clear on your core wounds and begin to very deeply bring the Divine Light to your deepest personal trauma. As we do so, we will simultaneously be aligning you with your Spirit Guides, Star Team, Angels, Higher Self, and Divine Consciousness Itself. Trauma Healing IS Spiritual Alignment work. And, Spiritual Activation facilitates trauma healing.
Let's DIG IN and get it moving, and clear it all out, my friends!
Class Dates: October 11th, 2023 thru November 8th, 2023
Each class will be held via Zoom Meeting from 6:30-8:30 PM. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
The link for the course will be shared in the confirmation email, as well as prior to each class. All links will come from Eventbrite, so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS if you do not receive a confirmation after your ticket purchase.
NOTE: ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
About Katie Rubin
Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin spent 4 years at The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism releasing her own trauma, opening her Spiritual Channel, and developing her Healing Skills and Psychic Abilities.
She has since attended two other four-year-long Energy Healing Institutions including Lisa Barnett's Advanced Akashic Records Reading Training. Katie now uses the panoply of Divine Light Healing skills she's gained to serve her private and group healing clients, as she is directed to do so by the client's system, and The Divine itself.
Central to a private or group session with Katie is the opening of The Akashic Records. Through The Records, Katie transmits The Christ Light, Star Being Light (Pleadian, Lyran, Sirian, Arcturian, etc.), and Direct Source Energy, each of which create profound Healing, Integration and Spiritual Activation for her clients.
Additionally, from the Realm of The Akasha, she receives very clear guidance and direction for her clients on any topic at all, including but not limited to: past lives, trauma, karma, highest and best choices for your future in any area of life as encouraged by your team of Record Keepers, Angels, and Guides.
Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
Writing to Heal (In-Person + Virtual)
Join OMA's own, Robin Clarke, in an exploration of parts of ourselves that call to us in this interactive writing-and-healing workshop
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM (and recorded for later viewing)
COST: Early Bird $25
Regular $27.50, Door $30
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
“But where the danger is, also grows the saving power.” —“Patmos,” Friedrich Holderlïn
In this interactive writing-and-healing workshop, we will explore memories and parts of ourselves that may have been difficult to feel or acknowledge and yet beckon, all the more, to be witnessed with compassion. To see with compassion means not only to bring kindness but also openness and curiosity about the larger context for our lives—the forces at work in our choices and the choices of others. From compassion we derive wisdom and, therefore, peace.
We will use guided meditation, writing, and energetic healing practices to bring into the light that which we have carried unseen—sometimes unseen even to ourselves. When we write from an intention of openness, curiosity, and self-love, we have the capacity to directly channel the wisdom of our higher self. We can unravel stories about the past that do not serve us, reframe and release negative beliefs, and experience healing on emotional, psychological, and spiritual levels.
Bring your journal or computer. Bring your hopes, wishes, and needs.
This is a live event being held at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (5343 Kincaid St, Pittsburgh, PA 15224) and is also being livestreamed virtually via Zoom Meeting.
All registered participants will receive the Zoom information, as well as a replay of the live broadcast within 48 hours of the end of the event..
About Robin Clarke
Robin Clarke, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and writer. Her therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard, attuned presence, and developing safe spaces for clients to heal within. Robin has taught writing as a path of inner transformation for over fifteen years, both as a University writing instructor and as a workshop presenter for OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit. She holds master’s degrees in Social Work, Poetry Writing, and Literature and is an EMDR certified psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry, won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and an excerpt from her memoir won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award.
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Tap & Talk with Lisa Buford (Virtual Only)
Improve your physical, mental and emotional health by using EFT presented by Eden Energy Medicine founding faculty member, Lisa Buford
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Zoom Meeting (Virtual Only)
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
You can improve your physical, mental and emotional health by learning and consistently applying Emotional Freedom Technique. EFT has been clinically proven to be 80% effective in treating trauma, stress, anxiety, fears, phobias, depression, grief and addictive cravings. Presently it is being used to treat PTSD in Veteran Hospitals and by practitioners worldwide.
We invite you to join in for this interactive Zoom event on the amazing benefits of talking and tapping. Workshop leader Lisa Buford has been ‘talking and tapping’ since 1999. Combining Gary Craig’s acupressure-tapping technique with Dr. David Smith’s Chinese-style acupressure-tapping she will present an easy, user friendly, simple and effective tool.
A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
About Lisa Buford
Lisa Buford is an Eden Energy Medicine founding faculty member, teaches Fundamentals, Years 2, 3 and 4 and is an Advanced Practitioner. She has been in private practice for nearly 25 years. Additionally, Lisa is certified as an Advanced Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner and is a licensed Brain Gym Instructor and Consultant. Lisa has been published in Energy Medicine and Brain Gym journals, has presented twice at IGEEM, been a keynote speaker for Headstart and has been interviewed multiple times. She comes with passion, skill, wisdom and humor. Lisa loves to teach, mentor and work with clients, meeting people where they are so they can be empowered and inspired to move toward what they want and Learn to Thrive!
The Role of Art in Healing After Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
I could say things with color and shape that I couldn’t’ say any other way – things I had no words for… -Margaret Naumburg
Making art in any form—writing, visual art, dance, music and more—provides a powerful pathway for inquiring into and healing traumatic events. By excavating memory, we find meaning and explore and reframe negative imprints and beliefs. Moreover, to make is to create, which is the opposite of victimization. The act itself heals by transforming terrifying or wounding experiences into something beautiful and affirming of our gifts. Join as we explore how art can be a pathway for healing and imagine what a practice for ourselves might look like.
Join YANA panelists as we ask one another our questions and about how art affected our journey of healing. Panel members will share personal stories of survival and holistic techniques to support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so audience members will not be seen. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you desire. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Gropp
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
A Sacred Journey Into Past Lives (In-Person ONLY)
Presented by Leza Vivio & Robin Clarke of OMA
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm TUESDAY. Doors open 6:15 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE BROADCAST LIVE OR RECORDED FOR PRIVACY
COST: Early Bird $45
Regular $50, Door $55
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
Join us as two of OMA's own practitioners take us on a deep dive as we explore our soul's journey through meditation and writing!
Past life and soul regression utilizes a form of hypnotherapy often used by clients as a way to investigate their memories of other parts of their soul’s journey. It is also designed to assist participants in answering questions about their life’s purpose and plan. This experience offers a psycho-spiritual journey through time and space, which can alleviate difficult anxieties and fears that are connected to various incarnations that defy our conscious awareness. Here we can not only discover information about our challenges, but also our soul mates and soul agreements.
Rooted in the teachings of Dolores Cannon, Leza and Robin will invite you on a sacred, guided journey into who you were before this earthly incarnation. By inducing a lucid hypnotic state and accessing the vibrational energy of divine consciousness, we will experience what it means to be a direct channel for oneself for the sake of deepest healing and development in this lifetime. You don’t need someone to tell you about your past—you need only the vibrational and psychic space to journey!
This is a live event being held at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (5343 Kincaid St, Pittsburgh, PA 15224). This event will NOT be broadcast online or recorded.
About Leza Vivio & Robin Clarke
Leza Vivio, D. Div, LPC, CMHIP, CSITP, is a healing arts practitioner and psychotherapist focusing on integrative wellness and intuitive counselling. At the core of her work is a strong emphasis on radical personal transformation and empowerment. Leza is known widely for her abilities as a sound healer and inspirational speaker, as well as the founder of Sacred. Centered. You. Leza has been regressing groups of spiritual seekers from here to Mt Shasta for the last few years with amazing results. She has a passion for both the scientific and intuitive, the practical and the mystical... She enjoys finding the bridges between these worlds and making them accessible to the seeker.
Robin Clarke, LCSW, is a psychotherapist and writer. Her therapy emphasizes unconditional positive regard, attuned presence, and developing safe spaces for clients to heal within. Robin has taught writing as a path of inner transformation for over fifteen years, both as a University writing instructor and as a workshop presenter for OMA Center for Mind, Body, Spirit. She holds master’s degrees in Social Work, Poetry Writing, and Literature and is an EMDR certified psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry, won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, and an excerpt from her memoir won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award.
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Healing into Joyful Relationships After Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
Join YANA panelists as we ask one another our questions and about friendship, vulnerability, attachment, and healing. As we grow older, creating new relationships and making new friends can be difficult. For many of us, life seems busier than ever. Forging new friendships while nurturing our current relationships and tending to our responsibilities, may take a type of effort and thoughtfulness we did not need to draw upon when we were younger. It can also be a source of great joy, connection, and healing.
Seeking inspiration from the poet Reiner Maria Rilke, we will allow ourselves to “love the questions themselves. Live the questions now.” Throughout the conversation, we will share our difficulties, struggles, the answers we have found along our journeys, and the questions we are still living.
This conversation is meant to make space for our curiosities, to be a birthplace for our deepest and truest hopes, and to support our remembrance that we are not alone. And, even as we remember we are not alone, we also remember the answers to our questions will ultimately arrive from within our hearts.
We invite you to join us, to listen, to share, connect, ask questions, share your answers, and manifest the relationships with ourselves and with others that support joy, hope, simplicity, and peace.
Again, from Rilke, “go into yourself. Dig into yourself for a deep answer...then, as if no one had ever tried before, try to say what you see and feel and love and lose…Perhaps you will find them gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” And, perhaps, that distant day is already appearing on the horizon.
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so audience members will not be seen. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you desire. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Gropp
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Creating Real Change: Becoming Your Higher Self with Katie Rubin (5-Wk Course)
A 5-week course exploring a Powerful Healing and Integration by Bringing the 4th Step Together with Divine Light Transmission
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting August 9th
Course Fee: $175
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
Let's explore Creating Real Change and Becoming Your Higher Self by bringing the 4th Step together with Divine Light Transmission for Powerful Healing and Integration.
In this 5-week series, we will each "take our own Inventory" using the profoundly life-changing tool of a Fourth Step, from the 12 Step Recovery Programs. One need not have "official addictions," to benefit from working a 4th Step. In fact, it has often been said that were everyone on Earth willing to see themselves as clearly as the 4th step allows, most of the world's problems would be solved. In Katie's personal experience, when we get clear on the fears and emotional needs driving our resentments, old hurts, and emotional challenges, we know exactly what to do our Energy Healing work ABOUT.
This class will give you radical self-awareness while also offering you energy healing work to process, integrate and release what keeps you from living as your spiritually aligned Higher Self.
Class Dates:
August 9th, 2023
August 16th, 2023
August 23rd, 2023
August 30th, 2023
September 6th, 2023
Each class will be held via Zoom Meeting from 6:30-8:30 PM. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
The link for the course will be shared in the confirmation email, as well as prior to each class. All links will come from Eventbrite, so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS if you do not receive a confirmation after your ticket purchase.
NOTE: ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
About Katie Rubin
Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin spent 4 years at The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism releasing her own trauma, opening her Spiritual Channel, and developing her Healing Skills and Psychic Abilities.
She has since attended two other four-year-long Energy Healing Institutions including Lisa Barnett's Advanced Akashic Records Reading Training. Katie now uses the panoply of Divine Light Healing skills she's gained to serve her private and group healing clients, as she is directed to do so by the client's system, and The Divine itself.
Central to a private or group session with Katie is the opening of The Akashic Records. Through The Records, Katie transmits The Christ Light, Star Being Light (Pleadian, Lyran, Sirian, Arcturian, etc.), and Direct Source Energy, each of which create profound Healing, Integration and Spiritual Activation for her clients.
Additionally, from the Realm of The Akasha, she receives very clear guidance and direction for her clients on any topic at all, including but not limited to: past lives, trauma, karma, highest and best choices for your future in any area of life as encouraged by your team of Record Keepers, Angels, and Guides.
Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
An Integrative Approach to Addressing Low Back Pain (In-Person & Virtual Event)
Presented by Jamie DeMarco
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM (and recorded for later viewing)
COST: Early Bird $17.50
Regular $20, Door $25
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
In this lecture, attendees will engage in the mind, body, and spiritual approach to pain mitigation, particularly with special focus on the lower back. Dr. DeMarco will discuss the importance of downtraining the fight, flight, freeze response and instead, focus on calming the nervous system. She will discuss the role of breathwork, fascia lines, and posture for form, function, and stability.
This is a live event being held at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (5343 Kincaid St, Pittsburgh, PA 15224) and is also being livestreamed virtually via Zoom Webinar.
All registered participants will receive the Zoom information, as well as a replay of the live broadcast within 48 hours of the end of the event..
About Jamie DeMarco
Jamie DeMarco received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Pittsburgh in 2005. After a decade of working within the traditional outpatient clinic setting, Dr. DeMarco realized how broken our current state of healthcare was and wanted to make a change. She realized she wanted more for the patient and to feel more fulfilled as a practitioner. Dr. DeMarco completed her postgraduate certification in Medical Therapeutic Yoga in 2019, and it was through this training that she learned and began living by the biopsychosocial approach to treating patients' pain. Her motto is, "Treat the patient. Not the part." Dr. DeMarco owns a private practice, Art in Motion Physical Therapy and Wellness, in Wexford, and specializes in orthopaedic and pelvic floor dysfunction. See her website at https://www.artinmotionpt.com/
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Somatic Pain and Healing After Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
“The great thing, then, in all education, is to make our nervous system our ally instead of our enemy.” -William James
Trauma manifests differently for each of us and can cause symptoms within mind, body, and spirit. Stress from traumatic experiences can be stored in the body and remain for years, causing a wide array of physical symptoms, if not appropriately released. Somatic healing explores the connection between mind and body, invites us into deeper awareness and connection with ourselves, and provides a safe space to release survival energy that no longer serves us.
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
Join panel members for this very important webinar discussion regarding somatic pain and healing. Panel members will share personal stories of survival and holistic techniques to support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so audience members will not be seen. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you desire. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
*** If you feel you are in crisis, please contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, which offers free, 24/7 call, text and chat access to trained crisis counselors. Text or call 988 to be connected to a crisis center nearest to you. If you are in an emergency, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. OMA Center for Mind, Body, and Spirit does not offer crisis counseling or emergency services.***
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Gropp
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Dancing Mindfulness (In-Person ONLY)
Presented by Melissa Moore & PAAR (Pittsburgh Action Against Rape)
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE BROADCAST LIVE OR RECORDED FOR PRIVACY
COST: Early Bird $17.50
Regular $20, Door $25
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
Join OMA and PAAR as we explore Mindfulness, Music, and Movement in this transformative and healing experience
Dancing Mindfulness is a practice developed by clinical trauma specialist, Dr. Jamie Marich, that utilizes evidence-based modalities of mindfulness, psychodrama, and spiritual practices, like yoga and meditation, to promote holistic wellness and recovery. This movement workshop will teach the principals of mindfulness and incorporate music and movement with a non-judgmental attitude. Participants will focus on being aware of breath, sound, body, mind, spirit, and story through the use of music and dance.
No dance experience is required, and all physical abilities are welcome.
Learning Objectives
- Define mindfulness and explore the benefits of practicing mindfulness to overall health and wellness.
- Examine seven primary attitudes of mindfulness.
- Identify the seven elements of dancing mindfulness.
- Practice dancing mindfulness, incorporating the attitudes of mindfulness and elements of dancing mindfulness through music and movement.
This is a live event being held at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (5343 Kincaid St, Pittsburgh, PA 15224). This event will NOT be broadcasted live or recorded.
About Melissa Moore
Melissa Moore is the Supervisor of the Child and Family Counseling Center at PAAR (Pittsburgh Action Against Rape) and PA Licensed Professional Counselor and Nationally Certified Counselor. She provides trauma-informed therapy to children, adolescents, and adults having experienced sexual trauma at using modalities of TF-CBT (Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy), CPT(Cognitive Processing Therapy), Trauma Art Narrative Therapy (TANT), and Sensory MotorArousal Regulation Therapy (SMART). During her study at Duquesne University, where she received her Master of Science in Education in Community Counseling Services, Melissa interned and volunteered at the Women’s Center and Shelter of Pittsburgh, providing trauma-informed individual and group counseling to survivors of domestic violence. Her thirteen years of experience working in the mental health field has been exemplified by past work at other Pittsburgh, PA community mental health agencies such as Pittsburgh Mercy, TCV Community Services, and Peoples Oakland. Performing and teaching dance most of her life, she is trained as a Dancing Mindfulness facilitator. Melissa has facilitated the Dancing Your Emotions workshop for PAAR’s Wellness Series and other community conferences in the Greater Pittsburgh Area.
For More Information about Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR), please visit:
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Trauma-Informed Care Training: Creating Joy, Healing, and Repair Through Communities of Belonging
Trauma-Informed Care and Training for All
9:00 am EDT - 12:00 pm EDT
Zoom Webinar
$55 Registration
Each year, Art in the Garden offers a training in trauma-informed care for teachers, staff, families and the wider community. The 2023 focus is Creating Joy, Healing, and Repair Through Communities of Belonging.
Join OMA Pittsburgh to explore what trauma-informed care looks like and why it must specifically create communities of belonging. This event is for educators, therapists, parents, caregivers, camp counselors, teen leaders and anyone interested in learning more about supporting themselves and youth on a healing journey. Participants will leave this training with concrete tools for caring for oneself and others as well as a broad perspective on why trauma informed care is both an individual healing practice and a systemic intervention into creating a more just and supportive world for all.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
Act 48 hours available. CEUs available for licensed social workers, professional counselors, and marriage/family therapists.
Presenters & Topics
Callie Gropp—Moderator
Gail Hunter—Polyvagel Theory and How Trauma Affects the Brain
Lovie Jewell Jackson Foster—Why Trauma-Informed Care Must be Explicitly Anti-Racist
Isabel Kinnane-Smith, Monica Daniels, Robin Clarke—Concrete Strategies for Joy-Centered, Trauma-Informed Interventions with Youth
Shawn Fertitta—Supporting Transgender Youth
Mark Williams—Restorative Justice Circles
See Presenter Bios and Credentials
Trauma-Informed Care is a "framework of thinking and interventions that are directed by a thorough understanding of the profound neurological, biological, psychological, and social effects trauma has on an individual—recognizing that person’s constant interdependent needs for safety, connections, and ways to manage emotions/impulses." --Crisis Intervention Institute
Children’s Mandate: If you don’t think what I think, feel what I feel, experience what I experience, and see what I see when I look at myself, others and the world around me, how can you possibly know what is best for me?
Trauma-Informed Training provides knowledge and applicable holistic skills that can be used with a diverse population of children, youth, adults, families and the elderly. This training gives alternative options for healing, growth and the ability to thrive in one’s life, family and community.
The goals of such training are to:
- Develop greater awareness of the needs that exist for healthy youth development and for communities where all can thrive.
- Act as a bridge for connecting educators, community organizations, families, and professionals across the generations and the healthcare spectrum.
OMA strives to make our events accessible and affordable to all. OMA provides scholarship assistance for those who cannot afford to pay the course fee in full. We have a limited number of discounts available for this event. Please email artinthegardenpgh@gmail.com for more information or to request assistance or discounts.
Video Resources
We have assembled a number of relevant videos on trauma-informed care and trauma related topics. Please visit our Art in the Garden page and scroll down to browse these videos and related links. We hope you find them beneficial.
Tapping into the Akashic Records for Transformation (In-Person & Virtual Event)
Presented by Stephanie Charles
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM (and recorded for later viewing)
COST: Early Bird $17.50
Regular $20, Door $25
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click for more information.
Imagine accessing the Internet and gaining the knowledge tailored to help you navigate through life with more joy. Wouldn’t that be lovely?
The Akashic Records is your source, containing answers and fantastic possibilities to help you step into your authentic, powerful and joyful self.
Are you looking to create your dreams into reality? Looking to overcome limitations? Are you successful in life but can feel there is more to you than meets the eye?
We will discuss what the Akashic Records are, the benefits of having sessions as well as what it means to learn to access them yourself. Bring your questions and we will gladly answer them.
We invite you to explore YOU!
This is a live event being held at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (5343 Kincaid St, Pittsburgh, PA 15224) and is also being livestreamed virtually via Zoom Webinar.
About Stephanie Charles
Stephanie Charles is an Akashic Records consultant and teacher, having over 20 years of experience with clients nationally and internationally.
She was trained in accessing the Akashic Records and has combined her training with her own personal gifts, serving many to gain new awareness to achieving their dreams and the discovery of their beautiful self.
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Working Through Defenses After Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
“Feeling the need to be busy all the time is a trauma response.”
There’s a belief that what we call personality is actually how we protect ourselves from the anxiety and depression that comes from our wounds. Our trauma shapes us in so many ways. Some shut down and close off, while others distract at all cost and appear productive or hard-working. As we work on our healing and growth, it is important to examine all of the ways that we use potentially poor or uninformed coping strategies. So many of these were developed to maintain a sense of safety from people and things that are perhaps no longer part of our world, but are now deeply integrated into our daily practices.
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
Join panel members for this very important webinar discussion on their own journey with working through personal defenses. Panel members will share personal stories of survival and holistic techniques to support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so audience members will not be seen. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you desire. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Gropp
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Highest Level Healing: Clearing Every Layer with Katie Rubin (5-Wk Course)
Join us for this 5 week course that explores clearing energy blocks around a central theme/challenge/trauma or injury in your life.
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting June 7th
Course Fee: $175
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
In this 5-week course, each week, we will focus on clearing one SPECIFIC type of energy block around a central theme/challenge/trauma or injury in your life.
Week 1, we will clear: Entities
Week 2, we will clear: Demons or Demonic Energies
Week 3, we will clear: Past Life Commitments and Vows
Week 4, we will clear: Karmic Energies
Week 5, we will clear: Emotional Trauma from this timeline
For those beginning or already traveling the road of Conscious Awakening, Emotional Processing and Energy Healing, who are eager to deepen their spiritual engagement and travel further toward growth and resilience, this class is for you!
Class Dates:
June 7, 2023
June 14, 2023
June 21, 2023
June 28, 2023
July 5, 2023
Each class will be held via Zoom Meeting from 6:30-8:30 PM. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
The link for the course will be shared in the confirmation email, as well as prior to each class. All links will come from Eventbrite, so PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS if you do not receive a confirmation after your ticket purchase.
NOTE: ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
About Katie Rubin
Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin spent 4 years at The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism releasing her own trauma, opening her Spiritual Channel, and developing her Healing Skills and Psychic Abilities.
She has since attended two other four-year-long Energy Healing Institutions including Lisa Barnett's Advanced Akashic Records Reading Training. Katie now uses the panoply of Divine Light Healing skills she's gained to serve her private and group healing clients, as she is directed to do so by the client's system, and The Divine itself.
Central to a private or group session with Katie is the opening of The Akashic Records. Through The Records, Katie transmits The Christ Light, Star Being Light (Pleadian, Lyran, Sirian, Arcturian, etc.), and Direct Source Energy, each of which create profound Healing, Integration and Spiritual Activation for her clients.
Additionally, from the Realm of The Akasha, she receives very clear guidance and direction for her clients on any topic at all, including but not limited to: past lives, trauma, karma, highest and best choices for your future in any area of life as encouraged by your team of Record Keepers, Angels, and Guides.
Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
Doubt No More ~ It is Certain (ZOOM WEBINAR ONLY)
Presented by Diane Scabilloni
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
THIS IS NOW ZOOM WEBINAR ONLY
THIS EVENT WILL BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM (and recorded for later viewing)
COST: Early Bird $17.50
Regular $20, Door $25
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click Here for more information.
As an adult, we often bring into our world old thoughts and feelings from our past that do not serve us well. These include: doubts, fears, judgments and comparing ourselves to others, etc. These thoughts become habits. We don’t even know we are doing it. We are typically surrounded by other people thinking the same way so we don’t even question it.
What if an interactive journey of reading a children's book could:
*Open your heart and mind for more self love and gentleness
*Expand to your next level of self discovery and knowledge
*Give you tools to fend off insecurities and be rooted in empowerment
Would you be curious enough to join us?
This is a live event will livestreamed virtually via Zoom Webinar ONLY.
About Diane Scabilloni
Diane Scabilloni is an Inspirational Author and Speaker. Diane has been a writer since childhood starting with a small diary with the lock and key. This is where she began to express her deepest secrets during a very difficult growing up. While on her spiritual healing journey, she created several children's books on Doubt, Comparison and Identity.
Diane's warm gentle approach sheds light on difficult topics and brings empowerment, energy and healing of spirit.
Spring Into You, Holistic Health & Wellness Retreat
A Weekend to Transform, Transcend, Create, and Connect in the beautiful Laurel Highlands
Discover and experience a wide variety of Complementary and Alternative Healing Therapies, as well explore your own spiritual awakening and personal growth with a variety of holistic health practitioners that will be present to support and guide you on this amazing weekend retreat.
Energy Medicine ~ Wisdom Circles ~ Sound Healing ~ Movement Medicine ~ Writing To Heal ~ Spirituality ~ Meditation ~ Mindfulness
We are thrilled to have some of the regions most thoughtful, caring, and experienced holistic practitioners to demonstrate techniques and guide us on a journey towards wellness for emotional, spiritual and physical health throughout this weekend immersion held in the heart of the scenic Laurel Highlands.
This retreat is an intimate experience and private event, so registration may fill up quickly.
Registration Cost:
$275 Full Weekend Retreat (Ends 5/15/2023)
$300 Late Registration (5/16-5/19)
Meals provided by Simply Good Gourmet. Please email leza.vivio@omapittsburgh.org if you have any special dietary requirements.
Please Note:
All weekend activities will be held at a private address in Donegal, PA. The location will given to attendees upon confirmed registration.
Overnight Accommodations are not included in the ticket price. Each attendee is responsible for their lodging.
Below is a link to Donegal area accommodations for your convenience:
Donegal Area Accommodations
Our Presenters (see Bios):
Marilyn Carpenter, Alexander Technique, Reiki, Seimei and T’ai Chi Ch’un
Robin Clarke, Certified Trauma & Resilience Practitioner, Psychotherapist, Writer, and Teacher
Angela Failor, Licensed Professional Counselor, Clinical Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner
Gail Hunter, Psychotherapist, Holistic Practiioner, OMA President of the Board, and Founding Member
Ross Marshall, Transformational Breathwork Coach, Shadow Worker, Medium
Carla Poluha, Red Tent Facilitator, Integrative & Intuitive Energy Healer
Leza Vivio, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider, Vibrational Sound Healer
Agenda:
Friday Evening
6:30-9:30 pm: Opening Circle & Evening Fireside Meditation
Saturday
9:30 am-12:30 pm: Narrative Healing
12:30 pm-2 pm: Lunch & Discussion
2pm-5 pm: Energy and Movement Healing
5:00 pm-7:00 pm: Dinner & Discussion
7:00 pm-9:30 pm: Wisdom Circle & Sound Bath Meditation
Sunday
9:30am-12:30pm: Breath & Shadow Work; Closing Circle
Highlights from our Spring 2023 Retreat!
Highlights from our Fall 2022 Retreat!
Overcoming Doubt After Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
“Our doubts are traitors and cause us to miss the good we oft might win by fearing to attempt.” -William Shakespeare
One of our panelists frequently reminds us of the acronym for F.E.A.R., which is False Evidence Appearing Real. After trauma occurs, we move about our world constricted and often fearful. Safety is our highest priority and threats seem to emerge around every corner. In this alarmed state, we operate from a negative world view and understandable mistrust for the world. The difficulty is when this translates as mistrust for our own abilities to navigate the world safely, fracturing our self-esteem and confidence. It is not until we attend to our pain that we begin to understand the depth of our challenges in overcoming self-doubt.
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
Join panel members for this very important webinar discussion on their own journey with overcoming doubt. Panel members will share personal stories of survival and holistic techniques to support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so audience members will not be seen. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you desire. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Gropp
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Art in the Garden Spring Festival 2023
Presented by OMA's Art In the Garden Program
12:00 pm -3:00 pm Saturday
WHERE: Borland Garden
527 N Beatty St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
This is a FREE event
Join Art in the Garden for our Spring Festival!
Come relax in the garden and join us for arts and ecology activities and snacks! The event is FREE. ALL are WELCOME.
Located in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood, Borland Garden has a native food forest, small fruit orchard, rain garden with a cistern that collects rain from our roofs, lawn, annual vegetable beds, and herb gardens.
Activities Include:
- Tree and perennial planting with Borland Gardeners
- Mural making with up-cycled materials with Up-Cycled Materials with Ms. Monica Daniels
- Book Giveaway from Reading is Fundamental
- Hot pretzel making with Borland Garden chefs
- Birds are Migrating from the tropics to Pittsburgh with Bird Lab
- Cherokee Flute and Seneca Stories with Echoes of the Four Directions
- Resources for safe, nurturing environments for all families with East Liberty Family Center
Art in the Garden’s Spring Festival is supported by Pittsburgh Forest Garden, Spak Brothers, Reading is Fundamental, East End Food Co-Op, Home Depot, Trader Joes, and Tree Pittsburgh.
Venue Location Map
Medical Intuition & How to Heal (In-Person & Virtual Event)
Presented by Amy Hamilton
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: Unity Center of Pittsburgh
5343 Kincaid Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM (and recorded for later viewing)
COST: Early Bird $17.50
Regular $20, Door $25
If you cannot afford a ticket, we offer scholarship assistance. Click Here for more information.
Medical intuition is a practice that involves the use of intuitive abilities to diagnose and treat health issues. Medical intuitives are individuals who claim to possess these intuitive abilities and use them to help people heal. Medical intuition may provide many with a sense of empowerment and control over their health. By offering insights and guidance on the emotional or energetic factors that may be contributing to their health issues, medical intuitives may help individuals feel more proactive in addressing these issues.
Join us as we explore Medical Intuition and How To Heal with Amy Hamilton as she discusses:
- A 4-part framework for understanding health and how to heal
- How a Medical Intuitive works
- How to tap into your intuition to help you heal
This is a live event being held at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (5343 Kincaid St, Pittsburgh, PA 15224) and is also being livestreamed virtually via Zoom Webinar.
About Amy Hamilton
Life is filled with so many questions and we are all seeking clarity. Amy Hamilton can help provide those answers and guidance.
Working as a Psychic, Medium, and Medical Intuitive since 2010, Amy has provided countless people across the world with direction and clarity in their lives. She is able to tap into her gifts and your guides to provide answers about your deepest questions and concerns in your life.
All of 5’1” Amy looks, sounds and acts like what she is – a sports mom with an MBA from Carnegie Mellon and a 20-year corporate career with a special gift. She provides insight and advice in a swift, impactful way.
In addition, Amy serves as a Business Advisor to the Extraordinary Lives Foundation, is a reader at the Dallas Psychic Fair and the Tarrant County Holistic Fair, and is a wife and mom to 2 wonderful boys. Amy resides in the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas area and serves her clients by Zoom, phone, WhatsApp and in-person appointments.
You can find more information at www.amyhamiltonhelps.com or on Instagram or Facebook @amyhamiltonhelps
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Trusting Your Intuition After Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes replay sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
“The only real valuable thing is intuition.” - Albert Einstein
April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Child Abuse Awareness Month. As survivors of abuse, many of us have experienced the additional traumatic effects of not being listened to or believed by those who are supposed to help us, such as people in the medical institutions, law enforcement, and sometimes our very own family and friends. The effects of trauma manifest differently for everyone, and sadly, many people, including trained professionals, remain uninformed.
It can be a lonely journey, but You Are Not Alone.
Join panel members for this very important webinar discussion on learning to trust your intuition and being your own empowered advocate. Panel members will share personal stories of survival and holistic techniques to support you in the sacred process of reclaiming yourself in healing. You deserve to be respected and heard!
The format of this event is a group panel that discusses and has conversations around different aspects of healing from trauma. We have anywhere between 4-9 people on the panel and are always open to anyone wanting to join the panel.
We set this event up as a Zoom webinar, not a meeting, to maintain anonymity of our attendees, so audience members will not be seen. There is a chat room, and you can ask questions and be invited to unmute yourself if you desire. Your name will be displayed in the chat, so please feel free to change your name to protect your identity in any way that you see fit.
