#LiveYourBliss by Embracing your Inner Jewels

By Julie Lockhart Thompson

Within each & every single person are Jewels – Jewels of passion, Jewels of creativity, Jewels of love, Jewels of Joy, Jewels of excitement, Jewels of wisdom – the list is endless! Like the dragon of lore; we collect, cultivate & cherish these Jewels within us. Polishing them & building up the pieces to them – making them complete & perfect for us & for the rest of the world.

Sometimes, if we are not careful, we misplace a Jewel or a piece of one slips away. (We may even give it away to another person to keep safe for us.) Fear not though!

The Universe is plentiful and more Jewels are available for the taking, the cultivating, the embracing & the cherishing. We merely need to take the care, effort & time to once again cherish what is deep inside of us; shining & sparkling & glowing in our centre – our inner Jewels.

Today, Embrace your Inner Jewels!

Make a list today of what makes you sparkle. What are you grateful for in your life? What excites you? What are you passionate about? What do you truly love?

Make this list as detailed as possible & leave nothing out!

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Julie Lockhart Thompson is the proverbial holistic junkie: a free-spirited, glitter-toting, tree-hugging dreamer who takes great pleasure skipping, laughing and dancing through life’s puddles. She is a Holistic Health Practitioner, Reiki Master, Reflexologist, Yoga Teacher, Laughter Yoga Leader, Dance Our Way Home Facilitator, Life Coach and Artist. She firmly believes in healing the whole person: mind, body and spirit, and takes great pleasure in aiding people on their spiral journey through life. Join her and embrace your inner jewels today!

Connect with Julie

Website/Blog
Innerjewelz.ca

Social Media
Julie on Facebook

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Julie’s Workshop at Bliss B4 Laundry Weekend – February 19-21 at Mansfield Outdoor Centre.

Soul Discovery Workshop: I AM. The deepest, strongest and most powerful affirmation in the English language today. These two simple words are your guide to your true inner self – your soul being. Join me to rediscover and realign with your soul purpose, passions and truth through guided meditation, discussion, reflection and creative exercises. As Marianne Williamson states, “The soul is the truth of who we are.” Rediscover your truth!

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Julie’s One-to-One Session at Bliss

Reflexology: Experience the bliss of relaxation and release while receiving a gentle pressure point massage of the head, hands or feet with Reflexology. Working directly with the energy meridians, nerve endings and zones of the body, Julie will stimulate all of the systems, glands, organs and tissues in the body to aid in healing, stress and pain relief, detoxification and deep relaxation. Balance and restore your body to health.

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Julie’s Creative Session at Bliss

Soul Stones: Unleash your inner creative Goddess and dance with your soul’s desire! Soul Stones are hand painted stones with an image, word, pattern or design that ignites your soul’s spark and sets your inner child free. All supplies will be provided for you to paint, write and draw your desire for the weekend.

Energy. It makes the world go round. But what is it exactly?

Energy is everywhere.

Science shows us that everything is made up of energy. It is neither created nor destroyed. It is the building block of all matter. The energy that composes your body is the same energy that composes the bricks of the house you live in, your car, your phone, animals, trees and so forth. It’s all the same. It is constantly at flow, changing form all the time.

Since energy is essential for maintaining the order of the universe, it is therefore the life force that sustains us all. As the human mind and body are purely composed of energy, negative energy retained in the mind and body can upset our mental and physical well-being. But if we learn to harness the energy that surrounds us, we will be able to get rid of the accumulated negative energies, and tap into the abundant source of positive energy in the universe. We can experience true healing in our mind, body and spirit when we learn to clear, cleanse and work with our own personal energy fields.

Velvet Williamson Presents on Energy at Bliss

We’re so lucky to have Velvet Williamson join us at Bliss B4 Laundry Wellness Weekend at Camp Kawartha. In her workshop, Velvet will teach you how energy affects us, both positively and negatively. You will learn how to clear yourself from negative vibrations and turn yourself into a human magnet that attracts all the good life has to offer.

She will take you through a guided past life regression meditation and help you put the puzzle pieces together of what a ‘whole’-istic life really is. Find balance within yourself and your surroundings while becoming more intuitive.

Velvet will also teach you how aromatherapy oils and crystals can help you from an energetic and physical point of view.

We promise you will leave the workshop with new knowledge, a sense of balance and a positive outlook on life!

