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PWG Events Calendar

Your Life Purpose Date: Tuesday, February 15 Time: Apéro: 18:30‐19:00 Main meeting: 19:00‐21:00 Place: Centrepoint, Im Lohnhof 8, Basel Cost: Free for PWG members, CHF 15 for non‐members

Who are you? What are you here for? What is important to you? What values guide you? What do you want to be remembered for?

An essential human capacity is our conscious‐ness of ourselves, which enables us to reflect on our lives and the meaning of our existence. The knowledge of our mortality defines us as moving through time from birth to death, giv‐ing each moment its singularity and inviting us to determine actively what we want to do and become within this arc of our existence.

We are often too caught up in day‐to‐day ac‐tivities to step back and consider our life pur‐pose, and run the risk of being defined by out‐side circumstances, leaving us feeling dissatis‐fied and empty. Aligning with our purpose brings us meaning, energy, and fulfilment.

This interactive evening program will provide you the opportunity to reflect on and find an‐swers to these essential questions of identity, values ,and purpose. Please bring along paper and pen to take notes for yourself.

Kathy Hartmann‐Campbell's professional life is dedicated to helping people live more pur‐poseful and fulfilling lives. The consulting busi‐ness she started over 20 years ago works with private and corporate clients providing coach‐ing, facilitation and training in all aspects of communication and personal development.

Issue 201 / February 2011 www.pwg-basel.ch

The Professional Women’s Group (PWG) of Basel is a not‐for‐profit organisation with the goal of bringing together women of diverse professional and cultural backgrounds. We offer a warm and welcoming English‐speaking environment in which women can share their experiences, learn from each other, build friendships and professional relationships and have fun together.

Inside this issue:

Focus on Careers Upcoming PWG Events

2

Women Entrepreneurs 3

Members Forum 4

Review of the AGM Millennium Development Goals Star of the Month

5

PWG/BPW Joint Event PWG Organizational Information

6

Information Exchange 7‐8

Display Ads 9‐13

Membership renewalMembership renewalMembership renewal We are moving into the second month of this year already. If you would like to continue receiving the benefits associated with being a member of PWG, make sure you can share in all the excitement by renewing your membership before the end of the month!

The annual membership fee is CHF 80.

For payment information, see p. 6.

The PWG Organisational Committee

Monthly lunch break Date: February 23 (always last

Wednesday of the month) Time: 12:00 Place: Café Huguenin, first floor, Barfüsser Platz, Basel E‐mail: lunches@pwg‐basel.ch

The lunch break is a great opportunity for mee t i ng o the r women, getting to know them better, networking and ex‐changing views about work/life in Basel etc.

We always meet at last Wednesday of the month. You can come anytime between 12:00 and 14:00, either for a quick coffee, soup or a full meal. If you plan to come, please send a quick e‐mail to lunches@pwg‐basel.ch by the day before.

Communiqué Issue 201 / February 2011

Do you work at or near the Rosental campus?

Can’t make the PWG luncheons but would like to?

Contact: Dawn Voyce - PWG Vice Chair • Mobile +41 79 831 3684 • • Email [email protected] •

PWG Vice Chair Dawn Voyce is starting a monthly lunch-eon group for the Rosental site (Syngenta, BASF) at Schwarzwaldallee, opposite the Badische Bahnhof. If this interests you, get in touch with her. Also, if you don’t work there but would like to join this bunch of professional ladies for lunch, then let Dawn know.

Dates to be decided by participants. All enquires welcome.

Date: February 11 & 25 (every other Friday) Time: 09:30‐11:00 Place: Café Huguenin at Barfüsserplatz in Basel

Focus on Careers is an initiative for PWG members to support each other in a job search or to keep prepared for new work oppor‐tunities.

Job hunt support group Our subgroup for those who are actively looking for a job meets every other Friday morning. Our next meetings will take place on February 11 and 25 at 09:30 on the upper floor of Café Huguenin (at Barfüsserplatz).

If you are not yet on our reminder e‐mail list, please add yourself before attending at http://pwg‐basel.ch/mailman/listinfo/jobhunt_pwg‐basel.ch

PWG Focus on Careers

Have you recently found a new job, been pro‐moted to a new position, finished a degree, or achieved any other milestones that you would like to tell your fellow PWG members about?

