July 2008 Newsletter

American Healing Arts Alliance Inc.

The American Healing Arts Alliance Inc. is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit educational public charity. We appreciate all donations, memberships, and volunteer efforts toward furthering our programs. For details about our programs, membership and volunteer opportunities please visit our website at www.americanhealingarts.org

July 2008 News

Please mark your calendars for the following events. Call AHAA at (410) 956-0055 for information and to confirm attendance in advance of all AHAA sponsored programs

We appreciate all the cast, crew and sponsorship assistance in making our special Peace Nouvella™ Presentation possible. We are hopeful that all of the effort, talents and gracious seed gifts offered to make it a success will sprout wondrous blossoms that bear fruit for our future endeavors. We are now in the process of producing a number of follow-up programs as well as new venues for our educational presentations about healing and peace through the entertainingly creative performing arts. In July AHAA president Alice Yeager will be featured as a guest on All Around Annapolis on Annapolis's regional TV interviewed by Mayor Ellen Moyer. Details of when the interview will air will be in our next announcement.

Our multi-faceted programs are designed to address both the personal and global healing of our planet. We offer programs designed to educate, entertain and inspire more healing and peace in the world. Our next program will be an extension of the dialogue begun with actor, producer and director LeVar Burton and writer director Olivia Barham in discussion with us about The Science of Peace documentary. Please join us for our next MEDIA NIGHT on Tuesday July 15, 2008, 7-9pm at Peace Point in further dialogue with LeVar Burton and Olivia Barham about their work on the documentary.

We will continue to be developing original plays such as the A Capital Idea written for our Peace Nouvella Presentation on June 21st by AHAA President Alice Yeager. As the debut performance of the Peace Nouvella Players™ we are excited to be in the development stage for additional peace and healing inspiring presentations to offer to the community. We are seeking additional members to join our ensemble of talented performers artists, and stage crew. The themes our all of our programs foster an awareness of a peaceful revolution in consciousness that is needed to heal ourselves for the sake of our planetary survival and evolution. We especially thank Ann Marie Williams, Marvin Clark and Aiko Enarazki as representatives from the World Peace Prayer Society at www.worldpeace.org for their contribution of our program. We are seeking a donor in support of their work as well to have a Peace Pole erected in Annapolis to also help raise awareness of the importance of the inner work of healing and peace. Please visit contact us if you would like to be part of planning committee to help bring these projects to a larger audience. Attached is the pdf of our Playbill from the event that further describes our programs. We are especially grateful for the volunteer efforts of our planning committee and all of the many supportive contributors and sponsors Ann Bracken M Ed., Michele Quesenberry, Dr. Bill Boro and Spirit Creative Services Inc. Please visit our website at www.americanhealingarts.org for updates about our programs and to share specific weblink pages with others.

We also encourage you to continue the ratification process rededicated at our 10th Anniversary Ceremony on June 21, 2008 by visiting our website and offering your ratifying signature and personal Inner Peace Treaty™ healing words and prayers for peace. We give a special thank you to Annapolis Alderman Sam Shropshire and Lt. Colonel Irene Zoppi for their representative participation in our ratification ceremony. We express a special thank you for Rob Levit's beautiful musical compositions inspired by A Course in Miracles played throughout the event.

CASTING CALL and CREATIVE SUBMISSIONS:

On-going auditions are being held for anyone interested in becoming part of our Peace Nouvella Players™ performing and creative arts ensemble of artists, writers, poets, storytellers, musicians, dancers and theater performers as cast or crew. See details below.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES:

For a list of opportunities see below or visit website link at Volunteer Opportunities.

NEWS ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Please email us if you are interested in having information about your practice and/or event included under Member, Community and/or National and International News. For submission guidelines and advertising rates please visit our website at: http://www.americanhealingarts.org/newsletters/publications-guidelines.

AHAA MONTHLY PROGRAMS

1st Tuesday SPEAKERS PROGRAM

2nd Tuesday MEDITATION AND HEALING EXCHANGE

3rd Tuesday MEDIA NIGHT

4th Tuesday and 2nd Sunday A COURSE IN MIRACLES

SPEAKERS PROGRAM

DAY/TIME Monthly on the First Tuesday, 7:00-8:30pm

Educational programs provided by AHAA professional members and guest speakers.

