East West Exchange - Books, Gifts & Practices
2051 W.Warner Road, Ste 19, Chandler, AZ 85224
480-855-6010   ew-exchange.com

Questions contact Lisa Semrau 480-855-6010                                                                                     

Friday, June 12 - Science Cafe -  7:00 - 9:00                  

Wednesdays in June  12:00 - 1:30 PM  Buddhist Meditation Classes by Clear Light Buddhist Center $10.00

Friday, June 5, 12, 19, 26, 2009   6:00 - 8:00 PM Synergy Meditation with Alan Schneider   Meditation is one of the most effective ways to begin accessing the Universal Mind and Consciousness".  Meditation is also the psychological "royal road" to relaxation, health, and enhanced self awareness.  The attainment of the "synergized meditative" state becomes a matter of great ease with practice.  Relaxed breathing is one the most effective ways to enter the meditative state of higher consciousness. In this workshop there will be a half-hour lecture followed by a  15-20 minute guided synergy meditation then, move onto a discussion and Q&A period to share what they experienced and  to ask any questions of the instructor. $15.00

Sundays  -  4:00 - 6:00 PM   Acoustic Jam/Open Mic  Join us for 2 hours of music-making!  We gather in a circle and take turns sharing any song you'd like to do.  "Feel free to bring song sheets so others can follow along, or we'll just pick it up as we go.  If you don't play and instrument but like to sing, come on down and we'll do our best to accompany you.  The emphasis is socializing, connecting, making music, and having fun!           No Charge

Saturday, June 6, 2009   1:00 -2:00 PM   Homemade Cooking for Your Pets with Author, PJ Blue  Join PJ Blue as she demonstrates how easy it is to prepare healthy food for your pets. PJ will discuss the health benefits of cooking for your pets instead of feeding them commercially prepared foods.       No Charge

Saturday, June 6 3:00 - 5:00 PM  Movie Matinee:  Living Luminaries Join a fantastic group of today's New Thought luminaries, including Marianne Williamson, Michael Beckwith, Eckhart Tolle and many more. Their interviews lead us through a line of questioning about who we are, what we are doing here and how we can achieve true happiness. Geronimo Ji Jaga, the Black Panther sometimes described as America's Nelson Mandela, makes a unique appearance. After being wrongly imprisoned for more than half of his life, he now teaches tolerance and forgiveness as a way of life. 98 min.  Suggested Donation $5.00

Saturday, June 6, 2009  6:00 - 7:30 PM  Tibetan Heart Yoga Meditation   Tibetan Heart Yoga is an ancient practice that belongs to the Gelukpa tradition of the Dalai Lamas of Tibet. According to Geshe Michael Roach, Tibetan Heart Yoga works on your heart in two ways: It makes your physical heart and your body healthy and strong, and it opens your heart to love others. And of course really the first always comes from the second. Rebecca Hagman, BA, RYT, RTT will lead this Tibetan Heart Yoga practice.  Love Offerings Accepted

Sunday, June 7, 2009  1:00 - 3:30 PM   Free Exchange Open House  Free event  showcasing upcoming events and programs offered at East West Exchange. Come for the information, stay for the fun!  This month's features include Thai Yoga Massage, Yin Yoga, Reiki, EFT, and the enchanting sound of the Shakuhachi Flute   No Charge

Saturday,  June 13, 2009  2:00 - 3:30 PM   Art Connections  Designed to use movement & sound as a means to finding and tuning into your creative connection, that which is inherent in all of us, and waiting to be discovered and utilized.  This moving meditation will help us release the judgments and place us in a state of active stillness, from where we are able to create. Enabling healing, freedom, and joy by incorporating movement, sound, breath & stretching, combined with art techniques and journaling. What you create will be an expression of your inner self.  Art or the expression of it is not about what it looks like or what others think of it.  It is the act of creation that is important.  During the process, our true self is expressed and we find out who we really are.  Answers to questions that we have had, become available.  Realizations about how to reach out and complete some of the dreams we have, or just discovering that we have dreams.  $10.00

Saturday, June 13, 2009  4:00 - 6:00 PM  Movie Matinee: Wondrous Oblivion      "Eleven year old David Wiseman loves the game of cricket, but has no aptitude for the sport at all. Thus, when a Jamaican family moves in next door and sets up a cricket net in the backyard, David is thrilled to have new teachers and new friends in his life. Set in East London during the 1960's, the rest of the neighborhood isn't as welcoming to the new family, putting David and his family of recent Jewish immigrants in a difficult situation. This film takes us from intense racial tension to the comfort of a supportive community, reminding us of the magic and beauty that comes from friendships that cross cultures. Parental guidance suggested for some sexuality. 106 minutes  Suggested Donation $5.00

Saturday, June 13, 2009 6:30 - 8:30 PM  Par-Thai: Thai Yoga Massage       Learn simple Thai Yoga techniques and partner yoga poses to help each other relax and feel better! Nuad Boran aka- Thai Yoga Therapy (aka Thai massage), is a wonderful combination of passive yoga stretches, compression, and acupressure that gives you a feeling of having done a full yoga session, yet much deeper than you would go yourself!  It is an ancient energy work system from the Ayurvedic tradition, working on opening up the nadis (energy lines) and allowing prana (vital energy) to flow freely.                $35.00 /Couple Advance - $45.00/Couple Day of Event

Sunday, June 14, 2009  11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Conscious Connections: How to Save the Earth Using the Law of Relationships presented by Glen Knape "The old civilization is dying, and a new one is being born. The out-dated methods of leadership, education, healing, business, art, religion, and spirituality no longer work. New methods must be created that will serve humanity and the one planetary life. This seems like an immense task, and yet we can accomplish it if those of us who feel the call to help will respond using the new and well tested methods. Those new methods of service, using the “Law of Relationship”, can be quite simple and easily performed. Glen will describe the Law, how to use it, and take us through a simple exercise that can be used to help transform any condition from the old into the new. Donation

