July 2002 Connections

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Church of Religious Science To Present Silva Method Seminar Aug 9-11

by Mavis Bennett

Beginning Friday, Aug. 9 at 7 p.m. and continuing through Saturday and Sunday, the Center of Religious Science will present the renowned Silva Method Seminar, conducted by noted instructor Sylvia Hodges Smith. The Center has moved to its new building located at 258 Howard Street in Delta, at 7th Street.

This is not your normal run-of-the-mill seminar. It is a dynamic meditation system that has documented more success than any other self-development program in history. You will learn to use the power of your mind to attract those you want in your life, and to have the strength to leave or change destructive relationships.

The training teaches relaxation, both physical and mental, reducing the effects of stress, enhancing and improving health and energy. The Silva Method offers practical formulas for solving problems and getting more out of life. The techniques taught in this program have been tried, tested and proven by 50 years of research and participant success.

The Silva system uses a series of structured mental training exercises which teach how to access the Alpha brain waves. These exercises are designed to improve memory, concentration, and the ability to learn quickly, as well as improving intuition and psychic abilities.

Whether one wishes to solve problems more easily, enhance spirituality, or just think more creatively, the Silva techniques can accomplish these goals. Seminar participants have reported many of the following results: reduced stress and increased relaxation; more focused concentration and memory; elimination of lifelong bad habits; and, improved sports performance, test scores, communications, relationships, health, energy, and vitality.

The originator of the method, Jose Silva, began the project in 1948 with the intention of helping children develop the faculties of genius. Before beginning his work in the field of human potential, Silva was awarded many patents in electronics. His work in the electronics field gave him the background necessary to associate and understand the effect of brain rhythm functioning on the human psyche.

Dr. Silva studied the mind training techniques found in eastern and western cultures and developed a system to help people get more out of life by tapping into their mind potential. Many of her techniques are used in modern medicine today. Psychologists, counselors and hypnotherapists are frequent program attendees, as are business owners and professionals in all fields. Even religious leaders of different faiths encourage practice of Silva Method techniques as a way of stilling the mind and finding inner peace.

Use the power of your mind to attract those you want in your life, and to have the strength to leave or change destructive relationships. Each person in the class has a private experience. While there is adequate time for sharing ideas and questions, participants are never asked to share personal information. However, by the end of the two-day class, a warm and comfortable atmosphere develops.

Sylvia Hodges Smith is a certified Instructor in the Silva Method of Stress Control. She is a noted speaker for seminars, luncheons, and dinners and her articles have been published internationally in newsletters, newspapers and magazines. While a member of the Toastmasters International organization, she held offices, chartered a new club, and received statewide honors in public speaking. She received a Board of Directors' Award of Excellence from Silva International at the World Conference in August, 2001.

Fred Stancliff of Montrose, who first took the Silva Method Training 30 years ago, says, “I have repeated the course many times over the years and of the seven or eight instructors I have heard, Sylvia Smith is by far the most dynamic of them all.She is quite experienced and makes the course not only fun, but a powerful learning experience.” Following completion of this seminar, attendees are invited to audit future seminars at no cost or a small seating fee.

“Creative visualization is what’s really behind the Silva Method,” said author Richard Bach in an interview with the magazine, Harper’s Bazaar.” Life Magazine wrote an article about the Silva Method, stating, “Even the doubters among us really did feel a mounting in sense of well-being, both in class and out. Specifically, the Silva Method graduates told me they were able to relax, lose weight, quit smoking, find love and achieve goals that had been eluding them for years."

Unsurpassed in the speed and effectiveness with which The Silva Method delivers tangible results, the program is offered in over 40 countries. It has proven so successful and popular that there is a 100 percent money-back guarantee. For details and registration, please contact Sylvia Smith at MySilvaConnection.com or toll-free at 1-866-897-4582. The local contact is Fred Stancliff, 249-8556. A portion of the proceeds from the seminar will go to the Center of Religious Science.

Mavis Bennett is a freelance journalist, editor, historian and is president of Mavis Media Partners in Montrose

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July Events!

*July 19 @ 1 PM, Rocky Mountain Dowers Assn. monthly meet, For information call Polly 240-4442.

*July 25 @ 12 Noon Whole Life Network, KVNF Radio Show presents a special interview with Evan Hodkins, Director of the School of Alchemy in Paonia, Co., and with Dr. Judith Boice, author and Dr. of Naturopathy and Acupuncture. The ‘Connections’ show will provide an important opportunity for community members of the Western Slope to get to know the two facilitators of the Whole Life Network’s vital upcoming event for this August, “All the Petals are the Rose“. Join our hosts Arlyn Macdonald and Joshua Hayward for this special edition.

*July 27 @ 9 AM - 1 PM Pam Hyde-Nakai will conduct a dry skin product workshop in Ridgway 30.00 includes supplies. For more information and to pre register call 626-5560

*August 5 @ 6:30 PM Monthly WLN Board of Directors meeting at WLN office meeting room.