We would be happy to acknowledge these achievements in our “Women on the move” column! Please send all contributions to newsletter@pwg‐basel.ch.

PWG March Meeting

Financial Services for Expats Date: Tuesday, March 15 Time: Apéro: 18:30‐19:00 Main meeting: 19:00‐21:00 Place: Centrepoint, Im Lohnhof 8, Basel Cost: Free for PWG members, CHF 15 for non‐members

Our speaker, Davor Lesic, who works for a leading international provider of financial advice and wealth management, will give us an overview over how we can better manage our finances and assets.

Dance and Tao with Carmen Pipola

Date: Wednesday, February 23 Time 19:00‐21:00 Place: Centrepoint, Im Lohnhof 8, Basel Cost: CHF 10 Who: PWG members, friends welcome What to bring: Dance shoes or other comfortable shoes for an expressive dance, yoga mat RSVP: Monika at [email protected] by February 22

Join us for an experimental and fun evening with music, movement, and freedom…and laughter! Enjoy your body! Enjoy your SELF!

Please let Monika know you are coming so that we can get better organized.

Oh yes, I sense your excitement already—so see you all there! Monika :‐)

PWG February Social

Opportunities to support PWG

If you: • Are interested in learning new skills • Want to use your best skills even more • Want to be part of a dynamic group of women • Have ideas for PWG The following opportunities are available to you:

• The Newsletter team needs one more editor to edit and lay out newsletter contributions (≈ 8 hrs/month, mostly towards the end of the month but on your own time)

• Public Relations: We are looking for someone with a marketing background to help us promote PWG in the wider Basel community. Creating ideas and checking for opportunities will be the most important tasks! You do not have to attend all committee meetings—maybe be a consultant to the committee. Any work done will be on your own time, and how much is up to you. The im‐plementation of your ideas is the responsibility of the committee as a whole, not yours! (Or we could perhaps create small projects for other PWG members).

Sounds like something you would like to do? If you are in‐terested or would like more information, contact Ansophie at chair@pwg‐basel.ch or Dawn at vice‐chair@pwg‐basel.ch .


NEXT MEETING — Getting your foot in the door

Date: Monday, February 28

Time: From 7pm at Centrepoint

This topic is all about making that initial contact with a client or‐ganization, or group who could help to promote your business. It is an area which quite often terrifies new business people, who might be super skilled in their area of expertise, but a little unconfident at first at “selling”. We’ll explore the practicalities as well as some confidence boosting tricks, and see what works for the people in the room. You’ll leave with many ideas to pursue, as well as the motivation to go and get your foot in the door!

If you have a particular (positive) experience or something we can learn from in this area, please contact us on women‐entrepreneurs@pwg‐basel.ch and we will see how we can build this into the programme.

The Women Entrepreneurs group welcomes women with their own businesses AND women who are considering the idea. We have a range of businesses represented, some large and some very small – some long established and others only just starting up. We’re here to support each other, share what works, and help each other build our businesses here. And, most importantly, to have fun while we’re doing it!

MEETING REVIEW — January meeting We had a great turnout for the first Women Entrepreneurs meet‐ing of the New Year, including several women attending for the first time. The session was both lively and relaxing, and certainly got everyone talking.

Individual Business Highlights of 2010 Within the group, we were delighted to celebrate exciting business highlights, such as buying a shop, becoming an Amazon number 1 author, built a new website, launched a new practice, hit rhythms of running a business, receiving a commission to paint portraits, winning business with a major company, learning German, recog‐nizing skills, taking a decision to set up in business, and, at least four in the group had both set up their new business and had their first paying clients in 2010.

Goals for 2011 Kirstin proposed a new way of looking at Goals for Women Entre‐preneurs. Instead of using the acronym SMART (specific, measur‐able, achievable, realistic, time‐related), Kirstin suggested that, as entrepreneurs, we were free to define a more exciting and inspir‐ing kind of goal for ourselves. Limiting ourselves to SMART goals might constrain our thinking, and limit the options we explore for ourselves and our business, especially in the early days, where we may follow a range of opportunities before settling into a clear niche or way of working.

