Lectures, Workshops, and Readings
what constantina's workshop participants are saying...
"Constantina brings such wonderful energy as well as skill to the class. Her teaching style is educational and inviting. She lifts, guides, coaxes and praises with gentle kindness and quiet strength. I’m looking forward to the next class!!"
"Constantina is a fantastic, loving human being, instilled with the professional background and expertise to make this workshop environment inviting and special. Many thanks for a spiritually heightened experience."
"Constantina is a wonderful teacher. She is so patient and accepting of everyone. She encourages us as a group and individually. I feel safe in the class and feel able to let go and allow the process. Thank you for bringing this to my life!"
"Constantina is a wonderfully knowledgeable and patient teacher. She makes the subject matter even more interesting with her personal history and anecdotes."
"I love Constantina’s positive energy and her willingness to help people. It makes for a very uplifting meditative environment."
"Thank you for facilitating this weekend's workshop. Each time I participate in one of your events, I receive a new piece to the puzzle of my spiritual growth."
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INTUITIVE READINGS:
IN-DEPTH, HOUR-LONG INTUITIVE SESSIONS
Sessions are conducted either over the phone or in person on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. For further information, click on Consultations above. Send me an email if you're interested in setting up a session.
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PUBLIC WORKSHOPS, CLASSES, AND OTHER EVENTS:
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"The Spirituality of Financial Planning"
Tuesday, October 19, 2021. 12:00-1:30 p.m.
FREE EVENT!
A featured program of Financial Planning Program at the Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL) of the New York Public Library
Need a boost of prosperity consciousness? The Science, Industry, and Business Library (SIBL) of the New York Public Library has invited me to return to teach "The Spirituality of Financial Planning." This is a fun and uplifting 1 1/2 hour workshop that I've given several times in person, and now I'll be presenting it online as a FREE webinar. Please join me!
Class description:
Do you consider yourself too "spiritual" to care about your finances? Think again! Constantina Rhodes, Professor of Religion at Hunter College, introduces you to classic teachings on prosperity consciousness that can help you acquire a healthy, practical, courageous, and spiritually sound attitude toward your financial life. Based on Prof. Rhodes's original translations of ancient Sanskrit texts, this class offers basic concepts and guided exercises to help you remove debilitating blocks and take charge of your financial wellbeing.
FREE registration through Eventbrite. To register, click here
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"Shakti and Your Intuition: A Virtual Yoga Workshop"
With Constantina Rhodes, Ph.D. and Sarah Maxfield, CLMT, RYT 200
Saturday, May 8, 2021
12 - 5 p.m. EST on Zoom
Listen to your intuition… Listen to your body… Listen for Shakti! Join Constantina and Sarah for an afternoon of fun, uplifting practices to develop your intuition and connect you with the innate divine wisdom that exists in us all.
Spiritual and healing traditions recognize a universal life force, a divine cosmic energy that pulsates throughout the entire universe and that dwells within us as life-breath, consciousness, and innate wisdom. In the ancient traditions of India, this is known as Shakti.
Our intuition is a vehicle to this wisdom, this inner Shakti. We are all born with intuition but few are encouraged to listen to it, much less develop it. In this workshop Constantina and Sarah join forces to bring you an amazing experience of your intuition as it expands through your body, mind, and spirit.
Through lecture, asana practice, and guided meditations, experience various way to listen to the inner Shakti.Learn to recognize how your own individual intuition works, and how to distinguish deep wisdom from thoughts produced by fear or desire. Learn to assess people and situations, and whether a decision is for your higher good or could lead to disappointment. If you've been puzzling over a life situation and can't seem to break through to a solution, feel free to bring your question(s) to incorporate into your practice during the workshop.
A Zoom workshop. Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a notebook, pen, water, meditation cushion, yoga mat, blocks, strap and a blanket.
Tuition
$69
$59 early-bird through April 17
Questions: Contact Sarah Maxfield. Massagebysarahmax@gmail.com
804.432.4682
May be eligible for CEU hours… Check with your yoga school!
Further information and registration: Please click here
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"The Ten Goddesses of Transcendent Wisdom" (The dasha-mahavidyas of the Hindu Tantric traditions)
5-part webinar, originally aired 7-9 p.m. ET on Thursday evenings: June 4, 11, 18, 25, and July 2, 2020. NOW AVAILABLE AS A DOWNLOAD.
Ten contact hours of lectures, guided meditations, and more.... all for only $179. Offered through the beautiful online forum Embodied Philosophy. Earn CEUs for your 200 hour yoga certification and more.
It's going to be an amazing ride!
Course description:
Fierce times call for fierce goddesses. Whether the challenge is a personal crisis or a worldwide shutdown, our spiritual lives may get kicked into high gear as we seek the wisdom and courage to achieve a more radical understanding of the inevitable dark sides of life.
In the Tantric traditions of India, the Ten Goddesses of Transcendent Wisdom (in Sanskrit, dasha-mahavidyas) reveal the entirety of creation and our experiences within it. They are radiantly powerful archetypes who oversee a range of cosmic processes -- from the wild, rampant, yet auspicious destructiveness of Kali to the graceful beneficence of the lotus goddess Kamala, also known as Sri-Lakshmi. They represent stark reality, and understanding their wisdom and mystery may help us navigate times that may be tougher than anything we'd experienced before. When we learn to appreciate the auspiciousness of their processes, we attain a whole new level of spiritual mastery and tools to move gracefully through life's
mysterious inevitabilities.
The very nature of the Goddess is energy, and therefore she is always shifting and changing. On one level we will consider the different aspects of these goddesses... this one is ferocious, that one is serene, and so forth. However, we will see that even adhering to those rigid categories relegates our understanding to a linear, constricted perception of the world. To engage in perceiving these goddesses as they really are, we will expand outside of those boundaries to consider, for example, the tender, gracious heart of the "ferocious" Kali, or the formidable power of the "gentle" Kamala. Feminine power, Shakti, is its own kind of power. We will come to appreciate how mind-stunning paradox actually may catapult the consciousness to transcendent wisdom.
Students will learn:
● To understand the stark, fierce, yet beneficent nature of the Tantric group of goddesses known as Dasha-Mahavidyas (10 Goddesses of Transcendent Wisdom) and how they represent the totality of existence
● To identify the individual personas of these goddesses, as well as their primordial essence as one unified, ever-fluctuating energy
● To contemplate the relationship between dualities (such as destruction and creation, movement and stillness, confusion and contentment), and the wisdom that transcends duality.
● To contemplate living wisely in times of turmoil, from the Tantric perspective of Mahavidya theology
● To contemplate your own responses and needs in the midst of uncertainty, and how aligning with the transcendent wisdom of these goddesses can offer powerful tools of navigation.
● To explore how Transcendent Wisdom can lead you beyond the dualism that binds the individual in fear.
● To experience guided contemplative exercises and deep meditations designed to restore you, recalibrate you, and inspire you to move forward with wisdom and verve.
In this course, Sanskrit scholar, Religious Studies professor, workshop leader, and intuitive consultant Constantina Rhodes, Ph.D. will introduce you to sacred themes and iconography of the Ten Goddesses of Transcendent Wisdom. Each week Constantina will introduce two of these goddesses. After an introductory lecture, she'll offer practical self-exploratory exercises relating to the wisdom of those particular archetypes; and finally, she'll lead you in a blissful, guided meditation to facilitate your personal connection to an aspect of transcendent wisdom that can foster your own spiritual expansion. Expect a glorious ride!
To register for The Ten Goddesses of Transcendent Wisdom, please click here
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EXPERIENCE YOUR INTUITION: A PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP (INTRODUCTION) : Tuesday, August 25, 2020, 7-9 p.m. POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
We are all born with intuition, or psychic "knowing" -- but few are encouraged to listen to it, much less develop it. Like any other innate gift, intuition can be developed with the proper intention, guidance, and practice. This Thursday evening workshop provides an introduction to psychic development and a preparation for the immersion workshop on Saturday.
In this two-hour class we'll discuss the basics of psychic development -- the six ways that intuition works in general, and the specific ways that your intuition can work for you. We'll have discussion, Q and A, and a couple of brief guided meditations and exercises. Bring your questions about the process, and begin to feel the energy as we prepare for Saturday! All levels of intuitive development are welcome.
Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a pen, notebook, and water.
EXPERIENCE YOUR INTUITION: A PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP (IMMERSION): Saturday, August 29, 2020 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Come join me for an uplifting exploration of your intuitive abilities, where you'll experience safe, easy, and practical methods of tuning into your own inner wisdom. We are all born with intuition, or psychic "knowing" -- but few are encouraged to listen to it, much less develop it. Like any other innate gift, intuition can be developed with the proper intention, guidance, and practice.
