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Solstice Potluck & Ceremony December 22, 2019 4-7 pm Join us for our annual holiday potluck. We'll celebrate the Winter Solstice, the darkest point of the year, as we enter winter and ever increasing light. A short ceremony will be included. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share for our potluck and merriment. Good food and good company, a great way to greet the season! Share on Facebook Join us! As a way to connect with the holistic community! - Home of Norton Berkowitz, Tolland, CT. |
We are taking a break from programs to take time to rest, reflect and rejuvenate.
Please keep in touch with us as community with our Facebook Page - CLICK HERE FREE Community Workshop Series ~~ Third Thursdays, 7:00-8:30 pm For these workshops: No advance registration, just walk in. Food donations REQUESTED for local food pantry. Financial donations are also accepted to support the mission of the Alliance. ___________________________________________________________________________ PAST WORKSHOPS Sunday, December 22, 2019 WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION Join us for our annual holiday potluck. We'll celebrate the Winter Solstice, the darkest point of the year, as we enter winter and ever increasing light. A short ceremony will be included. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share for our potluck and merriment. Good food and good company, a great way to greet the season! Home of Norton Berkowitz Tolland, CT _________________________________________________ Thursday, November 21, 2019 KNOW IT IN YOUR GUT Dr. Carissa Fioritto, naturopathic physician, will talk on naturopathic healing through diet and natural medicine. Dr. Fioritto will discuss the modern approaches to gut healing and the various ways medicine approaches this important aspect of our health. She will describe what makes the naturopathic approach to gut health unique, various common digestive ailments, and some truly effective solutions to these problems many face on a daily basis! Presenter: Dr. Carissa Fioritto, ND, RN, naturopathic physician of Collaborative Natural Health Partners, Manchester, CT. She also holds a registered nursing license. Dr. Fioritto believes all healing begins with the gut and takes a special interest in digestive health, hormone balance, and IV nutrient therapy. Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Friends Room 2407 Main Street, Glastonbury, CT _________________________________________________ Thursday, October 17, 2019 SOUND FOR WELLNESS Discover where this power originated. Where did these Tibetan Singing Bowls really come from? How did we learn to use them? Are gongs really that old? What about drums and rattles? Tuning forks are among the newer instruments. And let's not forget everyone's natural instrument, the human voice. Come, listen to two sound healers as they tell you their experiences while demonstrating and teaching some simple self-healing techniques for home use. Presenters: Marie Menut, RN of The Vibrational Healing Center, East Hartford and Lisa Burch, LCSW, of Spirit Matters, Manchester. Vibrational Healing Center 966 Tolland St, East Hartford, Connecticut 06108 _________________________________________________ Thursday, September 19, 2019 UPPING YOUR PERCEPTION QUOTIENT This program is about your Perception Quotient (PQ) - an indicator for how we view the world, people, challenges, and situations. Check in with your own PQ - learn how it could be more expansive and hence beneficial for your happiness and overall well-being. Presenter: Patricia Shannon, Shamanic Energy Practitioner, Andean Bliss, Vernon. Ravenwood Holistic Center 199 W Center St, Manchester, Connecticut 06040 _________________________________________________ Thursday, July 18, 2019 BORN TO DO YOGA This class is designed to open the practitioner's heart to life's possibilities, create vibrancy of body, mind and spirit. This will prove to be a healthy, challenging and radically fun way to connect with who you are, discover your essence and create a rich, and meaningful moment together. Please dress for a yoga class and bring a mat if you have one. Presenter: Dawn Greenfield, Owner, YogaBorn. Yoga Born 1735 Ellington Rd Unit 18, South Windsor, Connecticut 06074 _________________________________________________ Thursday, June 20, 2019 SIT, WALK, SLEEP HAPPY Unlike buying a new car, we are born without an owner's manual. We go through life uncomfortable with sitting, standing, sleeping and even walking. Learn how to do those everyday activities with more balance and ease. The basics of Rolfing (R) will also be introduced to the group. Presenter: Sharon Sklar, Certified Advanced Rolfer. Vibrational Healing Center 966 Tolland St, East Hartford, Connecticut 06108 _________________________________________________ Thursday, April 18, 2019 COMMUNICATION IN ONENESS Effective communication is as important to our well-being as the food we eat. It can be either nourishing or toxic to our relationships and to our self. Learn fundamental and valuable skills of communication to best represent our true selves for creating a state of oneness. Presenter: Dori Garcia, MS, Vibrant Health Advocate. Vibrational Healing Center 966 Tolland Street, East Hartford, CT _________________________________________________ Thursday, March 21, 2019 COMMON THREADS OF SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS Learn about different classic spiritual traditions that share many of the same basic tenets and what that means in today’s world. Hear from a fierce seeker of truth and justice about how we weave these spiritual traditions into our own independent perspective. Presenter: Maria Decsy, College Instructor of Spirituality of World Religions, Ethics, and Human Biology. South Windsor Public Library - Friends Room 1550 Sullivan Ave., South Windsor, CT _________________________________________________ Thursday, February 21, 2019 UPPING YOUR PERCEPTION QUOTIENT This program is about your Perception Quotient (PQ) - an indicator for how we view the world, people, challenges, and situations. Check in with your own PQ - learn how it could be more expansive and hence beneficial for your happiness and overall well-being. Presenter: Patricia Shannon, Shamanic Energy Practitioner, Andean Bliss, Vernon.. Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Friends Room 2407 Main Street, Glastonbury, CT _________________________________________________ Thursday, January 17, 2019 MOVIE “I AM” BY TOM SHADYAK Please come and watch the inspiring film: “I AM”. The film asks 2 central questions: What’s Wrong With the World? and What Can We Do About it? It relates to "human connectedness, happiness, and the human spirit", and explores themes including Darwinism, Western mores, loneliness, the economy, and the drive to war. Film discussion follows. Ravenwood Holistic Center 199 W Center St, Manchester, Connecticut 06040 |