Did you know that our ancestral mothers spun fairy tales when they were spinning thread? Many of these powerful and sacred tales carry the natural wisdom of the feminine soul. They move us into our feeling depths, connect us with our spiritual wounds and losses, and help us to spin straw into gold.

Here is an opportunity to dive into magic of myth, hear a fairy tale richly told, and make your own passionate connections. With the guidance of storyteller/author Michelle Tocher you will be drawn towards the moments that move you. Wear comfortable clothes because we'll be moving our emotions through the story, and giving our minds the opportunity to learn from our intelligent bodies, hearts and souls.

Michelle Tocher spent the first ten years of her career producing educational programs for health
organizations. In the late 1980s she became passionate about the creative and healing powers of myth. Since then, she has been telling myths and fairy tales, and working with people who are suffering from mental and physical illness. Her much-treasured books demonstrate how we can bring the practical magic of myth to the challenges of everyday life. They include How to Ride a Dragon, Brave Work, The Tower Princess, A. Seeker's Storybook, The Broad Mind, and her novel, The May Queen.

WORKSHOP #11 - Saturday, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

ELAINE M. CONNELLY, RN-C, LNHA, CIM, BA

Finding Your Passion through a Nikken Wellness Home

The human body is designed to defend, repair, and maintain itself, but to do so it requires all
the following in ideal balance, quantity, and synergy:

Water that is filtered thoroughly, replenished with essential minerals, adjusted for alkaline
pH, broken into small clusters ready for absorption, enriched with healthy hexagonal arrays, and optimized in oxygen content.

Air that is filtered of contaminants by all known methods, enhanced with negative ions, and free of ozone and toxic gases.

Sleep with correct support to the entire spine, proper temperature regulation, passive massage, and increased time in REM.

Nutrition that has the bioavailability of whole foods and certified organic ingredients.

Fitness through weighted shoes in walking as the best form of exercise.

Energy from the sun (FIRE), the air (negative ions), and the earth (properly configured magnetic fields).

Only the Nikken Wellness Home incorporates all the above for stress reduction, improved health and prevention, and results in a PASSION FOR WELLNESS.

Elaine Connelly, RN - Nikken Independent Wellness Consultant, President - Wealth & Wellness Journey, Inc. Elaine is a registered nurse, certified in gerontology nursing practice and research review board management, and also holds licensure as a nursing home administrator. She has a wide variety of acute care hospital experience as a chief nursing officer and rehabilitation administrator.

In 1993, she was diagnosed with breast cancer that had spread to the lymph system, was treated with traditional western medical approaches, and subsequently struggled for seven years with debilitating adverse outcomes. In 2000, a close friend introduced her to an energy approach to attain health and wellness that addressed all of her physical disabilities. The health outcomes she realized and has sustained by blending the best of western and eastern wellness approaches has created a passion in her life to share this health approach with the world, one person and family at a time.

WORKSHOP #12 - Saturday, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

PHYLLIS CHAPMAN

Visual Journaling for the Passionate Soul

Visual journaling is a creative way to express and record life's experiences, feelings, emotional
reactions, or our inner world - visually and verbally. By using dollar store watercolors, markers, pencil crayons and images we can go deeper than words so we may give voice to our Passions.

You can expect to find Enthusiastic ways to take roadblocks to self expression and turn them into stepping stones towards self reflection for both personal growth and also for leaving a memoir of one's life (if you dare).

Participants can expect to experience a sense of personal mastery by discovering personal passion working with images & archetypes, using a process approach towards passionate painting and create a collage portrait of your delightful passionate self.

Join us to discover art making as a source of playfulness, excitement, passion and creative joy!

Phyllis Chapman - My love of art started when I was three and won the colouring contest in Sunday school; having been buoyed up by public acclaim, I grew into a young entrepreneur selling collage pieces. Exploring creative whimsy with children through teaching allowed me to share my exuberance every Saturday morning during my teenage years.

I am currently seeking therapy for recovering art store shoppers as my home is evolving into an asymmetrical palette of purchases. Thus the blessed union of self-reflection, creative whimsy and passion for artistic expression has led me to sharing the wild adventure of visual journalling for the passionate soul.

NOTE: ADD A FEE OF $7.