Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Classes Tuesdays, Oct. 30 to Dec. 18, 2018 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This is an experiential class where you learn and practice a variety of meditation techniques, not just “lecture” about them. There are decades of research, starting at the University of Massachusetts Medical School Neurobiology …
Read More »Community Happenings – September 2018
Reiki I and Animal Reiki Training Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Are you interested in learning Reiki and supporting the amazing Tiny Hooves Rescue at the same time? Help yourself and your pet refresh, recover and rejuvenate with Reiki. This holistic practice can strengthen the healing …
Read More »Community Happenings – May 2018
Chicago IANDS 20th Anniversary Saturday, May 12, 2018, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. Chicago IANDS is 20 years old this May! The first meeting was in May 1998, in the Minister’s office of Unity Church on the North Shore. Five people attended. Diane Willis had a Near-Death Experience in Spring …
Read More »In Print – August 2017
By Kayla Hancock Emotional Rescue: How to Work with Your Emotions to Transform Hurt and Confusion into Energy That Empowers You by Dzogchen Ponlop (TarcherPerigee, $15.00, Paperback) Did you know that our emotions can actually be used to help us create better lives? Ponlop explains that the more awareness we …
Read More »Community Happenings – June 2017
Restorative Yoga with Vibrational Sound Saturday, June 3 9:30 – 11:00am During this program, we will work together on balancing our chakras or energy centers of the body with restorative yoga poses. Each pose will be held with support (some props will be available, but feel free to bring your …
Read More »Chanting OM in the Key of the Earth
By Steven Halpern According to the ancient spiritual traditions of India, OM is the primordial vibration that is the harmonic building block of our three-dimensional world. For millennia, people have chanted this mantra to enhance attunement with the quantum field in meditation and yoga practices. OM ZONE 432 began as …
Read More »Sound Healing, Politics, and Subtle Activism
By Steven Halpern As we approach the end of this disappointing presidential campaign, it’s more frustrating than ever to see how alternative perspectives and proposals are ignored by the mass media. What other scandal may pop up at the last minute to change the trajectory? Will “Saturday Night Live” continue …
Read More »Next-Gen Brain Balancing Music™ Series Now Available
By Steven Halpern File under lemonade: a positive manifestation is that I was inspired to speed up completion of several albums I had begun over a year ago, and which are highly relevant to my situation…and possibly yours. One of the advantages of being an artist-run label is that I …
Read More »Pyramids, Politics, and Sound Healing
By Steven Halpern My last column was written as I flew off to Chicago to be a presenter at the first Global Pyramid Conference. I've been fascinated by the Great Pyramid ever since I read Edgar Cayce's channeled information about ancient Egypt. In 1980, I was part of the …
Read More »Notes on Prince, Pain, and Sleep Deprivation
By Steven Halpern Writing this column on May 8, the news of Prince’s death is still stunning and painful. During a moment of silence at the ZMR Music Awards on Saturday night, you could feel the wave of emotion in the room. It still feels like it happened yesterday. …
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