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program. YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Gropp
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Healing Grief with Movement, Purpose and Connection (In-Person & Virtual Event)
Presented by Jenn Shepherd, New Thought Minister
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM (and recorded for later viewing)
COST: Early Bird $17.50
Regular $20, Door $25
See this if you cannot afford a ticket.
Healing Grief is not an overnight process. Grief comes at us through loss: Loss of a relationship, loss of a job, loss of a loved one. Our American culture does not easily lend itself to time to grieve, or the understanding of grief on our bodies, our emotions, or on our life choices moving forward from grief.
We may all move forward and heal through finding our sense of purpose and listening to and understanding where and how we store grief in our bodies. Also, we must find connection by creating a new relationship with our loved ones and situations who are no longer with us and who we are today without that presence.
About Jenn Shepherd
Jenn Shepherd graduated from Penn State, Behrend with a B.A. in History which included a strong emphasis on religious studies and the history of religions. Jenn also completed ministry studies at Mercyhurst College and earned a secondary teacher certification from the same college. Jenn is the mother of four children and a certified secondary school teacher. Presently, she is a New Thought Minister and serves as Spiritual Leader to Unity in Edinboro and is Facilitator for Bolts of Love. Jenn co-founded Bolts of Love with the support of Karen McGrath and Erin Stolz in 2014. The mission, like Unity in Edinboro, is to meet people where they are at, allow voices and hearts to be heard while offering encouragement, support and opportunities for growth and transformation into the greatest version of self available.
Jenn is passionate about Integral Spirituality, New Thought and Spiritual Self-Empowerment. She holds certifications in QiGong, QiGong Healing, Grief Education, Grief Movement, Spiritual and Reiki Healing and is a recognized medium.
More may be learned by following http://jennshepherd.com
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Healing from Grief after Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Includes reply sent to attendees within 48 hrs.
“Grief is like the ocean; it comes on waves ebbing and flowing. Sometimes the water is calm, and sometimes it is overwhelming. All we can do is learn to swim.” - Vicki Harrison
Grief is not linear. There are many different types and stages of grief. There are also many healthy ways to learn how to cope with your heartache.
“As we process trauma, limiting beliefs, and understand our coping mechanisms, we grieve for the former versions of ourselves. We also mourn for our inner child who felt misunderstood, unseen, or unheard. On a deeper level, we may also feel grief for the entire traumatized collective.” - The Holistic Psychologist
Be gentle with your heart during your unique healing process. You Are Not Alone.
Join us for OMA's online panel discussion on Healing from Trauma. Learn various techniques our panelists have used to heal and move forward and embrace the reclaiming of self, their relationships, and their lives.
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us as we explore healing from trauma...
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Gropp
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Highest Level Healing and An Introduction to Human Design
Join us for this 5 week course that explores Human Design and healing through Divine Light Transmission.
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm EDT
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting March 8th
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
Activate your Light Body, heal your trauma, and Integrate a deep understanding of how your (very unique to you) body/mind is meant to function.
In this five week course, we will explore the basics of human design each week, while also activating our spiritual alignment and healing trauma from the past using Divine Light Transmission.
Throughout the course, we will learn general human design topics each week, and we will look at individual charts that belong to folks in class to answer questions in real time about how the entire Human Design system works.
Armed with the knowledge of how your Design functions correctly, we will then use Divine Light Transmission to integrate, clear, heal and process your emotional trauma, physical pain, past lives, karma and other off-body energies interfering with your highest and best wellness, wholeness and health.
Class Dates:
March 8, 2023
March 15, 2023
March 22, 2023
March 29, 2023
April 5, 2023
NOTE: ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
Each class will be held via Zoom Meeting from 6:30-8:30 PM. A replay will be provided to each registered participant within 48 hours of the original broadcast.
About Katie Rubin
Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin spent 4 years at The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism releasing her own trauma, opening her Spiritual Channel, and developing her Healing Skills and Psychic Abilities.
She has since attended two other four-year-long Energy Healing Institutions including Lisa Barnett's Advanced Akashic Records Reading Training. Katie now uses the panoply of Divine Light Healing skills she's gained to serve her private and group healing clients, as she is directed to do so by the client's system, and The Divine itself.
Central to a private or group session with Katie is the opening of The Akashic Records. Through The Records, Katie transmits The Christ Light, Star Being Light (Pleadian, Lyran, Sirian, Arcturian, etc.), and Direct Source Energy, each of which create profound Healing, Integration and Spiritual Activation for her clients.
Additionally, from the Realm of The Akasha, she receives very clear guidance and direction for her clients on any topic at all, including but not limited to: past lives, trauma, karma, highest and best choices for your future in any area of life as encouraged by your team of Record Keepers, Angels, and Guides.
Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
Introduction to A Course In Miracles: How to find happiness, love & your purpose (In-Person & Virtual Event)
Presented by John Fisher & Michele Kristakis
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: Mt. Lebanon Recreation Complex in Room B
900 Cedar Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15228
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM (and recorded for later viewing)
COST: Early Bird $17.50
Regular $20, Door $25
Scholarship available if you cannot afford a ticket. More info here.
Would you like to live with ease in a state of perpetual happiness? It was this desire to live without conflict that started two psychologists at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons to create A Course In Miracles. It teaches us how to retrain our minds to perceive only love in the world. Join us for an overview of the course’s method for creating a joyful life.
The live event will be held at Mt. Lebanon Recreation Complex in Room B (900 Cedar Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA 15228) and is also being livestreamed virtually via Zoom Webinar.
About John Fisher & Michele Kristakis
John was the smallest child in his grade school and was never very healthy. In his 20’s, John became obsessed with finding the secret to perfect health. He investigated nutrition studying Chinese medicine, herbs, spiritual response therapy, and other metaphysical modalities as well as work with Center Point Research and the Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE). This path eventually led him to A Course In Miracles which has given him experiences of deep peace including mystical revelations.
After following the western way to success by obtaining degrees in computer science, law, and librarianship, Michele discovered that the success she was experiencing was not equating to happiness and, in fact, was making her sick. So began a journey that has included becoming a certified life coach as well as attending courses taught by the world’s leading spiritual teachers such as Michael Beckwith, Panache Desai, Anita Moorjani, Gary Zukav, and Mike Dooley. A Course In Miracles has integrated her life lessons into one teaching enabling her to experience true grace.
Resiliency of the Heart in Healing from Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
― Maya Angelou
Resiliency is an inherent human quality and a significant part of our journey of healing. It emphasizes our ability to not only survive, but transcend adversity. At the core, resilience gives us a clear view of the beauty of human strength and potential.
The heart is much more than a physical organ. It is the powerhouse of the human energy system and the bridge between the physical and the spiritual. For many of us, recovery from trauma is the gateway to living in alignment with our true self in a heart-centered existence. It is the fruit of the rose.
Join us for our monthly panel discussion on healing from Trauma. Learn various techniques our panelists have used to heal and move forward and embrace the reclaiming of self, their relationships and their lives.
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us as we explore healing from trauma...
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Soul Mating: Exploring Conscious Relationships
Soul Mating: Exploring Conscious Relationships (3-Week Course)
11:00 am - 1:00 pm Eastern
Weekly Zoom Webinar starting Saturday, January 28th
Course Fee: $150
Includes recordings made available to all registrants a few days after each session.
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
Relationships are evolving as we are, which can put unnecessary pressure on our interpersonal and romantic interactions. Too often we are tempted to turn and run from soulful connections out of our fears, insecurities, and vulnerabilities. The impact of changes in outlets over the few years has put unique pressures on our relationships. A balanced understanding of the significance of our relationships is paramount in our personal healing work and a necessity to our growth.
In this 3-part Webinar series, we will take a journey through aspects of relationships as we consider what it is to be conscious within them. This series will focus on;
- The Narrative of Relationships
- The Mirror
- Connection & Communication
This course is suitable for people inside or outside of a current relationship. It will be about learning aspects of relationships, as well as interventions. For our single persons, they will be able to utilize the information and improve their own awarenesses about relationships and their needs within them and not fall into the same pitfalls in future relationships, while persons in couples can work on adjusting their understanding of their relationships and adopt some improved communication skills and empathy.
Class Dates: Weekly on Saturdays, beginning January 28th, 11am - 1pm Eastern
- Jan 28, 2023 @ 11AM EST
- Feb 4, 2023 @ 11AM EST
- Feb 11, 2023 @ 11AM EST
About Your Facilitators
This course will be led by Leza Vivio, and co-facilitated by her husband, Ben. Leza is specially trained in Navigating Intimate Issues and Couples Counseling. Her husband, Ben Vivio, is also a therapist that specializes in Addiction and Recovery. We are presenting this to you not only as counselors, but as real people who are working, learning, and practicing our own relational skills. We have much to offer you personally and professionally. We look forward to gaining wisdom, as well as giving.
Learn more about Leza at: www.sacredcenteredyou.com
Healing through Intergenerational Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Pain travels through family lines until someone is ready to heal it in themselves. Intergenerational trauma often goes unrecognized and can profoundly affect future generations. It is a concept developed to help explain the oppressive effects of a family’s historical traumatic events that are passed through the generations.
It is often therapeutic for us to consider how the wounds of our ancestors may have impacted us by default because of the cycles of trauma that they have created. In this session, we explore the topic of intergenerational trauma and review ways to approach healing at the root.
This month, we are honored to welcome Anita D Russell to the panel. Anita was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Her fluid life spans multiple disciplines, including academic research, pharmaceutical R&D, learning and development, web design, e-learning design, and youth and community leadership. Now working independently, Anita is the founder and creator of The Place to SOAR LLC, a social enterprise dedicated to cultivating change from the inside out—the true power of being human. Additionally, she designed an Activism through Coaching model to empower antiracism activation through courage, conversation, relationship, and accountability.
Join us for our monthly panel discussion on healing from Trauma. Learn various techniques our panelists have used to heal and move forward and embrace the reclaiming of self, their relationships and their lives.
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us as we explore healing from trauma...
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Healing the Root Causes: A Functional Medicine Approach (In-Person & Virtual Event)
Presented by Dr. David Lobur, MD, Pittsburgh Center for Functional Medicine
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM (and recorded for later viewing)
COST: Early Bird $17.50
Regular $20, Door $25
See this if you cannot afford a ticket.
In this talk Dr. Lobur provides an overview of functional medicine, describing how he heals patients by addressing the root causes - food, infection, inflammation, immune imbalances, gut imbalances, hormone disturbances, toxicity, sleep, stress and structural integrity on a cellular and skeletal/organ system level. Dr. Lobur's practice is the Pittsburgh Center for Functional Medicine, where he takes a highly personalized functional medicine approach to help patients heal on a deeper level by cultivating wellness and properly tending to symptoms in order to uproot disease and harvest lifelong vitality.
Functional Medicine is an evolution in the practice of medicine that better addresses the healthcare needs of the 21st century. By shifting from the traditional “disease-centered” focus of modern medical practice to a more patient-centered approach, functional medicine addresses the whole person, not just an isolated set of symptoms or diagnoses. Functional medicine is uniquely suited to uncovering and correcting these “root causes” of chronic disease with the ultimate goal being to prevent and reverse complex medical conditions. -Pittsburgh Center for Functional Medicine
With the proper balance of underlying factors that are essential to our essence, we can flourish as human beings. We can dispel the unseen erosion taking place in our lives that moves us further away from the balance we need to maintain a high level of health. We need to nourish our underlying physiologic roots of health to achieve our optimal state of wellness!
About Dr. David Lobur
Dr. David Lobur is a board-certified internist specializing in functional medicine. Having obtained an MD degree from Jefferson Medical College and practicing internal medicine as a hospitalist for a number of years, he now follows the principles of functional medicine learned through the Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM)’s AFMCP and APM courses as a roadmap to helping his patients truly become the best they can be.
Functional medicine has proven to be an immensely important guiding force in his own personal and professional life. After realizing that within our medical system at large, we were simply “managing disease” and not “optimizing wellness,” Dr. Lobur's own course became rerouted in many unexpected but amazing ways through his experiences with family and patients! Now at the Pittsburgh Center for Functional Medicine, he takes a highly personalized functional medicine approach to help patients heal on a deeper level by cultivating wellness and properly tending to symptoms in order to uproot disease and harvest lifelong vitality.
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Waking the Sleepers (Highest Level Healing)
Activating Your Spiritual Alignment with Master Healer, Katie Rubin
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting Wednesday, January 11th
Course Fee: $195
Includes recordings made available to all registrants a few days after each session.
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
Activating Your Spiritual Alignment to become the Light Worker You Are!
If you have a sense that you are a Light Worker in one form or another...
If you're looking to activate your spiritual alignment more fully...
If you're looking to unlock your spiritual potential...
If you're ready to clear what stops you, limits you, bothers you, in the pursuit of stepping into the MAGIC and MYSTERY of your Real Life...
Join us for Waking The Sleepers! This course facilitates the healing of trauma, the ability to remember and integrate forgotten traumatized parts, and the completion of past life oaths, contracts and karma.
Additionally during these classes, you will learn about the psychological and physiological barriers we carry that block us from being willing or able to align spiritually, be who we came to be, spiritually, and stand in the Light. Always!
Together, we will release trauma, trapped emotional pain, and or other-dimensional stuck energies, all for the purpose of bringing more ease, flow, abundance and light to your world.
During this 5-week series, our intention is to empower you to:
- Reconnect with yourself
- Feel lighter
- Let go of the past
- Find your authentic Truth
- Speak your authentic Truth
- Clear the past out of your nervous system
- Activate and/or calibrate your spiritual alignment
Join us for Waking The Sleepers (Highest Level Healing).
Class Dates: Weekly on Wednesdays, beginning January 11, 6:30 - 8:30 PM Eastern
Jan 11, 2023 06:30 PM EST
Jan 18, 2023 06:30 PM EST
Jan 25, 2023 06:30 PM EST
Feb 1, 2023 06:30 PM EST
Feb 8, 2023 06:30 PM EST
About Katie Rubin
Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin spent 4 years at The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism releasing her own trauma, opening her Spiritual Channel, and developing her Healing Skills and Psychic Abilities.
She has since attended two other four-year-long Energy Healing Institutions including Lisa Barnett's Advanced Akashic Records Reading Training. Katie now uses the panoply of Divine Light Healing skills she's gained to serve her private and group healing clients, as she is directed to do so by the client's system, and The Divine itself.
Central to a private or group session with Katie is the opening of The Akashic Records. Through The Records, Katie transmits The Christ Light, Star Being Light (Pleadian, Lyran, Sirian, Arcturian, etc.), and Direct Source Energy, each of which create profound Healing, Integration and Spiritual Activation for her clients.
Additionally, from the Realm of The Akasha, she receives very clear guidance and direction for her clients on any topic at all, including but not limited to: past lives, trauma, karma, highest and best choices for your future in any area of life as encouraged by your team of Record Keepers, Angels, and Guides.
Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
Growing Your Inner Light: Healing After Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
“Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.”
— Maya Angelou
In the winter, we are offered an opportunity to look within and reflect. Each day until the first day of winter is marked with more and more darkness. We become cranky and uncomfortable, but then something wonderful occurs, light triumphs and grows. This natural cycle is a reflection of our own turning point on the healing journey. The key is not in letting darkness overwhelm our lives and our thoughts but in understanding that darkness can be one of the greatest catalysts for personal growth and transformation.
Join us for our monthly panel discussion on healing from Trauma. Learn various techniques our panelists have used to heal and move forward and embrace the reclaiming of self, their relationships and their lives.
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us as we explore healing from trauma...
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Healing With Divine Light and Love (In-Person & Virtual Event)
Presented by Dr. Doug Knueven, Speaker, Author, Member A.R.E. and Holistic Veterinary Medical Association
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST LIVE ON ZOOM
COST: Early Bird $22.50, Regular $27, Door $32
Use Promo Code CAYCE for 33% off your ticket today!
See this if you cannot afford a ticket.
According to the Edgar Cayce readings, all healing comes from the divine within. In this presentation, Dr. Doug will offer the evidence that he believes supports how this healing principle works. He will share a technique he has developed to utilize its action for the healing of self and others, and will answer your questions on the Cayce philosophy, holistic health for everyone, including our animal friends and pets!
As one of the forerunners of the holistic health movement, Edgar Cayce through his many readings conveys wisdom both practical and profound. The majority of Cayce's readings deal with holistic health and treatment of illness, but integral to this is spiritual development emanating from the divine within.
About Dr. Doug Knueven
Dr. Doug Knueven has been practicing holistic veterinary medicine since 1995. He is a member of the Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E), the organization founded by the medical intuitive, Edgar Cayce. Doug has researched the Edgar Cayce readings, applying many of the concepts in his daily life. He is a regular presenter at A.R.E. Conferences in Virginia Beach.
Dr. Doug speaks nationally and internationally and was recognized as the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association “Holistic Teacher of the Year” in 2018, and he delivered the keynote lecture at their 2021 conference. He has authored two books, The Holistic Health Guide (for dogs) and STAND BY ME, A Holistic Handbook for Animals, Their People, and the Lives They Share Together.
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Navigating Relationships after Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Relationships are our greatest challenges, but also our greatest teachers. When we are struggling in our healing journey, all the people around us are affected. Our job is to come into awareness about as much as we can about our pain and learn to communicate our needs effectively with those around us, but this is often a lifelong exploration. As we move through the holiday season, stressors can wreak havoc on even the most well-adjusted individuals and their loved ones.
Join us in our monthly panel discussion on healing from Trauma. Learn various techniques our panelists have used to heal and move forward and embrace the reclaiming of self, their relationships and their lives.
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us as we explore healing from trauma...
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Rites of Passage and Transformations of Spirit
Presented by Nathan Riley, MD, Holistic OBGYN (Virtual & In-Person Event)
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
COST: Early Bird $22.50, ends 11/4
Regular $27, Door $32
See this if you cannot afford a ticket.
This event will be livestreamed as a Zoom Webinar IN ADDITION to the live event held at the East End Cooperative Ministry's Community House (6140 Station St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206). The Zoom recording wil be sent to all registrants after the event.
It's impossible to imagine a world without love.
Dr. Riley believes that we must honor undisturbed childbirth, for the experience to be natural without unnecessary medical intervention, procedures or medications. Birth that proceeds naturally permits love and devotion to fully envelop both mother and child.
Intervening in childbirth can lead to physiologic perturbations, specifically related to oxytocin, the "love hormone". When birth is left undisturbed, oxytocin floods the mother's bloodstream and that of her baby. When the mother is engaged in conversation or visually stimulated, her neocortex is activated and suppresses this biochemical process. Oxytocin promotes conception and healthy birth. Our world of increasing interventions is resulting in birthing generations without the flooding of oxytocin and thus not immersed in love. To change the world for the better we must start with birth.
We envision conception, birth, and death as the natural consequence of love, the creative force of the universe, which is a direct experience with the divine. In this world, we thrive through our co-creation with soil, life, planet, and the cosmos. -Beloved Holistics (Dr. Riley's practice)
This live event is held at the East End Cooperative Ministry's Community House (6140 Station St, Pittsburgh, PA 15206) and will also be livestreamed virtually via Zoom Webinar.
Nathan Riley, MD, is a native to Bethel Park, PA. He is a board-certified OBGYN and hospice and palliative care physician living in Kentucky. He operates a private, holistic OBGYN practice and provides remote palliative and hospice care to underserved communities. He has sat with thousands of births and deaths, and these experiences inform his care of patients.
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Highest Level Healing and Your Human Design
Healing Trauma, Activating The Light Body and Integrating Human Design
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm EDT
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting October 26th
THIS COURSE IS SOLD OUT, please email john to get on our notification list for next course.
Includes recordings made available to all registrants a few days after each session.
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
Activate your Light Body, heal your trauma, and Integrate a deep understanding of how your (very unique to you) body/mind is meant to function.
NOTE: ZOOM LINK IS THE SAME EVERY WEEK!
During this 5-week course, we will meet once outside of class (in a private Human Design Session with Katie for a 50-minute time slot) to explore and delve deeply into YOUR PERSONAL HUMAN DESIGN CHART. As we meet weekly in class, armed with the knowledge of how your system functions correctly, we will integrate, clear, heal and process your emotional trauma, physical pain, past lives, karma and other off-body energies interfering with your highest and best wellness, wholeness and health.
Class Dates:
Oct 26, 2022 07:30 PM
Nov 2, 2022 07:30 PM
Nov 9, 2022 07:30 PM
Nov 16, 2022 07:30 PM
Nov 23, 2022 07:30 PM (NO CLASS THIS WEEK)
Nov 30, 2022 07:30 PM
About Katie Rubin
Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin spent 4 years at The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism releasing her own trauma, opening her Spiritual Channel, and developing her Healing Skills and Psychic Abilities.
She has since attended two other four-year-long Energy Healing Institutions including Lisa Barnett's Advanced Akashic Records Reading Training. Katie now uses the panoply of Divine Light Healing skills she's gained to serve her private and group healing clients, as she is directed to do so by the client's system, and The Divine itself.
Central to a private or group session with Katie is the opening of The Akashic Records. Through The Records, Katie transmits The Christ Light, Star Being Light (Pleadian, Lyran, Sirian, Arcturian, etc.), and Direct Source Energy, each of which create profound Healing, Integration and Spiritual Activation for her clients.
Additionally, from the Realm of The Akasha, she receives very clear guidance and direction for her clients on any topic at all, including but not limited to: past lives, trauma, karma, highest and best choices for your future in any area of life as encouraged by your team of Record Keepers, Angels, and Guides.
Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
Healing from Shame after Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Online Panel Discussion
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Following any traumatic event, one may experience a variety of emotions, including anxiety, fear, sadness, anger, guilt, or shame. Although all of these emotions may be very distressing, shame can be a particularly difficult emotion to cope with after trauma. It is important to know that you are not your shame. It does not belong to you... it belongs to the trauma and the perpetrator, not the victim. For so many of us, this is our most significant step towards healing from our trauma.
Join us in our monthly panel discussion on healing from Trauma. Learn various techniques our panelists have used to heal and move forward and embrace the reclaiming of self, their relationships and their lives.
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
$5 Donation Requested. Your gift will be used to help us attain our goal of establishing a community and retreat center for the local community. Your generosity of any amount is greatly appreciated.
If you are unable to afford a donation, we will gladly provide you a complimentary ticket. You may do so by sending an email to: leza.vivio@omapittsburgh.org with your request.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us as we explore healing from trauma...
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Carlynn Graves, Callie Gropp, Elizabeth Homlish, Gail Hunter, Paula Ilochi, Treble NLS, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
The Next Phase of Your Evolution--How to Navigate Eclipse Season
Presented by Astrologer Coach Sonja Francis
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Eastern
ZOOM Meeting
$10 - $15 Suggested Donation
Sonja Francis will discuss how Astrology can support us to move to the next level of our evolutionary processes. Eclipse season happens twice a year, and is an opportunity for us, individually and collectively, to move to a new consciousness level.
In this Zoom meeting, we will address what happens during Eclipse season in general, and also what this particular Eclipse season, starting on October 15th, represents for us collectively and individually.
The universe will bring us to a resolution (whether we want it or not) as eclipse season closes with the partial solar eclipse in Scorpio on October 25th and the total lunar eclipse in Taurus on November 8th. Anything that has occurred within that timespan was fated to be–trust the timing of your life. —Camila Rivera
- October 25: Solar eclipse in Scorpio
- November 8: Lunar eclipse in Taurus
About Sonja Francis
Sonja lives in Pittsburgh, PA and is a certified Astrologer and Life/Relationship Coach. Her passion is connecting with people and helping them transform their lives; this led her to train as a life coach, in addition to her lifelong study of astrology. She currently serves dozens of clients across several continents via video chat and phone.
Sonja has been interviewed for her astrological insight on several internet radio shows, and has written several articles for the NCGR Quarterly Journal: "The Ingress". In addition, she was the host of her own (fully sponsored) Astrology show on BiteSizeTV until 2013. She is currently in the process of writing her first book, and sharing her online Soul-Based Astrology curriculum.
Sonja has also created her own online community, a daily support system that helps individuals all over the world with their personal evolution and Soul's journey.
To find out more about Sonja's services and offers, you can visit her website at https://www.AstrologerCoach.com
She can be reached directly via text: 917.740.4203, or email: info@astrologercoach.com
Facebook Fan-page: www.facebook.com/
In the Name of Light
Presented by William Meader, renowned international teacher of Esoteric Philosophy/Esoteric Astrology/Esoteric Psychology, returning to Pittsburgh!
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm TUESDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
COST: Early Bird Price $32 ends 9/30, Regular $38, Door $42
See this if you cannot afford a ticket.
Light is a term used in most spiritual traditions to depict the nature of divinity, both within oneself and hidden within the circumstances of life. Indeed, we often describe divinity in terms of the “light of God.” In this talk, William Meader will profoundly consider the nature of spiritual light and its revelatory influence at this transitional period in human history. The Light of Love/Wisdom, the Light of Purpose and the Light within the Head will be closely examined, as well as methods for bringing the Light of the Soul more fully into the fabric of our day-to-day lives.
William Meader is an international teacher of The Esoteric Philosophy (Ageless Wisdom). He presents a variety of esoteric topics to audiences in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. He has authored Shine Forth: The Soul's Magical Destiny and numerous articles focused on esoteric subjects. His new book, Supernal Light, is a deep exploration into the subject of Spiritual Initiation and Soulful Service to a world in need.
His work—often described as a ‘next step’ in spiritual evolution—assists students in the refinement of the higher abstract mind in order that they might align with the soul’s creative intention, thereby coming en rapport with the One Life and the ashram (inner home of the soul). William’s gentle humor, sensitivity and deep understanding of the spiritual path is appreciated by dedicated students of the Esoteric Philosophy—also known as the Ageless Wisdom —worldwide.
For more information about Williams work, please see www.meader.org.
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Falling Into You, Women’s Wellness Weekend
A Fall Weekend of Healing, Reflection, Creation and Connection in the beautiful Laurel Highlands
Restore, refresh, renew… Join us for some long overdue self-care! Fall is a time for reflection and restoration… A time to look inside and find peace.
Experience, discover and learn about Holistic Wellness and Education, Spiritual Awakening and Growth, Energy Healing, and Alternative Therapies.
See this Full Weekend Agenda.
A variety of holistic practitioners will be available to teach, demonstrate and guide us on a journey towards wellness for emotional, spiritual and physical health. Both group and individual sessions offered.
Friday Evening September 30th
6:30-9:30pm, Meet and Greet
Wellness Wheel, Vision Board and breakout sessions
Healing Circle/Meditation
Saturday October 1st
9:30am-4pm, Presenter Sessions with Lunch at 12:30pm
Including Donna Eden Energy Medicine, Alexander Technique, Authentic Movement, Forest Therapy/Bathing, and more!
Live Music, 4:00pm, by Bertha & the Belles
Dinner, 5:00-7:00pm
Healing Circle 7:00-8:30pm
Sound Bath Healing 8:30-9:30pm
Sunday October 2nd
7:30am-12:30pm, Presenter Sessions
Starting with Tai Chi and Yoga, 7:30am for early risers!
Writing to Heal Workshop, 9:30-11:30am
Completing Your Wellness Wheel and Vision Board, 11:30am-12:30pm
Registration Cost
This retreat is an intimate experience and private event with limited spaces, so please register early.
$275 Early Bird Registration (Ends 9/27/2022)
$300 Late Registration (9/28 - 9/30)
$175 Saturday-Only Tickets (while they last)
Meals provided by Simply Good Gourmet. Please email Gail Hunter if you have any special dietary requirements.
OMA Scholarship Assistance
PLEASE NOTE: Overnight Accommodations are NOT included in the ticket price. Each attendee is responsible for their lodging.
All weekend activities will be held at a private address in Jones Mills near Donegal, PA. The location will given to attendees upon confirmed registration.
Below is a link to Donegal area accommodations for your convenience:
Donegal Area Accommodations
Our Presenters (see Bios)
Marilyn Carpenter, Alexander Technique, Reiki, Seimei and T’ai Chi Ch’un
Emily Pompei, Medical Intuitive Professional Healer ™️
Carla Poluha, Red Tent Facilitator, Integrative & Intuitive Energy Healer
Nicole Howell, Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Personal Trainer
Angela Failor, Licensed Professional Counselor, Clinical Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner
Gail Hunter, Psychotherapist, Holistic Practitioner, OMA President of the Board, and Founding Member
Leza Vivio, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider, Vibrational Sound Healer
Robin Clarke, Certified Trauma & Resilience Practitioner, Psychotherapist, Writer, and Teacher
Shawn Fertitta, Certified Forest Therapy Guide, Reiki Master and Meditation guide
Also featuring: Bertha and the Bells, Acoustic Quartet
Meet the Presenters!
The Invisible Plague - Bringing the Ego Epidemic to Light
EARLY BIRD PRICE ENDS SOON! Presented by Steve Treu, Chief Visionary Officer for Quantum Revolution Inc.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm TUESDAY. Doors open 6:45 pm.
WHERE: East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
COST: $22 Early Bird, ends 9/17
$28 Regular, $32 Door
See this if you cannot afford a ticket.
For thousands of years, humanity has been suffering from a pandemic far worse than anything we have ever experienced before, and very few actually know about it. While it has prematurely killed hundreds of millions over the centuries in brutal fashion - and ultimately eliminates everyone who gets infected by it - we never even hear about it on the evening news!
It's the Ego Epidemic, the root cause of all the pain and suffering the world has ever known.
Ego manifests itself in many ways. Overconfidence. Entitlement. Selfish motivations. It limits our compassion. It prevents us from learning. It gives us bad priorities. So how do we immunize ourselves?
In this lecture, Steve Treu will "out the ego" and bring it to light so we can all attack it appropriately while also realizing that immunity from this nasty virus is naturally occurring inside each one of us.
About Steve Treu
Steve Treu is a licensed professional counselor and Chief Visionary Officer for Quantum Revolution Inc. His insight-focused therapy uses quantum physics concepts to help clients understand the scientific nature of reality and process what it means for them from both a physical (body) and non-physical (soul) perspective as they heal themselves.
As an "applied quantum philosopher," Treu assists people in exploring their infinite possibilities as they improve their lives through a variety of mind, body, and spirit techniques. He is a frequent lecturer and author of two books: New Eyes and Hope Is Dope.
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Healing from Trauma and PTSD Awareness
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--June is PTSD Awareness Month
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
June is Mental Health Awareness Month
June is National Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month. There are an estimated 8 million people in the United States diagnosed with PTSD and even though there are successful treatments available, most people do not get help when they need it.
Our goal is to help reduce the stigma associated with PTSD as we raise awareness to this epidemic. A traumatic event, which threatens our lives, our safety or our personal integrity, can affect each of us. We are only just beginning to find new ways of healing from the wounds and shame that often prevents survivors from seeking health.
Unaddressed trauma can significantly increase the risk of long term mental health concerns, such as substance use disorders, suicide, chronic physical ailments, as well as premature death. We must not fail in understanding the impact of unresolved traumatic experiences on our lives and our communities.
Join us in our monthly panel discussion to honor June’s PTSD Awareness Month from the lens of healing from Trauma. Learn various techniques our panelists have used to heal and move forward and embrace the reclaiming of self, their relationships and their lives.
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us as we explore Healing from Trauma and PTSD Awareness on June 30th.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Carlynn Graves, Callie Gropp, Elizabeth Homlish, Gail Hunter, Paula Ilochi, Treble NLS, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Attracting Your Desired Future by Irina Grundler
Travel to a future lifetime, one you truly desire!
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Eastern
Zoom Meeting
Donation Requested
Registrants-If you did not receive your Zoom link, please email info@omapittsburgh.org.
In this online session, you will...
- Understand your future from a multidimensional perspective.
- Discover different methods of attracting your desired future.
- Travel into a future lifetime through a group meditation.
- Follow up your experience from the meditation with questions or sharing.
Are you open to experiencing a future lifetime? Come join us and find out!
About Irina Grundler
Irina's journey toward spiritual awakening began more than 25 years ago. Since that time she has engaged in holistic energy practices and specialized in the EMF Balancing Technique® and also encompasses work with Akashic records, vibrational retuning, regression hypnosis, and more. She offers her wisdom and expertise through classes, lectures and workshops throughout the Pittsburgh area. Irina successfully divides her time between family, spiritual practice, a real estate business and playing in the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra.
