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Compassion Cultivation Training with Aly Waibel: Free Introduction Friday 4/1 at 6:30; Class starts Sunday April 10th from 2-4

3/31/2016

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​Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) is an eight-week program designed at Stanford University to develop the qualities of compassion, empathy, and kindness for oneself and for others.

Starting April 10th and running through June 12th Aly Waibel, PhD will teach CCT at Bend Community Healing on Sunday afternoons from 2-4 (there will be no class held on May 8th or 15th). The 8-week class will integrate traditional contemplative practices with contemporary psychology and scientific research on compassion.

CCT goes beyond feeling more empathy and concern for others. It develops the strength to be with suffering, the courage to take compassionate action, and the resilience to prevent empathy fatigue. These qualities support a wide range of goals, from improving personal relationships to making a positive difference in the world.
Compassion cultivation can also support one’s own health, happiness, and well-being. Preliminary research suggests that CCT and similar programs can increase self-compassion and self-care, reduce stress, anxiety, and depression, and enhance connection with others.

CCT is designed to support anyone who wants to cultivate compassion for themselves and for others. This includes parents, caregivers, educators, healthcare professionals, therapists, executives, public servants, and people in a wide range of professions and life contexts. No previous meditation experience is required.  Register by calling 541-322-9642.
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Aly Waibel is Executive Director at Opportunity Knocks and a Certified Instructor of Compassion Cultivation Training.


- See more at: http://compassioneducation.com/about-cct/#sthash.qJI9uYLD.dpuf

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Starting Monday, 3/7: "Movement & Music: Kid's Yoga" with Petit Marchi from 4-5PM

3/3/2016

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Petit will be starting her Children's "Movement & Music: Yoga" class again this coming Monday from 4-5pm.  Meant for children ages 4-7 the class uses play, live music and yoga poses to teach children ways to find stillness and self-expression through movement and music.
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​Drop-in price is $10;
Children's 5-pack is $35.

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A Yoga Class to benefit Saving Grace: Friday, 1/22 from 5:30 - 7pm

1/18/2016

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Please join instructor, Kim Richards for a Gentle Flow yoga class to benefit Saving Grace this coming Friday from 5:30 - 7pm.  All proceeds from the class will go to support Saving Grace's wonderful work providing comprehensive services to prevent and help the victims of family violence and sexual assault and promoting the value of living life free from violence.

​You can find out more about Saving Grace here.

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Stillness in Movement...A Day of Free Acupuncture: 12/19 from 11:30-3:30

12/15/2015

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Please join us in cultivating stillness at this frenetic time of year.

Take a pause from your shopping, enjoy some stillness,  allow your energy to be smoothed and replenished, and learn what community acupuncture is all about..

First needles in at 11:30;  last needles out at 3:30. We're already 2/3 booked, so please call if you want to reserve a spot. 541-322-9642.

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Breath Workshop with Ryan McGladrey: Sunday, Dec. 20 from 1-4

12/6/2015

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The movement of breathing is intrinsic to your entire life. Because it's so ordinary, it's easy to overlook how profoundly this movement touches and expresses almost every aspect of our experience of being alive. From qualities of physical motion and vitality, to recurring emotional texture, mental activity, and beyond - the movement of breathing is intricately involved.

Come join us as we explore the topography of this amazing territory from the inside. Our emphasis will be on connecting more deeply with how life moves through us and discovering some practical ways we can increase our participation in that movement. 

Cost of the workshop is on a sliding scale of $25 - $50. To register, click here.
All you'll need to bring is yourself.  A recording of the class will be provided.

Ryan McGladrey has been practicing  Osteopathy, Tuina, and other vibratory manual therapy approaches since 1998.

He also teaches Chinese internal martial arts, rehabilitative movement, and integrated embodiment practices. Ryan is committed to empowering others with practical means of transformation.

He lives in Davis, CA and periodically travels throughout the Pacific Northwest to work with individuals and groups.

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Our Featured Teacher for December: Dr. Seth Lefkowitz

12/1/2015

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Our Featured Teacher for December is Dr. Seth Lefkowitz.
Seth has studied and taught Taoist movement arts and meditation for many years. His warm and clear teaching style creates an atmosphere that allows his students to directly experience the health benefits of Qigong and meditation.

