<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780750458474236732</id><updated>2011-07-07T23:28:10.232-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sacred Thread</title><subtitle type='html'>Where Women Commune Weaving Wisdom and Wonder</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>elaina beam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05529337879680135490</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SPDf8jp_v7I/AAAAAAAAABo/SpNVGSGeZlQ/S220/2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780750458474236732.post-4059245025015610556</id><published>2009-09-15T14:01:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T14:31:20.440-07:00</updated><title type='text'>September Sacred Thread Gathering</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SrABEH4H1ZI/AAAAAAAAA6M/N3YLu-WnHr0/s1600-h/tree+painting.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 140px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SrABEH4H1ZI/AAAAAAAAA6M/N3YLu-WnHr0/s320/tree+painting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381802725053289874" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’re in&lt;/span&gt;vited&lt;span style=""&gt; - as &lt;/span&gt;wome&lt;span style=""&gt;n gather together to celebrate and share&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sacred wisdom -&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;join us to re&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;veal and empower Divine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;essence in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                            &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHEN:&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Tuesday, September 29 ,  7-9pm&lt;br /&gt;WHAT:&lt;span style=""&gt;  Perceiving From The Heart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHERE:   &lt;/b&gt;Elaina's Home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; @ 3508 SE Division &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONTACT:&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Elaina at 503.290.8851 or email &lt;a href="mailto:elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com"&gt;wayofbeingyoga@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;R.S.V.P.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;   If you plan to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;This months forum on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;Perceiving from the Heart &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;will be  facilitated by Meghan Clark&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: georgia;"&gt;. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Verdana;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;The  discussion will focus on exploring greater possibilities of connection through  the heart - as a vehicle of perception.     Learn to  communicate with your heart  as a way of interacting with others and the natural world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" align="center"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;" wrapcoords="-117 0 -117 21441 21600 21441 21600 0 -117 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Elaina\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" title="graphic web"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s Web&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Web represents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;eternal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;universal connection. Each of us is a clear jewel within this web, threaded to all other things in the universe. We are all Divine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sparks of light reflecting, refracting, and absorbing the nature of all that surrounds us. As diamond jewels we are each unique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; and necessary in sustaining the inte&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;grity of the whole. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SdKUo3ZIj9I/AAAAAAAAAFA/oaf0V1cajAo/s1600-h/blessing.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SrABy68-wJI/AAAAAAAAA6c/N7qDqgqRSVc/s1600-h/marymagdalene.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 84px; height: 131px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SrABy68-wJI/AAAAAAAAA6c/N7qDqgqRSVc/s320/marymagdalene.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381803529037856914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;We look forward to delving into mystery, movement, and magic as we explore &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;e na&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;u&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;re &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;of Divine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Enviro;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;READ BELOW FOR MEETING OUTLINE &amp;amp; DETAILS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3780750458474236732-4059245025015610556?l=sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/feeds/4059245025015610556/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/09/september-sacred-thread-gathering.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/4059245025015610556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/4059245025015610556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/09/september-sacred-thread-gathering.html' title='September Sacred Thread Gathering'/><author><name>elaina beam - swami karikananda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04901672029677999545</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SjSY4ZWtEAI/AAAAAAAAA4E/zT55U9scOD4/S220/2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SrABEH4H1ZI/AAAAAAAAA6M/N3YLu-WnHr0/s72-c/tree+painting.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780750458474236732.post-5482502156241500253</id><published>2009-08-01T07:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-01T07:00:03.090-07:00</updated><title type='text'>August Sacred Thread Gathering</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SnEj1hg-nuI/AAAAAAAAA40/2vCSgGLUOWY/s1600-h/yoga+tree.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 163px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SnEj1hg-nuI/AAAAAAAAA40/2vCSgGLUOWY/s320/yoga+tree.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364108033611701986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;You’re in&lt;/span&gt;vited&lt;span style=""&gt; - as &lt;/span&gt;wome&lt;span style=""&gt;n gather together to celebrate and share&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sacred wisdom -&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;join us to re&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;veal and empower Divine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;essence in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                            &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHEN:&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Tuesday, August 25 ,  7-9pm&lt;br /&gt;WHAT:&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Topic to be announced!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHERE:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The Guiding Tree @ 4831 SE Division &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONTACT:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Elaina at 503.290.8851 or email &lt;a href="mailto:elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com"&gt;wayofbeingyoga@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R.S.V.P.