Morning Star Classes and Workshops

Classes and Workshops

Amazing Soups with Sue Moon

Be Conscious of what you are eating. Learn many recipes for fabulous tasting soups that help to heal and nurture your body. This class is educational and very experiential. We will all be in the kitchen, laughing/talking/chopping veggies and more!

What could be more satisfying on a cold winter day than a warm bowl of soup? That is why Sue has developed many comforting combinations of different soups. During this class we will discuss the nutritional and emotional benefits of soup. Different tastes to evoke different feelings. Adding simple ingredients can boost your immune system and strengthen your body. Wake up your body with light but satisfying cuisine!

Take home recipes and new ideas to make your food preparation happier, healthier and easier.

Sue has been counseling people on diet and nutrition in this area since 1985. She knows how difficult changing a diet or lifestyle can be and offers her insights and wisdom to make these transitions smoother and fun!

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Archetypal Patterns

Archetypes are patterns of consciousness and behavior that we have all shared throughout time. They represent aspects of power we need to develop. The role of each of these archetypes is to guide us, teach us, and give us strength. These lessons come in the form of the shadow or the light. Either way, the energy is neutral and the message is the same. They are the guardians of our evolution. According to Carolyn Myss and others, there are 4 archetypes common to us all:

Victim:		Shadow: Giving your power away. Positive: To teach us strength and protection.
Prostitute:		Shadow: Selling out for safety and love. Positive: Integrity, to honor our values.
Saboteur:		Shadow: Telling yourself you can't do or have something. Positive: To believe in our ability to create what we dream.
Child:		Shadow: Wounded, feel abandoned, separate. Positive: Open, Innocent, magical

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Astrology 2008

2008 will be a “nose to the grindstone” kind of year and we all know how much we can accomplish when we put our minds to it! This will be a year of great achievement in career and some surprising political news. .

We are in one of the last of the Mayan predictions-The Fifth Night, ending next fall.  Simone Butler has this to say about it:  “As we enter the Fifth Night of the Mayan Calendar on November 19. This period corresponds, in earlier times, with the Dark Ages. More recently, it was the birth of the Modern Age--including World Wars I and II. Each time around the spiral, the Fifth Night is shorter in duration and intensity--this time it only lasts a year. And now, the divine light of consciousness shines brighter than ever before.

Tremendous breakthroughs will occur as we approach the "end of time as we know it" in 2012. The Fifth Night, in particular, will act as a trigger for greater consciousness. Be prepared for a possible war with Iran, economic crisis and/or the declaration of martial law, as the "powers that be" attempt to hold on to their entrenched position by preventing the presidential election from occurring. No matter how the scenario plays out, the next few years will spawn a sweeping, 1960s-style rebellion, as liberating Uranus builds toward a square with potent Pluto in 2010. Old systems must die, so we can build a new world based on spiritual, rather than material, values.”

And Pluto goes into Capricorn coinciding with the 2008 elections.  Noted Astrologer Joyce Hoen has this to say:   “On January 26, 2008, Pluto will move into Capricorn for the first time, to then travel retrograde into the tail end of Sagittarius between June 14 and November 27 of that year. From November 27, 2008, Pluto will stay in Capricorn for 15/16 years 2008-2024.  The promise Pluto in Capricorn gives us is not at all a bad one - but are people capable of listening to their inner voice, or will they only take liberties and permit themselves to do as they like, at the cost of others? That is the question. Can we, "the people" who wanted the power in fact handle power? That is the question. This is always the question when Pluto occupies the tenth house of an individual's chart; power and the lack of it in relation to our social status are the order of the day in such cases. This theme exists because Pluto tries to use power in a pure, clean way, NOT at others' expense."

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Autumn Equinox Meditation Circle

Our history is rich with celebratory anchors that give structure and form for our evolving generations.  One of those celebrations is the Autumn Equinox.  This is the time for joyous gatherings after the Harvest that will feed us through the long dark of winter.

Our spirits need celebrations like this to help support the more restful time of winter.

Giving thanks for all that we have is a deep part of the meaning of the time.

We will gather together in honoring this age old holy day in meditation and giving thanks through prayer.
When we perform these rituals it fills a part of us longing for deeper meaning in our busy lives.

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Awakening at Mid-Life

“Midway upon the journey of my life I found myself in a dark wood, where the right way was lost.”–Dante

Don’t let anyone fool you. Mid-life is not about shrinking back or becoming less than who you used to be. It is not about the loss of beauty and vitality. The energy that comes to a woman during midlife is one of transformation and power. It is one of rebirth and renewal. There is such a richness to this stage of life that calls forth a return to our natural state of wisdom, sensuality and beauty at the deepest levels. We can no longer be bound by limitations that constrict our energy. We can no longer be bound by myths about this stage of life that keep us small. This is our time of evolution.

This class is for women who want to learn how to use these powerful energies in a way that honors their spirit and aligns with their purpose.

Honoring your life story is an important way to acknowledge and accept this phase of your life.

This 4 week course will focus on the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual needs and accomplishments you are living through at this time. For Women mid-life is generally 35-60, though through poor health may even start as early as the 20’s. We will offer approaches to help you identify what areas you need to address now to make this transition the powerful one it calls to be. Now is the time to build a strong foundation for the rest of your life!

Physical health demands to be cared for now. Emotions can show you that you are not enjoying your life as you should be. Deep shadows longing to be healed emerge and beg for the Light. This is a time of POWER… a time of letting go of any part of your life that doesn’t glorify that power in you.

This is a journey that can only be undertaken alone. There may be conflict between opposing choices in careers or relationships as this is the time of transition. Much has been written about this time and it has been called mid-life crises by some. Awakening is what you are being called to do. Awakening to your strength, power, beauty and the timelessness of you that goes on forever.

