Pacific Northwest Workshop Tour! Portland and Seattle, June 19 – 21, 2013

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Lasára Allen

Robert and I are on our way north in June! I’ll be offering two workshops in Portland – one with my long-time friend Tom Fuller, and one by myself – and Robert and I will be offering a workshop together in Seattle. We can wait to see you, at one, two, or ALL of them!

PORTLAND:

Making an Ally of Fear:
An Embracing the Red Queen workshop, with Lasara Firefox Allen
6-8 PM, Tuesday June 18, 2013
Private home in the Mt. Tabor neighborhood. Preregistration ONLY – exact location upon registration.

“Where there’s fear, there is power.”
–Starhawk, Reclaiming Traditions founder, author of The Spiral Dance

Beneath your fears lay a charged current of potential. The words of many teachers point the way to liberation and empowerment through facing fear.

How do you make fear an ally? Name it. Address the hidden request that lies beneath. Learn from it.

Freed from the chains of your fight, freeze, or flee response, you will claim the new territory you uncover.

In this workshop you will have the opportunity to dialogue with others, and learn tools for transforming fear to an opportunity for self-knowledge. You will also explore the idea of trusting your fear, and work on integrating the awareness of body-mind communication.

Delve into your fears and retrieve your Whole Self. Face down your demons, and return home whole.
This event sponsored by The Cook Awakening, and Embracing the Red Queen: Women, Competition, Cooperation, and Co-Creation Autumnal Retreat

Embracing the New Masculine
with Lasara Firefox Allen, MPNLP, and Tom Fuller, MA (bios at bottom of page)
6-8 PM, Wednesday, June 18, 2013
Private residence, Buckman Neighborhood, near Hawthorn, Portland, OR. Preregistration ONLY – exact location upon registration.

What is the new masculine? In this workshop we will engage in open discussion about the masculine, and the transforming roles of men in these times of cultural shift. As a group we will share our experiences of trends in conscious masculine creation, pin-point emerging archetypes of masculine presence and power, and recognize how the new masculine is showing up in our communities and in the world.

Through round-table discussion, brainstorming, and other communication exercises, we may arrive at some relevant answers regarding masculinity, but more importantly we will address the questions that arise in our circle.

Can we, as human beings, be allies to one another? Can we embrace the complexities of masculine/feminine interaction with presence? Can we let go of our preconceptions and meet one another where we are?

Come join the conversation.

This event sponsored by Tom Fuller Psychospiritual Counseling, and Alethea Devi, MTP, spiritual counselor.

SEATTLE:

Sacred Sexuality and Sex Magick, East and West
with Robert and Lasara Allen
Time/Date/Location TBA (Likely; Friday, June 20, 6 – 8 PM)

Drawing upon traditions and practices ancient and contemporary, Robert and Lasara will offer a cross-cultural look at the theory and practices of sacred sexuality and sex magick.

From Indian Tantra and other Eastern traditions to Western Ceremonial Magick systems, you will receive a well-rounded presentation including cultural overview and context, as well as an understanding of how sex magick and sacred sexuality practices can enrich your life, both inside and outside of the bedroom.

Addressing concepts from “free love” to spiritual liberation, this workshop will expand your consciousness by shifting and broadening your concepts of love, sex, and magick.

REGISTRATION INFO SOON.

Bios:
Lasara Firefox Allen is an internationally published, best-selling author. She has offered workshops on topics from Mysticism, to relationships and intimacy, to sexuality, and has an active coaching practice. She regularly offers workshops at festivals and other events on the west coast, and workshops and retreats in the northern California region. Married to the love of her life, Robert Allen, and mother to two amazing daughters, Lasara and her family live in the wilds of northern California, and surround themselves with a community of loving, like-minded souls. See more at www.lasarafirefoxallen.com.

Robert Allen is a writer and has facilitated workshops internationally in the realms of relationships, the men’s movement, Tantra, and Bhakti yoga. His articles have been distributed widely on the internet. Robert walks the Path of the Beloved with his wife, Lasara Firefox Allen, and is raising two conscious, aware, inspiring daughters in the idyllic rural lands of northern California. See more at www.contactrobertallen.com.

Tom Fuller has been a licensed marriage and family therapist for the last 20 years. He has a strong practice in meditation and Buddhist studies which informs the work that he does with individuals and couples. He has been running men’s groups since moving to Portland in 2009 and is committed to helping men empower themselves to bring deep masculine presence into their relationships with self and others, into their parenting and also their work life. Tom can be contacted at 503.422.7235 or by email at tom@tomfullercounseling.com. Read more at http://www.tomfullercounseling.com/.

Local, Face-to-Face Sexy Witch Series, 2014 – REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Lasára Allen

Sexy Witch Workshop Series

A Life-Altering Opportunity for Local Women!

“For any woman who wants to understand, enhance, reclaim or heal her sexuality, this book is a must.”
-Anodea Judith, Ph.D., author of Wheels of Life and Eastern Body, Western Mind.

The book Sexy Witch is part self-help guidebook, part self-esteem workbook, and part mystery initiation into the hidden secrets of Self Empowerment. Addressing self-referential sexual and spiritual power, Sexy Witch promises to bring you home to your deepest truth.

This nine-week course is based on the book Sexy Witch, and lead by local author, Lasara Firefox Allen.

“LaSara Firefox is a genius! You couldn’t ask for a better guide to take you on this emboldening and engaging adventure. Whether or not you consider yourself a witch, Sexy Witch is a fabulous book full of serious fun.”
-Ariel Gore, author of Bluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness.

The course will culminate in a group initiation based on the final initiation in Sexy Witch on March 18, 2014, near spring equinox. Gatherings will be Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 PM, January 28 to March 18, and will take place at Lasara’s home in Willits. The rate for the entire 8-week course is $295. EARLY BIRD SPECIAL $275! Seating is limited! Register ASAP.

