SPRING/SUMMER 2016
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Experience the World’s Most Inspirational Speakers in Birmingham!
Gordon Smith
Dr David Hamilton
Judy Hall
Dr William Bloom
Brain Clement PhD
Dr Joe Dispenza
Mas Sajady
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BIRMINGHAM 24 – 25 SEPTEMBER 2016
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FRI 11 MAR TALK: GORDON SMITH An Evening of Mediumship See page 5 for details.
SAT/SUN 12/13 MAR WORKSHOP: GORDON SMITH Mediumship Foundation Course
FRI 25 MAR TALK: MICHAEL JAMES Author of ‘The Power Of Feeling Good: Putting the Law of Attraction into everyday practice’ Practical Law of Attraction - Instant feeling good, use the Law of Attraction to ENJOY LIFE NOW! Michael has facilitated over 500 groups and workshops on the Law of Attraction and seen countless people transform their lives in the process. Learn the specific practices that have worked again and again for so many others - and will work for you. Discover how to both enjoy your current life more - and move into the life you want to experience from today. Tickets: £10 Early Bird/£15 thereafter Time: 7.15pm-9.30pm (doors open 6.45pm) Venue: St Columba Church, Chantry Rd, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8DJ
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SAT 9 APR: SPRING TREE OF LIFE FESTIVAL! Many Speakers & Stands See pages 14 &15 for details.
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JUDY HALL FRI 22 APR TALK: Crystal Skulls SAT/SUN 23/24 APR WORKSHOP: Crystal Dragons See Page 6 for details.
WED 4 MAY SEMINAR: MAS SAJADY World Renowned International Healer & Spiritual Teacher Change Your Life in 10 Minutes or Less After a series of SOLD OUT events in London in 2015, Mas is back in the UK this Spring. From his second near death experience, he was gifted with intuitive and healing abilities so remarkably potent that he was soon likened to some of the most significant healers in history. He works on the core frequency level to help redesign and reprogram your blueprint - materializing fast and tangible results and manifesting abundance in all areas of life. Thousands around the world have transformed their lives after just one or two sessions with him. Tickets: £25 Early Bird/£30 thereafter Time: 7-9pm (doors open 6.30pm) Venue: Birmingham City Centre (see website for details)
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PRAGEET & JULIEANNE FRI 6 MAY TALK: Stargate Experiential Evening SAT 7 MAY WORKSHOP: Stargate See page 11 and website for details.
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SAT 21 MAY WORKSHOP: DR WILLIAM BLOOM How to Lead & Teach Meditation See page 7 for details.
FRI 27 MAY TALK: DR DAVID HAMILTON Bestselling author & scientist You Are the Universe David will share some spiritual and scientific insights around the idea that you are not a human being having a spiritual experience but, rather, a spiritual being having a human experience. He will discuss the nature of existence by drawing upon religious and spiritual teachings, including ideas from the Tao Te Ching, Zen and Hinduism and draw some parallels with modern physics. He will also discuss what this means for us and share some insights for living a spiritual life in a modern world. Tickets: £10 Early Bird/£15 thereafter Time: 7.15 – 9.30pm (doors open 6.45pm) Venue: St Columba Church, Chantry Rd, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8DJ
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FRI 3 JUNE TALK: GORDON SMITH An Evening of Mediumship See page 5 for details.
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SAT 11 JUNE SEMINAR: BRIAN CLEMENT PhD Food is Medicine See page 9 for details.
WED 29 JUNE SEMINAR: DR JOE DISPENZA - New York Times Bestseller author featured in the film ‘What the BLEEP Do We Know!?’ You Are the Placebo Dr Joe will empower you to personally use “the expectation of a particular outcome” to alter your internal states - as well as external reality - solely through the action of your mind. He combines the latest research in neuroscience, biology, psychology, hypnosis, behavioural conditioning, and quantum physics to demystify the workings of the placebo effect . . . and show how the seemingly impossible can become possible. Tickets: £20 Early Bird/£25 thereafter Time: 7 – 9pm (doors open 6.30pm) Venue: Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street, Birmingham B3 3BS
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Dear Friends,
‘Our life is frittered away by detail… simplify, simplify.” – Henry David Thoreau Hope you’re well and having a great start to 2016! We’re enjoying being new parents and our little baby boy is teaching us so much – lessons not just about parenting but about life too!
