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calendar of PUBLIC Events & Workshops One Spirit Learning Alliance provides the general public a variety of classes, workshops and events for individuals seeking to further their personal and spiritual growth, while becoming more skillful in all areas of life.
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Community
Gathering 
Come
join a diverse group of singing enthusiasts as we explore connection
to Spirit through sound and song! We never know what's going to
happen when Spirit leads the way, but we have fun and get "connected".
With rotating leadership, everyone has an opportunity to participate
as fully as desired. What more could a person wish for?
Community
Event
All
are welcome to join this opportunity to"play", in circle
with other Native
Knitting
Seva
Monthly
meetings throughout Spring 2008
One
of the widest, most traveled paths in our society is the healing
journey known as the Twelve Steps. Millions of people world wide
follow the 12 Steps as their spiritual path.
Rev.
Lucille Rosen is a certified social worker and psychodrama
therapist. She has an active psychotherapy practice and has done
extensive work with both addictions and family dynamics. Lucille
was a faculty member at The New Seminary, lecturing on alcoholism,
Twelve-Step spirituality and professional ethics in the practice
of ministry. For the last seven years she collaborated with Rev.
Joyce Liechenstein to develop and teach post-ordination courses
in Basic and Advanced Spiritual Counseling. Lucille has served
as adjunct faculty at the Fordham University School of Social
Work, and is the founder of A Safe Place, an Interfaith worship
community on Long Island.
We
are approaching a point in human history where the heritage
of human wisdom at the core of the world’s great spiritual,
philosophical and ethical traditions will either coalesce into
a rich, multi-textured resource for our species' further evolution,
or become a stumbling block that causes conflict, chaos and
perhaps extinction.
Dr.
Kurt Johnson works professionally across a number of
fields: world religions, spirituality, ethics, science, literature
and business. Active internationally in trans-traditional spiritual
practice, he is a founding member, with Bro. Wayne Teasdale, of
InterSpiritual Dialogue in Action. He has also been a founder
of the Coalition for OneVoice and the World Wisdom Alliance. Dr.
Johnson is a member of Ken Wilber’s east coast Integral
Alliance and Deepak Chopra’s Global Networking Leaders group.
He was a co-host at the 2004 Parliament of World Religions, is
on the faculty of the Humanist Institute and serves on the board
of One Spirit Learning Alliance. Kurt is the author of numerous
articles and books in science, literature and spirituality. He
serves on the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s
panel on the Dialogue of Science, Ethics, and Religion. For over
a decade Kurt was a monk in the Christian tradition and is today
a recognized teacher in the Hindu “Oneness” tradition
of Advaita Vedanta. His primary interest is the profound simplicity
of contemplative practice and its global application to conscious
living.
Rev.
Michael Pergola MA, MBA, JD. Co-Founder & President
of One Spirit Learning Alliance has pursued an understanding of
consciousness in individuals and collectives for over 30 years.
A long time student of the world’s wisdom traditions, he
served as Chief Knowledge Officer at a large bank for six years,
and practiced law at Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering for nine years.
He has a JD and MBA from Cornell University and a Masters in organizational
Dynamics and Individual Development from the University of Pennsylvania.
He is an Enneagram teacher, a facilitator, mediator, meditation
teacher, biofeedback practitioner, and executive coach. He teaches
and consults to Fortune 500 companies in the areas of leadership,
communication, organizational learning and creativity. He develops
and teaches courses in a wide variety of areas including: Integral
Spirituality, Ancient Wisdom for Modern Life, and Spiral Dynamics.
In his various roles Michael applies his understanding to support
others in developing personal mastery and the capacity for skillful
action.
A
Special Community Event:
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 - 7 pm (Doors open at 6:30)
Worship
begins with the experience of the Via
Positiva, time for liberating the soul, finding
delight
and awe, through wild, rave-like dancing led by the DJ
Shaman Rev Bobby D. 
