Personal Growth Alternatives Newsletter
October 2006

Rusty Stewart, Ph.D., ACHt., earned his doctorate in Psychoeducational Processes at Temple University. He is a proficient and skilled Psychotherapist and Energy Healer. His certifications include: Reiki Master Teacher, Transformational Breath Facilitator, Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, Release Therapist, Shamanic Reiki Master Practitioner, and Advanced Master Shapeshifter Practitioner. Rusty has a private practice in Integrated Energy Balancing Healing Psychotherapy Including Heart Centered Hypnotherapy, Holistic Integrated Breathing, Regression and Rebirthing Release Breathing, Shamanic Journey and Soul Retrieval, Body Centered Psychotherapy, Aromatherapy, Quantum Physics thought retraining, and Imago centered couples work. Rusty presents workshops throughout the tri-state area including Holistic Integrative Breathing, Shapeshifting: The Ultimate Wake-Up Call!, Break on Through to the Other Side: Walking the Talk!, Igniting Personal Power: Proven Manifestation Techniques!, Advanced Recovery: The Next Step!, Creating Sacred Relationships, Radical Play, Uninhibited Fun!, and Integrated Spirituality! In addition, Rusty is organizing bi-weekly and/or monthly groups to begin in the 2007 time frame as soon as the healing center manifests. He also facilitates certifications in Reiki I, II, III, Shamanic Reiki Master Practitioner, and Holistic Integrative Breathing I, II, & III. He also created the new complementary DUI curriculum for Bucks County Council for Alcoholism. In addition, Rusty was an Adjunct Professor for Temple University in the Department for Psychological Studies in Education teaching Group Dynamics, Learning Theory, and Intimacy & Control, and currently teaches Psychology and Marriages and Families Affected by Substance Abuse at Thomas Jefferson University, Social Psychology at the University Of The Sciences in Philadelphia and Holistic Counseling Techniques at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, NJ.

Personal Message

Friends, Brothers, and Sisters,

Open Meeting Sunday October 15, 2006: 2-5pm!!!

ATTENTION!!!!

The time has come! I am passionately inspired and excited to announce the beginning of a new birth: There will be a focus group/brainstorming meeting Sunday October 15, 2006 from 2pm-5pm at Communitas, A Center for Health & Transformation, LLC, 201 Sabine Ave., Suite 100, Narberth, PA. for practitioners or anybody interested in potentially becoming a part of Personal Growth Alternatives: A Healing, Education, And Community Spiritual Center to be located somewhere in the Main Line and/or South Jersey area in 2007. Please RSVP by email or call me at 609-332-4663. Let's fill the room up at Communitas!!

Personal Growth Alternatives is looking to expand and manifest community in new and interesting ways. Please check out Personal Growth Alternatives: A Healing, Education, and Community Spiritual Center Update! This bulletin will be updated periodically to encourage dialogue and feedback between interested practitioners, volunteers, and myself. Please be patient if I do not get back to you right away. I will get back to you! Thank you in advance for your participation.

I am now accepting Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express for all my private sessions for couples, individuals, and groups. In the coming weeks you will be able to register and pay for all my workshops online via credit card. You will also be able to purchase my cd's automatically online via credit card. Dvd's will be coming soon!

I am now seeing clients in the Main Line area at Communitas, A Center for Health & Transformation, LLC, 201 Sabine Ave., Suite 100, Narberth, PA. Thank you my brothers and sisters at Communitas for extending your space to me. For an appointment call my cell phone, 609-332-4663. I will be at Communitas on select Fridays depending on my schedule and client demand. This is Part I in creating a larger presence for myself and Personal Growth Alternatives: A Healing, Education, And Community Spiritual Center in the Main Line area. Part II is to manifest a free-standing space for Personal Growth Alternatives: A Healing, Education, And Community Spiritual Center somewhere in the Main Line area and/or South Jersey in 2007. Please read the Personal Growth Alternatives: A Healing, Education, and Community Spiritual Center Update!

