The Sacred Embodiment Center

Cleaning and Beautifying the SEC Party

hohlanhealth — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:59:35 +0000

2-21-2012 3p-5p
The Sacred Embodiment Center needs a space clearing! Share your cleaning skills after Come-Unity Lunch every other Tuesday to keep the space clean and pristine!

Come-Unity ~ Food, Healing, and Soul Nourishment

hohlanhealth — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:49:43 +0000

Come-unity Time has new hours..now from 12- 3 pm.. Allie Iacocca will be preparing food for us this Tuesday~ She will be making a white bean harvest soup with butternut squash and chard from her garden. Join us!

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This is a time for you to come and BE …. and you’re welcome to bring art or craft supplies to play with… instruments and songs… share healings with folks… tarot readings, nourishing food and tea… bring donations of foods (gluten-free, veg., organic, etc.) …

Healers will be offering healings in the back room for deeper support. Reiki massage energy healing shamanic breath work. Healers are welcome to use the space by 15 percent profit share. Please contact us if you are interested in offering your services: victoria@thesacredembodimentcenter.com

We are looking for cooks — simple fare of beans/lentils and rice … and we have the bulk foods for cooking.

We are doing this two days per week for now — Tuesdays and Thursdays… 12 pm- 4 pm (food usually ready about 1pm)

So come on by!

Love donations for food and tea — $5 meal, $3 soup and $1 tea (suggested)

Tuesday and Thursday 12:00pm to 3:00pm

Important Class Updates & Announcements from the SEC!

secasheville — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 22:35:58 +0000

Important Class Updates and Announcements!

RE: Totally Awesome QiGong & Healing Meditation (Mon/Wed/Fri’s) Postponed til April (check us out online at livestream.com and youtube.com!)

Due to some upcoming travel beginning this week through the first and perhaps middle of next month, all QiGong classes have been postponed until further notice. Continue your practice via class archives at http://www.youtube.com/user/RoldanFSmith (OCG-tv)! However, there is a good chance that I will be streaming classes on location via http://livestream.com/ocgtelevision while traveling. Please check the livestream broadcast page regularly for listings of future online streaming dates and times. All classes are also automatically archived at livestream and youtube channels as well for your convenience.And thank you for everyone’ practice participation, feedback and support! Stay tuned and stay connected. There is SO much more to come. Also, please check out the many other class and special event offerings taking place at the SEC at http://www.facebook.com/sacredembodimentcenter?sk=eventswith deep gratitude, Pheonyx

Totally Awesome QiGong & Healing Meditation (Mon/Wed/Fri’s)

Location:Sacred Embodiment Center

Time:11:00 & 11:30am Monday/Wednesday/Friday’s

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RE: Deep Stretch, Deep Breath Intuitive Flow Yin Yoga (Open to All)

Due to some upcoming travel beginning this week through the first and perhaps middle of next month, all Yin Yoga classes have been postponed until further notice. Please check out the many other class and special event offerings taking place at the SEC including Frank Connelly’s Flow Yoga on Tuesday nights at 5:30pm!with deep gratitude, Pheonyx

Deep Stretch, Deep Breath Intuitive Flow Yin Yoga (Open to All)

Location:Sacred Embodiment Center

Time:5:30PM Fridays

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REMINDER: New Offering! Native American Flute Meditation with Geri Littlejohn Thursday Evenings at the SEC

Allow yourself this hour to slow down the mind and breathe as the voices of Native American flutes lead us on a journey towards inner stillness, towards deep connection. Sit and meditate, lay down and go into a state of deep relaxation, or stretch your body.. journey deep, journey far.Thursdays, March 17th, 24th and 31st
5:15-5:30 Settling In
5:30-6:30 Improvisational music woven through periods of silence
Energy Exchange: $5 to $10 dollars (sliding scale) or equivalent LETS or in kind exchange.

Native American Flute Meditation with Geri Littlejohn

Location:The Sacred Embodiment Center

Time:5:00PM Thursday, March 24th

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Holistic Practitioners can now Rent Space at the SEC during the week!

The Sacred Embodiment Center is now Available to Holistic Practitioners as Space Rental for their Individual Clients during Weekdays! Monday- Friday from 1 pm-5 pm.

