ONSITE $6 St. Patrick’s Day Feast, 50/50 Raffle & Door Prizes
12:00 – 1:30 pm (EST), Tuesday, March 17th at bliss, 1007 Johnnie Dodds Blvd. Gather in the CONNECTING Cafe. MENU: Corned Beef and Cabbage with Potatoes & Carrots, Kale & Fruit Salad, Green Bean Casserole, Rice Pudding and Scones. Feeling Lucky? Enjoy a celebration lunch for just $6, buy an optional $5 50/50 raffle ticket for a chance to win 50% of the pot of plenty or put your name in the hat to win a door prize. With your kind attendance, EVERYONE WINS! Plan to stay 1:30-2:30pm to join Melanie Paquin for a meaningful exchange of sharing within her women’s inspirational group. Thank you to our event sponsor, Marsha Blyth and collaborators Midge Moran, Cathy Lebeaux & Tish Voit.
ONSITE Raise Your Spiritual Vibrations Experience HU: the Sound of Soul w/ Rachel Carnes
6:00 – 7:00 pm (EST), monthly on the 2nd Thursday at bliss, 1007 Johnnie Dodds Blvd, The Mezzanine Suite 228 in Mt. Pleasant. When bliss connections & experiences nourish your soul, please consider making a donation at givetobliss.com. Thank-you for your continued friendship & support. A divine sound courses through all life—through every blade of grass, every galaxy, every atom of our bodies. HU is an ancient, sacred name for God—a carrier of love between Soul and God. When sung or chanted with an open heart, it opens the lines of communication to the most sacred part of yourself. HU acts as a tuning fork, aligning Soul with higher states of love, creativity, healing, and awareness. It is the clear Voice of God, with the power to transform the lead of human consciousness into the gold of an enlightened Soul. “When you sing HU you are dipping your bucket into the eternal waters of the living word, the sound current, the audible life stream, the liberating force for all beings”. Sri Doug Kunin, Eckankar Worldwide Soul Adventure Seminar, October 2025 All are welcome to join us as we chant HU for 15-20 minutes followed by spiritual conversation in the company of like-hearted Souls Facilitator: Rachel Carnes, tedrach843@gmail.com Hi! My name is Rachel Carnes and I live in Mt. Pleasant. When I was younger, I thought, this can’t be all there is. I want to know who I am, and what God is. I want to know the truth of life. This set me on a lifelong adventure of learning. I’m still learning and growing and loving life.
Opening To Consciousness Through Breathing w/ Dr Diane Hamrick
1:30 -2:30 pm (EST), Every 2nd & 4th Tuesday at bliss, 1007 Johnnie Dodds Blvd, The Mezzanine Suite 228 in Mt. Pleasant. When bliss connections & experiences nourish your soul, please consider making a donation at givetobliss.com. Thank-you for your continued friendship & support. When we turn our attention inward, withdrawing from the outer world, to focus on our breathing we enter the mind-body where heart and soul can be accessed without fear, favor, judgment or prejudice. So often we keep ‘hidden’ our true feelings and thoughts, wishes and fears, and consequently miss knowing our truer self or SoulSelf. This lack of experience keeps our identity of ourselves in the grips of the False Self (who I think/fear I am). Conscious breathing relaxes our fears’ grip on the unknown interior life and gently opens our hearts and minds to making contact with our truth/True Self, our unspoken thoughts and dreams. In this one-hour class you will never be asked to share your experiences, unless you want to, but bring pen and paper to take notes. The Authentic Self is where our autonomous agency, Free Will/Won’t can be found. And because there is no separation in truth/integrity (“Nothing real can be threatened; nothing unreal exists.” From ACIM) we can let the truth come into our hearts and minds without the False Self needing to maintain its defenses against our imagined fears. And remembering that we are the ‘meaning-makers’ in our lives, we retain our ‘authority’ on the meaning, significance, validity of our experiences. Pierre Teillhard de Chardin (1881- 1955), French Jesuit, Catholic priest, scientist, paleontologist, philosopher, mystic and teacher, postulated that we are entering an evolutionary stage in our development as a sentient species that is dominated by consciousness, the mind, and interpersonal authenticity and integration of all previous levels of geological, biological, human and technological activities into a new level of planetary functioning. If this idea resonates with your thinking, feeling, knowing truth, then come join us. Facilitator: Dr. Diane Hamrick, dr.dhamrick@gmail.com, (843) 209-8347 I came to Charleston, SC, from LA, California in 1970 with a vision of making a difference in a town that I perceived to be 50 years behind in its collective consciousness from what I had experienced in LA. I completed my Ph.D. research at MUSC where I studied the (calming) of the orienting response (startle response) in children—a neurological requirement for all ensuing learning and successful adaptation. This led to my starting Pie-in-the-Sky, an open-classroom preschool where I could observe the natural learning behaviors in children. The school was a subsidiary of Further, Inc. that organized and operated the HOTLINE of Charleston, a suicide prevention center. My private psychotherapy practice specialized in the diagnosis and remediation of Learning Disabilities in children and writing the educational plans for LD children. I became a Teaching Member of the International Transactional Analysis Association (based on Carl Jung’s theory and practices of clinical ego analysis and therapy) and applied TA toward the collaborative practices required for reaching mediated settlements in divorce cases. Parents were better than the Family Courts in prescribing