By early October I will have a new FREE section called “Manifesting Community Cooperation Network” on the home page. This will be a different type of link service. Organizations and individuals with similar visions of community cooperation will be invited to submit their websites, purpose, and mission to me for dialogue and feedback. My mission, vision, and purpose have been updated to reflect this link service. The main premise is non-competition. This paradigm is essential to be part of this network. Abundance rules, scarcity fools! More to come….

I am also setting up the FREE Links Page like the Manifesting Community Listings. Links will be able to be posted manually in the coming weeks. You will need to have an operating website to be able to add your link and description to the links page. On the manual links page there will be a copy of my link that I request you add to your links page on your website. This helps by moving all of us up the list in the search engines. This will help to keep the links page up to date as everyone who adds their link is responsible to keep it up to date. If something changes you will need to re-submit your link and description and email me to delete your old link and description.

Please read this message carefully as the FREE Manifesting Community Listings have changed for the better!! The listings are now separated by dated, ongoing, and classified listings. Directions are on my website and on this newsletter. This will provide more control over where listings should go and allow people to enter listings all the time. You will need to put an end date on the event if it is ongoing or classified and then re-enter the listing when it expires. All listings will be automatically updated as dates pass by and as new dates are added. All events will be in date chronological order.

There will be a featured article every month that will be different from my articles in Yoga Living Magazine. Please offer me feedback and dialogue on any of my articles and Professional Messages! Many of my articles and professional messages are an extension of what is going on with me Manifesting Community in the Philadelphia area. I'm asking for support, help, and community brainstorming to make that happen! All of my articles and newsletters can be accessed on the archived article and archived newsletter lists on my website. We can manifest community together!! We can experience community like they do in certain parts of the western US right here!! All it takes is vision, participation, persistence, and commitment!! Please share in manifesting community with me!!

The table of contents will take you wherever you want to go in my newsletter or directly to my website. Please take special notice of the free lectures, Reiki shares, and support groups that I support and/or offer. And, as always, if you like the work I do please pass it along to people you care about. I am grateful for any referrals that come my way. I am accepting new clients for integrated psychotherapy in all of my locations and encourage people to deepen their process through the workshops that I offer.

Get outside and enjoy the crisp new transitional energy of autumn! Show and extend your love all year long!

Peace, Love, and Joy,

Rusty Stewart, Ph.D.

Personal Growth Alternatives: A Healing, Education, And Community Spiritual Center Update!

Open Meeting Sunday October 15, 2006: 2-5pm!!!

ATTENTION!!!!

The time has come! I am passionately inspired and excited to announce the beginning of a new birth: There will be a focus group/brainstorming meeting Sunday October 15, 2006 from 2pm-5pm at Communitas, A Center for Health & Transformation, LLC, 201 Sabine Ave., Suite 100, Narberth, PA. for practitioners or anybody interested in potentially becoming a part of Personal Growth Alternatives: A Healing, Education, And Community Spiritual Center to be located somewhere in the Main Line and/or South Jersey area in 2007. Please RSVP by email or call me at 609-332-4663. Let's fill the room up at Communitas!!

I am now seeing clients in the Main Line area at Communitas, A Center for Health & Transformation, LLC, 201 Sabine Ave., Suite 100, Narberth, PA. Thank you my brothers and sisters at Communitas for extending your space to me. For an appointment call my cell phone, 609-332-4663. I will be at Communitas on select Fridays depending on my schedule and client demand. This is Part I in creating a larger presence for myself and Personal Growth Alternatives: A Healing, Education, And Community Spiritual Center in the Main Line area. Part II is to manifest a freestanding space for Personal Growth Alternatives: A Healing, Education, And Community Spiritual Center somewhere in the Main Line area in 2007.

