Kind Friends,
June is the month of Juicy Joys, fresh greens, and generous journeys. We'll enjoy a Full Moon right on Summer Solstice, the longest brightest day of the solar year, on June 20. Let's dance together, wherever we are, under that sweet Moon. For peace, sanity, and loving presence on earth.
Some brand new offerings:
1) Here is a new page highlighting 100+ event presenters Banyen has hosted or helped sponsor over the years. Join us on this "trip down memory lane", featuring Eckhart Tolle, Krishna Das, don Miguel Ruiz, John Kabat-Zinn, John O'Donohue, Marion Woodman, Wade Davis, and more. Which were your favourite events? Who would you love us to host next? Let us know here for a chance to win a $60 Banyen gift certificate.
 2) We've uploaded videos of Banyen's events with David Suzuki and Natalie Goldberg on our new Banyen Youtube channel. More videos to come...
4) Our latest edition of Branches of Light magazine features almost 200 reviews of selected new books, music, audio, video, and more. Please contact us to mail you one, pick one up at the store, or view a digital copy here.
May the rising tide of nature's glory live in you this month. And may we have some rain, too, to keep the raincoast green ! See you in the store soon...
smiles 'n' sparkles from us all at Banyen,
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Upcoming Events
 Friday, June 10
Shamanic Chinese Medicine
Free @ Banyen Books, 7-8:30pm
Wendy Lang MMQ, presents at Banyen on one of the most ancient healing practices on Earth. She will also lead trainings beginning Sept 28. read more...
 Sunday, June 12
Claudio Naranjo
$20 @ Bridge & Enrich, 7pm
Claudio Naranjo, legendary Consciousness Pioneer & Gestalt founder Fritz Perls' successor, offers visionary teachings of liberation. Tickets are expected to sell out by noon this Thursday. read more...
 Wednesday, June 15
Karma, Chakras, & Destiny
Free @ Banyen Books, 6:30-8pm
Acharya Aman, Yoga Teacher & Jyotish Astrologer, reveals ancient teachings on the relationship between zodiac signs, karma, chakras and destiny. read more...
 Thursday, June 16
Journey to the Future
Free @ Banyen Books, 6:30-8pm
Guy Dauncey presents on his futurist book Journey to the Future, which has received high praise from David Suzuki, Bill McKibben,Tzeporah Berman, and Elizabeth May. read more...
 Sunday, June 19
The Gene Keys
Free @ Banyen Books, 11:30am-1pm
Peter Tongue presents an introduction to the Gene Keys, a tool for self-knowledge, which links the I Ching and our DNA. read more...
 Tuesday, June 21
The Art of Medicine
Free @ Banyen Books, 6:30-8pm
Dr. Alexina Mehta presents a holistic and inspiring perspective that sheds light on the chronic disease epidemic. read more...
 Thursday, June 23
Public Discourse
Free @ Banyen Books, 6:30-8pm
James Hoggan, David Suzuki Foundation chair, explores the state of public discourse, in dialogue with Thich Nhat Hanh, Noam Chomsky, The Dalai Lama, and others. read more...
 Sunday, June 26
The Work of Byron Katie
Free @ Banyen Books, 11:30am-1pm
Tania Fierro, Certified Counsellor & Trainer in the Work of Byron Katie, will present simple yet profound techniques for freeing ourselves from limiting beliefs. read more...
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"And we are put on earth a little space,
That we may learn to bear the beams of love."
~ William Blake
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"All your problems are just thoughts. And thoughts are not a problem."
~ Jeff Foster
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Video
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Music
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Audio
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Seane Corn
The Yoga of Awakening: Mystic Flow
Transforming Your Practice into Love and Service
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Jaya Lakshmi
and Ananda
Kundalini
Morning Chants
Invoking the Energy
of Creation
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Tami Simon
Being True
What Matters Most in Work, Life, and Love
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"Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity."
~ Simone Weil
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Also New at Banyen
East Coast to the West Coast Body Care
 Nova Scotia Fisherman is a natural body care line based out of Nova Scotia, Canada. They are proud to be producing products that are healthy for your family, home and environment using 100% natural plant based ingredients, including the powerful Nova Scotia Sea Kelp.
This product line includes lotions, hand poured bar soaps, lip balms and salves all with no parabens, SLS, synthetics, phytochemicals and absolutely NO animal testing. A portion of sales go to the Nature Conservancy of Canada.
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More Than Enough
poem by Marge Piercy
The first lily of June opens its red mouth.
All over the sand road where we walk
multiflora rose climbs trees cascading
white or pink blossoms, simple, intense
the scene drifting like colored mist.
The arrowhead is spreading its creamy
clumps of flower and the blackberries
are blooming in the thickets. Season of
joy for the bee. The green will never
again be so green, so purely and lushly
new, grass lifting its wheaty seedheads
into the wind. Rich fresh wine
of June, we stagger into you smeared
with pollen, overcome as the turtle
laying her eggs in roadside sand.
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