Spiral
Dynamics is one of several empirically validated developmental
theories focused on the human potential for growth throughout
the life cycle. According to these constructive developmental
theories, as well as the wisdom of the great spiritual traditions,
there are many different ways we see and experience the
world based on the particular nature of our personal development.
These levels or stages of development will manifest in different
energies, perceptions and behaviors, and often we will not
even know that they are at play in our lives. At times we
may find ourselves stalled at a stage that makes us less
effective, less energized and less alive than we would like
to be, without understanding why. 
Rev.
David Wallace is an Interfaith minister and 2nd year
dean for One Spirit Interfaith Seminary. He is a graduate of the
classics department of St. John’s College and is a lifelong
student of the “great books” of philosophy and psychology.
David has an extensive career in publishing and marketing, along
with award winning work in retail.
This
culmination of a three-part series will focus on supporting those
who are in the process of actively dying, sometimes referred to
as ‘deathing midwifery.’ We will learn how the “Ah
breath” is used in facilitating the death experience. We
will explore and discuss various components of comprehensive ‘End
of Life’ care. By working with these practices, participants
will develop increased capacity to provide comfort and connection
during profound grief. Through skillful presence there can be
ease and grace, allowing the Oneness to simply be. Tao of Dying
I & II are recommended prerequisites for this class, but are
not required. 
Rev.
Ariel Sebastian was a 2nd Year Dean at One Spirit for
many years. She is a Registered Drama Therapist, Licensed Creative
Arts Therapist and Bereavement Facilitator. She has been in private
practice since 1987. It was her work in the area of End of Life
Care and Bereavement that led Ariel to becoming an Interfaith
minister and eventually to The Interfaith Fellowship where she
served as an Associate Minister. She is also a Chaplain for Disaster
Chaplaincy Services. In addition, Ariel and her dog, Mercy, are
Registered Delta Society Pet Partners. Integrating her love of
art, nature and spirit Ariel is a devoted student of the sacred
art of Kado/Ikebana (Japanese flower arranging).
The
Enneagram is a powerful topology whose roots can be traced to
many of the world’s great wisdom traditions. One of its
unique aspects is that it provides both a psychological and spiritual
map of our inner landscape. It correlates well with a variety
of spiritual teachings including the ancient Christian, Jewish,
Buddhist, and Sufi traditions. Each of these traditions describes
perceptual patterns similar to those described by the Enneagram.
Rather than put people in boxes, the Enneagram seeks to help us
escape from the boxes and habitual patterns we find ourselves
in. It is a dynamic tool for understanding how our ego develops
and how we can let go of the unconscious patterns that control
us so we can reconnect with our essential nature.
Rev.
Karen Watt, M.A., is an ordained interfaith minister,
a consultant to business, educational, and non-profit organizations
and a personal and business coach. She is a trained facilitator,
a certified mediator, an experienced educator, a certified Enneagram
teacher, and a board member of One Spirit Learning Alliance. Karen
has facilitated organizational learning and coached both individuals
and teams in large corporations. She served as a lead teacher
and Board President at the Institute for the Advancement of Service
in Alexandria, VA., and has a Master’s Degree from George
Washington University. In her various roles as teacher, counselor
and coach she provides a safe space for individuals to understand
the “limits to growth” that impede their development
as full human beings. Karen nurtures her student’s capacity
for personal mastery, self knowledge, and skillful action in their
personal and professional relationships.
Rev.
Tony Zito, M.D., is an ordained Interfaith minister,
retired psychiatrist, pianist, cook, meditator, and avid student
of the world’s spirituality. Tony has a deep knowledge of
both psychology and spirituality. He expresses his nderstanding
in a down to earth and human way that creates safety and the opportunity
for insight. Living with spiritual principles through abundant
and trying times in life has brought Tony to a deep and practical
spirituality well suited to life in contemporary society. Tony
is a gifted teacher who energizes his students as he inspires
them to a deeper way of knowing.
In
this course we will focus on being with others in their grief.