As I shared in my last newsletter I am looking for committed healers who share in my vision. My intention is to find a core group of people (3-5), to create and manifest the beginnings of a healing center under the umbrella of Personal Growth Alternatives in the Main Line area. Presently, that area is pretty broad. There is also the possibility that this may manifest somewhere else in the Philadelphia area. Lately I have been getting visions of it happening in NJ. Maybe it will happen in both areas, who knows? As more people share their ideas and intentions with me, it will become clearer where to look for space. Much of this year will be fact-finding and brainstorming, with the intent of moving into a space in 2007. I hope to have a more detailed position paper for review by December 2006 after the brainstorming meeting October 15. I am welcoming all interested people and practitioners for an open dialogue until a core group organically manifests itself. This core group of people will ideally have an established client base. Other people can rent space out on a part-time as needed basis to create and grow their practices. Commitment of vision and purpose is of paramount importance. We are not just sharing space and I am not just a landlord renting space out. So this is an intimate process of getting to know one another.

This is a community-oriented project. The goal is to start off small and grow the center through the needs of the holistic community. The core group should be able to work together in healing clients through emotional, mental, physical, spiritual, and energetic approaches. We will truly focus on mind, body, and spirit. More specifically I am looking for holistic practitioners in the following categories: chiropractors, psychologists, psychiatrists, naturopaths, psychotherapists, nutritionalists, energy workers, acupuncturists, coaches, addiction counselors, attorneys, CPA's/financial advisors, grant writers, etc. This is by no means an exhaustive list. All are welcome for consideration.

I am currently thinking of the center being a combination of profit and non-profit. I don't specifically know what that would look like yet but given our state of economic complexities, having both entities may be the most flexible way to go especially if the non-profit sector happens to be partially or fully grant funded. All options are being left open until more clarity of possibilities are explored. If any of you have experience in the non-profit/profit arena your input would be greatly appreciated.

Please feel free to email me or call me (office) 215-658-1093, or (cell) 609-332-4663 to participate in an open dialogue and brainstorming. You do not need to be a practitioner to participate in this process. I need to hear from as many people as possible. All voices are important! If I do not get back to you quickly please know that your response is important and that I am frequently out of town and busy trying to answer all my emails and phone calls.

So let the fun begin!

Peace and Love,

Rusty

Professional Message

Open Meeting Sunday October 15, 2006: 2-5pm!!!

Last month the theme was transition, grief, and loss. This month we are focusing on keeping our hearts open and feeling in our transitions so we can transform and manifest healthier lives and dreams. Grief and loss opens our hearts and invites us to feel and emote. It is important to continue to feel with open hearts, be vulnerable, and own our true power as the Gods and Goddesses we are. Grieving allows us to feng shui the insides so we can be clear vessels to channel the manifesting power of Love. I have found myself to be in the moment of grieving and then shift to a feeling of freedom, clarity, lightness and hope. New beginnings are exciting me as I continue to grieve my present and past experiences.

The featured article in this month's newsletter is “Ask And Ye Shall Receive.” Manifestation is quite simple when we can be present in the moment as clear conduits for Love. All we have to do is ask from a place of conviction, commitment, purpose, and non-attachment. Then we have to be willing to receive. This requires patience, practice, discipline, and an open and feeling heart. For me it involves living my life with passion. When I'm living my life with purpose with passion, Love extends to everyone and everything. And what I am most passionate about currently in my life is the manifestation of a healing, education, and community spiritual center. I ask that this center manifest itself for the highest good of everyone and everything. May this be in alignment with the purpose of extending Love.

So as I welcome in the beautiful, colorful, and crisp fall season, I would like to invite everybody to a focus group/brainstorming meeting I am preparing for Sunday October 15, 2006 for anybody who wants to help manifest a healing, education, and community spiritual center. As I have been sharing in my past newsletters, I am looking for committed people who share in my vision. My intention is to find a core group of people (3-5), to create and manifest the beginnings of a healing, education, and spiritual community center under the umbrella of Personal Growth Alternatives: A Healing, Education, And Community Spiritual Center to be located somewhere in the Main Line and/or South Jersey area in 2007. I have met with a couple of practitioners, spoke with others on the phone, and emailed back and forth with other interested practitioners. One person suggested getting all the interested people together like a focus group. What a great idea!

