Integrated Awareness® Self-Healing Through Self-Discovery "Everyone stumbles over the truth from time to time, but   most people pick themselves up and hurry off as          though  nothing ever happened."                                                   ------  Winston Churchill                                                       May 2009 In This Issue Upcoming Events May Discounts Article: The Body's Truth See my website Save these Dates: Introductory classes 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, June 17 Lighten up   Wednesday, July 15 Receiving is an Action  MAY DISCOUNT -  Session Rates Rolled back to 2002! Don't miss this recession-friendly offer! Single Session: $80 (good for May sessions only) Two people: $150 total (if you are both seen on the same day) A private series of three: $255* A private series of six: $495* Ongoing: Refer three people who receive a session and you get one for free! * As long as you pay in May, sessions can take place whenever you want. The current private series of three is $288; six is $556. Upcoming Events: Event Title: Listen to Your Body's Truth Date: Thursday, May 14   Time: 7-9 p.m.  Our body holds information that may be different from what we think and feel. Listening closely allows us to access our body's wisdom.   Each of us puts great effort into creating a sense of meaning and fulfillment in our lives. We may feel challenged by our inherent need to feel connected and unique at the same time. We will use subtle movements and expanded consciousness to explore our inner rules and inhibitions in order to open up to new possibilities.  Cost: $25 Please reserve a space: sally at sallychurgel dot com Location: Center for Integrated Awareness    170 Professional Center Drive Rohnert Park, CA 94928 707-217-7433 The Body's Truth: The job of our mind is to shore up the mental models we have made from a lifetime of beliefs. Although we "change our mind" from minute to minute, we rarely (without much effort) change the history, the social/familial influences and habits that have created our models. When we experience something new or different, our mind will skew the experience in order to maintain these existing models. Hence, a reporter hears many different versions of the same event. When we worry, the mind is projecting into the future the expectations we have based on these models. Our emotions, on the other hand, are constantly changing and reflect the landscape through which we have just traveled. These are our memories reflected to us as a current feeling. The physical body, however, is the one aspect that is truly here in the moment. From our cells to our skin, our body can be only in the present moment. This physicality tells us the truth about our current state - the postures we take on, the contractions our muscles shape and how we hold ourselves. Our thoughts, emotions and history shape our body's ability to move, or not, which creates or inhibits our well-being. Our physical body is the one aspect of our self that we can rely on to tell us what is true. Reshaping the body is easier than reshaping the mental models we have spent a lifetime constructing. Exploring these holding patterns, and having assistance recognizing and releasing them, allows the models of the mind to be reshaped into new models that offer us a life more to our liking. A life where there is congruence between the models and the body is a life of more ease, permission and choice.   Sally Churgel began studying Integrated Awareness® in 1992 and was certified as a teacher in 1996. Sally brings observation and listening skills to her healing and teaching that she  learned from 15 years of facilitation and 10 years operating a ropes course/team building company. She has offered private sessions in Australia and New  Zealand, and assisted with a  women's  breast cancer and Integrated Awareness healing study in Salt Lake City, Utah. Sally sees private clients and couples in San Francisco and Rohnert Park, California. Sally Churgel, Integrated Awareness® Teacher *  707-217-7433  *   sally at sallychurgel dot com