“I did the Sexy Witch teleclass series with Lasára a few years ago and the impact it had on my life, my view of myself and my whole world was and is still profound. Going through it with a group gave it power I don’t think would have come from working the book individually. I am blessed and so grateful that I had the opportunity to do the Sexy Witch group.
-Sage Fae Wolf, social worker, CA

FAQs:

Time commitment:

This is a nine-week series.

There’s a once a week gathering on Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 PM. During the gatherings we discuss our process, progress, challenges, and realizations.

In between gatherings everyone does the work from the chapters of Sexy Witch. None of the exercises are compulsory, or required. You do the amount of work on each chapter that works for you.

Support:

There’s an online group (either googlegroups, or on FB if everyone is an fb person), where you can plug into the group energy between gatherings if you desire that.

You can have a Sexy Witch Sister with whom to share and receive support with as the course goes along. If you don’t join with someone you’re already close with, I will match you up with another participant.

Also, some of the meditations in the book are available as recordings to those who take the course.

Scroll to the bottom of the page for more endorsements from former participants.

Not familiar with Sexy Witch? Sexy Witchis Lasara’s best-selling book on women’s self-referential sexuality and empowerment. It was published by Llewellyn Worldwide in 2005. Sexy Witch is available in four languages, has been reviewed all over the globe, and has hit bestseller lists in two countries.

“This witty and smart, well-researched gem of a book has the power to transform the feminist movement at the radical roots – women’s bodies and their sexuality. For any woman who wants to understand, enhance, reclaim or heal her sexuality, this book is a must. It will serve to liberate your sisters as well as the men and women who love them.”
-Anodea Judith, Ph.D., author of Wheels of Life and Eastern Body, Western Mind.

“I worked through Sexy Witch with Lasara and a small group of women in 2008, and am so happy I did! The work I did, and we did together, still reverberates in my life years later. My relationship with my body and my partner is richer and clearer, and I feel much more certain about my communication with my kids about what love and beauty is in the world. Lasara’s book is more than an educational read, it’s an experience offered to know yourself on very deep levels. To work through this material with Lasara herself is an experience not to be missed.”
-Durga Fuller – TheCookAwakening.com, nutrition expert, coach, and mom, OR

“Lasára’s insightful work with Sexy Witch will stimulate you to question the reality within which you have chosen to live. In accepting her invitation to the path of transformation you can discover a rich reality which exists within.”
-Liesl, O.T.O Priestess, CA

“I was in the last class and it’s so much more than the book… And the group got together weekly on the bridge line and brought very thought provoking discussions to the table.”
-Apolla, Financial Systems Consultant, VA

For more details, get in touch with me via facebook, or drop a note at lasara.allen.mpnlp@gmail.com.com.

Notice; this may be the last time I offer the Sexy Witch series.

Interested in upcoming course offerings? Subscribe to Lasara’s Lists!

Embracing the Red Queen: Women, Competition, Cooperation, and Co-Creation

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Lasára Allen

EMBRACING THE RED QUEEN

Women, Competition, Cooperation, and Co-Creation

Autumnal Equinox,
September 20 – 22, 2013

Join your sisters for this powerful autumn equinox weekend retreat, and bring your whole self to the circle. Bring yourself in all your sexy, sweet, angry, tired, envious, joyful, powerful glory. Bring your whole range of experience and voice. In this sacred container nothing is true or untrue, and everything is open to interpretation, reinterpretation, and re-envisioning.

Embracing the Red Queen offers the opportunity to explore our power as women, and the ways we wield it. We will hold a space where it is safe to confront envy and shame, as well as the fragile feeling of becoming vulnerable.

In confronting the part that power plays in our relationships as women, we will help to liberate ourselves and each other from the chains of jealousy, envy, and disempowerment. We will empower ourselves and each other to greater strength by witnessing the evolution from competition to co-creation.

Your Facilitators
Lasara Firefox Allen, assisted by Jenya Turner Beachy, will take you deep into the process of gaining your full range of expression, owning your center, and sharing your authentic self with your sisters. Through opportunities for expressive and transparent communication, games and playful challenges, and lots of heartfelt sharing, Lasara and Jenya will guide you in this process of deepening, enlivening, and enlightening.

Scroll down to read more about Lasara and Jenya.

Location
This event will be held at the well-known, Goddess-honoring retreat center, Isis Oasis Sanctuary. Isis Oasis is in Geyserville, CA, just off the 101. It’s less then 20-minutes drive from the nearest airport (Santa Rosa, CA), about an hour and a half north of Oakland or San Francisco, and about an hour south of Willits, CA.

We will have exclusive access to a pool, hot tub, and sauna. (Bathing suits optional!) The lodge is beautifully appointed, with rooms, a dorm space, and a lovely meeting space. We will have access to the grounds, and a dining hall. See the paypal link below for pricing options for your choice of accommodations. Private rooms are limited, so register ASAP if you want one!

Isis Oasis is an animal rescue sanctuary. You may interact with the animals in the sanctuary or not, as you choose.

Meals
You will be fed six meals. Our chief chef is Durga Fuller of The Cook Awakening, from Portland. (See her bio below.) If you have a restricted diet, Durga will work with you to accommodate your personal dietary needs.

Additional Info
Our retreat will include yoga sessions, time for meditation, relaxation, and massage. And time for open socializing, playing in the pool, and getting to know one another. As well as multiple opportunities to dive deep into our shared experience of womanhood.

We request an hour (or more if you’re inspired) of your time as seva (selfless-service) to be offered sometime throughout the weekend. You can let us know your preference for seva (kitchen help, massage, clean up, set-up, elder-support…) at registration.

Scroll down for facilitator and retreat staff bios.

(Image credit; Unknown. Do you know the artist? Hook us up!)

About your facilitator:

Lasara Firefox Allen, MPNLP, is an internationally published, best-selling author, educator, and activist. Her book Sexy Witch (Llewellyn, 2005) is published in four languages and distributed globally.

