"I’ve been on a quest for self-improvement
for awhile, and this class fit in
perfectly with what I’m trying to accomplish
in my life.
Classes and Workshops
Tuesday Classes
Reiki Share
First Tuesday of each month)
Tuesday, November 1 and
Tuesday, December 6
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Suggested Love Offering:
$10 minimum per session
Guided by Reiki Master / Teacher Kathy Flanigan.
This monthly gathering is an opportunity for
Reiki practitioners and Reiki I graduates to
practice giving and receiving Reiki treatments.
Students of this healing art use this ongoing forum to
ask questions, practice and gain experience.
About the facilitator: Kathy is a Reiki Master/Teacher and a Unity of Phoenix Prayer Chaplain.
RegisterVisioning & Visualization
Part 1: Visioning and Visualization
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
7 to 9 p.m.
Sanctuary
Facilitated by Rev. Richard Maraj
Minimum Suggested Love Offering: $10-$20
Visioning assists us in creating goals which bring us hope and encouragement; it offers possibilities for fundamental change; it generates creative thinking and passion; and gives us that extra boost needed to keep going. Join Reverend Richard as he shares the power of visioning he’s used throughout his life in creating amazing experiences and outcomes!
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Part 2: Create Your Best Year Yet!
Two Tuesdays: January 10 and 17, 2012
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitated by Dr. Mitzi Lynton
Minimum Suggested Love Offering: $10-$20 per session
Are you ready to create your best, most successful year yet? Join Dr. Mitzi for a powerful, inspiring and fun process of visioning and treasure mapping. Treasure Mapping is the process of visualizing on paper exactly what you desire to create in your life. The clearer you can see and align your mind with your desired future as a reality, the sooner you can manifest your dreams. The beginning of the New Year is an extremely powerful time to do this ... so plan to attend!
RegisterJesus and His Teachings
5-Week Class
Tuesdays, November 1-29 • 7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Rev. Kim O’Connor
Eligible for SEE Credit
Minimum suggested love offering: $10-$20 per session
The heart of the Unity message is that Jesus is the great example rather than the great exception. We see Jesus as The Christ, yet believe each and every one of us has the same potential to express divine perfection ... and through a practical understanding and application of the spiritual principles Jesus taught, every one of us can realize and express divine Christ consciousness. Explore how Jesus taught, prayed and healed, as well as the great commission. Learn the distinctions between Jesus, Christ, Jesus Christ and Christ Jesus ... and why this is important to you and your life. Our primary resource will be the three synoptic gospels of the Bible: Matthew, Mark and Luke, as well as the first part of Acts.
Required book: The Bible (New Revised Standard Version is recommended; however, a variety of translations in the classroom adds a richness to our understanding.)
Optional materials: A journal to record your thoughts (for students’ private use) and Prayers of the Cosmos by Neal Douglas Klotz.
About the facilitator: Rev. Kim O’Connor is an ordained Unity Minister. She has worked as a Hospice Chaplain, Pastoral Care Minister at Unity of Sun City, and Director of Pastoral Care Services at Unity Center of Hope. Currently she serves as guest speaker, teacher, and workshop presenter at various Unity Churches throughout the region.
RegisterBeginner and Advanced Meditators
Tuesday, January 17
7 to 8:30 p.m. and
Tuesday, February 21
7 to 8:30 p.m.
(and the 3rd Tuesday of each month)
Facilitator: Gregg Elbert
Minimum suggested love offering: $10-$20 per session
Meditation is about learning to
quiet the mind and discover
your true nature. Through
instruction, practice and “Q&A”
sessions, this class will help you to
master these important principles
through the use of basic breath and
body awareness. This class can be
beneficial whether you’ve never meditated before, or
are an advanced meditator who would like to return to
a simpler form of discovery. A great opportunity to get
back to the basics with meditation!
About the facilitator: Gregg Elbert was trained as a
Buddhist priest, and has practiced a variety of forms of
meditation for over 20 years. He has also taught meditation
techniques to many students over the years. His presence
and wisdom are palpable in a quiet, yet powerful way.
Live an Intended Life with Spiritual Purpose
Tuesday, January 24
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Victoria Benoit, M.C.
Minimum suggested love offering: $10-$20
An intention is a goal that gives
you pleasure and impels you to
move toward the realization of
that goal with unhesitating action.
When you resonate with your
intentions, you can access the limitless
potential within yourself that makes
extraordinary change possible. It
attracts the right people, circumstances and actions
that will enable you to manifest your intentions. One
of the extraordinary benefits of living with intention
is that you begin to view your life as having infinite
possibilities for growth, well being and spiritual
purpose, instead of focusing on “problems.”
