Thursday - February 3rd - Common Thread Group

Our February meeting will once again meet in Waveland Hall at Plymouth Church at 7pm.  (If you are thinking of joining us for the first time, you'll see details of our location and who we are in the right column.)

We will have free tickets available to the Iowa Holistic Expo which will be March 5th & 6th this year at the Marriott Hotel, downtown Des Moines. Free parking is available across the street in the city ramp for both Saturday and Sunday. Go to http://www.edgelife.net/ and click on Iowa for details.

We will begin with a short meditation, a few short announcements, and Cathy Lindsey's Monthly Astrological Report.  (You can read the previous reports by clicking on Cathy's name to the right side of your screen.)  Our speaker this month will be Kim O'Hara. 

Kim O’Hara will be speaking on the topic of PSYCH-K.

Our lives are based on our perceptions of the world and those perceptions are based on our beliefs. By changing those limiting beliefs that are holding us back, we can energetically change the quality of the experiences we attract into our lives, and thus, change the very fabric of our lives! PSYCH-K is an excellent tool to help you accomplish this as it changes beliefs where they reside – in the subconscious mind!

Kim will present a brief overview of the science behind PSYCH-K, including some information about the breakthroughs of cellular biologist, Bruce Lipton, who wrote Biology of Belief, and is a strong supporter of PSYCH-K. She will then share some proven techniques that you can use at home to change subconscious mind beliefs by enhancing whole brain function and reducing stress naturally. After the main presentation and time for questions, Kim will ask those interested to join in a group balancing of a statement or two chosen by the group. It should be fun to feel the energy shift for so many people around the chosen topics. Popular group balancing statements include “The Universe is safe,” “I trust myself,” and “I am the peace I seek.”

Kim’s Bio: For 20 years, Kim was an attorney and successful insurance executive. In 1997, she left the business world to become an energy healer. In 2004, she moved to Utah and started a more conventional coaching business. While her clients were happy with her services, she was unhappy with her inability to consistently effect meaningful change for them. As we know, insights don’t heal you, and change can be difficult using traditional talk methods. Last fall, Kim discovered PSYCH-K and the desire to help people in a meaningful way was reborn, with the confidence that comes from having the right tools to do the job! Kim is absolutely thrilled to have returned to coaching, to be offering the elegance of PSYCH-K to her clients.

For more information about Kim or PSYCH-K, please visit her website: http://kimohara.weebly.com

January 6th - Common Thread Meeting

Our January 6th meeting will be held in Waveland Hall of Plymouth, starting at 7pm, as usual with a short meditation.  This will be followed by brief announcements and Cathy Lindsey's Astrological report for January.

Due to popular demand, our January meeting will be a group discussion meeting rather than a planned speaker.  Our moderator will be our own Scott Houston.  You may remember that he was our speaker last July on the topic of "The Zen Teachings of Jesus".  As is the way of Zen, Scott chooses not to select a topic for discussion, but is open to any and all that the group wishes to bring up. So, what have you read or heard lately that is exciting, interesting, or maybe even scary?  Have you gotten anything conflicting that you would like to dig into deeper? What have you wanted to learn more about, but hasn't come forward? We will be free-form, so our time together should be great, great fun.

December 2nd - Common Thread Group

This month we will meet in Waveland Hall at 7pm and begin with a few short announcements, followed by Cathy Lindsey's Astrological report for December.

The reason we are not starting with our usual meditation is because are speaker this month is Charles Day whose topic is "Introduction to Meditation and Buddhism".   Charles will lead us through one of his meditations during his presentation.

CHARLES W. DAY

Brief Biography

Charlie graduated from Roosevelt High School and received his BA in Journalism and Ph.D in Clinical Psychology from the University of Iowa. He worked mostly in California but also in California, India, and Thailand as a psychologist, psychotherapist, consultant, and teacher before retiring in 1997.

He’s trained and supervised psychologists, counselors, and psychiatrists, and developed and directed mental health programs for Head Start children, juvenile delinquents, drug addicts, abused children and their families, and the Hispanic community.

After working eight years in Asia, he returned to Des Moines in 1994 to work for the Des Moines Child and Adolescent Guidance Center until retiring.

Charlie has studied meditation practices and spiritual traditions for over 40 years and now devotes much of time teaching and writing about meditation and Buddhist philosophy.

He’s the founder and guiding teacher of the Des Moines Meditation and Mindfulness Group, leads weekly meditation groups and occasional retreats in Des Moines and at the Iowa State prison for women in Mitchellville, and administers the Group’s website www.DesMoinesMeditation.org, on which many of his articles appear. He especially enjoys guiding individuals in their meditation and spiritual practices.

Charles W. Day

3100 Grand Ave., Apt. 4F

Des Moines, IA 50312

Telephone: 515-255-8398

Email: charlesday1@mchsi.com

www.DesMoinesMeditation.org

November 4th - Common Thread Group

Our November 4th meeting will be held in Waveland Hall, at Plymouth, starting at 7pm with a short meditation as usual. This will be followed by a "few short announcements" please. Then Cathy Lindsey will give us the monthly astrological report.