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Awakening to the Divine

The issues and concerns our soul is seeking to heal are found in the blocks and distortions in our energy field. These are caused by trauma, self judgement and limiting beliefs, and block our connection to the Divine and our true nature. By opening up to the spiritual energy that is present, we are able to release these blocks and allow them to come in to balance and alignment. Unresolved issues that are being held on the deepest levels are often released with the additional components of self forgiveness and bringing in the Light of the Holy Spirit. This class teaches a process for accessing the spiritual field that surrounds you and aligning with the energy field of higher consciousness for healing on all levels.

Facilitator: Dixie Clark

Thursday, May 15, 6 to 8pm   $45 ( $40 if paid in advance)    Please call to register.

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Beginning Astrology

Many people take astrology lightly or find it humorous. It can be a valuable tool to unlock the secrets of your life. Astrology is a mathematical science of the Universe and an ancient study on Earth.

If you have ever wanted to understand more of how the planets affect you, come to this class. We will learn basics of the planets, the houses, how to understand the Wheel and your own basic Natal Chart.

This class is taught in simple, easy language and will be a fun afternoon.

Join with other curious seekers of knowledge!

Sue Moon began the study of Astrology in Los Angeles, California In 1972.

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Beginning Meditation with Breathwork

Follow the breath gently into the body to find your inner peace. There are a variety of different breathing techniques that help to open areas of peace inside of you. These simple techniques can be learned by anyone. As the mind is calmed in this way, it allows you to step into deeper states of meditation.

When you allow the breath to move uninterrupted through the body, many wonderful things can happen; pain can be alleviated, stress reduced, and much more. Intructor: Sue Moon

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Chakra I

Guided Meditations thru the 8 major chakras. Learn how to access these important energy centers that hold so much information about your life.

Root-origins/family, the earth

Sacral-creativity/sexuality

Navel-emotions

Solar Plexus-power/destiny

Heart-Aspects of love and your will to live

Throat-Will/communication/truth

Brow-clarity of vision

Crown-connection to spirit

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Chakra II

The Chakra System of meditations can bring a great deal of clarity to your life. The seven energy systems will be explored in Chakra Journey. Explanations of what they are and how to meditate on them will be given. In Chakra Meditations II, we will explore deeper aspects of this energy system and learn about other chakras in the body. Chakra Journey is not a pre-requisite to Chakra Meditations II.

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Christmas in Your Heart – Opening to Christ Consciousness

The energy of Christmas has little to do with the outer trappings and everything to do with the gifts of the spirit from within. We've all experienced this in moments of our lives where we open up to the Christ Consciousness and feel that sense of peace. Many meditations and processes will be utilized to help you go within and connect to your inner Christ.

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Communicating with Your Unconscious

Our unconscious holds the keys to why we keep repeating the same patterns, sabotage some of our goals, and have fears about moving forward. We all have the ability to communicate with this part of ourselves and release the blocks that keep us from moving forward. This workshop teaches specific skills to help you begin to change the unconscious programming that has been interfering with your life. Instructor Dixie Clark, MS, LMHP Licensed Counselor and Certified Health Practitioner in NLP.

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Compassion or Co-dependence

Do you tend to over commit your time and energy?
Do you feel good about yourself only when taking care of others?
Do you often do more than is expected and feel resentful when colleagues don't do the same?

Co-dependence has been called many things, from a "crisis of spirit" to "the most common addiction". There is a fine line between compassion and codependency, and it is easy to fall into the pattern of ignoring yourself in service of others.

Ongoing patterns of codependency lead to feelings of shame, physical and emotional problems, dysfunctional relationships and a spiritual void. Only when we change our relationship with ourselves can we truly begin to heal ourselves and others.

Objectives:

• Understand how codependency develops
• Recognize pattern of codependency in the workplace
• Learn techniques to strengthen sense of self and boundaries
  

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Crystal Bowl Meditation

Sue McCarthy of the Crystal Hearts will be playing the bowls for an hour of meditation. If you have not experienced the peace and bliss that comes from meditating with these pure sounds of light now is the time. Sue is an accomplished bowl player and is intuitively guided to play these bowls to facilitate in the clearing of negative energies, especially from the chakra system.

Sunday, May 25, 5 to 6pm   $10

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Dare to Dream – Living By Design, According to the Law of Attraction Monthly Coaching Group

Morning Star is offering this 6 month coaching group to help:

• those who have taken a prior class and are ready to deepen your awareness of the Law of Attraction
• begin to live it on a daily basis and actually use it to manifest what you want in your life.

For those with an awareness of the Law of Attraction.

This group gives you a chance to share with other like minded individuals who are ready to Dare to Dream of new possibilities.

We will be focusing on MANIFESTATION.

If you have been wanting more discipline or more focus, or even just plain HELP with obtaining the life you would like, this is the course for you.

What you can expect:

• Learn about the Law of Attraction on a deeper level
• A safe space to develop your outcomes
• New processes to use your energy in a more focused way
• Group energy to hold you accountable and support you

When a group comes together, the energy is intensified and just like a magnet, what you are working on comes in faster.

Each month: new material, exercises, strategies, networking, positive reinforcing to motivate you to manifest your outcomes.

Free ½ hour phone consult each month
Hand outs
Group connection through email.

Dixie Clark and Sue Moon began teaching Living By Design in a 6 wk course format over 5 years ago. Many people have learned to work “smarter” and not harder to attain their dreams from these classes.

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Dealing with the Fear of a Life Threatening Illness

If we should hear the diagnosis of a life threatening illness, either for ourselves or a loved one, we can go into a state of shock. Sometimes we keep playing that moment over and over again. Sometimes the images of our worst fear of this disease keep repeating in our mind. The shock and fear that can occur block our body's natural healing ability. This fear can do more damage and become our greatest barrier.

