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Lighthouse Centre, 105 Cavehill Road Belfast BT15 5BJ Email: [email protected] Phone: 07850861349 Web:http://lighthouseireland.wordpress.com/


W E L C O M E!

On behalf of the Flourish Fest team I would like to warmly welcome you.

• I hope you enjoy sharing the next 3 days with us. May you find exactly what you need, relax, reenergise, be inspired and have fun! We are here to help you with any queries you have- look out for the Flourish Fest volunteer team who wil be wearing a FF badge! Please ask if you need anything - we will be at Granny’s Kitchen throughout the festival.

The Festival has only been possible through the hard work and support of many whom I would like to sincerely thank:

• our wonderful teachers and therapists for so willingly offering to share their gifts

• the marvellous Flourish Fest team of volunteers who have worked tirelessly behind the scenes and will be with you throughout the weekend.

• our sponsors who made it all possible – Mary Anderson, Castleview Nursing Home, Connections Plus+ and Newry and Mourne Carers Association our Gold Spnsor and charity partner

• Adrian, Deirdre and Eavan at Boutique Camping who have made us so very welcome since we came up with the FF idea. This is truly a very special place.

• And last but not least each of you who are joining us for this very

special event.

Thank you and enjoy! In love and light

Siobhan Bogues Festival Coordinator


PROGRAMME Twenty years from now you will be more

disappointed by the things you didn 't do than by

the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails . Explore. Dream. Discover. Mark Twain


DAY 1 – FRIDAY 18 MAY 2012

1700 – 1900 Workshops (1)

Why Every BODY needs a good WOMAN Ego Invenio So often, we realize we are out of balance and then the vicious cycle gets out of hand. Find out simple ways to get back into balance and back in harmony with how your body really works.

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Change your mind, change your heart, change your life Harshada Wagner For true flourishing to happen, we need to examine what’s driving us. We need to gain the ability to heal ourselves from within and take care of ourselves on the deepest level. The story in our minds, the chatter in our heads, the wounds in our hearts- these all determine our life, our love, our success, our failure. In this workshop, Harshada will teach us how to do this inner work, how to go inside and get our hearts and minds in order. His workshop will feature guided meditation sessions, dynamic conversations, and exercises designed to walk us through the process in a light-hearted, no bullshit way. Make your inner life shine and everything else will follow.

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Moving into the Light Annemaire McGlinchey A gentle guided session of spinal movements, breathwork and yoga nidra helping you to move out off the head and into the heart to prepare the mind for the experience of yoga.

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1930 – 2030 Creating Community – Festival Welcome Coming together to enjoy some opening thoughts from our lead teachers Harshada and Annemarie, a few words from our Gold Sponsor and charity partner, Newry and Mourne Carers Association, along with some music and dance from Celtic Blondes and Nuada.

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DAY 2 – SATURDAY 19 MAY 2012

0730 – 0900 Breakfast

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0900 – 0945 Opening Community Meditation Harshada Wagner Join Harshada as he welcomes everyone to the festival and leads us in a community morning meditation.

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1000 – 1200 Workshops (2)

The Four Elements Annemaire McGlinchey

Experience nature within your being – connect with the elements of earth, water, fire and air through asana, visualisation and ritual

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Hypnosis Explained Katharina Ashlin What is hypnosis, how does it work and the myth behind it all. How our body and mind works combined with energy which can be measured with the EEG.