Sandy Newbigging speaking at the last Tree of Life Festival
• Enjoying the now – he’s always in the present, expressing his
emotions and needs in the moment just as they appear. If we are busy thinking about the future or lost in the past he brings us right back into the here and now with his cries and giggles. • Slowing down – with him we can’t rush around all over the place anymore. It’s a slower pace of life, enjoying being at home and playing with him – his little smile just makes our hearts sing [Symbol] • Simple living – taking pleasure in the simple things in life – just being together, walks in nature, enjoying good food, spending time with family… As we enter our 8th year of inspiring events, we see more and more the necessity and joy of being part of a wider spiritual Tree of Life community here in Birmingham. With people who are drawn to gather together because something in their souls calls them to come. When we meet from that space and with that intention – with a spiritual teacher present, then a very special group energy is created that uplifts everyone – and that carries on even after the event is over. Eckhart Tolle described this very beautifully n the Power of Now: ‘When a log that has only just started to burn is placed next to one that is burning fiercely, and after a while they are separated again, the first log will be burning with much greater intensity.’ We need food for our bodies, ideas for our minds but the spirit also needs to be nourished too. We hope this new season of events will truly give you that soul food this year. A BIG thank you for all your support over the years – without YOU there would be no Tree of Life. Looking forward to seeing you soon and continuing this journey through the great mystery of life together!
Love, Light and Joy
Joginder, Markéta & Tree of Life Team xxx
PS: I was, just by chance, reading the Metro recently and came across these lovely uplifting cartoons by Charlotte Reed (from her Hay House book ‘May the Thoughts be With You’). They’re a wonderful reminder to not take ourselves too seriously!
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Judy Hall’s Workshop last year at Tree of Life
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Meduimship with Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith
Gordon Smith is hailed as one of the world’s most accurate mediums with a reputation for precision and clarity and now you have a chance to see him at work. With a fascinating journey into the metaphysical Gordon has been captivating audiences around the world and has used his unique gift to bring comfort and healing to thousands of people. From early childhood Gordon had the ability to see, sense and hear spirit people. As a young boy his ability often unnerved those around him and so he learned to close his mind to these experiences. Through his teenage years he pushed his abilities into the background of his
awareness and lived a very average teenage life. He pursued his passion for gymnastics until he was 19. He was good enough to be selected for the Scottish Commonwealth Games squad. It wasn’t until he was 24, when a friend’s brother appeared at his bedside in the middle of the night that these gifts were re-awakened. He later learned that the brother had died that night in a tragic fire. Gordon went with his friend to a spiritualist church, during the service he was told that he would one day be speaking from the ‘platform’. This was the start of over 15 years of study and practice as Gordon went on to develop his outstanding abilities as a medium or messenger from the spirit world under the tutelage of some of the great legends of the spiritualist church. He developed in a mediumship circle run by the extraordinary Mrs. Primrose, an inspirational figure in Scottish spiritualism and became a close friend of the legendary Albert Best, who is widely acknowledged as one of the best mediums of the last century. Many years on Gordon Smith is now one of the world’s top psychic mediums and spiritual teachers in the UK. Having spent 15 years balancing his work as an internationally renowned medium with his day job, as a barber in his native Glasgow, Gordon now conducts mediumship
workshops and events around the world. Gordon’s Celtic charm and lively demonstrations provide his audience with a rare opportunity to experience the fascinating phenomenon of mediumship, which he delivers to his audience with a mix of his distinctive style of humour, pure passion, and empathy to others.
Evenings of Mediumship with Gordon Smith Friday 11 March 2016 Friday 3 June 2016 Friday 2 September 2016 7.30pm – 9pm (doors open 7pm) Tickets: from £20 Early Bird (plus booking fee) Venue: Birmingham & Midland Institute, 9 Margaret Street Birmingham, B3 3BS Info & Bookings: www.treeoflife-events.co.uk info@treeoflife-events.co.uk 0121 449 4086
The Tree of Life is proud to be presenting internationally renowned Medium & Spiritual Teacher
Gordon Smith ‘College of Intuitive Studies’ Programme As part of this programme, Gordon will be presenting his Foundation Course throughout 2016. This foundation course will cover over 3 weekends: • Mediumship • Spiritual Self-Awareness • Healing DETAILS FOR FIRST WEEKEND WORKSHOP:
Second weekend: Sat/Sun 4/5 June Foundation Course Module 2 Third weekend: Sat/Sun 3/4 September Foundation Course Module 3
First Weekend: Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 March 2016
Class spaces are strictly limited to allow each student the opportunity for person attention and are on a first come first serve basis.
Time: 10am – 5pm each day
This foundation course is part of a 3 module training program that has specifically been designed by Gordon, which he teaches all over the world.
1st Workshop Price: £187 (plus booking fee)
This Module is part of a series of 3 Modules which need to be booked and attended in succession.
Venue: Central Birmingham Venue (see website for details)
Please note that the Tree of Life is the only Birmingham Venue to host The College of Intuitive Studies Programme, so demand for spaces will be fierce.