how they were to separate their assets and debts and how best to raise their children after divorce. At the same time, I became involved in establishing Hospice of Charleston, a caring service where people could prepare to make their transition from their life consciously and conscientiously. I took a sabbatical to study the application of Buddhism in my psychotherapy practice and, at the same time, I began my study of A Course in Miracles. I realized that all diseases of the mind and body begin in conflict within the mind and body and between egos identified with fear and struggling with the illusion of separation from one’s wholeness while identifying with the unforgiven and unforgiving, fearful, false self (ego identity) and struggling with issues of loneliness, alienation and betrayal incurred along the way. For 10 years I taught a course at the College of Charleston, “States of Consciousness,” that traced how Western thought systems maintained the notion of the separated, rational mind practices that maintained the illusion of a separated, quantifiable, objective reality; whereas Eastern thought practices of meditation and yoga could lead one to experiences of integration and extended consciousness. A midlife Vision Quest showed me that the practices of self-analysis in human nature, mediating between the inner reality of mind and body and the outer reality of having to adapt to the man-made reality, were supported with meditation and deep breathing and a prayer life of Serenity and Gratitude that includes the acceptance and forgiveness of our destructive habits (much like the AA 12-Steps) and can bring us to our peace of mind and realization (Wisdom) of our purpose for which our natural lives were designed while we live our brief time on earth. I have come to consider myself an evolutionary humanist, a more holistic practitioner than the behavioral ego psychologist I was taught to be in my limited training as a clinical psychologist. However, a course in Existential Psychology inspired me to seek my identity through searching and identifying the meaning and purpose for my life.
ONSITE Multi Level Kundalini Yoga w/ Teja Valentin
10:00 – 11:00 am (EST), every 1st & 3rd Saturday at bliss, 1007 Johnnie Dodds Blvd, The Mezzanine Suite 228 in Mt. Pleasant. When bliss connections & experiences nourish your soul, please consider making a donation at givetobliss.com. Thank-you for your continued friendship & support. Have you ever wanted to try Kundalini Yoga? Want to know what all the buzz is about? This multi-level class is great for the beginner and advanced yogi. Everyone moves at their own pace. I believe yoga is for “every’ body” and teach to my client’s ability level. Discover how to awaken the energy that resides in you! Through the science of Kundalini Yoga, all of the tools are made available to us. Mind, Body and Spirit come together. Expect to move, sweat, dance and laugh! We end in bliss with a gong/crystal bowl bath. Why practice with Teja? Teja has been practicing kundalini yoga for 12 years and teaching for 10 of those years! She has used this for her own healing from metastatic thyroid cancer and disempowerment from a toxic marriage. Teja continues to use this practice for self-discovery, attunement and transcending the bullshit. Kundalini yoga is a comprehensive and efficient practice. These teachings and each class will include (asanas or postures), mudras (hand positions), mantras (sound), drishti (focal point), and pranayama (breathing techniques). Classes usually include Meditation, Deep Relaxation …oh and the occasional dancing. We end with a deep healing Gong Bath. Teja always teaches with the new student in mind and believes in educating and empowering you with knowledge, self-awareness & love. Discover for yourself how to awaken the energy that resides in you! Through the science of Kundalini Yoga, all of the tools are made available to us. Kundalini yoga is for all bodies and all ages. Please join us! Facilitator: Teja Valentin, tejashantik@gmail.com Teja is a Passion Catalyst, Teacher, Healer and Lover of the Mystic. Her thirst for growth and self-actualization fuels the ability to facilitate growth and actualization in others- body, mind, spirit. Through her non-judgmental and receptive spirit, lighthearted and playful, yet respectful of the serious and sacred, she helps empower you to reclaim your pleasure, passion and vitality. Teja Valentin is a proud Mom, Love, Sex & Relationship Coach, RN, KRI Certified 220-hr. Kundalini Yoga Teacher, Certified 200hr. Ayurveda Yoga Teacher, Certified Chair & Restorative Yoga Teacher, Certified Usui Reiki Master, Sound/ Energy Practitioner and Ordained Minister. In addition to her coaching practice, Teja is excited to bring to you fun, dynamic classes and workshops that include Kundalini Yoga, Coaching workshops for Women & Couples, Women’s Empowerment, Kundalini Meditation/Gong/Crystal Bowl Baths, Reiki healing sessions with Gong Bath.
ONSITE Spring has Sprung in the bliss Boutique
Thanks to YOU our racks are full of delightful new or like new spring fashions including dresses, skirts, pants, shorts, shirts, shoes and jewelry. These treasures are offered for $10 per item or have fun Mix & Matching any 3 items for just $25. Go to givetobliss.com to make a donation for your selections. All proceeds support YOUR continued connections and activities at bliss. It is a Win, Win! Do you have spring treasure to share? We have limited space for receiving and storage in our new location. Please only deliver new or like new fashion items listed above with an estimated resale value of $10+ to the bliss Mezzanine in a basket under the hospitality bar. Thank you for YOUR friendship and support!