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The Art of Feminine Presence Amanda Boyd This class is designed to help you increase your personal presence, feminine energy, vocal power, and ability to connect to other people authentically so that you can: • Look and feel more confident, healthy, and radiant when

you walk into a room • Feel more confident speaking to small or large groups

in a powerful and authentic way • Feel more comfortable expressing your sensuality and

femininity in your personal AND professional relationships • Move your body in a confident, powerful and beautiful

way so that you can be mesmerizing, memorable AND approachable

• Be more comfortable being vulnerable, transparent, and soft ( especially with the men in your life) so that you can experience more joy, passion, and connection in your relationships

• Be more confident, direct and clear with your desires, boundaries, opinions, and feelings without intimidating people or fear of being judged

• Use your fear as a springboard for growth, power, and connection in your personal and professional life

• Stop diminishing your presence, learn to amplify your assets and be seen and heard in the way that you want

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1200 – 1330 Lunch The Barn


1330 – 1530 WORKSHOPS (3)

Introduction to Kundalini Yoga Heather Gardner Come and experience a Kundalini Yoga class! Called the Yoga of Awareness, Kundalini Yoga is currently gaining popularity for its amazingly quick benefits and feeling of wellbeing after practising it. We use a lot of mantra to harness the healing energies of sound, and work with the breath to achieve results. In this session we will practice a Kriya for Energy balance, to give you a good feeling for the rest of the festival. We will start with an Introduction of Kundalini Yoga, a demonstration of body alignment, warm ups and the Kriya. We will then enjoy both an active meditation with movement and mantra as well as a deep meditation.

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Change Your Mind, Change Your Heart, Change Your Life Harshada Wagner

(see Day 1)

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1600 – 1800 WORKSHOPS (4)

Embracing the Shadow Self Kate Connon This workshop will gently and lovingly allow us to acknowledge and embrace those aspects of our selves that through denial and lack of awareness often causes havoc in our lives. This workshop is experiential and interactive. For this reason numbers will be limited to 15.

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Inhabiting The Body Adriana Rizolo In Adriana’s two workshops students will learn the basic foundations for health & comfort in the body through breath & asana practice. We will utilize the communal setting as an invitation to delve more deeply into the freedom & strength within the physicality of our beings. In addition to light-hearted & free spirit partner & group exercises, there will be time for specific needs of students with injuries or chronic body pain. Join us as we explore the art of loving ourselves fully!

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Uncooking 101: Introduction to Raw Food

Heather Gardner Raw food is becoming popular in recent times, but its not a new concept. Explore the reasons why this way of living has become so well known for its health benefits, what it accually means and the basic concepts of how it works. Followed by a practical denonstration of how to actually make it work for you in a way that is easy and practical. We will explore how to make hemp seed milk, raw hempacino, delicious and luxourious raw cocao

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cashew smoothie and other superfood drinks. We will have a look at how to make chia pudding, raw porridge, raw soup and other delights as well as a chat about wild edibles and how to make juices using them and other fruits and veg using a blender. All participants will be emailed the recipes after the workshop as well as a 3 day Raw Food Challenge with Facebook support should they feel brave. You will also receive a coupon for a 15% discount on superfoods on

1800 – 1900 Dinner The Barn

1900 – 20.30 Wind down, get together with Celtic Blondes and Nuada and closing meditation with Harshada.

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21.00 - Late To end the night why not go to a special fundraising concert for the local school in the nearby Hall where The Woodbines, a fab local band will be playing. Bar available. Admission €10

DAY 3 – SUNDAY 20 MAY 2012

0800 – 0900 Breakfast

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0900 – 0945 Morning Meditation Harshada Wagner Join Harshada as he begins our second day together by sharing some thoughts for the day and leading us in a morning meditation.

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1000 – 1200 Workshops (5)

Pranayama – Life Force Annemarie McGlinchey Harnessing the energy of the breath to connect with your inner spirit. A guided session of breath work, seated, standing and moving to release old negative patterns that block and restrict the flow of energy preventing us from moving in to the light.

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Living Well in 2012

Kate Connon This workshop will explore ways we can steer a healthy body, mind and spirit path thorough the challenges presented by the worldwide economic situation. This workshop is experiential and for this reason numbers will be limited to 20.

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Your Values: Driving You Forward or Holding You Back? Anne McAllister Explore what your value base is and how it was formed. Find out about how values can drive us forward or hold us back and take the opportunity to examine why your behaviour is sometimes in

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conflict with your dreams or goals. Anne will show you how easily you can make some changes which will have a positive impact on your quality of life. This workshop is interactive and therefore places are limited to 15.

