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March/April 2002 NW Newsmakers
Community News

Compassionate (Nonviolent) Communication

Learn simple, but powerful tools to improve the quality of personal and professional relationships. The Center for Nonviolent Communication (cnvc.org) presents: Marshall B. Rosenberg, Ph.D. International Peacemaker, Author, and Educator in an Introduction to Compassionate (Nonviolent) Communication.

For over 35 years, Marshall Rosenberg has traveled the world sharing the language of Nonviolent Communication, contributing to a shift in consciousness from violence, alienation and oppression to a new paradigm of interconnectedness. Come learn how to apply these simple but powerful principles of conscious communication to situations of personal, organizational and political discord worldwide.

Tuesday, April 16th, 2002, 7pm - 9:30pm at Cleveland High School Auditorium, 3400 SE 26th Ave. (Corner of 26th and Powell). Requested donation $5 - $15, nobody turned away.
For advanced registration or more information, contact: PdxGiraffes@hotmail.com, or (503) 450-9909
For more information visit: www.cnvc.org

Holistic Health Center Expands

Dr. Pavel Nyvlt is a naturopathic physician specializing in complex health challenges, cancer, diabetes, allergies, immune disorders and more. He is the guiding spirit behind The Holistic Health Center in downtown Portland.

Dr. Nyvlt works with the leading edge of non-invasive diagnostic technologies and treatment modalities. This attitude inspired him to expand practice into a health center that now includes two additional holistic health practitioners: Michele Patten, a Certified Nutritionist and Microscopist who specializes in Live Blood Cell Analysis and Nutritional Analysis and Jane Blackman, a certified Spiritual Healer.

Trained as an MD in Europe and a Naturopath here in Oregon, Dr. Nyvlt is himself the inventor of Digital Cardio Signatures™ - a new computer-based technology for looking at the function of your heart. DCS™ gives an immediate report on the condition of your heart, and shows imbalances in any part of your body. To introduce this new technology, he is offering free heart screenings one Wednesday a month by appointment. (Expires 4/30/02)

The Holistic Health Center is on the trolley line at 833 SW 11th – Suite 717 Corner of 11th & Taylor. Tel: 503-294-7070

A Feel Good Place

Touchstone Coffee House, described by a regular as "A slice of heaven on a slab of concrete," is a feel-good place owned and operated for nearly 3 years by Becky Bilyeu and her cheerful staff. Touchstone is an old-style coffee house that delights the senses. The cozy, colorful building is full of charm and inspiration and has something for everyone. Serving Organic Equator Coffee, the menu offers a variety of teas, juices and specialty drinks, not to mention outrageous pastries, chicken bento and panini sandwiches.

After you order, find a seat under the blue sky ceiling mural and lose yourself in the books on the shelves, or in the latest New ConneXion! You can get inspiration from affirmation & divinity cards in baskets, play chess while the kids play with toys, or just daydream as you gaze at the art and quotes all over the walls. Play a game of chess. Spend an evening at Touchstone where Tarot Readings are offered on Tuesdays by Mariah Redwood for $10, or get your Astrology chart read on Wednesdays by Dena DeCastro of Sirius Astrology for $15; share your talents at our Thursday night OPEN MIC or listen to amazing local musicians on Friday and Saturday nights from 7-9pm. They have a community resource room full of local newpapers and resources for local businesses of all kinds, and a housing book to list or look for a room-mate or housing. When the weather is nice, delight yourself in the peaceful secret garden. This truly is a slice of heaven with much to offer, including a nice selection of unique cards and gifts as well. Treat yourself to a moment of TRUE BLISS and stop in today to discover what delights your senses. Open 7 days a week. 7631 NE Glisan Portland,OR 97213. 503-262-7613 www.touchstonecoffeehouse.come visit!

World Healing Day + World T'ai Chi & Qigong Day

On Saturday, April 6th, 2002, at 10 am over 1,500 people outside Sydney Harbor's Opera House will be going through the meditative movements of T'ai Chi. This will be the start of World T'ai Chi & Qigong Day, as it spreads across the planet with nearly 500 events in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas, and finally ends with the last events in Hawaii as 10 am unfolds there.

This year, World T'ai Chi & Qigong Day will join in the First Annual WORLD HEALING DAY, where YOGA practitioners and OTHERS interested in personal and global healing will join in a myriad of healing events. Visit www.worldhealingday.org for details. Contact: Bill Douglas, (US) 913-648-2256, worldhealingday@hotmail.com

Celebration of Amazing Woman—Amazing World Day

In 1999 Marsh Engle became passionately aware of a vital need to reach out to people and provide a catalyst for inspired action. As a result of her dream she established a nationwide day that celebrates the strength and courage of all women, all people. It is a day on which the individual woman can honor herself and recognize those who inspire.

Last year Amazing Woman—Amazing World Day was celebrated in ten cities throughout the United States. This year the celebration has been expanded to thirty cities including Portland, Oregon. A Congressional Proclamation will recognize Amazing Woman-Amazing World Day when Gregory W. Meeks, Member of Congress, reads it into the Congressional Record.

On March 9, 2002 Amazing Woman—Amazing World Day will be celebrated at Borders Bookstore, 708 SW Third Avenue, Portland Oregon, 97204, from 12-5 p.m. There will be a variety of inspirational speakers throughout the afternoon including local author, Loren Slocum, author of No Greater Love. All events are free of charge. Come hear Amazing Women speak of their experiences.

The Our Voice Foundation which created Amazing Woman/ Amazing World Day has partnered with Borders bookstore to benefit RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network). This is a nonprofit organization that operates a national hotline for victims of sexual assault 24 hours a day at 1-800-656-HOPE.

A percentage of the profits from books purchased will be donated to RAINN. Visit their website for more information: www.rainn.org.

New at Common Ground:

Writing Classes Using "The Perception Approach"

Common Ground Wellness Center is offering a unique new set of on-site writing courses through The Opening, a center for writing and growth which focuses on the consciousness of the writer.

Their philosophy is that by strengthening your perception of the outer world, the inner world responds to it and your writing automatically becomes more powerful. Throughout, the priority is on exploring the *experience* of writing. The Opening takes special care to welcome all people who want to write, even those who do not considers themselves "writers."

Courses meet both in the evenings and in the mornings, and some courses have childcare provided for busy moms and dads who might not be able to take a writing course otherwise. All courses meet for three hours, once a week for eight weeks, and are open to every genre of writing. New courses are offered throughout the Spring and Summer.

Not Far From Home is the core course of The Opening and focuses on breaking the trance of the rational, planning mind and thinning the barrier between the conscious and unconscious. It uses play with language, freewriting, improvisational theater games, the Tarot, and active meditation.

Write Your Own Healing offers practical techniques to disentangle conflicting voices, access subliminal wisdom, and bring the buried artifacts of your life into the light of awareness. By freewriting, inviting inner dialogs, and exploring the sensory world, use writing to find your way home.

Scrimshaw Workshop on Stylistics For Practicing Writers. Find out how to craft more shapely sentences and create solidity and cohesion in your work. Discover new ways of revising, get more limber with words, and expand your palette of stylistic choices.

Classes forming regularly. For information on class dates, times, and costs, or to receive a free brochure call (503)282-2639 or email andy@theopening.org.