Waking The Sleepers Part 2
No prerequisite! Further tools and practices to activate the light body and heal the past.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST
Weekly Zoom Meetings starting June 6th
Course Fee $175 for 5-Week Series
Includes recordings made available to all registrants a few days after each session.
See OMA Scholarship Assistance
Available to all, during this 5-week Series, we activate and heal the Spiritual DNA Strand that comprises your Soul's Code for the sake of awakening the parts of you that are asleep, and activating your Light Body. If you are new to your relationship with The Light, we will activate your Light Body. If you are already aware of and working with The Light, we will repair what needs repairing, deepen your connection with The Earth and The Stars, and thrust you forward on your path. And in all cases, we will align you with Your Unique Spiritual Purpose more deeply than you may already be aligned. -Katie Rubin, Master Healer
This Course will offer healing, but as a side effect of the above. As many of us embody repeatedly, we experience human trauma, spiritual trauma, and deactivation of our highest frequencies. This course is designed to clear, release, and reactivate that which is required for the fulfillment of our soul purpose.
This course is intended for self-identified Light Workers, Light Beings, and "Spiritual People" who are already deeply and actively engaged with their Spiritual and Conscious Awakening Path.
About Katie Rubin
Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin spent 4 years at The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism releasing her own trauma, opening her Spiritual Channel, and developing her Healing Skills and Psychic Abilities.
She has since attended two other four-year-long Energy Healing Institutions including Lisa Barnett's Advanced Akashic Records Reading Training. Katie now uses the panoply of Divine Light Healing skills she's gained to serve her private and group healing clients, as she is directed to do so by the client's system, and The Divine itself.
Central to a private or group session with Katie is the opening of The Akashic Records. Through The Records, Katie transmits The Christ Light, Star Being Light (Pleadian, Lyran, Sirian, Arcturian, etc.), and Direct Source Energy, each of which create profound Healing, Integration and Spiritual Activation for her clients.
Additionally, from the Realm of The Akasha, she receives very clear guidance and direction for her clients on any topic at all, including but not limited to: past lives, trauma, karma, highest and best choices for your future in any area of life as encouraged by your team of Record Keepers, Angels, and Guides.
Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
Trauma-Informed Care Training: Creating Just and Compassionate Spaces with Youth, Families, and Communities
Trauma-Informed Care and Training for All
9:00 am EDT - 12:30 pm EDT
Zoom Event
$55 Registration
CEUs available for licensed social workers, professional counselors, and marriage/family therapists. Act 48 hours available.
OMA provides scholarship assistance for those who cannot afford to pay the course fee in full. We have a limited number of discounts available. Please email artinthegardenpgh@gmail.com for information or to request assistance.
Join OMA Pittsburgh to explore what trauma-informed care looks like, how it involves self-reflection about one's own emotional triggers, and why it must specifically create communities of belonging. This event is for educators, therapists, parents, caregivers, camp counselors, teen leaders and anyone interested in learning more about supporting themselves and youth on a healing journey. ALL ARE WELCOME!
Presenters & Topics
Callie Gropp--Welcome
Gail Hunter--Overview of Trauma, ACEs and Trauma-Informed Training
Mark Williams--Restorative Justice Circles
Robin Clarke--Trauma-Informed Care is Self Care
Anita Russell--Why Trauma-Informed Care Must be Explicitly Anti-Racist
Johanna Burnett and Oliver Burnett--Trauma-Informed Care for Trans and Gender-Diverse Individuals
Treble NLS, 1Hood Media--The Chakra System and Healthy Bonding
Leza Vivio--Trauma and Chronic Stress: Encouraging the Relaxation Response
Mai Nguyen--Judgement and Hate as a Trauma Response and the Pathway to Compassion
See Presenter Bios and Credentials
Trauma-Informed Care is a "framework of thinking and interventions that are directed by a thorough understanding of the profound neurological, biological, psychological, and social effects trauma has on an individual—recognizing that person’s constant interdependent needs for safety, connections, and ways to manage emotions/impulses." --Crisis Intervention Institute
Children’s Mandate: If you don’t think what I think, feel what I feel, experience what I experience, and see what I see when I look at myself, others and the world around me, how can you possibly know what is best for me?
Trauma-Informed Training provides knowledge and applicable holistic skills that can be used with a diverse population of children, youth, adults, families and the elderly. This training gives alternative options for healing, growth and the ability to thrive in one’s life, family and community. The goals of such training are to:
- Develop greater awareness of the needs that exist for healthy youth development and for communities where all can thrive.
- Act as a bridge for connecting educators, community organizations, families, and professionals across the generations and the healthcare spectrum.
Join us for this timely event. Register above. All are welcome!
OMA strives to make our events accessible and affordable to all. OMA provides scholarship assistance for those who cannot afford to pay the course fee in full. We have a limited number of discounts available for this event. Please email artinthegardenpgh@gmail.com for more information or to request assistance or discounts.
Video Resources
We have assembled a number of relevant videos on trauma-informed care and trauma related topics. Please visit our Art in the Garden page and scroll down to browse these videos and related links. We hope you find them beneficial.
Healing from Trauma and Mental Health Awareness Month
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--May is Mental Health Awareness Month
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
Started over 50 years ago, its purpose is to raise awareness about mental health conditions and the importance of mental wellness for all. We all need to raise the awareness of trauma and the impact it has on physical, emotional, and mental well-being. A traumatic event, which threatens our lives, our safety or our personal integrity, can affect each of us. We are only just beginning to find new ways of healing from the wounds and shame that often prevents survivors from seeking health.
The causes of trauma—sexual abuse, violence in families and neighborhoods, and the impact of war, for example are a Public Health concern. We need to continue to recognize the devastating impact of trauma and successful approaches to treatment that are available. Many trauma survivors have formed self-help groups to heal together and a movement for trauma-informed care has emerged to ensure that trauma is recognized and treated, and that survivors are not re-victimized when they seek care.
Unresolved trauma can manifest in many ways, including anxiety disorders, panic attacks, intrusive memories (flashbacks), obsessive-compulsive behaviors, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, addictions, self-injury and a variety of physical symptoms. Trauma also increases behaviors such as overeating, smoking, drinking and risky sexual behaviors. Unaddressed trauma can significantly increase the risk of mental health and substance use disorders, suicide, chronic physical ailments, as well as premature death. Asian American youth are the only racial group with suicide as the major cause of death. We must not fail in understanding the impact of traumatic experiences on ourselves, our mental health/wellness and our lives.
Join us in our monthly panel discussion to honor May’s Mental Health Awareness Month from the lens of healing from Trauma. Learn various techniques our panelists have used to heal and move forward and embrace the reclaiming of self, their relationships and their lives.
It is critical that our efforts strengthen, so we can begin to heal these invisible wounds. They are crucial in promoting the healthy development of children and adults and healthy behaviors in families, schools and communities, thereby reducing the likelihood of trauma.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us as we explore Healing from Trauma and Mental Health Awareness on May 23.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Carlynn Graves, Callie Gropp, Elizabeth Homlish, Gail Hunter, Paula Ilochi, Treble NLS, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Medical Intuitive Body Scanning by Emily Pompei
Learn how Intuitive Body Scanning can be used to identify medical or health blockages.
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Zoom Event
Donation Requested
Each person carries physical, mental, emotional and spiritual blocks or imbalances that interfere with daily life and healing. These can manifest as symptoms or diseases in the body. The body and the energy field feel and retain everything we say, do and experience. The body can hold memories that may contribute to stuck feelings, pain, and uncomfortable physical symptoms. The wisdom of the body and energy field provides insights for healing.
Emily Pompei is a Medical Intuitive Professional Healer who can see inside of the human body with her gifts in channel. In this talk, Emily will explain how Intuitive Body Scanning can be used to identify medical or health blockages. Medical intuitives like Emily are professionals who seek to complement traditional medical procedures with this technique, and locate body parts that are blocked or in turmoil in order to expedite the healing process.
Emily is able to see, through Body Scan, all internal organs and signs of physical or energetic blocks. With her gifts and the assistance of her angels and guides, she can often move out blocks or channel other modalities that a person needs in order to heal. She will tell you what she sees during her scan and channel to you what she hears or sees happening with the participants of this lecture.
About Emily
Emily is the only Medical Intuitive in Pennsylvania and one of 64 who practice as Medical Intuitives in the world. People are quickly learning, welcoming and benefiting from her gifts in this realm.
Emily channels the Divine Energy of Spirit. She is able to connect with Angels, Guides, and those on the other side and reveal their messages. Testimony of her healing work can be found on her website, www.emilypompei.com.
Emily was told once by a mentor that she sees "everything, literally everything" therefore she has become a Master of her own discernment.
In her practice as a Medical Intuitive, Emily is able to discern through channel what is the most effective modality of treatment for each client and their individual needs.
Her process of evaluation is an initial assessment where she is able to detect higher and lower vibrational patterns in the body as well as any blocks in the Auric Field.
Medical Intuitive Professional Healer ™️
Angel Readings
Member of the America Holistic Health Association
Member of Holistic Chamber of Commerce
Founder of Aquaduct Intuitive Healing Institute TM
Beating the Climate Crisis by Laura Nettleton
We Can’t Change the World Outside Us Without Changing the World Within Us
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Zoom Event
Donation Requested
In this online talk, Laura Nettleton will discuss the insights she’s gained from 35 years in in sustainability practice as well as the changes that cultures need to make in order to thrive. She will provide her thoughts about guidelines for that change, and she will ask the audience for their ideas as well.
Watch the Recording of Beating the Climate Crisis
COVID 19 has had shattering consequences to us as a society but is not without its gifts. We saw in the early months of the pandemic how poised the earth is to recover, mountains emerged from smoggy air and animals returned to habitats. As we careen perilously close to disaster and governments fail us, how can we feel hope?
But we are far from powerless. Awareness and education about the issues are the route out of the crisis and individuals have far greater power than we realize.
Most of us hang our hopes on technological solutions, but many technological solutions result from the same thinking that caused the crisis in the first place. Technology is only part of the answer. We need to change our relationship to nature. We abuse nature much like we abuse our bodies, not respecting the life support systems that they are.
The root of our abuse stems from a lack of self-love. Until we change our relationship to nature and our bodies, we cannot change our culture enough to survive. The climate crisis is just one of many life-threatening crises that portend disaster for us. At the heart of all of them is our connection to nature and ourselves.
If we want to stop the crises, we must learn to stop our denial, we must change our culture and ourselves. It is an opportunity that no other generation has had. We can change education, healthcare, economies, agriculture, the workplace, and most importantly our relationship to one another. We can remake our culture…how exciting is that? We need to step out of this way of life into the next one. If we can see a better world we can do it quickly, we turned on a dime before as our collective awareness changed.
About Laura Nettleton
Laura Nettleton has practiced architecture for thirty-five years focusing on sustainability. Her projects have served low-income communities, non-profits, and underserved populations. She has written about environmental issues and worked to create awareness locally and nationally about sustainable solutions in the built environment.
The daughter of two mentally ill parents, Laura began her own awakening early in life. Having chased energy efficiency in buildings for thirty years, she only recently realized the critical intersection of her personal and professional work. She is comforted by the fact that cultures can radically change when they see their well-being in jeopardy; she worked in an office where she was the only non-smoker and was admitted to the second class at Johns Hopkins to admit women.
Laura has been working on her memoir, Being Normal is Harder Than It Looks, which she hopes to publish in the next year.
Healing from Sexual Assault and Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Sexual trauma can happen to anyone
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
APRIL IS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
Sexual trauma can be any residual trauma around sexuality and sexual experiences, including sexual violence, sexual abuse, and sexual assault. No matter what happened to you or when, a key element is that it felt like a violation to you. No matter your age, biological sex or gender, or where you are in your healing journey, it’s possible to recover from sexual trauma. The process is not easy, but progress each day leads you toward transformation and healing.
If and when you’re comfortable, telling someone what happened to you is one way to “own” your experience. Recovery from this type of trauma is about facing it and knowing you are not defined by what happened to you.
It may be challenging, but sharing your story can help begin the healing process. Do what empowers you, build a strong support network, and engage in body-focused trauma work, are further steps on the path to recovery and healing.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us as we explore Learning to Love the Process of Healing from Trauma.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Carlynn Graves, Callie Gropp, Elizabeth Homlish, Gail Hunter, Paula Ilochi, Treble NLS, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
These panel conversations are part of OMA’s Trauma program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences, and exploring the connections among us all. Please join us in this online series as we continue our journey home to ourselves and to one another. –Callie Gropp, Moderator
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Angel Signs by Emily Pompei
Learn how to recognize the angel signs - the numbers, animals and many other ways that your angels and guides are communicating with you and showing you that you are never, ever alone.
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Zoom Event
Donation Requested
Angel numbers are magical in that they can appear in the most ordinary places: On clocks or alarms, in addresses, phone numbers and license plates to name a few. Different sequences have different meanings. The spiritual universe is intentionally offering a gentle reminder to you of what's ahead if you pay attention.
Angel signs also include animals, like a fox, deer, or rabbit. They are intermediaries between you and your angels, and they can also symbolize your animal guide. A bird that flies to your balcony, or a butterfly that flits around you, attracted to you as if it wants to give you a message - in fact, it may be sent by your angel guide that’s watching over you!
Emily is the only Medical Intuitive in Pennsylvania and one of 64 who practice as Medical Intuitives in the world. People are quickly learning, welcoming and benefiting from her gifts in this realm.
Emily channels the Divine Energy of Spirit. She is able to connect with Angels, Guides, and those on the other side and reveal their messages. Testimony of her healing work can be found on her website, www.emilypompei.com.
Emily was told once by a mentor that she sees "everything, literally everything" therefore she has become a Master of her own discernment.
In her practice as a Medical Intuitive, Emily is able to discern through channel what is the most effective modality of treatment for each client and their individual needs.
Her process of evaluation is an initial assessment where she is able to detect higher and lower vibrational patterns in the body as well as any blocks in the Auric Field.
Medical Intuitive Professional Healer ™️
Angel Readings
Member of the America Holistic Health Association
Member of Holistic Chamber of Commerce
Founder of Aquaduct Intuitive Healing Institute TM
Waking The Sleepers, Repairing Spiritual DNA and Activating The Light Body
A 5-Week Course To Activate Your Light Body, Repair Your Spiritual DNA and Align You With Your Purpose, presented by Katie Rubin
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST
Weekly Zoom Meetings, April 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th, May 2nd
Hosted by OMA Pittsburgh
Includes recordings made available to all registrants a few days after each session.
Watch the April 4th recording of Waking the Sleepers (Passcode required)
Watch the April 18th recording of Waking the Sleepers (Passcode required)
Watch the April 25th recording of Waking the Sleepers (Passcode required)
During this 5-week Series, we will discuss, activate and heal the Spiritual DNA Strand that comprises your Soul's Code for the sake of awakening the parts of you that are asleep, and activating your Light Body. If you are new to your relationship with The Light, we will activate your Light Body. If you are already aware of and working with The Light, we will repair what needs repairing, deepen you into your connection with The Earth and The Stars, and thrust you forward on your path. And in all cases, we will align you with Your Unique Spiritual Purpose more deeply than you may already be aligned. -Katie Rubin, Master Healer
This Course will offer healing, but as a side effect of the above. As many of us embody repeatedly, we experience human trauma, spiritual trauma, and deactivation of our highest frequencies. This course is designed to clear, release, and reactivate that which is required for the fulfillment of our soul purpose.
This course is intended for self-identified Light Workers, Light Beings, and "Spiritual People" who are already deeply and actively engaged with their Spiritual and Conscious Awakening Path.
About Katie Rubin
Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin spent 4 years at The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism releasing her own trauma, opening her Spiritual Channel, and developing her Healing Skills and Psychic Abilities.
She has since attended two other four-year-long Energy Healing Institutions including Lisa Barnett's Advanced Akashic Records Reading Training. Katie now uses the panoply of Divine Light Healing skills she's gained to serve her private and group healing clients, as she is directed to do so by the client's system, and The Divine itself.
Central to a private or group session with Katie is the opening of The Akashic Records. Through The Records, Katie transmits The Christ Light, Star Being Light (Pleadian, Lyran, Sirian, Arcturian, etc.), and Direct Source Energy, each of which create profound Healing, Integration and Spiritual Activation for her clients.
Additionally, from the Realm of The Akasha, she receives very clear guidance and direction for her clients on any topic at all, including but not limited to: past lives, trauma, karma, highest and best choices for your future in any area of life as encouraged by your team of Record Keepers, Angels, and Guides.
Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
The Great Reframe in Healing from Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Reframe any negative beliefs of self that were imprinted upon us from trauma.
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Healing from trauma of any kind is a continual process of reframing. We must dispel the negative and distorted thoughts or beliefs of self that have been imprinted upon us or that we have automatically developed because of the traumatic experience and pain we've suffered. You wouldn't place a band aid on an open gaping wound... Give it the same type of healing care you would normally give to a much larger gaping wound. Stop minimizing the trauma and the effect it has had on you and your life.
Automatic negative thoughts and distorted beliefs are very common among us all in reaction to trauma and severe stress. These negative thoughts can overwhelm our normal flow of thinking and prevent us from functioning normally in daily activities with work, family and our lives in general.
By noticing and challenging our negative thoughts and finding them to be either untrue or unhelpful, we can develop more positive thoughts that are more accurate, more helpful, and which better promote our healing process.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us as we explore Learning to Love the Process of Healing from Trauma.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Carlynn Graves, Callie Gropp, Elizabeth Homlish, Gail Hunter, Paula Ilochi, Treble NLS, Mai Nguyen, Liza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
These panel conversations are part of OMA’s Trauma program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences, and exploring the connections among us all. Please join us in this online series as we continue our journey home to ourselves and to one another. –Callie Gropp, Moderator
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Ready, S.E.T., Soar in 2022!
Shift, Expand & Transform! Enhancing Life Transitions with Energy, Confidence & Soul Power
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Zoom Event
Donation Requested
Join Jennifer Ohrman online as she shares valuable and practical stories, insights and tools designed to help you Shift, Expand & Transform - bridging the gap from where you are to where you want to be - as 2022 unfolds!
Jen is on a mission to help women (and a few cool men!) who desire more for themselves... to remember your worth, step up your game, and live from JOY while making an impact! And to have the support, coaching and cheering on, as you begin to create and step into courageous new visions for your life!
Watch the recording of Ready, S.E.T., Soar in 2022!
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
About Jenifer Ohrman, Confidence Catalyst Coach for business women in career or life transition, and Wellness Shopping Expert!
Jen is a Certified Business/Confidence coach offering group and individual coaching for women in life/career transitions. Her many years of service in the wellness and personal development industries combined with her expertise in the areas of energy, universal laws, and mindset bring a powerful dynamic to those seeking to shift and evolve into their next stages of life! She is a nurturing, supportive leader eager to support you in your journey.
Her signature talk, "Activate Your Self Worth & Amp Up Your Impact!" is all about helping people to remember who they REALLY are- their own guru with immense power to flourish!
linkedin.com/in/jenniferohrman/
Learning to Love the Process of Healing from Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE--Embracing the process of healing from trauma is attuning to a new way of experiencing our own journey.
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
Loving all we must do to heal and find joy in processing our feelings, reconnecting to our self, and reclaiming ourselves and our life after trauma are all transformational steps on the path of healing. Embracing the process of healing from trauma is attuning to a new way of experiencing our own journey, enabling love and balance in our life.
Watch the recording of Learning to Love the Process of Healing from Trauma
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
Be mindful of all the healing one has done so far in the process of "peeling away" the layers. Perceive these steps as positive and beneficial, rather than negative and disheartened. Keep the emphasis on the positive instead of on fear and the longevity of the process. Instead of "I have to do this to heal..." say "I am able to do this today to facilitate my own healing."
Embrace the process of healing to claim a new way forward, to experience your own progress and achieve a more loving and healthy balance in your life.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us as we explore Learning to Love the Process of Healing from Trauma.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Carlynn Graves, Callie Gropp, Elizabeth Homlish, Gail Hunter, Paula Ilochi, Treble NLS, Mai Nguyen, Liza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
These panel conversations are part of OMA’s Trauma program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences, and exploring the connections among us all. Please join us in this online series as we continue our journey home to ourselves and to one another. –Callie Gropp, Moderator
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Communicate with Your Angels and Guides
And connect with those on the other side.
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Zoom Event
Donation Requested
Communicate with your angels and guides and those on the other side--They are walking with you on this Earthly journey. Emily Pompei will channel to you what she sees with any messages your angels, guides and those on the other side have for you.
At a young age, Emily Pompei knew she was never alone and always had a sense of "fearlessness” even though she experienced unexplained recurring nightmares. Through meditation and prayer she was able to heal herself from negative thoughts and energy and has made it her life's work to help others heal in the very same way.
In her practice as a Medical Intuitive she is able to discern, through channel, what works best in treating a person by connecting with their Angels, Spirit Guides and their own Divine Light.
In this session, Emily will reveal for audience members what our angels and guides are communicating and telling us through her Medical Intuitive channel. Emily will share answers to questions or requests made by those seeking a connection.
Emily is the only Medical Intuitive in Pennsylvania and one of 64 who practice as Medical Intuitives in the world. People are quickly learning, welcoming and benefiting from her gifts in this realm.
Emily channels the Divine Energy of Spirit. She is able to connect with Angels, Guides, and those on the other side and reveal their messages. Testimony of her healing work can be found on her website, www.emilypompei.com.
Emily was told once by a mentor that she sees "everything, literally everything" therefore she has become a Master of her own discernment.
In her practice as a Medical Intuitive, Emily is able to discern through channel what is the most effective modality of treatment for each client and their individual needs.
Her process of evaluation is an initial assessment where she is able to detect higher and lower vibrational patterns in the body as well as any blocks in the Auric Field.
Medical Intuitive Professional Healer ™️
Angel Readings
Member of the America Holistic Health Association
Member of Holistic Chamber of Commerce
Founder of Aquaduct Intuitive Healing Institute TM
The Alphabet Circle Journey (2-part series)
Start your New Year with Intention! Join this 2-part series on the Alphabet Circle Journey and learn the lessons to live your best life for 2022 and onward!
9:00 AM - 12 PM EST
Zoom Meeting
February 12th & 19th
9 AM to Noon EST, both Saturdays
REGISTRATION CLOSED
Presented by Dr. Maxine Wright-Walters
Are you looking for a revolutionary approach for distilling the essence of human interaction and relationships? Are you ready to be your upmost self as you were created to be? Then join us for this 2-part online series!
Author, speaker, and certified life and behavioral coach Maxine Wright-Walters, PhD, has spent years helping others find purpose within life’s highs and lows. And now she’s here to share all the tools you need to unpack the failures and reinforce the key qualities of your relationships, and the driving force to your best life so you can achieve the greatest outcome on your spiritual journey through our unique human experience.
POWERFUL GUIDANCE ON LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE AND HAVING GREAT RELATIONSHIPS
In this 2-part online series, Dr. Maxine will present specific practices and concepts that teach us the A to Z of how to cultivate an empowered mindset and find out who we truly are from the soul’s perspective. With Maxine you will follow the Companion Workbook, with carefully structured quizzes and exercises that allow you to explore the meaning of events in your life, and achieve the best outcome on your spiritual journey through our human experience.
PREREQUISITES:
The Alphabet Circle Journey Workbook
The Companion Workbook provides the means to put into practice the concepts and methods which Maxine teaches in this course: The A to Z of how to cultivate an empowered mindset and find out who we are from the soul’s perspective.
The Alphabet Circle Journey: Living Your Best Life
Maxine's book: An exploration of the deeply held ties that bind all of humanity, and the invaluable knowledge released when they're broken, that shows us the path forward.
About Dr. Maxine Wright-Walters
Dr. Maxine Wright-Walters is a mother, nature lover, author and scientist who loves people. She is also a certified behavioral coach, public speaker and consultant who focuses on teaching and helping people to live their own best lives.
Arriving in her forties, Dr. Wright-Walters embarked upon her best life journey. It was while on this quest she discovered The Alphabet Circle Journey™.
The multi-talented Dr. Wright-Walters is a member of the Squirrel Hill Writer’s group, and the owner and director of a consulting firm, specializing in Environmental & Public HealthConsulting, Environmental Data Validation. She comes from a large family in the beautiful island of Jamaica. Her dad was a farmer and empowered her to believe that the sky was the limit. Her love of nature and gardening comes from her experiences on the farm with her Papa.
Reset and New Beginnings into Healing from Trauma
Healing from trauma can create new beginnings for reset and change.
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Nature is continually showing us how the seasonal change that emerges each part of the year can vary significantly from one year to the next. At times the change of season comes to us gradually and gently in transition. At other times it startles us with the drastic shift into the next season, only to take a step backwards, and then forward again. As it completes its resetting and transition to a new beginning, this next season takes hold.
Watch the recording of Reset and New Beginnings into Healing from Trauma
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
Healing from trauma is for many, a lifetime process of change where we are resetting and choosing new beginnings to support and enhance our own growth and healing.
Sometimes these changes can feel gentle and slow in process and other times it can feel swift like a gust of wind. Most of us will experience the shift into our next "reset" and then experience a few steps backwards. But then we recommit to moving forward again as we learn to embrace this new "beginning". We all have the ability within us to "reset" our path, our minds, our beliefs and our choices as we step into this journey of uncertainty in reclaiming ourselves and our lives.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us as we explore Reset and New Beginnings into Healing from Trauma.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Carlynn Graves, Callie Gropp, Elizabeth Homlish, Gail Hunter, Paula Ilochi, Mai Nguyen, Liza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
These panel conversations are part of OMA’s Trauma program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences, and exploring the connections among us all. Please join us in this online series as we continue our journey home to ourselves and to one another. –Callie Gropp, Moderator
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Everything All At Once! with Katie Rubin
A Healing Event and Conscious Comedy Show! During this 2 hour Show-Event, be prepared to laugh, learn, and Heal, in real time.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST
RECORDED ON ZOOM
Watch Everything All At Once!
(Passcode required)
Communicate with your angels and guides and those on the other side--They are walking with you on this Earthly journey. Emily Pompei will channel the messages your angels, guides and those on the other side have for you.
Communicate with Your Angels and Guides
January 26th, 1-3 pm EST via Zoom
Katie Rubin is a Divine Light Energy Healer, Psychic, Spiritual Teacher and Stand Up Comic. This Show/Healing Event, or Show-Vent, "Everything All At Once" offers just that: Everything. All at Once. It's Comedy, Teachings, Insights, and a Group Healing (or several) through The Akashic Records.
Join us on the 29th if you'd like to further activate your Light Body. Join us if you'd like to release trauma and old heaviness. Join us if you're ready to cry-laugh and be dazzled, shocked and inspired!
In addition to being a very real Healing Event (bring tissues, for real), this is an irreverent, grown-up Comedy Show and is therefore NOT for the faint of heart. Think of this Show-Vent as an R-Rated, Game-Changing, Life-Activating Laugh Factory of Awakening. It's the Age of Aquarius friends, let's get INTO it. Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
ABOUT KATIE: In her nationally touring Comedic Healing Events known to her audiences as “Everything All At Once, an Irreverent Healing Event” Katie speaks deeply and intimately on the topics of trauma healing, spirituality, consciousness, personal purpose, the small-s self, The Big-S Self, God, Unity, and Oneness all while delivering wildly inappropriate jokes, singing apropos-to-the-moment songs, and sharing true stories from her life. Her talks (or shows) are Raw, Real, Hilarious and Game-Changing for her audiences. Blending question and answer style group processing with comedic storytelling, Katie’s events will bring you clarity, awakening, awareness, laughter, joy and quite possibly some tears. So bring your tissues and your sense of humor, cuz it’s bound to be a wild ride, indeed. Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
Katie as a Healer: Master Healer and Akashic Records Reader Katie Rubin spent 4 years at The University of Spiritual Healing and Sufism releasing her own trauma, opening her Spiritual Channel, and developing her Healing Skills and Psychic Abilities.
She has since attended two other four-year-long Energy Healing Institutions including Lisa Barnett's Advanced Akashic Records Reading Training. Katie now uses the panoply of Divine Light Healing skills she's gained to serve her private and group healing clients, as she is directed to do so by the client's system, and The Divine itself.
Central to a private or group session with Katie is the opening of The Akashic Records. Through The Records, Katie transmits The Christ Light, Star Being Light (Pleadian, Lyran, Sirian, Arcturian, etc.), and Direct Source Energy, each of which create profound Healing, Integration and Spiritual Activation for her clients.
Additionally, from the Realm of The Akasha, she receives very clear guidance and direction for her clients on any topic at all, including but not limited to: past lives, trauma, karma, highest and best choices for your future in any area of life as encouraged by your team of Record Keepers, Angels, and Guides.
Learn more about Katie at: www.katierubin.com
The Alphabet Circle Journey 10-Week Course
Presented by Dr. Maxine Wright-Walters: A revolutionary approach toward human interaction and relationships for living your best life!
9:00 AM EST
Zoom Meeting
Starting January 8th
Saturdays 9 AM to 11 AM EASTERN TIME
10-Class Series
Early Bird Discount $180 THRU DECEMBER 31st
Regular Price: $200 after Dec. 31st
Looking for a revolutionary approach for distilling the essence of human interaction and relationships? Ready to be your upmost self as you were created to be?
Environmental scientist and certified behavioral coach Maxine Wright-Walters, PhD has spent years helping others find purpose within life’s highs and lows. And now she’s here to share all the tools you need to unpack the failures and reinforce the good qualities of your relationships so you can seize happiness.
POWERFUL GUIDANCE ON LIVING YOUR BEST LIFE AND HAVING GREAT RELATIONSHIPS
Throughout Maxine's book, The Alphabet Circle Journey, she presents specific practices and concepts that teach us the A to Z of how to cultivate an empowered mindset and find out who we are from the soul’s perspective.
IN THIS COURSE, Maxine will help you put these keys into action in your daily life and relationships. With Maxine you will follow the Companion Workbook, with carefully structured quizzes and exercises that allow you to explore the meaning of events in your life, and achieve the best outcome on your spiritual journey through our human experience.
PREREQUISITES:
The Alphabet Circle Journey Workbook
The Companion Workbook provides the means to put into practice the concepts and methods which Maxine teaches in this course: The A to Z of how to cultivate an empowered mindset and find out who we are from the soul’s perspective.
The Alphabet Circle Journey: Living Your Best Life
Maxine's book: An exploration of the deeply held ties that bind all of humanity, and the invaluable knowledge released when they're broken, that shows us the path forward.
About Dr. Maxine Wright-Walters
Dr. Maxine Wright-Walters is a mother, nature lover, author and scientist who loves people. She is also a certified behavioral coach, public speaker and consultant who focuses on teaching and helping people to live their own best lives.
Arriving in her forties, Dr. Wright-Walters embarked upon her best life journey. It was while on this quest she discovered The Alphabet Circle Journey™.
The multi-talented Dr. Wright-Walters is a member of the Squirrel Hill Writer’s group, and the owner and director of a consulting firm, specializing in Environmental & Public HealthConsulting, Environmental Data Validation. She comes from a large family in the beautiful island of Jamaica. Her dad was a farmer and empowered her to believe that the sky was the limit. Her love of nature and gardening comes from her experiences on the farm with her Papa.
The 'Rebirthing' of Self in Healing from Trauma
Step onto the path of rebirthing into the truth of ourselves and the freedom to heal.
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Childhood or adult trauma in its various forms—Adverse childhood experiences, bullying, domestic violence, emotional and verbal abuse, gaslighting, medical trauma and illness, can all distort one's perception and belief of the truth of who "I am."
The result is a continual layering of negative, distorted imprints that alter our own perception of the unique and authentic truth of who we are and have always been.
These layers of distorted, negative beliefs affect our ability to "remember" ourselves and who we came here uniquely to be.