1200 – 1330 Lunch

1330 – 1530 WORKSHOPS (6)

Guided History Tour Ruth Illingworth

The festival venue is located in a part of Ireland which has deep historical connections including the Celtic mythology of the Cuchulain Tain, the nearby ancient site for coronation of Irish kings and numerous Norman settlements. Join local historian, Ruth as she leads us on a fascinating guided walk of the site.

Meet at the Walled Garden

Change Your Mind, Change Your Heart, Change Your Life Harshada Wagner

(see Day 1)

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Diamond Mining Ego Invenio We all know that coal is turned to diamonds under great pressure, but what is the difference that makes the difference when people use their diamonds and share their gifts with the world. Through this entertaining story, find out how you can become a diamond miner in your life. Limited to 15.

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1530 – 1730 WORKSHOPS (7)

Inhabiting Your Body Adriana Rizolo In Adriana’s two workshops students will learn the basic foundations for health & comfort in the body through breath & asana practice. We will utilize the communal setting as an invitation to delve more deeply into the freedom & strength within the physicality of our beings. In addition to light-hearted & free spirit partner & group exercises, there will be time for specific needs of students with injuries or chronic body pain. Join us as we explore the art of loving ourselves fully!

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A Journey through The Chakras Annemarie McGlinchey The focus will be on asanas, meditation and colour healing to balance and harmonise the Mind – Body – Spirit energies.

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Introduction to Meridian Tapping/EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) Ferris Jay

Learn how to ‘tap’ into vibrant health and well-being using Meridian Tapping techniques, such as EFT. Tapping can be learnt in minutes and in this workshop we’ll look at how to tap ‘in’ to positive states and emotions as well as tapping away limiting beliefs and negative emotions. Tapping really does bring emotional freedom. Come and find out for yourself.

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1730 – 1800 Closing Ceremony Final thoughts and blessings to send us all on our way!

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10 Life Changing Tips Inspired By Gandhi

1. You Can Change The World

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world."

2. Think Positive "A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes."

3. Cherish Life

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

4. Don't Give Up "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win."

5. Practice Compassion

"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind."

6. Live In Harmony "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony."

7. Forgive

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."

8. Meditate "I have so much to accomplish today that I must meditate for two hours instead of one."

9. Serve Others

"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."

10. Live Life To The Fullest "In a gentle way, you can shake the world."


Wellness Zone During the Festival several people have kindly agreed to offer 1:1 sessions. While there will be no set charge for these sessions you will be welcome to leave a donation with the therapist /healer. Tese sessions will take place in the boathouse by the lake. We would be so grateful if everyone stayed away from this area while sessions are in progress to allow for the peace and quiet that will be most beneficial. Reiki will be offered by Eileen Sweeney, Katharina Ashlin and Siobhan Bogues. Taster healing sesssions will be offered by Kate Connon. Places on these sessions are very limited so you best book quickly! Go to Granny’s Kitchen to check availability and book a session

DAY 1 – FRIDAY 18 MAY 2012

Kate Connon: Spiritual Healing Meet at Granny’s Kitchen 1730 – 1815

DAY 2 – Saturday 19 MAY 2012

Eileen Sweeney : Summerhouse Reiki Treatment book at Granny’s Kitchen 0930 – 1030 1030 – 1130 1130 – 1230

Kate Connon : Meet at Granny’s Kitchen Spiritual Healing book at Granny’s Kitchen 0900 – 1000 1030 – 1130 1200 – 1300


DAY 3 – SUNDAY 20 MAY 2012

Katharina Ashlin : Summerhouse Reiki Treatment book at Granny’s Kitchen 1330 – 1430 1430 – 1530

Siobhan Bogues : Summerhouse Reiki Treatment Book at Granny’s Kitchen 1000- 1100 1100 – 1200

Kate Connon : Meet at Granny’s Kitchen Spiritual Healing – book at Granny’s Kitchen 1330 – 1430 1530 – 1630

