Hellinger Family Constellation Work

The Southwest Center for Hellinger Constellation Work announces a nine-month “Immersion Learning Program” for 2008. This program, beginning in March, is facilitated by Krista Jarrard and offers an understanding of the soul-level approach to working with the hidden forces that govern our lives as developed by Bert Hellinger. Experiential in nature, it is designed to delve in depth into the principles and practice of Family Constellation Work. Appropriate for those seeking transformation in their lives, their family and their ancestral lineage, as well as those in the healing arts wishing to incorporate this work into their practice. Information: contact Krista Jarrard at 466-3595.

new church on the way

A new faith community could be on the way for Santa Fe area neighborhoods south of Airport/Rodeo Roads. All area residents are being invited to two open houses in early March to explore the possibilities. The first event will be held at the Inn at Santa Fe near the outlet mall on Cerrillos Road on Sunday, March 2, 2:30-4 p.m. The second gathering will be at Miklo’s Coffee House in Plaza Contenta on Jaguar Road (across from Cesar Chavez Elementary School) on Saturday, March 8, 2:30-4 p.m. Refreshments, music and activities for children will be offered on both occasions. For more information, call 474-5817. Sponsored by the Presbyterian Church (USA).

Counseling Conference

The New Mexico Association for Spiritual, Ethical and Religious Values in Counseling (ASERVIC) has announced that its annual conference will take place March 6-8 at the Holiday Inn in Santa Fe. This year’s theme, “Holding Your Center in Challenging Times,” is geared for counselors, life coaches and others in the helping professions. Native American shaman Connie Buffalo is the keynote speaker and ceremony leader. Workshop topics will include energy work, ecofeminism, finding peace in all seasons, journaling to the center of your soul, spirituality in the playroom, sexuality, sensuality and many more. For more information, including fee schedule, call Rosemary Eads at (505) 577-8581.

Legends in the Making

On Saturday, March 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m., there will be a fundraiser and silent auction for Moving People Dance Santa Fe at the Legends Santa Fe Gallery, 143 Lincoln Ave. Auction items are from Native American artists including Malcolm Furlow, Penny Singer and Kevin Red Star. Award-winning Santa Clara potter Jody Naranjo is scheduled to attend with sketches of pottery she is creating exclusively for MPD. Naranjo’s work is being donated to MPD for auction. For more information, call (505) 438-9180.

Goldberg on Writing Memoir

Poet, teacher, writer and painter Natalie Goldberg will read from and sign copies of her book Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir on Saturday, March 8, at 4:00 at Collected Works Bookstore, 208B W. San Francisco St. Goldberg’s popular workshops have given students the ability to heed the call to write. Old Friend from Far Away recreates her trademark workshop style with its terse, demanding writing “sprints” that train the hand and mind to quicken their pace and give up conscious control. Goldberg teaches writing workshops based on the methods first presented in her bestselling book Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within.

oil and gas film in eldorado

On Tuesday, March 11, 7-9 p.m., the documentary film A Land Out of Time will be shown and discussed at the Eldorado Community Center. Hosted by the Eldorado gas and oil task force, this acclaimed 55-minute film provides a close look at what is happening to the American West — including our New Mexico area — as a result of gas/oil drilling in what the film describes as “the biggest land grab in American history.” As award-winning director Mark Harvey states, “This is a fight for balance. . . . Citizens from Montana to New Mexico are calling for a new energy policy that will leave something of the West still intact.” All area residents are welcome. There is no charge. Due to our limited space, seating is limited to the first 45 arrivals.

White Buffalo Day All-Day Retreat

The public is invited on March 28 to meet Beau, the only male non-albino white buffalo on the planet. Share in the Sacred Pipe Ceremony with Cloud Eagle, Raven and others. Trance dance in the Hoenkaki Ceremony with Brooke Medicine Eagle, and make tobacco ties (prayer bundles). Chief Mongolian shamans will conduct a sacred healing ceremony. Enjoy the White Buffalo Dance, the “White Buffalo Calf Woman” story, and Sky Red Hawk playing flute, drums, rattles and guitar, as well as other activities throughout the day. For more info, call the Message Company at (505) 474-0998, or visit www.bizspirit.com.

2008 Science and Consciousness Conference

The Tenth International Conference on Science and Consciousness will be held March 28–April 2 in Santa Fe. Explore the frontier where science and spirituality meet with leading scientists, healers, psychologists, biophysicists and visionaries such as Rupert Sheldrake, Steven Greer, Peter Russell, Dannion Brinkley and Richard Moss. Topics include consciousness and quantum theory, unity consciousness, healing, energy fields, intuition, dreams, contemplation, creativity, altered states, intentionality and communication. Contact the Message Company at (505) 474-0998 for a full-color eight-page brochure, or visit www.bizspirit.com.

International Activist Photographer in Santa Fe

On Saturday, March 29, 2-4 p.m. at the Verve Gallery, 219 E. Marcy St., Alan Pogue will speak on how Vietnam and Iraq are connected to many social-justice issues. He will sign copies of his book Witness for Justice. A medic in Vietnam, Pogue has sustained a career using a camera to promote peace and justice since 1968. To view some of Pogue’s photographs, go to www.documentaryphotographs.com, or contact Verve Gallery at 982-5009 for more information.

Mastering the Power of Influence

Walks Beside Coaching & Consulting has scheduled a five-month coaching series to learn to increase your spoken-communication clarity, act with decisiveness, respond not react to conflict, and relax with a centered presence. This series will have guest leaders Dr. Stuart Heller, PhD, and Carol Heller, CHT, at Hotel Santa Fe beginning March 8-9 and going through July 2008. Contact Stephan Marais at (505) 424-4771 for more information and to register. Registration can also be done at walksbesidecoaching.com/bizorgwww/events_workshops.htm.