Hammock-time! Double-page spread! Update on filming project Autumn Women's Retreat The Healing Power of Silence Marianne's Gift of Change Edge of Emergence Retreat Edge of Emergence Thursday - Sunday October 12-15 Peace Village, New York state Read the last story of the newsletter for more about this. When you download the leaflet you will read Evolution Biologist Elisabet Sahtouris' brilliant description of how the caterpillar transforms into a butterfly. She speaks of imaginal cells in the caterpillar's immune system that start off working alone to try to break down that system and only achieve success when they identify each other and gather together. From their collaboration the butterfly then forms. Do you think you are one of those imaginal cells? Email me if you'd like to discuss if this event is for you The Power of Just-a-Minute Learn how you can benefit from regular and brief periods of silence You can access 21 different one-minute guided meditations from the just-a-minute.org website. The themes vary from relaxation, calm, clear mind to focus and slow food. I find them a VERY powerful use of one minute. September 17th - Live webcast 3-5.30pm Click here for the 21 guided one-minute meditations Women's Wellness Retreat Don't miss out on a life-changing weekend October 27-29 for Autumn Retreat limited spaces Fabulous weekend of inspiration, nourishment, learning, connection and renewal with other women Includes key principles of feng shui and how to create a healthy home. A great way to end this year and prepare for a brand new one! Download a booking form with prices Consultations If you would like Gina Lazenby to do a Healthy Home or Feng Shui consultation for your home or office then please email the Healthy Home office or call 07000 336 474 Email your request Excellent movie: The Secret If you haven't heard of the new movie The Secret then do go online and watch it. It's absolutely brilliant. It's an innovative way of presenting a documentary explaining the Law of Attraction. It's VERY powerful and Bob Proctor (one of the participants alongside Jack Canfield, Esther Hicks & Dr Fred Alan Wolf from What The Bleep? movie) says you should watch it at least 8 times for maximum life-changing impact!! You can watch online or buy the DVD (very cool). Click here to access the movie Gina Lazenby - Coming to the USA In October I plan to come to the USA (east coast) for the Emergence Retreat and propose to come a few days earlier. I am putting a call out here in case there are some interested parties or readers of my books who might like to arrange for me to do a talk. If that is of interest then do email me as I could plan my itinerary to call in to your location for an evening or day. I could also have some time to do feng shui or healthy home consultations Around October 6-10 and 16-18 Email me Hello friends What a great summer we have had at the Healthy Home! The weather may be a bit wet and changeable now but in common with many of you, we have enjoyed weeks of glorious sunshine and heat. That resulted in a wonderful abundance of fruits in our garden and the surrounding countryside. Fruit smoothies, fruit crumble, fruit with breakfast - yummy, yummy! I hope YOU have been able to enjoy the fruits of this summer! Change seems to be a constant theme at the moment. In this newsletter I'm talking about the need for taking time for reflection, meeting extraordinary people engaged in change dialogues, an extraordinary world-changing event on September 17th, a unique gathering in New York, and life-changing solutions in your home, particularly for sleep. Hammock-time! Now is a good time for pausing & reflecting on how the future will unfold It's been a busy and interesting kind of year so recently I have felt the need to take some time out for reflection and have some quiet moments at home. That's not usually the feeling one has in the height of summer but I feel the winds of change blowing and so I have wanted to stay closer to home and think. Where better to do this than in my new hammock looking up at the trees, being out there in nature and appreciating its bounty, even though the sizzling summer heat has cooled down a bit. Do you feel a sense of movement, an undercurrent of change? How have you been preparing? I have been cleaning, clearing and taking stock - the kind of things that one does in spring but somehow it really feels like it is important to do that now. Let's see what's coming. Double-page spread! Read how a magnetic sleep system helped solve a life-long problem of insomnia The August issue of Spirit & Destiny magazine carried a great feature on one of our clients. In a nutshell, Clive was a lifetime insomniac. He'd NEVER been able to get to sleep. His story was really astounding. I discussed the environmental changes he could make at home but we let him try out one of the Nikken sleep systems. The magazine quoted me as saying I was confident it would help but in truth, with the severity of his problem I didn't hold out much hope, in the short term at least. Lo and behold, just a couple of nights on the magnetic mattress and he rang up to buy three sleep systems for the family! He was sleeping at last, after living with the problem for over 40 years! It was quite incredible. His wife Annie says it has been a life-changing experience. Click here for a copy of the article to read or print Update on filming project Transmission date set for November 6th Remember earlier this year I was looking for clients to do some filming for BBC Yorkshire TV? Well two daring women came forward for the cameras and I was filmed checking out their houses for a programme called "Inside Out". I won't reveal the full story until the programme is screened in early November (Yorkshire region only, sorry) but I am hoping it will be a good piece. Both clients had energy and sleep problems and had very good results