We recommend websites and people from our own personal experience. Visitors assume all risk and liability when patronizing those practitioners, businesses and/or organizations listed on the A Quieter Place website.
Gender Equity and Reconciliation International
“The future of humanity will be decided not by relations between nations, but by relations between men and women.” ~DH Lawrence
Explore this website to learn about workshops and trainings expertly created to heal aspects of relationships between women and men too long ignored.
Moving from despair, anger, and profound sadness about the condition of our world, and taking our dissatisfaction into action, we need to change how we think.
Please take 7 minutes to watch this video and consider the possibilities for hope and action in your own life.
Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream video
And finish with a sixty-second smile!
Founded by Tibetan Buddhist Rinpoche, AnamThubten, who teaches about awareness and meditation from a Buddhist perspective, filled with love, humor, and great wisdom. If you are curious, watch the free talk up on the site to find out what I mean.
M.K.Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence
Located in Rochester, NY, a gathering place for those who want to learn how to live in peace and with justice in our community and around the world.
Springwater Center for Meditative Inquiry and Retreats
Founded by Toni Packer, Springwater Center holds silent secular meditation retreats throughout the year in a beautiful country setting in upstate New York.
If you are interested in learning a style of coaching that truly supports people as they move through their blocks to success, this may be a program for you. Exceptionally skilled, Francois Beausoleil, CNVC Certified Trainer, has put together a highly successful program, integrating his years of experience as a Nonviolent Communication practitioner and trainer, and coaching experience, and embodying a great wise heart.
This is a temporary home for our ongoing learning of Restorative Circles, a specific restorative practice whose development began with the work of Dominic Barter in Brazil and continues to spread around the world as we learn to walk towards conflict in our families and communities with more hope and love.
Donna Eden's web site for information about her work, teaching schedule, directory of practitioners and more.
A local not-for-profit website designed to be a resource for information on all kinds of healing in the Rochester community.
The Qi Gong Institute of Rochester
Founded by Lisa O'Shea, an excellent place to learn internal qi gong exercises.
Life Script Counseling Services
Tom Porpiglia works with clients who are interested in releasing the stuck energy that keeps us in addictive behaviors. This work can be very effective for smoking cessation, phobias, and trauma work.
A well thought out, carefully maintained, independent meditation CD review web site.
Besides spiritual counseling, writings, Reiki, and Nikken products, Sue offers a wealth of loving presence and caring for others.
This website represents the collected works of A.H.Almaas. He is a spiritual teacher with much to share. I have read enough of his work to highly recommend checking out this website.
Growth House: Improving Care for the Dying
A website dedicated to the hospice community, providing radio programming, excellent informationa, and support ofor anyone working with or living within a hospice support system.
Read an international online magazine in German, English or Spanish. Besides my article on Exploring Blind Spots, you will find a wide variety of articles on many subjects of interest.
Jean is a wonderful resource if you are interested in finding out about Essential Oils and their healing qualities. She is also a highly skilled, loving woman who has much to share on every level.
Jacqueline Murray is an exceptionally gifted watercolorist. She painted the water color on the cover for my book. Flowers are her speciality and bring to mind the softness,and beauty of Georgia O'Keefe's flowers, the clarity of vision of ancient Asian masters, and what Monet might have done with watercolor if that had been his medium. I highly recommend her work!
SelfGrowth.com is a helpful guide to information about self-improvement, personal growth and self help on the internet. It is designed to be an organized directory, with articles and references to thousands of other web sites.
If you are thinking of self-publishing, you can read personal stories of self-publishing authors on this helpful website. You can also add your story if you like. My story is up there too.
My friend Pam's "Holistic and Spiritual" online store is a delightful combination of unusual gifts and items for feng shui, and altars.
Please check out the digital art created by my friend, Robert Inglis. He has been a Zen student for about 30 years and brings a quality to his art that beautifully expresses his connection with all that is. He also gives a deeply insightful Tarot reading!