Bergamo Center for Lifelong Learning - Dayton, OH

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Retreat Saturday Full Group Events:

MEET THE PRACTITIONERS: 9-10 AM - Roncalli Room

Full Group on Saturday 10:30 – Noon

Earth Changes - YES It Does! The Lazy Man's Guide to the Collapse of Time with Dave Cowan  

This extensive talk is the 'current' version of a talk that Dave Cowan has developed over the last six years. Initially, it was offered as an 'optional' evening during weeklong classes, but it soon became evident there was a tangible hunger amongst growing numbers of people for this information. Dave ties together a 'big picture' understanding by talking about Cosmological Alignments, the Mayan Calendar, Dimensional 'leaping', DNA Changes and the true history of Humanity NOT in history books, along with practical steps you can take to stay centered and stand in Grace during these times of tumultuous change. As events are unfolding now at 'warp speed', Dave's talk is continually morphing to keep apace with the changes as we are experiencing them now...knowing full well, our understanding will change by tomorrow. The intet of this talk is to de-fuse the 'fear factor' and through gaining a larger perspectivem, come to Peace and see the wonderful opportunity we are witnessing...as one world, one Humanity, one Spirit.

Full Group on Saturday 1:30 – 3:30

Awakening Empowerment through the Divine Feminine Erina Cowan

There is a new level of harmony birthing through the awakening of Divine Union within us all.  Join Erina as she guides you in awakening to your natural state of joy, love and freedom… of true Self Empowerment.  Our veils of illusion are all that stand in the way of experiencing Truth.  As we clean unconscious limiting beliefs from our field we become more receptive (a feminine quality) to higher vibrational aspects of our consciousness.  Focus will be placed on uncovering and shifting limiting beliefs, healing the mind and becoming empowered in all areas of life. Erina will introduce Spiritual Dowsing and share a technique that effectively collapses the webs of illusion held in our fields.

Full Group Event on Saturday 4:00 - 5:30 PM
    2nd Session: Earth Changes with Dave Cowan
    (An offering will be accepted for Dave & Erina's honorarium) 
 

Full Group Event on Saturday Evening 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

The Avatar® COMPASSION Project!  With Randall Loop

"The thing we have to solve is how to make care and compassion more valuable than self-importance and impermanent things. The ultimate solution is broadly awakening the enlightened mind of spiritual consciousness. We need another miracle moment in which everyone realizes that we're in this together, and that the earth is the only spaceship that we get. You can play a major role in this transformation by attending and participating in the Full Group Compassion Circle.

Have you ever felt the warmth of the morning sun on your face? That's what the broadcast from infinite being feels like, it inspires goodness, and love, and compassion. And it brings tears to the eyes, and compassion to the heart. It has been reported that physical healing, spiritual shifts and emotional balance (miracles) occur in the presence of compassion.

Let's increase the amount of compassion on the planet... 

 

Full Group Event on Saturday Evening at 8:15 PM - 10:00 PM

“Emotionation” with Lauren Lane Powell

Using emotion and imagination to heal the nation!

What if we can make a difference by applying our vibrations to the very people we believe are still so asleep?  What if we can make a difference by loving them in as many ways as we know how?  What if we can make a  difference by seeing them whole, safe, wise, caring and at peace? After our evening program join us for the fire ceremony and burning bowl event in the courtyard.

 

Full Group Event on Saturday Evening: Movie Night TBA

Additional Full Group Events:

• Meditation each Morning at 7:00 AM

• Friday night, Sunday & Monday Mornings With David

• Meet the Small Group Leaders – Sunday at 11:00 AM

• 19^th Annual Talent Show – Sunday Evening at 8:00 PM

• Snacks each evening at 9:30 PM

Retreat Small Group Sessions on Sunday:

• 4 sets – 2 or 3 choices in each set.  1 hour each.  Free will offering. 