Hear it from Velvet:

Source: One Mind One Energy, Yang-Sheng

Today women are experts at taking care of everyone else before themselves.

Alarming facts:

• According to a Canadian study, 60% of Canadian mothers feel they simply don’t have enough time to take care of themselves.
• While 70% don’t even rank themselves among their top three priorities in life!
• While we care for the needs of our children, spouses, elderly parents, coworkers, bosses, friends, family, and our community – our own self-care continually gets pushed off. We are left unbalanced, unhappy and unfulfilled.
• Why is this the case for Canadian women? Because many Canadian women believe that taking care of themselves is selfish or self-indulgent.

We have a pervasive belief in North America that taking time for self-care is selfish, self-indulgent or worse yet, that it means we are not busy enough! Whether it be making time for a bath, prioritizing going to the gym, taking a painting class, or making a date to meet a friend for lunch – it is not self-indulgent to care for one’s self. We prefer to see it as SELF-AWARE.

This Video Is A Beautiful Reminder To #LetGo And Live Your Life – Read more here

Bliss B4 Laundry wants to help change these statistics!

Our vision for Bliss B4 Laundry involves reaching as many Canadians as we can with a simple reminder to step back from the busy and overwhelming hamster wheel we sometimes find ourselves on – and instead – take a breather.

The events we create at Bliss ask us all to stand with the squeaky wheel silenced. Just stand and listen. Reconnect. Remember. Rediscover.

Because it is during these ‘pauses’ in life that we regain focus. We listen to our heartsong. We reconnect with what makes us truly happy. We heal.

At Bliss Weekends, the workshops and group sessions provide you with the skills and awareness necessary to help you find balance and rejuvenation in all aspects of your life. Some sessions will inspire you to move beyond perceived limitations; others will nurture you with the peace and harmony found in the present moment.

Enjoying a Workshop

Workshop Time!

Karen BK Chan – Presenter

These are examples of workshops we will be offering this September 25-27 at Camp Kawartha:

Mamacare: A Self-Care Framework for Busy Mothers – Presented by Jessica Sherman
When we become mothers we go through a massive transition that is largely unnoticed; just like our little ones, we start up a long and steep learning curve and we grow in ways we never could have imagined. The speed of life takes off and our own needs, our own growth, our own sense of self, too often gets tossed to the periphery. We become exhausted.

The MamaCare framework, developed by nutritionist and mom Jess Sherman, offers a different way of mothering; a way for too-busy mothers to integrate their needs into the daily act of parenting, and reclaim their health by becoming the Chief Financial Officers of their energy bank accounts.

In this dynamic and interactive session Jess will help you quickly and efficiently identify your needs and build a box of tools, from meals to mindset, to ensure you avoid energetic bankruptcy. The MamaCare framework is one that you can take home and make your own, applying it on an ongoing basis so you stay healthy for years to come.

Vision Quest: It Starts From Within – Presented by Candice Gallinger
Many of us seek external sources to fill a void that is deep within. You may look ahead to the future and think “I will be happy when… I get a better job, make more money, find a loving partner, am a size or two smaller….” It can be difficult to experience pure joy when trapped in your mind running through such lists.

As a result, it becomes next to impossible to feel content or at peace in the present moment. Once we are able to truly love and accept ourselves for who we are, we gain a powerful tool to rise above the drama of our mind. By rewriting our limiting beliefs and releasing any feelings we have attached to them, we tap into the parts hidden deep within our heart.

Discover how to follow your own higher guidance system to experience true happiness in the now.

In this workshop, you will:

• Learn how meditation and the practice of being fully present in the moment can have a positive effect on your health and your life
• Find what makes your heart sing by asking key questions and listening to the signs from within
• Gain the tools you need to let go of old stories and begin to write the story of your dreams

Don’t wait any longer! Join us! Take an active part in the movement to change these statistics!!

See you at Bliss!

Remembering My First Bliss Weekend

Written by Treena Hill

It has been eight months since the very first Bliss B4 Laundry weekend took place, eight months of battles, tears, awakenings, more battles and acceptance. Eight months that I wouldn’t trade for anything.

When my writing friend first told me about Bliss we both agreed that if nothing else, perhaps we could find a nice quiet spot to work on our short stories, a change of scenery to recharge our muses and perhaps enhance our current projects. I personally came home with much, much more.

