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What's missing in modern society?

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:09:10 -0000

Silence

GRATITUDE AND REJUVENATION RETREAT

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:16:33 -0000

Ask me for more details! We're going to have a blast, and would love to have you there :)

Intentional Breathwork back in San Francisco July 30 - Aug 3

Wed, 07 May 2008 00:39:02 -0000

I’m freshly back from teaching the first East Coast Level 1 Healer Training of this work to 18 very gifted healers in all walks of life, from a therapist to a writer to an interior designer and more. Each of them made quantum leaps in being healers for themselves and the world around them. This work isn’t about leaving your life, but rather discovering that everything you’ve been searching for is here, now, within you. As this recognition blossoms, you become a presence that uplifts people and life wherever you go.

I’m really excited to be coming back up to the Bay Area for another round of private sessions at the Presence of Heart Center in San Francisco this month as well as a group workshop.

Private Healing Sessions with Scott Schwenk in San Francisco

I'll be doing private healing sessions by appointment MAY 15 - 18
at:
The Presence of Heart Center
**Located in The Richmond between Fulton and Cabrillo, just a 1/2 block from Golden Gate Park**
Plenty of nearby parking

Sessions are 1 hour and are currently $150
48-hr cancellation policy by phone. Evening and weekend sessions are also available.
       (310) 922-4890 or soulmatrix@earthlink.net
to schedule your session.

August San Francisco Breathing Group ~ "FREEDOM"

In this BreathWorks event, we’ll be working deeply with two of the most powerful tools for opening your Heart, the breath, and GRATITUDE. Alchemy has been the practice of turning base-metals into GOLD. With these two tools, EXPERIENCE turning anything in your life from contraction to FREEDOM. This group is open to first-timers and veteran breathers alike!

When:   Friday, August 3, 7pm - 9pm
            ***Come early to avoid being late

Where: PRESENCE OF HEART CENTER
          Located in the Inner Richmond district
Cost:     $50
**BRING: A Yoga Mat and/or folded blanket for sitting on the floor and laying down for the breathing
RSVP:    (310) 922-4890 or soulmatrix@earthlink.net

Level 1 Healer Training - NYC - June 28 & 29

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:07:14 -0000

Healer Training - Level 1

June 28-29 - NYC, NY - Cost: $475

Date: June 28-29, 2008
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: Moving Body Resources
112 West 27th St, 4th Floor, NYC
(27th street btw 6th and 7th Ave)

The intention for this class is: "To bring out your gifts as a healer so you can heal yourself and others, and to give you tools and practical experience doing healing work that will solidify confidence in your own gifts, thus increasing your ability to see, hear, feel and intuit the truth."

*This class will be taught by Scott Schwenk who works regularly in NYC, and has been trained and certified by David Elliott to teach the Healer Training - Level 1 class.

"After watching Scott teach the class I realize there are parts of the class he teaches better than me. If you have any desire to be a healer take this class, you will learn a lot about yourself, your intuition, and healing!" David Elliott

You can register by sending a check payable to:

Transformational Bodywork
1226 Havenhurst Dr. #9
West Hollywood, CA 90046

My number if you have any questions is (310) 922-4890.

A $250 non-refundable deposit will hold your place in the class, or you can pay in full prior to May 1 to take advantage of the early registration discount.

Love,
Scott
http://herenow.gaia.com

new alliance with Liberation Yoga on La Brea!

Fri, 30 May 2008 22:19:50 -0000

Very stoked! I now have a great new space nearby and centrally located to offer my workshops! LIBERATION YOGA at 124 S. La Brea between 1st and 2nd.

The first workshop will be on Saturday, June 21st from Noon-2pm...it's called:

THE MOMENT OF CHOICE

In every situation where the stakes are seemingly high; where you and I stand to gain or lose (at least this is how it "appears to be"), there is a moment of choice. This moment can re-write your entire experience of life, and impact not only you, but all of your relations. When confronted with potential loss or gain, many times the easier choice has historically been to reach for some sense of power to avoid that feeling of being 'out of control' - it's been a knee-jerk reaction, and a default setting.

This workshop is an invitation into a new experience...the opportunity to become conscious of the Moment of Choice and to choose to connect with and feel LOVE...to run the feeling of Love through the body, through the nervous system, through the emotions, and then act..to retrain ourselves, and actually step into a world where anything is possible.