Clearly within our NICE and EASY goals (email Kirstin on

PWG Women Entrepreneurs

[email protected] to find out what a NICE and EASY goal is!), there will be some hard figures emerging, but it is rarely the hard figure that gets us out of bed in the morning. As entrepre‐neurs we need to feel energized by our goals, feeling we can’t wait to, not we have to, achieve our goals!

So, in the context of a NICE and EASY goal, here are a few of ours:

Selected Goals of Women Entrepreneurs

Make Swiss Candles a household name (www.swiss‐candles.com – you saw it here first!)

Launch Yoga Dance in Basel

Reach out to kids

Coach in English

Work with groups

Be 100% congruent ‐ inside matches out

Sing!

Reach more people with my writing

Weekend Garden Party in July (painting, ceramics, music – www.schoeni‐sache.ch)

Of course, we all want to grow our business ,and over the next few sessions (Feb 28th, March 28th, May 2nd) will be working together on the following topics – Getting your foot in the door, Leveraging your prospects, and Closing the deal.

The second half of the meeting gave an opportunity to one of our Women Entrepreneurs the chance to lead a professional hypno‐therapy session with our large group. Gail Imrie, who set up Odys‐sey Therapies last year, and who has been a regular attendee of our group, offered to run a short session in the context of helping

us achieve our goals. The idea behind it was to both instill a more positive mindset overall, and to remove negative thought patterns.

The pace of the meeting slowed and we all slid into a relaxing trance state where Gail guided us through a lesson in how to do self‐hypnosis. Accompanied by the Jazz practice from above, we let our bodies and minds relax and opened our minds to some new possibilities. After being brought round, there were many ques‐tions about this technique. Gail explained the various uses of hyp‐notherapy, from curing phobias, changing habits, to managing stress, handling pain, replacing negative thought patterns with positive ones, and so on.

After the formal part of the meeting was over, we mingled and lingered over drinks and snacks, exchanging business cards, ideas and plans for the year ahead. As usual, there was the chance to renew old acquaintance and make new connections.

Many thanks to Gail Imrie for preparing and delivering this excel‐lent, professional session.

Kirstin Barton — on behalf of the Women Entrepreneurs Steering Team

WEST consists of

Kirstin Barton, Coach: www.alivetochange.com

Cordelia Fox Waelle, Architect: www.foxwaelle.ch

Vanessa Gatelein, Health Coach: www.foodchangeseverything.ch

Valerie Villiger‐McNeill, Organizational Development Consultant and Coach: valerie@villiger‐mcneill.com

Gail Imrie can be contacted on [email protected], web‐site: www.odysseytherapies.com


An old dog is learning new (Winter) tricks

By Shalini Trefzer

Minus 11 degrees Celsius read the thermometer inside the car on Dec 27 or Dec 28, 2008 and this was enough reason for me to refuse to get out of the car and explore Grindel‐wald. Winter had been a entirely foreign concept for me until that time two years and two months ago when we moved from the Bay Area to Dani's native Basel. I spent that whole first winter being, in turns, bewildered and terrified by the cold.

Today is January 23, 2011 and I described how ‐11oC feels in my own words as ‘a temperature at which the inside of your backpack, left in your car parked outdoors, feels like the in‐side of your fridge’ because I had just spent two mornings among the elements, along a forest path, working im‐mensely hard at my first cross country ski lesson! "You've come a long way, baby!", "Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights", "who's the hottest girl in the world, my Desi girl", these three lyric lines played in a repeating loop in my head even as I toppled over into the white for the fifth time on that first morning. This time, while just standing listening to the instructor! That seemed like a long‐ago memory to‐day as I flew down a Loipe, or cross‐country ski trail and screamed at the German classmate standing plop in the mid‐dle of the loipe and taking his wife's picture, "Move. MOVE,

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MOVE! I'm gonna crash into you!" He moved off the Loipe. Slowly. That kinda brought home the fact that even if I felt like I was "flying", the slope itself was probably just a gentle rolling patch on a gentle, blue, beginner course. Still, I flew out of my fear of the cold, the snow, skis, and winter in gen‐eral and that, baby, is a feeling of pure bliss.

