NOVEMBER '09 NEWSLETTER

In this November 2009 Issue:

Announcements
Did You Know?
Upcoming Retreats
Aziza Networking

previous issues:08 Jan. Mar. April May June July Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 09 Jan. Mar. April May June Aug. Sept. Oct.

The Myth about Women and Control

Laila's good friend Louise Racine recently commented with surprise that it's because most women feel so out of control in their lives that they don’t recognize or identify with the idea of how controlling their actions actually are.

Laila was talking to Louise about her retreat observations of busy women trying to get everything done, feeling responsible for everyone in their family, overstressed with obligations at work, taking on roles that rescue, protect, serve and nurture.

Women are getting stuck in DOING, rather than living. Read more...

BALI BALANCE- getting the perfect support you need

One of the reasons we return to Bali each winter is in reponse to her loving invitation to give expression to the often neglected Feminine side of receptivity.

Most people would say their lives are too busy, too rushed. They feel obligated, pressured, burdened and exhausted.

Women especially feel out of balance. They are Doing rather than Being.

Being comes with time for rest, beauty, sunsets, reflection and tropical breezes blowing on your skin. Do you seek peace and stillness within?

Bali offers daily rituals, gentle landscapes, open spaces, unhurried rhythms and the most wonderul role models of people living in the moment while connected to their environment.

If you are feeling receptive to learning more about how Bali brings balance into life, please read on...

Create new healthy traditions for this season of family celebration. Transcend familiar family dynamics that interfere with the joy of the holidays.

Proven tools delivered at Aziza workshops and retreats help you heal the past and recognize unhealthy relating patterns. Expand your understanding of and compassion for each other. Happy Holidays at last!

• Women's Weekend Getaways November 13-15, December 4 - 6
• Relationship Workshops November 21 - 22,
• Truly Madly Deeply Self- Discovery Workshops November 28
• as well as private individual therapy sessions

Couples Retreat in Toronto on a new date

November 28-29

We've got a new location for our Relationship Revelations Couples Retreat on a new date this month.

Join us at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel in Toronto for a weekend of healing, connection, intimacy and compassion. Re-kindle your love for the holidays.

Click here for details

A NEW LOOK!

We thought a more inviting first impression might be timely, so we've added a few images and reorganized our presentation of the new Home Page.

We hope you love it as much as we do!

Gift Certificates are available for all Aziza programs.

• Truly Madly Deeply Self-Discovery Workshops
• Relationship Patterns Workshops
• Couples Relationship Revelations Getaways
• Women's Weekend Getaways
• California Bliss Wellness Journeys
• Bali Bliss Wellness Journeys

1 & 2 hour Individual sessions for

• Reiki
• Gestalt Therapy
• Expressive Art Therapy

For more information please email or call 416. 696. 0086

Introducing Aziza NETWORKING.

In the last section of this newsletter you'll find an assortment of great ideas.

This month features a new novel, SEO and website advise, Laughing it up, Mexico retreats.

Enjoy!

WOMEN'S WEEKEND Wellness Getaways

ME TIME beyond your imagination. Held at Thirteen Moons Women's Culinary Retreat Centre, Kawartha's, Ontario, Canada

• November 13 - 15, Space still available!
• December 4 - 6, Space still available!

RELATIONSHIP PATTERNS Workshop Toronto Ontario

Creatively explore what holds you back from having the healthy, thriving, loving relationship you desire. Designed for solo individuals, siblings, parents/children and couples. READ MORE...

• November 21 - 22 Space still available!

COUPLES Relationship Revelation Retreat. Toronto Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, Ontario, Canada

For partners who are desiring deeper understanding and compassion, wanting to improve relating and communication styles, searching for true emotional intimacy and connection, or experiencing a relationship challenge. READ MORE...

• November 28- 29 Space still available!