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Connections & KVNF: Community Voices

Coming up on ‘Connections’, the Whole Life Network’s monthly program on KVNF’s Midday Edition, co hosts Arlyn Macdonald and Joshua Hayward will be doing a special interview with Evan Hodkins, Director of the School of Alchemy in Paonia, Co., and with Dr. Judith Boice, author and Dr. of Naturopathy and Acupuncture who practices in Montrose, Co. The ‘Connections’ show will provide an important opportunity for community members of the Western Slope to get to know the two facilitators of the Whole Life Network’s vital upcoming event for this August, “All the Petals are the Rose“. This year’s event will generate from the roots of a diversifying spiritual and cultural area with the intent of healing community with song, prayer, and meditation. Tune in to KVNF on Thursday, July 25th, at noon on Midday Edition to get some special background info on two remarkable community leaders.

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Imagine If: Green Building Workshop A Major Success

Workshop Motivates Participants To Action

Press Release Telluride, CO- (June, 2002) Imagine if you organized a big party but didn’t know if anyone would show up. The women at Green Media Works did just that. After four months of research and preparation, M’Lissa Story and Julie Homan of the newly formed nonprofit organization, Green Media Works organized and hosted the “Imagine If…” Green Building Workshop May 29 in Telluride, CO.

With hybrid vehicles parked prominently in front, Telluride’s historic Sheridan Opera House hummed with approximately 20o people and almost tangible buzz. Attendees streamed in from Denver, Boulder, Carbondale, Paonia, Steamboat Springs, Durango, Aspen, Montrose, Ridgway and even as far as Taos, NM and Amherst, MA. The audience was a healthy mix of architects, builders, interior designers, contractors, carpenters, government officials , and well-known green building advocates, including actor Dennis Weaver and Michael Reynolds, inventor of the Earthship.

“It was exhilarating and exciting to see this event come to life, “ exclaims M’Lissa Story, Director of Green Media Works. “It was so gratifying to see the exchange of energy and ideas at the workshop. We have already seen the results with phone calls and emails from attendees who have started to discuss strategies and opportunities with people that they had met at the workshop.”

The gallery room was teeming with thirteen exhibitors from around the state showing off their wares to enthusiastic attendees. Representing businesses included Eco-Build, eco-friendly building supplier, Spirit Money, a firm that provides loans for earth-friendly construction, to Wind Powered, a new device called a wind tree that can generate energy for your home with just 3 miles of wind. Weaver, founder of Institute of Ecolonomics, diligently visited each table, picking up materials and chatting with presenters. All enjoyed the non-stop attention from the interested attendees.

The Sheridan Opera House bustled with high energy and enthusiasm until late in the evening. “I haven’t interacted with like-minded folks like this in several years,” says David Conklin, an attendee from Ridgway, CO. “I made new contacts and exchanged business information for future meetings.”

Six green-building experts shared their expertise at the one-day workshop:
David Johnston, president of What’s Working International Green Building Consulting firm, Doug Graybeal, Partner of Cottle, Graybeal and Yaw Architects, Barbra Batshalom, Director of The Green Roundtable, David Eisenberg, Director of Development Center for Appropriate Technology, Stephen Kanipe, Chief building official for Aspen, CO, and David Payne, formerly with Rocky Mountain Institute, founder of Iunxi Consulting.

“I have presented and attended hundreds of green building workshops in the 25 years of doing this, and I have never witnessed a more diverse and stimulating group of speakers than at this event, “ states David Johnston, president of What’s Working and the seminar’s final speaker. An impressed Johnston continues, “This is one of the best programs that I have participated in.”

All six speakers focused on ideas and methods of green or efficient building. All agreed on the interconnectedness of all aspects of building and development, social responsibility and accountability for the future.

“This workshop was dynamic and timely, “ says presenter David Payne. “We weren’t preaching to the choir like we so often do.” Payne and several other participants noted immediate and enthusiastic interaction and networking among seemingly disparate audience members. Clearly, the Imagine If... Conference, an optimal blend of theoretical and practical information, showed attendees how to break down the barriers to sustainability and how to begin enacting commonsense and earth-friendly building practices.

So now what? Green Media Works has compiled the presentations from all of the speakers and will soon submit information packets to the various government bodies, Town Council members, Planning & Zoning committee, County Commissioners, and building officials.

In addition, GMW plans to submit an Energy and Green building Points Program too. Though GMW is not alone in this quest to see local government reshape building codes, adopt energy efficient standards, and introduce a system of incentives for green development, the organization is committed to its mission: Turning environmental awareness into environmental activism.

In conclusion, “Imagine If...” confirmed the passion and energy of the green building movement, not to mention the eternal wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr., who said, “There is nothing more tragic in all this world than to know right and not do it.”

For more information regarding Green Media Works, please visit http://www.greenmediaworks.org/.

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