Lasara offers workshops on topics relating to relationships and intimacy, sexuality, parenting, media literacy as it relates to body-image and self-esteem, writing, and spirituality. She is a respected speaker and facilitator, and has a selective and thriving coaching practice.

Married to the love of her life, Robert Allen, and mother to two amazing daughters, Lasara and her family live in the wilds of northern California. They surround themselves with a community of loving, like-minded souls.

Find out more at www.LasaraAllen.com, or at Lasara’s facebook page.

Assistant Facilitator:

Jenya T. Beachy has been walking the Twisted Path of Spiritual Seeking for over 25 years, studying the old ways and forging new ones. As a Reader, Writer, Preacher, Rootworker and Witch, she has developed tools to lift the veils, excite the molecules and breathe life into dark corners. An ordained minister, respected teacher and compelling priestess, Jenya is known for her inclusive and expansive Work. Find out more at www.jenyatbeachy.net.

Chief Chef:

Durga Fuller is a practical health mystic. She has 20 years of experience cooking professionally, 10 of those years at meditation retreat centers around the world. The last 12 years she has organized and facilitated personal growth retreats, and nourished a family with food sensitivities and other health challenges.

The Cook Awakening was born out of Durga’s desire to integrate these skills into an offering of service in the world. She now coaches and teaches internationally to help individuals, families and groups integrate whole health changes, body, mind and spirit, into their lives gracefully and with ease.

Find out more at The Cook Awakening.

Sacramento Area Workshops: Writing From Your Body – April 10, Sexual Self-Definition – April 11

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Lasára Allen

Writing From Your Body: Playing With Your Personal Narratives

Wednesday April 10, 2013, 7 – 9 PM
Sacramento Area (Folsom) – address upon registration.

Your body has stories to tell. Ancient stories, new stories, stories of heartbreak, stories of breaking through, stories of joy, deep stories, wild stories, even silly stories. Your markings, intentional or unintentional, carry stories, as do your cells. Your scars, body art, bones, and blood all hold memories.

This workshop offers you an opportunity to write out some of the stories your body holds. Through embodiment practices, writing prompts, memory exercises, and other techniques, Lasara will help you uncover some of your own hidden voices and allow them to speak.

No prior writing experience needed. Just bring a pen, paper or a journal, and an open mind.

Pre-registration ONLY. $30 for one, $50 for two (either two seats at this workshop, or one at this workshop, and one at Thursday’s event).

Register at bottom of page.

Sexual Self-Definition: Releasing the “Shoulds” and Expressing Your True Desires

Thursday April 11, 2013, 7 – 9 PM
Sacramento Area (Davis) – address upon registration.

Do you want to become more adept at defining – or redefining – your relationship with your sexuality? An integral part of owning your sexuality is learning how cultural expectations impact identity, and learning to take a proactive part in defining the self/culture interface.

In this class you will explore your sexual authenticity, define your desires, and learn tools with which to express them.

Bring pen and paper, and a pillow for floor sitting.

Pre-registration ONLY. $30 for one, $50 for two (either two seats at this workshop, or one at this workshop, and one at Wednesday’s event).

Register at bottom of page.

About your facilitator:

Lasara Firefox Allen, MPNLP, is an internationally published, best-selling author, educator, and activist. Her book Sexy Witch (Llewellyn, 2005) is published in four languages and distributed globally. Lasara has offered workshops on topics relating to relationships and intimacy, sexuality, parenting, media literacy as it relates to body-image and self-esteem, writing, and spirituality. She is a respected speaker and facilitator, and has a selective and thriving coaching practice.

Find out more at www.LasaraAllen.com, or https://www.facebook.com/lasara.firefox.allen.mpnlp

Workshops Tour!!! Portland, OR, and Beloved Festival – EARLY AUGUST, 2012

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Lasára Allen

Workshops Coming UP!!! August 4, 6, and 7!

Saturday: A Body of Innocence: Sex Positive Parenting

Saturday: Embodied Divinity: You Are the Body of God

Monday evening: Writing on Your Body…To be followed by a live performance of my soon-to-be published chapbook, The Pussy Poems!

Tuesday evening: Sacred Sexuality and Sex Magick, East and West, with Robert and Lasara Allen

Hi friends! Yes, it is true!!! Robert and I are coming to Portland preceding Beloved Festival! And, I have nailed down workshop dates and locations for Portland!

I’ve done my best to accommodate every desire brought by each of you who’s been kind enough to let me know what YOU would most like to have me offer in Portland. I hope I have done so beautifully, and that you all now RUSH to fill the classes.

(Curious about who we are and what we do? Check the About Your Facilitators section at the bottom of this page.)

Classes are limited to 15 participants, and PREREGISTRATION IS REQUIRED, as classes are taking place at a private home in the Mt. Tabor Neighborhood. You will get the exact address upon registration. Registration fees are $20 for one, or $30 for two – so bring a friend OR register for two classes, and save ten dollars! You can register at the paypal link after each class description. (If you want to register for two classes, please drop me a note, as the paypal buttons won’t accommodate that option. But I will!)

With great huge thanks and massive love to all of you who have given me input, and especially to Durga Fuller of The Cook Awakening for sponsoring these events!

Can’t wait to see you at one, two, three, or ALL of the events listed below.

ALSO, Tarot readings with me are available by appointment, in the privacy of your own home if it’s within driving distance, at the home where we’ll be staying, or at a cafe if you prefer. Please contact me very soon if you want a reading. I will only be offering four during our time in Portland.

A Body of Innocence: Sex-Positive Parenting

Saturday, August 4, 1 – 3 PM
Private home in the Mt. Tabor neighborhood. Preregistration ONLY – exact location upon registration.

As a parent, you’re undoubtedly familiar with the moment of discomfort (or shock, in some cases) that follows a question from your child that you don’t feel ready to answer. Come to this workshop and become more resourceful, more sex-positive and body-positive parent.