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; if you plan to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;SCHEDULED TOPICS &amp;amp; UPCOMING FORUM'S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 29 - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Acceptance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 27 - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Being true to Self&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;November 24&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; - Resonance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" align="center"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;" wrapcoords="-117 0 -117 21441 21600 21441 21600 0 -117 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Elaina\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" title="graphic web"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s Web&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Web represents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;eternal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;universal connection. Each of us is a clear jewel within this web, threaded to all other things in the universe. We are all Divine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sparks of light reflecting, refracting, and absorbing the nature of all that surrounds us. As diamond jewels we are each unique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; and necessary in sustaining the inte&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;grity of the whole. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SdKUo3ZIj9I/AAAAAAAAAFA/oaf0V1cajAo/s1600-h/blessing.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SnEkEfNXJWI/AAAAAAAAA48/xSVvPXtXpjU/s1600-h/isis.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 138px; height: 95px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SnEkEfNXJWI/AAAAAAAAA48/xSVvPXtXpjU/s320/isis.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364108290690590050" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;We look forward to delving into mystery, movement, and magic as we explore &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;e na&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;ure &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;of Divine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Enviro;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;READ BELOW FOR MEETING OUTLINE &amp;amp; DETAILS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3780750458474236732-5482502156241500253?l=sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/feeds/5482502156241500253/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/07/august-sacred-thread-gathering.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/5482502156241500253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/5482502156241500253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/07/august-sacred-thread-gathering.html' title='August Sacred Thread Gathering'/><author><name>elaina beam - swami karikananda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04901672029677999545</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SjSY4ZWtEAI/AAAAAAAAA4E/zT55U9scOD4/S220/2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SnEj1hg-nuI/AAAAAAAAA40/2vCSgGLUOWY/s72-c/yoga+tree.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780750458474236732.post-5145496233374681310</id><published>2009-07-01T08:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-02T00:32:15.589-07:00</updated><title type='text'>July Sacred Thread Gathering</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SkpvOUGAxnI/AAAAAAAAA4k/NJAB3BHZyWw/s1600-h/marymagdalene.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SkpvOUGAxnI/AAAAAAAAA4k/NJAB3BHZyWw/s320/marymagdalene.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353213398786033266" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;You’re in&lt;/span&gt;vited&lt;span style=""&gt; - as &lt;/span&gt;wome&lt;span style=""&gt;n gather together to celebrate and share&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sacred wisdom -&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;join us to re&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;veal and empower Divine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;essence in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                            &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHEN:&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Tuesday, July 28 ,  7-9pm. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHAT:&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Conscious Communication&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHERE:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The Guiding Tree @ 4831 SE Division &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONTACT:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Elaina at 503.290.8851 or email &lt;a href="mailto:elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com"&gt;wayofbeingyoga@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R.S.V.P.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; if you plan to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;The forum in July on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;b style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;Conscious Communication&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span"&gt; will  be facilitated by Amy Hunter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" class="Apple-style-span"&gt;The discussion will focus on exploring our most basic core values,  and the role they play in communicating with others. We will examine common  communication patterns that can shed light on frustrating interactions and  eventually lead us toward a greater understanding of both ourselves and the  world of others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;SCHEDULED TOPICS &amp;amp; UPCOMING FORUM'S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 25 - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Daring to Identify, Claim, &amp;amp; Share Your Talents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 29 - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Prayer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 27 - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Being true to Self&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;November 24&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; - Resonance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SkpvcGwH5lI/AAAAAAAAA4s/IkR1xYb_kas/s1600-h/ohm.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 126px; height: 145px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SkpvcGwH5lI/AAAAAAAAA4s/IkR1xYb_kas/s320/ohm.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353213635722733138" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" align="center"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;" wrapcoords="-117 0 -117 21441 21600 21441 21600 0 -117 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Elaina\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" title="graphic web"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s Web&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Web represents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;eternal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;universal connection. Each of us is a clear jewel within this web, threaded to all other things in the universe. We are all Divine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sparks of light reflecting, refracting, and absorbing the nature of all that surrounds us. As diamond jewels we are each unique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; and necessary in sustaining the inte&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;grity of the whole. &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;We look forward to delving into mystery, movement, and magic as we explore &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;e na&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;ure &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;of Divine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Enviro;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;READ BELOW FOR MEETING OUTLINE &amp;amp; DETAILS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3780750458474236732-5145496233374681310?l=sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/feeds/5145496233374681310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/07/july-sacred-thread-gathering.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/5145496233374681310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/5145496233374681310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/07/july-sacred-thread-gathering.html' title='July Sacred Thread Gathering'/><author><name>elaina beam - swami karikananda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04901672029677999545</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SjSY4ZWtEAI/AAAAAAAAA4E/zT55U9scOD4/S220/2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SkpvOUGAxnI/AAAAAAAAA4k/NJAB3BHZyWw/s72-c/marymagdalene.