This class will demonstrate a process through which
you can discover your spiritual purpose and claim the
vision you want for the rest of your life! Bring a list of
your 2012 intentions, and you will learn how to align
them to your life vision.
About the facilitator: Victoria completed her Master in Counseling degree in 1993. Upon learning about Resonance Repatterning, she began studying under Chloe Faith Wordsworth. Utilizing this unique approach to physical, emotional and mental wellness, Victoria knew she had found her life’s work.
RegisterThe Power of Receiving:
A Revolutionary Approach to Giving
Yourself the Life You Want and Deserve
Tuesday, January 31
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Amanda Owen
Minimum suggested love offering: $10-$20
Learning to receive creates great
power in your life. Receiving not
only creates more balance and
greater reciprocity in your relationships,
but also unlocks the door to all your
hopes, goals and dreams.
Drawing from her latest book,
Amanda will demonstrate the Law of
Receiving and lead you through transformative
exercises that will:
• Help you define, refine and achieve your goals;
• Increase your confidence and self-esteem;
• Replenish your energy and restore balance to your
life;
• Create greater reciprocity in your relationships
and more abundance in your life.
Bring a journal, and get ready to strengthen your
confidence, deepen your spirituality and have fun!
Book of interest: The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Giving Yourself the Life You Want and Deserve by Amanda Owen.
About the facilitator: Amanda Owen is an author, speaker and consultant. She has presented lectures and workshops since the mid-eighties on a variety of topics in the spirituality, empowerment and self-improvement genres. Her research into the nature of receptivity led her to develop a system that helps people manifest the lives they want by developing their capacity to receive. She reports her findings in her latest book, “The Power of Receiving: A Revolutionary Approach to Giving Yourself the Life You Want and Deserve.” (Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2011).
RegisterPrinciples and Practices of Prosperity
10-Week Series
Tuesdays, February 7-April 10
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Rev. Richard Maraj
Weekly Homework and Tithing are Required
It is spiritual law: you can attract or
manifest anything you desire if
you learn to release limiting beliefs
and thoughts of lack and scarcity, and
allow God’s abundance to flow
through and bless every area of life.
The laws of prosperity work ... if you
work them!!!
Join Rev. Richard as he highlights
the key principles and practices of prosperity, and
demonstrates how the power of intention, affirmation,
forgiveness, meditation, tithing, gratitude and
prayer can expand your prosperity consciousness and
open your life to overflowing blessings!
Participants must commit to attend all classes, and
to pray, study and practice the principles of
prosperity — including tithing — for the duration of
the 10-week class.
A one-time fee of $30 will be charged to cover the
cost of handouts, CDs and other materials, which
will be available for sale at the first two classes.
To maintain the sacredness of the class and ensure
effectiveness of the program, this class will be closed
to new attendees after the second session.
Experiencing the Answers to Your Deepest Questions about Life: Tapping into the Wisdom of the Universe
Tuesday, February 7
7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Howard Falco
Minimum suggested love offering: $10-$20
JJoin spiritual teacher and author
Howard Falco as he discusses how
to achieve clarity and wisdom
regarding the purpose and direction
of your life.
Regardless of circumstances or
background, everyone has the same
ability to experience the truth, and to
gain liberation and peace of mind. Learn how to
recognize and use this truth to open up a whole new
world of possibility for your life! Topics include:
• Discovering your ability to access answers, and where
the answers are;
• Life's challenges and their meaning
• How to use this new information to dissolve or overcome
any challenge
•Becoming a powerful creator of your life.
Book of interest: I AM: The Power of Discovering Who
You Really Are by Howard Falco
About the facilitator: Howard Falco is a spiritual teacher, author and speaker who specializes in understanding the personal power of the mind and its influence over the creation of reality. Howard teaches individuals how to shape and create the experiences of life they truly desire most.
RegisterExperience the Intimacy You are Longing For
Tuesday, February 28 • 7 to 9 p.m.
Facilitator: Victoria Benoit, M.C.
Minimum suggested love offering: $10-$20
During this workshop, you’ll learn that, in order to be intimate and share deep feelings of love and joy, you need to feel safe in your vulnerability, and feel safe enough to trust. When you feel safe, you are comfortable opening your heart and being intimate with others, making intimate, sexual, heart relationships possible.
You’ll learn to identify why you don’t have the intimate relationship you want. You’ll then determine how you have tried to find love in ways that have not worked for you, and what happened at an earlier time where you felt exposed, inappropriately vulnerable and unsafe, causing you not to trust others.