The Loipe was at a German resort called Notschrei, conven‐iently located 75 minutes or so from Basel on a route that I found surprisingly easy to drive on my own today, based on the memory of the route from yesterday when nearly all the Trefzers accompanied a nervous novice to her first cross‐country ski lesson! In spite of the relative simplicity of the drive though Zell, a town in the Wiesental area of Germany along the river Wiese (as a side note, my father‐in‐law, Mani mentioned yesterday that my husband, Dani's, Trefzer grand‐dad moved from this town to Basel a long, long time ago), to Todtnau and then turning toward Freiburg and up the mountain to the resort...despite the simple route, I was nervous as heck on Saturday morning. Firstly, we returned to a winter that was possibly warmer than the Bay Area was in the first week of January! That meant all the snow was fast melting in the 14 and 15oC "heat". This went on until Tuesday of last week or so by when I had booked my class and was chewing my nails in frustration. We were actually relieved when it finally started snowing on Tuesday night, go figure. Secondly (most crucially), I fell sick Sunday‐Wednesday and slowly recovered only by Thursday evening.

I didn’t know at the start of the week whether I would have to cancel thanks to being quite ill—heavy cough, cold, snif‐fles, the whole program. Then, when I was fairly certain I would be healthy enough to go, I got this email to meet the instructor in some location besides the resort and I couldn't figure it out and my paranoia of new places returned full force until Mani talked to the instructor and assured me that he knew where to go. Bless him. Then came fear of the snow, which thankfully was not even palpable, worried as I had been about the logistics. Dani and Mani took Asha sled‐ding that first morning as I went on to the next mountain over with a group of 7 and proceeded to lock on the skis.

Cross‐county skiing seems easy when you look at someone gliding along a loipe. But, on that first day, being unaccus‐tomed to skis and not able to stop them from sliding, I fell all over the place, even while just standing! I didn't bother checking, but I suspect my backside is nicely destroyed from all the hard landings! It certainly feels like it. Nonetheless, I finished all the class tasks, albeit with crashes along the way. Today, we started working on using our upper leg strength to move ourselves in a glide and moving the arms as if we had the ski poles, which we had discarded for this exercise. The skis are no wider than the bottom of the light‐weight shoe and broad tipped at the upturned ends. The instructor stressed on the importance of the ski poles as being the most critical component to learning this sport. I hated mine and worked entirely without them today and

sailed through the class, barely falling, just once when going downhill. I don't know what that means for my future life as a recreational cross‐country skier, but for the moment, I was perfectly happy to get rid of the cumbersome ski poles.

And, several hours later, after I had changed myself while parked in front of the medical tent—using a baby towel be‐tween the visors as a privacy screen—I drove home with the heat up to 25oC in the car and my seat heater on max, a hot drink in the thermos which my friend, Annette, had sug‐gested last week as a nice after‐treat and, with the card of a classmate who wanted to practice with me (what an ego booster, she was good and she wanted to team up with the rookie!). But it wasn't until I found myself back home in a nice, hot bath with my three year old, Asha, leaning over to "wash" all the sore spots so "it's better, mama" and Dani grinning at my adventures, that I decided that my backside be darned, those loipes are going to see me again. In two weeks!

Who says you cant teach an old dog new (Winter) tricks, anyway?!

Viel Spass (enjoy!) Liebe Fruende (Friends!)

Shalini Trefzer is a Finance Professional in Pharma and a writer when she can make the time and space for it. She moved to Basel from California in 2008 with her family of husband and now toddler daughter.


REVIEW OF THE AGM AND WINE & CHEESE SOCIAL

Attention ‐ All Coaches in Basel !

A small group of Coaches operating in Basel has started to meet informally on a monthly basis. We meet at Café des Arts, Barfusser‐platz, from 1 to 3 pm on the last Friday of the month, to share experiences, best prac‐

tice and more! All Coaches are welcome regardless of background and focus – just email [email protected] or [email protected] for more information, or to let us know you’ll see us there!

THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Giving children a chance to live? By Inge Djouad

REDUCE CHILD MORTALITY

Find out about Millennium Development Goal no. 4, “Lowering the mortality rate of children” worldwide and check how you might be part of this important endeavor initiated by the United Nations.

As you know from our previous newsletters, PWG is collaborating with the CMDG (Centre for the Millennium Development Goals) on the MDGs we have started to introduce to you one by one.

