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FENG SHUI in the OFFICE

Administrator — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:10:05 GMT

If you run you own business you must, MUST pay close attention to where your office and desk are placed.

YOUR OFFICE MUST BE A PLACE OF POWER !!!

This is where you run your personal empire, and what occurs here leads directly to your success in the world. So, here are a couple of tips to help you out :

Your desk must be placed the farthest point from the door - this is also called the "power point" of the room.
NEVER face a wall when working at your desk, this will "block" your thinking process and creativity.
NEVER sit with your back to the door. This constant surge of energy on your back will make it difficult for you to concentrate , as well as, it invites bad reputation (people "stubbing" you in the back feeling)
Bring nature to your space - place a plant in the money area - Southeast corner of your desk. Best plants for the office: Bamboo and Peace Lilly's.
Make sure that the focal point of the office is an inspirational poster. A mountain view, with some water and birds is said to be very lucky when placed on the North wall.
Most executive offices have a statue of a horse. a Horse is a symbol of performance and movement. Place it in the South area of your office facing in.
Place three Chinese Coins (tied with a red ribbon) on your office door, telephone or clients files - this promotes continuing flow of money.
You can purchase these Chinese Coins from me ($5.99/package). Call me for these or any other symbols.

In addition, we are very excited to extend the special

"Feng Shui your Office Campaign"
to you:
An office/ business consultation will consist:

1. Identifying your personal energy and how to best utilize it in your particular business.

2. Best colours for you, your business, web site and promotional material.

3. Best office lay-out.

4. Best office furniture materials, shapes and measurements.

5. Best times of the day and best location to conduct business.

6. Business associates and staff comparability.

7. If already set-up, best remedies to make it work for you.

A consultation will require about 2 hours of your time, however, the information and material delivered will allow you to follow, with confidence and assurance, the "road map" to success wherever you go and for as long as you needit. Special ./office consultation please call for rate I just got home from a client's place, when I received a phone call from her to tell me that she had two new orders on her voice mail immediately after I left. How did I do it ? she asked.
I told her - It is only common sense and a little Feng Shui.

Can you afford to leave your business to chance ?

Make your appointment Today !

Tila
nine corners
Feng Shui Design
647.341.2055
* May this Message bring you Good Luck Today !

yoga

Administrator — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:44:03 GMT

Issue: # 5

January 2008

2007 was a year full of endings, transitions and planting seeds for the future. Like many of you, the past year brought many opportunities for me to stretch outside my comfort zone. I thank you all deeply for your love and support.

A special thanks to Judith Benattar who helped manifest a new location for yoga-goddess programs. Now you can join us at Roots Yoga Studio on Monday nights.

As always, I hope you follow your divine inspiration and journey with yoga-goddess programs this January. Take a look below to see what we are offering this term.

Many blessings for the New Year,

Zahra.

Soul speak for the New Year

Your "Love to Do List"

What would life be like, if you actually felt like doing the things your mind keeps telling you that you should do?

Imagine replacing the words "I should" with "I could". Better yet, imagine using the words "I want to".

Try it now. Take whatever is on your To Do list and replace the shoulds with what you would love to do.

How does it feel? "I could take a walk today" or "I want to call my mother". Your soul will never talk to you in "shoulds". Your soul says, "Isn't this blissful? Doesn't this bring you great joy? Wouldn't you love to do more of it?"

If you are forcing yourself to do things according to a list of "shoulds," you are not listening to the deeper part of your being.

Take a chance. Set aside all the things you have been telling yourself you should do and ask yourself what you would like to do. By following your joyful feelings, you are communicating with your inner guidance; you are speaking with your soul.

Consider revisiting the New Years resolutions you have set. Are there any should inspired resolutions? Replace them with joyful activities instead.

May your heart and soul guide you to flow into a divinely inspired life in 2008.

Love and light,

Zahra.

conscious movement
for men and women of all levels age 18+

Heal yourself as you journey through the chakras. In this program, you will begin a process of healing as you integrate your breath, mental focus, postures and sound. Commit to your self healing with conscious movement.

See conscious movement course outline

Mondays starting January 28 - March 24; 7:15 pm - 8:45 pm
Location: Roots Yoga Studio - 1073 Yonge St (North of Rosedale Subway)

Investment: $239

Special promotion: $219 when you register with a friend

Call Roots Yoga Studio to register: 416.642.3595

Spaces are filling up quickly

For more information contact iam@yoga-goddess.ca

Games

annabelle — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:43:03 GMT

Cerebral Vortex Games Announces the Release of Word Burst

ST. CATHARINES, ON – Cerebral Vortex Games Inc., a St. Catharines, Ontario-based developer announced the release of their web-based game Word Burst. The fast-paced word game is now playable exclusively through TELETOON.COM, completely free of charge.

