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Welcome to the Divine Connection Network.
If this sounds like you, become part of this metaphysical community. The intention is to bring like-minded spiritual people together. It doesn’t matter what you do; energetic work, massage, coaching, kinesiology, etc, a working professional or a stay at home parent. This community is intended to support us all.
We meet monthly and each meeting is different. So you may get to experience: a philosophical discussion; a spiritual movie, meditation, processes or techniques to help you on your journey, mini-workshops, book reviews…and so much more. And of course you will get a chance to mingle and share with other like-minded souls and maybe connect with some new friends.
This group is wonderfully supported by Centrepoint, Basel and is run as one of their many fantastic programs that they have for the English-speaking community. For more information about Centrepoint please do check out their website. http://www.centrepoint.ch/
This blog has been set up as another tool on which we can all connect, as we often have busy lives and can't make the meetings. I update it monthly and that we can at least stay in touch between meetings, please feel free to start a post or comment on other posts.
MEETINGS
Next Meeting:
Date: Monday 20th February
Time: 7.30 - 9.30
Place: Centrepoint Library, Im Lohnhof 8, Kohlenberg, BaselMeeting Cost: 10CHF CP Members, 15CHF non-members
Topic: What is Reiki? with Karl Neilson
Karl is going to talk will be about how he found out that he was a healer, his journey, and using Reiki to heal. He will give a full explanation about the history of reiki, and how it has come into use over the last 50 years. There will be a question and answer session, and a chance to experience the effects of reiki.
Karl came from England as a professional and found himself in Switzerland healing people and taking photographs.
Up and coming meetings for your Diary...
An interactive presentation with Lukas ToblerReconnective Healing is about healing, evolving and becoming more of who you are...Reconnective Healing is termed by scientists a new level of healing that didn’t exist here before and goes far beyong healing to reconnecting us with our true essence.The interaction with these palpable healing frequencies may not only lead to physical, emotional, mental and spiritual healings, but more clarity and the acceleration of your personal evolution. Encountering this new level of healing and evolution is a very touching and personal experience.During the presentation, you will learn more about the nature of Reconnective Healing, have your burning questions answered and most importantly experience these amazing healing frequencies for yourself.Reconnective Healing is new, different and real.Are you ready to heal and to become more? Then you are cordially invited to this life-changing presentation!
Lukas Tobler is a trained physical therapist and Reconnective Healing Practitioner. He offers Reconnective Healing and The Reconnection sessions in Ueken (near Frick) and frequently assists Dr. Eric Pearl at his seminars around the world.
More info at http://www.lukastobler.com/
April - Transformational Breathwork with Dianne
Diana Eichenberger and Claudia Hintermann are looking forward to providing you with an understanding of classical Feng Shui and traditional Chinese Astrology. They will cover how we can influence our surroundings and achieve a more energetic, healthy and successful living environment and what we can do to benefit both our personal and working lives.
Having both been interested in Chinese metaphysics and in particular classical Feng Shui and traditional Chinese astrology, Diana and Claudia met each other on their first Feng Shui course. Since this time they have acquired a knowledge and expertise in the use of eastern and western traditions and techniques which will help you to optimise your living and working environment. Sharing the same interest and spirit they founded their own company 8signs in 2009.
Be the Change
Local Fairs & Expos
Click here to check out the list of exhibitors and workshops.
http://lebenskraft.ch/
Become more involved in this community...
Or do you know of any workshops that our group might like to know about?
The DCN is always looking for speakers for our monthly events. If you think you can help or know someone who might be a great speaker or is holding workshops then let me know. It is always good to advertise and let our community know what is happening, especially when it is in English.
I have found that within our own community there a lots of people who know great things and it would be great if you would choose to share it with us. The last time I asked the community for help I had a great response, so it really made me realise what great people you all are with fantastic information that we would love to hear.
Contact Dawn on +41 79 831 3684 or geniusworks@pacific.net.au Thanks
Retreats & Workshops
The House
The Villa has been a member of Gôut-Mieux since September 2009, and offers excellent, creative, organic vegetarian cuisine.The house offers reasonably-priced accommodation for up to 45 people in simple, lovingly furnished rooms.
Our seminar rooms are suited to a range of purposes: for seminars, company training and conferences, workshops, closed meetings, yoga and tai chi courses, and concerts.
