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Hypnosis for Pain Management: Protocols for Addiction

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Learn an adaptable system to break even the most entrenched habituated patterns. The basic addictions protocol has three levels: Arm the person with the understanding of how habits are formed, change the brain by giving them six different techniques to stop cravings and the emotions that control them, and teach techniques that offer relief from the cravings Work to change the emotional impact of past traumas, associations, and core beliefs/emotions...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$450

2 sessions

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Planning a Good Death: The Difficult Decisions

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

This workshop provides the information and tools necessary for creating a good death and ensuring your end-of-life wishes are fulfilled. There are a myriad of decisions to be made when our body begins to decline, but this is when we are most vulnerable. Knowing your options ahead of time, understanding the implications for each choice, and sharing your informed decisions with loved-ones relieve anxiety and soften pain; so you can let go of this...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$425

2 sessions

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Becoming the Best You Ever

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Becoming the Best You Ever: Simple Steps to Falling in Love with Your Life Many of us spend too much time imagining how great our life could be or should be if only something were different. Come spend a morning taking a deep dive exploring how to transform the life you’re living into the life you love with five simple accessible tools. Whether you’re feeling like you could use a happiness tune-up, or you’re navigating a divorce, break-up,...

(1068) All levels 18 and older
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$105
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The Zentangle® Art Form

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

In this class we will discover the increasingly popular Zentangle® Method, an approach to art that has gained worldwide recognition. A simple, relaxing way for everyone, regardless of artistic ability, to create beautiful images using structured patterns, it also generates wellbeing, increased focus, and meditative states. Using pencil and pen, we will draw structured patterns on 3.5 X 3.5-inch archival quality paper “tile” (i.e. die-cut squares),...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$185

5 sessions

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Free to Love

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Free to Love: Creating Great Relationships Through Family Constellations Whether you’re single or in a relationship, this workshop is designed to get to the heart of what prevents you from having the closeness you desire. Today we’ll be introduced to Family Constellations, a highly effective learning process designed to reveal hidden dynamics and unconscious family loyalties that limit our ability to have successful relationships. Guided by...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$155
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Life Direction and Career Clarity From the Inside Out

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Fifty percent of Americans say they’d do something else if given the chance. Today, Laura Berman Fortgang, nationally known life coach and author of Now What? 90 Days to a New Life Direction, will support us in figuring out what’s next for us and help us get from here to there. Whether we are searching for career direction or just strategizing our next move at work or in life, this fun, informative and interactive workshop will show us: the three...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$150
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Integrating Psychic and Healing Skills Into Daily Life

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Complete course name: Practical Intuition: Integrating Psychic and Healing Skills Into Daily Life Today, internationally renowned intuitive and best-selling author Laura Day, who has worked for decades to help bring intuitive skills into the mainstream worlds of medicine, business, psychology and other professions, will lead us in a highly experiential, hands-on workshop designed to help us awaken and hone the latent, innate intuitive abilities...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$155
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Rediscovering Yourself After Loss

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Loss of a partner — through a break-up, divorce, separation or death — is one of the most painful experiences life can throw your way. This upset often brings on lowered self-esteem, loneliness and even despair. In this workshop and interactive series, Dr. Arens Fuerstein will share her Stages of Growth approach, based on 40 years of clinical experience and personal loss, to help you heal, love and re-discover yourself in the aftermath.

(1068) All levels 18 and older
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$90

3 sessions

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Light Now: Own Your Light Energy

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Light Now: Own Your Light Energy and Create a Powerful Year of Clarity, Purpose, Change, and Connection! Often our personal energy can develop a patina that interferes with our clarity of mind, muddying up our pathways to change, disconnecting us from the other side – even making us ill. But there is an endless source of light energy we can all draw upon, says Laura Lynne Jackson, to clear and rebalance our energy, and enhance our psychic and...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$165
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A Course in Miracles: A Guide to Inner Peace

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Scribed by Dr. Helen Schucman and published in 1976, A Course in Miracles has surpassed 3 million in sales and is regarded by many as a modern spiritual classic. Emphasizing application and experience rather than theory and theology, the book enables readers—through forgiveness—to shift from egoistic thinking to seeing in alignment with the Mind of God.  It facilitates a dialogue with our deep inner wisdom, a renewed certainty of purpose,...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$155

6 sessions

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Integrative Addiction Solution