Through guided meditations and hands-on exercises, you'll learn to trust your inner knowing and to distinguish it from thoughts produced by fear or desire. You'll learn to assess people and situations, and whether any type of decision is for your higher good or would lead to disappointment. You'll also learn to sense energy and how to expand and contract your own energy field at will. If you've been puzzling over a life situation and can't seem to break through to a solution, feel free to bring your question(s) to this workshop. Attendance at the Thursday evening 3/26/20 Introductory Workshop is suggested but not required. All levels of intuitive development are welcome.
Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a pen, notebook, and water.
DETAILS FOR BOTH INTUITION WORKSHOPS:
Tuition:
Introduction: Tuesday, August 25, 7-9 p.m., $30
Immersion: Saturday, August 29, 11 a.m. -- 5 p.m., $149
Location: SFR Soul Haven
56 West 45th St., Suite 1703, between 5th and 6th Avenues, midtown Manhattan
Please arrive 15 minutes before start of class
Registration: Send email to ShamanicFireReiki@gmail.com
Further information: Email me at info@constantinarhodes.com
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"Lakshmi: Four Paths to Abundance"
Four-part webinar (8 hours of instruction and guided meditation)
NOW AVAILABLE AS A DOWNLOAD! Four sumptuous segments of two hours each, complete with guided meditations, reading materials, and suggested "homework" activities to fully integrate the teachings!
Tuition: Download: $97 (Discounted from original $127 tuition)
To register, please email me at info@constantinarhodes.com and I'll send you the direct registration link.
Course description:
In this vibrant, experiential course, Sanskrit scholar, Religious Studies professor, workshop leader, and intuitive counselor Constantina Rhodes, Ph.D. will introduce you to the gracious goddess Lakshmi and how aligning with her divine essence can help you experience greater harmony and well-being in your life. According to classical Hindu teachings on the goddess, a life well lived encompasses four essential "Paths to Abundance".... very loosely translated as Harmonious Relationships, Material Prosperity, Pleasure, and Spiritual Connection with Divine Source. Each is recognized as a different aspect of the goddess's essence and therefore all four together represent the most satisfying and bounteous life experience. Each week Constantina will introduce one of the paths with teachings from the ancient texts; she'll then offer practical self-exploratory exercises relating to that path; and finally, she'll lead you in a blissful, guided meditation to facilitate your own personal connection with the magnificent energy of the goddess.
In this course you will:
• learn how spiritual and material abundance emerge from the same divine source
• learn spiritual steps to increase and stay aligned with divine prosperity consciousness
• learn practical steps to increase the health of your relationships, finances, spiritual practices, and sweet enjoyment of life's journey
• be guided in enjoyable, insightful contemplative exercises to discover what you really want to manifest in your life
• receive sacred mantras for invoking Lakshmi
• experience powerful guided meditations and visualizations of the goddess
• experience how all four paths constitute one continuous whole
• learn how to recognize and avoid self-sabotage
• receive practical homework suggestions to keep you aligned with your greatest good
• learn about the authentic textual and scholarly sources of these teachings
This is a four-part course. Here's what to expect in each of the modules:
Module #1: The Path of Harmonious Relationships
What's your story? In our first segment, we'll explore Lakshmi as Dharma. Dharma is a loaded word with many meanings, from "foundation" to "responsibility" to "harmonious relationships" to "doing the right thing." Dharma also means "path," and therefore it's about discovering our way, our life-path, and considering first of all how we relate to being in this world. Are we comfortable in our body? in our home? What is our relationship with our self, with our loved ones, friends and family, co-workers, community, country, and the divine itself? How does Lakshmi inspire us to walk in balance and beauty?
Module #2: The Path of Material Wealth
Mo'money!? Have you fast-forwarded to this aspect of Lakshmi? Most certainly, Lakshmi is most widely adored as the bestower of material wealth. In this segment we will delve into the Lakshmi teachings on what "wealth" is, where it comes from, and how to generate it. We'll consider Lakshmi as both Artha (material stuff) and Dhana (the overarching "prosperity" and "prosperity consciousness" from which the material stuff springs). We'll also consider the teachings on what blocks us from generating and/or maintaining wealth, and how to move forward on the path of material abundance.
Module #3: The Path of Enjoyment
Are we having fun yet? A spiritual path that advocates savoring the lusciousness of life? that advocates jumping right in? Yes, indeed. This entire world is said to be the very body of the goddess, and the path of enjoyment embraces pleasure, delight, sensuality, and sexuality. It's about savoring, right down to rejoicing in that first sip of coffee in the morning. We will consider how expanding consciously into pleasures of the senses brings us a certain type of rich, even divine experience of the world. At other times, we may seek to fully contract from the world and turn inward, which leads us to the fourth path...
Module #4: The Path of Spiritual Freedom
I want out! As worldly travelers, we want into the world until we realize we want out.... when we wearily feel that, as Wordsworth said, "The world is too much with us." The Lakshmi teachings offer a goddess who is called bhukti-mukti-pradayini -- that is, "bestower of worldly enjoyment [bhukti] and spiritual liberation [mukti]. Ultimately, this plays out in two ways for those of us living in the world. First, we learn to enter into the "middle space" between the inhalation and exhalation, between past and future, between what was crossed off our to-do list and what's still there demanding to be accomplished. We learn to create a time and a space to stop, drop off the grid of the world, and step into the void. For just as Lakshmi is embodiment of the manifest world, so too is she embodiment of the effulgent collapsing into emptiness, the dark void from which all springs forth anew. So we learn to disengage and refresh ourselves. Emerging from the void, we may then return to the world and the three other paths with renewed clarity, perspective, and energy. And as an even more subtle way to tread the path of spiritual freedom, we may ultimately embrace the power of walking all four paths simultaneously... for, according to the most subtle Lakshmi teachings, being in the world and stepping away from the world are actually one.
Tuition for the entire four-week course: Only $97 (discounted from original $127)
Registration: Click this link or copy/paste into your browser:
Click here for more information and registration
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"Planetary Awakening Summit: Invoking the Divine Feminine in Challenging Times."
FREE EVENT, online June 1 - June 10, 2020.
I'll be interviewed along with 31 other scholars, authors, and visionary philosophers; hosted by Jeanie Manchester
Note: My interview will be aired on June 1.
Here we are, still in the cocoon, yet slowly beginning to emerge. Would you like a break from your Netflix binge? Are you ready to view something more inspirational and cutting-edge than the media noise that has become a constant in our lives? Why not breathe... take a moment to step away from the drama and refresh yourself from a deeper perspective? Please join me for a truly uplifting event. I'm delighted to be part of an amazing group of 32 visionary speakers from around the world who have been invited to participate in the Planetary Awakening Sumit: Invoking the Divine Feminine in Challenging Times, online June 1 - 10, 2020.
This is a free event. The summit has been created and hosted by Jeanie Manchester, veteran yoga teacher and community organizer extraordinaire. She will be interviewing each of us on various aspects of the divine feminine, and we'll each be offering a free online gift. (I'll be offering a beautifully mastered 15-minute guided meditation on the goddess, complete with enchanting rainsticks to soothe your frazzled nerves.)
To register, click this link and you'll receive an email from Jeanie Manchester with info on how to view the summit.
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"Fierce Goddess for Fierce Times" webinar
Sianna Sherman presents: Fearless Heart Activation Series:
" Fierce Goddess for Fierce Times"
featuring special guest Constantina Rhodes
Live Webinar with option to receive the replay.
Wednesday, April 8, 2020. 2:00 p.m. ET/ 11:00 a.m. PT
SLIDING SCALE $10 - $25
We are here to remind our yogis and yoginis how to go deep into the wisdom, or perhaps even surrender to the mystery of the cosmic dance that is happening right now... so that we can connect with the siddhi, the radiant power, that is the Goddess, and navigate powerfully and gracefully no matter what may be going on in and around us. We are here to remind ourselves not to put our heads in the sand, and yet also not to misinterpret "power" as meaning we are invincible. Rather, we are here to explore how to be very real and conscious and brave and graceful, all at the same time.
In this live webinar you will:
· Learn about the fierce goddess -- who she is, what she represents, how and why she manifests --- and what is meant by her ferocious dance --- both on a cosmic level and a personal level
· Contemplate the world's current turmoil from the perspective of Goddess theology
· Contemplate your own responses and needs in the midst of this turmoil, and how understanding the wisdom of Fierce Goddess can offer you a powerful tool of navigation. We will explore deep waters here, beyond the dualism that binds us in fear.
· Experience a deep, guided meditation that will restore you, recalibrate you, and inspire you to move forward in your graceful verve.
· Q & A Session
DON'T MISS OUT! Click here to register
Questions and further information: Email me by clicking CONTACT above.
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CANCELLED; KRIPALU CLOSED DUE TO PANDEMIC
"Tantra Yoga Immersion: Embody the Great Light of Consciousness"
Presenters: Scholars Douglas Brooks and Constantina Rhodes,
and Ashaya Yoga founder Todd Norian.