• A meets in Darby Room (Main meeting room)

• B meets in Barrett Room (next to office)

• C meets in room 201 (around the corner)

 

SMALL GROUP SESSION 1 -  Sunday from 1:15 – 2:15 PM

 

1A – “Spiritual Awakening of the Pineal Gland with Hannah Simmons, N.D., CNHP.

While the physiological function of the pineal gland has been unknown until recent times, mystical and esoteric schools have long known this area in the middle of the brain to be the connecting link between the physical and spiritual worlds.  A pineal gland opened acts as a stargate that goes beyond space-time into time-space.

 

1B - Introduction to Spiritual Dowsing – with Dave Cowan

A hands-on workshop to get you 'up and running' with this amazing Intuitive Art. Learn to access information via your Superconscious Mind, your link to the One Mind and Cause of all. Learn as well how you can shift energies towards healing and wholeness by taking an active role in creating your Reality!  Dowsing was one a 'secret art' for only the 'elite'. It is now available to anyoe itersted in stepping out beyond the confines of the linear mind, and tapping into deep potentilas for Healing and Insight. Come and experience the group healings for yourself...pendulums will be available, or bring your own!

 

1C - Blessed Waters with Carla Reed

Known all over America as the "water lady", Carla Reed will be speaking about the power and mystery of water having memory. She will be sharing insights from her 10 year epic journey to gather and pray over the waters of America, and how blessing our water changes us and our environment. She has collected the composite gathered waters from over 200 places and will explain how the "Voice of Many Waters" speaks to us bringing healing to our bodies, the land, and the oceans. With the recent Gulf Oil Spill, it is perfect timing for the understanding and need for the waters of the earth to be healed, individually and collectively. Prepare to be amazed.

 

SMALL GROUP SESSION 2 – Sunday from 2:30 – 3:30 PM

 

2A – Who Are You Anyway with Dottie & Joe Asselin

Aren't you the most important person in your life?  Why do we give the least attention to ourselves?  Do we really believe what we think?  The new energies coming in are bring change so fast that some days we have to hang on just to stay on the planet.  Come and discuss with Dottie & Joe these important questions for our time.

 

2B - Spiritual Dowsing to Awaken True Self Empowerment with Erina Cowan

Erina will teach spiritual dowsing as a tool to access our true nature, which is Love.  She sees dowsing as a way to ‘cut to the chase’ in discovering and clearing energetic patterns that keep us blocked in our creativity and peace.  She will assist everyone in getting up and going with a pendulum.  Charts explored will include these topics: Forgiveness, Self Empowerment, Chakra Clearing, Aligning with Highest Purpose and Unconditional Love.

 

2C - The Healing Power of Stories – With Randall Loop

Our lives are much like that of a Mother Tree. Deep roots that connect, branches of life experience that bear fruit to share with others in need of inspiration. Together we will create a Sacred Sharing Circle and each person will be invited to write and share a story of his or her most memorable accomplishment or experience in Life. Then each one in the group will share with each other the achievements, common threads, gifts and talents we heard in your story. Your story alone has healing power...

 

SMALL GROUP SESSION 3 – Sunday from 3:45 – 4:45

 

3A – Attuning the Body with Betty Miller

Betty developed a system that allows the body to tell her which protocol to use when working with clients to put their body back on track.  Come and learn more form the dynamic and energetic Betty Miller!

 

3B - 'Unmasking the Imposter' with Dave Cowan

An uncompromised expose of the ego and it's role in suffering. We cannot overcome what we cannot see. Learn to recognize patterns of resistance and see through the illusion...your Peace, Joy and Enlightenment sit waiting patiently on the other side of this veil - recognize it, and walk right through! See how the ego, itself an illusion, is at the heart of all suffering, war, poverty, disease...and yet can be simply dispelled by the Light of your Truth. Learn how to deal with 'other's' ego. You will come away with the knowing that ego's day is already over...it is simply hanging on in our memory!