From there, you can discover the negative belief(s) that undermine the possibility of your feeling protected and safe in your intimate relationships, the compensation you are using, and the positive belief that will support you in feeling protected and safe so you can finally experience the intimacy you long for!
About the facilitator: See Victoria’s biography under the “Living an Intended Life” class above.
RegisterSaturday Classes
Saturdays (Ongoing)
(Beginning Jan. 14)
9:30 to 11 a.m.
Facilitator: Sally Jo Bannow
Minimum suggested love offering: $10-$20 per session
Each class begins with a teaching to illustrate
a different yogic principal, which is
then applied to the yoga postures for the
day. We will practice yogic principles to find
greater stillness and contentment ... and use our
postures as a metaphor for finding stillness in
all of life’s day-to-day situations. (Please bring
your own mat.)
About the facilitator: Sally Jo is a certified Yoga
Instructor and well-known congregant and musical guest
artist at Unity of Phoenix. She has performed with every
major theatre company in the Valley of the Sun and been
featured in several commercials, independent films and
voice-overs. Since the birth of her son, Sally Jo has done less
live theater and more vocal performance in order to spend as
much time with him as possible. She has produced a number
of CDs, which are available in the Divine Idea Bookstore.
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Travel Alert: Facilitator is Traveling from Oregon!
Chair Yoga: at the Office or at Home
Saturday, January 7
9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Facilitator: Maria Camacho
Minimum suggested love offering: $10-$20
Experience the benefits of chair yoga and the importance of proper breathing techniques! You’ll practice an assortment of easy, gentle poses adapted from several styles of yoga. Suitable for beginners who would like new ways to find gentle movement with slow and focused stretches for the body. It is also beneficial to anyone looking to reduce back pain while sitting at a desk! Please wear loose fitting, comfortable clothing. Bring a necktie or sturdy cloth belt (from a bathrobe, for example) with a thick towel. (We will work in our bare feet!)
About the facilitator: Maria Camacho is a Yoga Alliance 200-hour certified Hatha yoga teacher, completing her training in Thailand four years ago. She integrates inspirations from several diverse styles of yoga, and welcomes newcomers to yoga’s gifts of deep relaxation through breath work and gentle movements. She offers a variety of approaches so that everyone can participate at their ideal capacity and optimal awareness. This work is augmented by her certifications in Strength Conditioning and Personal Training.
RegisterManifesting Your Greatest Health and Abundance for 2012: the Proven Result of Goal Setting and Success
Saturday, January 14
9 to 11:30 a.m.
Facilitator: Noelle Stanley
Minimum suggested love offering: $10-$20
The #1 New Year's resolution is "Health and Wellness," followed
closely by the #2 resolution,
“Abundance.” Make both a reality for
your 2012! Learn how to set goals, and
how to plan the action steps and realistic
strateiges to fulfill them, and learn the
benefit of creating simple, smaller goals
that encourage you to maintain healthy habits throughout
the year. Minor changes in how you think will
change how you can create and retain wellness and
abundance that lasts. Come learn behavioral techniques
and systems that can take your life to a higher level, and
finally achieve your best health, abundance and New
Year's resolution ever!
About the facilitator: Noelle is a holistic nutrition
educator and raw chef who is an expert in corporate wellness
and health coaching. She was awarded the Wellness
Corporate Coach of the Year for 2009, and was awarded the
Phoenix’s Natural Choice Award for 2010 as Favorite
Natural Women’s Health Specialist.
9 Paths to Spiritual Aliveness: Your Unique Journey to Deepen Your Self-Awareness, Relationships and Creative Expression
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Saturday, January 21
9 a.m. to Noon
Facilitators: Steven Connor and Marcia Bench
Minimum suggested love offering: $20-$30
Regardless of religion or spiritual orientation, each of us is aligned with one of nine spiritual paths. Steven and Marcia will offer a unique perspective on how to discover which path is yours. Find out the earmarks of all ninepaths, and what primarily motivates and drives your choices and core fears, how to heal them, your unique communication language, and how to design your life to serve your chosen path of aliveness and bring you closer to God. (A free assessment is included!)
Book of interest: Eyes of Love! Envision the Spirit of
Your Soul by Steven Connor and The Enneagram
Workbook: Understanding Yourself and Others.
About the facilitators: Steven Connor is an author and
Transformational Life Coach. He delivers messages that touch
the hearts and souls of both women and men, regardless of
culture, age or previous life experience.