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780750458474236732.post-1354627503718704945</id><published>2009-06-01T06:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T07:49:00.582-07:00</updated><title type='text'>June Sacred Thread Gathering</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/ShzNdXm7YgI/AAAAAAAAA3U/Yk9Wi7YtVqs/s1600-h/%24+symbol.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 187px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/ShzNdXm7YgI/AAAAAAAAA3U/Yk9Wi7YtVqs/s320/%24+symbol.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340369162591756802" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;You’re in&lt;/span&gt;vited&lt;span style=""&gt; - as &lt;/span&gt;wome&lt;span style=""&gt;n gather together to celebrate and share&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sacred wisdom -&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;join us to re&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;veal and empower Divine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;essence in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                            &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHEN:&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Tuesday, June 30 ,  7-9pm. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHAT:&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Your Personal Money Magic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHERE:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The Guiding Tree @ 4831 SE Division &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONTACT:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Elaina at 503.290.8851 or email &lt;a href="mailto:elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com"&gt;wayofbeingyoga@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R.S.V.P.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; if you plan to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;SCHEDULED TOPICS &amp;amp; UPCOMING FORUM'S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 28&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; - Conscious Communication&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August 25 - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Daring to Identify, Claim, &amp;amp; Share Your Talents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 29 - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Prayer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 27 - &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Being true to Self&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;November 24&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt; - Resonance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" align="center"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;" wrapcoords="-117 0 -117 21441 21600 21441 21600 0 -117 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Elaina\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" title="graphic web"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s Web&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Web represents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;eternal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;universal connection. Each of us is a clear jewel within this web, threaded to all other things in the universe. We are all Divine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sparks of light reflecting, refracting, and absorbing the nature of all that surrounds us. As diamond jewels we are each unique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; and necessary in sustaining the inte&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;grity of the whole. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SdKUo3ZIj9I/AAAAAAAAAFA/oaf0V1cajAo/s1600-h/blessing.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/ShzMeD80YuI/AAAAAAAAA3M/cHWn2JvhIX0/s1600-h/green+om.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 120px; height: 96px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/ShzMeD80YuI/AAAAAAAAA3M/cHWn2JvhIX0/s320/green+om.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340368074983105250" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;We look forward to delving into mystery, movement, and magic as we explore &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;e na&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;ure &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;of Divine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Enviro;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;READ BELOW FOR MEETING OUTLINE &amp;amp; DETAILS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3780750458474236732-1354627503718704945?l=sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/feeds/1354627503718704945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/06/june-sacred-thread-gathering.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/1354627503718704945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/1354627503718704945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/06/june-sacred-thread-gathering.html' title='June Sacred Thread Gathering'/><author><name>elaina beam - swami karikananda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04901672029677999545</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SjSY4ZWtEAI/AAAAAAAAA4E/zT55U9scOD4/S220/2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/ShzNdXm7YgI/AAAAAAAAA3U/Yk9Wi7YtVqs/s72-c/%24+symbol.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780750458474236732.post-8884755950842454658</id><published>2009-05-01T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-14T07:15:40.097-07:00</updated><title type='text'>May Sacred Thread Gathering</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/Sfi77Caf76I/AAAAAAAAA28/NuX8tamwkcw/s1600-h/lotus+painting+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 142px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/Sfi77Caf76I/AAAAAAAAA28/NuX8tamwkcw/s320/lotus+painting+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330216781927673762" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;You’re in&lt;/span&gt;vited&lt;span style=""&gt; - as &lt;/span&gt;wome&lt;span style=""&gt;n gather together to celebrate and share&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sacred wisdom -&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;join us to re&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;veal and empower Divine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;essence in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                            &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHEN:&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Tuesday, May 26 ,  7-9pm. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHAT:&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Self Re-Membering&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHERE:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The Guiding Tree @ 4831 SE Division &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONTACT:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Elaina at 503.290.8851 or email &lt;a href="mailto:elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com"&gt;wayofbeingyoga@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R.S.V.P.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; if you plan to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;Step-by-Step Self Re-Membering &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;a tool to access your mind-body wisdom; to bring understanding into  your present unfolding moment; to empower you to choose how you experience your  life; to bring yourself back to wholeness.  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" &gt;&lt;strong&gt;Attend this discussion and leave with a tool you  can put to use immediately to gain more self awareness, insight, and  understanding.