 

3C - Spiritual Licensing and Certification with Tim Leach

Come and learn more about the new ways you can empower yourself to be a better advocate for your clients and understand the new codex Alimentarius laws under which you must operate.  Take the fear out of working on clients without a license or certification.  Tim will share an exciting new program that is being offered through SomaEnergetics that will enable you to get liability insurance and other protections for most alternative modalities offered today.

 

SMALL GROUP SESSION 4 – Sunday from 5:00 – 6:00

 

4A – Vibrations of Forgiveness with Lauren Lane Powell

 
Embrace the Sweetness of Sorrow to Overcome our “Stuff” and get on with our LIVES! There is no way out but through. Lauren brings with her tools that all of us can use to purge the past and embrace the future. Through the act of forgiveness we experience “HOLY SHIFTS” of consciousness that awaken the inner voice of God and allows us to communicate more fully with the Spirit within! Discover more of the healing powers of grief and forgiveness and watch them work in your life!

4B - Accessing Multidimensionality through Heart Activation with Erina Cowan

Learn how to experience multidimensional aspects of yourself through the fifth dimensional portal of your Heart.  Attention will be placed on clearing and activating the seven layers of your etheric heart, which in turn will stimulate your body’s natural support of  health and balance in your physical being. Vibrational work through sound, breath and guided visualization will be shared.

 

4C – Available

Retreat Practitioner Offerings:

Dave Cowan - Spiritual Dowsing - Room 103

Come with a specific issue in mind, or simply 'come as you are'. Discover the deeper layers of healing that are available to you. Lear what is at the heart of seemingly 'physical' issues...hint: It's never what we think it is! Experience 'time travel' in the form of healing past and future lives, find out key hidden emotions, learn your cosmic 'lineage' and destiny, and much more. As we 'peel the layers' of old trauma, karma and memory, Who we are, which is Perfect and Divine Spirit, can emerge naturally. You may record your session for personal review. 60 minute Sessions

 

Erina Cowan – Using Sound and Light for Release - Room 107

Erina’s work integrates the use of Sound Techniques, Liquid Light Frequencies and Intuitive Guidance in a uniquely facilitated session designed to assist clients in releasing old beliefs, karmic and ancestral patterns which have kept them bound in limitations. This process often unfolds in relationship healings, parallel life journeys and meeting one’s Higher Self. The experience is different for everyone and is based on whatever aspects in the client’s consciousness are ready to be released. 60 minute sessions

 

Pilar Farnsworth – Soul Attunements/Polarity Balance - Room 114

Pilar offers two distinct sessions: 30 minutes: Vocal toning soul attunements, a Gift from the Hathors OR 60 minutes: Polarity Balance Body Work with Tonal Soul Attunement. She also works with SomaEnergetics tools, gem quality crystal bowls and essential oils to assist and complement her work.

 

Keith Fitch - Therapeutic Massage - Room 108

Keith is licensed in Florida and specializes in Reiki, Sound and Vibrational therapy which can be included in your massage session.  60 Min Sessions

 

Lisa Gatto: · Body Readings including Iridology - Room 113

Lisa will be providing Body Reading for 30 minutes or for 60 minutes if balancing is required. Body Reading includes Iridology, tongue diagnosis, reading of fingers, toes and the naval.

 

Randall Loop, LMT, MLC, OM  - Making Life Good Again Therapeutics - Room 106

Randall will utilize a variety of tools to assist you in recovering your lost energy in Mind, Body, Spirit and Emotions. Using a specially designed Massage Chair Randall will combine Guided Meditation, Aroma Therapy, Moist Heat, Electronic Vibration, Tuning Forks and General Massage during the session. Come prepared to let go of all that aches and troubles you, healing will occur.. 30 Min Sessions.