Marcia Bench is a Transformational Success Coach,
Business Intuitive, Speaker and Author of 23 books,
including “The Tao of Entrepreneurship.” She has 30 years
in metaphysics and 25 years in coaching and consulting.
The CEO of Marcia Bench Enterprises and co-founder of
Transformational Success Partners, Marcia is passionate
about helping entrepreneurs and individuals more fully
express their gifts through work, business and life.
Travel Alert: Facilitator is Traveling from California!
Guided Meditation
Saturday, January 28
9 to 9:45 a.m.
Facilitator: Ruth Cherry, PhD
Minimum suggested love offering: $10-$20
You’ll be guided for 45 minutes with frequent prompts to assist you in focusing your attention and practice allowing, surrender and trust. Come experience meditation in your own personal terms by allowing your “presence” to be!
About the facilitator: Ruth has practiced individual psychotherapy since receiving her doctorate in 1976. With age and experience, she learned to appreciate the profound healing available through meditation, a process she describes in her book, “Meditation for Skeptics.” Using an original, accepting perspective, she invites both newcomers and practiced meditators to a powerful experience of meditation.
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Travel Alert: Facilitator is Traveling from California!
Meditation for Skeptics
Saturday, January 28
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Facilitator: Ruth Cherry, PhD
Minimum suggested love offering: $20-$30
Skeptics trust their experience, not an authority’s words, tradition or institutionalized belief systems. Skeptics must know for themselves, and they realize that true “knowing” is experiential, momentary, and very personal. Through workshop exercises, you’ll learn to experience and identify your inner world figures — the Observer, the Controller and the Hero — and to differentiate between intellectual and experiential learning, and focus upon momentary experience while maintaining detachment. As a result, you will learn to allow healing!
Book of interest: Meditation for Skeptics by Ruth Cherry.
About the facilitator: See Ruth’s biography under the “Guided Meditation” class just above.
RegisterCould You, Should You, Would You be a lightpreneurTM? Touching the World in Bigger, Brighter Ways
Saturday, February 11
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Facilitator: Elmas Vincent
Minimum suggested love offering: $20-$30
Start the year off embracing your gifts and sharing them with the world. Forget about making a resolution; instead, make a plan to touch lives and generate personal prosperity. In this class, you’ll discuss how to "lower your thinking 12 inches" and move to operating from your heart, rather than your head. You’ll learn how to share your gifts from love instead or fear, and will explore multiple avenues to enhance your business prosperity, productivity, client base and cash flow streams ... allowing you to live your purpose with comfort and ease.
About the facilitator: Elmas Vincent is the originator of the term "lightpreneurs™,” describing people who have a business with the intent of making the world a better, brighter place. He has dedicated himself to helping lightpreneurs™ expand their light, create a greater impact and attract prosperity for themselves. He has an MBA from Tulane University and a BS from Auburn University. He presents a wide variety of business talks, seminars, and workshops, and also does coaching and consulting for the “practitioner” community.
Register7 Pillars of Transformation: How to Powerfully Change Your Life for the Better
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Saturday, February 18
9 a.m. to Noon
Facilitators: Steven Connor and Marcia Bench
Minimum suggested love offering: $20-$30
We all have areas of our lives that we want to change ... yet finding a process that works for us — now and in the future — can be challenging. Drawing on the archetype of the Hero’s Journey, you’ll explore the 7 pillars in the transformational cycle that will provide you with markers and help you initiate and embrace your desired change now. You’ll discover clarity about your life purpose, what really drives and motivates you, how to transcend fear and leverage your life lessons, and how to connect more deeply to others without judgment or bias. Then, from this cleansed and open space, you’ll choose what you wish to create next, form your vision in a supportive environment, and learn how to use manifestation tools and quantum physics to create it! You’ll leave with clarity and practical tools to move powerfully into the New You!
Book of interest: Eyes of Love! Envision the Spirit of Your Soul by Steven Connor and The Enneagram Workbook: Understanding Yourself and Others.
About the facilitators: See their biographies above under the “9 Paths to Spiritual Aliveness” class.
RegisterReiki I Workshop: Learn to Open Yourself to the Healing Energy of Spirit
3-Week Class
Saturdays: February 18-March 3
9 a.m. to Noon
Facilitator: Kathy Flanigan
Minimum suggested love offering: $20-$30 per session
Reiki is a gift of Spirit. You will learn how the practice of Reiki can open you and allow the healing energy of Spirit to move through you. Reiki is a touch healing system of incomparable ease and power. This power is a part of everyone, and you’ll learn to open yourself up to that power.
About the facilitator: See Kathy’s biography above under the “Reiki Share” class.
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