Some of the topics covered over this weekend will include: • Creating A Stronger Link With Spirit • Sensing The Spirit of Another Person • Open Circle • Healing Practice
Info & Bookings:
THE COURSE IS LIKELY TO SELL OUT & SO EARLY BOOKING IS RECOMMENDED
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0121 449 4086
‘I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.’ - Michelangelo
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Here be Dragons need grounding and stabilizing. They pull together scattered energies and reintegrate them when you need to call on your deepest resources. The inspirational air dragon offers you insight and illumination. Call on it when you need clarity or to connect to your intuitive guidance.
Judy Hall
Judy Hall is an internationally known author of the multi-million selling Crystal Bible. Dragons. They are all around us: if you know where to look. All you need is to shift your focus, just a little. They are very keen to communicate. Dragons hold immense wisdom and great riches, and they are wonderful guides and mentors.
The empathetic water dragon offers you a deeper connection – to your own past and to ancestral memories. It links to your suppressed emotions and to the hidden desires that motivate you, helping you to come to terms with, and release, the past. The Cosmic Dragons The cosmic dragons are vast interstellar beings wise beyond the range of human perception. Mythical and mystical, these dragons have been represented throughout time but remained in other dimensions. The cosmic dragons are now drawing closer to Earth to share their wisdom and assist with human evolution.
The earliest written dragon myth was carved onto clay tablets over 5000 years ago and depicts the story of a dragon named Asag. In all such stories, dragons guarded treasures, held back floods, and imparted knowledge. The Elemental Dragons How do you fancy having a dragon guard the plane next time you head off to the sun? According to Alphedia Arara, the metal dragons work with ores that have been smelted and used in construction and for flight. One of her dragons communicated: ‘Each aeroplane has a guardian Dragon due to the high aluminium content and other metals used to transport people around the globe.’ Isn’t that a comforting idea, each plane in the sky having a dragon looking after it? It makes me look forward to my next flight! The metal dragons also assist the flow of lifeforce around the Earth’s meridians. Their purpose is to make a greater connection with the metallic kingdom to speed up humanity’s spiritual development. Each of the elemental dragons has a specific purpose. The creative fire dragon symbolizes energy, transmutation and mastery of power. A fire dragon imbues you with vitality and enthusiasm, lending you the courage to overcome obstacles. The nurturing earth dragon symbolizes your riches and your potential, inner and outer. Earth dragons are helpful when you can
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Crystal Skulls
I’ve been working with two dragons recently. Morganna, Preseli Bluestone An Evening Talkmy with Judy Hall dragon who is an earth and ancestral healer, a huge golden cosmic In thisand interactive evening Judydragon Hall I will met on crystal mountain WalesThe (you be aexploring Crystal in Skulls. can readprice of my adventures on the blog on ticket includes a small skull and practical Stone skulls are my website teaching. www.judyhall.co.uk). found throughout the ancient world and(or many ones are claimed has to She he docrystal dragons have a gender?) be very old indeed. Some have, allegshown us that you don’t need a plane to edly, been proved to be modern fakes journey to your spiritual destination. This but even the British Museum is not one will be joining us on our Birmingham entirely sure. In this talk Judy will exworkshop 23 & 24 April to fly us to up our plore theon legends that have grown own dragon connections and find around the skulls and how they areinner bewisdom. us!consciousness today. ing usedDo tojoin raise There will be an opportunity for you to interact with the skulls for yourself.
Friday 22 April 2016 7.15 – 9.30pm (doors open 6.45pm) Tickets: (including small crystal skull) - £15 Early Bird for the first 30 people to book (£20 thereafter) Venue: St Columba Church Chantry Road, Moseley Birmingham B13 8DJ
I’ve been working with two dragons recently. Morganna, my Preseli Bluestone dragon who is an earth and ancestral healer, and a huge golden cosmic dragon I met on a crystal mountain in Wales (you can read of my adventures on the blog on my website www.judyhall.co.uk). She (or he do dragons have a gender?) has shown us that you don’t need a plane to journey to your spiritual destination. This one will be joining us on our Birmingham workshop on 23 & 24 April to fly us to our own dragon connections and find inner wisdom. Do join us!
Crystals Dragons A weekend workshop with Judy Hall
Day 1: Meeting The Crystal Dragons: The Eye Of The Dragon Reveals All Fly on the back of a dragon to find your inner riches and contact your innate wisdom. The earliest written record of dragons is from ancient Mesopotamia. Dragons guarded treasure, held back floods and were the keepers of knowledge. A dragon totem can be a powerful ally in your everyday life. It will guide and guard you and impart the strength of the peaceful spiritual warrior. Dragons are the embodiment of primordial power. They rule the elements: earth, air, fire and water. In this hands-on workshop you will have the opportunity to work with crystal dragons that connect to each of the elements and access their wisdom. Day 2: Communicating With Your Personal Dragon. Dragons hold much wisdom and great riches and they are wonderful guides and mentors. Once you’ve found your crystal dragon, the next step is to deepen the communication between you. In this practical, hands-on workshop we will be exploring the ways in which the dragons speak. Your own crystal dragon skull will be required but there will be plenty for sale on the workshop if you don’t already have one.