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262
3 nights: Memorial Day Weekend Friday, May 22 - Mondya, May 25, 2020
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
May 22-25, 2020 (3 nights)
I'll be returning to the wonderful Kripalu Yoga retreat center to present teachings and lead guided meditations in this 3-day workshop:
For yoga teachers, experienced practitioners, and students with at least 6 months' practice.
Reclaim your divine identity and learn how to embrace the full spectrum of who you are: both light and shadow. The tantric paths is about embracing life and yourself just as you are, and not letting anything stop you from following your heart. Learn to embody tantric teachings, weaving the disperse parts of yourself back into an integrated, meaningful matrix of relationship. Take this opportunity to study with four masters of Tantra Yoga and
• Transform old grooves of self-criticism and unworthiness
• Enjoy inspiring lectures and bring the teachings into your asana practice.
• Practice Ashaya Yoga, a Tantric, heart-centered, alignment-based method
• Experience sublime early-morning Tantric practices including mantra meditation
• Let your soul soar with the celestial sounds of Shantala.
Return home with a fresh outlook on how to live with more freedom and joy.
Special evening event -- Saturday night kirtan
Registration and details: www.kripalu.org Click here for Kripalu registration page
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"The Spirituality of Financial Planning"
Tuesday, November 12, 2019. 6:00 p.m.
FREE EVENT!
A featured program of Financial Planning Program at the Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL) of the New York Public Library.
188 Madison Avenue @ 34th St., NY 10016
Classroom 18
Class description:
Do you consider yourself too "spiritual" to care about your finances? Think again! Constantina Rhodes, Professor of Religion at Hunter College, introduces you to classic teachings on prosperity consciousness that can help you acquire a healthy, practical, courageous, and spiritually sound attitude toward your financial life. Based on Prof. Rhodes's original translations of ancient Sanskrit texts, this class offers basic concepts and guided exercises to help you remove debilitating blocks and take charge of your financial wellbeing.
This event is free and open to the public. Doors open 15 minutes prior to the start of the program. Please arrive early. Seating is limited and is on a first come, first served basis.
Further information: www.nypl.org/moneymatters
Click on Classes and Programs
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"Developing Your Intuition: A Decision-making Tool for Life"
New York Open Center -- New York's Leading Center for Holistic Learning and World Culture
22 E. 30th Street, bet. 5th and Madison
New York, NY 10016
A weekly course on Thursday evenings, 6:00-7:45 p.m.
Nov. 7 - Dec. 12, 2019 (Skips Nov. 28 for Thanksgiving)
Free introductory class on Thursday, Oct. 31 at 6:00 p.m.
Course description:
In this class one of New York's most experienced intuitive consultants and teachers of intuition will help you awaken and develop a range of intuitive skills that are innate in all, but that few know how to access, trust, or use proactively. You'll learn how to: activate and recognize your own intuition; discern the difference between intuition and personal desires or fears; read people, places, and situations; protect yourself from energy drain; and develop a daily practice to keep these skills working for you. You will gain practice in giving and receiving messages, so feel free to bring real-life questions to class.
Whether this is your first class in intuitive development or whether you are an experienced holistic practitioner seeking to deepen your intuitive skills, this class will provide a safe, enjoyable environment for opening the door to a more decisive and fulfilling life.
Registration: www.opencenter.org
Tuition for entire course: Open Center members $135, nonmembers $170.
Course # 19FCMH32S
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Experience Your Intuition: A Psychic Development Workshop
At Shamanic Fire Reiki's Soul Haven
Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019
7-9 p.m.
We are all born with intuition but few are encouraged to listen to it, much less develop it. Come join me for an uplifting evening where you'll learn safe, easy, practical methods of tuning into your own inner wisdom. Through guided meditations and exercises, you'll learn to trust your inner knowing and to distinguish it from thoughts produced by fear or desire. You'll learn to assess people and situations, and whether any type of decision is for your higher good or would lead to disappointment. If you've been puzzling over a life situation and can't seem to break through to a solution, feel free to bring your question(s) to the workshop.
Intuitive development students of all levels are welcome.
Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a pen, notebook, and water.
Location: SFR Soul Haven
56 West 45th St., Suite 1703
Btw. 5th and 6th Ave., Midtown Manhattan
Tuition: $29
Registration: email shamanicfirereiki@gmail.com
Information: info@constantinarhodes.com
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The Spirituality of Financial Planning
Friday, September 20, 2019. 2:30-3:30 p.m., as part of the day-long Financial Planning Day
FREE EVENT!
A featured program of Financial Planning Program at the Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL) of the New York Public Library.
188 Madison Avenue @ 34th St., NY 10016
Classroom 3
Class description:
Do you consider yourself too "spiritual" to care about your finances? Think again! Constantina Rhodes, Professor of Religion at Hunter College, introduces you to classic teachings on prosperity consciousness that can help you acquire a healthy, practical, courageous, and spiritually sound attitude toward your financial life. Based on Prof. Rhodes's original translations of ancient Sanskrit texts, this class offers basic concepts and guided exercises to help you remove debilitating blocks and take charge of your financial wellbeing.
This event is free and open to the public. Doors open 15 minutes prior to the start of the program. Please arrive early. Seating is limited and is on a first come, first served basis.
Further information: www.nypl.org/moneymatters
Click on Classes and Programs
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KRIPALU!
"Tantra Yoga Immersion: Embody the Great Light of Consciousness"
Presenters: Scholars Douglas Brooks, Bill Mahony, and Constantina Rhodes,
and Ashaya Yoga founder Todd Norian. Featuring kirtan with Shantala.
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262
April 25 - 28, 2019 (Thursday - Sunday: 3 nights)
For yoga teachers, experienced practitioners, and students with at least 6 months' practice.
Reclaim your divine identity and learn how to embrace the full spectrum of who you are: both light and shadow. The tantric paths is about embracing life and yourself just as you are, and not letting anything stop you from following your heart. Learn to embody tantric teachings, weaving the disperse parts of yourself back into an integrated, meaningful matrix of relationship. Take this opportunity to study with four masters of Tantra Yoga and
• Transform old grooves of self-criticism and unworthiness
• Enjoy inspiring lectures and bring the teachings into your asana practice.
• Practice Ashaya Yoga, a Tantric, heart-centered, alignment-based method
• Experience sublime early-morning Tantric practices including mantra meditation
• Let your soul soar with the celestial sounds of Shantala.
Return home with a fresh outlook on how to live with more freedom and joy.
Special evening event Saturday night kirtan with Shantala.
Tuition $335 per person plus room and meals. Registration is now open at www.kripalu.org.
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The Spirituality of Financial Planning
Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, 6-7:30 p.m.
FREE EVENT!
A featured program of Financial Planning Program at the Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL) of the New York Public Library
188 Madison Avenue @ 34th St., NY 10016
Class description:
Do you consider yourself too "spiritual" to care about your finances? Think again! Constantina Rhodes, Professor of Religion at Hunter College, introduces you to classic teachings on prosperity consciousness that can help you acquire a healthy, practical, courageous, and spiritually sound attitude toward your financial life. Based on Prof. Rhodes's original translations of ancient Sanskrit texts, this class offers basic concepts and guided exercises to help you remove debilitating blocks and take charge of your financial wellbeing.
This event is free and open to the public. Doors open 15 minutes prior to the start of the program. Please arrive early. Seating is limited and is on a first come, first served basis.
Further information: www.nypl.org/moneymatters and click on Classes and Programs
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"Developing Your Intuition: A Decision-making Tool for Life"
New York Open Center -- New York's Leading Center for Holistic Learning and World Culture
22 E. 30th Street, bet. 5th and Madison
New York, NY 10016
A weekly course on Thursday evenings, 6:00-7:45 p.m.
November 8 - December 13, 2018 (Skips Thanksgiving, Nov. 22)
Free introductory class on Thursday, November 1 at 6:00 p.m.
Course description:
In this class one of New York's most experienced intuitive consultants and teachers of intuition will help you awaken and develop a range of intuitive skills that are innate in all, but that few know how to access, trust, or use proactively. You'll learn how to: activate and recognize your own intuition; discern the difference between intuition and personal desires or fears; read people, places, and situations; protect yourself from energy drain; and develop a daily practice to keep these skills working for you. You will gain practice in giving and receiving messages, so feel free to bring real-life questions to class.
Whether this is your first class in intuitive development or whether you are an experienced holistic practitioner seeking to deepen your intuitive skills, this class will provide a safe, enjoyable environment for opening the door to a more decisive and fulfilling life.
Registration: www.opencenter.org
Course number 18FPS32S
Entire course tuition: Members $140, nonmembers $165
EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT through Sept. 4. Use code EARLY18 at checkout.
