Book discussion - Eat Pray Love

Book discussion on Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
The book is about one woman's searcj fpr everything across Italy, India and Indonesia

Other ideas!

1) Pottery Night at Pickering Rec Centre

2) Read and discuss the Book - Till the Sun Grows Cold

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Till-Sun-Grows-Cold-Compelling/dp/0747261423

3) Select 3 songs to represent you! Then we all have to guess!

Please add other ideas ~ the more the merrier!

Christmas Charity

For our December meeting our plan is to take part in some sort of charity within our neighbourhood!

Here's a link to some other charitable organizations to give us some ideas:

http://members.shaw.ca/christmastime1/christmascharitys.html

Eco Gardening!

This would be a great topic for the Spring months!

Gail has a lot of contacts in this area.

IN the meantime for your reading pleasure, check out these links:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/consumers/eco-garden.html

http://www.eco-gardening.com/

Feng Shui

What is Feng Shui and how can if affect our lives?

Today's Feng Shui schools teach that it is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space to achieve harmony with the environment. Feng shui literally translates as "wind-water."

Feng shui is a discipline with guidelines that are compatible with many techniques of architectural planning as well as internal furniture arrangements. Space, weather, astronomy, and geomagnetism are basic components of feng shui. Proponents claim that feng shui has an effect on health, wealth, and personal relationships.

To read more upon the topic click on the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng_shui

There are some people who can come and speak to us about this topic.

Movie and Book Comparison

Let's watch a movie and compare it to the book!

Some possible choices are:

Memoires of a Geisha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_a_geisha - the movie is already out!

The Kite Runner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kite_Runner - Movie is to be released in January 2008!
Here's a link to the trailer: http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/08/07/the-kite-runner-movie-trailer/
There's also a blog about the movie to check out! http://www.kiterunnermovie.com/club/blog/

East Village Yoga - The top of our street!

Learn about different types of yoga through this link:

http://www.eastvillageyoga.ca/classes.html

There is a class on Wednesday nights at 8:15 called:

8:15 PM
Gentle/Resorative Yoga
Maestro Studio
18
Paul Colton

The drop-in cost is $16.04

Here is some more info on Yoga:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga