This group engages in fun one-day "Playshops" and ongoing art-based support groups to enhance intuition & self-discovery and promote centering & healing. Most of the groups and playshops are geared towards women. A wide variety of projects and media will be provided by facilitator Kirsten Carpentier, MSW, who is a counselor and artist with many years experience providing creative activities in several countries. Self-identified “non-artistic” persons encouraged to attend and be surprised by jus …

I have a passion for Nia! Nia brings a holistic, body centered, healing energy to the movement of dance. There is a joy that develops deep from within that can only be experienced once you try this fabulous form of movement. The purpose of this group is to find a new way of movement that stimulates the joints and muscles in a gentle and healing way. It is a way to connect with other Nia dancers who love the music and the JOY of the dance. Nia is for any BODY at any fitness level who enjoys the d …

Practicing seasonal awareness is a large factor in the study of our lives. Returning to quietness, simplicity, and balance are key elements of becoming more of who we already are. Taught by Senior Instructor Michael Vasquez. Bio: Michael Vasquez, lineage instructor, has been a practitioner of the Internal Healing Arts since the age of 16. He began his formal training with the Martial practices at the Kido Institute, Santa Fe, NM, where his training & teaching included classes in: Ji Do Kwan, Tai …

Offering Many Pathways for your Inner Journey Celestial Awakenings is a New Age Metaphysical store with a wide selection of high quality, transformational jewelry, crystals, incense, Buddhist items, books, essential oil blends, runes, candles, wiccan and pagan magic and altar tools, tarot, fairies, angels, feng shui, sage, meditation music, gifts, pendulums, wall art, salt lamps and so much more. Our staff is friendly and knowledgable. Our vision is to help provide a nurturing, healing, environm …

Qigong (chee-gong) is an ancient form of exercise with it’s origins in the Far East.  It is the father of both Chinese Medicine and martial arts. Qigong is a technique for gathering and circulating qi (aka, life force energy, chi, prana, ki) both within and around the body. By bringing together movement, intention, and breathing in a powerful way, Qigong builds strength and helps the body do what it wants to do - Be Healthy. Qigong has many benefits. Some of them include (excerted from Qigong Tr …

Playback is a theater of story telling in which audience or workshop group members tell stories from their lives and watch them enacted on the spot. Playback Theater is sometimes considered a modality of drama therapy. The purpose of this group is to gather a community of people who love: Playback Theater, Theater, Music, Dance, Visual Art, Improvisation, Entertainment, Creative Arts Therapy, Drama Therapy, Poetry, Healing, Catharsis, Consciousness Raising, Spirituality, Spontaneity, and Just Pl …

This is a peer led group for people who want to practice the skills they learned elsewhere. We will do some beginning and modified Tai Chi, Qigong, and guided meditation, mindfulness practice and skills building techniques. We have been members of other groups - chronic pain, anxiety, depression, etc... that involve talking for healing, so we wanted to start one with doing for healing. You need not participate in everything to join, you may only want to meditate, or do some Qigong. We will meet …

The purpose of this meetup is for women to meet in circle to craft, create, pray, learn, read, eat, meditate, heal, dance, share and so on.  I am happy to hear suggestions from members. My intent is events, groups, circles, volunteerism, fun times, and more. More information to come.

This is a place where you can learn energy healing via classes, where you can practice Reiki and other energy healing methods. The instructors give FREE Reiki 1 Certification classes every month or so. You may invite your friends and family to these free classes. There also other energy healing, such as EFT, Law of Attraction, Laser Reiki workshops held at the Reiki Ranch. Each month on the 2nd Sunday there is a free energy healing clinic from 1 PM to 4 PM where people can come experience a e …

We adult survivors of child abuse in all of it's various forms often struggle with low self esteem, depression, poor sense of boundaries and other issues that make us vulnerable to other forms of abuse including domestic violence and sexual assault. A person who is a victim of one form of abuse tends to become a victim of another form of abuse. Healing from these various forms of abuse is a long term process that can take years, a lifetime. We survivors often exhaust those around us with our sto …

Are you looking for your true purpose in life? Do you feel that you've lost that passion you used to have, and want to rediscover? You always have this yarning to share your creative gifts/talent, but does your mind/thought somehow get in the way? Combining dance/movements, vocal expressions, sound healing, drama therapy, shamanic journey/guided imagery, and creative expressions with her a long time teacher Camille Maurine's Moving Theater (http://www.camillemaurine.com/page5/page5.html), Star G …

yog/A/rt is an experimental Hatha & Vinyasa yoga experience for all levels. Years of fine art and yoga practice led the instructor to appreciate how your busy left brain can relax and heal while the creative, in-the-moment right brain has a chance to be present as you move through physical postures. Practitioners will begin class by drawing/writing an intention (bring a sketchbook/materials provided!). We then move through asanas (poses) with focus on breath, alignment, the wrists, neck, and sho …

Reiki share practice circles on NE Alberta Street Arts District for those already attuned Reiki I or higher. We use Diane Stein's "Essential Reiki" as our foundation reference. If you are seeking others with whom to regularly practice and deepen your Reiki skills, and to do so in a safe setting, this is for you. Facilitated by Kevin Marshall, M.Ed., Reiki Master (aka Mister Reiki) who has facilitated over 50 Reiki Circle events, and participated in over 100.  Co-Facilitated by Trisha Mick, Usui …

SoulScroll© is a creative, archetypal, and organic process revealing your personal soul symbols using guided imagery and a carefully selected range of sacred mystical systems to discover and decipher your Soul's Code. This Higher Self exploration facilitates making sense of the past and healing wounds, while also providing inspiration, promise, and a sense of purpose for the future.

"Heal the soul first; then healing of the mind and body will follow." - Master Zhi Gang Sha Learn how to use simple practices to change your life.  In the past, only the top one or two disciples of a  master would be given these secrets.  Now you can learn these sacred practices and receive healing every week...right here in Portland.  To find out if these practices change your life, experience them. This weekly group  is led by Master Roger Givens, a Worldwide Representative of Dr. and Master …

This is about living food that can heal our bodies. There are so many raw/vegan groups and we are so much more. We have something for everyone including the raw/vegan and vegetarian, raw uncooked food, raw desserts, dehydrated food, raw milk, raw cheese, raw cultured buttermilk, raw butter, fermented foods, foods like in Nourishing traditions, sauerkraut, pickling, herbs, farm fresh foods, even the importance of finding local farm raised animals and how eating grass instead of grains are vital t …

Welcome to your FRIENDS OF CONSCIOUS LIVING. We are a combination of 2 groups. The first one is a group of people seeking to live more consciously by intention. To foster this, we meet to discuss and share our experiences and insights in open conversations or presentations by members of our circle and friends from other circles. Our topics are diverse, many of an esoteric nature, many of a practical nature. We are inspired by the works of Caroline Myss, Thomas Moore, Sri Aurobindo, Ervin Lasz …