We are extremely pleased to have numerologist, Wayne Bak as our speaker this month.

The NUMEROLOGIST


Wayne Matthew Bak is a blues musician, recording and touring artist who performs around the world. While on the east coast with a touring group in 1986, he discovered the definitive writings of Dr. Juno Jordon, After years spent absorbing everything that could be found on the subject, he became a talented numerologist. The concerns and difficulties faced by hundreds of his clients, friends and family members have been alleviated by his analysis of their inner being and his urging to develop their hidden talents and pursue a more fulfilling life direction.



Numerology is an ancient art based on the teachings of Pythagoras. Warning his students against divulging the secret knowledge of numbers and their corresponding alphabetical symbols, Pythagoras is said to have spent forty years teaching this closely guarded science of numbers and vibrations. And, this previously hidden knowledge is purported to be the basis for the Tarot Card System of medieval Europe.



On the most basic, elemental level, vibrations are created by the use of numbers. They effect the ebb and flow of life. Just as physicists speak of cosmic threads linking everything in the universe, certain vibratory influences are projected outward from the conceptualized or spoken word. Numerology is like an x-ray illuminating the inner most characteristics, needs and limitations of a person, while also showing what course of action is best for fulfillment and success. It also shows us what to expect with each passing year, and how to best avoid pitfalls and take advantage of opportunities as they arise.



Everything is vibrations, and you and your life are no exception. Discover the unique wonders of your name and life path, and get a glimpse into the future. On November 4th, I will be giving an overview of Numerology and looking at participant's birth dates, how this number shapes ones life, and what to expect this fall and in the next few years.

October 7th - Common Thread

The October 7th, Common Thread Group will meet in Waveland Hall, at 7pm.

We will begin with a short meditation, followed by Cathy Lindsey's Astrological report for the month, and announcements. Please, please, please, keep announcements short. We don't want to use up our speaker's time. I ask that you bring fliers that can be available for people to pickup, and make a short reference to them to let people know that they are available.


Jon Royal is our presenter this month with his topic being: "How understanding Four Dimensional Healing allows you to take charge of your health and well being"

Four Dimensional Healing is an inclusive model which gives you a context to integrate various healing traditions and make decisions that are appropriate for you. Four Dimensional Healing recognizes your mind, body, emotions and spirit.

In addition to explaining the Four Dimensional Healing model there will be demonstrations given of Unlimited Body and Unlimited Breath, Four Dimensional Healing modalities. If you have been curious about breath work, this is an opportunity to ask questions and see a demo. For more information, find Center for Health and Harmony on Facebook and YouTube.

Jon's Bio:
Jon Royal is a Teacher and Master Practitioner of Unlimited Body and Unlimited Breath. Following graduating from Grinnell College in 1970, and a brief stint in the Army Reserves, Jon spent nine years as a counselor and later administrator in corrections and substance abuse treatment. Fed up with the bureaucracy he changed careers and spent the next fifteen years working in the financial services industry as an insurance agent, registered representative, registered investment advisor and Certified Financial Planner eventually operating his own financial planning firm.

Jon’s insatiable drive to better understand people and how to help them achieve their potential spurred him into more personal introspection and self discovery. While operating his financial planning firm he began studying numerous systems of healing, personal development and spirituality; working with healers and teachers from Australia, Bali, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Tibet and the United States. Jon’s growing knowledge and interest in the areas of personal development and holistic health led him to sell his financial planning practice in 1995 and strike out as a holistic practitioner. Jon has spent the last fourteen years traveling extensively nationally and internationally in his role as teacher, practitioner, presenter and entrepreneur.

His recent work in the area of Four Dimensional Healing offers an integrative healing model that can put each person in control of their own health.

The Common Thread Group - September 2, 2010

Our monthly Common Thread gathering will take place on Thursday, September 2nd, and we will meet in Waveland Hall at Plymouth Congregational Church starting at 7pm. Our session will begin with a short meditation, followed by Cathy Lindsey's September Astrological Report, and a few short announcements. Our guest speaker this month is Suzanne Spooner.

Suzanne Spooner has lived in central Iowa her whole life. In the fall of 2009 The Art of Universal Knowing manifested. TAUK is a teachable gift of communication to the other side of the veil. Through the system of TAUK Suzanne and students of TAUK make connections to loved ones who have passed, to guides, to angels and masters.

Recently a new system has manifested and Suzanne is unveiling this for the first time at Common Thread! The system is called Spiritual Road Mapping or Simple Universal Knowing. Spiritual Road Mapping is a system of support. SRM assists one in finding their purpose(s) for this life. SRM brings to light a path of changing your perceptions so that you can bring forth the life you desire! SRM will assist you in these unprecedented times to elevate your heart felt thinking so that you are in alignment with your greater good. TAUK is for communication, SRM is for teaching imagination that betters the lives of others. SRM is a way to imagine ones path that teaches the God given right to all to manifest their greater good.


Suzanne Spooner

www.theartofuniversalknowing.com
Suzanne@theartofuniversalknowing.com


4715 Grand Ave. Suite 4
Des Moines, Iowa 50312