We would like to make the space available at a discounted rate of $40 per day (4 hours) to allow practitioners who are just starting their practice, just moving to Asheville, or just needing a space downtown to offer their healing art to individual clients. Space could be available for as little as one day per week or more. For more information about the Sacred Embodiment Center and to see pictures of the space, please visit the website:

http://www.sec-asheville.com/

The types of healing arts that would be appropriate are: personal yoga sessions, massage, reiki, and any type of energy work, nutritional coaching, counseling, and more. We have had many beautiful events, classes, and workshops that have contributed beautiful healing energy to the space. Please contact the director the Sacred Embodiment Center, Elyssa, if you are interested at elyssa@sacredembodimentcenter.com or by phone at 828-254-0722.

Directions to the SEC: http://sec-asheville.com/and-where/directions

Free Metered Parking on Sundays Downtown!

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Check out the full list of special events and on-going programs and classes at http://sec-asheville.com/classesandevents!

PS. Ricardo is coming back in April for a few weeks! Keep an eye out for some possible men’s naked yoga classes here and there!

Directions to the SEC: http://sec-asheville.com/and-where/directionsFree Metered Parking on Sundays Downtown!

Spring Showcase Festival ~ a Benefit Fundraiser for SEC and the Asheville Community is this Sunday (Spring Equinox!)

secasheville — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:27:14 +0000

Celebrate Life!! Spring Festival is this Sunday!

Spring Showcase Festival ~ a Benefit Fundraiser for SEC and the Asheville Community

WHEN: Sunday, March 20th: 10am- 7pm
WHERE: 31 Carolina Lane in Downtown Asheville
(between Broadway and Lexington)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Talks/Healing Circles ($10 Love Offering per talk/Healing Circle)

10 am- 10:45 am: Madison J. Cripps – Cripps Puppets “Puppet Show” : Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls, experience the magic of Cripps Puppets. Watch as these unique, hand carved wooden marionettes are brought to life before your very eyes. He sings, they dance, we pun, you laugh, he cries and we all learn a little about composting or even life.

11 am- 12 pm: Cosmic Dance~ Embodying the Archetypes of Astrology with Sajit Greene : Experience the 12 signs of the zodiac through dance and music. Feel the archetypal energies come alive in your own body, and gain a deeper understanding of yourself, others, and the universe. No prior understanding of astrology is needed.

12:30 pm- 12: 50 pm: Divine Diets- The Intersection Between Your Food and Your Life w. Emily Shaules : Join health and wellness expert, Emily Shaules, as she discusses how whole foods nutrition can make all the difference in your physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.
Emily discovered raw foods in 2007 after struggling with illnesses like Fibromyalgia, Ulcerative Colitis, TMJ, sinusitis and depression for nearly a decade. Sick of taking 25 pills a day, she went 100% “raw” overnight and on the fifth day, felt so dramatically better that she eventually gave up the practice of law to educate others about the powerful effect of spiritual nutrition. Emily is now a sought-after life coach and international motivational speaker through her company Raw Breakthrough. http://www.rawbreakthrough.com/.

1 pm- 2:30 pm: Sound Healing Experience w. Dielle Ciesco
Awakening the 5th Chakra: Finding Your Voice : Want to tap into the wellspring of energy within your Vishuddha or throat chakra? In this experiential workshop, you’ll receive a powerful throat chakra activation and learn to use the voice to access inner wisdom. Come with something you are ready to release and a dream you are ready to embrace. All levels welcome.

2:45 pm- 3:45 pm: Benjamin Bernstein: Benjamin Bernstein will lead a shamanic group healing circle. Benjamin will act as a conduit for healing energy for all present. He will also lead the group in a series of “ask and receive” invocations designed to stimulate healing and expand divine consciousness. Benjamin’s specialties include shamanic astrology, in which he fine-tunes and invokes the planets’ high-side energies into his clients’ bodies to create immediate energetic shifts. He is also a shamanic healer who consistently facilitates powerful healings and spiritual awakenings in his clients.

4 pm- 4:45 pm: Less Stress/Feel Your Best with EFT – Emotional Freedom Technique with Lisa Harris : If you concentrate, you know you can locate emotional pain in your body…with EFT I guide the client to tap with 2 fingers on her/his own acupressure points while focusing on the core issues (emotion, trauma, phobia, pain). In this workshop we will tap on the topic of stress so that you can learn the technique. EFT is fast at releasing painful emotions and has been 90% successful with my clients. I love watching people find their inner resources and new skills to move from unhappiness to self-acceptance, clarity and joy! Take a peek at my website to learn about EFT or my other mind/body work, LaughterYoga: www.AshevilleWomensCounseling.com or call Lisa Harris, LCSW, at 828-216-3994

