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Special Announcement!
Ten Thousand Joys
will be open
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
the
4th of July!
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Thursday, July 9th, 7:00 to 8:00 pm
Insight Meditation Practice Gathering
With Patrick
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Together in the spirit of community coming together, we will
explore a practice that trains us to live mindfully in
the present moment. Loosely based on teachings of Buddhist
Insight Meditation, also called Vipassana, we will begin
with a few, very simple instructions followed by a 30-minute
period of silent meditation. We will end with readings from
from teachers or poets and brief discussion.
Vipassana literally means "to see clearly." When we
live with an open heart and clear mind our interconnection
with all things becomes visible, and wisdom and compassion
arise naturally.
Cost: Donation. The Buddha did not charge for his teachings
but was always supported by the community, providing as needed.
Often we are asked, "What is an appropriate donation?"
and we suggest $5 to $15. With gratitude we thank you
for your support of this space and this chance to gather.
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Saturday, July 11th, 4:00 to 6:00 pm
Group Healing Circle
Transforming Fear to Love
With Sharon Kay
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This Circle is open to all who wish to experience healing for themselves
and their loved ones. As we heal, we move from fear to love. Our lives
become more loving and balanced as we open to new possibilities and renewed
creativity through our hopes and dreams. Our higher vibration of Love also
radiates out to all of Humanity, making it easier for all who desire
healing to shift as well.
In this Circle, we will activate the ‘Signature Cell’ in the pineal
gland to awaken the chromosomes of youth and vitality, thus reminding
every cell in the body of its perfection. An Ayurvedic approach to
breathing will be incorporated into the process, as well as light
healing music.
Bring your intention of change or manifestation with you to silently
incorporate this desire into your sacred heart space.
Cost: Suggested Donation $15.00
Facilitator: Sharon Kay is a Level 2 Signature Cell Healer, certified
Shiatsu practitioner and Level 3 Matrix Energetics Quantum Physics
healer. Sharon works with clients at numerous holistic centers and
organizes Signature Cell healing clinics and workshops around
the region.
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Sunday, July 12th, 12:00 to 2:00 pm
Wu Hsing (5 Element) Taoist Qi-Gong and I-Chuan Standing Meditation
With SIFU ROB JOHNSON
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Wu Hsing qi gong is an ancient Taoist method of chi cultivation,
based on the I-Ching, that has been practiced for hundreds of
years and is noted for it's ability to lower stress, clear
the mind, focus the will, and enhance one's overall health.
Wu Hsing qi gong is comprised of five simple exercises based
on the Taoist cosmology of the five elements and their
universal interaction.
I-Chuan standing meditation was founded by Xing-Yi Master
Kuo Yun Shun and carried forward by his student Wang Xiang
Zhai, and is based on the martial art of Xing-Yi Chuan.
I-Chuan is comprised of eight standing postures accompanied
by tan tien breathing and is well respected for it's
ability to lower blood pressure, focus the mind, and
enhance postural integrity and balance. I-Chuan is an
excellent practice for those with balance problems.
Cost $50, Space is limited to ensure individual attention.
To register, call Ten Thousand Joys at 301-631-JOYS (5697).
Sifu Rob Johnson is a graduate of Wheeling Jesuit University
and has been studying martial arts for more than 30 years. Mr. Johnson
is an advanced student and disciple of Master Joseph Dunphy
studying Yang and Chen styles of Tai Chi, Xing-Yi Chuan, Ba Gua,
Internal Iron Palm and various Taoist qi gong and meditation
methods. Mr. Johnson teaches tai chi at Fitness First,
Mountain Spirit Yoga, and his own school, Taoist Martial Arts.
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Sunday, July 19th, 1 to 3 pm
Earth Changes and 2012
Lecture and Discussion
With Laura Jackson
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There is an optimistic 2012 perspective!
