(Scroll below Weekly & Monthly for May-June Special Event details)
WEEKLY
YOGA
• Yoga for the Beginner • Tues • 7:30-9pm •(6wks) $90
Jennifer Pierce Eclectic Hatha -meditation, relaxation, postures.
Call for NEW BEGINNING CLASS STARTING DATES!
• Yoga On-Going • All Levels • Tues 6-7:30pm $14 drop in
Jennifer Pierce Eclectic Hatha -meditation, relaxation, postures!
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MEDITATION
• Experiencing the Depths of Meditation
& Satsangha with Dr. Frank Morales
Every Wednesday @ 7:30-8:30pm
$5 sug. don. No one is ever turned away. All are welcome.
Beginning from the most ancient of times, seekers of Truth would gather in the company of sages to inquire, to meditate, and to experience the loving presence of the Divine first-hand. Among the Yogis of ancient India, such spiritual gatherings were known by the Sanskrit term “Sat-sangha”.
Come join Dr. Frank Morales, Ph.D. (Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya), one of the nation’s most recognized authorities on meditation and spirituality, and the resident Spiritual Teacher of the Hindu Temple of Omaha, each week for an adventure of meditation and spiritual exploration.
If you are sincerely seeking to know Truth, if you are ready to encounter the reality of your true self, and if you can inquire with humility, sincerity and patience - you are welcome to attend.
For further information, call: (402) 896-4294 E-mail: info@dharmacentral.com www.dharmacentral.com
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BEGINNING TAI CHI – Frank Fong
NEW Class: Wednesday May 21, 2008
Wednesdays 5:30-7pm – (6 wk $90)
Benefits of Practicing Tai Chi:
- Increases awareness, facilitating the mind and body to work together
ensuring the best function for the whole being
- Keeps injuries at bay and quickens recovery from illness and injury
- Increases focus and concentration
- Assists to regain, maintain and sharpen physical and mental balance
Physical balance wards off falling - Mental balance wards off and relieves stress
- No impact exercise . . . instead, soft and gentle movements
- Relieves arthritis pain by promoting the flow of the body’s natural lubricants
- Assists in lowering and managing high blood pressure
- Improves digestion
- Reduces pain and helps manage headaches
- Helps to maintain regularity
- Improves blood and lymph circulation
- Regulates the body temperature and comfort
by cooling the body in the summer and warming it in the winter
- Improves the quality of sleep
- Improves stamina and helps the body to recover from overworking
- Tones and smoothes the skin
- Improves and maintains flexibility and elasticity of the body
Particularly helpful for those in recovery from strokes and heart attacks
Instructor, Master Frank Fong
Master Fong emphasizes soft and gentle movements to promote stress relief,
mood enhancement and a relaxed temperament. His chief goals for his students
are self healing and inner development. Step by step, he will help students find
their own path and build their own strength and confidence; leading towards a
healthy body, a happy spirit and a better life.
Master Fong is from China (Hong Kong), where he learned from three grandmasters.
He has been practicing Tai Chi for over 45 years, and has been teaching it for 30 years.
He has shared his art in Tai Chi classes through many organizations.
He continues to improve on the skill and knowledge by traveling across the U.S.,
Canada and China, periodically, to share and exchange techniques
with other Tai Chi masters and teachers.
Frank Fong at 556-3568 or email: f.fong@cox.net
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MONTHLY
POETRY SLAMS
Every Second Saturday Night of the Month! 7:30pm
Signup starts at 7:30, First; Open Mic: readers have 4 minutes
Slammers: should have 3 poems -Come… laugh, cry, scream, sleep, listen or participate! Snacks, coffee and tea are available at the OM TEA BAR!
What is a poetry Slam?
It’s competition poetry; meaning humor, politics, enlightenment, sex, entertainment masquerading as literature, literature masquerading as entertainment. Poets will read, then judges will
flash Olympic-style scoring to determine who goes on to the next round until there’s just one poet left standing as the champion. Matt Mason Info: mtmason@novia.net Catch the full monthly listings at: http://poetrymenu.com
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SPECIAL EVENT DETAILS! Mark Your Calendar!
May
- 2 A Rare Day In May, ART Show • 7pm Craig Vollmer, Lisa Christensen, Sandy Aquila
- 3 Dowsing Workshop: Keith Harmon, London
10-4:30pm • $108 (includes angle rods & V-rod)
Dowsing is about harnessing and amplifying natural, innate senses and
abilities, such as electromagnetic reception – the same senses that animals
rely on for finding direction, food, each other. - 8 Free Pranic Healing Mini Sessions • 6:30pm
- 10 Poetry Slam • 7:30pm • $7 donation
- 14 Art Crawl: Old Market Gallery Walk • 5-8pm
- 14 Thermal Infrared Imaging
Breast/Body • Men/Women • Call for appt.