DETAILS Saturday 23 & Sunday 24 April 2016 10.30am - 5pm each day Tickets: £100 for the first 10 people to book (£134 thereafter) Venue: Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 11 Park Road, Moseley Birmingham B13 8AB Info & Bookings: www.treeoflife-events.co.uk info@treeoflife-events.co.uk 0121 449 4086
‘The wings of hope carry us, soaring high above the driving winds of life.’ - Ana Jacob
101 Varieties of Meditation REFLECTIVE PRACTICE - Inside every meditation I carefully review my life. I look at how I conduct my relationships, the quality of my emotions, my livelihood, my ecological awareness, my engagement as a citizen, my prejudices, my neuroses, my talents, my future. It is in meditation.
Dr William Bloom Considered by many to be Britain’s most experienced mind-body-spirit teacher. His books include ‘The Endorphin Effect’ and ‘The Power of Modern Spirituality’. In Autobiography of a Yogi, Yogananda suggests that — in terms of service and self-development — one good meditation is worth a year’s living. I agree! But how can that be? So let me list some of the things that happen in meditation: INTO THE ZONE - First I just sit, am patient and wait. Wait until I go into the zone. By the zone I mean that my body, emotions and thoughts are at ease — and that I am mentally very conscious, alert and watchful. At ease and alert. At the same time I feel connected with . . . what shall I call it? … I feel connected with life, with the flow, with all that is . . . HEALING - Just being in the zone is profoundly healing. It soothes my biology — my nervous system, brain, endocrine system, heart rate variability, breath and gut. This is a powerful foundation for good physical health. I also allow myself to absorb the benevolent vitality that permeates the cosmos. I circulate and absorb the healing energy deep into my bones, spine, brain and tissue. WATCHING, WATCHING, WATCHING - All the time in meditation I am coming home to witnessing and watching. Guiding myself to be compassionate, empathic, accepting and kind. Completely trusting the whole process even when the sensations and feelings that arise in me are tortured. Breathing into and through whatever arises. Accepting, integrating, healing. This is so good for my psychological health. INNER DIALOGUE - Connected and calm I am my own best friend, counsellor, guide and therapist. As difficult feelings, thoughts and sensations arise within me I give them care and attention. I converse and create relationship with them. This is an essential part of my healing and development.
CLEARING MY DESK - My meditation time is also part of my work. It is the best possible space to look at and be mindful of business. Mortgage, projects, colleagues, finance, relationships, next steps . . . Everything benefits from meditative awareness. Here I can prepare and train myself. What better place to contemplate the actual activities of my life? My wise self can shine light on everything. SEED THOUGHT CONTEMPLATION - This is part of the education that happens in my meditation. I can contemplate any concept or idea and allow my awareness to be open to learning. Insights come from what Patanjali called ‘the raincloud of knowable things’. I can contemplate any symbol or myth, ideology or philosophy, idea or theory. Revisiting a concept day by day, perhaps for years, I learn. METAPHYSICS, ESOTERICS AND EXPLORING THE COSMOS - Another educational aspect of meditation for me is to connect with the vibration and energy of a metaphysical ‘thing’. What are the higher planes? What is the heart chakra? What is a landscape spirit or angel of healing? And so on. In the calm I connect with the ‘thing’ and allow impressions to land. I learn from feeling and sensing the quality. SERVICE AND INVOCATION - Every meditation also includes periods of service. Mainly I practice Tonglen (Tibetan Buddhist) or ‘turning the other cheek’. I tune into suffering and negativity, and breathe it into my own body and aura. I hold it, absorb it, cleanse it and then breathe out a blessing. I also scan my neighbourhood for people and animals who have died, are lost and may need help moving across into the ‘clear light’. And of course I send love and loving waves of positive energy to my family, colleagues, students, folk in distress, world leaders .… EMPTYING AND SURRENDER - And for me most important of all, I practice being empty and yielding to the sheer beauty, mystery and benevolence of all that is.