Come and learn about:
• What is really happening to the earth today
• Why the media talks only about 'doomsday prophecy'
• Who Nostradamus is/was and why he is gaining renewed popularity now
even though he was little-known during his lifetime
• What Edgar Cayce's readings revealed about earth changes and the “new age”
• How the Mayan calendar plays a role in 2012 predictions
Cost: $25/person, Limited Seating
Call 301-631-JOYS to reserve your seat

Laura Jackson is a speaker, consultant, spiritual coach and visionary.
She is Founder and President of Soul Action, whose mission is “to
champion soul action on all levels, from reconnecting the individual
at a quantum level to transforming today's social structures into tomorrow's
new paradigm communities.” She is the Media Relations voice for Living
the Miracle: Center for New Paradigm Leadership and Global Network.
Visit www.soul-action.com or contact Laura @ 206-666-9723.
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Saturday, July 25th, 2 to 5 pm
Didgeridoo Workshop!
with Didge Brothers Joe Gentile and Jerry Dworske
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The Didge Brothers will demonstrate instruments from many cultures including
the ancient Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime to the New Age.
Two methods of
healing with the didgeridoo will be presented. In the Coherence Exercise
Joe and his wife Margaret show the resonance emanating from the Ionosphere
of the earth which is attuned to the energy emanating from the
human heart.
Using the power in this center, we make changes in the world.
Individual healings offered by Joe and Jerry use didgeridoos of
exceptional vibratory quality to break up energy blockages accumulated
due to physical or emotional stress.
Each session is recorded and is available for purchase.
Cost: $20
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Saturday, July 25th, 6 to 7:30 pm
Evening of Meditative Aboriginal Sounds and Sacred Dance
with the Didge Brothers, Joe and Jerry, and Sacred Dance by Maryjo
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The Didge Brothers will be performing
a very special evening performance
and demonstration of the ancient Australian Aboriginal didgeridoo.
Find
yourself enchanted, entranced, and transported into a deep place of meditation
in the presence of this virtual wall of sound and healing vibration.
Bring your own instruments and join in the gentle, flowing dance led by Maryjo!
Cost: $10.
If you attend the day workshop and
healings the cost is only $25 for all.
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Thursday, July 30th, 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Psychic Awareness Development Group
With Tracie Manseau
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This class is for those of you who want to heighten your natural
born abilities, learn how to control your energy, along with
experimenting in the secrets of the other realms.
This group will be doing a lot of field work and investigations
at haunted sites throughout Maryland. We will be using the
information and exercises we learned on detecting energies at
haunted sites and then using Spirit Photography for acknowledgement
of the spirits around us.
Group meets every two weeks.
Cost: $25.00 per session per person.
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Friday, July 31st, 6:00 to 9:00 pm
The Wish Game!
A Powerful Game Helps Turn Wishes Into Reality!
With Michele Quesenbury
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The Wish Game is an exciting new energy game from Australia!
Playing the game helps turn your wishes into reality! The cards you pick
help you create positive new thoughts and energy patterns to align with your
wish, while helping you see and release the blocks and negative beliefs
that stand in your way.
It is fun, insightful, a unique way to connect with others and a delightful
way to learn and exercise the law of attraction!
The Wish™ game is energetically entwined with the positive Universal energies
of the numbers 7, 1 and 8. When you understand and choose to work with these
higher powers, you might just get what you wished for...
Our hostess for the game, Michele Quesenberry, said this about the game:
"A friend
of mine turned me onto The Wish Game. I played the game for the first time last
week and it is a joy! We laughed most of the time and even shared a few
tears! Profoundly enough, individuals pick the perfect cards for them on
their journey towards their wish. Players keep a journal for the game and
learn a lot about the attaining of their wish - positive affirmations,
and the negative thoughts or beliefs that might be in the way. It is a
great way to help people along their journey and reinforces the law
of attraction. It is a blast to play and quite insightful, helping
everyone achieve their wish!"
COST: $22, Bring a journal.