LOCATION 100 Annapolis Street, West Annapolis, (formerly) Natural Healing Wellness Center.

Call (410) 956-0055 to confirm and for directions.

Note: Our Speakers Programs begin again after a summer break with the following presentation.

September 2, 2008

SPEAKER Ann Bracken M. ED., CPT (certified in poetry therapy)

TITLE Write for Your Life© Journaling Program

DESCRIPTION Ann Bracken, educator, writer, and poetry therapist will share with us ways to use the transformative power of the arts for successful change! Learn fresh ways to use the power and magic that come from writing and apply them to your own life. Tap into the wisdom source you so readily offer to others and use it for yourself. Her program Write for Your Life© offers a multi-faceted approach that combines tried-and true journaling activities with some improv and poetry to help you uncover and rewrite parts of your story that are recurring trouble-spots. As an expressive arts consultant and writer, Ann will guide us through several exercises using specific journaling tools. Some of the benefits people experience from journaling include: breaking through recurring blocks, accessing deeper layers of meaning, analyzing troubling situation from multiple perspectives, and achieving goals more quickly and effortlessly. Ann owns The Possibility Project, an expressive arts consulting practice that uses the arts (journaling, poetry, visual art, and improv) for helping people move from ideas to action and achieve positive results. For more information visit her website at www.possibilityproject.com. She invites any email inquiries in advance of her presentation at anniebluepoet@comcast.net or call her at 888-266-3875.

MEDITATION/HEALING EXCHANGE

DAY/TIME Monthly on the Second Tuesday, 7:00-8:30pm as 2 part event

LOCATION Peace Point, Edgewater, Md. 21037. Call (410) 956-0055 to confirm and for directions

PEACE DOVE MEDITATIONS 7:00-7:30pm, Meditation, Inner guidance and prayer gathering for inner peace

HEARTS 7:30- 8:30pm, HEaling ARTS Exchanges, All are welcome to these HEaling ARTS experiential gatherings to receive and/or exchange healing. Emphasis is placed on subtle energy and bodywork.

MEDIA NIGHT Movies/Videos/Television/Music/Art/Theater/Book/Web

DATE/TIME Monthly on the Third Tuesday, 7:00-8:30pm

LOCATION Peace Point , Edgewater, Md. 21037. Call (410) 956-0055 to confirm and for directions.

Come join in our exploration of a variety of healing arts and sciences topic accessed through various media including videos, movies, music, books, theater, art, news media and the web.

A COURSE IN MIRACLES

DAY/TIME Monthly on the Fourth Tuesday, 7:00pm-8:30pm and Second Sunday, 3:00pm-4:30pm

LOCATION Peace Point , Edgewater, Md. 21037. Call (410) 956-0055 to confirm and for directions.

Study group meets monthly on the fourth Tuesday as a healing circle, miracles sharing and self study support of the A Course in Miracles book.

RESOURCES GUIDE

Our website includes a Professional Directory for professionals and organizations to advertise their practice, events, services and products. Please contact us for advertising rates if you are interested in being included in our on-line Resources Guide and/or our monthly Email Newsletter Member Announcements and Community News.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership is $35 a year prorated quarterly for General and Professional memberships. Benefactor donations beyond the yearly dues are greatly appreciated. Membership information and forms are on our website.

MEMBER NEWS

THE BODY AS COMMUNICATOR - Introductory Workshop

INSTRUCTORS Alice Yeager, MFA and Faith Hagerty, MPT, cert. MDT, CSCS

DATE/TIME Saturday, October 25, 2008, 9:30am- 1:15pm

LOCATION Anne Arundel Community College

COST See AACC Fall Catalog REGISTRATION Call (410) 777-2241

DESCRIPTION: In this workshop the body is seen as a means of communication that can express health as well-being or unhealthiness as suffering. As a means of communication, the body can convey the underlying cause of a physical issue as "dis-ease" or other unhealthy conditions. The topics covered include physically based anatomical maps as well as subtle energy maps in relationship to our five senses as communication channels. When there is interference to this communication it can lead to unhealthy conditions as emotional and physical pain, sickness, accidents, and an increased rate in the aging process. When these communication channels are restored to full functioning we experience greater wellness as physical health and emotional well-being.