Saturday, June 20, 2009  1:00 - 3:00 PM Joint Freeing Series with Mary Simmons  Do you want to: Enhance joint mobility, Relieve joint pain and stiffness, improve circulation, improve flexibility, reduce stress, identify areas of chronic tension or weakness in your body? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then join Mary Simmons, RYT-500 , and learn this gentle yoga series.  The Joint Freeing Series takes each joint of the body gently and systematically through its full and natural range of motion.  We begin with the feet and ankles, move up to the knees and hips, then on to the spine and end with the neck.  Class will end with an extended relaxation pose (Savasana).  You will receive a hand-out of the Joint Freeing Series for your reference. Please bring an eye pillow for Savasana if you wish, a small towel and paper and pencil for taking notes.If you can breathe, you can do this series of gentle yoga movements!  The Joint Freeing Series is appropriate for yoga students of all ages and levels, including beginners, those who are recovering from injuries and illnesses and those who are wheel-chair bound.  Individuals with limited mobility due to injury or arthritis may find the Joint Freeing Series especially beneficial. $15.00 (limit 15)

Saturday, June 20, 2009  4:00 - 6:00 PM   Pet Loss & Grief: Coping With the Loss of Your Pet   Beth, a Registered Nurse and Life Coach, will discuss the pain of losing a Cherished Animal Companion, and will offer suggestions so that you can begin to heal from that heartbreak. Whether you are in the process of making the difficult decision to euthanize, whether the loss is new, or whether you are still profoundly missing a pet that died long ago, you will find peace and understanding here. $15 per person payable at the door by cash or check to InSpirit Life Coaching.  100% of the proceeds will be donated to Wildhorse Ranch Rescue. www.wildhorseranchrescue.com. To register: Call Beth 480-748-3021, beth@InSpiritLifeCoaching.com  Come Early & Enjoy Music by Mary Godfrey and Friends! Enter to Win the Raffle! $15.00

Sunday, June 21, 2009  3:00 - 4:00 PM TRANSITIONS: A Celebration of the Solstice  The Solstice hangs on the cusp of change. Come with your own images of change,  your best intentions, your hopes and dreams. Use this shared time to write, draw, move or be still with the ancient 'sui-zen' sound of the shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) and selected poetry and stories presented by Bobby Seigetsu Avstreih. Bring your own poems or brief stories to share if you wish. Bobby creates the atmosphere, the "facillitating environment". You are welcome to use it as you wish.   "Let my playing be my learning, and my learning be my playing." Johan Huizinga: Homo Ludens        Suggested Donation $5.00

Friday, June 26  7:00 - 9:00 PM  The Purpose Art Plays in Humanity: Presentation by Free Arts of Arizona-The Therapeutic Experience of Creating Art          Whether child or elder the experience of being creative offers the potential to heal or transform one's life.  This month we look at the use of art as it is offered to abused, homeless and at-risk in the metropolitan Phoenix Area through Free Arts of Arizona.  Then, we will enjoy an inspirational short video on a poetry writing workshop offered to a group of elders in a California retirement community.   We'll weave it all together by co-creating an art project that reflects our uniqueness as a group. During the month of June East West Exchange will be collecting new art supplies for Free Arts of Arizona.  Please stop in for a "wish list" and brochure or to drop off your donation.            Suggested Donation $5.00

Saturday, June 27, 2009  1:00 - 3:00 PM  Hypnosis for Anxiety and Self-Esteem   Do you often feel anxious and nervous? Have difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep? Can’t seem to quiet your mind? Are your thoughts racing? Do you get anxious in social situations and try to avoid them as much as possible? Have a powerful fear of rejection? Do you have trouble saying no at work, at home or when you are out? Would you like to feel SAFER and MORE CONFIDENT in your own skin? Join Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist Daniel Oromaner to learn how these issues most likely stem from the same cause, and the simple steps you can take to begin to move in a positive direction. As part of this workshop you will participate in a group hypnosis exercise, and learn how the process works to reprogram your subconscious with powerful positive messages. Daniel has presented talks and workshops at East-West Exchange for over a year and they are always well-received and worthwhile! For more information about hypnosis, see his website: www.InnerPowerHypnosis.com which is the most popular hypnosis website in the Valley. $20.00 Advance / $30.00 Day of Event

Sunday, June 28, 2009  1:00 - 3:00 PM  12.21.2012  The End of the Mayan Calendar: How to Prepare Concretely with Astrologer Michelle Karen          In this afternoon seminar, Michelle will: Make the Mayan Calendar easy to understand and explain what is meant by “Ascension”, Reveal the secrets for our times contained in the Prophecy of John of Jerusalem written 500 years before Nostradamus’ Centuries, Share very practical, simple steps to take to live a happier life and reach enlightenment. $35.00

July

Saturday, July 11, 2009   1-4 PM  Healthy Breast Workshop          This workshop is open to all women who want to learn more about ways to maintain breast health and prevent breast cancer through understanding, prevention, and care. You will experience self healing exercise and visualization, an introduction to breast physiology, instruction on how to perform breast massage and self exam, yoga and meditation for breast health. The program covers many aspects of breast cancer prevention and care support, including identifying and minimizing environmental toxins, detoxification, hormone balance, the role of the lymphatic and immune system, diet, nutritional supplements, and perhaps most important, the emotions and psycho-spiritual influences. $35.00 Advance, $40.00 Day of Event  Preregister by Sat, July 4th"