TRULY MADLY DEEPLY Self-Discovery Workshops Toronto, Ontario

Have the best fun ever finding out more about yourself. Saturday or Sunday 10:30 - 4:30

• Space still available!
• November 28
• December 12

BALI

Bali Balance : A 9-day Bliss Wellness Journey Retreat
Bali, Indonesia

Begin in the artisan town of Ubud with healers from Eat Pray Love, followed by High Priest Blessings, children’s traditional dance, soothing waterscapes and personal insight waiting at Gaia Oasis Resort on the Bali Sea.

• January 28 - February 5, 2010 Space still available!

BALI Bliss Exotic Wellness Journey
Bali, Indonesia

Surrender to a blissful week of Hindu blessings, local excursions, spa sessions, yoga, and creative reflection as the sun rises on your opening heart.

• February 16 - 22, 2010 Space still available!

CALIFORNIA HEART & SOUL CARE RETREAT

A 5-Day Bliss Wellness Journey, Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort, San Luis Obispo, CA

Gorgeous deluxe suites, private deck with hot tub, Pacific coast sunsets, blissful spa treatments, wine tours and tasting, stellar organic cuisine, life enhancing personal growth...

Returns May and October 2010

Look for the October 2009 Retreat Review in the next Newsletter issue!

CUSTOMIZED RETREATS & WORKSHOPS

Aziza Healing Adventures designs events to meet your specific vision.

We'll facilitate at any international or local destination your heart desires.

For Corporate, private social groups, or special gatherings of friends.

ENHANCING YOUR HEALING JOURNEY.

This section has suggestions that might be of interest.

If you know of a group leader who might like to cross promote with Aziza Healing Adventures, please email.

TORONTO

www.lightnup.ca

Speak On Your Feet BOOT CAMP

In this full-day laughter-filled workshop you’ll participate in inhibition releasing exercises and learn the strategies to lose your fear of judgment and failure.

Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009
9:00am – 5:00pm
Sharon Temperance Hall 18974 Leslie St., Sharon, ON.
Aziza Subscribers: $55 +gst before Nov. 13, 2009.

http://LaughterCoach.eventbee.com/event?eid=64307

ACRILEY.COM

SEO mastermind. My friend Anne Charlotte Riley is probably one of the main reasons you know about Aziza. She put this website on the first page of most pertinent searches. Anne is a fabulous web page writer, editor and will get your website optimized way beyond your wildest dreams.

Anne has a great program available for free with loads of helpful cyber ideas called When Bad Websites Happen to Good People.

Visit: http://www.whenbadwebsiteshappentogoodpeople.com

A new novel by a renowned author and journalist, and my friend.

Portals Press announces publication
of Romance Language by Alan Elsner

A passionate love story set against the backdrop of tempestuous revolution.

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the violent revolution that ended Nicolae Ceausescu’s cruel dictatorship in Romania, journalist Alan Elsner captures those dramatic events in his new novel Romance Language. Part love story, part historical drama, part coming-of-age novel.

MEXICO

www.islawomensretreat.com

Isla Women's Retreat creates a sacred circle of support, compassion, abundance and replenishment.

February 20 – 27, 2010
Creative Energies: Renewing our Relationship with the Divine
Laguna Bacalar, Mexico; the “lake of seven colors,” a natural sanctuary chosen by the sages of ancient Mayan people as a place of purification, healing and rebirth.

March 20 – 27, 2010
Portals to the Self: A Women's Circle by the Sea.
Isla Mujeres, Mexico; an island in the Caribbean, sacred to Ixchel, the Mayan Moon Goddess and historically a place for healing rituals among the Mayan people.

Laila Ghattas is an artist, Gestalt therapist and Reiki practitioner. She is an author, public speaker and the founder of Aziza Healing Adventures.

Laila combines creative self-expression with psychotherapy in programs designed to heighten awareness, inspire personal insight and improve the life of those who participate.

Laila holds therapeutic workshops in Toronto, and draws on her worldwide outdoor adventure experience to facilitate international healing retreats for women, couples, mixed groups and corporations.