The Surroundings
Wilderswil, a place that has retained its original village character, is situated near to Interlaken, in the direction of Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen, and is easy to reach by train and bus, as well as by car. This well-serviced village is an ideal starting
http://villaunspunnen.ch/en/2011-programme.html
Tao & Dance
Zert. Coach / Systemische Strukturarbeit
4144 Arlesheim
Telefon: 061 702 17 71 / ideal abends zwischen 18.00 – 19.00
Email: c.pipola@laloba.ch
Prayers and Meditation for World Peace
When:
Saturday mornings 10.15 - 11.45amLocation:
Bodhichitta Zentrum, Turnerstrasse 26, CH - 4058 Basel (a short walk from Wettsteinplatz tram station)Classes are open to anybody on a drop-in basis. They can be attended individually or as a series. They include 2 guided meditations, simple buddhist prayers for meditation, a teaching explaining the meditation and time for questions and discussion. The teaching, meditation and prayers are in English. No previous knowledge or experience required. For more information please contact Kelsang Khandro Contact: khandro.kelsang@googlemail.com
Basler PSI Verein Intro
Scroll down further to see more speakers and the calendar or go straight to their website.
http://www.bpv.ch/eng/speakers.html
Living Now and Nova Magazines
Happy reading...
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Forgiveness
Forgiveness can be a valuable exercise as not forgiving yourself or others can affect your health. Having forgiven myself and others many times over the years I have come to realise how important it is for lasting and real healing to happen.
You can google forgiveness and get lots of sites describing the 7 steps or 10 steps to healing. Wikipedia defines it as "Forgiveness is typically defined as the process of concluding resentment, indignation or anger as a result of a perceived offense, difference or mistake, and/or ceasing to demand punishment or restitution".
What I have learnt is that part of forgiveness is letting go. Letting go of how you think you should feel or act, letting go of how you think others should feel or act and letting go of all preconceived ideas. Letting go is crucial to the act of forgiveness.
The other thing I have found is that many people forgive as the people they are today, but not as the person they were then. So only a part of them forgives. And it is not until they access the memory of the person they were then and the younger you of that time forgives, does lasting forgiveness happen. This came as a learning time and time again through my practise in Journey work. Try it... and let me know how different your experience is.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Defining Moments
So I checked in my cabin bag and was then told it was going to cost GDP128 (213CHF). This was nearly double the cost of the ticket!
Well there was this defining moment when I observed myself and realised that I was getting angry. In this moment there was a thought of "there is anger here, I don't need to get angry as it won't do me any good and will only come back to bite me later on". It was only a split second, but I made a decision to get angry anyway because I didn't want to suppress how I felt. Unfortunatley for the poor girl behind the desk, she didn't like it much.
But later when I was sitting on the plane, having paid the money, I sat and looked at my behaviour realising that it hadn't helped and now I felt bad. So I spent half the flight sending loving energy to the girl. So I hope she had a better day after that.
There are defining moments in our lives, and they may just be a split second in which we can observe our behaviour and make better choices rather than acting on automatic or from a place of ego or negativity. I challenge you all to find a time this month in which you can take that split second and make a better choice than I did!
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Intuition
I know for me I have become more aware in the last two years about listening for the signals. Listening to what the universe is trying to tell me. And with time and patience (and yes it takes a lot of both), I have opened up more, but there is still a long way for me to go. However it is also about the journey and my journey isproviding me with lots of interesting things along the way, just to make sure I am not getting bored.
How often do you listen to your intuition, or is it only after the fact, By becoming aware of the times we miss the tap on the shoulder we can start to become more aware of the signals.
What has been your journey and experiences?
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Surrender and let go
My experience of it is, that my body and mind seems to let go of the attachment it had to something. And it is almost like I feel a release, feeling lighter and free-er. Like a great weight is gone from my shoulders.
So how do you experience letting go? Is there something that is time for you to let go now. And as teachers how do we explain to others this ability to let go?
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Resistance
The resistance at work was hard, as I have spent the last six months 'trying' to get a program of 'Thinking for Success' accepted. Yet I kept running into resistance and I kept on trying. But there was this point when I realised it wasn't that the program was wrong, as I was getting good feed back from those who wanted it to go ahead, it was just the wrong timing. The majority of people just aren't ready and do not see the need for change... yet!
When I decided to let it go, a small weight left my shoulders and I decided to ask different questions. It was then that I saw a different way forward. A slightly longer route but one that has more integrity for everyone.
So who knows how the next step will be received, but it is interesting that when we let go, we allow the universe to respond and walk by our side.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Limiting Language
Not sure whether noone has time or hasn't thought to but you can reply to these blog postings. apparently that is what people do. But then I never have time either!! Just thought I would let you know that it is ok to reply.
Anyway this month has been an interesting experience in observation of others and noticing when I react to them or observe them. I notice I get frustrated when I hear people using limiting language on themselves. It is like "Oh body just wanted you to know that in the next couple of weeks I am expecting a couple of new wrinkles, so can you just make sure you serve that up please". Sometimes I find I can't help but react and other times I patiently and wisely say a little something to see if they are listening or not and continue accordingly. Most times people aren't listening and don't get what I am trying to say. They just aren't tuned in and it isn't my role to force them. As much as I really, really, really, want to. I have to learn the art of biting my tongue!
So what self-limiting and self-prophesying language are you using on yourself. Do you even notice, as we all do it. Yes sadly even me! Do you notice the people around you using it. Have you noticed your reaction to it? Do you quietly agree with the other person and therefore impacting yourself with their own limiting energies?