As a result, ATTENTION!!!!, there will be a focus group/brainstorming meeting on Sunday October 15, 2006 from 2pm-5pm at Communitas, A Center for Health & Transformation, LLC, 201 Sabine Ave., Suite 100, Narberth, PA. This is for practitioners or anybody else interested in potentially becoming a part of Personal Growth Alternatives: A Healing, Education, And Community Spiritual Center to be located somewhere in the Main Line and/or South Jersey area in 2007. Please RSVP by email or call me at 609-332-4663 or 215-658-1093. Let's fill the room up at Communitas!! All are welcome to attend and share their ideas. There will be light refreshments. Please read the update bulletin and the personal message for updates!

Table of Contents

Free Open Community Listings
Featured Article
Featured Events
Archived Articles
Personal Message
Personal Growth Alternatives Healing Center Update Bulletin
Professional Message
Holistic Integrative Breathing CDs
Wisdom Of The Earth Oils
Personal Growth Alternatives Website

Featured Article

Ask And Ye Shall Receive!!

Most of us have heard this before, right? And many of us have probably responded sarcastically at times before like this; yea right that really works well! Well I'm here to share with you that it does work and we all have the data to prove it!! Everything we have in our lives on some level, whether conscious or unconscious, we have asked for so we can have an experience and learn from it. This includes relationships, our situations we find ourselves in, our past and history, our work situation, our health, and I could go on and on and on. There are no exceptions!! We are never victims of random occurrences. We are Goddesses and Gods. To perceive and experience ourselves as anything less than Divine beings leaves us victimized, disempowered, stuck, and perennially playing out the tapes and excuses like Groundhog Day. Or, at least until we GET IT!!! We are LOVE!! There is really nothing else to get than this.

Are you pissed off yet? I know I was when I finally got it. Now I'm working on remembering who I am. I deserve all that's available for me to experience in the world of form. For, I am an innocent Love man who channels and extends abundance outward to all. Abundance is our birthright. Spiritual beings attract abundance into all areas of their lives and extend it to others. It's a continuous flow of Love. The key is to be clear so the Love can flow unimpeded. Remember we have free will. The energy of God and Love will not usurp that free will. That means if we are having less than loving thoughts about ourselves and others, or have unconscious blocks, or a closed heart, or we are not able to feel, we are going to manifest something different that what we thought. Remember, what we want on one level may not correspond to what we want on another level. Ah, thus the lessons, the silver platters for growth. The good news is we can choose again differently in each moment. The other news is we have to do our work in being diligent and vigilant in changing our thoughts while coming from an open and sacred heart.

I'm here to share with you that this takes both integration and simplicity. The integration is the mind, body, and spirit, or emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual work. This can take time depending on our readiness and willingness to face and feel our fears. Then we need to embrace all our fears with Love. This is an unraveling process of the ego that can take years or happen in an instant. Of course when it does happen it always happens in an instant. Who is ready for their instant? Who is ready to transcend? As we are transcending back to our innocence and Divinity the process becomes simpler because the ego is becoming more of an ally with us. Ego becomes the loving servant to our Higher Selves. Love becomes the only purpose for our being here. Then and only then do our lives work effortlessly, in the flow, synchronistically, and without attachment.

Make no mistake about it! Ask and ye shall receive. Just be careful what you are really asking for. It is not failure that we fear. We are seasoned experts at failure. Failure are just ways we are finding out it doesn't work. And each time we fail we are that much closer to success. What we really fear is success. With success comes change and greater responsibility. It means playing a bigger game. It means being held accountable. It means remembering the Goddesses and Gods that we are and have always been!!! I'm finally getting it. Who else would like to join me with open hearts manifesting abundance in Love?