In Word Burst, players are presented with a grid full of random letters while a timer ticks down. Players spell words by rapidly clicking on letters. Creating a word and making it “burst” will award you points and more time—the longer the word, the better! Gamers with the biggest vocabulary will find themselves at the top of TELETOON’s highscore table! Gamers can find the game at: www.teletoon.com

“With over 130,000 words, Word Burst has a huge vocabulary. “Everything from ‘Ant’ to ‘Zoology.’” Word Burst is currently available to play on TELETOON.COM in both French and English editions.

"Boogle players will find the game familiar."
*thegoodshopper

The Value of a Drink

Administrator — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:16:03 GMT

The Value of a Drink (thank you Heather)

'Sometimes when I reflect back on all the wine I drink
I feel shame. Then I look into the glass and think
about the workers in the vineyards and all of their hopes
and dreams . If I didn't drink this wine, they might be out
of work and their dreams would be shattered.
Then I say to myself, 'It is better that I drink this wine and let
their dreams come true than be selfish and worry about my liver.'
~ Jack Handy

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may leave you wondering what the hell happened to your bra and panties.

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'I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they
wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're
going to feel all day. '
~Frank Sinatra

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may create the illusion that you are tougher, smarter,faster and better looking than most people.

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'When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.'
~ Henny Youngman
WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think people are laughing WITH you.

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'24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not.'
Stephen Wright CDFC~

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may lead you to think you are a brilliant story teller.

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'When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk,
we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. So, let's all
get drunk and go to heaven!'
~ Brian O'Rourke : Barneys ~

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause pregnancy.

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'Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.'
~ Benjamin Franklin

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a retard.

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'Without question, the greatest invention in the
history of mankind is beer . Oh, I grant you that the
wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does
not go nearly as well with pizza.'
~ Leon Barry ~

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to tell your friends
over and over again that you love them.

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To some it's a six-pack, to me it's a Support Group. Salvation in
a can!
~ Dave Howell

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may make you think you can
logically converse with members of the opposite sex without spitting.

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And saving the best for last, as explained by Rod March,
of South Australian Cricket Academe.
One afternoon at Practice, Rod was explaining the Buffalo Theory to
his mate Greg Chappel.
Here's how it went:

'Well ya see, Greg, it's like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we know, kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making thebrain a faster and more efficient machine. That's why you always feel smarter after a few beers.'

WARNING: The consumption of alcohol may cause you to think you can sing.

feel better in ten seconds

annabelle — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:56:11 GMT

Last week-end 130 people, including myself attended a creativity conference in King city, called Mindcamp. One of the notable speakers was Dr.Win Winger. One of the workshops I attended was entitled "ways to find consensus".

A breathing technique was mentioned as a way to calm down both participants. I had no idea that one projects ones feelings by the way one breathes. In fact by controlling our breathing we can not only fool the opposing participant, but even make ourselves feel better. We breath the way we feel. We feel the way we breath. This velvety smooth breathing can be accomplished in as little as ten seconds.

you can find more info @ http://www.winwinger.com/part28.html

more about awesome conference @ www.mindcamp.org

Household tips

annabelle — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:00:32 GMT

Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to pick the little 'stringy things' off of it. That's how the primates do it.

Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!

Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.

Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef.
It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.

To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.

For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.

Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a light taste of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.

Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert. Simply chop them up with the food chopper. Peel, core and slice a few apples. Place them
in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream. Yummm!

Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza.

Easy deviled eggs. Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.

Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.

No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket.
It will keep the mosquitoes away.

Reheating refrigerated bread--To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

Getting rid of Ants---Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it 'home,' can't
digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works
and you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!

The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the
dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.) He told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the sink and ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material ... I'm sure you know what your dr! yer's lint filter looks like. Well ... the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all! He told us
that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns out the heating unit.
You can't SEE the film, but it's there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your
clothes soft and static free .... that nice fragrance too. You know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box ... well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to potentially burn your house down wi! th it! He said the best way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (and to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out and wash it with hot soapy water and an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months.
He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long

wish I could acnowledge who wrote this---it came undisclosed to my mailbox

Art Lessons

Administrator — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:07:29 GMT

ART LESSONS Discover your artist within.

You can pick from 20 different classes, including acrylics, oils, watercolours, pastels and quilting. Full day classes,9-4 for a five day course.

July7th to August 1st, 288 Mill St. Elora Ontario Cost $208.95 519-846-0916 ext 221

The challenge here is which class to select. They all sound terrific. I have already registered as the popular ones go quick. If you have the interest do it now,or wait till next year. www.wcm.on.ca

now I'm going to find a B&B

top ten tips for Fathers Day

Administrator — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:27:18 GMT

10 Top presents for Fathers day

Just think deep what does he want to do with his time off?
Read? travel ? go to baseball games?
what does he do most of the time working. at a desk? in a car? in a plane? on the phone ? ( get him one of those head phones with a very long cord)
What does he love? scratches? massages? meat?

This is easy. Take your time.

GPS.
Radar Detector,
CB radio,
Digital picture frame,
Cologne,/aftershave/ beauty kit
Theater tickets,
Baseball tickets, / season pass for next year
Book,
A computer game,
A favorite CD.

