The Grief Support Group and events are complimentary and sponsored by Guru & Associates Wellness Inc., Universal Oneness United Faith Canada and Bay Gardens Funeral Home.
MEDITATION 101
Monday, October 19, 2009
Meditation is an ancient tool used to heal deep emotional wounds; however many people do not understand it, and are often intimidated by the terminology. This evening we will give you five keys to use to start meditating immediately. We will look at the Buddhist concept of mindfulness so you can access a peaceful, easy feeling, no matter what is happening in the world around you.
Available by WEBINAR
HEALING THROUGH NUTRITION
Monday, November 16, 2009
Food is often neglected in the grief journey. It has potential to be the number on contributor that will begin to heal the pain of the loss of a loved one.
Hippocrates said: "Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food". Learning how to eat in order to heal the emotions is an art you can master to feel more motivated, energized and in control of your life.
Available by WEBINAR
GOAL SETTING TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAMS AND WISHES
It's Never Too Late to Realize Your Dreams
Monday, January 18, 2010
This workshop should come with a warning! Once you enter the land of your dreams, there is no looking back! And no, we do not accept any of the excuses you may be hiding behind...
It's never too late and today is a new day. It is the day to move out of your comfort zone, banish the inertia that has been holding your back, and really begin to nurture the flame of your inner dreams. Set up a plan of action to realize your dreams and goals for 2010. We will also look at why 99% of all New Year's resolutions are not realized and how to overcome that.
Dr. Alex Gellman has been living the life of her dreams for years now - and she highly recommends it! Happiness will provide huge health benefits and you will become an inspiration to those around you.
Available by WEBINAR
Monday, February 15, 2010 : 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 947 Rymal Rd. E., Hamilton, ON 905-574-0405
Learn how to bring about lasting healing with aromatherapy essential oils. Aromatherapy oils are used to treat deep emotional wounds and to allow happiness and joy to come forth. This workshop will be fun and interactive, as participants can experience a selection of oils to discover the unique blend that will transform their grief.
HEALING GRIEF THROUGH EMOTIONAL IRIDOLOGY
Monday, March 15, 2010 : 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 947 Rymal Rd. E., Hamilton, ON 905-574-0405
Dr. Alex Gellman's most popular workshop "The Eyes are your Mirror" yields powerful and longlasting results. In this interactive session, Alex (an Emotional Iridologist) reads an individual's eyes to determine their Personality type. She then facilitates exercises to build on each person's strengths through a series of exercises designed to heal grief, loss an
d life disappointments in a supportive atmosphere, where participants learn how to fulfill themselves.
Emotional Iridology eye readings will reveal:
- Your Key Personality
- Gifts You Bring to the World
- Your Blind Spot
- Your Life Mission
Introduction to the Grief Journey & Season of Numbness
Monday, March 22, 2010
6:30pm – 8:30 pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 947 Rymal Rd E, Hamilton, ON 905-574-0405
You may be experiencing shock, lack of concentration, crying for no reason, or apathy, fatigue, depression, decline in health or insomnia. You may be experiencing nothing at all and feel quite odd about that. Your feelings of numbness are often interpreted by others as a sign of your strength.
Season of Disorientation and Yearning & Season of Confrontation
Monday, March 29, 2010
6:30pm – 8:30 pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 947 Rymal Rd E, Hamilton, ON 905-574-0405
Numbness wears off and you may find yourself feeling explosive with emotions of anger, sadness, anxiety and confusion. Impatience and irritability are with you all of the time. It is now time to get help. Remember this is a healthy response to grief. Reality sets in that the person you have lost will never come back. This is a painful stage. You may find yourself feeling explosive and wanting to do anything to get them back.
It is recommended that you commit to the five sessions to achieve the desired results necessary to heal your emotional wounds. If you choose to attend on an ad hoc basis, you are welcome to join us.
Season of Adjustment & Season of Reconciliation and Reorganization
Monday, April 12, 2010
6:30pm – 8:30 pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 947 Rymal Rd E, Hamilton, ON 905-574-0405
As every snowflake is unique, similarly every grief journey is unique to you with respect to the relationship you had with the deceased. How has your life changed in light of the loss? What changes have you had to make to make up for your loss? Season of adjustment is the precursor to your new life. You learn to live with your loss as you reinvest your energy in persons, ideas and new things. Reconciliation of grief means coming to the place where you can accept your life as meaningful, even in the light of your loss.
Monday, April 19, 2010 : 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 947 Rymal Rd. E., Hamilton, ON 905-574-0405
Journaling has long been considered a deeply transformative and meditative tool. The process of writing in a journal allows an individual to reflect on the key areas they are working on.
In this case, the primary focus is on healing your grief and life disappointments. For many of you, this process will allow your emotions to ripple to the surface rather than just suppress them. It is a time for you to reflect and look inward at the workings of your emotional heart and acknowledge the vast collection of thoughts in your mind.
Think of journal writing as a diary that reflects your growth and evolution through the pain. As the seasons change from spring, summer, autumn, winter, and back to spring; similarly your grief journal will reflect the same changes. Wherever you are in your personal healing road, you can heal and find closure to the past and your pain.
In your journal, you will note perceptions of your situation, the challenges you face, expectations, and most importantly; your success experienced from the outside in.
In journaling there are no right or wrong answers. You do not need to write what you think other people want to hear. You just write, and your entries can be long or short, or whatever feels right for you.