FOOD, DRINKS and Marketplace Granny’s Kitchen

Tea/Coffee and fresh juices will be available to buy at Granny’s Kitchen during breaks in the programme as follows: Friday: 1500 – 1700; 1900 – 1930

Saturday: 0800 – 0900; 1200 – 1330; 1530 – 1600; 1800 – 1900

Sunday: 0800 – 0900; 1200 – 1330;

Marketplace

A selection of goods will be sold at Granny’s Kitchen during the breaks including books and other items from our teachers Meals

Meals will be available at the Barn during specified meal times as follows: 0800 – 0845 Breakfast

1200 – 1300 Lunch

1800 – 1900 Dinner (Saturday)


TEACHER AND THERAPISTS’ DETAILS

Yoga teacher/student prayer

May we be protected together.

May we be nourished together.

May we create strength among one another.

May our study be filled with brilliance and light.

May there be no hostility between us.

Om peace, peace, peace.


After Flourish Fest we will post full contact details and web links for all our teachers and therapists on the Flourish Fest website Katharina Ashlin

New Life Path

Katharina Ashlin is a fully qualified, Clinical Hypnotherapist, Psychotherapist and CBT, holding a Advanced Practical Diploma from The Institute of Clinical Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy (Ireland) under Dr. Joe E. Keaney. Katharina is also a Master NLP Practitioner, Coach, Trainer and Ericksonian Hypnotherapist with Christoper Howard Training. She has also trained under Sheila Granger for Vitrual Gastric Band. Katharina can help you to overcome challenges and to achieve your full potential of happiness and success in any area of your life.

Siobhan Bogues Lighthouse Centre Belfast

Siobhan is a yoga teacher and Usui Reiki Master Practitioner. She looks forward to offering some gentle and healing Reiki sessions at Flourish Fest.

Amanda Boyd Inner Solace

Amanda is a trained coach, facilitator, student Dru Yoga Teacher and licensed Art of Feminine Presence teacher. She has worked in the personal development arena for many years and has studied with many of the leading transformational teachers in the world. In recent years she has been more drawn to spiritual growth and recently founded Inner Solace, a heart centered business designed to help people find a deeper connection to themselves, to the Divine and to others.

Kate Connon Kate is a rather unusual healer, a skeptical one. An ex Social Work Trainer from Belfast she lives in Westport, Co Mayo. In 1990 while managing day services for clients with learning disabilities Kate discovered that she was awakening a remarkable healing gift that allows her clients, her anam cara, a very personal and direct connection to God. Her book, Healing Visions, First aid for the Soul, chronicles her journey from sceptic to healer over ten wonder filled years. She is in the process of writing her second book, “Jesus wears Bright Green Wellies”.


Jeroen Coenen and Gareth Stubbs

Ego Invenio

After spending 18 years in professional careers in the Construction Industry Jeroen and Gareth made the decision a few years ago to establish Ego Invenio dedicated to personal excellence through self discovery. Harnessing the power of combining physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health and well being IN ONE COMPLETE PACKAGE is the basis of this highly successful partnership. “We work on the foundation upon which every single other thing that you do in your life is built. Without that strong foundation in place, it does not matter what skill or mindset you acquire, what trade or technique you learn or what you study and apply. No strong foundation equals no effective results. Strengthen the foundation and every other area of your life radically transforms” is what the boys say and share.

Heather Gardner Conscious Earth

Heather is a lifelong 3rd generation vegetarian, Raw Food and Kundalini Yoga Teacher. She began learning about herbs and wild foods at a young age from her herbalist mother while growing up on a remote mountainside in Ireland and delving into the world of foraging, potion making, nutrition, and raw & living foods as a teenager searching for answers to numerous health challenges.

At 20 she began learning and experimenting with the Raw Lifestyle and in 2005 she began to move onto a raw diet and has transitioned to a balanced high raw diet over time.

