SPIRIT CARD Circle of Life by Emmarose Louise Gallant Visit the Spirit Card Center! OUR 379th ISSUE Welcome to Issue 379 of OmPlace's Altwire. Please direct your submissions and suggestions to: susanp@omplace.com FEATURED WEBSITES Asheville Rhythm Presents Fifth Annual Asheville Percussion Festival Festival June 17-19, 2016 at Odyssey Community School and Masters Concert 8pm Saturday, June 18, at Diana Wortham Theatre in Asheville, NC Come enjoy a creative environment where percussionists and dancers of all traditions, from around the globe, gather to explore, create and innovate. The festival will be hosted by Asheville's ambassador to rhythm River Guerguerian. All Workshops on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will be held at Odyssey Community School. There will be over 20 Workshops for all levels. Topics will include performing, improvising, composing, and dancing taught by world-renowned performers. The festival will also feature a series of wellness workshops sponsored by Four Seasons Compassion for Life, including Conscious Drumming, Introduction to the Role of a Music Therapist, and Music Therapy and Songs. The Saturday evening Masters Concert will take place at 8pm at the Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville. The concert will feature collaborative compositions from our world-renowned teaching artists. The Festival will also include an Art Show, "Exploring Rhythms". There are many ticketing options. For more information and to purchase tickets online please visit AshevilleRhythm.org. Sacred Geometry Oracle Deck Sacred Geometry is the key to understanding the way the universe is designed. Called the language of light and science of compassion, its images and shapes are embedded in DNA, mandalas, pyramids, crystals and well, everything. Anyone who has ever gazed at a spider's web, meditated on a mandala or Yantra, visited a pyramid, walked a labyrinth, or peered through a microscope has felt the effects of sacred geometry. Now the Sacred Geometry Oracle Deck introduces an entirely new way for you to gain access to this wisdom and unlock its power. The set includes a 128-page 6X9 paperback book with 64 full-color oracle cards in a beautifully boxed set for $35. See this page for more info or to order. Fathering Families Fathering Families assists parents struggling to secure equal time with their children after a separation or divorce. Often when parents separate, tension is heightened and it can become difficult to develop a fair agreement that is in the best interest of the child. We believe in shared parenting and that children should have the right to liberal time with both parents, if a healthy environment can be provided. We can guide you on the early steps to take and how to navigate the nuances of family law effectively with our educational resources. Contact us for a consultation or to explore our helpful guide book. DreamGrowers.org Dream Growers is a holistic-minded web design company based in Asheville, NC. We focus on creating clean websites for professionals with a quick turnaround. Our Commitment • Elegant Design Layout • User-Friendly Content Management • Client Confidentiality & Privacy • Simple Setup & Client Walk-Through • High Performance Sites - Security, Stability, Speed. Contact us today and we'll have your beautiful website set up within 4 weeks. Grandparents and Spirit Babies by Christine Nightingale, B.A. (Psychology) / Reiki Master, Certified Hypnotist, Aromatherapist, Spirit Baby Communicator What I learned when I became a grandparent was something no one had ever told me. You love your grandchildren just as much as you love your children. But you have more patience and wisdom now, you put things into a larger perspective. You know that the moments of childhood are very precious and fleeting, and that most of the things parents fret about are not as important as they think. What is important is the love, and the ways love finds to last forever.       Read full article >>> Herbal Ally - Chickweed is a Star by Susun S. Weed / Herbalist, Author, Founder of the Wise Woman Center and Ash Tree Publishing Chickweed not only affects physical health, she is a psychic healer too. She opens us up to cosmic energies and gives us the inner strength we need to handle those energies. Chickweed contains soapy substances, called saponins. Saponins, like soap, emulsify and increase the permeability of cellular membranes. When we consume chickweed those saponins increase our ability to absorb nutrients, especially minerals. They also dissolve and break down unwanted matter, including disease-causing bacteria, cysts, benign tumors, thickened mucus in the respiratory and digestive systems, and excess fat cells.       Read full article >>> Yogic Speech: The Origins of Language by Ved Kovid Durgadas / Director of Arogya Ayurvedic Health Ltd Over the years, experimenting with Mantras, I began to realise their powers on the physical (sthula), astral (sukshma) and causal (karana) bodies in Yogic philosophy, seeing their many powers as subtle vibrations of word or language. The higher side of mantras however is the unspoken language, or the non-audible "mental" lingustic forms of mantras such as silent mantras or thought-projections.       