Free & Upcoming Lectures at Gateways Bookstore

Friday, June 1 at 7 p.m.

with Tulku Orgyen Zangpo

Enjoying the Illusion: Dharma Talk with Tulku Orgyen Zangpo Rinpoche

Life is a beautiful illusion. But when we forget that, we wallow in sorrow. Meditation is seeing the illusion, and savoring it as it unfolds. Rinpoche will be available for special blessings after this teaching. If you would like receive a blessing, please walk up to Rinpoche respectfully after the event or talk. Voluntary donations to Compassion Fellowship are encouraged.

Tuesday, June 5 at 7 p.m.

with NVC Santa Cruz

Conflict Improv Night

Conflict Improv, Nonviolent Communication and strategies for living compassionately and fully. Bring your communication challenges whether at home and work, your partner and friends. We'll act out your stories using habitual speech then transform the scenario to a more connecting, life-affirming language based on Dr. Marshall Rosenberg¹s Nonviolent Communication.

Wednesday, June 6 at 7 p.m.

with Misa Lawson

"The Solution Method"

Misa will guide you through a Sanctuary Check-In, and present other tools to saturate your neural networks with pleasure rather than overeating, overworking, relationship problems and depression.

Thursday, June 7 at 7 p.m.

with Alexander Kennedy

“Offerings at the Edge"

To open to everything as it is, and to see how the sacred shines through the most ordnary moments, this is the gift we are offered here. In this jewel-like collection of poems, we experience the magc inherent in the mundane and are left asking ourselves, "how did I miss all this before?"

Monday, June 11 at 7 p.m.

Astrology Night
with Leigh Wunce

Piercing Through Inner Conflict

With Saturn in its last opposition to Neptune for 40 years, we will be challenged to bring clarity in meeting our life responsibilities. Mercury will rival our emotional stability as it retrogrades on the 15th in watery Cancer. Join Leigh Wunce, medical intuitive for an informative and enlightening event covering this month's planetary changes and astrological tips to support your heart dreams. Learn more at www.yourbodywisdom.com

Wednesday, June 13 at 7 p.m.

Introduction To Ayurveda: Learn your Body/Mind Type and How to Stay Healthy

with Cynthia Copple

Cynthia Copple will present a talk on "Introduction To Ayurveda: Learn your Body/Mind Type and How to Stay Healthy" The Vedic science of Ayurveda provides useful archetypes for understanding our individuality and how to make choices that will keep us healthy. We will discuss how body, mind, spirit, environment, diet, lifestyle, weather, stress and attitude affect our health and learn how to re-align our lives with our body/mind natures. She will also discuss how you can become an Ayurvedic Lifestyle Counselor, an Ayurvedic Practitioner, or get a Master of Arts - Ayurveda at Mount Madonna Institute College of Ayurveda.

Thursday, June 14 at 7 p.m.

"Sit Down and Shut Up"

with Brad Warner

While Zen priests typically conjure up images of silently meditating monks in long flowing robes, Brad Warner, former punk rock bassist and the bestselling author of Hardcore Zen, is anything but. In this one-of-a-kind evening, Warner will use teachings and stories to uncover the real heart of Zen. He will be discussing his new book Sit Down and Shut Up (New World Library, May 2007) which intertwines sharp philosophical insights on sex, evil, anger, meditation, death, God, sin, and happiness with an exploration of the power and pain of the punk rock ethos.

Monday, June 18 at 7 p.m.

with the Mystic Jamms

An Evening of Kirtan

Our monthly kirtan/ bhajans night of sacred song Music is the universal language that speaks directly to the heart, bringing peace & joy to everyone it touches. That peace and joy creates a place where healing can occur naturally... Come join The Mystic Jamms Band for a new monthly kirtan/bhajans night of sacred song. Learn more at Jamms Concerts

Wednesday, June 20 at 7 p.m.

with Judith Boice

"Menopause with Science & Soul: A Guidebook for Navigating the Journey"

Menopause is a time of change, spurring friends and relatives to offer mostly cautionary tales. A realistic and affirming guide, "Menopause With Science and Soul" offers inspiration along with the warnings, blending reality and possibility, risk and revelation.

Thursday, June 21 at 7 p.m.

with Kathryn Alice

"Love Will Find You"

Everything you've been told about dating is wrong. "Love Will Find You" is a breakthrough approach on how to find "Mr. or Ms. Right" from well-known dating expert Kathryn Alice. Based on her unique philosophy and wildly successful seminars, this may be the first dating book to insist that you do not even need to leave the house to meet your soulmate. It outlines its premise with optimistic points, love stories from all walks of life and simple exercises that will change your life forever. Mere exposure to this material has resulted in thousands of people finding their "One."

Wednesday, June 27 at 7 p.m.

with Dr. Richard Bartlett

“Matrix Energetics”

Learn a complete system of healing and transformation based on the laws of subtle energy physics, consciousness and focused intent. Create quick observable changes with no waiting and no running energy.

Thursday, June 28 at 7 p.m.

with Silvia Nakkach

The Yoga of the Voice

Come experience voice and song improvisation as a spiritual practice at Gateways. The Yoga of the Voice program is coming to the Santa Cruz Mountains for a weeklong music and chanting retreat July 20 to 26. Sacred Chant meets Sacred Nature - JULY 20 to 26, 2007. This inspiring program is a vitamin for your musical heart. Open your voice and make lots of new friends and international networking. For information: www.voxmundiproject. CDs will be available for pourchase.

About Gateways

A Nonprofit, Independent Bookseller

Gateways Books, Gifts and Music is a nonprofit store founded in 1978 dedicated to providing support for people on the path of mindful living. We are devoted to creating a better world that fosters both inner and outer peace and in which the interconnectedness of all things is a primary value. Profits from Gateways support the philanthropic activities of the Hanuman Fellowship, a nonprofit corporation inspired by teachings of Baba Hari Dass, a master teacher of yoga philosophy and practice. In addition to Gateways, the fellowship sponsors a number of projects, including Sri Ram Ashram, an orphanage for 50 destitute and orphaned children, a school for 300 children and a medical clinic in Haridwar, India.