How to Lead & Teach Meditation A one day workshop with Dr William Bloom
Enjoy an inspiring and reflective oasis. Improve the quality of your presence and your skills. With over thirty years of training people in this area, William will share the core concepts and strategies for leading people into silence. During this day you will be given a holistic and modern perspective on the major meditation forms. These include: Vippasana, Zen, mindfulness, TM, guided visualisations, mantras, mandalas, raja and agni yoga, journeying, seed thoughts, inner dialogue, deep relaxation, healing and prayer. You will clarify the chemistry, psychology and health benefits of meditation. You will learn how to: • Prepare for leading and teaching • Clarify the purpose of the meditation • Guide the meditation • Use appropriate words and tone • Enable grounding, posture and breath • Close the session. We know that groups and individuals gain great benefits from quiet time. This is a crucial training if you have a calling to lead people into calm space. ‘Inner peace as easy as breathing. William Bloom has an encyclopaedic knowledge of meditation.’ The Independent
Saturday 21 May 2016 10am - 5pm (doors open from 9.30am) Tickets: £50 for the first 10 people to book (£67 thereafter) Venue: St Columba Church Chantry Rd, Moseley, Birmingham B13 8DJ Info & Bookings: www.treeoflife-events.co.uk info@treeoflife-events.co.uk 0121 449 4086
The more I teach and enable meditation — especially how to teach and guide it — the more I assert with confidence that, regardless of our beliefs, style or background, we all enter the zone and connection. I greet your souls dear friends and look forward to meeting you in the zone. Reclining Buddha Sri Lanka
‘Meditation, perhaps, is the only alchemy that can transform a beggar into an emperor..’ - Osho
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Heal Thyself Brian Clement PhD Brian Clement PhD has spent more than three decades studying nutrition and natural healthcare and is the director of the Hippocrates Health Institute. One brisk autumn night on the coast of California, Dr. Hunt and I looked at photographs of plants that had been dissembled and still held their perfect picture and shape of their original energetic field. We both laughed and recalled our childhood religious training that talked about the soul that lived on long after the body. Maybe, just maybe, this was proof of that philosophical dogma. Shortly after, I heard a remarkable Hungarian medical doctor who spoke about a scientific event he had the privilege to view in Paris in 1998. Special motion cameras were used, observing an energy field leaving the human body after death. His story went on to explain that most of the scientists and physicians in attendance were nonbelievers and skeptics who instantly and visibly were stunned by their observation. What all of this means we still do not know, but what is for sure is that life continues on with or without us in the physical form. What I ponder almost daily is whether or not that frequency that we are now discussing isn’t really who we are, and everything else, quite simply, is an illusion. With all such matters being considered esoteric, there is little being done in the scientific community to discover the significance of biofrequency fields and the effect they have on life, health and consciousness. We now know that these energies permeate and move through matter. This has been photographed and proof can actually be sought out and found on the internet. We also know from conscious physicists that all matter is 99.9% the absence of matter. This façade of structure may be the gaping hole of confusion that propels the majority of missteps in healthcare today. In an observatory way, with people when in the process of bringing about their own recovery, what can be stated is that their enthusiasm, optimism and joy factor are measurable as they come closer to healing. Is this the congruency of desire and biofrequency literally changing the biological structure? There is now solid data revealing that thoughts can instantly change DNA, so it is not a stretch of the imagination to think that you can alter disease with positive attitude. Dr. Hranicky, along with Dr. Carl Simonton, worked for decades in the field of visualization and the outcome that it could
have on advanced cancers. From their relentless worldwide pursuit, there was solid evidence and data accrued that showed quality of life, life expectancy and even potential for healing was enhanced with the individual who had the courage to dream of a better result and make it occur. My colleague Norman Cousens was living proof that these blockages either support disease or when removed give it the ability to disappear. When speaking in front of Congress, I watched him articulate the truth about his own recovery from an inoperable cardiovascular concern. Rather than being smothered below the dark cloud of eminent demise, he laughed rather than cried and liberated himself anatomically out of disease. Just the other day, I spoke to one of our guests here at Hippocrates. She smiled and said ‘I was so sad when I was sick, and I am so happy because I am well’. With an inquisitive look and a sparkle in her eyes, she laughed and said it was probably that sadness that made me sick and the happiness that helped me heal. Ann Wigmore, Hippocrates founder, was one of the most positive people and attitudinally positive individuals I ever knew. Seemingly she never learned the word ‘no’ and everything was possible. Although this doesn’t seem practical, who said practical is practical? Throughout history, every great advancement has been met with challenge. There is no difference in bringing about your own recovery. Dr. Bernie Siegel recognized that patients in hospitals who were not visited, often sad, and constantly being hounded by data, statistics and negativity, reflected greater illness. He tried something unconventional. Although the hospital administrators were not happy with his approach, he began to support these patients, giving them hope and befriending them. As you must know, the outcome was spectacular. A little love goes a long way. Unfortunately, a little negativity does also. From the same era, Patch Adams, better known as the clown doctor, spent most of his time cheering up his patients and when qualified, exposed the positive impact this has for a patient’s recovery.
