Director Lavinia Plonka is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner, a nationally renowned somatic educator and author of What Are You Afraid Of? A Body/Mind Guide to Courageous Living. Her 35 years of experience in the movement arts informs the curriculum at Asheville Movement Center, where classes in Yoga, Pilates, Feldenkrais, Nia, as well as special workshops in related subjects are continuously offered. Lavinia also helps people in private sessions, addressing a range of challenges from stroke recovery and MS to artists wanting to improve creativity and performance. Visit ashevillemovementcenter.com or call 828-275-4838

Judy Lynne Ray, MS, CHTP/I
Healing Therapies, Inc.
The Beyond Surgery® Program

While Judy’s primary focus is teaching Healing Touch classes for the Healing Touch Certification program (throughout the USA and abroad), - she also has an active private practice which includes Healing Touch, Aromatherapy, Raindrop Therapy Technique, Emotional Clearing and Guided Imagery for anyone focused on full-spectrum balance and healing at all levels.      

She has a multi-faceted background as a psychotherapist, a massage practitioner and instructor, and free-lance writer specializing in self-help and healing.  Her articles have appeared in over 150 major national magazines and newspapers, and she has created Guided Imagery CD’s for relaxation and self-healing. 

Judy is Co-Founder and Director of The BEYOND SURGERY® Program, an integrative program of non-medical therapies to support the client before, during and after any medical or surgical procedure.  Also Director of Healing Therapies, Inc. of North Carolina, and of Healing Therapies of the Palm Beaches in Jupiter, Florida, Judy has made Healing Touch a way of life.  She welcomes you to journey with her on this path.  Visit BeyondSurgery.net or contact her at either (828) 553-8146, or at  JudyLynneRay@yahoo.com . 

In 2004, she began providing services to small businesses in the critical arena of strategic goal implementation, at friendly prices, and in 2008 Strategy Planning Partners was born.

Now, smaller businesses can access training and tools that will support them in making the best implementation decisions and actions with the most far-reaching impact.

Visit Kelle's website at strategyplanningpartners.com.

Jane Falter
Your Corporate Escape Coach

Do you have a job that robs your spirit and has affected your confidence? Do you feel there's something more, but don't know what it is?

Jane Falter understands the toll working in a wrong environment can take on a person—she's been there. Utilizing her human resources, training and coaching background, Jane developed a program that accelerates her client's results.  She helps individuals recover from their prior experiences and create a career that maximizes their talents and doesn't feel like a job.

To assist people looking for what's next for them, Jane recently formed BIZyBoomers Career Club. Members receive job skill advice and rather than struggling alone--gain motivation, confidence and support from the group.  BIZyBoomers is part of a national network of career clubs with WaggleForce—a new initiative started by Good Morning America's Workplace Contributor, Tory Johnson.  BIZyBoomers starts in January and runs for 10 weeks. 

For more information, send email to: info@janefalter.com. 
Visit  janefalter.com or WaggleForce.com/clubs and click on BIZyBoomers

Sacred Circle Creative Life Coaching With Lisa J. Rough

I invite you to live a more authentic, awakened, and deliberate life… generate imaginings that reflect who you are the deepest level…  experience the joy and freedom of being in connection with self…  overcome resistance in a playful way… and expand your definition of creativity and recognize yourself as a creative being!

As your coach, I will encourage you to live with the notion that every moment is packed full of opportunities to squeeze magic out of the mundane. We use our sessions to create a new foundation for your life, one that embraces intention, invites visions, uncovers forgotten dreams, rewrites your stories, and honors and celebrates who you are.  Absolutely no artsy fartsy experience is necessary to awaken and use your creative power!  Our work together is not about learning to draw or become an artist... it's about unleashing a sense of empowerment that allows you to create a beautiful landscape within your life...   purely from your heart.

Dare to live creatively from the inside out!  

SacredCircleCreativeCoaching.com

(828) 776-0060

Bill Scobie (coming soon)

Sandy and Roger Miller
Good Neighbor Services
Your Concierge, Errand & Personal Assistant

Too often people get so busy doing the work that needs to be done that time for family, friends and community is pushed to the bottom of their list.  The service we offer is to help get the necessary tasks completed so you now have time for yourself and the important people in your life.  We offer waiting services, help with moving, vacation home care, shopping for groceries, gifts, and home goods.  We can even drive your car to and from your second home.    We offer BAKING LIKE GRANDMA USED TO DO in our state inspected kitchen for pies, breads, cookies, sweet rolls and candy.   People say our baked goods taste as good as they look.  One unique service that we offer is custom tours of the area.  For people thinking of moving to our area or for those that would like to know more about the workings of the local artisan or farms in our area, we will work with the customer to make the tour what they want.    Check our website, goodneighborserviceswnc.com, or give us a call and let us know how we can be of help to you.  Good Neighbor Services is a locally owned and operated family business and we will be the GOOD NEIGHBOR you don’t have.