Come enjoy Seth’s Qigong class from 6–7pm on Tuesday evenings for only $7 during December.


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Our motto at BCH is "Find Your Flow." Every month we ask our featured teachers to tell us their thoughts on "Flow." Here's Seth on Flow:

 When I think of flow I think of movement both internal and external. The image that this conjures is a moving, meandering stream. When it encounters a boulder it meets, then flows around it, and over time will gradually wear it down. Flow speaks of adaptability and grace that is experienced through presence and stillness of observation and surrender.
 
Qigong has given me a tool to apply and integrate this expression of flow. By focusing on movement with breath and intention, we can generate, circulate, and regulate our qi. Flow helps us to move through energetic boulders and to transform ourselves from beings filled with blockages and stagnation of qi into energy fields where health, longevity, and self-development are cultivated.



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Presence & Healing Workshop: Saturday, December 12th from 1-4pm

11/30/2015

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Join us Saturday, December 12th from 1-4 pm for our monthly workshop exploring ways to cultivate our own healing and to support the healing of those around us.




In our accelerating, chaotic, and sometimes fearful world we need skills to bring ourselves back into balance and to process the difficult experiences that we often face---for our own sakes and for the sake of those who depend on us.

Join licensed acupuncturist, Mark Montgomery in a workshop on Saturday from 1-4pm to learn and practice tools derived from Chinese medicine, Sufi energy healing and a variety of other disciplines.

The workshop will focus on "energy literacy," cultivating the ability to perceive and nourish our own vital energy as well as the energy of those around us.

We'll spend time practicing the tools and in meaningful discussion, laughter, connection and community-building.

Workshop cost: sliding scale of $30 - $60. To register click here or call BCH at 541-322-9642.



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New class with Vanessa Schulz starting in December...

11/21/2015

 
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Starting December 7th Vanessa Schulz will be offering a class Monday evenings from 7:00 - 8:30  entitled "Facing Climate Change -- Together."

Here's a description of the class:


Global warming is here. Faced with the awful facts and dire projections, we are all struggling emotionally, psychologically (consciously or unconsciously), even physically. Yet we rarely discuss it. Guided by long-time activist/filmmaker and yoga instructor, Vanessa Schulz, this class allows the sadness and dread of environmental collapse to be acknowledged, experienced and accepted. Breaking through the psychic numbing and social censorship of taboo subjects we often dismiss as depressive, we are reminded why our individual climate-friendly actions matter. We learn why affirmation of our emotional body is so vitally important to cultural and personal transformation. Join us in building community for what lies ahead and for what is already here.

Cost of the class is $10.

For more information click here or call us at BCH at 541-322-9642.

SOME CLASS CHANGES - EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.....

11/11/2015

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Hello, Friends of BCH.

Here are a few late-breaking items we wanted to let you know about:


- We welcome Trish Ivie on board at Bend Community Healing to teach the Saturday "Weekend Unwind" and the Sunday "Hatha Flow" classes.  Trish brings over 1,000 hours of training to her weekend classes at BCH.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE'VE SWITCHED THE SUNDAY EVENING CLASS TO 4:30 SO NOW BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY'S PM CLASSES START AT 4:30 PM.

- Also, in response to student requests, Kim Richard's Thursday morning Restorative Yoga class will run from Noon - 1:00. Hopefully that will give those of you who want to do the class over the lunch hour time to get back to work!


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OUR NOVEMBER FEATURED TEACHER: CAITLIN HOLZHOUSER

11/11/2015

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Caitlin's yoga instruction focuses on a mindfully paced class, allowing time for each posture to develop and be felt from inside out. The balance in her class between longer yin holds and gentle vinyasa flow is medicine for body, mind and spirit.
Come enjoy Caitlin’s Thursday morning Slow Flow Asana class from 9:30 – 11 for only $7 during November.

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Because our motto at BCH is "Find Your Flow," every month we ask our featured teachers to tell us their thoughts on "Flow."

Here's Caitlin on Flow:

"Flow is our true nature. Fragmentation, powerlessness and fear are not. When we let go of the programming and false shields of identity that mask our true nature we allow ourselves to remember who and what we really are.

Flow is movement with right effort, a balanced dance between masculine and feminine energies. Flow brings with it abundance."




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