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Integrative Addiction Solution: Rewiring the Addicted Brain Learn an adaptable system to break even the most entrenched habituated patterns. The basic addictions protocol has three levels: Arm the person with the understanding of how habits are formed, change the brain by giving them six different techniques to stop cravings and the emotions that control them, and teach techniques that offer relief from the cravings Work to change the emotional...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$155
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Healing What Grieves You: Releasing Unresolved Grief

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Full Course Name Healing What Grieves You: Releasing Unresolved Grief of All Kinds Whether the death of a loved one or a beloved pet, a divorce, home foreclosure, or job loss, we all experience painful losses in life that affect us deeply, leaving lasting scars. We are often expected to soldier on and bury our feelings.  In this workshop we will work in a circle of safety, with techniques practiced by shamans across time to learn how to: journey...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$190
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The Right to Write

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

What if everything we’ve learned about writing is wrong? In this class, drawing from her groundbreaking best-sellerThe Right to Write, Julia Cameron dismantles the mythology surrounding the writing life in our culture. Tackling such issues as time, mood, inspiration and support, she reveals that writing is, in fact, a natural—and crucial—part of life. Questions of how, when and why yield to the virtual toolkit of strategies and tips that she...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$165
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Social Anxiety Support Workshop

Zenspeak - Public Speaking Center @ 131 W 72nd St, New York, NY

 Overcome shyness and gain confidence in interpersonal interaction in this ongoing 10-session program. You will become a more skilled and confident communicator in all areas of life. There is hope, and we can definitely provide the help in a comfortable, supportive environment.   Our workshop is focused on results.  Discussion of social anxiety issues comprises part of a typical session, but the main emphasis is on gradual exposure...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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$299

10 sessions

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Urban Tantra: Sacred Sex for 21st Century

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

On the Tantric path, pleasure, vision and ecstasy are celebrated rather than repressed. But Tantra is not only a sexual practice; it also is a sensuous way of life and path to spiritual growth. This workshop series will focus on modern Tantric techniques and practices that can be learned in a virtual environment and practiced in (and after) times of social distancing. The series is specifically designed to provide support and pleasure as we navigate...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$170
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Integrative Hypnosis

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Rewire your brain and transform bad habits. Methods drawn from the discipline of hypnosis offer us some of the easiest-to-learn and most effective techniques in mind-body transformation. In this class you will learn some of the most powerful ways of changing habituated patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior.  You will learn techniques to change negative emotional states and eliminate unhealthy cravings, and simple self-healing methods to...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$145

4 sessions

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Working with Relationship System Through Aging

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Working with Relationship Systems  Through Aging, Illness and Dying (Part 2) Relationships are living energetic creations. They change through life much as we do, in individual yet predictable ways. Aging, illness and dying impact relationships deeply. In this weekend, we will learn basics of relationship dynamics, including their response to change and endings. We will consider dyads as systems of energy. With that view, we will explore such...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$305

2 sessions

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Tame Your Moods & Emotions

New York Open Center @ 22 E 30th St, New York, NY

Complete Course Title:  Tame Your Moods & Emotions: Reaching Balance with Herbs & Homeopathy Master the art of controlling your moods so they don’t control you! By using a variety of tools, such as positive psychology, herbs, and aromatherapy, you can lead a more optimistic and calm lifestyle. In Sara’s new book, Moodtopia, she introduces a 90-day plan that guides the reader in how to confidently express their emotions in a healthy...

(299) All levels 18 and older
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$120

3 sessions

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Gratitude Cultivation

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Gratitude is a virtue that has been tackled by philosophers, religious thinkers and, now, positive psychologists.  Studies have shown that we can intentionally develop gratitude and can increase our well-being, happiness and health by doing so. Through videos, hands-on exercises and sharing, learn what gratitude is, how to live in joy and appreciation, how to identify and deal with ungrateful thoughts and so much more! Gain a fresh outlook...

(1068) All levels 18 and older
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$75

3 sessions

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Designing Your Life

92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

This is your life, how do you choose to live it? Are you stuck and not sure what you want? This workshop will teach you how to proactively look at all aspects of your whole being and help you design the life you want to live by checking in with your SPICE for life—spiritual, physical, intellectual, connection, and emotional parts of yourself. During this course you will think about your life, imagine and dream, and begin to create a plan to live...

(1068) All levels 18 and older
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$75

3 sessions

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