Durham Natural Arts

This is so cool! A word cloud of the words you use most on facebook. (Don't worry, you can uncheck the permissions!) Are YOU a positive person?

What Is Your Most Used Words on Facebook? - Katie's Most Used Words on Facebook These are the words Katie used a lot this year! Share now to see how your friends feel about them :D

This is interesting! Look who's the new "first lady" of Canada...

She’s married to a Trudeau, but Sophie Grégoire is not your typical political wife For the spouse of Liberal leadership hopeful Justin Trudeau, truth and authenticity flow from within

Don't miss this event! International practitioner and author Jaylee Balch is going to be in Canada, sharing the Enneagram program at AYUS spiritual retreat centre north of Bowmanville. Learn about the "Soul Drive" that your spirit has come here under, and get clues to your purpose in this lifetime!

Watch out, here she comes...

Next Visionboard class!! Mon. September 21st at Safari's Bar & Grill in Ajax!!! Get your dreams and goals on paper and check them off as they manifest! Register here and save your spot! http://www.durhamnaturalarts.com/…/vision-boards-safaris-m…/

Join us to celebrate women in business at this Business Networking Dinner! Company of woman is launching in Bowmanville, and you can be there for the big inaugural event. Meet, mix and mingle with the business owners in this FAST growing town! Click her to register! http://www.companyofwomen.ca/Know_your_Value.834.xei

The next Vision Board class is now BOOKED, we'll be seeing you September 21st at Safari's! http://www.durhamnaturalarts.com/product/vision-boards-safaris-monsep21st/

Vision Boards! – Safari’s Mon|Sep|21st | Durham Natural Arts Get your goals and dreams on paper and watch as this powerful exercise helps them manifest one-by-one! So many have participated in this workshop with positive results! Experience this fun, artsy, night out with friends at the fantastic Safari’s Bar & Restaurant. **All Supplies provided, ** All m…

Oh this'll get ya, right in the "feels". Special glasses allow colour blind people to see the beauty of the world for the first time...

Color Blind Bro Sees A Sunset In Color For The Very First Time, Gets All The Feels I love that the first thing out of this guy's mouth after putting on EnChroma glasses is "what the f**k?" Then he gets super emotional about life in techni

The next Vision Board class is this coming Monday! Get your dreams and goals on paper and watch them manifest!! A great "art class" for grown-ups! **All supplies provided. Safari's Bar & Grill in Ajax, Monday, Aug 17th @7:00pm. Pre-register here! http://www.durhamnaturalarts.com/product/vision-boards-safaris-monaug17th/

Vision Board Class at Safari's Bar & Grill! Bring your goals and plans into physicality. Get them on paper and watch them manifest in real life! A fun and social art class for grown-ups! Join us! Mon, Aug 17th at 7:00pm. Click here to register and save your spot!! http://www.durhamnaturalarts.com/product/vision-boards-safaris-monaug17th/

Wow, this is interesting!! Do you think this is useful, or a breeding ground for deviants??

Now you can smash things in Toronto's first rage room When you're feeling frustrated, upset or just plain angry, you probably get a primal urge to break something. However, most of us don't indulge our inner devils because destructive behaviour is not acceptable...

LOL! Vision boards are the MOTHER of all coincidence! Check out this image. I had created my vision board about 3 months ago. I put some pictures at the top that gave me that confident, natural hippie vibe (cuz I like it!). Skip ahead to today; I was at my computer purchasing something online, and I sat looking at this skirt, deciding if I wanted it or not... Why did it look so familiar??? Then I looked up! It's on my vision board!! An image printed from Pinterest. Watch out! What you put on your vision board, ARRIVES! LOL.

I just love Osho... I have about 6 of his books. His one on consciousness was just as masterpiece. So eloquent...

Attended the first "Hummingbird Assembly" a wonderful gathering of the spiritually curious. We had some great discussion, healing sessions, and connections with new friends. Next meeting is next Sunday 10:30am at Haydenshore Park Pavillion. See Hummingbird Assembly for more details!!

Simply awesome.

Lloydminster, Alberta

Wow, this is a great article by Sara Best, a local holistic nutritionist who attended her first drum circle. For many, drum circles are a bit too "out there", but this really shows the value of this experience!! Try one!!

What A Horse and A Shaman Taught me About Eating Right On Saturday I was invited to participate in a native healing drum circle. I'd never attended an event like this and what I came away with was both beautiful and profound.

The Vision Board class at Safari's last night was a big success! Michelle Scrimgeour-Brown did an awesome job of leading us through the process. There was lots of snacks, Riesling and goal setting! Participants said what we often hear: "I really needed this - and I never would have done it at home". Join us for the next one, August 17th at Safari's again!

CAN COFFEE BE BETTER THAN FAIR TRADE??
In the 1980ʼs the coffee trade faced a major moral crisis. At the time, coffee was the 2nd most valuable commodity exported from developing countries, second only to petroleum. Yet despite this wealth of trade, farmers and migrant workers were living in extreme poverty. With poor education rates and no access to modernity, farmers were unable to organize and easy prey for large trading companies to take advantage of.

