Upcoming In-Store Events

November 2011 Events

 Talk and Book Signing

With Joan Luise Hill, Author of “The Miracle Chase”

Friday, November 11^th, 7:30 pm

Meeting for coffee one morning, three friends discover that each has an extraordinary story to tell. Katie survived a close encounter with a serial killer. Meb’s six months old daughter has been injured by a nanny and blinded, yet has survived and thrived. And they have all watched Joan’s son survive a catastrophic illness. Are these experiences miracles? The three friends begin a spiritual quest to find out more about the nature and mystery of miracles, and the Miracle Chase is on.

 

Over time, their quest becomes a tool for their own survival as the three women face personal crises and develop a new dimension to their friendship that sustains them. As their journey progresses, Joan, Katie and Meb make surprising discoveries, not only about God and miracles, but also about themselves.

 

Come meet the author and learn more about how to chase your own miracles. No charge.

 

“… a wonderful book… enjoy the beauty, courage and ‘spiritual reverie’ these women have shared with the world. It’s an honor to explore and chase the mystery of miracles with them.” —Priscilla Warner, co-author of New York Times best seller, the Faith Club.

 

 

A Glimpse ahead at December 2011 Events

 

Friday, December 9^th at 7:30 pm

Chakra Meditation for Clarity and Healing

Rabia Erduman is an author, psychologist and certified hypnotherapist.  In this exciting and informative presentation she will focus on how individuals can work with the body’s subtle energy system to enhance all areas of life, particularly for healing, and clarity in one’s life direction. The subtle energy complex known as the chakras has been described in the sacred literature of Asia for thousands of years and is becoming widely known today in the West. The evening presentation will include a guided visualization journey.

 

Ms. Erduman is the author of, “Veils of Separation,” a work that draws on the ageless metaphor of the fairy tale as a means to self-discovery and transformation. She also has created several outstanding guided meditation cd’s. As the year draws to a close this is a good way to end the year positively, draw together past experiences and look ahead positively to a new cycle. The event is free. Love offerings accepted.

 

Tuesday, December 20th at 7:30 pm

Winter Solstice Ritual for Engaging the Light

With Jon Rasmussen

Luminata is hosting a winter solstice gathering as a focus for awareness, and as a way of drawing light into our lives. Local shaman Jon Rasmussen will lead a ritual in the tradition of a shamanic journey. The winter solstice is traditionally a time for celebrating the dawn of new light. Christmas and Hanukah are festivals of light and new birth. Tonight Jon will talk about how we can draw down the light of the eternal spirit to guide and inspire our lives. The source of light is the divine spark—the eternal presence that centers all individuals. By connecting with the inner spark of spirit, we find the source of light, love and truth that will help us to become forces for good in the world. Jon will lead us in a solstice ceremony employing traditional shamanic ritual tools for drawing down light and blessings upon our world.

Jon Rasmussen is a well-known local shaman and author of “Dreaming Your World into Being.”  He has an eclectic background of studies and training, from Tai, Chi, Chi Gung and Reiki, to Yoga, Naturopathy, and Neurolinguistic Programming. His shamanic studies include apprenticeship with world famous shaman Alberto Villoldo, and tutelage in the Andes with the mysterious Q’ero Indians of Peru. Jon has a growing national reputation as a carrier of the authentic shamanic tradition of the Americas.

 

There is no charge for the event. Love offerings accepted.

Luminata Daily Reflections—the Source of Happiness

The Source of Happiness

Happiness is not to be found in “things” or possessions but only in the higher octaves of our own feelings—in the love, goodness, kindness and happiness we feel and express to others. Love and creativity are the keys to happiness. And the key to success in any endeavor is to express love in what you do. When humanity begins to realize its unity with the source and can let go of the need to lash out or kick back at perceived adversaries or apparent injustices, and can instead work with the law of life by expressing constructive thoughts and positive goodness, we will enter a new era in human relationships. Individuals who live this law of love and kinship with life transform their feelings into the high octaves of creativity and happiness; they are the true pioneers, and the first of the new wave of illumined souls to enter the ocean of divine peace, love and contentment.—Emory Michael

Luminata Daily Reflection—Our Life Toolbox

Our Life Toolbox

One of life’s greatest secrets is that each of us has the power to create our lives. The inner spiritual self is eternal and has the power to create the world we live in. Our bodies are extensions of our spirit selves. We create our bodies by the thoughts we think. Our lives are the result of our mental images. Your body in its appearance expresses what you do. Your face reflects what you think. Every thought produces a physical effect. Positive and loving thoughts produce positive, loving results. If we think lovingly and constructively, we create our own miracles. The tools we use are thoughts, imagination, feelings, desire and will. These are the instruments in our creative tool box of spirit. These are the forces with which we mold our lives. —Emory Michael

Luminata Daily Reflections—the Gift of Giving

The Gift of Giving

We can never find love by holding it to ourselves but only by giving it to others. When we give love we find love. The same is true for wealth. We are already immeasurably wealthy within ourselves. When we give of ourselves, and that also means giving materially, we find that there is an inexhaustible storehouse of abundance within us. The happiness and love you experience is in the measure of the happiness and love that you give. There is no limit to the power within you. The more you give, the more you have to give. The fountainhead of abundance and prosperity from which we draw is inexhaustible. Your power to give is your greatest power.