Here are some of the resources I am using to remember that I am God and Love and manifest abundance: “The Way of Mastery” (Shanti Christo Foundation, www.shantichristo.com), “A Course In Miracles,” “The Science of Success” and cd's, dvd's, and workshops conducted by James Arthur Ray, (James Ray International, www.jamesray.com), “The Hidden Messages in Water” (Masaru Emoto), “Empowerment: The Art Of Creating Your Life As You Want It” (David Gershon & Gail Straub), “Hiring The Heavens” (Jean Slatter), “The Seven Spiritual Laws Of Success” (Deepak Chopra), “Manifest Your Destiny”(Wayne W. Dyer), “What The Bleep Do We Know” (Dvd, www.whatthebleep.com) “Down The Rabbit Hole” (Dvd, www.whatthebleep.com), and “The Secret” (Dvd, www.wildlywealthy.com).

I welcome your thoughts and comments. I am excited to share, witness, and join with everyone to experience these truths of Love. First and foremost I invite you all to an Open Meeting Sunday October 15, 2006: 2-5pm!!!
The time has come! I am passionately inspired and excited to announce the beginning of a new birth: There will be a focus group/brainstorming meeting Sunday October 15, 2006 from 2pm-5pm at Communitas, A Center for Health & Transformation, LLC, 201 Sabine Ave., Suite 100, Narberth, PA. for practitioners or anybody interested in potentially becoming a part of Personal Growth Alternatives: A Healing, Education, And Community Spiritual Center to be located somewhere in the Main Line and/or South Jersey area in 2007. Please RSVP by email or call me at 609-332-4663. Let's fill the room up at Communitas!!
In addition, for anyone interested in applying these principles in a support, application, and practice group format I am organizing an Igniting Personal Power: Proven Manifestation Techniques group starting Friday October 13, 6:30pm-8:30pm at Communitas, 201 Sabine Avenue, Suite 100, Narberth, PA, 609-332-4663. This group will meet either once or twice a month monthly. This group is for you if you:
1) Desire to take control of your life
2) Are ready to regularly apply proven spiritual principles
3) Want abundance and prosperity in your life
4) Are committed to yourself
5) Want to participate in a mastermind group

Featured Events

Holistic Integrative Breathing CDs

The Holistic Integrative Breathing Part I and II Cd's are available for purchase!
For those of you who have taken my Holistic Integrative Breathing workshops or Transformational BreathWork workshops my guided cd's are now available! You will receive the Journey of the Drums Primal Drumming Breath (Journey 1), Joy Breath, Cosmos Breath, Divinity Breath, and Vision Breath with all the affirmations included. These are all the breaths I teach in my all day breath workshop. The breaths for my part 2 breath workshop and certification are NOW AVAILABLE! You will receive the Journey of the Drums primal drumming breath (Journey 2), Compassion Breath, Unity Breath, Clarity Breath, and Soul Star Breath with all the affirmations included. The cost is $25 plus $4.05 U.S priority shipping and handling for either of the 5 breath sets or $50 plus $4.05 shipping and handling for the entire 10 breath set. Just send a check to Rusty Stewart, Ph.D., 23 Timber Road, Horsham, PA 19044 or order them directly online via credit card at www.rustystewartphd.com. I will mail them out as soon as I receive your check or credit card payment. Thank you! more...

Wisdom Of The Earth Medicinal Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils

I am blessed and grateful to be able to make Wisdom Of The Earth's medicinal therapeutic grade essential oils available for purchase. I use Barry's oils in my private practice, in some of my workshops and personally for my own proactive holistic health. These oils can be very powerful when used on the chakras or along the spine during a breathing and energy session. I encourage all my clients, students, brothers and sisters to experience the healing power of these unbelievable highest quality essential oils! Read more about Wisdom Of The Earth Oils, cost, types, sizes, etc.

Now with three convenient locations to serve you!

Main Office:
Horsham, PA 19044
Just off Welsh Road (Rte. 63)
215-658-1093

Communitas
A Center for Health & Transformation, LLC
201 Sabine Ave., Suite 100
Narberth, PA 19072
609-332-4663

Wellspring Counseling
19 N. Centre Street
Merchantville, NJ 08109
609-332-4663