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MIND-BODY-SPIRIT 0LQGIXOQHVVLQWKH&ODVVURRP $7UDQVIRUPDWLYH%HVW3UDFWLFH By Sumana Staci Mathura ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL JUSTICE 3RLVRQ,Q0DU\ODQG¶V'ULQNLQJ:DWHU 3ROLWLFDO,QDFWLRQ WKH5ROHRIWKH)DUP%XUHDX By Michael Tabor GREEN NEWS & VIEWS )LQGLQJ)UHHGRP7KURXJK&DQQDELVDQG5HJHQHUDWLYH)DUPLQJ3DUW 7DNLQJ&DUHRI2XU6RLO Takes Care of Humankind....................................................................................................................13 By Brynn Seaton YOGA TODAY (QOLJKWHQHG5HVW 5HWUHDWLQJ,QWR<RJLF5HVW By Claudia Neuman CULTIVATING COMPASSION +DWH7UḊ F5LVLQJ*DV3ULFHVDQG&OLPDWH3HULO"7KHUH¶VD6ROXWLRQ By Bill James; Edited By Cam MacQueen ASTROLOGICAL INSIGHTS )DOO4XDUWHU $7LPHRI(QGLQJVDQG%HJLQQLQJV By Misty Kuceris MIND-BODY-SPIRIT %ULGJLQJ'L̆ HUHQFHV &RDFKLQJ6WUDWHJLHV7R%XLOG+HDOWK\&RQQHFWLRQ By Carol Burbank TO YOUR HEALTH 0DQDJLQJ3HUL0HQRSDXVH:LWK1DWXUDO0HGLFLQH By Helena Amos GREEN NEWS & VIEWS +RZ7R%HORQJ7R$3ODFH By Maria Yamnitz WASHINGTON GARDENER &RPSRVW+DSSHQV1DWXUH¶V)UHH)HUWLOL]HU By Kathy Jentz HERB CORNER +HUEDO0HGLFLQHLVWKH3HRSOH¶V0HGLFLQH By Teresa Boardwine
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Learning At Its Best! Lasseter Lundy Institute is:
The Lasseter Lundy Institute is an educational organization that provides a full curriculum for intuitive healers to be certified as Lasseter Lundy Method practitioners and to become faculty members of Lasseter Lundy Institute. We provide learning for becoming a master of intuitive healing. The course material is unique to Lasseter Lundy Institute and provides a comprehensive education in energy healing, intuition and combining the two skill sets. You will understand how intuition and energy work, how these skills can be fully developed, and you will become more enlightened in the process.
2022 Courses: Level 1 Becoming a Healer: Energy Flows
2022 Courses: Level 3 Reading Emotional Trauma (Taught by Wanda Lasseter Lundy – principal and owner of Lasseter Lundy Institute) This class provides the knowledge and skills to intuitively read and understand deep, layered emotional trauma. Trauma occurs in layers because the original trauma influences all new feelings, exacerbating the experience and layering one feeling on top of another. Trauma experience interlaces with other experience to create trauma pathways in the brain, nervous system, organs and subconscious mind. During the class, you will learn to decipher the meaning in the layers and pathways and provide feedback to your client on what you have found. You will learn to determine the impact of trauma on the client’s life. Date: Saturday and Sunday, October 22 & 23, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm–6:00 pm (Both Days) Tuition: $350 if paid by October 7th, $380.00 if later Healing Emotional Trauma (Taught by Wanda Lasseter Lundy – principal and faculty member of Lasseter Lundy Institute) This class builds on the material in the Reading Emotional Trauma class. You will learn to unravel trauma layers and pathways with healing energy to get to the root of the issues. Using energy, you will help reprogram the brain, nervous system, organs and subconscious to achieve healthier emotional, mental and physical states, By combining the reading with the healing energy, you will be able to explain what is healing and how into a comprehensive explanation. Date: Saturday and Sunday, November 19 & 20, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm–6:00 pm (Both Days) Tuition: $350 if paid by November 4th, $380.00 if later To register for courses: Please call Wanda at 812-705-5135 or Email Laura at llilauraprice@gmail.com For more information and to see more on our upcoming classes, please visit our Website and Facebook Page: Website: lasseterlundy.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ Lasseter-Lundy-Institute-115595590132572
(Taught by Rodrigo Ortiz – faculty member of Lasseter Lundy Institute) This class explains the use of flowing energy as the essential healing tool. Energy flow is the primary method for decongesting a client’s energy. Learn how to create a flow of energy from outside the body to inside the body and how to redistribute energy from one place to another within the body. Experience how energy flows and what it does as it flows. Date: Saturday, September 3, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm–5:30 pm Tuition: $150 if paid by August 19th, $180.00 if later Becoming a Healer: Energy Issues (Taught by Elizabeth Bava and Anastasiya Kazakova – faculty members of Lasseter Lundy Institute) This class provides an explanation of how energy congests in a person, causing energy blockages. You will learn about the thought forms and emotional patterns that cause energy congestion, how congestion harms the body and how to detect energy problems in the body and aura. Date: Saturday, October 1, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm–5:30 pm Tuition: $150 if paid by September 16th, $180.00 if later Becoming Intuitive: Channeling and Mediumship (Taught by Michaelle Wyatt – faculty member of Lasseter Lundy Institute) This two part class teaches you the basics of channeling and mediumship. Learn what channeling and mediumship are and how to perform each. Experience the difference between these two types of intuition and how to use your energy to create these experiences. Practice exercises included.
Dates: Channeling – Saturday, October 8, 2022 Mediumship – Saturday, November 5, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm–5:30 pm Tuition: $150 if paid by June 17th, $180.00 if later
2022 Courses: Level 2 The Art of Intuitive Healing (Taught by Wanda Lasseter Lundy – principal and owner of Lasseter Lundy Institute) This course is the culmination of the all the course materials of level 1 and 2 combined. You will achieve artistry as an energy healer. The course provides the performance examination to become a Certified Lasseter Lundy Institute Core Practitioner. Date: Saturday & Sunday, September 17 & 18, 2022 Time: 12:00 pm–6:00 pm (Both Days) Tuition: $350 if paid by September 2nd, $380.00 if later
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MIND-BODY-SPIRIT
Mindfulness in the Classroom: A Transformative Best Practice
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ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL JUSTICE
Poison In Our Maryland Drinking Water: Political Inaction and the Role of the Farm Bureau
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Finding Freedom Through Cannabis and Regenerative Farming Part 2: Taking Care of Our Soil Takes Care of Humankind
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