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" align="center"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;" wrapcoords="-117 0 -117 21441 21600 21441 21600 0 -117 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Elaina\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" title="graphic web"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s Web&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Web represents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;eternal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;universal connection. Each of us is a clear jewel within this web, threaded to all other things in the universe. We are all Divine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sparks of light reflecting, refracting, and absorbing the nature of all that surrounds us. As diamond jewels we are each unique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; and necessary in sustaining the integrity of the whole. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SdKUo3ZIj9I/AAAAAAAAAFA/oaf0V1cajAo/s1600-h/blessing.jpg"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/Sfi8bMqiGAI/AAAAAAAAA3E/MvBUtrf3tf4/s1600-h/yin+yang+black+and+white.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 108px; height: 108px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/Sfi8bMqiGAI/AAAAAAAAA3E/MvBUtrf3tf4/s320/yin+yang+black+and+white.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5330217334435092482" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;We look forward to delving into mystery, movement, and magic as we explore &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;the na&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;ure &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;of Divine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Enviro;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;READ BELOW FOR MEETING OUTLINE &amp;amp; DETAILS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3780750458474236732-8884755950842454658?l=sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/feeds/8884755950842454658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-sacred-thread-gathering.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/8884755950842454658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/8884755950842454658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-sacred-thread-gathering.html' title='May Sacred Thread Gathering'/><author><name>elaina beam - swami karikananda</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04901672029677999545</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/SjSY4ZWtEAI/AAAAAAAAA4E/zT55U9scOD4/S220/2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Fny1csuejsQ/Sfi77Caf76I/AAAAAAAAA28/NuX8tamwkcw/s72-c/lotus+painting+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780750458474236732.post-352783594418262214</id><published>2009-04-01T08:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T20:46:13.638-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SdKUlqL7mUI/AAAAAAAAAE4/IZlCi0hQHOk/s1600-h/blessing+bowl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 166px; height: 182px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SdKUlqL7mUI/AAAAAAAAAE4/IZlCi0hQHOk/s200/blessing+bowl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319477484578380098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;You’re in&lt;/span&gt;vited&lt;span style=""&gt; - as &lt;/span&gt;wome&lt;span style=""&gt;n gather together to celebrate and share&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sacred wisdom -&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;join us to re&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;veal and empower Divine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;essence in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                            &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHEN:&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Tuesday, April 28,  7-9pm. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHAT:&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Blessing of the Departed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHERE:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The Guiding Tree @ 4831 SE Division &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONTACT:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Elaina at 503.290.8851 or email &lt;a href="mailto:elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com"&gt;elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R.S.V.P.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; if you plan to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Ritual for the Blessing of the Departed &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;is a ceremony and a ritual that honors those special people in our lives who have passed on.  The blessing serves to help heal the souls and soften our continuous journey.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;NOTE&lt;/span&gt;:  Upcoming topic for &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;May 26&lt;/span&gt; gathering will be &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Self-testing for Clarity and Insight.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" align="center"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;" wrapcoords="-117 0 -117 21441 21600 21441 21600 0 -117 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Elaina\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" title="graphic web"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s Web&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Web represents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;eternal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;universal connection. Each of us is a clear jewel within this web, threaded to all other things in the universe. We are all Divine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sparks of light reflecting, refracting, and absorbing the nature of all that surrounds us. As diamond jewels we are each unique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; and necessary in sustaining the integrity of the whole. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SdKUo3ZIj9I/AAAAAAAAAFA/oaf0V1cajAo/s1600-h/blessing.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 107px; height: 119px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SdKUo3ZIj9I/AAAAAAAAAFA/oaf0V1cajAo/s200/blessing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5319477539663024082" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;We look forward to delving into mystery, movement, and magic as we explore &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;the nature &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;of Divine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Enviro;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;READ BELOW FOR MEETING OUTLINE &amp;amp; DETAILS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3780750458474236732-352783594418262214?l=sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/feeds/352783594418262214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/04/youre-in-vited-as-wome-n-gather.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/352783594418262214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/352783594418262214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/04/youre-in-vited-as-wome-n-gather.html' title=''/><author><name>elaina beam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05529337879680135490</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SPDf8jp_v7I/AAAAAAAAABo/SpNVGSGeZlQ/S220/2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SdKUlqL7mUI/AAAAAAAAAE4/IZlCi0hQHOk/s72-c/blessing+bowl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780750458474236732.post-1821890302352212672</id><published>2009-03-01T04:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-03-08T21:27:59.526-07:00</updated><title type='text'>March Sacred Thread Gathering</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/San6munmaEI/AAAAAAAAAEg/icqW43xjRsA/s1600-h/pink+yantra.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 124px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/San6munmaEI/AAAAAAAAAEg/icqW43xjRsA/s200/pink+yantra.