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"Tantra Yoga Immersion: The Path of Radical Affirmation"
Presenters: Scholars Douglas Brooks, Bill Mahony, and Constantina Rhodes,
and Ashaya Yoga founder Todd Norian. Featuring kirtan with Shantala.
Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health
Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262
June 14 - 17, 2018 (Thursday - Sunday: 3 nights)
For yoga teachers, experienced practitioners, and students with at least 6 months’ practice.
Reclaim your divine identity and say yes to the full spectrum of who you are: both shadow and light. Tantra teaches that challenges never come to squash you down; they only come when you are ready to rise up and have a breakthrough. Learn to embody these Tantric teachings and experience how challenges transform into life-enhancing change, obstacles into opportunities, and impasse into right-of-passage.
Take this opportunity to study with four masters of Tantra Yoga and
• Transform old grooves of self-judgment and unworthiness
• Breathe Tantric teachings into your body to manifest real change on a cellular level
• Enjoy scholarly lectures followed by asana that help you to embody the teachings
• Experience sublime early morning tantric practices
• Let your soul soar with the celestial sounds of Shantala.
Return home with a fresh outlook on how to live with more freedom and joy.
Special evening event Saturday night kirtan with Shantala.
Registration: Please send an email to info@constantinarhodes.com to receive a registration link.
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"Developing Your Intuition: An Introduction"
New York Open Center
22 E. 30th Street, bet. 5th and Madison
New York, NY 10016
A weekly course on Thursday evenings, 6:00-7:45 p.m.
June 7 - July 12, 2018 (Skips June 14)
Free introductory class on Thursday, May 31 at 6:00 p.m.
Course description:
In this class one of New York's most experienced intuitive consultants and teachers of intuition will help you awaken and develop a range of intuitive skills that are innate in all, but that few know how to access, trust, or use proactively. You'll learn how to: activate and recognize your own intuition; discern the difference between intuition and personal desires or fears; read people, places, and situations; protect yourself from energy drain; and develop a daily practice to keep these skills working for you. You will gain practice in giving and receiving messages, so feel free to bring real-life questions to class.
Whether this is your first class in intuitive development or whether you are an experienced holistic practitioner seeking to deepen your intuitive skills, this class will provide a safe, enjoyable environment for opening the door to a more decisive and fulfilling life.
Registration: www.opencenter.org
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The Spirituality of Financial Planning
Friday, April 27, 2018, 12:30 p.m.
A featured program of Financial Planning Day at the Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL) of the New York Public Library, classroom 03
188 Madison Avenue @ 34th St., NY 10016
Class description:
Do you consider yourself too "spiritual" to care about your finances? Think again! Constantina Rhodes, Professor of Religion at Hunter College, introduces you to classic teachings on prosperity consciousness that can help you acquire a healthy, practical, courageous, and spiritually sound attitude toward your financial life. Based on Prof. Rhodes's original translations of ancient Sanskrit texts, this class offers basic concepts and guided exercises to help you remove debilitating blocks and take charge of your financial wellbeing.
This event is free and open to the public. Doors open 15 minutes prior to the start of the program. Please arrive early. Seating is limited and is on a first come, first served basis.
Further information: www.nypl.org/moneymatters and click on Classes and Programs
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"Lakshmi: Four Paths to Abundance"
Four-part webinar offered through Embodied Philosophy
Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.
February 27, March 6, March 13, and March 20, 2018
Course description:
In this vibrant, experiential course, Sanskrit scholar, Religious Studies professor, workshop leader, and intuitive counselor Constantina Rhodes, Ph.D. will introduce you to the gracious goddess Lakshmi and how aligning with her divine essence can help you experience greater harmony and well-being in your life. According to classical Hindu teachings on the goddess, a life well lived encompasses four essential "Paths to Abundance".... very loosely translated as Harmonious Relationships, Material Prosperity, Pleasure, and Spiritual Connection with Divine Source. Each is recognized as a different aspect of the goddess's essence and therefore all four together represent the most satisfying and bounteous life experience. Each week Constantina will introduce one of the paths with teachings from the ancient texts; she'll then offer practical self-exploratory exercises relating to that path; and finally, she'll lead you in a blissful, guided meditation to facilitate your own personal connection with the magnificent energy of the goddess.
In this course you will:
• learn how spiritual and material abundance emerge from the same divine source
• learn spiritual steps to increase and stay aligned with divine prosperity consciousness
• learn practical steps to increase the health of your relationships, finances, spiritual practices, and sweet enjoyment of life's journey
• be guided in enjoyable, insightful contemplative exercises to discover what you really want to manifest in your life
• receive sacred mantras for invoking Lakshmi
• experience powerful guided meditations and visualizations of the goddess
• experience how all four paths constitute one continuous whole
• learn how to recognize and avoid self-sabotage
• receive practical homework suggestions to keep you aligned with your greatest good
• learn about the authentic textual and scholarly sources of these teachings
This is a four-part course. Here's what to expect in each of the modules:
Module #1: The Path of Harmonious Relationships
What's your story? In our first segment, we'll explore Lakshmi as Dharma. Dharma is a loaded word with many meanings, from "foundation" to "responsibility" to "harmonious relationships" to "doing the right thing." Dharma also means "path," and therefore it's about discovering our way, our life-path, and considering first of all how we relate to being in this world. Are we comfortable in our body? in our home? What is our relationship with our self, with our loved ones, friends and family, co-workers, community, country, and the divine itself? How does Lakshmi inspire us to walk in balance and beauty?
Module #2: The Path of Material Wealth
Mo'money!? Have you fast-forwarded to this aspect of Lakshmi? Most certainly, Lakshmi is most widely adored as the bestower of material wealth. In this segment we will delve into the Lakshmi teachings on what "wealth" is, where it comes from, and how to generate it. We'll consider Lakshmi as both Artha (material stuff) and Dhana (the overarching "prosperity" and "prosperity consciousness" from which the material stuff springs). We'll also consider the teachings on what blocks us from generating and/or maintaining wealth, and how to move forward on the path of material abundance.
Module #3: The Path of Enjoyment
Are we having fun yet? A spiritual path that advocates savoring the lusciousness of life? that advocates jumping right in? Yes, indeed. This entire world is said to be the very body of the goddess, and the path of enjoyment embraces pleasure, delight, sensuality, and sexuality. It's about savoring, right down to rejoicing in that first sip of coffee in the morning. We will consider how expanding consciously into pleasures of the senses brings us a certain type of rich, even divine experience of the world. At other times, we may seek to fully contract from the world and turn inward, which leads us to the fourth path...
Module #4: The Path of Spiritual Freedom
I want out! As worldly travelers, we want into the world until we realize we want out.... when we wearily feel that, as Wordsworth said, "The world is too much with us." The Lakshmi teachings offer a goddess who is called bhukti-mukti-pradayini -- that is, "bestower of worldly enjoyment [bhukti] and spiritual liberation [mukti]. Ultimately, this plays out in two ways for those of us living in the world. First, we learn to enter into the "middle space" between the inhalation and exhalation, between past and future, between what was crossed off our to-do list and what's still there demanding to be accomplished. We learn to create a time and a space to stop, drop off the grid of the world, and step into the void. For just as Lakshmi is embodiment of the manifest world, so too is she embodiment of the effulgent collapsing into emptiness, the dark void from which all springs forth anew. So we learn to disengage and refresh ourselves. Emerging from the void, we may then return to the world and the three other paths with renewed clarity, perspective, and energy. And as an even more subtle way to tread the path of spiritual freedom, we may ultimately embrace the power of walking all four paths simultaneously... for, according to the most subtle Lakshmi teachings, being in the world and stepping away from the world are actually one.
Tuition for the entire four-week course: A one-time investment of $127, or three payments of $49 (every two weeks)
Registration:
Please email info@constantinarhodes.com to receive a registration link.
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Intuitive Mini-Readings; Free Mantras-for-Abundance Workshop.
"Spirit Walk" Holiday Fair
Sunday, Dec. 10, 2017
I will be at the fair from 10:00 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.
At 4:00 p.m. I'll be leading the Mantras-for-Abundance Workshop.
The rest of the time I'll be offering mini-readings. This is a great chance to check in for guidance! Join us for a fun day of healing, readings, and unique handmade crafts.
Location: Balance Arts Center
34 W. 28th St., 2 flights up, bet. Broadway and 6th Ave., next to N, R trains
(No elevator service on weekends.)
Note: Wear your cozy socks! This is a shoes-free environment.
Free admission. Readings are $29 for 20 minutes, $56 for 40 minutes.
Most readings are first-come, first-served. A few 40-minute readings may be pre-booked by emailing the event coordinator at olivia.olkowski@gmail.com.
Come and check out a great variety of unique gift items..lectures...healers...and readers.
Further info about my offerings at the fair: Email NycPythia@aol.com.
Further info about other offerings at the fair: www.spiritrockshamichealing.com.
