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Healing Meditation Workshop: Learn Three Different Healing Meditations for Body, Mind and Soul – 6-9pm. Recordings and texts of meditation will be given to participants. Jewel in the Woods. Hamden. Info/Details: 203.230.1197.


SUNDAY, MAY 15


Free Back Consultation – Chronic back pain can be debilitating. Why suffer needlessly? Come in for a FREE 20-minute back screening. Find pain relief without medication! Offer is available for this week only. Physical Therapy Services of Guilford. 500 East Main St. Ste. 310. Branford. 203.315.7727.


Orienteering for Beginners – Bring school-age kids to this introductory program presented by Ranger Wendy. Learn how to use a map & compass to get around the park Great for scouts too! $3. Advance reg. req. Ansonia Nature & Rec. Ctr. 203.736.1053.


Run for the Music – 9am-12pm. Inaugural New Haven Symphony Orchestra event w/5K Run & Walk, Kid’s Run, family friendly activities, food, entertainment, more! Benefits NHSO education & community progs. $20/5K, $6/Kid’s Run. College Woods Pavilion. East Rock Park. New Haven. www.newhavensymphony.org.


Aquatic Dance Festival – 10:30am-3:30pm. Mystic Aquarium, Elm City Dance Collective & New Haven Sym. Orch.’s cutting edge contemporary dance piece depicts the amazing Aquarium aquatic life. Aquarium gen. adm.: $26/adult, $23/sr., $19/ages 3-17, Free/2 & under. Mystic Aquarium. NewHavenSymphony.org.


MONDAY, MAY 16


Summer Vacation Nature Days Registration Begins – 9am for priority students (Ansonia residents & current family-level FANCI members). Mon. May 23 for all others. Ansonia Nature & Rec. Ctr. 203.736.1053.


Group Past Life Regression – 6:30-8:30pm. Discover reasons for current fears, recurring dreams, personality tendencies. Participants explore past lives, learn reasons for repeat patterns or why they were born to a certain family. $20. Wallingford. Info: Gayle 203.265.2927, sunnispirit@sbcglobal.net.


TUESDAY, MAY 17


Master of Arts in Experiential Health and Healing: Free Information Session – 4pm. Discover an innovative graduate program in the field of Integrative Medicine. Offered by The Graduate Institute. Hartford Hospital. Special Dining Room. RSVP: 203.874.4252, www.learn.edu/events.


Smoking Cessation Intro – 7:30-8:30pm. Attendees learn & experience first-hand if hypnosis to quit is right for them. $20 (fee can be applied to future hypnosis sessions with Steve Stack to quit smoking). Revive Wellness Studio. 869 Whalley Ave. New Haven. 203.440.1437.


WEDNESDAY, MAY 18


New Haven Bird Club: Naugatuck State Forest – 7am. Mid-week bird walk at height of spring migration in prime birding location. Free. Meet at commuter lot, Exit 25 off Rte. 8 in Naugatuck. Bill Banks: 203.288.0189.


THURSDAY, MAY 19


What’s In Your Lunchbox? Wellness Outreach from Thyme & Season – 7pm. w/Dr. Amanda Levitt, Whole Health Natural Family Medicine. No reservation nec. Learn tips for picky child & healthy energized self. Free. 3040 Whitney Ave. Hamden. ¼ mi. n. of 1-91 exit 10 Rt. 40 connector to end. 203.407.8128.


The Greater New Haven Senior, Caregiver & Disability Expo 2011 – 4-8pm (& 10am-2pm 5/20). The New Haven Athletic Center. 480 Sherman Pkwy. New Haven. Info: Sue Hamilton 203.785.8533, shamilton@aoapartnerships.org, www.centerfordisabilityrights-ct.org.


A Circle of Women – 7-9pm. Join in sacred space, gathering to celebrate uniqueness as women, discover Authentic Voice, and learn to speak and listen from the heart. $25. Holistic Therapies Classroom. 15 South Elm St. Wallingford. Info/Register: Susan McLaughlin 203.645.1230.


FRIDAY, MAY 20


Park Tots: We Love Flowers – 10:30am. Flowers are blooming at the Nature Center. See how many flower colors can be found w/Ranger Stefanie, other tots & their adults. $6/session per family ($4 family-level FANCI members & Ansonia residents). Advance reg. req. Ansonia Nature & Rec. Ctr. 203.736.1053.


Healthy Relationships Class – 6:30-8pm. w/ Diane Esposito, RMT/Holistic Coach. Overcome need to settle. Release shallow, controlling relationships. Apply empowering insights w/ Diane’s interactive book “Play, Heal, Love!” Create habits that heal. $33. 203.284.1204, www.PersonalHarmonyandHealth.com.


Restorative Yoga Workshop – 6:30-9pm. Practice deep rest & undoing using a variety of props (blanket, bolster, wall, eye pillow, sandbag) to support/stabilize body while releasing deeply held tensions. Limited space. Must pre-reg. Soup for the Soul. Allison Shapiro 203.915.1582, soup4thesoul.net.


MARK YOUR CALENDAR SPIRITUAL


TRANSFORMATION


MAY 12, 2011 7:30PM


remove yourself from the trap of seeking happiness in the external world. Learn the true way to happiness, one that is simple and filled with


the love you’ve been looking for.


CENTER OF LIGHT 844 Grand Avenue New Haven, CT


Call: 203-785-9085 RevJohanna@CentersOfLight.org


In this seminar presented by Reverend Michael Knight


MARK YOUR CALENDAR


THE HEALING ARTS of


EMEI QIGONG


Putnam, CT JUNE 4-7 9am-5pm


Seminar fee - $60 for all 4 days


Group healing open to all June 5 - 4-5pm $30 fee


Taught by Grandmaster Fu Wei Zhong (with teacher-intern Andrea Borella)


Learn and experience Qigong,


a comprehensive health maintenance system with supportive theory to build a


practice to support a lifetime of sustainable wellness of the body, mind and spirit.


All ages, abilities and levels of health are welcome.


Class size limited! Kings Inn


5 Heritage Road, Putnam, CT


FOR REGISTRATION: Andrea: 860-779-7451 emeiqigong18@gmail.com www.emeiqigongchan.com


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