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Tai Chi Qigong workshop(event)(2 days)
What is a Vaccine(event)(2 days)
Family First Aid with Homeopathy(event)(3 days)
Bio-Energy Healing Seminar!(event)(4 days)
Create Health, Wealth & Happiness in your Fitness Business(event)(5 days)
OKA LIVE FROM AUSTRALIA(event)(6 days)

Literary Events: Reading, Writing, Workshops, and More THE COLD READING SERIES An impromptu evening of professional actors cast on the spot to read scripts submitted by local writers. Every Thursday; casting 8 pm, curtain 9 pm. Beaumont Studios (315 W. Fifth Ave.), by donation. Info: coldreadingseries.com.

WORLD POETRY An evening of poetry and music from around the world, presented bilingually by Ariadne Sawyer and Alejandro Mujica-Olea. Dec. 17, 7:30 pm. Alice MacKay Room, Vancouver Public Library (350 W. Georgia), free. Info: 604-331-3778.

TWISTED POETS LITERARY SALON The Pandora’s Collective Outreach Society hosts an evening of featured readings followed by a Q&A and open mic. Dec. 18, 7 pm. Nebur-King Coffee (3646 W. Broadway), free. Info: pandorascollective.com.

VANCOUVER POETRY SLAM A spoken-word competition where you have a mere three minutes to impress the judges with your words. First and third Monday of every month (Dec. 3 & Dec.17); 8 pm sign up, 9 pm showtime. Café Deux Soleil (2096 Commercial Dr.), $5. Info: weslowhiskey@direct.ca.

CANADIAN AUTHORS ASSOCIATION Monthly meetings featuring guest speakers, member readings, and sometimes an open mic. Second Wednesday of every month (Dec. 12), 7-9 pm; doors at 6:45 pm.

Alliance for Arts & Cultural Events All meetings are free for members and open to the general public for a nominal fee. Suite 100, 938 Howe St. Info: Anthony Dalton, 604-948-2654.

Nature and abstraction: Aleksandra Idzior on Georgia O’KeeFfe Join a discussion with Aleksandra Idzior, an art historian whose research explores urbanization, modernity, and questions of utopia in the early 20th century. Dec. 6, 7 pm. Vancouver Art Gallery (750 Hornby St.), admission $5. Info: 778-782-5215.

HOW TO RE-IMAGINE THE WORLD: A POCKET GUIDE FOR PRACTICAL VISIONARIES (BOOK) by Anthony Weston (New Society, $14) Perhaps your childhood dreams of cotton-candy clouds and jet-setting around the world have been replaced with practicalities like ensuring your jeans are made from organic cotton, and carbon offsetting. If you’ve lost those ties to your creative consciousness, this book offers tools to reawaken the imagination for social transformation. Through strategic advice and by sketching examples of forward-looking possibilities, learn how to spark the creative momentum to change your worldview. This guide is a reminder that imagination really is where it all begins….

The Art of Presence (Audio CDs) by Eckhart Tolle
(Sounds True, $69.95)
Whether you’re an Eckhart Tolle devotee or just checking him out, this newly released CD series is quintessential Tolle, and will help you live life in a more mindful manner. This release is from a 2004 retreat in Denmark. Tolle’s slow, deliberate, and humorous lectures sound more like a discourse over tea—making listening to him often preferable to reading him, especially with the audience’s reactions and laughter. You’ll be drawn to slow down and be more present—and that’s exactly the point. Download it at soundstrue.com and save 20 bucks, plus another $15 in Canadian shipping.

YINSIGHTS: A JOURNEY INTO THE PHILOSOPHY & PRACTICE OF YIN YOGA (BOOK) by Bernie Clark (BookSurge, $24) It’s that time of year where we wish for peace on Earth—but what about finding a little peace within? Vancouver yoga instructor and author Bernie Clark offers up a practical guide to Yin Yoga—a style of yoga that enables the muscles to relax and the nerves to calm. Clark highlights three points of view—those of the Indian yogis, Chinese Daoists, and Western medical and scientific perspectives—to illuminate Yin Yoga’s meditative roots, which offer a sense of balance to our modern “yang” lifestyles. Tap into your “YinSight” this holiday season and give yourself—and the world around you—the gift of peace.