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| A Quarterly Newsletter from
the Foundation of the Sacred Stream |
ISSUE 20 |
DECEMBER
2010 |
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| Note from the General Manager |
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 Happy Holidays!
As the nights grow longer and the year draws to a close, I am
appreciative of the many remarkable people I am so fortunate to work
with – staff, students, clients. The Sacred Stream has grown a great
deal over the past eight years. We’ve seen many changes, some good,
some difficult, but all of them propelling us onward. So, thank you for
being a part of the Sacred Stream and making it possible for me to be
here writing this to you.
This month, we have some fun holiday
inspired happenings - the Winter
Solstice Drumming Circle, a free music
download and a sale on gift certificates. After a brief break, we hit
the ground running in January with the Advanced
Depth
Hypnosis workshop, and Introduction
to
the
Shamanic
Journey. We are offering a
brand new class in February (Art and
Sprit) and a very special event in
January (Images of the Isles).
I want to thank those folks who contributed photos to the newsletter,
Deborah Hall, James Kovacs, Suzanne Stanton, and there are few thrown
in from my trip to the desert. Don’t miss our regular features in this
edition of the newsletter Journey on
It, Ask Isa (on
Narcissistic Personality Disorder), and our
article this
month on the Winter Solstice.
Everyone
here at the Sacred Stream wishes you a very joyful holiday season.
Laura Chandler, CHT
General Manager
Foundation of the Sacred Stream
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| Announcements |
Gift Certificate Sale: We are offering a
special discount on gift certificates this
holiday season. For example, a $100 gift certificate is now on sale for
$95. By any other name this is a discount on a class! All you have to
do is go to our online store to purchase, or give us a call, and we
will mail a beautifully designed gift card to the address you indicate.
Buy several gift cards and combine them for amounts other than those
available. So, give a friend, family member, or even yourself the gift
of class!
Free Music Download:
It has become a Sacred Stream tradition to offer Laura Chandler's
acclaimed song, Its Christmas, Baby,
for
free
this
time of year. The song was featured on the popular
holiday compilation album, Holiday
at the Beach. It received great reviews and continues to receive
national radio airplay each holiday season. The album features many
popular Smoothjazz artists, including Michael McDonald (Doobie
Brothers), Ottmar Leibert, and Craig Chiquico (Jefferson Starship). (Download the song, free, for a limited
time. Just visit the music section of our store.)
Podcast: This month,
Sacred Stream Radio presents a talk by Isa Gucciardi, PhD, comparing
Depth Hypnosis with other hypnotherapy models, such as Clinical
Hypnotherapy and Ericsonian Hypnotherapy. Isa shares some excellent
insights on Depth Hypnosis and the field of hypnotherapy. (Download it or stream it live on our
website.)
Marlo Salazar
Scholarship Fund:
Thanks to your generosity, we were able to give away more scholarships
this year than ever before. If you would like to contribute to this
very important scholarship fund, to help potential students who would
otherwise not have the opportunity to take classes or be exposed to
this kind of work, please donate on our website or contact us by phone.
All donations are tax deductible. Also, you can contribute by
purchasing a music download in our store. Every bit helps and we match
all contributions.
Winter Solstice Drum
Circle: Sunday, December 12th at 6pm. Join us for an evening of
celebration at one of two drum circles this weekend:
1. Sacred Stream
Center, 2149 Byron St, Berkeley, CA
2. Mill at Shady Lea, North Kingstown, RI (For more info contact Katharine Rossi.)
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| Event Spotlight: Images of the Isles
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Slide show by photographer, Deborah Hall, and a
brief talk on Ancient Scotland and the shamanic tradition of Hawaii, by
Isa Gucciardi, PhD.
Sunday, January 16 at 6:00 pm.
Fundraiser for the Sacred Stream.
By donation. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Join us for a wonderful evening of armchair travel. This event is an
opportunity for people interested in the destination studies classes in
Scotland and Hawaii to get a taste of what is in store, and also for
past participants to reunite. Deborah Hall is a brilliant photographer
and we have been fortunate to have her in our classes and on our trips.
Her generosity in sharing her work can be fully appreciated at this
event when she presents images of the extraordinary Orkney Islands and
Big Island of Hawaii. Both sets of islands were places of great
historical and ancient spiritual significance.
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| Class
Spotlight:
Art
and
Spirit |
This new class is part of an evolving series of
workshops in the
Transpersonal
Studies Program. In this class, the essence of art is explored both
topically
and experientially. It focuses on art as an everyday act, not just an
extraordinary act out of the reach of the average person. Contemporary
society
has taken the sacredness of art and turned it into a commodity. By
examining
the way this has shaped your relationship to your self-expression, a
new
relationship emerges.