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"Developing Your Intuition: An Introduction"
New York Open Center
22 E. 30th Street, bet. 5th and Madison
New York, NY 10016
A weekly course on Thursday evenings, 6:00-7:45 p.m.
November 9 - December 14, 2017 (Skips Nov. 23)
Free introductory class on Thursday, Nov. 2 at 6:00 p.m.
Course description:
In this class one of New York's most experienced intuitive consultants and teachers of intuition will help you awaken and develop a range of intuitive skills that are innate in all, but that few know how to access, trust, or use proactively. You'll learn how to: activate and recognize your own intuition; discern the difference between intuition and personal desires or fears; read people, places, and situations; protect yourself from energy drain; and develop a daily practice to keep these skills working for you. You will gain practice in giving and receiving messages, so feel free to bring real-life questions to class.
Whether this is your first class in intuitive development or whether you are an experienced holistic practitioner seeking to deepen your intuitive skills, this class will provide a safe, enjoyable environment for opening the door to a more decisive and fulfilling life.
Registration: www.opencenter.org/developing-your-intuition
Or call the Open Center at 212.219.2527, ext. 2
Course number 17FPS32S
Member: $150 / Non-Member $175
SPECIAL PRICE for those on my email list: $145
Use code INTUIT17
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Invoke Your Prosperity: A Lakshmi Diwali Workshop
***THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT***
Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 7-9 p.m.
Location: The new A.R.E. Edgar Cayce Center
153 W. 27th St., #702, NYC 10001 -- bet. 6th/7th Ave.
Please join me on this auspicious day of Diwali, the glorious Festival of Lights. Many believe that on this day, Lakshmi, beloved goddess of beauty, abundance, and every type of prosperity comes to earth to impart her special blessings to those who seek her. What better time to come together to step into the potent energy of the goddess?
In this workshop you will:
• Join hundreds of thousands of others invoking the energy of Lakshmi on this day
• learn to identify your most authentic desires -- and set intentions for your best new start
• learn to recite and experience the potency of the Lakshmi Gayatri Mantra
• experience a powerful guided meditation and visualization of the goddess
• learn spiritual steps to increase and stay aligned with divine prosperity consciousness
• learn practical steps to increase the health of your finances, relationships, spirituality, and sweet enjoyment of life's journey
SPECIAL BONUS: LAKSHMI LOTTERY! All participants will be entered into a drawing to win a FREE FULL-LENGTH INTUTIVE READING with Constantina ($195 value). Will Lakshmi be your Lady Luck?
Tuition: Only $69 (Early-bird $59 through September 30)
Registration: Click the Buy Now button below. Your PayPal receipt will confirm your registration; I'll follow up with a personal confirmation.
Register early, as space is limited!
Constantina's latest book, Invoking Lakshmi: The Goddess of Wealth in Song and Ceremony, as well as her original Lakshmi meditation CDs, will be available for cash purchase and signing.
Questions? Email me for a quick reply.
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The Spirituality of Financial Planning
Tuesday, October 10, 2017, 6-7:30 p.m.
Money & Finance Program event for SIBL (Science, Industry and Business Library of the New York Public Library)
188 Madison Avenue @ 34th St., NY 10016
Room 018
Class description:
Do you consider yourself too "spiritual" to care about your finances? Constantina Rhodes, Professor of Religion at Hunter College, introduces you to classic teachings on prosperity consciousness that can help you acquire a healthy, practical, courageous, and spiritually sound attitude toward your financial life.
This event is free and open to the public. Doors open 15 minutes prior to the start of the program. Please arrive early. Seating is limited and is on a first come, first served basis.
Further information: www.nypl.org/moneymatters and click on Classes and Programs
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"Embrace Your Prosperity: A Lakshmi Workshop"
***THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT***
Thursday, July 13, 2017, 7-9 p.m.
Location: The new A.R.E. Edgar Cayce Center, 153 W. 27th St., suite 702 -- bet. 6th/7th
What does it mean to embrace prosperity in every aspect of your life? Do you have unresolved issues about wealth and abundance? Do you have trouble achieving a work-life balance? Come to this workshop and discover how to free yourself of these and other limitations. Based on ancient teachings on Lakshmi, lovely goddess of prosperity, this workshop will inspire you and provide practical guidelines for embracing the life that you desire. Come join us!
Special Workshop Bonus: Lakshmi Lottery!
All participants will be entered into a drawing to win a FREE FULL-LENGTH INTUTIVE READING with Constantina ($195 value). Will Lakshmi be your Lady Luck?
In this workshop you will:
• learn how spiritual and material wealth emerge from the same divine source
• be guided in a fun, insightful contemplative exercise to discover what you really want
• learn how to recognize and avoid self-sabotage
• receive mantras for invoking Lakshmi
• experience a powerful guided meditation and visualization of the goddess
• learn spiritual steps to increase and stay aligned with divine prosperity consciousness
• learn practical steps to increase the health of your finances, relationships, spirituality, and sweet enjoyment of life's journey
Constantina's latest book, Invoking Lakshmi: The Goddess of Wealth in Song and Ceremony, and CDs of her guided meditations on Lakshmi will be available for purchase and signing.
$59 (Early-bird discount $49 through June 30)
Register now, as seats are limited!
To register, click the pay button below. Your paypal receipt will confirm your spot. I'll follow up with a personal confirmation email.
Event is SOLD OUT. Thank you!
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Public reading of memoir/essay "Dead Can Dance"
Greek-American Writers @ Cornelia St. Cafe
29 Cornelia St., NYC
Saturday, June 24, 2017, 6-8 p.m.
$10 cover and admission
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"Developing Your Intuition: An Introduction"
New York Open Center
22 E. 30th Street, bet. 5th and Madison
New York, NY 10016
A weekly course on Thursday evenings, 6:00-7:45 p.m.
June 1- June 29 (no class June 15)
Free introductory class on Thursday, May 25 at 5:45 p.m.
Course description:
Intuition is being increasingly appreciated as a key component of decision-making. One of New York’s most experienced intuitive consultants and teachers of intuition, Constantina Rhodes, will help us begin to develop a range of intuitive skills that we all possess in latent form but usually don’t know how to access, understand, or use.
Discover meditation and visualization exercises designed to activate and hone specific capacities which use techniques to heighten our senses of seeing, hearing, and touch, and develop our skills in telepathic communication. An attuned intuition empowers and enables us to make far better decisions about every aspect of life, from career to finances to romance to reaching our ultimate goals. Tap into the deep well of your own internal wisdom.
Tuition: Open Center members: $115 / Nonmembers $135.
Registration: www.opencenter.org (Course # 17 SPS 32 S)
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One-Woman Psychic Fair: An Afternoon of Private Mini-Readings
Saturday, April 22, 2017, 12:00-5:00 p.m.
This is a great opportunity to check in for a 30-minute mini-reading in a private reading room. All sessions pre-booked and pre-paid, so you can count on receiving your reading as scheduled.
Location: The lovely NEW Edgar Cayce A.R.E. Center, 153 W. 27th St., suite 702, buzzer #33, NYC 10001
Fee: $59 for 30 minutes
To book your session: Simply send me an email through this website expressing your interest in setting up a mini-reading at the fair. I'll send you a list of available time-slots. Once we decide on a time, you'll confirm your spot by posting payment on PayPal (below).
Time-slots are limited so act now!
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"Developing Your Intuition: An Introduction"
New York Open Center
22 E. 30th Street, bet. 5th and Madison
New York, NY 10016
A weekly course on Thursday evenings, 5:45-7:45 p.m.
Nov. 10 - Dec. 15, 2016 (no class Nov. 24)
Free introductory class on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 5:45 p.m.
Course description:
Virtually any decision from buying a home to going on a date, entails endless options. How to decide what's best? In this class with one of NYC's most experienced intuitive consultants, we'll learn how to awaken and hone our innate inner knowing, access it at will, trust and use it proactively. We will learn how to recognize our intuition; discern the difference between intuition and personal desires or fears; accurately "read" people, places and situations; protect ourselves from energy drains; develop a daily practice to maintain and sharpen our intuitive skills; send and receive non-verbal messages; and more.
Whether this is your first class in intuitive development or you are an experienced holistic practitioner seeking to deepen your intuitive skills, this class can open the door to a more decisive and fulfilling life.
Tuition: information forthcoming
Registration: www.opencenter.org or call the Open Center at 212.219.2527
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Intuitive Mini-Readings; Guided Lakshmi Abundance Meditation
"Spirit Walk" Holiday Fair Pop-Up, Dec. 9-11, 2016
I will be at the fair on Friday from 5-10 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday at 10 a.m. I'll be leading the "Morning Lakshmi Meditation: Invoking the Energy of Abundance." Start the day with us!
The rest of the time I'll be offering mini-readings. This is a great chance to check in for guidance.