My whole life up to this point I had wondered to the brink of sobbing tears, why was I here? What was my purpose? Was it to have my children? Well, I did that, now what? There had to be a reason, even if it was the most miniscule of reasons.

Throw in hormones, a very negative inner voice, low self esteem and presto, you have me, a woman in her early forties battling depression and the weight of the world, but mostly herself.

A week before the Bliss weekend I can remember being in a terrible, low down, dirty funk. I had told one of my friends that this was it, I wasn’t going to feel this way anymore. I would not let it dictate my life any longer. I was done.

At the time I didn’t realize that I had set a positive intention to change my life, but the Universe sure did. A week later that intention had metaphorically opened a door that I didn’t even know existed inside myself.

At the weekend, I had signed up for a singing lesson. Now I love to sing, I just have difficulties doing it in front of people. But here I was facing my fear and singing Amazing Grace in front of a complete stranger. I surprised even myself and once the fear stepped out of the way I was super excited! My legs were shaking, I had butterflies in my stomach and I felt amazing.

As the weekend continued and I went from workshop to workshop, I picked up tools and information that I could use towards battling my funk. I began to meditate and look deeper inside myself. I felt empowered, excited, strong and fearless. A whole new me was beginning to emerge, one that I didn’t know, but that I was interested to meet.

Immersed in the beauty of nature the weekend was turning out to be a well organized evenly balanced approach to testing one’s limits of self thought and creative forces.

As I drove home, I reflected upon my experiences and I was amazed at how comfortable I felt surrounded by complete strangers. Eighty women who were totally different from me yet so similar.

We all had left the laundry at home, took deep breaths and ventured forward into the unknown to find our lost and misplaced selves.

Thanks to Bliss I found the person that I was missing – me. I found the person who was supposed to be in charge of my life – me. I found the one and only person that can change my life and make those changes stick – me.

Treena with friends old and new at Camp Kawartha 2014

I no longer wonder why I am here. The further I go down this path using the tools I have learned, the clearer my purpose becomes. My path is still bumpy and it has its dark patches but now there is an ever-burning light reminding me that as long as I believe in myself the possibilities of me are endless.

Treena Hill attended the first Bliss B4 Laundry Wellness Weekend for Women – at Camp Kawartha – October 2014.

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Treena is a Member of the 2015 Bliss Team!

Treena has joined the Bliss Team as a presenter for 2015. She will be presenting her workshop “Journalling: A Path to Finding Your Inner Compass” at Christie Lake Camp, June 12-14, 2015!

Register now for Christie Lake and get $50 off!

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Learn More about Treena’s Workshop at Christie Lake

 

Win a Free Reading!

This Week Only – Win a Free Intuitive Reading with Paula Stableford!

If you don’t already have your ticket for Messages from Spirit, this is the week to get it! Messages from Spirit is an evening event on March 28, in downtown Toronto, where Paula Stableford, a talented and charismatic intuitive medium, will channel heartwarming and divinely-timed messages from loved ones in Spirit to audience members.

Everyone who purchases a ticket to the event before Sunday, March 15 (at midnight) will be put into a draw to receive a FREE 15-minute intuitive mediumship reading with Paula Stableford immediately following the show on March 28!! (If you’ve purchased your ticket already, no worries, we’ve entered you into the draw). 

Meet Paula Stableford

Paula Stableford has been guided by and connected to Spiritual energy since childhood. Her passion is to channel messages from loved ones in Spirit, answer questions on past, present and future, and guide people on their life path. Paula is in high-demand as an intuitive medium because of her word-of-mouth reputation for being exceptionally accurate in her communications with Spirit. She sees clients for energy healing, personal readings and group readings. And she teaches positive redirection and how to connect to intuition to let go of past pain and live more presently in the current moment. Her message is “hope” and that each of us is the true guide to our own internal peace and healing.

“Working with Paula has absolutely changed my life in ways I never imagined possible. Her upbeat positive vibe matches her authentic personality and her ability to see the truth in any situation through the guidance of spirit is breathtaking. Before I met Paula, my mask on the outside was happy but my spirit on the inside was dead. With her kindness and support, I am now beginning to live life to the fullest and letting go of my past through self-love. She is an amazing teacher and someone who sees everyone with love.”

Get Your Ticket Today for Your Chance to Win!

