Greetings Members & Friends,
It is with much excitement that we present you with (drum roll please...) our new FSIM logo and website! Take a tour
This newsletter is packed with info for YOU. Plan to take a
pause during this time of busy activity, to read on for ways to connect
with the Feng Shui community:
Beginning in January, 2012 our membership renewal process will
be going online! You will be able to apply for membership, renew your
membership, list your Continuing Education Hours and submit/update your
contact information for the Practitioner Directory as well as pay your
dues – all online! In conjunction with this new process, we are
changing to a January renewal date for everyone. In December each
current member will receive an email stating the amount they will owe
for 2012. Please note, this amount will be prorated according to your
previous renewal month.
Since our organization began in 1999, our membership fee has
remained at $99.00. This year we have revised our membership levels and
fees to reflect the rising costs of running a growing organization
including arrangements for our FSIM meetings and events and upgrading
our website and online benefits.
Our new membership levels are as follows:
Practitioner: $126.00. All benefits of
membership plus listing in the Practitioner Directory with photo, bio,
specialties and contact information and link to your website. Added
online enhancements are being developed to make our FSIM website an
important key to the online presence of your Feng Shui business.
Friend: $108.00.
FSIM Friends include both those trained in Feng Shui but who are not
practicing Feng Shui consulting professionally, and Feng Shui
aficionados who have a strong interest in Feng Shui, possibly have a
related business or service (healers, designers, specialty retailers)
and wish to be an integral part of our vital community.
Student: $54.00. This is a maximum one-year membership for anyone currently enrolled in a certified Feng Shui program.
Your board has been working diligently to create a process
for you that will greatly simplify enrollment. If you have any
questions, please contact Cathy or Laurie.
Next FSIM Meeting: Annual Meeting
Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Location: The Marsh
Minnetonka, MN
Time: 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Networking/Socializing
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Meeting and Program
Speaker: Cyndi Dale
Topic: Care for the Caregiver (Energetic Boundaries for the New Year!)
Open to the Public:
Non-Member Admission $36, Members $18
Includes hors d'oeuvres. Cash Bar available.
We
are excited to begin 2012 with our traditional annual meeting at The
Marsh and bring you internationally renowned author, speaker, healer,
and business consultant, Cyndi Dale as our guest speaker.
We
are all caregivers in our personal lives: taking care of spouses,
children and aging parents, assuring that their lives run as smoothly as
possible. If you are an energy worker, that “care quotient” may be
double-taxed. By the end of any given day, you might feel like a bit
like the kitchen sponge, so full of “others’ stuff” it’s hard to find
yourself.
Once spiritual parameters are established, according to Cyndi, you can
start to free yourself from the seven types of energy syndromes that
cause loss of energy or the absorption of others’ issues. Cyndi will
discuss these syndromes, the subject of her newest book, Energetic Boundaries: How to Stay Protected and Connected in Work, Love, and Life.
With warmth and wit, she will share easy and practical ways to
establish energetic boundaries that help us “take care” of ourselves.
Cyndi
has been a natural intuitive since she was young and has been trained
in several different healing modalities, including shamanism, intuitive
healing, energy healing, family of origin therapy, therapeutic touch,
the Lakota way and faith healing. She also holds a fourth degree
mastership in Reiki.
Times
are passing quickly. The eventful year of 2011 leaves us with shocking
memories of huge weather disasters, of loss of life, political
upheavals, and the continuing changes unprecedented in modern times. We
are being tested, it seems, to become more flexible, to find our voices
of dissent and dissatisfaction in the face of injustice.
The possibility for humanity to advance with conscious choices is a
wondrous experience to be part of – these are the biggest leaps possible
for us in 36,000 years! Humanity is slow to change. It takes enormous
pressure to move us forward; that is what is occurring, and that is
bewildering to many.
To aid us in the intense movement, the planets that generate the
biggest changes are hard at work to lend their cosmic influence to all
of humanity – awakening or still sleeping. The planet Pluto is the
furthest out in the solar system, and its divine purpose is to dissolve,
in whatever way it can, the areas of life that are ready to be
completed, or in the worst cases, to be totally destroyed in order for a
new beginning to emerge. These pressured times are similar to the
mystical Phoenix rising from its ashes.
The other planet that foretells change is Uranus, from which the word
uranium has come. Uranus is abrupt and sudden. Its divine purpose is to
create paths to freedom, so it has a revolutionary aspect, which is
breaking out in places of dictatorship. The Arab Spring and Occupy Wall
Street are witnesses to Uranian power and purpose. BUT, we welcome 2012
with hope. Only on planet Earth can these cosmic moments be
experienced. Hang on – the best is yet to come! You are to be part of
this grand scheme.
About Barbara
Barbara is a spiritual teacher, intuitive
counselor, astrologer-numerologer, and an independent minister. She
founded the Aquarian Light, a very successful spiritual center in
Minneapolis, MN and now offers seasonal events, weddings, ceremonies and
personal appointments for Wisdom Readings. Co-founder of LightHouse
Events.
For more information, Email Barbara or call 952-378-1701
Member News & Announcements
Member
Ellen Johnson is proud to report that the first FSIM Service Project:
"From My House to Yours" was a success! During the month of August,
FSIM members, along with friends, family, and clients, donated:
202 items to Bridging
226 boxes/bags of items to other charities
As
a result, we have less clutter in our homes, creating space in our
lives for what we truly want. And, more importantly, we've helped many
people in need in a time when more and more people are finding
themselves in need. Thank you to all FSIM members; we are making a
difference in the lives of those around us - keep up the good work!
Member Julie Ann Segal is proud to announce that Metropolitan Interiors
is celebrating 20 years in
business in 2012! Look for special sales and an open house celebration.
More updates to come in 2012.
Former Board Member Lea Ann Paradise’s children’s picture book, just published, is now available! I Love You When... colorfully illustrates children are loved for who they are (including our inner child). Makes a loving gift. Book/purchase information
April Members-Only Meeting
Date: April 10, 2012
Location: The Marsh
Minnetonka, MN
Time: 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Networking/Socializing
7:00pm - 9:00 pm
Meeting and Program
Speaker: Cyndi Dale
Topic: What’s Your Soul Song? Fun & Interactive Workshop
Cyndi will explain how our chakras or energy bodies are actually coded
with the tones and colors that carry our spiritual purpose and gifts.
You’ll be guided through a process to uncover these key-codes to your
personality, but also your deeper, spiritual being, the “real you” under
it all.
Feng Shui Institute of the Midwest, 3347 Maureen Lane, Stillwater, MN 55082 www.fsim.org
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