Events

Just Write

A Seasonal Writers' Retreat

Facilitator

Cathy Coleman, PhD

• Mar 22, 2013 – Mar 24, 2013
• Petaluma, CA

Just write, away from home, away from work, away from usual distractions. Enjoy single occupancy rooms with desks—with time in nature and community at your discretion. more...

Death, Dying, and Beyond - Part II

Seattle IONS March Meeting

• Mar 18, 2013
• Seattle, WA

Join Indra's Rainbow, the Seattle community group, for their March meeting and continued discussion on Death, Dying, and Beyond.

Earthrise: Beacon of a New World View

Diablo IONS March Meeting

Presenter

Craig Chalquist, PhD

• Mar 15, 2013
• Lafayette, CA

Join the Diablo IONS community group in Lafayette, CA, as JFK University faculty member Craig Chalquist, author of Terrapsychology, unpacks the implications of Earth's active psychic presence rising into collective consciousness.

Practical Ways of Working With Your Dreams

Santa Rosa IONS March Presentation

Presenter

Stanley Krippner, PhD

• Mar 14, 2013
• Santa Rosa, CA

Although there are still few neuroscientists who will claim that dream imagery is random and without meaning, there are now well-designed studies that demonstrate the usefulness of dreams in psychotherapy and the correspondence between dream life and waking life, including issues that need resolution.

Animal Tracking & Bird Language as Central Metaphors for Spiritual Practice

Presenter

Jim Sullivan

Host

Daniel Osmer

• Mar 13, 2013
• Petaluma, CA

Jim will give an overview of tracking, bird language, and some of the lore that comes down to us from the ancient verbal and contemporary animal tracking traditions. Treating this material in the context of biology and the cognitive sciences, he will explore the outline of a fully modern spiritual life based on gratitude, consistent with science and tied back to our very earliest roots as human beings.

Rethinking Money

How New Currencies Turn Scarcity Into Prosperity

Presenters

Bernard Lietaer, Jacqui Dunne

• Mar 12, 2013
• Petaluma, CA

Join this Friendly Favors potluck dinner followed with a presentation by the authors of Rethinking Money. Bernard Lietaer is the architect of the Euro, who partnered with Jacqui Dunne, an award winning journalist, to explain the promise of emergent complementary currencies.

Research in Out-of-Body Experiences and Their Benefits for Personal Development

Presenters

Wagner Alegretti, Nanci Trivellato

Hosts

International Academy of Consciousness (IAC), IONS

• Mar 10, 2013
• Petaluma, CA

The out-of-body experience (OBE), or astral travel, is a tool to directly experience other non-physical dimensions. Current scientific research on the study of this ability will be presented. Advantages and common exit sensations will be explained.

Nature Spirits and Spirit Guides

CS-IONS March Meeting

Presenter

Atala Dorothy Toy

• Mar 10, 2013
• Oak Park, IL

Join Chicago Suburban IONS (CS-IONS) for this meeting around nature spirits and spirit guides. You will see photo portraits Atala has taken that show what life forms of other realms look like, and learn ways we can work with these beings for our common good.

Borderland IONS March Meeting

Presenter

Helen Edwards

• Mar 9, 2013
• El Paso, TX

Join the Borderland IONS Community Group's March meeting featuring special guest Helen Edwards, who will conduct an Enneagram workshop.

Know Thyself: The Enneagram as a Tool

Chattanooga March Meeting

• Mar 9, 2013
• Chattanooga, TN

This presentation will introduce the Enneagram as a tool for understanding ourselves and others. It is a system of nine types of personality patterns, each with its unique gift and its unique shortcoming or challenge.

A Women's Spiritual Retreat

Learning How to Love Ourselves

Presenters

Joan Borysenko, PhD, Karen Drucker

• Mar 9, 2013 – Mar 10, 2013
• Petaluma, CA

Cultivate self-acceptance through music, meditation, reflection, inquiry, and sharing. In the compassionate shelter of one another we will have the opportunity to lay aside the "false self" and step into the radiance of who we really are. Sing, laugh, and return home with a “faith-lift!” more...

Practicing Mindfulness & Compassion

One Day Conference

Presenters

Jon Kabat-Zinn, Kristin Neff, Paul Gilbert, Dacher Keltner

• Mar 8, 2013
• Richmond, CA

UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center (GGSC) is hosting this ground-breaking conference to explore the connections between mindfulness and compassion, featuring cutting-edge science and inspiring stories. Attend in-person or via webcast.

Dossey on Premonition

Arlington March Meeting

• Mar 5, 2013
• Arlington, TX

Join the Arlington, TX community group for their March meeting on Premonition.

Weekend of Outstanding Women

Where are your photos now?

Presenter

Felicia Schonborn

• Mar 1, 2013 – Mar 3, 2013
• Petaluma, CA

We all have photos of family, trips, and special events in draws, on computers, and phones. Let's get them into your life. more...

Dynamic Neural Retraining System Program

Presenter

Annie Hopper

• Mar 1, 2013 – Mar 3, 2013
• Petaluma, CA

Recover from chemical sensitivities, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, electric hypersensitivity syndrome, and anxiety through re-wiring the brain. The step-by-step techniques used are based on neuroplasticity therapy, which re-wires the limbic system in the brain to build more functional neural pathways that corrects the associated maladapted stress response, normalizes sensory perception, and decreases symptoms of illness. more...

Full Moon Drumming Circle

February 2013

Presenter

Jason K. Norris

Sponsor

Lucid Drum

• Feb 25, 2013
• Petaluma, CA

Come celebrate the Full Moon at EarthRise at IONS with our monthly drumming circle, facilitated by Jason K. Norris, founder of Lucid Drum! No experience is necessary, and all ages and levels are encouraged to participate.

West Virginia Noetic Sciences

February 2013 Meeting

• Feb 24, 2013
• Charleston, WV

Join the WV_IONS "I Have No Idea" Community Group in Charleston, West Virginia for their February meeting and DVD showing.

The Citizen Hearing on Disclosure and the Extraterrestrial Truth Embargo

Presenter

Steve Bassett

• Feb 21, 2013
• Petaluma, CA

Join this potluck dinner followed with a presentation by the organizer of the April 29 - May 3 Citizen Hearings in Washington, with 40 key witnesses, to urge our government to lift the truth embargo on UFOs, their occupants, technologies, and propulsion systems.

Open Conference Call with Steve Villano & Katia Petersen

Presenters

Steve Villano, JD, Katia Petersen, PhD

• Feb 21, 2013
• Virtual Event

This month's call will be with Katia Petersen, PhD, IONS Executive Director of Education. Katia and Steve will discuss IONS exciting Worldview Explorations course, which has been developed for secondary schools, colleges, community groups, healthcare settings, and life long learners.

Death, Dying, and Beyond

Seattle IONS February Meeting

• Feb 20, 2013
• Seattle, WA

Join Indra's Rainbow, the Seattle community group, for their February meeting on Death, Dying, and Beyond.