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this
class,
we explore the nature of "art" and ways to deepen the
connection to self and the inner processes. Practical aspects of how to
work
with your unique process, creative blocks, and maintaining a practice
will also
be addressed. Students will examine their relationship to art and gain
greater
understanding of how emotion is transferred into form – be it dance,
painting,
music or whatever vehicle you use to express yourself. This class is
experiential and open to professionals and lay persons alike.
This class will be offered on Saturday, February
5 from 1pm to 6pm. Tuition is $145.
Instructor:
Laura
Chandler, CHT. Laura is a writer, musician, and Depth Hypnosis
Practitioner. She
has toured nationally and internationally and her music has appeared in
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| Winter
Solstice: A Long Winter's Night |
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 By
Laura Chandler
The winter solstice occurs on the day of the year when the earth’s
axial
tilt is farthest from the sun. Simply put, it is the shortest day of
the year. It marks that point in time when the shortening of days stops
and they begin to lengthen until the summer solstice, June 21, when
they shorten again, like the waxing and waning of the moon.
Most
westerners are not aware of this phenomenon of the sun. In fact, we are
rarely attuned to the rhythm of the sky. Instead, we are focused on the
gathering speed brought by the holidays. Caught up in the rush of
holiday shopping, event planning, and travel, we move counter to the
rhythm of the natural world around us, and counter to our own internal
clocks. This can cause stress, anxiety, and restlessness. The event of
winter solstice has long been recognized with celebrations and rituals
throughout the world. There are even structures devoted to the solstice
dating back to the Neolithic Age that suggest ancient people understood
something about this time of year that we have clearly forgotten.
Read
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| Journey
On It..." Diving In" |
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By David Barr
The shamanic journey is a
method of working in an altered state and is achieved by using sound,
such as a
repetitive drum beat. It is called "shamanic" because working
in an altered state in this way is found in most indigenous
cultures.
However, it is not limited to shamanism. The journey can be
described as
an active form of meditation and is very useful in exploring the psyche
and
enhancing personal growth. Our purpose in offering this column is to
create a forum,
where people engaged in a shamanic
journey
practice
may deepen their
work with
the journey, and their understanding of the journey as a tool for
healing.
Please feel free to send us a journey for publication to info@sacredstream.org.
 I chose to
ask what was keeping me back in getting my business going. I
was planning on working with an upper world guide, but the drum pulled
me to the lower world. I went down through a pond from my childhood and
into a cave. The spider was waiting for me in the cave and showed me
two images from my childhood. Both revolved around our pool in the back
yard. In the first image, I was sticking my toes into the water and it
was cold, so I was hesitant to go in. In the second image, I dove right
in, made a big splash, and made the most of my time in the pool. Next,
the spider told me to reflect on its nature. I heard the callback, went
up the cave, up to the pond, swam to the surface, and walked out onto
the sand.
Read
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ASK ISA: This
Month's Q & A Addresses
"Narcissistic Personality Disorder"
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I listened with great interest to your
teleclass on shamanic healing, power retrieval, and soul retrieval. I'm
wondering whether/how these forms of healing could be applied to
narcissistic personality disorder?
 Narcissistic
Personality
Disorder (NPD) is a big subject. There are many subsets of
the disorder, theories about it, and degrees attributed to it. The
DSM-IV describes NPD as “A pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy
or behavior), need for admiration, and lack of empathy, beginning by
early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.” Renowned
psychotherapist, Alice Miller, in her acclaimed book, The Drama of the Gifted Child,
describes the disorder as stemming from an interruption in a person’s
narcissistic development, which occurs in childhood. On some level,
everyone is walking around with a degree of narcissistic disruption
that needs healing. Whether it is minor or severe, there are particular
shamanic techniques that could be helpful for someone engaged in trying
to heal the wounding at the root of what may be referred to as NPD.
From a shamanic perspective, all disorders are a reflection of power
loss. Power loss refers to the personal power of an individual and is
indicative of some degree of wounding. When wounding occurs, a person
can develop defenses or other behaviors that result in a recurrence of
the wounding or a draining of the individual’s power.
Generally speaking, people with imbalances that present as NPD-like
symptoms tend to have issues with personal will and an attachment to
events turning out the way they expect. They may react forcefully if
something occurs outside of what they consider acceptable and their
worldview is often very distorted. Usually, people with these patterns
have to be in a fair amount of distress before they will consider
seeking help.
Read
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Do you have a question
you'd like to ASK ISA?
Email info@sacredstream.org
with ASK ISA in the subject line and we will select one question each
month to include in this column.