This workshop teaches proven techniques to release "diagnosis shock", and manage the ongoing fears that occur when dealing with this issue in yourself and loved ones. You will also learn a process to tap in to your inner strength and resources to help you feel capable of handling this situation. Instructor: Dixie Clark, MS, LPC.

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Do It Now – Strategies for Motivation

Do you have trouble motivating yourself to get things done?  Is it hard for you to get started or complete projects?  Does it seem as though you have no control over your procrastination?

The consequences of procrastination can affect every aspect of our lives. When we have trouble motivating ourselves it can block our energy, affect our relationships and self-esteem, and keep us from moving forward in life.  Motivation is more than just having a strong will and forcing yourself to follow through. Following through with outcomes involves co-operation between both the conscious and unconscious minds. This class uses techniques of NLP and energy work to teach you proven strategies for motivation to reach outcomes, and techniques to release barriers that caused you to be stuck in procrastination.  Instructor: Dixie Clark, MS, LPC.

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Ebb and Flow – Working with the Energies of Your Life

For everything there is a time.  There is a purpose behind what we are going through.  During July we have an opportunity to move through old patterns and create new ones. The energies of this time are designed to bring us into a point of stillness while the new is manifesting and coming in.  This time of stillness can be uncomfortable and cause us to feel like we are doing something wrong. 

When we get into judgment, that simply blocks us further. The energies coming in behind this stillness will impel us into new projects and exciting ideas. Understanding that there is an ebb and flow in your life helps you to accept and work with what is happening at the time.

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Energy Alignments

Our body is designed to heal itself physically and emotionally when our life force energy is flowing freely and naturally. However, when it becomes blocked, we can experience disturbances such as headaches, pain, illness, anger, depression, anxiety etc. This 6 week course works with the physical system and it's accompanying energetic system, i.e., Circulatory System/Heart Chakra, Nervous System/Crown Chakra, Kundalini, etc.

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The Extraordinary Self ^tm

Imagine You…consistently achieving breakthrough results….continually feeling more powerful….constantly dissolving barriers to success.

During this program, you can expect to strengthen your inner core of self-worth, clarify core values and develop the strategies of Peak Performers as you move toward breakthrough outcomes. You will gain in emotional maturity, objective thinking, improved relationships and the ability to produce measurable results. This course is designed to help you experience fewer doubts and more permission to do what you want; allow your self-image to become increasingly expansive and positive; and increase your ability to achieve results in all areas of your life.

Instructors: Dee Kinder, Director, NLP Midwest and Dixie Clark, MS, LPC

Full Moon Solar Eclipse in Pisces Meditation

IThe Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse in Spiritual Pisces is a wonderful time to join together and meditate on what you would like to be doing differently with your life.  For one hour we will focus on welcoming this energy into our bodies.  Consciously working with the expansive and very spiritual energies at hand can make all of your transitions more fluid and graceful.  Sue will guide the visualizations through 11 chakras.  Opening and clearing the chakra energies releases heaviness, doubt and many fears, allowing you to step into your power with greater enthusiasm and optimism.

Healthy Living Lecture

Come learn how to combine healthy attitudes and styles that make you feel better, calmer and more at peace. Proven methods of thought, movement and diet will be discussed in this interactive hour. Questions are encouraged.

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Honoring Resistance in Clients

Physical and emotional healing depends on a variety of factors. As health care providers, we have the opportunity to be part of this process with our patients and clients. In our work, it is important to recognize the many ways we influence patient recovery and cooperation with treatment. We will be learning how to gain rapport on all levels; the effects of beliefs (clients and practitioners) on healing;use of language patterns; and, how to utilize the internal motivational and decision making strategies for more effective treatment. This workshop is designed to explore how to Influence with Integrity those whom we serve. This workshop meets the criteria for 4.5 contact hours for both nurses and LMHP's.

Instructor: Dixie Clark, MS, LMHP

CEU’s available for LMHP professionals and Nurses

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Influencing with Integrity

Physical and emotional healing depends on a variety of factors. As health care providers, we have the opportunity to be part of this process with our patients and clients. In our work, it is important to recognize the many ways we influence patient recovery and cooperation with treatment. We will be learning how to gain rapport on all levels; the effects of beliefs (clients and practitioners) on healing;use of language patterns; and, how to utilize the internal motivational and decision making strategies for more effective treatment. This workshop is designed to explore how to Influence with Integrity those whom we serve. This workshop meets the criteria for 4.5 contact hours for both nurses and LMHP's.

Instructor: Dixie Clark, MS, LMHP

CEU’s available for LMHP professionals and Nurses

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Innovative Techniques for Brief Therapy

In the days of managed care and reduced insurance coverage, many people want only brief therapy to make the changes they seek. It is important to have effective techniques that provide the "how to" of helping people move through their issues. This often calls for "nontraditional" processes that are safe and effective. This workshop teaches remarkable tools of NLP and Energy Psychology to assist clients to make shifts on many levels in a short period. These techniques are helpful in dealing with anxiety, anger, trauma, depression, to name a few. Many of these skills can also be taught to clients for use on their own. One hour for lunch on your own. This program meets the criteria for continuing education for licensed mental health practitioners.

Objectives:

• Awareness of the neurological levels and how they relate to change.
• Understanding of interventions and why some are not effective for change.
• NLP and Energy Psychology techniques that are effective in any treatment approach.

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Introduction to NLP

Come for an evening of fun and learning about NLP!

The techniques of NLP are absolutely magical in their ability to help people transform their lives. NLP is known as the study of excellence,
and has proven to promote gentle, rapid changes in people on both a conscious and unconscious level. Uses for NLP include personal and spiritual development, transforming limiting beliefs, changing communication patterns, releasing past traumas and negative emotions, and creating compelling futures. Not only is NLP effective in releasing blocks and healing trauma, this method is able to install new strategies, beliefs and behavior that is more effective at each stage of life.