As always, the core of this workshop will be the BREATH...will use it and all the extra light from the longest day of the year, and focus it nice and deep with a good dose of laughter along the way.

Logistical Stuff:
DATE:            Saturday, June 21 (yep the Summer Solstice)
Time:            Noon - 2pm (come early to avoid being late)
Cost:               $50
Bring:            Yoga mat and/or blanket-we'll be sitting on the floor at first then lying down
                         for the breathwork.

Location:      Liberation Yoga
                      124 S. La Brea (btw 1st and 2nd)
                      Los Angeles, CA 90036

Intro to the Breathwork at Yoga Kula (Berkeley) Tues, 5/13

Sun, 11 May 2008 22:50:56 -0000

Hi Everyone...

A quick reminder that I’ll be in San Francisco this week with the work both privately and with a Friday night workshop.

Additionally, it looks like I’ll be giving introductions of the work in several yoga Anusara yoga classes in Berkeley and San Francisco with two of Anusara’s most gifted teachers, Abby Tucker (at Yoga Kula) and Stacey Rosenberg (at Yoga Tree).

I know at the moment that I’ll be giving a good taste of the work during and extended savasana in Abby Tucker’s 6:15-7:45pm class at Yoga Kula (www.yogakula.com) in Berkeley this Tuesday night, May 13th.

Feel free to check in with me about times/dates for the other introductions of the work with Abby and Stacey.

I’m really excited about this trip and seeing/meeting you!

Sunday, 4/20 10am - Noon ~ Intentional Breathworkshop!

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:19:14 -0000

Hi Everyone!

I’m just back from a deep and busy trip to NYC leading a workshop and doing private sessions. I’ll be home in LA just under two weeks before heading out to New Mexico from April 24-May 4, so if you’re feeling the need for a tune up with the breath, now’s a great time...a great time to release old layers, cleanse deep, and make space for all the intentions you set around the new year to begin to sprout with the energy of Spring. I’ve got limited availability for private sessions before I head to New Mexico, and felt inspired to use the energy of the Full Moon and the surge of energy I’ve been feeling with Spring to focus the energy into another group:

Sunday, April 20, 10am-12pm (**be early to avoid being late, we’ll be starting at 10:00am**)

In this Intentional Breathwork group, we’ll be recognizing and using the energy of the Full Moon and the surge of the energy of Spring. And we’ll be focusing the work into working with power behind this statement ~ “Your expectations CREATE your experience.” If you or anyone you know is feeling stuck in the same experiences over and over again, frustrated, and ready for something NEW, this group is for you...

Where: The retreat-like home of Linda Kaplan in her beautiful private dance studio
(This place is STUNNING...and a total haven)
25090 Mulholland Hwy
Calabasas, CA 91302

Bring: Be sure to bring a folded blanket and or yoga mat for sitting on and using when we lay down for the breathing.

Cost: $50 cash or check

RSVP: To myself or Linda so we’ll know to expect you...

Parking: Please park on either side of Mulholland Hwy and walk up the
driveway to the studio...Linda has asked that we don’t park in the driveway.

Directions from Santa Monica:
Go North on PCH to Malibu Canyon Road ( the first grassy corner of
Pepperdine, where PCH and Malibu Canyon intersect) and take a right
onto Malibu Canyon Road. Continue on this road until you get to a 4-
way stop light at Mulholland Hwy. Take a right at this light. Go about
3 miles up Mulholland Hwy. My house is the first house on the right
after a street called Cold Canyon crosses Mulholland Hwy. From the
road you will see my gate and pine trees and recycle /garbage cans.

Directions from the East Side:
Take the 101 North towards Ventura. Take Exit 29 for Valley Circle Blvd toward Mulholland Dr.
Turn left at Valley Circle Blvd. Continue on Mulholland Dr. Turn Right at Valmar Rd. Continue on Old Topanga
Canyon Rd. Slight right at Mulholland Hwy (about 4.6miles till the driveway for the house). From the road
You will see my gate and pine trees and recycle/garbage cans.

