Psy-Santé Newsletter March 2010
Make some time for wellness this spring!
This spring, come out and experience workshops, classes and activities that are sure to help with the seasonal change and empower you to feel your best. If you need some one on one time to work on something specific, we are here too! We look forward to seeing you!
Namaste,
Stephane Bensoussan & the Psy-Santé team
Happening this Month at Psy-Santé
Therapeutic Crystal Bowl Healing Concert
with Nancy Fuoco
Theme: Healing with Angels
All life is created from vibration which produces sound and colour. Each of our cells and organs vibrate to a specific sound. When one is vibrating out of tune or non harmoniously, this causes "dis-ease". A body is in a healthy state of being when each cell, each organ createsa resonance that is in harmony with the whole being.
During this therapeutic crystal concert, you are invited to come and bathe in the pure healing sounds of quartz crystal bowls and allow them to entrain you in a relaxed state of consciousness which allows your body to heal the effects of stress and your busy lifestyle. This concert also includes a themed guided healing meditation to further promote a state of serene tranquility.
Friday March 26th: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Cost: $22
Places are limited, please call 514-690-2009 or email nancyfuoco@sympatico.ca to reserve your spot!
Angel Meditation Circle
with Allison Carol Blackburn
Archangels Michael and Raphael along with your Guardian Angels will be joining Angel Intuitive, Alison Carol Blackburn, for a guided Angel Meditation Circle. Carol will guide the meditation, helping you to connect with your Guardian Angels. These lovely entities will join us while we connect with Archangel Michael. Michael brings us clarity, truth, and release. Then Archangel Raphael will bring us healing energy. It is the perfect time to let go of aspects of your life that are no longer working for you and to welcome something new! It is sure to be a wonderful evening. We hope you can join us.
Monday, March 29th: 7:30 - 9:00 pm
To arrange for a session or to reserve a spot at the Angel Meditation Circle, please contact Carol at 514-631-5759 or email alisoncblackburn@hotmail.com
New program with Dr Warren and Debra Leibovitch
The A.R.T. of Living Mindfully with Stress and Anxiety
"Mindfulness is a state of awareness, a place of understanding and openness, in which to learn to live well in the face of challenge and uncertainty.&
This 8-week group program offers a unique learning experience bringing together mindfulness-based approaches in cognitive-behavioral therapies for treatment of anxiety and mindfulness practice in yoga and meditation. This holistic program speaks to the overall well-being of each person in mind, body and spirit. The goal is to develop the knowledge and skills to cope successfully with feelings of fear, excessive worrying, generalized anxiety and panic. Living mindfully becomes a way of relating to the changing currents in our lives as we encounter important life events and periods of personal change. These 8 sessions are designed to build self-awareness and understanding of mindfulness in practice as well as promoting personal change and growth. Group members are taught how to use their own inner resources to relieve stress and to manage body and mind more effectively.
The groups are led by Dr. Warren Zackon, a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, and Debra Leibovitch, an experienced practitioner, whose teaching incorporates the physical and spiritual aspects of yoga and meditation in promoting health and wellness.
Monday evenings 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Upcoming spring sessions begin April 26th
Call us 514-620-3535 or email studio.psysante@gmail.com for more details.
About Dr Warren Zackon and Debra Leibovitch
Dr. Warren Zackon, joining the team at Psy-Santé, brings with him his own personal and professional life experience into open dialogue with others. His approach is dynamic and engaging. Dr. Zackon's psychotherapeutic work draws upon diverse sources including narrative work in psychodrama, mindfulness practice in psychotherapy and studies of existential philosophy and literature. He has developed a particular interest and expertise in the treatment of anxiety and depression. Dr. Zackon's group workshops are designed to build self-awareness and promote change through the use of mindfulness exercises, group work, meditation and self-reflection. He received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from McGill University in 1989 and received clinical training in individual, marital, family and group psychotherapy at the Montreal General Hospital. He has worked as a consulting psychologist and practitioner in both the mental health and public education sectors over the past twenty years both in Toronto and Montreal.
Debra( 500-hr RYT, Yoga Alliance ) has been practicing yoga since 1982 and has been teaching since 1999. She has recently returned from Rishikesh, India having completed her 500-hour professional Yoga Teacher Training. Debra teaches at various locations on the West Island including the YMCA, Om West Holistic Centre and also offers her services in the corporate world. Her goal as a teacher is to inspire and help people enrich the quality of their lives. Through the healing practice of yoga postures, breathing exercises, meditation and deep relaxation learn to bring balance and a sense of well-being into your body, mind and spirit. Debra looks forward to becoming a part of the team at Psy Santé.