Become more present in communication with your children, even when you feel triggered by the topic at hand.
Reach agreement with your partner(s)/co-parents about how to communicate with your kids about sex, sexuality, sensuality and bodies.
Learn how to create healthy boundaries without shaming your child.
Create your own guidelines for communication with your children.
Begin conversation in your household that will lead to clearer definition of a shared structure of sexual ethics.

We will discuss honesty, transparency and integrity, choice-making strategies, and modeling in the context of family. By modeling healthy behaviors, we are raising healthy children. By allowing our children to own their bodies and their sexuality, we are birthing a healthier world.

This event sponsored by The Cook Awakening!

Embodied Divinity: You Are the Body of God

Saturday August 4, 3:30 – 5 PM
Private home in the Mt. Tabor neighborhood. Preregistration ONLY – exact location upon registration.

“God is not something that is outside of us. Life is in our bodies; if life is not God, then what is? My body is a seat for the divine consciousness, all bodies are. When we bring our consciousness to our physicality, we have the opportunity to interact with God everywhere that we go”.
- Lasara, interview with Beth Crittendon

What if you could experience your body as your most direct portal to a personal experience of God? What if enlightenment lives in your very cells? What if every moment, every breathe, every interaction is an opportunity to interact with the Divine?

God speaks to itself through our being-ness, recognizes itself through our bodies, finds connection through our hearts and limbs, awakens itself again and again to the pure and total presence within our cores. Come home to this awareness, and the experience of it, in this workshop.

Writing on Your Body

Monday, August 6, 6 – 8 PM
Private home in the Mt. Tabor neighborhood. Preregistration ONLY – exact location upon registration.

…To be followed by a live performance of my soon-to-be published chapbook, The Pussy Poems!

This workshop offers you an opportunity to write out some of the stories your body holds. Using writing prompts, memory exercises, and other techniques, Lasara will help you uncover some of your own hidden voices and allow them to speak.

No prior writing experience needed. Just bring a pen, paper or a journal, and an open mind.

This event sponsored by The Cook Awakening!

Sacred Sexuality and Sex Magick, East and West, with Robert and Lasara Allen

Tuesday, August 7, 6 – 8 PM
Private residence, Buckman Neighborhood, near Hawthorn, Portland, OR. Preregistration ONLY – exact location upon registration.

Drawing upon traditions and practices ancient and contemporary, Robert and Lasara will offer a cross-cultural look at the theory and practices of sacred sexuality and sex magick. From Indian Tantra and other Eastern traditions to Western Ceremonial Magick systems, you will receive a well-rounded presentation including cultural overview and context, as well as an understanding of how sex magick and sacred sexuality practices can enrich your life, both inside and outside of the bedroom.

Addressing concepts from “free love” to spiritual liberation, this workshop will expand your consciousness by shifting and broadening your concepts of love, sex, and magick.

This event sponsored by Alethea Devi, MTP, spiritual counselor.

★ ★ ★

In addition, Robert and I will be having a Social Hour(s) gathering Sunday evening, 3 -5 PM, at The Barley Mill so we can see all of you in a casual setting. Hope to see you there.

And finally…SEE YOU AT BELOVED FESTIVAL, August 9 – 13, where Robert and I will be offering the workshop, Mystical Love: Encountering the Divine Other.

Oh, one more thing…I will be holding the INAUGURAL book-release party for The Pussy Poems. This is where you find that HINT about the location of the party: For those of you who remember the Sexy Witch Book Release Party/Signing at Mary’s Club, a repeat is in order. (Ah, nostalgia! If only those walls could talk. )

ABOUT YOUR FACILITATORS:

Lasara Firefox Allen is an internationally published, best-selling author, educator, and spiritual guide. She has offered workshops on topics from relationships and intimacy, to sexuality, to parenting, to media literacy as it relates to body-image and self-esteem, to Mysticism and spirituality.

Robert Allen is a writer and has facilitated workshops in the realms of relationships, the men’s movement, Tantra, and Bhakti yoga in the US and Canada. His articles have been distributed widely on the internet. He’s the author of the Integrity Pledge, a five part pledge for men who love women, and want to love them better.

Robert lives in northern California with his wife and two daughters.

Robert and Lasara are walking the path of the beloved together. As man and wife, best friends, partners, and parents, the devotional aspect of spiritual dedication manifests in their day to day life. Lasara and Robert live in northern California with their two amazing daughters.

Find out more:
Robert – http://contactrobertallen.com/, or https://www.facebook.com/robert.allen2.
Lasara – www.LasaraAllen.com, www.tattoosandtomatoes.com, or https://www.facebook.com/lasara.firefox.allen.mpnlp.

Beltaine, Full Moon in Scorpio; Deep Healing with Turtle Medicine – Willits, CA

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Lasára Allen

Image from: http://www.manakastudios.com/

with Lasara Firefox Allen; local author, coach, and spiritual guide
May 4, 2012, 6PM, at The Muse; 30 East San Francisco Avenue, Willits, CA
Sliding scale, $5 – $5000 {wink!} donation. No one turned away due to lack of funds.

The Scorpio Full Moon occurs May 5, 9:36PM. Astrological Beltaine occurs 7:15 on May 4. Come together as a group to observe Beltaine, one of most potent astrological and seasonal points in the year. Welcome in the vibrant, abundant, spring-to-summer transition as you let go of the dark, damp, winter-to-spring.

The Scorpio Full Moon on May 5 offers the opportunity to dive deep into your soul and find healing in the watery depths.

At this gathering you will learn from Turtle how to dive deep, take the long view, slow down, move gently, and allow yourself to let go of the old and welcome the new.

Not only that, Turtle can show us how to take it easy, have some fun, and enjoy the journey as well as the long-awaited destination.

Lasara Firefox Allen

Your facilitator:
Lasara Firefox Allen is the internationally published, local author, of the best-seller, Sexy Witch (Llewellyn Worldwide, 2005). As an educator and spiritual guide, Lasara has offered workshops on topics from relationships and intimacy, to sexuality, to Mysticism and spirituality. Lasara is a respected speaker and facilitator, and has a selective and thriving coaching practice.

