May activity at the HC...

Shape up for summer.

Dieting to achieve sustained weight loss often fails even before you start - whatever plan you intend to follow. Why? In part because diets fail to take into account the manydifferent individual and specific physiological reasons why you put on weight. Psychological factors such as depression, anxiety & eating disorders. Behavioural factors such as poor portion control, fast food consumption & learnt eating habits from childhood Endocrine disorders including hypothyroidism, insulin resistance, Cushings Syndrome Stress Poor glucose handling Instead of looking for the physiological reasons behind an increasing waistline the easiest answer is to turn to a number of familiar generic truisms about weight loss. Consequently, you end up tackling the symptom, the weight gain and not the cause. In some lucky cases this is sufficient but unfortunately for most people, it isnt. Want to find out more? Becky will be running a workshop at the centre on Saturday 11th May, 2:00pm - 4:00pm. Contact Becky at bdaviesdownes@me.com

If your are debating whether to seek hospital facilities or home comforts to comfortably bring your baby into the world then why not come to the workshop and converse with a specialist? Amanda is more than happy to help you make a decision and during the day you will get the chance to sample a birthing pool (no water involved) and see for yourself how protected your space feels. Throughout the workshop Amanda can advise on the best rooms in your house to water birth. Whilst delving into several safety issues our Doula will discuss the best way your partner can become positively involved. Cost 35 per couple which includes workshop materials and light refreshments.

Reiki 1 with expert energy worker Emma.

Difficult situations take on new meaning and the lessons behind them come clear, judgments are released where as love, forgiveness, gratitude and compassion take home in the heart. Reiki is finding your own love and healing power. To book a place on this soul inspiring day please call Emma on 07771553733.

Sunday May 26th ~ 10.30am until 4pm 55 pp. includes Reiki attunement & certificate and a Vegetarian Lunch Maximum 6 people Resident energy worker Emma Fotherby is holding a healing day of Reiki Level One and subsequent attunements at the end of May. On this beautiful day you will familiarise yourself with the harmonic flow of positive (chi) energy and relevant power symbols, release the blocks and restrictions occurring in your bodys energy centers (chakras) and align yourself with the true spiritual healing path your divine guides are willing you to walk. Reiki is much more than an alternative healing method. Yes, using Reiki has proven to be an effective practice to quell physical pain, emotional insecurity and subdue stress levels but unlike the conventional medication of the modern GP, Reiki healing works at reaching the root of a problem rather than mask its symptoms. Reiki energy is spiritually guided and as such miracles can manifest in a single session but for many the return of balance in the physical, emotional and spiritual body (the full healing process) is an inspiring journey, not an event. Although many souls are drawn to Reiki to be healed and in -turn acquire the gift to heal others that is not always the attraction. Living is an art and Reiki helps open the flow of creativity, passing you an easel and vast array of paints to colour your life in ways unimaginable to others:

For the children of the sun.

4 week baby massage course starts on Wednesday 22nd May. digestion, wind and constipation regulation and reduced colic. Baby massage can also Specialist improve muscle tone Happiness Center and coordination, Doula Amanda is encourage the growth holding a four-week and development course of Baby of your baby and of Massage that has course promote all proven to be a important relaxation bountiful source and bonding. After of knowledge for the birth of your child parents pre and post such situational their special day. enhancements have Baby massage is a been shown to reduce fantastic way to the incidence of promote secure postnatal depression. parent-child Cost of 35 includes attachment. As well as massage oil and course establishing materials. Suitable marvellous and for all babies aged important between 6 weeks to 6 relations between months. baby and parent it offers an abundance of other benefits, some of these include; Improved baby -sleep patterns, Aided

The Summer healing herb is here.

I often remark that if nettles were sacred to some ancient shamanic culture and only grew on the planet Zog, people would be trying to make vast profits marketing them as a super food or miracle medicine. And in fact that is exactly what they are. Nettle is the one herb I prescribe most often. All parts of the plant have extraordinary healing properties. As Julian Barker says in The Medicinal Flora of Britain and North West Europe: This is a plant whose therapeutic use is difficult to convey by reference to its physiological activity alone. In other words nettle seems to have some certain but indefinable benefit on a wide range of diseases and exerts a general beneficial effect on health as a whole. You can read the full in depth article on natures outstanding natural healer on the Happiness Centre blog, where you can also find previous posts on powerfull plants and their medicinal magic. http://ilkleyhappinesscentre.com/blog/

Water way to start your parenting journey!