Isa
Gucciardi,
Ph.D., is the Founding Director of the
Foundation of the Sacred Stream and the primary teacher for the
Foundation's programs in Depth Hypnosis, Applied Shamanism, Buddhist
Psychology, Integrated Energy Medicine, Transpersonal Studies, and
Destination Studies.
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| December 2010 - April 2011 Calendar & Summer
Preview |
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San Francisco Bay
Area
Events:
Winter Solstice
Drumming
Circle
Sunday, December 12; 6:00pm
Free
Sacred Stream Center
Berkeley, CA
Please RSVP to info@sacredstream.org
Images of the Isles
Sunday, January 16; 6:00pm
Free
Sacred Stream Center
Berkeley, CA
Please RSVP to info@sacredstream.org
Annual
Depth
Hypnosis Practitioner Meeting and Minister Ordination Ceremony
Sunday, January 23
Meeting: 1:00pm to 3:30pm
Ceremony: 5:00pm to 7:30pm
Berkeley, CA
Spring Equinox Drumming
Circle
Sunday, March 20; 6:30pm
Free
Sacred Stream Center
Berkeley, CA
Please RSVP to info@sacredstream.org
Free
Teleclasses:
Teleclasses are
interactive distance learning courses similar to a
conference call, and taught by Isa Gucciardi, PhD. Each participant can
just listen and absorb, or engage in the discussion. You do not need a
computer to participate in a teleclass. All you need is a telephone and
you can call from anywhere!
 Dreams
Monday, January 10; 6:00pm PST, 9:00pm EST
The Sacred Feminine
Tuesday, January 11; 6:00pm PST, 9:00pm EST
The Shamanic Journey
Thursday, January 13; 6:00pm PST, 9:00pm EST
Scotland
Before the Druids
Wednesday, February 2; 6:00pm PST, 9:00pm EST
Relationships, Karma, and Power
Wednesday, February 16; 6:00pm PST, 9:00pm EST
What is Buddhist Psychology Studies?
Thursday, February 17; 6:00pm PST, 9:00pm EST
What is Depth Hypnosis?
Tuesday, March 29; 6:00pm PST, 9:00pm EST
To register, contact info@sacredstream.org
or
415-333-1434.
Distance
Learning Classes:
Working with Dreams
Teleclass
Tuesdays, January 25, February, 1, 8, & 15
4:00pm to 5:15pm PST (7:00pm to 8:15pm EST)
$145; Early Registration: $135 by December 25
Karmic Patterns
and Relationship Teleclass (formerly
Relationships
1)
Mondays, March 7, 14, 21, & 28
4:00pm to 6:30pm PST (7:00pm to 9:30pm EST)
$295; Early Registration: $275 by February 7
Power and
Relationship Teleclass (formerly
Relationships
2)
Mondays, April, 18, 25, May 2, & 9
4:00pm to 6:30pm PST (7:00pm to 9:30pm EST)
$295; Early Registration: $275 by March 18
San Francisco Bay
Area Training
Programs and Workshops:
Depth
Hypnosis
Next
Steps
Saturday, December 11
9:30am to 1:30pm
San Francisco, CA
$70
Advanced
Depth
Hypnosis
January 19 - 22
Wednesday: 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Thursday - Saturday: 10:00am to 8:00pm
Sacred Stream Center
Berkeley, CA
$1395; Early Registration: $1350 by December 19
Introduction
to the Shamanic Journey
This course is a prerequisite for many of our
workshops!
January 29 & 30
10:00pm to 4:00pm
Sacred Stream Center
Berkeley, CA
$250; Early Registration: $235 by December 29
Art
and Spirit
Saturday, February 5
San Francisco, CA
$145; Early Registration: $135 by January 5
Advanced Applied
Shamanism
February 23 - 27
Philo, CA
$2095
Buddhist Psychology Studies I
Thursdays, March 3, 10, 17 & 24
7:00pm to 9:30pm
Sacred Stream Center
Berkeley, CA
$295; Early Registration: $275 by February 3
Tracking Spirit in the Birth Environment
March 5 & 6
10:00am to 4:00pm
Sacred Stream Center
Berkeley, CA
$295; Early Registration: $275 by February 5
Initiations of the Sacred Masculine
March 12 & 13
10:00am to 4:00pm
Sacred Stream Center
Berkeley, CA
$295; Early Registration: $275 by February 12
Integrated Energy Medicine Immersion
Workshop
March 18 - 20
Friday: 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am to 8:00pm
Sunday: 10:00am to 6:00pm
Sacred Stream Center
Berkeley, CA
$595; Early Registration Discount: $575 by February 18
Shamanic
Counseling
Wednesdays, March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 27, & May 4
7:00pm to 9:30pm
Sacred Stream Center
Berkeley, CA
$450; Early Registration: $425 by February 28
Buddhist
Psychology Studies 2
Thursdays, March 31, April 7, 14, & 21
7:00pm to 9:30pm
Sacred Stream Center
Berkeley, CA
$295; Early Registration: $275 by February 28
Shamanic
Counseling
Wednesdays, March 30, April 6, 13, 20, 27, & May 4
10:00am to 4:00pm
Sacred Stream Center
Berkeley, CA
$295; Early Registration: $275 by February 12
Depth Hypnosis
Foundation Course
Intensive
April 9-11 & April 15-17
11:00am to 8:00pm
Sacred Stream Center
Berkeley, CA
$1595; Early Registration: $1550 by March 9
To register, contact info@sacredstream.org
or
415-333-1434.
