5 Energy Healing 101. Learn about your energy anatomy, tools for self-healing and healing others. October 23, 2-4 pm, Healing Waters, 2426 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232. (503)502-5186. www.pnwpranichealing.com. Please rsvp to info@pnwpranichealing.com.

11-12 Shamanic Healing Training: Core Shamanic healing techniques will be taught and each student will be assisted in developing skills for use as a Shamanic healer. Proficiency will include; work with the spirits of nature, drum healing, divination techniques, extraction, soul retrieval, animal communication, and working with the dead and dying. Ancient Wellspring offers the most comprehensive Shamanic training program available. CEU credits offered. For more information please go to www.ancientwellspring.com or call (503)516-4001.

16 Free Intro to Pranic Healing: Thursday, September 16, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Marylhurst University - Wiegand Hall. For more info: lindanegrin@gmail.com / (503)866-2901.

18 Basic Shamanic Journey Workshop w/Michelle Christensen: Learn to journey to the 3 realms of Shamanic reality; Communicate with your personal “Spirit Helpers” and “Teachers”; Perform Shamanic healing work. For more information www.ancientwellspring.com or call (503)516-4001.

18-19 Reiki I with Michelle Christensen. (503)516-4001.

22-26 Faster, deeper healing for your clients by combining your skills with Family Constellation Work revealing family patterns and dynamics that manifest as pain and illness in the body. Family Constellation Facilitator Training Intensive, September 22-26, 2010, with world renowned trainer Dr. Jane Peterson at Human Systems Institute. CEUs available for NASW, NCNM, WSCC & OCOM. $795 before Aug 15 or $845 after. Call to register (503)293-0338 or learn more at http://human-systems-institute.com. Please give registration code: ALTERNATIVES.

24-26 Life Coaching Certification – Module III: Nuts & Bolts. Call (503)525-0595. www.apositiva.com / www.apositivechange.com

25 Ninth Annual Build it Green! Home Tour and Info Fair: Sat., Sept. 25th, 11am - 5pm. $15 ticket, on sale starting mid-August online and at Ecohaus. Info Fair is FREE and open to everyone. Presented by the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, twenty-two inspiring and innovative green residential projects will be open around the Portland Metropolitan Area. Chat with homeowners and contractors about small space living, Passive House, ecoroofs, rainwater harvesting, natural landscaping, affordable housing, aging-in-place, water and energy conservation, healthy building materials, alternative construction techniques, co-housing and much more! Pick up some great ideas for YOUR home or apartment. A FREE fun, family-friendly Info Fair will follow featuring booths with green home products and services, demonstrations, food, drink and music. Build It Green! Info Fair at Ecohaus, 819 SE Taylor, Portland, OR. (503)222-3881. 3pm - 7pm. More info: www.portlandonline.com/bps/builditgreen, greenhotline@portlandoregon.gov. (503)823-5431. Facebook: build it green! tour and fair. Twitter: @bigtour.

8-10 Basic Essential Hypno Skills - Begins Oct. 8-10th. Call (503)525-0595. www.apositiva.com / www.apositivechange.com.

9-10 Shamanic Practitioner Training Course: 10 month training program teaches Core Shamanic healing techniques. Students develop skills for use as a Shamanic healer. Proficiency includes; work with the spirits of nature, drum healing, divination techniques, extraction, soul retrieval, animal communication, and work with the dead and dying. Basic Workshop is pre-requisite. Ancient Wellspring offers the most comprehensive Shamanic training program available. CEU credits offered. For more information www.ancientwellspring.com or call (503)516-4001.

22 Harmonizing Ourselves with our Changing Planet: a supportive & loving group hypnosis experience. Reserve a spot...(503)722-1627. Janine Offutt C.Ht. Donations welcome.

22-23 Reiki II with Michelle Christensen. (503)516-4001.

23 Energy Healing 101. Learn about your energy anatomy, tools for self-healing and healing others. October 23,

2-4 pm, Healing Waters, 2426 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232. (503)502-5186. www.pnwpranichealing.com. Please rsvp to info@pnwpranichealing.com.

19 Advanced Hypno/NLP Certification Begins - Step-by-step processes you can use with yourself and clients to create a positive change. Call (503)525-0595. www.apositiva.com / www.apositivechange.com.

19 Easy & Fun Mind-Mapping - Learn Creativity Development Tools for Dreamers, Thinkers, and Creators Now! Call (503)525-0595. www.apositiva.com / www.apositivechange.com.

19-21 Reiki Master Class with Michelle Christensen. (503)516-4001.

Ongoing - NLP, Primer, Practitioner & Masters. Call (503)525-0595. www.apositiva.com / www.apositivechange.com.

Achieve Weight Mastery: Groups forming now, combining hypnosis and sound nutrition practice. Based on successful Seattle program. Facilitated by Lexi Parrott, MPH, CHT.. (503)287-4286.

Esoteric School: Evening classes held weekly. Tuition: $20 per month. (503) 639-0673.