5 pm- 5:45 pm: Interplay Asheville~ InterPlay is a creative, active way to unlock the wisdom of your body. Experience an approach to life that expands possibilities and transforms communities. Learn more at http://interplaync.org/home/about

6pm – 7pm: Shambala Healing Circle with Gloria Maria Llanser : What is and What to Expect in Shamballa MDH Session : During a Shamballa Multi-Dimensional Healing session, the facilitator connects with these Beings who then transmit healing energies through the facilitator hands into the recipient. In this way a very high resonance of energy comes through. Energetic healing increases wellness at all levels; physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. Receiving a treatment is a very powerful experience to help to heal those issues and blocks. Glroria Maria Llanser is a Master and Educator in Shamballa Multi-Dimensional Healing and a member of the International Association of Reiki Professionals and the Shamballa Americas Association. She is an ordained Healing Minister through the Universal Life Church.

Some other goin’ ons…

HEALING ARTS SERVICES ($1 per min)
Massage/Reiki w. Frank Connelly
Pranic Healing w. Amanda Frick
Tarot Readings w. Elyssa Mariduena
Massage w. Beth Hintzinger and Rachel Stermer

MIND/BODY/SPIRIT NOURISHMENT (Vendors)
Kagen Water -Gloria Maria Llanser
Love – Raw and Vegan Catering
Sweets from around the World – Nat
Books on Astrology by Eric Meyers, Author and Astrologer

SILENT AUCTION & DONATION TABLES (bring your cash and/or checkbook to donate and/or bid on clothes, books, home decor, textiles, artwork, healing services and so much more! Do not have to be present to win but DO have to be there to place a bid. Silent Auction closes at 6p.

Directions to the SEC: http://sec-asheville.com/and-where/directions

Free Metered Parking on Sundays Downtown!

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Check out the full list of special events and on-going programs and classes at http://sec-asheville.com/classesandevents!

SEC Special Update: Register Now for Transformation Breathwork and Body Erotic March Workshops!

secasheville — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:40:33 +0000

Heal, Transform & Evolve: An Evening of Transformational Breathwork with Christian de la Huerta

Friday, March 11th

7:00pm – 9:00pm

Cost: $30.00

Reserve your seat by emailing info@soulfulpower.us or calling 877-773-7557

Transformational Breathwork is a perfect healing tool for the 21st century. One session alone can change your life; its effects are immediate and permanent. Breathwork is a powerful and effective way to heal past traumas, offering an alternative and healthy way to release old pain, grief, anger, or other unexpressed emotions. Breathwork brings about changes in a person’s relationships to themselves, others and the world in their overall mood and life perspective, and in their sense of connection to Source. Benefits include relaxation, stress reduction, powerful transformational insights, physical, mental and emotional healing. And as if that were not enough, this simple technique can be indescribably ecstatic!

for more info about Christian and his work, visit www.SoulfulPower.com

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“Dance the Body Erotic: A Hot and Spicy” Workshop for Women with Sajit Greene

Saturday, March 19th: 1:00pm – 4:30pm

Energy Exchange Investment: $50
Early-Bird Discount: only $40 if paid by March 12th

Reserve your spot by contacting Sajit at 348-4386 or register online: http://soulvisionconsulting.com/authentic.html
Let your wild self out to play! We’ll spend the first part of the afternoon warming up our sensual selves by dancing to inspiring music designed to evoke a range of moods, characters, and qualities. Then, we’ll use costuming and props to create dances that flow from our unique, erotic selves. This is a creative dance workshop that promotes moving from the inside out. It’s about authentic self-expression with a playful attitude. No techniques. No special moves. Women of all ages, body types, and sexual orientations are welcome!

Facilitator: Sajit Greene, M.A., Empowerment Coach, Astrologer, and Expressive Arts Facilitator

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Check out the full list of special events and on-going programs and classes at http://sec-asheville.com/classesandevents!

The Sacred Embodiment Center
31 Carolina Lane Asheville, NC 28801
office: 828-254-0722 email: info@sacredembodimentcenter.com

director: elyssa@sacredembodimentcenter.com
marketing: roldan@sacredembodimentcenter.com
owner: lunamay@sacredembodimentcenter.com
finance: ricardo@sacredembodimentcenter.com

www.SacredEmbodimentCenter.com

Also at www.SEC-Asheville.com (NEW!)