 

Betty Miller – Attuning the Body - Room 109

Her system of Attuning the Body:  She tuns you though a tune up and let the body tell her which system she needs to work with to put your body back on track and help you feel your best. Betty explains her healing philosophy: “I love to show and tell, but it doesn’t have quite the same impact as when you get to participate. I really got interested in energy work that can change the body if you are aware enough to know how to ask for the change.”  30 or 60 Minute sessions

Mary Ann McClellan – Healing The Separation from The Divine - Room 112

She is trained in and will offer the following modalities: Reiki – Third Degree, Touch For Health, Reflexology (Foot massage, everyone purrs), Toning (MaryAnn studied with Laurel Elizabeth Keys, author of the Book “Toning”.)  MaryAnn views true healing as a correction of the mind’s belief in separation from Divine Source.  - - - If the client is open, we can discuss some simple techniques towards making a mental shift as we work on the modalities of your choice. - - - One of MaryAnn’s greatest joys is helping people see their own unique talent, beauty and divinity.  She believes that each person’s soul vibrates to its own unique frequency; no one else can sing your sound in this magnificent symphony of life. 30 Minute sessions.

Carla Reed – SomaEnergetics Tuning Sessions - Room 115

Certified SomaEnergetics Teacher and Practitioner with be giving sound therapy energy sessions using the solfeggio energy and body tuning forks. As a minister, she is also available for intuitive spiritual counseling and healing prayer. She will be using her own CD's of healing music.  30 or 60 minute sessions

 

Retreat Speakers and Practitioners Bios:

Dottie & Joe Asselin - Their speaking engagements, workshops, and classes include motivational topics such as: Self- Development and Realization, Personal and Earth Energy, the Human Aura, and a range of Energy-Awareness topics. Joe provides a comprehensive background on the human energy field that includes a discussion of its biological and physical characteristics. Dottie explores the mystique of the “Aura. Dottie has clearly seen the personal energy field all of her life and is able to speak directly of what she sees - colors, feelings, thought patterns, etc. These patterns provide Dottie with insights about individuals that can help them reach a deeper understanding of their inner feelings and the world around them. Dottie and Joe are also the producers of the “In Touch” series of video and audio recordings

Dave and Erina Cowan: When David and Erina met several years ago, they knew within days that they were destined to come together for a Higher Purpose. Erina’s background was in Conventional and Alternative Medicine, while David, a former counselor and musician, had been working as a trainer with Quantum Biofeedback. The signs and circumstances around their meeting convinced them that they had a Golden Opportunity to experience and extend the frequency of Divine Union. As they both developed their skills in alternative approaches to Healing, Erina and David found themselves training and Certifying Health Practitioners around the world. This work soon led to the realization that true and lasting healing must occur at the deepest of all levels, awakening us to our true Divine Nature.

Through this understanding, the Cowan’s have developed a Spiritual Healing program as well as a Certification in Spiritual Dowsing. Students who have attended this course remark on the depth of personal transformation they experience through the introduction of Higher Spiritual teachings, experiential exercises, Spiritual Initiations, including the ‘Oneness Blessing’, and exposure to futuristic technologies aimed at accelerating progress on the Path to Enlightenment. The purpose of this training is in elevating our lives and Healing Practices to the level of true and lasting healing which occurs on the level of Mind as it recognizes Self as Spirit. David and Erina expand their passion with this work into other areas of trainings, presentations and private sessions.

Pilar Farnsworth: Pilar de la Luz is a Priest in the Priesthood of Melchizedek and Magdalene Priestess of the Living Earth is a world traveler, Philosopher, Poet and Healer. A foremost concern of her life is the humanization of the sacred moments of Birth and Death.

Keith Fitch is a Licensed Massage Therapist, a level II Reiki Practitioner and a certified Level III SomaEnergetics Practitioner. His massage business is located at What You Love To Do which is a lovely boutique located in Historic Cocoa Village; owned and operated by Keith and his wife Deborah.

Lisa Gatto - is a Certified Colon Hydrotherapy and a Polarity Practitioner. She also works at Advanced Pain Management Center in Westerville, Ohio.