Monday, April 6, 2009
Thoughts
Do you know how positive or negative your thoughts are. I decided to start taking more notice of mine, but not just noting whether they were positive or negative but were they future based or past based. I would like to know where my thoughts spend most of their time.
At the moment I am only beginning, and I spend more time thinking than observing, but with time I will become more the observer of my thoughts and not at the mercy of them.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
No new news, its only 1000's of years old.
So here it is...
"Our thoughts create our future, and our past is a result of all our thoughts and actions up until now. So if there is something that you are not happy with in your lives, change your thinking"
So simple yet...
...yet life is for learning and celebrating, so keep learning, keep celebrating and be an observer of your thoughts and hence your life.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Healing - a tool for learning
A few years ago I was made redundant and was devastated by this. I withdrew into myself, suffered with mild depression and didn't want to ever go back to work again, much to the horror of my husband. During this time, I was kneeling on the floor one day at home and my knees collapsed, the patellas moving out of alignment. It made walking hard and bending impossible. My knees no longer wanted to move me forward in life, reflecting my inner turmoil. However with time, physio and emotional healing my knees now carry me forward and only play up now and again, as a reminder, when I face fear that stops me wanting to move forward through a situation.
If you sit quietly and listen to your body, do you understand the subtle messages that it is constantly sending you? What have been your experiences and learnings of ill-health or even just a simple cold?
Archive Past Meetings
http://www.unplugfromthepatriarchy.com/lucia.htm
October 2011 - "How to solve our daily problems with Meditation" with local Buddhist Nun Khandro Kelsang
http://www.meditation-basel.ch/english-ap.html
September 2011 - "Cosmic Ordering" with Margaret Brace http://www.blogger.com/www.embrace-your-vitality.com..
June 2011 - Surrender with Amy Stapelton
May 2011 - Mario Mantese with Theresia Joehl
April 2011 - Compassion with Dawn
March 2011 - Writing with body consciousness with Kate Orson
February 2011 - Fatigue & Pranic healing with Sybille Mundwiler
August 2010 - Stress is in your hands, an experiental evening with Pranic Healer Sybille Mundwiler
July 2010 - An evening of Music with Thomas & Hans
http://www.ths-music.ch/
June 2010 - A deep dive into Ano-attachment with Dawn
May 2010 - Ascension meditiation with The Ishaya Monks http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103399771046&s=0&e=001ppd1ZAwdp8hraLChHg6GLLzC2XlFkdHJVKvYfUgq4UhhLfMGXTF3oiKvbEmxiJsZbCNdcV8sXv8t7vk5QVi7J_uIYzBsrCBKoBDvrQDgwFZLlfTr3VZd0koyagZyeiyx-Caw-omfjGM=
April 2010 - Living with colour: with Pascaline Emms
Click here to download Pascalines presentation
March 2010 - Satsang: Spirtuality means to me... and my journey so far
Click here for link to powerpoint slides
http://www.bluemonday-coaching.ch/
January 2010 - Combining Alternative and Conventional Medicine: A Bi-Cultural Marriage, Like Ours, with Marion and Norm Mazer
Click here for link to powerpoint slides
November 2009 - Forgiveness - what is it to you and how can you truly forgive
Click here for Avatar link on Forgiveness
October 2009 - Overcoming life challenges with Stewart Jensen
September 2009 - Intuition with Lara Heselton.
August 2009 - Family Constellations. Another fantastic evening with Carmen Pipola.
July 2009 - Creating Your Mission Statement -- for Work and for Life with Jeanee Theriault, an international speaker.
June 2009 - Values with Désirée Steinmann
http://www.steinmann-international.com/
May 2009 - Family Constellations with Carmen Pipola
April 2009 - Complaint free world - Learning to live from a place of no complaints, check out the link if you missed this evening.
March 2009 - Emotions - What are they and how do we control them instead of them controlling us?
February 2009 - Dreams - Understanding and appreciating dreams with Chris Kelly
January 2009 - Visioning - An evening of creating and manifesting 2009 using meditation, visualisation and making vision boards.
December 2008 - A Satsang evening - reflecting on your past year and looking forward into the future.
November 2008 - Shamanism ...an introduction to Shaminism with Bruno
October 2008 - Energy II - using Universal Energy for self and healing
August 2008 - Energy I - Universal Energy, what is it?
July 2008 - Spirituality: - What is it really and what does it mean to you?
June 2008 - Connection: - This was the first meeting and explored connection experiential for self and with others.
Arhive Past Cinema Nights
http://www.spiritualcinemacircle.com/
March 2011 - The Shift with Dr Wayne Dwyer
August 2009 - 2012; Fact or fiction (a documentary)
February 2009 - You can Heal your Life (watch the movie online for $4.95)
October 2008 - What the Bleep
August 2008 - Conversations with God
July 2008 - The Secret