Current Classes
Meditate with the Chakras, and Balance Your Life, Now
Sundays (9), January 17, 2009 - March 21, 2009
2pm - 3pm ~ Cost: $12/Class, or $96/Full Series
Past Classes
Money and the Root Chakra:
Grounding the Energy of Abundance in Your Life
Sundays (4), beginning October 18 through November 8, 2009 ~ 1pm - 2:30pm ~ $12/Class, or $40/Full Series
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Meditate with the Chakras, and
Balance Your Life, Now
Come Meditate with Us. Learn to Clear and
Balance Your Energy, One Chakra at a Time
I am facilitating this 9-week meditation series. Each
session will be devoted to one chakra, and in our final class, we will
enjoy a surprise speaker. Learn affirmations that will clear out old
energy, so you can grow and thrive now.
It begins August 9, 2009 and continues each Sunday until October 4,
2009...join in at any time! But for best results, give yourself the
gift of meditation by attending the entire series --you deserve it.
Location: Sunlight of the Spirit Books & Gifts
Celebrating Recovery & Interfaith Spirituality
2314 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95816
Store website: http://www.sunlight of the spirit books.com
Class dates: Sundays, Aug 9, 2009 - Oct 4, 2009
Time: 2pm - 3pm ~ Cost: $12/class
Questions, call me at: (877)732-9537
What people are saying about Meditate with The Chakras sessions:
"Being fairly new to meditation, I had tried only an ambient sounds cd to help me until I enrolled in Elisa’s Chakra Clearing Meditation workshop. With her knowledge and guidance I find it easier to calm my thoughts that had stubbornly refused to quiet down for me. With Elisa’s choice of relaxing music and her amazingly soothing voice I can more easily transition into a meditative state.
As I employ the chakra clearing and rebalancing techniques Elisa teaches, they serve me every single day – I am more relaxed overall and I approach my hectic work days with a clear head and calm, positive outlook. I highly recommend Elisa’s workshop to anyone interested in getting started with a meditation routine. And I will be the first one in line to purchase her guided meditation cd series!!"
--Dawn Meeker, September 17, 2009
Printable Class Materials:
Class Flyer
Session 8 - The Crown Chakra
Session 9 - Introduction to Singing Bowls
Class text book (cd included):
Chakra Clearing: Awakening Your
Power to Know and Heal,
by Dr. Doreen Virtue
Available for purchase at the Sunlight of the Spirit bookstore,
or you can order it here:
Other:
Meditating with the Chakras Blog:
Our Upcoming Guest Presenter
Sep 25, 2009
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Don't miss our upcoming guest speaker, Jan Polin, Sunday, Oct. 4 2009. A personable, warm and lively speaker, Jan teaches Healing Qigong/Tai Chi Movement, Taoist Meditation, Self-accupuncture, Healing Teas, and Traditional Sound Therapy. For our class, she will be sharing the healing benefits of "singing bowls," used throughout Asia for many centuries in the healing and balancing of chakra energy centers .
Jan began studying Traditional Chinese Medicine and Astrology in 1970 while an instructor at the Ming Chuan College in Taipei, Taiwan. After retiring from the State of California in 2001 after a successful career as a prison warden/inspector general, she returned to China to resume energy medicine studies. A fluent Mandarin-speaker, Jan studied with several Tibetan rimpoches (teachers), gigong masters, and even the Dalai Lama. She received a five-year Beijing certification as a Medical Qigong Instructor.
Today Jan teaches in a variety of locations including the Asian Community Center, the UC Medical Center Cancer Survivor program, Sutter Hospital's Holistic Health Care Center, and the Chapa-De Native American Health Program, among other venues. You can enjoy one of Jan's very popular traditional Chinese astrology readings on 2nd Saturdays at Sunlight of the Spirit Books & Gifts in Sacramento.
Meditating with the Chakras Blog:
Learning and Growing
Sep 17, 2009
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We are over half way through this course. I have learned much from all the participants: Susan, Wendy, Lisa, Dawn, Mark, Dave, Debbie, Katina, Maurice, and Dale...I hope this has been helpful to their meditation practices as well.
I have had the pleasure of meeting teachers who have taught me more about modalities known as qi-gong and tai chi, as well as Buddhism concepts. It has been amazing. I will elaborate on this soon as time allows....