Find out more at www.LasaraAllen.com, or www.tattoosandtomatoes.com, or find Lasara on Facebook.

Five Weeks to Deeper Spiritual Alignment and Greater Physical Health – with Lasara Allen

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Lasára Allen

Register NOW and get a bonus coaching session!

GUYS who’ve been wanting to work with me;
this is a CO-ED teleclass series! Don’t be shy.

Ready to get ALIGNED, deeply happy, healthy, and IN YOUR BODY? Join us!

Participate from wherever you are, yet still have a great, and interactive support system!
Deeply inquire into your process and emerge with a stronger connection to your divine self.
Get into your body in a strong, powerful, and positive way.

*Pass this along to your friends and let’s get a beautiful group of people on board for a journey of discovery and transformation.*

Find your ground, and stretch for the sun!

“LaSara is genuinely interested and engaged in the work and play of deepening self-discovery for participants. Her focused enthusiasm and ability to create safe space for the process is a gift.” – M.W.

In this series you will;

Set – and meet – attainable and maintainable goals and intentions.
Align with your spiritual purpose.
Examine your existing value structures and allow more resourceful structures to arise.
Learn how to carry your work forward, and how to let your process carry you forward!

It’s time; know yourself better, love yourself more!

The series includes:

5 group tele-classes – Sunday evenings at 7 PM, starting May 6.
Group and individual action steps (coach-speak for homework) designed to incorporate the work you have done in class.
A private e-group where you and your class-mates can ask for and offer support, discuss your progress, and build friendships.
One private, one-on-one, 20-minute coaching session with Lasara.

Teleclasses are Sunday evenings. Class size is limited to 10. A $50 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your registration. Course rate is $125. Paypal your deposit – or registration in full – to lasara.allen.mpnlp@gmail.com. Class size limited to 10 – register ASAP!

Want to have a friend join the course with you, and create your own personal buddy system? Contact me at lasara.allen.mpnlp@gmail.com, and we’ll work out a special deal.

Your Seminar Guide: Getting to Know Mendocino County

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Lasára Allen

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Brain Magick: Exploring Consciousness with Philip H. Farber

Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Magick, and Altered States

August 27 – 28, 2011 in the Greater Ukiah Valley, Mendocino County, CA.
An amazing weekend of fascination and fun in beautiful Mendocino County, CA! It’s a straight shot up from the Bay Area on the scenic 101.

Join world-renowned Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) trainer, author, and Meta-Magick creator Philip H. Farber for an exhilarating journey through altered states and the highly flexible interior realms of imagination, myth and entities. Phil will present Meta-Magick essentials along with brand new material from his forthcoming book, Brain Magick: Exercises in Meta-Magick and Invocation.

Notable Eats

Grab a great breakfast before you head out at Bluebird Cafe. Great, inexpensive American eats. $$

Local Flavor is a great cafe, bakery, and breakfast and lunch place. Yummy coffee, great food, and nice staff. A meal here is a must. $$

Schats has delicious baked goods, good coffee, and easy lunch options. $$

Ellie’s Mut Hutt offers 1970′s vegetarianism at its best. Tofudogs served up next to hotdogs–this isn’t the place to bring your gustatory politics, but oh it’s so good. Ellie’s serves up the kind of butter-dipped, cheese-sprinkled, vegetarian goodness that screams, “I can’t believe Nixon’s finally out of office. And that this is vegetarian!”

DON’T miss the Tofu Brown Rice Salad (smothered in cheddar and sour cream and tahini marinade, drool…). Their Johnny Cakes are easily the best pancake-like substance you’ve ever had, dense and moist and chewy and crispy on the edges. And why not top it off with their delicious fruit smoothies made with some amazing kind of frozen yogurt that was milked straight from the udders of ice-cold angel-cows.

Why are you not there now? Why am I not there now? Oh my god I’m so HUNGRY…! $$
– Thanks to Christy Meyer for the review of Ellie’s!

Unless you brown-bag it, you’ll be eating lunch at Cuca’s Cocina on Saturday and Sunday. And that is far from a bad thing! Being Potter Valley’s only operating restaurant is not the only thing that makes Cuca’s a popular place to eat. Cuca’s serves up some of the most delicious, authentic, mouth watering Mexican food you’ll find. $$

Ukiah Brewing Company is the first all-organic brew pub in the country. It’s one of the few see-and-be-seen venues on the Ukiah area. Meet the who’s who of the Mendo Mafia (season will be in full bloom, after all!), the chicest of the hippie chichi, and the movers and shakers of the local lefty scene.

In addition to some quality fare, you’ll have a chance to take in some local entertainment or a touring band on Saturday night. Vegan – omnivore. $$$

Oco Time is another restaurant with a mission statement in alignment with the local value of radicalism. “Yoshiki drew upon his childhood heritage of peace education and comfort food to create OCO TIME, a peace café project that features the Okonomiyaki, the soul food of Hiroshima.” This Japanese “soul food” is like nothing you’ve ever tasted. And the sushi is outstanding as well. Vegan – omnivore. Reservations required. $$$

The Himalayan Cafe is an outstanding little restaurant. The food is delicious, authentic Himalayan fare. Mmmm, good! Free dinner-time entertainment and a relaxed atmosphere contribute to a lovely dining experience. Reservations recommended. $$

Ruen Tong Thai is the local go-to Thai food destination. Excellent food, and friendly service. $$

Every town needs one high-end eats place. In Ukiah, that’s Patrona. I don’t really recommend it, but if you *need* to drop an relatively obscene amount of money on food, this is the place to go! $$$$

Come a day early or leave a day late, and eat at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas restaurant. It’s only open from 11AM – 3PM, but it has amazing food! And the grounds and temple are beautiful as well. The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas also has an interesting history; it was built as an asylum. Closed down in the ’80s, the grounds have been transformed to a spiritual community. Talk about cleaning up some karma! Vegetarian, with tasty faux-meat dishes. $$

Lodging

The Quaint:

A local treasure, The Sanford House.