Love,
Scott
http://herenow.gaia.com
(310) 922-4890

February NYC Healing Sessions and Workshop

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:49:18 -0000

~ A Fresh Start ~

Time to shake off any remaining cobwebs from the holidays and reconnect...dust off, declutter, and clarify ~ What does it feel like in your body to be on fire with Creativity? Are you willing to be on fire with Creativity? What would that fire bring to your relationships, your work, your family?

Private Healing Sessions in Mahattan

I'll be doing private healing sessions by appointment February 13-21
in a NEW location:

The Jena Wellness Center at 1133 Broadway, Suite 1107
Between 25th and 26th St. in Chelsea.

Sessions are 1 hour and are currently $150

48-hr cancellation policy by phone. Evening and weekend sessions are available.

(310) 922-4890 or soulmatrix@earthlink.net
For appointments.

February NYC Breathing Group ~ "Getting On-Fire"

It's time! Time to get on fire...we'll be using the breath to clear the way for you to get ON FIRE, ignite Creativity and Clarity...and put you in-action.

When:   Sunday, Feb 17 5-7pm
          ***Come early to avoid being late
Where: Moving Body Resources
           112 W 27th St. 4th Floor
            at 27th between 6th & 7th Aves.
Cost:     $50
RSVP:    (310) 922-4890 or soulmatrix@earthlink.net

What is the Work?

Breath is inextricably tied to your life-force...it is a missing link to feeling connected and whole. The breath reaches into your deepest patterns and releases them...Clients find freedom in one session that wasn’t found in decades of various disciplines and therapies...give yourself this gift...

Transformation can happen in an instant...and all of the tools for deep healing are within you. My job is to help you connect in a deep and practical way with your own insight, your own innate wisdom. My job isn’t to give you anything you don’t already have within...it’s to help you experience deeply that everything you’ve ever needed to live a life of unbridled joy, love, peace, freedom, and connectedness has been with you all along.

The heart of these sessions is a breathing meditation that utilizes an ancient rhythmic breathing technique that very quickly shuts down the thinking part of the mind and gets a profound amount of energy moving through the body...then we’ll use this energy to clear deeply held blocks. The sessions are an exhilarating and deeply rejuvenating journey...a progressive journey that goes deeper each time you dive in.

Private Sessions are 1 hour and are available in-person, or over the phone. Group Workshops, Retreats, and Healer Trainings are scheduled regularly in various locations.

****Read people's EXPERIENCES of the work by clicking Here****

Los Feliz Breathing Workshop this Sat Feb 2, 3-5pm

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:56:50 -0000

This workshop'll start in LA this Sat...then go to NYC in Feb~

February Breathing Group: "Getting On-Fire"

It's time! Time to get on fire...we'll be using the breath to clear the way for you to get ON FIRE...and in-action. Space is limited, so please RSVP.

When:   Saturday, Feb 2 3-5pm
          ***Come early to avoid being late
Where: 1727 N. Vermont Ste. 208
            Los Feliz, CA 90027
            at vermont/hollywood (behind Bank of America in a             small plaza)
            there is a parking lot right out front
Cost:     $50
Bring:    Yoga mat or blanket for sitting and for laying
             down during the breathing.

RSVP:    (310) 922-4890 or soulmatrix@earthlink.net

Unnatural State of the Unicorn

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:48:56 -0000

This poem blew me away this morning. I received an early birthday present from a friend in the form of a book of poems called Neon Vernacular by Yusef Komunyakaa. I opened it right to this particular poem, and had goosebumps from head-to-toe. It's where I'm at right now...

Unnatural State of the Unicorn

Introduce me first as a man.
Don't mention superficial laurels
the dead heap up on the living.
I am a man. Cut me & I bleed.
Before embossed limited editions,
before fat artichoke hearts marinated
in rich sauce & served with imported wines,
before antics & Agnus Dei,
before the stars in your eyes
mean birth sign or Impression,
I am a man. I've scuffled
in mudholes, broken teeth in a grinning skull
like the moon behind bars. I've done it all
to be known as myself. No titles.
I have principles. I won't speak
on the natural state of the unicorn
in literature or self-analysis.
I have no birthright to prove,
no insignia, no secret
password, no fleur-de-lis.
My initials aren't on a branding iron.
I'm standing here unpolished
shoes & faded jeans, sweating
my manly sweat. Inside my skin,
loving you, I am this space
my body believes in.