Giving birth in water. If this idea appeals to you then resident Doula Amanda is holding the perfect workshop for your exploration, if not you may be interested to know that recent research shows that laboring in water provides very effective pain relief in the birthing process.

Now is the time to tune in.

This unique one-day workshop is specifically designed for beginners who wish to learn how to work with Tarot properly. Held by the ever welcoming and longstanding purveyor of spiritual insight Peta Gelder the workshop will make the process of learning Tarot digestible, fun and easy unlike the laborious and often frustrating methods the Internet and impersonal literature can offer. Peta will teach you all you need to know about the basics of Tarot reading: Understanding the true meanings behind individual card selections and the best way to preserve your deck are just two examples of what you will learn amongst several other key components of card clairvoyance. By the end of the day you will be able to intuitively work with your cards in full confidence and the best thing is that you neednt have any previous experience to join in. All Peta requires from each of her students is the willingness to learn; and the fact that you are reading this newsletter suggests you already harbor such a quality, so why not take the next step? The cost of this workshop includes a set of cards. To book a place call Peta for more information on 07736929614 or alternatively visit our website.

Kam can get you in contact.

Would you like to create relationship between you and your Guides? Would you like to know who you are communicating with? Would you like clarity in your life and your spiritual endeavours?
journey. Though its often tough to move through (as you let go of things that no longer serve your higher purpose) so many blessings and opportunities are ready to be recieved on the other side. Such blessings slowly begin to filter into your life just like the sun rays rising with the dawn slowly but surley cover the land in a blanket of light. The above picture was taken during one of my own Gateway transitions, a very powerful time. The Gateway is the Phoenix rising, the Butterfly emerging, the Dragonfly metamorphosis, the Soul connection. I am here to help others to move through their transition periods, with my spiritual healing work, Soul Path Therapy or Medicine Wheel Readings for guidance. You can find information about all of these on my website www.bluebutterflyspirit.com Or you can call me on 01943 466647 to see if I can help you to move forward. Be gentle with yourself as you walk through your Gateway. Make your choices with integrity and move toward your joy. Walk in beauty . Kam

Tuesday 14th May 7.30 9.00pm Cost: 12 Leader: Helen Collier About Helen Collier: Helen helps individuals and couples transform their troubled relationship with money and find new and healthier ways of dealing with the finances in their life. In the current climate of uncertainty she believes there has never been a greater need to become aware of our patterns and behaviours and to learn to make grounded and mindful choices around money.

Come along to one of my Conscious Contact Day Intensives to connect to your Guides in a focused, conscious way, to create or deepen the relationship both you and your Spiritual Guides have wanted. Learn how to connect in a definite way. Differentiate between Guides that are working with you. Discover how to work with Spirit safely. This intensive day is suitable for those that have done some energy work or are sensitive to energies, are experienced meditators or who have experiences that they believe are connected with their Guides. It is not a course suitable for beginners. Please email me for further information or to see if its suitable for you. info@bluebutterflyspirit.com

Cruise through summer with Kalyanis body cleanse.

May is a blossoming time for Kalyani as she is spending 10 days with her teacher abroad deepening her learning about the ways of the body, energy flow and blockages. She has been preparing for this special time by thoroughly cleansing her body over a 4-week period in April and would be delighted to share her experience of honouring your body and connecting with the fullness of who you can be. Kalyani is also holding a Shakti Dance and Sacred Circle for Women on Sunday 26th May 7:30pm. This is a glorious evening of feminine connection and support in the joy of movement with other like minded women. No previous experience is necessary, just a flowing skirt! You will be amazed at what can happen when you let the magic of the Divine Feminine flow through you.

The gate is open - walk through.

many people are struggling with change right now, some not knowing the way forward while others are doing the best they can with a given set of circumstances. When we have major changes in life, it can often mean the breakdown of structures that had previously been mainstays of our everyday reality. Navigating through those changes can seem daunting, but believe me it doesnt need to be! I call these transformations Gateways. The Gateway transition marks a major shift in lifes

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May the Money Magic begin.