Good Neighbor Services
828-298-7277
goodneighborserviceswnc.com
info@goodneighborserviceswnc.com

Peggy Millin

Want to dive into the creative well?
Need guidance on your writing project?
At a time of transition on life’s creative journey?
Participate in a writing class, workshop, and/or retreat to develop your writing voice, nurture your inner life, and transform your outer world. Author Valerie Leff calls the classes “juicy and rich, nurturing both the intellect and the spirit.”

Peggy Tabor Millin, MA
ClarityWorks, Inc.
"inspire your writing, enrich your life"
View our services and calendar at clarityworksonline.com

Sandi Tomlin-Sutker

I offer transcription (yes, if you're still writing by hand or don't "do" email!), copy editing (typos, grammatical problems, punctuation... oh, those pesky semi-colons) and proofing. I also love working with new projects, giving feedback on how well your writing flows and if your chapters hang together. Email or call me for rates or if you have more questions about what I can do to help you get that book finished.

sts@madison.main.nc.us 828-649-9555. References available.

Are you curious about your love life,
career or current path in life?

Lorri Gifford has been reading Tarot Cards since 1986. At age twenty she was the youngest member invited into the Psychic Center of Rochester N.Y.  In 2000, she moved to the West Coast to continue her studies and become a Nationally Certified Holistic Health Practitioner. For over four years she worked at The Chopra Center for Well-being and served as their Spa Director and one of their Lead Educators.  In 2009 she was guided to move to Asheville, NC. The logical side of her wanted to argue but her intuitive side urged her to “trust”. She took a deep breath, left California and feels completely at home here in the mountains.

Along with reading Tarot cards, Lorri teaches meditation and workshops for developing and deepening one's intuition.  She believes that continuing to work on her own path is essential to being a Spiritual Advisor and Certified Life Coach.

Visit intuitcoach.com or call 619-602-8981.

Attorney Heather Newton provides small business advice to writers and other artists, and represents employees in employment law and disability insurance cases.  An author herself, her novel UNDER THE MERCY TREES is forthcoming from Harper Collins Publishers in the spring of 2011.  She is a past Chair of the N.C. Bar Association’s Labor & Employment Law Section, and has practiced law for 20 years in Asheville and Boston.

(828)254-7177, newtonavl@bellsouth.net.

James E. Barr

The accomplished solo Classical Guitarist James E Barr has been a professional musician since he was a teenager in New Jersey and Manhattan.  He played on many records, tv/radio commercials and film scores in NYC, and was a close collaborator with Luther Van Dross, the romantic soul singer, as well as a composer of many film scores, songs and jingles.  For the past five years of his permanent residency in Western North Carolina, James specializes playing for Weddings, Corporate Events, and Public & Private Affairs.  His three websites display his bio, services, repetoire, and references, as well as his recordings which can be played online or downloaded:  jamesbarrproductions.com, reverbnation.com/jamesbarr, and jukeboxalive.com/jamesebarr.  His vast repertoire runs the gamut from Renaissance & Classical pieces, to Bach, Beatles, Broadway, Film, and Rock Classics. His unique style fills rooms, churches and venues as if he were group, and he has played at virtually every one of the dozens of venues within 4 hours of Asheville.  Cary Hoffman, Executive Producer of the TNT hit series “Men Of A Certain Age” has called him a ‘dazzling player....one of the great guitarists and musicians.”  Contact:  828-545-4286 or jamesebarr@yahoo.com.

The Painter's Brush (Coming soon)
Pam Thomas

Weaverville Pet Pantry (Coming soon)

Asheville 4 Seasons Realty
Susan Lodato & Suzanne Smith

Asheville 4 Seasons Realty is a full-service value-added real estate firm, serving all of the Asheville-Hendersonville market. Our clients and customers have come to appreciate our patient, knowledgeable service and our "can do" attitude. Whether you are a first-time home buyer, a move-up buyer, a local seller, or an investor, we welcome the opportunity to add you to our growing list of satisfied clients and customers. Stop by our West Asheville office for a cup of locally roasted coffee.

828-225-6911; 877-303-6911
2 Sulphur Springs Rd, Asheville
Asheville4Seasons.com

SANDY MCCALL
SOUTHERN LIFE REALTY

My decision to become a real estate broker came from a dream... what could be better than to match people with their idea of the perfect property? I enjoy being with people and helping them make their dreams come true.  I am the owner and creator of Southern Life Realty and I look forward to working with folks wanting to buy or sell homes, land, farms and commercial real estate. Feel free to call me or email me personally, or call the office for one of our agents, Ben or Jane.

828-680-1048 office   828-273-9755 cell

Sandy@SouthernLifeRealty.com
southernliferealty.com