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Introduction to Noetic Field Therapy

Releasing Patterns that block connection to Spirit

Noetic Field Therapy is a spiritual approach to personal development and evolution that helps awaken us to our soul, align with our destiny and develop our natural spiritual power. Noetic means spiritual mind, and the noetic field is the psychospiritual energy that surrounds us. The issues and concerns that our soul is seeking to heal are found in the blocks and distortions in our energy field, caused by physical and emotional trauma, self-judgment and limiting beliefs. By opening up to the spiritual energy that is present, we are able to release these blocks and allow them to come in to balance and alignment.

Issues that may have been dealt with in the past, but still unresolved on a cellular level, are often released with the additional components of self forgiveness and bringing in the light of the Holy Spirit. It is such a gentle, compassionate method of healing.

Objectives for this presentation:

• Teach the process of accessing the noetic field and aligning with the energy field of higher consciousness.
• Provide an awareness of the blocks in the energy field that represent judgments, distortions and limiting beliefs, and the role self-forgiveness plays in their release.
• Provide an understanding of the issues contained within each chakra and how each center serves the soulj's activity in specialized ways.
• Teach specific focus statements and processes that help clear these blocks and align and balance the energy field.

Instructor: Dixie Clark

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Intuitive Eating

There is a lot of information out there on health, eating, exercise and more. It can be confusing if you haven’t done some pretty extensive research. Sue Moon began the study of nutrition and its affect on the body in 1968 and has continued that study through the years, also teaching cooking classes on macrobiotics, vegetarianism and more. This class will teach you how to tune into your own intuition to see which foods are good for you.

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Journey through the Seven Chakras

Chakras are energy centers in the body that are powerful tools for self-discovery, transformation and awakening spiritual awareness.

Further your journey of self-discovery through the study of your Chakras. In the traditional chakra system, there are seven primary chakras and many secondary ones. The information accessed from these centers provide gateways to understanding the many aspects of soul and ego.

Each chakra reflects an aspect of consciousness that is essential to our lives.
Chakras are powerful tools of self-discovery!

We will be using the tools of visualizations & movement through very basic yoga postures and meditation.

Root Chakra-our connection to Earth, family, tribe
Sacral Chakra-sexuality, creativity, playfulness, empathy
Solar Plexus Chakra-very complex center: self esteem to co-dependence
Heart Chakra-loving aspect of your life from conscience to service and all that lies in between
Throat Chakra-living your truth, the will center
Brow Chakra-Clarity of Vision
Crown Chakra-Opening to Spirit

Wear comfortable, loose fitting clothing that allows you to gently stretch. Bring a journal and pillow if you like.

Saturday, May 3,  3 to 5 pm  $35

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Kundalini and the Chakras

An introduction to meditating on the chakras and how to use your own Kundalini energy to help clear negativity and stuck energy from these centers. We will spend these two hours learning many basic meditations that are fueled by your own evolutionary energy. These meditations are inspiring and enlightening on whatever path you are on in life. Includes a tape of the class meditations.

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Kundalini I

Whether you are aware of it or not everyone has Kundalini or evolutionary energy flowing in their systems. This is the energy that pushes you to grow towards the light or God. In Kundalini I techniques and meditations are taught to guide or direct this energy. Kundalini is one of the energies that fuels our Chakra system and we will work with the 7 main Chakras in this class.

Wednesday, May 7,  6 to 7:30 pm  $30 or $50 for Kundalini I & II (May 14)

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Kundalini II

The second part of this mini series will teach more specific meditations and work with many other chakras. Your spiritual nature is brought into balance with your earthly nature resulting in a more balanced approach to life. The phrase, “We are spiritual beings having a human experience”, explains the Kundalini/Spiritual connection. These guided meditations lift you into the higher dimensions where greater wisdom can be accessed.

Wednesday, May 14,  6 to 7:30 pm  $30 or $50 for Kundalini I (May 7) & II

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Living By Design — According to the Law of Attraction

For Men & Women who feel stuck, ready to take back their power, feel there is more to life, and have a deep desire to change. When you change yourself you change the world as far as you are concerned, for you are your own world.  "The interior and the exterior are the same." — V. Howard

This course is designed to help transition from old paradigms of lack and separation to creation and abundance. Join with other like minded women and men to learn to use your energy to manifest "on purpose" and step into the life you have longed to live.

What we focus on we attract.  Are you focused on what you don't have, don't want or on what is wrong in your life?  If so, your life will attract more of the same.

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Loving Your Heart Open

On this physical level, we have all experienced disappointments, rejection, and betrayal. We’ve had our heart broken in many ways. We often respond to these situations by losing trust, not fully engaging in life and shutting down our heart. Our true essence is one of loving and joy. When our heart is closed, it creates a void that can only be filled from within.

This class will help you on your journey of healing and help release the patterns that block your connection to Spirit, and to who you truly are.

Facilitator: Dixie Clark

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Meditation

The class teaches ancient and different techniques for achieving a calm state of being through the practices of Hinduism, Buddhism, Kundalini-Chakras, and much more.

The instructor has been a meditation teacher for over 25 years and skillfully guides the participants to their own place of peace within. When these pathways are created, the individual can go back on their own anytime they sit in silence.

Pre-registration is required.

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Meditation Circle

This class teaches ancient and current techniques for achieving a calm state of being through the practices of Breathwork, accessing our own unique energy centers called Chakras, Auras, Tumo, Spherical System and more.