Self-fulfilling prophecies: I create positive justice for you through alignment with unpublished magical truth. Vanessa Blackwood (503)758-1355.

NLP/Hypnotherapy Skills basic & advanced skills for certification. FREE Public Presentations on Hypnosis, NLP, Goals, and Communication. Call (503)525-0595. www.apositiva.com / www.apositivechange.com.

Pamela Olzman: Reconnective Healing® and The Reconnection®. (503)320-5150.

Qi-gong class, Saturdays. 10:00am – 11:30am. 2343 SE 44th Ave, Portland, (503)997-7181.

“The Heart of Change: A Conversation with Ram Dass” New DVD produced by Living Earth and Netforest. Order online at www.LivingEarthGatherings.org.

Quantum-Touch® Workshops in Portland. You can learn this amazing and easy to master hands-on healing technique. Call for info on upcoming class dates. Call (503)288-8369.

Moving for Life! Expand sense of self while learning to move more effectively with classes and individual lessons based on the Feldenkrais Method®. Rosanna Mattingly, GCFP. (503)772-3486 or movingforlife@gmail.com.

Discover the power of shamanism with David Lang. On-going workshops in shamanic techniques of healing, personal growth and Spirit guidance. Call (541)683-3756 for information on current workshops.

Quantum-Touch Workshops & FREE Lectures:Certified QT Instructor presents 2-day intensive workshops. $295. 13 CE/12 CNE credits. Or FREE Lecture/Demos. Schedule/details: (503)288-8369 or j_maron@msn.com, www.quantumtouch.com.

Wholeness in Motion offering Awareness Through Movement® classes and workshops based on the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education. Israel Sostrin, PT., GCFP. (503)327-4756.

Improve your family’s well-being! Reboot your internal energy thru cutting edge biophysics scans and Infoceuticals. ADD, hyperactive, restless children; sleep deprived, stressed and overworked parents. All welcome. Family rates. Call for free DVD. (503)317-6828.

Inner Peace—Inner Power: How open are you to wonderously experiencing life? Learn to experience what really matters- Peace & Happiness. Courses or Counseling (503)525-0595.

Humanistic Therapy: with Paul M Rakoczy, MSW, CADC. Traditional talk therapy for anxiety, depression, addiction or personal growth. Working with adolescents, adults or families. Call (503)997-8611 for appt, free consultation.

M Free Healing Clinic and Meditation for World Peace. Experience the benefits of energy healing. 7 – 9 pm in Hillsboro, OR. www.pnwpranichealing.com.

TU Past Life Regression in group hypnosis with Geoffrey Knight. Third Tuesday of the month, NW Portland, 7-9pm. Cost: $20. By reservation only. (503)246-7300.

TU Inner Dance: Discover the wonders of your energy body. Release old wounds, and free your spirit. Deepen the integration of body and soul. Dance! Opening to Life, 407 NE 12th. Tuesdays, 7-9 pm.

WE Reiki Share: Exchange energy with Paul M Rakoczy, Reiki Master. First Wednesday eve of each month, No experience necessary. $10 Donation. Call (503)997-8611 to register. Also, initiations, classes, individual healing sessions by appt.

WE Free Healing Clinic and Meditation for World Peace. Experience the benefits of energy healing. 10am - 12 noon in NE Portland. www.pnwpranichealing.com.

FR Living Earth First Friday: Monthly Potluck Dinner and Community Gathering. Friends Meeting House, 4312 SE Stark, Portland. Join us to take a deep breath, share a meal, and reflect on open themes in community dialogue. www.LivingEarthGatherings.org.

SA Qi-gong class, Saturdays. 10:00am – 11:30am. 2343 SE 44th Ave, Portland, (503)997-7181.

SA Open House at Spirit Guided Friends Church: 3rd Saturday each month, 7–10pm. Psychic readings- $5/ 2 for $8. 5729 SE Boise. (503)771-8986.

SU Come, be Answered! ‘Miraculous Spirit’ Sunday satsangs in Portland and Hood River, with awakened mystic & holy woman, Elle Re. ‘I am in awe!’ A. Malesa, Bend. For information. toll-free: 866-630-Love. www.INEI-RE.org.

SU Sunday Evening Gathering: Third Sundays at Friends Meeting House, 4312 SE Stark, 7:00-8:30 pm. Share the stillness that can rest our hearts and refresh our sense of well-being in a challenging world. 30 minutes of silent sitting followed by quiet reflection that points to our relationships to the world, to Mystery, to the One. $3-$5 donation appreciated, no one turned away.

SU Singing Our Hearts Out: Second Sunday of each month, 3:00-5:00 pm, upstairs at People’s Food Coop, 3029 SE 31st Ave. Join us to sing sacred songs, gospel tunes, any songs that connect us to our hearts and fill the air. Non-singers, shower singers, and trained voices all blend in bright and wonderful harmonies. Open to all, no charge.