Saturday Workshop Topics and Descriptions
Sarah OlinThe Wild & Wonderful World of Transformation
Session 1
Carolina Room 9:30am |
The Wild & Wonderful World of Transformation
If you’ve decided to attend Shift Charlotte, you are likely no stranger to the wild-and-wonderful world of personal development, self-help, healing, etc. You are smart, thoughtful and conscious and are committed to your own growth. You have attended workshops and conferences, read the books, you’ve had Reiki, you’ve been Rolfed, you’ve thought about the benefits of a coffee Colonic and you are intrigued by EFT.
It’s all good. Because you’re a seeker. You want to grow. You want to live a fulfilling life and help others do the same. But is there a sneaky shadow that comes with being on this side of knowing and growing? Life Coach and SHiFT Charlotte speaker Sarah Olin asserts: yes. As we learn and grow, we encounter an equal abundance of lightness and darkness. And sometimes, this deep and meaningful work can be heavy. Often our bright and shiny new wisdom comes with a good dose of contrast. The truth is, you’ve likely graduated to a new sneaky level of “shoulds,” “have-tos” and other disempowering relationships with all these good and powerful things to which we are committed. Join us for the opening session of SHiFT Charlotte for a playful yet straightforward conversation around where we “know” things in our intellect and where these knowing’s have not penetrated our hearts and spirits. Sarah will explore forgiveness, letting go, and how to heal the wounds of the soul where your “shoulds” and “have-tos” have found a home. This talk will be a powerful opportunity to clear your mind and heart and move into a powerful SHiFT Charlotte experience and prepare you to get the most out of your time here and beyond-the-beyond-the-beyond. |
Christine Alexandria
Full Wings Ahead;
Working with your Angels Session 2
Carolina Room 11:10 am |
Full Wings Ahead;
Working with your Angels Okay folks lets face it, life can be this amazing and exciting journey, but doesn't it seem that we add stops on the way that make us wish we had more hours in a day or more hands on our bodies? The real question is why we don't know or remember that we have a team of support waiting to be asked to help. Yes, each and every one of you has a support team just waiting to be asked. Who? Your angels of course! They wait patiently off to the side waiting for you to reach out. Now is the time to begin to ask and receive their help, they are listening.
Join Christine Alexandria of Angel Chatter as she shares her and 'The Gang’s' feathery wisdom. In this workshop you will learn whom to call for regarding any scenario within your life. Need protection? Big Mike is your guy. Looking for healing? Raphael, ‘The Docta’ to the rescue! How about learning to love yourself more? Chamuel, The Angel of Self Love is by your side. Christine will share some tried and true sacred, yet easy, rituals that will not only inspire, but empower you. These rituals will teach how to cut energy cords, love yourself more fully, and will also include a one of a kind guided meditation. At the conclusion of this meditation you will leave with the knowledge and understanding of how to communicate with your winged bestie and how they have always been with you and always will be. Remember, the angels help us to BE. It’s through the essence of Being that one simply allows and understands that all is possible including chatting with the angels, manifesting your truest desires and much more. |
Brooks HaislipThe Art of Waking Up
Session 2
Half Moon Room 11:10 am |
The Art of Waking Up
Are you ready to embody a life that aligns with your full potential? Are you ready to WAKE UP feeling inspired, loved, and limitless? Are you ready to SLOW DOWN and listen to your inner guide’s well of wisdom? Are you ready to CONNECT TO a life of presence and align with your soul’s purpose? If you say “Yes!” then this seminar is for you.
In this dynamic, experiential talk, your guide, Brooks Haislip, will share why she feels we are at a breakthrough point in the evolution of humanity. Participants will be provided with empowering, practical skills to harness their lives and create an inspired and limitless reality. Brooks believes that the way we wake up directly impacts the state of the world and that we are all unique key players in the movement she calls “the revolution of loving kindness.” Brooks will also highlight another movement amongst us: The influence of the Digital Age. She will share how she chose to balance our society’s dependence on the digital world with her heart’s message of WAKE UP. SLOW DOWN. CONNECT. Hear how she went from being frozen by fear of disconnection to feeling radically empowered with purpose in her life. Join Brooks and awaken, align and activate your most vibrant life. The only way to change is to be the change ourselves. The hope of this talk is that every participant leaves feeling encouraged to grab the life of their dreams by the horns and have tools to manifest this right away, with ease, joy and a whole lot of love and enthusiasm. |
Emily Bennington
How to Get Along in a World Full of Conflict; Teachings from A Course in Miracles
Session 3
Carolina Room 12:40 pm |
How to Get Along in a World Full of Conflict; Teachings from A Course in Miracles
Modern spirituality has become a celebration of empowerment and self-love. We master the law of attraction to bend the universe to our will. We learn tools to cover the ego and reveal our magnificence. We speak of forgiveness with the primary goal of our own inner peace.
But with so much focus on the individual self, is it any wonder we can’t get along? The spiritual path of A Course in Miracles offers a proven way out of interpersonal conflict, and yet even Course students still speak of fellow human beings as “our lessons” and “our mirrors” - as if the ultimate significance of another person is to teach us something we didn’t know… about ourselves. As a result, the deeper wisdom on how to treat one another has gotten muddied or lost altogether – and these are the teachings needed most in our time. In this presentation, Emily Bennington, Executive Director of the Circle of Atonement will share lessons from A Course in Miracles that demonstrate how our eternal search for God eventually culminates in normal, everyday relationships. You will discover:
Naturally, this the opposite of what our ego wants us to do. The ego wants to empower us so we can feel above. It wants to judge others and see them only in relation to how they meet our needs. Thus, true vision is what’s needed most to transcend our “self”, garner real progress on our spiritual path, and make our world work. Together, we’ll explore how it’s done. |
Austin Shook &
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Sacred Sound Alignment
Like waves of vibration that are eternally connected and influenced by one another, our understanding and appreciation of vibro-tactile healing has ebbed and flowed. Ancient traditions recognized vibration and sound as an important method for returning to balance and healing. Some of the ways these traditions have used sound and vibration include: music, chanting, prayer, toning, and the use of instruments such as drums, bells, singing bowls, gongs, and wind instruments.