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Friday, July 31st, 6:30 - 7:30 pm
The Healing Book Club
An informal book discussion group
With Heather Whittington
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This Month's Book Selection:
The Instruction
Living the Life Your Soul Intended
by Ainslie Macleod
Have you ever sensed
that your life has a deeper, more meaningful purpose-but you don't know
what it is? If so, you're not alone. To help you and the millions
like you, psychic Ainslie MacLeod's spirit guides have given him a
systematic approach to uncovering who you really are-and the life your
soul has planned for you. They call it The Instruction. Now, this
unique teaching is offered as a step-by-step program for realizing
personal fulfillment.
Our Purpose
To provide a supportive
environment for self growth and exploration through the
discussion of selected non-fiction books. Heather said, "I started this book club after
Phoenix Rising training in order to keep up to date and curious.
I also enjoy bringing together, like-minded people to share ideas
and discuss our impressions of books. We always learn something
new at book club!"
Everyone is Welcome (Do I have to read the book?)
While many of the participants have read the book either in
part or in full prior to the gathering, it is not required
to attend. All that is asked is a willingness to join in and
an open mind. In the spirit of compassion, all participants
are asked to respect the opinions and confidentiality of
others in the group.
Cost: Free
Plus: On Sale! Book Club of the Month Book is always 15%
off!
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Bodywork - Energy Work - Readings - Meditation
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NEW DAY & TIME!
“Insight Meditation Practice Group”
2nd & 4th Thursday each
month
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July 9th & 23rd, 7 to 8 p.m.
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Together in
the spirit of community coming together, we will
explore a practice that trains us to live mindfully in
the present moment. Loosely based on teachings of Buddhist
Insight Meditation, also called Vipassana, we will begin
with a few very simple instructions followed by a 30-minute
period of silent meditation, and ending with readings
by well known author/teachers like Thich Nhat Hanh,
Jack Kornfield, and Tara Brach.
Vipassana literally means "to see clearly." When we
live with an open heart and clear mind our interconnection
with all things becomes visible, and wisdom and compassion
arise naturally.
Meditation is not intended as an escape from life.
Rather it is a courageous practice in opening, accepting
and awakening to our true nature. As we do this, we
discover the capacity to be intimate with ourselves,
each other and all of life.
Cost: In keeping with Buddhist tradition and the
spirit of service, there is no required fee.
Rather, participants express their
gratitude for the opportunity and teachings by
offering donations. This is called "dana" (dana
means generosity in the ancient Pali language.),
and allows for an openhearted exchange between
participants and the facilitor and host facility.
Often we are asked, "What is an appropriate donation?"
and we suggest $5-$15. A dana basket is located near
the meditation room door..
Facilitator: Owner of Ten Thousand Joys, Patrick
has been practicing meditation for many years. His
first formal instruction came from his teacher
from India, Prem Rawat Maharaji in the early 80s.
Since that time, Patrick has taken traditional
Buddhist refuge vows and meditation instruction
given by His Holiness The Dalai Lama in Los Angeles
in 1996, and with the now deceased, former head of
the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, Penor Rinpoche.
Since 2004, Patrick has been a student of Washington, D.C.,
based, Buddhist meditation teacher, Tara Brach, who is
spiritual director of the Insight Meditation Community
of Washington.
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THURSDAYS
MASSAGE & RAINDROP TECHNIQUE AROMATHERAPY
with Cheryl Moore |
Treat yourself to the ultimate peace
and self-caring with an amazingly and therapeutic Raindrop Technique Aromatherapy session.
The Raindrop Technique, developed by D. Gary Young, N.D. and a Lakota
medicine man almost two decades ago, uses a sequence of nine highly
immune enhancing essential oils. They are dropped like rain from a height
of about 6 inches onto the spine and then lightly massaged in using
various hand to body techniques. This stimulates energy impulses and
disperses the oils along the nervous system throughout the entire body.
We all carry immune system depleting viruses and bacteria.
Essential oils applied to the spinal column are absorbed through the
nerves that feed the entire body. Wonderfully soothing, nurturing and
relaxing, the Raindrop Technique can work its benefits in the body for
days, weeks or months.