Lauren Lane Powell - “I have been teaching people how to sing since 1989, first in private vocal lessons, and now, full time, for the last 5 years in workshops across the country. As I continue to study and grow, so does my work! “Harmonies of Healing” came from my inner knowledge that vocalizing is not some mysterious gift given to a chosen few! It is for everybody! Singing makes me happy and keeps me young and healthy! Let me remind you how good it feels to Sing!” Lauren earned a degree in Voice and Music Education from Indiana University. Since then, through her own vocal adventures and further studies, she has rediscovered her own true authentic voice. It is Lauren’s mission to help other people rediscover the healing powers their voice!

Tim Leach - Tim has been a part of the Light Within family working with David for over 20 years.  His background includes being a Marching Band Instructor as well as Development Director for a private school.  In 2010, Tim developed the Spiritual Healer Licensing and Certification Program for SomaEnergeics. 

Randall Loop, LMT, MLC, OM owns Sustainable Wellness Services. He’s dedicated to partnering with clients in creating wholeness in life. Randall’s licensed by the Medical Board of Ohio as a Massage Therapist, he’s also a Certified Life Coach, State Recognized Minister, Avatar® Master and a SomaEnergetics™ Practitioner. He’s been in private practice for nearly 20 years. Randall is Vice President of Simply Living a non-profit. The Ohio AIDS Coalition granted him the Spirit of Healing Award 2006 and he was honored as Health Practitioner of the Year 1996. Many have commented that he is one of the most empathetic, compassionate and fun loving beings they have encountered in life...  www.freewebs.com/theoasiscenter

MaryAnn McClellan is a resident of Akron, Ohio and a longtime student of both Unity and a Course in Miracles.  She facilitates spiritual self-discovery groups, paints, sings and loves to entertain at nursing homes.  Two transformational experiences have greatly expanded MaryAnn’s awareness of life.  The first was a near-death experience that instantaneously required her to push out her boundaries in every direction, moving her into what was already there for her to remember WE ARE LIMITLESS, what holds us back is our lack of self discipline. - - -   In the second experience, an inner voice said to her, “When you can love all My children the way you love yours, you will become an instrument of love and peace.”  It took MaryAnn three days to process this experience.  At the end of that period, something inside her had shifted and moved her to a world family consciousness.  She believes that God was directing her to see our connectedness and kinship in this symphony of life where all His children are needed to make the music of humanity.  Deep within her a living grace was stirring to life, honoring the Divine Essence in all people and spiritual paths.  The next day she started the International Peace Goal Project given to her by Spirit.  The project consists of people joining their energy in knowing peace is possible.  By pledging to take steps that establish more peace in their own lives and by amending their behavior with more peaceful choices.  (PEACE BEGINS WITH ME.) Because of the transforming experiences she has encountered, MaryAnn became interested in David Hulse’s work with the Solfeggio tuning forks.  She participates in a weekly group that studies David’s work and practices with the tuning forks every Wednesday. - - - MaryAnn believes the tuning forks not only free up the body by releasing blocks, they raise our vibratory energy fields, aligning us to higher teachings and awareness’s that are waiting for us to tune into their frequencies. 

Betty Miller has been in full time business since 1987. She graduated from the Self Health School of Massage in 1984 and received her Medical Massage Therapist license in the state of Ohio that same year. Betty has trained in many modalities including Medical Qi Gong in China, Polarity Certification, Neuro Link in New Zealand, Body Talk, Quantum Touch, Reflexology and Integrated Energy Therapy

Carla Reed: Carla Reed is an ordained minister and musician who has traveled extensively across America to 48 states.  As a musician, she desires to facilitate an atmosphere where people feel the peaceful presence of the Holy Spirit. She has been associated with ministries known for signs and wonders and has many personal stories of miraculous provision and protection. She currently lives in Liberty Lake, Washington, near Spokane. She has written three books and recorded several instrumental CD's.

 

Hannah Simmons, ND, CNHP: Hannah owns Natural Health, Inc in Honesdale, PA.  She has over 20 years of experience in the field of iridology, nutrition, and holistic healing with years of research and study.  She has also used many effective modalities to aid the process of healing the body within itself.