Goal no. 4 revolves around a particularly sensitive issue, as it speaks about dying children; however, in a good sense: stopping children’s mortality around the globe. The sub goal aims at cutting the death rate of children less than five years of age by two thirds between 1996 and 2015. According to the UN’s MDG monitor (http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/childhealth.shtml):

“Child deaths are falling, but not quickly enough to reach the target. Revitalizing efforts against pneumonia and diarrhoea, while bolstering nutrition, could save millions of children. Recent success in controlling measles may be short‐lived if funding gaps are not bridged.”

The UN page also provides shocking quick facts. Can you imagine that the number of children who die before they reach their fifth birthday amounts to nine MILLION? Just a number, too abstract to relate to? Perhaps this video of street children can help to bring some life and reality to those figures: http://www.youtube.com/unitednations#p/c/8DEED622522E65D3

How can we as a group, or each one of us individually, contribute in making a difference? First of all, learn more about the program through the UN website. CDMG also provides information (http://www.cmdg.ch/de‐ch, in German) and welcomes interested individuals who want to get involved. The next step would be to “rouse to action, motivate, and get the word across”—an appeal by CDMG. As you know, “Constant dripping wears away the stone”

AGM, music, cheese, wine & good conversation

By Lara MacKenzie

The annual general meeting (AGM) event held on January 27, 2011, was both interactive and fun!

Ansophie gave us a quick review of our successes of 2010, of which there were many. Do you know that we are now 141 members from 27 countries? We are a truly international bunch! We also took care of some official business, such as electing a new committee.

Then, Dawn led us through a short interactive workshop based on the SOARR* principle where WE COULD HAVE OUR SAY regarding the PWG activities for 2011 and beyond. So, for those of you who missed it…. we determined the fu‐ture of the PWG for you, so look out for the results.

Monika arranged a surprise for us in the form of Brigitte Buser who played two beautiful, haunting highland tunes on her bagpipes, all dressed‐up in her kilt. Brigitte owns the restaurant where the PWG Christmas party was held and established the Hausgauen Tatoo—a very friendly, talented lady.

We also collected he last few items for the time capsule (to be opened in 10 years time) and then we finally had a chance to network and catch up on each other’s lives during the Wine & Cheese Social….something we all do very well!

It was a good way to reminisce on 2010 and a thought‐provoking start to 2011!

*SOARR = Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations, Re‐sources, Results

In this section we are celebrating any and all PWG‐related achievements, whether they are big or small, by PWG members, including achievements by the committee members.

Dawn for volunteering her apartment as venue for the committee workshop – at the last minute (literally!) and also leading the workshop. Much appreciated and a big Thank You!

Kirstin for typing up our workshop notes the same evening!

Also Thank you to Elizabeth, Inge, Cordelia, Monika, Susanne and Beata for being extremely flexible and ‘rerouting’ themselves for the workshop.

Lara McKenzie for writing the review of the AGM and Wine & Cheese social.

Shalini Trefzer, Jennifer Tiu Reiniger, and Kirstin Barton for sub‐mitting articles (and interesting ones at that!) to Communiqué.

Your input is welcome—let us know when you know of somebody who did something really well or successful. Send an email to newsletter@pwg‐basel.ch with details of the person and what they’ve done to deserve a star.

Star of the Month


Joint event of Professional Women’s Group of Basel

Business and Professional Women Basel

Brunch in the Casino

Join us for a relaxing Sunday Brunch at the Grand Casino Basel.

After the brunch we will have a guided tour through the Casino and learn about the secrets of gambling.

You will also get a chance to try your hand at gambling … good luck!

Date: 27. March 2011 Time: 11.30 o’clock Location: Grand Casino Basel,

Flughafenstrasse 225 Price: CHF 40, including Prosecco, soft

drinks and coffee a la discretion

Number of places: 40 (first come, first serve) Please register no later than Friday, 18 March 2011 by sending an email to [email protected].

Payments can be made into our bank account as usual.