NO Compression. NO Radiation. NO Kidding! Increase chances of early
detection. FDA Approved for breast, full body and region of interest. - 17 “What is BodyTalk” Healing: Gina Green FREE Talk • 11am-noon
- 17 BodyTalk Sessions: Gina Green • 1-4pm • $10
- 17 Gerald Trimble Concert • 7:30pm • $10 adv/$15 door
Gerald Trimble is truly a master of rare, ancient stringed instruments, a mystical
singer and a storyteller of sound.
June
- JUNE 3-9, 2008 Tibet Month @ OM!
- Tibetan Monks of Gaden Shartse Monastery
All events at OM *Except Butter Sculpture Demonstration at Borders
at 72nd & Dodge
Please RSVP for OM Events - 402.345.5078
- • June 3-9 • 11am-4pm stop in daily • donation welcome
- 25-29 Tibetan Healing & Massage - Private Sessions with Lama Lobsang Palden - Call OM
- 26 Tibetan Yoga Class, Yantra, Mantras and Mudras with Lama Lobsang Palden -6:30-8pm
- 28 Tibetan Sound Healing Workshop with Lama Lobsang Palden
- 25-29 Tibetan Healing & Massage - Private Sessions with Lama Lobsang Palden - Call OM
- 26 Tibetan Yoga Class, Yantra, Mantras and Mudras with Lama Lobsang Palden -6:30-8pm
- 28 Tibetan Sound Healing Workshop with Lama Lobsang Palden
Creation: Tibetan Sand Mandala
Observe the Mandala in process, as a team of Monks continue ancient ritual by building a Sacred Sand Painting. Viewing the Mandala opens the mind and awakens the spirit. The blessings a Sand Mandala brings are multiplied by the number of grains of sand that it contains. This Mandala is dedicated to Green Tara, the emination of compassion.
• June 3-9 • Private consultations with the Monks
Daily by appointment only: 345-5078
Private healings, business and home blessings, Astrology & Divination consultations.• Wednesday, June 4 • 7:30pm • $10
Chay Drol Ritual - Clear the Obstacles to Enlightenment
Chay Drol helps remove the obstacles that prevent one from achieving enlightenment. The Lama places colored strings and pieces of cloth (our obstacles) on the participants. The obstacles are cut using Weapons of Wisdom, opening the door to liberation.
• Thursday, June 5 • 12:30-1:30pm • donation welcome
at Borders • 72ND & DODGE
Butter Sculpture: Flowers in Winter
The Monks demonstrate this centuries old art, traditionally created for Losar (New Year) and Monlam (Great Prayer Festival). Butter sculptures represent offerings to the Buddhas. Legend says they were first created to replace flower offerings of a princess during a frigid Tibetan winter. Still in practice today, monastery contests result in sculptures over twelve feet high!
• Thursday, June 5 • 7:30pm • $20
Healing Empowerment of the White Umbrella
Join us for OM Center’s “Healing for Healers” - open to all! A tour first - The White Umbrella practice/mantra shelters participants from negativity in the mental continuum and in environment. It helps repel obstacles, creating health of body, speech & mind.
• Friday, June 6 • 6:30pm • $75 • Must RSVP, limited seating: 402.345.5078
MOMO Dinner with the monks - A FUNDRAISER
Spend an evening with the Monks! Enjoy a traditional meal of Tibetan specialites, prepared by the Monks. Dinner is followed by a brief presentation of their current situation with Q & A. A rare opportunity to experience this rich culture first hand.
• Saturday, June 7 • 1pm • $10
Lecture: The path of the bodhisattva (With Q & A)
Living as an awakened being, charactarized by loving kindness and compassion, the path of the Bodhisattva is what is best for the planet and all beings for years to come.
• Saturday, June 7 • 7:30pm • $25
Green Tara Empowerment
This empowerment bestows important tools to removes obstacles and overcome fear and anxiety. Green Tara is an active force in the world, able to eliminate suffering and bring happiness to sentient beings, embodying the transcendant wisdom and compassion of the enlightened mind.
• Sunday, June 8 • 1pm • $15
Green Tara Puja • Tea Ceremony • Chanting
This beautiful offering to Green Tara is filled with Tibetan deep chanting, for success in action, completion of projects and removal of obstacles. In the Tibetan tea ceremony, participants may bring a wish or request for any kind of help.
• Monday, June 9 • 6:30pm • donation welcome
Impermanence: Closing the Sand Mandala
The meditative Sand Mandala ritual practice culminates with a closing ceremony and the destruction of the exquisite Sand Mandala, signifying the transience of life. Be a part of this traditional ceremony of compassion and blessings.
