Thoughts and Wisdom from the 87 years young founder of Body Enlightenment, a healing modality.

Friday, September 2, 2011

Portland: Body Enlightenment Fridays!

I'm excited to announce that as of today,  I'll be available to give Body Enlightenment sessions Fridays at the Garden Sanctuary in Portland!

Please phone me to reserve a time for you!

Photo by Helen Sareen



Announcing: A Woodland Writing Retreat with Lyssa Tall Anolik and Betty!

The healing herb goldenseal in flower
Lyssa writes: 

 "I wanted to let you know about an exciting addition to my Sept. 10, "Words Gone Wild" nature writing retreat. I will now be joined by P'nai Or's own esteemed healer and Body Enlightenment practitioner, Betty Esthelle, who will lead the meditation/visualization portion of the workshop. At 84 years-young, Betty embodies deep earth/spirit/body wisdom. She is a treasure!   To learn more about Betty and her work, here's a link to her website:  http://www.bodyenlightenment.info/

There are still a few spaces available for the retreat. If you're interested, please see the info. below and contact me."

Best,
Lyssa


Words Gone Wild: A Woodland Writing Retreat
Instructors: Lyssa Tall Anolik, with Betty Esthelle, RN
Cost:  $100 (sliding scale available)
Cherryville Heartsongs, Sandy, OR
Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011
10am - 5pm

How do we locate and define “wildness” in today's highly-technologized world? How do we interface with earth's primal places to reclaim a piece of our animal selves? All cultivated lands have wild roots, as do our cultured minds. It's time to dig into old foundations, pull up what was long ago buried, and reclaim our wild souls. Please join me in the lushly-forested foothills of Mt. Hood for a wild romp of imagination, breath, and words. We'll discover and explore our own wilderness of spirit through freewriting, sharing, and related readings and discussion, plus breathing and meditating with the land and trees.*

*We will do some walking on trails, but it will not be strenuous.


To register, email or call Lyssa:  
lyssa@flashdog.com or 503-313-5707 
(50% deposit requested to reserve your space)
Overnight accommodations available. Let me know if interested and I'll send full details.

About Lyssa:

Lyssa Tall Anolik holds a B.S. in Forestry from the University of Washington and an M.F.A. in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She taught environmental education for ten years, was a ranger for the National Park Service, and has written watershed curriculum materials and interpretive signage for state and local parks. Lyssa's recent prose and poetry have appeared in The Wild, EarthSpeak, EarthVision, and the VoiceCatcher 3 & 4 anthologies. She leads writing retreats around Portland and teaches memoir writing classes at the Multnomah Arts Center.

Website:
www.thewritersnextdoor.com
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"Creativity oscillates between what is given and what can be discovered."
-Deena Metzger