MEDITATION - Creating More Inner Peace and Health

INSTRUCTOR Alice Yeager,

DATE/TIME By appointment or on-going prearranged individual or group sessions

REGISTRATION Call (410) 956-1117 or email alice@spiritcreativeservices.com

LOCATION Peace Point, Edgewater, MD 21037 (Call or email for directions)

COST $20 per hour session or $60 per month (4 weeks)

DESCRIPTION Create more inner peace, health and balance in all areas of your life. Develop an understanding of meditative healing practices as they relate to individual and global healing. These include active mind and still mind forms as well as walking and other forms of moving meditation. Techniques using sound, visualization and journaling are also covered combining music, art and writing to help you integrate meditative practices into daily life. Learn the benefits of both a personalized practice and supportive group environment to increase intuition, physical vitality, mental clarity, concentration, creativity, peaceful harmony and wholeness.

AHAA'S INTERNATIONAL PEACEBUILDING PROGRAM

The American Healing Arts Alliance Inc. sponsors regional and international educational programs. Our international programs include the Inner Peace Treaty™ and Peace Pulse™ expanding thought projects as part of a comprehensive combined healing arts and creative arts program called Peace Nouvella™. This includes offering both educational and entertaining programs performed by our Peace Nouvella Players™ ensemble of creative and performing artists. We encourage individuals and groups to actively participate in our programs to co-create greater inner and outer peace in the world. We invite you to visit our website to initially participate by offering your meditative thoughts and prayers for inner peace and adding your ratifying name and signature to the Inner Peace Treaty™ printable version.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Please contact us directly if you can offer planning committee assistance in any of the following areas: volunteer and membership recruitment, event planning and coordination, fundraising, grant writing and sponsorship, educational and entertainment program development, publicity and promotions and administrative support. Please visit our website for details about our programs and volunteer opportunities at: Volunteer Opportunities or call AHAA at (410) 956-0055 .

Peace Nouvella Players™ Performers, Creative Artists and Crew: We invite anyone interested in becoming part of our Peace Nouvella Players™ creative and performing arts ensemble. We are seeking volunteer members of all ages to join our diverse troupe of talented artists, writers, poets, storytellers, musicians, dancers, filmmakers and theater performers. Our intent is to offer leadership and support for finding peaceful creative solutions for the challenges we face individually and globally in our rapidly changing times. Our Peace Nouvella™ Presentations include a variety of creative arts and healing arts programs for theaters, schools, organizations and events. Our goal is to further develop our repertoire of programs as a world renowned group of talented creative artists and performers dedicated to healing ourselves and the planet. Please contact us if you are interested in becoming part of our ensemble of creative talent, skilled crew and supportive team.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Please contact us if you have a news announcement. See this website page for details:

http://www.americanhealingarts.org/newsletters/publications-guidelines/

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Be sure to visit the IONS websites shown below to subscribe to their quarterly magazine and also get their enewsletter about weekly telecasts sponsored by their Shift in Action program. As the regional AHAA-IONS educational group we recommend participating in these weekly Shift in Action teleconference events. For more information also visit the teleconference website at: http://www.shiftinaction.com/

The American Healing Arts Alliance Inc. is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit educational public charity. As an educational alliance we represent health conscious organizations, educators, professional practitioners, students and individuals interested in the healing arts and sciences. We appreciate all donations, memberships, and volunteer efforts toward furthering our programs. For details about our programs, membership and volunteer opportunities please visit our website at www.americanhealingarts.org

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT:

American Healing Arts Alliance, Inc.

Peace Point

3157 Rolling Rd.

Edgewater, MD 21037

410-956-0055 (Phone)

410-956-1118 (Fax)

www.americanhealingarts.org