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308049179088939074" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;You’re in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;vited - as wome&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;n gather together to celebrate and share&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sacred wisdom -&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;join us to re&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;veal and empower Divine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;essence in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;                                                            &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHEN:&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Tuesday, March 31,  7-9pm. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHAT:&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Presentation &amp;amp; forum topic&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Security &amp;amp; Abundance&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHERE:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The Guiding Tree @ 4831 SE Division &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONTACT:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Elaina at 503.290.8851 or email &lt;a href="mailto:elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com"&gt;elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R.S.V.P.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; if you plan to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;" align="center"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;" wrapcoords="-117 0 -117 21441 21600 21441 21600 0 -117 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Elaina\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" title="graphic web"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s Web&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Web represents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;eternal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;universal connection. Each of us is a clear jewel within this web, threaded to all other things in the universe. We are all Divine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sparks of light reflecting, refracting, and absorbing the nature of all that surrounds us. As diamond jewels we are each unique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; and necessary in sustaining the integrity of the whole. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SYFEr_EBnTI/AAAAAAAAAEY/OJtYk9oG7wg/s1600-h/kuan+yin+lovely.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 61px; height: 118px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SYFEr_EBnTI/AAAAAAAAAEY/OJtYk9oG7wg/s200/kuan+yin+lovely.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296590159217794354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;We look forward to delving into mystery, movement, and magic as we explore the nature of Divine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:Enviro;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;READ BELOW FOR MEETING OUTLINE &amp;amp; DETAILS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3780750458474236732-1821890302352212672?l=sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/feeds/1821890302352212672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/02/march-sacred-thread-gathering.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/1821890302352212672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/1821890302352212672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/02/march-sacred-thread-gathering.html' title='March Sacred Thread Gathering'/><author><name>elaina beam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05529337879680135490</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SPDf8jp_v7I/AAAAAAAAABo/SpNVGSGeZlQ/S220/2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/San6munmaEI/AAAAAAAAAEg/icqW43xjRsA/s72-c/pink+yantra.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780750458474236732.post-1023403026217966290</id><published>2009-02-01T05:00:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-01T05:00:01.533-08:00</updated><title type='text'>February Sacred Thread</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SYFEfMLl8bI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/ZCTSD1tY5bU/s1600-h/buddha+painting+3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 116px; height: 117px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SYFEfMLl8bI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/ZCTSD1tY5bU/s200/buddha+painting+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296589939400896946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Sacred Thread&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;                           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Where Women &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Commune&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;Weaving Wisdom &amp;amp; Wonder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;Are you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt; seeking greater spiritual &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;connection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt; in community?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you open to exploring sacred wisdom?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;You’re in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;vited to join as wome&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;n gather together monthly to celebrate and share t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;heir sacred selves.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Re&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;veal and empower Divine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;essence in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                                                            &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHEN:&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Tuesday, February 24,  7-9pm. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHAT:&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Presentation &amp;amp; forum topic is&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Forgiveness&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WHERE:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The Guiding Tree @ 4831 SE Division &lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CONTACT:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Elaina at 503.290.8851 or email &lt;a href="mailto:elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com"&gt;elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;R.S.V.P.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; if you plan to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;" wrapcoords="-117 0 -117 21441 21600 21441 21600 0 -117 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Elaina\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" title="graphic web"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s Web&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SYFEr_EBnTI/AAAAAAAAAEY/OJtYk9oG7wg/s1600-h/kuan+yin+lovely.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 61px; height: 118px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SYFEr_EBnTI/AAAAAAAAAEY/OJtYk9oG7wg/s200/kuan+yin+lovely.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296590159217794354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;Web represents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;eternal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;universal connection. Each of us is a clear jewel within this web, threaded to all other things in the universe. We are all Divine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; sparks of light reflecting, refracting, and absorbing the nature of all that surrounds us. As diamond jewels we are each unique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; and necessary in sustaining the integrity of the whole. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;We look forward to delving into mystery, movement, and magic as we explore the nature of Divine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Enviro;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;READ BELOW FOR MEETING DETAILS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3780750458474236732-1023403026217966290?l=sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/feeds/1023403026217966290/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/02/february-sacred-thread.