The Fair Trade movement arose in response to these conditions. It was designed to address a consumer driven desire to improve working conditions and properly compensate farmers for their product. Today, Fair Trade labelled coffee is usually on display in every speciality coffee shop. Customers feel good, that when they purchase this coffee, the premium they pay is being spent building schools and growing communities. This is a great step, but its not the pinnacle of what your coffee money can buy.

Like many large corporations in its maturation phase, the Fairtrade Labeling Organization (body that governs free trade certifications) has grown to face common challenges. Large operating costs, bureaucracy, and an inability to act quickly, have left it open to competition from what might seem like an unlikely source – locally run coffee roasters.

Thanks to developments in technology, communication and international trade, some small independent coffee roasters are choosing to go around the fair trade designation by creating one- on-one relationships direct with farmers. In order to guarantee quality and access to the best beans, they have begun flying to places like Columbia, and Ethiopia to view fields and examine product first hand. The experience is sparking long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with farmers and their families.

Trebilcock Coffee Roasters from Pickering is one such organization. They began flying to Columbia to meet directly with farmers. Since then they have cultivated a personal friendship with their primary supplier; a small farm operation called “Chaloʼs Columbian Coffee”.

“When you travel to source, and the producers invite you into their homes, and they are feeding you dinner and their kids are running around laughing – they stop being your “supply chain”, and an emotional connection develops”, says Tim Trebilcock. That connection has manifested into a partnership and a desire to ensure that the producers are well paid for quality coffee and have better tools to use on their farm.

“Working one-on-one with the producer, makes for better coffee” Tim explains: “We watch our beans go through every stage of the coffee making process, ensuring quality the whole way”. And it makes for better relations with developing countries as well. “The premium that we would have paid to the Fairtrade Labelling Organization, or to a middle-man, we get to give it direct to the producer – and we do!”

This makes a big difference to the communities that they work with. In fact, on his last trip to Colombia the mayor of the town of Paicol invited Trebilcock Coffee to a ceremony celebrating their relationship and making them honored guests of the town. “Thatʼs how tight this connection is” says Tim, “itʼs an accountability to our partners that the Fair Trade designation just canʼt compete with”.

Without the Fair Trade designation on their coffee, independent retailers like Trebilcock Roasters have had to rely on educating their clients about where their dollars are going. Every time Trebilcock travels to Columbia they bring back a wealth of images. “If you want to see the field where your coffee was grown and a picture of the people who picked it – its available. Its a level of transparency thatʼs only possible now because of technology and the internet, and it exceeds what can be achieved by large organizations.

Tim adds “People who purchase our beans, are a part of a very short supply chain, built on sustainability, economic fairness, and personal relationships and are really changing conditions in developing countries. Consumers to know that option is available, even if the product isnʼt labelled “Fair trade”.

VISION BOARDS CLASS: Get your goals and dreams on paper, and watch the effect it has on your world! Enjoy drinks and a constructive art project this TUESDAY @ 7:00pm at Safari's Bar & Grill in Ajax. All materials are provided! A great night out to focus on the future, meet new people and reconnect with old friends! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER: http://www.durhamnaturalarts.com/product/visionboards-shrimp-cocktail/

Don't go to Groupon, we've got a FLASH FRIDAY sale price on Tuesday's Vision Board Class at Safari's Bar & Grill!! Book before 9am tomorrow morning and take the class for only $25! All materials provided! Enjoy some drinks and get creative with this exciting project that gets your dreams and goals on paper! Check them off one by one as they come true! Great for small business owners or anyone with a goal to achieve! http://www.durhamnaturalarts.com/product/visionboards-shrimp-cocktail/

Did You Know??? You can read the Summer 2015 issue of Natural Arts Magazine right here on Facebook! Just click to open! (or save it to read later!) Grab a cup of tea or a glass of wine and check out local workshops, programs, and people here in our area! Next Issue: September!
https://issuu.com/durhamnaturalarts/docs/durham_natural_arts_summer_2015/1?e=0

Natural Arts Durham Yoga | Meditation | Organics | Healing

Here it is!! The Summer 2015 issue of Durham Natural Arts! Enjoy! https://issuu.com/durhamnaturalarts/docs/summer_magazine/1?e=0

Durham Natural Arts Summer 2015 Yoga | Meditation | Organics | Wellness

This is a sample of the new magazine that's coming out July 1st! If you want to be included, please let us know!
http://issuu.com/naturalartsmagazine/docs/spirit_wellnessmagazinesample/1

Spirit&wellnessmagazinesample This is a sample of our upcoming magazine about health and wellness in Durham Region! Contact us to be included.

A local version of this online magazine is coming to Durham Region! Watch for details!

I Am Enough Magazine May 2015 Issue 11