New
England Classes and
Events: 
Shamanic Journey Group
Sunday, December 12
4:00pm to 5:45pm
$10
North Kingstown, RI
Contact Katharine RossiThis email address is being protected from spam
bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
for additional information.
Winter Solstice Drum Circle
Sunday, December 12
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Free
North Kingstown, RI
Contact Katharine RossiThis email address is being protected from spam
bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
for additional information.
Spring Equinox Drum Circle
Sunday, March 20
6:00pm to 7:00pm
Free
North Kingstown, RI
Contact Katharine RossiThis email address is being protected from spam
bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
for additional information.
Working with Dreams
Thursday, June 2
5:00pm to 10:00pm
$175; Early registration: $150 by May 2
Introduction to the Shamanic Journey
June 3 & 4
Friday: 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday: 10:00am to 5:00pm
$250; Early Registration: $235 by May 3
Annual Meeting of the New England Space
Clearing Society
Saturday, June 4
7:00pm to 9:00pm
Free for members
Initiations of the Sacred Feminine
Sunday, June 5
9:00am to 9:00pm
$395; Early registration: $375 by May 5
Tracking Spirit in the Birth
Environment
Monday & Tuesday, June 6 & 7
5:00pm to 10:00pm
$395; Early registration: $375 by May 6
Advanced Buddhist Psychology Studies I
Wednesday & Thursday, June 8 & 9
5:00pm to 10:00pm
$425; Early registration: $375 by May 8
Understanding the
Worlds Beyond Death
June 10 - 12
Friday: 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00am to 7:00pm
$695; Early registration: $675 by May 10
Destination
Studies:
Ancient
Scotland:
Before
the
Druids
July 31 - August 8
Orkney, Scotland
$2995; Early Registration $2795 by March 30
For more information
on upcoming classes, please
visit our calendar page.
Please visit our websites for more information:
www.sacredstream.org
www.depthhypnosis.com
www.hunaspirit.com
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Monday Night Meditation
at Sacred Stream Center
Join us for an hour
of silent meditation at 7:30pm on Monday evenings at the Sacred Stream
Center, 2149 Byron Street in Berkeley. This is free and open to the
public. Small donations for the maintenance of the center are welcome.
There are a limited number of cushions, backjacks, and folding chairs;
please feel free to bring anything you would like to sit on. People of
all experience levels and all meditation traditions are welcome. Basic
meditation instruction will be available. Please contact
Kyle Hartman for more information.
2011 Chinese Herb
Garden Calendar
 Jasmine
Oberste, a licensed acupunturist, herbalist, photographer, and Sacred
Stream community member, has designed a calendar to raise money for
Chinese Herb Garden, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting the sustainable
use of Asian medicinal flora.  The calendar is printed on recycled paper with soy-based ink, and is now available
for $19.95 (shipping is free in the US if purchased by December 13).
All profits support Chinese Herb Garden.
Sacred Stream Center
Available for Rental
Sacred Stream Center
is available for rental for ceremonies, classes, and client sessions
offered by healers. Please contact
Lauren
Markham for more information.
Yelp Commercial
A big thanks goes out
to everyone who came to help with the filming of the Yelp commercial.
Thank you!!
Soccer Without Borders
Soccer Without
Borders is an organization whose programs FSS supports through
donation of office space and contributions. Check out how they are using
soccer to provide opportunity for disadvantaged youth around the world.
Photo/Art Credits: Laura
Chandler (desert sky and plants), Isa Gucciardi (Laura), Deborah Hall
(Ring of Brodgar, Isa), James Kovacs (pool), Jasmine Oberste (calendar
images), Suzanne Stanton (monotype print)
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