The Luxurious:

Why not treat this as a weekend of renewal? Go all the way by spending your evenings and mornings at the world-renowned Vichy Springs.

The Rugged:

Love camping? Than this is the option for you! Spend Friday and Saturday night at Lake Mendocino. You’ll be only about 15 minutes away from the seminar location, it’s less expensive than the other options, and you’ll get to enjoy the serenity of the Mendocino County outdoors. Book early – the campgrounds fill up all summer long.

On this front, there *may* also be a few camping spots on-site at the location of the seminar. If so, it will cost a bit more than lake-side camping, and you’ll have to nab a space quick! More in this soon.

The Easy:

If you’re not big on soaking up the local flavor, Ukiah – of course – has the usual chain hotels and motels. The further toward the north end of town you are, the less travel time you’ll have to the lovely location of the seminar.

While You’re Here…

Ukiah is home to a handful of fine art establishments and museums. From Pomo tribal culture to tattoos, there’s a little bit of something for everybody.

Ukiah Valley is a hot bed of radicalism, and has been for decades. Ukiah was an off-the-grid destination extraordinaire in the ’70s. It was the seat of Redwood Summer activism in the ’90s, passed a No GMO ordinance in 2004, decriminalized use of marijuana and growth of medical gardens, and is one of the premier pioneers of the organics movement. Ukiah and the surrounding areas are peopled with a vibrant mix of hippies and libertarians.

It’s also home to a diverse number of religious communities, spiritual communities, and has a history of major cult involvement. (Jim Jones is by far one of the most notorious in the list of the area’s historic cult-leaders.)

Mendocino County is also part of what’s known as the Emerald Triangle. Known for its world-class marijuana, Mendocino county is estimated to generate $1 billion a year in marijuana profits.

Let us know in advance if you plan on staying extra days. You can check out the organics trade from wine (Frey Vineyards, the first organic winery in the country), to beer (Ukiah Brewing Company), to food (Local Harvest CSA), to weed.

Sorry, no link for that last one. But we could probably arrange a private tour of an organic, medical grow for you. Especially if you’re willing to endure some blind-folded drive-time. You can only purchase with a valid medical user card, but if you have that you may also also want to take a tour of the local dispensaries. Fresh! It’s better than milk warm from the teat.

Enjoy your time in Mendocino County!

Brain Magick: Exploring Consciousness with Philip H. Farber

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Lasára Allen

Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Magick, and Altered States

This is a great introduction to the applications of both NLP and magick. The seminar is highly recommended for practitioners who have been reading or working from books and would like some real-world, hands-on practice in a safe and supportive environment, as well as for those who have had a curiosity about NLP and magic, and are ready to traverse the terrain where the two meet up.

This seminar will explore in detail:

How to use the brain you already own for enhanced healing, learning, or creativity.
The connections between states of consciousness, memory, and our sense of self.
Powerful and practical methods for changing the maps and models upon which we base our beliefs and presuppositions about the world.
The neurological basis for the experience of entities: gods, demons, angels and imaginary friends.
How to put some woohoo into everything you do.

Registration is $250. The seminar is an action-packed, exciting, and informative two days, from 10am to 6pm on both Saturday and Sunday.

Advance registration is required.

Participants are responsible for their own transportation. food, and lodging. Information on options for all of the aforementioned are available upon registration.

Philip H. Farber is the author of Meta-Magick: The Book of Atem – Achieving New States of Consciousness Through NLP, Neuroscience and Ritual (Weiser Books, 2008), the forthcoming Brain Magick: Exercises in Meta-Magick and Invocation (Llewellyn Worldwide, 2011), the cult classic FutureRitual, and other books.

Phil is a Consulting Hypnotist with the National Guild of Hypnotists, a Hypnosis Instructor with the Society for Experiential Trance, a Master Practitioner and Licensed Trainer of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), and an author of many articles about hypnosis, consciousness, meditation and popular culture. Phil has made many media appearances, including one in the documentary film Programming the Nation, about the impact of subliminal advertising.

Phil has presented lectures, workshops and seminars at conferences throughout the United States and UK (including the National Guild of Hypnotists conference, the International Conference on Shamanism, the Equinox Festival, the Starwood Festival, and many more). His own seminars have filled venues in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, London, Amsterdam, and many other locations.

“Philip H. Farber has once again shown where magick meets the brain.”
– Richard Bandler, co-founder of NLP

“[This is] the first magick manual entirely contemporary with modern science and the only one that will really prepare the student for life in the 21st Century.”
– Robert Anton Wilson, author Cosmic Trigger and Illuminatus

“Phil Farber has a genius for transformative edu-tainment. His writing captures the warmth and liveliness of his workshops because multisensory experiential processes are part of every page.”
– Iona Miller, co-author of The Modern Alchemist

“Meta-Magick is a brilliant and patently original book of magical instruction that future generations will revere as an ‘ancient classic.’” — Lon Milo DuQuette, author of My Life with the Spirits and Enochian Vision Magick

“The intent of Farber’s ongoing literary sigil is to move his readers beyond the practice of individual magicks into the shared space of collective, consensual hallucination…. Farber quickly branches out in new directions – casting a visionary world picture as if it were a guide book, a description and instruction manual to a realm that is quite literally created in the process of its depiction and subsequent imagination.”
– Douglas Rushkoff, author of Coercion and Media Virus

“Phil Farber continues to amaze. His work in Brain Magick: Exercises in Meta-Magick and Invokation are accessible, flexible and powerful all at the same time. Useful for the beginning mage or the seasoned magician, Brain Magick moves from the easily understood, easily applied to incredibly complex and in-depth magicks.