Location: Balance Arts Center
34 W. 28th St., 3rd fl, bet. Broadway and 6th Ave., next to N, R trains
Note: Readings will be held at small tables in the reading room adjoining the yoga studio.
Free admission. Readings are $29 for 20 minutes, $56 for 40 minutes.
Come and check out a great variety of unique gift items..lectures...healers...and readers.
Further info about my offerings at the fair: Email NycPythia@aol.com.
Further info about other offerings at the fair: www.spiritrockshamichealing.com.
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Intuitive Mini-Readings
Awaken Wellness Fair -- "Best Loved Body-Mind-Spirit-Green Expo"
Sunday, July 31, 2016
10 am - 5 pm
Gold Ballroom of the Hotel Pennsylvania
401 7th Ave. (directly across from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden)
Enter on W. 33rd St.
New York, NY 10001
This is a great event, with dozens of holistic speakers, healers, and intuitive readers.
Make a day of it!
FREE ADMISSION ON WEBSITE: www.AwakenFairs.com ($10 at the door).
Pre-book readings through July 30 for discounted rate and to confirm your spot.
Prebook: 15 min/$35; 30 min/$60
Day of: 15 min/$40; 30 min/$70
Registration, bookings, and further info: www.awakenfairs.com
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The Four Paths of Abundance: Meditations on Lakshmi
An Evening Workshop
New York Open Center
22 E. 30th St. (bet. Madison/Fifth)
NYC 10016
Friday, July 8, 7-10 p.m.
In India, the goddess Lakshmi embodies abundance in all of its forms. She is often portrayed as a radiant woman, but on a deeper level, she represents the pure energy of prosperity, the rich, divine substance from which all forms of wealth are fashioned. According to ancient Vedic tradition, there are four paths to prosperity, called arthas. This evening we will learn how to invoke Lakshmi with specially attuned, ancient meditations. These guided meditations will help you access your inner knowing, align you with your deepest wisdom and heart's truest desires, and help you move into your best possible experience of abundance.
The Open Center Bookstore will carry copies of Invoking Lakshmi: The Goddess of Wealth in Song and Ceremony as well as my guided meditation CDs.
Tuition: Open Center Members $36 / Nonmembers $50
Registration: www.opencenter.org or 212.219.2527, ext. 2
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"Science, Shamans, and The Oracle of Delphi"
A presentation for ThinkOlio
"Spend an evening with the best professors for the price of a movie ticket" -- ThinkOlio.org
Monday, April 18
From: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
At: Chinatown Soup -- "a creative community advancing art, justice, historic preservation, and civic engagement in downtown New York"
16 Orchard St, NYC 10002
Cost: $12
Registration: ThinkOlio.org
Recently the scientific community has taken interest in the phenomenon of the Delphic Oracle. Geologists have suggested that the trance state of the Delphic oracle was induced by fumes that came from a chasm in the earth. They base their theories on geological evidence and ignore both the ancient Greek texts on religion and the phenomenon of trance divination experienced by contemporary practitioners of other archaic religions (such as traditional African religions, Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, and others).
We will explore the geological view of this phenomenon and also introduce an alternative: That the states of trance experienced by the oracle are a form of what historians of religion call 'shamanic states of consciousness,' some of which may be induced with substances, but more often specifically are not. In other words, they are techniques mastered by certain types of religious professionals. These are religious phenomena that characterize shamanism, the oldest known religious expression on earth.
At what cost do we ignore the ancient cultures part in divination and take a strictly scientific view?
Please join me for a provocative lecture and discussion, melding what we know about the classical world with the phenomenon of trance channelling.
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ODES TO GREECE. Poets and personalities including Nikos Alexiou, author of Astoria, intuitive Constantina Rhodes, Penelope Karageorge, author of The Neon Suitcase, and others will present poems about Greece past and present, in an homage on the glories that were and are Hellas on the 195th anniversary of Greece’s declaration of freedom.
JOIN THE GREEK-AMERICAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION
CELEBRATING
GREEK INDEPENDENCE DAY
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE BIG FIFTH AVENUE PARADE
SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 6-8 PM
Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, New York City
Saturday, April 9, 6-8 PM
$9 admission include a glass of wine, beer, or soft drink.
Subways A, C, D, B, D, M to West 4th Street or 1 to Christopher Street
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"Experience Your Intuition : A 'Clairs' Workshop"
A weekly course on Mondays (7-8:45 p.m.), March 7-28, 2016.
REGISTER EARLY AND SAVE UP TO $30!
Are you intuitive, but don't really know how to access your intuitive skills? Are you a seasoned practitioner, but need to jumpstart your connection with your intuitive self? This workshop is designed to deepen your intuitive capacities by focusing on the paraphysical senses, or "clairs." In this workshop you will be guided to enliven these aspects of your intuitive self, bringing your entire psychic skills set into a more efficient and vibrant mode. All levels welcome.
The workshop includes:
• A safe, enjoyable, small-group environment conducive to each person's level of intuitive development. Instructor provides group and individual attention.
• Discussion and explanation of the "clairs" and how they operate
• Guided deep meditations
• Hands-on exercises in which you will experience your intuition at work (or play!)
• Topics may include clairsentience (clear feeling), clairempathy (clear emotion), clairvoyance (clear sight), clairaudience (clear hearing), clairsavorance (clear tasting), clairscent (clear smelling), claircognizance (clear knowing), and clairtangency (clear touch).
• Focus on real issues, so feel free to bring your questions!
Whether this is your first class in intuitive development or you are an experienced holistic practitioner seeking to deepen your intuitive skills, this class can open the door to a more decisive and fulfilling life.
Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a pen, notebook, and water.
Location: A.R.E. Center
241 W. 30th St., #102 (bet. 7th/8th Aves.)
New York NY 10001
Feel free to email me for further information: Info@constantinarhodes.com
Tuition: $189
Earliest-bird special: Register through Sun., 2/14, pay only $159
Early-bird special: Register Mon., 2/15- Sun., Feb. 21, pay only $169
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Intuitive Readings
Quest Bookshop Psychic Fair/Fundraiser for the NY Theosophical Society
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Quest Bookshop
240 E 53rd St. (Between 2nd & 3rd Ave.)
New York, NY 10022
Fair runs 12-6 pm; I'll be offering mini-readings from 12-3.
Free admission.
$20 for 20-minute reading.
All proceeds donated to the NY Theosophical Society.
Come support this wonderful and historic New York institution, founded in 1875. Treat yourself to a healing and/or an intuitive reading. Browse the bookstore for all kinds of spiritual items, including metaphysical books, incense, crystals, and my meditation CDs!
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"Accessing Our Inner Knowing: Putting Your Intuition to Work for You"
New York Open Center
22 E. 30th Street, bet. 5th and Madison
New York, NY 10016
A weekly course on Wednesdays, 5:45-7:45 p.m., Feb. 17-March 16, 2016
Free introductory class on Wed., Feb. 10 at 5:45 p.m.
Course description:
Virtually any decision from buying a home to going on a date, entails endless options. How to decide what's best? In this class with one of NYC's most experienced intuitive consultants, we'll learn how to awaken and hone our innate inner knowing, access it at will, trust and use it proactively. We will learn how to recognize our intuition; discern the difference between intuition and personal desires or fears; accurately "read" people, places and situations; protect ourselves from energy drains; develop a daily practice to maintain and sharpen our intuitive skills; send and receive non-verbal messages; and more.
Whether this is your first class in intuitive development or you are an experienced holistic practitioner seeking to deepen your intuitive skills, this class can open the door to a more decisive and fulfilling life.
Tuition: Open Center members $170/nonmembers $185
Registration: www.opencenter.org or call the Open Center at 212.219.2527
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Siddha-Lakshmi Workshop: Connecting with the Goddess of Spiritual Power
Saturday, December 5, 2015
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Yoga Anjali Yoga, Art, and Music
911 Main Street, Belmar, NJ 07719
In this special workshop, Prof. Constantina Rhodes will introduce us to Siddha-Lakshmi, a powerful yet relatively unknown aspect of Lakshmi, magnificent goddess of prosperity and wellbeing. This goddess expresses herself through two aspects -- as the fierce power to destroy debilities and as the gracious power to create abundant wellbeing. Drawing upon sacred esoteric teachings from India, Constantina will guide us in contemplating what it means to achieve "spiritual mastery" (siddhi) of our lives: How do we become skillful navigators? How do we find that space of divine resonance in the midst of life's challenges? Through discussion, contemplation, mantra recitation, and guided deep meditation, we will gain insights about our own situations, learn practical techniques to cut through challenges with courage and verve, and plant the seeds to manifest an extraordinary next chapter in our lives.
Materials: Bring a notebook, pen, water, and yoga mat. Copies of Constantina's book "Invoking Lakshmi: The Goddess of Wealth in Song and Ceremony," as well as her meditation CDs will be available for cash sale and signing.
