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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Durango Class to Begin on June 9
Modeled on the highly acclaimed program created at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1979 by Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD, this class offers powerful methods for learning to cope more effectively with stress, pain, illness and “dis-ease.” The class is held on eight consecutive Wednesday evenings, 6-8:30 PM; the full cost is $500, with a sliding scale and alternative payment plans offered. Come learn about doing something for yourself that no one else can do for you—consciously and systematically working with the challenges/adventures of your own life. For more information or to register, call Janet Curry, M.A., #970-779-0611, or email: janet@stillpointmindfulnesstraining.com.

Hikercise takes something as basic and enjoyable as walking and turns it into a phenomenally beneficial physical and mental experience, thoroughly toning your body while improving balance and coordination, as well as dramatically enhancing countless cognitive abilities and promoting overall excellent health. Hikercise is lively, fun and effective and we invite you to read on and please join us!!

There are a variety of ways Hikercise affects the Whole Body. One component of the Hikercise experience includes the use of wrist weights. While we walk or hike in spectacular natural settings, we perform a variety of arm exercises, thus stimulating your body and brain, and infusing you with vitality inside and out!

Please call Mimi at 799.7777 with any questions or visit www.Hikercise.com for more information and our schedule of wilderness locations and times.

Hikercise will offer an additional 10% discount to WRC members off the already low Ten-Class Punch Card price of $70 (and no expiration date!) for the month of May.

Enjoy a Garden Coaching Special for WRC members
April 15-May 31
Call Eve Gilmore, Gardens by Eve 769-3319

WRC members will enjoy a special $35 per hour rate for consulting services. (regular rate $50) Take advantage of this great deal to get your garden looking better than ever this summer!

A Garden Coach can help you by:

  • Helping you to get to know your plants and their needs more intimately to maintain a healthy, vibrant, and gratifying greenspace.
  • Giving you feedback on your ideas for your landscape and tell you which will be successful and achieve your goals.
  • Helping you identify whether a tree, shrub or section of your garden is worth resurrecting and how to go about it (or what to add or remove to create the effect you desire with minimal changes).
  • Being familiar with the local nurseries and their offerings, I can shop for you or with you, ensuring that you find the best quality plant material available at the best prices.
  • Eve will prepare a formal design, informal sketch, or simply give you design ideas to breathe new life into an old garden or for starting from a blank slate. (My specialties are water-wise, native, and edible gardens.)
  • Mentoring you, meeting with you in your garden, working along side you or giving you tutorials on how to be a more knowledgeable gardener.
  • Eve will meet with you weekly, monthly, or only once, as your interest, needs, and budget dictate.

Psychic Circle Classes and Workshops with The Purple Phoenix, LLC: Take what you know about traditional psychic telling, put it in a box, then drop a stick of dynamite in that box and blow it up . . . this is where we begin. Then we add the beleif that EVERYONE is psychic or intuitive and dive in. These workshops and classes are all about identifying YOUR gifts and teaching YOU how to use them in the current global energy climate and awakening. Psychic work is not for the gifted few--its tools, traditions, and techniques are alot more mainstream than you might know. For current classes and workshops call Dana at 970-375-1708 or view at www.thepurplephoenix.com/events.html.

Women's Wellness Connection
WRC is a supporter of The Women's Wellness Connection and encourages women to stay healthy. No woman should go without annual breast and cervical screenings. To insure that every woman has access, the Women's Wellness Connection program, offers Pap tests, mammograms and clinical breast exams to women ages 40-64. These services are free of charge to women who live in Colorado, are legal residents, have no health insurance or are underinsured, and meet income qualifications. The screenings are offered by Planned Parenthood and San Juan Basin Health Department. To find out if they are eligible, women may call a state hotline at 1-800-951-WELL or locally call B.J. Boucher with the American Cancer Society at 259-3527.

Brain for Success
Do you want more satisfaction from your life and deeper inner joy?
Do you dream of freeing yourself from the things that block you?

Brain For Success™ is a completely revolutionary technique for literally transforming your life. . . from the inside out!

The Brain for Success Method™ works directly with your entire nervous system - brain, spine, and energy field - to elevate your body's circuitry to a level you may never have imagined possible. Brain for Success has been developed for more than 30 years and is an amazing, leading-edge technique that alters the brain pathways so you have the capacity to create the life YOU desire. Surrender fear, release pain and let go of distress...not just in your mind but throughout your entire body!

Take the steps to follow your intuitive heart to live your dreams; visit www.BrainForSuccess.com today.

Created with Your success in mind.

LifeDance Art Studio
Niara Isley is a local artist offering original paintings, multimedia works, giclee prints, unique artistic frame drums and lightsculptures. Lightsculptures combine the beauty of art with the functionality of lighting and are beautiful compliments to homes and offices, particularly healing spaces, such as bodyworkers or counseling spaces. Visit her website, www.lifedanceartstudio.com and her blog/gallery of her most recent art at http://innervistas.spaces.live.com/?lc=1033. Email Niara to get on her email list to see her newest creations! visionaryexpression@gmail.com.