Using e‐banking

Using red Einzahlungsschein (post or bank) or yellownet (ebanking from the post)

Account holder: Professional Women’s Group of Basel Im Lohnhof 8 4051 Basel Account number: 233‐ 563162.40Y Bank: UBS Basel IBAN: CH82 0023 3233 5631 6240 Y BIC/SWIFT code: UBS WCHZH80 Clearing number: 233

Einzahlung für: UBS AG 3000 Bern 77 Zugunsten von: 233‐563162.40Y 233 Professional Women’s Group of Basel Im Lohnhof 8 4051 Basel Konto: 80‐2‐2

Anyone who is making payments to the PWG, please use our e‐bank account when possible to help us save on bank fees. Thank you in advance. The annual membership fee for PWG is CHF 80. After July 1, a reduced membership fee of CHF 40 applies.

Payments to the PWG

Chair Vice‐Chair Treasurer Secretary Membership Programming Public Relations Newsletter Admin Newsletter Web Social Lunches Logistics Focus on Careers Women Entrepreneurs

Ansophie Hohenstein Dawn Voyce Hilde Zanota open position Elizabeth Foster, Ann Neale Alison Goodwin, Rosanna Telesca open position Susanne Hiller Beata Augustyniak, open position Eliane Garo Monika Maj, Inge Djouad Annabelle Sorge Joy Cosslett, Caroline Fest Aletta Karsies van Eeden Kirstin Barton, Vanessa Gatelein, Cor‐delia Fox‐Wälle, Valerie Villiger‐McNeil

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Centrepoint Place: Im Lohnhof 8, Basel (unless otherwise stated)

Regular features

Crochet classes. Every Thursday 14:00‐16:00. A fun and informa‐tive hobby session on crocheting with Rylla Resler. Contact: Gaynor Ridley at rgridley@t‐online.de.

TGIF—Thank Goodness It’s Friday. Come and join us for a drink! TGIF meets every Friday in a bar or restaurant in Basel. 18:30‐20:30. Contact: [email protected].

CP Book Discussion Group. Every 2nd Tuesday of the month at 19:00. Contact: Jane Medford Lauber, tel:061 421 5650.

Language Classes daily. Come to practice your foreign language conversation skills in German, French, Italian, Spanish or English.

Coffee mornings. Every Friday at Centrepoint 10:30‐12:30

Divine Connection Network. Every 3rd Monday of the month. A community of like‐minded souls sharing and connecting. CHF 10 for Centrepoint members, CHF 15 for non‐members. Contact: Dawn Voyce at tel. 079‐831‐3684 or [email protected].

For more information on these activities and other events on offer, visit: www.centrepoint.ch.

You are most welcome to visit Centrepoint. Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 10:00 ‐ 14:00 Wednesday 10:00 ‐ 17:00 1st Thursday of the month 18:00 ‐ 20:00 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month 11.00 ‐ 13.00

Information Exchange

PWG members and non‐members are invited to submit information of possible interest to our newsletter on upcoming activities in the Basel area. Publication and the final length of the piece is at the discretion of Communiqué editors. PWG is not responsible for the correctness of the information published here.

connexions is a club that organises exciting social events and activities for English‐speaking adults of all nationalities. We are a friendly and fun loving group enjoying a wide range of activities, both weekends and weekdays.

Upcoming events include: Wine Tasting, Champagne Breakfast, Winter Weekend, Evita, Cocktail Hour, and Whisky Tasting

For further information contact [email protected] or www.connexions.ch

Imagine speaking confidently in public, sharpening your listening and evaluation skills, improving your communication skills, becom‐ing a successful leader, and being more effective!

Join Toastmasters of Basel!

Toastmasters International is a non‐profit organization with mem‐ber clubs around the world dedicated to improving the public speaking, listening, and leadership skills of their members. Toast‐masters of Basel meets twice monthly and has members of diverse nationalities. English as a mother tongue is not required. Join us for a meeting! No obligation! For more information, contact us at [email protected] or visit our website at www.toastmasters.ch/tmbasel.

First Aid for Parents The Samariterverein of Riehen offers three courses in basic first aid for parents. The courses are presented by a qualified first aid trainer whose mother tongue is English. Visual aids and practical work are in English.

Each course is completely independent of the other two courses and has its own certificate of attendance. The courses emphasise hands‐on work. For more information and registration please contact

Marjory Barnes

E‐mail: [email protected], Phone: 061 601 45 74 or please visit: http://www.samariter‐riehen.ch/courses‐in‐english

Basic Pranic Healing in Binningen Learn how to help yourself and others with the help of cleansing and energizing techniques of Pranic Healing so that the self‐recovery process could be accelerated. Pranic Healing is an easy to learn, very effective and touch‐free energy heal‐ing method which is taught and practiced in over 80 countries worldwide. In the workshop of 2.5 days you will learn the basic techniques to treat simple ailments yourself.

