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  • Happy Spring from
    Aziza Healing Adventures!

    There's loads of news.
    Enjoy your read through before clicking on the specific links of interest.

    For your convenience Aziza Healing Adventures now accepts Visa and MasterCard payments for individual therapy, Truly Madly Deeply workshops, Retreats, Gift Certificates and our Deluscious Wearables product line.
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    AHA will be holding an
    Evening Intro
    Truly Madly Deeply Art & Therapy Workshop.
    Thursday April 29
    at Super Sprouts
    7-9pm
    $40
    720 Bathurst St. Toronto, West side, south of Bloor beside the Annex Theatre.
    Please register by calling 416 696-0086 or email info@aziza.ca
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    Please visit and bookmark the new Retreats page on our web site, which lists all of the 2004 Retreats by subject and location www.aziza.ca/retreats as well as by date on the Retreats Calendar link.
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    Please note Georgian Bay Kayaking Retreats have new dates. July 7-9 & July 21-23. See details below.
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    Rediscover Yourself in Mexico Retreat dates have now been set for Dec. 4 - 11, 2004.
    Please visit www.aziza.ca/mexico for details so far.
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    Rediscover Yourself in Bali Retreat dates have been set now for Jan. 26 - Feb. 4, 2005.
    Details to come.
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    As mentioned in the Bali report in the last newsletter, Aziza founder and retreat facilitator, Laila Ghattas, experienced a shift in personal paradigm based on new insights into compassion and closure.
    If you are interested in reading about this account, please visit www.aziza.ca/article
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    In case you didn't have opportunity in March, this is the link to the Bali Retreat photos
    www.aziza.ca/baliphoto

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    Aziza Healing Adventures & Delusious Wearables
    will have a booth at the upcoming
    Mission Nutrition Show
    at the International Trade Centre in Toronto
    May 14-16
    Booth #232 midway down the centre isle.
    $10 Admission, free parking

    There will be contest draws for Workshops, Wearables and Prints.
    Please come by and visit.
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    UPCOMING AHA EVENTS

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    Women's
    Weekend Wellness Retreats
    A monthly offering of themed retreats geared to women and held at the
    tranquil Thirteen Moons Women's Retreat Centre, Norwood, near Peterborough, Ontario.
    Please plan to register early to avoid disappointment.
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    Your Body Image

    Explore your self image- where you are at,
    what you believe, how you feel about yourself.
    Discover and experiment with optional perspectives
    as you reflect back on yourself through a cleaner lens.

    May 28-30
    $395 plus tax
    for more information please visit www.aziza.ca/13moons

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Family Dynamics

Family making you crazy? Do you suffer from feeling you should be a better daughter, sister, wife? Bring your grievances to this retreat, lay down your sense of failure, guilt, resentment, rejection, and anything else weighing you down and rest a while.

June 25 - 27
$395 plus tax
for more information please visit www.aziza.ca/13moons
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Fear, Worry and Other Nuisances

Worry much? Can you imagine the worst case scenario from the smallest crumb of threat?
You can't worry and be in the current moment. This weekend we explore how you avoid the often less frightening now and choose to fret about later, and over all the 'what if' scenarios.

July 16 -18
$395 plus tax
for more information please visit www.aziza.ca/13moons

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Georgian Bay Sea Kayak Retreats
Georgian Bay is one of the most beautiful places in the world, and Ontario's crowning jewel.
The retreat days are designed to make time for kayaking and swimming in the sheltered waters of the gorgeous Georgian Bay archipelago, play with art materials, and take a glimpse at the insights that emerge. Delicious hearty meals complement the gentle rhythm of this retreat.

July 7-9 & July 21-23

$650 plus tax

Please visit: www.aziza.ca/grgnbay.html


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The Art of Receiving: a Couples Workshop series
A couple's personal growth One Day Workshop series exploring attitudes, habits and assumptions interfering with true intimacy. Mitzvah Teacher Danella Hesler and Gestalt therapist Laila Ghattas use movement, creativity and language to enhance awareness and expression of welcome contact. Held in Peterborough County, Ontario.

Saturday dates

June 19
October 30

$ 295/couple per Saturday

for more info please visit http://www.aziza.ca/couples
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Truly Madly Deeply Art & Therapy Workshops

Our one day workshop format is hands on, offering a variety of materials to explore and play with. Suggested projects are sure to unveil new ways of looking at yourself and your way of being. Small group discussions are led using Gestalt Therapy Principles

No previous art experience is necessary. Just bring an open mind, art making attire and lunch. Workshops are located at the studio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Saturdays:


April 24 Body Image
May 8 My Mother, Myself

$120/ workshop
includes materials
10:30am to 5:00pm

Please visit www.aziza.ca/workshps for details on themes

Evening Workshops:

Wednesday April 14

Wednesday April 28

7:30-9:30 p.m.
$65/evening


If you have a group of 3 or more, a private workshop can be
designed for you on alternate date- day or evening.


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Have a corporate or private group with a special focus?
Aziza Healing Adventures will design a retreat to meet your specific needs.
Please visit www.aziza.ca/group

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Laila Ghattas, B.F.A.Visual Arts, B.Ed., Certificate in Gestalt Therapy, Certificate in Expressive Arts, Usui Reiki 1st & 2nd degree, is the founder of Aziza Healing Adventures and leader of the retreats and workshops. Laila is an artist, Gestalt therapist, group facilitator, Reiki practitioner, and has worldwide outdoor adventure experience.

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If you have friends who might be interested, please forward this newsletter,
with our thanks!

sincerely yours,

Laila Ghattas
Aziza Healing Adventures
www.aziza.ca

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