LifeDance Coaching with Niara Isley offers life coaching in affordable and dynamic groups and classes. Certifications include individual and relationship coaching and Radiance Birthwork with Gay & Kathlyn Hendricks, Ph.D.s and working with highly sensitive people (HSPs) from Elaine Aron, Ph.D, as well as a wealth of life experience and other tools and modalities. Check out www.lifedancecoaching.com online or contact her at movebreathe@gmail.com.

New Year's Special Invitation from Deeper Waters Life Coaching.
What is your vision for 2008? Honor your intentions. Create your most fulfilling life NOW.

Register to get one month of free coaching. There is limited space so claim your opportunity by calling Carrie Garber at (970) 426-9318.

Habitat for Humanity La Plata County offers training for volunteers who would like to assist with the organization’s home building projects. Habitat also offers free workshops on basic construction. For more information about volunteering for Habitat or details about upcoming workshops, contact Nadine Chaney-Orantes at 970-382-9735, Nadine@habitatdurango.org.

WRC member Marsha Cohen is seeking shoulder pads to use in breast forms that she knits for mastectomy patients. The knitted breast forms are given to patients who want to wear them home. You can bring your shoulder pad donations to WRC, 679 E. 2nd Ave., Unit #6, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. For more information about the program, e-mail Marsha at mjchnds@aol.com.

Sexual Assault Services Organization (SASO) needs volunteers and is offering free training programs to learn about helping survivors heal, prevent child abuse, and inspire youth to intervene in potentially unsafe situations. Call 259-3074 to sign up.

The NEW Power Lunch for Women - Real People. Real Connection. Real Solutions. Get your monthly infusion of ease and community! These are not networking events, but opportunities to have real conversations about real issues that you don't get to discuss anywhere else. Come and learn concrete skills that leverage your natural strengths as a woman. And (unlike so many meetings) you’ll be energized by meaningful connections with women you can both enjoy and admire. Professional Life Coach, Mindy Stern, is your host. Cost is $50 and includes a gourmet lunch and materials. Upcoming events in Durango:

For more information and to register, go to: http://www.workingwithpower.com/newpowerlunch.html.

Do you have extra stationery, thank you and general greeting cards you aren’t going to use? Drop them off at WRC for member Rachelle Whitley, who can use the materials in her volunteer work as a scribe for Mercy Regional Medical Center. Rachelle writes letters and thank you cards for patients who are unable to write or would like someone to do it for them. She brings a basket of assorted stationery, cards, writing instruments, and wax seals for the patients to choose from. Drop your donation of writing supplies at WRC, 679 E. 2nd Ave., Unit #6, Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

The Colorado Small Business Development Center in Durango is offering SmallBizWorks to provide free business consultation and professional assistance to small business owners and entrepreneurs in Southwest Colorado. Assistance is oriented around issues that impede business profitability or growth, and includes Strategic Audits, Marketing Audits, Operational Audits, and a Profit Improvement Program. For more information, contact Joe Keck, SBDC Director, 970-247-7009.

Gift Baskets 4u features a huge selection of unique gourmet gift baskets to suit every occasion, taste and budget. From gourmet food and coffee to collectable stuffed animals, Gift Baskets 4u can design a gift basket for anyone. Gift Baskets 4u also offers Tracy's Gourmet Cookies, baked fresh daily. WRC members receive a 10% discount on all orders! Order online at www.gift-baskets-4u.com, email Sales@gift-baskets-4u.com, or call 1-888-218-6609.

Planned Parenthood of Durango needs Volunteer Escorts to monitor protestor activity and help patients obtain safe access to Planned Parenthood services. Training is provided. For more information or to sign up for the next training, contact Pat Rustad at plr@fone.net or 970-247-9670.

Volunteers needed to play with children with special needs! One Saturday a month at the Mason Center, volunteers take care of children with special needs through the Tambo Program sponsored by Community Connections. Each child has a volunteer buddy who assists them as they play and participate in art and music activities. If you need respite care for your child or would like to volunteer, call Crystal Snyder at 259-2464 ext.261.

Womenade Quarterly Potlucks
Enjoy an evening with friends and make a difference in our community! Bring a dish to share and a monetary donation of at least $35 to Womenade's potluck dinners. All money collected during each potluck is distributed to members of the community who have applied for one-time financial assistance. Donations are tax deductible through WRC. Womenade potlucks will be held in 2008 on February 7, May 1, August 7, and November 6. For more information, contact Linda Lou Parks at lindalou@frontier.net, or Rose Burek at rburek@durango.k12.co.us.