Winter Healing Sessions in NYC Dec 7-13

Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:04:03 -0000

“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over,
It became a butterfly.”
~Anonymous

“Dwell in possibility...” ~Emily Dickinson

NYC Private Healing Sessions and Breathwork Group

Private Sessions:
**Friday, December 7 - Thursday, December 13**
By Appointment

Sessions are available by appointment in the morning, afternoon, or evening in Chelsea...

Sessions are 1 hour

48 hour cancellation policy.

Special Event:
Sunday, December 9, 5-7 pm

"Staying Clear Into The New Year..."

There's an old expression that says if you want to find out how enlightened you are, go spend time around your family. (insert laugh track here). For many people, some of the closer relationships can have you feeling like you've never done any work on yourself at all, a bit like Superman getting near Kryptonite. Why is this? And how can you grow past it? How can you actually feel more empowered in your closest relationships with family, friends, romantic partners? In this workshop we'll focusing the work into these areas, guiding you into a much deeper clarity about who you are, what you're here to do, and staying clear in your relationships. And we'll have a lot of fun along the way!

The heart of these workshops is a breathing meditation that utilizes an ancient rhythmic breathing technique that very quickly gets you out of your head and gets a profound amount of energy moving through the body...then we’ll use this energy to clear deeply held blocks. The groups are an exhilarating and deeply rejuvenating journey...a journey goes deeper each time you dive in.

Date:           Sunday, Dec 9
Time:           5-7 PM (be early and ready to start at 5:00)
Cost:           $50
Bring:          Come with an empty stomach and an open mind, and ready to have fun...

Location:   Moving Body Resources in Chelsea
                     112 W 27th Street (Cross is 6th Ave)
                     Manhattan
RSVP:       to Scott Schwenk (310) 922-4890 or soulmatrix@earthlink.net

August Rush

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:06:22 -0000

I haven't been this moved about a movie since THE MATRIX...it has that impact for me. I saw the MATRIX 8 times at the movie theatre.

AUGUST RUSH is a completely different type of movie...and cuts me just as deep...right to the quick ~ one of the best movie experiences of my life. I had to contain myself a little in the theatre with the force of Spirit and emotion moving through my body, my throat, and my awareness. Goosebumps the whole way through... I'm seeing it again on Tuesday. And I've got the soundtrack blasting through me now...

RUN don't walk to see it....open your heart and let it work you. It's time to create....it's time for the creators known and unknown to let IT move and express fully...now....

Love,
Scott

Back from retreat....

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:44:33 -0000

I'll write more later...for the moment, I wanted to get this poem up....sitting at The Crossings over lunch in beautiful Hill Country just north of Austin, TX on retreat, reflecting on the retreat I'd just come from in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico this poem got written and I wanted to share it here ~

Spirit moves
Stalks in fields
Shimmering
In light of the wind
Harvesting gratitude for my
Breath
As the compost
Warms
Through my carefully constructed layers
The decay of yesterday's
Overzealous plate,
An offering
Welcomed.
And in the dark embrace
A transformation
Under eight
Or maybe nine
Constant Moons,
Turning the inside
Out to face the sun,
Breaking down form
To Essence
Already shared.
In time this tender care
Bursting forth;
Another harvest of
My gratitude.

27 October 2007

Healer Training Sat/Sun November 10 & 11 in Los Angeles

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:55:48 -0000

Upcoming events

November 10 and 11, 2007 in Los Angeles:

Level I Healer Training

* The intention for this class is: "To bring out your gifts as a healer so you can heal yourself and others, and to give you tools and practical experience doing healing work that will solidify confidence in your own gifts, thus increasing your ability to see, hear, feel and intuit the truth."

** "In this class I (David Elliott) will be training Scott Schwenk and Carrie Woodburn as teachers. If you attend this class you will experience the healer training class, and a teacher training simultaneously. This will add great value to your experience! There will be limited space in this class, so register early!!"

*** Lunch provided

Cost is $475. Training runs approx 9am-6pm both days. Prerequisite is to read The Reluctant Healer by David Elliott.

NOTE From Scott ~ There are about 8 spots left in this training. Whether you see yourself as healer or not, this class will deepen your awareness of who you are and what you're here to create and through the very hands-on platform of the Healer Training class, reveal the gifts you bring to the game...the ones you know about and the ones you don't, and how to work with them.