Read full article >>>  FEATURED EVENT PAST-LIFE REGRESSION COUNSELOR TRAINING October 3-8, 2016 in Sedona, Arizona Have you always wanted to learn how to conduct compassionate and expert past-life regressions? You are invited to the Sedona Creative Life Center for a life-changing course, taught by world-renowned expert Mary Elizabeth Raines, author of The Laughing Cherub Guide to Past-life Regression. You will be warmly welcomed, and receive thorough, loving instruction in every aspect of past-life regression. For details see our website or call (928) 282-2640.  FEATURED SPIRITUAL JOURNEY Akashic Records Intensive: Sacred Wisdom for Transformation in Magical BALI September 15th ~ October 5th, 2016 Join Don Ernesto Ortiz for a magical tour on the exquisite island of Bali! Personal and professional transformation begins during this Intensive with Journey to the Heart in one of the most exotic locations in the world, culminating in a lasting commitment to a better life and world. Explore slope gardens tasting tropical fruits, swim in hot springs, bathe in sacred waters, walk to great waterfalls, get a papaya massage... And we promise you'll have lots of time to rest, play and explore on your own. Of course, we have reserved for you some Balinese surprises to make your trip unforgettable!! For more info or to reserve a space: Send an Email and See this page  FEATURED PRACTITIONER Spirit Babies Most mothers understand that it is possible to communicate with the unborn child. This does not have to stop if the pregnancy ends in miscarriage or termination. As an intuitive, I have developed the ability to help apparently infertile couples achieve their goal. They are helped to connect with the spirit of the child who was lost to them, or not yet conceived. Before birth, babies are undoubtedly aware of their mother's and father's thoughts and feelings. They are in still the spirit realm, therefore less restricted than most humans in their field of knowing. A couple who have suffered a miscarriage may need help in communicating with the child, which may have reasons for being afraid to come. Spirit Babies are very specific about the reasons for choosing their parents (citing interests the parents have, which they had not told me) or past life/geographical data about the parents which are relevant to the choice of parents. Do you wish to communicate with the child you are meant to have? My focus is helping mothers learn to communicate with their Spirit Babies (future children) after miscarriage or before conception, which is often followed by successful conception. My new book Spirit Baby: What You Can Learn from your Future Child is now available for sale through Amazon: Amazon US - see this page Amazon UK - see this page Christine Nightingale nightiangel92@hotmail.com nightingalehealing.com  FEATURED PRACTITIONER Troubling Recurring Themes Do you have a recurring theme in your life that you would to like to understand or know how to change? Guidance can give you the insight you need in a Channeled Life Reading. When these recurring themes are painful, they frequently manifest as chronic illness, repeated patterns of difficult relationships, crushing debt, intrusive negative thoughts, and other recurring and painful events, situations and conditions; life can be overwhelming. Long ago in my practice Guidance showed me that recurring themes always have an underlying energy that most of us are largely unaware of. By clearing that energy at the source, the recurrent themes no longer manifest. The source energy includes past lives, childhood, trauma, fear, and persistent belief systems in the mass consciousness that you're having a hard time letting go of. We can help you clear underlying energy with Awakenings and Mind-Body-Spirit medicine. In all of our work there is never any judgment, there is only Love and Light. Visit our website to learn how we can assist you to enjoy the freedom and joy of manifesting the life that you desire. drkatherine@AskGuidance.com AskGuidance.com  FEATURED ARTIST The Visionary Art of Francene Hart Francene Hart is an internationally recognized visionary artist whose work has been widely published in books and magazines and hangs in the homes of art collectors and the offices of healers and seekers around the planet. She was summoned by spirit in 2001 to the Big Island of Hawaii and is now painting, swimming and living her bliss in bless'ed Hawaii. All of her images, including "Catch a Falling Star" (pictured) are available as Full Color Prints or ArtCards. She says about this image: "I have long used images of the Divine Feminine - the Goddess in every woman. Catch a falling star ... hold a part of the Universe. It's about saving up wishes, or miracles." Please see this page for more information or to order.