Oct 20 in Palo Alto: Feng Shui with Barb Jurecki-Humphrey!

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On Monday, October 20 at 8 pm, the Peninsula Macrobiotic Community

hosts Feng Shui practitioner Barb Jurecki-Humphrey, who will speak on

Realizing Your Life Potential and Dreams with Feng Shui. More than

just moving a couch for good luck, Feng Shui is the positive movement

of chi (life force) throughout your surroundings to improve or change

your life.

 

Barb will give a step-by-step presentation on the following tools of

Feng Shui:

 

1) The vision board helps envision what you would like to invite in

your life, and focuses your intention for change and improvement.

Using her personal vision board as an example, Barb will share her

unique approach to vision board construction and get you started on

your own--watch as your personal dreams begin to materialize!

 

2) The bagua: one of the main tools of Feng Shui, it analyzes the Feng

Shui energy of any given space. Revered for centuries, the bagua helps

determine the environmental changes necessary to improve areas of your

life. " Bagua " means " eight areas " ( " ba " =eight, " gua " =area). The bagua

is a map or chart that relates the various areas of your life to the

eight sections of your living space.

 

3) Ritual: change for the better does not happen on its own; there

must be intention to change, but even that may not be enough. Barb

will demonstrate the enormous power of ritual, which escalates your

intention to change, both to the universe and to yourself, and

empowers it exponentially.

 

Introduced to Feng Shui by William Spear at the Mid-Atlantic

Macrobiotic Summer Camp in 1985, Barb trained with Grand Master Lin

Yun Rinpoche and Carol Bridges at Nine Harmonies School of Feng Shui,

and wrote The Feng Shui For Harmony Handbook. Barb, who lives in

Colorado, will be available for home and office Feng Shui

consultations while here. An accomplished macrobiotic cook and the

author of Overnight Congee Cooklet, Barb is a regular and inspiring

presence at the French Meadows Summer Camp, where she teaches Feng

Shui and cooking. She loves working in the kitchen alongside

newcomers, sharing her cooking and macrobiotic knowledge.

 

Lecture Details:

• Monday, October 20, 8 pm (no reservation necessary)

• $5-10 donation suggested for lecture

• The First Baptist Church, 305 North California Avenue at Bryant,

Palo Alto, 1/4 mile East of Alma and the California Avenue Caltrain

Station

• before the lecture, enjoy a Gourmet Vegetarian Dinner and make new

friends at 6:30 pm (dinner reservations: call 650 599-3320 by 9:30 am)

 

 

GOURMET VEGETARIAN DINNER MENU, OCTOBER 20, 6:30 PM, CHEF GARY ALINDER

 

Creamy Cauliflower Soup

Moroccan Veggie and Chick Pea Stew with Seitan

Couscous Pilaf

Broccoli Sauté

Mixed Green Salad

Orange Spice Bars

Mint Tea

 

Dinner Details:

• Monday, October 20, 6:30 pm

• $15 for Dinner

• please reserve for Dinner by Monday morning, 9:30 AM (650 599-3320)

• The First Baptist Church, 305 North California Avenue at Bryant,

Palo Alto, 1/4 mile East of Alma and the California Avenue Caltrain

Station

• for more Monday dinner menus, visit http://peninsulamacro.org

 

 

MONDAY GOURMET VEGETARIAN DINNERS IN PALO ALTO

 

The Peninsula Macrobiotic Community serves a Gourmet Vegetarian Dinner

every Monday (except major holidays) in Palo Alto. This is a full

vegan dinner which includes soup, grain, beans or bean products,

vegetables, dessert, and beverage, prepared by expert natural foods

Chef Gary Alinder, our Chef since our inception in 1987.

 

WEBSITE: http://peninsulamacro.org - featuring newsletter, dinner

menus, and related information.

 

DINNER RESERVATIONS: please try to make your Dinner reservations by

Monday morning, 9:30 AM; call 650 599-3320. If it's after 9:30 and

you're still interested in coming, call and leave a number for the

manager to call you back if there is space. It is not necessary to

reserve for the After-Dinner presentation.

 

TIME: dinner is served at 6:30 pm every Monday except major holidays;

the after-dinner presentation (once per month) starts at 8 pm.

 

PRICE: $15 for Dinner, $5-10 donation suggested for after-dinner

presentation (usually once per month)

 

LOCATION: The First Baptist Church, 305 North California Avenue at

Bryant, Palo Alto, 1/4 mile East of Alma and the California Avenue

Caltrain Station.

 

AFTER-DINNER PRESENTATION: each month we feature an After-Dinner

Lecture or Event, described in the newsletter and website. Lectures

are usually on macrobiotic or other health related topics, by a

variety of speakers including macrobiotic counselors, medical doctors,

cooking teachers, and people who have dealt successfully with serious

diseases using macrobiotic or similar approaches. Other events have

included performances by folk singers and vegetarian Chinese acrobats.

We have a pass-the-hat policy for our events; we suggest a donation of

$5-10.

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: all are welcome at our Dinners, vegetarian or not.

The Dinners are particularly helpful for those who want to eat in

healthy ways, but may not know how to get started. Many who attend may

have the same health concerns you have. Also, choosing locally grown,

vegetarian foods is one of the best ways to reduce your carbon

footprint on the planet.

 

Dinner attendance ranges from 40 to 100, with a full spectrum of ages

spanning newborns to grandparents, including quite a few interesting

singles. Come with a friend or by yourself; singles easily integrate

into our friendly group, where seating is communal. Many long-term

friendships have started at a Monday Dinner, and are renewed every week!

 

 

We hope to see you at a Monday Dinner! Please forward this message to

friends who may be interested.

 

Gerard T. Lum, Newsletter Editor and Webmaster

Peninsula Macrobiotic Community, http://peninsulamacro.org