"Rebirthing" is remembering the "I Am" that always lives underneath those layers, waiting to be "reborn" and awakened as we remember and become whole. When we begin to embrace and honor ourselves in our experiences and release all that does not belong to us, we can step onto this path of "rebirthing" into the truth of ourselves and the freedom to heal.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us on Tuesday, December 14 at 6:30 when we explore The 'Rebirthing' of Self in Healing from Trauma.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Elizabeth Homlish, Gail Hunter, Paula Ilochi, Mai Nguyen, Liza Vivio See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE, an OMA Webinar Series featuring a panel conversation on trauma and recovery—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
These panel conversations are part of OMA’s Trauma program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences, and exploring the connections among us all. Please join us in this online series as we continue our journey home to ourselves and to one another. –Callie Gropp, Moderator
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal…
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, whether from childhood abuse, childhood adverse experiences (ACE's),domestic violence, gaslighting, bullying, emotional/ verbal abuse and manipulation, medical trauma, and injury. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance, and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves…
In this webinar series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don’t shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable. –Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Tis the Season to Stress Less!
Relax & reset for less stress this holiday season, facilitated by Angelina Beas
10:00 am EST - Noon
Zoom Meeting
Donation Requested
REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED.
Tis the Season to Stress Less and Enjoy More!
The holiday season can be a time of great joy and stress. Rushing around, wrapping up year-end work, family, and travel can take a real toll on us. In this experiential session, we will explore how to reset our nervous system through gentle relaxation and breathing techniques.
Key Learnings:
- Learn how to intercept stress before it spins out of control
- Discover how proper breathing can create a more relaxed you
- Learn specific steps and techniques you can practice anywhere
Everyone welcome -- And best to have a comfortable spot with loose fitting clothes to enjoy the benefits of this session.
Meet the Facilitator
Angelina Beas is the Founder and Executive Coach at 3 elements; a coaching and consulting company founded on the wisdom that thriving occurs at the intersection of a balanced mind, body, and spirit.
Through her own work with anxiety and stress, she has learned the importance of daily practice. Our bodies and minds need quality time to reset.
As an Associate Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation (ICF) combined with a master’s in leadership and a Registered Yoga Teacher, Angelina brings 20 + years studying the impact of stress, anxiety, and self-leadership. She takes an evidence-based approach to learning and teaching. Through her work, she has coached individual and organizations to become more resilient.
The Healing Powers of Gratitude
The powers and practice of gratitude for healing and wellbeing.
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
When we are "open to doing practices that consistently induce positive emotions, we can widen and deepen the psychological resources available to us in times of stress."
-Judy Mostkowitz
We can learn to broaden our ability to become open to gratitude, allowing the positive, nurturing and healing effects in our lives to take hold, giving the opportunity to heal and grow from the traumas and uncover the truth of ourselves—the essence that lies underneath the memories of past traumatic experiences.
Simply being told to “show some gratitude” is not enough, especially when you’re already having a hard time. And that’s many of us right now. Gratitude is much more than just turning away from or minimizing the pain, suffering or loss from our traumas.
The practice or "framing of gratitude" is something we can learn to do—to evoke the emotion of gratitude and to potentially strengthen it as a trait over time. We can deliberately reflect on what’s going well and the positive attributes that life might be providing us, as a way making the emotion of gratitude more readily available and powerful to us.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us on Tuesday, November 30 at 6:30 when we explore The Healing Powers of Gratitude.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Callie Gropp, Angela Failor, Elizabeth Homlish, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Liza Vivio See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE... Others have walked this path before you, including the panelists in this series. We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Writing to Heal presented by Robin Clarke
Learn how to release the grip of the past on the present through interactive writing in this 2-hr workshop.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Meeting
$15 Donation Requested
As a writer, I have experienced healing and awakening by honoring my suffering, giving it voice, and seeing through adult eyes the dreams and disappointments of the child I once was and whose memories live within me. By bringing an intention of divine love for self and others, I have been able to imagine multiple perspectives on “my” experience, allowing forgiveness and compassion to transform emotions of anger, hatred, and fear into acceptance and gratitude. This journey was not quick or easy, nor is it complete. I spent years moving through layer after layer of processing and reprocessing of trauma and hurt. Yet the results were dramatic: liberation from depression, release of deeply entrenched negative beliefs, and even physical healing of an Irritable Bowel Syndrome that had dogged me for decades. My experience taught me without a doubt that mind, heart, and body are one, and as we begin to heal one area, all are affected.
Watch the recording of Writing to Heal
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
This interactive writing workshop will be an opportunity for participants to identify areas where they might want to release the grip of the past on the present. Through guided meditation, we will access high vibration consciousness in order to act as channels, guides, and compassionate friends to ourselves on a journey into the heart. We will use writing to activate and intensify the healing process. When we write from an intention of compassion for self and other, we have the capacity to directly channel the wisdom of our higher self. We can unravel stories about the past that do not serve us, reframe and release negative beliefs about the self, and experience healing on an emotional, psychological, and spiritual level. --Robin Clarke
Presenter Bio
Robin Clarke, MFA, MA, LSW, is a writer, teacher, and psychotherapist. Her first book of poems, Lines The Quarry (Omnidawn, 2013), won the Omnidawn 1st/2nd book prize for poetry, judged by Brenda Hillman. With the poet Sten Carlson, she co-authored a chapbook of poems entitled Lives of the Czars (nonpolygon, 2011). An excerpt from her memoir-in-progress, Those Little Anodynes, won the 2016 Tupelo Open Prose award, judged by Nick Flynn. Her poems and prose have been published in Conduit, Denver Quarterly, Fence, jubilat, LABOR, Tupelo Quarterly, Verse, and elsewhere. She is an EMDR certified therapist and a Certified Trauma & Resilience Practitioner (CTR-P). Robin lives in an intentional co-housing community with her partner and their two daughters.
Kind Curiosity presented by Patricia Boswell
A practice of noticing.**
7:00 pm EDT
Zoom Meeting
Donation Requested
** Each participant will receive a COMPLIMENTARY Say I Do to You Journal Card—a deck of 41 experiments that support and facilitate Kind Curiosity—via email prior to this event to practice noticing.
So often we are overly engaged with others, our environment, and the details of living. Patricia Boswell, founder of Say I Do to You™, returns to OMA for an online evening session of lively discussion, insightful information, and self-awareness experiments to inspire and remind us that noticing, loving and caring about how we are and where we are, truly matters.
Watch the recording of Kind Curiosity
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
Kind Curiosity is a mindset, as well as, a behavior. Patricia has found, both in her clients and within herself, that the way we talk to ourselves, treat ourselves and ultimately how we engage with others dramatically improves when practicing Kind Curiosity. This ultimately strengthens our trust in ourselves and how we show up in the world.
Kind Curiosity begins with the understanding that we don’t need to change, we simply need to notice. Tonight we will deepen this truth as we:
- Discuss what Kind Curiosity is and what it isn’t.
- Explore the 3 necessary ingredients to develop a lifestyle of Kind Curiosity.
- Practice noticing.
Join OMA and Patricia online November 4th, 7pm and begin your own personal journey toward Kind Curiosity.
About Patricia Boswell
Patricia is a National Board Certified Counselor with over 40 years of experience. She is also a speaker, workshop facilitator, and author. She is the founder of Say I Do to You™ specializing in women’s self-compassion through self-awareness. To support this inner journey, Patricia has developed Say I Do to You Journal Cards™, a deck of 41 unique experiments designed to notice yourself with Kind Curiosity.
As a result of Patricia’s work as a psychotherapist, as well as her own healing journey, she has come to believe that when women speak from their hearts magic happens and the world changes. Her mission is to change the world through the gift of women’s truths.
For more about Patricia and Say I Do to You™ please visit www.SayIDotoYou.com.
Healing from Domestic Violence
YOU ARE NOT ALONE-October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eastern Time
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation Requested
Donations for this event will support Domestic Violence of Southwestern PA.
One in four women and one in seven men will be a victim of domestic violence in their lifetime.
#Every1KnowsSome1 is this years National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) campaign theme.
Watch the recording of Healing from Domestic Violence
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
Join OMA Pittsburgh on Monday, October 25th at 6:30PM EASTERN TIME for an online webinar panel discussion on healing from the trauma of domestic violence.
Panel members will include a domestic violence advocate, a Narcissism Informed Specialist, a Betrayal Trauma Recovery Specialist, mental health therapists, and holistic health advocates.
♥♥ Donations for this event will support Domestic Violence of Southwestern PA ♥♥
Panelists: Tanya Bashor, Marilyn Carpenter, Angela Failor, Elizabeth Homlish, Gail Hunter, Darlene Nelson and Leza Vivio. Moderator: Callie Group
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all.
A Community Conversation Acknowledging Trauma and Pathways of Healing, YOU ARE NOT ALONE is an monthly series. Others have walked this path before you, including the panelists. We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Helpful Resources for Trauma
InflexionPoint Podcast
Premier Episode of Cultivating Change from the Inside Out
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Eastern Time
Listen below at scheduled time.
Welcome to InflexionPoint Podcast on Transformation Talk Radio, a brave space for conversation about racism, personal transformation, and accountability.
PREMIER EPISODE OCTOBER 20TH, 6 PM EASTERN TIME
A Brave Space for Conversation
Host: Anita Russell Co-Hosts: Mavis Bauman, Gail Hunter LCSW
In this first episode you will get to know Anita Russell, the creator and host of InflexionPoint Podcast. You'll also get to know the co-hosts, Mavis Bauman, and Gail Hunter. Together they make up an online Antiracism Mastermind Group.
InflexionPoint Podcast is regularly scheduled every 1st & 3rd Wednesday 3 PM PT / 6 PM ET
Enter a brave space to ponder solving The Cairo Question. Engage in dialogue based on the premise that dismantling racism goes beyond laws and legislation or politics or economics. It's an inside job where personal transformation and accountability impact social change in multiple dimensions: individual, interpersonal, systemic, and structural. It's a place to get comfortable with deconstructing your inner thoughts, ideas, and beliefs to examine what flows out into the world through your words, actions, and behaviors, particularly towards others who are different from yourself.
Featured on the #1 positive talk network, streaming live on www.transformationtalkradio.
Steve Sciulli: The Singing Life of Plants, an Interspecies Collaboration
A virtual, live musical collaboration with multi-instrumentalist Steve Sciulli and The Singing Life of Plants!
7:00 - 9:00 pm Eastern Time
(That's UTC/GMT minus 4 hours)
Zoom Webinar
Support this event with a donation.
Botanical musician Steve Sciulli combines ancient, sacred and traditional instruments with leading-edge technologies to accompany the real-time musical expressions of living plants. The result is an intricate, multi-level textural, ambient flow of music–a direct result of co-created biocommunication.
Watch the recording of The Singing Live of Plants
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
Steve has explored this new form of musical collaboration with living plants that respond to the stimuli around them. He's found that plants, like humans, seemingly have distinct personalities and sensitivities, and can respond and interact in surprising ways with elements of their environment.
What might an orchid sound like whilst receiving a cool, soft misting of water? Imagine the song of the amaryllis as it’s leaves are gently stroked by caring hands. How might a Ficus tree express the sensation of a breeze blowing through it’s limbs?
The natural and subtle electrical signals emitted by plants can trigger electronic musical instruments, giving them voice. During a performance, Steve builds musical foundations in a self-generative sound environment, which ebbs and flows in response to the ontological values among plant, performer and environment.
About Steve Sciulli
As a multi-instrumentalist, composer and pioneer in sound healing and sound meditation, Steve Sciulli, has been in service to music his entire life. He is well known as a performer, music educator, interdisciplinary sound artist, sound therapist, writer and teacher, with over 5000 public performances and more than 20 recorded albums of original music, as well as folk, ambient and new age music albums.
This event will be a co-created sound experience... relax, get comfortable, put your headphones on and enjoy this unique adventure. CAUTION: may result in an improved state of well-being in body, mind, and spirit!
The agenda will include an introduction and a performance followed by Q&A.
Please join us in this special event!
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Finding the Courage Within to Heal from Trauma
YOU ARE NOT ALONE-A Community Conversation Acknowledging Trauma and Pathways of Healing
6:30 pm EST - 8:30 pm EST
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. – Nelson Mandela
Courage is what allows us to face conflict, difficulty, trauma or adversity, in either physical, mental or emotional experiences. Courageous acts are usually in the presence of fear. When we step into fear from a deep place of knowing within ourselves and choose to risk the vulnerability required to face fear with courage, we begin our journey back to ourselves in healing and remembering the truth of who we have always been.
Watch the recording of Finding the Courage Within to Heal from Trauma
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
Surviving and healing from trauma requires multiple acts of courage in thousands of small moments. Resiliency is the result of taking the steps to reclaiming one’s life and steps to reclaiming oneself after the loss and devastation of trauma. Courage is the fuel that enables us to heal and to grow as we continue to find the light in the darkness with each courageous step.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on recovering from trauma through life stories and the experiences that have supported them on their path to healing. Panelists will also share holistic practices that may help those who have suffered similar traumatic experiences.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma Program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us on Thursday, September 16 at 6:30 when we explore Courage as a crucial tool in healing from Trauma and learn how to make fear a friend that guides us into places where we all can soar and thrive individually, relationally, and in our communities.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Callie Gropp, Angela Failor, Elizabeth Homlish, Gail Hunter, Liza Vivio See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE... Others have walked this path before you, including the panelists in this series. We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Helpful Resources for Trauma
The Alphabet Circle Journey: Living Your Best Life On Your Terms
Seeking to strengthen your bonds with others? Discover the chemistry behind building better connections.
7:00 pm EST - 8:30 pm EST
Zoom Meeting
Donation Requested
Struggling to extract meaning from failed friendships or romance? Looking for a revolutionary approach to distilling the essence of human attraction? Ready to be your utmost self for the loved ones around you?
Environmental scientist and certified behavioral coach Maxine Wright-Walters, PhD has spent years helping others find purpose within life’s highs and lows. And now she’s here to share all the tools you need to unpack the failures and reinforce the good qualities of your relationships so you can seize happiness.
Watch the recording of The Alphabet Circle: Living Your Best Life On Your Terms
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
Dr. Maxine's book The Alphabet Circle Journey: Living Your Best Life is an A to Z exploration of the deeply held ties that bind all of humanity, and the invaluable knowledge released when they’re broken. Through her concept of dual existence, Wright-Walters reveals how relinquishing ego allows for soul-level unions more fulfilling than those purely physical. And with her code for extracting the secret information expressed at a friendship or romance’s end, you’ll soon be linking ever-tighter with those you love and taking hold of joy.
Dr. Maxine Wright-Walters is a mother, nature lover, author and scientist who loves people. She is also a certified behavioral coach, public speaker and consultant who focuses on teaching and helping people to live their own best lives.
Arriving in her forties, Dr. Wright-Walters embarked upon a best life journey. It was while on this quest she discovered The Alphabet Circle Journey™.
The multi-talented Dr. Wright-Walters is a member of the Squirrel Hill Writer’s group, and the owner and director of a consulting firm, specializing in Environmental & Public HealthConsulting, Environmental Data Validation. She comes from a large family in the beautiful island of Jamaica. Her dad was a farmer and empowered her to believe that the sky was the limit. Her love of nature and gardening comes from her experiences on the farm with her Papa.
Healing From Trauma: Reconnecting with Your Intuition
YOU ARE NOT ALONE-A Community Conversation Acknowledging Trauma and Pathways of Healing
6:30 pm EST - 8:30 pm EST
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation
Intuition is the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning. It is a feeling and not an emotion. Dan Siegel, MD states that “trauma is an experience we have that overwhelms our capacity to cope” and it is imperative for trauma survivors to be able to differentiate between intuition guiding us and our traumas misinforming or misleading us.
Watch the recording of Healing From Trauma: Reconnecting with Your Intuition
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
When trauma occurs, we often experience a dissociation or disconnection from self. We lose touch with our intuition and no longer trust ourselves and our own inner voice or intuition. However, our intuition is always available to help guide us back home to self and knowing our truth. Join us for an evening of conversation on healing from trauma and modalities that can help guide us to reconnect with our intuition.
In this webinar, panelists will share their insights on intuition through life stories and experiences that have supported them on their path to reconnecting to themselves and healing from trauma. We will explore holistic practices including tapping/EFT, a third eye chakra meditation, and other ways to “tap” into our intuition.
As Martha Beck writes, ...your intuition helps you make choices based on what you actually want. It helps you avoid trouble, draws you toward positive situations and away from negative ones. It circumvents your intellect—which can tell you all kinds of inaccurate, critical, self-defeating things—and instead guides you based on what your body, your very essence, knows to be true.
We are always invited to break out of our old ways of suffering, to listen to our truth, our intuition, our inner knowing and to experience the joy and freedom of coming home to stillness.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all. Join us on Wednesday, June 30 at 6:30 as we explore ways to reconnect and guide us as we work to create a new normal.
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Callie Gropp, Angela Failor, Elizabeth Homlish, Gail Hunter, Liza Vivio See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group
YOU ARE NOT ALONE... Others have walked this path before you, including the panelists in this series. We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Trauma-Informed Training: for Professionals, Parents and Community Members
Bridging the Gaps: Working Together to Support Holistic Wellness Throughout Pittsburgh
9;00 am EST - 12:30 pm EST
Zoom Event
Cost: Donation from the Heart
Join OMA Pittsburgh to explore what trauma-informed care looks like, how it involves self-reflection about one's own emotional triggers, and why it must specifically embrace diversity. This event is for educators, parents, caregivers, teen camp counselors and anyone interested in learning more about supporting themselves and youth on a healing journey. ALL ARE WELCOME!
Watch the recording of Trauma-Informed Training
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
Trauma-Informed Care is a "framework of thinking and interventions that are directed by a thorough understanding of the profound neurological, biological, psychological, and social effects trauma has on an individual—recognizing that person’s constant interdependent needs for safety, connections, and ways to manage emotions/impulses." --Crisis Intervention Institute
Children’s Mandate: If you don’t think what I think, feel what I feel, experience what I experience, and see what I see when I look at myself, others and the world around me, how can you possibly know what is best for me?
Presenters & Topics
9:00- 9:10 Callie Gropp--Welcome
9:10- 9:40 Gail Hunter--Overview of Trauma, ACEs and Trauma-Informed Training
9:40- 9:55 Mai Nguyen--Compassionate Inquiry: A Trauma-Informed Approach
Developed by Dr. Gabor Mate
9:55-10:05 Marilyn Carpenter--Tai Chi Movement and Self Care
10:05-10:50 Anita Russell--Why Trauma-Informed Care Must be Explicitly Anti-Racist
10:50-11:00 Break
11:00-11:20 Robin Clarke--Trauma-Informed Care is Self Care
11:20-12:20 Jamal Jones, DC Peace Team--Relational Trauma and Restorative Justice
Trauma-Informed Training provides the knowledge and applicable holistic skills which can be used with a diverse population of children, youth, adults, families and the elderly to provide alternative options for healing, growth and the ability to thrive in one’s life, family and community. The goals of such training are to:
- Develop greater awareness of the needs that exist for healthy youth development and for communities where all can thrive.
- Act as a bridge for connecting educators, community organizations, families, and professionals across the generations and the healthcare spectrum.
Join us for this timely event. Register above. All are welcome!
Video Resources
We have assembled a number of relevant videos on trauma-informed care and trauma related topics. Please visit our Art in the Garden page and scroll down to browse these videos and related links. We hope you find them beneficial.
Secrets of the Essenes
Stories of an ancient community near the Dead Sea with mysteries to reveal.
7:00 pm 8:30 pm
Zoom Meeting
Donation Requested
Except for writings by a few scholars of ancient history, no one had heard of the Essenes until the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947. Yet Edgar Cayce had been talking about them since the mid-1930s. This talk by Ed Foote provides fascinating information about the lives of the Essenes, some of whom reincarnated and received readings from Cayce.
Watch the recording of Secrets of the Essenes
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
You will learn how the Essenes first began in ancient times, how they progressed to develop their temple at Mt. Carmel, and you will meet Judy - the Essene teacher of young Jesus. You will also learn the fascinating story of how the Essenes prepared for the birth of Christ, how they chose many potential girls to be Jesus’ mother, and how Mary was finally selected by divine intervention. Little known information about the birth of Jesus, including the names of the real unsung heroes, are revealed. The ideals and guiding principles held by the Essenes provide valuable insight about how we can deal with the politics and powers of today.
Ed Foote's two spiritual paths are the Edgar Cayce Readings and A Course in Miracles.
He is a member of Edgar Cayce's Association for Research & Enlightenment (A.R.E.) and has been a member for 30 years of the Pittsburgh Team that organizes A.R.E. events.
Ed has also been a student of the book A Course in Miracles for the same length of time and has worked with the Miracle Distribution Center in California as a meeting planner and marketing advisor for its East and West Coast conferences. Ed's metaphysical audio lending library of over 500 lectures was the subject of an article in Venture Inward magazine.
Ed’s lectures are informative and inspirational, and people leave his presentations uplifted and joyful.
You Are Not Alone--Healing Trauma with Empowerment
A Community Conversation Acknowledging Trauma and Pathways of Healing
6:30 pm EST - 8:30 pm EST
Zoom Webinar
$5 Donation
Empowerment is the state of being empowered to do something: the power, right, or authority to ACT.
When trauma occurs, at any age and in any form, we often experience ourselves in our life believing we have no power, ability, or basic human rights to protect and set boundaries for ourselves. It's as if our freedom to choose has been taken from us and in its place is a belief of powerlessness, helplessness and undeserving of our own birth rights and of love.
Watch the recording of You Are Not Alone--Healing Trauma with Empowerment
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
Bessel A. van der Kolk in The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma states: "Beneath the surface of the protective parts of trauma survivors there exists an undamaged essence, a Self that is confident, curious, and calm, a Self that has been sheltered from destruction by the (our internal) various protectors that have emerged in their efforts to ensure survival. Once those protectors trust that it is safe to separate, the Self-will spontaneously emerge, and the parts can be enlisted in the healing process.”
This is the beginning of 'remembering" the truth of who we are and who we came here to be... empowerment then becomes the remembered core of each survivor of trauma, facilitating the experience of healing, choices and self-trust.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE... Others have walked this path before you, including the panelists in this series. We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences, and exploring the connections among us all. Please join us in this online series as we continue our journey home to ourselves and to one another. --Callie Gropp
Panelists: Marilyn Carpenter, Deb Carter, Callie Gropp, Angela Failor, Elizabeth Homlish, Gail Hunter, and Liza Vivio. See past panelists.
Moderator: Callie Group.
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Balancing the Peace & Power of You
Presented by Reverend Judi Weaver
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Zoom Meeting
Donation Requested
Rev. Judi Weaver will discuss the changing energies that are impacting the planet, awakening humanity, and the effects that everyone may be experiencing as a consequence. She will discuss how to identify the various emotions and internal urges felt, along with some practical guidance or techniques that can be used for calming oneself, while still moving forward and stretching into a greater understanding of self and one's personal development.
Watch the recording of Balancing the Peace & Power of You
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
During this session Rev. Judi would like to provide a live channeling where everyone who listens will receive the guidance love messages and healing energies. This experience is often related to a Soul Truth knowing, realized in the ability to recognize and validate what truth is real and imparted to your highest and best interest.
About Reverend Judi Weaver
Rev. Judi Weaver is a Spiritual Trance Channel and international professional Certified Crystal Light Healer with more than twenty-five years of experience. She is the founder of Heart 4 Souls, a non-profit organization, dedicated to healing and spiritual development. She is a published author (Guided by Your Light, Truth Beyond) and a Shamanic Practitioner, being the dedicated Grandmother Sun Spirit of the Talking Stick Circle in the Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp in Florida.
While working with clients, Reverend Judi attunes her vibration for the God/Source Love Energy in order to synchronize for individualized messages and healings to the mind, body, spirit and soul. Clients have expressed that their experiences are filled with infinite love, profound insight, miraculous physical results, complete acceptance, joy and peace, a soul rebalance, clear guidance and a powerfully life changing experience.
You Are Not Alone--Healing Trauma with Love
A Community Conversation Acknowledging Trauma and Pathways of Healing
6:30 pm EST - 8:30 pm EST
$5 Donation
April is sexual assault awareness and child abuse prevention month, and we hope you will join us for our webinar. In this continuing series, OMA panelists share their experiences and insignts on confronting personal trauma.
YOU ARE NOT ALONE... Others have walked this path before you, including the panelists in this series. We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas.
Trauma so consistently affects our ability to love ourselves, to know we are always more than enough, and to remember we have a limitless ability to love and therefore to heal. There is a teaching from Christ that tells us we have all that we need within us to heal and when we bring it forth, we will heal... if we hide it within us, it will destroy us. I believe the 'it' is love and what keeps 'it' within is fear and negative imprints that have been fueled by fear and traumas. The opposite of love is fear and when we nurture fear instead of love, it will always destroy us, preventing us from reclaiming ourselves and creating a life we came here to experience based in self-love and love for others. —Gail Hunter
Watch the recording of You Are Not Alone--Healing Trauma with Love
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
“To heal is to touch with love that which we previously touched with fear.” —Stephen Levine
"You do not need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. " —Thich Nhat Hanh
Self-love, self-compassion is a way of embracing ourselves with kindness and respect and acceptance of our flaws and all that we may have believed should be judged and criticized.
To truly love oneself or another we must open to authenticity, vulnerability, and respect which creates trust leading the path for healing through love.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences, and exploring the connections among us all. Please join us in this online series as we continue our journey home to ourselves and to one another. --Callie Gropp, Moderator
Panelists: Callie Gropp, Gail Hunter, Angela Failor, Liza Vivio, Marilyn Carpenter, Elizabeth Homlish and Deb Carter. See past panelists.
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Dismantling Racism is an Inside Job, by Anita Russell
A two-part series on cultivating change from the inside out, March 18th and March 25th
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Zoom Meeting
Donation Requested
Cultivating change from the inside out is based on the premise that dismantling racism is an inside job. It's not just about laws and legislation or politics and economics. It’s also about what lies within the hearts and minds of people who live in a racialized society.
Presenter:
Anita D Russell is a life coach, speaker, and international bestselling author. Her most recent collaborative book, Voices of the 21st Century: Resilient Women Who Rise and Make a Difference, features the stories of forty women from around the world who have channeled their passion into a mission to make a difference. Her chapter in the book, "Musings of a COVID-19 Baby", became the impetus for her current antiracism platform through personal transformation in the hearts and minds of people. Her next book is a series of lessons built to empower change from within as a personal strategy to dismantling racism. Cultivating Change from the Inside Out: The Power of Being Human, releases on March 23. Learn more about Anita at theplacetosoar.com and anitadrussellauthor.com
Part 1: Musings of a COVID-19 Baby
In this portion of the lecture Anita makes racism very personal. Using the analogy of a coin she invites the audience to do two things: One, come to terms with the reality of two worlds that exist in the United States as a racialized society. Two, stand on the edge of the coin to listen, to understand, and to make the personal choice to move towards antiracism for the good of all in the nation.
Part 2: Cultivating Change from the Inside Out
Cultivating Change from the Inside Out is based on the premise that dismantling racism is an inside job. In Part 2 Anita asks a series of questions that are designed to spark personal accountability in the journey toward antiracism. Her questions are based on two fundamental beliefs that she holds. First, she believes the greatest challenge our nation faces today is the need to dismantle racism. Second, that dismantling racism is both a systemic and an individual effort. While many are seeking a unified path forward we must recognize that real change must also emerge from the hearts, minds, and beliefs of individual people.
Saying I Do to You with Patricia Boswell
Imagine getting to know yourself in the same way you get to know a love interest. Saying “I DO” to you will change your life!
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Zoom Meeting
Donation Requested
How do you commit to self-kindness? Self-acceptance? Self-Love?
It’s not easy and it’s so important!
In this online talk we will discuss the most common reasons we don’t love ourselves. Where these come from and how we have turned them into habits that we call on daily.
And…most importantly…we will discuss how to confront and change these habits that no longer serve us. Saying I Do to You is a practice of noticing you, taking time to be kindly curious about what makes you, YOU. It is compassionately understanding you. Being genuinely interested in you.
The format of this session will be interactional, with time for questions, discussion and experiential exercises to deepen one's self-awareness and foster new patterns of self-love.
Imagine getting to know yourself in the same way you get to know a love interest.
Saying “I DO” to you will change your life.
About Patricia Boswell
After Patricia’s separation from her 23-year marriage, she realized the young woman that married in 1981, and the 46-year-old taking her life apart, didn’t know each other. They were strangers.
To re-connect she decided she would date herself.
Patricia will share her story of self-dating. How it changed her. Why it challenged her. And, ultimately, how she fell in love with herself.
The question she asked next was, “Do I love myself enough to marry myself?”
Her answer was, “Yes!”
So under a full moon Patricia married herself, ring and all!
Patricia is a National Board Certified Counselor, speaker, facilitator, coach and author specializing in women’s empowerment. She has 38 years of clinical experience, has a private practice in Highland Park and offers creative healing experiences for women.
Over the years Patricia has come to believe…When women speak from their hearts magic happens and the world changes. Her mission is to change the world through the gift of women’s loving hearts.
For more about Patricia and Say I Do to You please visit www.SayIDotoYou.com
Dismantling Racism is an Inside Job, by Anita Russell
A two-part series on cultivating change from the inside out, March 18th and March 25th
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Zoom Meeting
Donation Requested
Cultivating change from the inside out is based on the premise that dismantling racism is an inside job. It's not just about laws and legislation or politics and economics. It’s also about what lies within the hearts and minds of people who live in a racialized society.
Watch the recording of Part 1: Musings of a COVID-19 Baby
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
Presenter:
Anita D Russell is a life coach, speaker, and international bestselling author. Her most recent collaborative book, Voices of the 21st Century: Resilient Women Who Rise and Make a Difference, features the stories of forty women from around the world who have channeled their passion into a mission to make a difference. Her chapter in the book, "Musings of a COVID-19 Baby", became the impetus for her current antiracism platform through personal transformation in the hearts and minds of people. Her next book is a series of lessons built to empower change from within as a personal strategy to dismantling racism. Cultivating Change from the Inside Out: The Power of Being Human, releases on March 23. Learn more about Anita at theplacetosoar.com and anitadrussellauthor.com
Part 1: Musings of a COVID-19 Baby
In this portion of the lecture Anita makes racism very personal. Using the analogy of a coin she invites the audience to do two things: One, come to terms with the reality of two worlds that exist in the United States as a racialized society. Two, stand on the edge of the coin to listen, to understand, and to make the personal choice to move towards antiracism for the good of all in the nation.
Part 2: Cultivating Change from the Inside Out
Cultivating Change from the Inside Out is based on the premise that dismantling racism is an inside job. In Part 2 Anita asks a series of questions that are designed to spark personal accountability in the journey toward antiracism. Her questions are based on two fundamental beliefs that she holds. First, she believes the greatest challenge our nation faces today is the need to dismantle racism. Second, that dismantling racism is both a systemic and an individual effort. While many are seeking a unified path forward we must recognize that real change must also emerge from the hearts, minds, and beliefs of individual people.
You Are Not Alone--Connecting and Belonging
A Community Conversation Acknowledging Trauma and Pathways of Healing
6:30 pm EST
$5 Donation
In this continuing series, OMA panelists share their insignts on confronting personal trauma, this time emphasizing connection and sense of belonging, seen as a vital component of any healing process. Especially today with aloneness and social isolation in this pandemic, the importance of a sense of belonging is more vital than ever. Creating a deeper sense of connection and belonging in our lives is one step in healing some of the major forms of physical, emotional and psychological discomfort.
Watch the recording of You Are Not Alone--Connecting and Belonging
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
YOU ARE NOT ALONE... Others have walked this path before you, including the panelists in this series. We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas. What happens to us when we cannot satisfy our inherent needs? Over time we may develop anxiety, stress, addictions and depression. Creating a deeper sense of connection and belonging in our lives brings purpose and faclitates the healing process.