As you think about disorder and bringing about recovery, always remember that this depends upon your own attitudinal reservoir. When deep and wide, when fresh and clear, there is nothing that cannot be achieved. Always remember that you are in total control of your destiny, so make informed decisions based upon your own values and beliefs, rather than fearful missteps brought about by your own self-imposed subservience. This world is endless multitudes of patterns, procedures and propaganda. Make sure you do not get caught up in the nonsense we call advanced societies. All truth grows from the basics of organic nature, often not as impressive but always steadfast, pure and perfect. Your heart and soul know far more than your mind will ever know! Trust yourself not because of all the data and information that has been collected in your brain, but the depth and sincerity of profound love that you have in your heart.
Food Is Medicine: The Scientific Evidence A one day seminar with Brian Clement PhD
Since 1956, Hippocrates Health Institute (HHI) and a few other organizations worldwide have maintained that an uncooked, organic, plant-based diet is the most effective path to superior health. Hippocrates has conducted hundreds of in-house observational studies on thousands of individuals that affirm this core principle. As understanding of living nutrition continues to evolve, more and more scientific data emerges to support HHI’s findings. In addition to the destructive nature of high heat on the living cells of plants, many chemical changes occur, causing Brianamatic reductions in nutritional levels.
Saturday 11 June 2016 11.30am – 3.30pm (doors open from 10.30am) Price: £22 Early Bird / £27 thereafter Venue: Birmingham Buddhist Centre, 11 Park Rd, Moseley Birmingham B13 8AB treeoflife-events.co.uk info@treeoflife-events.co.uk 0121 449 4086
‘The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.’ - Voltaire
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Living Spirituality Who am I? What gives my life meaning?
“Set your sights higher than your eye can see.” - Rumi
OneSpirit offers a two year cutting edge experiential programme creating your unique path to wholeness and service, weaving together living community, spiritual leadership, social action, ritual and spiritual counselling. ✷ Training programmes for OneSpirit ministers commence each autumn. ✷ Open introductory events are held throughout the UK and Ireland. ✷ Contact Lindsay Jarrett 0333 332 1996 for details www.osif.org.uk
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‘Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.’ - Henry David Thoreu
The Stargate Experience “One of the Leading-Edge Devices That Can Assist in The Rapid Expansion of Human Consciousness...”
Coming to Birmingham This May!
About The Stargate
The Stargate is a sacred geometrical structure that, when activated, creates a tangible, high-frequency energy field. This effortlessly raises participants’ vibration, helping them access an expanded state of awareness and an increased sense of well-being. By simply relaxing into the Stargate energies, many people experience:
About Prageet Prageet is an English, internationally known channel who has assisted people with spiritual growth for over 25 years. He designed and built the Stargate with his guide Alcazar.
About Julieanne Julieanne has been a channel for Alcazar since 2012, who has guided her to cultivate & teach “The Essence of Life”, an energy of self-healing & self-love.
•Healing and balance of the physical body •Activation of inner vision and psychic abilities •Clarity of understanding and insight •Deep relaxation and stress removal •Karma and personal issues simply dissolving
The Stargate Experience will introduce you to a totally new way of evolving your consciousness. No need for hard work, just relaxing and allowing your superconsciousness to elevate your human experience.
Stargate Experiential Evening Friday, May 6th, 7-9:30pm
Stargate Weekend Workshop Saturday May 7th, 10am-5:30pm
Earlybird pricing available! See Tree of Life website!
For more information, reservations
and an opportunity to experience the Stargate energies,
visit: TreeOfLife-Events.co.uk
Classifieds Solihull Natural health group
Tues. 16th Feb Overcoming Stress, Anxiety
and Depression - The Easy Way Speaker: Mary Heath Tues. 15th Mar Wu Wei Wisdom - The Art of Effortless Flow Speaker. David James Lee Sunday. 10th April Star Magic Workshop Healing Energy and Enlightenment Speaker: Jerry Sargeant Tues. 17th May Love, Elephants and Candles - A guide t 21st Century Spirituality Speaker: Miguel Dean The Oliver Bird Hall, Church Hill Road, Solihull B91 3RQ More info: solihullnaturalhealthgroup.org.uk
POSITIVE INPACT
PAST LIFE REGRESSION
Positive inpact is a Community Interest Company aiming to Integrate Natural Psychological and Complementary Therapies for Positive Mental Health Website: www.positiveinpact.org Contact Details Po Box 15346 Rednal, Birmingham B45 5DQ Telephone 0845 0950635 Moblie 07971 222798
THE rosen method
Potential Benefits of Rosen
- Relaxed muscles - Greater ease in the breath - Faster healing from trauma or injury - Relief from joint stiffness - Release from old behaviour patterns - Reduced anxiety and stress - Deepening awareness - Trust - Acceptance - Learning to receive - Getting a voice - Greater capacity for intimacy - Personal Transformation
Contact: Jane Spilsbury, Licensed Intern 07946-446506 www.rosenmethod.co.uk
find healing and spiritual development
REGRESsION THERAPY
Goes to the root of the issue
plr workshops
Visit a previous life
REGRESsION THERAPY
Safe... Simple... Natural... Powerfull... In Birmingham and Kenilworth Contact David Graham for more info: E: dave@allareonetherapies.co.uk W: www.allareonetherapies.co.uk T: 01926 852711 M: 07854 538495
Farm Fresh organics
Your local supplier of quality organic produce, have a mixed box and choose your own from our weekly list with delivery to your door Also available organic meat, bread and dairy products 40 Evenlode Road, Solihull B29 8EN 0121 742 0764 07702 361 910 chris@farm-fresh-organics.co.uk www.farm-fresh-organics.co.uk
Source Source Energy Healing®
A profound yet gentle new form of Healing that will help you move forward in your life and heal your body mind and spirit. Amazing results
Hands on Healing Distant Healing Practitioner Training
www.SourceEnergyHealingUK.com 01926 851898 07989 676 648 See us at the Tree of Life Festival and experience Source Energy Healing on Saturday 9 April 2016
Beautiful, restful North Wales retreat. soul-counselling, meditation, Reiki,
spiritual library, walks, wholesome food...