Saturday, March 28 – 2015  7 – 9pm
$45 advanced online / $60 at the door (Cash only at door)
George Ignatieff Theatre
(Located in the Larkin Building)
University of Toronto – Trinity College
15 Devonshire Place
Toronto, Ontario  M5S 2C8
Get Directions

Important Notes:

• Prices include HST.
• Doors open at 6:30pm. Seating is not assigned.
• The performance will be photographed and videoed for promotional purposes. By purchasing a ticket, you agree to be photographed or videoed and that your image may be used for promotional purposes by Paula Stableford or Bliss B4 Laundry.
• Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.
• Tickets may not be re-sold for higher than their face value.

Our Box Office is Open!

 Join us for an evening that could change how you see the world.

Sit glued-to-your-seat as Paula Stableford, a talented and charismatic intuitive medium, channels heartwarming and divinely-timed messages from loved ones in Spirit to audience members. Come with questions for Paula and seek the answers you need to heal your grief, make important decisions, or follow your path in life. Learn ways to use your own intuition and make connections with those you love on the Other side. Bring your friends. Bring your family. Watch as Paula lights up the room with her presence and energy!
Don’t miss out on this opportunity! Spirit awaits you.

Meet Paula Stableford

Paula Stableford has been guided by and connected to Spiritual energy since childhood. Her passion is to channel messages from loved ones in Spirit, answer questions on past, present and future, and guide people on their life path. Paula is in high-demand as an intuitive medium because of her word-of-mouth reputation for being exceptionally accurate in her communications with Spirit. She sees clients for energy healing, personal readings and group readings. And she teaches positive redirection and how to connect to intuition to let go of past pain and live more presently in the current moment. Her message is “hope” and that each of us is the true guide to our own internal peace and healing.

Upcoming Performances

Saturday, March 28 – 2015  7 – 9pm
$45 advanced online / $60 at the door (Cash only at door)
George Ignatieff Theatre
University of Toronto – Trinity College
15 Devonshire Place
Toronto, Ontario  M5S 2C8
Get Directions

(Box Office opens Tuesday, Feb. 24 / Pre-Sale starts Friday, Feb 20)

Important Notes:

• Prices include HST.
• Doors open at 6:30pm. Seating is not assigned.
• The performance will be photographed and videoed for promotional purposes. By purchasing a ticket, you agree to be photographed or videoed and that your image may be used for promotional purposes by Paula Stableford or Bliss B4 Laundry.
• Tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.
• Tickets may not be re-sold for higher than their face value.

Call to Presenters

Calling all wellness practitioners and presenters!

⇒ Do you have a passion for wellness and a desire to help others?
⇒ Are you ready to share your skills and ideas?
⇒ Do you want to be a part of a transformative weekend for women?

Yes? Then we need to hear from you!

We are looking for practitioners and presenters to facilitate workshops, group activities and one-to-one sessions at BlissB4Laundry. If you are interested in being a part of this inspiring and transformational weekend, please consider the following:

• We are looking for workshops in these areas of interest
• We are looking for workshops that are 1.5 hours in length
• We are looking for morning and evening group activities  (e.g. yoga, drumming)
• We expect approximately 80 women to attend the weekend
• Workshops will have a range of 15 – 25 participants

Want to submit a proposal?
Start by reading our Call to Presenters to understand all we are offering our presenters and facilitators. Then Submit Your Proposal before May 15, 2014. We will have decisions made about which practitioners will feature at our event by the end of May. Thanks for your submission!

Hang our poster?
Do you know just the right spot to hang our poster? Help us find the very best practitioners by sharing this poster or hanging it in your community. Thanks for the help!

Please share this blog post with the women in your life to help us create the best event possible!

Thank you!

Find Your Bliss – Our New Blog!

Welcome to our Find Your Bliss Blog!

This blog provides the perfect place to share all things wellness! We will be discussing everything from how to eat mindfully and feel better, to spiritual growth and development. From how to de-clutter your mind and find wisdom in the stillness, to the modalities, practices, and ideas that will be shared at the Bliss B4 Laundry: Wellness Weekend for Women happening October 3, 4 and 5 in the beautiful Kawarthas.

We will have guest bloggers, special giveaways, opportunities to share with and learn from wellness practitioners, and so much more!

Stay tuned as we get this exciting new blog up and running!

If you have an idea you would like to share through this blog, please contact us at blissb4laundry@outlook.com.

Warm regards,

Gaby & Sarah