Cost: $85 One hour Raindrop Therapy session
$70 One hour Swedish/Deep Tissue Massage
By Appointment. Call 301-631-JOYS (5697)
Cheryl is a Nationally Certified and Licensed Massage Therapist, having
graduated from The Baltimore School of Massage in 2001. Her focus is on
incorporating essential oil aromatherapy into her work which her experience
has shown, promotes a deeper level of healing and relaxation. Cheryl
began practicing Raindrop Therapy after having a profound, personal
experience of its healing and energetic properties. She feels everyone
can benefit from the application of these specific essential oils,
dropped carefully along the spine. She loves sharing her passion of
healing and of the oils and hopes to be able to share that with you
at Ten Thousand Joys!!
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By Appointment
REIKI ENERGY HEALING SESSIONS
with Patrick Spahr |
Owner of Ten Thousand Joys, Patrick has been a Reiki practitioner for
over ten years, having been "attuned" to this powerful energy healing
practice while studying therapeutic massage at Potomac Massage Training
Institute in Washington, D.C.
You may feel heat, you may feel cool, you may feel a pulsing movement.
Reiki is always given with the intention for our highest good and so,
most of all, you will feel cared for, nurtured and assured that this energy
is flowing through you to where you need it most. Reiki is a
Japanese word meaning, 'Universal Life Breath,' and it is that 'breath'
of the universe that flows through us, keeping us alive.
We focus on opening and balancing the energy centers within the body
while directing this gentle energy to heal any issues you may be
concerned about or working with during your session.
Most clients experience very deep relaxation and often doze off during
their session. Patrick says that, "My teachers taught us that the body,
mind, and spirit heal while sleeping so we can be assured healing is
taking place." Peace is just a breath away.
Cost: $50 for one hour session.
By Appointment. Call 301-631-JOYS (5697)
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SATURDAYS, 3:00 - 6:00 pm
INTUITIVE READINGS
With Tarot Cards and/or Rune Stones
with Suz Thackston
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It gives me great pleasure to
offer you tarot card or rune-store intuitive readings by our friend,
teacher, and guide to Ten Thousand Joys. We are taking appointments
for Suz Thackston for Tarot card readings.
Saturdays, from 3 to 6 pm. Call ahead to
check schedule and reserve your reading. Suz Thackston is a teacher, a
student, and an endlessly curious seeker about the world, the universe
and...well... everything. She calls herself a hopeless romantic,
a dang fine cook, a homeschooling mom, and a hopeful gardener.
She is terrible with technology, good with horses, a helpless book
addict, a Hellenic polytheist, a geek about all things Greek. Suz
has been reading tarot and runes for over ten years. She also reads
Russian Gypsy Cards.
Cost: One Hour for $80, One Half-hour for $40
Please call ahead to reserve your reading: 301-631-JOYS (5697) Walk-ins are welcome as space allows.
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Astrology Readings now available!
ASTROLOGY READINGS
by appointment with Shannon Beatty.
Please call the
store for details.
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Natal astrology: a key to the toolbox
of your soul Understand planetary influences on your life
Open the lid!
Everyone’s life has places where the water flows, and a few rocks.
Natal astrology takes note of the positions of the heavenly bodies
in the solar system as they were when you were born and assesses how
they relate to the tools in the metaphysical toolbox of your soul,
to your personality, emotions, your purpose in this lifetime. What
gifts and conditions were yours at birth? A natal chart reading can
confirm what you already know, and give you new insight to understand yourself.
Shannon Beatty began her study of astrology at seventeen.
At twenty-three she held a B.A. with a minor in philosophy, including
studies in mysticism and perspectives on the Tarot and I Ching.
She has taken formal classes in natal and medical astrology, and
in thirty years she has cast and interpreted numerous charts. She is
a mother, research scientist, calligrapher and photographer; she
is known to ride horses, fly sailplanes, sew, garden, read, write,
and laugh. What makes you tick?
Please provide your birth information (date, time, place)
and $50 deposit when you book your appointment. Your comprehensive natal reading includes a hand-cast chart
a written summary of your consultation for $125.
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