New Happenings at Center to Self Reliance

I've lived in Fort Myers now for almost twelve years. One of the most difficult parts of my move to Florida was leaving a women's choir in Concord New Hampshire which consisted of over 200 women who got together every Monday night to simply sing. I would return home on Monday evenings feeling so alive, happy and full of joy. I've attempted getting a singing group started for many years and about a month ago I met a woman who has agreed to start a Women's Song Circle at the Center. Her name is Jaylyn Stahl and is excited about leading the group. As she has said, "Every voice raised in song is a beautiful voice! No singing experience required!" Our Songweaver's chorus was the same. There was no previous experience needed, no strong voice needed, simply anyone who would like to sing songs by rote. I hope many women can come Thursday, June 12th to experience our first Women's Song Circle. We plan to meet the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 7-8:30. If you haven't heard or seen the documentary movie, "Young at Heart," it will emphasize the beauty of singing and what it does to inspire the musicians, as well as the audience. 

The Church of Spiritual Light has brought the weekly service to the Center every Sunday from 10-11 am. Renee Bledsoe and Joanna Salerno have also introduced Divine Dance which will be the second Friday of the month, June 13th from 7-9 pm. Renee also will be starting a Medicine Wheel, White Dove on Sunday, June 15th, 5-9 pm. 

Once a week starting Tuesday, June 17th from 9:30-11 am. Lorie Koenigsberg will be conducting an Abundance, Prosperity Intention Circle. The group uses the principles of gratitude, setting intentions for abundance and prosperity and then deepening the intentions by relaxing and using progressive relaxation guided imagery. Lorie is a Board Certified Hypnosis trained facilitator. Bring a pillow and blanket to be able to fully relax. Learn from the experience and feel "Renewed Energy."

Jan Davisson and myself are enjoying teaching together the third Wednesday of the month. The class that we teach is Generating Results Cooperatively. Our topic for this month is "Bringing Your Life Into Balance." Each month is a different topic and one that you can use and think about throughout the month. We want to bring these topics to groups of people in different places of work. 

In July David Essel is going to be doing a lecture the first Wednesday of the month and the other three Wednesday's he will be doing a meditation and a diksha blessing. This means we will be having the Generating Results Cooperatively class the third Thursday of the month starting in July.

Renee Bledsoe is going to teach a Reiki Workshop Saturday June 28th from 2-4 pm. In this workshop you will learn about channeling life force energy in the tradition of Usui Reiki and receive the first degree Reiki Attunement. Reiki I Attunement is the first step to preparing your energy body to bring in more life force energy and light for healing of self and others. 

Our main course in Global this month is the Loving Yourself and Others course. Go to the web site to learn the many benefits of this outstanding course. The course will be taught by three outstanding instructors. Kraig Kidd will be coming from St Louis,  Jan Davisson, our own Center instructor, and Eric Draper, a certified instructor from Tallahassee. We are very fortunate to have these extremely talented instructors. Don't miss this opportunity to learn techniques to enhance your relationships.