"True belonging is the spiritual practice of believing in and belonging to yourself so deeply that you can share your most authentic self with the world and find sacredness in both being a part of something and standing alone in the wilderness. True belonging doesn’t require you to change who you are; it requires you to be who you are." – Brené Brown
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences, and exploring the connections among us all. Please join us in this online series as we continue our journey home to ourselves and to one another. --Callie Gropp, Moderator
See Panelists
Agenda
Moderator
Callie Gropp
6:30 PM EST: Opening/Introduction
Callie Gropp and Gail Hunter
6:40 PM: Presentation & Panel Discussion
Marilyn Carpenter, Erin Daquelente, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Jacqueline Harter, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, Leza Vivio
- Techniques for Healing
- Panel Sharing
- Q & A
8:20 PM Closing & Final Remarks
Callie Gropp
WHAT IS TRAUMA?
Whatever you answered in your head, expand it. Make it bigger. Wider. More impactful.
Trauma is…
A hard lesson learned before you were ready.
A shock to your system.
A tear in the fabric of your life.
These moments, big and little, rare and recurring, hide in pockets of our narratives and define our entire personalities.
And contrary to the beliefs we were all raised on, unresolved trauma doesn’t simply go away.
From TRAUMA: YOUR STORY IS THE CORNERSTONE OF YOUR HEALING
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal...
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, in today’s terminology. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves...
In this series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don't shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable.
--Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Diet, Remedies and Health - A Holistic Approach to Life
Recommendations from the Edgar Cayce Readings presented by Ed Foote
7:00 pm 8:30 pm
Zoom Meeting
Donation Requested
Edgar Cayce is considered the father of Holistic Medicine, and many of his recommendations are vital for good health. This talk gives numerous specific recommendations from the Edgar Cayce Readings regarding what foods to eat and not eat, attitudes and emotions to employ for ensuring the proper digestion of food, how to maintain the proper acid/alkaline balance, and remedies to promote good health and to cure specific illnesses.
Watch the recording of Diet, Remedies and Health
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
Ed Foote's two spiritual paths are the Edgar Cayce Readings and A Course in Miracles.
He is a member of Edgar Cayce's Association for Research & Enlightenment (A.R.E.) and has been a member for 30 years of the Pittsburgh Team that organizes A.R.E. events.
Ed has also been a student of the book A Course in Miracles for the same length of time and has worked with the Miracle Distribution Center in California as a meeting planner and marketing advisor for its East and West Coast conferences. Ed's metaphysical audio lending library of over 500 lectures was the subject of an article in Venture Inward magazine.
You Are Not Alone--The Gift of Self-Compassion
A Community Conversation Acknowledging Trauma and Pathways of Healing
6:30 pm EST
$5 Donation
The greatest gift to yourself is compassion...
OMA panelists will share their experiences in dealing with trauma, in which self-compassion is recognized as another key pathway of healing from pain and suffering. Panelists will relate techniques and ways of healing from various forms of trauma, which many of us can benefit from.
Watch the recording of You Are Not Alone--The Gift of Self-Compassion
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
YOU ARE NOT ALONE—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas. Think about how you treat yourself when things go wrong. Forgiving and nurturing yourself can be vital to overcoming trauma. Those who are self-compassionate recognize their suffering and become kind to themselves, lowering their own levels of anxiety and depression.
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences, and exploring the connections among us all. Please join us in this online series as we continue our journey home to ourselves and to one another. --Callie Gropp, Moderator
Agenda
Moderator
Callie Gropp
6:30 PM EST: Opening/Introduction
Callie Gropp and Gail Hunter
6:40 PM: Presentation & Panel Discussion
Marilyn Carpenter, Erin Daquelente, Angela Failor, Callie Gropp, Jacqueline Harter, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen
- Techniques for Healing
- Panel Sharing
- Q & A
8:20 PM Closing & Final Remarks
Callie Gropp
See Speaker Bios
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal...
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, in today’s terminology. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves...
In this series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don't shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable.
--Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
You are Ascending
A path of spiritual growth, presented by Vince Lisi
7:00 pm 8:00 pm
Donation Requested
Spiritual ascension is a magical awakening of your soul into a higher level of consciousness. It is a vibrational frequency that generates positive energy and light. It unleashes your innate powers and wisdom.
We believe that this foundational experience can change the world by:
1) Releasing any residual self-created suffering,
2) Helping people to be their absolute best Self of enlightened consciousness, and
3) Raising the consciousness of the planet as part of the Universal Life Force.
We ask you to join us to help the world evolve by acknowledging your own Goodness, and by helping others to acknowledge theirs.
Watch the recording of You Are Ascending
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
Join Vince Lisi and OMA’s spiritual community to learn about Spiritual Ascension. Vince will begin with what Ascension is, then proceed with the steps on the path to Ascension. In being true to yourself and creating "new experiences" that come with daily Ascension practices, you can transcend old limiting, habits, mindsets and ways of being, in order to achieve spiritual growth.
Vince Lisi is the principal teacher and program director of Now Creations! whose sole and "soul" purpose is to help people see the "Good" that is truly within them...
Vince teaches people how to meditate, does one-to-one Spiritual direction, and is a gifted spiritual counselor. Vince is a very inspirational speaker and often gives professional seminars.
More details about Vince
Although Vince is the principal "vehicle of teaching" of Now Creations, the real teacher is the Spirit of Truth that resides in each of us. Vince has Master degrees in Philosophy from the Catholic University of America (Washington D.C.) and in Theology from the Athenaeum of Ohio (Cincinnati, Ohio). He has served in many roles including chaplain in the spiritual care department of St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center and spiritual counselor for men in prison.
Vince conducts weekly study groups in Youngstown, Ashtabula, Akron/Medina, Ohio, and monthly groups in Indianapolis, Indiana, Columbus, Ohio, and Lewisburg, and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania at the Unity Center of Pittsburgh (currently through the Now Creations online classroom via Zoom). Vince teaches people how to meditate, offers one-to-one Spiritual direction, and as an inspirational speaker, he frequently gives professional seminars. He is available for any personal need, and welcomes you to contact him at vincelisi@nowcreations.org.
You Are Not Alone-Embracing Vulnerability
A Community Conversation Acknowledging Trauma and Pathways of Healing
6:30 pm EST
$5 Donation
Listen to OMA panelists discuss their personal experiences with trauma, in which vulnerability is accepted and embraced as an important pathway of healing from pain and suffering. With this conversation, panelists will bring awareness of techniques and ways of healing from various forms of trauma, which many of us can benefit from.
Watch the recording of You Are Not Alone--Embracing Vulnerability
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
YOU ARE NOT ALONE—We are all connected on this journey of healing, of both self and humanity, from our own individual traumas as well as our collective traumas. Embracing vulnerability will reinforce our journey towards healing, truth and transformation.
“Vulnerability to me means courage to speak your truth & express your unique authenticity. It’s about stepping out of the control of who others want you to be and stepping into the freedom of who you were created to be. Your voice and testimony are important. You deserve to be heard. You deserve to belong.” --Angela Failor, Panelist
This panel conversation is part of OMA's Trauma program, designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences, and exploring the connections among us all. Please join us in this online series as we continue our journey home to ourselves and to one another. --Callie Gropp, Moderator
Agenda
Moderator
Callie Gropp
6:30 PM EST: Opening/Introduction
Callie Gropp and Gail Hunter
6:40 PM: Presentation & Panel Discussion
Marilyn Carpenter, Erin Daquelente, Angela Failor, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen
- Techniques for Healing: The Alexander Technique, Donna Eden Energy Medicine.
- Panel Sharing: Personal Experiences and Beliefs of Vulnerability as a pathway to healing from trauma.
- Meditative Journey for Transformation and Manifestation:
“December 21, 2020 is the date of the Winter Solstice- a transition of seasons, and a reminder of a “return to the light” in our environment. According to Astronomers, the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn will also align on this date, allowing them to be visibly closer than they’ve been since medieval times, lighting up the sky to become what is known as the “Christmas Star.” This Grand Conjunction signifies the end of an era, a time where a shift in consciousness will encourage us to “change our lenses” of viewing the world, and return to the truth of the light we are.”
8:10 PM: Q & A
8:20 PM Closing & Final Remarks
Callie Gropp
See Speaker Bios
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal...
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, in today’s terminology. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves.
We want to dedicate this community conversation to people who long to tell their raw stories; who have numbed their tears and lost their pain; who look forward to the return of childhood days to be held by the embrace of love, regardless of their background and ethnicity.
In this series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don't shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable.
--Mai Nguyen, Panelist
Helpful Resources for Trauma
You Are Not Alone
A Community Conversation Acknowledging Trauma and Pathways of Healing
6:30 pm EST
$5 Donation
Come listen to OMA panelists share their stories of personal trauma in their lives, and the paths of healing they took to overcome pain and suffering. Through this conversation, our panelists and moderator will help bring awareness of techniques and ways of healing from various forms of trauma that others may benefit from.
Watch the recording of You Are Not Alone
(You will need a registrant passcode.)
This panel conversation is a virtual continuation of OMA's Trauma programs, and is designed for the sharing of stories around our diverse life experiences and exploring the connections among us all.
As Gail Hunter reminds us, "Our greatest suffering is a feeling of being disconnected." As we learn to acknowledge our traumas and bring awareness to the experiences in our lives that have brought us pain and severed our connection to self, we then can begin the journey home.
We hope you can join us for the first of this online series as we continue our journey home to ourselves and to one another.
--Callie Gropp
Agenda
Moderator
Callie Gropp
6:30 PM EST: Opening
Gail Hunter
What is Trauma?
6:50 PM: Panel Sharing of Personal Trauma Stories
Angela Failor, Jacqueline Harter, Gail Hunter, Mai Nguyen, & co-host Erin Daquelente
Audience Q & A
8:00 PM: The Alexander Technique for Stress Relief
Marilyn Carpenter
8:20 PM Closing & Final Remarks
Callie Gropp
See Speaker Bios
Let’s all drop the pretense that we are either normal, or abnormal...
We are all in the same support group: ordinary people who must deal with the struggles that come with being human. We all carry this heavy weight—a trauma, in today’s terminology. We all at the same time struggle to meet our basic human needs for connection, community, acceptance and validation among ones who share our culture and language, or not, for authenticity–the capacity to feel what we feel and to be in touch with our bodies and to express what we feel when we need to.
Fundamentally, that is the ultimate trauma, the disconnection from ourselves.
We want to dedicate this community conversation to people who long to tell their raw stories; who have numbed their tears and lost their pain; who look forward to the return of childhood days to be held by the embrace of love, regardless of their background and ethnicity.
In this series we believe that in the presence of compassion, healing is possible. Only with compassion can we bear our pain. In the Tibetan Book of Living and Dying the author says, whatever you do don't shut off your pain. Accept your pain and remain vulnerable.
--Mai Nguyen
Helpful Resources for Trauma
Root Chakra Yoga Workshop with Brooke Smokelin
Relax, release stress and get grounded!
1 pm
FREE Online Event!
OMA is excited to join Brooke Smokelin in this free online workshop featuring her Root Chakra Activation Yoga techniques! Brooke is an experienced yogi and yoga teacher, musician and sound healer, devoted to empowering others with tools, techniques, experiences and enjoyment that ignite the light within. OMA embraces Brooke's unique approach and looks forward to participating and also learning more about her amazing online Chakra Activation Yoga course that she developed early this year during quarantine. Come join us to relax, release stress and get grounded! Plus you'll get access to the workshop replay for 72 hours 🙂
Click here to reserve your spot!
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About Brooke
Brooke has 25 years of yoga teaching and study in the Kundalini, Sivananda, Kriya and Ashtanga traditions and is currently an E-RYT/ YACEP offering advanced trainings to yoga teachers and students all over the world. Her Chakra Activation Yoga provides students and teachers with a wealth of yogic tools and techniques to IGNITE THE LIGHT and positively embody their full spectrum selves. Brooke is a musician/ songwriter/ sound healer as well and she brings all kinds of musical medicine to yoga studios, festivals and communities all around the country. Brooke earned a degree in Environmental Education from Cornell University and for over 20 years has been developing “creative” environmental education, combining both artistic and scientific inspirations to foster a deeper and more conscious connection with the natural world.
CULTIVATING CHANGE FROM WITHIN
A TRANSFORMATIONAL JOURNEY TOWARDS ANTI-RACISM
7:00 pm EST
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. Please email info@omapittsburgh.org if you have any questions. Thank you.
This 4-part workshop is intended to be a transformational journey towards anti-racism. As the facilitator, Anita Russell will guide participants on a deep dive into the concept of racism—historically, socially, and personally. The program is dedicated to the proposition that systemic racism is not spontaneously generated or self-created; rather it flows generationally from the hearts and minds of people; it flows from thoughts, ideas, and beliefs that undermine our value as human beings. The program is divided into a series of weekly workshops and forum discussions from October 8 through December 3, 2020.
See full workshop details and agenda, dates and cost here.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
During the course of the program, delivered in a series of mastermind workshops, participants will explore four topical areas. Participants will ultimately create a plan for their own transformational journey towards anti-racism.
- The roots of systemic racism
- Transformational strategies
- Identity markers
- Change from within
SETUP & SCHEDULE
Mastermind workshop sessions are delivered via the Zoom platform with resources and workshop materials provided by the facilitator. Participants are provided with reading materials and other resources in preparation for each workshop session and forum. This program is interactive with full group discussions, breakout sessions and a forum for deeper contemplation.
Each session is 90 minutes, occurring every other week for four sessions. An additional 60 minute forum serves as an opportunity for deeper discussion, contemplation, and peer-to-peer support. Forums are scheduled in between each workshop session. Participants are encouraged to attend all workshop sessions. The forum is optional yet recommended.
See full workshop details and agenda, dates and cost here.
Indigo Star Nation
A special online event conducted by Irina Grundler
7:30 pm
REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED
You are invited to join Irina Grundler and OMA's spiritual community to learn about:
- Who the Indigos are
- Where they come from and why they are here now
- How to recognize an Indigo
- What you should know if you have an Indigo in your family
- How to help Indigos to adjust to our society
- What is the difference between Indigo, Crystal and Rainbow kids
The content of this lecture includes Irina's personal experiences with her Indigo clients.
Star travelling souls coming to Earth from a Star system called Nihal (in the constellation of Lepus) have a very specific purpose--promoting consciousness from within the human experience. Based on what Irina has learned from her Indigo clients, Nihal souls have always been here, but they were once relatively rare. This situation changed following WWII when humanity needed much help. This compelled more Nihal souls to come, and since then we have seen them here in three big waves. Not only children can possess Indigo consciousness, but it can be you, your spouse or other friends and family members.
Please join us:
TUESDAY, JULY 21, 7:30 PM EST
This is a Zoom event. Instructions and online access details will be sent to your registration email address the day before the event.
PLEASE NOTE: The number of participants for this event is limited. A donation is required in order to gain access to this event.
If you cannot afford to donate, please email info@omapittsburgh.org to let us know. (No one without funds will be turned away.)
About Irina GrundlerIrina's journey toward spiritual awakening began more than 25 years ago and since that time she has engaged in holistic energy practices and specialized in th EMF Balancing Technique®. She offers her wisdom and expertise through classes, lectures and workshops throughout the Pittsburgh area. Irina successfully divides her time between family, spiritual practice, a real estate business and playing in the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra.
Healing for Your Heart
A special online event conducted by Bonnie Hassan
7:00 PM START TIME
Change, especially change that asks us to look at our belief systems and ways of being in the world, can be tough to endure.
It can bring up anxiety, fear, anger, grief and loss issues, and resentment, among other things. We can suffer panic attacks and a host of physical symptoms (brain fog, digestive issues, aches and pains that have no identifiable cause, depression, sleep problems, etc.).
To minimize our discomfort, we often close off our hearts and shut down our brains, thinking that if we don't allow ourselves to acknowledge the difficulties, we will get through them easier. What we don't consider is that when we erect those barriers, we may keep additional wounds from getting in, but we are also preventing the wounds already in place from receiving the healing they need to help us move forward with ease and grace. What you don't heal and release becomes the new foundation for all that you experience in the future.
Candace Pert, Ph.D, who studied the effects of emotions on our bodies in the late 1970's, found that when we experience all of the above emotions during a current experience, they may trigger our bodies to remember previous times when we felt those same emotions, which then make our experiences in the present circumstances more intense and even more difficult to deal with.
Join Bonnie Hassan, MSW, author, Reiki master and spiritual intuitive, for an evening of healing and restoration to focus on your heart, the powerhouse of your body. Bonnie will facilitate a guided meditation to begin your journey of healing, and once complete, you'll help her co-create a group healing session to anchor in the healing energies and take your experience to a deeper level. Bonnie will complement the energies of Reiki with the vibrations of drums, rattles and singing bowls as she channels Native American Spirits who will speak to your soul in a language only your soul understands. Your guides and angels may provide wisdom and guidance for moving forward, and the entire experience may rock your world and heal your heart on levels greater than you can even begin to comprehend.
An evening of relaxation, restoration and regeneration awaits! Register now for this transformative experience.
PLEASE NOTE: This will be a Zoom event. Instructions and online access details will be sent to your registration email address the day before the event.
About Bonnie Hassan
Bonnie Hassan, MSW, Reiki Master, Author, Spiritual Intuitive and Psychotherapist, provides unique and powerful healing sessions for both groups and individuals as she combines her expertise and training with her intuitive gifts.
Bonnie began her private healing practice in Pittsburgh’s West End in 2003. She moved to Nashville, TN in 2013 to be close to her family and began offering Reiki sessions via teleconference as well as in person. As her practice grew, she also began traveling around the United States to share her gifts with others.
In 2019 Bonnie published her first book, Straight Talk from God, a collection of channeled messages from Spirit which offers daily guidance to those on a spiritual path seeking clear, loving direction from a Higher Source. The messages in the book address a variety of topics including self-love, forgiveness, unanswered prayers, choices, judgment and criticism, and moving forward. You can order Bonnie’s book, and find out more about her transformative journey, on her website at www.bonniehassan.com.
Bonnie believes that if we want the world to change, we have to begin by healing ourselves. She frequently tells her clients: “The higher you want to go, the deeper you have to dig. When you step out of your comfort zone, you step into your Power Zone!”
You can reach Bonnie by phone at 412-277-0755 or email her at bonnie@bonniehassan.com. You can also follow her on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/travelingmystic.
Damanhur School of Alchemy
A Journey Towards the Perfection of the Human Being.
9:30 am 5:30 pm
An alchemist’s goal is to reach the maximum evolution, the total expression of your potential. As the founder of Damanhur and the School of Alchemy, Falco Tarassaco said, “In alchemy you want to reach perfection.”
Not unlike our planet, alchemy is constantly evolving and adapts to all epochs of evolution. In this exciting seminar we will access, explore and experience a New Era of Alchemy.
Learn all about this exciting seminar!
The Damanurian School of Alchemy offers, from an alchemical point of view, a fascinating, profound and intimate journey that leads you to investigate the secrets held within human beings and the spiritual ecosystem of which it is a part.
The School of Alchemy offers a path of knowledge that approaches a particular field, namely the “alchemy of living forces”. Here the manipulation of substances occurs primarily in the principle Atanor which the alchemist has at his/her disposal. That is to say your body which is considered the holistic result of an extraordinary complexity; physical, emotional, subtle energy.
Get details on pricing and registration for Pittsburgh, PA
Substances and energies which are manipulated outside of yourself are always considered alive. In the Damanurian approach this manipulation outside of yourself results, at the same time, in an intimate transformation within.
You are guided on a journey beginning with an exploration of your potential and your ability to manage it. The result in the end is alchemical gold; the awakening of your divine spark.
Tools and knowledge, unique to our school, will be given to you. Through these it will be possible to develop exercises and personal rituals which, if practiced conscientiously, will open the way to refinement and expression of your magical potential.
Among the processes you will explore are; management and exploration of physical and subtle bodies, deepened use of external and internal senses, management of emotions as a substance, time as an alchemical element, how to build and use magical tools prepared for you, learn to interact with entities that live in the subtle planes, contact with the Elements of Nature, use of magic geometries, learn about psychic patterns, explore the rituals and traditions of Ancient Magic.
In the end, the alchemist is an eclectic artist who aspires to achieve completeness in every aspect of life.You will also learn how social life and art are connected to alchemy. This and more will lead to the creation of “ potions'” useful for your refinement. And of course all of this will be in the alchemical laboratory that you will be building.
Inner Personalities CANCELLED
A Damanhur 2-Day Mystery School Workshop!
10:00 am 6:00 pm each day
221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Dates: May 2nd - May 3rd (Saturday-Sunday)
Times: 10 am to 6 pm with 1 hour break, both days
Location: 221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Early Bird Price: $250
Regular Price $275
** THIS COURSE HAS BEEN POSTPONED **
TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED BY CHECK
Make checks payable to OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
Mail to: OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
100 Rutledge Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING: APRIL 24
PREREQUISITE FOR ATTENDING: Upon registering you must submit your Birth Name, Birth Date & Place of Birth - Please email events@omapittsburgh.org
Integrate your multifacted nature and find inner peace.
Each of us lives a complex reality of desires, thoughts, dreams and ideas. Our cultural education and genetic make-up teaches us to think of ourselves as a single individual, but in ....reality the physical body is shared by multiple "individuals" known as "personalities"-parallel to the individual organs that make up the physical body-each with its own function fundamental to the workings of the whole.
According to Damanhurian Spiritual Physics, the Inner Personalities are part of our soul structure, and along with the attractor, connect the divine within us. According to this theory, when we learn to recognize and recall these aspects, we can guide an enormous richness of talents and possibilities with the ultimate goal of achieving enlightenment.
For more information contact Jennifer Evanko at jcevanko@me.com
This workshop will be taught by Shama Viola, an Ambassador of Damanhur from Damanhur, Italy
About Damanhur
Damanhur is a living laboratory for the future of humankind. It is a Federation of Spiritual Communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and use of science and technology. The Community was founded in 1975 from the inspiration of Falco Tarassaco (1950-2013). His enlightened and pragmatic vision created a fertile reality based on solidarity, sharing, love and respect for the environment. Damanhur is perhaps best known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind. The Temples have been profiled on international television as the "Eighth Wonder of The World." This complex was entirely dug by hand into the heart of the mountain. Decorated with mosaics, stained glass, sculptures, wall paintings and other works of art, it is dedicated to the awakening of the divine spark present within every human being.
To read more about Damanhur, visit http://www.damanhur.org/
Quantum Time Evolution CANCELLED
Damanhur's NEWEST Mystery School Workshop in the U.S.
10:00 am 6:00 pm Thursday and Friday
221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Dates: April 30 - May 1 (Thursday-Friday)
Times: 10 am to 6 pm with 1 hour break, both days
Location: 221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Early Bird Price: $250
Regular Price $275
** THIS COURSE HAS BEEN POSTPONED **
TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED BY CHECK
Make checks payable to OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
Mail to: OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
100 Rutledge Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
Join Shama Viola For Damanhur's NEWEST Mystery School Workshop in the U.S., Quantum Time Evolution.
Meet another "you" across time, connecting to the powerful energies of the Temples of Humankind. A past life research based on the discoveries of Damanhur of the Nature of Time, the Soul and Reincarnation.
A fully and lucid experience, based on the opening of time doors through "Selfica", a spiritual technology unique to Damanhur. Selfica selects among all possible timelines, the very one that connects you to the life in which the transformation needs to happen: to heal or to tap into your higher potential.
IN THIS WORKSHOP YOU WILL:
- Expand your mind and your perception beyond the here and now.
- Feel connected to an intelligent web of experiences across time.
- Experience timelessness by being present outside linear time.
- Explore time as if it were a territory.
- Connect to powerful energies of the Temples of Humankind to travel through time to meet one of your past lives.
- Heal your past, empower your present, create a new FUTURE.
- Use your senses to open a real channel of communication with another one of your lives, another “you” still alive somewhere else in time.
- Learn a simple, powerful technique to practice techique to practice at home.
- MOVE ONE MORE STEP TOWARDS BEING FREE, WHOLE AND MORE FULFILLED.
This workshop will be taught by Shama Viola, an Ambassador of Damanhur from Damanhur, Italy
About Damanhur
Damanhur is a living laboratory for the future of humankind. It is a Federation of Spiritual Communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and use of science and technology. The Community was founded in 1975 from the inspiration of Falco Tarassaco (1950-2013). His enlightened and pragmatic vision created a fertile reality based on solidarity, sharing, love and respect for the environment. Damanhur is perhaps best known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind. The Temples have been profiled on international television as the "Eighth Wonder of The World." This complex was entirely dug by hand into the heart of the mountain. Decorated with mosaics, stained glass, sculptures, wall paintings and other works of art, it is dedicated to the awakening of the divine spark present within every human being.
To read more about Damanhur, visit http://www.damanhur.org/
Release Your Karmic Residue CANCELLED
Rid yourself of that karmic garbage with Bonnie Hassan!
7:00 pm 9:00 pm
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
** PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED **
Do you keep repeating the same unhealthy or unwanted behaviors or patterns in your life?
For instance, do you keep choosing the same kind of relationship partners that you've always chosen that never work out, or you keep trying to quit smoking, lose weight, start an exercise program, etc., but can never make it happen? Maybe you get wonderful creative ideas that you'd love to follow through on but always fall short of taking the first step to actually manifest them.
Perhaps the reason you have difficulty making the changes or taking that different step is because of old karmic patterns/energies from past lives that have yet to be healed and released!
Join Bonnie Hassan at OMA at East End Cooperative Ministry on Thursday, April 23 for an opportunity to rid yourself of that karmic garbage so you have the power you need to step into a new way of being your best self. If the thought of a new way of being in the world excites you, register now and get the ball rolling. It might be the best choice you ever make!
Bonnie Hassan, Reiki Master, Author, Spiritual Intuitive and Psychotherapist, first experienced God’s direct intervention in her life when a prayer uttered in church was answered in an amazing way just a few short hours later. Since that time, Bonnie’s journey has been directed by Divine Guidance in many ways, from the opening of a private healing practice to a 14,000 mile solo road trip to Alaska and back.
With a Master’s Degree in Social Work, a B.S. in Human Resource Management, and twenty years’ experience practicing and teaching Reiki, Bonnie travels around the United States providing unique and powerful healing sessions for both groups and individuals as she combines her expertise and training with her intuitive gifts. When she is not traveling, Bonnie offers group and individual healing services via teleconference and teaches classes and workshops near her home in Nashville, Tennessee.
Bonnie has been practicing and teaching Reiki since 2000. She is a certified Master in four different types of Reiki.
Bonnie believes that if we want the world to change, we have to change/heal ourselves first. She frequently tells her clients: “If you want to go higher, you have to dig deeper. When you step out of your comfort zone, you step into your Power Zone!”
You can reach Bonnie by phone at 412-277-0755 or email her at bonnie@bonniehassan.com. Learn more about Bonnie at her website www.bonniehassan.com You can also follow her on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/travelingmystic.
The Singing Life of Plants CANCELLED
An Interspecies Musical Collaboration with Steve Sciulli
7:00 pm 9:00 pm
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
** PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED **
Join Steve Sciulli in this special meditative musical concert with plants.
The Singing Life of Plants creates a special space for relaxing, recharging and renewing; a first-of-its-kind experience for most people. Not only do the plants sing... Steve Sciulli collaborates by playing Japanese Shakuhachi, Indian Bansuri flutes and various electronic wind-controllers/electronics.
Participants are encouraged to relax and interact within the performance space which also includes a unique form of generative music (sounds are expressed in real-time as the environment changes within the space).
The interaction between plants, participants and our immediate environment allows us to understand how connected we are to other living beings regardless of their nature. The plants via our collective interspecies orchestra, express their individual, unique voices gifting the listener with audible examples of how small and large changes can have a profound effect on our environment, as well as our own inner state. The resulting multi-layered sound experience enrobes the listener in a soothing energy; promoting relaxation and concentration.
Sound session experiencers are encouraged to contemplate and reflect on their experience and in doing so, can achieve a heightened level of awareness, greater respect for life and a significantly more profound connectivity to nature.
The Singing Life of Plants musical performance is a powerful and life-changing experience for people of all ages. There are infinite possibilities afoot as we co-create a sound experience. CAUTION: this adventure can result in an improved state of well-being: of body, mind, and spirit. Engage and explore with botanical musician Steve Sciulli’s Singing Life of Plants- Become more aware of the magnificence that surrounds you--be sound.
ABOUT STEVE SCIULLI
Multi-instrumentalist and composer Steve Sciulli, a pioneer in sound healing and sound meditation, has been in service to music his entire life.
Based in the upper reaches of Allegheny County Pennsylvania in a very small rural farming community; Sciulli has established himself as a risk-taker and creative liminal musician.
Over the past 35 years Steve has become well known as a multi-instrumentalist, music educator, interdisciplinary sound artist, sound therapist, writer and teacher; performing over 5000 public performances and recording more than 20 albums of unique and original music as well as folk, ambient and new age albums.
PLANT BASED MUSIC - THE SINGING LIFE OF PLANTS
Currently, Steve is exploring a new form of bio-communicative music: a collaboration with living plants as they respond to the flow of information and changes in their environment.
“As a Botanical Musician - I combine Ancient Sacred instruments and leading-edge technologies to accompany the real-time musical expressions of living plants. The result is a unique, intricate, multi-level texture and ambient flow of music which is a direct result of our co-created bio-communication.
The constant, natural and subtle electrical signals emitted by plants triggers electronic musical instruments, giving voice to the individual itself. During the performance, I build musical foundations in a self-generative sound environment which ebbs and flows in response to the ontological values between plant, performer and other factors (e.g. time of day, geographic location, human participants etc.).
The resulting live, bio-acoustic, interspecies performance results in a relaxing, entertaining and visually engaging musical experience.”
An Introduction to A Course In Miracles CANCELLED
Would you like to live in a state of perpetual peace and joy?
7:00 pm 9:00 pm
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
** PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED **
Would you like to live in a state of perpetual peace and joy?
It was this desire to live without conflict that started two psychologists at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons to create A Course In Miracles. It teaches us how to retrain our minds to perceive only love in the world. Join us for an overview of the course’s method for creating a joyful life.
Join John Fisher and Michele Kristakis in this introduction to this unique spiritual program designed to awaken us to the truth of our oneness with God, Love, and Universe.
John Fisher was the smallest child in his grade school and was never very healthy. In his 20’s, John became obsessed with finding the secret to perfect health. He investigated nutrition studying Chinese medicine, herbs, spiritual response therapy, and other metaphysical modalities as well as work with Center Point Research and the Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE). This path eventually led him to A Course In Miracles which has given him experiences of deep peace including mystical revelations.
Michele Kristakis, after following the western way to success by obtaining degrees in computer science, law, and librarianship, discovered that the success she was experiencing was not equating to happiness and, in fact, was making her sick. So began a journey that has included becoming a certified life coach as well as attending courses taught by the world’s leading spiritual teachers such as Michael Beckwith, Panache Desai, Anita Moorjani, Gary Zukav, and Mike Dooley. A Course In Miracles has integrated her life lessons into one teaching enabling her to experience true grace.
A Group Session for Balance and Peace
A special online event conducted by Irina Grundler
7:30 pm
See the recorded video for this event at pathtoawakening.net
Ancient wisdom teaches us that “when you can’t change a situation, you can change your attitude towards it”. This will open up possibilities to see the positive side in any situation that appears negative.
You are invited to join Irina Grundler and OMA's spiritual community for a free energy session, the goal of which is to create balance, peace, love and support, which is so much needed in everyone’s life right now. This session is one of the phases on the EMF Balancing Technique® that Irina teaches.
Ask yourself: How are you currently using your energy? Are you using it to generate worry, anger and frustration? Or are you using your energy to create peace, joy and positive solutions to every day challenges? Are you ready to consciously organize and focus your energy and strengthen your ability to make wise choices in your life? I hope your answer is YES!
Please join us:
THURSDAY APRIL 2, 7:30 PM
Join this Zoom Meeting on your laptop or from any mobile device. See your registration email for the link and phone numbers to access.
A "Zoom Meeting" is a virtual meeting that's hosted using Zoom, and attendees can join the meeting by using either the Zoom app, or just by dialing in from your phone for audio only. Dial in by using one of the phone numbers listed in your registration email.
PLEASE NOTE: The number of participants for this event is limited to 100. Your registration will not guarantee access to this event as access is first come, first served.
