Join the flourishing sheltering tree of the "Restoring Connection" fb page community.  For some reason people tend to actively participate and comment on posts there, rather than here.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Restoring-Connection/221398547607?ref=mf
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Resources are essential to our well being! Identifying and using our resources, as well as developing new ones, can help us feel more centered, more present, more fully alive.
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Hershey Gardens, Hershey, PA, Elizabeth E Lehmann, copyright 2010
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     Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche's been on the "Restoring Connection" select bibliography from the get-go because the model features Mindfulness as a way to resource, to calm the nervous system, and to approach the "Restorative Practices". So I was delighted to discover the NY Open Center offering a weekend w/ Mingyur Rinpoche. Was especially grateful I'd taken it, when told at the end of the workshop he was going on a 3 yr. retreat at the beginning of 2011. May you enjoy this Huff Post article on him & the workshop:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/28/this-is-your-brain-on-med_n_628268.html  He is as the article describes, and then some. From the heart, Elizabeth
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Excellent, psychologically sound guidelines given in this Huff Post article.
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What is necessary to create an optimal healing system? Lynne McTaggert, Rupert Sheldrake, Bruce Lipton & others in the field of Bioenergetic Medicine offer a new paradigm of understanding. What do you think? "THE LIVING MATRIX", a documentary film is downloadable on-line & available through Amazon. Here's the link to the trailer of the movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne-I7JTXCbo
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My Relatives,
Time has come to speak to the hearts of our Nations and their Leaders. I ask you this from the bottom of my heart, to come together from the Spirit of your Nations in prayer.

We, from the heart of Turtle Island, have a great message for the
World; we are guided to speak from all the White Animals showing their sacred color, which have been signs for us to pray for the sacred life of all things. As I am sending this message to you, many Animal Nations are being threatened, those that swim, those that crawl, those that fly, and the plant Nations. Eventually all will be affected by the oil disaster in the Gulf.

The dangers we are faced with at this time are not of spirit. The catastrophe that has happened with the oil spill which looks like the bleeding of Grandmother Earth, is made by human mistakes, mistakes that we cannot afford to continue to make.

I ask, as Spiritual Leaders, that we join together, united in prayer with the whole of our Global Communities. My concern is these serious issues will continue to worsen, as a domino effect that our Ancestors have warned us of in their Prophecies.

I know in my heart there are millions of people that feel our united prayers for the sake of our Grandmother Earth are long overdue. I
believe we as Spiritual people must gather ourselves and focus our thoughts and prayers to allow the healing of the many wounds that have been inflicted on the Earth. As we honor the Cycle of Life, let us call for Prayer circles globally to assist in healing Grandmother Earth (our Unc'I Maka).

We ask for prayers that the oil spill, this bleeding, will stop. That the winds stay calm to assist in the work. Pray for the people to be guided in repairing this mistake, and that we may also seek to live in harmony, as we make the choice to change the destructive path we are on.

As we pray, we will fully understand that we are all connected. And that what we create can have lasting effects on all life.

So let us unite spiritually, All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer.
Along with this immediate effort, I also ask to please remember June 21st, World Peace and Prayer Day/Honoring Sacred Sites day. Whether it is a natural site, a temple, a church, a synagogue or just your own sacred space, let us make a prayer for all life, for good decision making by our Nations, for our children's future and well-being, and the generations to come.

Onipikte (that we shall live),
Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe

http://www.wolakota.org/
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A Rose For You 06/05/2010
 
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A Rose For You
 Hershey Gardens, Hershey, PA
 Elizabeth E. Lehmann, 2010
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"Our listening creates a sanctuary for the homeless parts within another person."-Rachel Naomi Remen
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There are many spokes of the wheel, each connected to The Center.  I respect, honor and celebrate all heart-centered paths.
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EXQUISITELY WRITTEN deeply moving expression of our bonds of connection. So worth taking the time to read. In Honor Of Memorial Day (observed in the U.S. 5/31), those who have passed over and those who remain, holding their memories in heart, mind & body. May we in turn join together & similarly hold them.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebekah-sanderlin/military-families-pbss-th_b_587454.html
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