Mind/Body Fertility Workshop – Start Date: April 9, 2008     

This workshop brings women to a more serene, a more objective and insightful awareness than might otherwise occur, if not for the circumstance of difficult conception.  The topics discussed, the stories shared, the deepening of relationships with kindred spirits, bring the struggle to build a family into new light, broadening one’s perspective and ability to choose wisely. Being “thrust” into these circumstances, we can drag ourselves through it or we can discover and nurture strengths and resources we didn’t know we had or that have been dormant, until now.
 

The stress-reduction methods you learn in this workshop will serve you in this challenging situation as well as any other physical, mental or emotional struggle in which you find yourself. Every crisis contains the seed of opportunity. Don’t miss this empowering opportunity. If not now, when?
 

The registration form can be downloaded from www.Heal-From-Within.com. Or call 202-244-2289 for details. Starting April 9, from 6:30-9:00pm, we will meet for nine consecutive Wednesdays and one Sunday.
 

Past participants have been grateful to hear of this workshop from chat rooms, bulletin boards, support groups and fertility clinics. Please, pass it along. Thank you.
 

Many former workshop participants have requested a refresher/reminder session in the methods and practices that are taught in the Mind/Body Fertility Workshop. I’m very happy to schedule the first of such gatherings at my new office. Previous participation in the workshop is not required. Experience in meditation or any stress-reduction method is not required. If you are in the midst of difficult conception, you are invited to attend. One of the most often cited values of the Mind.Body Workshop is that of connecting with others who are having the same difficulty. We learn from each other. We share compassion for each other. We walk away feeling lighter and stronger.

You can arrive as early as 6:30. 6:30-7:00 will be informal and social. We’ll meet or reunite and talk about what you’d like to get from our gathering. At 7:00 we’ll review one of the methods from the workshop. We’ll practice. We’ll have Q&A. We’ll practice again. The rest of the evening is a focused fertility topic discussion.

6:30 – 7:00       Arrive, socialize, clarify intention: what you’d like to get from the
                         evening
7:00 – 7:45       Review one of the methods from the workshop
                         Practice the method
                         Q & A
7:45 – 9:00      Discussion
 

Please call or write if you plan to attend: 202-244-228, LisaEaves@Heal-From-Within.com. Let me know what topic/issue would be beneficial for you. There’s no shortage of relevant topics:

• When do I move on to something else

• What happened to my sense of humor

• How do I manage all these doctor appointments

• I told someone that I shouldn’t have. How do I “undo” it

• What do I do with all this anger

• What about my job/career

• How do I get out of all these baby showers

• My best friend doesn’t “get it”

• I’m weary from all this, but not ready to quit
   

If you are currently pregnant, we respectfully ask that you not attend this event. We wish you a healthy and peaceful pregnancy, a smooth, fast delivery, and a happy, healthy, tiny new person who will be the light of your life!  Women who have a history of difficult conception have much to share. If you are no longer on this journey, but would like to come, we appreciate your guidance and wisdom.

Fertility Book Exchange

It might not exactly be an exchange. Perhaps it’s more like a “pay it forward” or just pass it along. I envision passing fertility books along to those new to the fertility community. I’ve loaned many books out to those who have come through my office. I would like to continue that tradition. If you have finished with fertility books that might be useful to others, I can pass them along to others who may need them, either through my acupuncture practice, the Mind/Body Fertility Workshop or the one-night workshops we’ll be doing here.
 

The Mind/Body Fertility Workshop, the One-Night Refresher/Discussion Groups and the Fertility Book Exchange will all take place at the new Heal From Within office location:
 

Heal From Within
4545 42^nd Street NW, Suite 301
Washington, DC 20016
202-244-2289
 

I’m in a 3 story office building in the triangle where 42nd, River and Brandywine come together. Parking is free after 6:30. From the Tenleytown Metro Station, west exit, you can walk towards River Road and left on it, past the church and left into the back of the building (3 story, white shutters) to either the elevator or the stairs, to Suite 301.

The Open House to celebrate my new, beautiful, serene, peaceful office will now be in May. As you can see, April is very busy.

RESOLVE – Family Building Conference

April 12, 2008

8:00am – 5:00pm

Bethesda Hyatt Regency Hotel

7400 Wisconsin Avenue at Bethesda Metro Center, Bethesda, MD

Adoption, Infertility Treatment, and Donor Options

Over 30 sessions, exhibitors, latest information from local experts

A unique, non-biased and supportive event for individuals and couples dealing with infertility. This conference will offer the latest information from local experts about male and female infertility. Sessions will be conducted by doctors, therapists, attorneys and public, private and international adoption agencies. Over 30 sessions will be offered.  For details and to register, go to: www.midatlantic.resolve.org
 

MAY YOU BE WELL, HAPPY AND PEACEFUL