When we look deeply inside at ourselves, we become better able
to be present to another who is experiencing pain and loss. 
We exist within a complex multidimensional web of relationship
that transcends all time and space. As we purify ourselves of
ancient holding patterns we become able to tap into greater
levels of freedom and responsibility and can take part in the
magnificent creation that is this universe. 
Elisa Novick, MSS does profound work as a healer,
teacher, counselor, coach, minister, and facilitator of workshops
and trainings in personal, professional, and spiritual development.
She can assist you to clear personal, karmic and genetic patterns
that have limited you and teach you exquisite attunement skills
so you can become the magnificent master of life and Light that
all of us are destined to be. Elisa has been assisting people
in their growth since 1982 through her counseling ractice and
in facilitating hundreds of classes in holistic health, human
development, family constellation, organizational dynamics,
and spiritual awareness.
We
like to imagine we are a single person who faces the world in
a consistent manner. When we look more closely at our lives, we
realize that different situations may evoke different aspects
of our self. Each aspect, or voice, has its own vision and agenda
for our life. These voices originated in our responses to past
people and circumstances. Often they offered a useful response
when they originally developed, but may be less then optimal when
they take over our life now, without our conscious knowledge.
Rev.
Lynnaea Lumbard, Ph.D. is a Transformational Psychologist,
an Interfaith minister (One Spirit Class of 2005), and a Wilderness
Guide. She co-founded Temenos Associates (a national workshop
company) and also the Naos Foundation with her husband Rick Paine.
She now works with several national non-profits including the
Opus Archive and Research Center, the Threshold Foundation and
the Tipping Point Network.
Rev.
Rick Paine, EdD is a psychologist, a Wilderness Guide
and an ordained United Methodist Minister. He graduated from Union
Theological Seminary in 1971 and was a founding member of Project
Place in Boston and a co-founder of Spring Hill and the Awakening
the Heart workshop. With his wife Lynnaea, he co-founded Naos
Foundation, and is a consultant to organizations and foundations.
education.
Joyce holds an MA in Religious Education from New York Theological
Seminary,and a Ph.D in therapeutic counseling. She is a Licensed
Mental Health Counselor in New York State, a Diplomate of the
American Psychotherapy Association, and worked in Human Rights
for the City of New York for close to thirty years. Joyce has
an extraordinary knowledge of the scriptures of many faiths,
an infectious enthusiasm, and a personal presence that embodies
universal love in a way that invites everyone she meets to open
their hearts and embrace their life more fully.
try
to win love, to control the flow of love or even to subtly resist
love although it is what we most need. It is time to stop. This
gathering will provide a sacred space in which to:
Miranda
is a dynamic spiritual teacher, counsellor and the author of
Boundless Love. The founder the Interfaith Seminary in the UK.,.
Miranda works inspirationally in the moment, often with an open
chair, in which any issue that arises becomes a gateway into
a direct experience of our deepest Self . 
with
Rev. Ariel Sebastian
Rev.
Ariel Sebastian, M.A., R.D.T., L.C.A.T. was formally a 2nd Year
Dean at One Spirit, where the class of 2005 affectionately referred
to her as “Little Mama.” She is a Registered Drama
Therapist, Licensed Creative Arts Therapist and Bereavement Facilitator
who has been in private practice since 1987. Ariel serves as a
Chaplain for Disaster Chaplaincy Services and she and her dog
Mercy are Registered Delta Society Pet Partners. 
07-807
Forgiveness as a Path of Awakening
This
popular class is taught by Diane Berke, co-founder and Spiritual/
Educational Director of One Spirit Learning Alliance. Diane has
an ability to create an extraordinarily rich learning environment
in both classes and private sessions. A psychotherapist and spiritual
counselor in private practice for over 25 years, as well as an
inspiring teacher, Diane has authored many articles and several
books based on A Course in Miracles, including Love Always Answers
and The Gentle Smile.Personal
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