October 2011 Events at luminata

Talk and Book signing at Luminata Books & Gifts

With Janet Allison, Author of “Boys Alive”

Friday, October 7^th at 7:30 pm

Discover why boys will be boys and learn to bring out their best by understanding hard-wired brain differences, gender differences, and the influence of testosterone. This inspirational guide for implementing lasting change at home and school includes journal and communication exercises and practical strategies for parents and teachers.

 

Janet Allison is a parent advisor and educational consultant. She is also a mother of two grown daughters. As a teacher, boys have challenged and inspired her to learn more about gender differences, brain function, and learning preferences. She translates the latest trends in science and psychology into practical tools that parents and teachers can use immediately in real life situations. The ideas in her book are being applied by parents and teachers throughout the country. Results have been positive and often transformative for those using her principles and insights.

 

There is no charge for the event.

Luminata Daily Reflections—the Light of the Soul

The Light of the Soul

The evolution of our consciousness is the growth of our souls. Soul is the feeling part of us, our inner life, which unfolds in the light of the divine self. John Keats, the great English romantic poet, said we are on earth to create or grow our souls. The soul unfolds as we grow the light in our hearts and in our minds. We need the high temperature of love and the intense pressure of wisdom in order for our souls to become the diamond of eternal brilliance, the divine soul of the master.

The soul is related to the feminine—the inner beauty of the feeling aspect of life. Tenderness, love and gentleness are the characteristics of mother love, and the soul is an expression of the divine feminine, the mother love that the world cries out for to heal its wounds. The meaning of grace is embodied in the qualities of the heart, the attributes of a loving heart. The quality of love is the essence of the divine feminine. The qualities of the loving heart are the offspring of the god self, that is, they are the emanation or expression of the inner eternal light of the divine self, the sun of life within the heart of each of us, the core essence or nucleus of the soul. By expressing a loving attitude, we connect to the inner source of love and light that transforms us. We grow the light in or souls and build a bridge of consciousness to the source of eternal life and light within us. Love heals all wounds and liberates from the errors of the past. A loving heart opens wide the doors to a better future. —Emory Michael

Reminder about September 2011 Events

Theta Brain Wave Training—Effective Mind-body Healing

A Talk by Edward Pio

Friday, September 16, 2011, 7:30 pm
Theta Brain Wave Training and Deep Meditation offers effective mind-body healing through profound rest and conscious and unconscious mind integration. Learned skills include increasing and decreasing circulation, alleviating insomnia, ending migraine headaches, enhancing the immune system, and mitigating many other physical and mental conditions.

Edward Pio is a resident of Carmel Valley. He has forty-six years’ experience teaching medical hypnosis, self-hypnosis and theta brain wave techniques to health professionals and private groups. Over thirty-five thousand students have taken his live or home-study courses worldwide, including teaching in China, Russia. There is no charge for the event.

 

Friday, September 23rd at 7:30 pm

Autumn Equinox Ritual for Staying In Balance

With Jon Rasmussen

Luminata is hosting an autumn equinox gathering as a focus for awareness and healing, and as a way of staying connected to one’s inner source in this time of awakening and rapid change. Local shaman Jon Rasmussen will lead a ritual in the tradition of a shamanic journey. Tonight Jon will talk about how we can keep balanced and centered in the face of uncertainties and external upheavals. We find internal balance as we connect to the spirit within, the fulcrum of life from which all power extends. Finding this inner center will help us negotiate the changing currents of these times. Afterwards, Jon will lead us in an equinox ceremony employing traditional shamanic ritual tools for drawing down blessings upon our world.

 

Jon Rasmussen is a well-known local shaman and author of “Dreaming Your World into Being.”  He has an eclectic background of studies and training, from Tai, Chi, Chi Gung and Reiki, to Yoga, Naturopathy, and Neurolinguistic Programming. His shamanic studies include apprenticeship with world famous shaman Alberto Villoldo, and tutelage in the Andes with the mysterious Q’ero Indians of Peru. Jon has a growing national reputation as a carrier of the authentic shamanic tradition of the Americas.

 

There is no charge for the event. Love offerings accepted.

 

Talk and Book Signing

Tuesday September 27^th at 7:30pm

With Dan Furst, author of Surfing Aquarius

Dan Furst’s new book Surfing Aquarius: How to Ace the Wave of Change has just been published by Weiser Books. Dan will be at Luminata to sign his book and talk about how to live bravely, creatively and intentionally as we approach 2012. Surfing Aquarius is for people who see the years ahead as a time of spiritual transformation, when awakened human beings will co-create new societies based on dynamic principles of teamwork and empowered service. The book shows how the Aquarian Age is already revolutionizing our politics and economies, families and love lives, our approaches to health, spirituality, and

community. The book is, above all, a practical guide for those who want to see which way the wave of change is breaking, so that we can get ourselves, our families and our communities safely ashore, and co-create a new world.

 

Dan Furst has been a professional astrologer for 34 years. He is also the author of Dance of the Moon (2009). He has worked as a writer, actor and ceremonial artist in New York, Hawaii, Japan, India and Egypt, and lives now in Pisac in the Sacred Valley near Cusco, Peru. Information: (831) 333 – 1110 * luminatabooks@sbcglobal.net