Call me with any questions or to register (310) 922-4890.

Milestone!!!

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:53:33 -0000

Today I crossed a major milestone with paying off my debt....as of today in less than 3 months, I've paid off $10,025 in debt out of $50K....! Very excited....and can't wait to have it all paid off...

What was fascinating to me is that for the first hour and a half to two hours after making the payment at the bank, it felt really anti-climactic. I was actually feeling kind of depressed, and noticing the various voices of negativity attempting to convince me that it wouldn't go any further, etc.

I knew that $10K was to be a marker....one of my mentors actually said that it would be imperative to celebrate very specific markers along the way with at least one other person....$5K and $10K are two of the markers ($20K being the next). So I called one of my really great friends and my Dad....and the whole energy inside shifted as we marked and celebrated the breakthrough that this is. And it got even clearer for me why the importance of celebrating...that it would be and is part of the momentum for keeping the whole project moving with velocity all the way through the finish line ~ that while on the outer level it looks like simply paying off debt, on the inner level, it's about clearing the past...cutting the counterweights that would pull me into an old and false idea of self.

So I celebrate this milestone! And I reset my strong intent to have the entire debt completely paid off by April 1, 2008 or earlier.

Om Tat Sat

Clearing Debt!

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:44:12 -0000

I've been saying I wanted to be debt free as a goal every year for the last three years...well, 12 weeks ago, I finally got it moving...and in that time I've so far paid off $8500 out of $50,000!!!

I'm jumping up and down over here...the amount of space it's clearing in my life and in my work is amazing! I can't wait to pay off more, and have set a strong intent that it be fully paid off by April '08 at the latest, with a Christmas of this year as my not-so-secret super strong intention...

Right Time to Write

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 21:34:39 -0000

I can't believe how long it's been since my last blog entry...this summer was packed! Mark Twain once said, "My life has been the poem I would have writ, but could not both live and utter it." I think I get it...ironic though given that he was a writer! And I'm now moving in that direction too. David Elliott, author of THE RELUCTANT HEALER, a good friend, and a major mentor and catalyst for my work as a healer...well, he's asked me to co-author the workbook for THE RELUCTANT HEALER.

It's definitely moving me up against some of my edges, and pushing me to take the work deeper. And while I've written a few things so far, there's a lot left to write to form a book.

My intention for the book is that like the Work, it meet the reader where he or she is already at and deepen and accelerate their work with themselves from there.

I'm excited to lean into this new learning curve...all that goes into writing a book the really communicates depth...

This is GENIUS!

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 05:30:35 -0000

This website will "hassle" you to do whatever it is you say you want to be doing, but most likely aren't doing either through an email or IM on whatever interval you want (ie; number of days) http://www.hassleme.co.uk/

The Mysterious ~ by Einstein

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 01:18:36 -0000

"The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science. Whoever does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer marvel, is as good as dead, and his eyes are dimmed. It was the experience of mystery -- even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion. A knowledge of the existence of something we cannot penetrate, our perceptions of the profoundest reason and the most radiant beauty, which only in their most primitive forms are accessible to our minds: it is this knowledge and this emotion that constitute true religiosity. In this sense, and only this sense, I am a deeply religious man... I am satisfied with the mystery of life's eternity and with a knowledge, a sense, of the marvelous structure of existence -- as well as the humble attempt to understand even a tiny portion of the Reason that manifests itself in nature."

From THE WORLD AS I SEE IT, AN ESSAY BY EINSTEIN

An OASIS for the skin and the soul in Santa Monica...

Fri, 25 May 2007 15:29:02 -0000

I've experienced many many different types of treatments and bodywork over the years, and my facial with zaadzster Corie Miller was was a gift of rejuvenation on so many levels, and expertly delivered. I do a lot of traveling with my work, and spend a fair amount of time on long flights, so my skin can get really dry…and after a solid week of back-to-back sessions morning till night in NYC, my body can be worn down.

In the space of one session with Corie, my skin looks and feels amazing, nourished, and fresh…and my psyche and body feel rested.

She provides a tranquil, hip environment for body and soul…

Give yourself or someone else the gift of a session with Corie…I'll be going back for sure…

Her website is www.coriemiller.com