Meditation Series : Part 1 of 4
MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION
Monday, May 3, 2010 : 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 1010 Botanical Drive, Burlington, ON 905-527-0405
Join us for the Universal Oneness Spiritual Center's Meditation Series. Take part in the first of a four part series in Mindfulness and Meditation. This meditation program discusses the Buddhist concept of mindfulness and abilities that can help you access a peaceful, easy feeling, no matter what is happening in the world around you.
This program will be customized to suit our audience with a focus on using meditation to clear grief and trauma. We recognize that this can be a challenge, and we will help you to learn how to access the pathway to inner peace, anytime. This first session will teach you to create your own power center, which you will use to work from in the next two workshops.
HEALING THROUGH HOMEOPATHY
Monday, May 17, 2010 : 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 947 Rymal Rd. E., Hamilton, ON 905-574-0405
Homeopathy is one of the most powerful systems used to heal the mind, body and soul of every individual in this universe. Only homeopathy has the ability to go into the inner workings of every cell in the body to alter and remove the memories of past loss, grief, disappointment and trauma. Only through the deep inner healing of the emotions stored deep in our psyche, or after undergoing some form of a negative event, loss or trauma; can begin to take baby steps to restore the vital force or chi energy that keeps vitality moving in our bodies. At this interactive workshop, you will learn how to use homeopathy to heal your grief.
Meditation Series : Part 2 of 4
MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION
Monday, May 24, 2010 : 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 1010 Botanical Drive, Burlington, ON 905-527-0405
Be sure to join us for a spiritual fellowship in the second part of this series. This program will build on the foundation learned previously using the power center you have constructed. You will use it to learn how to boost your self-esteem and confidence. You will also discover how to use mindfulness and meditation to improve the quality of your energy, sleep and health.
Meditation Series : Part 3 of 4
MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION
Monday, June 7, 2010 : 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 1010 Botanical Drive, Burlington, ON 905-527-0405
In the third of our four-part series, participants will become more confident in their capacity to access the pathway to inner peace anytime through the practice of mindfulness and meditation. This evening will teach you the ability to access your personal power center and use it toward manifesting your desires in life. This process includes removing the blocks which prevent you from fulfilling your dreams.
Introduction to the Grief Journey & Season of Numbness
Monday, June 14, 2010
6:30pm – 8:30 pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 1010 Botanical Drive, Burlington, ON 905-527-0405
You may be experiencing shock, lack of concentration, crying for no reason, or apathy, fatigue, depression, decline in health or insomnia. You may be experiencing nothing at all and feel quite odd about that. Your feelings of numbness are often interpreted by others as a sign of your strength.
HEALING THROUGH THE CHAKRAS
Saturday, June 12, 2010 : 10:00am - 4:00pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 947 Rymal Rd. E., Hamilton, ON 905-574-0405
A workshop to discover the chakras. What do they do? What are they? In Sanskrit "chakra" means wheel or your inner energy world. Learn how you can find a chakra block and release it. We will use colours, Bach remedies, California Essences, food movement, aromatherapy, stone and breathwork therapies to clear blocks. This work will be concluded with a guided meditation through the chakras.
Meditation Series : Part 4 of 4
MINDFULNESS AND MEDITATION & SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION
Monday, June 21, 2010 : 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 1010 Botanical Drive, Burlington, ON 905-527-0405
It is appropriate that the fourth part of our program should land on the summer solstice. The longest night o the year offers you the opportunity to clear what has been holding you back from realizing your dreams. We will work on a special meditation to clear trauma and grief from your heart and let the rays of the sun heal your soul. It is the longest day of the year! Come out and celebrate the sunniest day the the shortest night!
Season of Disorientation and Yearning & Season of Confrontation
Monday, July 1, 2010
6:30pm – 8:30 pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 1010 Botanical Drive, Burlington, ON 905-527-0405
Numbness wears off and you may find yourself feeling explosive with emotions of anger, sadness, anxiety and confusion. Impatience and irritability are with you all of the time. It is now time to get help. Remember this is a healthy response to grief. Reality sets in that the person you have lost will never come back. This is a painful stage. You may find yourself feeling explosive and wanting to do anything to get them back.
It is recommended that you commit to the five sessions to achieve the desired results necessary to heal your emotional wounds. If you choose to attend on an ad hoc basis, you are welcome to join us.
Season of Adjustment & Season of Reconciliation and Reorganization
Monday, July 19, 2010
6:30pm – 8:30 pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 1010 Botanical Drive, Burlington, ON 905-527-0405
As every snowflake is unique, similarly every grief journey is unique to you with respect to the relationship you had with the deceased. How has your life changed in light of the loss? What changes have you had to make to make up for your loss? Season of adjustment is the precursor to your new life. You learn to live with your loss as you reinvest your energy in persons, ideas and new things. Reconciliation of grief means coming to the place where you can accept your life as meaningful, even in the light of your loss.
6:00pm - 8:00 pm
Bay Gardens Funeral Home, 1010 Botanical Drive, Burlington, ON 905-527-0405
Journaling has long been considered a deeply transformative and meditative tool. The process of writing in journal allows an individual to reflect on the key areas they are working on. In this case, the primary focus is on healing your grief and life disappointments. For many of you, this process will allow your emotions to ripple to the surface rather than suppress them. It is a time to reflect and look inward at the workings of the your emotional heart and acknowledge the vast collection of thoughts in your mind.