www.soul-life.co.uk/hillside-retreat/ Helen 01352 780281
To advertise here please email: info@ treeoflife -events.co.uk or call 0121 449 4086
for yourself on Saturday 9 April 2016
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‘There will be a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.’ - Louis L’Amour
Kaitlyn G. Lyndon Soul Guidance & Alignment
Your astrological chart is your default position—what happens when you don’t use your free will.
Psychic Energy Readings (Soul Guidance) Soul Alignment, Energy Healing & Clearing Spiritual Mentoring & Guidance Past Life Regression Meditation Evenings Workshops Talks Newsletters
Knowing and understanding your astrology will help you to realise exactly how you are wired. Then you can assess when you are reacting and going against the flow and how to change your approach—and your life. A full astrological reading is fun, informative and exciting. It can reveal breathtaking insights into your life, your purpose, your finances and your relationships.
Available in person & via Skype
Like being taken by the hand and helped to understand my soul more clearly ... a loving, enlightening and re-assuring experience – Nick Williams.
Now based in Acocks Green, Birmingham
Full details on http://maggywhitehouse.com/astrology
www.kaitlynglyndon.com 074608 14486
Tel: 01647 231714 Email: maggy@maggywhitehouse.com
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‘What if when you die, they ask “How was heaven?” - Author Unknown
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Nourish your mind, heart, body & soul at the
Tree Of Life
FESTIVAL!
Inspiration • Wellbeing • Vitality
SATURDAY 9 APRIL 2016 10am - 6pm (doors open 9.45am)
THE BEECHES CONFERENCE CENTRE 76 Selly Oak Road, Bournville, Birmingham B30 1LS £10 Early Bird online in advance or £15 on the door
Free Inspiring Talks Programme TIME
ROOM 1
ROOM 2
ROOM 3
10.00am OPENING CEREMONY IN THE MAIN STALLS HALL WITH JASON CHAN
10.15am - Our Changing Reality G. LYNDON 10.45am KAITLYN Gifted Energy Worker & Light Messenger
A Demonstration of Mediumship
Energy Update for 2016
The Clairvoyant Cousins
Kinesiologist & Soul Journey Practitioner
11.00am - Infinite Awakening
Wake Up Laughing
ANJI WYLDE & JO ALLEN
STELLA BROOKES
10.45am - 11am BREAK
11.30am
JASON CHAN
JOE HOARE
International Tai Chi Master
Co-author of “Awakening the Laughing Buddha within”
The Joy of Planet Living - what colour is it? LU BOWEN
Colour Mirrors Practitioner
11.30am - 11.45am BREAK
11.45am - Demonstration of Clairvoyance BROWN 12.15pm JONATHAN Medium & Clairvoyant
What’s in a Name?
Wrekin Trust - 21st Century Spirituality
Bestselling Author of 11 Numerology Books, translated in to 14 languages worldwide
Author of ‘Stepping Stones to Love and Wholeness’
SONIA DUCIE
MIGUEL DEAN
12.15pm - 12.30pm BREAK Open to Transformation
Engineering Consciousness
Life Coach Speaker & Writer
Featured in the movie ‘Choice Point’ alongside Richard Branson & Desmond Tutu.
12.30pm 1.00pm
What Goes Around...