About Irina GrundlerIrina's journey toward spiritual awakening began more than 25 years ago and since that time she has engaged in holistic energy practices and specialized in th EMF Balancing Technique®. She offers her wisdom and expertise through classes, lectures and workshops throughout the Pittsburgh area. Irina successfully divides her time between family, spiritual practice, a real estate business and playing in the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra.
Take The Path Less Traveled... CANCELLED
Presented by The Little One, Sheryl Blumenthal
7:00 pm 9:00 pm
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
** PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED **
The impact that our light has on Humanity is grand, for the Angels tell us that we all play a part within the whole.
To so many people, the true reason why we are on this Earth is shocking...
When people feel validated for ‘Who They Truly Are’, as seen through the view of the Angels, they stand in that more powerfully. They own it, live it, and teach others to do that more within themselves.
The Little One's workshops leave a strong and lasting impression. Through her gifts, the teachings help attendees to unify, support all differences, love who each one individual is, while accepting that all can create more determinedly with their own compassion on our planet, as more and more souls agree to claim this and live this from within.
Guidance in Little One's workshops teaches that the trials that many souls have endured have great, great purpose. When that awareness resonates in a more permanent view, non-judgement ensues, wellness prevails, and a greater plan than man might know is realized.
Sheryl Blumenthal is a pure vessel for the I AM. As a Universal Teacher and an enlightened being, her gifts support the work that humanity strives to excel towards. Through rare abilities her gifts offer love, healing, peace, and direct guidance through an extremely powerful and transforming unity with angelic presences, the Council of Elders.
The Little One is author of "Heaven's Doorway~Through the Little One", "Watch The Changes In Our Animals~Watch The Changes In Our Skies", "Humanity's Doorway"(CD), "Love One Another"(CD), as well as the MP3 Teaching Series through The Little One: A Teacher™.
Her life is committed to the greater calling of each human being in our ONE human race.
It's My Mother's Fault: An Introduction to Family Constellation Therapy
An amazing energy modality to deal with family difficulties and relationships.
7:00 pm 9:00 pm
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
"All people carry with them an energetic field or blueprint of their biological families... that has an enormous unconscious effect on each family members’ life and all the people they interact with." -Bert Hellinger
A Family Constellation is a three-dimensional group process that has the power to shift generations of suffering and unhappiness. Bert Hellinger, the founder of this work, who studied and treated families for more than 50 years, observed that many of us unconsciously "take on" destructive familial patterns of anxiety, depression, anger, guilt, aloneness, alcoholism and even illness as a way of "belonging" in our families. Bonded by a deep love, a child will often sacrifice his own best interests in a vain attempt to ease the suffering of a parent or other family member.
Family Constellation is an amazing energy modality to assist in recognizing difficult entanglements with family members and/or current relationships. It is similar to Gestalt therapy and is loosely based on the African tradition of Sankofa, which literally means”go back and fetch it” and translates as “ we must go back to the past so that we may understand how we became what we are and move forward to a better future.”
Linda Puechl dreamed of making music an exciting course for students instead of an “easy A”. She planned on being an awesome music teacher, so went to Penn State to study music education with a major in voice and a minor in piano. When she could not find a position in music, she ended up getting her Master’s degree in Business and spent the bulk of her working life in Accounting and Finance. After many years as a business line controller and financial analyst, she realized that she was no longer getting any personal satisfaction out of this line of work and began studying Family Constellation Therapy at the Hellinger Institute. Having completed her certification, she is working on bringing Family Constellation Therapy to the general public through education, workshops and even private sessions.
The 66 Day Challenge by Heroes In Training
THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO LOSE IS YOUR BAD HABITS!
7:00 pm 9:00 pm
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
“If your habits don’t line up with your dream, then you need to either change your habits or change your dream.” -John Maxwell
Do you desperately want to change some aspect of your life, but struggle to get started or make your resolutions stick? Have you always wanted to lose fat, start an exercise program, clean up your diet or just move or feel better but have no idea where to start? Do you tend to start things but then quickly get overwhelmed and end up right where you started, or even worse, continually beat yourself up for failing?
If any of this sounds familiar, don’t worry! WE ARE EXPERTS in the field of behavior change and we designed THE 66 DAY CHALLENGE JUST FOR YOU!
We will teach you our SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN SYSTEM FOR MAKING SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE CHANGES! THIS SYSTEM CAN BE USE TO START, STOP, OR CHANGE ANY HABIT!
In this seminar we will cover:
- THE SCIENCE BEHIND HOW TO MAKE NEW (BETTER) HABITS THAT ACTUALLY STICK!
- WE WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO W.O.O.P. (WISH,OUTCOME, OBSTACLES, PLAN), A SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE THAT HELPS YOU TO DEFINE WHAT YOU REALLY WANT AND PLAN FOR THINGS THAT MAY GET IN YOUR WAY!
- HOW TO IDENTIFY YOUR GOOD AND BAD HABITS!
- HOW TO PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTHS TO CHOOSE THE BEST FIRST HABIT TO PROMOTE PERMANENT CHANGE!
- HOW TO BUILD IN ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUPPORT FROM THOSE AROUND YOU!
- HOW TO USE OUR SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN SYSTEM TO ENABLE YOU TO GET BETTER AT ANY ASPECT OF YOU LIFE!
- THE “HEALTHY HABITS CHEAT SHEET”- THE HABITS THAT HEALTHY PEOPLE USE TO STAY THAT WAY FOR LIFE!
THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO LOSE IS YOUR BAD HABITS!
In the free 66 Day Challenge Seminar we will teach you the science and practical methods we have collected over the past decade through studying dozens of books, attending lectures and continuing education events, consulting with the greatest minds in health and fitness, and good old personal experience! You’ll get a lifetime of education on behavior change in a little over an hour!
Here’s what to expect:
1) We will help you to clearly define your goals and your why! (It helps to think on this a bit and bring your ideas to the seminar!)
2) We will help you identify your biggest strengths and your biggest challenges in this area of your life.
3) We will help you identify which of your current habits support your goals and which are working against you.
5) We will teach you how to W.O.O.P. (Wish,Outcome, Obstacles, Plan), a scientifically proven visualization technique that helps you to define what you really want and plan for things that may get in your way!
4) Then, based on your individual personality, we will help you decide if it is more beneficial to focus on doing more of a good habit or less of a bad one.
5) We will help you to turn YOUR NEW HABIT into an action step that can be acted on every day!
6) We will help you to properly scale YOUR NEW HABIT so you are taking on just the right amount of challenge to be successful!
7) We will teach you how to build a support and accountability network for success!
8) We will teach you our proven system for tracking your daily action (for at least 66 days!)
Our goal is that everyone leaves this seminar with a clear path to their dreams!
We have personally used this system and we are certain it will work for you! All you have to lose is your bad habits!
As an added bonus (and because we always over-deliver!) we will begin the 66 Day Challenge Presentation by teaching the group our favorite daily habit for joint health and maintenance: Controlled Articular Rotations (CARs), which the first step in the cutting edge Function Range Systems (FRS). This is a simple daily practice that everyone can (and should!) do every day to maintain healthy joints! It’s WIN, WIN, WIN!
Coach Craig Householder is a mobility specialist, strength coach, and habit change expert who helps busy people to move, feel, perform, and look their best. He is the owner of Heroes in Training (H.I.T. Pittsburgh Fitness) which utilizes cutting-edge exercise, nutrition, and behavioral science to help people to get better at the things that are important to them!
Although Craig fell in love with the gym at an early age, a few years after graduating from college, he unfortunately found himself where so many others do: obese, tired and hurting. He explains, “After college, I struggled to find work in my field, so I fell back on waiting tables and bartending. With waiting tables came the late-night lifestyle. I eventually got out of restaurants and started working in real estate, a job that forced me to ride a desk and did nothing but reinforce the bad habits that I had developed. My weight was out of control; I was nearly 220lbs on a 5’8” frame! I was getting out of breath just walking up the stairs, so I decided I HAD to make a change!”
Through healing himself through exercise and nutrition he discovered his passion for studying human movement and helping busy people to move, feel, perform, and look their best. He loves being a coach because it allows him to use his personal journey and experience to help others to realize the best versions of themselves and get 1% better everyday!
Craig is also a self-proclaimed “fitness nerd.” In addition to his degree from the University of Pittsburgh, he is also an American College of Sports Medicine cPT, a certified FRSms mobility specialist and Kinstretch Instructor, a certified Precision Nutrition coach, as well as holding many, many other fitness and wellness certifications. He also consults with some of the world’s top experts in fitness and nutrition and considers himself a life-long learner.
Heroes in Training is a unique program that combines exercise and behavioral science to meet every Hero where they are, and help them to progress toward their goals in a safe, efficient, and supportive community of like-minded people!
Heroes in Training (H.I.T. Pittsburgh Fitness) is located at 4805 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15224. Call (412) 444-5523 or check them out on the web at hitpittsburgh.com.
Transformation of Memories (Level 2)
A Damanhur 2-Day Mystery School Workshop!
10:00 am 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday
221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Dates: Saturday February 1st - February 2nd
Times: 10 am to 6 pm with 1 hour break, both days
Location: 221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Early Bird Price: $250 by January 12
Regular Price $280
TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED BY CHECK
Make checks payable to OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
Mail to: OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
100 Rutledge Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING EXTENDED: JANUARY 17TH
PREREQUISITE FOR ATTENDING: Upon registering you must submit your Birth Name, Birth Date & Place of Birth - Please email events@omapittsburgh.org
Reorient your structured reality and transform the way you confront life's events.
Using one of the most advanced discoveries in the field of time research in Damanhur, this workshop teaches a simple and effective method using avant-garde, Selfic technology called "Time Seeds" to review the events of your past—especially those affecting the first 6-7 years of life—and reinterpret them according to a new vision of your choosing. Actively transforming the negative consequences of emotions connected to a specific memory changes, by consequence, your emotions and behaviors in the present.
Each one of us views our world through the lens of three active rivers that flow within us. These rivers were not chosen by us, but are instead the product of our education, environment and generic heritage. Everything you have learned from others at an early age was necessary—and surely thought to be in your best interest—though it was not consciously chosen by you. Your environment—culture, taboos, fears, media, morals—has created a filter in which you view and perceive current events. Contained in your consciousness is a genetic heritage inherited from your ancestors, the race mind, and the stories of your family, which you use on a daily basis to process information and make decisions.
These rivers can act as a barrier to the full use of your free will. To evolve spiritually, it is essential to learn how to navigate your rivers and choose which path to take. This course gives you the tools to achieve greater inner clarity, resulting in the lucidity needed to identify desires and projects in alignment with your core essence.
During this course, a "time seed" is inserted into your aura. It has a double path of development: one branch, as in the case of the seed related to transforming memories, develops towards the past. Another branch develops toward possible futures, which "transports" your projects. This second branch does not have a deadline; it can continue to evolve throughout your whole life, provided it is nourished with attention and use. Otherwise, after about three months, it can wither.
This workshop will be taught by an Ambassador of Damanhur, from Damanhur, Italy. See also INNER ANSWERS, JANUARY 30-31.
About Damanhur
Damanhur is a living laboratory for the future of humankind. It is a Federation of Spiritual Communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and use of science and technology. The Community was founded in 1975 from the inspiration of Falco Tarassaco (1950-2013). His enlightened and pragmatic vision created a fertile reality based on solidarity, sharing, love and respect for the environment. Damanhur is perhaps best known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind. The Temples have been profiled on international television as the "Eighth Wonder of The World." This complex was entirely dug by hand into the heart of the mountain. Decorated with mosaics, stained glass, sculptures, wall paintings and other works of art, it is dedicated to the awakening of the divine spark present within every human being.
To read more about Damanhur, visit http://www.damanhur.org/
Inner Answers (Level 1)
A Damanhur 2-Day Mystery School Workshop!
10:00 am 6:00 pm Thursday and Friday
221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Dates: Thursday January 30th - Friday January 31st
Times: 10 am to 6 pm with 1 hour break, both days
Location: 221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Early Bird Price: $250 by January 12
Regular Price $280
TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED BY CHECK
Make checks payable to OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
Mail to: OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
100 Rutledge Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING EXTENDED: JANUARY 17TH
PREREQUISITE FOR ATTENDING: Upon registering you must submit your Birth Name, Birth Date & Place of Birth - Please email events@omapittsburgh.org
Learn how to create an open dialog with your inner personalities to recognize and interpret answers from deep within.
In life we are inundated with questions, some of which illicit a burning desire to look inward for answers. While we know the responses lie within, our multiple inner voices often speak in conflicting tongues guided by individual goals and disparate motivations, rather than a cohesive logic flow. To quiet the constant, internal noise, there is a high risk of creating a rigid rationality of easy answers or to indefinitely postpone life's hardest questions and live in a state of perpetual confusion.
But there is hope! Time Seed technology—a tool developed from the research into "time" in Damanhur and our alliance with Selfica—used in the transformation and cultivation of memories, can be effectively applied to quiet the inner voices and unlock the door that leads to the secret room we all have where the answer to any question can be found.
With perseverance and consistent practice of the techniques given in this course, you can step into this reservoir of knowledge hidden in the deepest parts of your being and give your inner sage permission to read from the ancient texts imprinted on your very soul.
This workshop will be taught by an Ambassador of Damanhur, from Damanhur, Italy. See also TRANSFORMATION OF MEMORIES, FEBRUARY 1-2.
About Damanhur
Damanhur is a living laboratory for the future of humankind. It is a Federation of Spiritual Communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and use of science and technology. The Community was founded in 1975 from the inspiration of Falco Tarassaco (1950-2013). His enlightened and pragmatic vision created a fertile reality based on solidarity, sharing, love and respect for the environment. Damanhur is perhaps best known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind. The Temples have been profiled on international television as the "Eighth Wonder of The World." This complex was entirely dug by hand into the heart of the mountain. Decorated with mosaics, stained glass, sculptures, wall paintings and other works of art, it is dedicated to the awakening of the divine spark present within every human being.
To read more about Damanhur, visit http://www.damanhur.org/
An Introduction to Damanhur by Antelope Verbena
The magical Federation of spiritual communities in Northern Italy.
7:00 pm 9:00 pm
Green Heiress Holistic Health
209 Commercial Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15215
Hosted by OMA
Free event. Donations from the heart appreciated.
In this presentaton on Damanhur, learn about the magical Federation of spiritual communities in Northern Italy, a perspective for anyone who has not visited or is unfamiliar with this wondrous place. A citizen of Damanhur since she was 21 years old, Antilope Verbena is the Director of the Independent University of Damanhur. She is a Spiritual Healer and has extensive experience in the field of healing and care, with an approach that combines deep knowledge with a refined psychic ability.
Damanhur is a Federation of spiritual communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and uses of science and technology. Known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind, Damanhur is considered a living laboratory for the future of humankind.
This free event is hosted by OMA. Donations from the heart accepted.
During her visit in Pittsburgh, Antelope is available for Divination and Healing Sessions by appointment. Contact Jennifer Evanko at jcevanko@icloud.com
Cultivation of Memories (Level 3)
A Damanhur 2-Day Mystery School Workshop!
10:00 am 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday
221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Dates: Saturday January 25th - Sunday January 26th
Times: 10 am to 6 pm with 1 hour break, both days
Location: 221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Early Bird Price: $250 by January 12
Regular Price $280
TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED BY CHECK
Make checks payable to OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
Mail to: OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
100 Rutledge Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING: JANUARY 15TH
PREREQUISITE FOR ATTENDING: Upon registering you must submit your Birth Name, Birth Date & Place of Birth - Please email events@omapittsburgh.org
THIS COURSE IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO THOSE WHO TOOK LEVELS 1 & 2
Use Time Seeds Technology to Reconstruct your Emotional Memory.
Whereas Transformation of Memories focuses on the past, in this workshop you create memories connected to the future, launching new goals and projects related to personal growth and desires. Using time seeds, you set concrete intentions that increase the chances of reaching your dreams.
Using one of the most advanced discoveries in the field of time research in Damanhur, this workshop teaches a simple and effective method using avant-garde, Selfic technology called "Time Seeds" to review the events of your past—especially those affecting the first 6-7 years of life—and reinterpret them according to a new vision of your choosing. Actively transforming the negative consequences of emotions connected to a specific memory changes, by consequence, your emotions and behaviors in the present.
Each one of us views our world through the lens of three active rivers that flow within us. These rivers were not chosen by us, but are instead the product of our education, environment and generic heritage. Everything you have learned from others at an early age was necessary—and surely thought to be in your best interest—though it was not consciously chosen by you. Your environment—culture, taboos, fears, media, morals—has created a filter in which you view and perceive current events. Contained in your consciousness is a genetic heritage inherited from your ancestors, the race mind, and the stories of your family, which you use on a daily basis to process information and make decisions.
These rivers can act as a barrier to the full use of your free will. To evolve spiritually, it is essential to learn how to navigate your rivers and choose which path to take. This course gives you the tools to achieve greater inner clarity, resulting in the lucidity needed to identify desires and projects in alignment with your core essence.
During this course, a "time seed" is inserted into your aura. It has a double path of development: one branch, as in the case of the seed related to transforming memories, develops towards the past. Another branch develops toward possible futures, which "transports" your projects. This second branch does not have a deadline; it can continue to evolve throughout your whole life, provided it is nourished with attention and use. Otherwise, after about three months, it can wither.
This workshop will be taught by an Ambassador of Damanhur, from Damanhur, Italy.
About Damanhur
Damanhur is a living laboratory for the future of humankind. It is a Federation of Spiritual Communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and use of science and technology. The Community was founded in 1975 from the inspiration of Falco Tarassaco (1950-2013). His enlightened and pragmatic vision created a fertile reality based on solidarity, sharing, love and respect for the environment. Damanhur is perhaps best known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind. The Temples have been profiled on international television as the "Eighth Wonder of The World." This complex was entirely dug by hand into the heart of the mountain. Decorated with mosaics, stained glass, sculptures, wall paintings and other works of art, it is dedicated to the awakening of the divine spark present within every human being.
To read more about Damanhur, visit http://www.damanhur.org/
Food for the Soul
A simple meal and conversation on the signs happening in our lives.
7:00 pm 9:00 pm
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Price $10, GET TICKETS
OMA’s first Food for the Soul of 2020 will be held on Thursday January 16 at the East End Cooperative Ministry. The topic to be explored for this meeting is “Signs, Happening All Around You!” Price $10, GET TICKETS
In an earlier OMA lecture this past Fall, we were honored to have as our speaker, Emily Rodavich, author of “Mystical Interludes I and II” who enlightened the audience with her experiences in presenting the topic “Raising Spiritual Awareness by Revolutionizing the Perspective of Coincidence” . This presentation provided the impetus for the upcoming Food for the Soul.
Our focus will be on “Signs.” Simply, are you recognizing important “signs” that are being sent to you in your daily life? If so, how do you incorporate them into your life's experiences? Do you feel as if you never receive “signs” and/or you would like to become more aware of possible signs that you may not have recognized? How might these change your actions or interactions with people in your life?
We invite you to come and share in this simple meal and heartfelt conversation. Please join us for an engaging evening in the New Year.
Food for the Soul, a regular initiative for OMA, is designed to give the participants an opportunity to share in a simple meal of soup and bread (served vegan and gluten-free) as well as discussions regarding introspection and ideas on various subjects related to Mind, Body and Spirit. Small groups of 8-10 individuals will convene around a table and will be led by OMA members.
Kindly RSVP by Tuesday, January 14 in order to reserve a seat.
Tickets are $10 (+fee) needed to cover the cost of food and venue.
Please email if you cannot afford a ticket.
Emily Pompei on Channeling Spirit Messages
Connect with your Spirit Guides and your own divine light.
7:00 pm 9:00 pm
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
Learning to engage our guides & divine energy & channel the healing power.
At a young age Emily Pompei knew she was never alone and always had a sense of "fearlessness.” She knew what stood around her and above her was protecting her. Even so, she experienced unexplained recurring nightmares. Through her continued meditation and prayer she was able to heal herself from negative thoughts and energy. Since then she has made it her life's work to help others heal in the very same way.
In her practice as a Medical Intuitive she is able to discern, through channel, what works best in treating a person by connecting with their Angels, Spirit Guides and their own Divine Light.
In this talk, Emily will share how she healed herself through recognition and connection to her Guides and her own Divine Light and how she has learned to help others do the same. Those who engage their divine energy are able to create and live the lives they imagine - full of vibrant energy, excited about their future, and at ease with who they are. Achieving this kind of life goes beyond material success - it's the root of real happiness, joy, health and peace.
Emily Pompei has been a healer and a light worker for over 25 years. As a healer in a very conservative community she initially kept her gifts well hidden. In her work and practice now, she helps her clients clear their bodies emotionally and physically. Her goal with all of her clients is to teach them how to use the tools that will help them heal.
Ayurveda in the 21st Century
Presented by Kerry Harling, a recognized leader in the field of integrative medicine and the ancient healing science of Ayurveda
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception.
NEW LOCATION!
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
Living in harmony with our true nature as spirit...
Ayurveda, which literally means "The Science of Life," is the healing science from India. It has been practiced for over 5,000 years by millions of individuals to assist the body in journeying back to optimal health. More and more people are discovering that these ancient principles are easily applicable to modern life and that they have the power to create health and contentment. Health comes when we live in harmony with our true nature as spirit. Ayurveda allows us to get a glimpse of our individual true nature and to find the best ways to live a life of balance. It provides holistic understanding and healing to people on all levels: physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Ayurveda uses a multitude of healing modalities including herbs, diet, aromas, lifestyle recommendations, meditation, and yoga.
In this interactive workshop, we will discuss how to understand your constitution, and how this information can help you to find your unique state of balanced health. We will discuss how to use food as “medicine,” as well as how to improve digestion and increase immunity through simple Ayurvedic recipes and remedies.
We will start by:
- Taking a modern dosha questionnaire to learn your body/mind constitution
- Receive specific tips on how to utilize herbs and diet and other lifestyle practices to rejuvenate your health and reconnect with your true nature.
- How to create a balanced diet and lifestyle to suit your body type (dosha).
- Simple Daily Rituals for Optimal Digestion
- How to use Food as Medicine to relieve gas, heartburn, indigestion, and constipation
Kerry is a globally recognized leader in the field of integrative medicine and the ancient science of health known as Ayurveda. She is passionate about raising awareness for the need for a change in contemporary medicine that focuses on patient empowerment and a health based (rather than disease-based) medical system. Kerry practices at The University of Pittsburgh Center for Integrative Medicine and remains a pioneer in the field of integrative medicine where she has developed a personalized system to manage chronic disorders by incorporating fundamental changes in diet, behavior, and stress while focusing on genetics. This individualized program is so successful that many of her clients have achieved maximum healing and vitality after years of chronic problems.
Kerry is a published author of The 25-Day Ayurveda Cleanse and Ted Talk presenter of ‘Context is Everything’.
Music of the Plants by Masterplants Orchestra
An INTERSPECIES MUSIC Event!
7:00 pm 9:00 pm - Doors open 6:15 with light refreshments
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
$15 Admission, TICKETS NOW ON SALE
(OMA strives to make our events affordable for everyone. Please email if you cannot afford a ticket at this time.)
Tritone Crisantemo from the Federation of Damanhur in Italy, with Pittsburgh musicians Jenn Davidson, Stephanie Miller, Steve Sciulli and Brooke Smokelin will perform in concert with plants that are connected to a "Symphony" device giving them musical voices with the ability to create sounds and melodies that respond to their environment and interaction with humans.
Playing music with plants is a great adventure into the understanding and nature of the plant species, with which we share this planet's biosphere and are intrinsically and biologically connected. Through exploration and collaboration with the plant world, we expand our consciousness and learn how to live more harmoniously and organically.
The Masterplants Orchestra strives to act as a bridge across the many different worlds that exist on this planet and deeply values the immense complexity of expression of all the species with whom we are sharing a divine, spiritual and physical ecosystem.
Masterplants is the world’s first interspecies orchestra, using modern technology to play music with our friendly flora. By converting the biorhythms of plants into musical notes and melodies, musicians, plants and sound engineers together cocreate a sound experience taking us on a sensory journey, awakening in ourselves that which we have always known... that nature has its own unique song with its own harmonious sense... whose sounds are created to unite and vibrate as one. A concert by Masterplants can be a life-altering experience, opening doors for all who are receptive, to a new awareness of the presence of plants and nature.
The Masterplants Orchestra includes one or more muscians inspired by the technology of the Music of the Plants, as developed by the Community of Damanhur in Italy. Utilizing a Masterplants "Symphony" device, which builds on technology invented from years of Damanhur research, as many as 8 plants together are given voice to play their music contemporaneously, with soundscapes and the musical and poetic interaction of humans. Core members of Masterplants Orchestra may also collaborate with varying musicians, from classical schooled violinists to tribal percussionists. Every concert and song performance brings a unique sound experience, taking us on a journey through the plant world, deep into forests and deep inside ourselves.
The "Symphony" device that Masterplants uses is based on technology from research at Damanhur that gives plants a musical voice. Damanhur discovered that by connecting electrodes to a plant and measuring the miniscule electrical resistance in the plant's anatomy, these measurements can be translated into MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) notes. In this way, the plants are given access to the language of human music. They can change the musical notes by changing the electrical resistance in their plant bodies and they do so with fascinating results for human ears, especially as they seemingly respond to their human collaborators when in concert!
Every Masterplants concert is a unique mix of musicians and plants that perform extemporaneously together... the plants with their musical voices and the humans with their instruments, soundscapes and poetic interaction. The result is a magical tapestry of sounds and music that can touch our souls and inspire great appreciation and wonder for life and nature.
Raise Spiritual Awareness by Revolutionizing the Perspective of Coincidence
Emily Rodavich, author of Mystical Interludes I and II
7:00 pm 9:00 pm
NEW LOCATION!
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Everybody experiences mystical events...
As a near-death experiencer, Emily Rodavich has had many meaningful coincidences. These phenomena are generally underrated in society (brushed off as coincidence), but like NDEs, they boggle our minds, disrupt our reality, and clash with our beliefs. Not everybody can relate to an NDE, but coincidences happen to everybody regardless of socio-economic background. These experiences offer potential for initiating grassroots spiritual awareness and growth. But first, the concept of coincidence must be denormalized and reframed as spiritual phenomena. Use of the term Mystical Interludes upgrades coincidences from the commonplace to where they belong — in the family of profound extraordinary events.
Emily believes that everybody experiences mystical events and that if we are to save ourselves from destruction in this rapidly changing world, rife with division, conflict, and the impending destruction of our planet, we must reach for higher ground and encourage others to do the same. This might require us to change our way of thinking and our way of being.
During this interactive presentation, Emily will suggest ways to rise to your own higher ground by asking key questions about the differences between what we have been taught and what we know. Emily believes that insights to these differences can be found within each of us.
ABOUT EMILY
As a very young child Emily Rodavich began asking the big questions, Why am I here? What’s the purpose of life? By age 10, she experienced God/Higher Power/Universe through tearful prayers. She became consumed with gratitude and was able to forgive and also love the abusive aunt with whom she had lived for many months. At age eighteen, she had a near death experience which opened her to many mystical experiences throughout her life. Fearing ridicule, she kept silent about her NDE and most of her experiences. It wasn’t until late 2014 when Emily realized the immeasurable benefits of thinking, talking and writing about them.
Spiritual Physics
A Damanhur 2-Day Mystery School Workshop!
10:00 am 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday
221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Dates: SATURDAY November 9th - SUNDAY November 10th
Times: 10 am to 6 pm with 1 hour break, both days
Location: 221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
$250 Early Bird, $275 after November 1st GET TICKETS!
TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED BY CHECK
Make checks payable to OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
Mail to: OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
100 Rutledge Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
Where science and spirit merge to reveal the nature of the soul and our divine origin.
Science and spirit: We need both to live in the fullest expression of ourselves as human beings. We are now at a crucial time—foretold by Damanhur founder Falco Tarassaco—when our human future depends on a new sacred story, one that explains how the physics of our natural world merges with the language of the soul and all its components (called the Inner Personalities). As this course explains, these two concepts are not divergent. Physical scientists reach into the invisible realms in order to understand the origin of matter. The "science of soul" also delves into the unseen mysteries of creation, along with the philosophy of the human intellect.
Participants will dissect the mysteries of our universe and of the human being. Based on research grounded in knowledge obtained by Falco, students will explore:
- The nature of the soul (which help us to communicate with ourselves).
- The Inner Personalities that are part of our divine origin as human beings.
- Reincarnation and our journey through time.
- The laws that regulate the universe and life.
- Time structure.
- Cosmogenesis.
- The spiritual eco-systems.
- Magic and magic technology.
This is the first level of a 4-level course designed to expand the perception of ourselves and of life in general. From this understanding, we are able to create and promote lifestyles that are in harmony and equilibrium with the universe.
This workshop will be taught by Crótalo Sésamo, an Ambassador of Damanhur, from Damanhur, Italy.
About Damanhur
Damanhur is a living laboratory for the future of humankind. It is a Federation of Spiritual Communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and use of science and technology. The Community was founded in 1975 from the inspiration of Falco Tarassaco (1950-2013). His enlightened and pragmatic vision created a fertile reality based on solidarity, sharing, love and respect for the environment. Damanhur is perhaps best known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind. The Temples have been profiled on international television as the "Eighth Wonder of The World." This complex was entirely dug by hand into the heart of the mountain. Decorated with mosaics, stained glass, sculptures, wall paintings and other works of art, it is dedicated to the awakening of the divine spark present within every human being.
To read more about Damanhur, visit http://www.damanhur.org/
Say I Do to You!
A practice of Loving, Honoring and Trusting You! Presented by Patricia Boswell
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception.
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
When we say “I DO” we are making a choice, a commitment to cherish the person standing before us. What if that person were you?
Self-compassion, and self-commitment, are the cornerstones of emotional health and generous living. Yet we often treat ourselves unkindly. As women, we tend to see ourselves through the lens of self-criticism and self-judgment.
We say things to ourselves we would never say to a friend.
We say yes when we want to say no.
We feel selfish when we put ourselves first.
We compare ourselves to others and come up short.
We never do enough.
We feel exhausted. Sometimes resentful.
If these sound familiar to you, join Patricia as she guides us through what it means to “Date yourself.” It is not simply taking yourself to the movies…although it could be a start - as long as it is a movie you WANT to see!
Patricia will also share the 5 major obstacles to self-commitment experienced by most women. Awareness of these habits makes challenging them possible! And change probable!
Finally, Patricia will explore daily techniques to support you to choose “YOU!” Treating yourself as well as you treat others is essential. The more you love yourself, the more love you have to offer others.
Saying I Do to You is a practice of noticing you, taking time to be curious about what makes you, YOU. It is compassionately understanding you. Being genuinely interested in you.
Imagine getting to know yourself in the same way you get to know a love interest.
Saying “I DO” to you will change your life.
About Patricia Boswell
After Patricia’s separation from her 23-year marriage, she realized the young woman that married in 1981, and the 46-year-old taking her life apart, didn’t know each other. They were strangers.
To re-connect she decided she would date herself.
Patricia will share her story of self-dating. How it changed her. Why it challenged her. And, ultimately, how she fell in love with herself.
The question she asked next was, “Do I love myself enough to marry myself?”
Her answer was, “Yes!”
So under a full moon Patricia married herself, ring and all!
Patricia is a National Board Certified Counselor, speaker, facilitator, coach and author specializing in women’s empowerment. She has 38 years of clinical experience, has a private practice in Highland Park and offers creative healing experiences for women.
Over the years Patricia has come to believe…When women speak from their hearts magic happens and the world changes. Her mission is to change the world through the gift of women’s loving hearts.
For more about Patricia and Say I Do to You please visit www.SayIDotoYou.com
Past Lives Research
A Damanhur 2-Day Mystery School Workshop!
10:00 am 6:00 pm Thursday & Friday
221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Dates: Thursday November 7th - Friday November 8th
Times: 10 am to 6 pm with 1 hour break, both days
Location: 221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Price: $350 REGISTRATION NOW CLOSED.