from the changes we made. Di's husband in Harrogate called her a "new woman" and Emma in Bradford had a new lease of life and was sleeping properly through the night for the first time in 12 years. You'll have to wait and see! Email me if you want to find out more about better sleep Autumn Women's Retreat October 27-29 Time for taking stock! I have been offering these Wellness Retreats for women in our new building for over a year now and I have had some wonderful feedback from the many participants with whom I am still in touch. It has been truly inspiring to witness how their lives have changed. Most found it to be a transformational experience and many have taken away new skills and habits that have helped them to live healthier, more energised lives. There is something about each special group of women who come together where the sharing, mutual support and laughter allows them to grow further and blossom faster. Several women have expressed their disappointment that they missed out this summer (diary clashes!) so in the hope that my choice of weekend suits all those who feel a need to be here I am offering one more retreat this year on October 27-29th. It will be the perfect opportunity to review the year we have had and look ahead to what we all want to create in 2007. Click here for the Autumn Retreat leaflet The Healing Power of Silence It takes just a minute to transform your world "just-a-minute is about experiencing the power of a peaceful and still mind, starting with just one minute at a time. It's a growing movement for people who feel the need to pause and reflect in the midst of a frenetic modern lifestyle." This brilliant campaign to help the world achieve inner peace is the inspiration of the Brahma Kumaris, an incredible organisation which runs the World Spiritual University. You may know that I often speak of their events and recommend their resources. just-a-minute is being launched at a fantastic event in London's Wembley Arena on Sunday 17th September 2006, 3.00 - 5.30pm. Watch the event live online. Be part of a global link-up with over 100 countries at 16.25 (BST). The idea is to spread a wave of peace around the world. Tickets may well have gone by now - try online to get some if you can or else join in on the day with the live webcast. Click here for the just-a-minute website Marianne's Gift of Change Powerful advice for times of change Are you familiar with the work & writings of Marianne Williamson? No? then check her out. I was fortunate to catch her on a recent trip through London when she gave a sell-out talk on her latest book The Gift of Change. I can't wait to take this new book with me this weekend when I go on my own retreat to the Lake district. Her talk was hard-hitting but she spoke eloquently of powerful forces of change. She talked of sensing an emotional sobriety now in the world because the whole world knows we are in trouble as illusions are being stripped away. The industrial revolution has mesmerised the western mind so much and now we are in danger of marginalising the power of thought and imagination. She reminded us that sickness comes from being in the body too much, and that this creates a level of stress which the body was not meant to handle so she urged us to develop the muscles of spiritual practice so that we can cope with these times and be healthy. She recalled Ghandi saying "If I could awaken the women of Asia I could save India in a day". Wow, what a thought. And even more powerful was her call to women to take action: she said female hyenas protect their cubs, letting them feed first, only letting the adult males in when the cubs have finished. She asked the question: what are WE women doing to protect our young? Our silence is part of a conspiracy that allows males to dominate. Ponder on that! I see a huge need for more women to collaborate more and make ourselves heard. Click here to order Marianne's new book Edge of Emergence Retreat Dialogue and Retreat at the Peace Village, New York October 12-15 My partner, Morel Fourman, is co-organiser of a wonderful event this autumn. See whether this speaks to you! The idea is to gather together people from all over the world who are working as leaders and consultants in transformation of organisations and business. The intention is to create community and collaboration across a global network of people actively engaged in facilitating positive change. Currently, many are individually and collectively influencing organizations and systems. Each person who is invited to this gathering will be a leader or activist in his or her own domain, contributing in unique ways in business, government, education, community or public affairs. Each is working to build institutions responsive to the extraordinary challenges of the 21st century. Now is the time for us to gather to share our sense of purpose so a vision beyond the ordinary can be achieved. If you'd like to apply to take part then download the form and email an application. Thinking about the important and powerful contribution women can make I do urge my women colleagues to consider attending - do join me there. Download the invitation About Us Gina Lazenby is the author of a number of best-selling books including The Healthy Home and the Feng Shui House Book. Gina is actively engaged in educating people about living healthier lives. "The Healthy Home" is a website and an actual property in Yorkshire where Gina lives with her partner, business author & inventor, Morel Fourman. As an ambassador for healthy living, Gina promotes the Nikken Wellness Home technologies and uses them everyday. She also helps people to set up their own Wellness Home business. If you would like to order a signed copy of any of Gina's books, click on the website below. email: ginalazenby@mac.com phone: 07000 336 474 or +44 7000 336 474 web: http://www.TheHealthyHome.com