Celebrate Spring With Wellness and Vitality -- Friday May 12, Holistic Open House at New York Open Center
The New York Open Center -- the city’s leading center for holistic education and world culture -- will host an evening of free classes, live music, and wine and cheese, on Friday, May 12, 2006 (6-10pm). The event will kick off the Spring/Summer programming and will include sample classes with teachers such as best-selling author and intuitive Laura Day, career coach Allie Roth, and Native American scholar Evan Pritchard.
New York, NY (PRWEB) May 5, 2006
The New York Open Center -- the city’s leading center for holistic education and world culture -- will host an evening of free classes, live music, and wine and cheese, on Friday, May 12, 2006. The event will kick off the Spring/Summer programming and will include sample classes with teachers such as best-selling author and intuitive Laura Day, career coach Allie Roth, and Native American scholar Evan Pritchard.
Additional season launch events continue through May 22 with free introductory evening workshops in yoga, Zen healing, photography, belly dancing and more. Exclusive Open House and Free Intro discounts will be available on-site.
The Open House -- at 83 Spring Street -- will run from 6:00-10:00pm. Attendees will have the opportunity to sample programs, meet with the highly-respected faculty, browse the bookstore, and discuss upcoming Open Center workshops, lectures, and performances with programming staff.
Mini-wellness sessions will also be available for $10; Scheduling will be done on-site, on a first come, first served basis.
Open House Class Schedule, May 12
6-6:45pm
Self-Inquiry Meditation -- Thomas Amelio intensively studied yogic disciplines in India, where he edited Rajarshi Muni’s classic, Yoga-The Ultimate Spiritual Path, in 1994. He is a founding member of, and has been a senior teacher at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health for 20 years.
Introduction to Reiki -- Margaret Ann Case, is a Reiki Master, Polarity Practitioner, interfaith minister and spiritual counselor, mentor, and coach. She is the Founder & Director of Reiki Arts Continuum and has been a practitioner and teacher for over 12 years.
7-7:45pm
Intuition & Healing -- Laura Day is a world-renowned intuitive and New York Times best-selling author of Practical Intuition, The Circle: How the Power of a Single Wish Can Change Your Life, and the recent release Welcome To Your Crisis: How To Use The Power of Crisis To Create the Life You Want.
Healing with Chinese Herbs & Whole Foods -- Drew DiVittorio, Dipl Ch, is a national board certified Chinese Herbologist. He received his diploma in Oriental Medicine from the School of Classical Chinese Herbology in New York City. He has a private practice in New York and Connecticut.
8:00-8:45pm
Four Paths to Wholeness: Algonquin Teachings -- Evan Pritchard is of Micmac (Algonquin) and Celtic descent, and is author of Native New Yorkers and No Word For Time. Founder/Director of the Center for Algonquin Culture and professor at Marist College in NY, he is a frequent lecturer and guest on WBAI, WNYC, and ABC.
Discovering Your Soul's Work -- Allie Roth, MA, a career consultant with over 20 years of experience in Fortune 500 companies, counsels individuals and groups on career transitions and professional development by integrating traditional counseling with Easter and Western spiritual traditions.
9:00-9:45 pm
Introduction to Aromatherapy -- Linda Tilton BFA, MSC, is the director of the New York Open Center’s Wellness Department. She is has a private practice in NYC and is the founder of Women Inspiring Women, which offers workshops in well-being, aromatherapy and healing.
Other Upoming Events
Career Day - Sunday, June 25, 2-5pm
An information session on the exciting new career options and Open Center training programs in Holistic Health & Healing, Psychology, Life Coaching, Reiki, Yoga, Feng Shui, and Holistic Animal Care.
Select additional Open Center workshops will offer Free Introductory Evenings during the week of May 15-May 22 and periodically through June and July 2006.
For more information on these and other upcoming events at the New York Open Center, please call 212 219-2527 x2.
The New York Open Center has been providing lectures, performances, training, tours and more to the metropolitan community since 1984. The Center’s programs -- more than 600 annually -- span the topics of holistic health, psychology and personal growth, sustainable living, spiritual inquiry, ecology and environment, and social and cultural issues. A new "Institutes for Advanced Study" also offers graduate degrees and professional training in Integrative Health and Bodywork, Psychology, Education, and Society. In addition, the Center’s headquarters on Soho's Spring Street, offers massage and bodywork services, a public meditation room, an art gallery and a bookstore featuring books from Eastern, Western and Indigenous Spiritual Traditions.
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