Sue Moon began teaching meditation in 1979 at the request of her teacher. She skillfully guides the class to their own place of peace within. With this route established a connection is made and meditation becomes much easier to do on a daily basis. Sharing with other individual in class brings clarity and unity to the group

Sunday, May 18, Normally 2nd Sunday of the month (exception due to Mother's Day holiday), 5 to 6pm   $16 (no checks please)

Note: Some experience in meditation is required to participate. This is the previous weekly group that will now meet once a month. Please call ahead to reserve your spot. A minimum enrollment of 5 is required.

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Meditation Class for Beginners

Sue Moon has taught meditation over 20 years and is well known for her skill in guiding others.

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Muscle Testing/Kinesiology

Muscle testing is one way to help you determine if a thing (food, herbs, therapies, etc.) is good for you. The body never lies, we just need to hone our intuitions to hear it. Sue studied Kinesiology for ten years with local herbalists Don and Marge Bahr, and has used it with wonderful results in her 20+year massage and herbal/vitamin practice. Various forms of muscle testing are used in different healing modalities here at the Center and elsewhere. These sessions are designed to inform you of different options and to take back your power when it comes to your healing.

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Nature Meditations in the Park

Guided meditations on the warm earth, feeling our connections in nature and to each other. Meditations on the 4 elements of Earth/Wind/Fire/Water. This will be a lovely day outside and in the moment, expanding and evolving in unity.

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NLP Practitioner Training

A 6 month certification course to train individuals as NLP Practitioners.  NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) is the study of human excellence.  This is the cutting edge field that enhances professional development and personal performance.  Based on studying patterns of excellence found in highly successful people, NLP is about how people learn, communicate, change and grow.  These skills will allow you to:  Communicate and use language effectively, coach others, understand culture (internal and external), Innovate, Model Excellence, Partner successfully, "read" the unconscious signals sent to you by others, Negotiate win-win-win solutions, Access your personal resources, know how to resolve internal and external conflicts, gain new behavior choices,and so much more.

Instructors:

Dee Kinder, Certified International NLP Trainer, Business Consultant & Coach, Owner of NLP Midwest.

Dixie Clark, Certified NLP Trainer, LMHP, co-owner of Morning Star Center.

Guest Trainer

Judith Delozier, Santa Cruz, CA, Faculty of NLP University, M.A. Anthropology and Religious Studies. Internationally renowned author and trainer, and one of the original co-developers of NLP.

Training will be held at:

NLP Midwest (on the Lake)
8416 Kauai Dr.
Papillion, NE 68046

402-597-6981.

Email: nlpsuccess@earthlink.net

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NLP Foundation Skills

Discover through NLP “how” people learn, communicate and react to situations. Focusing on the interaction between the mind and body, and how language affects behavior, NLP has the reputation for getting results faster than traditional therapies. Developed by studying the patterns of excellence in highly successful people, NLP enhances professional development and personal performance. This training emphasizes practical techniques you can use immediately to increase your effectiveness in facilitating change. This 2 day course is appropriate for anyone seeking to promote change in themselves and influencing with integrity.

Instructors: Dixie Clark and Dee Kinder

CEU’s available for LMHP professionals

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NLP – Tools for Transformation

CEU’s offered for LMHP’s

Nutritionally Yours — How to Thrive Instead of Just Survive

Many people take their health for granted until something goes wrong. It is only then that they start to look more closely at what has brouht them to this position. Your body has a natural ability to maintain good health and heal itself if it is given the right conditions in which to do so. In order to understand how you can use your bodys natural protective abilities it's important to understand some basic facts. Sue Moon has been actively involved with nutrition/herbs/vitamins/cooking classes for over 30 years. May people have experienced better health and well-being by her non-threatening approach.

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Peace through Meditation

We live in a frantic world where the focus is usually on the external. This can leave us feeling empty and wondering just what is our life all about anyway. Meditation is a simple practice to calm the mind and bring peace into the life. Anyone can meditate. Come to Morning Star and experience the peace and love that permeate the Center. Through Sue's eclectic and loving style of teaching, many have been brought to a deeper inner peace. We will focus on stilling the thoughts with different methods of breathing and visualizations.

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The Purpose of Your Life

Why am I here? What am I supposed to be doing? Is this all there is to life?

We have all asked these questions at one time or another. Until we connect with our purpose, life can often feel incomplete. A strong intention to do what you love, together with the willingness to be shown divine will – that is the foundation for a fulfilling life....writes author Carol Adrienne.

Once in a while you will meet people whose work is inspired. They exude enthusiasm and appear genuine. They express a joy that comes from deep within. When you meet such people you realize that their work is consistent with their purpose. Connecting with our purpose brings life into a fulfilling, exciting and authentic place of fulfillment for each individual.

If your life were to end tomorrow, what meaning or purpose would you give to it? What has been your guiding force?

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Prosperity in the New Year

We can often sabotage ourselves when it comes to prosperity. And that goes for money, love, happiness etc. During this class you will be given information on some of the judgments we can make about prosperity. There are also karmic patterns that can come into play. We will use different processes and guided meditations to help clear some of that.

Astrologically this is a Capricorn year and many ideas you may have held about how to utilize and increase your prosperity will be helped by this influence. If you are open to receiving and doing the work, it will be a good and prosperous year. If you continue in old patterns that don’t work, there will be some restructuring that can be a little uncomfortable. Pluto in Capricorn is about building up your personal wealth. :

• How are you handling the energy of money now?
• Until that is in place it either won’t come or it won’t stay

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Psychic Heat — Tummo

Tummo is an energy, like Kundalini, Reiki and more, that has vast effects on our well-being and development. If you feel weary or have a buzzy kind of feeling with dry hot flashes, you may be experiencing a tumo flash! Tummo is an excellent healing energy and can bring great strength to the body on the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual levels.

This workshop will give basic information and meditations on Tummo so that the participants can use it immediately as a healing tool in their lives.