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Meditating with the Chakras Blog:
Session 1 - The Energy Body - Aug 9, 2009
Aug 12, 2009
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My daughter and lovely assistant, helped
set up, and waited for participants to arrive.
I was happy to experience this with her and
I hope it leaves a lasting impression on
her life in a very positive way.
Before we embarked on studying and meditating
about chakras in the coming weeks, today we first learned 
to sense and familiarize ourselves with our "spirit bodies," our auric fields and chakras. We practiced seeing and feeling these energies.
We then learned to relax our physical bodies by employing deep, diaphragmmatic breathing, and "systemic relaxation" visualization techniques, techniques common to hypnotherapy. Deep breathing triggers relaxation responses in the body, and the article below (next to the tiger pic) details the actual physiological aspects of this process.
We practiced further concentrating our awareness by
grounding and centering our consciousnesses, and using the energies around us to assist us: cosmic energy, the energy of our Mother Earth, and the simple power "being here now."
We will briefly review these "Tools of Consciousness" before each subsequent session in the future. They are common to many spiritual paths, and are effective in setting the groundwork for productive meditation sessions. If you missed this session, don't worry.
These Tools of Consciousness are gifts of the soul available for us to enjoy and use any time, whether sitting in a car in rush hour traffic, standing in line at the groceries or bank, or even while traveling on a crowded bus, plane or train.
Email me for further information.
A game to play: when you're walking down the street, standing in a line at the grocery store, etc....can you see, with your mind's eye (aka your clairvoyance), the auras of others?
What are the colors of the auras? Textures? And more importantly, how do you instinctively interpret the colors and textures....as signs of anger, or joy, or fear? Once you learn to read yours and others' auric fields, you will be able to tell the subject's true state of mind and emotions.
If you have children, play "aura-viewing" games with them. Their minds are much more open and insightful about the spiritual realm than the average adult's. You'll be surprised how much they're able to "see" through their natural, unfettered abilities of clairvoyance, once they know they have your permission to freely express themselves.
In our next session, we will address the energy of the Root Chakra, the first in the system of seven major chakras in our "spirit bodies." See you then.
Check back for more highlights!
Links related to Session 1 - The Energy Body:
Since the early 1970s, science has had the technology to photograph the aura, and use the information in a variety of ways. Medical facilities, artists, psychologists and others record the energy transmissions of plants, animals and even humans, and use them in a variety of applications. Check out this interesting video (it gets good after the long, monotonous introduction):
There are many, many books written about auras. One I found comprehensive and informative, yet easy to understand is Aura Energy for Health, Healing & Balance, by Joe H. Slate, Ph.D. Lots of energy exercises here, as well.
This is an article written by Dr. Carrie Demers that originally appeared in Yoga International magazine, now called Yoga+, back in 2004 (I still have the original copy, believe it or not). It explains the physiological effects of deep, diaphragmatic breathing, and its role in producing a rest-and-digest response in our bodies, based on the activation of the vagus nerve. Utilize this tool you were naturally born with to relax yourself at anytime. Here'
s the article I found as reproduced online: http://www.bemindful.org/chaosorcalm.htm
This article talks about documented evidence of the effectiveness of "systemic relaxation techniques." Use this tool, in concert with deep breathing techniques, to effect the most productive meditation sessions possible. See the article here: systemic relaxation article
Other resources:
Free relaxation downloads and scripts you can record yourself
Raising Vibration Through Sound and Voice
In this Workshop, Learn to Raise Your Vibration
to Live Your Most Expressive Life!
Presented at The Central Spiritualist Church
2500 Marconi Avenue, Suite 210, Sacramento, CA 95821
Date: Sunday, July 19, 2009
Time: 10am ~ Suggested Contribution $15
Phone: (916) 652-4568
What do Music, Chocolate and Love have in common?
What are your vibrational energy body,
your aura, and your chakras?
How does the physical body sense and perceive sound?
What does science say about sound's effect
on our health and well-being?
How could you connect to, and balance
your chakra of self-expression?
Rachelle Soles, Adjunct Professor of Psychology at American River College, presents fascinating psychological and biological aspects of sound percep-
tion, and its impact on our well-being. Elisa Nicholas, Sacramento-based
vocalist and student of metaphysics, presents a metaphysical view of sound and voice, as well as a vocal performance of a song written by songwriter Bill Tuck.