Upcoming Events at The Leaven Center

We invite you to join us at the following events sponsored or led by Leaven! For more information about an event, you may call us at the Leaven Center office, (989) 855-2606, write us at Leaven, P.O. Box 97, Lyons, MI 48851 or e-mail us at leavencenter@leaven.org. The Leaven Center is near Lyons, Michigan, midway between Lansing and Grand Rapids.

There are two ways for you to register. You can register on-line by VISA, Discover, or MasterCard, paying the full amount of the registration fee by credit card. Or you can print out a registration form and send it by mail to our post office box. If you register by mail, you have a choice of making the specified deposit to hold your space, or you may send a check for the entire registration fee. Partial scholarships are available for most events.

The Leaven Center Calendar of Events 2012

April 21-22 , 2012. Leaven Work Days ... on Earth Day Weekend.

April 27-29 , 2012. Journal to the Self®: A Weekend for Women Who Love (or Hate :) to Journal, with Karen Bota.

May 12 , 2012. JAM for Leaven (REDUX), with Lori Fithian and Jeanne Mackey.

May 18-20, 2012. Journal to the Self®: A Weekend for Women Who Love (or Hate :) to Journal, with Karen Bota.

 

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April 21-22, 2012
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. each day

 

LEAVEN WORK DAYS / Earth Day Weekend

There is tons to do around both properties --- clean-up and repair, both inside and outside --- to help get the Lodge and Farmhouse looking even better for a stronger sale.

We need gardeners and landscapers; carpenters and painters; dusters and deep cleaners. If you can give a few hours on Saturday or Sunday (between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.), or both, PLEASE RSVP by emailing Karen with your availability and your skills and interest. We'll do the best we can to match you up with the best chore for you! Simple vegetarian soup lunches and snacks provided.

Questions? Email Karen or call 989-855-2606.

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April 27-29 OR May 18-20, 2012

 

Journal to the Self®: A Weekend for Women Who Love
(or Hate :) to Journal

This workshop, led by Certified JTTS Instructor Karen Bota, explores an easy and empowering model of journal keeping for personal growth and healing, creative expression, and life management and enrichment.

Created in 1985 by Kathleen Adams, director of the Therapeutic Writing Institute and the Center for Journal Therapy, and an internationally known pioneer and expert in the field of expressive writing, the Journal to the Self method has been taught to 100,000 people around the world.

Whether you are brand new to journaling or have been doing it for a long time, whether you love it or it frustrates you to no end, the JTTS workshop is a safe place to try new techniques to "start moving mountains, one boulder at a time" in your personal life, your professional life, and your creative life.

Leader: Karen Bota
Time: Friday, 7:00 p.m. - Sunday, 2:00 p.m. CHOOSE EITHER THE APRIL OR THE MAY WEEKEND.
Cost: $225 ($100 deposit + $125 balance due upon your arrival) includes program and workbook, lodging and five vegetarian meals.

Karen Bota is an award-winning journalist and writer who always has used expressive writing as part of her spiritual practice. She enjoys helping others find and explore their wisdom by mining the wilderness of their heart and soul through writing and other creative practices. Inspired by nature and all of creation, she strives daily to live fully into her life's purpose. This year Karen joined Kathleen Adams' international team of Journal to the Self® certified instructors. In addition, she serves as executive director of The Leaven Center.

 

 

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May 12, 2012
9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

 

JAM for Leaven (REDUX)

 

Back by popular demand, a day of drumming, singing, and seeking wisdom in nature --- and a benefit for The Leaven Center!

Come for:

• Drumming with Lori Fithian
• Singing & chanting with Jeanne Mackey
• Take a question into nature.

No drumming or singing experience necessary. Drums provided or BYO.

Your donation of $30-$50 (or more) goes directly to the Leaven Center. Donation for the day plus an overnight stay is $60-$80 (or more). Bring a sack lunch and a snack to share.

To register: Email Karen (karenbota@leaven.org) and send your check, or call 989-855-2606 with credit card information.

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