Ferris Jay Ferris is an EFT, Energy and Body Worker who passionately helps her clients live life to the full. She loves to share simple and effective tools and techniques that everybody can use to improve their own health and well-being.

Anne McAllister

Connections Plus+

Anne is a social worker and trainer by trade. Following some personal difficulties Anne discovered personal development and changed her life radically. Anne retrained as a coach and performance consultant and she is an inspirational speaker. Her passion is to help others to break free of the chains that bind them to unsuccessful relationships, unfulfilling jobs and lives of quiet desperation.

Annemarie McGlinchey

Dunree Yoga Centre

Annemarie is an inspirational and renowned yoga teacher. She has been teaching and training yoga teachers for over 30 years in Ireland and England. Anne-Marie founded the Yoga Society Ireland in 1980 and the Castlefleming School of Yoga as the official training body. Now she has returned to her native Co. Donegal and opened Dunree Yoga Centre overlooking Lough Swilly. Apart from regular yoga classes and teacher training, her work expanded into areas of cancer support at the Cuisle Cancer Support Centre/classes for the blind, M.S. and heart recovery with regular seminars and workshops around the country. Annemarie looks forward to sharing at Flourish Fest, “Yoga for me is the journey of life. A journey that encounters many pathways all


leading to the same goal of Self Realisatioan. During the weekend sessions we will be exploring some of these pathways based on the ancient wisdom of Patanjali and experiencing how they benefit and support us in our day to day living. The sessions will be practical and will include talks, readings and sharing.“

Adriana Rizzolo Abayha Yoga Studio, New York

Adriana is a yoga teacher student & healer in Brooklyn NY. Most recently she completed Anusara Teacher Training and continues to study in Harshada Wagner’s Spiritual Leadership training program as well as with various asana teachers in NY. She is dedicated to healing herself & others around her so we can all learn to serve this world with more love & peace. Specializing in yoga therapeutics adjustments and alignment, she is constantly inspired & humbled by the power of yoga.

Eileen Sweeney Willow Therapies and Training

Eileen offers treatments in reflexology, aromatherapy massage, reiki and stress management. She has worked for more than 20 years in mental health and learning disability services and came to complementary therapies via her own personal journey. She has been a practicing therapist for over 10 years.

Harshada Wagner

Living Meditation

Harshada is recognized as one of the leading spiritual teachers of his generation. He is the founder and director of Living Meditation, based in New York City, where he conducts personal meditation trainings, workshops and retreats for people from all walks of life. He is known for his teaching style, which is straightforward and easy going with an incredibly deep impact. Harshada will also be conducting 3 evening workshops in Belfast after Flourish Fest – see the enclosed leaflet for more details-to book places just drop into Granny’s Kitchen over the weekend.


NOTES


Announcing Flourish Fever – the fun doesn ’t have to end here!

Flourish Fest was organised through Lighthouse Centre Belfast – a newly opened wellness

centre that aims to bring healing and transformational opportunities to as many people as

possible in Ireland. We are especially committed to bringing international teachers and

insirational leaders who may not otherwise get to share their gifts here. This will be done

through our annual Flourish Fever programme. Flourish Fever 2012 includes:

• Fearless, shameless and weightless: Three nights of Living Meditation

in Belfast with Harshada Wagner Tuesday 22nd to Thursday 24th May

• Joyride: a yoga and music journey with Dearbhla Kelly and Dave

Stringer from LA – guaranteed to be a first- juicy Vinyassa yoga practice

accompanied by the beautiful kirtan music of Dave and his guests- Saturday 9th

June, Belfast

• Raw Food 101, Heather Gardner, Conscious Earth – from Leitrim-

demystify the myths around Raw Food through practical demonstrations and

yummy tastings. Saturday 20 October, Belfast

• Breaking Free Experience with Ego Invenio from London – an interactive

and high energy approach to health and wellness by breaking free of the habits,

beliefs and behaviours that hold us back. Saturday 10th November, Belfast

To find out more about any Flourish Fever event and to book tickets visit our

website or contact us at the Lighthouse Centre


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