Wikepedia has this to say about Tummo: Tummo is a Tibetan term for a suite of advanced sadhana, contemplative practice, spiritual energetic work or meditation of the Himalayan traditions of Vajrayana and Bön.

In common currency, Tummo is related to the description of intense sensations of body heat, that are held to be a partial effect of the practice of Tummo-meditation. Tummo is taught as one part of the six yogas of Naropa. Stories and eyewitness accounts abound of yogi practitioners being able to generate sufficient heat to dry wet sheets draped around their naked bodies while sitting outside in the freezing cold, not just once, but multiple times. These observations have also been discussed in medical articles (Ding-E Young and Taylor, 1998).

Tummo, also spelled Tumo, or Tum-mo; sanskrit, a Tibetan word literally meaning "Fierce Woman".

The Tummo practices were first described in writing by the Indian yogi and Buddhist scholar Naropa, though the Buddhist tradition holds that the practice was actually taught by Shakyamuni Buddha and passed down orally until the time of Naropa. The Tummo practice is also found in the Tibetan Bön lineage. One of the most famous practitioners of Tummo according to the Tibetan tradition was held to be Milarepa. The biography of Milarepa is one of the most popular among the Tibetan people (Evans-Wentz, 2001). Modern western witnesses of this practice include the adventurer Alexandra David-Néel (David-Néel, 1971), Lama Anagarika Govinda (Govinda, 1988), and anthropologist Dr. John Crook.

While the physiological effects of Tummo are well known, they are not the primary purpose of the meditation practice. Tummo is a tantric meditation practice that transforms and evolves the consciousness of the practitioner so that wisdom and compassion are manifested in the individual.

It is not considered wise to engage in the practice of Tummo, or any other intense form of meditation, without the supervision of a credible teacher or guide, or without thorough psychological and physiological preparation. Intense, or unsupervised forms of meditation, might sometimes lead to substantial meditation-related problems.

Saturday, May 17, 2 to 4pm   $35

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Psychic Protection

Have you ever:

• felt drained of energy around certain people?
• suddenly began having bad dreams or thoughts you can't seem to let go?
• felt angry or out of control for no reason?

Being out in the world makes us vulnerable to picking up psychic influences or having our energy affected in a negative way by those around us. It's important that we maintain a strong energy field and have ways of staying in balance so that we can recognize when we're being pulled off center and influenced by something outside of ourselves. This class focuses on recognizing signs and symptoms of psychic influences, methods of building protection in to your daily routine, and ways to align spiritually. Instructors: Dixie Clark and Sue Moon

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Psycho Drama

(with Deb Shaddy of the Sophia Center)

Psychodrama facilitates healing and personal growth through the enactment of key moments and exploration of important issues. By putting inner thoughts and feelings into acion with the help of a group, you can experiment with new and more satisfying behaviors in your personal and professional life, develop insight into your life, behavior and feelings, learn new ways of relating to self and others, heal old wounds so that you can move into future situatioins with freedom and clarity and prepare for new roles.

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Reaping the Harvest – Wholefoods that Heal

Sue Moon and John Mixan are joining together for their first cooking class. Individually Sue and John bring a lot of information, talent, knowledge and many years of study and teaching to this class.

John has always had a love of health and wellness….. after a scare with cancer he began to take his health seriously and went to the Mischio Kushi Institute to study macrobiotics. His study continued with living at the Optimum Health Institute in San Diego where he learned about cleansing using wheat grass and raw foods. Further learning was acquired in a Yoga Ashram in Virginia. Next training in Life Coaching with Maria Nemeth and most recently has graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City. John offers Life Coaching with an emphasis on health and wellness. With his gentle and easy manner, many are led to feel better and heal.

Sue has a lifetime of gardening, harvesting, preparation and serving of healthy foods. She has studied nutrition and the effects of food on the body in many venues through a Nursing career, Macrobiotic studies and independent studies. She supervised the kitchen at Kripalu Yoga Ashram, was the organic wholefoods cook at a Retreat Center in Arkansas and has taught cooking classes in this area for over 20 years. Sue has offered nutritional consultations since 1985. She knows how difficult changing a diet or lifestyle can be and offers many helpful tips acquired over a lifetime.

This day will be infused with love of food, fun in the kitchen and the joy that comes from preparing and sharing food in community. Attendees can expect to leave the class with a comfortably full stomach as well as some recipes and concrete suggestions as to how they might begin to make lifestyle changes.

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Reclaiming Your Creative Spirit

Creativity and intuition are an important part of who we are as women. When we lose touch with this vital part of ourselves, life loses its joy and meaning. As we learn to use our creativity and intuition, we are able to find new solutions to everyday problems and expand our possibilities.  Many time honored techniques will be taught to help you release your creative energy and learn to trust your intuition.

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Reiki

The Reiki attunement process opens the individual to channel Universal healing energy.  That energy can be used to heal the self, family, friends or clients.  Reiki removes blocks that inhibit the individual from moving forward in their lives, it also helps to clear toxins out of the body while reducing stress.  The teaching of this technique is done is three levels; Reiki I, healing for the physical body; Reiki II, healing on the emotional/mental levels; and Reiki III, Master/Teacher level.  For deeper knowledge read "Reiki for the New Millennium", by William Rand

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Reiki Healing Circle

“If we don’t change our course we will end where we are heading.” -Chinese Proverb

I have thought about starting a monthly Reiki healing circle for some time. Well, there is no time like the present. This year of 2008 will herald in some pretty amazing changes for the world. Pluto moves into Capricorn to stay till 2024. Many governments in the world will change.

How this will affect the people on our planet remains to be seen, but we know that the poor usually suffer the most. Let us gather together to not only work on our own healing but by sending healing to other cultures as well.

