LAUGH YOUR WAY TO HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN 2010!
with Jay Woods (06/01/10) 
*sadly this evening was cancelled due to the snow!*
You've heard the expression 'laughter is the best medicine', but how can laughing actually improve your health and wellbeing? How can you get yourself laughing when there seems to be nothing to laugh about or when you're feeling really low? How can you laugh more and more every day without needing an external stimulus to laugh at? Well tonight's session will show you how, so come along willing to laugh a little (or a lot)! ...What better way to start your New Year?  

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SUCCESS AND WELLBEING
with Patrick Jordan (13/01/09)
The psychology of success and well-being is about how to live a life of achievement and happiness. Understanding and applying the principles of success and wellbeing enables us to have more rewarding careers, better relationships, better health and a happier life.

Over the years a vast literature on this topic has developed and is generally referred to as the 'self-help' literature. While this enjoys a huge readership, it is of a very variable quality in terms of effectiveness of the principles that it promotes.

More recently, the academic discipline of 'Positive Psychology' has been established. Psychologists have conducted a series of scientific studies investigating the behaviours and attitudes that really make a difference to the level of success and wellbeing in our lives.

Analyses have shown that there are five major principles of success and wellbeing. This lecture will describe each of these and demonstrate how they can be applied to bring achievement, happiness and fulfilment in all areas of our lives.

Professor Patrick W. Jordan is one of the world's leading experts on the subject of success and well-being. Please see www.patrickwjordan.net for more information.

THE SPIRITUAL PATH AND NEUROSCIENCE
with James Roy (20/01/10)
At last, neuroscience is drawing the same conclusions that the Buddhist and Yogic traditions have espoused for millennia. The new generation of brain research makes clear the inseparable links between the central nervous system and our emotional, physical, and spiritual health. The eastern traditions teach us all about natural balance - meditation, yoga, nutrition, breath work, energy work and healing all point the body and mind towards a balanced state.

The eastern traditions say that restoring our natural balance draws us towards peace and happiness, reduces illusions and mind chatter, with better all-round physical and emotional health. It puts you in a position to see the world and your Self more clearly; more content, relaxed, alert, intuitive and firmly grounded in the now. Being in touch with these subtle qualities give one a palpable and infectious presence of calm and integrity, a nourishing personal presence, and unusual powers of attentiveness and concentration. This is the basis for any self-improvement or spiritual practice.

We will discuss these age-old principles and techniques in relation to modern brain research, bringing the spiritual sciences firmly into the 21st Century.

This exciting new field of study has taken the personal interest of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who for nearly 20 years has devoted a full week every year to furthering scientific knowledge in this area, strengthening the exchange of knowledge between western mind sciences and Buddhism.

Today's neuroscience is considered the most significant advance towards positive transformation since meditation.
www.symphonicmind.com

NAMKA CHULEN ~ CHINESE SKY ALCHEMY
with Samantha Terry (27/01/10)
Tonight's talk will cover the fusion of the 8 limbs of Chinese medicine. Fengshui (Earth Luck), Astrology (Heaven Luck), Acupuncture, Massage, Herbal Medicine, Food therapy, Qi Gong and sky alchemy. As well as the 5 elements and destiny: Wood, Earth, Water, Fire, Metal. Why the pentagram is a path to understanding your higher self and how you can harness the power within yourself, using this ancient wisdom for complete healing, eternal happiness and overflowing abundance.
www.sustainablehealth.co.uk

LOVE, SEX AND PRESENCE IN RELATIONSHIPS
with Andy Portman (03/02/10)
It is when we are fully in the present moment that we can truly love. Yet it is so easy for relationships to fall into patterns that limit full presence and aliveness and squash the spark of love and sexual intimacy. These patterns are the accumulation of a lifetime of learning how to survive in the complexities of human relationships, and while they are familiar and can make us feel safe, they rob us of the freedom to really be present with each other and connect with our full emotional, sexual and spiritual power all integrated in love. 

Andy has 26 years experience as a relationships counsellor, breathwork practitioner and workshop facilitator and lives and works with his partner Ella at their healing and educational centre - Avalon Permaculture Gardens near Glastonbury.
ww.livingtao.co.uk

THE GODDESS IN GLASTONBURY
with Kathy Jones (10/02/10)
Today many people come to Glastonbury in search of the Goddess, the Divine Feminine, who reveals Herself here in the landscapes and legends of Glastonbury Avalon. Yet 25 years ago Goddess was almost unknown here. The legends then were nearly all about male characters and beliefs. Now Glastonbury is well known in Britain and internationally as a home of Goddess, of the Lady of Avalon, who dwells in the sacred land beyond the Veil. Since the late 70s the Lady has been calling to many people to come to Glastonbury to learn about Her here, to experience Her energies of love, healing, transformation and compassion. How did this change come about? How is She revealing Herself to so many people?  In this talk Kathy will describe this ongoing revelation of Goddess in Glastonbury and her own calling by the Lady of Avalon with all the creativity that has poured forth since that awakening.