My children have made coupon booklets for hugs, scratches and massages. ( These he hoards and reclaims for years) Sometimes I have been lucky with a book. Theater tickets have always worked. A good idea is just to ask him.

All will work if you use TLC.

Now if you want to fantasize

a week end package, golfing, or skiing,
a fitness club memembership
10 sessions for pilates/yoga
test drive a ferrari, lamborgini
cooking classes/ or course on sky/scuba diving
wineyard tour, including 12 bottles take home
an image consultant+ $1,000 worth of clothes.
restaurant coupons for the 12 local best
plasma TV/Tivo/Kindle
a new deck

One should generate a tickle.

Cancersmart water bottles

Administrator — Wed, 21 May 2008 08:27:39 GMT

Accumulative use of plastic water bottles affect our health.

Since most of us use polycarbonate hard or clear water bottles daily, the issue is serious.

Research has shown that polycarbonate bottles have a key component of bisphenol-A (BPA)
they can leach BPA into the liquid they hold.
proven by the 140 studies published on BPA,by independant researchers, that 92% found adverse health effects. *http:endoctrinedisruptors.missouri./womsaal.html
safest reusable bottles are made of high density polyethylene HDP #2, or low density polyethylene LDP #4, polypropylene PP#5, ( look at bottom of bottles) or stainless steel

source the consumer guide -CancerSmart 3.0 www.leas.ca

Idea tastings

annabelle — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:34:11 GMT

I have attended a number of session and have been thrilled with all. Mindmapping and skillfull engagement I can recommend. But trully every session has been an uplifting experience.

Seven Great Presenters! Concurrent Sessions!

Please join us for Mindcamp's next "Idea Tasting"... part of a series of workshops and seminars exploring personal, professional, and organizational creativity - presented by the best creativity leaders in North America. This exciting afternoon of concurrent creativity workshops is being held in support of Facilitators Without Borders.

Here are the details:

Date: Saturday April 5, 2007
Time: 1:00-5:30 pm
Where: Ontario College of Art & Design,
100 McCaul St, Toronto
Admission: suggested donation $20, pay at the door; funds to benefit Facilitators Without Borders
Register: Email events@mindcamp.org

Imagine growing your mind for less than the cost of a night at the movies. Oh, and did we mention that light refreshments would be served?

Concurrent Workshops include:

Don't Debate... Facilitate! with John Sedgwick
Improv Skills: Boardroom and Beyond with Alex Karzis
Mindmapping with Jim Ridge
Play "It": Drumming Workshop with Terri Segal
Skillful Engagement with Tim Hurson and Franca Leeson
What Makes Some Customers Tick (And Others Talk)? with Aaron Dus

What have you got to lose? Email events@mindcamp.org to register, or click here to find out more. Hope to see you April 5th!

Sincerely,

Kristen Peterson, John Sedgwick, Tim Hurson
Mindcamp

Jazz

Julie — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:51:17 GMT

During the past 10 years I have become very fond of Jazz. One day a friend recommended JAZZ FM 91.1. Its a great radio station that is on 24 hrs. a day. If you like Jazz the selection is superb. They have the news and traffic and all kinds of fabolous programs. give them a try. you wont be sorry. NO COMMERCIALS

Body Combat

bluejay — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:23:12 GMT

Monday I went to the gym as I always do after work. I felt pretty tired, but over the course of the next hour, my mood completely changed. I felt strong, empowered and ready to take on anyone after participating in a Body Combat class at Goodlife Fitness at the Manulife Centre. I had taken the class before, but the instructor on Monday night was amazing. The music was loud, everyone in the class was experienced, so the moves were all completed to perfection. It was incredibly high energy and I would recommend this class to anyone who might be feeling out of their workout routine. If you are stuck in a slump, this is the perfect class to get you out and moving and having a whole lot of fun!

Goodlife has many other classes. Body Combat is a mixed martial arts class, and a great cardio workout. There are Goodlifes all over Toronto as well as Ontario, so I definitely recommend checking one out.
As an athlete, I have found it hard to motivate myself in the offseason, but these classes are great workouts and they keep you coming back because they are so enjoyable.

pilates

Julie — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:49:10 GMT

Recently I took 12 private classes of pilates from Tarannum at the Fitness institute . The results are fantastic, I've lost 3 inches. One inch off my waist/tummy/hips. This all while maintaining my weight. Tarannum is incredibly motivating. Her constant reply to your movements "thats perfect". She has a lot of patience and is fucused on getting you results. There are muscles she has moved that have never been activated. I have as usual been working out for about 50 minutes 3 or 4 times a week. But have been at an impasse for a very long time. I love to see these new results.

you don't have to be a member to take the lessons.

The other instructor Alexandra is terrific as well . I have taken her group classes in Pilates on Friday mornings and her workouts on abs is wonderful.

As you can see this is a positive review for the Fitness Institute, Atria II, 2235 Sheppard Ave East Willowdale ON.

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reubenb — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:49:02 GMT

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