All Reiki I, II and III’s are invited to be a part of this healing for our planet.

RSVP at least 12 hours before date: 402.884.0621 or email info@morningstarcenter.com

Om – Namaste – Jai Bhagwan

Sue Moon

1st Sunday of the month, May 4, 5 to 6pm   $5 donation (no checks please)

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Reiki – Level I

Reiki (pronounced Ray Key) is the art and science of channeling the universal life force to promote spiritual, mental, emotional and physical healing.

Reiki is Spiritually guided. It is not limited by the practitioner.

In Reiki 1st Degree you learn the history of Reiki, suggested hand positions you will receive four attunements at the Chakra level that activate your healing energy.

Sue Moon has been a Reiki Master/Teacher over ten years.

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Reiki – Level II

Reiki I works on healing the physical level, with Reiki II we move to the emotional level of healing. It takes us further into ourselves and gives us more powerful tools for self-discovery. We learn to allow the universal life energy to flow more efficiently. The second degree initiations work on a higher level than the first degree, mainly on the etheric body. Distance healing or absentee healing will be learned. Thoughts, emotions and energy travel just like electromagnetic waves from one point in space to another. The second degree turns us into energy-transmitters across time and space.

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Relationship Journey – The Art of Communication

The quality of your communication with yourself and others determines the quality of your life. We are guided in our style of communication by many factors.

The words we use arise from our preferred method of responding to the world. We all respond from our internal map of reality, not to reality as it exists.

Learn tools to ease through this journey in all of your relationships:

• From NLP you will learn preferred communication styles and patterns under stress.
• From Astrology you will learn your overall life patterns and preferences.

These combined modalities will provide you with powerful information to understand yourself and others on a deeper level.

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Releasing Fears and Phobias

What are the fears you have that seem to control you at times? How often do you experience anxiety? Does a phobia disrupt your life on a regular basis? Reoccurring fears and anxiety can have many causes and can become programmed on both a physical and emotional level. These fears can interfere with our work, relationships, enjoyment of life, and connection to Spirit. This class teaches some simple yet very powerful tools to release the energy of these fears and raise your body’s vibration to move beyond your previous reactions to these situations and in to enjoyment of life.
This class is appropriate if you are just beginning to address these issues in or yourself or can be used in addition to any treatment you may already be receiving. Instructor: Dixie Clark, MS, LPC.

Thursday, May 29, 6 to 8pm    $45 ($40 if paid in advance)

Please call to register

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Releasing the Shadow

The "shadow" is a concept describing all the things about ourselves we do not like, accept, or wish to look at. These are the parts of ourselves we have judged as unacceptable and keep locked away, often out of our own awareness. The soul's purpose is to become complete and longs to become unified with all parts of us.

“Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.” –Rainer Maria Rilke

"Looking into the darkness or living with shadow awareness is not an easy path, a road on which the debris has been cleared and the direction lies straight ahead. Rather, to live with shadow awareness we follow detours; we walk into the debris, groping our way through dark corridors and past dead ends. We look for the key where it is difficult to find. Shadow-work asks us to turn in that direction.

It asks us to stop blaming others.

It asks us to take responsibility.

It asks us to move slowly.

It asks up to deepen awareness.

It asks us to hold paradox.

It asks up to open our hearts.

It asks us to sacrifice our ideals of perfection.

It asks us to live the mystery.

We suggest that you relate to the Shadow as a mystery, rather than as a problem to be solved or an illness to be cured." –Connie Zwieg

Wednesday Evenings, May 21 & 28,   6 to 8pm  $45 each week or $80 for both

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Renewing Your Purpose

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Rock and Roll Your Soul

A meditation experience to wake you up!

Join with Sue Moon for this special workshop designed to shake up the energies in your body and your life and move you forward in an exhilarating way! This will be a day of touching your soul with you own energies of kundalini-tumo-chakra-nadis-auras!! And you don’t even need to know what they are or where they are to access them! Sue does, and she will guide you into altered states of ecstasy!!

The day is designed to get you moving……

connected to your soul level energies……

inspire you, desire you, re-fire you for your life!

Call 884-0621 to reserve your space

Bring a friend, or relative……..space for 15

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Sacred Tones

This uplifting workshop introduces a series of simple meditative techinques as shared by John-Roger in his book, Inner Worlds of Meditation. These techniques can assist in calming and healing the emotional, physical and mental levels from the stress experienced in today's world.

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Sacred Women^SM

Deep within all women is a yearning for healing and connection to Spirit….There is knowledge on a cellular level that all of life is sacred, and the role of being a woman is to be honored. We can become less than who we truly are in service of the agenda of others. The purpose of this workshop is to help women awaken to their own true nature, and to teach them to direct their power and spirit in service of their highest Self.

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Sacred Women – Awakening the Authentic Self

Deep within all women is a yearning for healing and connection to Spirit. There is a knowledge on a cellular level that all life is sacred and the role of being a woman is to be honored. We are born into this world carrying a light called soul that holds our purpose and mission in this lifetime. We can disconnect from this essence through our human experience that creates wounds and limiting beliefs. This disconnection from our essence leads to a devaluing of our true nature and a separation from our Authentic Self. Each of us are on a journey to return to this essence and unfold into who we truly are.

This annual Women’s retreat is designed to help participants live life fully, authentically and with courage. It is about learning to integrate the energies of power and grace as you walk your own unique path.

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Self Healing Alternatives . . . a Free Lecture Series

There is a tremendous amount of information available on health, eating, exercise and more. It can be confusing if you haven't done extensive studying. At Morning Star, we are sensitive to your needs and have qualified people to help you understand your evolving health concerns. Education is a key factor in retaining your own power in the choices you make. To that end we are now offering a free lecture series, including guest speakers, to help inform you on a variety of topics.