News of the Day: “ORDER IN! … please! pretty please… and thank you!”

secasheville — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:14:20 +0000

Oh… my… gosh… where am I? Who am I?? How am I??? Today marks the official two month anniversary of my arrival to Asheville from Atlanta, and what a crazy, fun-filled, wonderful, sometimes challenging, certainly interesting, and amazingly powerful first eight weeks it as been. The first four weeks in my new home town and my new live/work space here at the Sacred Embodiment Center involved shaking hands, laughing, meeting new people, getting familiar with all the bits and pieces of SEC and this beautiful town, making new friends, offering up classes and talking up the SEC and my new role with the three year old mind/body/spirit healing and creative arts center.

Punctuated by two or three trips back to Atlanta to teach workshops, work with clients, visit with family and friends, and gather more of my personal belongings… and letting go or selling all the stuff which no longer serves me… the second four weeks have had me running like a headless cockadoodle, fielding phone calls and emails about from all around the southeast and the country wanting to know more about SEC, how they can teach a class or workshop, collaborate with us on projects! A great problem to have, mind you… yet all this in addition to launching a brand new website, increasing communication/sharing activities via Facebook, Twitter, Meetup.com (under construction!) and direct email reach outs via the new weekly SEC EVOLVER newsletter. My head has been turning every which way, but I also know we’re beginning to make others look up and take notice, too! And that’s been super duper rewarding to hear and see in just these short couple of months!

So, in the middle of a headless chicken circle dance one day 2 to 3 weeks back, one of my new friends (whom I had come to meet at the weekly kirtan at the SEC (see calendar below), said to me, “Wow, you’ve been busy. How are you able to manage everything that’s been going on so well??” I laughed at the fact that it looked like I was managing it at all… let alone “well”. (lol =)~ I said to him, “I think I’m ready for that assistant now.” He laughed. I said, “No. Seriously. Like yesterday.” I then looked up into the sky, smiled and shouted “ORDER IN! … please! pretty please… and thank you!”

And within a week or so in time, I was sitting down and interviewing the person who is quickly becoming my right hand woman! Allow me to introduce to you all the wonderful, spirited, very connected and truly a God-send for this crazy little chicken who is now getting his head back on straight and focused again, Elyssa Mariduena! Please give a great big hug when you see her and join me in saying WELCOME to the SEC DREAM(ing) Team, Elyssa! …and thank you.!”

“I am a fun loving mystic who goes off into poetic rants about life’s adventures. My life is the classroom where I get to learn and grow and transform. I live intensely and whimsically. My life journey has been lead by the quest for Freedom, Truth and discovering my authentic self. My main drive right now is to continue on that quest, while helping others navigate their own personal quests.” -Elyssa

Namaste, Roldan

(exerpt from The SEC EVOLVER weekly reflections, updates & events from The Sacred Embodiment Center (SEC) for the week of August 03, 2010 )

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Contemplative Dance & Authentic Movement with Avital Furlager (NEW EVENT!)

secasheville — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:31:32 +0000

Time	SUNDAY August 8 · 5:00pm – 7:00pm

Location	The Sacred Embodiment Center 31 Carolina Lane Asheville, NC

Created By	The Sacred Embodiment Center

More Info	August 8, 2010 5-7pmSacred Embodiment Center 31 Carolina Lane Asheville, North Carolina A beginning introduction to the practices of Contemplative Dance and Authentic Movement. No experience necessary. Facilitated by Avital Furlager, MA, BC-DMT Contemplative Dance Developed by Barbara Dilley at Naropa University, Contemplative Dance is a practice, which combines the practices of sitting meditation and improvisational movement. The movement practice is divided into two different parts focusing first on one’s own self, then expanding the attention to include the environment and other people in the environment while still being aware of self. The practice offers the opportunity to cultivate mindfulness, awareness, kinesthetic delight and community. Authentic Movement A practice rooted in dance/movement therapy, Authentic Movement is a simple form involving a mover and a witness. The mover moves with closed eyes while the witness observes and holds space for the mover. The mover allows him/herself to be moved by an inner impulse. The witness practices both witnessing other/s while simultaneously witnessing one’s self. The practice cultivates conscious presence while inviting direct expression and awareness of the unconscious in a safe environment. Avital Furlager, MA, BC-DMT, is a dance/movement therapist and yoga teacher and worked as a therapist with international refugees for four years. She studied Authentic Movement and Contemplative Dance Practice at Naropa University in Boulder, CO with Zoe Avstreih and Barbara Dilley. She also completed advanced training in the facilitation of Authentic Movement. She has been practicing and leading workshops in both forms for over eight years. Avital is visiting Asheville and is excited to share these forms with the community. Cost: $10

