Spring 2012 Gathering of the ATL Midwest!
Thursday, May 10th, 2012 2:00 – 9:30pm Opening circle begins at 2:30
Please join us in the Snyder Building at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum to enjoy the beauty of Spring and the company of your fellow Transformational Leaders, as we explore the theme of Leadership in a Time of Shift, something very relevant to us, both as individuals in a changing world, and as transformational leaders helping others to create and sustain the kind of changes which support a sustainable world that works for everyone.
Be sure to come early if you can, to enjoy some time outside in the beautiful gardens and to allow more time for connecting to friends old and new.
For directions to the Arboretum, click here: Directions to MN Arboretum
We will be serving lovely fresh foods in the form of a buffet, with a pre-ordered option available for vegans.
As always, we’ll be allowing time to connect as we gather in the patio gardens at 2:00pm and begin our opening circle at 2:30pm. The event will end at 9:30pm.
Please email Kay Grace with additional guests you would like to invite that you recognize as Transformational Leaders.
To RSVP and Register, please click here: Register Online HERE.
Cost
The cost to attend is $75 if received by April 20th ($85 after that date) and includes participation, food, and beverages, as well as a free day pass to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. If you have already paid for a Founding Membership in October 2011 there is no cost, though you will still need to go to the registration page to RSVP and make your food choice.There are also details & options on how to renew your Founding Membership, and on how to buy a new regular annual membership on the registration page.
We are happy to introduce you to three wonderful dialogue starters for this gathering!
Don Miguel Ruiz is spiritual teacher and international author and speaker, and member of the Transformational Leadership Council. His most acclaimed book, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, was a New York Times bestseller for over seven years, has sold more than seven million copies in the United States alone, and has been translated into more than 35 languages worldwide.
don Miguel will join us via Skype Video to share The Agreement to Lead During the Planetary Shift. “I am here to help people transform their inner worlds, to let humanity know, there is a much better way of life.”
“Love and happiness are inside us. We must learn to be patient, adapt to circumstance and enjoy life as it is, as best we can. Adjust to life, provide service, take advantage of the changes. Be first to enjoy the change, then others around you, then society, then humanity.
“People are different now, compared to the 80s, when I began this work. They’re more ready to understand.” A social commentator, rooted in indigenous wisdom, Ruiz sees our major obstacles to the creation of a new, sustainable world to be, “first, ourselves – our judgments, rejections and limitations. We live life as we do because of the decisions we make. We are the ones who make us unhappy.”
“Our other major obstacle is the conflict between various people in power in our societies. Power elites always exist and want to control society. They’re one to two percent of humanity. It’s an historical cycle, so periodically power decays and new power groups arise. It’s the playing out of this cycle now that is an obstacle. It’s also a reflection of how humanity evolves through periods of stability and instability. We’re in a time of instability now, a time when everything shifts.”
Ruiz sees our current global crisis as an opportunity to create a new stability. “We’re going in the right direction,” he notes. “Last century, the whole of humanity shifted. In this new century, it is happening even faster. With planetary communication as it is now, truth and lies go everywhere. “
Asked about the meaning of 2012 and the end of the Mayan calendar, Ruiz comments, “There is no meaning, and nothing will happen, except insofar as we cause it to happen. The meaning 2012 will have is the meaning we give to it. It should mean the end of superstition and fanaticism, and a return to the truth. That’s up to us. We must learn to listen. And the key word is respect.
“We must all agree to see December 22, 2012, as the first day of a new humanity. It will be so if we make it so, and that’s up to each and every one of us — what each of us does, how each of us chooses to live our lives.”
Come and hear don Miguel as he shares his insights and experiences with us, on what it means to lead ourselves and then others, in a time of shift.
You can read more about don Miguel Ruiz and his work HERE
David Wagner, will be sharing with us Life as a Daymaker – how to live your professional and personal life with purpose and joy.
David Wagner is a world-renowned hair stylist, artist, entrepreneur, educator, author and “Daymaker.” Innovator of the “pay-it-forward” movement of Daymaking, Wagner’s philosophy for living a life that changes the world – one person at a time – through simple acts of kindness, has captured the hearts of thousands around the world.
Wagner is the founder/owner of JUUT Salonspas, the original AVEDA concept salons, with eight JUUT locations in the Midwest and one in San Francisco’s Bay Area that are continually voted “Best Salon” within their communities. JUUT Salonspas employs over 400 employees. He is also the best-selling author of, Life as a Daymaker: How to Change the World by Simply Making Someone’s Day, and initiator of the “Daymaker Movement.”
As an inspirational speaker David shares what it means to bring the quality of caring not only into one’s work, but into one’s life as well. In 2003 David took a “mobile salon” fully stocked with beauty supplies, stylists, and estheticians, around the United States. The plan was to continue the experiment of expressing the Daymaker perspective by sharing our talents and services with those whose lives had been impacted by illness or difficulty. It was also an opportunity to introduce his book to a larger audience.
“We worked in women’s shelters, The Ronald McDonald House, with the wives of solders who had just left for Iraq, with cancer patients in hospitals, and at AIDS Hospice Centers. We found that the capacity to “see” oneself as having beauty, and personal value, is integral to the ability to create a more fulfilling life for oneself. We also learned respect for the need for one’s beauty to be “authentic”, totally unique to oneself. We brought these experiences back to Juut with us and have continued our work with “wholeness centered” beauty, and community outreach.”
“Today we receive email from dozens of different countries, stories of how caring in simple, and small ways creates extraordinary experiences. Connecting with the people in these stories gave me a deeply personal awareness of what is possible when we use our vision and hearts to create.”
You can read more about David and his work HERE.
Robin Getman, CSP, will be our third dialogue starter, adding the element of using humor to lead ourselves and others in a time of shift: Laugh, for the Health of It!
Robin is a national speaker, trainer, consultant and humorist, and works with organizations who want to energize employee engagement and elevate customer experience.
Entertaining, informative and inspirational with a gift for injecting humor to reinforce a powerful message, Robin thinks on her feet and connects with heart, delivering programs that are pertinent, memorable and uncommonly fun!
Musical Guest – Michael James Wachner Michael is a Minneapolis based producer, songwriter and musician, and has an incredible way of channeling pure spirit when he plays, embodying and radiating healing energy in and through the music.
Michael’s performances are a catalyst for healing, meditation and transformation and seem to embody the beauty and spirit of the nature surrounding us.
His soul shines through his music, and you will never forget how it makes you feel. He will help us to anchor the space with a very special musical meditation as well.
You can listen to samples of their music and find out more HERE.
Please know that your presence, whether in person or in spirit, at each of our gatherings, is deeply appreciated, as we honor each other with the positive energy of unconditional support, creativity and respect for who we choose to be, as transformational leaders in the world. See you on May 10th!
Questions? Please email Kay @ EnergyExpress.com (no spaces)