“In Brain Magick, Farber’s mastery of both magickal technology and neuro-linguistic programming come together to create a work destined to become a well-worn tome in any serious magickian’s collection.”
– Lasara Firefox Allen, master practitioner of NLP, and author of Sexy Witch

A Course in Deep Acceptance

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Lasára Allen

a telecourse with Lasara Firefox Allen, MPNLP – Begins May 3, 2011. Register NOW!

Sometimes you strive too little. Sometimes you strive too much. Sometimes you strive so hard you don’t know any more that you are striving.

What do you do when this is the case?

Sometimes your ideas of who you should be get in the way of who you are. Sometimes who you are (or who you’ve become) gets in the way of who you want or need to be.

What do you do when this is the case?

Sometimes life is rough. Sometimes what shows up isn’t what you wanted. Sometimes challenging things happen.

What do you do when this is the case?

“When I started A Course in Deep Acceptance, I was struggling with identifying the core issues locked deep inside my psyche. Deep Acceptance has brought me to a new level in my personal process. Lasara facilitates with subtle mastery, turning her students toward their own internal answers. The tools and awareness I have gained through this course will last a lifetime.”
-Paula Estrada, Healing Arts Practitioner, Mountain View, CA, www.ModernDay-MedicineWoman.com

With Deep Acceptance, you will release attachment to who you think you should be, and begin accepting yourself for who you truly are. Deep Acceptance will allow you to build comfort with your own unknowns, even as you begin cultivating your innate wisdom.

You will allow yourself to stop striving toward an idealized goal, and become more comfortable with your life as it is – or gently relax into your life that is as you truly want it to be.

With Deep Acceptance, you’ll learn the difference between pushing the river, running the rapids, and consciously controlling the rudder of your ship. And you will learn that all three of these experiences may have a valid place at different times and in different areas of your life.

What is there to do when your career doesn’t shape up the way you think it should? When you’re facing the death of a loved one? When a deep relationship ends? When your circle of friends no longer “fits”? When you feel out of the flow of the life you have built? When you feel that your circumstances are controlling you, instead of you controlling them?

Of course there is more than one answer to any of those questions. This workshop series will help you find the answers that make sense to you.

Moving from the base of self-awareness into partnership, family, community, work, play, and culminating in integration, Deep Acceptance allows you to gain greater alignment with your personal values and desires. Using techniques drawn from diverse sources, Deep Acceptance will help you define your future direction guided by your inner truths.

I have worked with Lasara on and off for several years. I always feel so seen and heard by her. She is intuitive, sensitive, kind and humorous.

My most recent journey under her guidance was A Course in Deep Acceptance. This nine-week course changed my life in lasting ways. I feel more clear, more in touch with my personal values and my mission in life, and more comfortable with the areas that are not always in alignment.

I’ve learned new tools for loving myself and being in community with compassion and love, and for that I will be forever grateful.

Thanks Lasara.
- Ruby Pearl, Oakland Ca, Artist

Details:

This 9-week series begins Tuesday May 3, 2011. The course includes one teleclass a week, weekly exercises, and between class discussion and support via e-group. Teleclasses are Tuesday evenings at 7 PM Pacific.

Class size is limited to 14. A $75 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your registration. Course rate is $175 if paid in full before April 1, 2011. The rate is $200 starting April 2nd, and registration must be paid in full by May 1 unless other arrangements have been agreed upon.

SPECIAL OFFER:
First four to register (off any promotion) receive a 20-minute session.

With questions, or for further info, please contact Lasara at Facebook or drop a note to ms.allen@lasaraallen.com.

…Your intelligence is needed to make it clear what is your natural urge and what is social conditioning. …Nature is always individualistic. You will grow and you will come to blossom. …And that flowering gives a deep contentment.”

- OSHO, on The Compulsion to Reach Power and Prestige

A Course in Deep Acceptance – Registration Closes January 5

Posted on January 3, 2011 by Lasára Allen

a telecourse with Lasara Firefox Allen, MPNLP

Sometimes life is rough. Sometimes what shows up isn’t what you wanted. Sometimes crappy things happen.

What do you do when this is the case?

Sometimes you strive too little. Sometimes you strive too much. Sometimes you strive so hard you don’t know any more that you are striving.

What do you do when this is the case?

Sometimes your ideas of who you should be get in the way of who you are. Sometimes who you are (or who you’ve become) gets in the way of who you want or need to be.

What do you do when this is the case?

You will allow yourself to stop striving toward an idealized goal, and become more comfortable with your life as it is – or gently relax into your life that is as you truly want it to be.

Of course there is more than one answer to any of those questions. This workshop series will help you find the answers that make sense to you.

This 9-week series begins January 10, 2011. The course includes one teleclass a week, weekly exercises, occasional video and audio clips, and between class discussion and support via e-group. Teleclasses are Monday evenings at 8PM Pacific.

Class size is limited to 14. A $50 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your registration. Course rate is $150 if paid in full before December 15, 2010, and $175 if paid by January 1, 2011.

With questions, or for further info, please contact Lasara at Facebook or drop a note to ms.allen@lasaraallen.com.

“You have never been accepted by your parents , teachers, neighbors, society as you are. Everybody was trying to improve upon you to make you better. Constant conditioning against you has created in you the idea that “I am not enough as I am. Something is missing and I have to be somewhere else – not here; I am supposed to be somewhere higher, more powerful, more dominant, more respected, more well-known.
…Your intelligence is needed to make it clear what is your natural urge and what is social conditioning. …Nature is always individualistic. You will grow and you will come to blossom. …And that flowering gives a deep contentment.”
- OSHO, on The Compulsion to Reach Power and Prestige

Jump into Your New Year: Mind, Body, and Spirit Renewal Program

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Lasára Allen

Get the support you need to start your new year right! The three-week Mind, Body, and Spirit Renewal program offers you a fresh start to a new year.

We’ll put a new spin on an old celebration; by creating and enacting “New Year’s Dedications and Commitments“, you will begin your year with a new dedication to living the life you want to create!