12th to 14th of March : Friday 7‐10 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5.15 p.m.

25th and 27 of March ‐ workshop Basel

20th to 22nd of September: Monday and Tuesday 9 a.m. to 5.15 p.m., Wednesday 7‐10 p.m.

On April 2nd afternoon there will be the possibility to get a free treatment. Please contact Sibylle Mundwiler ahead

Cost” CHF 405.‐ for the 2.5 days Teacher” Sibylle Mundwiler‐Klein

Registration Pranic Healing Schweiz‐ Region Basel Margarethenstrasse 41, 4102 Binningen, Tel. +41 79 321 67 76 [email protected] www.acapella.ch


Gilbert & Sullivan Society’s

♫ ENSEMBLE SINGING AND CONCERT PERFORMANCE

WORKSHOP ♫

Professional singers Lisa Wingard & Barbara Laurie offer you an intensive (BUT FUN!!!!) 4‐day journey designed to improve your vocal technique, music interpretation & stage presence /performance skills, comprised of 3 «rehearsal» workshops, concluding with a public concert on the 4th day. WORKSHOP SCHEDULE:

• Tuesday, 8 February 2011, 7:30‐10:30pm • Thursday, 10 February, 7:30‐10:30pm • Saturday, 12 February, 10am‐2pm • Sunday, 13 February, 3:30pm call, 5pm Concert

Place: Basel area—t.b.a. by mid‐December 2010 Cost: CHF 90 for G&S Society members CHF 150 for non‐members Web: www.savoyards.ch For more information and/or registration please contact [email protected], or L. Wingard at 079.359.8026, by 5th January 2011 For information on G&S Society membership (CHF 40), please Email [email protected]

My Mommy forgot to register for

Don’t fret – there are still spaces free. The new semester is just starting,

but please hurry – classes are filling up.

www.kidsmusic.ch


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SIS SWISS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BASEL

students have done it again! For the third year running, SIS students have tested well above the global average in both mathematics and English literacy on the International School Assessment (ISA) exams. With 150 international schools from 58 different nations participating, SIS Basel students have a reason to be proud! Come and see what makes SIS Basel special. With our bilingual classes, our status as an International Baccalaureate World School, our attractive campus and innovative programs, SIS Basel students are ready to make a difference! We are now accepting applications for Kindergarten, Primary, Pre-College and College (IGCSE and IB Diploma Programme). Please contact +41 (0)61 683 71 40 or [email protected] or visit our website at www.swissinternationalschool.ch for more information.


Exclusively For Women Entrepreneurs Who Are Ready To Passionately, Purposefully and Profita-bly Build A Spiritually Connected And Thriving Business That Sustains And Supports You

“3 Secrets To Accelerating Wealth In Your Business”

Join us in this high-spirited and transformational FREE workshop and learn: • Why positive thinking may be your biggest enemy and what you need to do instead! • Why visioning and dreaming may stop your success and the key to open the flow –

Simple but powerful! • The number one obstacle to accelerated wealth and how to quickly change it –

in seconds! You’ll be amazed!

Next workshop schedule: www.liselottemolander.com/events


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Beauty & Wellness

Introduces

20 years experience …

- Beauty treatments - Nail Design & Manicure

(facials, Body treatments) - Make-Up & style consult

- hair removal ( waxing, sugaring) - Make-Up for special events

- Body Detox & slimming treatments (wedding, Photo shooting, Party...)

- Wellness Footcare & pedicure - Permanent Make-Up ( since 1997 !) - Pre & Post - surgery facial treatments

- Revital-Relax Massage ( Ladies only )

Please don´t hesitate to Reserve your “Information -appointment”.

We like to take out time & we are looking forward to Meeting you.

Visit us …

www.beautyconsult.ch

Elsässertsrasse 18, 4056 Basel

( Tram 11, station Mülhauserstrasse)

by appointment only 079 2112561 0049 171 6504018

Come in & relax !

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