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The Seven Light Bodies – A Journey in Consciousness

There are seven basic bodies (auras) which we use to progress from very basic energies to highly developed levels. The first 3 are the Physical, Emotional and Mental, then we get into the more spiritual realms from 4 to 7-Love, Intuition, Will, Divine etc. Learn how to tune into your various energies for information and even sense these auras thru guided visualizations and instruction.

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The Spherical System

We live in a sea of Energy. Chakras, Auras, Acupuncture Meridians and so much more.

We also have access to a Spherical System that not too many people know about. This is an ancient system that is not traditionally taught. But times are changing and we need all the information we can get just to evolve in grace and light.

There are 8 wonderful Spheres of Energy we can tap into for information. These energy centers are full of wonderful information and just waiting for us to access. My personal favorite is the Subconscious Sphere which clears any past, present or future energies that are ready to give us information etc.

I learned about this spiritual practice many years ago from my mentor, Genevieve Lewis Paulson. I now happily pass it on to you.

In this 4 hour workshop you will learn how to access these energies, to balance them and spin them in their proper alignment.

It is a very powerful and empowering experience.

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Spiritual Crossroads – Which Path to Take?

Naturally we think of Thanksgiving during this month close to the conclusion of 2006.  How has this past year gone?  Have we been grateful for what we have received?

We have five planets in Scorpio with a Scorpio Mercury Retrograde.  Scorpio is about transformation at the deepest levels, the transformation that comes before a birth.  Some people will be having wild mood swings or become a little desperate, but all of us will be transforming.  It is your choice how this manifests.  Watch your thoughts, what are you dwelling on?

Mercury retrograde in Scorpio allows you the time to bring out those shadows that long to be healed and it also lets you clean your closets, literally and figuratively.  I always re-organize during these times, good energy for that!!

The Mayan calendar heralds November 24th as one of the strongest energy portals since 1999.  This will heighten our intuitions and probably increase the turbulence all around the world.

Scorpio is like a snake wanting to shed its skin……….are you ready to shed your skin?

Bountiful Jupiter returns to it’s natal sign of Sagittarius on Thanksgiving-abundance-expansion of wherever you are…….so be in a good place this month and delve deeply into your therapists arms for a fresh start in your life!!!!

The Taurus Full Moon on November 5th will bring a deep desire for all of us to get past our prejudices and judgments and come into tolerance and acceptance for the good of all.  This is not an easy full moon, but it can be very transformative.

There is a Scorpio New Moon on Monday, November 20th.  I find this to be so powerful that I’m holding space for 2 hours of guided meditations at the Omaha Healing Arts Center that night from 6:00-8:00 pm.

Major life changes are possible now.  Have you learned your lessons well?  This is a SPIRITUAL CROSSROADS…….you get to decide if you have been on the right path or is it time to re-think.

Understanding and forgiveness are the themes this month and no one needs that more than you do!!

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The Spiritual Path of the Chakra’s—Your Life’s Journey

We are much more than the physical bodies we see……we are also beings of light energy. In this “light” body are various energy centers called chakras.

“Chakras are vortices through which energy flows both in and out. When developed they rotate like a spinning wheel. Most literature on chakras discusses 7 main chakras, but we actually have hundreds, located all over the body. Each acupressure and acupuncture point is an energy vortex and therefore a chakra. The energy which powers these vortices comes from a number of sources, one being our own Kundalini or evolutionary energy, another being the spiritual force within us.” — Kundalini and the Chakras by Genevieve Lewis Paulson

Learn how to direct your own evolutionary energy for greater peace and happiness in your life.

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Spring Creative Cooking Class

Eating can be a lovely, happy and creative process with just a little effort. Sue has been guiding people in this way for many years and offers a light hearted approach to cooking. In the spring everything is turning green and there are so many delightful foods to choose from. Eating by the season is a healthy way to stay in touch with your body. Learn how to eat green vegetables in a tasty way!

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Take Action for Women's Rights

We all have the opportunity to support the basic human rights of women around the world. Rights that are violated not only in third world countries, but also here in this country. We all can make a difference in the lives of others. And it starts with awareness, and each of us taking one small action step. This educational gathering provides information on how Amnesty International is supporting women’s rights through various legislation and programs. You will also learn one action step that you can take to make a difference. If you’re unable to attend and are interested in this information, please call Dixie Clark at 884-0621 or email at dixie@morningstarcenter.com

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Thanksgiving — Living in Gratitude

Two key aspects of the spiritual path are thanksgiving for the past and gratitude for the blessing to come. The vibration of thanksgiving and gratitude heal, transform and connect to Spirit. We often get bogged down in day to day struggles, details and concerns, and block this wonderful energy. During the holiday season, it is easy to be triggered by old patterns and lose sight of what’s truly of value. This class is designed to assist you in tuning into the higher vibrations of gratitude to open your heart during the holiday season.

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Theta Healing I & II

The beliefs we hold shape all areas of our lives, from our health and relationships to what we're able to manifest. If we're not getting what we want in life or keep attracting what we don't want, often times it is because of the beliefs we hold. These beliefs are often below our conscious awareness and can be difficult to change. When we enter a Theta State, meaning lowering the frequency of our brain waves, we are able to bypass the conscious mind and enter the place where healing occurs. Everyone has the ability to enter this Theta State at will in order to create more of the life they want. This workshop teaches simple, powerful methods of Theta Healing in order to release limiting beliefs in all areas and learn to use the powerful creative force within you to bring more of what you want in to your life.

Theta II clears beliefs on a genetic and past life level and teaches a process to integrate new beliefs fully into the body.

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Tools for the Journey^SM

4 week groups designed to teach specific skills to release emotional blocks and allow movement through each stage of the journey of life.

Forgiveness-A Path to H