Registration: Yoga Anjali: 732-681-7660 or www.yogaanjali.com
$30 advance; $35 at the door
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Intuitive Mini-Readings
Shamanic Clinic, Fair & Celebration -- Fundraising event for the NY Shamanic Circle
Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015
10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Balance Arts Center
34 W. 28th St., 3rd fl, bet. Broadway and 6th Ave., next to N, R trains
Note: For this event we'll be in the yoga room…remove your shoes…
Free admission. Readings: $29/20 min., $56/40 min.
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Experience Your Intuition: Tone Your Psychic Core
An Immersion Workshop
Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015, 10 am - 5 pm
Location: A.R.E. of New York Edgar Cayce Center
241 W. 30th St., #102 (bet. 7th/8th Aves.)
New York NY 10001
For many of us, intuition, or psychic knowing, begins in the belly -- the "gut feeling." Just as a toned physical core strengthens and supports the health of the entire physical body, so too does a toned psychic core enhance the intuitive vibrancy of all the paraphysical senses, or psychic capacities such as clairvoyance and clairaudience. In this workshop you will learn how to move past the spontaneity of intuition to develop it with conscious intention by strengthening your psychic core.
Please join me for this exciting immersion workshop, which includes:
• Exercises to discover the unique ways that your intuition communicates to you through your body, mind, and senses
• Explanation of clairsentience ("clear feeling" or the "gut feeling") and how it supports the other paraphysical senses
• Advanced breathing, visualization, physical movement, and grounding techniques
• Psychic protection and purification practices
• Guided deep meditation
• Guided practice in giving and receiving psychic messages
• A safe, enjoyable environment conducive to each person's level of intuitive development
Intuitive development students of all levels are welcome. This workshop can greatly enhance the personal practice of actors, yoga teachers, Reiki practitioners, body workers, and intuitive practitioners in any modality.
Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a pen, notebook, and water. There will be a 45-minute lunch break, so you may wish to bring a light lunch.
Tuition: $189 (early-bird $179 through September 30)
Questions? Feel free to email me: info@constantinarhodes.com
Register here.
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Intuitive Mini-Readings
Quest Bookshop Psychic Fair/Fundraiser for the NY Theosophical Society
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Quest Bookshop
240 E 53rd St. (Between 2nd & 3rd Ave.)
New York, NY 10022
Fair runs 12-6 pm; I'll be there from 12-3.
Free admission.
$20 for 20-minute reading.
All proceeds donated to the NY Theosophical Society.
Come support this wonderful and historic New York institution, founded in 1875. Treat yourself to a healing and/or an intuitive reading. Browse the bookstore for all kinds of spiritual items, including metaphysical books, incense, crystals, and my meditation CDs.
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Goddess Retreat at the Beach
Ocean Grove, NJ
Friday-Sunday, June12-14, 2015
Details forthcoming.
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Book Signing and Lakshmi Workshop
Invoking Lakshmi: The Goddess of Wealth in Song & Ceremony
Thursday, May 14, 2015
Namaste Bookshop
2 W. 14th St., bet. 5th-6th Aves.
New York, NY 10011
6:30-7:00 p.m.:
Meet & Greet the Author and Introduction to Invoking the Goddess Lakshmi
7:00-9:00 p.m.:
Lakshmi Workshop and Guided Meditation ($30)
Following the book signing, please join me for the Lakshmi Workshop. We'll explore the deeper meaning of the principles of Lakshmi's prosperity and prosperity consciousness, culminating in an illuminating guided meditation on the goddess.
For further information/pre-registration, visit www.namastebookshop.com or call Namaste Bookshop at (212) 645-0141.
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Experience Your Intuition: A "Clairs" Immersion Workshop
Saturday, May 16, 2015, 10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Moving Body Resources
112 W. 27th St, 4th floor (between 6th/7th Aves.)
New York, NY 10001
Are you intuitive, but don't really know how to access your intuitive skills? Are you a seasoned practitioner, but need to jumpstart your connection with your intuitive self? This immersion workshop is designed to deepen your intuitive capacities by focusing on the paraphysical senses, or "clairs."
As you work with your intuition, you may notice that certain clairs are working strongly while others seem to be underdeveloped or even untapped. In this workshop you will be guided to enliven these aspects of your intuitive self, bringing your entire psychic skills set into a more efficient and vibrant mode.
The workshop includes:
• A safe, enjoyable environment conducive to each person's level of intuitive development
• Discussion and explanation of the "clairs" and how they operate
• Guided deep meditations
• Hands-on exercises in which you will experience your intuition at work (or play!)
Topics may include clairsentience (clear feeling), clairempathy (clear emotion), clairvoyance (clear sight), clairaudience (clear hearing), clairsavorance (clear tasting), clairscent (clear smelling), claircognizance (clear knowing), and clairtangency (clear touch).
Intuitive development students of all levels are welcome.
Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a pen, a notebook, and water.
Tuition: $189 (early-bird $179 through April 30)
Questions? Feel free to email me: info@constantinarhodes.com
Register here. Click the BuyNow button. Your PayPal receipt confirms your space. I'll follow up with a personal confirmation email. Thank you!
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"Developing Your Intuition: An Introduction"
New York Open Center
22 E. 30th Street, bet. 5th and Madison
New York, NY 10016
Mondays, 5:45-7:30 p.m., April 20-May 18, 2015
Free introductory class on Monday, April 13 at 6 p.m.
Even if you've taken this course before, join us for a refresher. I'll be adding new materials, and of course your own experiences and intuitive capacities will deepen the more you practice in a formal, guided setting.
Course description:
Intuition is increasingly appreciated as a reliable and valid source of information that has practical value in everyday life. In this class, one of New York's most experienced intuitive consultants and teachers of intuitive development will help us begin to develop a range of intuitive skills that we all possess in latent form but usually don't know how to access, understand, or use. She will guide us in meditation and visualization exercises designed to activate and hone specific capacities, as well as teaching us techniques to develop our skills in telepathic communication. An attuned intuition empowers us and enables us to make far better decisions about every aspect of life, from career to finances to romance to reaching our ultimate goals. Come discover how to tap into the deep well of your own internal wisdom.
Open Center members $170/nonmembers $185
Early Bird rate $155/$170 by March 15, 2015
Registration: www.opencenter.org or call the Open Center at 212.219.2527
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Spring Fair: Fresh Healings & Readings
Saturday, April 11, 2015
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Balance Arts Center
34 W. 28th St., 3rd floor, between 6th Ave. and Broadway
New York, NY
Free admission to the fair.
Readings are $29 for 20 minutes; $55 for 40 minutes
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Lakshmi Meditation for Prosperity and Abundance
Sunday, March 29, 2015
12:00-2:00 p.m.
Yoga Anjali Yoga, Art, and Music
911 Main Street, Belmar, NJ 07719
Treat yourself to a guided journey into the luminous heart of prosperity consciousness. Lakshmi scholar and intuitive consultant Constantina Rhodes returns to Yoga Anjali to lead a deeply relaxing and rejuvenating guided meditation. You'll be guided to a safe, sacred inner space where you can identify and begin to manifest your heart's deepest desires -- some of which you may not even acknowledge consciously! You'll emerge inspired to maintain alignment with that abundant consciousness and its precious fruits.
Wear comfortable clothing and bring a notebook and pen to record your insights. Constantina's books and CDs will be available for cash purchase and signing.
$30 advance purchase; $35 at door
Registration: Yoga Anjali: 732-681-7660 or www.yogaanjali.com
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Intuitive Readings
Tuesdays, 5-7 p.m. (ongoing except for April 7)
Also special engagement Saturday, March 28, 2015, 11 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Choices Bookshop
220 E. 78th Street, bet. 2nd/3rd Ave.
$30 for 15 minutes
$55 for 30 minutes
Check out this beautiful and inspiring little gem of a bookstore! In addition to my home practice where I focus on full-length in-depth readings, I'm offering mini-readings at Choices on Tuesdays 5-7 p.m. and occasionally at other times.
To book a session:
Call Choices at 212.794.3858
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"Experience Your Intuition: An Advanced Clairs Workshop"
A four-week course on Mondays, March 9-30, 2015
7:00-8:45 p.m.
Location near Penn Station in Manhattan TBA
This course is designed to take you deeper into your intuitive development by focusing on the paraphysical senses, or "clairs."
When you work with your intuition, whether personally or professionally, you may notice that certain clairs are working strongly while others seem to be underdeveloped or even untapped. In this course you will be guided to enliven these aspects of your intuitive self, bringing your entire psychic skills set into a more efficient and vibrant mode. As ever, this course will be presented in a safe, enjoyable environment conducive to each person's individual development. Each week features a meditation and exercises to awaken a different avenue of guidance about your real-life issues and questions.