For tickets purchased by check:
Make checks payable to OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
Mail to: OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
100 Rutledge Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
Reawaken and re-embody the ‘character’ you once were. Uncover the story of your soul across the continuum of time and space.
The "story of our soul" across the vast continuum of time and space carries with it valuable information that can assist us in our present lives. What we learn about our "former selves" can infuse our current experiences with deeper meaning, purpose, contentment and joy.
Please Note: Past Lives Research is done in levels. You can repeat this course to learn and build upon your past life intuitions, and have your accumulated intuitions received by Damanhur's Way of the Oracle, where this information is verified. As you progress, you are able to comprehend the "big picture" and see your many lives as pearls on a necklace, each one being precious and connected by a single purpose and mission.
In this workshop, art, theatre, meditation, play, journeying and other practices are explored to help you reawaken and re-embody the "character" you once were. In doing so, you will learn how to apply this to the present to better understand your personality traits, reconnect with past competencies and overcome limitations.
Facilitated by the instructor, this class will be traced down beforehand by members of The Way Of The Oracle at Damanhur, Italy, based on each participant’s biographical data and photos. The instructor will then use powerful interactive processes and activities to facilitate the reawakening of emotions and memories of your prior life. Each participant receives the Oracle’s written description of the past life accessed in this workshop at the end of the course.
Photograph & Bio-Data Required in Advance by October 3rd: Specific information is required–a recent photo that serves as a portrait and clearly shows your eyes; also your birthdate, place of birth and name as it appears on your birth certificate. And if you have taken this course before, please state which past life you are on (your 2nd, 3rd, etc.). This info must be submitted by October 3rd. Please email your photo and information to Jennifer Evanko at jcevanko@icloud.com.
This workshop will be taught by an Ambassador of Damanhur, from Damanhur, Italy.
About Damanhur
Damanhur is a living laboratory for the future of humankind. It is a Federation of Spiritual Communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and use of science and technology. The Community was founded in 1975 from the inspiration of Falco Tarassaco (1950-2013). His enlightened and pragmatic vision created a fertile reality based on solidarity, sharing, love and respect for the environment. Damanhur is perhaps best known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind. The Temples have been profiled on international television as the "Eighth Wonder of The World." This complex was entirely dug by hand into the heart of the mountain. Decorated with mosaics, stained glass, sculptures, wall paintings and other works of art, it is dedicated to the awakening of the divine spark present within every human being.
To read more about Damanhur, visit http://www.damanhur.org/
Unlock Bold Changes in Your Life
Presented by Monique Demonaco, of Coach Monique & Associates
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception.
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
Find the power to create positive change in your life.
Nearly everyone wants to make some kind of change in their life whether its losing weight, overcoming anxiety and depression, increasing their confidence, improving their relationships, or just managing their time better.
In this interactive presentation by Coach Monique DeMonaco, you will learn:
- Why change is hard
- The 4 universal reasons you are stuck and suffering
- An easy-to-use technique to set you up for rapid results for any change you want to make
Coach Monique will also use two powerful mental tools to recalibrate your mind so that change is unlocked within you during this presentation. (There will be an opportunity to record one of these tools for your continued use so feel free to bring a recording device).
Coach Monique first began using meditation, relaxation training, and thought awareness exercises for her own personal use 15 years ago. Because it had such a positive effect on her day-to-day life, she became trained to teach others.
Her interest in meditation, relaxation training, and thought awareness also grew to include EQ (Emotional Intelligence) and Energy Psychology. In the past 10 years, she has had formal training in several specific fields and has taken dozens of seminars, courses and workshops in a variety of related fields. In 2007, she became certified as an Emotional Intelligence Life Coach through CEO Partnerships, Inc. Coach Monique strongly believes in pursuing continued education to stay current with tools, information, and techniques in order to best support her clients. Utilizing skills and knowledge from all of her experience, education, and training, she has developed easy-to-learn and easy- to-use techniques, programs and seminars that produce rapid results and can be beneficial to nearly everyone, regardless of age.
For more see coachmonique.com.
The Spiritual Call
Presented by William Meader, renowned international teacher of Esoteric Philosophy/Esoteric Astrology/Esoteric Psychology, returning to Pittsburgh
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm TUESDAY. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception.
NEW LOCATION!
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
Around the world, spiritually minded people are responding to The Call...
People who are guided by their souls are destined to bring spiritual light to humanity. Around the world, spiritually minded people are responding to The Call to transform the human condition. Such people are change agents in support of the Soul of Humanity and its evolution. Yet, at times, various internal obstacles hinder them from truly rising to their soul’s calling. In this talk, William Meader will examine the nature of The Call as it manifests within human consciousness. In addition, he will discuss how the personality (lower-self) tends to block the soul’s intention, and what can be done to overcome this tendency.
William Meader is an international teacher of The Esoteric Philosophy (Ageless Wisdom). He presents a variety of esoteric topics to audiences in Europe, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. He has authored 'Shine Forth: The Soul's Magical Destiny' and numerous articles focused on esoteric subjects.
His work—often described as a ‘next step’ in spiritual evolution—assists students in the refinement of the higher abstract mind in order that they might align with the soul’s creative intention, thereby coming en rapport with the One Life and the ashram (inner home of the soul). William’s gentle humor, sensitivity and deep understanding of the spiritual path is appreciated by dedicated students of the Esoteric Philosophy—also known as the Ageless Wisdom —worldwide.
For more information about Williams work, please see www.meader.org.
Plug into the Divine, Bonnie Hassan
Reconnect, recharge and strengthen your connection with the Divine!
7:00 pm 9:00 pm
NEW LOCATION!
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Does your connection to the Divine need recharged? Or is it completely dead and you need a jump start? Your cell phone only works if you keep it charged, and although your Divine connection never disappears, it does require work to keep it in top condition.
So are you missing messages from Spirit? Are you having problems with ‘dropped calls’ ? Do you need a stronger network? If any of this strikes a chord with you, then join Bonnie Hassan for this opportunity to reconnect, recharge and strengthen your connection with the Divine. When you’re consistently connected and in the flow, the Divine momentum brings amazing and unpredictable opportunities and experiences your way. How can you pass that up?
Bonnie will lead a guided meditation that will allow Spirit the opportunity to recharge you. She will follow that with a powerful Reiki circle to take your connection to an even higher level. As Bonnie channels Native American spirits that speak to your soul, the drums and rattles will help raise your vibration so your guides and angels can connect in an easier and more efficient way.
Be open to the possibility of direct communication and allow for the impossible! After all, with Spirit, everything is possible! And Spirit never refuses an invitation, so make sure to register for this event and give Spirit the heads up that you are issuing that invitation!
Bring a notebook or journal to record any guidance or direction you might receive.
Bonnie Hassan, Reiki Master, Medium, Psychic and Psychotherapist, first experienced God’s direct intervention in her life when a prayer uttered in church was answered in an amazing way just a few short hours later. Since that time, Bonnie’s journey has been directed by Divine Guidance in many ways, from the opening of a private healing practice to a 14,000 mile solo road trip to Alaska and back.
With a Master’s Degree in Social Work, a B.S. in Human Resource Management, and nineteen years’ experience practicing and teaching Reiki, Bonnie travels around the United States providing unique and powerful healing sessions for both groups and individuals as she combines her expertise and training with her intuitive gifts. When she is not traveling, Bonnie offers group and individual healing services via teleconference and teaches classes and workshops near her home in Nashville, Tennessee.
Bonnie has been practicing and teaching Reiki since 2000. She is a certified Master in the Usui/Tibetan, Karuna® and Sekhem-Seichim-Reiki Systems and has channeled a new form of Reiki called Transformational Reiki, which is a blend of Native American and Japanese energies.
As a mental health therapist, Bonnie’s specialty areas include grief and loss issues, foster care and adoption, and family therapy. She earned her Master’s Degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and her undergraduate degree from Geneva College.
Bonnie believes that if we want the world to change, we have to change/heal ourselves first. She frequently tells her clients: “If you want to go higher, you have to dig deeper. When you step out of your comfort zone, you step into your Power Zone!”
You can reach Bonnie by phone at 412-277-0755 or email her at bonnie@bonniehassan.com To learn more about Bonnie, visit her website at https://bonniehassan.com/
Lessons from The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Presented by Deb Thackrah
11:30 am - 1 pm
Green Heiress Building 1
209 Commercial Avenue, Aspinwall PA 15215
Sponsored by OMA
PRICE: $20
In his best selling book The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz offers a powerful code of conduct, based on ancient Toltec wisdom, that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.
THE FOUR AGREEMENTS
Be Impeccable with your Word
Don’t Take Anything Personally
Don’t Make Assumptions
Always Do Your Best
Join us as Deb Thackrah teaches us, that with practice, these agreements can become integrated into our very being and therefore every area of our lives. “You need a very strong will in order to adopt the Four Agreements—but if you can begin to live your life with these agreements, the transformation in your life will be amazing. You will see the drama of hell disappear right before your very eyes. Instead of living in a dream of hell, you will be creating a new dream—your personal dream of heaven.” ~ don Miguel Ruiz
At age 15, a time when most young people were thinking about junior proms and driver's learners permits, Debbie Thackrah was exploring Transcendental Meditation and the works of Carlos Castaneda.
Her early spiritual seeking steadily evolved into a life-long journey that has carried her to an ashram in the Catskills of New York State, the desert canyons of Zion National Park in Utah, and half way across the world to South Africa, the Himalayan Mountains of India and south to Costa Rica. Debbie studies the ways of shamans and honored the teachers of Christian, Native American and Buddhist traditions.
Debbie's guiding principles include service to others, compassion for all living things, and healing practices, which are the result of her decades of study and her practical, clear-eyed view of what it means to be human.
Debbie is a master-level Reiki practitioner, medical intuitive and a cranial-sacral therapist. She has spent many years studying extensively with Bill Bauman, a modern day mystic who helps people live in deep unity with their soul's special wisdom. Debbie has also studied with the Native American elders learning their wisdom of their healing practices.
Debbie is an ordained minister who performs marriage and funeral services by request. She is the founder and president of Feeding the Spirit, a successful non-profit organization in Greensburg, PA. Feeding the Spirit is dedicated to supplying food to all those in need in the community and shelter to the homeless.
Loving Your Inner Child, Maya Nicole
Connect with and embrace the little you within!
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm.
NEW LOCATION!
East End Cooperative Ministry
6140 Station Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Enter EECM from ENTRANCE B on Harvard Street / Convenient Parking in EECM Lot or in Public Parking!
FOR PUBLIC PARKING PLEASE NOTE:
1-Public parking shown in GREEN here is paid parking until 10 pm ($1.00 per hour)
2-Parking areas shown in RED here are NOT PERMITTED
3-DO NOT PARK IN HOME DEPOT'S LOT - YOU WILL BE TOWED!
4-Street parking on Harvard is free, though spaces are limited
5-Free parking at Kingdom Light Ministries lot, located on Center Ave. directly across from EECM
Maya Nicole will open with a sound healing using Hawaiian chants and an energy clearing.
In childhood, we learn to cope with our environment and the people in it. Our childhood coping behaviour creates "shadows" or in other words, behaviors, patterns and thoughts that continue to live in the unconscious mind and influence the way we interact with the world. (In Jungian psychology, the "shadow" is an unconscious aspect of our personality that can be positive or negative but remain hidden and therefore prone to influencing our behaviours unpredictably.)
Although these coping strategies served us well in childhood, they often create conflict for us as adults, but are so ingrained that we do not recognize them or know how to change them if we did. Maya Nicole will demonstrate how we can become aware of our shadow conflicts with a hands-on process that can help us work through these shadow behaviours.
Maya will guide us with an "Inner Child" meditation that connects with the “little you” that lives inside us. When we are children, our parents or caregivers are not able to meet all of the needs and desires that we have. In addition, we learn that certain parts of ourselves are not “good”, snd therefore these parts get suppressed and stored in our subconscious, which leaves us feeling as though we are not whole.
Our “little selves” needed unconditional love, mirroring, attention, healthy boundaries, affection and validation that we sometimes did not receive, so this mediation is an opportunity to parent your inner child the way he or she did not get to be parented in the past.
With discussion and Q&A afterward, Maya will be sure you leave feeling lighter, more self aware and inspired to do the difficult work that changes every aspect of your life for the better.
Maya Nicole is an intuit and empath who’s passion is to create space for people to put their masks aside and discover what’s underneath. She has an undergraduate degree in psychology and a masters degree in social work. She combines western psychology, specifically Carl Jung’s shadow work and inner child work, with alternative medicine. Her strong intuitive senses allow her to guide people to gain access to the parts of their subconscious that drive their self-limiting behaviors and patterns.
Maya has spent the last three years traveling the world where she studied with and was certified by the world renowned spiritual teacher, Teal Swan. She also studied ancient Shamanic healing methods with the indigenous peoples of Mexico and with the Katukina tribe of the Brazilian Amazon.
Maya focuses on guiding men and women to understand and uncover the divine masculine and feminine power innate within them. In her practice, she also specializes in healing work for couples and authentic, conscious relating between partners. She enjoys being the catalyst for people to live a life authentically from their hearts and to have fulfilling relationships with themselves and the people around them.
Surviving to Thriving Seminar
Bridging the Gaps: Working Together to Support Holistic Wellness Throughout Pittsburgh
PLEASE NOTE THIS SEMINAR IS BEING RESCHEDULED.
The primary goal of Surviving to Thriving is to create collaborative conversations regarding the impact of early childhood adversity and trauma on one’s cognitive, emotional and physical development as well as on interpersonal relationships and life choices throughout one’s life span. Through community collaborative learning sessions, we can develop greater awareness of needs that exist for healthy youth, adult, family and community development where all can thrive. Surviving to Thriving is a bridge designed to connect educators, community organizations, families and professionals across generations and the healthcare spectrum.
Learn more about Surviving to Thriving and Art in the Garden Programming.
Transformation of Memories
A Damanhur 2-Day Mystery School Workshop!
10:00 am 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday
221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Dates: Saturday July 20th - Sunday July 21st
Times: 10 am to 6 pm with 1 hour break, both days
Location: 221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Price: $250 TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED BY CHECK
Make checks payable to OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
Mail to: OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
100 Rutledge Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING: FRIDAY JULY 5TH
PREREQUISITE FOR ATTENDING: Upon registering you must submit your Birth Name, Birth Date & Place of Birth - Please email events@omapittsburgh.org
Reorient your structured reality and transform the way you confront life's events.
Using one of the most advanced discoveries in the field of time research in Damanhur, this workshop teaches a simple and effective method using avant-garde, Selfic technology called "Time Seeds" to review the events of your past—especially those affecting the first 6-7 years of life—and reinterpret them according to a new vision of your choosing. Actively transforming the negative consequences of emotions connected to a specific memory changes, by consequence, your emotions and behaviors in the present.
Each one of us views our world through the lens of three active rivers that flow within us. These rivers were not chosen by us, but are instead the product of our education, environment and generic heritage. Everything you have learned from others at an early age was necessary—and surely thought to be in your best interest—though it was not consciously chosen by you. Your environment—culture, taboos, fears, media, morals—has created a filter in which you view and perceive current events. Contained in your consciousness is a genetic heritage inherited from your ancestors, the race mind, and the stories of your family, which you use on a daily basis to process information and make decisions.
These rivers can act as a barrier to the full use of your free will. To evolve spiritually, it is essential to learn how to navigate your rivers and choose which path to take. This course gives you the tools to achieve greater inner clarity, resulting in the lucidity needed to identify desires and projects in alignment with your core essence.
During this course, a "time seed" is inserted into your aura. It has a double path of development: one branch, as in the case of the seed related to transforming memories, develops towards the past. Another branch develops toward possible futures, which "transports" your projects. This second branch does not have a deadline; it can continue to evolve throughout your whole life, provided it is nourished with attention and use. Otherwise, after about three months, it can wither.
This workshop will be taught by an Ambassador of Damanhur, from Damanhur, Italy. See also INNER ANSWERS, JULY 18-19.
About Damanhur
Damanhur is a living laboratory for the future of humankind. It is a Federation of Spiritual Communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and use of science and technology. The Community was founded in 1975 from the inspiration of Falco Tarassaco (1950-2013). His enlightened and pragmatic vision created a fertile reality based on solidarity, sharing, love and respect for the environment. Damanhur is perhaps best known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind. The Temples have been profiled on international television as the "Eighth Wonder of The World." This complex was entirely dug by hand into the heart of the mountain. Decorated with mosaics, stained glass, sculptures, wall paintings and other works of art, it is dedicated to the awakening of the divine spark present within every human being.
To read more about Damanhur, visit http://www.damanhur.org/
Inner Answers
A Damanhur 2-Day Mystery School Workshop!
10:00 am 6:00 pm Thursday and Friday
221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Dates: Thursday July 18th - Friday July 19th
Times: 10 am to 6 pm with 1 hour break, both days
Location: 221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Price: $250 TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED BY CHECK
Make checks payable to OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
Mail to: OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
100 Rutledge Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
DEADLINE FOR REGISTERING: FRIDAY JULY 5TH
PREREQUISITE FOR ATTENDING: Upon registering you must submit your Birth Name, Birth Date & Place of Birth - Please email events@omapittsburgh.org
Learn how to create an open dialog with your inner personalities to recognize and interpret answers from deep within.
In life we are inundated with questions, some of which illicit a burning desire to look inward for answers. While we know the responses lie within, our multiple inner voices often speak in conflicting tongues guided by individual goals and disparate motivations, rather than a cohesive logic flow. To quiet the constant, internal noise, there is a high risk of creating a rigid rationality of easy answers or to indefinitely postpone life's hardest questions and live in a state of perpetual confusion.
But there is hope! Time Seed technology—a tool developed from the research into "time" in Damanhur and our alliance with Selfica—used in the transformation and cultivation of memories, can be effectively applied to quiet the inner voices and unlock the door that leads to the secret room we all have where the answer to any question can be found.
With perseverance and consistent practice of the techniques given in this course, you can step into this reservoir of knowledge hidden in the deepest parts of your being and give your inner sage permission to read from the ancient texts imprinted on your very soul.
This workshop will be taught by an Ambassador of Damanhur, from Damanhur, Italy. See also TRANSFORMATION OF MEMORIES, JULY 20-21.
About Damanhur
Damanhur is a living laboratory for the future of humankind. It is a Federation of Spiritual Communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and use of science and technology. The Community was founded in 1975 from the inspiration of Falco Tarassaco (1950-2013). His enlightened and pragmatic vision created a fertile reality based on solidarity, sharing, love and respect for the environment. Damanhur is perhaps best known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind. The Temples have been profiled on international television as the "Eighth Wonder of The World." This complex was entirely dug by hand into the heart of the mountain. Decorated with mosaics, stained glass, sculptures, wall paintings and other works of art, it is dedicated to the awakening of the divine spark present within every human being.
To read more about Damanhur, visit http://www.damanhur.org/
Opening to Self-Love, Bonnie Hassan
Move to a deeper place of self-love and acceptance!
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception & CASH bar.
The Twentieth Century Club
FREE parking in UPMC lot across the street!
4201 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA. 15213
Please give a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
Do you find it difficult to love yourself fully and completely? Does that little voice in your head keep telling you that you aren’t good enough? Do you struggle with feeling worthy? Is your self-esteem non-existent?
If loving yourself is still difficult for you, or you'd just like to love yourself more, join me for the opportunity to banish the old limiting ways of being and believing, and anchor in more deeply the energies of self-love and wholeness that are necessary to move forward and grow.
Through a guided meditation to help you love yourself more completely, and a unique and powerful group healing circle that uses the vibrations of drums and rattles to empower the energies of Reiki, you may experience an opening and healing on levels deeper than any you could imagine. As I channel Native American spirits and bring forth messages from your guides and angels, allow Spirit to work within you with intention and attention to help you heal in whatever way you are ready.
Bring a notebook or journal to record your thoughts and impressions. Release your expectations and trust that your Higher Power knows what you need to move you to a deeper place of self-love and acceptance!
Bonnie Hassan, Reiki Master, Medium, Psychic and Psychotherapist, first experienced God’s direct intervention in her life when a prayer uttered in church was answered in an amazing way just a few short hours later. Since that time, Bonnie’s journey has been directed by Divine Guidance in many ways, from the opening of a private healing practice to a 14,000 mile solo road trip to Alaska and back.
With a Master’s Degree in Social Work, a B.S. in Human Resource Management, and nineteen years’ experience practicing and teaching Reiki, Bonnie travels around the United States providing unique and powerful healing sessions for both groups and individuals as she combines her expertise and training with her intuitive gifts. When she is not traveling, Bonnie offers group and individual healing services via teleconference and teaches classes and workshops near her home in Nashville, Tennessee.
Bonnie has been practicing and teaching Reiki since 2000. She is a certified Master in the Usui/Tibetan, Karuna® and Sekhem-Seichim-Reiki Systems and has channeled a new form of Reiki called Transformational Reiki, which is a blend of Native American and Japanese energies.
As a mental health therapist, Bonnie’s specialty areas include grief and loss issues, foster care and adoption, and family therapy. She earned her Master’s Degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and her undergraduate degree from Geneva College.
Bonnie believes that if we want the world to change, we have to change/heal ourselves first. She frequently tells her clients: “If you want to go higher, you have to dig deeper. When you step out of your comfort zone, you step into your Power Zone!”
You can reach Bonnie by phone at 412-277-0755 or email her at bonnie@bonniehassan.com To learn more about Bonnie, visit her website at www.bonniehassan.com You can also follow her on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/travelingmystic
Surviving to Thriving Seminar
Bridging the Gaps: Working Together to Support Holistic Wellness Throughout Pittsburgh
10:00 am 3:00 pm
Winchester Thurston Upper School Building
455 Morewood Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15213
Donations from the heart are greatly appreciated.
OMA also offers scholarships. For information, please email artinthegardenpgh@gmail.com.
WHEN AND WHERE:
Saturday June 15th from 10 am to 3 pm
Doors open 9:30 am for refreshments & community resource tables.
Winchester Thurston Upper School Building
455 Morewood Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15213
Bring your own bag lunch, light refreshments provided.
Free child care provided for ages 2-10 years. Register first then email artinthegardenpgh@gmail.com with the number of children and their ages. SPACE IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 15 REQUESTS. Please pack a bag lunch for your children.
The primary goal of Surviving to Thriving is to create collaborative conversations regarding the impact of early childhood adversity and trauma on one’s cognitive, emotional and physical development as well as on interpersonal relationships and life choices throughout one’s life span. Through community collaborative learning sessions, we can develop greater awareness of needs that exist for healthy youth, adult, family and community development where all can thrive. Surviving to Thriving is a bridge designed to connect educators, community organizations, families and professionals across generations and the healthcare spectrum.
** Earn Continuing Education Units (CEUs) and ACT 48 Certified hours. **
Plenary Speaker
Allegheny Intermediate Unit (AIU)
One School That’s Making a Difference
Ron Graham
Workshops Options Round 1
Understanding Implicit Bias
DBA Training Solutions
ACEs & Trauma
Dr. Lovie Jackson-Foster
Workshops Options Round 2
Supporting Self-awareness & Self-regulation in Youth
Desiree Jennings
Mental Health First Aid: What’s in It for Us?
Anita D Russell, M.Ed.
Closing Panel Discusson
Gail Hunter, LCSW, BCD
Learn more about Surviving to Thriving and Art in the Garden Programming.
Tai Chi's Secret Facilitation of the Law of Attraction
And discover a powerful healing formula for relieving chronic pain.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception & CASH bar.
The Twentieth Century Club
FREE parking in UPMC lot across the street!
Take advantage of this opportunity to get up close and personal with a great Tai Chi master of our time. Master Eric Randolph will discuss the physics of Tai Chi and how it can facilitate the Law of Attraction. He will explain its true purpose, which can help heal and transform our mental, emotional and physical states. There will be Q&A plus a guided meditation.
In truth every beginning starts with a ton of stress and pressure, a type of birth. Growing up was very hard for Eric Randolph, being a sensitive and creative child in a household filled with anger, fear and sickness. There were even times when violence was condoned and felt as something to perpetuate as a good aspect of self awareness. From the age of 9 all the way to age 20 this way of being was what Eric had to fight against becoming inside of himself.
Finding Tai Chi at the age of 17 was a godsend and with his instructor, Master Glenn Hairston and his Shaolin brothers, he discovered the epitome of the calm, kind, and powerful energy that he needed to overcome his own weaknesses within, and so in the summer of 1990 Eric began his formal tutelage of Tai Chi Chuan.
Through his years of teaching and perfecting his practice, Master Eric Randolph began to realize the health benefits of the art, for himself and others. While watching people embrace the most beautiful aspects of themselves, turning their despair and illness into transformation, Master Eric derived a powerful healing formula that he now offers to those who quest relief from chronic illness.
Master Eric studied the art of Tai Chi Chuan for over 25 years. His specialties are Yang style Taijiquan and Taoist Medical Qigong. He has taught at the University level, lecturing at the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, Forbes Metropolitan Hospital of Pittsburgh, and The Integrative Medical Community of Washington DC.
Taijiquan, commonly known as Tai Chi, is a meditative integrative learning system of universal physics which specializes in the ability to absolve all opposites so one can become one with the source to consciously perpetuate the advanced evolution of the human experience.
Musical Medicine: Experiencing Harmony and Clearing the Vibrational Field
Take a musical healing journey into the realm of pure vibration and harmony.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception & CASH bar.
The Twentieth Century Club
FREE parking in UPMC lot across the street!
4201 Bigelow Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA. 15213
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
Sound healer and chakra educator Brooke Smokelin delightfully combines the elements of sonic science, spiritual practice and artistic expression, taking us on a musical medicine journey into the realm of pure vibration and a visceral experience of harmony. With her "full spectrum array" of Pythagorean tuned crystal bowls (the same ratios and “sound forms” that are expressed in our spiral galaxy, the growth patterns of plants, and in our own physical forms) she intentionally produces an acoustic alchemy of musical mathematics that allows for the harmonious vibration and re-organization of our watery cells, our bodies, our minds and with nature.
In a world rife with conflict, this experience of harmony invites balance, an increased auditory awareness and “deep listening”, and a relaxed and meditative state.
After an introduction, Brooke will deliver a 45-minute crystal bowl "Sound Bath" followed by Q & A.
Brooke Smokelin (aka Vox Lumina) is a musician, sound healer, yoga teacher, and environmental artist. For 25 years she has been playing the crystal bowls, using music and sound as a medium for deep relaxation, meditation and healing. She is also an experienced yoga teacher and the creator of her own style of Chakra Activation Yoga and the Chakra Activation Deck, traveling worldwide providing yoga practitioners and yoga teachers with tools and techniques to “ignite the light” within. She has a private sound healing practice in Pittsburgh and has worked for years with the integrative medical community to provide therapeutic sound experiences for patients and clinicians. Through her River Alchemy Project she revitalizes connections between people and their ecological communities and creates vibrational healing experiences for bodies of water across the country.
Giving a Voice to Our Animals
With Animal Communicator, Spiritual Teacher & Channel, Sheryl Blumenthal
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Green Heiress Building 2, Studio
1150 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238
Sponsored by OMA
PRICE: $20
Our pets do have something to say. So what they are thinking and feeling? They have their own thoughts, fears and phobias too. These feelings often go unnoticed, ignored and can become more serious without our awareness.
Sheryl Blumenthal’s gifts allow a voice to be given to our precious animals. When they are given a chance to speak and be understood, they certainly will become happier and healthier. And we are happier as our human bond with animals becomes greater.
Join us for this fascinating presentation on human-animal bonding and learn how to better understand our dear fur (and not fur!) babies.
Bring a photo of your pet if you like. Sheryl may be guided to call upon some audience members to deliver messages from the Angels in the interest of their pets.
To learn more about Sheryl’s work with the animals, and her new book, please visit humananimalbondandbeyond.com
Inspiration Night at OMA
An inspirational evening of angelic music and message with channel Sheryl Blumenthal and special musical guest Rashid Lanie
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception & CASH bar.
The Twentieth Century Club
FREE parking in UPMC lot across the street!
4201 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA. 15213
$17.50 Advance Tickets $25 requested donation at door
(Please email if you are unable to afford a regular price ticket.)
Join us for an incredible soul-filled evening with international award-winning producer, composer and pianist, Rashid Lanie, whose work has been heralded worldwide. His beautiful angelic-channeled music will lift our hearts at a time when our heart-light is vital on this planet, and higher ascension is imperative.
Sheryl Blumenthal will deliver a message that will impact all concerned, helping to align the workings of everyone gathered this special evening toward their higher purpose as human beings. Sheryl, called 'Little One' by the Angels, will give an angelic-channeling that will leave a lasting, blessed impact, both individually and collectively.
As radiant vessels of hope and stewards for our planet, we are holding the key to Peace on Earth... We Truly Are Awakening our gifts from within, for a world in need.
SHERYL BLUMENTHAL is a pure vessel for the I AM. As a Universal Teacher and an enlightened being, her gifts support the work that humanity strives to excel towards. Through rare abilities her gifts offer love, healing, peace, and direct guidance through an extremely powerful and transforming unity with angelic presences, the Council of Elders.
Sheryl has studied in England, Japan and the US for many years. She serves on a number of panels, including the board of directors for the non-profit Global Healing Foundation, the Global Council of Spiritual Teachers, an associate of the International Association for Spiritual Coaches (IASC), the Taskforce for Humanity, the Self-Worth Coalition-Global Initiative, and others. She has been the keynote speaker in numerous forums, a presenter at Columbia University , the UN, retreat centers, fellowships and other programs. She holds a number of ministerial licenses and certifications.
RASHID LANIE is an internationally acclaimed composer, pianist, producer and recording artist who performed at the "World Cup 2010 Kick-Off Celebration Concert" in South Africa with John Legend, Angelique Kidjo, Shakira, Alicia Keyes, and Black-Eyed Peas. He has also worked with Chaka Khan, Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, Will.I.AM, Randy Brecker, Ray Parker Jr., Lew Soloff, Hugh Masekela, Ernie Watts, Bobby Womack, Slash, The UN Jazz Orchestra, Verdine White, Jonathan Butler, and the world famous Agape International Choir.
Rashid was Musical Director for the launch of the Lion King album “Rhythm of the Pridelands”, featuring musicians from the bands of Stevie Wonder, Madonna, Adam & the Ants and Yanni. To date, he has released four CD's of original music. He is currently completing a smooth jazz CD, and contributing a song to the new CD for peace supported by UNESCO and Action Moves People United. Rashid recently won the 2018 SAFTA (South African Film & Televison Award) as well as the Rapid Lion Award for his soundtrack work on "Kalushi - The Solomon Mahlangu Story."
Luncheon with "Little One" Sheryl Blumenthal
Q&A Luncheon with Spiritual Teacher & Channel, Sheryl Blumenthal, “The Little One”
12 pm - 2pm
Green Heiress Building 2, Studio
1150 Freeport Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15238
Sponsored by OMA
PRICE: $30 (Limited to 18 people)
Legendary teacher, Sheryl Blumenthal, ’Little One' has been graced over decades with magnificent teachings that Angels have shared during channeled sessions. These teachings are life altering and have a powerful impact on our human awareness.
Come enjoy some intimate time with Sheryl, as we also enjoy a healthy (vegan & gluten-fee) lunch and have the chance to ask her about channeling, the Angelic Realm, what she does and how it works.
Please note: Sheryl will not be channeling messages for individuals at this event.
To learn more about Sheryl, please visit www.thelittleoneateacher.net/bio
Damanhur Spiral Workshop (Installation & Pot Luck)
Experience the Mysteries and Powers of the Damanhur Spiral
10:00 am 6:00 pm with Pot Luck meal
Evanko Residence
221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Times: 10 am to 6 pm with Pot Luck at end
Location: 221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Donation: $50 TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE
The spiral is one of the basic “themes” of life, and this shape occurs in the microcosm as well as the macrocosm. It can be found in everything from biology to cosmology, from our fingerprints to the position of our galaxy’s celestial bodies. It is a geometry that can recall, accumulate and redistribute energy. What are the mysteries and powers of this compelling form, and why are they needed?