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/1023403026217966290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/1023403026217966290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/02/february-sacred-thread.html' title='February Sacred Thread'/><author><name>elaina beam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05529337879680135490</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SPDf8jp_v7I/AAAAAAAAABo/SpNVGSGeZlQ/S220/2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SYFEfMLl8bI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/ZCTSD1tY5bU/s72-c/buddha+painting+3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780750458474236732.post-6590285948590095202</id><published>2009-01-01T10:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-01-07T17:29:37.611-08:00</updated><title type='text'>January Sacred Thread Gathering</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SV0Lvus9hQI/AAAAAAAAAD4/UhozRMFD320/s1600-h/yoga+painting.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 162px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SV0Lvus9hQI/AAAAAAAAAD4/UhozRMFD320/s200/yoga+painting.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286394452221199618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:30;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Sacred Thread&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;                           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20;"&gt;Where Women &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20;"&gt;Commune&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;Weaving Wisdom &amp;amp; Wonder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt;Are you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt; seeking greater spiritual &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt;connection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt; in community?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you open to exploring sacred wisdom?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;You’re in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;vited to join as wome&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;n gather together monthly to celebrate and share t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;heir sacred selves.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Re&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;veal and empower Divine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;essence in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHEN:&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Tuesday, January 27,  7-9pm. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHAT:&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Presentation &amp;amp; forum topic is &lt;span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"&gt;Body Image and Sense of Self&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                        &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHERE:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The Guiding Tree @ 4831 SE Division &lt;a href="http://theguidingtree.com/"&gt;http://theguidingtree.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;CONTACT:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Elaina at 503.290.8851 or email &lt;a href="mailto:elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com"&gt;elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;R.S.V.P.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; if you plan to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;" wrapcoords="-117 0 -117 21441 21600 21441 21600 0 -117 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Elaina\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" title="graphic web"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s Web&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SV0L-YVjPkI/AAAAAAAAAEA/hUeNtBO-Up0/s1600-h/koi+mandala.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 68px; height: 96px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SV0L-YVjPkI/AAAAAAAAAEA/hUeNtBO-Up0/s200/koi+mandala.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5286394703915466306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Web represents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;eternal &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;universal connection. Each of us is a clear jewel within this web, threaded to all other things in the universe. We are all Divine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; sparks of light reflecting, refracting, and absorbing the nature of all that surrounds us. As diamond jewels we are each unique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; and necessary in sustaining the integrity of the whole. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:18;"  &gt;We look forward to delving into mystery, movement, and magic as we explore the nature of Divine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:18;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3780750458474236732-6590285948590095202?l=sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/feeds/6590285948590095202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/01/january-sacred-thread-gathering.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/6590285948590095202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/6590285948590095202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2009/01/january-sacred-thread-gathering.html' title='January Sacred Thread Gathering'/><author><name>elaina beam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05529337879680135490</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SPDf8jp_v7I/AAAAAAAAABo/SpNVGSGeZlQ/S220/2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SV0Lvus9hQI/AAAAAAAAAD4/UhozRMFD320/s72-c/yoga+painting.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780750458474236732.post-4596589940909120360</id><published>2008-12-01T21:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-26T13:23:40.782-08:00</updated><title type='text'>December Sacred Thread Gathering</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:30;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Sacred Thread&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SSzmD51UFbI/AAAAAAAAADo/gDkYHvQTCCg/s1600-h/gold+lotus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SSzmD51UFbI/AAAAAAAAADo/gDkYHvQTCCg/s200/gold+lotus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272842218482439602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;                           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20;"&gt;Where Women &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20;"&gt;Commune&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;Weaving Wisdom &amp;amp; Wonder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt;Are you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt; seeking greater spiritual &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt;connection&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt; in community?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you open to exploring sacred wisdom?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;You’re in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;vited to join as wome&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;n gather together monthly to celebrate and share t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;heir sacred selves.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Re&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;veal and empower Divine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;essence in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHEN:&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Tuesday, December 30&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 7-9pm. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHAT:&lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Presentation &amp;amp; forum topic is  &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;The End of a Cycle&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                        &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHERE:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The Guiding Tree @ 4831 SE Division &lt;a href="http://theguidingtree.com/"&gt;http://theguidingtree.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;CONTACT:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Elaina at 503.290.8851 or email &lt;a href="mailto:elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com"&gt;elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;R.S.V.P.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; if you plan to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;   &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;                   &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;" wrapcoords="-117 0 -117 21441 21600 21441 21600 0 -117 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Elaina\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" title="graphic web"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s Web&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SSzmhuDDS4I/AAAAAAAAADw/k7ofTMMxlQA/s1600-h/kuan+yin+lovely.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 61px; height: 118px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SSzmhuDDS4I/AAAAAAAAADw/k7ofTMMxlQA/s200/kuan+yin+lovely.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272842730714909570" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s Web represents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;eternal universal connection. Each of us is a clear jewel within this web, threaded to all other things in the universe.  We are all Divine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; sparks of light reflecting, refracting, and absorbing the nature of all that surrounds us. As diamond jewels we are each unique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; and necessary in sustaining the integrity of the whole. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:18;"  &gt;We look forward to delving into mystery, movement, and magic as we explore the nature of Divine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:18;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3780750458474236732-4596589940909120360?l=sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/feeds/4596589940909120360/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2008/11/december-sacred-thread-gathering.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/4596589940909120360'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/4596589940909120360'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2008/11/december-sacred-thread-gathering.html' title='December Sacred Thread Gathering'/><author><name>elaina beam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05529337879680135490</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SPDf8jp_v7I/AAAAAAAAABo/SpNVGSGeZlQ/S220/2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SSzmD51UFbI/AAAAAAAAADo/gDkYHvQTCCg/s72-c/gold+lotus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780750458474236732.post-8315083516831734514</id><published>2008-11-01T10:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T17:33:03.104-08:00</updated><title type='text'>November Sacred Thread Gathering</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SQyQAbyAn7I/AAAAAAAAADA/BMecgJr4L04/s1600-h/women+praying+on+beach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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               &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:30;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Sacred Thread&lt;/span&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;                           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20;"&gt;Where Women &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20;"&gt;Commune&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;Weaving Wisdom &amp;amp; Wonder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt;Are you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt; seeking greater spiritual connection in community?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Are you open to exploring sacred wisdom?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;You’re in&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;vited to join as women gather together monthly to celebrate and share their sacred selves.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Re&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;veal and empower Divine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;essence in community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;" wrapcoords="-117 0 -117 21441 21600 21441 21600 0 -117 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Elaina\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" title="graphic web"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s Web&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SQyQJOyWdnI/AAAAAAAAADI/FFYPW3Vk8l4/s1600-h/graphic+web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SQyQJOyWdnI/AAAAAAAAADI/FFYPW3Vk8l4/s200/graphic+web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263740552751773298" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s Web represents &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;eternal universal connection. Each of us is a clear jewel within this web, threaded to all other things in the universe.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We are all Divine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; sparks of light reflecting, refracting, and absorbing the nature of all that surrounds us. As diamond jewels we are each unique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; and necessary in sustaining the integrity of the whole. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;margin-left:240pt;margin-top:13.35pt;width:1in;" wrapcoords="-281 0 -281 21442 21600 21442 21600 0 -281 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Elaina\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image005.jpg" title="art web"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Each month we will explore a unique perspective &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;on subjects that offer a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;connection to spirit and to&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SQyQbpPeQ7I/AAAAAAAAADQ/Lobz3D8DjSM/s1600-h/IndrasNet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 97px; height: 162px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SQyQbpPeQ7I/AAAAAAAAADQ/Lobz3D8DjSM/s200/IndrasNet.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263740869090886578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; being in life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;Presentation &amp;amp; Forum top&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;i&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;cs include&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b style=""&gt;meditation, prayer, health, healing, ceremony, ritual, cr&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;eat&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;i&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;vity, expression, symbolism, movement, art, sexuality.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHEN:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;We will gather&lt;b style=""&gt; Tuesday, November 25&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 7-9pm. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHAT:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;The presentation &amp;amp; forum topic will be &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Change &amp;amp; Grace through Thanks-Giving&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;        &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;WHERE:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;The Guiding Tree @ 4831 SE Division &lt;a href="http://theguidingtree.com/"&gt;http://theguidingtree.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;CONTACT:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Elaina at 503.290.8851 or email &lt;a href="mailto:elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com"&gt;elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;R.S.V.P.