As Ancient traditions fell from favor, we lost sight of the powerful benefits of vibro-tactile healing. It has taken great thinkers and scientists millennia to return to this lost knowledge. Perhaps we are so comforted by vibration and sound because as humans, our first experiences within the womb were known and felt as vibration (e.g., our mother’s heartbeat and voice). All matter vibrates and the human body is no different. Join Austin and Andrew as they take you on a Sacred Sound Journey with gongs, Tibetan and crystal singing bowls, tingshas, tuning forks, bells, flutes, and more. Through focused breathing and healing sounds; our bodies will be able to relax, we will slow our heart rate, lower our blood pressure, open our chakra’s, and help our bodies to heal. This is a great way to SHiFT your energy, especially when your body begins to tire. Sacred Sound Alignment is also an excellent practice for those of you who want to mediate, but find it hard to relax and keep your mind free of thoughts. While listening to the music, it is easy to relax you body and breathe, and just let go and be. Enjoy this uplifting, energizing meditation! This is sure to recharge you and get you ready to enjoy the rest of your day at SHiFT Charlotte. |
Michelle A. PaytonPositive Hypnosis
Session 4
Carolina Room 2:10 pm |
Positive Hypnosis
Is it possible to interrupt your stinkin’ thinkin’? Wouldn't it be fabulous to change your pattern once your aware of that path you take when your brain starts on its rant?
Looking on the bright side of life isn’t just a catchy phrase; it’s, technically, an effective solution-building tool. Come join Michelle Payton, author and creator of the Positive Hypnosis process, as she walks you step by step through:
Michelle will focus on helping you to understand how your everyday experiences can be connected to Hypnosis, Self-Hypnosis, and Neuro-linguistic Programming and how you can use that knowledge to positively influence patterns day-to-day to tap into the power of remembering. No prior experience or understanding of neurology is required, just an open mind that is ready for some change and ready to break some patterns. This workshop will give you a tremendously powerful new tool to your life tool kit. Using this straightforward and easy to learn technique, you to can perform Positive Hypnosis on events in your life, rewrite your script, and remove your 'stinkin' thinkin'. |
Dr. Dave Hamilton
Session 4
Half Moon Room 2:10 pm Soil to Soul
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Soil to Soul
We all know how to use our senses to see, smell and taste an herb but did you also know that every herb also has a personality and energetic influence. Join Dr. Dave Hamilton as he takes the fundamentals of herbs to a new level; think of it as learning the woo of the herbs and the actual why the woo works.
Did you know that every plant has a general disposition and when it interacts with a person, it can change them. The energy of the herb is extremely important to consider. Some herbs are cooling, others warming; some are drying, others moistening. Some drain while others build. As well, people have energetic constitutions, too. Some folks have coldness, or heat; others dryness or dampness. Thus, which herb you choose depends not only on its own energies but also that of the person taking the herb. If the person has a condition of coldness, for instance, they need herbs with a heating energy. If they are dry, they need moistening herbs. And if they’re weak, they need herbs that build strength, immunity, or blood. Dr. Dave will lead us on a sensory exploration to discover the vibrational energetics of a variety of plants he will bring to the workshop. Everyone will have an opportunity to connect with nature through several different herbal preparations and see how it feels both energetically and physically. Through tinctures, teas, concoctions, decoctions, extractions, oils and syrups we will get to meet 5 herbs in new ways. Come have a sensory experience. Start living a life where food brings us once again soulful nourishment on all levels: physical, emotional, psychological, social, and spiritual. |
Linda BackesThe Mystery and Magic of the New Earth Matrix
Session 5
Half Moon Room 3:40 pm |
The Mystery and Magic of the New Earth Matrix
Many of us hold hope in our hearts of a world of peace, harmony and unity. Our dream of a joyous life transcends the reality of our current polarity. In order to move beyond world chaos and imbalance and return to a higher vibration of love, we are collectively calling forth the Divine Blueprint of Earth’s ascension into the higher realms.
Linda will be your guide in a magnificent journey through your own radiant heart to connect to the Living Field of Creation all around you. As an Alchemical High Priestess, Linda will share easy daily rituals that provide a deep and powerful connection to Divine Mother and the Elemental Forces, as well as practical steps to balance the Divine Masculine and Feminine within you and mirroring out into the world. You will also connect to powerful beneficent Beings of Light, whose higher purpose is to assist our planet in fulfilling its Divine Plan. Linda will introduce the powerful Rays of Light and the Archangels and Ascended Masters who are allies of personal and planetary transformation. Invoking these high vibrational rays provides the alchemy to help you move through any obstacles in your path and to anchor your own radiant light in New Earth! When we can shine a light of higher perspective, the current upheavals in our personal and worldly experience become paradigm shifts paving the way for the Golden Age of Earth’s Ascension into 5th dimensional matrices and beyond. Join Linda as she helps you tune into the magic and mystery of what lies within and around us, so that you may step up and co-create a new beautiful utopia. |