ojai blog - news and events in the Ojai community

The Conscious Evolution of Peace

Check out the New Paradigm World Conference on Saturday, July 22, 2006 at Meditation Mount in Ojai, CA titled, “Connecting The Dots… The Conscious Evolution of Peace.”

The Conference will explore techniques from some of the world’s leading new paradigm thinkers. The shared goal is to support your own personal conscious evolution and help you form new relationships and communities, helping to accelerate the realization of both personal and world peace.

Featuring:
Futurist and author, Barbara Marx Hubbard
Philosopher, Timothy Conway
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Practitioner, Judy Omo
Musicians, Roger Kellaway-piano, Christine Holvick-harp,
And Raymond Powers on Native American flute & drums
Preview of of a new documentary on Ram Dass and premiere of the first DVD in Barbara Marx Hubbard's Humanity Ascending Series

TICKETS: $95 includes all sessions, breakouts, lunch, film screenings, live music, handouts and exhibits. Limited seating.  Sponsor tickets also available.

To register and reserve a seat now: www.newparadigmworld.com
or send a check made payable to New Paradigm World to POB 1381, Ojai, CA 93024

For further information contact Jeff Hutner, 805-640-7214

Heal the Earth, Heal Ourselves

Join a concerned group working together to heal both ourselves as individuals, and the world that we live in, through identifying, and strengthening, our connection to the rhythms of our Mother Earth.

TONIGHT: MONDAY, JUNE 26th
7:00-8:30pm (there is no fee for this event)

The Soul Centered DOME
311 NORTH MONTGOMERY ST.
PH: (805) 640-8222

The Gentle Wind Project

from a reader...

For over 20 years The Gentle Wind Project has been offering a healing technology in the form of hand-held Healing Instruments that repair and restore each person's non-physical, energetic structure where the hurts and wounds of an individual's life are stored.  After obtaining the healing, people report that they feel calmer, stronger, more able to solve their problems, and are better able to focus on what is important to them. 

Mary Miller of the Gentle Wind Project will be in Ojai on Saturday, June 24th and Sunday June 25th at the Ojai Valley Women's Club, 411 Ojai Avenue.  Check out the OPEN HOUSE on Saturday, June 24 from 1:00 to 2:00 pm, in which anyone can use the latest healing instruments FREE.  Call Joan or Marianne at 805-654-4121.

Treat yourself to a massage

I have heard good things from close friends about local masseuse Tanya MacGumerait, a recent graduate of the Ojai massage school with over 500 hours under her belt, who employs Swedish massage, energy work, Trager and deep effleurage. (had to look that last one up :)   Her intro rates for the summer are $40/hr, $55 for 90 minutes.  Contact Tanya at 805-646-2946.  Treat yourself or a loved one, and report back to ojaiblog!

Ojai Healing Circle - Wed. June 7

This just in from a reader...

JUNE 7th - WEDNESDAY - 6:30-8:45pm - OJAI HEALING CIRCLE hosts RAYMOND POWERS presenting:  "AN EVENING OF SACRED MUSIC, POETRY AND CHANT".  Musical meditations featuring improvised and traditional chants, Native American flute, frame drum, sruti, guitar and zither.  These evenings continue to be heartfelt, deep explorations of word and sound.  For over 20 years, Raymond has been facilitating groups worldwide with his beautiful voice, and musical instrumentations.  "Through our heartsongs, we can connect with the deepest parts of our being!"  Don't miss this extraordinary event!  Contact Raymond at (805) 715-0050, or visit his website at www.raymondpowers.com. Program starts at 6:30pm.  Sliding scale:  $7.00-10.00 at The Ojai Retreat, 160 Besant Rd.  Call Marilyn Salas at (805) 640-7101 for info.

Cystic Fibrosis - Great Strides Ojai

This in from reader Debbie...check out this great event.

The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, with help from Cystic Fibrosis families in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties, is sponsoring Great Strides Ojai, on May 20, 2006, at Lake Casitas Recreation Area in Ojai. This is a 10K (6.2 mile walk) for Cystic Fibrosis started by Steve and Cathie Knapp in memory of their son, Dan.  Kick off the summer by joining us for a day of fun with family and friends, prizes, barbecue, silent auction, and exercise in beautiful Ojai.

·         Registration at 9:00 a.m. at Lake Casitas Recreation Area
·         Walk starts at 10:00 a.m.
·         Santa Maria Style BBQ (Tritip, chicken, turkey dogs, beans, salad, garlic bread)
·         Trivia Prizes
·         Silent Auction

Our first Great Strides Ojai in 1999 raised $9,000, and Great Strides Ojai 2005 raised over $80,000. Wow!  This year’s goal is $90,000, and we can reach this goal with your help!  And remember, over $.90 of every $1.00 raised at Great Strides Ojai goes directly to CFF research and care!

Tantra of Beauty

Check out the free intro class, Tantra of Beauty, from local healer Erna Wolff, tonight, 6:30-9:30pm.  Contact Erna for more info - 805-640-0796.  If you dig it, its a six week series meeting every other Monday.

This class is for men and women who want to co-create a new paradigm for relationship based on unitive consciousness. Honoring uniqueness and working from cooperation allows relationship to become an experience of empowerment and transformation, of flow rather than friction. At this crucial moment of change on our planet, healing the familial and cultural patterns that inhibit our ability to be in mutuality frees us to move to the next evolutionary opportunity.

The Ojai Post

The Ojai Post is a community blog, featuring Ojai residents from all walks of life writing about the unique Ojai experience. Ojai is a special place, not just for its geography, flora and fauna, small-town architecture and rich native American history - its also because of the people - talented, creative souls who tend to walk to the beat of their own drummer and carve their own path through life. Check in for daily musings, rants, Ojai news and greater goings-on from the place some call Shangri-La.

Looks like I picked the wrong day to quit launching websites.  Happy March 1, Ojai.

The Ojai Network

A little something I've been working on - the Ojai Network.

From Ojai to Nepal

The latest message from recent Ojai residents Rob Buckley and Sharmila Mali, who have relocated to Nepal.  Check out their site HimalayanHealers.org, and see how you can get involved with their noble cause.

Namaste!

As many of you know, I've been working overtime, for free, for a very long time on this new passion, and it gives me great pleasure to announce our opening phase efforts!

We are building a Healing Arts School, Community Clinic, and Eco-Friendly Cultural Retreat working to preserve the rich history of healing and energy work in the Himalayas, specifically for the benefit of sponsored students from the Untouchable castes of Nepal.

The Himalayan Healers in Kathmandu, Nepal, is a Healing Arts School, Community Clinic, and Eco-Friendly Cultural Retreat working to preserve the rich history of healing and energy work in the Himalayas, specifically for the benefit of Sponsored Students: from the Untouchable castes, Victims of Human Trafficking, Internally Displaced due to the Ongoing Conflict, Freed Kamaiyas (former indentured servants or bonded laborers), and any others of Profound Need.

At the Himalayan Healers project we are training sponsored students to become "Himalayan Healers" in the arts of Ayurvedic, Tibetan, and Indigenous/Nepali massage techniques, supported by a foundation in Yoga, Meditation, and Reiki.