Would you describe your relationship with money as passive, undisciplined, impetuous or resentful? Have you ever thought what it would be like to describe yourself as wise, confident, optimistic and open to flow? However you describe yourself this short workshop will set you off on your journey to understanding and changing your relationship with money so you become you own money magician.

Devine guidance with Kimm.

Center founder Kimm Fearnley is holding a truly healing day of Devine Guidance on May 25th. Come and connect with the light forces that lead you a long your path, Kimm can answer your questions on life as the two of you communicate with the angels assigned to you at birth. Also allow Kimm to alleviate your anxieties and heal the scars from the past with a chakra re balancing session. Prices vary depending on your required length of time and as always all proceeds help The Happiness Centers chosen charities.

Calling all Summer Psychics.

Do you sometimes know who is on the phone as it rings or maybe you have a strong and unexplained sense that an event is going to occur before being told it has, you may even know who is sending you an email before it appears in your inbox? Such incidents could just be explained as odd happenings but the likely hood is that these seer esque thoughts are your psychic skills at work. See everyone has the ability to be psychic and all such talent needs is to be honed and developed in a nurturing, safe and friendly environment. Why not come and join Peta on a mystical, exciting and encouraging 12-week journey where you will learn how to work with your gifts, expand on your abilities and begin to trust your psychic nature, never to write it off as coincidence again! Each week you will be introduced to a new tool that will open up your full potential, the areas to be covered include: protection and clearing, aura reading, ribbon reading, pendulum dowsing, psychometry, flower reading and scrying. For booking information please call Peta on 07736929614 - Places are limited due to room size so dont hesitate to call and secure your slot.

May friendship blossom at The Art Of Happiness Club.

Taoist Meditation and Qigong for Emotional Balance and spiritual Awareness.
Taoist meditation is about experiencing openness, spontaneity and attunement with nature. This workshop will present simple but profound practices which balance our emotional climate in daily life and offer a gateway to deep spiritual realisation. The

for mindfulness. Understanding how mindfulness can help enhance your life and alter your perspective on yourself will be one of the most liberating activities you will ever become involved in. I am also a Counselor but I combine Mindfulness expertise to helps clients move forward in confidence and with strength as i have done through the turmoil of my own life. To put it simply I have continuous Chronic pain and a degenerative condition yet I have come from existing in my bed and watching day time TV to where I am today. Over the last five years I have opened and enhanced my life and I now do more than I ever have, I LIVE. My condition is worse, my pain is still there BUT my attitude to it has changed. Learn to be kind to you, and get your life back. I can offer Mindfulness eating, stress management, counseling and coping with painfull illness courses. Prices vary so please contact The Happiness Center for more information.

The Art of Happiness is a unique club that explores the subject the subject of happiness through film, books, poetry and music.

Each month we will have a theme for the centre such as love, friendship and beauty and show a film, suggest a book, poem or essay that touches on this area, provoking thought and discussion. From quiet homes and first beginning, Out to the undiscovered ends, Theres nothing worth the wear of winning, But laughter and the love of friends. This months theme is family and friendship. Research shows people who have strong relationships with a family or close friends are happier, healthier and live longer. Friendship not only increases well-being but it decreases loneliness which is a major source of unhappiness. This months film is Ozus beautiful, cinematic masterpiece Tokyo Story. Made in 1953, by one Japans greatest directors, it is one of the most profound and moving studies of married love, ageing and the relations between parents and children. Once seen its simple heartbreaking humanity is never forgotten. Please book online as early as possible as this is a popular event.

Empty yourself of everything Let the mind rest at peace The ten thousand things rise and fall while the self watches their return They grow and flourish and return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The Way of nature is unchanging.
(Lao Tse: Tao Te Ching)
meditations are active, pleasurable and sensual: perfect if you find that sitting on a cushion counting breaths is hard work. There is an in depth introduction to the workshop on the blog on our website. The workshop is led by experienced lightworkers Nick Hudis and Kalyani Mukti and falls on June 23 10.00-5.00. To attend participants are asked to invest 70.

New Ilkley summer walking meditation begins.

Adele Lucas hosts the perfect activity for the ones inclined to a peaceful mind with her wonderfull walking meditation group. Walking meditation is a form of meditation in action. In walking meditation we use the experience of walking as our focus. We become mindful of our experience while walking, and try to keep our awareness involved with the experience.