What would life be like if we took time and committed ourselves to building spiral structures that convey this natural design in unity with our planet and cosmos? Find out with this opportunity to learn about building and experiencing the spiral form, which invites you to journey deeper into yourself, on the walk inwards toward its center and the divine essence present in each of us.
At its completion we will celebrate with a pot luck meal!
Some aspects of the spiral we will discuss include:
- Why build spirals? How do they increase synchronicity, cleanse the aura, and uplift personal and planetary consciousness?
- How can spiritual technology accelerate the evolution of consciousness? What others kinds of spiritual technology is used Damanhurian for personal, environmental and global purposes?
- What are synchronic lines? Are there synchronic lines into our region? How do spirals help us access them?
This event will be lead by Crótalo Sésamo, Global Ambassador of Damanhur where stone spirals and labyrinths can be found in the Sacred Woods Temple of the Damanhur Federation of Communities in Northern Italy.
About Damanhur
Damanhur is a living laboratory for the future of humankind. It is a Federation of Spiritual Communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and use of science and technology. The Community was founded in 1975 from the inspiration of Falco Tarassaco (1950-2013). His enlightened and pragmatic vision created a fertile reality based on solidarity, sharing, love and respect for the environment. Damanhur is perhaps best known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind. The Temples have been profiled on international television as the "Eighth Wonder of The World." This complex was entirely dug by hand into the heart of the mountain. Decorated with mosaics, stained glass, sculptures, wall paintings and other works of art, it is dedicated to the awakening of the divine spark present within every human being.
To read more about Damanhur, visit http://www.damanhur.org/
Past Lives Research
A Damanhur 2-Day Mystery School Workshop!
10:00 am 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday
221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Times: 10 am to 6 pm with 1 hour break, both days
Location: 221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Price: $350 Early Bird till April 18 TICKETS ON SALE
TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED BY CHECK
Make checks payable to OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
Mail to: OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
100 Rutledge Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
Reawaken and re-embody the ‘character’ you once were. Uncover the story of your soul across the continuum of time and space.
The "story of our soul" across the vast continuum of time and space carries with it valuable information that can assist us in our present lives. What we learn about our "former selves" can infuse our current experiences with deeper meaning, purpose, contentment and joy.
Please Note: Past Lives Research is done in levels. You can repeat this course to learn and build upon your past life intuitions, and have your accumulated intuitions received by Damanhur's Way of the Oracle, where this information is verified. As you progress, you are able to comprehend the "big picture" and see your many lives as pearls on a necklace, each one being precious and connected by a single purpose and mission.
In this workshop, art, theatre, meditation, play, journeying and other practices are explored to help you reawaken and re-embody the "character" you once were. In doing so, you will learn how to apply this to the present to better understand your personality traits, reconnect with past competencies and overcome limitations.
Facilitated by the instructor, this class will be traced down beforehand by members of The Way Of The Oracle at Damanhur, Italy, based on each participant’s biographical data and photos. The instructor will then use powerful interactive processes and activities to facilitate the reawakening of emotions and memories of your prior life. Each participant receives the Oracle’s written description of the past life accessed in this workshop at the end of the course.
Photograph & Bio-Data Required in Advance by April 18th: Specific information is required–a recent photo that serves as a portrait and clearly shows your eyes; also your birthdate, place of birth and name as it appears on your birth certificate. And if you have taken this course before, please state which past life you are on (your 2nd, 3rd, etc.). This info must be submitted by April 18th. Please email your photo and information to Jennifer Evanko at jcevanko@icloud.com.
This workshop will be taught by an Ambassador of Damanhur, from Damanhur, Italy.
About Damanhur
Damanhur is a living laboratory for the future of humankind. It is a Federation of Spiritual Communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and use of science and technology. The Community was founded in 1975 from the inspiration of Falco Tarassaco (1950-2013). His enlightened and pragmatic vision created a fertile reality based on solidarity, sharing, love and respect for the environment. Damanhur is perhaps best known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind. The Temples have been profiled on international television as the "Eighth Wonder of The World." This complex was entirely dug by hand into the heart of the mountain. Decorated with mosaics, stained glass, sculptures, wall paintings and other works of art, it is dedicated to the awakening of the divine spark present within every human being.
To read more about Damanhur, visit http://www.damanhur.org/
Communication With the Plant World
A Damanhur 2-Day Mystery School Workshop!
10:00 am 6:00 pm Thursday and Friday
221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Times: 10 am to 6 pm with 1 hour break, both days
Location: 221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Price: $250 Early Bird Price till May 10 TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED BY CHECK
Make checks payable to OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
Mail to: OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
100 Rutledge Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
Nature is all around us but how connected are we to the natural world?
For the past 40 years, Damanhur has conducted extensive research in the plant world and the ability of plants to communicate. Through their experiments, they have learned that plants have memory, feelings and can communicate in their own way. Damanhur has created a device that allows you to listen to the “music of the plants.” Imagine a concert performed by your favorite houseplants!
This workshop covers aspects of how to perceive the vital rhythm of plants and enter into dialogue with them. This communication can be experienced in various ways, all of which are explored: by art and music, by dreaming with trees or plants, and by communicating with them up close or at a distance.
You will learn various techniques and exercises for in-depth connection with plants and trees beyond your normal five senses. The material covers a discussion of Damanhur’s philosophy of the three Mother Worlds: the animal/human world, plant world and nature/spirit world. While these worlds have been viewed as “separate” by human beings, if we are to continue to evolve, the time has come to work together and re-unite them.
The magic of plant communication touches people in a profound way that cannot be conveyed in words. It can only be heard and felt. You will learn to view the environment and our earth in new ways, as well as understand human behavior in a different context. This workshop is for anyone who wants to personally experience direct communication with plants using the universal language of music.
This workshop will be taught by Crótalo Sésamo, an Ambassador of Damanhur, from Damanhur, Italy.
About Damanhur
Damanhur is a living laboratory for the future of humankind. It is a Federation of Spiritual Communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and use of science and technology. The Community was founded in 1975 from the inspiration of Falco Tarassaco (1950-2013). His enlightened and pragmatic vision created a fertile reality based on solidarity, sharing, love and respect for the environment. Damanhur is perhaps best known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind. The Temples have been profiled on international television as the "Eighth Wonder of The World." This complex was entirely dug by hand into the heart of the mountain. Decorated with mosaics, stained glass, sculptures, wall paintings and other works of art, it is dedicated to the awakening of the divine spark present within every human being.
To read more about Damanhur, visit http://www.damanhur.org/
An Introduction to Archetypes - based on the work of Caroline Myss
Presented by Maureen Oehrle
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception & CASH bar.
The Twentieth Century Club
FREE parking in UPMC lot across the street!
4201 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA. 15213
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
We all understand the language of archetypes. “She’s a natural mother.” “That person is always the martyr.” “She’s a warrior.” “He’s a real networker.” These statements are ways of communicating universal energy patterns (aka, archetypes).
Archetypes are impersonal patterns of power and behavior. They can explain why we are drawn to certain people, places, interests or careers and why. Having some knowledge about what they are and how they work in our lives is key to personal power and understanding our place in the world.
Knowing your own archetypes gives you permission to step into the “real you.” Recognizing the archetypal patterns of other people in your life helps you to better understand your relationships.
In this presentation, Maureen will share the work of internationally renown speaker and author, Caroline Myss, and discuss the 4 Survival Archetypes that we all have (Child, Victim, Prostitute and Saboteur), as well as several others that exist in our modern society, and how understanding them can transform our lives.
Maureen Steines Oehrle has been studying spirituality, ancient wisdom and holistic wellness for over 25 years. Maureen began hosting a lecture series in her home in 2010, which eventually became the foundation of the OMA Lecture Series in 2013.
A Founding Member of OMA, Maureen serves on the Executive Committee of OMA’s Board of Directors. She is a Reiki Master, Psych-K Facilitator, teacher and speaker and currently practices in the Aspinwall area. She facilitates classes, lectures and workshops for OMA and Green Heiress Holistic Health. Prior to moving to Pittsburgh in 1999, Maureen was an event planner in Washington, D.C.
Maureen lives with her husband Scott, their 16 year old twin son and daughter and their 2 dogs. She finds inspiration through many creative outlets including making sacred jewelry, ceramics and paintings, as well as working with crystals and sacred geometry.
Children of LIght, by Emily Pompei
Learn to recognize the exceptional gifts of our children of light.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception & CASH bar.
The Twentieth Century Club
FREE parking in UPMC lot across the street!
4201 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA. 15213
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
Emily Pompei has been a light worker for over 25 years. She has an extensive background in Biology, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Auriculotherapy, Alchemy, Naturopathic treatments, Crystals, Gemstones, aromatherapy, Native American plant and herbal remedies, and over 25 body modalities.
Emily is the only Medical Intuitive in Pennsylvania. She is one of 27 in the United States and one of 56 worldwide. She is a member of the International Association of Medical Intuitives.
Crystals 101
Learn how to work with the energy of healing crystals.
6:00 pm 7:30 pm
Sponsored by OMA
Class held at Green Heiress Holistic Health
Building 2, 1150 Freeport Rd, Pgh, PA. 15238
Price: $20 Tickets on Sale Now!
Learn how to work with the energy of healing crystals to help you stay grounded, healthy, and balanced throughout the stresses of everyday life. Gemstones are powerful tools and you can tap into them to welcome their gifts and draw on their strengths. Working with stones is rewarding, fulfilling, and surprisingly simple!
Join Kate Horne, a crystal connoisseur from Journeys of Life in Shadyside, to learn about 10 key stones you can start working with immediately to make every day run more smoothly and serenely!
*Available for purchase at the class: The Crystal Bible by Judy Hall, Complete Set of the 10 stones we learn about and a selection of individual stones.
Instructor: Kate Horne, Journeys of Life in Shadyside
Kate's love of crystals started very young and since then has only
grown. She feels crystals are a gift from the Earth and are powerful
allies in our spiritual well-being. Kate is never without stones of some sort, whether it be jewelry or spilling out of pockets. She honors the magic of the natural world and sees enchantment everywhere. Kate knows gemstones are one of the most rewarding ways to connect to the wonders of world and to allow healing energy in.
What is a Spiritual Intuitive?
When we ask with a true heart and pure intention, the answers come.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception & CASH bar.
The Twentieth Century Club
FREE parking in UPMC lot across the street!
4201 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA. 15213
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
Psychic and intuitive abilities should not be regarded as the gift of a few–they are latent abilities within us all. Jack Kaine discusses how spiritual practices helped him overcome personal tragedy and discover his own inherent abilities that now allow him to give insightful, intuitive readings to others.
Intuition and psychic development can occur through spiritual practices like yoga breathing and mantra, and by various forms of service to others, such as prayer and spiritual healing. While everyone can develop their psychic abilities, it may not be one's individual destiny or priority. However, the more we listen to our intuition and act on what we hear, the better our intuition will get. And the more truthful we are, the more pure our intention becomes. And with pure intention we gain spirutual knowledge that we can use to help others.
After a personal tragedy many years ago, Jack went searching for answers. As he examined his own demise, it ultimately changed how he looked at life, and his intuitive abilities evolved. He soon found that asking questions became different. He noticed he was receiving answers before asking a question. Through embracing his spirituality, Jack began to “see” so much more than he knew existed.
Today, Jack is eternally grateful for what he has been given. When you ask for truth, you will receive, doors will open, and people will be put in your path that help you on your journey.
As a spiritual intuitive guide, Jack Kaine has helped many people since the early 1990’s through his readings. Jack is a Reiki Master who offers deep energy-based healing along with intuitive guidance during a session. He can help many understand the deeper roots of an issue that they may experience on nearly any issue of their lives.
Food for the Soul
Share a simple meal with intimate conversation.
12 pm - 2pm
Green Heiress Building 2
1150 Freeport Rd, Pgh, PA. 15238
$25 (includes meal) SEATING LIMITED to 20 - Get Tickets
Sponsored by OMA
Please purchase tickets in advance to guarantee a reservation.
What Does Spirituality Mean to You?
Spirituality means different things to different people. What do you think it means to be spiritually connected? How does it matter? Where do you feel you are with spirituality or are you just beginning to be curious about the conversation around the subject of spirituality? Perhaps you are interested in engaging in conversation regarding your unique spiritual journey? Or maybe you have an interest in developing a spiritual path and would like to discuss it (or just listen) with other like-minded individuals.
If any of the above interests you, come join Food for the Soul to share a simple meal (vegan and gluten-free) with intimate conversation, in a nonjudgmental small group environment, as we discover a deeper connection and gain understanding of topics related to Mind, Body and Spirit.
Food for the Soul, a regular initiative for OMA, is designed to give the participants an opportunity to share in a simple meal of soup and bread (served vegan and gluten-free) as well as discussions regarding introspection and ideas on various subjects related to Mind, Body and Spirit. Small groups of individuals will convene around a table and will be led by OMA members.
Edgar Cayce, Man of Miracles, Still Relevant at Home and Across the World
Join local Cayce enthusiasts in the viewing of a newly released documentary “The Readings, A Key to Spiritual Enlightenment.”
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception & CASH bar.
The Twentieth Century Club
FREE parking in UPMC lot across the street!
4201 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA. 15213
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
When Edgar Cayce, "the Father of Holistic Medicine," was under hypnosis, he could see through a person’s body, no matter where the person was physically located, even hundreds of miles away, and give a reading. Not only could he provide medical knowledge such as the cause of disease and its treatment, but he could answer questions on the workings of the universe. How did he acquire and develop this incredible ability? Why did God give this enigmatic power to Cayce? Through major illnesses of his age, the movie focuses on the life of Cayce and the mystery of the readings with the help of Shigeru Mitsuda, the president of the Edgar Cayce Center in Japan.
"The Readings, A Key to Spiritual Enlightenment” ( 90 min) will be shown and discussed.
While many of us are familiar with the work of Edgar Cayce, many in Japan are being newly introduced to Cayce by the filmmaker who leads the Japanese ARE Center, Tetsu Shiratori. "ARE" stands for Association for Research and Enlightenment, an organization headquartered in Virginia Beach that carries on the knowledge of Edgar Cayce.
Local ARE members will be on hand for a Q&A and to let you know how you can experience more of Cayce’s wisdom in the local area. Whether you already know about Cayce or are new yourself, you will find it energizing to watch this fresh point of view of fantastic information.
Did you know that Cayce made over 14,000 otherworldly journeys in his life and the information he gained from these journeys has astounded people all over the world In 1910, the New York Times carried two pages of headlines and pictures in which he was declared the World's Most Mysterious Man A national magazine ran an article titled, Miracle Man of Virginia Beach, and Cayce was swamped with an avalanche of 25,000 requests for medical help. In fact, President Woodrow Wilson sought the services of Edgar Cayce for healing and guidance while he was President of the United States and conceiving the idea of the League of Nations. Cayce is also considered to be the father of holistic medicine by JAMA, the prestigious medical journal.
The Art of Self-Care: Finding and Living In the Stillpoint
Presented by Sheila Collins and Christine Gautreaux
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception & CASH bar.
The Twentieth Century Club
FREE parking in UPMC lot across the street!
4201 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA. 15213
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
Join authors Sheila K Collins PhD and Christine Gautreaux, MSW as they celebrate and perform excerpts from their recently released Amazon best-selling book, Stillpoint: A Self-Care Playbook for Caregivers to Find Ease, and Time to Breathe, and Reclaim Joy.
With the support of the Wing & A Prayer Pittsburgh Players, this part lecture with demonstration and part improvisational InterPlay performance includes stories, poems, music, and dance, all addressing the need for self-care and the power of art to help the 45 million people, most of them women, who care for others in our society.
Books available for purchase to be signed by the authors.
Sheila K. Collins, PhD
Sheila has referred to herself as a “dancing social worker” for over 40 years. Bringing the perspective of a dancer and theater artist to her work as a social worker, professor, clinic director, keynote speaker, and organizational consultant, she writes, speaks and advocates for the power of play, dance and the expressive arts to help us make it through life’s toughest challenges.
Stillpoint was written originally to help social work students with their self-care, and the revision as a response to the proliferation of care-giving responsibilities in women’s lives. Her award winning book, Warrior Mother: Fierce Love, Unbearable Loss, and the Rituals that Heal, tells of her journeys with two of her three adult children and her best friend through their life-threatening illnesses and deaths, and of the rituals that helped her family to heal. Her engaging 2016 TEDx talk, “When Death Threatens,” demonstrates the challenge and the gifts of being a caregiver to a loved one dealing with a death-defying illness. She currently consults with individuals and organizations, helping them to tell their stories in transforming ways and directs the improvisational InterPlay troupe, Wing & A Prayer Pittsburgh Players. Her blog, Dancing with Everything appears on her website, https://sheilakcollins.com/
Christine Gautreax, MSW
Christine Gautreaux holds a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Social Work and is dedicated to the pursuit of play, joy, art & social justice. Christine’s superpowers include connecting people, helping folks manifest their dreams, standing up against injustice and using art to make a difference in the world. She currently uses performance art, movement, poetry, storytelling and Interplay to address issues of oppression with women who are incarcerated, people living with severe and persistent mental illness and homelessness. She also works with activists and artists to maintain balance and self-care during these intense times.
Christine has professional experience with successful grant writing, community organizing and social media marketing. She is a life coach for caregivers who are burnt out, ready to take back their own life and make it delightful again. She is the co-author of Stillpoint: A Caregivers Playbook to Find Ease and time to Breathe, and Reclaim Joy.
Recognizing Your Child’s Spiritual Gifts
Presented by Emily Pompei, Medical Intuitive
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
LOCATION: Green Heiress Building 2
1150 Freeport Rd, Pgh, PA. 15238
Sponsored by OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
$30 LUNCH INCLUDED
Are your children seeing Angels?
Are they telling you what you are thinking?
Are they seeing physical ailments in your body?
Can they predict the future?
If so, according to Medical Intuitive, Emily Pompei, your child has some very powerful gifts! Emily believes that a child’s gifts start from the pre-verbal stage and can continue into adulthood.
This presentation is a “Parents’ Guide" to help you understand and develop your own child’s gifts and to also understand where these gifts came from. Come enjoy a casual soup-&-salad lunch while we listen, learn and ask questions!
Emily Pompei is a registered and certified Medical Intuitive and has been working within the angelic and spiritual realm since she was 3 years old. She specializes in clearing the energetic, spiritual and auric fields through deep, channeled mediation.
Spiritual Physics
A Damanhur 2-Day Mystery School Workshop!
10:00 am 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday
221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Dates: SATURDAY March 9th - SUNDAY March 10th
Times: 10 am to 6 pm with 1 hour break, both days
Location: 221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
$250 Early Bird, $275 after Feb. 28 GET TICKETS!
TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED BY CHECK
Make checks payable to OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
Mail to: OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
100 Rutledge Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
Where science and spirit merge to reveal the nature of the soul and our divine origin.
Science and spirit: We need both to live in the fullest expression of ourselves as human beings. We are now at a crucial time—foretold by Damanhur founder Falco Tarassaco—when our human future depends on a new sacred story, one that explains how the physics of our natural world merges with the language of the soul and all its components (called the Inner Personalities). As this course explains, these two concepts are not divergent. Physical scientists reach into the invisible realms in order to understand the origin of matter. The "science of soul" also delves into the unseen mysteries of creation, along with the philosophy of the human intellect.
Participants will dissect the mysteries of our universe and of the human being. Based on research grounded in knowledge obtained by Falco, students will explore:
- The nature of the soul (which help us to communicate with ourselves).
- The Inner Personalities that are part of our divine origin as human beings.
- Reincarnation and our journey through time.
- The laws that regulate the universe and life.
- Time structure.
- Cosmogenesis.
- The spiritual eco-systems.
- Magic and magic technology.
This is the first level of a 4-level course designed to expand the perception of ourselves and of life in general. From this understanding, we are able to create and promote lifestyles that are in harmony and equilibrium with the universe.
This workshop will be taught by Crótalo Sésamo, an Ambassador of Damanhur, from Damanhur, Italy.
About Damanhur
Damanhur is a living laboratory for the future of humankind. It is a Federation of Spiritual Communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and use of science and technology. The Community was founded in 1975 from the inspiration of Falco Tarassaco (1950-2013). His enlightened and pragmatic vision created a fertile reality based on solidarity, sharing, love and respect for the environment. Damanhur is perhaps best known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind. The Temples have been profiled on international television as the "Eighth Wonder of The World." This complex was entirely dug by hand into the heart of the mountain. Decorated with mosaics, stained glass, sculptures, wall paintings and other works of art, it is dedicated to the awakening of the divine spark present within every human being.
To read more about Damanhur, visit http://www.damanhur.org/
Color Code Personality by Bobbi DiClaudio
An illuminating way for understanding how to make sense out of life’s relationship puzzles!
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception & CASH bar.
The Twentieth Century Club
FREE parking in UPMC lot across the street!
4201 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA. 15213
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
All life is about relationships. What part do you play in making the relationships in your life work?
People are complex, right? High strung, low key, perpetually happy (or miserable), hard to please and lacking in attention span… what’s the deal? Why can’t we all just get along?
Relationships are key to navigating this thing called life, and this color code personality workshop is a fun, interactive, and effective way to encourage and foster understanding among the naturally occurring subtle and not so subtle nuances of 4 the main personality types.
The Color Code (created by Dr. Taylor Hartman) divides personalities into four colors (red, blue, white, yellow) motivated by power, peace, intimacy, and fun, respectively. The main idea behind this is that all people possess one of the four "core motives" that drive their behaviour. Simple yet profound, this idea has been used to help people improve their interpersonal relations in their personal lives and business.
Bobbi DiClaudio has worked with this platform for over 12 years and has witnessed dramatic shifts in personal and professional interactions as individuals learn to honor, respect, and effectively communicate as they consider each other’s core motives.
Excellent for team building or just navigating the many relationships we experience in everyday life, you will find this highly interactive and thought provoking for yourself and all participants.
Common Side Effects
- Improved communication
- Increased personal and professional production
- Geting to know yourself a little better
About Bobbi DiClaudio
Bobbi’s straightforward attitude, fierce commitment to never ending improvement and pure dedication to sharing what she has learned with others are the backbone for her work. Her “high vibe” concept revolves around getting others to a place internally that makes healthy food choices and quality movement second nature and no longer a chore but a way of life.
Her background in health club management combined with certifications from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and the Institute for Eating Psychology, along with training in Reiki, Color Code Personality Assessment, Personal Development and Leadership are all integral parts of her unique approach.
As President of BR Wagner Services, parent company of High Vibe Health Coaching with Bobbi DiClaudio and Extremities Surgical, she leads with compassion and understanding inspiring others to live a life of true enjoyment and to pass it along.
Learn more at www.bobbidiclaudio.com
Inner Harmonization
A Damanhur 2-Day Mystery School Workshop!
10:00 am 6:00 pm Thursday and Friday
221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
Dates:THURSDAY March 7th - FRIDAY March 8th
Times: 10 am to 6 pm with 1 hour break, both days
Location: 221 Whetherburn Drive, Wexford, PA 15090
$250 Early Bird, $275 after Feb. 28 GET TICKETS!
TICKETS CAN ALSO BE PURCHASED BY CHECK
Make checks payable to OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
Mail to: OMA Center for Mind, Body and Spirit
100 Rutledge Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15215
Learn Meditative use of Breath, Movement and Color for Conscious Awareness.
The human being is a magical, three-dimensional symbol capable of connecting to the laws that regulate life in the cosmos. When we find our perfect energy balance, we are able to efficiently use our complete essence to interact with and shape the varied forms present in the worlds around us.
Each one of us is a fractal of the Universe with which we share a Divine Matrix. The practice of Inner Harmonization activates your physical and subtle components, stabilizes their existence in the world of Form, and strengthens your power to create through words and thoughts. For the practitioner that seeks inner peace and to reawaken the divine spark, it is a path toward enlightenment; for those who seek to realign the chakras and cleanse the aura, it provides a structured meditative practice easily incorporated into daily life.
The origins of Inner Harmonization date back to the time of Atlantis, where it was a widespread practice used to give meaning to actions, emotions and perceptions, to manifest desires with certainty, and to live life as a continual expression of evolved intelligence. It is a discipline based on expanding consciousness and well-suited in this modern era to reconquer skills and knowledge once lost.
In this first of a three-level course, you will be taught a series of physical and subtle exercises to progressively increase your range of perception. By practicing the breathing techniques, sounds and positions, you develop your sensorial sensibility and give new energy and new "existence" to the processes that are happening inside and outside yourself, increasing their ability to interact on the ethereal and corporeal planes.
Level 1 - Sounds and Breathing
In this workshop, we will focus on the breath—the entrance to the inner self. Sound is used to stimulate the energy centers in the body (Chakras, or Adonajba in Sacred Language): listening, singing, identifying the sound within. Each exercise is made of precise movements fundamental on the path toward harmony, inner peace and balance.
This workshop will be taught by Crótalo Sésamo, an Ambassador of Damanhur, from Damanhur, Italy.
About Damanhur
Damanhur is a living laboratory for the future of humankind. It is a Federation of Spiritual Communities, with its own Constitution, culture, art, music, currency, schools and use of science and technology. The Community was founded in 1975 from the inspiration of Falco Tarassaco (1950-2013). His enlightened and pragmatic vision created a fertile reality based on solidarity, sharing, love and respect for the environment. Damanhur is perhaps best known for its extraordinary subterranean work of art and architecture, a cathedral known as the Temples of Humankind. The Temples have been profiled on international television as the "Eighth Wonder of The World." This complex was entirely dug by hand into the heart of the mountain. Decorated with mosaics, stained glass, sculptures, wall paintings and other works of art, it is dedicated to the awakening of the divine spark present within every human being.
To read more about Damanhur, visit http://www.damanhur.org/
Meditation: Theory and Practice
6-Week Series Beginning Monday, January 14th
11:00 am 12:30 pm Monday mornings
Sponsored by OMA
Classes held at Green Heiress Holistic Health
209 Commercial Avenue, Aspinwall, PA 15215
$20 per class drop-in or advance ticket
and $108 for entire 6-Week Series (10% discount)
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
6-Week Series, Mondays, beginning January 14
Class Dates REVISED: 1/14, 1/28, 2/4, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4
Class Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Bhante Pemaratana will be back with us for another 6-week series, based on Buddhist Philosophy. This time we will learn about the philosophy behind meditation (Theory) and techniques of meditation practice (Practice). If you have been to Bhante’s classes, you already know what a gift the time spent with him is. If you have not, we hope you consider adding this little piece of calm and bliss to your Mondays! 
Bhante Pemaratana is the Chief Abbott of the Pittsburgh Buddhist Center in Natrona Heights,PA. Born in Sri Lanka he moved to the US in 2008. He holds a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from the National University of Singapore and a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, he teaches at the University of Pittsburgh as a part-time faculty member. He offers workshops on meditation at the Pittsburgh Buddhist Center, Yoga Studios and public libraries in the greater Pittsburgh area.
Repair the World Workshop
An Evening of Creative Health and Wellness
6:00 pm
Meditation: Theory and Practice
6-Week Series Beginning Monday, January 14th
11:00 am 12:30 pm Monday mornings
Sponsored by OMA
Classes held at Green Heiress Holistic Health
209 Commercial Avenue, Aspinwall, PA 15215
$20 per class drop-in or advance ticket
and $108 for entire 6-Week Series (10% discount)
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
6-Week Series, Mondays, beginning January 14
Class Dates REVISED: 1/14, 1/28, 2/4, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4
Class Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Bhante Pemaratana will be back with us for another 6-week series, based on Buddhist Philosophy. This time we will learn about the philosophy behind meditation (Theory) and techniques of meditation practice (Practice). If you have been to Bhante’s classes, you already know what a gift the time spent with him is. If you have not, we hope you consider adding this little piece of calm and bliss to your Mondays! Bhante Pemaratana is the Chief Abbott of the Pittsburgh Buddhist Center in Natrona Heights,PA. Born in Sri Lanka he moved to the US in 2008. He holds a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from the National University of Singapore and a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, he teaches at the University of Pittsburgh as a part-time faculty member. He offers workshops on meditation at the Pittsburgh Buddhist Center, Yoga Studios and public libraries in the greater Pittsburgh area.
Meditation: Theory and Practice
6-Week Series Beginning Monday, January 14th, Meeting Weekly
11:00 am 12:30 pm Monday mornings
Sponsored by OMA
Classes held at Green Heiress Holistic Health
209 Commercial Avenue, Aspinwall, PA 15215
$20 per class drop-in or advance ticket
and $108 for entire 6-Week Series (10% discount)
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
6-Week Series, Mondays, beginning January 14
Class Dates REVISED: 1/14, 1/28, 2/4, 2/18, 2/25, 3/4
Class Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Bhante Pemaratana will be back with us for another 6-week series, based on Buddhist Philosophy. This time we will learn about the philosophy behind meditation (Theory) and techniques of meditation practice (Practice). If you have been to Bhante’s classes, you already know what a gift the time spent with him is. If you have not, we hope you consider adding this little piece of calm and bliss to your Mondays! Bhante Pemaratana is the Chief Abbott of the Pittsburgh Buddhist Center in Natrona Heights,PA. Born in Sri Lanka he moved to the US in 2008. He holds a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from the National University of Singapore and a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Currently, he teaches at the University of Pittsburgh as a part-time faculty member. He offers workshops on meditation at the Pittsburgh Buddhist Center, Yoga Studios and public libraries in the greater Pittsburgh area.
Embodying the Wisdom of the Heart
Dana Micucci shares powerful heart-based teachings and practices learned from years of travel to sacred sites, that can be used for healing and transformation.
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. Doors open 6:15 pm for light reception & CASH bar.
The Twentieth Century Club
FREE parking in UPMC lot across the street!
4201 Bigelow Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA. 15213
Please offer a Donation from the Heart when attending this event.
So many of our wisdom/spiritual traditions are based on heart-centered teachings. Mystics, poets and truth-seekers throughout the ages have recognized the profound importance of living in and through the sacred heart.
In this talk, Dana Micucci shares powerful heart-based teachings and practices from some of the world’s wisdom traditions (Tibetan, Mayan, shamanic, Egyptian, mystical Christian, etc.) gleaned from her lifetime of travel that you can apply to your daily life for lasting transformation.
Learn how to harness the wisdom and power of your heart to improve your health, center your emotions, create the outcomes you desire with ease, master your energy, increase your passion and joy, reconnect with your spiritual core, and become a healing force through your very presence.
Dana Micucci, a Pittsburgh native, is an award-winning author, speaker, healer, and catalyst for self-mastery.
Dana’s latest book, the novel The Third Muse, is a metaphysical, time-travel mystery set in the international art world that celebrates the divine feminine wisdom of the Magdalene Order and the healing power of love. Her spiritual travel memoir Sojourns of the Soul: One Woman’s Journey around the World and into Her Truth—a gold winner in the Nautilus Book Awards—was inspired by her travels to many of the world’s most sacred sites. Both books offer a heart-centered message for our time.
Dana has also enjoyed a decades-long career as a widely published journalist writing about culture, travel, and spirituality for The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Chicago Tribune, Town & Country, Spirituality & Health, and many other well-known publications.
A dynamic speaker, and teacher and practitioner of ancient mystery-school wisdom, she conducts transformational talks, workshops, retreats and sacred journeys worldwide. She also has a private healing and mentoring practice rooted in her extensive shamanic training.
Dana’s work carries a multidimensional healing vibration that ignites deep shifts in consciousness, expanded awareness, and recognition of your soul’s purpose. With grounded clarity and compassion, she assists you in accelerating a fearless journey toward wholeness, joy, and fulfillment.
Dana has given talks/workshops at Unity Center of Pittsburgh and SITE NITE. Other venues where she has presented include Sedona Creative Life Center; New York Open Center, Edgar Cayce’s Association for Research and Enlightenment, and Unity of New York in Manhattan; other Unity Centers throughout the U.S.; United World College-USA; Canyon Ranch Spa in Tucson; the Women’s Institute for Continuing Education in Paris; the World Woman Summit; and many others.
Based in Taos, New Mexico, after many years in New York City, she continues to travel widely in sacred service as an ambassador of the New Earth consciousness.