This highly personalized, deep, and playful program includes three weekly one-on-one phone coaching sessions, action steps, and daily e-mail check-ins. This program will deliver the change you seek.

Week One: Setting New Year’s Intentions, and Values Alignment.
Week Two: Physical Steps Into Your New Year – Enacting Intentions
Week Three: Looking Forward – integration of intentions, physical commitments, and creation of positive future outcomes.

Super-affordable; Body, Mind, and Spirit Renewal Program: $149.

Better yet, you and a loved one can achieve your goals together – and you’ll get the second program fee at half price! Consider it my gift of health to you and yours.

My FINAL Sexy Witch Teleclass Series. Register now!

Posted on November 30, 2010 by Lasára Allen

My next and FINAL Sexy Witch series starts January 10, 2011. My work is heading in exciting new directions, so this will be your last chance to enter into the Sexy Witch Experience with me!

“LaSara Firefox is a genius! You couldn’t ask for a better guide to take you on this emboldening adventure. and engaging whether or not you consider yourself a witch, Sexy Witch is a fabulous book full of serious fun.”
-Ariel Gore, author of Bluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness.

“For any woman who wants to understand, enhance, reclaim or heal her sexuality, this book is a must.”
-Anodea Judith, Ph.D., author of Wheels of Life.

We’ll work and play our way through Sexy Witch chapter by chapter. The series is 9 weeks long, and includes weekly teleclasses and an interactive e-group. This course will be starting Monday, January 10. It’s a great way to kick off a new calendar year – besides, you can ask loved ones for the course as your Yule gift!

“Lasára’s insightful work with Sexy Witch will stimulate you to question the reality within which you have chosen to live. In accepting her invitation to the path of transformation you can discover a rich reality which exists within.”
-Liesl, past class member and O.T.O Priestess

“I have read the book on my own several times. This was my first working with a group. I found LaSara to be a wonderful guide. I found others to be very helpful and very grounding. Today, I have started several goals and projects. The main one is that I accept my sexiness as a whole.”
-judd

Teleclasses are Monday evenings. Class size is limited to 14. A $50 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your registration. Course rate is $150 if paid in full before December 15, 2010, and $175 if paid by January 1. Get in touch for more info, OR just paypal your deposit (or registration in full):

For more details, get in touch with me via facebook, or drop a note at ms.allen@lasaraallen.com.

Notice; this may be the last time I offer the Sexy Witch series. There’s always a chance Sexy Witch courses will resurface at some point, but I know that other topics will trump Sexy Witch as workshop material in the spring and summer of the coming year.

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Upcoming Classes, Teleclasses, Seminars, and Events

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Lasára Allen

A Course in Deep Acceptance Teleclass Series

“With Deep Acceptance, you will release attachment to who you think you should be, and begin accepting yourself for who you truly are. Deep Acceptance will allow you to build comfort with your own unknowns, even as you begin cultivating your innate wisdom.”
Where: Wherever you are! This course is conducted using telephone classes, e-group (e-mail) support, recordings that you can access on the web, and occasional videos.
Begins January 10, 2011, and ends March 1, 2011
Registration limited to 14. $50 deposit secures your registration. Click here for more info, or to sign up now!

FINAL Sexy Witch Teleclass Series

“I worked through Sexy Witch with Lasara and a small group of women in 2008, and am so happy I did! The work I did, and we did together, still reverberates in my life years later. My relationship with my body and my partner is richer and clearer, and I feel much more certain about my communication with my kids about what love and beauty is in the world. Lasara’s book is more than an educational read, it’s an experience offered to know yourself on very deep levels. To work through this material with Lasara herself is an experience not to be missed.”
-Durga Fuller – TheCookAwakening.com, past call member, nutrition expert and coach, and mom
Where: Wherever you are! This course is conducted using telephone classes, e-group (e-mail) support, recordings that you can access on the web, and occasional videos.
Begins January 10, 2011, and ends March 1, 2011 — FINAL SERIES
Registration limited to 14. $50 deposit secures your registration. Click here for more info, or to sign up now!

Your unflinching commitment to personal/societal/global transformation is evident in your work, your speech, and your compassionate, informed, yet humble approach to working with groups. And the transformation is there! Things MOVE around you! Thank you! It’s been such a joy and a privilege and an inspiration to sit in (telephonic) circle when you lead.”
– Rhya Whaska, http://rhyawhaska.com

A Course in Deep Acceptance Teleclass Series, Starts 1.10.11. Register now!

Posted on November 11, 2010 by Lasára Allen

a telecourse with Lasara Firefox Allen, MPNLP

You will allow yourself to stop striving toward an idealized goal, and become more comfortable with your life as it is – or gently relax into your life that is as you truly want it to be.

Of course there is more than one answer to any of those questions. This workshop series will help you find the answers that make sense to you.

Class size is limited to 14. A $50 non-refundable deposit is required to secure your registration. Course rate is $150 if paid in full before December 15, 2010, and $175 if paid by January 1, 2011.

With questions, or for further info, please contact Lasara at Facebook or drop a note to ms.allen@lasaraallen.com.

Sexy Witch January Course Still Open.

Posted on November 8, 2010 by Lasára Allen

Sorry for the false alarm! The January Sexy Witch class series is still open. The page that showed up on my news feed and front page was supposed to be a private link for redirect for paypal payment for class. It’s designed so that the class cannot overfill, should anyone try to register after the limit is reached.

Sorry for any confusion this may have caused.

That said, “seats” are filling, so if you’re interested the time to save your spot is NOW! You can do so by paying a deposit OR the whole amount on this page.

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Sexy Witch Workshop Series

A Life-Altering Opportunity for Local Women!

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Writing From Your Body: Playing With Your Personal Narratives

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Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Magick, and Altered States

Notable Eats

Lodging

While You’re Here…

Neuro-Linguistic Programming, Magick, and Altered States

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