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Loving your Life, Now!

December 10, 2019 by Christine Lines Leave a Comment

Tuning In to Expanded Consciousness – A webinar update from The Haven.

Warmest greetings from The Haven and thank you to all who have joined and supported our first webinar series launched this past September. It has been a tremendous learning journey. I want to personally thank HCN for sharing this series with all of you in the network. It means a lot knowing we are not alone, and that there are other centres in the network exploring new formats for learning too. [Read more…]

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Listening to the Earth

December 5, 2019 by Christine Lines Leave a Comment

By Jacqueline Debets

“I used to think that top environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. I thought that thirty years of good science could address these problems. I was wrong. The top environmental problems are selfishness, greed and apathy, and to deal with these we need a cultural and spiritual transformation and we scientists don’t know how to do that.”

~James Gustave Speth, founder of World Resources Institute.
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Cultivating Authentic Relationships with Donors

December 2, 2019 by Christine Lines 2 Comments

Brett Cobb

By Brett Cobb
© Compassionate Tampa Bay

Welcome to the Compassionate Fundraising for Holistic Centers blog. After hosting a recent HCN webinar, I was asked about practices to keep donors informed and interested once they have made a contribution. A quick search for donor stewardship best practices will yield numerous articles on helpful practices that center squarely on four key ideas, 1) thank them correctly; 2) confirm their intentions and expectations; 3) recognize them accordingly; and 4) report their impact.
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What’s the Transformation Today?

November 26, 2019 by Christine Lines Leave a Comment

At the heart of perhaps every center in the network is the recognition of the interdependence of all life. We foster connection to self, other, nature and spirit, in an ever evolving relational dance. Connectivity is vital, a powerful antidote to the chaos and crises of these times. Leading scientists recognise large scale shifts in human consciousness are essential. Is our unique role to create safe space for healing, growth and transformation, to be custodians of the earth and inspire others with our place based centers? HCN seeks to link these centers around the world and to connect with other like minded networks. These include the Global Ecovillage Network and Bioneers. Together we can accelerate and amplify the urgency of our work and maximise our collective impact of doing good in the world. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Featured Posts Tagged With: Bioneers, Blessed Unrest, Dorothy Maclean, Eileen Caddy, Esalen, Findhorn, Global Ecovillage Network, Hollyhock, Network of Light, Project Drawdown

Expressing Love for the Soul of the World

November 22, 2019 by Christine Lines 1 Comment

Interview by Geoff Dalglish

The life of former US Army Special Operations Sergeant Thomas Miller is a story of radical transformation and a journey from war zones in Afghanistan and Iraq to the celebrated Findhorn Ecovillage and spiritual community in the northeast of Scotland.

Today the 38-year-old American serves as the head of the community’s fundraising team and is tasked with helping manifest the bold vision of a new Ecologically-inspired central area within The Park Ecovillage. At the epicentre of this is Findhorn’s now world famous Original Garden. [Read more…]

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Northern California Gathering: Insights and Connections

November 15, 2019 by Christine Lines Leave a Comment

By Jason Courtis
Operations Manager, Saratoga Springs Retreat Center

Bringing together 21 participants, from eight different centers…

Oh, the gift of knowing that you’re not banging away at this thing called ‘holding conscious space’ all on your own in the world! That was such a rich take away for me from the gathering. I ‘know’ other centers are out there–banging away–but to have an embodied, in-person experience of that was profoundly energizing. Especially as the day before, with the tyranny of the TO DO list clamoring, the presentation undone, I was thinking, ‘Oh Jeez, why did I agree to spin ONE MORE PLATE!’ But so worth it.
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Join the Global Silent Minute – 21 Dec 2019

November 12, 2019 by Christine Lines Leave a Comment

Harnessing the power of united Global Cooperation to bring in the Light of the New Era with the Global Ringing of the Bells. This is a Call to all People of Goodwill. His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has just endorsed the Global Silent Minute and the image below includes the bookmark made especially for Olivia Hansen to take to Dharamsala to gift to HH.

At 9.00pm London GMT on the Solstice, 21 December 2019, let us ring a bell to prepare to enter into one minute of silence in communion with the Forces of Light, as we generate a reservoir of united global thought that will inspire cooperative endeavours to create a better world for all.

“There is no power on earth that can withstand the united cooperation on spiritual levels of men and women of goodwill everywhere. It is for this reason that the continued and widespread observance of the Silent Minute is of such vital importance in the interest of human welfare.”

Major Wellesley Tudor Pole O.B.E. instigator of The Silent Minute in 1940

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Global Ecovillage Network Ambassador Training in China

October 29, 2019 by Christine Lines 1 Comment

By Peter Moore

Hosted by the House of I, China
October 13 – 16, 2019

I was invited to attend the Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) Ambassador Training Conference by my friend and colleague Dan Hines, a trainer extraordinaire who teaches internationally at many holistic centers. For the better part of this year he has been based at House of I, a center in China that offers programs and services as part of a development north of Beijing improbably named “Jackson Hole”. HOI does its work in a beautiful set of buildings and park-like grounds at the base of the Yanqing Mountains, and is managed by a wonderful staff of people headed by Annie Liu. My friend Dan humorously terms HOI “the Imaginarium” and, as I spent a few days and became more familiar with the emerging social reality there, I began to understand the deeper symbolic truth embedded in this name. Truly, the House of I is a place where improbable dreams can (and do) become everyday reality. It is a wonderful setting. [Read more…]

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Lifestyle Medicine and the Holistic Impulse

October 9, 2019 by Christine Lines Leave a Comment

Dr Romy Paredes, our HCN member in the Philippines, was part of the organising committee for the Philippine College of Lifestyle Medicine Annual International Conference held in August. The focus was on primary healthcare and Dr Romy is passionate about sharing a more holistic approach to wellbeing beyond traditional medicine. The conference was a great success. They expected 160 participants and instead 220 people attended the three day event.

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The Art of Compassionate Fundraising

October 7, 2019 by Christine Lines 2 Comments

The HCN monthly webinar series is held on the second Wednesday of each month and you’re welcome to join us as we explore effective fundraising.

Theme: Compassionate Fundraising – Clarifying who you are, what you need and actually asking for it
Date: Wednesday, 9 October
Time: 10am PDT
Hosted by: Brett Cobb, President, Compassionate Tampa Bay, and HCN [Read more…]

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