Summer 2015

“Master Your Mind, Master Your Weight"
Talk and Book Signing with Lily Hills
Thursday, July 16th at 7:30 pm

Luminata is delighted to present Lily Hills this July in our store. Lily is an author of two award winning books and a former radio host for Sparkpeople.com, the #1 Health Site in America with 15 million members. She is also the creator of the ”Master Your Mind, Master Your Weight” online program, a peak performance training in overcoming overeating without dieting. A former food addict, Lily's goal is to bring awareness to the dangers of dieting and to teach people how to eat in harmony with their physical appetites rather than emotional appetites. She helps people overcome such emotions as overwhelm, depression, anxiety, boredom, frustration and confusion, enabling one to establish permanent and pleasurable weight loss.  

Lily is the author of The Body Love Manual: How to Love the Body You Have As You Create the Body You Want, WINNER of USA Book News National Best Books Award in Health, Diet and Weight Loss. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet this executive coach, award winning author, speaker and radio show host, and dynamic presenter!

Visit Lily's website: www.MasterYourMindMasterYourWeight.com

Event Cost: FREE

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“Rain and Rust"
Talk, Poetry Reading and Book Signing with Valerie Fern
Friday, August 21st 7:30 pm

Luminata is pleased to feature local author, poet and photographer Valerie Fern. Valerie will be reading from her new title Rain and Rust, a collection of her haiku poems illustrated with her photography.  

Haiku is traditional Japanese poetry characterized by short verses. In her photography and poems Valerie draws on the Japanese tradition of “wabi-sabi”, the aesthetic that perceives the beauty in all things imperfect, impermanent and incomplete. In this regard each poem and image is a meditation on the ephemeral nature of life and living.

Valerie’s haiku poems are each a condensation of poetic insight and perception that draws the reader inward in silent reflection. Her evocative photography captures a variety of moods with images from everyday life. The book honors the seasons of winter, spring, summer, autumn and new year. A portion of each book sale will be donated to Animal Friends Rescue in Pacific Grove, California.

Event Cost: FREE

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“Living in the Light in a Time of Outer Darkness"
Talk and Shamanic Ritual with Jon Rasmussen
Friday, September 18th, 7:30 pm

The autumn equinox is a time of inner and outer balance. The cosmic scales of light and dark tip toward the gathering darkness in the the sun's annual journey. The fall equinox symbolizes the inner awareness of light that balances and neutralizes the shadows in the world and in ourselves.  Luminata is pleased to feature local author, shaman, and healer Jon Rasmussen, who will talk on the theme of contacting and expanding our inner light in a time of many shadows.   

He will lead us in a shamanic ritual and guided journey, helping participants contact and expand the inner transforming light and fire of spirit.

Love offerings accepted.
Event Cost: FREE

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