Classes and Workshops with Stéphane
Journey to Higher Awareness course (Level 1)
By: Stéphane Bensoussan MA, Holistic Psychologist
In this 6 week course, you will learn how to integrate spirit into your life: how to face challenges with courage, develop clarity in setting your life intentions and live from a place of Peace. While becoming aware of the power of the present moment, you will learn how to free yourself from the reins of your ego. Specific Mind-Body-Spirit tools will be taught and can be taken with you to apply on a daily basis. To facilitate learning, this course requires active participation and a little home study. This is an introductory course with the possibility of follow up levels.
6 Mondays 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, starting TBD
Cost: $275 + tax (bring a friend, save $20)
Pre-registration required. Please call 514-620-3535 or visit us in person. Places are limited.
Mind-Body-Spirit Mentorship Program
By: Stéphane Bensoussan MA, Holistic Psychologist
The mentorship is directed towards the individual who is practicing or interested in becoming a holistic health practitioner. This person may come from a diverse knowledge base and is perhaps seeking a career change or simply wishes to add further knowledge to their existing practice. In order to fulfill the requirements of the Mind-Body-Spirit Diploma, students must complete the three Certificate programs below:
1. Establishing a Holistic Practice: 15 hrs, cost $450
2. Clinical Mind-Body-Spirit Modalities: 18 hrs $540
3. Psycho-Spiritual Therapy: 33 hrs $900
Pre-registration required. Please call 514-620-3535 or email stephane@psysante.com. Places are limited.
Psy-Santé Programs for Children
Empowerment workshops and tools
Discovering Me: Empowerment program
By: Hana Swieca
This 10 week program is based on the children's book Jonathan's Magical Discoveries and the workbook/activity book Discovering Me. This program is designed to teach Children how to raise self esteem, become more powerful, get in touch with their emotions and many more empowering tools to help them reach their goals and dreams. They will be introduced to powerful and transformational techniques while learning their part in creating positive changes and desired outcomes. for more information.
April 14th - June 16th
Wednesdays 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Cost: $225, including book and activity book ($40 value)
Pre-registration required: email hanaswieca@videotron.ca or call 514-979-1801.
Give Children the gift of Empowerment!
Jonathan's Magical Discoveries and its companion workbook book Discovering Me make a great gift any time of the year for children of all ages and the child within each of us. Written by Hana Swieca and illustrated by Hugh Nimmons, these books take the reader on a journey of self discovery, increase self esteem and empowerment to take action and to reach for goals and dreams.
For more info please click here: www.rainbowpathmedia.com
For testimonials please click here.
Books are also available at the Psy Santé clinic: 514-620-3535.
Other Amazing Happenings!
Exploring Your Energetic Birthright!
A Workshop
Five energetic and gifted women will be the presenters!
At this workshop we will experience a meditation to activate our soul star with Lynn Harris.
Lynn is an energy worker practicing on the West Island.
Dorothy Newey, a life coach who teaches various techniques to enhance life experiences, will explain the Law of Attraction and help you to use it actively in your life.
Karen Ripplinger Wylie, an energy worker and teacher will teach us how to ground and clear our energy bodies.
Kristina Ozimowska, a practitioner and teacher of SPHE-RE, (Sacred Peace Healing Energy) will lead a SPHE-RE session. Kristina along with the other presenters (all of whom have received the level II or III of Sphere) will move through the audience sharing this sacred peace energy with attendees.
The final presenter, Alison Carol Blackburn, is an Angel Intuitive and Advocate. Carol will guide an Angel Meditation Circle where the participants can connect with their own Guardian Angels to receive their energetic blessings and love. A draw will entitle some of the members of the audience to ask their Guardian Angels a question through Carol.
The day will end with a question and answer period.
Sunday April 11th: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Cost: $45.00, early bird registration is $35.00, (participants must register by Thursday, April 1, 2010 to benefit from the early bird special.)
Please bring a light lunch!
You can receive an additional $5.00 off for each friend you register. (Up to a maximum of 7 friends)
For more information you can contact Carol at 514-631-5759 or email alisoncblackburn@hotmail.com
There is space for 30 participants!
In May, Journey through the 7 Essene Mirrors of Relationship and Create your desired life by learning how to become it!
Facilitated by Nancy Fuoco and Larry Crevier
All relationships are sacred mirrors, perfect schools by which we can come to know ourselves fully if we are aware of the patterns we play. Our mirrors are constantly speaking to us, but what do they mean? These seminars unveil this Mystery, and invite the participant to understand and transcend their Mirrors, to make some new choices and decisions that will positively impact their future.
2 seminar series: May 2nd & 16th
Sundays 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
For more information on these seminars, visit: www.serenya.ca or call 514-690-2009 or email nancyfuoco@sympatico.ca to reserve your spot!
I hope that you enjoyed this March edition of our Newsletter!
As you can see, we are true to our commitment to offer you a variety of options to help you live your best life. Remember that with every challenge that life brings our way, opportunity is never far behind.
Looking forward to seeing you at one of our great events!
Stéphane Bensoussan, MA, Health Psychologist and
Clinical Director
Psy-Santé Wellness Clinic