The Center for Contemplative Arts
The Center for Contemplative Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated
to offering to all people activities of inner reflection for deepening spiritual awareness
and nurturing the human spirit for the good of all creation.

Lola Sacks, Coordinator
503.368.6227
contemplativearts.lola@gmail.com

Yoga  T'ai Chi Meditation Lectio Divina

Current Offerings:
Classes are located at Underhill Plaza, Manzanita Avenue & Division, Manzanita, Oregon
Maturing into Wisdom, Compassion, Acceptance, Peace, and Cosmic Consciousness

Instructor: William D. Eldridge, Ph. D.
, brings his extensive writing portfolio, teaching experience, past therapeutic and current spiritual mentoring venues, and his own life journey into a dialog for better understanding the esoteric, spiritual, and universal principles of the life transition process. He has worked as an Ohio State University professor and an existential and spiritual psychotherapist.

When:
Saturday, May 23, 2009, 10 am to 4 pm

Tuition:
$50

Register:
Call Lola Sacks 503-368-6227 or email contemplativearts.lola@gmail.com

Description: Through discussion and sharing of life stories we will touch on points such as holistic thinking and transcendental consciousness, non-attachment to permanent objects, emotional balance and harmony, honest and trust as "freeing" experiences, universal understanding of oneness, integration of past and present occurrences, growth and celebration of historical living, relating to all living things and being in community, and death as a transformed and continuing part of aliveness.


Passion for Words: Instruction, Enlightenment, and a Passion Infusion

Instructors: Jessica Morrell, Bill Johnson, Gloria Kempton, Jennie Shortridge
are all published authors who offer a wealth of experience in instructing, inspiring, and impassioning the writer within us.

Friday, June 19
9:00 - 9:30 amRegistration/Continental Breakfast
9:30 am - NoonWriting a book that makes a difference with Jessica Morrell
12:30 - 2:00 pmFree Time
2:00 - 5:00 pmWriting with and from your passions with Jennie Shortridge
6:30 - 9:00 pmOut Loud - an open forum for writers

Saturday, June 20
9:00 - 10:00 amQ & A: Getting published and staying published with Jessica Morrell and Jennie Shortridge
10:15 - 11:45 amUnforgettable Characters with Jessica Morrell
Noon - 1:00 pmLunch and Keynote by Gloria Kempton, Chasing the Shadow: Staring Down Your Demons
1:15 - 3:15 pmCreating Narrative Tension with Bill Johnson
3:30 - 5:00 pmShadow Writing, Part I, with Gloria Kempton

Sunday, June 21
9:45 - 11:00 amShadow Writing, Part 2, with Gloria Kempton
11:15 - 12:15 pmRevising without Losing It with Jessica Morrell
12:15 pmClosing remarks and raffle

Tuition:

  Friday classes only, $70; Out Loud, $10
  Saturday classes only, $70; Classes including lunch and keynote, $80
  Saturday lunch and keynote only, $20
  Sunday classes only, $40
  Entire workshop weekend, $180

Register:
Contact Summer in Words coordinator, Mindy Halleck, at 425-246-7029 or email lifewerkz@comcast.net.


Spiritual Writing
Instructor: Gail Balden is a writer, educator and workshop presenter with over 30 years of teaching experience. Her work has been published in anthologies, literary journals and national magazines. She teaches one-day writing workshops and writes a monthly column on the joys of small town life for the North Coast Citizen. Visit her web site at www.creativejourneys.net

When: Saturday, June 13, 2009, 9 am to 3 pm - The Call of Our Life Stories. Use writing as a way to connect with your deepest self and with others. Learn how to shape and express true stories of your life and, in the process, develop your creativity and memory.

Saturday, July 18, 2009, 9 am to 3 pm - Write from the Heart. Bring creativity, spirituality, and joy into your life through the process of writing. Develop clarity, expand your senses, and enliven your life through the amazing power of words.

Saturday, August 15, 2009, 9 am to 3 pm - The Power of Storytelling. James Hillman said: "Truth is revealed. It cannot ever be told. It has to appear inside the telling or through the telling." Discover what you think, feel, and know through the jotting of your thoughts, feelings, and experiences on the page.

Saturday, September 26, 2009, 9 am to 3 pm - The Craft of Creative Nonfiction. Learn how to write a piece of artistic truth in a compelling narrative voice by using the techniques of fiction. Build strong scenes, develop engaging dialogue, and stay loyal to the truth. Tell your story with vivid characters, fresh metaphors, and in a unique voice that is yours alone. In the process of telling the tale, find out what your life is made of.

Saturday, October 17, 2009, 9 am to 3 pm - Tell Me a Story. (Last class of 2009.) How did you get to be the person that you are? How have you coped with pain and loss? What are your hopes and dreams? Tell me the story of how you got to where you are from where you were. Make sense of life through the practice of story. Do it for yourself, do it for your family, do it for the world.

Tuition: $60 per class (Open to men and women). Class size is limited so register early.

Register: Call Gail at 503-368-7807 or email her at gail@creativejourneys.net A minimum deposit of $30 to reserve a space should be sent to Gail Balden, 41500 Anderson Road, Nehalem, Oregon 97131.


Ongoing

Meditation
  Each Monday Evening 5:00 - 5:45 (Silent Meditation)

Lectio Divina
  Each Tuesday Morning 10 - 11 (Meditation with Scripture)

T'ai Chi with Marilyn Rooper
  Each Wednesday Morning 10 - 11:30 ($35/month; drop-in $10)

Yoga with Holly Smith
  Each Tuesday Evening 5:00 - 6:30 ($35 for five classes; drop-in $10)


Community Links
Spa Manzanita

The Center for Contemplative Arts is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed for the purpose of offering to all people activities of inner reflection for deepening awareness and nurturing the human spirit for the good of all creation.


For further information, contact Lola Sacks, 503-368-6227.