Topics may include clairsentience (clear feeling), clairempathy (clear emotion), clairvoyance (clear sight), clairaudience (clear hearing), clairgustance (clear tasting), clairolfaction (clear smelling), claircognizance (clear knowing), and clairtangency (clear touch).
Please wear comfortable clothing and bring a pen and a notebook.
Prerequisite: At least one course or workshop with me, or other exposure to some form of the intuitive arts. This will be limited to a small, select group, so register early!
Note: If you are entirely new to intuitive development, please join me for a popular course I'll be offering again at the NY Open Center in April/May, designed for students at all levels -- "Developing Your Intuition: An Introduction." Scroll down for further info.
Any questions? Feel free to email me.
Register here for the Advanced Clairs Workshop:
Tuition $189 (early-bird $179 through March 6)
Registration now closed.
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Public Lecture: "Escorting the Goddess to America: An American Scholar's Journey from Classical India to the Yoga Studios of NYC"
Queens Library (Flushing)
Saturday, March 14, 2015
3:00 p.m. (one-hour program; free and open to the public)
IRC Conference Room, Flushing Library
41-17 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355
What does it mean to translate a sacred text? In addition to linguistic proficiency, what else is required of the translator to lend authenticity not only to the words of the original text, but to its spiritual essence and religious meaning? What happens when a sacred text changes context, moving from an ancient, classical tradition to a new, ever-changing spiritual environment halfway across the world? Sanskrit scholar Constantina Rhodes, Ph.D. will discuss the curious juxtaposition of linguistic skills, spiritual awareness, and cultural diversity that she discovered while preparing her latest book, Invoking Lakshmi: The Goddess of Wealth in Song and Ceremony.
Constantina Rhodes, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in South Asian Languages & Religions from Columbia University, and she teaches in the Program in Religion at Hunter College. She is the author of several scholarly books for which she has translated large corpuses of Sanskrit devotional poetry. She is also a Certified Intuitive Consultant and has scripted and recorded several CDs of guided mediations. As she works with the Sanskrit, she enters into a very special relationship with the language itself. She strives to translate the literal meanings with integrity while lending voice to their spiritual essence, presenting these verses and their traditions as a gateway into the sacred realm of their origins.
Further info and directions: www.queenslibrary.org
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Intuitive Readings
MatchMySpirit Vegetarian Potluck & Holistic Bazaar
Saturday, March 7, 2015, 4-7:30 pm
Tribeca Equinox, 54 Murray St., NYC 10007
Check out the fun and goodies!
I'll be giving mini-readings: $35/15 min.; $70 for 30 min.
My meditation CDs will also be available.
All sales cash only.
If you wish to reserve a spot, email me ASAP and I'll send you the available appointment times.
Payment will be collected by me at the time of the reading.
Further info: www.MatchMySpirit.com
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Mini-Readings: Private Phone Event
Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Throughout the day I'll be offering 20-minute ($65) and 40-minute ($130) sessions over the phone. You'll pre-pay and pre-book your preferred appointment time. Then you can relax into the session in the privacy of your own home. If you wish, I'll also provide an audio recording of the session.
If you're interested, email me right away through this website, and I'll send you available time-slots and further information.
Once we've determined your appointment time, click one of the payment options to secure your session.
(Registration now closed.)
Thank you!
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Quest Bookshop Psychic Fair/Fundraiser for the NY Theosophical Society
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Quest Bookshop
240 E 53rd St. (Between 2nd & 3rd Ave.)
New York, NY 10022
Fair runs 12-6 pm; I'll be there from 3-6.
Free admission.
$20 for 20-minute reading.
All proceeds donated to the NY Theosophical Society.
Come support this wonderful and historic New York institution, founded in 1875. Treat yourself to a healing and/or an intuitive reading. Browse the bookstore for all kinds of spiritual items, including metaphysical books, incense, crystals, and my meditation CDs.
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Intuitive Readings
Awaken Wellness Fair
Sunday, January 25, 2015
10 am - 5 pm
Hotel Pennsylvania -- Penntop Ballroom on the 18th floor.
401 7th Ave. (Between 32nd-33rd Streets -- directly across the street from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden)
New York, NY 10001
This is a great event, with dozens of holistic speakers, healers, and of course intuitive readers.
Make a day of it!
Pre-book online to select and confirm your time-slot.
Through Jan. 24: Discounted admission and pre-booking:
Online discounted admission to fair $10.
On-line discounted pre-booking for a reading: $35/quarter hour, $60 half hour.
Go to www.awakenfair.com and click on NYC 1/25/15.
Day of event:
On-site admission to fair $15
On-site bookings for a reading: $40/quarter hour, $70 half hour
Book early!
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"Spirit Walk" Holiday Fair Pop-Up
Friday, Dec. 12, 5-10 p.m.,Saturday, Dec. 13, 11-5, and Sun., Dec. 14, 11-5.
Balance Arts Center
34 W. 28th St., 3rd fl, bet. Broadway and 6th Ave., next to N, R trains
Note: Readings will be held at small tables in the reading room adjoining the yoga studio.
Free admission. Readings are $25 for 20 minutes, $50 for 40 minutes.
Come and check out a great variety of unique gift items!
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Shamanic Clinic, Fair & Celebration -- Fundraising event for the NY Shamanic Circle
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014
10 a.m.-6 p.m. (I'll be there 10-2)
Balance Arts Center
34 W. 28th St., 3rd fl, bet. Broadway and 6th Ave., next to N, R trains
Note: For this event we'll be in the yoga room…remove your shoes…and we'll be seated on floor cushions.
Free admission. Readings are $20 for 15 minutes; $40 for 30 minutes.
Come early! On-site sign-up sheets starting at 9:45 a.m.
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Psychic Fair -- Fundraising event for the NY Theosophical Society
Sunday, November 9, 2014
12 - 6 pm (I'll be there 3-6 pm)
Quest Bookshop
240 E. 53rd St, bet. 2nd/3rd Ave.
New York, NY 10022
$20 admission entitles you to one free 20-minute reading.
Further info: www.QuestBookshop.com
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Lakshmi Salon and Dinner: Align and Magnetize With Abundance
Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 6pm
Restaurant: The Smile, 26 Bond Street, New York City
SacredShe invites you to a special, intimate dinner with renowned Hindu scholar Constantina Rhodes, PhD. Learn how to co-create wealth, health, and prosperity in all areas of your life. Join us for invocation, storytelling, discussion, and a four-course dinner with like-minded souls.
Includes: 21-day mantra invocation • guided meditation • 3 course family style meal
* Please bring a journal, pen, an open heart and healthy appetite.
Seating is limited. To reserve your spot, email cam@sacredshe.us or call 917-710-5170.
Exchange: $115/early bird price; $135 after October 1st.
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"Intuition in Everyday Life"
Presentation at An Evening of Words, Wine and Music
With the Greek-American Writers Association
Saturday, October 11, 2014, 6-8 pm
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia St., bet. Bleecker and West 4th,
New York City
(Subways A, C, E, B, D, M to West 4th or 1 to Christopher St)
Join us at the lovely and historic Cornelia Street Cafe. I'll be speaking about how we can access intuition in everyday life. Songwriter/singer Christos Alexandrou will be performing selections from his new album Ston Idio Dromo and poet Nicos Alexiou will present poems from his new book Astoria --a poetry of exile, community, and Greek identity.
$8 admission includes a glass of wine, beer, or soft drink.
Info: Karageorge24@gmail.com
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Harvest Your Blessings: A Lakshmi Workshop
Saturday, September 13, 2014, 1-5 pm
DIG Yoga
204 N. Union St.
Lambertville, NJ 08530
What is true prosperity? What does it mean to live a magnificent life? In this workshop Constantina Rhodes will introduce Lakshmi, beautiful, beloved goddess of wealth, happiness, and abundant good fortune. Lakshmi is the source energy of prosperity consciousness, from which all forms of prosperity emerge. Tapping into that abundant consciousness and maintaining alignment with it is part practice and part inspiration, and the teachings about Lakshmi offer guidance about generating prosperity consciousness and harvesting the fruits of its blessings.
Constantina has translated a vast body of Sanskrit sacred texts dedicated to Lakshmi, which she presents in her latest book, Invoking Lakshmi: The Goddess of Wealth in Song and Ceremony. This workshop draws upon those texts and teachings, most of which have never before been translated nor presented to a wide audience. Constantina will lead you in contemplative exercises and guided meditations to inspire a deeply personal connection with the energy of the goddess.
Constantina's books and CDs will be available for purchase and signing.
To register, call DIG Yoga at 609-460-4222 or visit www.digyoga.com
Cost: $55 by August 30, $65 after
Private Intuitive Readings
Sunday, September 14 10am-3pm
DIG Yoga, Lambertville, NJ
Constantina will be available to give 20-minute private readings. Please bring