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; if you plan to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:18;"  &gt;We look forward to delving into mystery, movement, and magic &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:18;"  &gt;as we explore the nature of Divine.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3780750458474236732-8315083516831734514?l=sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/feeds/8315083516831734514/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2008/11/v-behaviorurldefaultvml-o.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/8315083516831734514'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/8315083516831734514'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2008/11/v-behaviorurldefaultvml-o.html' title='November Sacred Thread Gathering'/><author><name>elaina beam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05529337879680135490</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SPDf8jp_v7I/AAAAAAAAABo/SpNVGSGeZlQ/S220/2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SQyQAbyAn7I/AAAAAAAAADA/BMecgJr4L04/s72-c/women+praying+on+beach.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780750458474236732.post-7850013017500389629</id><published>2008-10-12T23:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T13:12:16.281-07:00</updated><title type='text'>October Sacred Thread Gathering</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SPLl1znkd_I/AAAAAAAAACI/nved7_GBd3M/s1600-h/women+praying+on+beach.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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               &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:30;"&gt;Sacred Thread &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;                           &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20;"&gt;W&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20;"&gt;here Women Commune&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20;"&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;                  &lt;/span&gt;Weaving Wisdom &amp;amp; Wonder&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:20;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:9;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt;Are&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt; you seeking greater spiritual connection in community?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:14;"  &gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;   &lt;/span&gt;Are you open to exploring sacred wisdom?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;You’re invited to join as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;women&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt; gather together monthly to celebrate and share their sacred selves.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Reveal and empower Divine &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;essence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt; in community.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;left:0;" wrapcoords="-117 0 -117 21441 21600 21441 21600 0 -117 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Elaina\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image003.jpg" title="graphic web"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;Sacred Thread of Indra’s Web&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SPLl8QN39eI/AAAAAAAAACQ/nb-gf0n2fwE/s1600-h/in3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SPLl8QN39eI/AAAAAAAAACQ/nb-gf0n2fwE/s200/in3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256516538402862562" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Sacred Thread of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Indra’s Web represents eternal universal&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt; connection. Each of us is a clear jewel within this web, threaded to all other things in the universe&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;.&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;We are all Divine sparks of light reflecting, refracting, and absorbing the nature of all that surrounds us. As &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;diamond jewels we are each unique and necessary in sustaining the integrity of the whole. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte vml 1]&gt;&lt;v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" style="'position:absolute;margin-left:240pt;margin-top:13.35pt;width:1in;" wrapcoords="-281 0 -281 21442 21600 21442 21600 0 -281 0"&gt;  &lt;v:imagedata src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\Elaina\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\clip_image005.jpg" title="art web"&gt;  &lt;w:wrap type="tight"&gt; &lt;/v:shape&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if !vml]--&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;Each month we will explo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SPLmLEqR6JI/AAAAAAAAACY/jHxVIYOCIhQ/s1600-h/art+web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SPLmLEqR6JI/AAAAAAAAACY/jHxVIYOCIhQ/s200/art+web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5256516792998815890" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;re a unique &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;perspective &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:10;"&gt;on subjects that offer a connection to spirit and to being in life.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;Presentation &amp;amp; forum topics include&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b style=""&gt;meditation, prayer, health, healing, ceremony, ritual, creativity, expression, symbolism, movement, art, sexuality, and many more. .&lt;i style=""&gt; .&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;WHEN:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;We will gather&lt;b style=""&gt; Tuesday, October 28&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; 7-9pm. &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;WHAT:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;The forum topic and presentation will be&lt;b style=""&gt; &lt;i style=""&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;i style=""&gt;Symbols: As A Voice of Self-knowledge&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;WHERE:&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;The &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Guiding Tree 4831 SE Division&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;R.S.V.P.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt; if you plan to attend.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt;  503.290.8851 or email &lt;a href="mailto:elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com"&gt;elaina@wayofbeingyoga.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14;"&gt; &lt;span style=""&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt; &lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:18;"  &gt;We look forward to delving into the mystery, &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;b style=""&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:Enviro;font-size:18;"  &gt;the movement, and the magic as we explore the nature of Divine.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3780750458474236732-7850013017500389629?l=sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/feeds/7850013017500389629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2008/10/october-sacred-thread-gathering.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/7850013017500389629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3780750458474236732/posts/default/7850013017500389629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sacredthreadwherewomencommune.blogspot.com/2008/10/october-sacred-thread-gathering.html' title='October Sacred Thread Gathering'/><author><name>elaina beam</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05529337879680135490</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SPDf8jp_v7I/AAAAAAAAABo/SpNVGSGeZlQ/S220/2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0XRtYqGA6C0/SPLl1znkd_I/AAAAAAAAACI/nved7_GBd3M/s72-c/women+praying+on+beach.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