Joy is back - Our Mindlefulness expert returns bolder, brighter and wiser.
Joyofmindfulness is back. While I have been away I have become a associate member and Senior Trainer for Breathworks (Endorsed by Jon Kabat Zinn, which is one of the of the leading training organisations in the world,

Workshop timetable.
Sat May 4th 28 day healthy breakfast challenge Sun May 5th Whirling Dervish workshop Sexual awakening for women HypnoBirthing Five Rhythms Dance Weds May 8th Psychic development group Thurs May 9th Art of Happiness club Taking the strain off digestion Sat May 11th One day Tarot workshop Sun May 12th Whirling Dervish workshop Sexual awakening for women HypnoBirthing Five Rhythms Dance Weds May 15th Family lineage reading Psychic development group Thurs May 16th Art of Happiness Club Taking the strain off digestion Sun May 19th Whirling Dervish workshop Sexual awakening for woman Five Rhythms dance Tues May 21st Reiki share Weds May 22nd Baby massage Psychic development group Thurs May 23rd Art of Happiness Club Taking the strain off digestion Sun May 26th Whirling Dervish workshop Sexual awakening for woman

Five Rhythms Dance Shakti dance and Sacred Circle Weds May 29th Baby massage Psychic development group Thurs May 30th Art of Happiness Club Sun June 2nd Whirling Dervish workshop Sexual awakening for woman Five Rhythms Dance

Weekly timetable.
Sunday 6.30 PM 7.30 PM Meditation 7.30 PM 9.00 PM Five Rhythms dance Monday 9.30 AM- 10.30 AM Meditation 5.45 PM 7.00 PM Hot yoga 7.00 PM 8.00 PM Meditation 7.15 PM 8.30 PM Hot Yoga Tuesday 9.30 AM 10.45 AM Hot Yoga 5.00 PM 6.00 PM Wing Chun 5.45 PM - 7.00 PM Hot Yoga 7.00 PM 8.00 PM Meditation 7.15 PM 8. 30 PM Hot Yoga Wednesday 8.30 AM 9.15 AM Meditation 9.30 AM 10.45 AM Hot Yoga 5.00 PM 6.00 PM Wing Chun 7.00 PM 8.00 PM Meditation Thursday 9.30 AM 10.30 AM Meditation 9.30 AM 10.45 AM Hot Yoga 5.45 PM 7.00 PM Hot Yoga 7.15 PM 8.30 PM Hot Yoga Friday 9.30 AM 10.45 AM Hot Yoga 9.30 AM -10.30 AM Meditation 6.00 PM 7.15 PM Ashtanga Yoga Saturday 8.00 AM- 9.15 AM Hot Yoga 9.30 AM 10.45 AM Hot Yoga

New Yoga New you - Kickstart your summer.

The Ilkley Happiness Center is proud to announce three new Yoga launches just in time for summer! To add to our extremely popular Hot Yoga classes May sees the launch of Family Yoga, Teenage Yoga and Childrens Yoga with free taster classes commencing 13th May. Yoga is beneficial to everybody despite the misguided stereotype that it is just a feminine practice. Here at The Happiness Center we have a variety of practices available and an abundance of highly skilled and tremendously trained practitioners to help you, no matter what level you are at, achieve the best results. Below are a few of the bountiful benefits Yoga offers and your body delights in. Please dont hesitate to call in, phone up or visit us online for more information.
Healing: The primary purpose of this yoga is therapy. With a regular practice, these postures can help to heal old injuries and also prevent them in the future. This is especially true for, but not limited to, back pain. Dont skip the postures that are slightly uncomfortable. Detox: The poses involved with hot yoga include postures that generate an enormous amount of body heat. This combined with the heat of the room produces heavy sweating that helps flush toxins from the skin (skin is the bodys largest eliminating organ). Cardio and weight loss: Your heart can work the same way doing yoga postures in a heated room as it does when running a mile, particularly in postures when you are balancing and contracting your muscles at the same time. A 90-minute class can burn up to 1,000 calories.

Telephone: 01943 60 15 17 - Email: info@ilkleyhappinesscentre.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/ilkleyHC Blog: www.ilkleyhappinesscentre.wordpress.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ilkleyhappinesscentre Om Yoga: www.omyogapages.com Address: 7a Railway road,West Yorkshire, LS29 8HQ

Newsletter May 2013