2.15pm 2.45pm
SPECIAL KEYNOTE TALK: 1.45pm – 2.45pm (£9 online/£10 on day) Imagining a New Humanity
Rosen Method
Helping You to Help You
Rosen Method Practitioner
Be Free Hypnotherapy
3.00pm 3.30pm
Living Your Heart’s Desire
Edenic States
Source Energy Healing
Co-Facilitator with Neale Donald Walsch
College of Alkaline Nutrition & Pheelgood
Source Energy Healing Practitioner
IAN TUCKER
Bestselling Author & Inspirational Speaker
CAROLINE GIBBS
BRETT MORAN
1pm - 2.15pm LUNCH BREAK
PETER OWEN JONES BBC TV Presenter ‘Extreme Pilgrim’
JANE SPILSBURY
PEB THOMAS
2.45pm - 3pm BREAK
3.45pm 4.15pm
SARAH ROZENTHULER
JOHN JEZEWSKI
3.30pm - 3.45pm BREAK 108 Days to Evolution - How to step into The Inner Marriage – Freedom in Being your personal expansion JOY HICKLIN-BAILEY
JILLIAN STOTT
Joy of Spiritual Awakening and Growth DR JULIANE SCHWARZ Avatar® Master
RACHEL ELNAUGH
Love & Intimacy Teacher
Overcoming Obstacles in Life
The Placebo Diet
The Law of Attraction in Love
Health Expert for ITV Central News & Hay House Author of ‘Tapping for Life’
Law of Attraction & Tantra Teachers
Former Star of BBC TV’s Dragons’ Den & Founder of Source TV
4.15pm - 4.30pm BREAK
4.30pm 5.00pm
RAJ FULCHAND
Art of Living Teacher of Happiness, Yoga, & Meditation
JANET THOMSON
JOGINDER & MARKÉTA BOLA
5.45pm CLOSING CEREMONY IN THE MAIN STALLS HALL
“The Tree of Life Festivals touch people’s hearts, opens their minds & awaken their spirits. They uplift people’s vibrations, support conscious living and radiate with love, light & joy”
The next Tree of Life Festival in Birmingham will be on Saturday 15 October 2016
Info & Bookings: treeoflife-events.co.uk 0121 449 4086
Jonathan Brown
Tree Of Life
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Inspiration • Wellbeing • Vitality
Sarah Rozenthuler
FESTIVAL!
Rachel Elnaugh
tlyn G. Lyndon
ul Guidance & Alignment
Brett Moran
SATURDAY 9 APRIL 2016 Birmingham A day of inspiration, connection and fun for your heart, body mind & spirit! FREE Inspirational Talks Many Holistic Exhibitors Celebrating conscious living & co-creation!
Lu Bowen
10am - 6pm
Kaitlyn G. Lyndon Energy Readings (Soul Guidance) nment, Energy Healing & Clearing ritual Mentoring & Guidance Past Life Regression Meditation Evenings Workshops Talks Newsletters
ailable in person & via Skype
Joe Hoare
Early Bird: £10 book online in advance Full Price: £15 on the door
FREE FESTIVAL GOODIE BAGS FOR THE FIRST 100 VISITORS!
sed in Acocks Green, Birmingham www.kaitlynglyndon.com 074608 14486
Janet Thomson
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Location: The Beeches Conference Centre 76 Selly Oak Road, Bournville Birmingham B30 1LS
Info & Tickets:
Miguel Dean
www.treeoflife-events.co.uk or 0121 449 4086 Sponsored by Ian Tucker
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Tree of Life
Inspirational Events Calendar 2016
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An Evening of Mediumship Practical Law of Attraction Crystal Skulls Change Your Life in 10 Minutes or Less Stargate Experiential Evening You Are the Universe An Evening of Mediumship You Are the Placebo Your Simple Path An Evening of Mediumship Bliss Concert Music, Mantra & Magic Concert
Dr William Bloom
Judy Hall
GORDON SMITH MICHAEL JAMES JUDY HALL MAS SAJADY PRAGEET & JULIEANNE DR DAVID HAMILTON GORDON SMITH DR JOE DISPENZA IAN TUCKER GORDON SMITH LUCINDA DRAYTON & MARCUS TIM WHEATER & CHERUB
Brain Clement PhD
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The Work You Were Born To Do Animal Communication Mediumship Foundation Course SPRING TREE OF LIFE FESTIVAL! Crystal Dragons Weekend Stargate How to Lead & Teach Meditation Food is Medicine An Afternoon with the Angels AUTUMN TREE OF LIFE FESTIVAL!
NICK WILLIAMS PEA HORSLEY GORDON SMITH MANY SPEAKERS & STANDS JUDY HALL PRAGEET & JULIEANNE DR WILLIAM BLOOM BRIAN CLEMENT PhD LORNA BRYNE MANY SPEAKERS & STANDS
For full details & bookings visit: treeoflifemagazine.co.uk 0121 449 4086