Sacred Sexual Energy with Tantra Hatha Yoga and Taoist Practices (NEW EVENT!)

secasheville — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:39:27 +0000

Time	August 1 · 6:30pm – 8:30pm

Location	The Sacred Embodiment Center 31 Carolina Lane Asheville, NC

Created By	The Sacred Embodiment Center

More Info	Join San Francisco Bay area yoga teacher, Ashley Apple, for an introduction into Tantra Hatha Yoga practices for cultivating and transmuting sexual energy for shifting consciousness and deepening connection. A brief informative session introduces the energetic pathway of sexual energy in the chakra system. You will learn individual practices using asana (postures), pranayama (breathing exercises), mind meditations and circula……tion of energy to open into out sexual power. This class is for both men and women focusing on building and controlling the immense amount of sexual energy that is cultivated with conscious practices. Women: learn how to increase sexual desire, increase personal pleasure and open the heart. Men: learn how to control ejaculation energy, maintain focus while offering more pleasure, build and direct intensity of feeling with your mind and open the heart. This yoga workshop is open to singles and couples. The class is non-sexual in practice but juicy in content. $20 per person or $35 per couple. Ashley Apple began studying alternative medicine and natural healing in 1997. She is a clinical herbalist, alchemist and certified yoga teacher with a passion for exploring energy expansion and the awakening of Consciousness. Ashley has studied and trained in many healing modalities all over the world, with an interest in traditional practices. She lived in Thailand and India for four years studying and teaching Tantra yoga, holistic nutrition and herbalism. Presently, Ashley lives in Berkeley, CA, teaching workshops and retreats on alchemy with herbal medicine, sacred sexuality and Tantra yoga. www.SacredUnionTantra.com PLEASE RSVP

Special Event Tonight, WED 07/21/10: Satsang and Meditation with SWAMI KEN

secasheville — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:22:13 +0000

Time	WED 07/21/10 · 7:30pm – 9:30pm

Location	The Sacred Embodiment Center 31 Carolina Lane Asheville, NC

Created By	The Sacred Embodiment Center

More Info	Come and meet Swami Ken, a direct disciple of Shivabalayogi Maharaj, a fully enlightened master whose gift to the world is the gift of meditation, simple yet powerful. Swami Ken was initiated into Tapas (extended samadhi) and has meditated 10 hours a day for 7 Years. Swami Ken is answering the call to help others.Open up the silence within your Self and find the peace. There is a silent place within that holds the answers to all… your deepest questions. Come and join Swami in a one hour meditation. Everyone is Welcome. Program is FREE. Everyone is Welcome CONTACT – 828-230-6405 WWW.SHANTIVAN.ORG Swami Ken is a direct disciple of Sri Shivabalayogi Maharaj, a fully enlightened yogi from southern India. When his teacher first started him into tapas, Swami Ken fell into a deep state of samadhi and did not come out for five hours. When Swami was doing tapas, he meditated in samadhi for 12 to 16 hours a day. He continued this until he was directed by his Guru to travel around the United States and Canada to offer a free meditation program. He has held the program at yoga centers, Hindu temples, churches, book stores, private homes, and other places. If you would like to know more about Swami Ken, visit his website at swamiken.org or for more information about his guru, visit shivabalayogi.org. ——————————— You can also experience Swami Ken at Jubilee Community (http://www.jubileecommunity.org/) Tuesday night at 6:30pm that night before, then invite your friends to experience the love and bliss at the Sacred Embodiment Center on Wednesday and experience it two fold. Love & appreciation offerings to support the Sacred Embodiment Center and the work always received.

Oh Happy Day!! We Welcome You!

www.SEC-Asheville.com — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:25:28 +0000

Embracing Change… and here we are! Our new home on the World Wide Web! We are glad you are here too, and we look forward to bringing you new and wonderful things to explore, share and talk about! Please bookmark this page. Send us a linkshare request. Tell us all about what you do and thoughts and ideas on how we can connect and collaborate not only online but also… and most importantly to us… in person! Yup! We mean in real life and everything!

If this is the first time you’re visiting us, then let us tell you a little something about ourselves, and please take a moment to leave your comments and tell us about yourself and what we can know about you.

love and light always, the SEC Dream(ing) Team! +;^)

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